The Danshui originated from the southern foot of Fengguan Mountain in Guanlong Qinling Mountains (northwest of Shangluo), and flowed through Shangluo and Shangluo in Shangzhou. After leaving Shaanxi, it rushed straight to Jingzi Pass in Henan, and finally, it intersected with the Han River in Junzhou (now Danjiangkou City, Hubei).

The Han River is the largest tributary of the Yangtze River. It leaves Shaanxi, enters Jinghu, and reaches Hankou in Ezhou (now Wuhan). The Han River has been tortuous and twists, and since ancient times, it has been said that "no one is as good as the Han Dynasty". The most twists are at the northern foot of Wudang Mountain, this section of Junzhou.

Di Lie is currently riding on a passenger ship on this most tortuous section of the river.

It has been five days since the beginning of Shangluo, and the journey is 400 miles. Finally, I have completed the entire Danshui journey and entered the Hanshui River. It has officially entered the Yangtze River Basin.

There were seven boats, a total of 132 people: one hundred guards, thirty boatmen, Di Lie, and his orderly soldier, Yue Yun. Yue Yun, who was thirteen years old, had grown into a mighty and powerful young man. Although he was average in nature, he still firmly demanded to participate in this battle. Di Lie also wanted to polish this piece of uncensored jade well, so he agreed.

The seven ferry boats were modified and parked in Shangluo two months ago - it was not that Di Lie had any foresight, but the next battlefield. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that it must be Jianghuai, and the ships will play a greater role. Therefore, modifying the ferry boats and parked in Danshui is just a normal preparatory measure, and I don’t expect to use them in advance today.

The modified ships did not increase much in size, but their load capacity increased. Di Lie traveled 132 people, mainly distributed on four passenger ships, and the remaining three cargo ships were filled with muskets, gunpowder, thunderbolt bullets, explosives packs... the entire arms ship - this was prepared for the future war.

In order to minimize attention, the seven boats do not travel with their heads and tails, but are separated by two or three miles. Four in front and three in the back, so that they do not look too eye-catching.

He walked down the river, calm and unpredictable. On the way, he occasionally saw a merchant passenger ship on the road. Seeing that there were many people on the boat, he asked to go with him. Guo Dashi, the head of the guard capital, originally refused, but the personal soldier named Yue Yun came out to convey the meaning of the military leader: Yes.

Although Guo Dashi was puzzled, he still did not hesitate and followed the order. He did not dare to ask the military leader afterwards, so he found an opportunity to ask Yue Yun in private. Yue Yun replied, "The military leader said that these businessmen have been doing business for many years, traveling back and forth from the Yangtze River, and have a better understanding of the situation along the river. They followed us to seek safety; we took them with us to seek convenience, and each one should get what they needed."

Guo Dashi seemed to understand, but he didn't understand, so he didn't ask any more. Anyway, these people wouldn't come on the boat to make noise.

I went south all the way, but I didn’t meet the most feared water bandits by merchants. In this year, water bandits mostly gathered in tributaries of rivers or lakes and lakes, but it was rare in large rivers. Perhaps because officers and soldiers often inspected these important waters.

After the fleet sailed out of Shangzhou, it entered Dengzhou (now Henan), which was the site of the last two thousand Western Army remnants of Olu. When the Tianzhu Guards entered this area, they looked like a entourage with green clothes and cloth hats, walking back and forth at the bow of the ship as if they were busy. In secret, they were armed with guns and ammunition, and were highly alert. When an angstrom changed, the guards under the cabin would immediately transmit muskets, ammunition, knives, axes, armor, and cards at a cost of water... they could instantly turn a seemingly harmless servant into a well-equipped and murderous army.

However, to the surprise of the soldiers of the Guards, the Dengzhou garrison only sent a small boat to collect river donations from them.

Among the merchant ships traveling with the Tianzhu fleet, a merchant who was respected as Wang Daguanren, who was respected by many merchants, collected the river donations from the merchant ships (including the Tianzhu fleet), and personally came forward and sent them to the small boat. Then, you walk on your way and I go to my shore.

Is it easy to solve it? Guo Dashi slowly released his index finger on the buckle-beak gun plate machine, and he was a little unbelievable. It was not until this time that he understood what the military leader said, "What each had his own intentions?" Hey, the military leader is the military leader! Otherwise, how could he be the king?

After the fleet entered the Han River from Danshui, the river water was like a green belt, and the fleet was like beads, winding along the northern foot of Wudang Mountain. Although wars were frequent and the cold wind was bleak, the scenery on both sides could still be painted. From a distance, you can see lush forests, bamboos, fireworks, and winter pastorals, and a different scenery.

"Manager Guo asked..."

After calling twice, Guo Dashi realized that "Manager Guo" was referring to him, and quickly returned a gift to the merchant surnamed Wang on the merchant ship that was approaching: "Officer Wang has invited him."

Although Guo Dashi was born in poverty and did the job of a woodcutter and a porter in the first half of his life, he had been in the army for two years and had been fighting for life and death many times, and even went to the enemy camp. In front of the enemy king, he was calm and unchanged and had already developed a courage. I am afraid he didn't even know that this confidence and fearlessness made him look like a strong and respectable temperament.

For this reason, the well-informed merchant named Wang did not dare to be arrogant at all, and bowed respectfully: "I dare not be talented Wang Kun, a native of Yingzhou, do some small-scale cloth business, but I don't know the price..."

Guo Dashi's eyes slashed and stopped Wang Kun's inquiry: "If you have any questions, please tell me, Guo will inform the master."

Wang Kun was frightened by the sharp eyes of the blade and couldn't speak. After a long time, he ate and said, "Well, this... more than ten miles ahead is Qiande County, the Guanghua Army's garrison. There are many soldiers there and there are many businesses to do, I don't know..."

Guo Dashi heard it for a long time but couldn't understand what Wang Kun meant. Another smart guard understood it. It turned out that Wang Kun and other merchants went north to Shaanxi, took out the cloth in their hands, and went south. Whenever there were military troops stationed, Wang Kun and other merchants brought some cloth and money and went to trade with each other. This was equivalent to doing two business round-trip.

What can military soldiers do to make transactions?

"Of course there is." Wang Kun was excited as soon as he said this, "The army soldiers had many looting objects, gold ornaments, silver ornaments, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, and antiques of the previous dynasty... These things were useless for the military soldiers to hold in their hands. We only need to use a small amount of cloth, money and food to exchange..."

At this time, a merchant behind him suddenly interrupted: "Last time, there was a military general who even exchanged a little girl for money to pay off the gambling debt! As a result, Lao Wu really bought it and only gave him four guan!"

The merchants burst into laughter.

Guo Dashi had a calm face. He didn't say a word, letting Jiang Feng blow his face turn red. Just as he was about to refuse coldly, Yue Yun's urgent voice suddenly came from behind him: "All people pay attention, there is something wrong with Hexi!"

The next moment, the guards immediately followed the scheduled plan of the drills, retreated into the cabin in an orderly manner, checked weapons, loaded ammunition, distributed furnaces (with charcoal fire inside, which could be ignited), and outside the cabin. Only the boatman and a few smart guards were left to deal with the next step.

When Wang Kun was making a fuss about these people's actions, he immediately heard the boss of the ship on his own boat screaming in panic: "No, it's a golden man..."

On the west bank of the river, there were five or six Jin soldiers sitting or standing on a small boat, and there were also three or four horses on the shore. At this time, they were constantly waving to the fleet, and sometimes there were Jin soldiers who were threatening to draw arrows. Although they were far apart and could not shoot the arrows at all, this showed an attitude - if there was nothing to do when they came, there was trouble if they ran away.

If a small boat like the Jin army is ignored, the fleet can easily get rid of it. However, the radius of hundreds of miles is all the territory of the Jin people. Once the Jin people get angry, they can run today and tomorrow?

As the diplomatic leader of the fleet, Wang Kun had to bite the bullet and bring a gift to the boatman to row the boat over.

As the ships on both sides approached, Wang Kun asked the servant to offer gifts while smiling faces, bowed repeatedly at the bow of the ship: "My generals... uh, dear nobles, please come and call for villains, I wonder what can I do to serve?"

Several of the Jin soldiers wanted to speak, but opened their mouths, shook their heads, and pushed one person forward to answer.

The elected Jin soldier said in a Yandi accent: "You guys have some eyesight. These generals are authentic Jurchen nobles. You don't understand what the nobles say, so let me tell you. You ships, my generals have requisitioned - don't panic, you don't want your ship, but borrowed them. After we transfer the people and things in Hexi across the east coast, the ship will be returned, but it will be delayed for you for half a day."

Perhaps because the other party was very attentive to give gifts and had short staff, the Jin soldier was much more polite, and it didn't sound like he was embarrassed by Wang Kun and others.

Wang Kun and others were unwilling to do so. It would be fine if they only delayed for a long time, but they were afraid that it would not be the case. Then there would be loans and no repayments... But what can I do under the roof?

Wang Kun and his merchants were grievingly asked the servants to move the things they deserved off the ship. Fortunately, their cargo had already taken action and there were not many things left on the ship, so they could move quickly.

The merchants on each ship were busy with their own affairs, and were worried that the ship would be detained and were uneasy, so they naturally had no intention of caring about other people's affairs. Therefore, no one noticed that the seven large ships gradually approached, a faint sense of murder.

The seven ships of Tianzhu cannot be requisitioned, so there is no need to mention the three arms ships. Even four passenger ships are piled up under the cabins with armor, javelins, spears, side signs, military uniforms, flags and other weapons. Once the Jin soldiers boarded the ship, they would be exposed after a little inspection.

Guo Dashi, Yue Yun and other guards were ready. There were only ten Jin soldiers around, and those on the boat were definitely not running away. Just kill the cavalry on the shore.

The Jin soldiers on the bow of the boat on the shore were obviously satisfied with the ability to easily complete the task of collecting ships. They were happy and laughed at each other, with a loud voice, but they were not afraid of these Song people hearing it - because they spoke authentic Jurchen language.

"Preparation--" Guo Dashi raised his hand in a deep voice. As long as he slashed with gestures, at least fifty muskets would extend from the shooting holes of the four cabins, shooting the Jin soldiers on the bow of the shore into honeycombs.

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the cabin: "Wait a minute."

All the guards' movements stopped immediately, because this was the order of their army leader.

Although Guo Dashi was puzzled, he immediately followed the military order without hesitation.

Di Lie walked out of the cabin, and his face showed a deep joy of the hunter accidentally discovering the prey. He smiled at Yue Yun beside him: "What did you hear?"

Yue Yun's eyes were shining, and he gathered his energy. While listening with difficulty, he said, "I heard that there are 'sangjun', 'master', and what 'master' promised us to divide these gains first. Each of us can get more than one person', I don't understand anything else..."

Yue Yun looked annoyed and was ashamed of his Jurchen language not being able to hear his Jurchen language. Yue Yun originally knew Jurchen language and never thought of learning the enemy's language. Until the night he captured Chang'an, he saw the army leader with his own eyes kill the Jin army commander Wanyan Loushi. Later, he heard the words of the army leader to these guards: "Destroy a nation, start with understanding."

From then on, Yue Yun began to learn Jurchen language. The teacher, of course, was the military leader. However, after all, the time was still short, so I could only hear a rough idea.
Chapter completed!