dtnovels Chapter 872 I’m Here
Chapter 872 I’m Here
Lin Feng shook the report in his hand and said, "That's right. I estimate that more than half of them will die on the way back to Kyoto."
Pei Qiyin sighed softly, "Even if the general wanted to rescue him, it's too late. There are nearly 30,000 Taisho Imperial Guards escorting him. Even if we can make it in time, I'm afraid we'll have to go to war with Taisho."
Lin Feng drummed his fingers on the table, frowning in thought.
Suddenly, he stood up and walked to the map, looking along the route towards Jingxi Prefecture.
But his finger pointed at Jinjiang, which was marked with a red line, and came all the way to the west side of Kyoto.
Lin Feng's fingers paused at a ferry crossing in the south of Kyoto.
"South of Jingxi Prefecture, all the way to Jingnan Prefecture, there are seventeen ferry crossings on the Jin River, but only three of them can accommodate tens of thousands of people."
Due to years of war, almost all the bridges on the Jinjiang River were destroyed, and the only bridge was located upstream of Shanglin Prefecture.
Pei Qiyin widened his eyes and stared at the red line on the map.
"General, you mean..."
"I want to test the power of our Zhenxi No. 2."
"How to try?"
Lin Feng turned around and looked at Pei Qiyin's confused eyes.
"Come on, follow me and have some fun with the Taisho Imperial Army."
After saying that, he waved his hand and said, "Gather the guards and follow me aboard."
When Wen Jian heard the order, he immediately ran out to gather the team.
Ye Liangcai and Bu Yunting packed Lin Feng's luggage.
An hour and a half later, the Zhenxi No. 2 warship slowly left the dock and sailed into the vast center of Jinjiang.
Zhenxi No. 2 is wider and longer than Zhenxi No. 2, and various facilities have been improved, and the sailing speed has also increased significantly.
The artillery on the ship should belong to the third generation technology, with long range and high accuracy.
Of course, its weight and barrel length have also increased a lot.
In short, various technologies are constantly improving.
The wind was favorable at the time, and Zhenxi No. 2 raised all seven sails, allowing the ship to reach its maximum speed.
In less than a day, they arrived from Shanglin Prefecture to Jingxi Prefecture.
From Jingxi Prefecture to the south, there is a pier that can ferry tens of thousands of people, in addition to the Kancheng pier, there is also a place between Jingxi Prefecture and Kancheng, where the river is wide, the water flows slowly, and the road is flat.
This is the most suitable wharf for crossing the river and has a large transportation capacity.
The Taisho Imperial Army captured tens of thousands of people and was most likely to cross the river here.
Therefore, Lin Feng ordered Zhenxi No. 2 to anchor near this pier and wait for news.
If the cavalry could not get any information, it would prove that the Taisho Imperial Army was escorting tens of thousands of people to another dock northwest of Jingnan Prefecture.
It is the only place other than this that can ferry tens of thousands of people.
Zhenxi No. 2 stopped at the left side of the river. Lin Feng ordered two small warships to go south from Kancheng and enter the river northwest of Jingnan Prefecture to monitor any unusual movements.
With warships of this size, no other army on the entire vast waters dares to compete with Lin Feng's Zhenxi Army.
Although there are still many canal gangs in various places, they can only make money by transporting goods and running ferry crossings.
When it comes to fighting on water, they dare not even think about it and all regard the Zhenxi Army as their boss.
Lin Feng was on the Zhenxi No. 2 warship, constantly receiving reports from the cavalry, and accurately grasped the movements of the Taisho Imperial Army escorting prisoners.
However, within two days, it was basically determined that these Taisho Imperial Guards would definitely send tens of thousands of people across the Jinjiang River at the Jinjiang Ferry in the northwest of Jingnan Prefecture.
Lin Feng smiled slightly: "We will set sail tomorrow and head to Jingnan Prefecture."
The order was passed down and sailors from all units began to prepare for tomorrow's voyage.
Pei Qiyin asked in confusion: "General, the Imperial Guard has 30,000 troops and we only have one boat. How can we stop them?"
Lin Feng smiled and said, "We didn't stop them from crossing the river. We just wanted to see how they crossed the river."
"Just looking?"
"Yes, just looking."
Pei Qiyin frowned and said nothing, obviously not understanding Lin Feng's intention.
Zhenxi No. 2 was traveling at a very fast speed, continuing from Jingxi Prefecture towards Jingnan Prefecture downstream.
The boat did not stop when passing Cannes.
Although the distance was far, the speed was fast. In less than two days, Zhenxi No. 2 arrived at its destination.
This place is less than 500 miles away from Jingnan Prefecture. The river is wide, the water flows slowly, and the mudflats are flat.
The imperial court of Dazong built a river ferry terminal here at that time for merchants and common people to cross the river.
Zhenxi No. 2 was anchored on the west bank of Jinjiang River, about ten feet away from the shore, and then anchored to stabilize the hull.
Lin Feng asked someone to get a fishing rod and sat by the side of the boat to fish.
He sent several guards with telescopes to observe the enemy situation from the high deck.
Although Qiu Jie and Jing Zhaoheng sped up their pace, they still did not appear until the third day after Zhenxi No. 2 arrived at the dock.
In order to avoid interception by the Zhenxi Army, Qiu Jie gave up the river ferry terminal 300 miles downstream from Jingxi Prefecture, which was the closest to his team.
Running all the way to Jingnan Prefecture, the distance is more than twice as far.
Unfortunately, what he didn't know was how fast the Zhenxi Army's warships were. If there was a favorable wind, Zhenxi No. 2 could arrive here a day earlier.
When the large group of people appeared in their sight, the guards immediately shouted.
Lin Feng, who was fishing on the side of the boat, breathed a sigh of relief, lifted his fishing rod, and pulled up a palm-sized fish.
Pei Qiyin shouted in surprise.
"Oh, there's a fish. I caught it."
Lin Feng shook his head, took the fish off the hook, and threw it back into the water.
"You're still underage, eat it later."
Pei Qiyin rolled his eyes: "You haven't caught a single fish in half a day, and now you finally have one, but you don't want it. I really don't understand you."
"If you understand a man, that's the end of it."
"General, what do you mean?"
Before Lin Feng could answer, Wen Jian took a step forward.
"General, the Taisho Imperial Army is coming. Should we fight them?"
"No fighting, just do what you need to do and watch."
Everyone was puzzled. Why did Lin Feng run here in such a hurry? Was it just to fish?
Or do you want to see the miserable plight of Prince Rui Zhao Xun?
This idea is still very convincing.
Thirty thousand Taisho Imperial Guards, escorting tens of thousands of prisoners, came to the riverside.
Scouts ahead had already reported that they had spotted a large ship on the river, parked at the dock.
Qiu Jie and Jing Zhaoheng hurriedly rode their horses to the riverside, looked at the huge Zhenxi No. 2 warship from afar, frowned and remained silent for a while.
They had never seen such a large ship before. Moreover, on the high bow, the four huge words "Zhenxi No. 2" were very eye-catching.
They had heard about the Zhenxi bombardment of the Tongsheng Mansion Gate, and had also experienced the power of the artillery on the warship.
The two looked at each other and noticed the doubt in each other's eyes.
"What is the Zhenxi Army going to do?"
Jing Zhaoheng asked to himself.
"Are they going to go to war with Taisho?"
Qiu Jie was also confused.
"No way, the two sides are getting along very peacefully, why would they suddenly want to fight?"
"There is no information, and no letter from the Emperor."
Qiu Jie let out a breath of foul air.
"Should we cross the river?"
"Since we are here..."