Water Margin farming to become powerful

Chapter 396
Digging the bottom of the ship and attacking with fire have always been Liangshan's two magic weapons against the enemy on the water.

In addition to preventing being scuttled by the enemy, the ships designed by Meng Kang are mainly fireproof.

Don’t think about fireproof coatings these days. No matter how well protected a wooden ship is, it will still be burned if the enemy sticks it with a fire boat full of oil.Therefore, the only way to prevent fire is to make the ship more flexible, so that it can avoid the attack of the enemy's fire ship in time on the water.

The triangle sails on the sea are obviously not suitable for Liangshan Po. Meng Kang and the craftsmen and students in the supervisory school have jointly developed a fast oar, which is more delicate than the small oars used by ordinary fishermen. Flexible turning, this is what they have repeatedly verified with the model, and it is different from ordinary people's imagination, because the iron sheet has a certain degree of protection, so after the wooden boat is wrapped with an iron bottom, the wooden board can be used thinner, and the whole This wooden boat not only has a stronger hull, but is even lighter than ordinary fishing boats.

Such a boat can be turned over in the water by a man who is familiar with water, and equipped with more scientific oars, the boats of the escort army are more flexible on the water than Liangshan's boats.

It snowed all night, and finally stayed in the early morning.

On Liangshan Island, a thin layer of ice was formed on the lake. A sailor from the North Gate Water Village took a small boat to the surface of the water, and gently inserted a bamboo pole into the water, instantly breaking the thin ice floes. piece.

"The ice is not thick enough to sail!"

Stand up with him.

Behind him were more than 50 small boats ready to go. On each boat stood three or five sailors in paper armor. Take it off, and quickly pat the flesh on your body with both hands, making the flesh red and hot, ready to jump into the cold water for underwater combat later.

On the shore, dozens of leaders of Liangshan came to Qi Qi Zhang Shun and Tong Wei Tong Meng stood on the boat, wearing special paper armor for water and leather clothes, majestic and majestic.

Later, they will take a big boat and go directly to the river to command the battle against the water forces of the protection army.

"Brother Zhang Shun, drink this bowl of wine first to drive away the cold."

Song Jiang held a bowl of hot rice wine in front of Zhang Shun, and dozens of leaders behind him also held their bowls of wine.

Zhang Shun took the wine with gratitude and drank it down, then threw the wine bowl on the golden sand.

Everyone behind him also followed suit, or threw the wine bowl on the boat and smashed it to pieces, or threw it directly into the lake—all of them looked proud and dry.

"Brothers going this time will surely be able to open the flag and win the battle, for my Liangshan great prestige!"

Song Jiang said words of blessing, and the leaders of Liangshan behind him were also full of confidence in Zhang Shun and others.

Song Jiang looked at the cheering faces of the crowd, thought for a while and smiled and said, "Our Shuizhai brothers didn't make any achievements in the past. This is because our ideas in the Shanzhai were not correct. Brother Zhang Shun will definitely be different when he goes this time. Brothers We are all waiting for the news of our brother's victory."

When the three Ruan brothers heard these words, their expressions were a little ugly, as if they had been slapped in the face.

Seeing that Zhang Shun and the others on the expedition became more excited after saying this, Song Jiang was satisfied in his heart.

Now that Liangshan is in crisis, the key is to unite the hearts of the people. He has always suspected that the Ruan family brothers are not very loyal to him. Hearing the gossip, it is necessary to guard against others, so he transferred the Ruan family brothers away, and handed over the North Gate Water Village to his confidant Zhang Shunlai to lead.

After hearing Zhang Shun's various ideas about the upcoming water battle, Song Jiang felt that he had a good idea.

He began to really think that the Ruan brothers' reluctance to move forward must be due to some rift with him.

Regardless of whether the three heroes of the Ruan family really collaborated with the enemy, as long as Zhang Shun won this battle, it would be a huge variable for the unification of the hearts of the people in Liangshan and the solution to the crisis in Liangshan.

After the rumors spread, everyone in the cottage felt panicked and dissatisfied with the fact that the Ruan family brothers had been guarding the water village at the north gate, but they were delaying in attacking the protection forces on the water.

At this time when people's support is needed, Song Jiang naturally has to follow the tone of everyone.

As for whether the Ruan Family Brotherhood would feel disgusted with him because of this, now that their power has been gathered to the mountain by him, and the soldiers are also under his control, they can't make waves at all. After the matter is over, he will slowly The most important thing is to digest the power of the Ruan family brothers.

Moreover, Song Jiang didn't feel that he was really that dangerous. He and his men had basically agreed that Liang Shan would surrender to the imperial court in the future, nothing more than surrendering after winning a battle.

And the Ruan brothers had a lot of gossip about surrendering to the court, and this conflict would break out if it didn't break out now.

To seize the power of the Ruan brothers and to find a way out for Liangshan, it must start with this big victory.

Even if he wants to surrender, he can't surrender the escort army, can he?
"Let's go!" Zhang Shun and others have already jumped onto the big boat, and with a wave of their big hands, the sailors under him will shake the big oar.

These people are the children of fishermen who have been hanging out in Liangshan Po all the year round. After drinking enough wine today, they rowed wildly while their body temperature was still high. Soon, more than 50 small boats cleared the way in front, and the big boats followed. The sharp sword generally goes straight to the lake in the north.

On the side of the Protectorate Army, when the sentry in front of the water found that Liangshan had already arrived, the golden drum was instantly blared. Ten small boats left the port in a hurry, and the twenty or so fishing boats recruited also quickly moved.

After learning that Liangshan was about to dispatch troops to burn ships a few days ago, the protection army had already begun to practice combat skills. Although everyone was still a little nervous when the battle came, the plan was still carried out meticulously.

Looking from the north bank where the protection army is stationed, what comes into view is a large swamp of reeds. It is impossible to see the situation ahead. This is a piece of stagnant water. Even the docks couldn't be kept safe, so the first part naturally rocked the boats in the docks onto the lake.

Standing on the big ship, Zhang Shun smiled when he heard the battle report from ahead.

"The brothers on the two boats we went to spy on were forced back by the muskets of the guards. The big boats on their docks also got news that they had entered the lake and did not gather in the docks."

Tong Wei laughed and said: "Sure enough, as brother Zhang Shun said, they are not stupid opponents like the officers and soldiers. It must be difficult to fight the opponent with only fire boats. Fortunately, we didn't ask to bring more fire boats this time. As long as the other party is forced into the water, no matter how heavy his boat is, it is hard to turn around, but our boat is small and nimble, and we will surely overturn the people on his boat, even the iron boat. Grab it!"

(End of this chapter)