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Chapter 789 Something is wrong

Back in the cabin, he and Zou You huddled together on a small table, spread out the marching map, and carefully studied the terrain around Thang Long City.Zou You also interjected from time to time, and Fatty Lu, who was already unhappy, immediately started arguing with him.But the more he argued, the more frightened Lu Fatty became.Although Zou You still lacks experience, his various theories are sound.Even many novel viewpoints were unheard of by him.

It's a debate, but in fact, Fatty Lu is just relying on his experience to make arguments.Seeing that Zou You couldn't persuade him, he often put aside his own point of view and stopped pestering him, which made Fatty Lu very bored.Gradually, the two of them no longer communicate with each other, and they see each other in their own way.

In this way, another three days passed.

On this day, Fatty Lu got up early as usual, wanting to watch the sunrise over the sea again in the east.Unexpectedly, looking far away, he suddenly saw a small black dot.

He called an old boatman and asked, "What is that little black spot?"

The old boatman's old eyesight is dim, how can it compare with Fatty Lu's eyesight?After squinting his eyes for a while, he saw a vague black spot. "General, this is the coast, we're going to dock, we're going to dock!" The old boatman shouted excitedly, but he soon became suspicious: "It's only been eight days, and it's Jiaozhi? Is it unlikely?"

The other two old boatmen also gathered around, carefully observed the surrounding hydrology and scenery, and then said with certainty: "General, the frontier is the border of Cochin..."

Lu Chenhuan was almost suffocated: "Okay, lean over quickly, lean over!"

"Wait!"

A deep voice came from behind, and Fatty Lu turned his head to see that it was the artillery instructor Zou You. "Professor Zou, what are you mixing with? You know how to sail?" Fatty Lu hit Zou You mercilessly and said, "Don't talk nonsense here, listen to the words of the old boatman!"

Zou You sneered and said, "Although the front is in Jiaozhi territory, it is not the river leading to Shenglong City."

An old boatman thought about it for a while, and also admitted this statement: "The general is right. There is only a flat land ahead, and there is no big river flowing into the sea..."

Lu Chenhuan has read the map and knows that Shenglong City is located on the right bank of the Red River and at the confluence of the Red River and the Dunhe River. Since there is no river here, it must not be the Red River leading to Shenglong City. "Zou Jiaoxi, how do you know?" Fatty Lu had to look at Zou You with admiration again.

"It's very simple, it's calculated." Zou You took out the nautical chart and Sinan, and said seriously: "Find the direction through Sinan, and then according to the nautical chart, find two things around you that can determine the location, and point the long side of Sinan toward One of them can form two intersecting lines, which can be marked on the map. The position where the two lines intersect is where we are.”

Not to mention those old boatmen, even Fatty Lu heard it like falling into the clouds.Zou You said with a smile: "Actually, this method is similar to your night astrology to determine the location, but I use the astrology as a map. The astrology can only be seen at night, but the map can be viewed anytime and anywhere. Which one do you think is better?" ?”

An old boatman admired him sincerely: "This method is good. With this method, no matter how far you go to sea in the future, you will not be afraid of getting lost..."

Zou You said with a smile: "This method was also thought of by you first, but it's just for our Royal Military Academy to improve."

Fatty Lu is still a little depressed, all the joy just now is gone: "How far is this place from the Red River?"

"About half a day!" Zou You looked at the nautical chart and said a little uncertainly.

Sure enough, at noon, when the sun was in the sky, I saw a big river not far away, slowly merging into the mouth of the sea.Zou You said with a smile: "Haha, the Red River has arrived, and one day, we will be able to go upstream and reach Shenglong City!"

Lu Chenhuan was not so happy, he frowned and said: "Zou Jiaoxi, you are too happy, there are many ships on the sea, how do you get there?"

Zou You said dismissively: "What are you afraid of, just run into it! Who dares to block our boat? However, let the sailor hide tighter, don't let people see the flaw..." Some Cochin people also beg for food at sea. The estuary of the Honghe River is a good natural harbor. It is normal for a large number of fishermen and merchant ships to be busy.As long as their fleet hides the sailors a little tighter and does not show their weapons, although it is huge, it is not too eye-catching. At most, they will think it is a large caravan from Dashun to Shenglong City.

Of course, before entering the Red River, there will definitely be fast horses reporting all the way to Shenglong City, which is inevitable.Fortunately, Fatty Lu had already prepared, and asked his soldiers to dress up as boatmen and one as a merchant to negotiate with the Cozhi people.

Half a day later, after a quick report, Li Rizun received the news, and frowned: "A fleet came from Dashun, wanting to trade in the Li Dynasty? At this juncture, Dashun will send a fleet? Something is wrong, could it be that the news of the dispatch of troops has leaked out?" After thinking about it, this is impossible, it only takes six days for Taiwei Guo Qingri to lead the expedition, and the sea route from Dashun to Jiaozhi will take at least ten days.Dashun needs to know the foresight before he can dispatch troops in advance, right?

"It's actually delivered to your door. Okay, I want to see how much gold and silver treasures are loaded on these sixty merchant ships!" Li Rizun was thinking about embezzling the goods, but he didn't know that Fatty Lu on the other side also The same is calculating him.

"Professor Zou, what Li Rizun are you talking about? Will he be fooled?" Fatty Lu was a little uncertain. He had never dealt with Cochin people before, so he was a little uncertain.

Zou You pondered for a while, but before he could speak, the old boatman beside him said angrily: "The Cochin people are nothing at all, relying on their borders, they buy and sell by force, no different from robbers! General, you are going to go here this time. , Is it to crusade against the Cochin? They are going to be crusaded, and this group of unfaithful white-eyed wolves should be severely beaten!"

These old boatmen were not vegetarians either, they had already seen Fatty Lu and Zou You's intentions.They were right. The Jiaozhi people, the Annan people (later Vietnamese and Nan people) referred to by the court, were indeed a bit dishonest, greedy, and liked to get something for nothing.Moreover, he is arrogant and arrogant, thinking that the sky is the boss and he is the second child.How could such an arrogant person see Fatty Lu's scheme?

Zou You said with a smile: "They want to rob? No, let's give them something!" After finishing speaking, he looked at Fatty Lu and laughed heartlessly. The old boatmen looked at each other, thinking that The generals of these imperial courts all got insane and became lunatics.

(End of this chapter)