That night, Hong Tao's team camped on the canal seven or eight kilometers north of Daming Mansion, and spent the night safely and steadily, without any trouble. However, when he set off the next day, a big trouble occurred, and the canal was blocked. The march began for only two hours early in the morning, and the troops responsible for the safety of the transport ship sent people to report that there was a silt in the canal and the fleet was unable to pass.

"Uncle, do you think it was caused by disrepair? Otherwise, we would leave the reserve camp and dig here. If we can cross the boat, we will see if we need to organize manpower to clear the entire canal that is not very smooth. This river is quite important. Lao Kong and I have discussed it and we should notify the imperial government to send more troops to strengthen the guards of this river. A military fortress should be set up every ten kilometers north of the Huai River, with hundreds of people stationed to each other, and according to the intensity of the bandits here, it is enough to deter them. In this way, we can rely on this river to dispatch materials and personnel from the south to the north, and all the problems cannot be solved by sea alone."

Upon hearing this news, Hong Tao did not dare to neglect it, so he ran to the canal to take a look. The silted section was not long or serious, but there was a dark dam in the water, and the water flow could pass, and the small boat was not in trouble, but the heavy-loaded boat could not pass. Bo Jiao probably heard Hong Tao talk about this canal, and he knew that it had not been officially used for more than a hundred years, especially in the northern section, which was disrepaired for a long time, and silting was reasonable. He was more concerned about how to use this canal and contribute to the future construction of the north. His vision was not short of a long time.

"Let's talk about what happened in the future. What I want to know now is that the river bank here has not collapsed and there are no tall buildings on both sides of the river. How did this dark dam come from? Was it really formed naturally? Why didn't there be any other place? Have you ever checked in front? Are there any similar sections in front?" Bo Jiao thought for a long time, but Hong Tao's vision was very, very short-sighted. He got off the horse and walked on the shore, then took a boat to look at the other side, and began to be petty.

"Report to Prime Minister, we usually explore one kilometer, but no similar situation has been found yet..." The captain of the Imperial Army clearly answered Hong Tao's question.

"Uncle, do you suspect someone deliberately blocked the river and prevented us from going there?" Bo Jiao understood what Hong Tao meant.

"What do you think? Why don't I look at it like the silt caused by disrepair? The silt is accumulated over the years. There must be traces of aquatic plants on the shore, but I haven't seen anything here. The river bank is very neat and there is no grass. Why does it have an extra dark dam in the river channel? It's not clear!" Hong Tao doesn't understand any water conservancy projects, but he has been fishing around many times in his lifetime. Various reservoirs and rivers have been exposed to more than once. Every time he goes to a water area, his first task is to find fish paths, that is, to find places that are prone to siltation in the local area. No matter how he looks at it, it doesn't seem to be formed naturally.

"You mean someone is planning to ambush our transport fleet! But the local tyrants should not allow such a large-scale bandit crisis to appear in the local area, so they themselves... You may not suspect that these local tyrants are going to attack us! We are under the banner of the Song Dynasty court, and they will have such courage?" Kong Pei understood what Hong Tao was worried about, but he still couldn't understand why local tyrants attacked the imperial fleet, and it was a bit risky.

"People's courage increases with the benefits. The things on our dozens of transport ships are enough for some people to take risks. As for the banner of the imperial court, this thing works south of the Huai River. After crossing the Yellow River, it is like a child's butt curtain, and it cannot even cover its butts, and there is no face. If there is, it will not go anywhere, no one will pay attention to it. I am also guessing, not sure that someone will really attack us. But there is a saying in the Royal Navy, you should not forget what I said back then?" Hong Tao picked up the telescope and looked around. The north in winter is really desolate and there is nothing.

"Dangerous is a great beauty. As long as you feel a little bit of her taste, you must go to find her, otherwise you will never be able to marry a wife in your life." Bo Jiao blurted out without thinking, which caused the ridicule of a group of army soldiers around him. They had never heard of this famous naval quote, and they could not understand how such shameless words would become a famous quote from the Royal Navy.

"Just laugh! When is the army's turn to laugh at the Navy? There are still some rules! Stand at attention and turn back... Unlucky things!" But their ridicule angered Bo Jiao. Although he was no longer a naval officer, he always thought he was still a navy. Prime Minister and the mayor were just his job. Others can laugh at his job for not doing well, but they must not laugh at the Navy. That is his belief.

"Okay, let's find this beautiful woman now and see if she is here! But all beautiful women are generally reserved. If we have too many people, she dare not show up. So, divide half of the reserve camp to dig the dark dam here. I will stay with the soldiers who were originally responsible for guarding the fleet and my guard. You two find someone to ride my horse to pretend to me, and then continue to go north along the canal with most of them. Don't deliberately walk too slowly, so that the beautiful women can discover it.

, She should be suspicious. After 12 hours of marching, you turned around and returned quickly. I am here to guard it. There are really a beautiful woman. I can still make do with her body. If she doesn't come, I won't think about it anymore. OK?" Hong Tao felt that this beautiful woman might really come, and that would be interesting. Instead of scaring her away and not meeting her, it would be better to hook her up and fuck her down on the spot, so that she would not go elsewhere to attract bees and butterflies to harm others in the future. Who wouldn't go to hell if I don't go to hell?

Bo Jiao was right. This canal is very important for the new government to manage the north. We cannot let the local tyrants be too arrogant. Although he has not yet made any moves to deal with them, when it is time to give some color, he must let the other party understand that the current court is not soft persimmons. If anyone wants to pinch it, he will pinch it. The current court is a big durian, which is smelly and hard, so that they can restrain themselves.

"That won't happen. You can't be a bait. Captain, I will leave you five hundred people. The land war artillery on the ship is under your command. You need to hold on here for twenty hours. Can you complete the task?" Bo Jiao immediately stopped when he heard that Hong Tao wanted to stay by himself. He reached out and grabbed Hong Tao's arm to prevent him from dismounting, and then began to assign tasks to his army.

"If the opponent is the Xinjun of the Song Dynasty, I can't complete the mission, and I think there is no problem with other troops." The captain's answer was not passionate at all. He and Bojiao were like buying vegetables in the vegetable market, and they bargained with each other.

"The new army of the Song Dynasty is all south of the Yangtze River. The people coming are similar to them. Is there any problem?" Bo Jiao was not anxious and clarified the task for the captain again.

"No more!" This time the captain stopped talking nonsense and reached out to stand at attention and saluted Bo Jiao, expressing his acceptance of the task.

"I have it! Don't rush to salute first, just give five hundred people. I ask you, if you add one hundred people to you, you may face thousands or tens of thousands of bandits. If you are allowed to hold on for twenty hours, can you complete the task?" Hong Tao wrapped his wrist on Bo Jiao's arm, and broke away from his control, and called out to the captain who was about to run away.

"...I really can't guarantee this amount of troops. I only have 200 people, and one hundred people are only 300. If I really fight, I will have to score at least fifty people to take care of the reserve camp of more than 500 people to prevent them from counterattacking or running away in the chaos. In addition, I will score dozens of people to guard the ships. There are only more than 200 mobile troops in my hand, and I will also score on the defense of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. Isn't this too difficult for me?"

The officers of the Imperial Army and the Navy have the same virtue. They must say in advance about orders that they cannot complete, and will never bite their back teeth to accept them. Because this means that the issue of distinguishing responsibilities after the war. If it is a reasonable order, the responsibility for failing to complete the task will be on the commander on the scene, and that is to go to the military court. If it is not a reasonable order, it does not mean that they will not be executed because they are afraid of death. But it must be explained in advance so as not to be charged with delaying the opportunity after the war and be tried in absentia by the military court. That would be too unfair. Everyone died in battle and their reputation would be bad.

"So, I have to do this job, and none of you can do it. You can't command my guard, and you won't use their weapons. With more than a hundred of them, you can resist 300 of you, especially in defensive battles. Don't sneer, you will understand after fighting. There can't be too many people here. If the other party really wants to come, it's not that they have been staring at us for a day or two, and they also have telescopes, and we probably can't hide our every move. If you want a beautiful woman, you are afraid that your body will not be able to bear it. You will want to ask a few more people to take the rice together. That's not possible. You two have no feminine relationship, so you should wait and see the erotic paintings. I have to do this job.

Let's go steadily, thinking that I'll be back soon, I'm just the ability to fight for a night. I'm old and my waist is no longer strong." Hearing the captain's answer, Hong Tao was happy. He knew that this mission could not be completed by the Imperial Army alone. The shooting density and lethality of their weapons were far from enough. If this were replaced by the 300 Mexican Marine Corps, as long as the food supply was sufficient, it would be fine to hold on for a week. No matter whether the opponent was a cavalry or an infantryman, he would use a mortar to shoot at a distance, mid-range and long-range sniper rifle, mid-range and close-range shooting guns, and pistols and grenades at a close range. The troops that could break through such a strong fire blockade line have not been born in this world.
Chapter completed!