"That is?"
Zhang Guanshan suddenly stopped and saw a column of smoke rising from the west. Compared with the smoke column in the south, the smoke column in the west was closer to him, less than forty miles away!
Without hesitation, Zhang Guanshan turned to the west.
Zhao Shiyu led the sergeant to light the smoke column, and then stood on the boat above the river, staring at the smoke column 200 steps away.
Time passed little by little.
The hot air balloon takes off and is hung on the Daifuku boat through ropes at the bottom to prevent it from flying too far.
Li Yan from Baihu looked around with a telescope and suddenly saw birds rising from the forest to the east. Not long after, another bird flew into the sky. Looking at the route, it turned out to be heading towards the smoke column.
Li Yan immediately shouted to the people on the deck: "More than twenty miles to the northeast in the forest, something seems to be approaching."
"Are you sure you are approaching and not leaving?"
Zhao Shiyu's lieutenant Kang Shan raised his neck and asked.
Under the smoke column, many things in the forest will be frightened and leave. A little movement is normal. But close to it, it's not normal.
Li Yan put down the telescope and said seriously: "Yes, we are approaching."
Kang Shan informed Zhao Shiyu of the news, and Zhao Shiyu ordered: "Enter the guard, prepare eight oxen crossbows, and divine machine guns."
The sergeants on the ship quickly entered combat mode.
No one knows what is coming, maybe a group of beasts, maybe other monsters that Ming has never seen before. This is a wild place and anything can happen.
Li Yan observed that something was indeed approaching in the forest, but there was not much movement after ten miles.
The birds nearby have already been frightened away by the smoke column.
Zhao Shiyu stood on the deck, staring at the forest to the east. There was a sergeant holding a push shield beside him for protection. The ship was still some distance from the shore.
"Ming dynasty!"
The sound came from the forest, swept across the river, and hit Zhao Shiyu directly in the face.
Zhao Shiyu was stunned for a moment, his heart suddenly became hot, and he shouted: "He is our brother, beat the drum!"
Boom!
When the drumsticks hit, it was like a sudden rain.
The drumming sound of the drum swept out from the center of the Dafu Ship, shaking the branches of the forest, and countless leaves accompanied it.
Zhang Guanshan heard the sound of the drums, shook away his tears, and walked out of the dense forest. He looked at the horrifying behemoth floating in the air. It was the color of the sun and moon flag. Under it, there was a ship that he did not know. I am familiar with the iron ship, but it is obvious that this is the standard of Daifuku ship.
"Hui Ming, you saw it, this is our Ming Dynasty's ship, they are our Ming Dynasty's brothers."
Zhang Guanshan stood on the shore, looking at the group of familiar faces on the boat, and suddenly knelt down and shouted: "Wuyi Fleet, Deputy Qianhu Zhang Guanshan, failed to complete his mission and brought shame to the navy. Special Come and apologize!"
"Put down the boat!"
Zhao Shiyu's voice was trembling, and finally, he finally found another person!
The Dafu ship cannot dock and is easily stranded.
Zhao Shiyu led the people to the shore through the boat. He looked at Zhang Guanshan and the child on his chest, his eyes filled with enthusiasm. He stepped forward and hugged Zhang Guanshan, and couldn't help but choked up: "It's us who are late, it's us It’s late to pick you up!”
They hugged each other and cried bitterly, and little Zhang Huiming also started crying.
When the sergeants saw this, they wiped away tears one after another.
"Well done!"
Zhao Shiyu patted Zhang Guanshan on the shoulder and asked, "Is there anyone else?"
Zhang Guanshan shook his head: "After the big flood, Captain Wuyi and we fell into the water one after another. I was washed away by the flood and was rescued by the indigenous people here. Later I went back upstream to look for them, but they could not be found. Have you found Captain Wuyi? ?」
Only then did Zhao Shiyu realize that Zhang Guanshan was not a member of Lin Dao's group, but someone who had been left here earlier. Without other brothers to rely on, wandering into the wild forest alone is courting death. He chose to rely on the natives here and persisted to this day, without any fault.
"Wu Yi has already sacrificed his life for the country!"
Zhao Shiyu didn't hide anything.
Zhang Guanshan's body shook, and he felt sad.
In fact, Zhang Guanshan could imagine this result. The brothers must have suffered heavy losses when the flood came. In order to save people, Wu Yi did not choose to escape, but jumped in.
"We found Xiang Datong and Ouyang You. In addition, from Xiang Datong, we learned that Luo Feng led 200 naval officers to the far west, heading north. In addition, Lin Dao brought some people here ,only……"
Zhao Shiyu took Zhang Guanguan and Zhang Huiming to the Dafu ship and told the results of the search.
Zhang Guanshan was very sad.
Zhao Shiyu arranged for some sergeants to stay and took a ship south.
Zhu Neng and Luo Guanying couldn't help but be jealous when they saw Zhang Guanshan.
Xiang Datong recognized Zhang Guanshan, and the two hugged each other and cried, but Ouyang You was also crazy and could only say one sentence.
Zhu Neng calculated the date and finally decided to send someone to follow Zhang Guanshan to a tribe three hundred miles away to pick up Zhang Huiming's mother and give some feedback to the natives to thank them for taking in and taking care of Zhang Guanshan. .
Luo Guanying personally led the team there in order to return quickly.
When he was locked in a cage and covered with bruises, Acharya was stunned when he saw Zhang Guanshan coming back. He couldn't believe that this man would really come back.
The small tribe, with less than 200 people, shivered in the face of the tyrannical Ming sergeant. A tribesman who wanted to take action had his javelin knocked away by a shield, and rows of bows and arrows surrounded everyone.
Zhang Guanshan did not blame the people here, nor did he kill him. He just released Acharya and said to the clan leaders and people here: "The brothers of Ming Dynasty have come to take us home. I hope you will not stop them. To thank you Take good care of me, and Ming Dynasty will leave you a batch of cotton-padded clothes, quilts, and bows and arrows..."
The tribesmen saw the Ming people tied something to a tree. After a loud noise, the tree was blown apart. They were in awe of the gods and fell to the ground one by one.
Zhang Guanshan's return allowed Zhu Neng, Luo Guanying and others to see a glimmer of possibility, that is, in the wilderness, there might be Ming sergeants like Zhang Guanshan left among the indigenous people.
However, the current strength of the Ming Navy is not enough to search deeply. This mission will be handed over to the King of Yan, Zhu Di, and to the future King of Yan, Zhu Zhanji.
Zhu Neng and Luo Guanying believe that no matter where they are, they will definitely leave the mark of the Ming Dynasty, on trees, on stones, on bows and arrows, and in their blood!
One day, they or their descendants will definitely return to the embrace of the Ming Dynasty!
Set sail and head south!
Go meet Zheng He and complete an unprecedented voyage around the world!
The steam engine is moving forward, and the sun and moon flags are fluttering in the wind.
Zhang Guanshan was lying on the deck, with his child Zhang Huiming beside him. He stretched out his hand towards the sun and moon flag.
Like his name.
I am returning to Ming Dynasty!
