After Zhao Peng got on the Zheng Family Army flagship, he estimated that the ship was about fifty-eight meters long and twelve meters wide, with a displacement of about five hundred tons. There were five decks above and below the ship, and the uppermost level was the upper light deck. The stern was raised high, and there was a rudder in the stern. Above the rudder was a rudder, and the rudder was on the rudder. Below the stern was a hall, with a stair entrance to the downstairs in the hall, and there was a hanging shop in the hall, and some soldiers on the upper deck could live in it.

Go down from the stairs in the hall and enter the upper light gun deck. The front of this deck is a grocery holder, which is used to place cables, empty powder barrels and some light cargo. Behind the grocery holder is a gun cabin, with ten twelve-pound red artillery on both sides. At this time, the gun door is closed. When fighting, the gun door is opened and the gun door extends out of the gun door. The gun mounts of the gun are all four-wheel gun mounts, which are the standard gun mounts on Western warships. The gun mounts have cables on them, and usually they are fixed with cables to prevent the gun from moving in the cabin when the ship shakes.

The Red Cannon was originally a naval gun in the West, but in the East, the Red Cannons fighting on the battlefield also used this kind of four-wheeled cannon mount, so the speed of movement was very slow. This was because when the Ming Dynasty imitated the Red Cannon, even the artillery racks were imitated, so this kind of cannon with poor mobility appeared.

At this time, the Western Army field artillery used two-wheeled artillery mounts, which could be pulled by horses, and the marching speed was much faster than the Red Barbarian cannons of the four-wheeled artillery.

This made Zhao Peng decide after going to Nanjing, he had to manufacture Western-style field guns, not only two-wheeled gun mounts, but also supporting two-wheeled ammunition trucks. The two-wheeled ammunition trucks can form a four-wheeled gun mount with two-wheeled ammunition trucks, which is comparable to the cavalry at the traction speed of horses. When marching, the gun mounts and ammunition trucks are connected together, and when fighting, the ammunition trucks and gun mounts are separated.

In the cannon cabin, there are dining tables and hanging shops in the middle of the two rows of cannons. The cannon deck is not only the position for the gunners to fight, but also the cabin and restaurant where the gunners live. There is a patio that can directly access the upper deck. This patio is both a ventilation opening to the bottom cabin and a passage for transporting ammunition. There is a winch in the patio that can lift the ammunition from the bottom cabin to the gun deck and the top light deck. There is a cover above the patio. The cover can be covered when it rains.

After passing through the cannon cabin, there is the Officer's Restaurant behind it, and behind the restaurant is the circular spiral staircase and stair hall running through the upper and lower levels. At the end is the Captain's Room. The Captain's Room is the most luxurious cabin on the ship, with a reception room and a stern with a sea view bedroom.

Go down the spiral stairs and arrive at the heavy artillery deck. Behind the stair hall is the officer cabin and the toilet at the stern. The usually convenient excrement is directly discharged into the sea. The section in front is also the officer cabin. Walking through the officer cabin, there are eighteen-pound red artillery cabins, and there are eighteen-pound red artillery cannons. The layout inside is the same as the twelve-pound cannon cabin above. This is not only the combat position of the heavy artillery gunners, but also the cabin and the restaurant. In front of the heavy artillery cabin is a small piece of cargo cabin.

From the heavy artillery deck, there are sailors and sailors below, which are densely packed with hanging shops. When the boat sails, sailors and sailors live here. There are many people living inside and the air is stuffy. The stern of the boat is also a toilet, and the sea is under the wooden boards of the squatting pit, and the excrement is directly discharged into the sea.

Below the sailors and sailors' cabins are the bottom cabin warehouses, where fresh water, food and ammunition are stored.

The captive Zakana was taken into the bottom cabin, and then a group of prisoners were sent one after another and detained in the bottom cabin.

After Princess Kunxing got on the boat, she was curious about everything on the boat. She ran back and forth on the boat like a child, running around every cabin. When Zheng Sen arranged her residence, she gave up the captain's room that should belong to her and let Princess Kunxing and Fei Zhen'e live in the cabin. However, it was too unreasonable to let Princess Zhu Cixuan go to the cabin of ordinary officers, so Zheng Sen arranged for the prince to live in a 600-year-old ship.

Zhao Peng brought out more than 2,000 new Jinyi Army, more than 8,000 infantrymen, more than 1,000 apprentices and young Jinyi Guards, a total of more than 11,000 people. The Zheng family's ships must not be able to accommodate so many people, so only 6,000 people were arranged to travel south on the Zheng family's large ship, and the remaining more than 5,000 people were still on the rafts built by the Ming army themselves to cross the sea.

The raft will cross the Bohai Bay with the Zheng family fleet. After the fleet arrives in Weihai, the Ming army riding on the raft will disembark in Penglai County, then walk to the canal, and then take the canal boat to the south.

"Your Highness, when you arrive in Penglai, I will get off the boat and personally lead our army to Xuzhou on foot, cross the Yellow River to Xuzhou, and then go south to Nanjing along the canal." Zhao Peng said.

Princess Kunxing, who was sitting next to Zhu Cilang, was unhappy again: "Zhao Lang, from Penglai to Xuzhou, there were many robbers along the way. It was not safe this way, so you can't try the danger."

Zhao Peng smiled and said, "Your Highness the Princess is too worried. I will bring two thousand new troops in the brocade and four thousand infantry. Are bandits and horses brave enough to come? How many people come here are not for free!"

Princess Kunxing said worriedly: "But my family is still worried that Jiannu has taken Shandong. If Jiannu has occupied Shandong, how can you get through it?"

This sentence asked Zhao Peng. As a historical novices, he didn't know when the Qing army arrived in Shandong after entering the pass. If the Qing army had already occupied Shandong by entering the pass, then he walked from Laideng to Xuzhou and passed by Shandong. Wouldn't it be a sheep entering the tiger's mouth? After thinking about it, he said, "I will lead my brothers to land, and look for ships to go out to the sea and go south."

After hearing what Zhao Peng said, Princess Kunxing felt relieved.

The huge Zheng family fleet left the sea area around Shanhaiguan and sailed towards Laideng. In order to ensure the safety of crossing the sea, Zheng Sen ordered that all rafts be tied behind the large ship. The large and small boats crossed the Bohai Sea with the rafts and headed straight for Laideng.

Although the wind and waves in Bohai Bay were not big, Princess Kunxing, who had golden branches and jade leaves, was still stunned. Shortly after leaving the seaside, Princess Kunxing and Fei Zhen'e, who could not withstand the bumps of the wind and waves, vomited and could only lie on the bed and couldn't get up at all. Zhao Peng had no choice but to let several young girls in the Jinyiwei who were not seasick to serve the two girls.

After sailing for a day and a night, Princess Kunxing and Fei Zhen'e had already spit out all the bile. Fortunately, the fleet sailed at sea much faster than the land march. It took nearly 500 miles from Shanhaiguan to Penglai. It took only a little more than a day and a night to arrive.

The next evening, the fleet arrived at the Penglai Sea.

The fleet stopped at the beach, and Princess Kunxing and Fei Zhen'e were completely exhausted. They were still on the largest flagship of the Zheng family army. The soldiers who could not board the boat and could only ride on the raft had suffered a lot. After nightfall, the soldiers on the raft did not dare to sleep and sat on the raft bumping raft in the wind and waves, and I wonder how uncomfortable it felt.

The situation of Prince Zhu Cilang is not much better than that of Princess Kunxing and Fei Zhen'e. Zhu Cilang is also a person who is not used to taking sea boats. Moreover, the big lucky boat he was on is much smaller than Zheng Sen's flagship. He was shaking left and right on the sea. He vomited all kinds of vegetables the day before. When he arrived in Penglai the next afternoon, he was already lying on the bed and unable to walk.
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