The banquet began, and everyone toasted to each other happily. Qinbei Pavilion
"Xiao Qi, why are you so depressed? Do you blame my brother for being partial and not giving you a signal?"
Sun Lei walked up to the navy with a smile and joked with Ruan Xiaoqi. The navy's faces were full of depression.
"Brother, how dare Xiao Qi think like that? It's just because we are incompetent and haven't accomplished anything yet, so why do we dare to ask for a banner?"
When Ruan Xiaoqi saw Sun Lei coming, he quickly shook his head and said, giving them a banner would make it difficult for him to see others. Everyone knows that no reward will be given without merit.
"Brother, younger brother and others are incompetent. Everyone on the mountain has gained something this time. Only we, the Navy, are watching."
Ruan Xiaoer quickly stood up and cupped his fists at Sun Lei.
Ruan Xiaowu, Fei Bao, Zhang Shun and others all looked helpless. It wasn't that they were unwilling to fight, it was because the warship couldn't get ashore, and the court didn't have any naval troops. And the arena of the Heroes Conference is not what they are good at.
"Haha, don't be depressed, brother, there is a big event, and you are about to take action!"
Sun Lei smiled and patted Ruan Xiaoer on the shoulder.
"Brother, is it true?"
Ruan Xiaoqi jumped up with excitement when he heard this. What the navy wanted most now was a chance to prove themselves. The three armies of Liangshanbo were established at the same time. Now the cavalry army and infantry army have camp flags, and they have been hung on Ju. How could the navy lag behind in the Justice Hall?
"Let's sit down and talk!"
Sun Lei said with a smile.
"Brother, look at how excited I am. Brother, please sit down!"
Ruan Xiaoqi slapped his forehead, and Ruan Xiaowu had already set up the chair for Sun Lei.
"Have a drink first!"
Sun Lei raised his glass with a smile.
"To brother!"
Everyone raised their glasses and said, with what Sun Lei just said, everyone in the navy was all smiling.
"Brother, tell me quickly, what's the big deal!"
Ruan Xiaoqi asked impatiently after finishing his drink.
"Guess first."
Sun Lei smiled and did not rush to explain.
"Could it be that he wants to attack Jeju Prefecture? Then Huang Wenbing is hiding in Jeju Prefecture now! I will go and scratch him now!"
Ruan Xiaowu said, the grudge between Huang Wenbing and Liang Shan has been settled. Now that the Heroes Conference is over, it is time to kill them.
"How will our navy attack the city?"
Fei Bao said doubtfully. After thinking about it for a while, there was really no place near Liangshanbo that their navy could fight. Although the state capital was close to the water, it was only close to the water. A small river did not have the conditions for the navy to fight.
"The Jeju government is not in a hurry to fight. We in Yangshan are about to take action, but this direction must be to the east first!"
Sun Lei smiled and shook his head.
"east!"
Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu, Ruan Xiaoqi, and Fei Bao were all shocked after hearing this. They were not surprised by Liangshan's expansion. It was reasonable. Now that Liangshan has strong soldiers and horses, how could it not expand? I'm just a little surprised by this direction. To the east of Liangshanbo are the peaks of Mount Tai.
"Brother, do you want to avoid the imperial court?"
Fei Bao immediately reacted. Liangshanbo is located on the East and West Road of Beijing, only a few hundred miles away from Kaifeng. If it expands westward, the imperial court will never watch. Even if Liangshan is now strong and dominates the world, it is still no match for the imperial court.
"Yes, if I expand to the west, I won't be bordering Kaifeng. No matter how stupid Zhao Ji is, he can't just sit idly by and ignore it, right?"
Sun Lei nodded.
"Brother, are you going to attack Yunzhou and Yanzhou?"
Ruan Xiaowu asked, the closest places to the east of Liangshanbo are Yunzhou and Yanzhou.
"Don't worry, this is the meat in our bowl. You can eat it whenever you want. I want it over the mountain."
Sun Lei smiled and pointed to the east.
"Over the mountain? East of Mount Tai! East Jingdong Road!"
Zhang Shun said.
"Yes, do you know the Dengzhou Navy? Ping Navy?"
Sun Lei looked at everyone and asked, but everyone was confused. They didn't know this at all. They were not even familiar with Dengzhou, let alone Ping Haijun.
"The navy of the Song Dynasty can be generally divided into three branches, the Jingshi Navy, the Water Transport Navy and the Quanzhou Navy. The Water Transport Navy is responsible for the smooth flow of water transportation in various places, and the Quanzhou Navy is responsible for the security of the southern coast, merchant ships, and ports."
"The navy in Dengzhou was retained after the abolition of the navy in the capital. The purpose was to cross the sea and attack Liaodong as a containment when the Khitans went south. There were only four commanders and 2,000 men, and the ships were also old. . Now the commander of the Ping Navy is Hu Yanqing, the great-grandson of Hu Yanzan."
Sun Lei is right.
"Brother, when shall we set off!"
Fei Bao asked immediately.
"You still have to prepare. This time is not a battle on rivers and lakes. Dengzhou is close to the sea, with strong winds and waves. The harbor is deep and the village is high, with Dengzhou City at your back. You go there alone, thousands of miles away from the water (the waterway goes around a long way). How can we fight when there is a strong enemy in front and a fortified city with no support behind?"
Sun Lei looked at everyone who was eager to try and poured cold water on them. There are many people in Liangshan who know the art of war, but no one understands the navy. Even San Ruan, Fei Bao and others only wandered in the rivers and lakes, and never had the experience of driving a warship to confront the navy head-on. .
"I'll give you two months to prepare. After the spring begins, I want the navy to take Dengzhou! You must give me a perfect strategy. This is also one of the tests for your navy. If it doesn't work, I will let the cavalry and infantry Junping pushed over."
Sun Lei looked at San Ruan and Fei Bao and said.
"Brother, don't worry, all the naval forces will fight to the death to capture Dengzhou!"
Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu, Ruan Xiaoqi, Fei Bao, Zhang Shun, Wang Dingliu, Ni Yun, Bu Qing, and Di Cheng stood up and spoke solemnly while holding their wine glasses.
"How can you die in Dengzhou? If this is the plan you gave me, then I'm afraid I can't let you go. I can't watch my brothers die."
Sun Lei shook his head and looked at everyone. He wanted Dengzhou, but a Dengzhou was not worth paying too many casualties, let alone the death of his brothers.
"Thank you brother for your consideration."
Everyone was moved and spoke.
"Have a good drink today, you will be busy next!"
Sun Lei said with a smile that he would not agree to attack unless the Navy came up with a perfect plan.
"Brother, this kind of strategy is really not what I'm good at."
Ruan Xiaoqi said with a sad face, he only knew a few words, how could he think of a plan with just this little ink?
"Strategies are not always written in the military books. The naval army is different from the cavalry and infantry. Even the military books are not clearly written. It is almost blank. You still have to come up with your own strategies."
Sun Lei looked at the crowd and said that the great development of the navy began in the Song Dynasty. The Central Plains Dynasty was forced by the northern nomads to move south to the Yangtze River Basin and lost control of the Western Regions. The war in Central Asia led to the interruption of the Silk Road, and maritime trade began to unfold. , shipbuilding was taken seriously only then, and the navy also entered the main stage of history, and various military tactics were summarized from practice.
Everyone in the Navy Army listened thoughtfully. There was really nothing in this area of the Navy Army. There have been countless famous generals throughout the ages. It would take a few hours to count them all. But those were all fought on land. If we were to talk about purely famous navy generals, we really couldn’t count them.
After leaving the navy, Sun Lei made a calculation in his mind. Now that the Jin people have established their country, Zhao Ji and others should prepare to join forces with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty. The maritime alliance started in Dengzhou. If he takes Dengzhou, he will cut off their path first.
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