The seawater lapped on the cliff, stirring up thousands of waves. The sun was hidden in the waves. He blinked his shining eyes and then ran back to the sea. The waves were sparkling and a little dazzling.
Chai Zhi set up the awning with his hands and squinted. In the flickering light and shadow, he finally saw the "island" in the distance. The blood in his body couldn't help but solidify. His sharp voice was filled with fear: "Ship, huge ship!"
Zhu Shu stepped forward and gave Chai Zhi a slap in the face. This bastard is getting better and better. What kind of giant ship deserves your panic? If you disturb the morale of the army, I will kill you.
Chai Zhi looked horrified and pointed to the sea to the east with trembling hands.
Zhu Shu turned around and looked, the expression on his face instantly froze and his eyes widened.
My dear, what the hell is this?
The waves were forcibly split and split to both sides. The whole body was pitch black like a black dragon. The body was more than forty feet long beyond everyone's imagination. The tiger head and flying dragon reliefs looked like living creatures in the interplay of light and shadow. Ready to fly out at any time and crush any enemy that dares to stand in its way.
On top of the huge mast, hunting in the wind is the Great Ming Dynasty Sun and Moon Flag!
"How is this possible?" Zhu Shu was stunned and looked lonely, shouting towards the sea: "This is impossible!"
Absolutely impossible!
You must know that the largest warship of Chen Youliang was only fifteen feet long, two feet wide, and three feet high. It was already the most powerful warship, but the ship in front of him actually exceeded Chen Youliang's strongest warship by nearly three feet. Times!
How could I not know how many ships and combat power the Ming Navy had?
In the past two years, the battle against Japanese pirates has been nothing more than Dafu ships running around on the sea. When did such a huge warship appear?
Unheard of!
What's even more terrible is that on the two wings of the giant ship, there are two large ships of more than thirty feet, and behind them, there are more than twenty big fortune ships.
"Prepare for battle, order the first to sixth fleets to separate and annihilate the large ships, shoot the sergeants on board with muskets and crossbows, and throw brimstone to disrupt their sight. Chai Zhi ordered Duan Hong to prepare the fireship and select a hundred sergeants who dared to die. , ram it with a fire ship!”
Zhu Shu woke up and quickly conveyed the military order.
Although Zhu Shu has never commanded a naval battle, he has actually been on the battlefield and killed Tatars. He has the fearless blood of Lao Zhu, so the scene is still passable.
Although he was frightened by the sudden giant ship, he had a way to deal with it after all.
Not to mention the wonderful burning of Red Cliff in the popular "Three Kingdoms", the battle experience between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang in Poyang Lake also told Zhu Shu how to deal with big ships:
Fire attack.
No matter how big your ship is, as long as it is made of wood, it will always burn. When it burns, it will burn more and more vigorously. By then, it will be just a pile of rotten wood sinking to the bottom of the sea. There is nothing to fear.
Here they were busy setting up formations to prepare for an attack, and over there the treasure ship also blew its trumpet, and its whine spread throughout the sea.
The top floor of the helm building.
Zheng He looked into the distance with a monocular telescope. He could clearly see the four-clawed dragon flag of King Qi, and Zhu Su's demeanor of commanding the battle could also be seen clearly.
Deputy Li Xing looked at the direction of King Qi's fleet with confusion and asked, "Isn't he a fool?"
Zheng He rolled his eyes at Li Xing. Although he was sure of this answer, he couldn't say this casually. After all, no matter how stupid King Qi was, he was still the son of Taizu and the uncle of the current emperor. Wouldn't it be wrong to say that he was a fool? Said that the emperor's family was unfortunate...
"We have tested the power of the treasure ship several times at sea, but it has not reached the level of cruelty of the war. Now the King of Qi has come to help us test the ship. He raised a flag and told the Dafu fleet commanded by Zhang Yu that they were not allowed to participate in the war and could go around to the two wings. , intercepting the retreat of the remaining soldiers. This time, let us see how capable the treasure ship is!"
Zheng He looked solemn.
As the top and pinnacle masterpiece of the Ming Dynasty, the treasure ship can be called the strongest ship of this era, but Zheng He doesn't know how strong the strongest ship is. Who can easily judge it without going through several battles?
Although more than 20 large fortune ships were used to act as the enemy, and you came and went for more than ten drills, this drill was limited. At least it would not use real flint to bombard the treasure ship. The drill was more about how to deploy and deploy the sergeants on the treasure ship. How to face the enemy, how to fight, and how to deal with various emergencies.
But training is training after all. There are still many new recruits on the ship, especially some scholars from the Imperial College. Whether they can stand at the critical moment still needs to be seen on the battlefield.
"Why didn't those people come?"
Zheng He looked around and saw a few people missing.
Li Xing turned around and pointed in the direction of the nail plate and said, "I heard that King Qi rebelled. Now he is lying on the side of the ship shaking. Can these scholars really become fleet commanders?"
Zheng He squinted his eyes and moved the corner of his mouth slightly. As if he couldn't see it, he turned around and ordered: "Send a flag to report, and order Zhu Neng and Du Yu to keep a distance and fight on their own!"
Du Yu served in the Ming Dynasty Navy and was later promoted to be a doctor in the Ministry of War. Because of his proficiency in naval warfare and his courage, he was transferred back to the Navy by Zheng He as a staff general and commanded another treasure ship.
On the side of the ship, Luo Guanying, whose legs were trembling, pointed to the fleet in front and said to his classmates and friends Zhao Shiyu, Yuan Yichen and Shen Wei: "This is really a pillow for sleepy people - just the right time, you said that if we kill King Qi , will you be granted the title of Marquis or something?"
Shen Wei and others stopped their excited legs and all moved aside. Luo Guanying was a restless man. When he first entered the Imperial College, he was such a shy young man. very polite.
But since he wrote an article that sparked a great debate on business and agriculture, this guy has changed, or in other words, he was forced to change.
Think about it, I slept well today, but the door was kicked open, and I came to you to discuss whether businessmen or agriculture are more important. Who can bear this day in and day out? Luo Guanying is a person with strong opinions, but he is ignored every day. , shouted directly:
Come together.
Before the big debate at the Imperial College, there were countless small debates, which really honed a shy scholar's skills of sharp language, thick skin, careful thinking, and being good at finding loopholes...
Later, I heard that the emperor was going to select a group of people from the Imperial Academy to go to Nanyang. Luo Guanying thought, don't you guys just not see the power of businessmen? Then let’s go to the naval fleet, go to Nanyang to bring back all the treasures, and then tell all the people who despise and belittle us with the facts:
The profits of businessmen can support the country and the people!
It was for this motive that Luo Guanying joined the naval captain training program. Of course, his classmates and friends Zhao Shiyu, Yuan Yichen, and Shen Wei who had fought with him were also fooled.
Luo Guanying's identity is unusual. Behind him is Luo Yan'er, the concubine in the palace. He can be said to be a relative of the emperor. He said that it would be no problem to kill the King of Qi, but if other people said that if it was spread, it would be a problem. That's big.
"Come here, yes, I'm talking about you." Luo Guanying stopped a messenger and asked, "Did Deputy General Zheng say that he was not allowed to harm King Qi's life?"
The messenger looked at Luo Guanying as if he were an idiot. How could there be such a stupid question in the world? People have rebelled. The ship has arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River, but he is still not allowed to hurt his life?
What a joke!
If we don't kill him, we don't know how many people will die.
"I didn't say it!"
The messenger was very reluctant and left after saying this.
Luo Guanying became excited and said to Shen Wei and others: "Brothers, the time has come for us to make great achievements! Go to the Tianzi layer and point my divine machine cannon at King Qi's ship!"
Shen Wei, Zhao Shiyu, and Yuan Yichen were a little nervous. Zhao Shiyu was unsure and said: "You have to think clearly, that is King Qi, the seventh son of Taizu. Even if he is guilty, the only one in the world who can kill him is the emperor."
Luo Guanying chuckled and asked: "You have also seen the official documents of the imperial court, but there is a word about treating King Qi kindly? No, right? Since there is no such thing, then there is..."
Shen Wei, Zhao Shiyu and others frowned when they heard this. Although Luo Guanying's words were a bit harsh, they all understood them.
It stands to reason that for such a big event, the official document of the imperial court should at least mention the King of Qi. Not to mention the entire crusade, it should at least occupy one or two lines. However, the official document of the imperial court only mentions the King of Qi once, and that is:
If the King of Qi rebels, the navy should fight with all its strength to win.
As for King Qi's treatment on the battlefield, there was no mention at all. It can be seen that the emperor and the important officials of the court did not care at all about King Qi's life and death, and were not even interested in mentioning it.
But this also proved that the man in the imperial city did not want King Qi to live. That's right, the emperor didn't say it clearly, but if he didn't say to save his life, then wouldn't he mean to take his life...
The attitude above is very clear, so let’s fight to death.
Luo Guanying greeted Shen Wei and the others, then called the twenty or so sergeants he could only command, and got into the first floor below the deck. As soon as they arrived at their positions, they heard a long bugle, and a heavy sound was heard above their heads. Footsteps.
Groups of sergeants began to enter combat positions on the deck. The difference from before was that the weapons worn by these sergeants had changed greatly. There was no spearman. Instead, they all carried shields, daggers hanging on their waists, and held firecrackers. There is also a cowhide bag hanging in the room, which contains a fixed amount of gunpowder.
The first fully organized installation of the new type of firecrackers was not in the Shenji Battalion of the three major battalions of the Beijing Army, but in the Navy Treasure Ship!
On the fifth floor below the deck, the sergeants who had been resting stood up one after another. In front of the rows of divine machine guns, a group of four people pulled out boxes of gunpowder, matchlocks, and cannon stones.
Everyone was silent, no one spoke.
The ship moved on.
Luo Guanying's nervous hands were shaking a little. This was his first time experiencing war, and he was fighting on the strongest ship in the Ming Dynasty!
This battle will be about your own honor and your future!
"Brother Zhao, Brother Yuan, and Brother Shen, do you still remember the first time we operated the divine machine cannon? We are newcomers who hit the target with the first shot. This is why we can stay on the treasure ship! Now, remember The key to the operation is to find King Qi’s ship and do it again!”
Luo Guanying showed her snow-white teeth in the not-so-bright cabin.
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