Shifu.

Shi Chongxin took a turn in the house with a lantern, and because the house was too big, he sent all the subordinates away, so he walked around like this every day before going to bed.

Back in the lobby, he boiled water to wash his feet and was about to sleep. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door in the distance.

Putting on a coat, Shi Chongxin walked to the door and opened the door, and there was a guard standing outside the door.

"General Shi, the king summoned you to the palace." The guard said respectfully.

"Okay, I'll go change my clothes."

Soon after, Shi Chongxin followed the guards into the palace and met Lu Yuan in the study of Wende Palace, and in addition, there was a young official standing in the study.

"Your Excellency."

"General Shi, how are you doing with your navy?" Lu Yuan got straight to the point.

"The minister has basically taken over."

"How many trolls are there at the moment?"

"Twelve thousand three hundred and forty-one." Shi Chongxin is like a treasure.

Lu Yuan nodded with satisfaction: "You hurry up and prepare for battle, I just got the news that Japan is about to use troops against our country, and when the time comes, I will let the Fourth Army meet the enemy, and you will also take the Forbidden Army Naval Division to support." ”

"The minister commands." Shi Chongxin nodded and asked, "Dare to ask your lord, I don't know where the Japanese navy is now?" How long will it take to reach our waters? ”

Lu Yuan looked at Yuan An.

"They're still in Japan, and it's about three to five days from Japan here." Yuan An replied.

"How many of them are there? What kind of ship is used? Who is the Commander? Shi Chongxin continued to ask.

Yuan An was stunned for a moment and replied: "There should be about 30,000 people in the army, most of them are small and fast-wearing, called bird boats, there are various models, which can carry twenty to a hundred people, and the largest Karasuma ship can carry about six hundred people. ”

Shi Chongxin glanced at him and bowed his hand to Lu Yuan and said, "Your Majesty, before setting out on the expedition, the minister wants to borrow this colleague from you. ”

"Yuan Aiqing, what do you think?" Lu Yuan said with a smile.

"Yes." Yuan An hurriedly spoke.

"That's fine, you can prepare for this."

The two of them quit.

On the way out of the imperial city, Shi Chongxin continued to ask all kinds of questions, and Yuan An answered truthfully, but because it was too late, the two separated outside the imperial city.

The next day, Shi Chongxin went to visit Yuan An's mansion and continued to inquire Yuan An about various situations in Japan.

He not only asked about the army, but also about the people's livelihood and the situation in Heianjing, which made Yuan An feel a little chill in his back.

Although he hoped that Wu would defeat the Fujiwara family, he was very afraid of generals like Shi Chongxin, who was already so powerful and the generals were extremely good, if he knew the roots of Japan, he might be able to destroy Japan.

Thinking of this, he made up his mind that no matter what, he would also prevent Japan from becoming an enemy of a powerful country like Kure in the future, and for this, he needed to obtain decision-making power in Japan.

In the following period, the state of Wu began to reorganize and fight.

Shi Chongxin built the forbidden army's water camp in the waters of the Qiantang River, and his water camp was different from Yu Xun's, which seemed extremely formal.

He laid hundreds of planks on the river, neatly and neatly, and the tents of each army and battalion were in good order, and there were five boat pools on the left and right of the warships, and the handsome battalion was located in the middle, and the soldiers would drive the warships to train in the nearby waters every day.

And just like that, the time came to March before I knew it.

In the spring of March, the willows are green and the flowers are red, everything is recovering, and the whole Hangzhou is in a state of vitality, the farmers outside the city are sweating in the fields, and on the river, the good men are practicing on the warships.

The most important thing in sea combat is to be familiar with the bumps of the waves, the warship is bumpy all the time, and the soldiers need to get used to it, walk on the ground in the bumps, and do everything well.

"Give me a little bit!"

In the East China Sea, on a flying leopard ship, Lin Renzhao listened to the commander in front of him roaring loudly.

After a while, all the soldiers on the ship stood neatly on the deck, Lin Renzhao nodded secretly, these soldiers have not been in the navy for a long time, but now they have shown such proficiency, they are worthy of the soldiers trained by Concubine Yu.

It's a pity that the battalion commander is still frowning, looking not very satisfied.

Lin Renzhao is now the deputy commander of this battalion, and the burly man in front of him is the battalion commander Lin Shu.

In Lin Renzhao's view, this Lin commander is brave and brave, but the method of training is too conventional.

For this reason, he also considered speaking to the other party, but finally gave up. After all, he is so young and has just taken office, if he dares to make suggestions, the other party will not only not listen, but may also be dissatisfied with himself.

"That's it for training in the morning, rest for half an hour at noon, and then continue training in the afternoon." Lin Shu ordered loudly.

The soldiers answered and dispersed.

Lin Renzhao went to the cabin to receive a meal, there was meat and eggs in the dish, it can be said that it was quite rich, he swept away the meal like a gust of wind, licked the bowl, and then got up with the empty plate.

Suddenly, a voice sounded next to him.

"I didn't expect you children of the family to eat like this."

Turning his head, it was Lin Shu who spoke, and this was the first time he had accosted Lin Renzhao outside of training.

"I'm not a kid of a family." Lin Renzhao walked to a wooden barrel with the empty bowl and put the bowl in.

Lin Shu followed and put the bowl in, and said with a smile: "The son of Zhang Shangshu's family, isn't he a child of a family?" ”

"My master is Ma Kongming, and he is not related by blood to Zhang Fuzhong, I live in Huangkou Village, Hui'an Prefecture, and I am a farmer's child."

Leaving Lin Shu with a thoughtful expression, Lin Renzhao left the cabin, and he climbed up to the highest mast on the ship along the rope, and quietly looked at the sea.

At this time, there was a sound from below, and when I looked down, Lin Shu actually chased after me.

"Hey, I heard that you also learned the art of war from General Yu, do you think General Yu or General Shi, who has the stronger command ability in water warfare?" Lin Shu sat down next to Lin Renzhao and asked with a smile.

"There will never be an answer to this question." Lin Renzhao squinted into the distance.

"Why?"

"You can only get answers in real combat, but they will never fight, will they?"

"Haha, you're right! I thought you'd say that General Yu would win. ”

"Why do I say that?"

Lin Shu's expression became more serious: "Because that's what everyone else I asked." ”

Lin Renzhao was about to reply, suddenly, he caught a glimpse of two small dots in the distance on the sea, and when he looked closely, they were two ships, one was chasing the other!

……

"Sakurako, they seem to be getting closer and closer to us!" Matsuhiro said anxiously.

"Don't panic, it's not far from Wu Guo, as long as we go ashore, we will be safe." Sakurako Mochizuki's calm voice sounded.

On the ship, in addition to the two and a few boatmen, there were two other Japanese, one of whom complained: "Didn't you say that Lord Nghe An is now an official of the Wu State?" Then why didn't he send someone to pick us up? ”

"Lord Ngee Ann has just become an official." Sakurako Mochizuki patiently explained.

The other party is the envoy of the Kohayata family of Nagato Province, and he was ordered by Nagato to protect Kohayada Hideaki to go to Wu to confirm the current situation of Minamoto Yoshiyasu.

Only by confirming that Gen Yi'an did have power in the Central Plains country would he consider an alliance with Gen Yi'an.

"Anyway, you should find a way to do it, and besides, you must protect my life first, understand?" Masao Kohayada said sharply.

"Bastard! If you talk too much, I'll throw you down, and the boat will run faster!" "Majiko was furious.

"What, this is the attitude of Minamoto Yoshian to cooperate with our Kohayada family?" Masao Kohayada sneered.

Just as the two were glaring at each other, a Japanese jumped down from the mast: "Don't make any noise, a warship is coming." ”

Jihiro Masaka was half surprised, half worried: "It must be the Wu State Army, Sakurako, they won't attack us, right?" ”

"Don't talk until you wait, I'll negotiate with them." Sakurako Mochizuki remained calm.

Then, at her command, the merchant ship they were on took took the sails and slowed down.

After a while, the Fujiwara family warship in the rear chased after it first.

After the other party approached, they did not attack immediately, because in the direction of the head-on, a strange warship approached the two Japanese ships, and in the distance, several ships surrounded them.

Soon, the three ships converged, and at this time it was clear that the strange warship was the largest, followed by the Fujiwara family warship, and the smallest was the merchant ship on which Sakurako Mochizuki was riding.

"We are the subordinates of Lord Yuan An in the Langzhong of the Wu Guohu Department, please don't attack us!" Sakurako Mochizuki shouted in Chinese.

At the same time, on the Fujiwara family warship, a Japanese shouted in Japanese: "We are the Japanese army, and we are pursuing state criminals, you must not interfere with us!" ”

On the flying leopard boat, Lin Shu responded loudly: "We are the Wu State Naval Army, this is our country's waters, you all have to go to the barracks for inspection." ”

"We're willing to be checked!" Sakurako Mochizuki said quickly.

While speaking, several more large ships came around, and the two Japanese ships were completely surrounded.

Lin Shu said: "We will send a small boat to come over, and you will all get on our small boat later, and your boat will be taken over by us for the time being." ”

"Understood." Sakurako Mochizuki didn't hesitate.

Seeing that Sakurako Mochizuki kept talking with the other party, and couldn't understand what the other party said, the Fujiwara family was a little impatient, and the leader of the ship said loudly: "Bring the boat close and shoot them!" ”

His men were ordered to leave, and after a while, the Japanese warship moved.

However, as he approached, the Japanese leader noticed that someone on the enemy ship shouted a few words at him, but unfortunately he still did not understand.

The Japanese leader ignored it and continued to order his men to approach, he did not believe that these Central Plains people really dared to make a move against the Japanese warships.

Suddenly, the sound of puff and puff kept sounding, and a dense burst of crossbows missed!

"Bastard, you dare to attack our army, I will pay tribute to Lord Guan Bai and punish ......"

Halfway through his sentence, the Japanese leader was shot by a repeater and fell into the sea.

Each Flying Leopard ship was equipped with four cloud crossbows, and there were six flying Leopard ships around, and the distance was so close that you can imagine how violent the crossbow loss was, and more than half of the Japanese on the Fujiwara family warship were killed at once.

The rest of the people were frightened, some knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, some drew their swords and slashed indiscriminately, and some jumped directly into the sea.

Also frightened was Masao Kohayata.

"What was that?" He asked Sakurako Mochizuki in a trembling voice.

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