Two days later, at noon, on the coastal defense line outside Linhai City, warships were densely packed, and all the generals gathered, and the momentum was huge.

The Great Qi Army went to sea according to the plan, and King Guhong dispatched troops: ordered Yang You, the right vanguard of the Wanli Army, to lead the first battalion, the second battalion, the naval battle battalion and the artillery battalion, a total of 5,000 people, to go to sea to suppress bandits; Lin Zheng, the left pioneer, led the 3rd and 4th battalions of the pioneer battalion, the naval battle battalion and the artillery battalion, with a total of 5,000 people to the sea to suppress bandits; Tang Wujing, Marquis of Zhenhai, led 5,000 troops stationed in Linhai City to the sea to suppress bandits; Xu Lin, who joined the army, led another 8,000 troops to the sea to suppress bandits.

In this expedition, the Great Qi Army invested a total of more than 50 large and small warships, with as many as 20,000 troops, and the momentum was huge and the fighting spirit was strong, all of which demonstrated the courage and determination of the Great Qi royal division. When the people of Linhai City saw it, they saw it off one after another, praying for the triumphant return of the army.

And this time the King of Guhong set out with four people, Zhenhai Marquis Tang Wujing was most familiar with the situation of pirates, so he was led by the middle lane, and the left and right vanguards were supported on both sides, and Xu Lin was prepared for everything, so it can be said that the preparation was also very sufficient.

Seeing that the morale of the army was high and the time had come, King Gu Hong stood on the marching platform (the proclamation platform built before the expedition, which was used by the commander to give orders and inspire people), drew his sword and raised it high, and shouted: "Soldiers of Daqi! You are the most heroic warriors, the most fearless heroes, you defend the land, protect the country and defend the home; You are not afraid of strong enemies, and you do not hesitate to lay down your lives; You swear allegiance to the death and are unswerving; Here, I, Mu Li, King of Guhong, thank you for the court! ”

After King Guhong finished speaking, there was a chorus of pandering from the audience. After a while, Xu Lin waved his hand, and the army fell silent again.

"Now, there are thieves who invade my territory, disturb my people, disturb my rivers and mountains, and occupy my sea areas, do you agree?"

"No!" "No!"

The soldiers shouted in unison, and the shouts shook the heavens and the earth, and the momentum soared into the sky. King Guhong nodded, and shouted again: "So, at this moment, it's time for us to throw our heads and spill our blood to protect my family and country for the sake of this father!" At present, the thieves are on the sea, and we will wait for the sword to come out of the sheath, and we will not return without seeing blood, and we will not stop killing all of them. However, the thieves are just a few people, and they may be a bit overkill, so you can't kill them. However, we want to take this opportunity to tell the world that no matter who it is, what race, when and what happens, anyone who offends our great Qi Tianwei will be killed and will be killed, so as to shock the Quartet! ”

"Kill them all!" "Shake the Quartet!"

Looking at the excitement and momentum of the audience, King Guhong lowered his raised arm and stretched it out, pointing at the sea with his sword. After a moment of silence, he took a deep breath and said, "Let's go!" ”

"Whoa!"

King Guhong ordered to go to sea, and the generals led the troops to board the ship. Speaking of the warships of Daqi, I would also like to introduce them here. In the future, there will be four categories: the "building ship" of the commander's residence, the "steamer" of the assault weapon, the "water dragon ship" of heavy artillery bombardment, and the "flying dragon ship" of cruise support.

"Lou ship", also known as "loft ship". The "building boat" equipped by the Daqi Navy is about 30 zhang long, about 15 zhang wide, the bottom of the ship is one and a half feet thick, and there are 30 to 40 wheel pulps. A three-story attic was built on the ship, and a command platform was set up on the roof of the building, which was used by the main ship to observe the battle situation of each fleet, and at the same time to give orders and command the whole army. Therefore, the building ship is used as the commander of the warship. Ordinary building ships can carry 5 or 600 soldiers, and larger ones can even carry 1,000 people.

"Steamship", also known as "wheelship". This kind of ship is small in appearance, flexible in action, and is equipped with four wheels next to it, each wheel has eight wheels, which is very light and agile, and is a typical vehicle and ship that is commonly used, and is used as a ship for rapid charge in the Great Qi Army.

The "water dragon boat" has a large hull and is slow to move, but the hull is strong and the bottom is extremely thick, so it can be equipped with a large Qi artillery arm mine for a heavy blow to the enemy ship. At the same time, the shells used by the navy are also different from those of the infantry army, which are packed in thin porcelain jars with lime, arsenic, iron slag and gunpowder, and fired with divine arm mines, which explode immediately after hitting the target, and have multiple killing effects, called lime bullets.

As for the "Wyvern Ship", it has the same features as a steamer, but it is larger than a steamship and can carry more soldiers and equipment. The Wyvern is also nimble and lightweight, and with its large carrying capacity, it is mostly used to support and attack in various fleets.

Zhenhai Hou has been in charge of Linhai City for many years, and he is especially good at water warfare, so King Guhong takes him as the vanguard of the middle lane, and this time it is not to consume the combat power of Linhai City. And the first battalion of Qingcheng and Mu Huang's pioneer battalion was originally going to follow the right vanguard Yang You, but Gu Hongwang and Xu Lin thought about it again and again, and still let Mu Huang follow the team, and Qingcheng took the wind to Zhenhaihou's ship, leaving Lei Ying to plan for Mu Huang.

This battle is Mu Huang's first battle, the last time Qingcheng did not let her go out, but stayed in the army, but this time Qingcheng could not resist Mu Huang, the latter insisted on going to sea, to experience the scene of the naval battle.

At this moment, the naval fleet has left the port one after another, Qingcheng looked at the magnificent waters of the East China Sea, and the calm Zhenhai Hou, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

In fact, Qingcheng is sighing that Zhenhaihou is worthy of the style of a general, the talent of a general, even if he has been defeated by pirates for more than three months, but from the time King Guhong let him go to sea to this moment, the latter's face has no fear at all, where can he see that he is a defeated general?

"There are only 20,000 or 30,000 Haichuan bandits, in fact, they will not be in the eyes of Zhenhaihou, but they ...... I hope I'm overthinking. The big war is just around the corner, and I don't have time to think about it anymore. If this battle can defeat the Haichuan people, it is best to pass through their mouths immediately, I don't believe that I can't ask the identity of the inner ghost. ”

Qingcheng was still thinking about the ghosts, and the Zhenhai Marquis on the side looked at him, seeing him pondering, he thought he was afraid, so he couldn't help but chuckle and said, "What, don't you have confidence in naval battles?" I heard you're fighting a naval battle for the first time. ”

Zhenhai Hou cared, Qingcheng did not defend him, and said: "The last general is indeed the first time to fight a naval battle. I'm ashamed to say it, Lord Hou, this time to suppress bandits, I'm afraid I have to rely more on Master Hou's strategy. ”

Qingcheng was originally sincerely entrusted, but after Zhenhaihou heard it at this moment, he pondered for a moment, and he said with a wry smile: "Do you still trust Benhou?" ”

"Master Hou, the last general ......"

"Okay, don't say more", Zhenhaihou knew Qingcheng's personality well, and didn't want to get entangled with him on this topic, so he said: "Now that the war is imminent, the military spirit is the most important, let's not mention these things." ”

With that, both fell silent for a while. After a while, Zhenhai Hou suddenly asked: "Qingcheng, do you know that Ben Hou is slightly familiar with naval battles?" But Ben Hou expected that you must not know who taught Ben Hou's naval battle strategy and experience. ”

After a moment of silence, Zhenhai Hou asked such a sentence that had nothing to do with this battle, Qingcheng was puzzled and asked, "The last general really doesn't know." ”

"It's Duan Shuai."

At the mention of Duan Feiyan, Zhenhaihou's eyes were filled with reverence every time. And he seemed to recall some of the past, and only after a moment did he sigh lightly, and then said: "Tang Wujing's skills are all taught by Duan Shuai, and today's gains are also thanks to Duan Shuai's help. In fact, Qingcheng, you also know that there are few people in your father's talented army. But you must not know that Duan Shuai in my heart is a great general, it can be said that whether it is the marching formation of the infantry army, or naval battles, as well as all kinds of ambush warfare, blitzkrieg, etc., your father and commander are all connected. For decades, no one in the world has been able to stand out, which means that any emperor should be regarded as a guest. It's a pity that the two generations of emperors of the Great Qi Dynasty were in charge of the creation of Qiankun, but they couldn't put their hearts in their hearts, so that this ......"

"Master Hou!"

Listening to Zhenhaihou's evaluation of his father Duan Feiyan, Qingcheng was full of pride and gratitude. But when he heard the former begin to talk about imperial power, Qingcheng was startled at first, looked around, hurriedly interrupted him, and said: "The wall has ears, and the Hou Ye is already on the cusp, so he should be more cautious, and he must not talk about His Majesty." ”

Qingcheng put his heart in his heart, and Zhenhaihou was grateful for this, and sighed: "That's it, don't mention the past." Duan Shuai is such a hero, although he has been wronged and humiliated, but with his mind, he will not care, so why should I be persistent. Telling you this, in fact, I just want you to know that Duan Shuai is like a reborn parent to Ben Hou, so Qingcheng, whether you believe it or not, in this battle, Ben Hou will never put you in danger, and he will definitely protect you. ”

Listening to Zhenhaihou's words, Qingcheng was stunned for a moment, as if he heard that there were other meanings in his words. And after he pondered for a moment, he clasped his hands into fists and said, "Qingcheng has never doubted this. Hou Ye has served the country and the people, ten years of ups and downs, loyalty and courage, which is admirable. This battle is about the Hou Ye, Qingcheng will definitely do his best, and I hope that we will return triumphantly! ”

Zhenhaihou looked at Qingcheng's appearance and listened to this kind of trusting words, and couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart. And he was silent for a moment, adjusted his emotions, held Qingcheng's arms with both hands, and said, "We will definitely return triumphantly!" ”

The two talked, and the distance between them narrowed a lot. In fact, in Qingcheng's view, Zhenhaihou is upright, attaches great importance to love and righteousness, and is a person who is a heavy friend. If it weren't for all the evidence that he had concealed this Haichuan bandit, Qingcheng really didn't want to suspect such a person.

However, the more this is the case, the more Qingcheng can't figure out, if the suspicion is true, then what is his purpose and reason?

Qingcheng thought about it, and it was not difficult for Zhenhaihou to see that he was thinking about his own affairs in silence, and after a while, regardless of whether Qingcheng could hear it or not, he muttered to himself in a very low voice: "If there is really such a day...... I, Tang Wujing, don't want to be a stepping stone for others, I can only use it for you......"

I don't know what Zhenhaihou is referring to, let's put his affairs aside for the time being. In the vanguard fleet on the right, on a water dragon boat, Mu Huang finished inspecting all parts of the ship, looked at the thunder shadow next to the main helmsman, and walked over after a moment of silence.

Lei Ying sensed that someone was approaching, looked at it, stepped forward and said respectfully, "Mu Zhongzhen." Patrol the ship and leave it to the general, you don't have to do it yourself. ”

Lei Ying was polite to Mu Huang, more because of Qingcheng's earlier reminder. And Mu Huang didn't seem to like this kind of red tape, waved his hand, and said: "I'm here to feel it for myself, let you do it, I might as well stay in Linhai City much safer." ”

"That's right. But speaking of which, I see that the places that Mu Zhongzhen paid special attention to when he inspected various places, it seems that he has also seen this kind of battle, right? ”

"That's it, my father...... I like to study these, and I've learned a lot, so let's not talk about this. Your name is Thunder Shadow, right, I, I have something to ask you. ”

Mu Huang's words were intermittent, Lei Ying listened to it in his ears, knowing that she was afraid that she would change her mouth because she was afraid of leaking her mouth, although he had doubts in his heart, but he heard that Mu Huang had changed the topic, and he didn't want to ask too much, so he said at the moment: "Mu Zhongzhen, please speak." ”

"I heard that Duan Qingcheng and the eldest lady of the Ouyang family have already had a marriage contract, right?"

Lei Ying thought that Mu Huang would ask about things related to the war, but she didn't want her to ask Ouyang Lan, and she was puzzled for a while.

"Mu Zhongzhen is really well-informed, the young master of my family and Miss Ouyang Lan are childhood sweethearts, and they have already had a marriage contract. If it weren't for the Duan family's great calamity, the two would have been married. ”

"Oh? That was after the Duan family was demoted, and the Ouyang family intended to repent of marriage? ”

Mu Huang's tone revealed a hint of joy, Lei Ying frowned slightly, and explained: "That's not the case, it's the young master's ......"

"Not good! The ship is leaking! ”

Before Lei Ying finished speaking, suddenly, someone on the ship exclaimed......