Chapter Eighty-Four: Trial of the Wuya Battleship

The sun is three poles, the sky is cloudless, the morning fog on the river has long dissipated, the breeze occasionally sweeps, the slightly rippling water surface, flashing ten thousand points of golden light, is so beautiful and attractive!

On the Shuizhai River of the Hunshui Daying, there are all kinds of warships, large and small, hundreds of them. The warships are lined with masts, the battle flags are fluttering, and the ships are staggered with each other, uneven, like a mountain that undulates for more than ten miles!

At this time, hundreds of warships changed the calm of the previous days, as if they had been awakened from hibernation, and one after another warships showed their vitality, and there were constantly ships slowly raising their sails!

On a giant warship on the outer side of the water, dozens of soldiers shouted slogans, turned the winch, the long rope turned, and the heavy anchor was slowly being pulled up!

In the shore camp of the Hunshui camp, there are more than 500 tents stationed, densely packed, continuous, magnificent! Stationed here are all the officers and men of the Allied Army who arrived yesterday afternoon and rushed from Nanpu City, as well as the more than 10,000 rescued Sui troops!

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A few days ago, Su Xingchen and others were very successful in seizing ships in the Hunshui camp, and there were no accidents, except for a dozen or so lightly wounded, the officers and men who participated in the operation could be said to have been unharmed, and they wiped out the enemy troops in the Hunshui camp without wasting their efforts, and none of the large and small warships were damaged.

When the news came back to Nanpu City, Su Shang and Du Ruhui were both a little stunned, very surprised! They didn't expect that the plan that they were most worried about in advance and expected to be very difficult would be so easy to achieve perfectly!

The result came so unexpectedly, and the primary task of crossing the sea to conquer the high school this time was perfectly completed, and Su Shang was very happy. However, he was not carried away by the news of the victory, in order to prevent accidents, on the day he received the news, he asked Su Yu to lead 2,000 soldiers to rush to the camp in Hunshui to assist Su Xingchen in the defensive work!

As for Su Shang himself, because the physical strength of the rescued Sui army had not completely recovered, and because he wanted to disrupt the old system and reorganize them as soon as possible, he did not personally lead the troops to the Xishui camp that day!

Now the soldiers of the Sui army who have been reorganized and trained have been trained a little effectively, so yesterday morning, he led the whole army to the camp of Hunshui, and re-selected the camp of Hunshui as the base camp during this expedition.

There is no head along the river in Nanpu County, and it is inconvenient for large warships to dock, and the large camp of Hunshui is more suitable for the Allied army at this time!

Choosing the Xishui battalion as the base camp can also concentrate troops to prevent accidents due to the dispersion of troops. At the same time, it is also convenient to integrate those Sui troops into the navy and train them into sailors!

At this time, Nanpu City is no longer of any value, the entire Nanpu City has been looted by the soldiers arranged by him, and the city is set on fire, and even the people of Nanpu City are transported to Datong Island by ship, ready to transport them back to Donglai County after the end of the expedition!

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Soon, the anchor of the giant warship was twisted, and the warship was ready at any time!

Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, just wait for Marshal Su Shang's order, the warship can sail away from the water village and enter the Xishui River to sail!

"Let's go!"

With Su Shang's order, the soldiers on the warship rowed their oars in unison, and the ship began to set sail slowly!

This time, the fleet sailed only to test the performance of this giant warship, and not too many ships were dispatched! However, counting all kinds of small escort ships, there are dozens of ships in the fleet!

This giant warship is one of the three largest warships in the camp of Hunshui, and it is a Wuya warship specially built by the imperial court to attack Goguryeo, and can sail far in the sea!

The warships that have sailed out of the water village have drawn their sails! The canvas is high, sailing with the wind, and the warship is riding the wind and waves all the way, and the speed is getting faster and faster!

Smooth and fast, this is the Wuya battleship, the strongest water battle ship of this era, and it really lives up to its name!

At this time, Su Shang stood on the bow deck of the ship, staring at the behemoth that was moving forward quickly under his feet, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited!

If I can build hundreds of these five-tooth warships, and then build the strongest sea fleet in history, who can help me at that time?

"Brother Ruhan, do you know where this five-tooth warship was built? Donglai County is also the shipbuilding base of the Great Sui, why haven't I heard of this five-tooth warship before? ”

"The marshal wants to build this five-tooth battleship? You may be disappointed! Du Ruhui said with a smile!

"Marshal, these five-tooth battleships were first built in Badong County by Yang Su, the Duke of Chu, in order to go south to destroy Chen, and as for the current five-tooth battleships, they were specially built in Beiping County by the court in order to conquer Goguryeo! However, now that the court is worried about internal and external troubles, I heard that these two shipbuilding bases have long been suspended! ”

Su Shang was a little disappointed, but he was still a little unwilling, "Then can you find someone to take over those shipbuilders, they all have experience, and they should be able to rebuild the Wuya battleship!" ”

"This should work!" Du Ruhui thought about it, and said with a smile: "Marshal, there is actually another way!" Although the court no longer builds the Wuya battleship now, the court engineering department must still have drawings! ”

"Why didn't I think about that?" Su Shang's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Brother Ruhan, you are right!" Drawings, as long as we can get the drawings, we don't have to be confined to looking for any skilled shipbuilders! When the time comes, we can cultivate it ourselves! ”

"Marshal, our plan to cross the sea and conquer the high ground this time has been realized, I don't know what you think next?"

Su Shang stood at the bow of the ship, looked at the front of the fleet, and said after a while: "Brother Ruhan, I want to collect some more grain and grass weapons here!"

"Our Donglai County is too poor in materials, and there is a shortage of grain and pig iron! The geographical environment is not good, and in this time of chaos in the world, it is difficult for money to buy all kinds of things needed! ”

"Therefore, I want to take advantage of the present to bring some more things back from here, otherwise when the court army retreats, there will be no chance!"

Du Ruhui thought about it, and also thought that Su Shang was right, Donglai County is too small, and it is surrounded by water on three sides, except for sea salt, which can avoid strong self-sufficiency, everything else is lacking!

"What are the marshal's plans?"

Su Shangyao glanced at the direction of the camp of the Hunshui camp, and said in a low voice: "The morale of those recruits is too low, I want to let them train in this county near Pyongyang City first, and collect some food and materials by the way!"

Du Ruhui understood what Su Shang meant, the so-called training to improve morale is actually to let soldiers turn into bandits and rob the people's property, but he has no opinion, although he is a cultural person, but for foreign races, his heart can also be ruthless!

"It's a great way to train your troops! However, it may be a little difficult to collect food supplies, these small counties are all ordinary people, and there is no food at home, it is estimated that it is worse than Nanpu City! ”

"It's okay, the most important thing is to train the soldiers! When their bloody nature is trained, I am going to take them to fight the domestic city, according to that Jin Zheng's confession, the materials left by the first defeat of the court are stored in the domestic city! And there are not many defenders in the city now, less than 10,000 people! ”

Du Ruhui thought for a while, frowned a little and said: "This domestic city is east of Pyongyang City, more than three hundred miles away from us, and it will take almost ten days for the army to come and go, if the court army retreats in advance, we will be very passive!"

"Well, Brother Ruhui is right!" Su Shang looked at Du Ruhui, smiled, and continued: "So, I want to ask Brother Ruhui to go to Pyongyang City and discuss cooperation with General Laihu'er on my behalf!"

Hearing this, Du Ruhui also laughed, "The marshal is a good plan!" If you are obscure, go do it immediately! ”

"Brother Ruhan, don't be in a hurry first! These recruits will have to train for a few days, and it's not too late for you to set off tomorrow! ”

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