Li Sihai stretched his waist and said: "When the warship is built, our fourth battalion should also be expanded into an army, and let you all bring a boat." He paused and scolded with a smile: "Just have a stinky mouth." "Floating on the sea all the year round, everyone is hob meat, and Lu Qingzhi is not worried when he is scolded.

When all the officers heard this, they were all in good spirits. Because the Xia Kingdom is located inland, the fourth battalion of Chengying patrols the sea all the year round, and if you want to build warships to expand the naval division in the future, the people of the fourth battalion will definitely have a great future. Li Sihai is a lieutenant and has much more news than ordinary officers, and when he sails normally, he is not such a hippie smile, and it is impossible to reveal any news, only when everyone is in a happy mood when he breaks anchor and lands, is the opportunity to listen to the tone.

Wu Mai asked, "What did Captain Li hear?" The officers and sergeants around him all looked at Li Sihai with expectation. Li Sihai smiled slightly, and said in a low voice: "What's the use of the rumors, we just took over this ship, and we haven't practiced much, and the marching department is busy sending out to patrol the sea, just to use the results of the battle to convince the government to allocate money to build ships." The war in Liaodong is not trivial, everyone must fight to let the Protector know that the water master is still very useful in addition to protecting merchants. ”

Lu Qingzhi smiled and said, "Captain, do you have inside information about the Five Mansions?" Li Sihai rolled his eyes and said, "This is a clever calculation, okay?" The officers said no, but he sold it, only smiled silently, looked at the warship moored in Taiping Bay, and said secretly, "It's a pity that even if the Protectorate agrees, starting from the selection of materials and materials, I am afraid that it will take more than ten years to really form an army in the navy." This decision to build a ship, but it must not be delayed any longer, otherwise, Lao Tzu will never see a new ship launched in his life. But morale is not bad, so I don't need to make it clear to you guys. He shook his head and thought again, "I didn't know that the Eighth Battalion would open such a big scene in Liaodong and hang the port on Yueyang Island, but it was too far away from the land of Liaodong, and it would be difficult for our warships to rush to help quickly when the war began in the future." It seems that in addition to the port of Yueyangdao as the main base, it is necessary to choose a number of ports close to the mainland for wartime berthing, so as to facilitate the establishment of military merits. ”

When everyone saw this, they couldn't ask, everyone knew in their hearts, anyway, there was a hope, and they began to talk about this military affairs to support the Han people in Liaodong, Wang Geng sighed: "I heard that the eighth battalion has recruited more than 30,000 people, and thousands of strong men, this Captain Zhao is really not a simple character." It's no wonder that at the age of thirty, he was able to enter the Protectorate. If this big stall is consolidated, it is estimated that it will not be a problem to be promoted to general. ”

Clearly seeking wealth and danger, the sergeants still showed envy for the great military exploits that the Eighth Battalion might achieve. Leaving his hometown, it is not three thousand miles away to find a marquis. Just now he ridiculed the fourth battalion for being miserable in Liaodong, and it was also mixed with a little redness.

Lu Qingzhi nodded and said with a smile: "I'm afraid that at that time, the military government will beg him to accept the general." This mountain is high and the emperor is far away. "Since the founding of the dynasty, there have been a few people who have been crowned the founding princes with military merits, but there have not been any people who have torn the earth and sealed the king. In order to take the important land in Liaodong thousands of miles away and tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians, it is estimated that the five provinces will not hesitate to reward the prince. He shook his head and muttered, "It made Lao Tzu panic." ”

Wu Mai groaned: "Captain Zhao is probably not very easy to speak. Listening to those gunners, this Captain Zhao has a weak nature, but he is good at artillery, and he is good at setting rules, and he will not tolerate any violation of military discipline and fall into his hands. The basic drills of their artillery team were all written by him. I think we still have to practice according to the good life, so as not to fall into his hands in the future and have a bad face. "Now the sergeants of the 4th Battalion are only sailors, and according to the plan of the marching division, it is better for sailors and gunners to master each other's simple crafts, lest the manpower on the ship be exchanged.

The officers discussed, but Li Sihai only lowered his head and groaned, his face changed several times, and after a while, he finally made up his mind and muttered: "The eighth battalion is fighting lively, we can't just watch it, we have to make some military merits, you talk about it, where is the right place to fight Liao?" ”

Although Li Sihai didn't have much of a fight, his prestige in the camp was extremely high, and if he didn't open his mouth, as soon as he opened his mouth, the officers who were talking nonsense just now all stopped, and one by one they bowed their heads and pondered, and they could really be called moving like a rabbit and quiet like a virgin. The atmosphere changed from a sea of nonsense to a serious military discussion, but it was only a moment.

"What do you think, what do you think about capturing Zhenhai Mansion? It is said that most of the ships of the Liao Kingdom entered the port there, and if they were taken, it would definitely be a great victory. Lu Qingzhi suggested.

Li Sihai glanced at him and said: "Zhenhai Mansion is an important town of Liao's coastal defense, the city wall facing the sea alone is more than 100 miles, backed by the hinterland of Liao, there is an endless stream of reinforcements, we have five boats to attack, I'm afraid it's almost like tickling, even if you are lucky to take it down, it will be lost immediately, it is meaningless." ”

Wu Mai said in a deep voice: "How about fighting Fuzhou? According to the Ministry of Military Intelligence, there are thousands of mature Jurchens in Fuzhou, and now that the Jin Kingdom is booming, these Jurchens have long been restless. Let's add fuel to the fire. ”

Li Sihai shook his head and sighed: "The Jurchens have to be more guarded, don't work hard, and marry others." ”

"Then ......" Wu Mai pondered for a moment, and then said, "Then hit Suzhou Pass, Suzhou faces the sea on both sides, and it is very easy to moor ships to go to sea in the south, and the Liao people are forbidden to the sea, and the people are not allowed to live in Guannan, so there is no man's land over there, and the wasteland that can be reclaimed is estimated to be tens of thousands of acres, and then let the people of the eighth battalion take the people to Tuntian." The Liao people and navy are weak, it is impossible to attack from the sea, the eighth battalion with strong men to guard the wall, we fire artillery on the sea to help, the Jurchen will come thousands of troops, it is also difficult to break, and then the military achievements will definitely be indispensable to us. ”

Wu Mai, as a marching Sima, naturally knew the terrain of the battlefield well, Li Sihai listened to his introduction, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and he said in a deep voice: "Take a look at the map." Wu Mai hurriedly took out the standing map around him and spread it out, all the officers put their heads together, and after looking carefully, they were amazed by the terrain of the peninsula that was almost separated from the land in the south of Suzhou Pass, Wu Mai also pointed out the location of an excellent port, Li Sihai nodded, and said in a deep voice: "We can't do it alone, Wu Mai will go ashore with me, and plan to do something big in Liaodong with the eighth battalion." ”

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After killing the dark horse and forming a bloody alliance, Han Ningshuang returned to Kaizhou with his accompanying guards. Zhao Xingde traveled with them, learning martial arts with the generals of the Han army along the way, discussing the strategy, but he did not feel tired.

The sun was shining on the day, but these ragged people were like ghosts in the dark night, and like the walking dead who had lost their souls. If you are a tribal battle, the defeated side will naturally be confiscated as a slave, and if you are unwilling to give in, you can only fight to the death. Most of the Han people under the county of Liaoguo have no tribes, and there are not many places where they can resist the Jin soldiers. As a result, after the Liao people were defeated, the Jurchen Jin Kingdom followed the rules of tribal warfare and casually forcibly occupied the people of the occupied prefectures and counties as slaves. He also continued to forcibly include the exiles in Meng'an Mouke, either as a people or as slaves. Many people were unwilling to be cattle and horses, and those who were bold waited for an opportunity to escape, but once they were caught, not only did they have to suffer a lot of torture, but the men had the word "slave" tattooed on their faces and foreheads, and the women had the word "maid" tattooed, and the mark of the master's house was tattooed next to them.

At this time, the Xia Kingdom had completely abolished the slave and maid system, and even the palace people used by Ouchi were hired by the ministers, which were essentially no different from the workers hired by ordinary wealthy families. Although there were slaves and maids in the Song Kingdom, under the protection of the laws of the imperial court, the situation of slaves and maids was much better than that of the Liao State and the Jin State, and it was unheard of to have big characters on their faces.

Most of the generals of the Han army around Han Ningshuang had just returned from the Xia Kingdom, and their faces were also very gloomy when they saw such a scene, and whenever they saw the words "slave" and "slave" as big as the child's palm, many people's hearts felt as heavy as a boulder.

Wang Xuansu sighed: "The various ethnic groups in Liaodong are mixed, and there are even fewer literate people. Many people only recognize the words "slave" and "slave" in this life. Many of the brothers in the village were born as fugitives, so the eldest lady would rather offend the Jurchens than allow them to return the fugitive slaves. ”

Zhao Xingde looked forward, and Han Ningshuang rode slowly in front, her black hood covering her face, and she couldn't see her expression clearly.

Note: Suzhou Pass in Liao, now Dalian, the wall is about 6 kilometers long. The two sides face the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea respectively, and Guannan is Lushun District.