"I'll obey the general's orders!"

Tian Heng and other generals were all happy and satisfied, and they were also excited before the battle.

The officers and men of the government army are all brave and extraordinary, and the training of the sailors and battalions is extremely difficult in peacetime, and they have also fought at sea to eliminate small groups of pirates along the coast.

The military attachés of the naval division are from the government army, no more than ordinary soldiers are most likely recruited in recent years, the military attaches are eager to fight, not afraid of fighting, but also want to participate in as many battles as possible, so that the officers and soldiers under their command have actual combat experience, and they are really well-intentioned.

At this time, the will to fight has been decided, Liu Yi decided to drive all 20 warships, and at the same time there are large and small sentinel ships in the port, more than 100 Fu ships, of course, there is no need to use so much, but it was still decided to invite Wei Yi to come, and send more people Zhuang to drive ships with the warships, and more than 100 large and small Fu ships and sentinel ships are also out, and Minzhuang can shoot arrows at enemy ships when they are on the side, so as to strengthen their momentum, and talk better than nothing.

At this time, there is no obvious battle method of array warfare in naval warfare, but it is to go hand in hand, arrows fly down, use crossbows, trebuchets for long-range attacks, and need to stop the ship when attacking, otherwise it cannot be calibrated, and if you are really determined to break the enemy, at the expense of loss, you will come up to seize the upper hand, use the tide and wind to attack the enemy ship, impact with the angle of attack, the side boat will meet the side, first take the side battle, if you can suppress the enemy, and then jump to the gang hand-to-hand combat, and finally seize the ship.

Liu Yi and others made a decision, that is, they were bent on breaking the enemy, and the Fu ships and large and small sentinel ships were shooting arrows on the side, shouting and shouting, and disrupting the enemy ships, while the main battleships were impacted, directly rammed at the angles, and engaged in battles.

This is because everyone judged that the pirate ships gathered in one place, and the Penghu side ignored them, obviously because the war was unfavorable after the group of pirates came ashore, and the progress was not fast, and they should still be fighting hard in the Eastern Domain.

"What is the opinion of the Ren Du system?" Everyone was decided, and Liu Yi turned his head and asked Ren Zhong.

Ren Zhong smiled and said, "If the generals only want to show their loyalty and bravery, so that the soldiers can gain actual combat experience, then the current calculation is good enough." If you want to help Nan Anhou help him break the enemy at sea, then the current war law will not work. ”

Everyone was furious when they heard this, and several impatient young military attachés had already jumped up from their seats and looked at Ren Zhong coldly.

The Nan'an Naval Division is also the Nanyang Naval Division of the imperial court, and the official position must be Ren Zhongwei, who is the capital of the Naval Division, which can be described as a high and powerful position.

Xu Zixian was the respect of the Marquis of Nanan, and the initial position was the observation envoy of the Nanyang Naval Division, although the officials from the two prefectures to Fujian Road understood that with Xu Zixian's ability, the Naval Division would inevitably fall into its control, but Ren Zhong was always under the control of the Naval Division, which was a fig leaf left for the imperial court, and it would be bad to tear it off.

Ren Zhong also understands this principle, after he surrendered, Xu Zixian also appointed the children of the Ren family, who are proficient in naval warfare, so most of them serve in the command system of the ship, which has little to do with the war system, and it is also intentional by the Ren family, and they do not want their children to enter the battle system of the Nan'an Fu Army as soon as possible to avoid trouble.

But in any case, Ren Zhong was held hostage by Xu Zixian, and the children of the family entered the water division and were not afraid, which was also the magnificence of Nan Anhou.

You must know that because a family like the Ren family has been operating in the naval division for more than 100 years, there are many protégés, and the current naval division has shrunk too seriously, and there are more than 100 large warships in the heyday of the Nanyang Naval Division, many of which are large ships of more than 1,000 tons, and the officers and soldiers of the naval division have more than 200,000 people on the shore at the most, which is quite a powerful maritime force, which is the best in the world, not only in East Asia, but also in Southeast Asia, South Asia, including the Indian Ocean, the Great Wei Naval Division is also equal to the invincible existence.

At that time, most of the children of the Ren family served in the naval division, from the captain and deputy commander to the officers and soldiers of the water battalion, they were all under control, until the naval division was under control, and even the naval division was commanded at that time, that is, the general at the level of the army, and one step further, he was the captain.

It was also the heyday of the Great Wei Water Division, looking back on the past, seeing that pirates are rampant now, even if it is a mediocre general like Ren Zhong who was once unenterprising and lived a chaotic life, how could he not feel anything in his heart?

"The pirates are in big trouble." Ren Zhong ignored the eyes of those young officers, they even dared to contradict Liu Yi, but Ren Zhong also knew that Liu Yi's uniform also suppressed these little guys. Afterwards, I will definitely find a military stick to beat these little guys, and beat them until their buttocks bloom, and they dare not be disrespectful to their superiors.

Liu Yi's martial arts are extremely high, and even Xu Zixian's introduction to swordsmanship was taught by Liu Yi. The young generals in the army, many of the martial arts were taught by Liu Yi, so when Ren Zhong spoke, he didn't look at others at all, only at Liu Yi.

"At this time, the impact will be unexpected, and there will be some results, but I dare to assert that the results will not be great, but the losses will not be small." Ren Zhong said to Liu Yi: "When pirates land and fight, there will still be people left behind on the ship, once they encounter the police, these people are more comfortable at sea than on land, and it is easier to operate a sail than ordinary people walking on the ground." I can't wait for twenty warships, they are very experienced, and they will not be confused by those civilian ships and large and small sentinel ships at all, and after rushing into their formation, even if they do not have many men. But soon we will avoid our sharpness, and then several ships will fight one ship, and as soon as all kinds of means are on board, we will soon be in a bitter battle. And no matter how well we fight on the shore, even if the government army defeats the main force of pirates, they can't help us at sea, and we will suffer losses because of Meng Lang's attack. Afterwards, you will be severely reprimanded by the prince, this is not the key, the key is that the prince will ask you, why did he keep the vitality of the sailor ships, because you did not obey the military order, Meng Lang attacked and suffered losses, is this really something that can be solved by apologizing for the crime with death? ”

Liu Yi's face was solemn when he heard this, and he knew that what Ren Zhong said was the truth.

Not to mention anything else, there are dozens of kinds of sail lines on large sailing ships alone, each with its own use, in different tides and different hydrological conditions, different winds, these masts, sails, ropes, rudders, anchors, all have their own different uses.

A good sailor can be barefoot, as wide as the most of the mainmast before he counts to ten, and can untie the sail as fast as he can, or turn the ship around, sideboard, and fly away, or engage the enemy.

The 300 enemy ships are all qualified warships, and even if the enemy ships are undermanned, it is still possible to form a situation in which multiple ships attack one ship of the naval division.

The sailors' battalions and sailors have all undergone hard training, but there is no doubt that they are still far inferior to pirates in terms of experience, and what Ren Zhong said is also an indisputable fact.

Tian Heng and the others, like leaky balls, sat in the chair and didn't speak.

Liu Yi was not in a hurry, he smiled at Ren Zhong and said: "Anyway, the Eastern Domain is fighting lively, and Penghu is sitting idly by, there is no reason for this." As Tian Heng said, if you don't use a knife, it's a useless decoration. Experience is to be gained on the battlefield, and the more you beware of the liver baby, the more useless it will be. The prince asked us not to come out, because he had considered that the pirates were powerful and did not want the sailor to lose in vain, so he could not accept a little loss. If the commander of the capital has something to say, you can say it directly, we will listen to it later, and give merit afterwards, the prince may not ask for credit for the commander of the capital, but we know it in our hearts. ”

Before Ren Zhong could answer, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and everyone looked out the window, Wei Yi, who was wearing a blue round-necked official robe, hurried over surrounded by several officials and soldiers of the Xiang Army.

This is the Yamen of the Sailor, Wei Yi usually does not come, he is the local chief, and the Sailor garrison is only a cooperative relationship, and the provision of food, wine and meat is also an accident during the festival, on behalf of the local fathers and elders to reward the officers and soldiers of the Sailor Division.

Recently, threatened by pirates, Wei Yi is the local chief, responsible for defending the territory, before the change in Zhangzhou, Penghu was also threatened, the then magistrate on the pretext to beg for help in Penghu, slipped away.

Later, the county was confiscated to a military village on Qinfeng Road, but there are still many similar things, a matter of life and death, not every official who has been taught by the saint has the consciousness of living and dying with the local military and civilians.

Even if you are punished afterwards, as long as you don't lose your life, it's worth it.

Wei Yi is different, the warning came half a month ago, there are local troops but most of them are newly recruited, Wei Yi knew that the garrison was insufficient, so he opened the county treasury granary, sent it to the people, opened the arsenal to recruit the people, so the local people were at ease, thousands of people were stationed at the port of the island with weapons, and the pirates saw that they were well armed and guarded, so they did not attack the island and left.

As a result, Wei Yi, a civil official, also gained a high reputation, and when they saw him coming, all the military attaches stood up.

"The group of thieves outside the port of Penghu has disappeared." Wei Yi said to everyone straight to the point: "I think the sailor has gone to the outpost?" ”

"Yes." Liu Yi replied: "We sent ships to see, and the thieves gathered outside the port under Nan'an River, and more than 300 ships were there, and they did not disperse to besiege them. ”

"So to speak." Wei Yi groaned: "Could it be that Mingda's condition has improved, and the thieves have suffered a big loss, so they can only continue to fight with the government army in Nan'an?" ”

"Probably so." Liu Yidao: "I'm guessing that this is the case, and I'm thinking about it now." ”

"What's the matter?" Wei Yi said: "Of course Penghu has to make a move, how much can it help the Eastern Domain!" ”

"We need a lot of small boats, dry firewood, tung oil, and people who are not afraid of death and dare to ram the enemy ship in a small boat." Ren Zhong suddenly interjected: "If you want to win, if you really want to help Nan Anhou, just listen to my arrangement, don't take those laymen's ideas for granted, be stubborn, hit the boat and jump into the gang, and talk about it in a year!" Now the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division, that is, ordinary people who have just arrived at the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division, want to climb to the top of the mast several feet high with bare feet, and want to wear dozens of catties of iron armor and jump from the swaying boat to the enemy ship to kill the enemy, how can it be so simple? The two boats collided in one place, some opened and some closed, to take advantage of the time together, seize the moment of swinging, find the opportunity, jump to the sparse crowd, react quickly, roll fast, shoot fast, block fast, otherwise wearing dozens of pounds of armor and falling into the water is death, jumping over in the dense place of people's knives and spears, and dying in an instant, do you really think this thing is simple? I'm in my forties now, and twenty years ago I fought with pirates at sea many times, and I got on the ship from the time I could walk, and at that time I took my subordinates to jump into the gang, not to mention that my palms were full of sweat, and my crotch was all wet, and I didn't know if it was sweating, or I was scared to pee. But Lao Tzu finally jumped over, the front foot stepped on the side of the enemy ship, most of the feet were hanging in the air behind the side, at that time there were pirates holding a sword to stab me, I rolled down, just landed in a corner, and brothers jumped over one after another, I got up with a knife and a shield, cut those pirates from the side behind, and then jumped again, but there were fewer and fewer people jumping over, I saw that things were not right, quickly fought and retreated, found a corner to take off the armor and boots, lost the weapon and jumped into the sea, and only after I swam back to the ship did I know, except for me, The more than 20 Paozawa brothers of the jumping gang are all dead. ”

Everyone was stunned for a while, this greedy and incompetent sailor was in control, and there was still such a past?

Ren Zhong smiled bitterly and said, "I can't see it, can I?" It's not forced by Nan Anhou, I'm afraid I won't reflect on what I've done. Looking back on the experience of the rule of the capital in the past few years, it is really ashamed to die. Although I am a child of a family, if I didn't dare to fight back then, made a lot of military exploits, and the position of the commander of the navy, how could it fall on my head? ”

Ren Zhong's spirits perked up, and he continued: "So don't say those layman's words, the current officers and soldiers of the Navy Division and our ships, even if they take advantage of the chaos to advance and attack the enemy, most of them will be brave for a while, and they will definitely suffer losses in the end." The best way is to prepare more small boats, Nan'an Hou Mansion originally had more than 200 small boats, eliminated some of them, and there are 1560 boats, plus small sentinel boats in Penghu, fishing boats, at least about 300 boats, piled up with dried straw, bean stalks and other flammable things, poured tung oil on these things, prepared to use the cloth strips for ignition, more people set up boats, go down the wind, and meet the place where the enemy ships gathered, and ignite the ships when they are near, and fire together, they must fix the boats on the hull of the enemy ships with scratching and hooking iron claws, and then the boaters can jump off the boat to escape. Other than this, we have no ability to contribute, and we do not have the capital to take risks. ”

Liu Yi is also an outlaw, and when he heard about this method, he was still a little surprised: "There is a fire attack method in naval warfare, I have always known this, but I have never known that it is such an attack method." Soak firewood in oil, and the fire can almost roast the people nearby, isn't it a fire, and people jump into the sea to escape? ”

"Of course not, it's just a rumor." Ren Zhong shook his head and smiled: "A layman is foolish." The sea is not a river, and there are always people who compare the story of the Three Kingdoms with the war at sea, how can this be compared? Cao's boat division is Jingzhou division, in order not to scatter the ship, there is a move to fix the iron cable, in addition, the Cao army is not good at water warfare, the soldiers are dizzy and vomiting on the ship, have to fix the ship, reduce the wind and waves. Think about it, what kind of place is it, but the Yangtze River. When I was a teenager, I heard people say that the Yangtze River is as wide as the sea, and then I laughed to death when I went, but it is wider than the Min River, and it is still a big river after all. To put it bluntly, the Yangtze River is not flooding, and I can swim over while lying down and drinking on the river. I am a good swimmer in Fujian, as long as I swim in the rivers and rivers without floods, I am walking on flat ground, no, it should be said that it is easier than on flat land. And on the sea, a random wave may be a few feet high, a typhoon arrives, the world is vast, the waves are beating and turning, the waves are higher than the largest warship, even if the wind and waves are calm, the sea is too big, there is a considerable distance between the ships, it is impossible to gather in one place, the wind and waves are extremely fast, if the small boat is not fixed to the big ship with iron claws, even if it is accurate from a distance, after the fire, most of them have drifted elsewhere. And the big ship is easy to adjust and dodge, and people are not stupid, so they stop where they are and wait for the fire to burn. The boat is approaching, and it is necessary to fire at close range, so that the enemy ship does not have much time to react. Even so, they will encounter bow and stone throws, but the ship is small, and it is generally not hit, and if it is hit, it can only consider itself unlucky. After the fire starts, it must be fixed to the hull of the large ship, and then it can be dived, otherwise it will be in vain. Therefore, in the battle of fire attack, one is to have more boats, and the other is to have quite a lot of brave warriors, and the water quality must be good, otherwise you can't swim back, you can't catch it, you will either be burned to death or drowned. ”

"I'm willing to go." Tian Heng didn't understand until this moment how wise it was for the prince to keep the person in front of him, the government army from officers to soldiers, under the training and actual combat system of the Nan'an Hou Mansion, within the full set of systems such as military law, military politics, pension and welfare, every government army will be brave and good at fighting, and die bravely.

But naval warfare is really another category, and it is also a field that the soldiers of Nan'an Hou Mansion have never set foot in.

This field is not simple, in the case of ships, the usual sail rope lifting, hull maintenance, food and water when sailing, how to avoid wind and waves, if the star position is determined, stargazing pilotage, and before and after entering the port, you must be familiar with the reef area everywhere to avoid hitting the reef and so on.

The management of sailors, salaries, and university questions are not as simple as imagined.

As for the battle, just what Ren Zhong said casually now was already quite complicated.

But when it comes to brave men who dare to fight and fight hard, Nan'an Hou Mansion obviously has no shortage of such a role.

Behind Tian Heng, all the officers stood up together and said together: "I'll wait and go." ”

Ren Zhong's eyes flickered, and he didn't dare to look at these young people for a while.

Once upon a time, he was also a military attache who dared to fight, and led the Pao Ze brothers at sea to clear the sea lanes that threatened the trade routes of the Great Wei Dynasty, so that trade was unimpeded and the sea waves were peaceful.

And since when did he begin to be indifferent to serious things, thinking only about power, money and wealth?

I'm ashamed.

No matter how Ren Zhong is, how are the children of the Ren family, without these military attaches who dare to die in front of him, how can he talk about naval warfare?

Tian Heng continued: "No matter what, the war still has to fight with my life, I am willing to lead my troops to go, although I will not complain." ”

Ren Zhong sighed and said, "With 300 small boats, each boat should have at least two to three people, and more than 1,000 people should be dispatched. But not all the sailors and soldiers can go, the sailors are not good at operating ships, but the water nature is practiced, sailors, people can drive small boats to build boats, and the sailors are responsible for igniting and connecting with the enemy ships. The sailors and the people could not do such a thing, they put themselves on the side of the fire to roast, and if they did not succeed, they did not jump ship, they did not have the courage to do so. ”

"Still pick some daring." Wei Yi said at this time: "The sailors are selected by you, and I will pick the people, and you have to be bold and careful to be selected. ”

"Let's go our separate ways." Liu Yi stood up and said meaningfully: "This matter is my decision, if this battle can be successful, my Nan'an Water Division can be regarded as standing up, and I can be on an equal footing with the other two armies of the government army." ”

All the military attachés were excited, they were originally infantry military attachés, they had participated in many major battles, and now they were transferred to the water camp, and they could only sit back and watch the Nan'an army on the Eastern Domain Island fight the enemy, and it was impossible for their hearts to be unfluctuating.

They even felt ashamed of their comrades on the island, a feeling that only the soldiers who had fought bloody battles with their allies many times could understand.

They felt like they had abandoned their companions, and when they thought of it, they fell to the ground with blood flowing from their wounds, and when they thought of such a scene, they became irritable beasts.

They are hungry for battle, thirsty for bloodshed, whether it is the blood of the enemy or their own body, and only bloody fighting with the enemy on the battlefield will silence them.

Now, at last, there is a chance to play, although not all the officers and men of the government army will be dispatched, but most of the military attaches will appear at sea, and they will never give up the opportunity to others.