Chapter 416: Set Sail
Liu Yi's army has been breaking into Jizhou for half a month, and the battalions have also arrived at their designated places according to the arrangement of the Linxian Meeting, and now the war under the southern city of Nanpi on the eastern front is intensifying, and Xu Huang on the western front has also had a contest with the defenders Gao Gan and Yan Liang under the city of Liyang, Gongming has no intention of attacking the city for the time being, but has extended the camp of Longxiang camp a lot, and he is still extremely afraid of the cavalry army led by Wenchou Xiahou Yuan in his heart, and there will not be much action before the second battalion of Baima and Xiliang reaches his flank; And the senior cadres and Yan Liang in Liyang City also had a deeper understanding of the Jizhou soldiers because of the battle that day, at this time it was not the best strategy to go out of the city to fight, since both sides had concerns, although the Liyang City was tense but still maintained a calm.
In addition, Zhao Yun personally led the heavy cavalry business to block the large and small passages between the Qinghe fortress and Liyang Nanpi, and Fan Chou's Bingzhou battalion was hidden on the side, cooperating with Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang to prepare to strike at the enemy reinforcements that could appear at any time, and all these strategic deployments were achieved extremely smoothly, and all the attention of the Jizhou army at this time seemed to be focused on the steady defense of the city pass.
Nowadays, most of the entire front maintains a state of confrontation, the fire of war is only ignited under the city of Nanpi, Guo Jia offered the strategy of arrogance to the enemy that day, Jia Xu has the method of rumors, Gao Shun will put on a posture of attacking the city every day, and the breakthrough point has changed many places but is always not allowed to enter, but if you carefully observe it, you can find that although the momentum of the daily battle is extremely strong, the casualties of Liu Yi's siege soldiers are decreasing compared with the previous days, which can not but be said to be the ability of Jing Fang to unify the army.
As early as half a year before the Battle of Jizhou, Liu Yi and several military divisions made long-lasting preparations for this battle, whether it was a strategy for arrogance or a message, the implementation of the strategy always needed to be completed through a relative time, and Liu Yi, who was well prepared, could naturally afford it.
Putting aside the progress of the war in Jizhou for the time being, the sun was shining on this day, and the northwest wind blew on the sea near Fangshan, the wind and the boat were just right, and the waves were not too fierce, such weather was undoubtedly the most favorable for going to sea, and according to the judgment of Qin Tianjian Wang Xi, the celestial phenomena would not change much in five or six days, which was also the time that Gan Ning had been waiting for.
The Flying Tiger Army is Liu Yi's foreshadowing for the Battle of Jizhou as early as a year and a half ago, the art of war is surprisingly successful, but this strange person is not good, most of them are accompanied by great risks, with a newly built giant sea ship to transport more than 15,000 Flying Tiger soldiers and more than 5,000 auxiliary troops from the sea to attack thousands of miles, this hand I am afraid no one would have thought, if there is no Gan Ning who is proficient in water warfare, Wang Xi who is good at observing the heavens, and a group of skilled craftsmen including Li Fengzhu, Liu Yi will not dare to implement this idea even if he has this idea, Even so, when it came time to set out, all the faces were solemn, and no one could predict the accident in the sea.
There are as many as 70 large and small warships on this expedition, among which the main ship was named Sea Dragon by Liu Yi, the length of the ship is more than 20 zhang, the width is up to 8 zhang, in addition to the necessary sailors and combat materials, each ship can carry more than 300 soldiers, the next level is called Jiaolong, their hull is much smaller than the sea dragon, the main role is to let the Flying Tiger soldiers land on the coast through them, in the words of later generations, the Jiaolong-class ships are landing ships.
Among these ships, I don't know how much gold and silver Liu Yi spent, Li Fengzhu and others are working day and night, just from the mountains to Fangshan to transport timber to collect 20,000 people, Xu Gang, the world's great craftsman, has also made great contributions, the construction of the Flying Tiger Army, the sea dragon and Jiaolong two kinds of ships also do not know how many people's hard work, at that time, Chen Qun and Zhong Xuan and other government officials also put forward a lot of opinions to Liu Yi in the name of excessive losses, Lang Sheng was relieved, but it is difficult for him to explain this in detail, The establishment of the Flying Tiger Army and the construction of these ships are by no means only used in Jizhou or in the future hegemony, and the real role is only known to Liu Yi.
However, it has to be said that in the process of building the Flying Tiger Army, Liu Yi was very shocked by the creativity and exquisite craftsmanship of these skilled craftsmen in the late Han Dynasty, and the collective wisdom was really endless, and many things were only a vague concept in his mind, but every time he put forward the final results, he was extremely satisfied.
The strength of the modern West stems from the glory of the Age of Discovery, and a group of adventurers use their courage, life and wisdom to challenge the unknown world, but before or even longer, my Chinese voyage has been carved in the history books, but unfortunately their role is limited to highlight the prestige of our heavenly pilgrimage, and the strategy of closing the country makes China regretfully miss that colorful period, and the consequence is that the future backwardness is beaten, and the mermaid is the flesh of the mermaid.
Since he is fortunate to come to this era as a time-traveler, of course Liu Yi thinks that those humiliating histories will not happen again in this time and space, although his longest life is only a hundred years and he can't predict how history will change, but he always has to leave something for his proud nation, of course, the development of everything has its objective laws that need to be gradual, what Liu Yi has to do is to dare to be the first in the world, the Flying Tiger Army is just a prototype, see those ships that are ahead of this era, Liu Yi already had a picture in his mind, the ocean was full of ships flying the Chinese flag, and they were shuttling between the continents...
These things that may or may not happen will only appear in the mind of Liu Yi, a traverser, and I am afraid that no one will understand it in his life, and he will not mention it to others, including his brothers and relatives. Gan Ning's feeling is excited, he has seen many well-made ships that can be called behemoths for many years, but they are nothing compared to the Sea Dragon Jiaolong Second Ship of the Flying Tiger Army in front of him. He believed that such a Flying Tiger army could dominate the waterways of the Han Dynasty, especially under the leadership of him, the king of justice.
With Xingba's order, the Flying Tiger soldiers began to board the Jiaolong ship moored on the shore in an orderly manner, and on the sea in the distance, dozens of sea dragon ships lined up in a neat phalanx, which was absolutely majestic between the sea and the sky! This day is the day when the Flying Tigers Army officially became an army, and in later generations, this day has also been given a unique meaning, which is a later story.
All the sea dragon ships have a flying tiger flag hanging on the mast, but the bow of the first one has an extra brocade sail, it is obvious that this is Gan Ning's main ship, and it is also the flagship of the Flying Tiger Army! In addition to Gan Ning personally sitting on this ship, Wang Xi and some craftsmen are also among them, they will naturally not go to the battlefield, Liu Yi will never allow this, these people are treasures in his heart, the main figure of everyone is to observe the performance of the sea ship in this trip in detail, although there are many tests but this time it is practice, speaking of the pursuit of skills their fighting spirit is by no means under the Flying Tiger soldiers, this time the results are also regretful in satisfaction, after all, the time is too hasty, There is still room for further transformation of the Sea Dragon Jiaolong Second Ship.
"Blow the trumpet, sail! Set sail in turn! Gan Ning boarded the flagship and said in a deep voice, the command of this naval army is different from the foot soldiers, there are many gestures and postures of communication between ships on the Yangtze River waterway, and people who often walk on the water can see its meaning.
"No!" The three heralds heard the promise and climbed the mast very quickly, there were three small platforms on the mast of the main ship, one high and two low, after all three of them entered the platform, the lower two people blew the horn, and a thick horn instantly spread on the sea, at this time the highest soldiers also began to wave the various small flags in their hands, and there were soldiers on the mast of each warship around them who responded with flags, and in this piece of the trumpet with a sense of vicissitudes, the ships of the Flying Tiger Army raised their sails in turn, Follow the instructions on the flagship and start the voyage in an orderly manner!