The countries of the world are a huge continent.

There are no huge lakes in between, only a few scattered river channels.

Therefore, ship transportation has always been underdeveloped, and most of them are some ships that carry light.

Coupled with the poor iron-smelting technology, there were even fewer warships.

The sailors of some countries, such as the Jin Kingdom, are also mostly used to fight water bandits, and they do not have combat effectiveness at all.

Troop carriers are also large ships with a certain degree of combat effectiveness, and it is natural for them to attract attention due to their novel shapes and huge fleets.

More than 600 troop carriers, a total of more than 300,000 people, including the supplies on board, are enough for this fleet to move very flexibly along the Grand Canal.

Of course, in addition to the freshness, what makes the people on both sides of the strait even more unbelievable is the loud and loud sound.

Wherever the warships passed, even the fish dived to the bottom, and the loud noise alarmed both sides of the river, and could be heard for a mile.

The secret agents of the Chu State lurking in the crowd on both sides of the strait were all shocked.

Although, I don't know how powerful they are, what conspiracy they hold.

However, when did the Cangguo come up with something strange and the country that was the enemy of it must not suffer a big loss?

Just looking at these ships, there is a sense of majesty and majesty.

After this ship sailed to the hinterland of the Chu State, wouldn't it be like entering a no-man's land, and no one could stop it?

An army of 300,000 people poured out.

Prior to this, Qinglong, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Xuanwu, and Guiyi Army, each with an army of 300,000.

The Qilin Legion is a bit special, with only 200,000.

Combined, that's what an army of 1.7 million looks like.

The Praetorian Guards generally do not participate in wars, so the available soldiers of the entire Cangguo have not yet reached two million.

Therefore, since last year, Cangguo has invested a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to train a new batch of troops so that they can be put into the battlefield at any time in wartime.

These 300,000 troops are the reserve troops that have received long-term formal training in the current Cangguo.

It can be described as a nest out.

300,000 troops, with all kinds of weapons and weapons, plus troop carriers, etc., there is no problem in fighting with 500,000 Chu troops.

However, the role of this army is to besiege the city at present.

Besieged the city of Chu and forced it to surrender.

In case the state of Chu does not surrender, it will forcibly attack the city.

In short, the current Cang army has completed the layout in the Chu State, and the next time is to realize its huge ambitions.

More than 600 troop carriers were moored in the port outside Tangliang City, and 300,000 troops disembarked from the troop carriers, and then boarded the dock in groups and assembled in a phalanx.

Although these 300,000 troops have undergone more than a year of training, they do not have much combat experience, and theory is greater than practice, so it is naturally impossible to form an army independently, so it is necessary to disrupt them and then mix them into various armies.

Wei Zhongquan led a group of guards and generals to board one of the troop carriers.

"This is my great cang's sailor's weapon?"

Wei Zhongquan entered the inside of the troop carrier, looked around curiously, looked at the almost steel-like hull, was very interested, and led a group of guards to the ship.

"Generalissimo Qiyu, the lowest level of the troop carrier, there is nothing to see."

In Wei Zhongquan's repeated praises, a man in military uniform stood beside him and reminded him not to continue to go down.

"Oh? Who are you? Tell Ben Shuai why he can't continue. Wei Zhongquan asked.

"Generalissimo Qiyu, it is the captain of this ship who is lowly and obstructive, but the bottom layer is really nothing to look at, because it is the power compartment and storage compartment, so it is very dirty."

"Power cabin? What is ......?"

"That's it...... There are steam engines underneath, and the troop carriers are too big, so they use steam power......"

The captain scratched his head, he was also a little confused, not knowing how to explain.

Indeed, what is a steam engine?

He only knew that this was a coal-eating iron lump monster, as long as he kept feeding him coal and burning fire, the ship would be able to rush forward quickly, and hundreds of manpower would not have such great strength.

Seeing this, Wei Zhongquan also had a number in his heart, knowing that this captain couldn't tell why, so he took a step forward and went down the stairs directly.

As the captain said, the bottom cabin was indeed very dirty, and there were waves of heat, and if you looked in the direction of the heat wave, you could see that there were small warehouses around it, and there were piles of coal.

The captain opened the way at the front, opened a hatch, and saw a man with a bare upper body, digging up pieces of coal with an iron and pouring it into a furnace.

This is a very large boiler, Wei Zhongquan has seen in the ironworks.

Boiling water?

Wei Zhongquan was a little puzzled, and then looked up, listening to the sound, there seemed to be the sound of gears, and streams of scorching water vapor seemed to be expelled from the ship through a tube.

"What does that mean?"

"Back to the Generalissimo, he was boiling water, and then the ship moved."

The captain, who didn't know much about the principle of steam, explained dryly, and then didn't know what to say.

"As long as the water is boiled, the boat will move?" Wei Zhongquan was even more puzzled, and reached out to touch it curiously.

"Danger!" The captain shouted in fright, and hurriedly said: "Generalissimo, pay attention to safety, this boiler is very hot, if you touch some key places, it will be hot." ”

Wei Zhongquan's hand froze in mid-air, nodded, didn't ask any more, took people back to the deck, gathered a few major generals, explained the mixed matters, and went ashore.

For him, the biggest thing at the moment is to force the Chu State to surrender, and then take advantage of the situation to attack the Yun State, and after destroying two countries in succession, the Cang State will be able to grow in strength and have no worries.

As for what kind of steam engine, after this battle, let's go back to China and slowly understand.

Just the next day, the Blue Dragon Legion made a move.

More than 100,000 troops marched out, carried the baggage directly to the troop carrier, and headed towards Chu City.

The army is besieging the city!

Chu City is the oldest big city of Chu State, from the rise of Chu State, it has been the imperial city of Chu State, after several expansions and repairs, with today's scale, the whole city is more than 20 miles in radius, the city is more than eight zhang high, it is made of stone bricks.

The siege of the city by a large army does not mean to encircle the city to death in an airtight manner, but to block the main traffic sections around the city, and arrange soldiers and horses in all directions of the city, so that it is impossible for anyone in the city to get out.

When the mighty army of the Blue Dragon Legion approached the city, the royal family and nobles who had always been pampered in the imperial city of Chu State were finally moved.

It turned out that the army of Cangguo hit the city, it was true!