With money in his hands and soldiers, Dai Yan has the confidence to fight the other party to the end.

Today's Taoqiu, the battle with the opponent is almost a state of dog-tooth intertwined and all-out war. In Chuqiu and Xiaoyi, the Taoqiu army and the Le clan were facing off; At the Sidong camp on the east bank of Surabaya, the Taoqiu army fought with the army led by Tian Wen; In Xiangyi, the Taoqiu army confronted the Suiyang and Chu armies respectively!

In this messy state of all-out war, except for Chu Qiu, all the other battlefields have a connecting link - the Sailor Division!

However, now the only link - waterway shipping and sailors - has been threatened by the most powerful opponents!

If it weren't for the fact that Taoqiu had become a capitalist city, the development of commerce had led to the development of water transportation, and the shipbuilding industry and the derived navigation industry had also far surpassed all countries in the world, Taoqiu would never have been able to mobilize a powerful sailor in an instant!

Now in Xiapi City, Tao Qiu has gathered hundreds of offensive warships and nearly 1,000 civilian ships accompanying him, which gives him infinite confidence!

He knew very well that although the Taoqiu army was now in a confrontation with the forces of Suiyang, Chu and even Tianying, if Taoqiu's shipping lines collapsed, then the armies facing everywhere would immediately sink and the war would be a complete failure!

In order to win the war, the threat of the collapse of the shipping line must be obliterated cleanly and neatly! For the Huaishui Shui Division of the Chu State who invaded Fuling Lake, Dai Yan had twelve points of vigilance!

Dai Yan, who was supposed to personally sit in charge of the army near Xiangyi, arranged the main force of the army near Xiangyi, and then pacified the defenders of Xiangyi and Fuli, who were under the most pressure. After doing this, he personally came to Xiapi, sat in the water division, and fought a decisive battle with the Huai water division of the Chu State!

Water war, Dai Yan is not good! Since the accelerated development of the industrialization of Dataoqiu, Dai Yan has understood a big truth: professional things should be handed over to professional talents to do! In the entire Taoqiu, the best at water warfare is Wu Yi, who turned the Onozawa water bandits into rabbits!

In Xiapi City, Wu Ying, the commander of the water division, is in high spirits! As a descendant of the nobles of the former Wu State and a courtier of the Yue Kingdom, after the fall of the Yue Kingdom, he originally thought that he would fall into a complete silence. However, what he didn't expect was that he was soon reused in the hands of Tao Qiujun, thus ushering in a real golden period of development!

Although in the eyes of today's people in the world, Tao Qiujun's strength is still very weak, but Wu Yi has seen Tao Qiu's real strength from Tao Qiu's prosperity! With the strength of Taoqiu City now, it can produce far more ships than the original Yue Country and a country, and the sailors formed are far stronger than the Yue Sailors!

Not to mention, now Taoqiu's smelting technology is extremely developed, and weapon manufacturing is completely different from the original Yue country!

Wu Yue attaches great importance to technology, especially the technology that can be used in the military. The former warships of the Wu State, Wu Ge and Wu Jian, are the foundation of the strength of the former Wu State! In Wu Yi's view, Yueguo, which perfectly inherited Wu's military technology, has experienced many civil strife, but it can definitely be regarded as a medium power in the world. And today's Taoqiu, the strength has surpassed that of a medium power like Yueguo!

If Tao Qiu can win the Song civil war and integrate the power of the entire Song Kingdom, then a world power far beyond the country will be born! At that time, it will be possible for him to obtain a noble status, and the dignity of the Wu royal family will be restored! And to get all this, he must lead the sailors to victory!

Dai Yan, who came to Xiapi, asked Wu Yi to gather all the generals of the water division to prepare for the discussion.

Because the sailor was recruited temporarily, the composition of the entire sailor was very mixed, and it was basically divided into four groups.

The first major group is the main force of Taoqiu's sailors, the former Onozawa Boat Division. This is the regular army of the entire Taoqiu, with thirty complete warships. These warships concentrate the most advanced technology in Taoqiu. Whether it's sails, wooden wheels, or the most advanced bed crossbows, these warships are the first thing to use! They are also the most powerful part of the entire Taoqiu Mariners, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are the mainstay of the Taoqiu Mariners!

The second largest group was the convoy of Taoqiu. Convoys are similar to merchant ships, but they are not the same as merchant ships. Since the commerce of Taoqiu has become more and more prosperous, the protection of shipping routes has become more and more important. Although Taoqiu has a sailor, but blatantly running to the land of other countries to exterminate the water bandits will make his country rush to fear, so as to cause diplomatic disputes. Therefore, there were escort teams similar to the security companies of later generations in Taoqiu, which provided escort services for businessmen, and they could be regarded as sailors developed by Taoqiu using civil forces. Now that Taoqiu is at war, these convoys, driven by money, are naturally willing to fight for Taoqiu!

The third largest group was the whaling ships and pirate groups in Tauhill. This group seems to be composed of two parts, but they can actually be counted as one, they are all the newly rising sea forces behind the big force of Taoqiu! The whaling industry is one of the economic pillars of Taoqiu, and Dai Yan is naturally a strong supporter. However, Dai Yan did not oppose the new industry of piracy, and also adopted a supportive attitude.

Ever since the Taqi Kingdom realized the infinite potential of the sea, they began to send a large number of ships to explore the sea and discover the treasures of the sea. In order to fight them, Dai Yan began to use his brains, and in his opinion, the best way is to raise pirates! Historically, the British Empire, which was once more NB than the capital of the United States, was able to become the world's strongest maritime empire by issuing privateer licenses to develop its navy by cultivating pirates! For pirates, Dai Yan also conditionally chose to issue a "privateer license", granting them the right to stay in the harbor of the East China Sea and plunder outside the power of the Taoqiu Sea! Although the pirates were not completely supported by Dai Yan, they were also favored by Taoqiu, after all, their advanced ships were provided by Taoqiu's shipyards. Now that Taoqiu is in danger, these "righteous" pirates will naturally return the favor!

The fourth largest group was the merchant fleet of Taoqiu. Although the number of these ships is huge, there are thousands of them, but the ships are weak, and a single ship is basically ineffective in combat, and its strength is also the weakest part of the entire Taoqiu Naval Division. They basically undertook the logistics of the entire Tauqiu Naval Division fleet, and played a partial auxiliary role.

When the main characters of the four major teams of the Sailor Division were gathered, Dai Yan said directly to Wu Yi: "Wu Yi, as the commander of the Sailor Division, tell me what you think about this battle." ”

"Lord, I think that this time to fight against the Huaibei Naval Division of the Chu State, it is necessary to hold the entrance to Fuling Lake and not let a single Chu army ship enter Surabaya! Our warships were originally faster than the Chu army's warships in terms of speed, and their weapons were also more advanced than those of the Chu army; What's more, the number of warships of our army, and even the number of merchant ships accompanying it, also exceeds the number of Chu army, so our army can completely attack the weak and defeat the opponent head-on! Wu Yi said.

"What you are talking about defeating the opponent head-on, is it a head-on battle with the Chu army and the water division of the Chu army in Fuling Lake and even Huaishui?" Dai Yan asked again.

Wu Yi replied, "What the lord said is good! It is a head-on battle, with a dignified and upright teacher, with a monstrous momentum, to directly defeat the opponent! ”

Hearing Wu Yi's suggestion, Dai Yan, as a novice who doesn't understand water warfare, is not easy to meddle. Hearing that Wu Yi had his own plans, Dai Yan said directly to Wu Yi: "Since you have your own plans, then you can give orders directly!" The whole water war, everything is dominated by you, I will personally sit in the rear and cheer you up! ”

Hearing Dai Yan's order, Wu Yi let go and gave orders directly to the fleet.

Wu Yi's plan was very simple, that is, let the convoys, whaling ships and pirates set off first, go to the entrance of Fuling Lake and Huaishui, establish a stronghold at the entrance of Fuling Lake, and block the entire Chu army in Huaishui. Later, the Taoqiu Sailor was sent to follow closely and enter Huaishui. The entire fleet of sailors, in a head-on battle with the Chu army in Huaishui, can completely defeat the Chu army!

Under Wu Yi's orders, the convoy was the first to enter Fuling Lake to explore, followed by whaling ships and pirate troops, and when they reached the entrance to Fuling Lake and Huaishui, everything was without any problems. So they quickly set up a base on a nearby island, and then discharged their ships to Huaishui to search for the specific location of the Chu army!

Due to the intelligence network of Taoqiu merchants, the general location of the Huaishui Sailor is simply transparent to the Taoqiu Sailor. In their intelligence, the Huaishui sailors entered Fuling Lake from the upper reaches of the Huaishui at a slow pace, and the sailors of Taoqiu were also fully prepared and waiting for their arrival.

In the process of this waiting, the mainstay of the Taoqiu Naval Division, the regular warships, began to make direct sorties and entered Fuling Lake. In the transfer of the Taoqiu Water Division, the situation of the entire Fuling Lake has undergone earth-shattering changes!

Wu Yi, who originally entered Huaishui and intended to block the Huaishui Water Division, suddenly found that he was surrounded by the Huaishui Water Division of the Chu Army!

Fuling Lake is a small lake community, and such a lake community is itself an unpredictable place. Sailors will only explore the main waterway, and will not explore the danger areas at all! After all, it is located on the edge of Fuling Lake, and there are not only small lakes, but also dangerous swamps, and it is easy for boats to get stuck in such a place!

However, it was because he did not explore first that he brought the danger of extinction to the Taoqiu Mariner! A whole hundred warships came out of Fuling Lake to cut off the already small Huai Shui. And the Huaishui Sailor who originally wanted to fight also rushed out of the upstream with a murderous face!

This time, instead of sixty battleships, two hundred battleships came!