It is only 300 miles from Liaoyang to Yaozhou, and there is no need to rush overnight.

In addition, in the past six months, the army of the Northern Expedition has not been idle at all, and has already built an eight-lane highway along Lingbao that Zong Wang feels smacked, so at noon the next day, Huang Jie and his party also came to Lianyun Island.

On the military port in front of the island, it was as usual at this time, only a few medium-sized ships were on duty, and the rest looked up as usual. After quickly boarding the transportation sampan and landing on the island, and after coming to the south of the island and boarding the newly built maritime lighthouse with a height of 12 zhang, I also saw a fleet of nearly 100 ships about 50 miles south of the island with the help of telescopes.

This time, the long-distance fleet sent from Yangzhou included a total of 32 ships, 60 ships of 1,000 materials, and 120 ships of 500 materials.

Although according to historical records, these wooden warships appeared on the stage of history around the Han Dynasty, but until the Tang Dynasty, they did not leave any images and books to let people see their true face.

According to Chen Shou's version of the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", which is more fair in terms of historical view, it was the main ship of the navy in the Han Dynasty, and its boat was narrow and long, and it was highly maneuverable, which was convenient for clashing with enemy ships. According to Chen Shou, when Huang Gai, a general of the Wu army, attacked Huang Zu in Jiangxia, he blocked the route of Huang's retreat with his warp.

In 208, Sun Quan and Liu Bei fought Cao Cao at the Battle of Chibi, and Huang Gai also took advantage of the Wei army's locks to carry out fire tactics.

That's right, it was not Zhuge Liang who burned the serial boat, but Huang Gai!

Later, Sun Quan conquest of Huang Zu, Huang Zu "Heng Liang Meng Chong" held Xiakou hostage, and Liu Biao's naval army also made "Ji Chong".

However, in the Tang Dynasty, Li Quan wrote "Taibai Yin Jing" (hehe! This book is true, and it is a military work, not a martial arts book) It is stated that the ship is a light vanguard ship and consists of two layers.

Although the Taibai Yin Jing refers to the ship as a light and brisk vanguard ship, the bow of the ship used in the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period was supposed to be a powerful warship equipped with a sharp weapon to attack enemy ships, and the effectiveness of the sharp weapon was determined by its weight rather than speed.

Therefore, in the Northern Song Dynasty, the Ezhou sailors, who were in charge of the official management of the Yangtze River waterway, also restored and even improved many types of ships that were said to be warships according to the testaments of the previous dynasties, and developed different types of water warfare ships such as fighting ships and sea falcons, building boats, walking boats, and river shuttles.

It's just that until Zhao Huan registered as the emperor, there was no plan to build any real "giant ships", so now the giant ships that came to Lianyun Island are naturally the newly built ships after Zhao Huan's bad luck.

According to Du You's "General Dictionary? The Art of War records the warship: "The boat is covered with raw cowhide, the two compartments are opened, and there are windows and spear holes on the left and right, so that the enemy cannot enter, and the arrows and stones cannot be defeated." ”

According to ancient books, the general length of this giant ship is about 40 zhang (the length of the Han Dynasty is about 2 meters 3), the width of the ship is about 8 zhang, the height is 6 zhang, and the whole cabin and ship board are covered by cowhide, which can be used for fire prevention. There are several oars on each side of the board for the oars to insert the boat and for rowers to row. There are three decks above deck, which are also wrapped in raw cowhide to prevent enemy fire, and each deck has crossbow windows on all sides of the ship, which can be used to attack the enemy in all directions.

Now Yangzhou supervised these ships, the data parameters used are redesigned and customized by Longshan Academy, the length of the hull is set at 36 zhang (Song zhang used here, that is, three meters three), the width of six zhang, the height of eight zhang, the hull is divided into five layers, three layers below the deck, two layers above the deck, a total of 120 oar holes and 64 gun emplacement windows for artillery firing on both sides of the cabin on the third deck, eight main masts, six auxiliary masts, the volume of the whole ship is about 2,000 before and after.

As for the appearance of the whole ship, Huang Jie imitated the giant luxury cruise ship he saw in his dream, but after the joint research of various experts in Longshan Academy, he felt that with the scientific and technological level of the Great Song Dynasty today, I am afraid that it is still impossible to build a super cruise ship with a length of 100 zhang and a height of more than 10 floors.

Of course, don't underestimate these new versions of the shipwreckage that are only five floors and have a hull length of thirty-six zhang, these ships are the most high-tech products of the Great Song Dynasty that Huang Jie brought in nearly 100 top shipwrights and carpenters to study for many years before Huang Jie established the Longshan Academy.

It wasn't until Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan's father and son were captured, and Seed Master Dao and Huang Jie were ordered to Beizhen, that all available resources were secretly mobilized, and it took almost two years to complete the construction.

You must know that if you calculate the construction speed of the later generations in the dream, two years is not a long time, enough to build a new 10,000-ton giant ship or modify a scrapped aircraft carrier, but for the Great Song Dynasty at this time, two years can build a 32-bow giant ship in one go, which can really be called a god speed.

But it also said that after Huang Jie saw it on the lighthouse, there was a traffic boat rushing from the fleet, and after the people on the boat landed, he heard two sharp eagle chirps from a distance, and he also saw a huge falcon with a wingspan of at least one zhang and a slightly smaller one with a wingspan of six feet in the blue sky.

"Hahahaha! Junior brother, don't come to harm? From afar, I heard a long laugh full of energy, but I saw a middle-aged Taoist priest in a robe, carrying the slightly smaller Hai Dongqing walking briskly, Huang Jie looked at his face and smiled, and he was also happy, hurriedly took a few steps forward, and then bowed and said: "Ziying has seen Senior Brother Gongsun, Senior Brother is fine, Ziying is very relieved!" ”

Look at the Taoist priest, who is still tied with a lotus crown on his head, wearing a black and white gossip pattern embroidered Ge color robe, pedaling a pair of cloud-eared baptist shoes, carrying a long sword with a Xuanmu sheath on his shoulder, and a bulging Zhaowen bag hanging under his waist, a long hair up to two feet, but it is white and half.

Suddenly, Huang Jie's eyes were full of flowers, but he remembered that back then, on the Yangtze River, he and Wan Chunnu jumped off the thief boat and floated in the river. ”

I also remembered that Gongsun was injured when he returned from his trip to the north that year, and he was distressed that he couldn't beat the bones of more than a dozen times, and he was depressed when he parted, but now he looks at it, but he is like a spring breeze and rain, holding hands, so happy.

Yes, this person is Gongsun Zheng, who is now half a year old in his mid-forties, and just looking at his white beard, he also knows who the years can forgive.