Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Eagle Soaring Between the Waves
The muddy waves crashed against the shore, rolling up the dusky spray, and on the edge of this beautiful island, a section of blocked beach, a low embankment made of stones, intercepted the tide and formed a raging wave. A group of people washed down on the edge of the sea.
"One!" The black-faced man in armor standing on the shore was shouting the trumpet one after another, and with his instructions, the recruits who were lying on the beach enjoying the baptism of the waves lay down directly, and the tide surged in, directly submerging them, leaving only a turbid sea water. When the tide receded, a large group of people were soaked, their hair was like a mess of seaweed, on top of their heads, and the salty sea water poured directly into their mouths and noses, and the bitter taste made everyone feel an unspeakable taste.
"Two!" The black-faced man gave the command again, and these recruits lying in the sea had to support their bodies again with the command to meet the next moment when the sea attacked.
"Hmm...... It's not bad, that's it, so that these recruits who have never been exposed to naval warfare can quickly transform, and if they want to fight on the sea, they must first be familiar with the sea, and only those who have tasted the bitter taste of the sea are qualified sailors! Li Kuan nodded with satisfaction, he himself did not know whether this kind of training had any effect, although he was able to obtain advanced training methods, but his time was short, plus there were many methods in this era, many of these methods were unusable, because those advanced methods were built on a complete medical system, and it was guaranteed that there would be no excessive damage to the soldier's body before they could be used, and Datang's current medical standard was still far from the standard. Even if it's a lot higher than it actually is.
Therefore, Li Kuan could only start training soldiers in the same way as some of the training methods of this era. I just increased the amount of training, and then added a lot of nourishing medicine to the food. This is Li Kuan's tonic prescription for becoming a doctor after being ill for many years, plus practicing Xinyiquan. That's why he dared to continuously increase the training of these soldiers. Just like the water of a pond, although it is constantly draining, but there is a steady stream of living water at the source to replenish it, it has little impact on the water volume of the pond itself, if the water at the source is larger, the water storage capacity of the pond itself will continue to increase, and people themselves are an organism that needs to be strengthened and exercised to be more healthy, so although every day is very tiring here. Even many soldiers fell into a deep sleep as soon as they touched their pillows, but their bodies were not destroyed by training, but grew stronger.
In Chang'an City, Li Er already had no hope of finding Li Kuan, but his prince was not cut, and he still maintained the grade he deserved, because Li Er still believed in his heart that Li Kuan would not do anything unfavorable to Datang, which Li Er believed in his own vision, and he had not made a mistake in looking at people for so many years. In the battle of Luoyang. Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin directly defected to him at the beginning of the battle, and such a general who surrendered without a fight, Li Er gladly accepted it, because when he saw them. I believed that these two people would not do anything treasonous, so he accepted it, and the events that followed proved his vision. These two have been following him and laying down half of the Tang Dynasty, even if Qin Qiong did something against his will in the end. That is also where righteousness lies, and in his opinion it is a precious spirit. Therefore, Qin Qiong is still the Shangzhu State of the Tang Dynasty, and concurrently serves as the secretary of the Ministry of War, which even Li Jing, the unparalleled military god of the Tang Dynasty, who has the first military merit, does not have such an honor. And Shan Xiongxin, who fought to the death at that time and was finally captured by him, this peerless fierce general whose prestige was still above Qin Qiong and Cheng Biting Jin at that time, directly ordered to be beheaded after being caught by Li Er, even if Shan Xiongxin expressed his willingness to surrender at that time, he still failed to change Li Er's decision. Because Li Er inferred from the information he knew, he came to the conclusion that Shan Xiongxin was not a subservient person, and he would turn against the water at the first opportunity, so he resolutely beheaded him.
For Li Kuan, although Li Er has always been not very close to him, and even a little estranged, this second son, who has been assertive since he was a child, still believes that as the king of Chu in the Tang Dynasty, he will not damage the interests of the Tang Dynasty. He has always believed in this, and judging from what Li Kuan did before, there is not much difference in this qiē. So this time, he retained the one that Li Kuan now has, and no one else in Cangzhou has to fill it. It's just that he still has such a sense of unhappiness in his heart: this guy walks away, so neatly and neatly, and throws a big mess directly away, which really annoys him. Although the Tang Dynasty is now strong, Cangzhou is far away from the grain-rich area, and the transportation along the way is a big problem, but it will not work if it is not solved, because if there is a civil uprising in Cangzhou, with the fierce folk customs there, the thousands of soldiers stationed in Cangzhou City cannot be suppressed, and it will be even more troublesome to make trouble.
"Eldest grandson Wuji, the proposed purpose!" Li Er began to draft the holy decree directly in the imperial study: "Li Xiaogong, the governor of Jiangnan Province, will mobilize grain and grass from the land of Wuyue and send it to Cangzhou in the north without delay!" "Whether you want to or not, this time Li Er still has to wipe Li Kuan's buttocks. As for what kind of conditions he will add to Li Kuan in the little book in his heart after doing this, this is not something that the eldest grandson Wuji can know.
The holy decree was issued, and Li Xiaogong of Jiangnan Province did not dare to disobey, and began to mobilize rice from the land of Wuyue, an area rich in rice made by the king of Chu, and hurriedly sent it to Cangzhou in the north, and went down the Yangtze River to transport it all the way along the coastline to the north by boat, which was the most labor-saving way. It is better to transport by water, although it is slower, but it requires less manpower, and a ship can be loaded with more, so it can save a lot of food.
Cangzhou City, the shipyard has completely become an unfinished building, abandoned, and has become a place for fishermen to enjoy the coolness of the seaside, after the eldest grandson rushed here, he resumed farming, and the stage of shaving on the loess made these drifting on the sea for several months, and the fishermen who tasted the sweetness were very unhappy, because of the shortage of food, so now they are not very good at buying food, and the fish that go out to sea every day are sold, but the family can't only eat fish if they can't get back the food, and the silver money from selling fish can't buy food in vain. So Cangzhou actually returned to the primitive era of barter, fishermen exchanged their own fish from the sea and the people who farmed the land for food, which has to be said to be a big joke, Changsun Chong rushed to make Li Kuan out of a big mess this time, but he fell into it, no matter how he pulled it out, he sold a lot of his father's old face, so as to alleviate his own embarrassing situation, which made this dynasty horse master a little angry. So he lost his temper in his own assassin's mansion.
"This Li Kuan is really too deceitful, and he will not rest with him!" Angrily threw a tea cup on the ground, the tea splashed a large piece of the bluestone floor on the ground, and the scarlet robe on his body was also torn by him to be extremely messy, and the mutton was not eaten, but the eldest grandson Chong, who was in a commotion, was really depressed.
"Report ...... Lord Thorn Shi, the fishermen on the beach have come to report that a large fleet of boats is coming towards Cangzhou! A messenger shouted from outside the gate and ran towards the Assassin's Mansion, and the voice came from afar.
"What? Is that guy back? Changsun Chong's first thought was that Li Kuan had returned, because a large fleet of ships seemed to have only been made by Li Kuan in his impression.
"Lord Hui, it's not the fleet of the King of Chu, it seems to be the fleet of my Tang Dynasty sailors!" The officer replied with some breathlessness.
"Why, Li Kuan's fleet is not Datang's fleet?" Changsun Chong didn't believe that Li Kuan would play other banners, that guy's feelings for Datang were very deep, which was already evident a few years ago, when this guy took a group of children in the army to bully the children of these civil officials, because as long as they were bullying the people in Chang'an City, even if they just took a fruit from the people's stalls, they would be chased and killed by them for half a street without paying, but if they went to those landlords' houses to ask for a lot of things, it would not arouse their slightest idea. This made Changsun Chong know that Li Kuan's guy really cared about the ordinary people of the Tang Dynasty. Then Li Kuan will definitely not start a new business by himself, because as long as he does such a thing, it means that there is an irreconcilable hostile relationship between Datang and him, then there will definitely be a war, which Li Kuan does not want to see. In Changsun Chong's understanding, this guy is the kind of guy who fights with other races and dies thousands of people without frowning, but Datang's own internal friction, even if it is just a death of dozens of people, he will be distressed to die. Therefore, Li Kuan's fleet will definitely be the naval army of the Tang Dynasty.
"Although the flag on it is also 'Li', these ships are much smaller than those taken away by His Royal Highness the King of Chu at the beginning, and the number is also much less." The officer replied.
"Really, not?" The eldest grandson Chong was puzzled: "Then follow this official to the beach to have a look!" "Let's go to the beach and have a look.
"Anchor ......" Crescent Island, one by one ships spread their sails, the scene of thousands of sails racing is reproduced here, countless ships are covered with the sea, a dark and stout man on the ship began to prepare the things on the ship in an orderly manner, all the things are fixed, tied to the fixation on the ship with ropes, a big man, naked, sweating, put away the winch in a circle, with a sound of "click" chain tightening, the anchor was pulled up. The sails were spread out, and the wild sea breeze was embraced, and between the three tall masts, a flag was fluttering, and an eagle soaring with its wings and fighting the sky soared freely in the wind. (To be continued......)