As soon as he sent Dupont away, Chen Gang came back, much faster than Jiang Hexing thought. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoChen Gang reported on the work along the way, as well as some observations in Anwu City. Anwu is now developing very much, Fan Jia also took a lot of businessmen there, wood merchants, grain merchants, cloth merchants, silk merchants, etc., Anwu's current people can't see the appearance of the former husband and the rest of the people, all dressed in Pingzhou, all short hair, speaking Chinese in the market unimpeded, those children are even more powerful, many are better than what adults say.

The information that Ma Yuan brought back, the land of Pingzhou, has not changed much. However, Ma Yuan had a request, he asked to occupy the land of Sanhan, and he would be able to contact Phoenix Island conveniently in the future. Soon the weather was cold, the river froze, and it was difficult to navigate by sea, but there was no such obstacle when walking by land.

Jiang Hexing thought about it and didn't agree, but let him negotiate with the people of Sanhan first, and borrow a road, so that we can change Sanhan with commerce and trade, there is no need to fight and kill, and it is not a good thing to rely on force to solve everything. Jiang Hexing sent someone to send Ma Yuan with his will, and he continued to travel on Phoenix Island.

Chen Gang took a leave of absence and went back, and his duties were represented by his deputy, Hao Zhan. Phoenix Island as usual, Zhao Qingyi took Fan Jiao to Zhao Qingyang's cloth factory in the past two days, Jiang Hexing didn't expect that their relationship was actually not bad, it is estimated that Fan Jiao taught Zhao Qingyang a lot of ways to do business. Jiang Hexing doesn't get involved in these things, he wants to go to the army to see.

Chen Gang's barracks is located in the northeast corner of Phoenix Island, and there is also a port here, of course, it is used by sailors, and there are no other ships coming over in normal times, so it is very quiet.

Hao Zhan waited for Jiang Hexing's arrival early in the morning, and as soon as Jiang Hexing's carriage arrived, Hao Zhan immediately ran over. Jiang Hexing got out of the car, and Hao Zhan followed closely. Jiang Hexing turned his head to look at Hao Zhan and said, "Hao Zhan, do you say you want to see the sailors or the cavalry first?" ”

"I think He Wang must want to see the water division first, because this is the first water army of our Flying Tiger Army, you will definitely see it first."

Jiang Hexing looked at Hao Zhan with satisfaction and said, "You are smart enough, okay, let's get on the boat together to see the sailor." ”

On the shore, the dark water swells in waves, hitting the reef on the shore and rolling up white waves. The sea breeze comes with a fishy smell on the surface, and it is cool in late autumn. Jiang Hexing and Hao Zhan boarded the sailboat leaning on the dock in this coolness, Hao Zhan gave an order, pulled the anchor and set sail, the sailboat was raised, and the sailboats were set off one by one. The shore looks like a string of white shells passing through the sea.

The sky was overcast, and the sea breeze blew the gray waters into huge waves. The sailboat was bumpy up and down, still breaking the wind and waves, and rushing forward. The fleet could also form a queue, and the sailors on board each carried special short knives and shields, and looked ready to take the ship. Jiang Hexing smiled, he didn't even think about fighting, it was mainly used for transportation, and he was able to get off the ship to fight at a critical moment. Now such a big ship, when it encounters an opponent and sails past, the opponent has almost no possibility of fighting back. Even if you run, the opponent has no chance of catching up.

Jiang Hexing called Hao Zhan to his side and asked, "Hao Zhan, how do you think about fighting?" ”

Hao Zhan's chest straightened: "What we think about is a boat to transport grain, and when the time comes, we will seize the ship and fight." ”

Jiang Hexing shook his head and said: "The boats are much smaller than this, and we can't go to many places where the boats can go, and it seems that we will have to train for transporting troops on the river in the future." But now you have all trained the courage of the soldiers, I just looked at it, and none of them are afraid. Pretty good, it looks like you've put a lot of thought into it. ”

Hao Zhan said: "He Wang, I discussed it with Chen Gang, and I was about to report to you." There doesn't seem to be much to do about how to deal with an enemy at sea other than colliding with each other and bowing and arrows. The ship shook back and forth, and the bow and arrow did not work well. We've come up with a solution, so please give me some advice. We all know you have a way, and you just won't say it. ”

Jiang Hexing laughed, pointed at Hao Zhan and said, "You are shrewd, what can you do, say it, I will tell you everything I know." ”

"I discussed with Chen Gang to make Yunlei small and put it in a clay pot, and if we encounter an enemy at that time, we can just throw it out. If we get closer, we throw a few of them, and their boats will catch fire, and with the fear, we will probably be able to clean up. ”

Jiang Hexing shook his head, Hao Zhan didn't know what he meant. Jiang Hexing explained: "Now our cloud thunder can't actually kill many people, far less than the bow and arrow saber, the reason why we use cloud thunder is mainly to scare horses." As soon as the horse was afraid, the formation was chaotic, and there was basically no combat effectiveness. It's our team that can be powerful. People can be scared once, but they are not afraid the second time. It's not a bad idea to throw a small cloud and thunder, but it's good to add oil so that the enemy's ship can burn completely. There is also the throwing of this kind of cloud thunder, especially on ships, which is far from being done with a crossbow. ”

Hao Zhan patted his head and jumped up and said: "It's really a good idea to shoot cloud thunder with a crossbow, and the king is still powerful with you, we think about it for half a year, and you will find the problem at once." I told Chen Gang a long time ago to ask him to write to you to express our views, but he always wanted to do a good job and surprise you, so I know that you don't like it at all. ”

Jiang Hexing said: "Your idea is very good, it seems that you have bothered to train your troops when you think of this." I'm better than you, it's just that I've seen more, and it's not that I'm better than myself, and in the end you're better than me in thinking about ideas. ”

Hao Zhan was as comfortable as eating ice and snow on a dog day, and Wang actually said that the two of them were stronger than him, haha, this kind of treatment is estimated to be no one in the whole army.

Jiang Hexing let the archers demonstrate again, yes, they all shot decently, after all, it is a bit difficult to stand firm on the boat, and Jiang Hexing is more satisfied with shooting like this.

Seeing that the sky was getting more and more gloomy, Jiang Hexing ordered to go back, and Hao Zhan still had a lot to demonstrate in his heart. It seems that he has to go later, Jiang Hexing knows that he will prepare a lot, but he wants it to be used in actual combat, and now the opponent's strength is limited, isn't it a waste to practice too high, and after all, it is risky.

The fleet made a big bend in the gray sea, and the white waves behind the boat were also closely following, and the seagulls were also flying very low, and from time to time seagulls flew to the boat.

When I came back, I only thought about the speed, maybe it was a tailwind, and the boat went faster, and it was back to the shore in less than half an hour.

Once ashore, it began to rain in the sky. Jiang Hexing gave Hao Zhan an order, for the sake of the brothers on a rainy day, he would not watch it today, and the whole army would return to the camp to rest and eat. When the weather is clear, and Zhang Meng's special operations battalion, demonstrate together.

Hao Zhan sent the order, and the whole army rejoiced.

Accompanied by Hao Zhan, Jiang Hexing turned around the barracks and looked at where the soldiers lived. I also had lunch with the soldiers, and the soldiers had a meal together, the meal was extremely rich, Jiang Hexing was not polite, and the soldiers clinked glasses, boxing, so lively, there were too many people who had no choice but to drink with Jiang Hexing, Jiang Hexing only drank a little bit each time, but he was still carried out by Hao Zhan halfway through the drink, but the whole army was very excited.

After the river line returned, it was drizzling for several days. He found Hao Zhan and gathered a few craftsmen in the army to make a trebuchet-like launcher that could be used to launch small cloud mines. Trebuchets have been available for a long time in this era, there is no technical difficulty, all he has done is to improve it. It's nothing more than a lever principle, but what he wants to do is to make this trebuchet cast farther, under his guidance, a lot of improvements, materials, processes, because there is no intention to throw stones, more to throw future oil tanks, cloud mines, miniaturization is enough to deal with, the key bow and stern can put a few more.

The trebuchet was ready, and Hao Zhan happily took it back.