Chapter 261: The Sailor Strikes
There was a huge fleet of ships above the sea, and a small boat was speeding inside. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
On a big ship, Liu Ren was chatting with Zhao Jian and Qi Huaiyuan.
At this time, there was a hurry, footsteps sounded, and a soldier ran quickly: "Commander, Admiral is in a hurry."
"Sir's letter? ……“。 The Admiral's Mansion is a strange yamen. It's weird because in the beginning, it's just, semi-official. Due to the need for merchants to hire sailors, the imperial court lacked a yamen to deal with this matter. So this allowed Liu Sheng to establish the Admiral Yamen of the Water Division. With the rise of maritime trade in the past three years, the Admiralty's authority on the sea has gradually flourished. Chai Yu discussed with Wang An, and simply directly assigned the sailor to the yamen of the Admiral's Mansion and obeyed the dispatch.
Liu Ren opened the letter and read it carefully. After returning from Liao, he was tired of exterminating pirates at sea every day. Now that I have the opportunity to go ashore, I naturally can't ask for it.
Qi Huaiyuan looked at Liu Ren's excited appearance, and couldn't help asking: "Brother Liu is the Admiral, in this heart, I have written some good news."
"Admiral? Do you know who the Admiral ......?" Hearing urging Huaiyuan to shout the Admiral, Liu Ren suddenly smiled meaningfully.
Qi Huaiyuan was stunned for a moment, the imperial court didn't seem to have announced it, and the name of the Admiral Admiral was said to be only known to the officials of the Admiral's Mansion and a few high-ranking officials in the court: "This ...... It seems that the imperial court did not announce the name of the Admiral."
"It's Uncle Xiao Sheng......". Zhao Jian smiled at Qi Huaiyuan, looked at his puzzled look, and hurriedly explained.
Qi Huaiyuan patted his head, and suddenly became excited: "No wonder...... No wonder, every time the household department wants to take over, the tax burden of the Admiralty's Mansion Yamen will end up without a problem, it turns out, it turns out, it turns out, it's all because of Uncle Liu."
"Brother Liu, I don't know what Uncle Xiao Sheng said in the letter." Zhao Jian didn't answer Huaiyuan's words, but asked Liu Renlai. Could it be related to the inspection of the waters of Goryeo?
Liu Ren handed the letter to Urging Huaiyuan and Zhao Jian, and sighed with some emotion: "It's been almost four or five years since I was in Liao, when I was in Liao, and after I came back, I entered the Admiral's Mansion, commanded 80,000 sailors, and swept away the robbers on the sea. I didn't expect the sudden change in the situation, but it gave me the opportunity to lead the army and let the world see the power of my sailors on this land."
"Now Your Majesty is on a personal expedition and is at war with Emperor Liao in Hejian Mansion. However, many of the soldiers in the DPRK and China were tired, so they ordered us to immediately turn around to the Bohai Sea and attack the Liao ......." Zhao Jian watched and retold at the same time. After returning from Dali, he has been in the Shenji Battalion for most of the year, training soldiers every day. I thought I would have to wait for three and a half years, but I didn't expect the opportunity to come at this time.
As soon as the words fell, Qi Huaiyuan slapped his thigh excitedly and stood up from the chair: "Brother Liu, we have an army of 100,000, an army of 100,000, which is enough to change the situation of the war." Since Uncle Xiao Sheng, as the admiral of the water division, has ordered you to be the main general, lead the army, and attack the Liao State, then please give the order."
"Now that we are still adrift on the sea, even if you want to log in and kill the enemy immediately, I am afraid you will not be able to do so. I see that it is better for us to sum up the specifics of the march route now." Looking at Qi Huaiyuan's exaggerated appearance, Liu Ren smiled. Turning around and walking into the room, he took out a map from it and spread it out in front of the two of them.
All three of them stood up and fell into deep thought. The scale of this war is unprecedented. The emperors of the two countries are all using the power of the country to conquer in person. It also shows their determination, strength, and difficulty with each other.
Liu Ren flicked the map a few times, found a few points, and then motioned for the two to look over: "After turning to the Bohai Sea, we have two routes." The first landed from Dengzhou and went straight to Hejian Province to join His Majesty's army. The second way, and that is for us to raid Laizhou with all our might. went straight to Dading Mansion and coerced Shangjing. forced the Liao army to quickly return to defense. There are advantages to each of the two paths, what do you think".
"The first path that Brother Liu said, I feel a little inappropriate. After all, we are always at sea, the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the situation is unknown. Isn't it a little inappropriate to land from Dengzhou and go straight to Hejian Mansion like this?" Zhao Jian shook his head, the two countries fought with all their might, although 100,000 soldiers and horses went to the main battlefield, they could also have some help, but the effect was not very obvious. Because of this 100,000 army, 20,000 are new troops that have just been expanded, and the remaining 80,000 are sailors.
Urging Huaiyuan to look back and forth on the map, he shook his head for a long time: "It's not good to go to Laizhou, once we take the state and go straight to Dading Mansion, the sailor loses the ship, just like a tiger that has lost its teeth, facing the hinterland of the enemy country with enemies on all sides, without waiting for Emperor Liao to come back, I am afraid that we will already lose ground and fall into the quagmire."
"I don't know one thing, your Divine Machine Battalion, what is the power of those firearms." Liu Ren did not answer their questions, but asked about their combat effectiveness.
Although Zhao Jian didn't understand why Liu Ren suddenly changed the topic, he still pondered and replied to him: "If it wasn't rainy, under the condition that there were plenty of firearms. It should be okay to block the 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Liao State, and if we add the artillery we brought, we should be able to block some of them."
"Artillery? ……“。 Liu Ren felt a flash of light in his mind, and then fell into deep thought.
Thinking of the power of the artillery, he couldn't help but smack his tongue, and when he saw it for the first time, he was frightened by it: "The power of the artillery is huge, but it's a pity that it's too clumsy to move." But after Uncle Liu's improvement, it can also be slowly implemented on land, but the speed is too slow, and there is a danger of exploding."
"The main thing is that the firearms of our Shenji battalion are afraid of rain. If it happens on a good day, and there is a lot of rain, it is almost crippled." When Zhao Jian said this, he had a trace of worry in his heart, worried about the weather after landing, just don't rain hard.
Liu Ren seemed to suddenly grasp the spiritual light, sat down, looked at the map on the table, and made a burst of strokes: "Artillery? You have reminded me that the reason why my sailors can cross the sea is precisely because of artillery? If we go ashore, we will remove all the guns from the ship and refit them. Like your artillery, with two wheels, it can be turned into an army of artillery on land in an instant."
"All? On board the ship, all the artillery? …… But if, if you encounter, what if it rains for several days......". Qi Huaiyuan felt that his breath was gradually condensed, this was thousands of artillery, if they were on land, firing a salvo at the enemy, the scene would be terrifying to think about.
Liu Ren looked at the map, and went back and forth to the state, and the place hammered: "Since you are on the battlefield, how can you not take risks." Going to Dengzhou to the river does not show the power of our sailors. If we want to get it, we will make a big one, go to Laizhou and go straight to Dading Mansion to coerce Shangjing. Let all the countries of the world feel the power of my sailors."
(To be continued.) )