Text Chapter 139 Clerkship
Evil Lang Ferry, a training point for the navy. More than 40 giant building ships are standing uneasily in the water, and these giant building ships are the building ships owned by the sailors of the evil Lang Ferry.
The height of the ordinary building ship is more than 20 meters, the width of the ship is nearly 15 meters, and the length of the hull reaches a terrifying 50 meters. The ship was lined with a female wall to resist arrows, and there were various holes on the side of the female wall, which was convenient for pikemen and archers to fight the enemy. Under the hull, above the water, there are many holes of different sizes in the front, rear, left and right.
Some of these holes are used to place catapults, siege ramparts, and other equipment that can deal effective damage to enemy ships. Some are used to provide oars for the sailors and soldiers, and further down, on the left and right sides of the hull, there are two water wheels that are half submerged in the water, which are the two rowing wheels set up by the boatmen according to Sun Ling's drawings.
Looking at these giant battleships in front of him, Sun Ling couldn't help but sigh in his heart. With the level of shipmaking in the Han Dynasty, a giant ship of this scale can be built. Why did he get to the back, but he couldn't dominate the sea area, but was beaten to the door by others?
In the final analysis, it is because the previous dynasties only knew that China was vast and rich, and they consumed themselves internally, and did not know how to explore outwardly. If in the history before the Ming Dynasty, which emperor took the lead in having the ambition to dominate the open seas and develop the navy strongly, what kind of grand situation would modern China be?
Now, Sun Ling is here! After Xun Yu arrived in Xuzhou, the first thing Sun Ling instructed him was to build the Langxi Ferry.
The internal friction of the Han Dynasty believes that there will always be an end to the day. Compared with this kind of self-internal friction, Sun Ling wants to appreciate the overseas customs.
However, in order to do this, what is needed is a strong naval strength! And the arrival of Wenpin will also be the first step taken by the Lang Evil Water Army. This is also the reason why Sun Ling was so excited when he heard that Wen Ping was coming.
Accompanied by Huang Zhong, Wen Ping looked at the dozens of giant building ships in front of him, as well as the hundreds of small fighting ships not far away, clenched his fists, and could not suppress the excitement in his heart.
Originally, when Wen Ping was invited by Huang Zhong, he heard him say that Sun Ling wanted to make himself the governor of the Lang Evil Water Army, but he was actually noncommittal in his heart, just thinking that he wanted to take a look.
Because in Wenpin, Sun Ling's account is most famous for the Badao Battalion. I have never heard of any large-scale naval forces in Xuzhou, and the naval forces at Langxie Ferry should only be small-scale to prevent the invasion of foreign enemies along the coast.
But seeing these huge building ships in front of him, as well as the dense fighting ships on the periphery, Wen Ping no longer had this idea.
If it is only used to prevent the coastal line, do you need to use so many building ships? The number of fighting ships is also terrifying! This number of warships, even compared with Yangzhou, which has an excellent naval army, Jingzhou is not inferior. Moreover, Wen Ping also heard Huang Zhong say that there are still a large number of boatmen at the ferry who are rushing to control all kinds of ships day and night. A trolls of this size are used to defend against? Just kidding!
"Presumably this is Wen Ping, Wen Zhongye, right?" Just when Wen Ping looked at these scenes and was so excited that he couldn't control himself, there was a hearty laugh from behind.
Sun Ling had been wandering on the edge of the ferry, looking for the traces of Huang Zhong and the others, and finally found Huang Zhong here, as well as the back of the suspected Wenpin beside him.
Hearing this burst of laughter, Huang Zhong hurriedly turned around and saluted Sun Ling: "Lord! This is the friend I met in Nanyang, Wen Ping, Wen Zhongye! ”
After receiving Huang Zhong's confirmation, Sun Ling looked at Wen Ping, who turned around, and looked at it carefully.
This is a burly man, more than eight feet tall, thick arms, strong legs, and tanned skin, all of which indicate that this man is an underwater expert.
Like Sun Ling, Wen Ping was also observing him.
It's just that there is too much gap between Sun Ling in front of him and the champion Hou in Wenpin's imagination. Because Sun Ling was too young, especially the smile on his face at this time, Wen Ping couldn't connect the man who was called the "God Killer" by the Yellow Turban with the rumors he had heard.
In Wenpin's mind, Sun Ling should be the kind of posture that is close to middle age, stout, and his face is full of majesty, which makes people look like they are not close to people, so as to conform to those rumors.
Huang Zhong saw that Wen Ping looked at Sun Ling with some doubts, and immediately guessed what he was thinking, and whispered in a low voice: "Zhongye don't look at the surface, those rumors you heard in Jingzhou are true." Don't look at the lord who looks like a scholar.,I really want to fight.,Hehe.。。。 You'll find out later! ”
When Huang Zhong mentioned that Sun Ling wanted to test martial arts with him, he also wanted to try it because he couldn't see through him. As a result, it was precisely because of that battle that Huang Zhong became like Dian Wei and them, and he never dared to agree to fight Sun Ling again.
It's not because Sun Ling's martial arts or shuffling qi will be stronger than them, in Huang Zhong's opinion, Sun Ling's shroud qi realm is not brilliant. Although the moves contain a strong murderous aura, they are also within the range of their own tolerance.
The main problem is Sun Ling's inhuman physique! In the Badao Battalion, the only one who could block Sun Ling's strange power without using the cover qi was the same inhuman boy, Zhang Shang! And there is no one who can compete with Sun Ling in the reaction speed of his body! Even if Huang Zhong and the others used the cover qi to fight him, they could only fight to a draw.
And in Sun Ling's tireless, storm-like offensive, Huang Zhong was very sure that after two hundred rounds of fighting him, he would definitely be the first to fall.
Hearing Huang Zhong's whisper, Wen Ping looked at Sun Ling in surprise.
Huang Zhong's strength is naturally clear to Wen Ping. When it really got to him, it was a bit difficult for me to hold on for fifty rounds in front of him. Even he said so, so what should Sun Ling's strength be? What kind of monster should this young man who looks like a scholar in front of him be?!
Putting aside the messy thoughts in his mind for the time being, Wen Ping thought of the purpose of his coming here, and bowed to Sun Ling and said, "Master Hou, I heard that Brother Han Sheng said that Lord Hou intends to let me be the governor of this Lang Evil Water Army, is this matter serious?!" ”
If he hadn't seen those building ships and fighting ships, Wen Ping might have an indifferent attitude, but now he was desperate to get Sun Ling's personal answer.
"This matter is naturally true, otherwise how could I let Han Sheng go all the way to Jingzhou to find you? What do you think? If you are willing to agree, what are the conditions, as long as I can do it, just say! Hearing Wen Ping speak, Sun Ling did not hide the importance he attached to him, looked at him seriously, and said.
After receiving Sun Ling's personal admission, although Wen Ping was excited in his heart, he was constantly guessing why he valued himself so much. Could it be that just because of Huang Zhong's recommendation, he handed over such a large-scale naval army to himself? Isn't that a bit too hasty?
Holding back not to show a happy look, Wen Ping looked at Sun Ling and asked in a deep voice, "Master Hou!" It would cost a lot of manpower and money to build a warship of this scale. Wen Ping, I don't know why Hou Ye is so sure that I can do this job! Is it just because of Brother Hansheng's recommendation? Is that a bit of a hasty thing? ”
After saying this, Wen Ping looked at Sun Ling with a solemn face, wanting to see how he would behave. Are you angry, or do you just care?
After hearing Wen Ping's words, the look on Sun Ling's face was also stunned. first glanced at Wen Ping, who had a solemn face, and then a smile appeared on his face again, and he smiled freely: "Based on what you say now, I think you can be the governor of this Lang Evil Water Army!" ”
For Sun Ling, what is the ability of Wen Hire, he also knows from historical records. If Sun Ling had confidence only because of the description of him in history, then now Sun Ling can be sure that Wen Ping will definitely be a qualified commander of the navy.
A person who is capable and responsible, there is no reason not to be trusted by Sun Ling!
After Wen Ping said those words, he also prepared for the worst. He knew very well what the consequences would be if he was a white man and spoke like this to Sun Ling, who was in a high position. But in order to test Sun Ling's attention to the water army, he still had to say these words.
However, Sun Ling's reaction was greatly beyond his expectations, neither angry nor indifferent. Instead, he saw his heart directly and said such a sentence.
With such trust, Wen Ping's heart was moved, where would there be anything not satisfied? "Thanks to the lord for not giving up, Wen Ping will definitely do his best to make the Lang Evil Water Master a real water master!" ”
"Hahaha! Good! With the help of Zhongye, the day when the Lang Evil Water Division will become an army is not far away! Let's go on the boat and see how well the sailors are trained. Happily helping Wen Ping up, Sun Ling pointed to the building boat in front of him and said to the two people beside him.
Because in the Badao Battalion, no one knew how to train sailors to fight, so Sun Ling could only let those sailors, in addition to carrying out some training projects for the soldiers of the Badao Battalion, to follow the building ship to the sea and stay on the boat to adapt to the shaking of the hull, so as to achieve the purpose of adapting to the warship.
As for how to train in actual combat in the future, Sun Ling also didn't know anything about it. This is also the reason why Sun Ling is in a hurry to take Wen Ping on the ship, he wants Wen Ping to tell him what to do next.
"Zhongye, at present, the battle method of the Lang Evil Water Master is still blank, except for letting them do some training for the body at ordinary times, it is to let them go to sea with the warship like now. Do you have any thoughts on this? Coming to the boat, Sun Ling pointed to the soldiers who were standing there with guns out, and asked Wen Ping beside him.
Hearing Sun Ling's question, Wen Ping withdrew his gaze from looking at those soldiers, first lowered his head and thought for a moment, then pointed to the small fighting ships around the building boat, and said with some hesitation: "The lord asked the soldiers to train their bodies to follow the sense of balance on the ship, these are all right. But if you want to become a powerful water battle division, this is not enough, you must first familiarize them with water battles.
If you want to be familiar with water combat, you have to use those fighting ships for combat training. It's just that if that's the case, it's easy to cause damage to those fighting ships! ”
Wen Ping said this mainly to tell Sun Ling that if he wanted those soldiers to really understand water warfare, he had to come into contact with actual combat training, and actual combat training would cost him the number of fighting ships. This is also because he is afraid that Sun Ling will feel sorry for the loss of the fighting ship, so he will give him a preventive injection in advance.
But will Sun Ling feel distressed? Obviously not! Because of the method that Wen Ping said, Sun Ling had also mentioned it to Xun Yu before, but no one understood it, so he couldn't implement it. Now Wen Ping is here, and he has put forward the same idea as Sun Ling.
"The loss of the fighting ship, Zhongye doesn't need to worry about it at all! At the Langxi Ferry, there are a total of more than 800 fighting ships. If you can train an excellent sailor, Zhong Ye can let it go, if these fighting ships are not enough, I will let people continue to build them, how much is needed, just ask.
If you need to train on a boat, Zhongye doesn't need to worry. Although there are only more than 40 ships now, there will definitely be more and bigger buildings in the future. From now on, you're in charge of training, come to me and do whatever you need! In Wen Ping's incredulous eyes, Sun Ling waved his hand and said arrogantly. It's exactly like it's not bad for money!
With the 10,000 taels of gold sent by Liu Biao, plus those previous war money, will Sun Ling be short of money? Because he owns the land of the three states, it is enough for him to support the internal affairs of the three states and all the armies, so in his opinion, Wen Ping's worries are completely unnecessary.
Under the guarantee that Sun Ling regarded money as dung, Wen Ping officially took up the post of the Governor of the Evil Lang Water Division. As soon as he took office, Wen Ping trained those soldiers to play with their lives. Therefore, the Lang Evil Water Master is also beginning to grow slowly. Perhaps when the day of the battle comes, it will be the time for this sailor to show its glory to the world!