The sailors of the Yue Kingdom took advantage of the advantage, and their ships were not only fast but also sturdy, all of which were made of hard wood, fixed with iron nails, and had iron cores embedded in important parts such as keels. Don't underestimate the role of the nails, which hold the thick planks together in a way that is not as strong as those of warships that rely on strapping techniques. The appearance of the reinforced keel is a great help to the head-on impact, and the reinforced keel bears the main impact force, rather than relying on the overlapping planks to withstand the impact, making the Vietnamese sailors more fierce and fearless.

At this time, the role of Sun Shao's establishment of Zhuya College and Rang Shengzhou's two shipyards became apparent. Zhuya Academy has a group specializing in the study of shipbuilding technology, led by Ge Heng, with more than 50 literate and hyphenated scholars and experienced shipbuilding engineers, as well as more than 100 seventeen or eighteen-year-old young people trained by Ge Heng, whose task is to figure out how to improve the surname of the ship.

Zhuya College has a more satisfactory design, it will be transferred to several shipyards for trial production, about warships, trial production will be carried out in Nanhai Shipyard and Houguan Shipyard, the cost is all borne by the government, if it is a commercial ship, trial production will be carried out in the shipyard of the Zhou family and the Sheng family, the cost is shared between public and private, after success, if the Zhou Sheng family is willing to pay money, after signing a confidentiality agreement, these designs will be transferred to them, and they will be produced under the supervision of the government, if they feel that it is not cost-effective, they will be received by Houguan Shipyard and Nanhai Shipyard, Make a sample ship for sea trials to gain experience.

The annual expenditure of this branch accounts for one-third of the entire Daoshu Academy, and in concrete calculation, it is basically equivalent to half of the annual tax revenue of Nanhai County. They not only spend a lot of money on trial production, but also have a very high salary for personnel, in addition to having a fixed salary according to the level of the Taoist Academy, they have a generous dividend, which is linked to technical ability and performance, whose design and invention are used more, the more effort they make, the more money they get.

The strengthened keel comes from the hands of the master craftsman Ge Heng, and the crossbow comes from the hands of the master Ma Jun, who has enjoyed the eye-catching treatment because of the adoption of these two technologies, the use of the keel is very extensive, whether it is a merchant ship or a warship, so Ge Heng has already surpassed the prime minister's Yulu every year, although the crossbow is used in a smaller area, but because it is military, it is very significant, so Ma Jun is now too rich to have the heart to calculate.

They are famous and wealthy people in the Taoist Academy, and they are examples of how they have become rich with their wisdom. With their example, the shipbuilding technology of the Yue Kingdom has advanced by leaps and bounds in recent years, and has become a well-deserved leader of the Han Kingdom. In fact, not to mention the Yueguo Water Division, even if it is the technical level of the Wu Guo Yangtze River Water Division, it is not comparable to the Funan Water Division, and the technical level of the Dahan Water Division represented by the Wu State Water Division has always been at the forefront of the same era.

In the face of such a technological gap, it is not surprising that Fan Jinsheng's plan to win by taking advantage of the numerical advantage will go bankrupt.

Cui Qian has the deepest understanding of Sun Shao's tactical theory of capturing the thief and capturing the king first, he aimed at Fan Jinsheng's warship at the beginning, Fan Jinsheng is famous for his bravery, and he likes to charge forward in every battle, in the past, the Funan Naval Division mainly faced pirates, or those small warships that were not much stronger than pirates - they didn't even deserve the name of the sailor, but they were just some soldiers with weapons standing on the commonly used merchant ships, so the battle situation was often one-sided, and the generals rushed to the front, on the one hand, they could boost morale, and on the other hand, they could establish meritorious deeds, Fan Jinsheng's accumulated exploits are all accumulated in this way.

But this time, he kicked the steel plate and became Cui Qian's first target. Although Cui Qian is fierce, he is not reckless, he also cherishes the lives of his subordinates, and the sooner he captures Fan Jinsheng and destroys the command system of the Funan Water Division, the sooner he can solve the battle and reduce casualties. It was based on this idea that Cui Qian aimed at Fan Jinsheng when he started, although Fan Jinsheng was timid and wanted to get out of the way of this huge warship, but he still did not escape Cui Qian's clutches, and he was hit hard in the first wave of charges and lost his ability to act.

The rest of the matter was the matter of the three warships hidden behind the Lou ship, which were led by Cui Yan and surrounded Fan Jinsheng like three hungry wolves. Fan Jinsheng was dying and struggling, barely standing firmly, brandishing his war knife, roaring loudly, and commanding the soldiers on the ship to organize and counterattack, if he could grab a warship of the Yue Guo Naval Division, he still had a chance of life.

The crossbowmen threw themselves to the dilapidated side and fired desperately at the surrounding sailors, while the warriors with swords and shields waited for the two sides to approach before jumping over the ship to fight, and Fan Jinsheng himself stood behind these sword and shield men, ready to board the ship as soon as possible.

Cui Yan was not stupid, he ordered three battleships to aim the bow of the ship at Fan Jinsheng's ship, and use the strong crossbow on the bow to shoot continuously. This is the repeater that has been transformed by Ma Jun, the repeater has changed the problem of waiting for the winding to shoot again after each shot, but divides the winding wheel and shooting into two steps that do not interfere with each other, the two soldiers will bulge their muscles, and the wheel will rotate quickly, one mind is only on the winding, one soldier only adjusts the direction and concentrates on shooting, and the other soldier is responsible for stuffing a box of arrows into the arrow hole, and these ten boxes of crossbow arrows are preloaded, These improvements greatly increased the rate of fire of crossbow arrows, with an average of one or two arrows per breath, and a single repeater was worth five or six old-style crossbows.

Fan Jinsheng's broken flagship was quickly paralyzed by the attack of the three repeaters, and the soldiers who could not dodge were shot on their backs by the powerful crossbow arrows, and the screams were overwhelming. Fan Jinsheng was in a hurry, and when he saw the rain of arrows, his first reaction was to hide in the cockpit, and his guards were not so lucky, they quickly lost their combat effectiveness in the face of the attack of the repeater. Although they hold shields in their hands, these shields are still sloppy against ordinary bows and crossbows in their hands, and the close-range shooting of such five- or six-stone crossbows is basically just psychological comfort.

The Funan Naval Division used to deal with pirates or natives, and they had never dealt with this kind of regular naval division armed to the teeth, and they followed them for half a month, and psychologically they did not pay attention to the Vietnamese naval division, and suddenly suffered such a high-quality blow, which was simply a catastrophe for them.

Fan Jinsheng shrank in the cabin, watching the bulkhead being pierced by one crossbow arrow after another, becoming like a hedgehog, listening to the screams outside, he was stunned, a drop of sweat the size of a bean slipped from his forehead, his hands and feet were cold, and all his ambitions were shattered.

The sound of crossbow arrows firing disappeared at some point, and the cabin that had been shot into tatters was violently kicked open, and a dozen triumphant Vietnamese soldiers stood in front of him, letting out a vicious laugh. Fan Jinsheng trembled and fell to the ground, his body like chaff.

"Take it!" Cui Yan hugged her arms, dangled her big feet, looked down at Fan Jinsheng, her cheeks trembled with joy, she won Fan Jinsheng, no matter what, she couldn't run the title of a miscellaneous general, it was expected to be promoted to three levels in a row, his own family is still his own family, such a big credit, Cui Qian took care of him.

The Funan Naval Division, who was dazed by the first wave of attacks by the Yue Guo Naval Division, saw the danger on the flagship, and was frightened one by one. Shocked, they gathered around this side, regardless of their own danger. Cui Yan, who was proud, was startled, and ordered someone to pick up Fan Jinsheng and jump onto his warship, and then ordered a breakthrough. The three battleships walked side by side, and the three crossbows roared, raining down the heads of the rushing Funan sailors. The two ships of the Funan Navy Division were the fastest, rushing in front of them, and were about to block their way, but they were first hit by a rain of arrows, countless casualties, and then they were hit by the brutal Yue warship.

"Phew!"

A Funan warship directly opposite groaned twice, the bow of the ship was knocked open a big hole, the sea water surged in, the soldiers on the ship didn't care to attack Cui Yan and others who passed by, some screamed to plug the hole, some desperately threw their weapons, jumped into the sea with a plop, and swam desperately to the shore.

Cui Yan laughed wildly, and ordered two sturdy soldiers to hold the dejected Fan Jinsheng in front of him, another Funan warship braved the rain of arrows, just rushed to the front, the crossbowmen were about to shoot, the sharp-eyed first found Fan Jinsheng, frightened his hands, the long arrow came out of the string, and happened to shoot on the thigh of the half-dead Fan Jinsheng, Fan Jinsheng screamed in pain, and those crossbowmen reacted at this time, and the human shield raised by the other party was the general of the party, and they were suddenly stupid.

They were stupid, but the sailors of the Yue Kingdom were not stupid, they jumped on the boat, picked up their knives and slashed indiscriminately, slashing all the soldiers with weapons in their hands, and then jumped back to their boats satisfied. These soldiers are equipped with sophisticated swords and shields, and wear solid half-body iron armor, unlike the Funan Sailors, who are half-ploughing and half-fighting, they do not farm, and the task of the whole year is not to fight or train, they are all professional killers, and it is not like killing chickens to deal with these Funan soldiers whose size and strength are not their opponents.

Cui Yan held Fan Jinsheng and took three warships arrogantly from the Funan Naval Division, those Funan warships were in hot pursuit, but first, their speed was not the opponent of the Yue warships, and the oars could not shorten the distance between them with their strength, and secondly, they were afraid of Fan Jinsheng's surname, holding a bow and crossbow but not daring to shoot indiscriminately, and they were extremely aggrieved for a while, more than a dozen warships followed Cui Yan, but they could only watch Cui Yan's flamboyant back, and at the same time they had to guard against the attack of the crossbow.

When Cui Yan fought happily, Cui Qian was also in high spirits, he commanded the Lou boat to take the lead, galloping in the formation of the Funan Naval Division, the strong crossbow and the thunderbolt kept roaring, slapping the rod one after another, ruthlessly beating the Funan warship, every time he hit it, either the Funan warship was beaten to the ground, capsized and disintegrated, or hit up a series of water piles that rushed to the sky, a kind of rushing to kill the past, at least three Funan warships were beaten into planks by him, and five warships were beaten by him to the hull into the water, as for being hit by him, he was too busy to take care of himself, I don't know how many of them.

More than 20 medium-sized warships followed behind the building ship, killing those embarrassed Funan sailors, and when they encountered those warships that were still fighting and trying to return to a fighting state, they rushed up in groups of three or two, first a rain of arrows, and then jumped up and slashed and slashed. The standard configuration of the Funan Navy Division is one hundred warships per day, one commander, one helmsman, one drummer, sixty-seven oars, and thirty soldiers, each ship is somewhat lacking, most of them are about 20 fighters, these more than 20 people have to face the rapid shooting of the crossbow first, and then have to face the wolf-like Yue Guo Sailor slashing, although they are also very brave, but regardless of equipment or training level, they are far from the same. What's even worse is that although the number of warships of the Yue State Navy Division is at a disadvantage, they rely on their own speed, in every local battlefield, they are bullying more and less, usually at least two warships against a Funan warship, one ship shoots, the other ship is ready to jump into hand-to-hand combat, once the battle situation is not smooth, that one will follow, as much as possible to bully less.

The Funan Navy Division was defeated and retreated, and there was no way to fight back.

Cui Qian rushed all the way, and quickly broke through the battle formation of the Funan Navy Division, he ordered the building boat to turn, and at the same time glanced at the battlefield behind him, showing a smug smile. It was here that the lookout on the watchtower shouted: "General, General Zhuge and General Wei have asked to participate in the battle!" ”

Cui Qian didn't look back: "Let them guard the exit and run away from a Funan monkey, I will ask them, they are not needed here." ”

"Whoa." The banner soldiers hurriedly waved the colorful flags and sent Cui Qian's order out. After a while, the lookout hand shouted again: "General, General Hou asks to join the war!" ”

"Fuck your mother, didn't Lao Tzu give an order, let them guard." Cui Qian, who was observing the battlefield, became angry and scolded.

"Will ...... General, is the post-general. The lookout hand was startled and said nervously.

Cui Qian was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that it was Yuehai who had arrived. He can command Zhuge Zhi and Wei Wen, but he has no right to command Yue Hai, but at this moment, he can't care so much, just after a little thought, he shouted: "Let him guard it too." ”

"General, this is the rear general!" Ling Banner Soldier kindly reminded.

"It doesn't matter what kind of general he is, even if the king comes, let him guard it." Cui Qian was angry, flew up and kicked on the pillar of the watchtower, kicked the watchtower to a shaky one, and frightened the watchmen and the banner soldiers above to the point that their faces turned white: "Convey the order!" No more nonsense, Lao Tzu hacked you alive. ”

The flag soldiers did not dare to say any more, and the order was passed out according to the requirements.

The building boat drew a white arc on the sea, turned around, and rushed towards the Funan Sailor who had already disrupted the formation.

Yue Hai looked at the flag from Cui Qianlou's boat, and spat out: "This urging sign, I actually want to eat alone, and the eight thousand Funan sailors don't give Lao Tzu a little, do you want me to come all the way to see how he eats a big meal?" However, having said that, he still honestly guarded the exit of Jinou Island with Zhuge Zhi and Wei Wen, and did not let a Funan sailor slip through the net. Although he was dissatisfied with Cui Qian's eating alone, he believed that since Cui Qian dared to say this, he must be sure, and he couldn't make trouble because he wanted to make meritorious contributions.

He thought so, Zhuge Zhi and Wei Wen didn't dare to have an opinion, but when Cui Qian's more than 3,000 sailors were fighting with the 8,000 Funan sailors, nearly 10,000 Yue Guo's sailors were watching the battle. Of course, they were very aggrieved in their hearts, but their aggrieved pirates couldn't see it, but what the pirates saw was the arrogance and strength of the Yue Guo Sailors who looked down on the world. Fighting, of course, the coolest thing is to bully more and less, Cui Qian clearly does not have an advantage in numbers, and there is no way to be blocked here, so he can only fight hard, now that reinforcements are coming, how can there be any reason not to come forward to help? But they clearly saw the Yue Guo Naval Division watching the excitement from the sidelines, if it weren't for Cui Qian beating the Funan Naval Division, they would almost think that the generals of the Yue National Naval Division were out of agreement.

But now they understand that Cui Qian has the confidence to say big things, he defeated the 8,000 Funan Water Division with the 3,000 people in his hand, and it was a complete victory, so what do you need reinforcements for? Let them guard the exit and not let a Funan warship escape, this is the best choice.

In the first battle, the eight thousand Funan sailors were annihilated, although the pirates had already seen the results, they still couldn't believe it, and then remembered Cui Qian's expression before the war, they felt the murderous aura of the forest one by one. Cui Qian is not a humble gentleman, he is also a pirate who licks blood with a knife, and pirates are no strangers to how to deal with betrayals.

Knife Strip's face was colorless, and he was trying to recall every word and every look he had, whether there was anything that would make people guess that he had a different heart. The one-eyed eagle's one-eyed eyes were spinning like dropping beads, and the corners of his mouth showed a smug smile, at that time, he had the courage to ask for a good fight, Cui Qian could doubt anyone, and he would not doubt him. Of course, he is indeed the most "loyal" of these pirates to Cui Qian, and he will be even more loyal to Cui Qian in the future - after this battle, there is no doubt that the Yue Guo Navy is dominating the sea.

When night fell, the noisy Jinou Island quieted down, 8,000 Funan sailors were completely annihilated, one hundred and three warships, seventy-three baggage ships all fell into the hands of Cui Qian, except for the thirteen warships that had been broken into planks and the fifty-one warships that were seriously damaged, Cui Qian captured a total of 39 basically intact warships, 8,532 Funan sailors killed 1,181 people in battle, 3,700 seriously wounded, and the rest were captured alive together with the main general Fan Jinsheng.

The battle was glorious.

Cui Qian immediately went to sea in person and invited the general to cross the sea and enter the camp. As soon as they met, Cui Qian laughed loudly: "Lao Yue, why are you here?" ”

"The king is afraid that you will make a mistake." Yue Hai smiled faintly, stepped forward and saluted Cui Qian: "Send me thousands of miles to reinforce, but now it seems that the king underestimated his ability as General Zuo." ”

"Alas, Lao Yue, you are not kind, if it reaches the ears of the king, even if the king does not blame me, those imperial historians don't have to impeach me and drown me?" Cui Qian squeezed his eyes and took Yue Hai's hand affectionately: "How about I invite you to drink your favorite Daqin wine?" ”

"You want to bribe me?" Yue Hai's eyes rolled: "You cow, let Lao Tzu show you the enemy array?" Is it easy for Lao Tzu to come so far? Your grandmother's meat, you have to leave me a mouthful of soup, you are good, you swallow it alone. You're only worried about the history of the servant? Believe it or not, Lao Tzu will immediately write a chapter to impeach you. ”

"Hahaha......" Cui Qian was relieved when he saw Yue Hai scolding. He put his arm around Yue Hai's shoulders and shook it vigorously: "When will your brother learn the same as us pirates?" Exports are chapters. Lao Yue, let me tell you, I don't want to eat alone, I have a reason. ”

"Your grandmother's reason is that she wants to eat alone." Yue Haihu grimaced and scolded angrily.

"Wrong." Cui Qian smiled, lowered his voice, looked at the pirates in the distance who were shorter than usual, and said: "Do you know, we only have 20,000 sailors, but from here to the south, there are 30,000 pirates of all sizes, light or dark, if we can't win more with less and kill the Funan sailors cleanly, can we suppress them?" In this battle, not only to annihilate the Southern Naval Division, but also to win the victory, not only to surprise Fan Man, but more importantly, to break the courage of these pirates. Only in this way can they follow us obediently, and in the future, even if it is a boat of my Yue Guo Sailors, they will not dare to underestimate it. ”

"You have a point in what you say." Yue Hai is a smart person, he understood Cui Qian's intention as soon as he heard it, he was beating the people of the Funan Water Division, but the real intention was to shock the hearts of the pirates, Cui Qian was right to do so. "In that case, then Lao Tzu will [***] hand, how are you going to bribe me?"

"Hahaha......" Cui Qian laughed: "This is really not easy, you are not greedy for money, and you are not lustful, I can only send you some Xiyi wine." It's a fine wine, and I've kept it for you. ”

"Fart, I still want to fuck Lao Tzu." Yue Hai couldn't help but smile: "You think I don't know, you don't like wine at all." In that case, I'll do you a favor and empty your cellar in a moment, so that there is some room for the wine. ”

"You are a vertical man, do you want to rob?" Cui Qian feigned anger.

"Don't want to?" Yue Haiyi frowned, "Alas, I originally planned to help you cover up a thing or two, so in this way, it was my own passion." ”

"Don't-ah!" When Cui Qian heard this, he hurriedly begged: "I am about to rely on my brother's wonderful pen, how can you abandon my brother and me." ”

"Then it's up to you how you behave." Yue Hai brushed Cui Qian's hand away, and he laughed sneeringly. Cui Qian's face suddenly became bitter.

…… Lin Yi and Shi Bao slowly paced into Fan Xun's room, and Fan Xun, who was learning to write Chinese characters in front of the book, looked up and said with a wry smile: "I said Brother Zhongrong, you don't have to come to me every day to solemnly declare and strongly protest, right?" I've said it, the news has been sent back to Temu City, but the response hasn't arrived yet, and it's estimated that it ......"

Shi Bao raised his hand and interrupted Fan Xun's words: "I'm not here to strongly protest today, I'm here to make a solemn statement." ”

Fan Xun shook his head, and said in his heart, is there any difference between this?

"On behalf of my country, I solemnly declare that in view of the pressing and continuous provocation of the Funan Naval Division, our Yueguo Naval Division has fought back, and has wiped out your 8,000 Funan Naval Divisions and captured the main general Fan Jinsheng."

Before Shi Bao's words were finished, the brush in Fan Xun's hand had already fallen on the case, and the ink quickly became a large piece, and even Fan Xun's sleeve was blackened. Fan Xun slowly stood up, his face turned pale, and said word by word: "What did you say?" ”

(To be continued)