Chapter 323: Resuming the Journey
On the way to the Shidao camp, Liu Fugui and Zou Huaien encountered a number of reserve cavalry, who rushed back from all over the country, and they all went to various villages to inform them of the news of Shidao's troops. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
When I returned to the camp, I saw Lan Mingshan talking with several Qianzong, Zhenfu and others.
Mr. Wang Qian was depressed, because he was told that he would stay in the Shidao camp and return to protect the safety of Shidao, what kind of errand is this.
"Lao Wang, this time President Han Qian and the adult guards are all on the expedition, you must know that the Shidao camp is the foundation of the adults, and your responsibilities are heavy." Lan Mingshan patted him on the shoulder and comforted.
"Lord Lan, you see that we are all reserve troops, why can Liu Fugui go out into battle, why can't I." Lao Wang was unconvinced, and his resentment was very deep.
"Hehe, Lao Wang, this can't be complained about others, although you are also my old subordinate, it's a pity that we didn't get a hard battle, Liu Fugui Tieshan and Zhuozhou have fought with Jiannu, and Lord Huang Han named him to go into battle."
Lan Mingshan clicked his mouth, and said in his heart, who are you not good at, find Liu Fugui, you can also compare this, you still admit it if you compare it like this.
Lao Wang could only accept his fate when he heard it, it was indeed incomparable, Liu Fugui fought hard with one hand and one foot.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the first time that my reserve army has been killed with Jiannu, you wait for a good student to control the army, you will definitely win a big victory, you must know that my army has clashed with Jiannu several times, and has not been defeated, and my reserve army cannot lose face." Lan Mingshan said loudly to everyone.
"Yes." Everyone gave a salute, and they were all very excited.
"Alright, go back and straighten out your subordinates. Tomorrow will be in battle. Lan Mingshan commanded.
The crowd roared into orders.
At the beginning of the second day. It's just dawning. Two thousand garrisons, two thousand soldiers, and artillery began to board the ship.
Wang Haizhou's cavalry Qian Zong and Han Jianqian always boarded the ship first, because they had many horses, and the artillery team was also slow, they boarded the ship first, and the infantry team behind them was easy to say.
Six merchant ships such as Hongzehu and Chaohu, Taishan, Huashan, and more than ten ships of the Denglai Naval Division entered the port in turn to load, plus more than ten warships.
These ships alone cover most of the bay.
Zhao Haiming, Zhao Qin, Alexandra, Li Lin, Zhao Meng, Zhao E and others all went to the port to see them off.
Although Zhao Lie repeatedly said that this time was mainly a naval battle. There is not much risk, but as the family of the old water master, we all know that God is the biggest risk, so a farewell is a must.
Zhao Haiming looked at the huge fleet covering the bay and the thousands of fully armored broken troops who were boarding the ship, and couldn't help but feel that the Zhao family was fortunate and that his family was old.
Zhao Qin's family and Zhao Lie instructed him to pay attention to his body, and told Yu Dabao and Zhao Da to pay attention to Zhao Lie's safety.
Alexandra talked to Zhao Lie on the side, of course, telling him to pay attention to safety. Don't be reckless, she knows that her husband is bold and reckless. More than once in person.
Li Lin was the first time to bid farewell to Zhao Lie as a member of this family, of course, due to her embarrassing status, she could only say goodbye with her eyes at this time.
Near noon, all the soldiers boarded the ship.
"Lie'er, you just have lunch and then set off, it's not too bad." Zhao Qin looked at the sky.
"Mother, thousands of people in the whole fleet are eating on the ship, how dare I, the commander, not get on the ship." Zhao Lie said with a smile.
"Yes, the lord of an army should share weal and woe with the soldiers, otherwise who can work with you in wartime, don't listen to your mother's woman." Zhao Haiming was pleased.
Zhao Qin's eyes rolled back.
Zhao Lie boarded the Li Ji, who was the last to dock at the port, and Han Jian, Lan Mingshan and others were also on this ship, and there were still some matters to discuss on the way.
The whole fleet formed in the open sea, and then headed east.
Four days later, Li Ji slowly approached the Dengzhou Wharf trestle, and because of its huge body, only the deepest section in the middle was suitable for it to dock.
Sun Yuanhua, You Shiwei, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Zhang Tao, Tang Qian, Yang Jingtang, Li Youde, Wang Tong and other civil and military officers were all present, and the lineup was huge.
This is also because the clipper ship has already reported the itinerary to You Shiwei on the first day, and Zhao Lie's department will arrive today, load the money, food, and soldiers and set off immediately.
When Li Ji's huge body approached the dock, Sun Yuanhua took a few steps forward, and he carefully studied the huge warship.
He was not a civil official who was just studying Bagu in the Ming Dynasty, but he was influenced by Portuguese missionaries in his hometown, converted to Catholicism, and funded the construction of a church in his hometown for believers to worship.
He had also read through some of the books brought by the missionaries, had some knowledge of European architecture, and had seen the actual appearance of Galen's ship.
But what he saw was a Galen merchant ship, and he had seen this kind of ship before, but only in the books, and it was a real warship, and he could not be mistaken.
He counted the gun windows on one side, and he knew how many guns there were, and upon inspection, he was surprised to find that there were twenty-five gun windows, so the total number of gun windows on both sides was fifty, which meant that the huge ship had fifty guns.
He had heard from the Portuguese missionaries that there were only a dozen ships with fifty cannons in the Far East.
And here he saw one, and he heard that Zhao Lie had married a Portuguese woman, and that this woman was from a wealthy family and had a Galen fleet.
He also thought that there was a small fleet of three or two boats, but he didn't expect it to be such a large fleet, just look at the two behemoths docked in the open sea.
And this battleship is even more invincible, he knows the power of the cannon, otherwise he would not have spent 100,000 taels of silver to hire the Portuguese to cast cannons in Dengzhou.
It's a pity that such fierce generals who can fight are not on good terms with the Son of Heaven and can't make the best use of them.
Zhao Lie was also shocked when he saw a luxurious lineup on the dock standing on the deck, he estimated that You Shilu might come, but he didn't expect Sun Yuanhua to come here to see him off.
As soon as the ship stopped, the sailors boarded the slope, and Zhao Lie led Han Jian, Lan Mingshan, Wang Haizhou and other subordinates to hurriedly trot onto the dock.
"How can the subordinates let the governor and the lord of the town wait, forgive the sins." Zhao Lie, Zhao Da, Yu Dabao, Han Jian, Lan Mingshan, Wang Haizhou and others knelt on the ground.
"Lord Zhao, please get up, you and thousands of soldiers will go out of the Dongjiang River for the country and fight a bloody battle with Jiannu, and it is the duty of this official to see you off." Sun Yuanhua gave a little help.
Zhao Lie and the others got up one after another.
You Shilu looked at Zhao Lie's subordinates, and he found that these people looked the same as Zhao Lie, all of them were silver-white Portuguese armor, with a thick and powerful body, especially a giant man who was half a head taller than Zhao Lie, and looked around angrily, and it was not a good match at first glance.
Well, there is a momentum that is not afraid of heaven and earth, no wonder the combat power is strong.
"Zhao Lie, Ben will ask you how many people in your department went to Phi Dao." You Shilu asked the truth.
"Lord Bing, a total of 4,000 people from Zhao Lie's family and 2,000 military households went to aid Phi Dao, and the soldiers and armor of the army were complete, and no one escaped." Zhao Lie arched his hand. "If you need to check, Zhao Lie will immediately let the soldiers go ashore."
"No need, you immediately send someone to the official warehouse to load money and grain, I'm afraid you don't know, the Jiannu army has arrived in Xuanchuan, this is still more than ten days of news, and the general soldier of Phi Island, Huang Long, has sent a few urgent documents." You Shilu shook his head, there was really no time now, otherwise he really wanted to see how brave Zhao Lie's troops were.
Zhao Lie immediately arranged for Lan Mingshan to lead the hundred guards there.
When the hundred-man guard got off the ship, You Shilu looked at it with good eyes, because these hundred people were strong, their eyes were sharp, their bodies were covered in iron armor, and they were equipped with waist knives, short guns, iron shields, and spears.
At first glance, it is a long-time battle-hardened person, not a glamorous shelf.
Especially the fearlessness in his eyes is only available to soldiers who have experienced bloody battles.
"Zhao Lie, this official has a lot of knowledge of the customs and customs of the Portuguese, and he has always been curious about their sea ships, can he let this official get on board to have a look." Sun Yuanhua looked at Zhao Lie.
"Well, Ben wants to come aboard the ship to have a look." You Shilu, who was born in a family of generals in the Northwest Army, also looked at this huge sea ship curiously.
The two highest officials of Denglai Wenwu wanted to get on the boat to take a look, of course Zhao Lie couldn't stop him, but for others, such as Kong Youde and Yang Jingtang, who had been watching coldly, it would be forgotten.
"My lord, the ship is small and messy, but the two adults and the guards can go up, and I'm afraid there is no place for the others." Zhao Lie looked at the back and said.
"Haha, Zhao Lie, you're still too young." Sun Yuanhua shook his head, in the end, young people still don't know the same light as the dust, which is also the reason why they can't be reused.
You Shilu simply didn't say anything, he didn't bother to say a word more about these bastards.
Zhao Lie's voice was not small, Kong Youde and others also heard it, they just scoffed, Yang Jingtang, Kong Youde and others were really not interested in sea ships, and they didn't want to see Zhao Lie's stinky face.
Wang Yan, Li Youde and others also knew that this was not aimed at them at all.
Sun Yuanhua and You Shilu boarded the Li Ji accompanied by Zhao Lie, and everything on the deck surprised them, the masts, mainmasts, mainsails, sails, lookouts, and even rope ladders.
When they arrived on the artillery deck, they couldn't help but be amazed to see more than 100 gunners on standby on the entire deck and 50 huge guns on the deck.
"What kind of cannon is this?" Sun Yuanhua was really obsessed with firecrackers and artillery, and when he saw the Tiago cannon, he knew that he had found a new artillery.
"This is a shotgun, which can hold large bags of shotguns, and it is amazingly lethal to sailors on enemy ships." Zhao Lie came as soon as he opened his mouth with a lie.
The secret of Tiago's cannon Zhao Lie must be kept no matter what.
"It's a pity that these wrought irons are gone." Sun Yuanhua was really led astray, mainly solid bullets in land warfare, after all, the range of the shotgun is too short, after a shot, it is not enough to load the enemy in front of him, it is useless.
This cannon is extremely short, and at first glance it has an extremely close range.
Lao Sun was greedy when he saw the thirty-six-pound long-barreled cannon, okay, the largest one in Dengzhou is only a twelve-pounder cannon, and there are six such huge cannons on this ship. (To be continued.) )
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