Chapter 818: Third Reaction

Tengnuo Mountain is located in the west of Liuzhou City, and the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River lies in the fact that there are mountains everywhere and there are mountains and waters. From a distance, it is a freehand landscape, and from a close distance, it is a fine description of one by one. There is beauty from a distance when placed in the distance, and there is a beauty from a close point when placed in a near place.

Or it is precisely because of this beautiful water and soil that many writers have been born in Jiangnan. Of course, there is no shortage of politicians who influence the world. But whether it is the previous dynasty or the contemporary era, Jiangnan has not produced any handsome talents who can leave a name in history in the real sense.

Looking at the history of nearly a thousand years, there are many famous generals in the Northern Dynasties, and the reincarnation of several generations of imperial courts in the south of the Yangtze River is also rare for a general who has won a hundred battles. This may be related to the Shaozhan in the south of the Yangtze River, and the land north of the Yangtze River has been repeatedly warned, so there are constantly talented people in the army. Since the beginning of the Chen State, Jiangnan has only confronted the Zheng State and has no foreign enemies. At the same time, Zheng Guo not only often fought with Chen, but also constantly fought with the steppe people in the west, the barbarians in the north, and the Chu people in the east.

If you don't fight, it's hard to produce real handsome talents.

Since the founding of the Great Sui Dynasty, there has been no war in Jiangnan singing and dancing, or the Yang family has done it intentionally, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Great Sui has continued to expand its territory, but Jiangnan has been peaceful. drove the barbarians into the barren mountains to the north, fought with Meng Yuanming in the west, swallowed up most of the Eastern Chu in the east, and repeatedly fought with the Su people after the destruction of the Shang in the southwest.

Jiangnan has not smelled gunsmoke for 200 years.

Now, the war has finally spread here. The moment the cannon fire ignited on Tengnuo Mountain, it was like a little spark falling on a famous painting that had been handed down to the world, scalding a hole.

The hole is small, but if a gust of wind blows, the whole painting will probably be burned.

Tu was very satisfied with this hole, and he was in a particularly good mood when he really felt the power of firearms. Mu Li's elite team of more than 10,000 people looked so weak in front of twenty artillery pieces. In the 200 years since the founding of the Great Sui Dynasty, the arrow array that has been the most feared by foreign enemies is like a basket of eggs in front of artillery, and most of them are smashed with a single stone.

He began to fantasize that it didn't take too much, if there were a hundred cannons, it would be enough to wipe out the ironclad army that claimed to be invincible in the world. Even though the defense of those ironclad armies is unmatched, it is precisely because of this bulky ironclad that they are difficult to dodge when facing artillery.

Tu seemed to have seen the scene of himself stepping on the battle flag of the Ironclad Army.

The reason why he would rather risk being punished by the master behind Tonggu Academy than avoid the ironclad army was that he was waiting for these firearms. He knew that the Dao Tonggu Academy wanted to cultivate himself, which was nothing more than a stone blocking Yang Jian. If it does, everyone rejoices. If it can't be stopped, Tonggu Academy will not be saddened by its death.

But Tu can't treat himself like a stone, even if it is, it must be a boulder high enough to be higher than the sky.

Before he felt that he was ready to fight Yang resolutely, no one could force him to go to the battlefield in advance. He knew that his current cultivation was already very strong, strong enough to fight Yang Jian one-on-one. But this is not what he wants, what he wants is to defeat Yang Jian completely. That includes defeating the ironclad army, the victory cannot be discounted, and if you want to win, you must win completely and completely.

The power of the artillery was tested with Mu Li's men and horses, and Tu also gained a little more confidence.

"Scarface"

He glanced at his newly promoted henchmen: "You said that the caravan was attacked when it left Muping?" How much was lost? ”

The guy called Scarface is Scarface, and the name Scarface isn't actually his real name. It's just that Tu likes to call him Scarface, so he doesn't have his original name. He had a scar on his face, starting at his left temple and ending at his right temple, across his forehead.

This injury is a little weird. According to reason, unless someone holds down a wound that is deliberately cut in this way, it is difficult for such a wound to appear on the battlefield. But the wound was not cut by someone, nor was it cut on the battlefield, but he himself drew it with a dagger.

"Back to the prince, about one hundred and fifty muskets and two artillery pieces were lost. The attackers appeared at night, probably when they were in Muping City, and they were eyeing our team. The attack was extremely accurate, and after the killing, we fled, but we didn't take our things with us, obviously there were not many people. When the subordinates heard about it, it was too late to rush over, the team was dead, the muskets were smashed, and the artillery was destroyed. ”

"Any idea?"

Tu asked.

"The subordinates suspect that it will not be the power of the general forces, if it is the people of Yang Shunhui or the people of Mu Mansion, they will not destroy those things, they have enough manpower to transport the things away. Therefore, the subordinates inferred that it should be a coincidence. There were many robbers and robbers outside the city of Muping, who made a living by plundering passing caravans. If the subordinates' speculation is correct, they should have seen our people in the city to buy the goods of the Eastern Chu merchants, thinking that it was profitable, so they attacked the camp. ”

Tu nodded: "Then you don't have to worry about anything." ”

"The subordinates have already dealt with it, those muskets and artillery have sunk to the bottom of a small lake, and the scene has been cleaned up, it looks like it is just murder and robbery, this kind of thing is not uncommon, it should not arouse the suspicion of Yang Shunhui or Mu Fu."

"Hmm"

Tu nodded: "Go, it's time to talk to the rich families in the city, let each family hand over half of their property to buy their lives, and if they don't want to, then take it all directly." You are directly in charge of the silver you get to Muping, and continue to trade with foreigners, I want a hundred cannons, 20,000 muskets, if the silver is not enough, I will order the team to expand around, and it will be much worse to slaughter a few counties. ”

"Whoa"

Scarface lowered his head and said, "However, with such a big tree, the Ross are afraid that it will be difficult to take it out." ”

"That is to do business with the people of the Opru Empire, as long as the money is given enough, there will always be people who are not afraid of death to come out."

"My subordinates understand."

"And"

Tu thought for a while and said: "It will be the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days, and I invite Zheng Qiu, the general of the Navy Division, to come to Liuzhou City for a banquet." This person ......"

He paused and turned his head to look at the person standing on the other side: "Shiro, on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, take your people to the Great Red River, the people of the water division have always disobeyed my orders, and they can't do without the water division if they want to develop in the future, but I don't want a disobedient water division, send those people to hell on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and hell also has a bright moon......"

The young man named Shiro smiled coldly: "Don't worry, I will send them all the way." ”

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The waterways in the south of the Yangtze River are staggered and crisscrossed, and the waterways of the Dahong River are very wide, and the fame of such a big river in the north must be much greater than that in the south of the Yangtze River, but in the south of the Yangtze River, the flow of water like the Dahong River is too ordinary. Before the Great Sui destroyed Chen, he began to prepare for the construction of the Yangtze River Naval Division, which lasted ten years and finally created a fleet that was unparalleled in the world. It was precisely because of the presence of this fleet that the Sui army was able to attack Jiangnan with great momentum.

Prior to this, Jiangnan's naval army was proud of itself. In their eyes, the Yangtze River is a natural danger and treasure given to them by God, but in the eyes of the enemy, the Yangtze River is only a natural risk. When the north and the south were standing side by side, Zheng Guo could not attack Jiangnan because the naval army was inferior to Chen Guo. And Chen Guo was unable to attack Jiangbei because they could not defeat Zheng Guo's infantry on land.

The Great Sui changed this situation, and the establishment of the Yangtze River Sailor symbolized the beginning of a new era.

On the day of crossing the river, the Yangtze River sailors frightened Chen Guo's naval army as soon as they appeared, and Chen Guoren really couldn't imagine how the Sui people could suddenly have such a huge fleet, hundreds of huge ships, thousands of Huanglong ships, plus countless centipede clippers, almost blocked the Yangtze River waterway.

In that battle, the Great Sui Sailor left a great reputation.

Later, after the pacification of Jiangnan, although the scale of the Yangtze River Naval Division was slightly reduced, and the warships damaged in the war were abandoned and not repaired, they still had suffocating combat effectiveness. After the end of the war, the Yangtze River Naval Division still had 160 huge ships, thousands of Yellow Dragon ships, 500 White Fang ships, and of course, the flagship built specifically for the Great Sui Emperor...... The Dragon's Megaship.

Such a powerful force is enough to deter Jiangnan.

After the Northwest Rebellion, Emperor Yang Yi of Tianyou transferred the Yangtze River Naval Division to the north, and later Wang Yiqu, the general of the Yangtze River Naval Division, rebelled, leaving behind about one-third of the fleet. The other third was in the hands of Luo Tu, while Fang Xie and the imperial court accounted for the other third. However, in terms of combat power, the fleet in Wang Yiqu's hands is the most powerful. Seventy percent of the best-equipped and sturdiest White Fang ships were in Wang Yiqu's hands.

Now Luo Tu's sailors have thirty-six ships, two hundred and seventy Yellow Dragons, ninety White Fangs, and the Tenglong battleship that the Great Sui Emperor has only boarded once since it was built. Zheng Qiu, the general of the naval division, was the commander of the Tenglong battleship. At that time, Wang Yiqu didn't dare to take this ship with him when he went north, otherwise the rebellion would be too obvious.

Now, the ship is in the hands of Luo Tu.

It was precisely because of this ship that Luo Tu always felt that this was a kind of providence.

The Tenglong battleship is more than 200 meters long, and such a huge wooden warship is the only one from ancient times to the present. The ship had four floors, and the building was built like a palace. Because it was so big, the boat could walk on a wide river, and the water was a little shallow and impassable.

At that time, in order to build this Tenglong battleship, the best craftsmen of the Great Sui were gathered, and it took six years to complete the construction. At that time, the people involved in the construction of the dragon ship firmly believed that this ship would be the overlord of the Megatron Sea even if it went to sea.

Now this ship is the flagship of the Rotu fleet.

Zheng Qiu had been the commander of the Dragon Ship since seventeen years ago, but he had never met the emperor. Emperor Yang Yi was the least travelling in the history of the Great Sui, and he had never seen his own warship, which symbolized the identity of the emperor. If he had seen this big ship, he would have been proud.

Only a country like the Great Sui can create such a behemoth.

Zheng Qiu stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the bright moon reflected on the water. The Sailor had been staying here for more than a month, and he had been deliberately avoiding Luo Tu. Zheng Qiu has never had a good impression of that young man.

"General...... There are guests visiting. ”

Just when he was in a daze, the captain of the pro-soldier came and whispered in his ear.

"Who?"

"General Mu Li!"

Hearing this name, Zheng Qiu's face changed suddenly: "He's not dead?" ”

The captain said: "It's not just him, there is another person following, it doesn't look like Mu Li's subordinates, gestures, it seems that Mu Li respects him very much." ”

"Please"

Zheng Qiu hesitated for a moment but decided to meet Mu Li, he always felt that if he drove away this person today, he would miss something important. I don't know what Lu Dao is for, he actually denied his first decision, he originally heard that it was Mu Li who arrived, and his first reaction was to take this person down and send him to Luo Tu's army. The second reaction is to drive the person away, and the third reaction is ...... This man must be seen.