Chapter 210: Iron Chain
"Fire Protector? What do you want to be so engrossed? Ah Jin waved his hand in front of Huo'er and asked.
Huo'er was still stunned, one hand kept playing with the long hair on her shoulder, and after a moment, she replied, "I was wondering how we should win this battle on the water." β
"Is there a way?" Ah Jin asked.
Huo'er shook his head a little helplessly, and replied: "You were also present at the time, in order to save Sister Su, you and Lao Han hurriedly led the troops directly into the belly of the mountain, we didn't fight on the lake, but at that time, Meishan was attacked by a group of soldiers hidden in the cherry blossom forest, and there was no water battle at all. β
"That'...... How can this be? Ah Jin frowned, his rough hands rustling his hard, thick beard.
"Actually, I thought of a way, but I don't know if it works." Huo'er hesitated slightly.
"It's okay, everyone brainstorms, even if the method you propose may be flawed, we can also find a way to help you improve this method, maybe it will succeed?" Su Bingyun encouraged the fire.
Yan Huo'er raised his eyes and glanced at the few people present, and found that everyone was full of expectation, so he thought about it a little, cleared his throat, and said: "Three years ago, we had a small number of people, and we bought a local big boat, but unfortunately it was dropped by someone and replaced with Hayai Oilwood, at that time, the transportation was very troublesome, a ship can only carry a hundred or so people at most, if we build a big ship to cross the lake, not only the shipbuilding process is cumbersome, but it takes a long time to transport 200,000 people. Large ships are also the easiest targets for enemy attacks. β
"Then you mean we build boats to cross the lake?" Ah Jin quickly understood what Yan Huo'er meant, but after thinking about it, it seemed that this method was a bit unworkable.
"The boat is good, but there are many problems. First of all, shipbuilding, we don't have so many raw materials and craftsmen, it may be more time-consuming than building a big ship; Secondly, once all the small boats enter the lake, 200,000 people will be transported in batches, it will be quite a grand scene, we have never had this kind of experience in water warfare, how to command this vast number of ships is a problem, in addition, although the small boat is not easy to be shot by arrows, but the victory lies in the number of boats, the enemy shoots an arrow casually, there will definitely be soldiers hit by arrows, such losses are certainly much more than large ships; Finally, if we encounter an enemy ship on the lake, or even a war ship, how should our small boat respond? β
Several people heard Ah Jin's words, and they all nodded silently, the transportation of large ships is time-consuming, and it is easy to be cut off by the enemy between the two lakes, and the construction of small boats is time-consuming, and the losses are greater. Several people were sad and felt powerless, is there really no way to solve this problem?
Yan Huo'er chuckled lightly at this time, as if she had already made up her mind, only to see that she was still wrapping one hand around her long hair, and after a little thought, she said: "I have already thought about the three problems you said, and they are actually very easy to solve." As for the time it takes to build a small boat, I think that if we have 200,000 soldiers, even if there is only one craftsman out of 10,000 people, then we have 20 of them. You must know that this small boat is different from the big boat, the process is much simpler, even if only a thousand people learn it, then every ten people make ten is 10,000, we have 10,000 boats is enough, no matter how many five lakes can not carry it. β
Several people listened to Huo'er's explanation, and they all nodded, and said that this was a really feasible solution.
"The second problem is better solved, Ah Jin, think about it carefully, the five lakes are connected, where is the easiest place for the enemy to ambush?" Huo'er asked Ah Jin.
"Naturally, it's a shoal where two lakes meet." Ah Jin replied without thinking.
"Wouldn't it be easier to solve this problem if we had bows and arrows in every small boat, and we would shoot them, instead of them ambushing us?" Huo'er's beautiful eyes flowed, and she spread her hands towards Ah Jin.
Ah Jin still looked worried, and seemed to be carefully recalling Huo'er's words.
"Although I don't quite understand what you mean by the force surface, but I think we have more than 10,000 boats spread on the lake, even if it is a wide range of targets, the loss of troops will be a lot, but the enemy is gathered in one place, we 10,000 people each shoot an arrow into the woods, there will always be a 1 in 10,000 chance to shoot a person, just like the underground maze principle, anything can be considered in the opposite direction, we can't just worry about how big our own losses will be, we should also consider whether the enemy will also have losses, just allow him to shoot us, Are all of us dead? What's more, we will win because there are many people, give him a reverse arrow, shoot the cherry blossom forest into a big hedgehog, who else can ambush us? β
"Shame...... I'm ashamed that what the Fire Protector said is extremely true, and I got the tip of the bull's horns. Ah Jin raised his hand to wipe a trace of hot sweat on his forehead, but his already dark face became even darker and redder at this time, and he was really ashamed.
"Ah Jin Hall Master doesn't have to be like this, how to win the Iga Flying Bear in the water battle, this is a question I have been thinking about every day and night since I lost my life three years ago, three years is a long time, but we still haven't been able to save the sect leader from the predicament, it should be that the people of our Five Poisons Sect are ashamed!"
As soon as Huo'er remembered that her Yunxing brother was still suffering from the loneliness and darkness devouring human flesh in the "Outer Heaven", she felt uncomfortable for a while, and she couldn't wait to fly to Yan Yunxing's side in an instant to save him, or accompany him through those lonely and difficult years.
When Gong Xiyue heard Yan Huo'er say this, her heart was also full of infinite guilt, although she had pretended to be alone for five years, she was also lonely, but compared with Yan Yunxing, it was ten million times stronger, even though he had been accompanied by Su Bingyun, but in the years after this, there were only two corpses left, what a huge psychological burden he should bear, to live the miserable life of drinking blood and hair, what kind of huge trauma would this cause to him, Gong Xiyue really didn't dare to think about it, and she didn't want to think about it, now she just wanted to rescue him as soon as possible, It can be regarded as living up to the promise of seven people to come and return to seven people back then.
Gong Xiyue can think like this, Su Bingyun is even more ashamed, she has personally experienced the torture of "Outside the Sky", although she is accompanied by Yan Yunxing every day and night, she can still feel the deepest fear and torture brought to her by the boundless darkness. In the two years that she was away, how could he bear the loneliness, hunger and darkness that penetrated deep into the bone marrow?
Everyone was silent, the silence in the military tent could even be heard when a needle fell on the ground, and everyone present had some feelings for Yan Yunxing to a greater or lesser extent, which made him suffer for five years, and he really felt extremely ashamed.
Among the few people here, the one with the shallowest relationship with Yan Yunxing is Ah Jin, after all, there is no inevitable connection between them, so Ah Jin didn't feel any guilt, and had the heart to ask Huo'er how to solve the problem of "small boat versus big ship", but at the moment, this occasion is obviously a little inappropriate.
Just when everyone was silent, Yan Lengfeng said in a cold voice: "Huo'er, continue to talk about how to solve the problem of water war." β
No matter how much guilt there is, if you don't put it into action, that guilt can only be guilt forever.
Huo'er naturally understood this truth, but she breathed a sigh of relief, sorted out her thoughts, and said, "About" How do small boats fight big ships', in fact, I have also thought about it, no matter how Iga Feixiong is a strong party, he cannot have the general strength of Minamoto Yorito, even if he may prepare ships in the past few years, but it is never possible to be a warship equipped with gunpowder, at most hundreds of large ships, without such a sharp weapon as artillery, water warfare can only be a broadside battle, at this time the big ship often has a great advantage, we can't get close at all, but as long as we connect the small boat with iron locks, then even if he collides with the big ship, we will not be washed away, there will always be one or two ships close to the hull, and then close hand-to-hand combat, it depends on the skills of our soldiersγ β
"Hahaha......" As soon as Ah Jin heard Huo'er finish speaking, he stroked his palms and laughed, and applauded one after another, "Good way!" Iron chain chain, emulating Cao Cao's battle of Chibi! It not only solves the problem of the collision of large ships, but also solves the problem of inconvenient command, why didn't I think of it? β
"Of course, the big ships and small ships I am talking about are not a big and small one with a huge difference, otherwise they will collide with hundreds of ships, and we will not be able to resist even if they are together." Huo'er said the last key factor, and this factor is what the craftsmen have to consider.
"Okay, I'll send someone to find out the news of Iga Shipbuilding now, and let our craftsmen build it themselves according to its size, as long as it can withstand the onslaught, the small ship is indeed much faster than the big ship." As soon as Gong Xiyue heard that the problem of the water war had been solved, she sent her subordinates to inquire about the news when she let Nan Huaxin out of the account.
Nan Huaxin had just gone out on the front foot, but Su Bingyun frowned slightly, touched her smooth and pointed chin with her little hand, and said, "But Huo'er, have you ever thought about a question, in a short period of time, where do we go to find raw materials for shipbuilding?" What's more, it takes a lot of wood to make bows and arrows, and it is really tight to prepare these things before May! β
Huo'er heard Su Bingyun's words, and immediately frowned and sighed, and her soft and boneless slender waist sat on the chair like a long snake.
"Dongying is already barren and time is tight, although my method is good, but it is subject to many limitations, which is why I hesitated for a long time when I first said this question!"
"How's that for good? Can't we have some more time? Ah Jin's thick eyebrows furrowed again, and he raised his head and asked Gong Xiyue. After all, the task of shipbuilding falls on the Silver Fire City, in case it is delayed, although he is also a member of the Celestial Empire, Gong Xiyue will not really deal with it by military law, but the face of the Silver Fire City will be lost.
"I'll let Nitta Yoshige and them help you, and the brothers of Dongling Lingxinliu will also go, if you really can't find the raw materials, and the time is tight, then ...... Then delay it a little longer. Gong Xiyue gritted her silver teeth and said reluctantly.
"No! Sister Gong, the matter of shipbuilding must not be delayed any longer! β
Outside the door, there was a sudden coquettish voice, and when the people walked into the military tent, several people raised their eyes, but saw Nan Huaxin with a nervous face, and several people glanced at each other, all of them were a little puzzled.
"Why is that?" Gong Xiyue asked.