The sackcloth was rubbed against the sword that had become smooth from the daily wiping, and Hu Yuelian felt the sense of concentration brought by such an action. Before each fight, she has to carefully experience this emotion.

The combination of a sense of crisis and tension will make Hu Yuelian more focused. Focus, on the other hand, makes people react faster and think faster. Concentration allows people to make decisive judgments and make decisions that are difficult to make in peacetime. These are all needed for war.

Next to Hu Yuelian, Zhao Mingren was dressed in an earthy yellow military uniform and lectured to the cadres of the Shiban team. The Zhao Guanjia fulfilled the promise they had made to these people, and when they were serious about serving the Great Song Dynasty, they could give them surnames. The poor do not have a surname, and it is a great sin for the poor to make up their own surnames. If the official surname of the Great Song Dynasty is given, it means that these Japanese people officially have their own surnames like nobles.

Of course, such a surname is not so justifiable in the Wa Kingdom. Therefore, these Japanese people who accepted the surname chose to leave the Japanese country and live with the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Naruto's voice was calm, containing a strong murderous aura, "We have already been assigned the task. In this battle, you must fight bravely. Forwarders, reward! Those who retreat, kill the head. I hope that you will fight bravely and not tarnish the prestige of our Juban team! ”

"Hey!" The cadres of the Juban team responded in unison.

With a click, Hu Yuelian put the sword in her hand back into the scabbard, and then stood up lightly. At this moment, all the cadres of the Juban team looked up at the old leader of the Juban team. For these people who licked blood with their knives, Her Royal Highness Hu Yuelian, a close minister of the Zhao official family of the Great Song Dynasty, was a woman, but a great swordsman. The fathers of many people in the Shiban team served under His Royal Highness Hu. It is generally believed in the Juban team that His Royal Highness Hu, who has the rank of colonel, is equivalent to the official of the fourth rank in Heiankyo.

Wearing white socks, Hu Yuelian calmly walked in front of the cadres of the Shiban team who were sitting cross-legged on the futon in the cabin, and then carried a sword and glanced at the group of people condescendingly. The original Juban team numbered only three or four hundred, and its main job was to protect the safety of the Song people and caravans in the Wa Kingdom. The Japanese state has been peaceful for a long time, the population is increasing, and the pressure of the upper class on the lower class is getting heavier and heavier. As a result, the number of Japanese who defected to the Juban team increased dramatically. Now the size of the Juban team has three or four thousand, which is ten times the original one. Japan learned from China and was a civilized country among the countries surrounding the Great Song Dynasty. The use of this gang by the Great Song Dynasty is also becoming more and more extensive.

Hu Yuelian is already more than 160 in size, and she is not short among the men of the Japanese Kingdom, and condescendingly looking down at these Japanese people, Hu Yuelian spoke, "Gentlemen." I will fight with you today. After the defeat of the Srivijaya Royal City, the goods will not be stingy. Even if some of the kings are unfortunately killed in battle, there will be a rich pension. If anyone doesn't believe it, quit now. ”

"We follow Your Highness." These cadres responded in unison.

"Good. Now go and check the preparations of your and other subordinates. We'll board the ship in a moment. Hu Yuelian gave an order.

After the cadres dispersed, Zhao Naruto asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, do you have to board the ship?" His voice was full of dissuasion.

Hu Yuelian replied confidently: "What nonsense is there at this time." Anyway, the boat will sink with one stone, and I'm not necessarily worse than you if I was lucky. ”

"Your Highness." Zhao Naruto still wanted to dissuade him.

Hu Yuelian's face was unhappy, and she replied: "I only broke through after the Song army broke through the city wall. If you are still afraid of death at this time, go back to wash and sleep early. Or do you think I'm a coward? ”

Seeing that he couldn't be dissuaded, Zhao Naruto immediately responded respectfully: "I greatly admire the heroism of Your Highness. ”

At this moment, the rumbling of artillery outside could be heard. Hu Yuelian wore only white socks and went down the wooden ladder from the cabin to the deck. When she got to the deck, she did not look at the shelling, but raised her feet one after the other and looked at the soles of her socks. But I saw that there was no dirt on the white socks. At this time, Hu Yuelian raised her head with satisfaction, Da Song had very serious requirements for the hygiene of the ship. In such a crowded place, if you don't clean frequently, if you don't pay a lot of attention to personal hygiene, it's easy to get sick.

A thin sheet of silver is padded on the inner wall of the water tank, and silver sterilization is certainly one of the means. Brushing the deck every day is also an important means of walking along the scrubbed deck and seeing how clean the socks are, which is a very good way to check. At least the Japanese seem to be more particular about these things than the Song army.

After checking the cleanliness of her ship, Hu Yuelian looked at the sea. This female colonel did not have Zhao Jiaren's knowledge, and she did not know the kind of sail battleship equipped with hundreds of huge cannons on one ship. She has very much agreed with the firepower of the Song army's current warships. The current Song army has a bronze two-pound cannon on the bow and stern of the deck. The second of the three decks is the shelling deck, which has five gun emplacements. On each gun emplacement there is a gun carriage with guides that can turn the direction of the muzzle.

If it weren't for the sea city of Sriwijaya, a battleship equipped with such firepower would be an invincible monster at sea. In the practice of war, after the Battle of the Yellow River, the ten large ships of the Mongolian Jiaolai Navy withdrew to the direction of Zhigu Village, and encountered warships like the Song Army on the way. The Song army sent only three warships and easily sank ten large Mongol ships.

When the Great Song fleet was sailing in the strait, as long as they saw one such military ship in the fleet, Sriwijaya did not even have the courage to send ships to harass the Great Song fleet. If it weren't for the water capital of Srivijaya, the Great Song Dynasty would have won a complete victory a long time ago with more than twenty such military ships equipped with ten-pound cannons.

At this time, twenty warships equipped with ten-pound guns lined up and began to bombard the walls of the Sriwijaya Water Capital. After all, it was a ten-pound cannon, and when the shells hit, a cloud of fragments exploded on the wall, whether it was made of bamboo or wood. It's just that Wangcheng has been on the water for a long time, and the material absorbs the moisture in the air and does not burn. If it is a wooden defense system in the arid areas of the north, it can start a fire if it is not guaranteed.

In this way, the part of the Sriwijaya King City that was shot was also punched out of a gap, and the gap became bigger and bigger. With the shelling, several large logs, which were used as pillars of the city wall, were finally broken or knocked to the ground.

What kind of wood is that? can carry a ten-pound cannon like this! Hu Yuelian was greatly surprised in her heart, and after seeing the gap, Hu Yuelian saw that there was nothing wrong with the materials of these city walls, it was the pillars of those city walls that had held up for so long. You must know that even if it is iron reinforced cement, it should not be able to withstand the bombardment of so many ten-pound cannons.

Curiosity was only a matter of moments, and Hu Yuelian's gaze withdrew from the walls of the Sriwijaya Water King City and looked at the flagship of the fleet that commanded the entire campaign. In the original battle plan, it was believed that as long as the royal city was surrounded by artillery and bombarded, the royal city would be destroyed. The Song army could win as easily as it had in the past.

After adjusting the battle arrangement, the Song army adopted the tactic of breaking through the outer wall a little and then throwing marines into the gap. At this point, the first step has been completed, and it is time to launch the second step of the Marine Corps.

didn't wait for Hu Yuelian to see the signal on the flagship in the distance. The signalman on the mast has changed the flag. The signalman on the deck immediately shouted to Hu Yuelian: "Colonel, it's time for us to go!" ”

"Board the ship!" Hu Yuelian shouted.

"Board the ship! Board the ship! The heralds were already shouting.

Originally, a large ship could fit a juban team. Now the Juban team is on ten large ships. With the signal flag sounding the order to board the ship. The boats, which had already been halfway down, were lowered to the surface one after another. The combatants began to board the ship quickly along the rope ladder.

At the same time, the artillery fleet ignored the continuous stone projectiles fired from the Sriwijaya Castle and continued to bombard the outer walls of the Sriwijaya Castle in an effort to open a larger gap. At this point, neither side showed any signs of backing down.