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Chapter 762: Expedition

Looking at the sky full of ships in the ocean, the flag of the 'Nanyang Naval Division' was hung on the mast, and there were countless figures standing on the dense ships, countless people shouted slogans, raised the white sails, and pulled up the iron anchor, Shen Ao's mood was agitated for a while, and he suddenly said to Yang behind him: "Whoever owns the ocean can have everything!" ”

The whining horn roared lowly, and the pilots stood on the trestle, holding flags of various colors, and began to direct the ships to sea. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The flagship that Shen Ao was sitting on was too large, and it actually occupied two waterways, and it didn't move quickly, and even looked a little slow. The ship was as tall as a building, with a wide bottom, a high bow and tail, and guarded plates on both sides. The whole ship is divided into four layers, the lower deck is equipped with earth and stone ballast, the second floor is inhabited by soldiers, the third floor is the main operation place, and the upper floor is the combat site.

The bow of the ship is quite high, and there is a strong shock device, which can plow and sink the enemy ship by pressing down on the wind, and can win with the strength of the ship. The draft can reach two zhang, in this era, it is definitely a giant mothership, this text is provided by the post bar, please indicate, for learning and exchange only, please do not use it for commercial purposes.

Standing on the fourth floor and looking down, Shen Ao immediately discovered the disadvantage of this flagship, although this ship has a huge loading capacity and has a great advantage in large-scale naval battles, it is at a disadvantage in terms of speed, so there are only more than 60 such ships in the naval division, and most of them are mainly smaller ships.

In addition to this kind of ship, the most excellent speed is naturally from another bay of the fast sailing gunboat, although the gunboat is only thirty zhang, the hull is narrow, but the lethality is very great, both sides are equipped with guards, the hull is a total of three layers, the bottom layer is ballast with earth and stone, the second floor is equipped with more than 30 muzzles, although they are all small cannons, but if they are fired together, it is enough to shake the earth, what is even more amazing is that this ship has three masts, five sails, and its speed is at least twice that of the flagship.

There are only more than 30 such gunboats, all of which are designed according to Shen Ao's meaning, the ship-building technology of the Great Song Dynasty is at the top level in this era, unparalleled in the world, the reason why this kind of gunboat was not manufactured in the past, it is nothing more than that there is no demand, the fleet of the Great Song Dynasty has always had no opponent on the sea, and it is enough to defeat the enemy if there are enough lucky ships, so why spend a lot of time and money to make gunboats? Moreover, the Fufu ship can also carry a large number of military quartermasters and sailors, while the gunboat is only for pure combat use, not to mention that it is not cost-effective to manufacture, and it is completely unnecessary in this era.

And Shen Ao gave an order, in the name of the Nanyang Navy Division to acquire such a ship, so that the various docks immediately racked their brains, and constantly designed and improved similar ships, hoping that the Nanyang Navy Division could purchase a large number of them, because of this, it only took a year of hard work, the prototype of the gunboat has actually come out, but there are still many places that need to be perfected, this kind of ship is loaded with too many guns, and the impact of the artillery backseat is great, so the materials are different from ordinary ships, the wood used is carefully selected, and the craftsmen beat the keel, Liu Ding must not be the slightest negligent, all such gunboats are often much more expensive than Shen Ao's flagship, and only more than 30 have been built so far.

In fact, the Nanyang Naval Division was divided into two factions, one side believed that the Fuchuan was the weapon to defeat the enemy, and the other side believed that a gunboat was enough to fight the Fuchuan enemy. However, this kind of argument was all dumb on Shen Ao's side, and Shen Ao calmed down the argument with only one sentence: "If I am strong in the Song Dynasty, it will be enough to gallop the world with a lucky boat." But if our Great Song Dynasty encounters a strong enemy in the sea, non-gunboats cannot win. ”

The meaning of this sentence is very clear, if you simply bully those vassal states in the South Seas, it is enough to have a blessed ship. However, if you want to encounter a strong enemy, it is not enough to simply fortune ships, and this is the time to give full play to the power of gunboats. Those who went out to sea saw the vastness of heaven and earth, and who dared to say that the Great Song Dynasty would not encounter a powerful enemy, so this sentence made the sailor officer who denied the gunboat speechless.

And now, after Shen Ao's flagship sailed out of the bay, these more than 30 gunboats immediately slowed down their speed tacitly, and followed the flagship, and the entire ocean was mighty, dozens of ships, thousands of ships along the waterway towards the vast and boundless depths of the ocean.

Anyone who sees this huge fleet can't help but sigh, the strength of the Nanyang Naval Division is truly revealed for the first time.

Although the Sanyang Naval Division was cast, the Nanyang Naval Division was the most powerful in the Great Song Dynasty, which naturally benefited from the advantages of the world's largest port, and also benefited from the trade between Nanyang and Quanzhou. And the Nanyang Naval Division, with the support of Shen Ao, on the one hand, the imperial court allocated expenses, on the other hand, the fundraising of local merchants in Quanzhou, and the part taken out by Shen Ao, now the scale has reached an unprecedented level, even in the later generations, Zheng He may not be so powerful when he goes to the West.

This fleet has spent a lot of money, and it is precisely because of money that this ancient and peerless sailor has been created, and for Shen Ao, investment must have returns, and now is the moment to dig up the first pot of gold.

"It would be nice if only the telescope was available at this time." Shen Ao's vision was blurred, and he thought regretfully in his heart, but his level of making glass was really limited, so he could only be lustful in his heart.

Shen Ao's cabin is on the third floor of the flagship, a luxurious living cabin with a hundred square feet, in the cabin there are Sinan, as well as the map of the South Seas, and there are palace lamps in each of the four corners, and I don't even know which guy who lacks heart and eyes doesn't know whether he is a vassal or thinks Shen Ao likes this way, and actually puts a lot of porcelain bottles, Shen Ao feels that the placement of this porcelain bottle is a little wrong, and he once walked over and played with it in his hand, and found that it was still an antiquity.

But soon, Shen Ao was completely uninterested, the antiquities were antiquities, but I don't know which one of the fakes in the tower, the traces of antiquity were really crude, and in the eyes of a great expert like Shen Ao, it was simply polluting his eyes. finally put a porcelain vase on the ground, but it was still fake, Shen Ao's mood can be imagined.

"But...... Since it was brought, it was a pity to smash it, presumably the friends of Da Yue always like it, and when the time comes, it will be transferred to Da Yue to see if anyone is willing to buy it. Shen Ao thought this in his heart, and that anger immediately turned into nothing.

As for whether anyone buys it, this is not in the scope of Shen Ao's consideration, this king is not far away, thousands of miles away, with 100,000 royal divisions, all the way to the horse, to hang the people of your Dayue country, eradicate the faint king, you don't even dare to buy a porcelain vase for this king? It's just unreasonable, it's too bullying.

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Zhancheng, is the largest city in the Yue country, adjacent to the South China Sea of the Great Song Dynasty, and Quanzhou across the sea, although it suffered from the destruction of the war more than ten years ago, but now it is gradually prosperous, the population is as much as 50,000 households, in this Nanyang, absolutely not to be underestimated.

The military strength of the city is more strict than the capital of the king of Yue, Thang Long Mansion, here was the royal capital of the country, the South Vietnamese people have been entrenched here for hundreds of years, although now it has become the bag of the king of Yue, but after all, there are many people here, so in order to prevent changes, the general of the city of Zhan, Li Richao, led the Vietnamese army of 10,000 to camp here.

The Great General's Mansion of Champa is the old royal palace of Champong, covering a large area and being splendid, but at this time, the singing and dancing performances here suddenly disappeared, and the hustle and bustle of the guests of the big banquet was also gone.

In a hall, Li Richao, dressed in a robe similar to that of the Great Song Dynasty, was looking at the visitors.

Although this guest has the swarthy appearance of the Yue people, Meiyu is no different from the Han people, and it is Cai Yu who has just escaped from Quanzhou.

Cai You really couldn't figure it out, Shen Ao would actually find out his whereabouts, but fortunately, when he heard the movement that day, he immediately climbed over the back wall and fled.

Li Richao didn't have a good impression of Cai You, and said lightly: "Didn't Mr. Cai go to Quanzhou?" Why did you return to Chama at this time? ”

Cai You said with a smile: "The country of Dayue is in danger, how can Cai watch coldly, tell you the truth......" He told Quanzhou again, Li Richao frowned secretly when he heard it, and said in silence for a long time: "Then His Royal Highness the King of Yue is not ......"

Cai You said coldly: "Whether His Royal Highness King Yue can return safely depends on the upcoming war." ”

Li Richao didn't seem to believe it, and said: "Even so, the Great Song Dynasty does not dare to easily provoke a war, this text is provided by Tieba, please indicate if it is reprinted, it is only for learning and exchange, please do not use it for commercial purposes." ”

Cai You said: "The Great Song Dynasty will not easily provoke a war, but there is a must, Shen Ao, the king of Pingxi, has always been eager to revenge, this time Dayue is plotting against Quanzhou, will he be indifferent?" This person is the first favorite of the Great Song Dynasty, as long as he makes up his mind, the Song court will inevitably support strongly, then the king of Pingxi will mention the Nanyang Naval Division, only afraid that he will come to this Zhancheng in the near future, the general, the top priority at the moment is to strengthen the vigilance, ready to fight at any time, as long as the Song army can not conquer the city, a long time, the Nanyang Naval Division will not last, and then negotiate peace with the Song people, welcome back the King of Yue is just around the corner. ”

Li Richao was skeptical when he heard it, the king of Pingxi of the Song Dynasty, he knew something, this person was extremely famous, and he liked to show off his strength, since Cai You's words were scorching, he had to believe it. After pondering for a moment, Li Richao said: "Even if the Song people want to conquer my Dayue, I am afraid that they may not come to occupy the city, you must know that this Zhancheng is hundreds of miles away from Shenglong, why do you put other nearby towns not to attack, but to occupy the city, you Song people have a saying called giving up the near and seeking the far, will they not know this truth?" ”

Cai You took a sip of tea and said slowly: "If it were someone else, what the general said would make sense." But Shen Ao is the most treacherous, if he supervises the expedition and takes the lead in attacking the city, he can be taken by surprise, and second, he can come by surprise, and second, he can ......" Cai You paused and continued: "Cai Mou said something unkind, the people in the city have always been separated from the Dayue Kingdom, if the city is taken under the guise of revenge for the country, then the Song army and the sailors can worry about it and go all out to the north to conquer Shenglong, wouldn't it be more cost-effective?" ”

The Yue people are unruly, if they take several other ports as a foothold, the Song army will inevitably be attacked by the Yue people, but it is different to use Zhancheng as a base, Cai You's eyes are very poisonous, and he immediately saw the mystery of this, so he insisted that if Shen Ao led the army to attack Dayue, the breakthrough point would definitely not be a port closer to Shenglong, it must be Zhancheng.

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