Mu Lie said with hatred: "Five years, a whole five years...... Please allow me to lead an army against the Tang Kingdom to avenge the humiliation I took five years ago. ”

Fuyu Ju liked this attitude very much, but he became cautious and said, "Are you sure?" ”

Mu Lie said without hesitation: "Yes, the Tang Kingdom is just relying on the benefits of warships, and now I have the same ship in Baekje." ”

"We have more people than them, and the strength of the country is ...... Well, there are more ships than they are, and if you give me three months to build enough new ships, I'll be able to put a foot forward in shame. ”

Fuyu said happily: "Okay, just have faith, I'll give you three months." ”

He took out a map and said, "See this?" Tsushima Island, where the Tang Kingdom stationed an army of 5,000 men, tried to block our shipping lanes to the Useru Kingdom. ”

"And here...... There is also a Tang army stationed on this small island, and the number should be about 5,000. ”

"We sent a lot of people to try to get to the island, but they were either discovered before they got close or they were not heard from after they landed. I suspect there must be a big secret on this island......"

"There are only so many garrisons in the Tang Kingdom here, your goal is them, defeat them and take these two islands."

Mu Lie said: "Don't worry, the king, if you can't take down the enemy, the minister will come to see you." ”

Fuyu said, "Okay, I believe in General Mu." ”

Sha Ai was not as optimistic as them: "King, the location of the Tang Kingdom has not been found so far, the enemy is in the dark and I am in the light, and I am afraid that I will be retaliated against if I act rashly." ”

Before Fuyu could speak, Mu Lie first said disdainfully: "What are you afraid of, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and with the new warship, I will kill as many people as the Tang people come." ”

"As for the location of the Tang Kingdom, defeat the Tang army on Tsushima Island, and grab a few prisoners for interrogation."

Fuyu was also a little hesitant, but when he heard this, he also strengthened his confidence, and said: "General Mu said well, this matter will be handed over to you, and you must ask for the location of Tang Guo." ”

"I'm here to see what else they can do after they're found out."

……

Buyeo Ju, Mu Lie and others also knew that Baekje had the fine works of the Tang Kingdom, and there were quite a few of them, so they were very cautious and cautious.

However, shipbuilding is really impossible to hide from people, especially when they still build a large number of ships.

Those who are interested only need to pay attention to the shipment of shipbuilding timber.

Li Guang is the spokesperson of Tang Guo on the bright side, and he also works part-time.

Because his family was the only way to obtain the goods of the Tang Kingdom, even though the nobles and merchants of Baekje knew that his identity was not pure, they still had to deal with him.

This gave him the opportunity to win over some people, and many people had unclear connections with him in private.

For example, this time, as soon as Mu Lie's side acted, a timber merchant quietly sent a message over.

The content is just three words, first-class.

Even if others saw it, they didn't know what it meant, only Li Guang understood. The first class is the material for building warships, and the upper class means that the demand has skyrocketed.

There must have been something wrong with the sudden purchase of so many ship materials by the Baekje sailors, so he tried to send someone over to investigate the situation, and found that the sailors' shipyard had become heavily guarded.

He didn't take any more chances to find out.

Tang Guoren told him that he should not do any risky behavior, report whatever news he can hear, and it doesn't matter if he can't be inquired, it is important to save his life.

Lee Kwang has been doing this all these years, so although some people in Baekje hate him to the core, they have always been unable to do anything about him.

This time, he also didn't inquire much, and after knowing that the Naval Shipyard was under martial law, he stopped all operations, and left it alone to pass on the information he had found to the Wei Wei Division.

The method of collecting this kind of information by the people of the Guard's Division is simple and crude, just find a commanding height and observe it with glasses.

Then a piece of information was sent to Tsushima Island.

This year, Wang An's brigade was stationed on Tsushima Island, and he was immediately happy when he saw the information.

Staff Officer Shi Qin asked, "What kind of intelligence is the brigade commander so happy about?" ”

Wang An threw the information to him and said, "How many years have passed, and these fools in Baekje have finally figured out a new style of sail." ”

Shi Qin's expression was very solemn after reading the information, and he said: "What my Tang Kingdom can rely on to dominate the world is the advantage of the warship, and the biggest secret of our warship is on the sails. ”

"Now that this technology is being mastered by Baekje, it's not good for us. Although we have gunboats that are not afraid of them, what about ordinary warships and merchant ships? ”

Wang An shook his head and said, "You see that things are still not comprehensive enough, which is why you lost to Shi Qin last time when you elected the new head of the regiment." ”

Shi Qin said: "Please also ask the brigade commander for advice." ”

Wang An said: "You have also seen the power of the gunboat, this is the killer weapon that truly subverts the war, no matter how good the sail is, it is useless in front of it." ”

Shi Qin said: "But we only have four gunboats, and two fists are hard to beat four hands." ”

Wang An said: "Yes, there are only four gunboats. At the beginning, the king only wanted to build two ships, but it was useless for our military to petition collectively, so we still asked the king to agree to build two more ships. ”

Shi Qin said puzzledly: "This is also what I have been puzzled about, such a sharp weapon should be built more, why is the king unwilling?" ”

Wang An said: "Because the enemy is too weak, even if there were no gunboats in the past, we could be invincible all over the world by virtue of our sail advantage." ”

"And the cannon is an iron lump, a cannon is thousands of catties of iron, and a shell is a few catties of iron."

"How much iron can my Datang produce per year? No matter how thick the family is, it can't withstand such consumption......"

"Another reason is that the king dislikes that the current cannon is too powerful, and he is researching a more powerful cannon over there, which uses less iron and hits farther and more accurately......"

"It's too troublesome to build so many guns now, and it's too troublesome to rebuild them in the future, so the king has been reluctant to build too many gunboats."

"If it weren't for the fact that Tsushima Island was too close to Baekje to be defended, those two gunboats would not have been built."

"Now, the people of Baekje have mastered the new style of sails, narrowing the gap with us...... We can justifiably ask the king to build more gunboats......"

"Now you understand why I say it's a good thing, right? This information was transmitted back to China, and I believe that the privy envoy, General He, and even Niangniang would be very happy. ”

Shi Qin was even more confused: "Didn't you just say that the gunboat Fei Tie...... How can you say that you need to build more gunboats? ”

Wang An said with a smile: "Because I am a soldier, I only need to think about how to enhance the strength of the army and safeguard the interests of the military." ”

"What is the cost of iron, what is more advanced artillery, what is too troublesome to return to the furnace...... That's all something that the big men of the court think about, what does it have to do with me? ”

"I just have to find a reason to submit the application for benefits, and it's their business to get it through."