Chapter 1039: Indifferent to fame and fortune
"This has no impact at all, our first batch of sailors will mainly set off the sailors, they will bombard the coast of Fusang, as for the army on land does not need to set off for the time being, they will need nearly ten days, so in these ten days, they can train well and not delay."
I heard that Li Xiang had an arrangement for this matter, so King Wu had no opinion, if he supported Li Xiang's strategy, and in this case, if you didn't support it, do you think it would be useful for you to say it?
Cheng Yanjin and Qin Shubao naturally have no opinion, the two of them don't know anything about the water station at all, and they follow the past in the early stage to watch the excitement, all the commands are in the hands of the Admiral Ding Tu, and when they can accept this new way of fighting, there may be a place for it in the future, but if they can't accept it, they can only stay in the capital to retire.
Of course, after arriving in Fusang, as long as we launch a landing operation, then the use of the two old generals will come, and Li Xiang didn't think about letting the two old generals go up directly to kill, but when the two old generals landed on the land of Fusang, many Fusang people had also heard of their reputation, and it was estimated that it could also play a role in a shock.
That night, except for Li Xiang, everyone else was very nervous, Wu King Li Ke and the other two old generals had never been to the water, although Li Xiang had promised many times, as long as we did not encounter too big a storm, we would have no problem going to Fuso, and the naval warships in the past year, they often traveled back and forth between Goguryeo and Fuso, and nothing would happen.
But they are still a little worried in their hearts, after all, the vast sea is not the same as the land, so they didn't sleep this night, Li Xiang also wanted to go with them, but the emperor's holy purpose was there, this time only Li Xiang was allowed to be a marching commander, and it was enough to prepare logistics for these people, as for the credit for the capture of Fusang, of course, it was to be handed over to King Wu and the two old generals.
Li Xiang didn't care much about these vain things for a long time, not to mention that he has now reached the realm of unsealable, even if he lets himself go, can he be the prince and the emperor after he comes back? That's not possible at all, Li Xiang just hopes that when he comes back, he can give some rewards to the brothers of the water master.
When King Wu got up the next morning, the road to the navy warship was full of large groups of men, all of whom had gone out together today, and they all carried all kinds of things on their shoulders, but they were all wrapped outside, and it was said that they were all some gunpowder and other things.
In normal times, if there is no war, then the gunpowder on the ship of the sailor is also limited, if it is piled up in such a cabin, in case of a small spark, then the whole ship may be reimbursed, if there are several ships parked nearby in the harbor, it will even cause a martyrdom.
Therefore, in normal times, Li Xiang formulated very strict regulations for them, only some necessary gunpowder can be left on the ship, and there must be a special cabin, in addition to finding a special person to guard, someone must check every two hours, and other unrelated personnel are not allowed to approach, and only when the war can this special cabin be piled up.
The people on the naval warship have all practiced overseas, so they naturally know the power of these gunpowders, so they are also very careful in doing these things, not only are there no open flames allowed on the whole ship, but every soldier, including them, are very careful about this, and they have not had any accidents for more than 100 days now.
There were two accidents before, so that Datang lost two warships, if it didn't happen in the daytime, many soldiers would have been burned to death inside, fortunately, everyone's water quality is better, the reaction speed at that time was relatively fast, most of the people jumped into the water, and then lurked, otherwise I don't know how many people died.
It is precisely because of those two accidents that all the sailors have seen that as long as one of you is a little careless, you will lose not only your own life, including those comrades who get along with you day and night, they may lose their own lives, so in this case, you must cherish your life and the lives of others.
"Your Highness, it's time for us to go."
King Wu only noticed at this time that there was a deputy general of the sailor next to the tent, and this person would always follow King Wu after getting on the boat, so as to introduce some things on the sailor warship to King Wu, of course, there was also the duty of surveillance, even if King Wu arrived on the sailor warship, he could not move around.
On the one hand, it is to keep our secrets, and on the other hand, it is also for our safety, and the current sailor warship is already very technical, if you don't understand anything, and you can casually touch all kinds of things on it, then it will be a big event on the sea.
Wu Wang Li Ke is still relatively approachable, after hearing the words of the deputy general, he packed up his things a little and followed the people on the ship, Wu Wang Li Ke was on a special command ship, although there were also some artillery on it, but the focus was still defensive.
Their ship was located in the center of the entire fleet, and when it came to Fuso, in addition to the escort of the six warships nearby, there were a large number of small boats next to it, and there was no problem with safety.
"How many ships are there today?"
On the way, King Wu asked this question, and when he returned to the capital, maybe the emperor would also ask, as the generalissimo of the expedition to Fusang, if he didn't even know this, he would probably be laughed at when he went back.
"Back to the prince, we will dispatch a total of more than 300 ships of various types this time."
When he heard this number, King Wu didn't have much of an idea, if Li Xiang was here, of course he understood how many ships were dispatched this time, which was almost the same as the scale of Zheng He's voyage to the Western Ocean, and even much larger than at that time, but the time was nearly a thousand years earlier, this should be the most powerful fleet in the world.
When King Wu arrived at the port, he understood what the concept of more than 300 warships was, and looking forward from the position of the port, it could almost be said that the sails covered the sky and the sun, and there was no end in sight.
"If you go, you will win."
King Wu didn't know the combat effectiveness of the water division yet, but at the moment he only had these four words in his heart.