"The real ironclad ship is still being built, and there are still a lot of technical problems to be solved in the middle."

Zhang Ye continued to explain, "However, you haven't played yet? ”

There was some confusion on his face as he spoke.

So many troops came out to "greet", to say the least, there were 10,000 or 20,000.

He had wanted to restock a little here, with some fruit and wood, and if he had some ammunition, he could replenish it.

As a result, it now seems obvious that they are not fighting.

"This ......"

"It's true that I didn't get out, and I encountered some obstacles."

Tang Xu nodded and said honestly, "There are sneak attacks everywhere in the mountains, and it took us a lot of time to establish a defense line here. ”

"And when we came in, we weren't familiar with the terrain, and we lost a lot of pathfinders."

Cheng Wenxing added.

"I see."

Zhang Ye nodded, "Zhang Xingbang, what about intelligence?" Can it be solved? ”

They have absolute trust in Zhang Xingbang, so they sometimes rely too much on his intelligence processing.

"No, the Xianbei region is too hostile to us."

Zhang Xingbang said and sighed, "On the contrary, Dongying took the lead." ”

"This problem ......"

Zhang Ye frowned, "Our people need to rest, and by the way, we need to replenish ammunition, or we will stop here for the time being." ”

"Okay, this is a temporary port, and our people can't get out, so let's help you repair the port."

Cheng Wenxing nodded.

The soldiers of the subsequent expedition, leaving behind the necessary defenses, began to build a simple temporary port on this beach.

And it was named Uiju Port.

In this way, they can be regarded as temporarily gathering together to deal with the next battle.

After all, if there is artillery support from the sea, it is a short-term advantage.

And when they were helping to build the port, Zhao Qing's armored troops drove directly in and crossed the river to help establish a defensive line.

Their strategy is to fight Xianbei people when they see them.

Because there have been several times when the Xianbei people have attacked the army of Jiaguo with some knives and weapons that can hide from a distance.

This kind of near-suicidal attack does not seem to be painful for Xianbei, but it is a rather difficult killing for Jiaguo's army.

Therefore, they could only be stationed temporarily, and at the same time prevent any Xianbei people from approaching.

However, not knowing Xianbei is still a kind of hard injury, and they can't distinguish between serious Xianbei and Xianbei assassins.

And the Dongying people who stayed in Xianbei seem to intend to stick to it.

At this time, the headquarters was already "overcrowded".

is not only Zhang Ye, who has become the commander-in-chief of the navy, but also Zhao Qing.

Together, they came to discuss the strategic issues in the direction of Xianbei.

"What if we could take a boat and go around the mountains?"

Cheng Wenxing said while thinking about it, "If you can bypass the mountains and directly attack the plains, then the chariot will have an absolute advantage." ”

"Impossible, you look at Xianbei like this, I think if we land by boat, I'm afraid we will face a two-sided attack, and then the mountains will not be able to go back, and even the southeast direction will be more difficult to defend."

Tang Xu shook his head and said.

He had previously thought of using Zhangye's navy to transport troops.

"Not only can't I do that, but my boat can't carry so many people."

Zhang Ye sighed, and then they asked about Zhang Ye's experience during this time.

After all, they knew that the normal port of Jiaguo did not see any navy.

If you want to build a ship, Cheng Wenxing, Zhao Qing and Zhang Xingbang know something.

After all, in the past, the Southern Dynasties had opened up a port of their own.

But this position has to go all the way, but it's a long way.

"Because our ship is big, we brought a lot of supplies, and we also went to the harbor to replenish supplies on the way."

Zhang Ye began to talk about his previous manager.

After they set out from the secret military port in the south, they first made a distance to the south.

Because there are a lot of pirates on the sea, they can be regarded as asking for the problem of piracy on the coast of the Southern Dynasties.

Take advantage of the firepower of rapid-fire guns and artillery, and of course, the protection of steel hulls.

Almost without bloodshed, the fleet stormed the pirates.

They then headed east, where they could see the coastline.

Fight the pirates around the area.

On the way, they resupplied once at the port of Gongzhou, but the supplies were only some food and drink.

Ammunition was brought with a lot, attacking those small poor pirate ships, they did not consume much.

And so they went all the way north.

"There are quite a few pirates from the north, and there are also hordes."

Zhang Ye said, "We lost a lot of ammunition, and we also lost one. ”

"Losses? How is this lost? ”

Zhang Xingbang was a little puzzled.

These steel shells, according to reason, should not be able to penetrate backward artillery.

"We've run into some of Dongying's navy, and we're going to help when they're plundering merchant ships at sea."

Zhang Ye began to talk about the tough encounter with the Dongying Navy.

Although they have the protection of steel hulls, there is no problem with their protection ability, but their maneuverability is weak, especially because some of their ships rely on steam engines, and compared with those small boats in Dongying, the maneuverability is much worse.

These small boats with artillery used their mobility to fight with themselves.

It can basically come within the range of rapid-fire guns.

"Those boats shouldn't be unprotected, right?"

Cheng Wenxing asked.

"Yes, they have no protection, but the artillery is quite deadly."

Zhang Ye said with a small sigh, "There are a few small boats that are staring at one of the ships on our flank, and after the artillery salvo, they directly hit it and sink her. ”

Now they have a rough idea of the situation.

However, in general, Dongying's navy can't compete with Zhangye's navy for the time being.

As long as there is enough ammunition, there should be room to fight.

Of course, now the Jiaguo Navy is a few months old.

Compared with a country with a long naval history like Dongying, it is indeed inexperienced.

"Let's go back and think about how to continue Xianbei's offensive."

Zhang Xingbang spoke slowly.

The story has been heard, and what they should face is always to face.

Although Zhang Xingbang knew that Ye Yu's airship would be killed later, he didn't have to worry about the battle, but ...... He felt that these generals still needed to go through experience.

Yang Jiang released the commander-in-chief in order to better train them, the "next generation" generals.

"What would you do if it were Your Highness?"

At this time, Cheng Wenxing thought about it and spoke, "What we have always wanted is to use the army to solve the problem. ”

"Yes, violence to solve problems."

Tang Xu nodded, "Is there a way not to be violent?" ”

"That's how they killed us!"

He added.

His brows were furrowed, and he was even a little angry.

"By the way, we can try to use money."

Zhang Xingbang said, "Although I don't understand Xianbei dialect, I understand Dongying dialect, and there are still some intelligence officers lurking in the Dongying army. If I get them together, I should be able to solve some problems. ”