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The brigade continued to set off, and after galloping for more than an hour, they saw a naval camp. A large expanse of naval warships, resting on it. There is also a large-scale shipyard nearby, where warships are being built.

The huge ships are covered with raw cowhides, which can be used to prevent fire and arrows. There are many monsters painted on it.

From a distance, these warships look like monsters and beasts that came out of ancient times.

At this time, Fan Yicai smiled and said, "Regarding the Northern Expedition, I already have some eyebrows. But I'm afraid I'll have to knock down Chengzhou first!"

"Chengzhou?" Fan Zhen was stunned to the extreme this time?

"Do you want to fight Chengzhou?" Fan Zhen asked again. was almost dumbfounded, if someone else said this, Fan Zhen must have thought that this person was crazy.

Jiangzuo is downstream, and using the downstream to confront the upstream is an extreme loss. Therefore, since ancient times, as long as Chengzhou is occupied, a water division is built, and the river goes straight downstream, the Jiangzuo forces will only be defeated.

As for taking the initiative to attack, how is that possible? One Wuxia is enough to make all the plans come to naught.

In the Chengzhou Basin, there are only two gateways to Jianmen Pass and Wuxia. Jianmen Pass can lead to Qinzhou, but this Wuxia is a waterway where the river rushes straight down.

Wuxia is 700 miles, the two sides of the river are connected with mountains, and there is no place to go. Heavy rocks are stacked, the sky is hidden, and the moon is not seen at midnight in the non-pavilion. As for the Xiashui Xiangling, it is blocked along the trace. Or the king's order is urgently announced, and sometimes the white emperor is sent to the court, and the twilight arrives in Jiangling. In the meantime, 1,200 miles, although riding the wind. Not to the disease.

From this description, we can see how dangerous the terrain is. The Disease of the Current. It's been another step.

It can be said that downstream ships want to enter Chengzhou. There is no way to do it unless you pull the fiber.

And at the time of the war, it was like a dream to enter Chengzhou by pulling fiber...... Unless the defenders of Chengzhou are all dead......

Therefore, when I heard Fan Yi say this, I was a little dumbfounded.

"Chengzhou is located in the upper reaches of the river, and down the river is Chu County, and even Jiangzuo. The northeast is surrounded by the Wu and Ba mountain ranges. In the west, there are rivers and rivers in the west, and the rivers are rich, as well as the riches of the plains. There is Hanzhong in the north, which can pass through the Central Plains and enter the Guanzhong.

Moreover, due to the high mountains and dangerous waters, deep river valleys, and numerous passes, Chengzhou is blocked and closed from the outside world, and it is a battleground for the soldiers of all dynasties to defend and attack according to the danger. It is the so-called Kaneshiro Chisato. Land flowing with milk and honey. This imperial capital also!

Taking this place will not only protect the safety of our Jiangzuo. It can also attack the two states of Lingqin...... Therefore, this Chengzhou can't be let go no matter what!"

Fan Zhen nodded, the geographical location of Chengzhou is so important. Especially for Dongyu, who relied on the natural danger of the river and seized the left side of the river, this Chengzhou is where the head of the snake is.

It can't be said that it is too important, and there must be a way to take it down. But the question is...... Just thinking about the seven hundred miles of Wuxia waterway, Fan Zhen was discouraged.

I can't think of anything about it. Able to take Chengzhou......

"It is naturally difficult for the navy to enter Chengzhou, but I naturally have a way! And I don't need many soldiers and horses, with 20,000 troops, it is enough!" Fan Yi said.

Fan Zhen glanced at Fan Yi deeply. He said in a deep voice, "Okay, I'll give you this chance." I'll give you 30,000 horses, as long as you can take Chengzhou. The Northern Expedition. It's up to you!"

For Fan Zhen, he couldn't think of how to make the Northern Expedition a success. I can't think of Fan Yi who is at a disadvantage downstream. And how can we lay down Chengzhou. If Fan Yi really has this ability...... If you are so unwilling, you must be willing!

As he spoke. I saw a clerk who was going to be a supervisor, and he came over quickly and reported: "General, young general." The flyship has been trial-produced!"

"Oh, this is your secret weapon?" Fan Zhen asked, "Let's go, let's go and have a look!"

I came to the water's edge, and sure enough, I saw several warships with strange appearances. At this moment, there was not even a sail raised, and there was no place to paddle.

However, these warships of different sizes flew back and forth in the water.

When I first saw it, it naturally made people's hearts jump. I thought the ship was propelled by a ghost.

But if you look closely, you can see that there is a wooden wheel on this ship, which rotates, driving the ship to move forward and backward quickly, and it seems to be very flexible.

"Is this a flyship?" asked Fan Zhen in surprise.

I saw one of the warships, which was about more than ten zhang long and less than two zhang wide. The deck was covered with a thick wooden shell and scaly blades to resist the projectiles of enemy bows and rockets, and on the top and on the deck, there were many sharp iron cones and sharp knives to make it difficult for the enemy to climb.

The bow of the boat is in the shape of a dragon's head, with two holes in it, and I don't know what it is used for. The head and tail were equipped with large iron cones, which could be used to ram enemy ships.

At this time, I saw two flames suddenly erupting from the hole in the bow of the ship. The hull of the ship shook suddenly, and it retreated a few feet.

I saw two columns of water splashing more than a mile away in the distance.

"This is ......" Fan Zhen was shocked.

But when he saw the official who was going to be the prisoner, he smiled flatteringly: "General, please look!"

I saw that the linoleum cloth around me was uncovered one by one. Then he saw a metal cylinder as thick as the trunk of a tree lying horizontally in front of him.

"General, please cover your ears...... "The official who will be the overseer laughed.

Although I don't know what the hell is doing, Fan Zhen blindfolded her ears according to her words. Seeing the two men pass by, they quickly lit the fuses at the end of the cylinder with torches.

As the lead sneered to the end, the column suddenly made an earth-shattering sound and spewed out a flame.

Then, above the water, a ship was hit directly. The whole exploded, and the timber flying everywhere burned on the surface of the river.

Seeing such a scene, Mo said that it was the general Fan Zhen, and even the generals and guards under his command were also stunned.

"This ......" Fan Zhen is extraordinary after all, and quickly settled down. In the air, there was a smell of saltpeter: "This is gunpowder." But how can it be so powerful......"

Just thinking about it a few years ago, I got the news. Fan Yi recruited Fangshi everywhere. Research something called gunpowder. That thing would even explode violently.

At that time, Fan Zhen didn't pay much attention to it after finding someone to understand the power of this kind of thing. However this time. What he saw in front of him made Fan Zhen's heart beat wildly. That's too powerful, isn't it?

"This thing is called artillery, and it was forged by the major general for his subordinates!" the official who would be the supervisor smiled flatteringly.

"Artillery?" Fan Zhen muttered to herself, "Then it was really made of gunpowder!"

Fan Yi smiled faintly: "Yes!"

Fan Zhen lost her mind for I don't know how long, and suddenly reacted: "How many cannons are there?"

If there are hundreds of them, they will be bombarded together. Even the hundreds of thousands of cavalry in the north will be bombarded in all directions, and they will not be able to rush at all.

"More than a dozen guns were built, and the key is that all of these cannons were cast in bronze......"

Upon hearing this, Fan Zhen was immediately dumbfounded. This copper is what makes copper coins. Then the cannon in front of him is at least a thousand catties, and it is simply piled up with money. Where is it possible to mint hundreds?

"Doesn't this mean that this cannon will cost millions of dollars?" asked Fan Zhen.

The official who was going to be the prison was dumbfounded, but he heard Fan Yi take over: "I'm afraid it's more than that, it will take tens of millions of dollars to mint ......."

Although Fan Yi had the materials of the later generations of casting artillery in his hands, the technical level of this world was too backward. It took so many years, and that's just a few of them.

"It's a pity, it's a pity!" Fan Zhen didn't feel heartache about money. Instead, he screamed pity. With hundreds of these cannons, I am afraid that the Northern Expedition will succeed and it will not be difficult to restore the world.

But now it looks like there really is going to be so many guns cast. It would take tens of billions of dollars.

The Dongyu Imperial Court now earns only billions of dollars a year, and it has to supply the entire imperial court and feed hundreds of thousands of troops. Coupled with the limitations of copper ore production, it is impossible to leave the world without coins. Let's turn them all into these cannons......

So, so it seems. It's impossible to build hundreds of cannons!

"In the mountains. A large copper mine has been discovered!" Fan Yi said, "enough to mine for hundreds of years!"

Fan Yi said, Fan Zhen would not know at all. The cannon fired nothing more than solid iron bullets. Where is it so powerful? Can a single cannon blow up a ship in the river like this?

It's just that the ship was already full of explosives!

For Fan Zhen, this artillery is expensive. It's not cost-effective these days. But it's the future. It's better to go one step earlier. Anyway, for him, there is technical information, although he can't use it all.

But being able to point out the direction of development has already been able to save the greatest amount of energy and expense.

Hearing this, Fan Zhen's heart was shocked. I heard Fan Yi laugh again: "Moreover, now I am developing, how to use refined iron instead of copper to make ......"

"But isn't fine iron more expensive?" Fan Zhen couldn't help but say.

The so-called refined iron is naturally steel. The method of casting steel in this world is very backward, and Dongyu only produces tens of thousands of catties a year. This is the result of the great attention paid by the imperial court, and it inherited most of the talents and technologies of Dayu back then.

For example, Qingyang Dao, or Xiling, it is already remarkable to be able to produce thousands of catties of steel a year.

You must know that the steel at this time can only be obtained by repeated forging by manpower. This is also known as 100 refined steel.

One can imagine how troublesome it must be to get this steel, or refined iron.

Fan Yi smiled: "I already have a way to obtain refined iron on a large scale." At least hundreds of thousands of catties can be produced a year, and ordinary iron also has these millions of catties!"

As soon as she said this, Fan Zhen was completely stunned. Millions of catties of fine iron a year, placed in another world, is simply the level of an earthen blast furnace. However, in this world, it is a great miracle.

This means that all the 100,000 soldiers under his command can be equipped with fine iron weapons and armor.

In another world, it can often be seen in many Hollywood blockbusters. The soldiers and horses on both sides were covered in iron armor and wrapped like zongzi.

However, those iron armors are like paper paste, and they can stab people to death with a random stab......

The real situation is. Iron armor has extremely high defense. It is even often recorded that generals were hit by dozens of arrows in their bodies and did not die. It's all blocked by iron armor.

The same. The cost of iron armor is also extremely high. An iron armor weighs dozens of catties, and it is almost worth tens of thousands.

Equip an army of 100,000 with iron armor. Not to mention whether the iron produced is enough or not. Just talking about the price, it's about the same as casting hundreds of cannons, and it takes more than a billion dollars. It's not at all what the productivity at this time can afford.

In another world, medieval Europe, could only afford thousands of knights in full armor. And these armors are still passed down from generation to generation......

Therefore, there has never been a generation that has been able to equip all soldiers with armor. Even if all the leather armor is equipped, it is impossible to ......

However, if it is really like Fan Yi said this. If we can produce iron on a large scale. Then there is a real opportunity to equip all the soldiers with armor, even leather armor. In this way, this combat power will at least be multiplied several times!

"Looks like you've prepared a lot more than I thought!" Fan Zhen sighed.

Fan Yi nodded silently, not wanting to irritate him too much. Although the two are one, they share honor and disgrace. But in the face of things like power and glory, sometimes it is inevitable that there will be psychological imbalance.

But. I believe that Fan Zhen's own family will adjust!

In the winter of the tenth year of Changping, Fan Yi sent 10,000 elite soldiers, officially swore to go to Chengzhou, and killed Chengzhou.

The state city of Chengzhou is located. Fair in the King's Palace.

Back then, the demon thief Li Zhi raised troops, claiming that there is no fairness in the world, only Li Zhi is fair. Therefore, he called himself the king of justice. proposed to kill all the corrupt officials and temples and sweep away the powerful households. The slogan of fairness in the world. At once, it enveloped the momentum of hundreds of thousands of people.

The original Chengzhou state soldiers did not respond well, and the state pastor died in battle. The sword gates were sealed. Form a situation of catching turtles in an urn.

In fact, at that time, even the Dayu Imperial Court, which was not closed to Jianmen Pass and was busy fighting with Qingyang Dao, could not send reinforcements to quell the war in Chengzhou.

In short, this Li Zhi finally led the army and entered Chengzhou City. Countless wealthy families were wiped out, and officials in many local temples were all executed.

Not to mention the war and the ensuing famine, in short, when Li Zhi finally sat on the throne of the King of Justice, almost two-thirds of the population of the entire Chengzhou remained.

Today, the population of the entire state is less than half of what it was at the beginning.

The reason is very simple, this no-empty Dao uprising led by Li Zhi is not as profound and well-prepared as Qingyang Dao.

And it was just a panic, and suddenly Chengzhou was captured, and it was beyond imagination.

But after seizing Chengzhou and starting to govern the locality. Suddenly, they discovered a big problem that they had never thought of before.

That is, there is a lack of manpower to govern the place......

The world is great, and the officials are one. It is very different from the Ming and Qing dynasties in another world. Those officials themselves were the people who governed the locality, and now these characters have been killed by the empty way.

As the candidates for the team of backup officials, most of them are in the hands of wealthy and powerful families, those Confucian families. And these have also been killed by the Void Dao, and the rest are all as deep as the sea with the Void Path.

Under such circumstances, Wukong Dao suddenly found that he could not control the local situation at all......

Unlike Qingyang Dao, although Confucianism does not cooperate with Qingyang Dao. However, Qingyang Dao has a deep heritage, and it has cultivated a large number of organizational talents.

Although he had little experience, he was full of religious zeal. It's easy to get on top......

As a result, there is only one function left to govern the state, and that is to collect taxes. What's worse is that the only way for local administrative organizations to collect taxes without empty channels is to use the army......

So, in this situation. In just less than ten years, Chengzhou, which used to have a population of five or six million, is now less than half of the remaining population.

How many are there, even the empty path itself doesn't know. Because they don't have enough organizational power to take stock of the population.

As a result, this so-called Chengzhou, which is known as the country of abundance. It has already become lifeless, and the city of Chengzhou, which had a number of capitals in the world back then, now looks like it is also covered with a layer of gray gas, and it seems that there is no vitality at all.

There is only the fair palace in the city, which is very prosperous and lively. From morning to night, singing and dancing are endless. Candles and lanterns are never extinguished.

Even the news that Fan Yi led an army of 20,000 to attack Chengzhou. None of them stopped the singing and laughter in the palace of fairness.

"Fan Yi'er is crazy, just 20,000 soldiers and horses actually want to attack my Chengzhou?" Li Zhi hugged a beauty. A mocking remark immediately made the high-level executives in the room laugh.

"Does Fan Yi'er know how turbulent the water in this Wuxia is, do you know how many reefs there are in that water?"

There was another burst of laughter. Chisato Kaneshiro: This is not just talking. Chengzhou is surrounded by mountains, like a natural city, guarding it in it.

It is the road of Wuxia, the river has been flowing straight down from then on, but the green mountains on both sides are narrow, and the width in some places is only a few tens of meters wide. There are all kinds of light and dark reefs in the river, and it is even more dangerous.

And this road is not ten or twenty miles, but a full seven hundred miles. There are too many places where it is impossible to swim against the current with a sail. can only rely on the slender man to pull the fiber little by little.

Not to mention too much, that's the point of mentioning. It is enough to make people feel how dangerous this path must be.

And now this Fan Yi, if he hadn't lost his mind and gone crazy, how could he have thought of such a stupid attention?

Therefore, when it comes to it, it is all a burst of laughter. Listen to it like a joke.

"The king should be cautious, this Fan Yi is not simple! Although he is young, he was a few years ago. I have already defeated the army of Qingyang Dao......"

At this time, a monk got up from his seat and said.

Li Zhi listened, and his expression paid a little attention. pushed the beauties around him back.

He was just a Qi Yu Shi back then, and he came into contact with some Hu classics. At first sight, I was shocked. I just feel that it is broad and profound. Exhaust the mystery of the world.

It even allowed it to break through the level of its own cultivation and reach a new realm that a qi practitioner had never reached. Only then did he begin to copy many of the Hutchian scriptures. Makeover and start preaching. Claiming to be an empty old Buddha. This is the way to be free in the future.

Since this Li Zhi occupied Chengzhou, there have been Hu monks who have come to explain the secrets of the scriptures. It is even said that this Li Zhi is the reincarnation of the Hujiao Bodhisattva, just to come to Middle-earth and spread the Great Dao.

even helped Li Zhi to reform his teachings and build a Sangha community. All kinds of things make Li Zhi respect very much.

Therefore, this Hu monk said. Li Zhi still paid more attention to it, so he asked: "Senior brother said this, but do you think this Fan Yi will have any tricks?"

"Where can this ...... monk say it?" but he still said: "How does this poor monk know, but the king should not be careless, it is better to be careful!"

Hearing this, Li Zhi breathed a sigh of relief. Some subordinates disagreed, saying: "The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, that is, the Dongyu Water Division is strong, but it goes upstream." How much power is there to rely on the slender man to pull the fiber? Waiting for them to work hard to march upstream, and push a few fireships down casually, if they are in a hurry......"

Naturally, fireboats are not a strange thing, they are nothing more than small boats that have flammable objects such as fire oil and firewood hit on them. Then it lit up and rushed down with the river from upstream.

In this way, the upstream does not need to exert much effort at all, but the sailors who attack the downstream have to be in a hurry. If one is not good, several ships will be burned......

Saying this, Li Zhi was completely relieved. Even the monk didn't know how to refute, after all, the advantage occupied by the upstream was too great!

Fan Yi chose to send troops in winter, when the water was exhausted. The flow of water also slowed down a lot, and Fan Yi slowly marched with an army of 20,000. Because it is a counter-current, it is a dry period, and the water potential is also very treacherous.

In many cases, troops could only walk more than a dozen miles a day. It took a whole month for the army to move more than 150 miles upstream.

When the news came out, it provoked the empty people in Chengzhou to laugh at them desperately. Even if it was sent back to Jiangzuo, it also made people sigh, and I really couldn't figure out how Fan Yi, the young general, lost his mind and went crazy, so he chose this waterway to attack Chengzhou.

You must know that this Wuxia waterway is 700 miles. At this speed of the turtle climbing, I am afraid that it will take at least four or five months to get out of Wuxia.

Moreover, it is still easy to calculate. You must know that when the river enters the flood season at the beginning of spring, the river flow speed will be much faster than in winter......

And the same difficulty of swimming against the current has to be doubled.

As a result, there was no empty road up and down, and no one put Fan Yi's army in his eyes. Maybe halfway through, this Fan Yi's army couldn't bear it anymore and turned around. (To be continued......)