The Legend of Shushan Xuanjian

Chapter 632 The King of the Seven Seas
The marshal sent out his troops like a building, and the fire flag was bright outside the Luoxing Mountain.

Thousands of sails help the momentum of Jiangling every day, and the wind of thousands of miles gallops down to the sound of Lase.

Murderous Xiaoyan waves up the javelin, and the triumphant song frightens the seaside whales.

Prompt Xuanyi to write a song about joining the army, and it is unfair to hire Confucian clothes back.

——"Xu Xuan, Secretary of the Marshal Xiao Langzhong, Watching the Navy" (Song Dynasty)

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Several people came to a pavilion on the pier. The pavilion was built on the breakwater, and there was no one around.The attendant stepped back after preparing drinks and refreshments.

Abandoning others, Changsun Yanxing finally revealed the plan discussed by Bai Fu and himself: "The Silla and Fusang navy forces invaded the Tang Dynasty in two ways. Correspondingly, our navy also has a strategy to deal with the enemy.

General Honghu led the Datang Navy from Yangzhou to the north and stationed in the Dengzhou area.

Once the Silla Navy retreats from Dengzhou, the Datang Navy can intercept it in the middle of the sea when it boards the ship, and attack it with the Tang Army on land, and wipe out the attacking Silla Navy.

General Alberts led the food fleet from Hangzhou Bay and ambushed at the southern end of Danluo (now Jeju Island).

If the Fusang Navy wants to cross the East China Sea and land from Hangzhou Bay, it must take this waterway.At that time, the big food warship can double-team from behind, so that the Fusang navy will never return.

In this battle, the Fusang navy must be wiped out to ensure the stability of the Datang coastline for 50 years!
After these two naval battles, Fu'er will imitate Qin's strategy of breaking the alliance between the six countries and try to stir up conflicts between Silla and Fusang, so that these two nations will have a century-old feud and never join forces to attack Tang. possible!
If all goes well, these two naval battles will bring about a century of prosperity in the Tang Dynasty! "

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After everyone heard this, their blood was surging, and they wished they could throw off their arms and do a big job right now!
Amid the admiration of everyone, Changsun Yanxing sighed: "The above strategies are all planned by Fu'er. Taifu Xu has never passed on the art of war to Fu'er, and I don't know where Fu'er learned his military strategy?
The old man was right, Fu'er was born with the bones of a god of war, the more unparalleled the battle, the more calm and composed, foresight and foresight, there is nothing left to do.

The old man's only worry is that once Fu'er becomes bloodthirsty and murderous, if he can't hold back, he will inevitably repeat the same mistakes as the murderous god Bai Qi.

The Taifu left him to study in the Hongwen Museum in the rainy weather, and saw that the abbot used Buddhism to release him carefully, hoping to dispel the hostility in him.

If he is only obsessed with martial arts, even if he is rebellious, he is at most another sword demon Dugusu.

But it was just a trick of good fortune, who taught him the peerless art of war, and let him catch up with the chaotic world of An Shi's rebellion...

Having said so much, I hope that you will do your best to dissuade Bai Fu from murdering his soldiers and prevent his murderous intention from getting out of control. "

Changsun Yan's poking words made everyone feel uneasy, only Chen Honghu didn't take it seriously, he said with a smile: "I have known Fu Geer since childhood, he is pure and kind by nature, he loves touring mountains and rivers, playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and I can't understand him the most. A person who bullies others and acts as a minion for a tiger. As long as you don't provoke him, he will definitely be a person who cares about mountains and rivers in the future."

Changsun Yanxing stroked his beard and smiled, and said to Chen Honghu: "General Chen's words are also reasonable, I hope the old man is worrying too much." No more words.

After everyone finished planning, Chen Honghu said: "My lords, please come with me. I will show you seniors a tour of our navy in the Tang Dynasty."

The Datang Navy is known as the Great Wall of the Sea, ruling the Seven Seas. Everyone has been famous for a long time, so they are happy to go.

In the Navy of the Tang Dynasty, there are countless large and small warships moored in the dock, thousands of ships floating on the sea, with banners unfurled, sails covering the river, sails like piles of snow, and masts like clusters of reeds.

The costumes of the navy soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are different from those of the soldiers of the land soldiers.Because among the five elements, earth can restrain water, in order to obtain the auspicious omen of overcoming waves, the Datang navy wears a yellow crown that belongs to earth, so it is also called "yellow head".

Among the tens of thousands of naval warships, the most eye-catching ones are the buildings with painted fangs and tiger heads.The largest building boat can accommodate [-] soldiers (sailors).There are three layers of buildings on the ship, with female walls, battle grids, banners, crossbow windows and spear holes, and throwing carts and stone iron juice, which looks like a city fortress.Rope nets soaked in mud are often hung on the side of the ship to resist the enemy.

Building ships have large tonnage, deep draft, stable navigation, and a large number of soldiers on board. During water warfare, tall buildings can not only look out, but also condescend to shoot arrows.

The middle cabin of the hull is airtight, and it is the cockpit for the oarsmen (rowers) to row together; the bottom cabin is the ballast bag of earth and stones, which reduces the wind and waves.

The Louchuan has amazing combat power. It is a powerful firepower platform. It is equipped with various powerful water warfare weapons of the Tang Dynasty, thick armor, deadly force, and takes into account the transportation of troops. Intimidate the world.

As a huge and mighty naval fleet, there are more than one main ships in the Datang Navy.Slightly inferior to building boats are "fighting ships".

Fighting ships are widely loved by the navy and are the main ships in battle, hence the name "Dou".

The fighting ship adopts a cascaded compound hull structure, and the sailors are distributed in cascades, which can give full play to the advantages of personnel during battle, and at the same time provide good protection for the sailors who operate the ship.

Fighting ships do not have the tall buildings of building ships. They are smaller and less powerful, but they are light and flexible, and can maintain a certain speed in adverse weather, unlike building ships that are helpless against the wind.

In order to improve the defense capability, many fighting ships will be strengthened by covering their hulls with raw cowhide. This type of ship is also known as "Jiang" or "Mengchong".

The so-called "Meng" refers to covering with cowhide.

As for "rush"?
Because this type of ship has a certain combat power, and its flexibility is higher than that of the building ship, it is often responsible for charging to break the enemy and disperse the enemy's formation, so it is named.

In order to strengthen the effect of "rushing", the Jianghuai navy where Chen Honghu works has changed the hull structure of some warships.The hull was changed to be as slender as a shuttle to increase the speed, and an iron attack horn protruded from the bow, shaped like a large steel cone.

If there are experienced sailors to control the boat, the boat will go down the current (downwind), take advantage of the speed, wait for an opportunity to hit the side of the enemy ship, and knock the enemy ship out of a big hole, just like a siege car or a battering ram .It can be called a "warship killer", and even buildings and boats should be afraid of three points.

It can be said that fighting ships are a good complement to building ships, and these two types of warships constitute the main battleships of the Datang Navy.

An excellent navy is bound to be composed of a variety of ships of different sizes and functions, and they divide and cooperate with each other to perform their duties.

Big ships are like city towers, with large carrying capacity and strong combat power, but not flexible enough; small ships are like chariots and horses, light and fast, but limited offensive and defensive capabilities and are afraid of wind and waves.

Therefore, in addition to the building boats and warships, there are several other distinctive ship types in the Datang Navy.

The first type is "Zou Ge", also known as "sea loach".

In order to seek speed, the defense function was sacrificed, and the defense system such as the archery tower was completely saved. Only a parapet was built on the side of the ship, which was barely enough for the soldiers to block the arrows and cover them.

The hull is smaller, the weight is lighter, the structure is simplified, and the speed is extremely fast, similar to light cavalry in horse warfare.

Relying on the speed of flying back and forth, under the cover of the main battleship, the walker can quickly approach the enemy's main battleship by surprise and elusive, and deal a fatal blow to the enemy through a lightning surprise attack.

The second type is "red horse".

Chima is a small boat with a narrow and long hull, each of which can only carry about five people. It is named for its painted red hull and extremely fast speed.

The role of Chima is equivalent to that of a messenger, the messenger in charge of passing information back and forth in the fleet.It is mainly used for command and dispatch, conveying military orders, and coordinating the advance and retreat of naval ships. It is a rare professional ship in the navy that does not have the ability to engage in combat.

However, having said that, just because the red horses are small and have no combat power, some generals do the opposite and use them for special warfare: specially selected dead soldiers who are good at swimming are carried separately on several red horses, When the weather is bad, the sky is dark, and other occasions where the enemy is not easy to find, sneak into the enemy's line and carry out raids behind the enemy.

At this time, the red horse transformed into a elusive and unpredictable assassin. He either targeted the enemy general to assassinate and behead him, or directly pierced the enemy ship, causing the entire enemy general to be buried underwater.

Chima's plan made even the seasoned sailors find it difficult.Some warships even have blades on the bottom of the ship, named "Ge Chuan", to guard against the enemy's use of red horses to attack from the bottom of the water.

There is also a species known as the sea falcon.This is a special warship with a low head and a high tail, with a large front and a small rear for easy balance and steering. What's more, there are floating boards on both sides of the hull, which look like seabirds spreading their wings and flying, so it got its name.

The buoyancy and stability of the sea falcon with floating boards are better than other warships, which improves the anti-wind and wave performance of the entire warship, and can show a huge advantage in sea operations under harsh weather conditions.

In addition, there are many types of ships in the Datang Navy, such as Qiaohong, Tumao, Jianjia, and Menship.The combination of large, medium and small warships is reasonable, equipped with various professional commanders, so that the Datang Navy should not be underestimated.

However, the advantages of the Datang Navy do not stop there, and the Navy's ship-borne weapons are far ahead of the coastal countries.

The large warships of the Datang Navy have a magical weapon called the clapper.

The so-called racket rod is a weapon mounted on a battleship, which can be regarded as a kind of catapult. It is a reusable weapon to tie a boulder to the throwing rod, just like a rope dart.When using it, use the reverse thrust of the lever principle, and between yanking and yanking, the long pole with the boulder bound will smash at the enemy ship. The power is extraordinary. Make a huge hole, let the sea water pour in, destroy and sink the enemy ship.

When Yang Su destroyed Chen in the Sui Dynasty, there were records of four Wuya warships sinking more than ten later Chen warships.

The flagship of Chen Honghu is a large warship named "Wu Ya".This kind of five-tooth ship has five floors of high-rise buildings, more than a hundred feet high, six rackets in the front, back, left, and right sides, and the ship can accommodate more than [-] people, which shows its strong combat power.

Everyone went out to sea on the "Five Teeth" battleship, facing the sea and facing the wind, full of spirits.

At this time, it was dusk, when the sky was water, the setting sun was like blood.The afterglow of the setting sun burns the sea surface into a golden yellow, sparkling like countless golden snakes scurrying about.

The navy of the Tang Dynasty has a magnificent military appearance, and it feels like the god of the river has descended into the world.

The eldest grandson Yanxing had a long beard in his hands, and sincerely praised: "I never thought that at such an old age, I could see the Datang navy revived and rejuvenated.

In this regard, General Honghu has made great contributions.

Annihilate Silla, destroy Fusang, after this battle, my Tang navy will be the king of the seven seas! "

　References

　　1. "Illustration of Chinese Cold Weapons", Jiang Fengwei, Sichuan People's Publishing House, published in November 2020.

　　2. "History of Chinese Weapons", Zhou Wei, China Friendship Publishing House, published in September 2015.

　　
　
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