I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 564 You Can't Be Too Cautious

A ship that can keep ups and downs in the waves will definitely stand firmer on the inland river, but the inland river does not have as much space as the sea, and many methods of naval warfare cannot be used.

Take the fire attack that the Chu, Wu, and Yue naval forces are very good at. The flow of the inland river is from west to east. They know how to use the flow of the river to manipulate some small boats and rafts. After igniting, let those small boats and rafts go down the river and hit the enemy ships to ignite.

Regardless of how simple the tactics are, how many inland water battles have been won using such tactics, but people have been tricked again and again.

The set of tactics above the sea was also used by someone. It was Zheng Chenggong who was familiar with the ocean currents in the late Ming Dynasty and arranged the tactics to deal with the Dutch in the inland river. The result was really a big success.

The original country's navy has limited knowledge of the river, and even most of the river sections are in the hands of Chu State, so they don't have an advantage in familiarity. Once it goes deep, it will be an area that Chu State has controlled for a long time. In a water battle on the great river, it is absolutely inevitable to suffer losses.

In history, after the Cao army went south, it annexed the Jingzhou navy. The combined strength of the navy and the army was nearly 30, which was far more than that of Soochow and Liu Bei's army.

Cao Jun first suffered a loss when he chose the water army to station in the camp, and then because he was not familiar with the local climate and wind direction, and most of the northern soldiers in the army were not acclimatized to the south, the result was that nearly 30 Cao Jun lost to the front line and only 3 The Sun Liu coalition army with more than [-] troops.

The original army is not the Cao army, and the Chu State is not as weak as the Sun Liu coalition army. In terms of the strength of the two sides, only based on the current status quo, the Chu army has assembled more troops.

The only thing Cheng Shuo knows about the water field is traveling by boat, and he is not familiar with the rest. He has never thought about doing anything on the big river, but he is interested in gradually understanding water warfare and becoming a person who can command both land and water warfare. General.

According to the original plan, Cheng Shuo should divide the fleet under the chain of command into two parts. One fleet will enter the river westward until the branch of "Jiuzi" enters the tributary, and enters along this tributary. Five Lakes; the other is to go to sea again, and stationed along the Huhaikou, a river along the Wuhu coastal route in Wudi.

This five lakes is the modern Taihu Lake, and it is not far from Wu, the old capital of Wu.

It is just an attempt to enter the five lakes by "Jiuzi", so there will not be too many boats along the way, and the "wing" boats will be the main ones, and only one building boat will be carried.

If the forked tributary of the great river in "Jiuci" can provide boats to sail to the five lakes, the former Congress will build a lot of shipyards on the edge of the five lakes in the future, and then artificially transform the river from the five lakes to the sea. Make Wuhu a large-scale shipbuilding base, manufacturing flat-bottomed boats and sharp-bottomed boats respectively.

Why not build shipbuilding bases along the coast or along the river?The first is that the coast is too desolate, the second is that the river bed of the big river is changeable, and more realistically, there is no shortage of timber for shipbuilding on the Five Lakes.

Not counting Wu or Yue, anyway, they didn't have a high degree of development of their territory, and they could see virgin forests everywhere, and there were many big trees that needed more than a dozen people to hug.

The Central Plains is different. After hundreds of thousands of years of habitat, there may be towering trees, but the number is far less than that of Wu, Yue, Qin and Yan, and compared with Ba and Shu. is less.

In the past, the stronger the national power, the fewer towering trees in their country, and it is hard to say why.

What worried Cheng Shuo was that the Chu State navy was already gathering, and the branch of the river that was going to "Jiuzi" was very close to "Que".

At present, "Que" is occupied by the state of Chu, and there has been a Chu state water army stationed there. This water army has been active in the scene of the confrontation between the original army and the Chu army, but it has never entered the tributaries of the Dajiang River and entered the five lakes.

The original country could not figure out whether the tributary of "Jiuzi" could not be navigated to the five lakes, or whether the Chu State's navy was afraid of being ambushed by the original army in the tributary on both sides of the river.

In addition, even if a tributary can accommodate the "wing" boats, it may not be able to accommodate the downstairs boats. You have to try it out before you know.

It took too long to send people to explore the riverbed. Yuanguo didn't have that much time to waste, so he adopted the most stupid and most tyrannical method, directly sending a large ship to try it out. Of course it would be best if he could pass. No matter how long it takes to rebuild from where it is stranded, it will be a matter of manpower to rebuild it so that the building can pass.

One thing to note is that as long as the river can be marked on the map, the river is usually longer, and the width is generally wider.

After all, water systems that are too small don't need to be marked at all, do they?
Cheng Shuo thought about it and decided not to send a navy to approach the "magpie" for the time being, so as not to trigger a large-scale battle between the two sides in Dajiang.

"You wait to be stationed in 'Han', the enemy can counterattack when they come, and usually don't provoke Chu's navy."

The person who received the order was Zhilin.

As the commander of the navy, Zhiying needs to go out to sea with the fleet. They will appear on the coast of the old capital of Yue Kingdom "Kuiji" by sea, and land in the local bay.

The original army accepted a group of naval generals from the original Yue State, and they had a full understanding of the local conditions.

Of course, it wasn't what the former Yue State navy generals said, the Yuan State would unconditionally believe it.Yuanguo still sent spies to the local area for actual exploration, and the results of the exploration did not match someone's description. After repeated confirmation, the person who lied would definitely be severely punished.

The Yuan State Navy stationed near "Han" made a massive mobilization in one go. Cheng Shuo sent some out one day, and deployed them along the banks of the river. He used the fleet's actions to attract Chu State spies, and arrested those who behaved strangely. .

The people who were arrested were not necessarily spies from the Chu state, but there were definitely problems after interrogation one by one. They were usually spies sent by a resistance organization in Wudi, or someone from an old nobleman.

When the Yue State destroyed the Wu State, many Wu nobles hid in the mountains. Later, the Chu army came to intervene, and many Yue nobles also hid in the mountains until the original army came and occupied them. The local situation was originally It was very complicated, and it became even more complicated when the Yuan army came.

The old aristocrats who did not hide came out and chose to cooperate with the original country. Whether they were the nobles of the Wu country or the nobles of the Yue country, they only wanted to seek the restoration of the country. They clearly knew that the original country would not be able to restore the old country. Cooperation with the original army?
Speaking of it, Yue State is a country supported by Chu State, but the people of Yue State don't think so, at least there is no gratitude after Chu State destroyed Yue State.

At present, it is not only the Yuan country that is facing all kinds of troubles caused by the old nobles of Wu and Yue, but the Chu country is not much better.

The state of Chu wants to cooperate with the old nobles of the state of Wu, but there is too much hatred accumulated between Wu and Chu, and the two sides really lack sufficient mutual trust. disappeared.

On a certain night, Cheng Shuo led his troops to leave the river and go to sea.

The location of this estuary is actually the location of Nantong City in later generations, but it is still a vast ocean.

Not only Nantong City, but a large piece of land in modern times. You are also a sea area. It needs to wait for the Yangtze River to wash down the sediment. After more than 2000 years, it will slowly become a piece of land.

It’s strange to say that the land tends to form on the side of the Yangtze River estuary, the southern side is shorter but wider than the northern side, and the northern side is longer but narrower.

The same is the increase in the amount of land at the mouth of the Yellow River. The same is that the increased land area in the north is rectangular, and the south is a wider fan.

What is the reason for that?Is it caused by the flow of sea water, or is it the change of the location of the sea outlet?
Sailing at sea at night, facing this situation for the first time can make people panic.

Some people will be frightened just by taking a boat on an inland river, and soon they will vomit because of their psychological emotions and the constant ups and downs of the boat when they enter the sea.

Cheng Shuo also felt nauseous, but it was far from the level of vomiting.

The estuary of Dajiang enters the Yellow Sea area, but it is currently called the East China Sea.

The waves off the coast are actually not high, but they are definitely more turbulent than inland rivers.

On the ships of all sizes, there are no army soldiers on the deck, but only sailors and sailors.

Today is a moonless night, but the stars in the sky are so many and bright that it is not the kind of environment where you can't see your fingers.

The position of the station is too low to see the starry sky reflected on the sea surface, but only a large black shadow can be seen when looking to the land, and the lights of thousands of families cannot be seen.

The ship Cheng Shuo was staying on was the flagship, and he didn't want to go down to the cabin at all. He held on to the position that he could hold on to, and his body swayed with the ups and downs of the ship.

"Warships also have glass?" Cheng Shuo asked curiously, pointing to the window of the flagship room.

Glass?Which traverser wouldn't try to burn glass.

It's just that Zhiyao didn't burn glass to sell.

To be honest, in the Spring and Autumn Period, there were not so many gentry who cheated. The king sold glass to the nobles in a way that could not be cheated. There will be a national uproar.

To the extent that the whole country is in an uproar?Social unrest will still be inevitable.

It should be up to the emperor to do it. People and ministers are ready to be taken out by the king to vent their anger.

Therefore, it is not impossible to use glass to deceive the ancients. Either we have been strictly controlling the news, and then kept the amount of glass on the market at a small number. Once the news leaks or there are too many glasses in the market, it is difficult to have a good end.

Yuanguo had glass a few years ago. At first, Zhiyao used it as a reward to officials or nobles, and then it started selling at a reasonable price.

In the past, no matter which part of the ship was in the hollow mode, it was difficult to experience the biting cold wind at night without sailing on the sea.

If possible, wouldn't it be reasonable to install it on the bridge room of each ship?

One thing is that although the glass installed on the bridge is about two centimeters thick, it is not shatterproof, and there is still a risk of shattering when attacked by arrows.

In order to prevent additional damage caused by broken glass, it can be seen that there is a barbed wire mesh with a larger mesh inside and outside the window to fix it.

Barbed wire?Yes, the craftsmen of the original country have already developed the wire drawing technology.

If Zhiyao wanted to, she could get out the chain mail, but Zhiyao didn't do that.

Why doesn't Zhiyao make chain mail?There are too many reasons, the first thing to consider is whether it is necessary or not.

Compared with scale armor and zip armor, which may be shot through by arrows through the gaps, chain mail does seem to have no gaps. As long as the arrow itself is larger than the hole of the chain mail, it will get stuck on it and cannot go further.

As a soft armor, chain mail has the advantages of good mobility and a larger protective area than chain mail.Its flaws are also obvious. Because it is relatively soft and close to the body, it is difficult to defend against long weapons such as blunt strikes and spears and swords. Attacks can directly hurt the wearer through the armor. If the lock ring is not dense enough, long knives, large swords, etc. Weapons such as axes can cut off the lock rings in rows.

It is easy to understand why chain mail has not become highly popular even though it has been used a lot in Zhuxia.Because Zhuxia has always had a large-scale production system, and the demand for melee defense is much higher than that of long-range defense.

To sum it up, the enemies that Zhiyao faces are not dominated by sharp long-range attacks. On the contrary, more attention should be paid to the damage caused in melee combat. Chain mail may be useful, but the real choice to deploy is to walk Into a detour.

The ancients were not stupid. If the real chain mail was more useful in the East, it would not have developed after it was introduced.

Because of the existence of Zhiyao in Yuanguo, a large number of craftsmen will conduct research every time a concept is given, and many new things appear every year.

Cheng Shuo, one of the top executives in the original country, may be used to having too many new things, but most of them don't understand the purpose at all.

This is not difficult to understand. It is not from childhood exposure. It is indeed more difficult to accept new things at a certain age.

For example, modern young people can play very smoothly when they come into contact with smart phones, but some elderly people think it is too fancy, and the older elders firmly believe that mobile phones with buttons are suitable.

"How many days will it take to reach the bay and land?"

"If there are no accidents, we can reach the bay within two days. Whether we land or not depends on the deployment of the Chu army's coastal defenses. We should not rush to land."

That bay was called Hangzhou Bay in later generations, but there are many large and small islands in the current sea area.

In the past, the State of Yue established many camps on those islands. After the State of Yue was annexed by the State of Chu, the Chu army did not abandon the camps on those islands.

What Zhiying needs to think about now is how to make the army land successfully, and how to ensure that the Chu army will not be attacked from the island by attacking the back road, and at the same time exclude the Chu army from launching long-range weapons from the shore to attack the fleet.

Chu State now has bed crossbows, which is the information that Yuan State has already seen. The bay is very narrow and long. Once the Chu army moves the bed crossbows up the mountain for ambushes, and with the bows and arrows with a long enough range, it will indeed be able to attack Yuan who is about to land. The war fleet is causing a lot of trouble!

(End of this chapter)