Martial Arts: Start with 100,000 Xiliang Cavalry

Chapter 187 Talk?hit!
Captain Albert is the commander of the third fleet of Xifeng Country. He has been at the helm of the ace "Red Parrot" of the third fleet for three years, and this year is the fourth year.

"Go back to my hometown after this year's work, go back and find a woman, buy a house near the tavern, and then have a fucking drunk every day!" This is what he often says.

Every time he said that, the soldiers on board would laugh, and they didn't believe it, because Albert said the same thing last year.

They all knew that Albert was reluctant to part with the Red Parrot. After a few years, he loved this ship like he loved his child.

The day before yesterday, the third fleet received a sudden order to rush to the sea area where the eastern country is located.Today, the fleet of Red Parrot arrived at the destination smoothly.

In the cabin, a soldier asked Albert with a hippie smile: "Captain, it's rare to come to the open sea. Let's take a vacation later, let's go to the shore to play around!"

"What nonsense!" Wearing a captain's cap and a bearded Elliott stared, "Don't forget the order!"

"I know, I know... Then there's nothing to worry about 'Bei'an'. The task will be completed soon. Everyone has been floating at sea for more than three months, and they all want to get off the boat and walk on the ground. Good captain, you can do it Come on!"

"Hmph, we'll talk about it later."

"Haha, thank you Captain!"

Seeing Albert let go, the sailors suddenly became joyful.

The corner of Albert's mouth raised slightly, and he also knew that it had indeed been a long time since this voyage.Originally, their third fleet was supposed to return home to rest as originally planned, but a sudden mission came again.

After completing the task, it's okay to let the soldiers go to the shore for a stroll.

Like these sailors, Captain Albert didn't take this mission seriously.In his opinion, it is a complete waste for the third fleet to dispatch half of the ships.

It's not that he has never seen ships from Eastern countries, and they are more than one generation or two behind them, so there is almost no comparison.He only needs to lead the fleet to the vicinity of the ferry and complete the order to suppress the fleet of the "Bei'an" regime, and the task is considered complete.

"The flag of Xi Feng is flying, oh, what a lovely girl, beautiful flowers are blooming, pick up your gun..."

Humming a ditty, Elliot skillfully steered the Red Parrot forward.An hour later, they saw the east ferry of Bei'an capital.

Compared with their military port in Xifeng, this ferry is naturally very simple, with very few machines, and most of them are busy with humans.

But to Albert's surprise, there were quite a few boats around the ferry.Even though most of them are sailing boats and fast boats, the number is several times that of the third fleet.

But that's nothing.

Albert didn't take it very seriously. Their third fleet had just undergone a transformation not long ago, and all warships were equipped with new cannons manufactured by the army's research and development department.

The new ship's cannon is very powerful. Once it is fired, it will only be blown to pieces like that kind of fast boat sailing ship, without any resistance.

In the face of such a powerful ship cannon, the quantity is meaningless.For this reason, Albert was only surprised, not worried, and still let the fleet move forward according to the normal mode.

The Bei'an soldiers at the ferry apparently discovered the approaching fleet of other countries, and immediately entered a state of combat readiness.

Qi Jiguang even asked people to raise the flag, and at the same time arranged and activated various defensive preparations.A large number of soldiers' weapons were mobilized, and all the three bows and eight ox crossbows placed in the fishing village were also pulled out.

These powerful bed crossbows may not be as destructive as cannons.But their potential energy is enough to penetrate the deck and kill the soldiers on board.

And the masters of the rivers and lakes stationed here also entered the state of listening to orders at any time. As long as Qi Jiguang gave orders, they would dive into the water, get close to the enemy's hull, and go up to fight at close range.

This is one of the tactics formulated by Qi Jiguang, using the high force of Jianghu masters to carry out diving beheading operations.

The flags of the two countries are different, but the meaning of "no approaching" is easy to understand.It's like two people who don't understand the language, and one of them slaps the other's face, how can the other party never think it's a sign of friendship.

"Captain, there is a semaphore on the other side, as if to ask us to stop advancing immediately! Do we want an answer?"

"Don't worry about it, keep going." Albert said casually, "Stop at the limit distance."

The limit distance he speaks of is the distance at which enemy ships come within broad range.Within this distance, the enemy's ships would be within range of his fleet's gunfire.

After receiving the order, the ships of the third fleet ignored the flag of the Beian Army and continued to approach.

Qi Jiguang on the shore, with a serious face, informed his soldiers that they were ready to fight.

When the third fleet reached the limit distance, Albert ordered to stop.

He did not take the initiative to launch an attack, because the order given by his superiors was not to directly attack the enemy's port.Otherwise, he would have ordered to fire long ago, and there was no need to get so close.

The order from above was to ask him to make a provocative gesture as much as possible to lure the Bei'an Army to take the initiative to attack, and then their third fleet would counterattack.

There is a reason for such an order. Xifeng Kingdom and the Bei'an regime have never had contact before, and going to war without declaring it will damage the country's reputation.

Of course, reputation doesn't matter to Xifeng Country. What they really want is to achieve their goals without fighting.

That is, in the case of extreme pressure, the enemy is forced to succumb to or even lose his mind under tremendous pressure.At that time, they can start negotiations or use countermeasures to achieve good results.

This is a tactic commonly used by Xifeng Kingdom, and now it wants to use it on the Bei'an Army.Then, letting the fleet berth at a location close to the enemy's port is undoubtedly the ultimate pressure on the sea.

After the fleet stopped, Albert took a wine bottle from his waist and ordered: "Boys, be ready to fight back at any time."

After speaking, he went to the deck by himself, sat leisurely on a sun lounger, squinted his eyes while drinking and looked at the port of Bei'an Army.

As a general, he will not be chaotic in the face of danger, so that he can show his true colors.

Qi Jiguang undoubtedly has this quality, facing the approach of unknown fleets from other countries and ignoring the flags.He didn't choose to fight immediately out of impulse.

Instead, after seeing the enemy fleet stop, he vaguely guessed what the enemy's tactical purpose was.While making all the soldiers ready to attack at any time, he sent someone to contact Su Yuan to report the latest progress.

Now in the capital, Lu Wuyou found Jerry.

Jerry is the company manager of the Saxon country, and he knows something about the West Maple country, which is also an overseas West country.As soon as he heard that the Xifeng Kingdom fleet was coming, he immediately showed contempt.

"This group of hyenas from West Maple Country like to do it!"

He explained.

There are two continents in the west overseas, the Saxon country is the strongest country on one, and the West Maple country is the strongest country on the other.The two countries have always competed with each other and regarded them as rivals.

The Saxon country worked hard to develop overseas trade, and so did the West Maple country.But the target areas of the two sides are different. The Saxon country aims at the east, while the Xifeng country aims at the north.

Due to the different "trade areas" between the two countries, there has been no war in recent years, only occasional small frictions.But now Xifeng Kingdom seems to have discovered that the countries in the east are more fertile, so they have to come in for this.

Among the countries around the East China Sea, Great Zhou undoubtedly occupies a central position, and even if it is now divided internally, it still has enough interests.

After all, the land of the Great Zhouzhou is larger than some small western territories overseas.How can this make Xi Fengguo not jealous?

Jerry said: "Now this West Maple Country is trying to force you to beat them, don't be fooled! I will report it immediately and let people from our government negotiate with West Maple Country! Express condemnation for you and seek justice for you !"

After Jerry finished speaking, Su Yuan said indifferently: "Why should you Saxon and Xifeng decide the matter of Bei'an. We will discuss our justice ourselves."

Jerry was stunned for a moment: "Prince Bei'an, do you want to go to war with Xifeng Kingdom? This is very irrational. Xifeng Kingdom has a higher level of technology and more scientific combat training. My lord, your army will not be Their opponents."

"Really? You still have to try to find out about this kind of thing."

"..."

Jerry didn't expect Su Yuan to be so tough, so he turned to look at Lu Wuyou.

"Lu, you'd better persuade your princes. It is not wise to go to war with Xifeng Kingdom, and it will seriously affect the business we have just established!"

Lu Wuyou usually talks and laughs wittily, which makes people feel like a spring breeze, but at the moment he is also serious.

He refused: "This matter is our Bei'an's internal affairs, and we will make a decision on our own."

"But! Better talk first!"

Jerry undoubtedly didn't want to fight. The Saxon Kingdom and Bei'an had just established a trade route not long ago.If Bei'an goes to war with Xifeng Kingdom, this trade route will immediately become very unsafe.

This may be nothing to Beian, but it will hurt Jerry's company very much!Indeed, the current tariffs are beneficial to Bei'an, but the goods bought by the company can be resold in Saxon, and the profit can be multiplied!
Those aristocratic women all want to wear exquisite silk clothes, and those aristocratic gentlemen can't do without the best camellia.Even ordinary families are proud of owning a set of large porcelain kitchen utensils.

These business opportunities are absolutely unstoppable. Jerry was so angry that he ran back and said that he would contact the Saxon country and let their government officials intervene in this matter.

After he left, Su Yuan gathered his confidants together to discuss countermeasures for this matter.

After Zhou Shu heard the ins and outs, he said seriously: "We must not let them leave easily."

"It must be." Su Yuan nodded.

He had already made up his mind that Xifeng Kingdom would send a battle fleet over without saying hello.And ignored the warning, forcibly broke into the military port area.

If they were allowed to act like this, then Su Yuan would simply hit him to death, he would not be so useless.

"None of these boats and the people on board can leave." Su Yuan made a decision first.

Lu Wuyou said: "My lord, do you want to have a talk before doing it?"

"Talk, what's there to talk about." Su Yuan shook his head, "You can guess, if we show that we want to talk, how high-spirited those Xifeng soldiers will be... I don't want us to send The messenger who went was humiliated by them."

"If you want to talk, let's wait until they are all prisoners!" Su Yuan said, "But then it will not be called a talk, but a trial."

Lu Wuyou nodded silently.

He knew that Su Yuan was different from him, he was relatively gentle in doing things, while Su Yuan was violent.Especially in military terms.

However, it was precisely because of this violent Bei'an army that they were able to occupy half of the Great Zhou in such a short period of time.If we talk about it step by step, I am afraid that until now, the Bei'an Army has only one state and two states at most.

"I agree with the prince's decision." Zhou Shu said, "On the premise that the enemy ignores our warning, we want to negotiate, which is actually a sign of weakness."

"Then fight." After Lu Wuyou adjusted, he immediately began to study the strategy of fighting.

"According to General Qi's report, the enemy fleet has a total of [-] warships, most of which are equipped with ship cannons. I don't know the power, but it must be stronger than our warships."

"If we want to fight, we must avoid those ship guns, and strive to let our soldiers board the enemy ships and fight close combat."

Su Yuan nodded in agreement: "I think the same as Wuyou. This group of guys from Xifeng Kingdom rely on their warships, and they dare to approach our port. This is their biggest mistake! This arrogance will make them die without burial. Di...Zhou Shu, gather all the masters in the military."

"Understood." Zhou Shu went to execute it.

She knew what Su Yuan was going to do, which was nothing more than using the personal strength of the masters of the rivers and lakes to achieve a single breakthrough.If the enemy ship is far away, the masters of the rivers and lakes have to take the boat first if they want to approach, so there is a danger of being bombarded from a long distance.

But now the fleet of Xifeng Kingdom is so arrogant that they dare to dock not far from the port.This saves the masters of the rivers and lakes from sailing, and can directly dive into the water, get close to the ship, and fly to land.

Previously, the major sects in Jiangbei were loyal, and Su Yuan had as many as a thousand masters of the rivers and lakes available here.How difficult is it for a force of this scale to deal with these twenty warships at anchor?
But Su Yuan will not be sloppy, he must be sure that nothing will go wrong in his work, therefore, apart from the masters of the rivers and lakes, Qi Jiguang's normal training of the building boat soldiers must also be used.

Soon, after the mobilization of personnel was completed, Su Yuan personally led the team and rushed to the ferry in the capital.

Qi Jiguang has received Su Yuan's reply and knows that he will fight.He went to observe the Xifeng Kingdom's fleet again, and found that a large number of soldiers on the ship were on the deck, looking this way.

Some were still waving and making strange gestures. Although the Beian Army soldiers couldn't understand them, it was obvious that those gestures were not friendly.

Some masters of the rivers and lakes were so angry that they already wanted to rush over and do it.Qi Jiguang told them to stay calm, he knew that these people could not escape and would soon become captives.Or a dead body.

Albert, the captain of the Red Parrot, was completely unaware of the danger coming.Seeing the sudden silence at the ferry, he thought it was because the Bei'an Army was scared, so he burst out laughing.

"These guys are really a group of cowardly monkeys. It seems that we can't wait for them to take the initiative to attack."

"Captain, shall we do it first?"

"Well, you can fire a shot. You don't need to hit the land. Have you seen their ships? Sink a few for me and see if they can hold their breath."

"understand!"

The sailors immediately went to inform the artillery, and the artillery received the order, adjusted the muzzle, and aimed at a multi-oared boat not far from the ferry.

"boom!"

(End of this chapter)