Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Li Yuanji looked at the determined people and motioned them to stand up.

“I know what you are thinking, this time, it all depends on your ability.

However, before the Northern Expedition, the army had to change its equipment and undergo comprehensive training.

After you go down, select 30,000 soldiers and change their equipment immediately.

In addition, there are 100,000 Type B troops who have completed their equipment changes. Within this month, you must complete the training of the large army and prepare for various tactical coordinated operations.

In the future, all armies will be equipped with rifles, various types of artillery, rockets, and grenades, and your future combat thinking will also have to change accordingly.

You have all experienced the previous wars and led the Shenwu Army to fight. You must continue to do so in the future. Not only will you need to train the army, you must also adapt to new combat methods.

Now there is only one month left, you must complete it within one month, can you do it?"

Xie Shufang and the others still looked at Li Yuanji with full confidence.

"My lord, I will do it within a month!"

Several people have made up their minds, and now they will not allow anyone to back down.

To break into the Tang Dynasty and return to Chang'an is also their long-cherished wish.

From the moment Li Jiancheng was killed by Li Er, the Tang Dynasty should have belonged to Li Yuanji. Li Er was just a usurper who killed his brother and imprisoned his father.

Li Yuanji was also willing to trust Xie Shufang and others. After all, they all had experience and were famous generals or commanders of the time. If they couldn't do it, it would be a bit disappointing.

Li Yuanji then turned his gaze to Wei Shishi.

"Shi Shi, you will lead an army of 30,000 and go to Feng Ang in five days. Feng Ang is currently fighting against Goryeo. You will take the 10,000 divine soldiers who have returned with him with you.

After you go there, follow Feng Ang's command and capture Goryeo as soon as possible, then join forces with Yu Minghe to fight against Li Jing's army."

Since Goryeo wants to fight, Li Yuanji must capture it as soon as possible. He did not have the confidence to divide his troops before, but now he has enough.

Wei Shishi immediately responded, "Yes, Your Majesty!"

Li Yuanji nodded and looked at several people.

"Liu Rengui stays here, you guys go down and get ready."

Xie Shufang and his companions withdrew. Li Yuanji motioned Liu Rengui to come closer and then opened the map on the table.

"When you go down, send more troops to the East China Sea Fleet and strengthen its strength.

After conquering Goryeo, the navy will have to blockade the Bohai Sea area and prepare for the landing of the Marines in Dengzhou.

Now Li Er is concentrating on building ships and expanding his navy. Once a war breaks out, Li Er's navy is very likely to appear in the direction of the East China Sea Fleet.

Because as long as we can destroy our fleets in Dongzhou Prefecture and Andong Prefecture, Li Er will be able to completely resolve the crisis from the east sea and at the same time cut off our contact with Feng Ang, Yu Ming and them.

After you send reinforcements, you will focus on Li Er's navy. After Feng Ang and his men conquer Goryeo, when they advance to Youzhou, they will need the navy to land in Dengzhou and Laizhou to open up another battlefield and relieve the pressure on Feng Ang and his men."

Li Yuanji looked at the map. This time he was going to attack from all sides, from west to east, and invade the Tang Dynasty from all sides. He wanted to see how Li Er would resist.

With so many gaps, Li Er now has only more than 600,000 troops. Li Er wants to have a great battle with him, but he has no such idea.

And if he didn't do this, Li Er would appear passive if he did so.

What is meant by using stillness to overcome movement and striking first after being attacked? Now that he has the strength to strike first, he will have a huge advantage.

Liu Rengui kept looking at the map and spoke immediately after hearing this.

“Don’t worry, my king. Apart from anything else, Li Er’s navy is still a little inferior when it comes to naval battles.

Today, we are ahead in all aspects of firearms. With the range of our current cannons, the enemy's ships will be sunk and people will be killed before they even get close.

If this navy dares to come out, I will make sure they never return!"

"Okay, it's good to have this momentum, and I believe the navy can do it.

Next, you and I will go to the Ship Bureau to receive the thirty warships that have been built, as well as two new warships that you have never seen before.

In addition, we have prepared 30,000 Type B naval troops for you. You can distribute them later and form a fighting force as soon as possible."

Li Yuanji truly believed what Liu Rengui said. When it comes to naval warfare, he was absolutely the strongest.

When Liu Rengui heard what Li Yuanji said, he suddenly became extremely excited. He really didn't expect that the navy also had vacancies for Type B troops. Although there were only 30,000, 30,000 navy troops was really a lot.

At the same time, there are thirty warships. Liu Rengui had originally wanted to mention this matter. Now the navy’s warships are already insufficient. Unexpectedly, Li Yuanji had prepared them for him.

As for the new type of warships that he had never seen before, Liu Rengui was extremely curious. As long as it was something new made by Li Yuanji, he knew that it would not be bad.

Because Li Yuanji would not like the inferior ones and would not bring them up.

"Your Majesty, I am looking forward to this new type of warship that I have never seen before."

"Haha, don't worry, I guarantee you'll be surprised.

We will go over now and satisfy your curiosity."

Not only did he want to satisfy Liu Rengui's curiosity, Li Yuanji was also curious about what the ironclad ship made by the Ship Bureau would look like.

When they arrived at the Shipping Bureau, Zheng Yangping welcomed Li Yuanji in.

"I am late, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"Haha, no problem. I came here to see the iron-clad sea vessels built by your Shipping Bureau. Take me to have a look first."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Li Yuanji followed Zheng Yangping and walked inside, passed through the Shipping Bureau, and came to the port. Looking at the two docked ironclad ships, Li Yuanji was particularly shocked for a moment.

The most intuitive thing was the two rows of cannons on the ship. They were really thick and long, and Li Yuanji couldn't take his eyes off them for a while.

Liu Rengui, who was standing next to him, looked at the ironclad ship with his eyes wide open in disbelief. He had never thought that a warship could be like this, especially those rows of cannons, which made Liu Rengui's heart excited.

At this moment, Liu Rengui was already thinking about the scene of the two rows of cannons firing while driving the ironclad ship recklessly on the sea. The cannons on the ironclad ship were larger than the cannons currently used by the navy. Compared with these, the cannons on the navy's ships could only be described as tiny.

"My lord, can this ship really sail on the sea?"

Liu Rengui came back to his senses and asked Li Yuanji in a daze. He really couldn't believe that such a large piece of iron could sail on the sea without sinking.

Li Yuanji looked at Liu Rengui's shocked and puzzled expression, smiled, and then looked at Zheng Yangping.

"Go and drive the ship out to have a look, and then tell him what this ironclad ship is like."

Zheng Yangping agreed immediately and began to arrange for people to board the ship. After a while, the ship started to move and headed towards the port.

Zheng Yangping then took Li Yuanji to a high platform with a wide view and brought a telescope.

“Your Majesty, this ship is made of steel using the latest smelting technology from the Iron Bureau. Although it looks large and heavy, it is not as heavy as you might imagine.

The speed of the ship is slightly faster than today's seagoing ships. This is also the credit of the Research Institute. They made three consecutive improvements to achieve this.

The cannons on both sides and in the front and back were discussed by me and Liu San from the Firearms Bureau. We had to ensure that there was sufficient firepower, and at the same time, that when the ship was firing, the thrust generated by the cannons would not cause the hull to shake violently and sink.

Therefore, there are not so many cannons deployed on both sides, but there are still six cannons on the same side that can concentrate their fire.

There are two main guns with a caliber of 180 mm, and on both sides there are two 160 mm guns and two 140 mm cannons respectively.

Small cannons are also set up in front and behind the ship to prevent the large cannons from being unable to adjust in time when the distance gets close. The small cannons can fire more frequently.

However, even though it was a small cannon, its caliber reached eighty millimeters.

It’s a pity that the mines that the king mentioned before have not been developed by the Firearms Bureau yet, so they cannot be equipped.

However, the ship can also be equipped with improved rockets. According to Liu San, the power of the rocket can now reach the explosion power of a 120mm cannon, and the range has also been increased from about three miles to about six miles. In other words, the range of the rocket can now reach about three kilometers.

In addition, according to Liu San, they are still developing rockets with greater power and longer range, but they have not been successful so far, and it is said to be very difficult. "

Li Yuanji listened quietly, his heart filled with surprise. He himself had not expected that this ironclad ship was not only made of steel manufactured by the Iron Bureau using the latest smelting technology, but its main component was steel, not iron.

He was particularly surprised by the artillery equipped on the ship. The maximum caliber reached 180 mm, and the calibers of the cannons on both sides were 140 and 160 mm respectively.

That’s not all. The Firearms Bureau even developed a new type of rocket, which was an improvement on the previous fire dragon emerging from the water.

At this moment, Li Yuanji felt that the Fire Dragon Water Rocket he exchanged was totally worth it.

In fact, on land battlefields, rockets are used far less frequently than cannons, because although the Fire Dragon Out of Water is a rocket, its power is relatively small and not as effective as a cannon.

But now the improved rocket has greatly increased its power and range. In subsequent wars, this rocket can also be used as a kind of artillery.

More importantly, the rocket is easier to transport than a cannon. Before trucks are put into service to pull cannons in the army, rockets are undoubtedly a better choice.

For a moment, Li Yuanji was looking forward to the moment when this rocket would truly become a rocket. Although there was no guidance technology at present, he had mastered the basics of the rocket first. At worst, he could use the system to exchange for the guidance technology.

When Liu Rengui heard about the configuration of the ironclad ship, he became extremely excited. His eyes were full of heat as he looked at the ironclad ship sailing on the sea.

Thinking that his navy would all have ships like this in the future, Liu Rengui couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth, and the smile was piled on his face, making him look silly.

At this time, Zheng Yangping's voice came again.

"Your Majesty, now that the ship has sailed out, would you like to conduct a cannon attack on the sea for Your Majesty to see?"

"Oh? Then let them start bombarding the sea."

Li Yuanji was very happy to hear this. Although he had seen it, he really wanted to see with his own eyes what these cannons looked like.

As Zheng Yangping had his men waving flags on the platform, the people on the ship seemed to see it and the speed of the ship began to slow down. Li Yuanji could clearly see through the telescope that the people on each artillery platform had taken their positions and began to rotate the direction of the cannons.

After a while, a loud rumbling sound was heard, and in the distance, bursts of water exploded from the ironclad ship, but the ship itself only shook slightly, which did not affect the normal operation and driving of the ship at all.

Then two sparks suddenly rose on the boat. Li Yuanji looked closely and saw the rocket begin to take off and rush forward diagonally. After flying for a distance, a piece of the tail of the rocket suddenly fell off. The rocket continued to move forward at a faster speed and finally fell into the sea and exploded.

Li Yuanji was particularly happy when he saw this scene. The rocket was still the same rocket, and it was still based on the same principle as the fire dragon emerging from the water. It was launched using a binary rocket, but now it has been improved and is undoubtedly better and more excellent.

Looking at the power and speed of this rocket, not to mention its accuracy, he really couldn't figure out why the Qing Dynasty didn't continue researching and improving on this rocket after the Ming Dynasty created the fire dragon coming out of the water.

In addition to the two-stage rocket of the Fire Dragon Emerging from the Water, the Ming Dynasty's firearms also had the Divine Fire Flying Crow, which was exactly the original combat concept of aerial aircraft. Why did it never appear again later?

Originally, he exchanged the Fire Dragon for Water just to solve the problem of insufficient firepower. He never thought that he would be able to make a breakthrough in rockets now, because in history, after the Ming Dynasty came up with these, there was no follow-up. He thought it was too difficult to improve.

But now that the Firearms Bureau had developed this new type of rocket, Li Yuanji was a little confused. In history, the Ming Dynasty had already developed the earliest rocket, the Fire Dragon Emerging from Water, and it was a two-stage rocket. Logically, they should have mastered a very solid foundation, but why was there no follow-up?

Li Yuanji couldn't figure it out, and he stopped thinking about it. Now that he saw the Rockets' further progress, he would not let this technology fall into obscurity, and he had to let the Firearms Bureau vigorously promote it.

Seeing the firepower strike capability of the ironclad ship this time, Liu Rengui's eyes became even more heated. At this moment, he wished he could take the two warships back immediately so that the navy could familiarize themselves with them as soon as possible and be able to put them into the battlefield as soon as possible.

This ship is indeed much better than the navy's current warships in every aspect.

Li Yuanji came back to his senses and looked at Liu Rengui.

"Zhengze, you will select someone from the navy to learn how to operate this ship. You must master it within one month."

Liu Rengui looked at Li Yuanji excitedly and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. It won't take a month, at most half a month. If the navy can't learn it, I will bring my head to you!"

Liu Rengui couldn't wait for a month for such a good ship.

Li Yuanji nodded and then looked at the two of them.

“These two ships don’t have names yet, so I will name them now. The one at sea is the Leizhou ship, and the one at the port is the Guangzhou ship.

The names of the two ships were printed later so that everyone could see our new warships.

Leizhou Ship, Guangzhou Ship! "

Li Yuanji also had ambitions. These two ships were just the beginning. Every state would have its own ships in the future.

When aircraft carriers can be manufactured, every prefecture will have its own aircraft carrier! (End of this chapter)