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Chapter 562 Delivery of the Gunship
The weather in early May is getting hotter.Different from the peaceful Chang'an City, the Dongping Mansion on Shandong East Road has an atmosphere of imminent war.

As the Forbidden Army started training in Dongping Mansion, the water bandits on Liangshan seemed to have become uncomfortable.From time to time, they send ships over to provoke them. The forbidden army is the elite of the imperial court. How can they bear such arrogance?Immediately rushed to catch up, but the boat was not fast enough, and was thrown farther and farther by others.Several times like this, the imperial guards ignored them, and only waited for the water thieves to fire rockets as soon as they approached. The water thieves were so scared that they jumped up and scolded "straight mother thief" and "these birds"...

Lu Chenhuan, the commander of the forbidden army, also learned to stand firm on the ship without telling the truth to everyone.If there is a fight, he, the commander of the first army, can't even stand firm, and he will lose face.Facts have proved that as long as the training is proper, even the northerners can fly like flying boats.As expected of Zhu Quanyu's background as a water thief, even Chen Fangyun, the Marquis of the Tiger Wing Army of the Imperial Navy, didn't know some tricks.Youdao is 360 lines, and the best is the best.Water pirates have a bad reputation, but they also rely on their brains and physical strength to make a living.After all, relying on mountains to eat mountains, relying on water to eat water.But if he got caught wrongly, he could only blame himself for what he deserved.

On the west bank of the water moor, this is the garrison of the forbidden army.In the commander's tent, Fatty Lu was concluding with Chen Fangyun, Marquis of the Tiger Wing Army.

"Commander Lu, the Imperial Army has been training for so long, so they should be able to fight the water thieves? Why did I wait and wait? If these water thieves fled to the Yellow River, it would be difficult to deal with. The Holy Majesty blamed it, You and I can't afford to walk around..." Chen Fangyun looked at the marching map and said worriedly.

Lu Chenhuan had a big belly, loosened his belt, and then said slowly: "The imperial army has been trained, but the warship promised by His Majesty has not come, how can we fight? With those broken boats, hey, you can practice on weekdays." , If we really fight, I'm afraid you and I will be buried in the belly of a fish! Besides, His Majesty is not in a hurry, why are you in a hurry?"

Chen Fangyun smiled wryly and said, "Commander Lu, you didn't go to carry the rations. Those common people looked at us and dared not speak out..."

Lu Chenhuan wondered: "Our imperial army helps them drive away water thieves, why don't they appreciate it?"

"Commander Lu didn't know that the Liang Shanshui thieves didn't do anything to these ordinary people, they only robbed wealthy businessmen. But after we came, the local people wanted to provide us with food, and they couldn't even go fishing in the water. How can the local people not hate me for their livelihood?" Chen Fangyun said eloquently, and the more Lu Chenhuan listened to it, the more he felt uncomfortable.

"That's it, so what's the matter?" Lu Chenhuan sighed, and was about to say something, when a voice sounded from outside the tent door: "Commander, Commander, there are...someone...no, a ship is coming! "

Lu Chenhuan was annoyed, and said angrily: "The water thief is here? Just call the general back. Do you still need to ask the general for a military order?"

The messenger outside the tent said: "It's not a water thief, it's a ship of the imperial court!"

Lu Chenhuan was taken aback: "A ship from the imperial court?"

Chen Fangyun came to his senses: "Is it a new ship?"

"Yeah, all the weird new ships..."

Lu Chenhuan jumped up excitedly, he has long been tired of staying in this ghostly place, now that the new type of warship has arrived, how can he hold back? "Go, go and see!"

Opening the tent door, Lu Chenhuan shouted, "Get your horse ready!"

The soldiers hurriedly brought his horse, which was a new horse, which was obtained from the trade with the Liao Kingdom.Although he can't travel thousands of miles a day and eight hundred miles at night, he is still an extraordinary horse, able to carry Lu Chenhuan's fat body, tossing and turning, and galloping in all kinds of ways.Lu Chenhuan has always loved horses like his life, and now he loves horses even more.

He patted his horse and rushed to the shore. In fact, with his eyesight, he had already seen a new type of warship five miles away.If someone is an expert, he can tell at a glance that something is wrong with this new type of warship, but Lu Chenhuan is a layman in water warfare, so he can't see the way at all.

Patting his horse to the shore, he threw the reins to a soldier of the Forbidden Army, and excitedly patted Zhu Quanyuan who was looking at the new warship from behind, and said, "How is it?"

"The Forbidden Army is commanding Lu Chenhuan to receive the order!"

Lu Chenhuan was stunned for a moment, but fortunately he was a martial artist, so he reacted very quickly and immediately knelt down first.Then he knelt down beside him, the person who announced the decree didn't look like a servant, so Lu Chenhuan didn't react for a while.

"The imperial edict said, Lu Chenhuan, the commander of the forbidden army, is now handing over forty new warships to you, and ordering you to deal with the Liang Shanshui bandits before the year. Whether it is recruiting security or destroying them all, in short, I want to see It’s just the result. If you can’t do it, I’ll dismiss you! April [-]th in the fourth year of Hong Xiang.”

"The last general thanked God for his grace!"

These vernacular edicts were understood by all the soldiers of the Imperial Army, and they all wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, holding back all the time.Lu Chenhuan noticed it, and said cursingly: "What's so funny, this is the holy family Zhenglong, what do you know! I said Brother Zhu, you are the happiest, tell me what you are happy about?"

Zhu Quanjian pointed at the new-style warship behind him, almost dying of laughter.Lu Chenhuan was confused, grabbed Chen Fangyun who had just arrived, and asked with a frown, "Is there anything wrong with this new boat?"

"How could it be a sail? It shouldn't be..." Chen Fangyun said anxiously, "Commander Lu, how can this sail warship be able to drive a car and boat? Is this really a new ship? Could it be a mistake?"

Lu Chenhuan didn't understand either, Zhu Quanjian was laughing, with these forty sailing warships, they couldn't beat the Liang Shanshui bandits at all.He was overjoyed to see that he was going to be fired.This person, don't be too bad.Fatty Lu was sulking, and cursed: "You are unlucky, you will hit your heels if you fart!"

"General Lu, the younger one is the artillery instructor personally appointed by the Holy Majesty, won't General Lu take a look at the power of this warship first?" The person who announced the decree looked like a soldier in the army, and said neither humble nor overbearing.

Lu Chenhuan said with a gloomy face, "Just this broken boat, what else is there to see?"

"General Lu really doesn't want to take a look?" the artillery instructor asked.

Chen Fangyun noticed something was wrong, and quickly persuaded him: "Commander Lu, how could His Majesty take the war as a joke? This new warship must have its own secrets. Why don't you take a look first, if it doesn't work, write a memorial later ..."

These words hit Lu Chenhuan's heart, this fat man had this idea in his heart, he waved his hand impatiently and said: "You can do as you say! Today I want to see what kind of new ship this is, what is it! "

The artillery instructor smiled mysteriously, and said: "Please order General Lu to cover your ears!"

"What?" Lu Chenhuan didn't understand, and asked instead.But the artillery instructor didn't seem to hear it, and boarded the ship from the simple temporary port opened by the imperial army.Lu Chenhuan murmured: "The movements are nimble, like a soldier in the army!"

(End of this chapter)