After Qin Dapeng left the military camp, Qin Wenyuan transferred several artillery pieces and carried them to the ship.
Not long after Zu Yi saw Qin Wenyuan, he had someone carry an object he had never seen before onto the big ship. Hearing what Qin Wenyuan said was artillery fire, he was a little strange for a moment. He looked around the cannon and saw that it was glowing with black metal.
The slender barrel gave him the feeling that this thing was too childish, and it was not as powerful as a catapult, but he had no idea how powerful this weapon was.
Seeing Zu Yi's attitude, Qin Wenyuan didn't say anything. He first asked Zu Yi to place the cannons around the ship for easy combat. After waiting for half a day, the cannons were placed properly. Qin Wenyuan ordered Zu Yi to move the ship farther away.
He directed the soldiers who carried the cannon onto the ship to do this and then fired a cannon at a rock on the coast.
But a huge "boom" sound was heard, and in the dust and smoke, only the bombarded reefs were blown up and rubble flew everywhere. When the gun was fired, the fireworks ejected from the gun barrel stunned Zu Yi, and he fired the gun.
Several soldiers were scared to death and were sitting on the boat gasping for air.
When the cannon was fired, Qin Wenyuan roughly felt the shaking of the ship's hull. He was already roughly aware of the shaking of the ship caused by the recoil of the cannon. It seemed that a cannon of this caliber installed on the ship would have little impact on the ship. Now he was completely relieved and immediately
Zu Yi said eagerly.
"Master Zu can hurry up and clean up the other ships and install them all with this kind of artillery fire. Once installed, I will take these ships to visit the bandits on the surrounding islands to see if they can all be wiped out."
Zu Yi, who was still stunned by the power of the artillery fire, was stunned when he heard Qin Wenyuan's words. Holding a golden cannonball, he knelt down and said respectfully to Qin Wenyuan as if he were facing a god.
"I will obey the general's instructions and will do my best to reinforce and repair these warships to help the general clear out the pirates as soon as possible!"
Qin Wenyuan raised Zu Yi up with gentle words and encouragement, and asked him to move all his family members on the seaside to live in the city. The Qin family will provide his family with land and daily necessities. Any of his family members who are good at shipbuilding and know how to survive as a craftsman will
All can be used in the military.
Zu Yi was very excited by Qin Wenyuan's words of concern for his family. It was Zu Yi's blessing to meet such an official. It was unlike the army of the Sui Dynasty that only knew how to employ people but did not care about the life and death of its subordinates or their relatives at home.
From then on, Zu Yi completely regarded building warships for the Qin family army as repaying Qin Wenyuan's kindness. He took several boys from his family and a group of craftsmen to work on the construction site of the seaside port construction, building warships one by one.
The ship's wood was neatly packed by them, and drawings of warships were passed to Xu Tian from time to time. Once they got Qin Wenyuan's approval, they planned to start building new warships.
Qin Wenyuan had his own plans for building a new type of warship. He needed a warship that could operate at sea for a long time and transport troops. Qin Wenyuan looked at the drawings provided by Zu Yi and combined them with the appearance of the warships he had seen in his previous life, and summoned Zu Yi.
Yi, Li Kuang, and Mo Yazi put forward their own opinions and suggestions during the discussion at the military camp.
Although Qin Wenyuan did not understand how to build a warship, the ideas he proposed made Zu Yi, Li Kuang, Mo Yazi and others shine. Li Kuang knew that Qin Wenyuan had some fantastic ideas and was not surprised at all. In Licheng
When "Qinjiacun" first met this kid, he was already familiar with it, but Mo Yazi and Zu Yi were so shocked by this kid's idea of transcending this era that they wanted to see what was in this kid's brain.
According to Qin Wenyuan's idea, several people changed the drawing and it was a bit exciting to look at it. However, the tapered shape of the bow is more in line with the appearance of moving forward and chopping waves in the water. Qin Wenyuan requested the power part at the bottom of the cabin.
The two groups on the left and right must accommodate at least one hundred men to row the oars, and Qin Wenyuan made innovations in the design of the oars, making it easier for the soldiers to row the oars.
Looking at the small movable connecting rod on the sculling structure drawn by Qin Wenyuan, Li Kuang and Mo Yazi sighed. It's just that this small thing can save the soldiers a lot of energy. In a long-term battle at sea, such a
A small connecting rod can make the enemy's ships no longer a match for the Qin army's warships in terms of speed.
Zu Yi was completely shocked by Qin Wenyuan's erudition. He no longer dared to be proud of his knowledge of ships. He finally became more humble in front of this young general and kept mumbling.
"It's true that there is a world outside the sky, and there are people outside the world!"
After settling the matter of the warship and handing it over to Zu Yi as the main responsible, Qin Wenyuan once again told Li Kuang and Mo Yazi to speed up the construction of the port and military camp. He wanted to win before the battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Eastern Turk Jieli Khan.
To end everything here, Qin Wenyuan would like to lead his army from the sea via Youzhou to raid the Yinshan Mountains to block the Eastern Turks' escape. According to his memory in his previous life, the war in October of the third year of Zhenguan was about to begin.
It's only a few months away from now.
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In mid-March of the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, Qin Wenyuan began to clean up pirates on nearby islands in Dengzhou. The government notices advised those bandits on the islands to surrender themselves to the Dengzhou Yamen as long as they were not heinous. The government will
The original evil deeds they committed were not investigated and these people were resettled in Dengzhou and the government arranged their livelihood. This move made many gangsters who were unlucky and often oppressed by the pirates of Salmon Island try to come to Dengzhou from the small island where they lived.
The Yamen surrendered, and in a short period of time, thousands of pirates surrendered.
On this day, Qin Wenyuan was fully clothed and immediately stood on the general's platform at the newly built school ground in the military camp. Thousands of soldiers of the Qin family army lined up in the school ground with solemn expressions and neat swords and guns. Thousands of surrendered pirates were surrounded in the school ground, and they were a little scared. I don't know.
What does the general want to do to them?
Several war drums resounded through the sky, and thousands of soldiers shouted loudly.
"I'll see you later General!"
Qin Wenyuan waved his hand to signal the soldiers to be quiet, and said loudly to the pirates who were already frightened and stunned by the formation.
"Now that you have become good deeds, those who are willing to join the Xu family navy can stay and receive military uniforms and other equipment to receive training. Those who do not want to join the army can go to the Yamen to report and wait for the allocation of housing and jobs, whether they are in the army or as civilians.
You will all be glad for your choice today. From today on, pirates will no longer be allowed to cause trouble in Dengzhou. I am here to advise those pirates who are still doing evil on the island to wash their hands and surrender ashore as soon as possible, leaving a way out for themselves and their families.
, Otherwise, don’t blame this general for being ruthless!”
After Qin Wenyuan's words, there were many single men among the pirates who were willing to join the army. However, among the dark crowd, there was a tall and tall man with a beard. On the cold March day, his arm muscles were still exposed.
, squeezed out of the pirate group and walked away, saying loudly.
"A certain Zhou Cang family is willing to follow the general to make great achievements, and hopes that the general will help the villain."
Xu Tian was overjoyed to see this burly man. He must have some ability to dare to shout here. To confirm what he thought, Qin Wenyuan spoke loudly again.
"Wu Na man, whatever your ability, you must follow this general. If you can take my three moves, then what do you want?"
"Please give the general back to the villain's weapon, and the villain can take the general's three moves!"
The man named Zhou Cang didn't show any weakness when he heard what Qin Wenyuan said and replied loudly.
"Give him weapons!"
Qin Wenyuan said as he jumped off the horse and landed next to the big man after a few ups and downs.
After the big man got his weapon, Qin Wen saw from a distance that the big man made an iron rod that was ten feet long. He held it in his hand and it stood like an iron tower, just like the temple protector he had seen in the temple in his previous life. It looks good, but I don't know what's going on with this big man's job.
Qin Wenyuan made a gesture with his bare hands. Zhou Cang saw that Qin Wenyuan was so confident that he dared to fight him without a weapon. This man also had a bold temper, so he threw the iron rod aside and held a fist as big as a copper bowl with both hands. When the wind came, he hit Qin Wenyuan, but the force should not be underestimated. If he was hit by him, it would really hurt his muscles and bones.
Zhou Cang's seemingly simple moves this time were due to his powerful strength, which made people dare not easily connect with his fists. Qin Wenyuan used Tai Chi's moves to use softness to overcome hardness. It took four or five moves to knock down the arrogant man. Seeing Zhou Cang getting up from the ground this time, he was still dissatisfied and was thrown down several times by Xu Tian using the same move. Then he knelt down and shouted loudly.
"The general is mighty, Zhou Cang is convinced, beg the general to take him in!"
Qin Wenyuan helped Zhou Cang up and laughed loudly.
"What a heroic man, please follow me from now on!"
Zhou Cang happily paid homage to Qin Wenyuan again, and from then on he followed Xu Tian in the northern and southern wars until he accumulated military merits and became the third-rank Jinwu General in the imperial court, achieving a story of a lower-class person counterattacking a high-ranking official.
While Qin Wenyuan was in a hurry to recruit pirates from all walks of life, the pirates on Salmen Island were already preparing for a battle with Xu Tian. The pirate leader Zhang Dabao was sitting on the high position of the village leader and shouted loudly to several of his leaders.
"Ma San, Kong Lao Er, after your damn subordinate Lu Mao'er was beheaded by Qin Wenyuan, there has been no news about Dengzhou. Don't you two send more people to Dengzhou to find out more news?"
"Boss Zhang, it's not that we didn't send people to Dengzhou, it's because the fishermen on the nearby islands all defected to the government army. The people we sent were all recognized and captured and beheaded by the government army. Now there is no such brother. Don’t you dare go to Dengzhou to inquire about news again.”
"You are so cowardly. Qin Wenyuan is a young boy with barely even hair. I don't know what you are afraid of. If the situation continues like this, what will happen if there is no food in the water village? You can't let the brothers just work without eating."
"Report!"
Just when Zhang Dabao was discussing Dengzhou and the village with his men, a pirate shouted loudly.
"Come in and tell me what's going on!"
"Boss Zhang, the young men were sailing on the sea and found that several merchant ships were heading towards the waters near our village. They thought they were going to pass through here to arrive at the Silla ship. From a distance, we saw some women on the ship. It's just because your eyes are hot, the boss should quickly order everyone to rob this merchant ship, the brothers have been unconscious for a long time."
"Xiao Qi, go and see if the situation is true. Pay attention to whether there is any sign of the Dengzhou navy on the water. I will then lead people to follow you. If everything goes as usual, we will capture a few merchant ships for the brothers to beat them up!"
The merchant ships sailing on the sea were the Silla Dynasty envoys and Silla merchants who came from Silla to land in Laizhou and then to Chang'an. The ships carried the beauties and some jewelry and gold that King Jinzhende of Silla had dedicated to the Tang Dynasty. There were also merchants preparing
The goods traded in Chang'an and Qizhou, several ships loaded with people and materials, finally entered the waters of Dengzhou after several days of wandering, thinking that they could pass through Dengzhou and enter Laizhou in less than a day.
The Silla King's envoys and merchants on the boat looked at the not-so-distant coast with joy, but they didn't know that the danger had quietly arrived.
Qin Wenyuan had to send scouts disguised as fishermen to various places to report that a caravan was traveling to the Dengzhou waters. There seemed to be malicious boats following the merchant ships for a long time. If you think about it, you would know that these following boats must be pirate spies spying on the merchant ships.
Then they summoned soldiers to camouflage the two warships that had been equipped with cannons, and then quickly drove to an island and reef where merchant ships must pass through the sea route and hid them behind them.
At this time, Qin Wenyuan was standing on the deck holding a telescope to observe the movement of Silla merchant ships. After a while, he saw a dozen medium-sized speedboats rushing out from the islands and reefs near the coast to surround the merchant ships, and one of them was slightly
The large warships were flying various flags and seemed to be commanding the charging clippers.
The people on the merchant ship had already discovered that the pirates were trying to stop them and save their lives. Looking from a distance, they saw that there seemed to be many soldiers on the ship carrying rackets and crossbows, preparing to deal with the pirates. However, the panic scene on the deck of the ship made it difficult for them to use binoculars.
Qin Wenyuan, who had been observing the situation, believed that these soldiers were definitely no match for the pirates.
Look at how arrogant the pirates are with hooks, spears, swords, bows and arrows. They set up bows and arrows on the ship one by one, igniting the arrows and threatening the merchant ship to stop, otherwise they will shoot the flaming arrows at them. The cold
The weather is dry and the wind is howling on the sea. If these rockets are fired and ignite the items piled on the ship, what will happen?
At this moment, Qin Wenyuan ordered the warships to attack. The ship he was on raised a flag and ordered another warship to attack the other side's command ship. The two warships sailed out of the hidden island reef. Qin Wenyuan's ship fired the first cannon attack.
The pirate ship that threatened merchant ships with rockets.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
After several thunderous noises, I saw that the pirate ship that had been showing off just now had its planks flying around, its hull was blown to pieces, and it began to sink crookedly.
Cries for help, screams, the crackle of fire burning ships, cheers from merchant ships and the sound of wind on the sea resounded across the sea.
Qin Wenyuan commanded the warships to continue attacking the pirates' clippers. After dozens of cannons were fired, the dozens of pirate ships on the sea were already filled with thick smoke. Many pirates jumped into the cold water and swam crazily towards the coast.
, the medium-sized warship commanding the pirates quickly retreated to an island reef with fire and smoke after taking the second shot, and fled quickly by turning left and right. Unfortunately, Xu Tian's warship was not familiar with this sea route, so it just stared at it.
The unsinkable warship fled the battlefield.
Qin Wenyuan led his army to victory in the first battle and escorted the Silla merchant ships to the ground in Dengzhou to rest for a while. The envoy sent by King Jin Zhende of Silla to the Tang Dynasty led the merchants to disembark and pay a visit to Xu Tian. He saw that the construction site on the seaside was busy and there were many soldiers at the military camp not far away.
, thinking of the powerful artillery fire from the warships he saw on the sea just now, the envoy of the King of Silla felt nothing but shock.