Two hours later, as the sun set, twenty newly built large ships and Su Ji's fifteen merchant ships formed a huge fleet of thirty-five ships and sailed out to sea.
Six iron boats, two in the front, two in the back, were sailing in the outer circle, and 800 soldiers from the Sujia Fire Gun Battalion were scattered on them to serve as guards; twelve ships loaded with various supplies were sailing in the middle circle, and seventeen large ships were carrying
Gold, silver and other valuables and more than 3,000 people who followed Su Jin were used in the innermost circle.
Su Jin stood on the largest ship and looked back. Thick smoke was still rising over the Mingzhou Port under the setting sun, making the sky above the Mingzhou Port look gray and desolate; a group of dark people on the port
The crowd was vaguely visible. It was where the officials attending the banquet and the common people who came after hearing the news gathered spontaneously. There were no cheers or waves, but only endless silence.
Su Jin breathed a sigh of relief, calmed down from the sad mood, and turned around to tell Wang Chao: "Hang a flag to order Mahan who is leading the way to pay attention to the enemy situation ahead. Han Jiang, a thief, led the Zhejiang Navy to intercept us on the sea. Do your best.
Be prepared to meet the enemy, and there must be no mistakes in fighting at sea."
Chao Chao said: "Young master, don't worry. Once discovered, hot air balloons will be flown out immediately to bomb them. Without giving them a chance to react, they will be sunk in the sea."
Su Jin nodded and said to Li Zhong, who was standing beside him with his hands clasped behind his back: "Brother Zhaoting, you will have to work harder after you go to sea. I'm afraid you will be responsible for all the trivial matters that the fleet personnel take care of."
Li Chong smiled and said: "That's natural, you can rest assured."
Su Jin looked at Li Zhong and said: "Brother Zhaoting, do you blame me for dragging you down a road of no return? Originally, you could have a better future in the Song Dynasty, but following me has a vague and ignorant future, which also goes against your will."
This is what our ancestors taught us.”
Li Zhong shook his head and said: "Brother Su, although I, Li Chong, are stupid, I am not stubborn. After seeing you in Luzhou that day, I was first impressed by Brother Su's talent, and then I gradually understood that Brother Su is the most powerful.
What matters is not writing poems and lyrics, but the courage to be the first in the world. Following Brother Su makes me feel more important than ever before. In the past, I always felt that I had no control over many things. I knew how to do it, but was powerless. Following Brother Su, I feel that I am more important than ever before.
Know what it means to turn your hands to make clouds and turn your hands to make rain, and what it means to grasp your destiny."
Su Jin smiled and said, "Really?"
Li Zhongdao: "Not me, General Jingtai, General Pan Jiang, we all had the same feeling when we were chatting; what we admire most is not everything you did for the Song Dynasty. Do you know what it is?"
Su Jinxiao asked: "What is it?"
Li Chong looked at the seagulls soaring up and down in the sky, being plated in golden color under the setting sun, and said slowly: "We all thought in private that if the emperor treats you like this, you will definitely seize the throne with your charisma and control.
With advanced weapons such as firearms, grenades, and airships, it shouldn’t be difficult to do this. But you didn’t do that. Instead, you chose to leave the Song Dynasty and go overseas to find a place to live. This is what makes me completely admire you.
You have not forgotten that you are a citizen of the Song Dynasty, and your actions are enough to make all the people of the Song Dynasty believe in your loyalty, and any slander and rumors will not be believed by them."
Su Jin laughed loudly and said: "Brother Zhaoting, how could you praise me like this to my face? I would raise my tail. You may have misunderstood me. I chose to leave not because of my loyalty to the emperor, but because I didn't want to."
Seeing that the prosperous Song Dynasty that we created with our own hands was destroyed by the war, and tens of millions of people were displaced and returned to misery, then what is the meaning of our struggle for more than ten years? Isn't it true that we have been busy for more than ten years in vain? "
Li Chong said in surprise: "Then you are willing to throw everything you have created with your own hands to the emperor?"
Su Jin said: "Wrong, I didn't leave it to the emperor, but to the people, and to future generations. What I left to the Song Dynasty was not just mines, commercial markets, convenient roads, etc. You can see
These things can all be destroyed by human power, but there is one thing that can never be destroyed, and that is the change in lifestyle and the enlightenment of people's wisdom. This is the most valuable wealth and what I am most proud of."
Li Zhong nodded slowly and looked thoughtfully at the rolling water under the side of the ship, with the same thoughts in his heart.
Su Jin patted his shoulder and said: "There are some things I can't tell you in the Song Dynasty. When we get to the land we want to go to, I will tell you everything. You will be even more surprised by then; by the way, you
Which ship is your uncle, General Jingtai, on?"
Li Chong blushed and pointed to a large ship in the distance behind: "General Jingtai, General Pan and Prime Minister Yan are on that ship. They have prepared more than a hundred jars of good wine. During this time at sea, I am afraid it will take a long time."
I've been drunk all day long."
Su Jin laughed loudly and said: "It's okay, a drunkenness will solve a thousand worries. They were also dragged into the water by me, but they will be of great use in the future."
Li Zhongdao: "By the way, you never told us where we are going? Are we just looking for an overseas desert island?"
Su Jin waved his hand and smiled and said: "How is that possible? I was planning to tell everyone about the situation. Since you asked, I will tell you first. On the other side of the sea..."
"Discovered enemy situation..." Su Jin's words were interrupted by a loud voice from Ma Han. The two of them quickly looked towards the bow of the ship and saw a dozen small black dots lined up on the sea level in the distance.
It is a Zhejiang navy ship commanded by Han Jiang.
Su Jin immediately ordered other ships to slow down, and the six escort ships quickly sailed forward to prepare for the battle. After a stick of incense, the two fleets heading towards each other met less than a thousand steps away. The other fleet rushed directly towards them menacingly. The people on the ship
The crossbow and rocket were also ready. Han Jiang gritted his teeth and gave the order to attack freely. After being suppressed by Su Jin for more than ten years, today he could finally kill Su Jin without mercy.
The two fleets approached quickly. The enemy ship moved quickly and suddenly turned to the right seven hundred steps away, drawing an arc to seize the upper wind position. Han Jiang did not take it seriously and ordered the sailors to go into the water with axes and chisel the ships.
The famous naval engineer, the water ghost, jumped into the sea wearing leather clothes. At the same time, Han Jiang suddenly discovered strange balls rising above the enemy ship. They were pulled by long ropes and slowly floated towards the bow of the ship.
Come.
"What are you doing?" Han Jiang asked the naval commander beside him with a frown.
"I don't know what will happen." The commander obviously had never seen this battle, but he felt faintly uneasy.
"Master Han, don't worry about them. Our water ghosts will be able to sneak in next to the enemy ship very quickly. They are all white fish in the sea and can penetrate the enemy ship in less than a moment." A general said confidently.
Han Jiang put aside his thoughts and ordered: "Get close to the enemy ship and enter the range of the bow and arrow. Shoot arrows from above and drill the ship from below. A two-pronged approach."
"As you command!"
Han Jiang watched hundreds of black shadows under the sea swimming towards the bottom of the opponent's boat like fish. He didn't think the opponent had any chance to fight back in this battle. He only had a few hundred private soldiers, even though it was already proven that he had a musket.
, but that thing can't sink a warship.
Unknowingly, those round balloons had floated into the sky. Han Jiang looked up at the dozens of small black dots and really didn't understand what Su Jin was going to do. Suddenly, countless small black balls fell from the sky like rain.
,,Due to the lack of accuracy, most of them fell into the sea, but a few still landed on the deck with a "dong dong dong", and the pungent green smoke billowed randomly.
Han Jiang was still stunned when she suddenly heard the naval officers around her yelling at the top of their lungs: "Hurry and hide!"
Boom, boom, boom! A deafening explosion sounded, and the air wave knocked Han Jiang and his chair away, falling directly outside the side of the ship, and fell into the sea with a thud. Han Jiang was shaken out of his mouth and nose.
When the blood came, he was unconscious in mid-air, but he was awakened by the cold sea water. He drank a few mouthfuls of sea water, choked and struggled to surface. When he looked up and saw the situation on the sea, he
In addition to being speechless in horror, his heart also sank into the cold seabed.