Liu Ling left some warships in Quanzhou as the second echelon, and personally led more than 500 warships and more than 200 transport ships from Chongwu, Quanzhou, and set sail for Liuqiu Island under the guidance of Sun Jinman.
This is the first war without the intelligence support of the Overwatch Council since the Han army went south. A huge fleet of nearly 900 ships and 36,000 people is about to launch its first ocean-going invasion. The meaning of this is self-evident.
And Yu, Liu Ling's powerful Han army has broken away from the shackles of land and embarked on a new journey.
As a modern person, Liu Ling knows what Hai Quan represents.
Liu Ling always regretted that China had the opportunity to conquer the world but did not pay attention to it. During the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He led a huge navy of 25,000 people to sail on many voyages. However, the emperor at that time did not take this opportunity.
The matter was taken seriously enough that the huge treasure ships Zheng He was later stranded on the shoals, gradually decaying and tattered, with no one paying attention to them.
If the emperor of the Ming Dynasty valued the ocean, how could it be the Spanish and British who plundered America and Africa? Legend has it that at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the great hero Zhang Zhongjian left Fusang after failing in his bid for hegemony, and established a rather powerful empire.
A powerful country. According to speculation, the so-called Fuso is near what is now Mexico. If the emperors of the past dynasties paid enough attention to it, to what extent would China's power become abnormal?
Many, many years later, the so-called explorers from Spain and Britain still did not have as powerful a warship as Zheng He's treasure ship. Their voyage team only had a few hundred people, but they gradually ate away the entire America and a large amount of gold and silver treasures.
It was shipped back to the country. Liu Ling has been thinking, if the Chinese conquered the Americas in the Ming Dynasty, would they have established a Fuso Company and then transported opium to the English Islands, France, Prussia, etc. What if the Europeans had a
If people like Owen Zexu came out to ban smoking, then they would launch an Opium War and beat them until they were convinced.
If that is really the case, why bother to find seven more accomplices? One China can harm the whole of Europe, Asia and the United States. Damn the Eight-Nation Alliance, who can resist the powerful Han army wherever it goes?
Liu Ling knew that this was his own intention.
Liu Ling regretted the regrets of history, so he felt that if he had the ability to do something, he must not let the opportunity pass him by. He started planning to build the Han Dynasty Navy many years ago, just to one day let the Han people
The warships show off their power all over the world.
Get some big ships to go to countries like England, Prussia, France, Hungary, etc., and then tell them that they can make a lot of money by working as laborers in China. Put them in pig cages and bring them across the ocean to build railways, and they will work on them every day.
They even gave me a steamed bun and didn't even give me pickles. Some people resisted, so they were pulled out and buried up to their feet with sand, and they were buried upside down.
Every time Liu Ling thinks of the so-called Qing Dynasty, he feels like vomiting and scolding his mother. Because of the accident of history, a backward slave-owning nomadic people replaced a large empire that had realized capitalism, which directly led to the political, economic and military changes of this country.
It has gone back at least five hundred years. Think about it, the 120,000 so-called Qing Empire troops faced the British and French coalition forces of less than 20,000 people. The Qing army died in more than 30,000 people, and the British and French coalition forces died in four people. What kind of order is this?
The bitter shame in people’s hearts?
Now Liu Ling has a chance, a great chance to send this shame back with a profit, and he is actually a little excited in his heart. Conquering Liuqiu is only the first step in the journey of the Han Dynasty Navy.
The soldiers of the division are familiar with landing operations. Liuqiu is not Liu Ling's goal at all, not even one. His goal is to return all the humiliations that have been imposed on the Chinese people in history to others, and to intensify them.
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The huge fleet of more than 900 ships left Quanzhou Harbor before the sun emerged. Liu Ling was not worried that the fleet would lose its way on the sea, not even without Sun Jinman. Although Liu Ling was not a time traveler,
He is an invincible genius, but he still understands the compass. The reason why he sent Sun Jinman to explore the road is because Liu Ling has a habit of not fighting unprepared battles. If he does not understand the enemy, even if such a war is won, there will be a certain degree of chance.
There is that sense of accomplishment that you are sure to win from beginning to end.
Liu Ling has never been to Taiwan. Most of the place names in modern Taiwan were given during the period of Manchu rule and Japanese control. In this era, little was known about Liuqiu.
The speed of the fleet was much faster than that of the fishermen, so they had crossed the strait before sunset. In the afterglow of the setting sun, the huge island that gradually became clear appeared in front of the Han navy. At this time, the Dahan fleet was like a
A group of male lions arrived at a grassland full of small herbivores, and they were about to enjoy the fun of conquest.
Come on, it's time to eat.
It must be said that Sun Jinman's memory is extremely powerful. Under his guidance, the fleet accurately arrived at the Bali area of Shanbei Kingdom on Liuqiu Island. Of course, Shanbei Kingdom no longer exists now.
Under the afterglow, the fishermen who put away their fishing nets and returned to their boats suddenly discovered that a large number of densely packed masts appeared on the horizon in the distance. They opened their mouths and eyes wide, and the fishing nets in their hands fell down, and the fish and shrimp they caught took the opportunity to bounce hard.
He started to try to return to the water. More than a dozen fishing boats stopped going home, and the fishermen on the boats were collectively dumbfounded. They had never thought that there would be so many huge and terrifying warships in the world!
"what is that?"
A Liuqiu fisherman murmured in native dialect.
His companion's eyes widened with disbelief on his face.
"Oh my God! How could there be such a big ship!"
The front line of the Han navy consisted of ten Dahai Loach, thirty Flying Tiger warships, and eighty four-wheeled Flying Tiger battleships. Those thirty-foot-long Dahailu and twenty-foot-long Pirates warships had already shocked them beyond measure. At present,
The battleships of the group slowly opened up the formation, and when the huge twelve-masted imperial battleship appeared in front of the fishermen, they all turned to stone.
"Run! This is a ghost ship from hell!"
Someone shouted that he thought this was the only reasonable explanation. According to legends circulated among fishermen, only the ghost ships from the underworld can be so huge and so terrifying. According to legend, the ghost ships in hell are as long as one hundred feet.
The boats were full of man-eating ghosts and skeleton sailors. No one had ever seen those terrifying ghost boats, because according to legend, all the fishermen who had seen ghost boats died.
The fishermen turned from shock to fear and rowed the fishing boat with all their strength. They even used the strength to feed themselves and ran to the shore as hard as they could.
The fishing boat finally docked first, and the fishermen who landed on land abandoned everything and ran back like crazy. Stumbling, they only regretted that they didn't have two more legs.
In the sight of the fishermen running and looking back, countless centipede boats were launched from the large ships of the Han army. A large number of navy soldiers rowed the centipede boats and rushed towards the shore. Countless boats,
It was so densely packed that it really looked like countless huge martial arts beasts were stepping on the sea water.
Nearly a hundred centipede boats washed up on the beach one after another, and nearly two thousand naval soldiers with a small flag boarded Liuqiu Island. Under the command of Dusi, the two commanders divided the soldiers into countless teams and spread towards the shore. Liu
After Ling unified Jiangnan, he made some slight changes to the general system. Each battalion had 10,000 soldiers and horses, and one general was Ying Yanglang. The soldiers and horses in the battalion were divided into five small banners, and the commanders of the small banners were called Dusi.
Named Dutong, the original title of captain of thousands was cancelled. The original title of centurion was called commander, chief, and captain of corps remained unchanged.
The two thousand navy soldiers who were the first to land continued to expand the area of control, and took control of the fishermen who had no time to escape. They set up alerts, patrol posts, and lookouts. Then the flag bearer sent a signal to the fleet, and then the four-wheeled flying boats of the brigade
The Tiger battleship began to approach the shore.
The four-wheeled Flying Tiger warship is ten feet long and can carry 200 soldiers. It is equipped with eight ballistas, four on each side. Although the impeller design of the Flying Tiger warship cannot go close to the beach, it is completely useless in shallow water areas.
Question. The Centipede Clippers hanging on both sides were slowly lowered, and a large number of Han soldiers rushed onto the beach in dense darkness. As a large number of soldiers landed, the people of the engineering battalion began to choose suitable places to build fortifications.
Before sunset, thousands of naval soldiers landed on Liuqiu Island in less than an hour. Liu Ling ordered that 10,000 naval soldiers be left on guard on the ship, and the others went ashore overnight. After landing,
During the process, the only problem was that many war horses refused to enter the shallow water. This time Liu Ling brought a small flag of 2,000 cavalrymen, and it took almost a whole night just to drive the horses to the shore.
Engineers cut down trees overnight and set up camp on the shore. By daybreak, the outer defenses were already quite large.
Liu Ling slept all night on the Imperial Battleship, and took a small boat to Liuqiu Island after dawn the next day. The Navy General Zhaoxian, who was the first to land yesterday, almost didn't sleep all night. When he saw the prince ashore, he hurriedly greeted him.
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"Your Majesty, in three or four days, the camp will be almost ready. Your Majesty's tent has already been erected, right over there."
Zhaoxian bowed and said.
Liu Ling grunted and said, "Let the soldiers take turns to rest. Except for the men and horses on guard, the rest of the soldiers will help the people in the transport camp build camps, and also build water fortresses."
"I obey my orders."
"How many fishermen were caught?"
"From yesterday evening to now, 367 people have been arrested."
"Has it been reviewed?"
"Officials from the Oversight Yuan are still interrogating and have already compiled some information."
"Bring it to me later."
Liu Ling said calmly.
Dazhai is built on the shore. Liu Ling's plan is to establish a firm foothold on this coast within half a month. Within a month, both Dazhai and water village will be established. The outer wall of water village will be built with large ships as walls and shallow water beaches.
The wooden bridge allows naval soldiers to board the ship directly. The land stronghold is the foundation for the first step of landing and must be established as soon as possible. After that, Liu Ling will dispatch the scout team and the spies from the Supervisory Council to gather information, and within ten days
Inside, if the army on Liuqiu Island did not take the initiative to attack, the Han army would not rush out to attack the village.
Even if the Han army is elite and good at fighting, the Liuqiu people occupy the advantageous location after all. If the Liuqiu army can be attracted and destroyed, it will be much safer than rushing out to find Liuqiu troops to fight.
It is difficult to be familiar with the terrain of the entire Liuqiu, but it is much easier to be familiar with the terrain of this nearby area.
Looking at the Dazhai that was gradually taking shape, Liu Ling stood on a high place and looked down at the busy soldiers.
"Mu Qiufeng, take ten silver-clad spies and three secret spies out. Within ten days, you will have a clear understanding of the situation within a radius of three hundred miles!"
"I obey my orders!"
Mu Qiufeng responded, turned around and left with the officials from the Overwatch Council.
"Di Fuzhou, you personally lead a pair of supervisory guards and let Sun Jinman lead the way to find out the situation in Dadaocheng. How many garrison troops there are and what their combat strength is. I'll give you five days to leave as soon as possible."
"I obey my orders!"
Di Fuzhou responded, brought a group of supervisors, and then sent someone to wake up Sun Jinman, who was still sleeping. Sun Jinman instinctively wanted to curse, but when he saw Di Fuzhou's gloomy face that was half-smiling but not smiling, he
I shivered with fright. I quickly put on my clothes, packed some dry food and my own equipment, and headed towards Dadaocheng with Di Fuzhou and a team of supervisory guards.
Less than a mile away from the Dazhai that the Han army was building, two heads quietly poked out from the thick grass on a hillside.
"Xiaohu! I'll keep an eye on them. Go back and report to the general immediately!"
The young man named Xiaohu nodded and said: "Sir, be careful!" Then he slid down the high slope quietly, spread his legs and ran away into the distance. He was not tall and had a stocky build, and his legs were short but but
It ran like a pair of hot wheels and quickly disappeared into the woods.
The man called "Sir" was a muscular man of about thirty years old. He breathed a sigh of relief after watching the little tiger disappear. He lay down in the grass and stared at the huge army and the well-equipped soldiers without blinking.
He was one of the Liuqiu soldiers who landed in Quanzhou a few months ago, so he recognized the fiery red battle flag fluttering in the wind.
Seeing a group of patrolling Han soldiers passing by, he quickly fell down without even daring to breathe.
Thinking of His Majesty's prophecy after returning to Liuqiu, his heart gradually became cold.
"I really didn't expect that the Han army would be so elite and powerful. This was my mistake. After living on Liuqiu Island for twenty years, the army in the Central Plains is no longer familiar to me. Now it seems that I led
The soldiers went to fight Quanzhou, which was really hasty. As a result of Yelang's arrogance, I am afraid that disaster will soon befall Liuqiu Island. However, I do hope that the Han King Liu Ling can come in person. It is also a kind of fight with such a person.
Be lucky."
The emperor at that time looked lonely: "I'm afraid... I will never have the chance to complete the bet with my eldest brother and my second brother in this life."
The man was crawling in the grass and thinking about His Majesty the Emperor's words. Suddenly he felt that the sky turned dark, as if a black cloud had blocked the sun. He subconsciously looked up and saw a man in black robes, smiling.
Looking at him, the expression on his face was a bit... cruel. (To be continued)
