At the entrance of the imperial palace, behind the vermilion threshold, Su Lu's eyes lit up as he was sitting watching the snow.
new cards
Su Lu, whose eyes were dim, suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the card that suddenly appeared.
These days, Cao Hua's army is fighting in the southern border. Every time he fights, he will basically add a few military cards to himself, but without exception, they are all land battle cards.
Elite cards, military formation cards, and marching cards are all foot combat cards without exception.
In this way, if you want to explode the water army card, you can only have a water war.
Could it be that a water war broke out in the land overlooking the river?
According to the intelligence returned these days, the Southern Territory has been undergoing renovations and modifications on the fighting ships. The fists are not strong enough. No matter how courageous Su Ping is, he would not dare to go head-to-head with the Yingte fleet.
Unless, the transformation of the fighting ship has been completed.
Thinking like this, Su Lu took a look at his newly revealed card and hung it directly on Su Ping.
Looking at the row of spear formation cards and mandarin duck formation cards that were originally hung under Su Ping, Su Lu was a little distressed. These were infantry formations and had limited benefits to naval battles.
In this battle at Wangjiang, we can only pray that Su Ping can perfectly utilize the power of the Level 1 Navy Commander Card.
"Reporting to your lord, Dong Shilang, Dong Cheng of the Ministry of War, is requesting an audience."
The female officer came over and reported it.
Su Lu motioned for her to bring Dong Cheng in, and at the same time ordered the female officer accompanying him to bring a chair over.
Dong Cheng stepped through the snow and entered the palace gate. He looked at Su Lu who was taking a nap on the deck chair and bowed:
"Your Majesty, I have been restless these past few days. I am always worried that the Yingte people will not be able to bear it anymore and suddenly attack me at Wangjiang. I dreamed about it several times at midnight, and it was General Su Ping who reported to me that Wangjiang had fallen."
"Your Majesty, our country of Han is really far behind on this sea."
Dong Cheng sat on a chair, his face looking old. The high-spirited General Mingwei of the past was no longer there. Now, there was only an aging Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War, who was worried about state affairs and became increasingly haggard.
Su Lu glanced at the snowflakes outside. The white snowflakes had covered the ground again. The patrolling guards walked by, and there was a crunching sound.
"It's snowing. This year's wheat quilt is covered with three layers. The next year will be a good year. The days of cold and hunger will finally be a thing of the past for us in Han Dynasty."
Dong Cheng nodded and agreed:
"What the prince is saying is that since the crops that the prince said were introduced to the world, no one has died of starvation in the Han Dynasty. Today, all prefectures and counties have official roads and convenient transportation of food and materials, and people have surplus food in their hands.
With some money, it is no longer too difficult to make clothes out of cloth."
Su Lu smiled: "Yes, I can have two sets of new clothes a year. No matter how hard I work, I can still live up to my wife, children and children."
"Even if the Tang Dynasty is defeated and Wangjiang is defeated, how can this day be any worse?"
Dong Cheng's face straightened when he heard this, and he immediately realized that this was the prince comforting him.
With his head lowered, Dong Cheng pondered for a while, and then he spoke:
"Your Majesty, you are right. As long as we ensure that our Han Kingdom's fundamentals are not lost, it doesn't matter even if we are defeated in the naval battle. We will have to start over again at worst."
Su Lu glanced towards the southeast sky:
"At this time of year, there should have been a war on the Wangjiang sea. I hope the new flying birds and the ship's ballista won't disappoint me."
Dong Cheng's heart tightened when he heard this. The prince had left no stone unturned. Since he said the war would begin, Wangjiang must have already started the war.
Standing up, Dong Cheng looked to the southeast. The snow was getting heavier again. Dense snowflakes were falling from the sky like handfuls of salt particles, which seemed to indicate that the war in the Southeast China Sea was raging.
Although there are no snowflakes on the sea, the sea breeze is getting colder.
The bird had already taken off, flying higher and higher until it looked like it was only half the size of a human.
Su Ping looked at the Yingte warships speeding in the distance, and his face became ugly. There were many Yingte warships, large and small warships, which looked densely packed, occupying a large area of the sea, covering the sky and the earth.
After tightening his robe, Su Ping ordered:
"Give the order, the crossbow and artillery troops are ready, and the small ships everywhere are ready."
The cold wind poured into his body from his collar, and Su Ping felt his body become cold in waves. He was cold, and his heart was even colder.
A warm current suddenly flowed out of his body, flowing all over his limbs and bones in an instant, making Su Ping's nervous heart calm down.
This is when the military formation comes into play.
Su Ping was slightly stunned. His second brother had never taught him about water battle formations. He didn't expect that he would do it by accident.
I hope that this military formation will allow the men under my command to perform extremely well and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.
Su Ping cheered himself up and became excited.
"Brothers, please listen to me and fight hard later. Hey, this is the wind outlet."
Su Ping looked at the dense phalanx of generals opposite, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.
Fire attack.
"Transmit my military order to empty out five grasshopper boats named Xuan, fill them with oilcloth and kerosene, obey my military order, and prepare to set fire to them."
"The birds fly up and search for the enemy's flagship."
"The crossbow artillerymen are ready to fire."
Su Ping ordered in an orderly manner.
Soon, the muzzle of the crossbow began to spit out black crossbow arrows. Thick arrows filled the air and fell into the British fleet. They immediately killed a large group of sailors, but more of them were shot directly into the water, starting a fight.
A splash of water and disappeared.
"Swish swish"
The Yingte's large ships also began to fire their cannons. However, although they had many large ships, their ballistae was no match for the Han army. However, despite this, the Wanghai was still filled with blood and arrows.
The approaching small boats were constantly affected, and one after another was shot over. Groups of sailors fell into the water, and corpses pierced by thick crossbows floated on the sea.
Blood dyed the nearby sea water red.
Su Ping was also hit by an arrow in his left arm. He stopped the doctor who wanted to help him pull out the arrow. He just bandaged it and then ordered him to treat others and continue to command.
"Have the Bird Soldiers discovered the flagship?"
"The grasshopper boat is ready, okay, light the fire, burn it for me, aim at the one in the middle that's on fire."
"What? Han Ergou and the other five got on the fire ship because they were afraid that the ship would change direction!"
"Damn, where are the crossbow artillerymen? Are they dead? They didn't continue firing at me."
"Command the Bird Soldiers to destroy the flagship of the Yingte people. Don't worry about other big ships. Don't do anything until you find the flagship."
In the formation of the Han navy, on the big ship, a crossbow artilleryman with half an arrow shaft stuck in his arm pushed away Pao Ze's body, opened the ballista, reloaded, and fired.
On the five fireships that came out ahead, Han Ergou held up a large shield and sat at the stern to steer the ship. On the other four ships, there were also several sailors holding up shields and steering the rudder.
In the distance, Lai Fuxiang's fleet was slowly approaching. The sailors discovered the battle on the sea and called the shopkeeper Su Wangshan who was leading the team. Su Wangshan looked at the dense arrows shooting back and forth on the sea and the red sea water.
A fire ship drifting on the water.
I was confused all of a sudden.
It's over, the fleet is going to be over this time.
This must be an attack by the British on a cargo ship. I didn't expect these people to be so ruthless. Not only did they want to seize the cargo, but they also killed all the people. How many ships would have to be destroyed before there would be so many corpses floating on the sea.
Hey, that's not right, I haven't heard of anyone having more cargo ships than my own.