The Chu army's artillery was dense, with a long range, and had a very high accuracy. It caused a lot of damage to the Zheng army fleet in one round of bombardment.

Liu Guoxuan was frightened by the fierce artillery fire and immediately ordered a retreat.

Fortunately, these Zheng soldiers were veterans at sea. Although they were panicked, they had not completely lost their worries. They all hurriedly turned around and fled to the east at full speed.

The Chu army's artillery fire followed behind their butts and stopped until they all ran out of range.

"Happy! So happy!"

The commander of the artillery team watched the Zheng army fleeing in a panic from the artillery team. Many of the ships were still on fire and couldn't help laughing.

The artillerymen under their command were also cheering.

Oh my god, these new cannons are so easy to use. They are fast, accurate and far away when firing cannons. They are simply essential tools for siege, killing people and setting fires at home.

It seems that something strange has been involved. Forget it, it doesn’t matter. In short, this cannon attack was so exciting.

Sun Xiang also had a smile on his face, very satisfied with the effect of this shelling. He praised the artillery commander who came over to ask for instructions and said, "I did a good job, continue to maintain it next time!"

The people who were fleeing around in panic because a large number of Zheng army ships came to harass each other on the shore. When they watched the fierce Zheng army fleet fleeing in a panic at a faster speed than before, they were stunned for a moment and looked at each other.

Then they cheered loudly.

Speaking of which, every time Zheng Jun’s fleet comes to harass, the most victims are these ordinary people. Not only will their livelihoods be affected, but they may also face sudden deaths.

Originally, many of them were instinctively wary and fearful about the arrival of the Chu army.

After all, throughout the world, the moral character of officers and soldiers of all dynasties is similar, and there are very few benevolent and righteous troops who are frozen to death and never demolish houses like the Yue family army.

The essence of the people and things that have been famous throughout the ages and have been remembered by people is that there are too few.

Although there have been rumors that the Chu army was a benevolent and righteous army with strict military discipline, there are rumors that the Chu army did everything they could torture, kill, loot and loot.

However, during the period when the Chu army entered Quanzhou, it has proved with practical actions that they are indeed a truly benevolent and righteous army.

As long as the people who are obedient and obedient, they will never harass them at will.

Today they have proved that they are not only a benevolent and righteous army, but also a mighty army, a mighty army that can protect them.

Under this change of perception, these cheering people sent a large amount of condolences to the Chu army, including wine, various food, silk cloth and other materials to express the gratitude of the people.

Even a group of brothel women came to join in the fun and announced on the spot that if the Chu army soldiers went to visit brothels in the future, they could be treated with discounts or even free.

Facing the enthusiastic people, even the Chu soldiers who were not afraid of being in the battlefield were at a loss, especially those brothels who were dressed in cool clothes and tried hard to get in front of me.

Everyone blushed and didn't know what to do.

The artillery commander came over with sweat on his head and asked Sun Xiang for instructions.

Sun Xiang was a little silly when he saw this scene. It was reasonable to ban the brothel from the king. These women were too lethal to these young men.

After entering Quanzhou, because the civil servants sent by the Ministry of Personnel of Chu had not yet taken office, many rectification work had not begun, including the banning and rectification of brothels.

No matter how cruel the enemy is, Sun Xiang will not be afraid. But when facing these enthusiastic people, he cannot face each other with swords.

In the end, Sun Xiang had no choice but to leave some food properly, and even gave some money, even if he bought it.

As for the brothel women, after all, the local yamen sent some yamen runners to disperse these reluctant brothel women.

These brothel women were not afraid of the strict discipline of the Chu army, but were afraid of these wolf-like constables who were really surrendering to each other.

After the crowd dispersed, Sun Xiang quietly wiped the sweat beads from his forehead. Instead of letting the artillery team leave immediately, he ordered to continue to be on guard to prevent Liu Guoxuan from shooting back.

Although the probability is not high, anything on the battlefield can happen.

As a general, you cannot hope for something that should be such a theoretical one.

The location where Shi Lang took the Fujian Navy to sea to train was not too far from Quanzhou Port.

He searched for an island-grabbing exercise in the nearby waters with a terrain similar to that in the Penghu Islands.

The island was arranged according to the Zheng army facilities on the Penghu Islands in the information, and the wharf and even the buildings on the island were all available.

Shi Lang is a careful person after all, and he will never allow himself to attack Ryukyu without fail.

The exercise is divided into three stages. The first stage is to launch a sudden attack on the enemy fleet after the fleet arrives at its destination, destroying the main force of the enemy fleet.

The second stage is to let the Marines carried on the ship climb to the beach, seize all the beach fortifications arranged by the Zheng army, and establish a landing ground for the main force to land.

The third stage is naturally the main force landing on the island, sweeping away the remaining enemies, and ending the battle.

The exercise went smoothly. The first phase of the two-way fleet artillery battle was naturally commanded by Shi Lang. This was a common occurrence for him and was very smooth and smooth.

He basically trained the navy soldiers under him, with a moderate advancement and retreat, calmness and stability, fully demonstrating the elite temperament of the navy.

This made Shi Lang a little proud. Facing Sun Xiang sent to command the generals of the landing troops, he couldn't help but feel a little reserved and proud in his words.

Although Shi Lang knew that the Chu army was strong, it was the army. No matter how strong the army was at sea, it would turn into a soft-legged shrimp.

One of the purposes of today's exercise is to show the style of these men under his command, and it also makes the people sent by Sun Xiang feel defeated.

But unexpectedly, these Chu infantry transformed into Marines showed their strong adaptability after only a few days of training on board.

Whether it is the high degree of discipline and calm attitude on the ship when waiting to land on the island, or the performance in the second and third stages of the exercise that finally swept the remaining enemies, they are very remarkable, and they are simply straightforward.

Perfection made Shi Lang unable to help but wonder if these people had experienced a lot of such training before.

In short, this first joint exercise between the two sides made Shi Lang and his old subordinates put away the little thoughts in their hearts and truly respect the Chu army's direct lineage.

This is really a terrible army.

After the exercise, when Shi Lang led the team back, he heard the sound of bombardment from the port. He was shocked and immediately concluded that it must be Liu Guoxuan who was raiding again while the fleet was not in the port.

This has happened many times before.

I thought Liu Guoxuan would calm down after he knew that the Chu army had occupied Fujian, but he didn't expect that this guy was really brave and dared to harass him.

Shi Lang immediately ordered the fleet to return at full speed.

Although he was still calm on the surface, he was very anxious. The port was empty, and if the Zheng bandit fleet shelled the port, it would definitely cause great losses.

I am now the chief of the Fujian Navy of the Chu army. If the port suffers huge losses, it is my responsibility.

His Highness the King of Chu trusted him so much, but before he could capture the Ryukyu Island, he was attacked by the bandits in return. Shi Langzhen had no face to face His Highness the King of Chu.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt burned. Shi Lang kept urging him to speed up again and again.

But if the wind is not strong, it will be of no use to urge the sailboat.

I rushed back to Quanzhou Port, but I found that the port was calm and I didn't see any shadow of Zheng Bandit.

Although there were signs of shelling at the port, it was very minor and did not cause serious losses.

Valley

This made Shi Lang breathe a sigh of relief, but he became confused again.

Every time the Zheng bandits come to harass them, they will try to destroy them. This time the port is empty, which is a good opportunity to destroy them. It is impossible for the Zheng bandits to withdraw so easily.

When they got ashore and saw Sun Xiang patrolling the shore, Shi Lang realized that it was Sun Xiang who led his men to repel Zheng's fleet.

"Is this the new artillery cast by the King?"

Shi Lang followed Sun Xiang, amazed at the new artillery that had just made great contributions, and was full of curiosity, and was constantly pulling the artillery commander.

When he heard that these new guns were loading shells from behind and had a range of five or six times that of current guns, Shi Lang grew up in surprise and his face was full of incredible words.

He subconsciously felt that this was impossible, but reason told him that it was very likely that it was true, otherwise the Zheng bandit fleet would not have been able to withdraw so easily.

"If there were such sharp artillery, then if it was installed on a warship, wouldn't it be invincible at sea?"

Shi Lang murmured to himself.

Sun Xiang was very satisfied with his appearance that he had never seen the world and smiled and said, "General Shi's words make sense. He is worthy of being a famous general of the navy. He thought of this so quickly. The king said that there will be more than just a few words in the future.

The warships equipped with this new type of artillery are also made of steel, and do not require sails, and are driven completely by steam. At that time, there is no need to worry about the wind direction of the ship at sea, and there is no need to worry about the sails being taken during war.

The problem of hitting the fire. And the speed will be far higher than that of the sailing warship. That was the real invincibility at sea."

Shi Lang was stunned when it came to the iron-armored warship described by Sun Xiang.

How could there be such a warship that can actually be made of steel and can advance without sails? This sounds very fantastic.

I have been yelling with the Western Yi many times, but even if I hear those red-haired ghosts bragging, I have never heard of such outrageous things.

If someone else was in front of him, Shi Lang might sneer and turn around and leave. But opposite was Sun Xiang, the beloved general of King Shen Mo of Chu, and a young general who gave people the impression of being steady, wise and decisive.

More importantly, Sun Xiang said that this was what the King of Chu said in person.

This made Shi Lang feel confused.

Although it sounds incredible, the rise of the King of Chu itself is an incredible thing.

Are there few incredible things about him?

Is there really such a warship?

What would it be if I could command such a warship in the future?

Looking at Shi Lang's thoughts for a moment, Sun Xiang shook his head and thought to himself that he really had no knowledge.

When you see the train in the future, wouldn’t you be stupid?

When Shi Lang came to his senses, he happened to see the smile on Sun Xiang's face. He was stunned and blurted out: "General Sun, are you laughing at me?"
To be continued...