In Liaodong, at the mouth of the Sancha River, a large port was built. Countless slave workers were working on the construction site. From time to time, the sound of whips hitting people could be heard, and screams could be heard one after another. Many slave workers carried wood to the river.
There are several ships under construction in the shipyard, and there are more than a dozen warships parked in the harbor not far away. The sound of war drums can be heard from above, and the navy is training.
At this time, more than a dozen medium-sized fortune ships appeared on the sea, but judging from their crooked appearance, they must have been severely damaged. Two of them were the worst, with half of the ship building destroyed. No need to ask, they must have gone through a tragic battle.
naval battle.
These dozen or so broken boats slowly docked, and there was already a group of people waiting on the shore. The man leading them was wearing a red leather bean suit and a nine-beam crown. He was dressed like a prince. This man was the new man.
Zhu Gaoxu, king of Liao Dynasty
.Of course, he was granted this title not because the court was willing to give it to him, but because he couldn't do it without giving it to him. He divided the land of Liaodong and became the king whenever he wanted. The court had no choice but to give him a title so that he could live in peace for the time being.
Make trouble again.
Of course, Zhu Gaoxu's ambition is not to be a prince. The reason why he accepted the imperial canonization was not that he did not want to cause trouble, but that he could not make trouble for the time being. After all, his army lost tens of thousands in the Battle of Peking City.
The remaining tens of thousands of people cannot make a fuss anymore. Moreover, Liaodong has decided to recuperate and recuperate to expand its strength.
A group of officers disembarked from a larger ship, all looking disgraced. But it was no wonder that the commander-in-chief had made the newly built warship look like this. Of course, the commander could not escape the blame. After kneeling down and bowing, they stood up.
Stand in a row, waiting to be criticized.
"Why did it take so long?" Zhu Gaoxu suppressed his anger and asked.
"The enemy's army is so powerful that it is difficult for our army to match it." A general whispered, his voice slightly stuttering.
"It's powerful? Isn't it just three ships? You have eighteen ships, and you can't defeat six against one?!" Zhu Gaoxu became even more angry because he had just counted the returning warships and found that there were five less. Eighteen.
One warship defeated three others. Not only did the battle last for a month, but five warships were also lost. This is not a disastrous defeat.
"Reporting to the prince, the enemy's ship has artillery, which is very sharp. Our army has no artillery, so it is difficult to gain an advantage in the naval battle. Later, our army used small boats to attack the enemy and forced the enemy into the bay. They continued to besieged for more than ten days and exhausted their ammunition.
, to get close to the enemy ship
.And the enemy on the ship is not afraid of death. We attacked for several days, but were repulsed by them. In the end, we fought hard until we ran out of ammunition and food, and refused to surrender. It's really..." A man with a white face and a beard frowned.
, that pale face looked very pale.
"Is that true?" Zhu Gaoxu glanced at the defeated generals in disbelief. Seeing them nodding, he asked again: "Where did the enemy come from?"
"I don't know, but those people were really unafraid of death. Seeing that the warship could no longer be defended, they actually set fire to the ship and burned themselves. We snatched two people alive from the fire and used many tortures, but we still couldn't pry them off.
Mouth." The white-faced man frowned even more tightly. In his impression, it seemed that only those lunatics from Shuntian Mansion would risk their lives like this.
"How come there are only two people alive?!" Zhu Gaoxu was a little dumbfounded. He was experienced in battles for a long time. Naturally, he knew that a life-threatening army was the most terrifying thing. From the information in front of him, this fleet was probably the most terrifying one.
They were sent by the gang of lunatics from Shuntian Prefecture, so they ordered: "Take them to the military prison and torture them for interrogation. I want to find out where they came from."
Zhu Gaoxu gave the order and turned around to leave. When these generals saw that the prince did not blame them, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts. Although this battle was difficult to fight, so many warships and soldiers had been lost. If they were punished, they would not be punished.
It was enough for them to drink a pot. But the white-faced man hurriedly caught up and whispered to Zhu Gaoxu: "Your Highness, my subordinates have salvaged those artillery pieces."
As soon as he heard the artillery, Zhu Gaoxu immediately stopped and said: "Put them up immediately and test fire them for me to see."
The white-faced man immediately went down to do his business, and soon several artillery pieces with a length of more than eight feet were pulled up to the bow of the ship. After the artillery pieces were fixed on the gun mounts, they were loaded with ammunition and fired towards the sea. Only a "boom" was heard.
There was a loud noise, and the shell roared out, and soon fell on the sea a mile away, causing a huge wave.
Zhu Gaoxu saw it and nodded with satisfaction, but frowned because this kind of sharp weapon was taken from the enemy. God knows how many such deadly gadgets the enemy has, but he only has these few in his hand.
, obviously not enough.
"How many artillery pieces were picked up in total?" Zhu Gaoxu asked.
"Ten guns. There were originally twelve guns. Two of the muzzles were broken and cannot be used."
"Find some blacksmiths and let them see if they can imitate it." Zhu Gaoxu is not a fool. He knows that artillery is a weapon for siege, and the more the merrier, and they are just a barrel and a fuse port, and they look...
It looks very simple and should not be difficult to copy.
The white-faced man accepted the order and went down to do the work. A monk who had been standing aside silently said: "Your Highness, the plan for now is to find out where the enemy is coming from and how many ships they have, so that our army can be prepared in case of any eventuality.
If they invade in large numbers, won't our army..."
"The Imperial Counselor has thought carefully. This king is going to be heard in a military prison."
Zhu Gaoxu left the military port with a group of guards and came to the military prison. He heard screams in the distance. Needless to say, the torture had already begun. When he walked into the torture room, he saw two men covered in bruises tied to pillars.
, several jailers wielded whips and hit them on them. Apart from screaming, they seemed to have suffered nothing.
Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and signaled the jailer to stop the punishment, because he knew that it would be useless to continue the beating. These two people were not afraid of death at all. Zhu Gaoxu still had ways to deal with people who were not afraid of death. He glanced at the two strong men.
He said: "I have a few eunuchs here. These two are considered tough and may be able to withstand that knife. Someone, please take a sharpened knife and castrate them."
When they heard that they were going to be castrated, the two tough guys were dumbfounded. Although they were not afraid of death, they were also afraid of becoming eunuchs because they had heard that people with incomplete six faculties would not be able to be reincarnated as human beings in the next life. And being a jailer looked bad.
When he smiled and took out a knife and pointed it in front of their eyes, a younger man couldn't hold it anymore and shouted: "No, don't do it, I will do it."
"Liu Zi, what are you doing? Do you want to be a traitor? You can't recruit us, even if we die." Another man shouted wildly, but the young man blinked at the other man, and then said to Zhu Gaoxu: "I am willing to recruit him."
, but you have to let him go first."
"You go first. If the king is satisfied, not only will you be released, but you will also be given an official position." Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but feel a little proud when he saw that the other party had surrendered.
The young man looked up at the sky and then said: "We, we are sent by Shuntian Prefecture." As soon as he said these words, the other man was just stunned for a moment, then understood and cursed again:
"Sixth son, you are a traitor, you will definitely not die a good death in the future!"
"Sent from Shuntian Prefecture?!" Zhu Gaoxu asked subconsciously. Seeing a man swearing like this again, he believed it in his heart, and asked a series of questions: "Tell me, where did your artillery come from?
Where did the warships come from, and how many warships are there?"
"The artillery is produced by ourselves, and the ships are stolen. In addition to those three ships, there are fifteen ships, all of which are patrolling the sea near Shuntian Mansion. Our fleet is just the first to collect information," the man began.
He was cheating, and the other man yelled that he was a traitor.
"Fifteen ships!" Zhu Gaoxu's face turned pale when he heard the news. This time he used eighteen ships to fight three ships but only failed miserably. If these fifteen ships attacked together, then what he had in hand would be
The dozens of broken boats were not their own at all. But he didn't notice that the two men secretly glanced at each other, with an undetectable smile on their lips.
"Master, we have all been recruited, can you let us go?"
"Come here, take them to the prison and let the military doctor come to see their injuries. They must be under strict supervision and they must not be allowed to die." Zhu Gaoxu said this, turned around and went out.
After receiving the order, the jailer released the two unlucky guys and escorted them towards the military prison. Since the other party was honest and seriously injured, they didn't pay much attention. But who would have thought that just halfway through
On the road, the mature man suddenly broke away, and the handcuffs on his hands strangled the young man's neck and pressed him to the ground.
Suddenly, the jailers were just dumbfounded and ran over to pull him apart, but they couldn't pull him apart. They could only use knives to chop the old man's back into a pulp, but they still couldn't pull him apart.
.And at this time, the young man
Already being strangled to death, the mature man suddenly rushed towards the jailer's knife and penetrated his body several times. He died immediately. Only a group of frightened jailers were left at the scene. Naturally, they did not hear the two men's last words.
Everyone whispered:
"Master, I am loyal to you."
As soon as Zhu Gaoxu came out of the military prison, the news that the prisoners were dead immediately reached his ears. He was furious and ordered all the prisoners in the military prison to be captured and punished severely. The madness of these two prisoners made him even more angry.
He was secretly afraid in his heart. In this world, people who are not afraid of death are really terrible.
"Come here, give me the order to suspend the construction of warships. All warships will sail into the Sancha River and are not allowed to go to sea for the time being." Crazy people can't be offended, but they can afford to hide. After being fooled by the prisoner, Zhu Gaoxu really fell for it.
.
"Your Highness, we have been operating here for more than half a year, are we going to give up like this?" the white-faced man standing aside asked with some reluctance.
"I'm just giving up for the time being. I want to move the military port upstream and build more big ships and more artillery before going out to sea to fight the enemy."
"His Highness's plan is the best, but we have artillery at hand, which can be regarded as a great help, why not..."