Chapter 505: Marry a chicken and follow the chicken
On the surface of Chao Lake, a naval fleet is training.
On the flagship, orders were sent out one after another, and various ships followed the commander's orders to quickly outflank, divide, intercept, and fight with the imaginary enemy.
Strong collision angles, dense muzzles, bowl-mouth blunderbuss, thunder cannons, fire dragon spray tubes, crossbows, rockets, and fire bricks. Naturally, these weapons cannot be fired at will, but from those operating actions, people can also feel that
, once put into actual combat, they will cause huge damage to the enemy.
Another fleet came from the distance. It seemed to be returning from military exercises deep in the middle of the lake. The giant ships came one by one with no intention of giving way. A young general on the flagship frowned slightly and quickly ordered the generals,
The fleet of warships that had formed an encirclement attack formation immediately shrank and made way for the opponent.
The fleet that has returned from afar looks even larger than the fleet that is undergoing exercises. Almost all of these warships are the smallest and can accommodate a hundred people. They are as tall as a building, with a high bow and a towering stern. The weapons are denser and there are more holes on the side of the ship.
It has a protective board and is as solid as a wall. The sails are strong enough to push the water in the lake and stir up waves several feet high.
As we got closer, we could still see the racket pole that had disappeared from the official equipment of the Ming Navy on the ship. There were huge rocks hanging on the ends of the racket poles, like a millstone that had been enlarged several times, but on top of it was
It is round, but the bottom is pointed. The power of such a huge stone when it falls naturally is already amazing. If the lever is used to increase the force, a small boat can be smashed to pieces in almost one stroke.
"Haha, Yifeng, I'm training your navy again. Not to mention, he's very nimble in his movements. If you don't dodge slowly, my big ship won't be able to stop, and your ship will be smashed to pieces."
When the largest ship among the incoming ships passed by the navy's flagship, the captain on the warship shouted loudly. Before he finished speaking, a burst of laughter came from the ship over there.
The face of the commander on the flag turned slightly red with anger, but he didn't say a word. The ship passed by, and the water waves stirred up shook his warship, which looked really vulnerable.
The fleet that just passed was the navy of Yu Zhenglong, the grandson of Nan'an Marquis Yu Tongyuan, but the fleet currently undergoing drills was the fleet of Li Yifeng, the son-in-law of Princess Jinhua. Princess Jinhua was the daughter of Yu Tingyu's eldest son, Yu Tonghai, and Yu Tonghai did not
Son, Zhu Yuanzhang took pity on this veteran general. After proclaiming himself emperor, he immediately made his daughter a princess, treated her like a princess, and personally presided over the wedding for her.
Because of the royal favor, Princess Jinhua's status as the eldest son of the Yu family has never been shaken. However, status is sometimes not directly proportional to power. Princess Jinhua cannot command the navy, and her husband Zhou Dajiang is a salt merchant.
The fleet of the eldest brother of the Yu family declined. When Princess Jinhua's son grew up, he was still unable to revitalize the navy left by his grandfather because of his weak body and his personality. He was not a person who liked to dance with guns and clubs.
More interested.
Princess Jinhua had nothing to do with her precious son. Fortunately, her son did not live up to expectations. She still had a daughter, and she found a good son-in-law for her, Li Yifeng. The Li family followed the Yu family in revolting and defected to Zhu Yuanzhang.
He was also a general in the army, but he was always within the system of the Yu family navy. Princess Jinhua recruited this son-in-law, which was equivalent to taking the power of the Li family into her own hands.
But even with the navy left by his father and the power controlled by the Li family, it is not enough to compete with the powerful navy in the hands of the second and third families. If you want to be able to speak in the family, you must have
A force commensurate with your status, Princess Jinhua has made great efforts to develop the navy in her room. She used the large amount of money her husband earned from being a salt merchant to develop the navy in her room.
The most powerful.
But her son-in-law is very weird. He actually has many different opinions on the warships and tactics handed down from his ancestors. He insists on making some changes to his navy fleet. I don’t know how he persuaded his mother-in-law. Princess Jinhua actually agreed.
, let him toss and toss. As a result, he kept tossing and tossing, Yu's family invested a large amount of gold and silver, and his fleet did not expand, but became smaller and smaller.
For this reason, Li Yifeng was often laughed at by the people in the second and third houses, but he still did not change his original intention and stubbornly adhered to his own opinions.
Traditional naval warships have always believed in defeating the small with the big, and the small with the more. Therefore, the bigger the ship, the better, and the stronger the force equipped on each ship, the better. However, Li Yifeng came up with a new approach and carried out a series of changes to his fleet.
A very complex transformation. Traditional large ships have strong combat effectiveness, but their speed is also extremely slow. To drive such a large warship, the only power is wind, and it cannot move by rocking the oars.
Li Yifeng believed that this was a huge flaw. He did not have the ability to invent a more powerful power system, so he tried his best to abandon giant battleships. In his battleship group, there were only a very small number of large battleships. Most of the naval generals at that time were
Paying attention to whether the ship is strong and huge, and whether the weapons on the ship are powerful, few people regard the power system as an important combat factor, but Li Yifeng has just raised it to a very high level of importance, which is naturally passed down by insistence***
The descendants of the Yu family who are skilled in martial arts are ridiculed.
In order to enhance the flexibility of the ship, Li Yifeng's battleship group did not install a shooting pole. The power of the shooting pole is indeed not small, but its length is longer than the moment arm and it is difficult to operate. After one shot, the ship must be pulled back to its original position before it can be used again.
Casting, there is a pause and preparation time between the two castings. The enemy ship can use this time to complete the process of relying on the help and attacking. Li Yifeng believes that retaining the destructive power of the shooting pole on the enemy ship will be far more effective.
It was not as harmful as the slowness it would bring to his own ship, so all the shooting poles of his warship had been removed.
In addition, although the traditional warships also have simple divisions of labor such as attacking, destroying, charging, and reconnaissance, most of the time there is no special classification of warships because of these divisions of labor. Usually one ship has multiple functions, except for reconnaissance, which can be used uniformly very quickly.
Centipede speedboat, other functions are performed by warships of the same model at any time according to the commander's orders.
Li Yifeng also made bold reforms on this point. His battleship group has a very detailed division of labor, including reconnaissance ships, landing ships, destroyers, assault boats, and main battleships. According to different functions, the ship types and weapons on board are also different.
This also caused a lot of criticism from the elders.
However, the Yu family navy was actually divided according to the different divisions of Yu Tingyu's three sons. As long as Princess Jinhua did not object and others did not bother to intervene, Li Yifeng was allowed to reform at will without encountering much resistance. However, there has never been a suitable one.
Opportunities to prove that he was right, even within his navy team, more and more people began to have doubts.
Yu Zhenglong's fleet passed by in a mighty manner. Li Yifeng could see that his own team had lost their energy due to the harassment and ridicule, so he had no choice but to sigh helplessly and ordered the withdrawal of troops.
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Chaohu, Tangshan.
In an open-air hot spring bath, two women were bathing in the hot spring pool.
One is a woman with a slender figure and fair complexion. She looks like she is only about forty years old. In fact, it is just because she takes good care of herself. Her real age is already in her early fifties. This woman is Princess Jinhua, and Mr. Yu.
The owner of the house.
The other one is a young girl with graceful limbs, tight skin, and full of youthful vitality. Compared with the skin of the Golden Flower Princess, her skin has a translucent texture, which is full of moisture.
She was white and tender with youthful vitality, exuding a charming luster. However, although the spring water was clear, it was a pity that the mist was clear and looming, covering her delicate body.
There are two springs on this mountain, one cold and one hot. The highest temperature of the hot spring can almost boil an egg. The water in the two springs is neutral, but it is suitable for bathing. Lying in it, you will feel comfortable physically and mentally. The fatigue of the journey will be wiped away.
But it was empty. The entire pond, and even the entire stream winding down from the hot spring, were filled with green mist, making the entire Tangshan Mountain seem like a fairyland on earth.
This young girl was naturally Princess Ming'er. When approaching Chaohu Lake, Xia Xun slowed down, but she speeded up and arrived at Chaohu one day earlier than Xia Xun.
"The decree of the imperial court has been transmitted, because no one has been designated to go to war and who will lead the fleet. Our Yu family has not decided yet. From what the princess said, the purpose of selecting the fleet is for Duke Fu to come here?"
The two of them relaxed and lay quietly in the hot spring for a while. Princess Jinhua opened her eyes and asked.
Ming'er also opened her eyes. The pretty face of noodles in clear soup was stained with a few drops of crystal water, like hibiscus.
"Yes, princess, Duke Fu and my third brother have a close relationship. I came here this time to do him a favor. You also know that Japanese pirates are difficult to deal with, so I want to ask the princess for help and send the strongest fleet.
Help in the fight.”
Ming'er and Princess Jinhua were old acquaintances. When Zhu Yuanzhang was still alive, Princess Jinhua, as the adopted daughter, would go to Beijing two or three times a year. She would appear in all major festivals such as Zhu Yuanzhang's birthday and Chinese New Year, and she would stay in the palace all day long.
Ming'er, who was hanging out with her, was naturally very familiar with her, but Ming'er was still young at that time, and although she and Princess Jinhua knew each other, there was still a big age difference between them, but there was still no friendship.
"oh?"
Princess Jinhua's eyes flickered and she smiled and said: "Princess Princess, from the martial arts family, should know my Yu family navy best. Which navy of my Yu family does Princess want to transfer?"
Ming'er thought about it seriously and said Yanran: "It would be best to have the fleet from the Yue Songhou's room. However, Yue Songhou just died in the battle at Baigouhe two years ago. Now we need the people from the third room of the Yu family to help.
If the heroes of the Jingnan faction fight, the descendants of Yue Songhou's clan will probably feel uncomfortable. In this case, the fleet of Nan'an Marquis' clan can also do it."
Princess Jinhua laughed angrily: "Do you think, Princess Yu, that all the naval forces of Lord Yu and Duke Guo have become salt merchants, and that they are no longer vulnerable in battle?"
"ah!"
Ming'er let the slip slip, stuck out her tongue, and said sheepishly: "How can I do it? The princess is too worried. I... I think people will die in a war. Besides... besides, if we lose, we will lose face."
Doesn’t it look good? When it comes to closeness, my family, the Xu family, and the Yu family are the closest, so of course I’m going to be with you, princess!"
It was Ming'er's plan to choose Yu's parents' room, but after Xia Xun learned the details, he thought of playing hard to get, so...
Ming'er thought with embarrassment: "Oh, it's true that when you marry a chicken, follow the chicken, and when you marry a dog, follow the dog. Who asked me to marry a big liar? I have to learn to lie!"
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