After several personal guards went down to deliver the order.
After a while, Ma Zhou discovered that there was still one soldier left beside Chai Shao——
——There is nothing surprising about this. What is strange is that the skin color on the soldier's face suddenly became a bit whiter... and a little yellow.
Then it started to change from bright to dark, black to white.
There seems to be some pattern, but it is hard to understand...
Ma Zhou was in a daze when he saw that the soldier's face changed in a very disciplined manner for a while, and then he handed over to Chai Shaoyi.
"Report to the general that the fleet has been prepared and ready to go at any time!"
"ah?"
Ma Zhou was even more confused now. Why did this man suddenly start reporting after standing for a while...
Is it possible to take "reporting to the general" for granted???
Chai Shao couldn't help laughing when he saw Ma Zhouyi's confused face, and then explained.
This move is not some magical magic, but a move that Chai Shao used a long time ago.
Use mirror reflections to send a message!
It was summer, and the army was ambushing in the mountains and forests.
You can't raise a flag at this time, otherwise you will be seen directly, so what should you do? So I thought of using mirrors to reflect the light and change the light and dark to convey the message.
After Chai Shao used this trick, he felt it was very clever. He was very proud that he could come up with such a good trick.
For this reason, even though there was no chance to use it again, Chai Shao still required his soldiers to master this skill in the army and learn to distinguish the signal of light refracted by mirrors.
Direct refraction is bright, covering is dark.
Depending on the duration, this thing also has the ability to contain simple messages.
For example, long light and short darkness, long light and short darkness, means standing still, short light, long darkness, short light and long darkness, means careful ambush, don't be discovered, and so on...
Later, Chai Shaoben often boasted about this move to old friends like Li Jing, Yu Chigong, etc. However, since the world was already unified, he couldn't brag about it. Besides, there were not many battle cases, so he gradually forgot about it.
But what he didn't expect was that Chai Shao discovered...
At sea, this trick can actually be used again!
First of all, the sunlight and moonlight on the sea are very stable, and there is no problem of being blocked by trees and hills, so it is much easier to send letters.
Second, there is a plain on the sea, which is easy to accept.
third……
Although ships at sea will encounter bumps in the waves, the bumps of large ships occur slowly.
One jolt may eventually break the whole ship into pieces, but during this jolt, it won't actually be too intense.
This provides the basis for the soldiers to hold the mirror stably!
The general responsible for sending the message can send the message safely.
At night, there is indeed no sunshine, but speaking of it, it is not completely dark.
Because there is another characteristic of the sea, that is, it is really dark when it is cloudy, but it is also cloudless when it is sunny.
The moonlight is clear at night and available!
Relying on the hard work accumulated in the past, Chai Shao finally solved the communication problem after extinguishing the torch this time.
It can also be seen that the strength of veteran generals is definitely not comparable to that of "new drivers". The ancients trusted veteran generals on the one hand because of their loyalty and reliability, and on the other hand, veteran generals did have richer combat experience...
But in this way, the communication problem will be solved.
Chai Shao smiled, finally showing the kind of proud smile that is characteristic of a veteran, in front of the newcomers.
And Ma Zhou's face was filled with joy, Ma De...
Fortunately, there is an experienced driver here, so it will be fine.
Ma Zhou was also very excited at this time,
Although he was a little worried at first, that was what he had just thought. Since he had to extinguish the torch to avoid being discovered, he had the advantage of being in the dark - or at least there was no disadvantage.
But on the other hand, there is no way to communicate and the army cannot be mobilized.
Although according to Chai Shao's understanding after some hard thinking, only two large ships have been dispatched so far.
But even if there are only two large ships, the improvement in execution brought about by communication is no joke.
Of course, the other party may not be able to communicate, but...
If we can think of a way, wouldn't this advantage come?
It's better now. It's really an advantage.
This is why Ma Zhou is not excited.
In the sea, everything is unknown. Fight as soon as you come out, and you will see the advantage as soon as you fight, and there is a high probability of victory...
If we can achieve a great victory this time, it will be a huge encouragement not only to this army, but also to the entire Tang Dynasty Forbidden Army, and even to the children who will become soldiers of the Forbidden Army in the future.
Ma Zhou now felt much more relieved and no longer worried.
And soon...
Not only Ma Zhou, but also the sailors and soldiers on the entire ship became excited.
because……
At this time at night, the movements of the two large ships were quite far apart from each other.
This kind of march does not look optimistic because it seems a bit far away.
Although Chai Shao has already arranged for a mirror to communicate, even just now, the soldiers thought of using fire folds to enhance the lighting——
This light will not be very obvious at sea, but it can significantly improve the accuracy of information communication and reduce signal noise!
Chai Shao naturally accepted it.
Shortly after this...
Chai Shao, who gradually entered the state and became excited, discovered the situation.
There is a dark shadow approaching!
The shadow was not big, and it was clearly a big ship.
Of course, it's not as big as the two boats in front of me, but it doesn't matter anymore, this is a big ship that appears alone!
The key is to appear alone.
As long as the ship appears alone, for Chai Shao, this is equivalent to confirming the advice Li Sheng gave him.
The ocean is naturally a paradise for bandits, and banditry must be a priority for maritime forces.
Ordinary ships are at sea, and there is nothing else easy in the vast sea, except that it is especially easy to escape. Bandits on land are easy to be surrounded and suppressed, but if you lose them at sea, they are lost.
Even because the boat is small and easy to turn around, there may be a scene where one boat is playing tricks on an entire fleet - just because the other party is a bad guy, you cannot assume that the other party is a waste, bad people also have talents.
This is the main difference between naval battles and land battles. Only on land can there be such a thing as "a battle breaks out on a specific battlefield" and there is such a thing as a "battle". Those at sea are called "battles" - of course those who want to participate can participate.
, it’s basically not difficult to run away.
Datang was special because it was a big country, and big countries could support something called a "combat system."
Chai Shao didn't fully understand what a combat system was, but one thing that was clear was that Datang did not have such conditions now.
So it's hard to say how much of an advantage the army has over the bandits.
But now...the advantage is here, it's really visible to the naked eye!