Li Sheng looked at Ma Zhou. Of course he remembered that this guy was a famous official in the early Tang Dynasty and one of the most powerful rulers in the world. Li Er was famous for accepting remonstrances. This label was usually mentioned together with Wei Zheng, but
In fact, in the annals of history, Ma Zhou also appeared very frequently in Li Er's acceptance of remonstrance.
It can even be said that after spending the earliest years of Zhenguan, Li Er received the most advice from Ma Zhou.
This guy almost overturned this time, how could Li Sheng not sweat it... After all, as a group of Confucian scholars, there are either too many nerds or too strong material desires. The probability of having ulterior motives is high, and not many of them are reliable.
Since there is a Ma Zhou, it cannot be used for protection.
When Ma Zhou saw several superiors there, he immediately nervously wanted to sit up and salute, but then he was directly held down by Chai Shao.
"Okay, okay, you are like this, why are you saluting? But you fought bravely. Chai has already told the Holy Marquis to write you a letter to apply for the captain's position, so you don't have to worry about any punishment."
Chai Shao knew that young people were afraid of punishment when facing their elders, not to mention that after going through a big battle, it was hard to say that this battle was not a disastrous defeat...
After all, everyone came back in a boat, and the boat was destroyed in the end.
But now that Chai Shao says this, doesn’t that mean...
At this time Li Sheng smiled and said,
"It's normal to have some damage in the battle. To be honest... it's pretty good to be able to destroy four of the opponent's ships with just one ship."
"Well……"
Ma Zhou felt a little embarrassed when he heard this. He always felt that these words were unpleasant to hear.
After thinking awkwardly for a while, he scratched the back of his head and said,
"But Holy Marquis, our battle was very embarrassing. Actually..."
"That's not how it was calculated."
Li Sheng waved his hand and directly stopped Ma Zhou from talking.
"Naval battles are different from land battles. In naval battles, the winner takes all. If you win, you will have ships, people, and cargo. If you lose, you will lose them all."
"Now you have returned successfully, and you have also destroyed four of the opponent's ships. In other words..."
"It's not a loss if we lose, we've already made a lot of money this time."
Ma Zhou's expression suddenly became happy.
Chai Shao on the side smiled and said nothing, but nodded when he heard the words.
"When a land war occurs, many battles are usually fought, and among these many battles, there are countless battles. There are countless battles with different scales and levels. But naval battles..."
Naval battles are different. Naval battles are often a big battle, and then the losing side will never recover from the fall——
The war history of later generations basically follows this script. Therefore, military personnel at sea, whether they are navy or pirates, are often very gambling. This is the reason.
"On land, if you are defeated, there are many possibilities, such as escaping, retreating, hiding, surrendering, etc. But at sea, there is definitely no way to escape."
As he spoke, Li Sheng took a breath and said, "If you can come back alive, you are considered to be at a good level."
Changsun Wuji was all smiles after saying this, and both Chai Shao and Ma Zhou were a little embarrassed.
But then, Li Sheng said...
"But..."
"From another perspective, the progress of military construction is still somewhat lagging behind..."
"...military construction?"
"...The progress is lagging behind?"
There were so many new words popping up all at once. Not to mention these guys, even Li Er, Wei Zheng and others were confused when they were used to hearing grand words, not to mention Chai Shao, Chang Sun Wuji and others.
Instead, Ma Zhou looked thoughtful...
Military construction...this refers to the strategy of strengthening the army, right?
Progress is lagging...
Both of these concepts are relatively abstract, and it took Ma Zhou a while to understand the meaning.
However, taken together, this description is still very abstract.
In addition to the progress of science and technology, the progress of human society is also constantly improving in terms of the ability to express complex attributes - in other words, of course there is also a primitive and crude stage.
The Jian'an literature that emerged during the Jian'an period made a significant contribution to the development of the Chinese language. Although it was not used in the right place in the end, the contribution was still a contribution.
In the future, the Chinese language will of course develop again... But right now, Li Sheng has no intention of spreading these things, because compared to this...
"It seems I should give you some help."
When Li Sheng said this, Chai Shao and others immediately turned their heads and looked at Li Sheng.
Are we going to build new warships?
Now one ship has been damaged. If calculated according to this ratio...
So if the battle continues, these twelve large ships may not be enough.
The other party's shipbuilding capacity was astonishing from observation the night before yesterday. It mobilized dozens of ships at a time——
This can narrow down the enemy's route and give everyone an opportunity to figure out the enemy's route, just like when a county government handles a criminal case.
However, compared with this, the opponent's large fleet size and the scale of shipbuilding capacity behind the fleet size are what is worrying.
Actually...
Goguryeo was originally a riding and arching tribe, but the key point was that it was different from ordinary riding and arching tribes.
Because Goguryeo is not entirely Xianbei people, it is a multi-ethnic country. In addition to the five Xianbei tribes, there are also female straight people, a large number of Han people, and even people from the Turkic past.
On weekdays, Goguryeo certainly did not have many standing navy and warships, but Goguryeo did not have reserves of water power. This was the essential difference between Goguryeo and the Turks in this regard. It was a matter of presence or absence.
Considering that this "have" is because fishery is really one of the pillars of Goguryeo's economy, this is a particularly important "have".
——In other words, Goguryeo's navy is actually not weak by nature. Even in the area of the female straight tribe, because fresh water and climate resources are not as abundant as those in Jiangdong, it is actually more dependent on fisheries. Considering this, targeting
The assessment of Goguryeo's maritime power needs to be upgraded to another level.
Looking at the whole situation, Goguryeo seems to be very extraordinary. In addition, there are a large number of Han people in Goguryeo, and its shipbuilding capabilities are no joke.
It is conceivable that once the entire Goguryeo is fully mobilized, the speed of shipbuilding is no joke, and there is no shortage of sailors to support the fishing population.
In other words...
Li Sheng also had to admit that he really didn't expect to encounter an opponent of this level——
Not only are they well-trained and have a strong ship, but the key is that the ship is obviously not small, and behind it is the shipbuilding manufacturing capability that can use the ship as a consumable... even if it is just a wooden ship.
In this case, of course I couldn't take it lightly, so I thought about it and said...
"Let's do this... Since the other side is looting everywhere and fighting to support war, then you should continue to suppress the bandits."