Li Sheng lives in Hangzhou, and Hangzhou is a prosperous place where merchants and wealthy people gather, and there are many rich people.
A characteristic of wealthy people is that they have many servants, wives and servants at home. However, Li Sheng did not keep any servants. In addition to Danqing and Mian'er, the maids who lived in his house were the guards. They were mainly responsible for guarding and delivering messages.
For example...for example, the phone call came.
That’s right, a humanoid ringing machine…
Li Sheng immediately rushed to Hangzhou Prefect's Yamen to have a look, and then he realized that it was Li Er's order and the news about Chai Shao.
Two messages are pretty much the same thing.
Another group of people appeared on the sea, and this time...
This group of people is extremely dangerous, because the ships these people drive are all big ships, and they are not small in scale!
Of course, if it was just a matter of scale, it would not be necessary for Li Er and Chai Shao to contact Li Sheng in a hurry at the same time.
Another problem is that these ships...are equipped with incendiary dans!
Li Sheng made everyone stunned for a moment, but then...
Chai Shao's voice came clearly and unmistakably from the phone, which was full of electric current and extremely loud.
"Holy Marquis, this is really not just looking for trouble for you. These people are using really burning pellets!"
"It's exactly the same as the one used by the Imperial Army of the Tang Dynasty!"
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It's not that the imperial army of the Tang Dynasty didn't use burning dan, but they didn't use it in naval battles.
This is of course because burning dan is hard to come by and requires high-quality oil. Whether it is fractionation - even simple fractionation or exploration and mining - it is extremely difficult.
In other words, the cost of burning dan is very high.
on the other hand……
It is different from the stereotypes many people have.
The famous generals in the history of China did not engage in the practice of killing everyone.
Take Huo Qubing, the famous Huns chasing the North, as an example. This guy has a very famous record, that is, he led thousands of people to attack tens of thousands, and then as soon as he met the tens of thousands of Huns, they started running away.
Road...and then something terrible happened.
Anyone who dares to take action will be killed directly by Huo Zai.
Huo Zai will kill anyone who wants to run away!
So does this mean that Huo Qubing is a cruel and cold-blooded murderer? Actually, we cannot say that.
What Huo Qubing implemented was the Han Dynasty's basic national policy of border management, which was to recruit as many people as possible.
Every one of the barbarians in the Xiongnu tribes, come back to me and continue to herd your cattle. You can raise cattle and sheep. If life is difficult, the big man will give you some money, but I, the big man, will find out that you are raising horses.
, playing with bows and arrows secretly - in short, it makes me think you want to cause trouble, I'm sorry, Wei Huo's beating is waiting for you.
Huo Qubing, a young general who seemed to act arrogantly and childishly, actually implemented this policy perfectly.
Those who are disobedient will be beaten. Those who are obedient, come to my army and don't deal with so many useless things. You can't beat me, so just do what I say and you'll be done.
It is precisely because it fits this national policy that Huo Qubing can always find out the enemy's movements in the desert - there are too many leading parties recruited by him.
In other words, Huo Qubing seemed to be a fool who did all kinds of pretentious things during the war, such as lighting a charcoal fire in the tent during a ten-minute break from marching, and insisting on playing football.
But in fact, what Huo Qubing did was the most convincing to these barbarians.
These characteristics, along with Huo Qubing's extraordinary military exploits, were naturally remembered and imitated by future generations of warriors.
And Chai Shao, as one of the heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, of course... also understands those truths.
Therefore, at sea, Chai Shao also tried his best to continue the basic policy of suppressing rather than pacifying, ending the war at the lowest cost and actually controlling an area.
And this thing about burning dan...
The power is too great.
The sea seems to be full of water, and the power of fire seems difficult to exert.
But the sea is all water, and the boats are all wood!
Once the shot burns down, the hull, sails... aren't they all perfect ignition materials?
If this doesn't work, it will be damned if it doesn't stand out from the crowd.
In fact, this understanding existed in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, due to the state of China, China's shipbuilding technology was poor. When the Dutch East India Company ran rampant in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, it could not defeat it. What should I do?
People at that time really came up with a way, which was to load a small boat with firewood, and sailors with strong water skills drove the small boat to find the opponent's strong and sophisticated ship.
When they were about to get close, the sailors lit firewood and jumped into the water to escape, and the boat hit them directly.
Of course, a direct collision would result in the big ship being smashed to pieces, but the wooden ship couldn't withstand the fire, so this method really worked in the hands of Zheng Chenggong and other generals, and really drove back the Dutch big ship. This kind of fire attack on the small ship was destroyed by the Dutch.
It is called "Junke Ship".
Not to mention the example of burning Red Cliff.
In short, one point to make is that burning and attacking the wooden ships of this era is simply a dimensionality reduction attack.
Hand grenades can be fired manually or with a mechanism. It is very difficult to paralyze the combat effectiveness of an enemy ship, and many crew members often have a chance to escape after the ship is broken.
But burning dan is different. When a big ship catches fire, you may not even have a plank to hold.
But... Chai Shao was a general of the Tang Dynasty after all.
The Forbidden Army of the Tang Dynasty has always been a volunteer army, and the volunteer army does not fight for the purpose of killing.
Chai Shao's idea, of course, was to recruit as many sailors as possible on these pirate ships and use them to work for the Tang Dynasty. It was more valuable and more humane than killing them.
But using burning dan does not conform to this idea.
If a group wants to do something, there must be a central idea from top to bottom, and no one can deviate from it. Just like in a game, someone can't push the tower and others can get the dragon, otherwise they will often be caught separately.
But burning dan is not in line with this idea, Chai Shao knows very well...
Without this thing, it is more difficult to fight a naval battle, but there is still the possibility of surrendering. If the surrender is successful, if nothing else, the value of a big ship will be very high if it is repaired, and the captured sailors recruited...
Isn’t it more profitable to do hard labor without having to pay?
A real war will snowball. This is a valuable experience summed up by the empires in countless versions of China.
Once the incendiary pellets are used, no one will consider surrendering in future naval battles. After all, once the incendiary dans are released, it is clear that they will kill everyone. Who dares to surrender?
After going around for a while, the difficulty of the game has increased, so the Tang Dynasty's navy does not need to burn dan.
In other words...at least for the first time, it will never be used. The inventory is supervised by Chai Shao himself.
That's why...
This time, Chai Shao, who insisted on not using powerful weapons of destruction, was actually at sea...
Encountered a mysterious pirate who uses burning dan...
You can imagine how shocked Chai Shao was!
Damn it, even the Imperial Guards of the Tang Dynasty were useless, but the pirates suddenly used them?...
