As soon as Jiang Qin entered the tent, he clasped his fists and said: "Eighty thousand soldiers of the navy are invited to march westward. I hope your majesty will give you permission!"
Liu Xin has always attached great importance to the construction of the navy. The number of troops has grown from 10,000 to 80,000 today, and the number of ships has reached thousands, divided into three fleets and two marines. This does not include several
base and shipyard. The First Fleet has only 10,000 people and is mainly responsible for the defense, security and search and rescue work in the Yangtze River Basin. In fact, it is still an inland navy, with veteran Cheng Pu as the captain. The Second and Third Fleets are
It has grown into a real navy. Although it does not yet have ocean-going capabilities, it has no problems in offshore operations.
In recent years, although the imperial court has invested more and more in the navy, the navy has not really participated in any major battles. Perhaps its only contribution was to block the Yangtze River waterway in Liu Xin's battle to unify the Han Dynasty, ensuring that
The tranquility of Jiangnan.
However, the Han navy was not useless. In daily training, they moved farther and farther away from the coastline, drew many nautical charts, and included Yizhou and Yazhou, which would later become Taiwan and Hainan, into the Han navy.
Territory. Not only that, there are a series of islands to the north of Yizhou, some of which are inhabited by some people, and some of which are inhabited by some indigenous people. These islands are now under the rule of the Han Dynasty. After studying the charts, Liu Xin and Ma Yun believed that
These islands are actually the Diaoyu Islands and Ryukyu Islands in later generations. If you go further north, you should be able to reach Japan.
Liu Xin and Ma Yun from later generations knew the importance of the ocean, so Liu Xin had great ambitions to conquer the ocean, and had a long-term plan in his mind that spanned thirty years and had never been made public.[
The first ten years are for the Han navy to move from the inland to the ocean, gradually become familiar with the surrounding sea conditions, and build ships suitable for ocean-going. Then the troops will be divided into two groups, going north to control Japan, and going south to control the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
Islands. In Liu Xin's impression, these islands are either inhabited by people or by uncivilized primitive tribes, so they are not difficult to deal with.
The second decade was about building larger ships so that the navy could go further, go all the way south along the coastline, bypass the Indian subcontinent, reach Africa, and then continue forward until it turned around the entire Africa and entered the Mediterranean Sea.
The goal of the third decade is to organize a fleet to go to Oceania and the Americas. This should be regarded as a huge adventure, the future is uncertain, but once successful, the harvest will be huge. Not to mention Oceania, the vast land of America will
Being included in Dahan's territory, the high-quality iron ore from Australia and crops such as corn, peppers, and tomatoes from America are enough to make Liu Xin excited.
These three ten-year plans are interlocking and step-by-step. The first ten-year plan is to develop ocean-going capabilities and build a real navy. The second ten-year plan is to open up the Maritime Silk Road. Only private-sponsored maritime
With more fleets, those newly opened territories will not be left alone overseas, and will maintain long-term and close ties with the mainland. The third decade will be the first step for the development of the Han Dynasty hundreds or even thousands of years later.
Lay a solid foundation.
In fact, the goals of the first ten-year plan have been nearly completed. The navy has already possessed certain ocean-going capabilities. If the massacre of Han merchants in Caracalla had not happened, Liu Xin would have been preparing to organize a fleet to attack Japan and Luzon.
Although the Han Dynasty was rich, it did not have the ability to support two wars at the same time. Liu Xin had to put this matter aside and concentrate on dealing with the powerful Qin.
When the news of the massacre of more than 20,000 Han merchants in the Qin Empire spread throughout the country, the navy officers and soldiers were also very angry. Especially the navy commander Gan Ning and the deputy commander Zhou Tai, who had not been happy for many years.
After a battle, I heard that Liu Xin was preparing for the Western Expedition. He would rather recruit the old troops under Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to fight, and there would be no trouble with the naval army. He couldn't hold it in any longer, and immediately sent Jiang Qin to Liu Xin.
petition.
Jiang Qin also held back his anger and took several soldiers to rush to Chang'an day and night, only to be informed that Liu Xin had already set off for many days. Jiang Qin refused to delay, so he rushed all the way to the Uzbeli Fortress. Unexpectedly,
Arriving only one day later than Liu Xin.
"Nonsense!" Liu Xin said angrily, "From Chang'an to Daqin, there is nothing but grassland and desert. What use is there for the navy? Go back and tell Gan Ning and Zhou Tai to train them well. I will have their own use for them."
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Seeing that Liu Xin rejected his request, Jiang Qin said anxiously: "Your Majesty, this is the unanimous request of all the officers and men of the navy. I hope your Majesty..."
Liu Xin glared at him fiercely and said in a deep voice: "Do you want to resist the decree?"
Although Liu Xin delegated most of the power to the cabinet and the six ministries, he still firmly held the control of the army. The appointment and dismissal, promotion and punishment of military officers must be signed by Liu Xin personally.
Only when facing military officers and soldiers, Liu Xin would ask them to obey orders and prohibitions, not to disobey, and to ensure his absolute authority. As for ordinary subjects, Liu Xin would encourage them to express different opinions and even raise objections to the imperial edict he had promulgated.
In Liu Xin's words, this is called differential treatment, which is the unity of power and democracy.
Jiang Qin came from a rough background, had a rough character, and was not good at words. When he saw Liu Xin getting angry, he immediately froze there, hesitating and speechless.
Jushuo saw it from the side, smiled and reassured: "Actually, this Western Expedition would have given you a chance to show off your navy's strengths. The territory of the Qin Empire is surrounded by a sea, but it's a pity that your warships can't sail there. If
Waiting for the ship to be built on site, I'm afraid the war is over..."
"Wait!" Liu Xin's heart suddenly moved, and she waved her hand and said, "Jiang Qin, I have an important task for your navy. It's very dangerous. You go back and tell Gan Ning and Zhou Tai to pick a fleet and go all the way along the coastline.
Go southwest and you will eventually arrive at a continent. It is a barbaric land. The local villagers drink blood from their hair and their skin is like charcoal. This place is called Africa. Follow the coastline of Africa and you will finally reach the rear of Great Qin!"
Everyone was surprised and asked: "How does your Majesty know this place?"
Liu Xin pretended to be mysterious and said: "The secret must not be leaked."
Jushou laughed: "It must be another golden-armored god who entrusted a dream to Your Majesty."
In fact, Liu Xin did not expect the navy to reach Daqin before the end of the war. After all, it was an unfamiliar sea route, and he did not know much about the navigation capabilities of the Han navy. The reason why he sent the navy to sneak attack Daqin
Behind the scenes, he just used the bloody spirit of the navy officers and soldiers to implement the second ten-year plan ahead of schedule. In the original plan, Liu Xin planned to have the navy and merchant ships set off at the same time, but that is not possible now.
We can only let the naval officers serve as pioneers.
After explaining the affairs of the navy, Liu Xin summoned the three armies and said loudly: "Soldiers, it is unbearable for the country of Dayuan to betray its alliance and help the tyranny of Zhou! I will attack Dayuan first, and then attack Daqin, as a warning to others. Soldiers
Guys, cheer up, let’s set off overnight and rush to Guishan City for breakfast!” [
"Kill! Kill! Kill!" The three armies shouted in unison, which shook the sky.
At this time, at the foot of Guishan City, Xu Huang had already beaten the war drum himself. The agreed one-hour limit had expired, but there was no sign of surrender in Guishan City. The follow-up infantry brigade had already arrived, with trebuchets and ladders.
, all the siege equipment such as rams and chariots were ready. Xu Huang was not a woman, so the siege began immediately.
Amidst the loud noise of "rumbling, booming", countless stones mixed with sharp roars rushed towards Guishan City. This time, the trebuchet attacked from close range, and the stone rain not only fell on the head of Guishan City, but also fell on the head of Guishan City.
It covered the entire outer city of Guishan. There were screams from the top of the city, and people hiding in the city were not immune. Huge stones fell from the sky, smashed through the roofs, and collapsed the houses. For a time, the soldiers and civilians in the city suffered heavy casualties.
This was just the prelude to the Han army's attack. Soon, the rain of stones stopped. Covered by shields and crossbows, hundreds of ladders and rams marched towards Guishan City. There was no moat outside Guishan City, so these attacks
The city equipment can reach directly to the bottom of the city.
The Han army's ladder was more than ten feet higher than the city wall of Guishan City. During the fierce battle on the ladder, the Han army's crossbowmen were condescending, and a stream of arrows rained down on the head of Guishan City. Many of them had just attacked from the trebuchet.
After recovering from the shock, the Dawan soldiers who were holding bows and arrows to block the Han army's attack were shot into hedgehogs in the blink of an eye. In fact, the ladder also has a springboard, which can be directly set up on the city head, but now it has been used
It didn't work, because the Han army's charging chariots were improved and were no longer used only to hit the city gates, but the city gates and the city walls were attacked together.
Dozens of charging vehicles lined up and violently hit the outer wall of Guishan City. Most of the outer walls of Guishan City were made of rammed earth, with only a small amount of bluestone used at the root of the wall. When the Han army rushed to attack the vehicle, they violently hit it.
With what seemed like a sudden impact, the entire Guishan City seemed to begin to tremble, and the defenders were all in panic.
Attic held the scimitar tightly in both hands and hurried to the top of the city, shouting at the top of his lungs to tell the soldiers to stay at their respective posts. When he saw the cowering soldiers, Attic was not polite and went up and stabbed them.
His eyes were red, and he was extremely angry. Just before the stick of incense, he had just received the bad news that his second son, Geer, had died of a serious injury. A man with white hair gave a man with black hair, nothing in the world could be worse than this.
What a cruel thing, even if he secures his position as King of Dayuan, what's the use of it!
Suddenly, Atike felt his feet go weak, and then heard an earth-shattering loud noise. Atike's body fell to the ground like a weight. Before he could scream, countless rammed earth blocks fell on his head and face.
They threw themselves down. The walls of Guishan City finally couldn't bear the impact of the Han army's chariots and collapsed suddenly.