Tennuo Mountain is located to the west of Liuzhou City. The scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is that you can see mountains everywhere, and where there are mountains, there are waters. From a distance, it is a freehand landscape, and from a close view, it is a fine brushwork. Placed in the distance, there is beauty in far view, and in close view, there is beauty in close view.
Or it is precisely because of this beautiful water and soil that many great writers have been born in the south of the Yangtze River. Of course, there are also politicians who influence the world. But no matter whether it is the former dynasty or the contemporary era, Jiangnan has never produced any handsome talents who can leave a name in the history in the true sense.
Looking at the history of nearly a thousand years, there are many famous generals in the Northern Dynasties, and the reincarnation of several generations of courts in the south of the Yangtze River also rarely has a victorious general. This may have something to do with the lack of wars in the south of the Yangtze River. The land north of the Yangtze River has experienced frequent foreign wars, so there are constantly rising talents in the army. Since Chen Guo, Jiangnan has only confronted Zheng Guo and has no foreign enemies. At the same time, the state of Zheng was not only at war with the state of Chen from time to time, but also with the prairie people in the west, the barbarians in the north, and the Chu people in the east.
Without war, it is difficult to find a real handsome talent.
Since the founding of the country in the Great Sui Dynasty, there has been no war at all in Jiangnan singing and dancing, or the Yang family did it on purpose. He drove the barbarians to the north into the barren mountains, fought openly and secretly with the Mongolian Yuan in the west, swallowed up most of the Eastern Chu in the east, and repeatedly fought wars with the He people after destroying the Shang in the southwest.
Jiangnan has not smelled the smell of gunpowder for two hundred years.
Now, the chaos of war and war has finally spread here. The moment the cannon fire ignited on Mount Tennuo, it was as if a spark had landed on a famous painting handed down from generation to generation, scalding a hole.
The hole is small, but if a gust of wind blows through it, the whole painting might be set ablaze.
Tu was very satisfied with the hole, and he was in a particularly good mood after truly feeling the power of the firearm. Muli's elite team of more than 10,000 people looked so weak in front of 20 artillery pieces. The most feared arrow array in the two hundred years since the founding of the Sui Dynasty was like a basket of eggs in front of the artillery, and a stone thrown into it smashed most of it.
He began to fantasize that it didn't take much, if there were a hundred cannons, it would be enough to wipe out the armored army known as invincible in the world. Even though the defensive power of those armored troops was unparalleled, it was difficult for them to dodge when facing artillery because of the heavy armor.
Tu seemed to have seen the scene where he stepped on the armored army's battle flag under his feet.
The reason why he would rather risk being punished by the master behind Tonggu Academy than to avoid the Iron Armored Army was because he was waiting for these firearms. He knew why Tonggu Academy wanted to train him, it was nothing more than a stone blocking Yang Jian. If it stops, everyone is happy. If it can't be stopped, Tongu Academy will not feel sad because of his death.
But Tu couldn't think of himself as a rock, even if it was a rock, it had to be a boulder that was taller than the sky.
Before he himself feels that he is not ready to fight Yang Jianjian, no one can force him to go to the battlefield in advance. He knew that his current cultivation base was already very strong, strong enough to fight Yang Jian one-on-one. But this is not what he wants, what he wants is to completely defeat Yang Jian. That includes defeating that armored army. The victory cannot be discounted. If you want to win, you must win completely.
Using Muli's troops to test the power of the artillery, Tu also gained a bit of confidence.
"Scarface."
He glanced at his newly promoted confidant: "You said the caravan was attacked when it left Muping? How much did you lose?"
The person named Scarface is Scarface, and the name Scarface is not his real name. However, Tu liked to call him Scarface, so he lost his original name. He had a scar on his face that ran across his forehead from the left temple to the right temple.
This injury is a bit weird. According to reason, unless the wound was deliberately cut by someone holding it down, it is very difficult for such an injury to appear on the battlefield. But this wound was not cut by someone, nor was he cut on the battlefield, but he cut it out with a dagger.
"Returning to the prince, about 150 muskets and two cannons were lost. The people who attacked the team appeared at night, and they should have targeted our team when they were in Muping City. They were extremely accurate and fled after killing people." It was too late, but our things were not taken away, obviously there were not many people. It was already too late when the subordinates heard about it and led people to rush over, the team died, the muskets were smashed, and the artillery was destroyed."
"Have any idea?"
Butcher asked.
"This subordinate suspects that it will not be done by some powerful force. If it is someone from Yang Shunhui or Mufu, they will not destroy those things. They all have enough people to transport the things away. Therefore, my subordinates Inference, it should be a coincidence. There are many robbers and robbers outside the city of Muping, who make a living by plundering passing caravans. If my subordinates guess well, they should be people who met us in the city to look at the goods purchased by Eastern Chu merchants. I thought it would be profitable, so I attacked the camp."
Tu nodded: "There is nothing to worry about like this."
"The subordinates have already dealt with it. Those guns and artillery have sunk into the bottom of a small lake, and the scene has been cleaned up. It looks like it was just murder and robbery. This kind of thing is not uncommon. It should not cause Yang Shunhui or The Mu family's suspicion."
"Um."
Tu nodded: "Go, it's time to talk to those rich households in the city, and ask them to hand over half of their property to pay for their lives. If they don't want to, just take all of them. You can get the money directly In charge of going to Muping and continuing to trade with foreigners, I want one hundred cannons, twenty thousand muskets, if the money is not enough, I will order the troops to expand around, and it will not be much worse to slaughter a few counties."
"Here."
Scarface lowered his head and said, "However, it may be difficult for Ross people to take out such a big tree."
"That is to do business with the people of the Opru Empire. As long as the money is given enough, there will always be people who are not afraid of death."
"The subordinate understands."
"besides."
Tu thought for a while and said, "It will be the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days. Please invite the navy general Zheng Qiu to come to Liuzhou City for a banquet. This man..."
He paused, then turned to look at the person standing on the other side: "Shiro, on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, take your people to the Dahong River. People in the navy have never obeyed my orders. If you want to develop in the future, you can't do without water." Teacher, but I don't want a disobedient navy, send those people to hell on Mid-Autumn Festival night, there is also a bright moon in hell... "
The young man named Shiro smiled coldly: "Don't worry, my lord, I will send them all the way."
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The waterways in the south of the Yangtze River are criss-crossed, and the waterways of the Dahong River are very wide. In the north, a big river like this must be more famous than in the south of the Yangtze River, but in the south of the Yangtze River, the flow of water like the Dahong River is too common. Before the Great Sui Dynasty and Chen Dynasty were destroyed, preparations for the construction of the Yangtze River Navy began. After ten years, a fleet unparalleled in the world was finally built. It is precisely because of this fleet that the Sui army was able to invade Jiangnan with such force.
Prior to this, the navy in the south of the Yangtze River had always been proud. In their view, the Yangtze River is the natural danger and treasure bestowed on them by God, but in the eyes of the enemy, the Yangtze River is only the word natural danger. When the north and the south stood side by side, Zheng Guo was unable to invade the south of the Yangtze River because the navy was not as good as Chen Guo. And Chen Guo was unable to invade Jiangbei because they couldn't beat Zheng Guo's infantry on land.
The Sui Dynasty changed this situation, and the establishment of the Yangtze River Navy symbolized the beginning of a new generation.
On the day of crossing the river, the appearance of the Yangtze River Navy frightened Chen Guo's navy. Chen Guoren couldn't imagine how the Sui people would suddenly have such a huge fleet, hundreds of giant warships, thousands of yellow dragon ships, Coupled with the countless centipede clippers, almost all the waterways of the Yangtze River were blocked.
In that battle, the Great Sui Navy left a great reputation.
Later, after the Jiangnan was pacified, although the size of the Yangtze River Navy was slightly reduced, and the warships damaged in the war were abandoned and not repaired, they still had suffocating combat effectiveness. After the war, the Yangtze River Navy still has 160 warships, thousands of Huanglong ships, 500 white teeth ships, and of course, the flagship that was specially built for the Sui Emperor... the Tenglong ship.
Such a powerful force is enough to deter Jiangnan.
After the Northwest Rebellion, God Bless Emperor Yang Yi transferred the Yangtze River Navy to the north. Later, the general of the Yangtze River Navy Wang Yiqu rebelled, leaving about one-third of the fleet. The other third was in Luo Tu's hands, while Fang Jie and the imperial court took the other third. However, in terms of combat power, Wang Yiqu's fleet is the most powerful. Seventy percent of the best-equipped and strongest Baiya ship is in Wang Yiqu's hands.
Now Luo Tu's navy consists of thirty-six warships, two hundred and seventy yellow dragons, ninety white teeth, and the Tenglong battleship that the Emperor of Sui only boarded once after it was completed. Admiral Zheng Qiu is the commander of the Tenglong warship. At that time, Wang Yiqu didn't dare to take this boat with him when he went north, otherwise his rebellious intention would be too obvious.
Now, the boat fell into Luo Tu's hands.
Because of this ship, Luo Tu always felt that it was a kind of providence.
The Tenglong battleship is more than 200 meters long, and it is the only such huge wooden warship since ancient times. The warship has four floors, and the ship building is built like a palace. Because it is too big, this boat can only walk on the wide river, and the water is slightly shallower, and it cannot pass.
At that time, in order to build this Tenglong battleship, the best craftsmen of the Sui Dynasty were brought together, and it took six years to complete the construction. Those who participated in the construction of the Tenglong ship at that time firmly believed that even if this ship went to the ocean, it would be the overlord of Megatron on the sea.
Now, this ship is the flagship of the Luo Tu fleet.
Zheng Qiu has been the commanding general of the Tenglong ship since seventeen years ago, but he has never met the emperor. Tianyou Emperor Yang Yi was the one who didn't like to travel the least in the history of the Sui Dynasty, and he had never seen his own battleship that symbolized the status of an emperor. If he had seen this big ship, he would be proud of it.
Only a country like the Sui Dynasty could create such a behemoth.
Zheng Qiu stood at the bow of the boat, staring at the bright moon reflected on the water in a daze. Sailor has been staying here for more than a month, and he has been deliberately avoiding Luo Tu. Zheng Qiu has never had a good impression of that young man.
"The general... has a visitor."
Just when he was in a daze, the captain of the personal soldier quickly came over and whispered in his ear.
"who?"
"General Mu Li!"
Hearing this name, Zheng Qiu's face changed suddenly: "Is he not dead?"
The soldier captain said: "It's not just him, there's another person following him, he doesn't look like Mu Li's subordinate, he behaves like Mu Li respects him very much."
"please."
Zheng Qiu hesitated for a while and decided to meet Mu Li. He always felt that if he drove this person away today, he would miss something important. I don't know why, but he actually denied his immediate decision. After he heard that Mu Li had arrived, his first reaction was to take him down and send him to Luo Tu's army. The second reaction is to drive this person away, and the third reaction is... this person must be seen.