Yun Chang's tone was completely unrefutable, and Chang Lin and Liu Wen'an looked at each other, and could only bow their heads in response: "Yes."
On the second day, Yunshang quietly left the palace, went straight out of the city, and boarded the carriage that had been prepared early in the morning.
After noon on the third day, Yunshang arrived at the new training ground of the navy.
However, as Yunshang suggested before, Li Mu chose the place by the river this time, and tidied up a deserted small village, where hundreds of sailors settled down.
Li Mu followed behind Yunshang, explaining to Yunshang in a low voice: "There were people living in this village more than ten years ago, but because it is close to the river, there is a lot of rain here, and the Yunsha River always swells in summer. , the village has been moved up the mountain several times, but it is still flooded from time to time. The most important thing is that almost all the land in the village is by the river, and the land on the mountain is too barren to grow anything. There was no harvest, and the people had to leave and find another place to resettle."
"The houses in the village were moved to a slightly higher place by the people, but they are still intact. We repaired them and they can still live in."
"We pretended to be fishermen who made a living by fishing, and declared to the outside world that we originally lived by the sea, but pirates appeared frequently. We were so disturbed that we had to move the whole village here. We will live here for a while and then decide whether it is right or not. Leave."
"Because there are only men in the army, we are afraid of being exposed, so we specially asked some sailors to bring their wives, children, and parents here after issuing military orders. But even though we brought people here, our training is still completely confidential , Empress, don't worry."
Yun Chang nodded: "You have done a lot more properly this time, and I have nothing to worry about."
Li Mu smiled, and his dark face was a bit happy after being praised: "The general plans to let them train here until August."
"August?" Yun Shang's fingers in her sleeves moved slightly: "Why did you train until August? What else is there to pay attention to?"
Li Mu nodded: "As I mentioned earlier, there is a lot of rain here in summer, and when there is a heavy rain in summer, the river will rise sharply. After the river surges, the waves will be much larger. I want to take advantage of that time to train the water well." Army. After all, although it is flowing water, although the Yunsha River is relatively wide, compared with the sea, there is still a big gap."
"It's just that we can't be too anxious. We have to take it step by step. First adapt to the river water in normal times, and then adapt to the river water in skyrocketing times. After they can all adapt, they can go to the beach."
Yun Shang nodded: "You guys have been here for a while, how is the training effect?"
Li Mu raised his hand and scratched his head in embarrassment: "As your mother said, we were only training in the calm lake water before, and we couldn't get used to it at all when we first came here, and it took a long time to get used to it before we got better. Some, but now they have made considerable progress."
"In addition to fighting in the water, we also brought in some ships, both large and small, to train the soldiers' ability to fight on board."
Li Mu thought for a while, but still felt that it was a bit unsatisfactory: "Since the empress is here, why don't you go and see for yourself?"
"I think so too."
Li Mu took Yunshang to the riverside.
Before reaching the river, Yunshang saw the situation in the river from a distance.
This Yunsha River is really as Li Mu said, the river is very wide, about seven or eight hundred meters long.
Dozens of boats were parked on the river, and there were dark shadows on the boats and in the river, probably soldiers training.
Yun Chang frowned: "There are so many people, if someone looks on the mountain, they will find something is wrong."
"Yes." Li Mu nodded: "The last general also knows that although fishing can be used as a cover, it is indeed unreasonable for such a river area, so many people, and so many boats. Therefore, the final general Defenses are set up around, and if a stranger comes, a signal will be passed."
As Li Mu spoke, he raised his hand, and there were a few rapid bird calls.
Soon, Yunshang saw that the boats on the river parted suddenly, and all the black spots floating in the river dived into the water, and there were only twenty or thirty fishing boats left on the river, and some people took out their fishing nets. net.
Yun Chang couldn't help but twitched the corners of her mouth: "Looking at it this way, it really looks like I'm fishing."
Li Mu smiled: "Yes, we have been practicing this for a while."
After a pause, he continued: "Actually, when we selected the place before, we also carefully selected it. Because the surrounding mountains and forests are very barren, even the trees don't grow very much, and the river often swells. , the villagers around here have almost moved away. But no one can guarantee that no one will come at all, so we still have to be careful and prepare to deal with emergencies at any time."
Yun Chang nodded, and Li Mu sent out another signal, and then Jiang Mianfang resumed his previous state of training.
Yun Shang watched for a while by the river, watching them practice lurking, practicing in the middle of the river, and fighting on the boat. After a while, she nodded: "It is indeed much better than before."
Li Mu smiled a little embarrassedly: "It's still the empress who is brilliant. If the empress hadn't pointed out our shortcomings, I'm afraid we would still be taking things for granted now behind closed doors."
Yun Chang didn't make a sound, and said after a while: "You are still just working behind closed doors."
Li Mu coughed lightly: "It has to be done step by step."
"What do you think, if you are in the current situation, if you go to the battlefield..." Yun Shang paused: "If the battlefield is on the river, what is your winning rate?"
Li Mu thought for a while: "It depends on the opponent's situation. Just saying that the battlefield is on the river, it is difficult to determine the result."
Yun Shang couldn't help but smiled again: "If you pull a Xia Guo army out to fight you, are you sure?"
Li Mu laughed immediately: "That's natural. Most of these sailors came from the elite battalion. They are very familiar with the way of training and commanding and fighting in Xia Guo's ordinary army. However, they We are not familiar with water combat, and although we are not particularly proficient, we have been trained for such a long time after all, we still have some confidence in this."
Yun Chang turned to look at him: "Xia Houjing raised his troops and occupied Wu'an Prefecture to make himself king, do you know?"
This one, the smile on Li Mu's face gradually faded, and he just nodded: "I know."
Yun Chang's eyes became farther away: "Recently, I have carefully studied the vicinity of Wu'an Prefecture. There are a total of eight rivers in Wu'an Prefecture..."