In the early morning, the sky is not yet bright, and the wind is cold.
A large group of people stood on the cliff, under the bright yellow canopy, jade fu wrapped in thick fox fur, facing the direction of the river estuary, looking expectant.
Gu Shubai was beside her, and everyone behind her stood silently, looking towards the direction of the rushing river.
The rolling Yellow River is passing by, and the icy water occasionally encounters stones in the river, stirring up white waves, splashing like broken jade, which makes the people on the cliff even more chilly.
Gu Shubai looked at the people beside him, she was wrapped in thick brocade robes and cloaks as she was when she was a child, layered on top of each other until she was wrapped into a ball, she was not cold at all.
Even so, he still subconsciously protected her by his side, trying to block the cold wind blowing from the sea as much as possible.
"Why don't you come?"
Someone asked anxiously, but he looked back and said calmly: "The letter from the Ministry of Industry said that the giant ship will go to sea today, please wait patiently."
This wait is quite a while.
In the early morning, the mist gradually dispersed, Yu Fu couldn't help looking at the sea, Gu Shubai whispered: "Don't worry, with my father watching, the Sangyi people will not appear at this time."
She nodded slightly, and suddenly heard someone shout, "Look, is it here?"
Everyone turned their heads in an instant, and in the distance, a tall black shadow appeared on the river. As it keeps getting closer and bigger, it looks like an ancient giant poking its head out from the bottom of the river until its entirety is exposed.
A majestic and majestic giant ship with a black iron skin, a total of five stories high. On the top floor hung Beili's golden dragon-wrapped-sword banner, and they walked swiftly and majestically in the north wind, and there were exclamations from the crowd.
It is so big that it seems to exceed the river, and the sides of the boats on both sides almost touch the shore. It is suspected that if it is bigger, it will be stuck in the river and cannot get out.
As the huge ship sailed in front of them, everyone saw that there was a long group of large ships behind it, which were not only bigger in size than the Sanyi people, but also more numerous in number.
A complete fleet was finally built after more than half a year.
Yu Fu restrained her joy, but the smile on the corner of her mouth revealed what she was thinking in her heart. Not long after, Shang Shu of the Ministry of Industry and his officials came quickly and saluted in front of her.
"Your Majesty, the old minister lived up to his trust and finally built the fleet before the end of the year. The old minister has already ordered people to conduct tests. Our hull is definitely stronger than that of the Sanyi people. This time we will definitely defeat them in one fell swoop!"
The Sanyi people are too proud these days. The beach along the coast has been scorched black by their artillery, and there are scorched marks and unpleasant smells everywhere.
It's time to make them pay.
Yu Fu nodded slightly, then suddenly raised his hand and said: "I will pass on my order, and the three armies will enter the ship. We will also use the giant ship as our battalion, let's see what the Sangyi people are proud of."
The fleet stopped at the mouth of the Yellow River, and the soldiers had already seen the huge shadow of the ship, and boarded the ship in an orderly manner after the order was passed.
On the shore, Gu Huaijiang led the army to set up defenses, and Yu Fu personally boarded the giant ship, and handed over the fleet to Gu Shubai for unified deployment, with Gu Jiuge, Gu Hanmo and others assisting.
Beili's giant ship learned the technology of the Sanyi people, and improved on this basis, it is naturally stronger than the Sanyi people's, and the speed is also faster.
Among other things, the "iron armor" on the outer layer of the ship is enough to make people frightened.
"I have been fighting sneak attacks for a long time, and now I am not used to facing the enemy head-on."
As Gu Shubai said this, in fact, the formation had already been arranged. Not just now, but since the shipbuilding workshop of the Ministry of Industry started building giant ships, he and Gu Huaijiang have repeatedly discussed the battle formation with giant ships.
Yu Fu leaned on the warm couch in the cabin, watching him give orders one after another, and then the flag bearer on the deck played all kinds of flags that she couldn't understand.
She could only vaguely see that it was encirclement, and the semaphore in the army was changed from time to time in order to prevent the enemy spies from spying on it. She was not a member of the army, so naturally she didn't understand.
She looked out through the window, the hull was too tall, from here it was just a piece of sea water, and the specific fleet formation could not be seen clearly.
But she knew that this was not important to them now.
As Gu Shubai said, after a long period of sneak attack, the mentality of the soldiers has changed. What is needed right now is a face-to-face confrontation with the enemy openly and aboveboard, and even deliberately reckless and reckless, in order to vent the anger in everyone's hearts.
Not only Gu Shubai, but also the soldiers and herself.
There was also a breath in her heart that she couldn't breathe out, and she was just waiting for today to be elated.
In the distance, the Sangyi Fleet docked at Koryo Port, the guard post found another huge fleet, and immediately sent a signal to the army desperately.
The Sanyi people were frightened by the huge ship in front of them, so they had to send troops to meet the enemy in a hurry. On the vast sea, two huge fleets faced each other far away, with an astonishing momentum.
Yu Fu slowly got up and walked to the deck, followed by Gu Shubai, Gu Jiuge and others, the soldiers on the deck stood solemnly, their backs were never as straight as they are today.
Since they faced off against the Sanyi people, they haven't really won a big victory. Now that they have a fleet that is stronger than the opponent, they are not afraid.
The unlined clothes on their bodies were still unlined, and the rusty armor was still stained with rust, but the self-confidence that came from their bones made them no longer cold.
Yu Fu smiled slightly, the cold wind from the sea blew a strand of hair behind her ear, the high hair was obviously shorter than the average woman's hair, not even reaching her waist.
Gu Jiuge and others noticed this keenly, and subconsciously looked at Gu Shubai, but Gu Shubai's expression did not fluctuate, it seems that he knew it a long time ago.
Yu Fulang said to the soldiers on the deck: "Soldiers, today I am with you on this ship. If you live, you will die together. If you die, you will die together. The Sangyi people are at the end of their strength. God bless me, Bei Li, and I will not teach you to be with me. Bury here, today's battle will be won!"
"God bless Beili! God bless Beili!"
The shouts on the deck were deafening, and even the sea breeze could not dispel the morale shouting from the chest with hot blood.
Yu Fu looked up at the sky, thinking in his heart that with the giant ship as a camp, the soldiers would not have to worry about the cold winter water, and the advantage of the Sanyi people not being afraid of the cold is no longer an advantage.
The right time, the right place, and the harmony of people.
All three are complete, so what are you waiting for
She raised her hand high and swung it down vigorously, "Attack!"
The giant ship approached the enemy, and as soon as it got close to the range, dozens of hundreds of artillery pieces flew towards the enemy, and the roar of the explosion was particularly pleasant.
Before the Sanyi people loaded their cannons and fired, Beili's side launched a second wave of violent attacks. The soldiers seemed to have been injected with chicken blood. How could they give the enemy any time to react
They have been held back for too long, and once they erupt, they will be like a volcano, unstoppable!
The huge ship of the Sanyi people began to shake, and the big ships on the two wings had already sank into the water with black smoke, but their artillery was not as fast as Bei Li's side, and it was difficult to launch it, and it was difficult to aim and hit it.
The artillery exploded on the sea beside the giant Beili ship, Gu Shubai protected Yufu and returned to the cabin, looked out from the huge window, and saw the large ships of the Sangyi fleet being sunk one after another.
The corners of his mouth turned up slightly, "Sangyi people didn't learn artillery, at least they are much worse at aiming. It's still Beili people who are smart, learning other people's shipbuilding technology but making better ships than others."
Occasionally, the opponent's artillery attacked, and the iron skin on the outer layer of the ship could not be penetrated at all, and could only fall into the sea slumped.
Yufu looked at the enemy's cannons criss-crossing in the sky, and the number on their side was four or five times more than that of the other side, "The Sanyi people were too complacent a few days ago and kept bombing our coast with cannons. I think they cannons now The number is insufficient, and the armaments and supplies have probably not arrived yet.”
The Sanyi people had traveled across the ocean to attack Beili, and their base camp was still far away, so Koryo naturally couldn't provide the artillery they needed.
According to the theory of the Art of War, if the battle line is too long, the rear weapons and food will easily go wrong. This is true on land, let alone on the unpredictable sea
It really was the right time and place, no one thought that the Sanyi people didn't even have enough artillery.
The Sanyi people couldn't have imagined that Beili would suddenly create such a huge fleet.
They couldn't place spies in Beili, and the Sangyi people were too short, so they could be seen right away when they mixed in with the Beili people, so they had never heard of the Beili Dynasty building a giant ship. They thought that they had figured out Beili's combat strength and level during their previous missions. Who could have imagined what happened to this sudden giant ship
I thought it was just an embroidered pillow, but I didn't expect to try it with a cannon, and it turned out to be stronger than their giant ship!
The huge fleet can almost be said to be their only advantage. If even this advantage is lost, they will never be able to defeat Beili's army, let alone conquer the entire Kyushu continent...
The officials in white clothes with golden chrysanthemum patterns and tall black hats looked into the distance from the swaying deck, frightened by Beili's fleet.
"Did that... fall from the sky?"
"Could it be that this mysterious continent of Kyushu is really protected by legendary gods?"
Even the officials lost their fighting spirit and paralyzed themselves with ghosts and gods. The soldiers on the ship became even more chaotic and had no intention of fighting.
"No, it's impossible!"
Minister Zuo looked around, and saw that Sang Yi's fleet had been broken up, some ships disintegrated and scattered on the sea surface, and some whole ships sank into the sea without a trace.
Their soldiers struggled and wailed in the water, the water was blood-red, and someone's stump was floating on it...
"Defeated? Is that how you lost?"
Minister Zuo recalled the king's expectations for him when he led his people to leave Sangyi, "I will give you all the sons and daughters of the whole country, all the money, manpower, weapons, and everything in the whole country. As long as you give The Kyushu Continent has been conquered, and when the time comes, we will take our subjects to live in that fertile continent, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment. I will leave this burden to you."
He vowed at that time, "Your Majesty, I will definitely be able to do it. In less than half a year, I will conquer the mainland of Kyushu and order people to pass the news of the victory to your majesty. At that time, your majesty will not only be the king of Sangyi, but also the only one in the mainland of Kyushu." The emperor is the son of the gods!"
Now, he took away all the sons who could fight in the country, as well as money and weapons, and took away the most powerful fleet in the country.
But none of his promises were fulfilled, these sons died in a foreign country, the money and weapons and the failure to capture the mainland of Kyushu, this fleet—
It will also be completely destroyed.
"Minister Zuo, surrender! Surrender can at least save our lives and the lives of some soldiers. Surrender quickly!"
The artillery was still tirelessly hurling at them, and Bei Li's soldiers were red-eyed, as if the sea could only be worthy of so many dead and injured brothers if the sea was stained red with the blood of the Sanyi people.
Seeing that the general situation was over, the officials of Sangyi hurriedly persuaded, "Yes, Minister Zuo, surrender quickly! If you surrender, you still have the hope of returning home alive!"
"Go home?"
Minister Zuo smiled sadly: "Now the country is full of old and weak women and children, who can't even pick up a hoe for farming. The whole country saves on food and clothing for us to fight this battle. I heard that His Majesty the King is wearing patched clothes. The subjects of the country They are all looking forward to us conquering the mainland of Kyushu and leading them to live in this fertile land. But now?"
He suddenly stood up and laughed loudly, "There is nothing left. We have no sons, no money, no weapons, and no fertile land for the people to live on! What are we going to do when we return to our country? Do we want to go back to our country and kill ourselves in front of the king and the people?" ?”
By the way, seppuku.
Minister Zuo looked at the samurai sword on his waist and pulled it out forcefully. The cold edge of the blade was frightening, and all the officials retreated subconsciously.
Minister Zuo looked at the crowd expectantly, "Everyone, what face do we have to return home after we lose the battle? How about committing seppuku and committing suicide to the king!"
Everyone was silent, Minister Zuo nodded, "I understand, I'll come first."
He clenched the scabbard tightly with both hands, and suddenly inserted the knife below his chest, cutting open the abdomen with a vertical cut, and the sound of the viscera being chopped up was disgusting.
Following a burst of severe pain, blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth, but he did not fall down. Instead, he slashed his abdomen horizontally, forming a cross shape.
As a result, the intestines and other things in the abdomen flowed out along with the blood, and several officials frowned, leaning on the side of the boat and retching loudly.
Minister Zuo slowly knelt on the ground, stabbed his knife into the deck to barely keep himself from falling, "Zhu, everyone...it's your turn."
All the officials raised their heads and looked at each other, looking at the samurai sword on their waist. One of them pulled out the sword and stared blankly at the point of the sword.
The artillery exploded on the sea beside them, and everyone trembled.
The officer holding the knife suddenly came to Minister Zuo in big strides as if waking up from a dream. He swung the knife and cut open the clothes on his body, cutting off the cloth on the back that was not stained red by blood, and then held up the white cloth and waved it high.
"We surrender! We surrender!"
Seeing this, other officials followed suit, cutting off the white clothes of the dead soldiers one after another, making a simple white flag and waving it in their hands.
Minister Zuo's eyes froze, looking at the officials who surrendered while standing high on the deck, trying to support himself to stand up.
Since they would die if they refused, then he would help.
He held the knife tightly and wanted to stand up, but the intestines flowed out of his stomach as soon as he moved. He couldn't feel the existence of his body, and at the same time, more and more blood flowed from the corners of his mouth.
In the end, he still couldn't stand up, and lay on the deck with his eyes wide open, dying with regret.
"Report—Your Majesty, someone on the enemy ship waved a white flag and shouted to surrender. It seems to be a Sanyi official. Do you respond?"
The soldiers quickly walked into the cabin to report, Yu Fu raised his eyebrows, "Surrender the soldiers and not kill them, just arrest them. Tell the soldiers to stop the artillery attack and board the ship to arrest them!"
"yes!"
The sound of the artillery finally stopped, and the calm after the extreme noise made people feel unreal.
This battle, which lasted for half a year, finally draws a satisfactory termination order at this moment.
Yu Fu stood up slowly, looked out the window, the sea water was dyed blood red, and the corpses and stumps of Sanyi soldiers floated over, she couldn't help covering her mouth and retching.
Gu Shubai immediately closed the window, "Don't look."
Such a scene was too bloody for Yu Fu.
It took a while for her to calm down, and said to Gu Shubai: "Didn't you say that after the victory of this battle, we will build our own navy in Beili? I think the huge ship of the Sanyi people is good. If it can be used by us, wouldn't it be Can it save a lot of money and material resources?"
Gu Shubai was stunned for a moment, and Yu Fu asked suspiciously: "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"
Gu Shubai smiled and shook his head, "They all said that you have changed, that you are becoming more and more like an emperor, it is true. You were not such a fan of money before, and now the war is not over yet, you are thinking about Shang Sang The giant ship of the barbarians?"
Yu Fu knew that he was joking, so he couldn't help snorting, "Use everything to its full potential, and you will be punished by God if you waste what can be used. Also, who is talking about me behind my back, do you want to rebel?"