The sea in autumn is as cold as ice.
The moment Gu Wenqing jumped into the sea, she felt cold and tingling all over her body, and she couldn't imagine how to fight this sea battle in winter.
He swam forward numbly. After swimming for a while, he gradually became familiar with the temperature of the water before his body regained consciousness.
The surrounding sea was pitch black, and there was a slight sound of paddling from time to time, and soldiers who wanted to come on other boats were also paddling toward the shore.
This place is too far from the coast of Taicheng. It will take at least two hours to move back. He is faintly worried whether the soldiers can support it.
There was a sound of water close to him behind him.
"General, fortunately you told me to take off my clothes earlier. Fortunately..."
The soldier's voice trembled a little, and Gu Wenqing did not look back, "Don't speak, save your energy."
The people behind him didn't speak any more. I don't know how long it had passed. When the sky was shining, Gu Wenqing suddenly realized that the sound of water behind him was already very weak.
When I looked back, the soldier's movements in the water were already very reluctant, and his face turned white when he was soaked in the water.
He glanced at the surrounding sea, and then continued to swim forward. Before he could speak with the soldiers behind him, he saw his figure swimming away flexibly.
As expected of the people of the family, even in the unfamiliar sea, they are better than ordinary people.
There was a trace of sorrow in the soldier's heart, and he felt that he could no longer support it. In the endless sea, he seemed to be unable to swim.
how much longer
An hour? Two hours
He was cold all over, his hands and feet gradually became unwilling, and no one even listened to his last words.
Originally, he wanted to ask for Gu Wenqing's help, but the latter did not hesitate to move away. The soldiers did not dare to complain. He was just an ordinary soldier. How could he let the valuable general stay for him
As Gu Wenqing, his willingness to take the initiative is already very admirable.
The soldier stopped in place unconsciously, and his survival instinct allowed him to move his hands and feet from time to time to prevent himself from sinking into the water. At this moment, a sound of water was getting closer and closer to him.
He opened his eyes and was surprised to see that Gu Wenqing had come back, and pushed a piece of driftwood in the sea. The material of the driftwood is very familiar, it seems to be the driftwood of a Korean fishing boat falling apart.
"Come up soon."
It turned out that he was looking for driftwood just now, instead of leaving first by himself.
He patted the piece of driftwood and saw that the soldier was still in a daze. He urged: "Hurry up, the Sangyi people are not fools, they will send someone to chase us soon!"
The soldier climbed up the driftwood foolishly, and Gu Wenqing pushed the driftwood to swim forward.
When it was close to the coast of Taicheng, ships had been there to respond, and all the artillery on the fort was aimed at the sea to prevent Sangyi ships from chasing it.
The people who swam back explained their positions with the people on the boat, and the soldiers on the boat went into the water and swam far away to rescue the soldiers who were unable to support the driftwood in the sea.
Fortunately, there were a lot of driftwood on the sea after the Korean fishing boat disintegrated, and the damage to the soldiers was not as serious as expected. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and teased the soldiers who had been pushed back by Gu Wenqing.
"Tell me about you. Others are holding driftwood in the sea waiting for us to save. Are you embarrassed to lie on top and let the general push you back?"
The soldier was embarrassed at first. When everyone said that, he blushed. Gu Wenqing changed into dry clothes and came out of the cabin. "It's none of his business. It's because I was worried about being chased by the Sangyi people, so I had to lie on the driftwood. of."
Gu Wenqing had said so, the soldiers ridiculed a few words and then dispersed.
"Although it can't cause them fundamental damage, it is enough for them. The important thing is that our soldiers did not have many casualties. This battle is very beautiful."
Gu Jiuge was in the big account and smiled slightly when he received the news, "The imperial driver and the army will be here tomorrow. You must be careful to protect your majesty's safety, and don't let the Sangyi people take the opportunity to counterattack."
Gu Wenqing said: "Now there are our spies in the Sangyi fleet. If something goes wrong, we will not be caught off guard. This is a blessing in misfortune."
The next day the imperial driver arrived in Taicheng, and local officials all went out of the city to greet him.
The place of residence arranged by the Taicheng Futai was in a compound not far from the Fuyao. This place is far from the coast and cannot be hit by the Sangyi’s artillery. It is the safest place.
Yufu knew that she was here to boost her morale. She really wouldn't be able to ask her to lead the soldiers in battle. It's okay to stay in the city, so she doesn't have to go to the front to distract the soldiers.
But Gu Huaijiang, Gu Shubai and others went to the barracks almost as soon as they arrived in Taicheng. They didn't even have time to rest. They heard that they were still discussing the method of warfare when they left, and the father and son were arguing.
Only Gu Hanmo led the Yulin Army to stay, surrounding the compound where the Yujia was stationed, and no one could easily get in and out.
Yufu said, "Third Brother, everyone has gone, can you stay here at ease?"
Gu Hanmo's complexion remained motionless, "Yes."
"why?"
"Your safety is more important than anything else."
He returned to the frosty face when he first met, as if he was afraid that Yufu would ask him to take him to the front line, so she deliberately left her with a cold face.
But today's Yufu is no longer the Yufu of his childhood.
She only asked a few words, then went back to the room to read the paper, and she was delighted when she saw a surprise attack arranged by Gu Jiuge.
"Second brother is so smart that he could even think of using the fishing boats of Goryeo."
Gu Hanmo stood outside the door and glanced at her, "Although the soldiers did not suffer any damage, the twenty-odd artillery pieces sunk into the sea, I'm afraid they won't be able to be picked up again."
The cost of making an artillery, excluding labor, costs as much as a thousand taels of silver alone.
These twenty-odd artillery pieces cost at least two to thirty thousand taels of silver. Now the Beili treasury is empty, and the two to thirty thousand taels of silver that used to be nothing, are now distressing.
Yufu also felt distressed for a while, and then said: "Sacrificing money is more important than sacrificing the lives of the soldiers and the people. The money can be earned back, and life is at stake."
Gu Hanmo nodded, "I hope we can delay until the day when the Ministry of Industry builds the giant ship."
Before leaving Beijing, the Ministry of Industry had promised to complete the work within three months. There are still two months left in the calculation. Every day in these two months is a torment for everyone.
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"After the city of Yancheng is burned down, there is no need to rebuild it for the time being. The surviving people will be arranged to take a temporary rest in the inland city and be properly resettled by local officials."
Yufu receives the zhezi from various places every day and responds to the countermeasures. At the same time, the real battle on the sea is unfolding.
Gu Huaijiang personally led the army and faced off with a fleet of small boats, making the Sangyi people laugh out of their teeth.
"Strike the rocks with pebbles, those ant-like boats, what's the use of more?"
Although the Sangyi fleet had just been attacked and its vitality was severely injured, the battle against the small boat was thought to be trivial, and a great battle began in an instant.
The artillery projected from the huge ship had not yet flown out of the barrel, and a shocking scene appeared.
Hundreds of small boats on the sea disperse in an orderly and fast manner. The artillery did not hit any of the boats. The boats were as if they were being manipulated in the air by an invisible hand, and they were amazingly flexible.
The Sangyi people were taken aback, and then they realized something even worse—
Those small boats came quickly toward them when they were not paying attention!
Just like a siege battle, the soldiers on the boat quickly threw the ropes, treating the giant ship in front of them as a high city wall, and flexibly climbed toward the giant ship.
The Sangyi people suddenly became a mess. They knew how good these Beili martial arts were. Once they fought close, they had no chance of winning.
The artillery shot all through the sea, and the Sangyi people on the huge ship could only take up swords and fight with the Beili soldiers who climbed up.
Some people were kicked into the water before they climbed up, and some people got on the deck by chance, and as if they were assisted by gods, they took one ten, and the blood flew on the deck!
The soldiers of Beili who were shot down to the surface of the sea climbed up again with their excellent water, and continued to rush to the deck of the giant ship. Compared with the siege on land, naval warfare has some advantages—
Falling to the ground is either dead or injured, but falling to the surface of the sea will hardly be injured.
This situation of just falling down and rushing up one after another made the Sangyi people unable to withstand it for a while.
They watched the soldier whose arm was chopped fell into the sea, and a large amount of blood was washed away by the sea, and then regained its original vitality without even bandaging... Doesn't it really hurt if such a big wound touched the sea
What kind of panacea did these Beili people take? Are they monsters that can't be killed
Fear made them more difficult to deal with. The Sangyi people on the other big ships wanted to support the main ship, but the hull was large and heavy, and their support speed was not as fast as Bei Li's boat.
When the ship finally closed and besieged, Bei Li's soldiers quickly retreated and scattered, and did not want to fight.
Gu Huaijiang knew the strengths and weaknesses of his tactics, and naturally he would not give the Sangyi people a chance to seize his weaknesses. The soldiers receded like the tide, and the Sangyi people wanted to chase them. A hundred small boats scattered around, and there was nowhere to chase them.
Which one is the main ship
The boats on the entire sea look exactly the same, I am afraid that even Bei Li's soldiers can't tell where the Lord is, let alone the Sangyi people.
They can only sigh and feel helpless.
On an inconspicuous small boat, Gu Shubai and Gu Huaijiang stood in the cabin.
They had only heard of the name of the Gu Jiajun before, thinking that Gu Shubai had fully utilized the strength of the Gu Jiajun, but compared with Gu Huaijiang, the real master, it was still insignificant.
Even Gu Shubai himself had to marvel, "Father, did you secretly study the law of naval warfare when you were in the capital?"
Even if he has studied it, it is unbelievable that such a magical and beautiful battle can be fought in a short period of time.
Gu Huaijiang did not answer directly, but instead asked him, "How did you and Yufu come up with the local fleet as a wild goose formation and attacked from the weak point behind them?"
Gu Shubai was stunned for a moment, wondering what he meant for this question.
Gu Huaijiang's beard moved, and he said in a deep voice: "Soldiers, tricks. Naval battles and land battles are very different, but the way to use soldiers is the same. The key to victory in today's battle lies in the flexibility of the boats, the large number of targets but small targets, compared to the opponent's. Great ship, our advantage is flexibility."
"So when the local fleet closed, my father didn't hesitate to order the withdrawal, because at this time our advantage is gone, right?"
Gu Huaijiang nodded, "This battle brought out Bei Li's most elite troops, and only these elite soldiers can make all hundred and ten small boats follow the command and adapt to each other seamlessly."
Lin Xuan said, "It was Hou Ye who commanded well. Before we set off, we thought it was a worm that shook the tree, but now we know that the embankment of a thousand miles has collapsed in an ant den. I have benefited a lot from having Lord Hou personally command in the army. "
He is not a person who can talk, and what he said at the moment is what the lieutenant soldier said from the bottom of his heart.
Gu Huaijiang was not complacent, but waved his hand humbly, "It all depends on the willingness of the soldiers to cooperate, and the old man doesn't dare to claim credit for being in white clothes without a job."
The more humble he is, the more admired the soldiers.
Although he is now in white clothes without a job, Gu Houye said three words, no one in the army would refuse to obey the command, and he was more prestigious than many high-ranking generals.
The team of small boats quickly closed on the shore, and the artillery of the fort was aimed at the sea again. Once the Sangyi chased over, they would immediately fire.
Everyone went ashore, unconsciously surrounding Gu Huaijiang and the others, with a look of excitement and not knowing where to start.
At one glance, Gu Huaijiang saw that the soldier's wound was soaked in the sea water so that he couldn't see the blood, so he immediately ordered the wounded soldier to be sent for treatment.
"Your Majesty has ordered a lot of gold sore medicine to be given to the seriously injured first."
"The ship sailed into the port immediately, and two more guard posts were set up outside the port. We must be around the clock, and we must not let the Sangyi people take the opportunity to destroy our ship."
"Let the rear carry five more cannons in case of emergency."
Gu Huaijiang didn't seem to think about it, so he solved all the problems in front of him, and none of the soldiers at the scene disobeyed. As soon as he heard his voice, he subconsciously followed his instructions.
This may be the innate general demeanor, without the tone of command or shouting, it will naturally be convincing.
"Go back and rest, everyone has worked hard today."
He bowed his hands to everyone, and everyone hurriedly bowed their hands in return, "Master Hou has worked hard."
He nodded slightly and left first.
After this battle, the Sangyi people were greatly frustrated, and they were attacked several times by Beili's army.
They have increased their vigilance as much as possible, but every time they are attacked is a tactic they can't imagine, which makes them clueless and difficult to deal with.
Gu Huaijiang is good at commanding the army to meet the enemy head-on. He seems to be a man-armed vehicle, but every time the Sangyi people can't please.
Gu Shubai is good at surprises. Knowing that the Sangyi people stepped up patrols at night to raise their vigilance, they even took the opportunity to sneak attacks in broad daylight. The Sangyi people had no idea that they would be attacked during the day, and they did not dare to sleep peacefully no matter what day or night.
And Gu Jiuge and others were good at defending and responding to the enemy, so that the Sangyi people could not find a chance to send troops, or they were good at whimsical ideas, even sending spies to poison the Sangyi people’s food...
The situation of the war has obviously improved, and Bei Li finally stopped being passively beaten.
The morale of the army has been boosted like never before, but the arrangement of one battle after another made Yufu even busier and unable to rest...
"Your Majesty, there is not enough artillery in Taicheng, please send more!"
"How much do you need?"
The soldier who sent the message raised his head, "At least twenty cars."
Yufu nodded speechlessly, "According to the imperial court, the imperial court has issued an order for Beijing to add artillery. I don’t have to tell me that the treasury and silver are insufficient. I have already said that even if I can’t sell iron or artillery, I understand. Yet?"
The pen hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, have you written down the four words "Jiaguo Maitie" as they are?"
"Write it as it is."
Yufu closed his eyes, and immediately another news came, "Your Majesty, the grain and grass in Beijing have already been shipped, how should we distribute it?"
Her closed eyes opened again, with red blood in her eyes, "Give all the grain and grass to the regent for distribution. He meant what I meant. In addition..."
He worried that Gu Shubai simply added to avoid suspicion, "Taicheng is the main distribution of grain and grass in various places. Taicheng is now the main battlefield. I can't let the soldiers go to war hungry."
"Yes!"
Yufu sighed, his eyelids closed unconsciously, and suddenly he heard footsteps coming from outside the courtyard, and opened his eyes in surprise.
In front of me was not the soldier who came to deliver the news, but the general in armor, standing straight with sword eyebrows and star eyes, holding a helmet in one hand and smiling at her.
His black armor was glowing with green patina, which was a trace of corrosion by the sea.
She stood up suddenly, rejoicing, "Are you back?"