In the early morning, the sky is still unclear, and the wind is cold.
On the cliff stood a large group of people and horses, under the bright yellow umbrella cover, Yufu wrapped a thick fox fur, facing the direction of the river's estuary, looking forward to it.
Gu Shubai was beside her, and everyone behind her stood silently, looking in the direction of the rushing river.
The rolling Yellow River flows eastward, and the icy water occasionally encounters rocks in the river, stirring up white waves, splashing like broken jade, and seeing the people on the cliff become more and more chilled.
Gu Shubai looked at the people next to her. She was wrapped in a thick brocade robe and cloak like she did when she was a child.
If so, he still subconsciously protected her by his side, trying to block the cold wind from the sea as much as possible.
"Why haven't you come yet?"
I don't know who asked anxiously. He looked back and said calmly: "The letter from the Ministry of Engineering says that the giant ship can go to sea today, so wait patiently."
This wait is another long time.
The mist gradually dispersed in the early morning, Yufu couldn't help looking towards the sea, Gu Shubai whispered: "Don't worry, father is staring, Sangyi people will not appear at this time."
She nodded slightly, and suddenly heard someone shout, "Look, is it here?"
Everyone turned their heads and looked at them in an instant. From a distance, a tall black shadow appeared on the river. As it gets closer and bigger, it looks like an ancient behemoth poking its head from the bottom of the river until it exposes its entire appearance.
A majestic giant ship with a black iron outer layer, a total of five stories high. The golden dragon wrapped sword banner of Bei Li hung on the top floor, and it swiftly moved forward in the north wind of hunting and hunting, and there was a sound of exclamation in the crowd.
It was so big that it seemed to exceed the river, and the sides of the ship almost touched the shore. It was suspected that if it was bigger, it would be stuck in the river and could not get out.
As the huge ship sailed in front of them, everyone saw that there was a long line of large ships behind it, not only larger than the Sangyi, but also more numerous.
A complete fleet was finally built after more than half a year.
Yufu restrained her joy, but the smile at the corner of her mouth revealed what she thought in her heart. Not long after, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Industry and his officials walked quickly and saluted in front of her.
"Your Majesty, the old minister lived up to his expectations and finally rushed to build the fleet a year ago. The old minister has ordered people to conduct tests. Our hull is definitely stronger than the Sangyi people. This time we can definitely defeat them in one fell swoop!"
The Sangyi people are too proud these days. The shoals along the beach have been scorched by their artillery, and there are burnt marks and unpleasant smells everywhere.
It's time for them to pay the price.
Yufu nodded slightly, and suddenly raised his hand and said, "Through my will, the three armies will enter the ship. The same is based on the giant ship, but I have to see what the Sangyi people are still proud of."
The fleet stopped at the mouth of the Yellow River, and the soldiers had seen the huge shadow of the ship long ago.
On the shore, Gu Huaijiang led the army to deploy defenses, and Yufu personally boarded the giant ship and handed over the fleet to Gu Shubai for unified deployment, with Gu Jiuge and Gu Hanmo's assistance.
Bei Li's giant ship learned the techniques of the Sangyi people. Improvements made on this basis will naturally be stronger than those of the Sangyi people and drive faster.
Among other things, the "iron armor" on the outer shell of the ship is enough to be frightening.
"Sneak attack has been a long time, and now I have to face the enemy head-on. I'm not used to it."
Gu Shubai said this, in fact, the formation has already been arranged. Not just now, but since the shipbuilding workshop of the Ministry of Industry began to build giant ships, he and Gu Huaijiang have repeatedly discussed the formation of battle with giant ships.
Yu leaned on the warm couch in the cabin, watching him give orders, and then the flag bearer on the deck played various flags that she couldn't understand.
She could only vaguely see that it was a siege and waited for the meaning at a time. The semaphore in the army was changed from time to time in order to prevent being snooped by enemy spies. She was not a person in the army and naturally did not understand it.
She looked out through the window. The hull was too tall. From here, she could only see a piece of sea water, and she couldn't see the specific fleet formation.
But she knew that it was not important to them now.
Just as Gu Shubai said, after a long attack, the mentality of the soldiers is different. What is needed now is a face-to-face confrontation with the enemy, even deliberately stupid and reckless, in order to vent the breath in everyone's hearts.
Not only Gu Shubai, the soldiers, but also herself.
She also couldn't breathe out a breath in her heart, just waiting to raise her eyebrows today.
Far away, the Sangyi fleet docked at the port of Goryeo, the sentry spot found another huge fleet, and immediately sent desperately to the army.
The Sangyi people were shocked 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 in a breathtaking manner.
Yufu slowly got up and walked onto the deck, followed by Gu Shubai, Gu Jiuge and others. The soldiers on the deck stood solemnly, with their backs as straight as they are today.
Since they confronted the Sangyi people, they have not won a big victory in a real sense. Now that they have a more powerful fleet than the other, they are not afraid.
The singles on their bodies are still singles, and the rusty armor is still rusty, but the self-confidence revealed from the bones makes them no longer cold.
Yufu smiled slightly, and the cold wind on the sea blew a strand of broken hair behind her ears, and the raised strands were obviously shorter than the hair of ordinary women, even less than the waist.
Gu Jiuge and others keenly noticed this, and looked at Gu Shubai subconsciously, but Gu Shubai's expression did not fluctuate. It seemed that they had known it a long time ago.
Yufu said loudly towards the soldiers on the deck: "You soldiers, today I am on this ship with you, and you live and die together. The Sangyi people are already at the end of the crossbow. God bless me, Beili, and I will not teach you. Burial here, today's battle will be won!"
"God bless Bei Li! God bless Bei Li!"
The voice on the deck was deafening, and even if the sea breeze was strong, it could not dispel the morale shouted in blood from the chest.
Yufu raised his head and looked at the sky, thinking in his heart that the giant ship was used as a camp, so that the soldiers would not have to worry about the cold winter water, and the advantage of the Sangyi people in not fearing the cold was no longer an advantage.
Time, location, and people.
The three are complete, so what are you waiting for
She raised her hand high and waved it down, "Offensive!"
The huge ship approached the enemy, and as soon as it approached its firing range, dozens of hundreds of artillery flew towards the enemy, and the roar of the explosion was particularly pleasing.
Before the Sangyi people's reloading artillery fired, Bei Li's side began a second wave of fierce attacks. The soldiers were like chicken blood. How could they give the enemy a little time to react
They have been frustrated for too long, and once the eruption is like a volcano, it is unstoppable!
The Sangyi's giant ship began to shake, and the large ships on the two wings had sunk into the water in black smoke, but their artillery did not fire as fast as Beili's side.
The artillery exploded in the sea next to the giant Beili ship. Gu Shubai protected Yu and returned to the cabin. Looking out from the huge window, he saw that the big ships of the Sangyi fleet were sunk.
The corner of his mouth curled slightly, "The Sangyi people did not learn artillery, at least they have a much worse aiming skill. It is the people of Beili who are smart, but they have learned the shipbuilding technology better than others."
Occasionally, the opponent's artillery struck, and it was impossible to penetrate the iron skin that was dropped on the outer layer of the ship, and could only fall into the sea.
Yufu watched the sky staggered and flew towards the enemy’s artillery. There were four or five times more artillery on their side than the other side. “The Sangyi people were overly proud the other day and kept bombing our coast with artillery. I think they have artillery now. The number is insufficient, and the armaments have probably not arrived yet."
The Sangyi people attacked Beili and came from across the ocean. Their base camp is still far away from here. Naturally, Goryeo can't provide the artillery they need.
According to the theory in the art of war, if the front line is too long, it is easy to cause problems with rear weapons and food. Even so on land, let alone on the unpredictable sea
Sure enough, the right time and place, no one thought that the Sangyi people would not even have enough artillery.
The Sangyi people even more unexpectedly, Bei Li suddenly created such a huge fleet.
They couldn't install spies in Beili. The Sangyi people were too short and could be spotted in the Beili people. Therefore, they had never heard of the creation of giant ships in the Beili dynasty. They thought they had already figured out Bei Li's combat power and level by their previous envoys. Who would have thought what happened to this sudden huge ship
I thought it was just not useful in embroidered pillows, but I didn't expect to try it with artillery, it turned out to be stronger than their giant ship!
The huge fleet is almost their only advantage. If they lose even this advantage, they will never be able to defeat the Beili 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 on the swaying deck, shocked by Bei Li's fleet.
"Did that... fall from the sky?"
"Could it be that this mysterious continent of Nine Provinces is really protected by a legendary fairy?"
Even the officials lost their fighting spirit and paralyzed themselves with ghosts and gods, and the soldiers on the ship became more chaotic and unwilling to fight.
"No, it's impossible!"
Minister Zuo looked around and found that Sang Yi's fleet had been broken up, some of the ships were disintegrated and scattered on the sea, and some of the entire ships sank into the sea without a trace.
Their soldiers were struggling in the water, wailing, the surface of the water was blood-red, and whose limbs were floating on it...
"Lost? Just like that?"
Minister Zuo remembered that when he led the crowd to leave Sangyi, the king expected him, "I will give you all the sons of the country, and all the money, manpower, weapons, and everything in the country. As long as you give When the Kyushu Continent is captured, and when we take our subjects to live in that rich continent, the people can live and work in peace and contentment. This burden is on you."
He made an oath at that time, "Your Majesty, the minister will definitely be able to do it. Within half a year, the minister will surely conquer the Kyushu Continent and order the victory to pass to your Majesty. At that time, your Majesty will not only be the King of Sanyi, but also the only one in the Kyushu Continent. The emperor is the son of a god!"
Today, he has taken away all the children who can fight in the middle of the country, as well as the money and weapons, and the most powerful fleet in the country.
But none of his promise was fulfilled. These sons died in a foreign country. With these money and weapons, they failed to capture the Kyushu mainland. This fleet—
Also about to be completely destroyed.
"Left Minister, surrender! Surrender can at least save the lives of us and some soldiers, surrender!"
The artillery was still thrown at them tirelessly, and Bei Li's soldiers smashed their eyes, as if the sea surface was only dyed red by the blood of the Sangyi people to be worthy of the many brothers who died and wounded them.
Seeing that the situation is over, Sang Yi's officials quickly persuaded, "Yes, Minister Zuo, surrender! If you surrender, there is still hope of returning home alive!"
"Back home?"
Minister Zuo said with a sad smile: "Now the middle school is full of old and weak women and children, and they can't even pick up the hoe for farming. The whole country is shamelessly clothed for us to fight this battle. I heard that His Majesty is wearing patched clothes. They are all looking forward to us taking down the mainland of Kyushu and leading them to live in this rich land. But now?"
He suddenly stood up and laughed, "There is nothing left, we have no sons, no money, no weapons, and no rich land for the people to live on! What are we going to do when we return to our country? Should we go home and kill ourselves in front of the king and the people? ?"
By the way, cut his belly and committed suicide.
Minister Zuo looked at the samurai sword on his waist and pulled it out forcefully. The cold blade was frightening, and the officials stepped back subconsciously.
Minister Zuo looked at the people expectantly, "Everyone, what face do we have to return to our country after the defeat? It's better to commit suicide, and it's an explanation to the king!"
Everyone was silent, and Minister Zuo nodded, "I understand, I'll come first."
He clenched the scabbard with both hands, suddenly inserted the knife below his chest, and pierced his abdomen with a vertical cut. The sound of the internal organs being chopped up in the abdomen was disgusting.
With a sharp pain, blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, but he did not fall down. Instead, he slashed his abdomen sideways, staggered into a cross knife shape.
As a result, the intestines and other things in the abdomen flowed out along the blood, and several officials frowned, and retched loudly while holding the ship's side.
Minister Zuo slowly knelt on the ground, using a knife on the deck to barely keep himself from falling, "Everyone, everybody... it's your turn."
The officials raised their heads and looked at each other. They looked at the samurai sword on their waist. One of them pulled out the sword and stared at the tip of the knife in a daze.
The artillery exploded in the sea beside them, and everyone trembled.
The official with the knife woke up like a dream, and suddenly strode towards the left minister, slashed off his clothes, cut off the cloth on his back that was not stained with blood, and then held up the white cloth and waved it high.
"We surrender! We surrender!"
Upon seeing the situation, other officials followed suit and cut off the white clothes from the dead soldiers, making them into a simple white flag and waving them in their hands.
Minister Zuo's eyes drenched, looking at the officials who were standing high on the deck and surrendering, trying to support himself to stand up.
Since they refused to die, let him help.
He held the knife hard and wanted to stand up, but his intestines flowed out of his abdomen as soon as he moved. He couldn't feel the presence of his body, and at the same time, blood flowed from the corners of his mouth.
In the end he still failed to stand up, lying on the deck with his eyes wide open, staring hard.
"Report-Your Majesty, there is someone on the enemy's giant ship waving a white flag and shouting for surrender. It looks like it is a Sangyi official. Do you respond?"
The soldier walked quickly into the cabin to report, and Yu raised his eyebrows and said, "If you drop soldiers and don't kill, you are detained. Let the soldiers stop the artillery attack and board the ship to get people!"
"Yes!"
The sound of the artillery finally stopped, and the calm after the extreme hustle and bustle made people feel unreal.
This battle, which lasted for half a year, finally came to a successful termination order at this moment.
Yufu stood up slowly and looked out the window. The sea water was stained with blood red, and the corpses and stumps of Sang Yi soldiers floated over. She couldn't help covering her mouth and retching.
Gu Shubai closed the window immediately, "Don't look."
Such a scene is too bloody for Yufu.
After a while, she calmed down and said to Gu Shubai: "Didn't you say that after the victory of this battle, we will build our own navy? I think the giant Sangyi ship is good. If it can be used by us, wouldn't it? Can you save a lot of money and material resources?"
Gu Shubai was taken aback for a moment, and Yufu was puzzled: "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"
Gu Shubai smiled and shook his head, "They all said that you have changed and that you are becoming more and more like an emperor. That's true. You weren't so lucky before. Now that the war is not over, you just miss Shangsang. The barbarian’s giant ship?"
Yufu knew that he was joking, so he could not help but snorted, "Make the most of everything, and wasting usable materials is to be condemned by God. Also, who is secretly talking about me behind, is it trying to rebel?"