First Minister of Ming Dynasty

Chen Youliang slapped the table hard, and anger rushed to his face. Although Chen Youliang said he didn't care, his heart was already full of anger. Whoever dared to betray him would have a bad end!

At this time, Kang Maocai was being escorted by several soldiers and pushed to the gate. The military judge sternly reprimanded, "Kang Maocai, the camp envoy, was not good at transporting grain and grass, which caused the eight hundred stones of grain to be moldy. !"

The soldiers raised the water and fire staff made of hardwood, tore off Kang Maocai's clothes, pressed him on the bench, raised it high, and dropped it heavily!

Kang Maocai felt his eyes go dark and almost passed out.

This board... well played, really well played!

The fame and fame in this life depends on this one time, hit it, hit it hard!I can hold on!

Chapter 351

Kang Maocai was beaten, and without accident, the news spread to Chen Jun's camp at the mouth of the lake on the south bank.

This made Chen Youliang very happy. Frankly speaking, if Zhu Yuanzhang's factors were not taken into account, Chen Youliang's life would be a mess.It was only 15 years ago that he formally took refuge in Tianwan, but within a few years of fiddling, relying on the heart of a wild beast and his behavior of adhering to the ancestors, he devoured the Lord continuously, and climbed from a small soldier to the high position of King of Han.

Who dares not give a thumbs up and praise the hero!

However, there is someone who can restrain him. From the earliest Hongdu competition to today, the two sides each put out hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, stood on the poker table, and gambled.

The one surnamed Zhu has been oppressing him, taking advantage of everything.

Now finally someone is willing to take refuge in him, and he can use Zhu Yuanzhang's methods on him.Gambling, it doesn't matter if you win or lose, the key is that Zhu Yuanzhang must lose!

The old man Zou Pusheng really saw Chen Youliang through. Compared with the facts, he was more willing to believe in his own wishful thinking. To put it bluntly, he was self-willed.

"Tell me my will, I will go to battle tomorrow, and I will test Zhu Yuanzhang's details!" Chen Youliang ordered decisively, Zhang Bixian immediately agreed, and went down to prepare.

On the next day, Chen Youliang dispatched troops from the camp at Hukou. Hundreds of huge boats, like a herd of giant beasts, meandered in accompanied by many auxiliary ships.

Huge ships cover the sky and the sun, covering the river.

Although I have already climbed up to look at it and know a little bit about it, but when this fleet is coming, it still makes people feel terrified.

Zhang Ximeng's palms were already sweating.

He was really scared. Water battles are different from land battles. Big boats bully small boats. More guns bully less guns. There is a difference in weapons, and the only thing to do is to be ravaged.

There are still many battles on land where the weak win the many, but when it comes to water, there are very few examples of the weak defeating the strong.

Zhang Ximeng couldn't figure it out either. He had also set up a shipyard and produced some ships... But due to the limitation of wood, Zhu's army didn't make fast progress.

Chen Youliang occupies Huguang, and can transport timber and large materials from the mountains, but there is also a problem. Can the timber be built immediately after the timber comes out of the mountains?

Obviously not!

Could it be that Chen Youliang has mastered some black technology, or?

Zhang Ximeng and others rounded their eyes and tried to observe these buildings.

Chen Youliang's ship is at least fifteen feet long, more than two feet high, and two to three feet wide. The deck alone has three floors.

A large ship can hold a thousand sailors. A large ship of this size can almost be compared with the treasure ships of Zheng He's voyages to the West.

Moreover, all the building boats are painted in bright red, which is full of oppression.

Although he couldn't see clearly, Zhang Ximeng also knew that on Chen Youliang's boat, there were also weapons such as firecrackers, cannons, and kerosene, as well as strong bows and crossbows.

They have the weapons that Zhu's army has, and there are more of them.

How to fight this battle?

Frankly speaking, if Zhang Ximeng was replaced as the commander, he might avoid the battle until he had a bigger ship and was more prepared, and then he would fight decisively.

But the problem is that the fighter plane is fleeting, where will you be allowed to prepare properly?

So Zhang Ximeng is really fortunate that Zhu Yuanzhang is in charge, and people like Xu Da and Chang Yuchun are performing the task... As for him, he can watch the battle silently and let these great people take you off.

Zhang Ximeng thought that if his subordinates knew that Zhang Xiang, who looked like a fairy, was so flustered and helpless, he might shake the morale of the army.

But it didn't matter anymore, the big guy's eyes soon fell on the battlefield, and Zhang Ximeng was ignored.

"In this battle, I will lead the army, and you will follow up in batches... Be sure to follow my instructions, you are only allowed to move forward, and you are not allowed to retreat!"

Xu Da stood on the prow of the boat, put on his sword and held his shield, and went out first.

Xu Da, as the first military commander in the army, actually assumed the duties of the coach. He actually took the job of the vanguard. What is this guy thinking?

If there is a mistake, wouldn't it shake the morale of the army!

Zhang Ximeng frowned slightly, but he quickly understood what was going on.

Seeing Zhu Jiajun taking the initiative to attack, Chen Youliang couldn't help but want to laugh at this group of people, moths threw themselves into the fire, and killed themselves!Don't you even look at the difference between the warships of the two sides!

Following Chen Youliang's order, five giant ships and dozens of warships joined the battle.

On the big river, the two sides met each other in battle. At the critical moment of the battle, the bright red flag on the battleship where Xu Da was on was continuously waved. The entire Zhu family army fleet was ordered to separate quickly, and rushed to the sea with a team of ten ships. go up.

it is good!

Seeing this scene, Zhang Ximeng almost slapped Xu Da.

The building boats are huge and inconvenient to operate, but the Zhu family's military boats are small and nimble, relying on their maneuverability to surround the enemy, and use the method of wolves to fight fierce tigers to bite the enemy to death!

As long as you find the right method, it is not difficult to defeat the enemy!

But just when Zhang Ximeng was very excited, many stone bullets were thrown from the huge building boat, and smashed towards them in a beautiful arc.

A stone bomb almost stuck to Xu Da's bow and fell into the river. If he moved a little further, Xu Da would probably become a meatloaf.

Zhang Ximeng's heart shrank suddenly, don't just get hit, fight back quickly, why didn't Xu Da fight back?

But there was a scene that disappointed Zhang Ximeng. Xu Da didn't seem to see the opponent's stone bullet, but ordered the boat to move forward and approach the enemy at the fastest speed.

Zhang Ximeng looked and looked, he seemed to understand.

No wonder Chen Youliang is obsessed with building ships. Even though this huge warship has 1 shortcomings, one advantage is enough to cover up all the shortcomings.

The building ship is tall and has multiple decks, and weapons can be placed on each floor.

Therefore, the trebuchets and artillery guns carried by a building ship are the sum of more than a dozen small boats, and because they are condescending, they have a longer range and greater power.

Facing such a huge monster, the boat has no other choice, only to approach the opponent with a desperate momentum to have a chance to fight.

But it is so easy to get close to this big guy full of weapons.

Zhang Ximeng stared wide-eyed at the battlefield on the river. Suddenly, a wooden pole several feet long fell from a building boat. On one end of the wooden pole was a huge hammer.

Shoot the pole!

Zhang Ximeng had seen this thing before at Ruxukou, and now he witnessed it again with his own eyes, and it was so powerful.

I saw a warship of Zhu's army being hit head-on.

The two soldiers standing in front were smashed to pieces in an instant, the wood on the bow of the boat broke, a huge hole was created, the river water poured in, and the boat sank.

After a while, it disappeared, leaving only a few incomplete planks floating alone.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Ximeng's face was particularly solemn, and he finally understood the reason why Xu Da took the lead.

Although the building ship is huge and difficult to turn around, as long as you can get close to the building ship, there is a way.

But the question is how close?

The other party is obviously a tiger with teeth and claws, and usually walks around when it sees it, but now it wants to approach it actively.

Every time you get close, you have to risk your life, and you can be buried in the river at any time, with no bones left.

Don't talk about getting close to the other party, whoever wants to die will go, anyway, I won't go!

If the coach hadn't taken the lead, why would his subordinates risk their lives and go forward desperately?

Of course, war depends on good calculations and strategies, but in the final analysis, it needs people to implement... Take the tactic of using a small boat against a big boat. Zhang Ximeng can talk about it on paper and deduce countless ways to win.

But when it comes to the battlefield, the soldiers still have to face up to the difficulties, use weak ships, and rush to the enemy without hesitation... No matter what the outcome of the war is, for many young soldiers, their lives will end at any time.

For the commander-in-chief, these people are only a small part of thousands of soldiers, but for each soldier, life is only once, once lost, it will never come back.

Zhang Ximeng stared at the battlefield, looked at the Taotao river, he seemed to understand something, military and national affairs, no matter how strong the country is, how powerful the army is, don't start a war lightly.

Any war must be weighed carefully and taken seriously. To start a war rashly is to play with human lives!Even a superpower cannot hold back the consumption of a few meaningless wars.

Zhang Ximeng did think a lot at this time when he could only think and could not do much.

In the future, these ideas will be transformed into the foreign policy of the entire country, which will have a far-reaching impact.

But right now, the protagonists on the battlefield are still Xu Da and the soldiers.

Xu Da risked his life to fight in front of a building boat.

What greeted him was dense bows and crossbows pouring down from the upper, middle and lower decks towards his warship.

Xu Da could only wield his shield to protect himself, and at the same time decisively ordered to attack Lou Chuan... The nine small boats all risked their lives and shot bows and arrows at Lou Chuan from all directions.

It doesn't matter, a few ships even pointed their bows at the belly of the big ship and rammed it.

Bang bang bang!

The violent collision made the Zhu family's army spin around, and some soldiers fell into the river.

But the seemingly huge building ship was also injured.

The sound of breaking the wooden hull kept breaking, and the Chen Jun soldiers on it were quite frightened. Some even dropped their weapons and fled backwards, making a mess.

Seeing the opportunity, Xu Da even commanded his subordinates to set up a ladder, hang the deck with iron hooks, and then took the lead to rush up to the building boat, and started a hand-to-hand fight with Chen Jun.

"Kill, follow me, and seize this ship!"

Encouraged by the soldiers of Zhu's army, they risked their lives and rushed to the deck to face Chen Jun, slashing and killing wantonly.The impact of the weapon, the fracture of the tendon and bone, and the shrieking screams... All kinds of sounds were intertwined, and with the help of the waves of the river, they were transmitted far away, and everyone including Zhang Ximeng could clearly hear them.

The brutality of the war is enough to make anyone feel terrified.

Zhang Ximeng frowned, staring at the big boat that Xu Da had almost snatched... There is something wrong with Chen Youliang's boat!

Unable to withstand the impact of a much smaller ship!

These seemingly huge guys are simply strong on the outside but not on the inside!

Yes, it must be so.

Chen Youliang's rise was so short, even if he captured many warships of the Yuan court, it was absolutely impossible to build so many giants... But he did it, so there is only one explanation, he did it by force. The materials used are substandard, the hull is not strong enough, and the operation is even more inconvenient.

That's why... Chen Youliang had to connect the boats with iron chains and tie the boats together, so that he could advance and retreat freely, as if walking on flat ground!

Got it, totally got it!

Zhang Ximeng figured everything out almost in an instant. What Chen Youliang did was not to be unconventional, but had to do it.

That being the case, the performance of these building ships is very worrying. Once the fire ships approach, it must be very difficult to avoid them.Moreover, there will be no preventive measures above, as long as the fire is ignited, it will be done.

Zhang Ximeng couldn't help laughing at himself. It's only now that he figured out such a simple thing. It seems that he is not a smart person... But then again, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, who would be able to conclude that Chen Youliang's building was just a Is it just for show?

There are too many things, no matter how simple they seem, only by experiencing them and seeing them with your own eyes can you understand the weight of them.

After observing a battle, Zhang Ximeng also seems to have undergone a practice... From the initial shock of fear, to contemplation and introspection, to regaining confidence with the wisdom pearl in his hand.

Zhang Ximeng is already confident enough to win this battle.

Xu Da is really good, and Chen Youliang's reality has been tested out just like this!

Looking at the battlefield now, Xu Da has completely captured a large ship, and nearly a thousand soldiers on it were either killed or driven into the river.

Zhu's army took control of the huge trophy ship, turned with difficulty, and headed for the Zhu's army's camp.

After seeing this scene, Chen Youliang became angry.

This bunch of trash lost to Zhu Chongba again!

"Get on! Get on me!"

There were twenty or thirty giant building boats connected by iron chains, rushing towards Zhu's army.

These gigantic buildings rushed towards us with overwhelming momentum. The two Zhu family army warships, who had no time to turn their heads, saw that they could not escape, so they could only give up their desperate attacks.

The building boat was too tall, and their weapons could not attack each other at all. The stone bullets and artillery fired from the boat submerged the warship, and dozens of soldiers from the Zhu family army were buried in the river.

These building boats were still unwilling to be satisfied, and continued to hunt and kill them.

Seeing that the Zhu Jiajun navy is getting closer and closer.

At this moment, Yu Tonghai, the navy commander who had been waiting for an opportunity, finally launched his fleet. His fleet rushed out decisively and aimed its artillery at Chen Junlou's ship.

Even without Zhang Ximeng's involvement, the level of firearms at the end of the Yuan Dynasty was remarkable. After several years of development, Zhu Jiajun did have a batch of artillery, but like any early weapon, it was huge, cumbersome, and full of problems. It has always plagued these gods of war, unable to play a role in land warfare, and can only be installed on huge warships.

When Yu Tonghai gave an order, the cannon fire was fired, and the sound was like thunder.