Line Up, Prepare the Arson Bombs!
"Lizhi, women have to get married. If you marry into the Zhangsun family, our families will be even closer. What's wrong with that?”
At this moment, three miles away, on a huge and luxurious cruise ship, an indescribably beautiful woman frowned and advised. Beside her was a young girl about fifteen or sixteen years old. She was wearing a purple dress, and her beautiful face had a hint of stubbornness.
"Mother, I…"
Li Lizhi bit her lips, but she couldn't say the words " I don't want to marry Zhangsun Chong ".
Because she was the Eldest Princess, the daughter of the Emperor, her marriage was never something she could decide.
The current head of the Zhangsun Clan, Zhangsun Wuji, was a founding minister of the Great Tang and the Prime Minister of the Great Tang. His descendants were noble and illustrious.
It could be said that Li Lizhi marrying Zhangsun Wuji's son, Zhangsun Chong, would benefit both the royal family and the Zhangsun Clan.
"Hey, Auntie, if it were me, I wouldn't be willing to marry my brother either!”
A mischievous young girl beside him curled her lips and said.
"With his weak appearance, he can't get on a horse or draw a bow."
Empress Zhangsun shook her head helplessly." Girl, are you choosing a son-in-law or a general?"”
"Choosing a son-in-law is choosing a general. My future husband must be a valiant general! Sealing Wolf Juxu, Le Shi Yan Ran!"
The mischievous girl blinked and said.
She was Empress Zhangsun's niece, Zhangsun Wuji's daughter, Zhangsun Pingting.
"Changle, we've been out for more than a month. It's time to go back, or else... I won't be able to make it in time for your wedding."
Empress Zhangsun could only continue to look at her daughter helplessly and earnestly persuade her.
This daughter was the apple of her and Li Shiming's eyes. She was afraid that she would be wronged since she was young. However, in the matter of marriage, the young girl could not be willful.
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Zhang Xun led his fleet to approach Empress Zhangsun's fleet.
"Big brother, something is wrong!"
Beside Zhang Xun, a slightly thinner, fair, and pale-faced young man said in a low voice.
His name was Zhang Shiba, the eighteenth adopted son of Zhang Xun's father.
"Old Eighteen, I can feel it too…These ships were probably just disguised as merchant ships. They were all warships!”
Zhang Xun's face also turned solemn.
"Could it be Lu Guangyi's trap?”
Zhang Shiba's eyes flashed with worry.
"That's not possible. We only showed up after two months of hiding. If Lu Guangyi was so resourceful, he would have come to our doorstep a long time ago!”
Zhang Xun shook his head and denied.
He took out his binoculars and looked ahead.
It was made from high-purity crystals, and Zhang Xun only had one at the moment.
"It really is a warship! Old Eighteen, take a look."
Zhang Xun passed the binoculars to Zhang Shiba.
"The thirty-six warships are vaguely protecting a large pleasure boat in the middle!”Zhang Shiba looked at it for a while and passed the binoculars to Zhang Xun." Big brother, it's probably a big shot!”
"A big shot, a big shot is good!" Zhang Xun laughed.!”
"It would be best if we could lure Lu Guangyi here. We can wipe out eighty percent of the Great Tang's Yangtze River Navy in one battle! At that time, we can come and go as we please in the entire river!”
These thirteen galleys were Zhang Xun's secret weapon. This was the first time he was using them in battle!
"Pass on my order! Line up horizontally, prepare the incendiary bombs!!”
"The king has ordered! Line up horizontally, prepare the incendiary bombs!”
Two red lanterns and one green lantern were hung high up on the mast!
"Line up, prepare the incendiary bombs!!”
The order was quickly relayed to the thirteen galleys!
Soon, with Zhang Xun's warship as the center, two three-deck galleys approached from both sides. With five large three-deck galleys as the center, the remaining eight two-deck galleys approached from both sides and formed a horizontal line!
At this moment, on the ship, the cannon cover covering the Torsion Rock Firing Machine was removed, revealing the Torsion Rock Firing Machine that was not too big.
This was a type of stone machine that used the material's twisting force as its power. Compared to the commonly used manual stone machine, it did not require too many hands. Compared to the counter-weight catapult, the small size of the twisting stone machine was what Zhang Xun liked.
Of course, it was best to use cannons in water battles.
However, Zhang Xun didn't know the formula for gunpowder, and he didn't know how to make a muzzle-loading cannon.
To be able to make a cannon just by knowing the principle required constant trial and error.
Especially when he was still lacking craftsmen and raw materials.
Therefore, the small and simple torsion-type rock launcher became the most suitable long-range firepower delivery device in Zhang Xun's hands at this stage.
"Stove!"
Next to the Torsional Stone Firing Machine, the furnace quickly burned.
The coal quickly raised the temperature of the furnace to more than 1,000 degrees Celsius.
A few strong men put a few round iron balls into the furnace with a clamp.
If the iron ball was burned red, the temperature could reach 1,000 degrees Celsius.
Then, it would be shot out through the Torsional Rock Firing Machine.
In this era, the materials used to build ships were all wood.
No matter what kind of ship it was, as long as it was hit by the iron bullet, the temperature of more than 1,000 degrees could easily set wood on fire.
This was a simple incendiary bomb!
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