The Great Tang Has a Navy
Blue sea and blue sky!
At the mouth of the Yangtze River, 100 three-story galleys that were imitated by the Tang Dynasty were lined up neatly and sailed out from the mouth of the Yangtze River!
After reaching the vast sea, the hundred three-deck galleys changed into various formations under the instructions of flag signals, drawing white lines.
"Crash!"
The order was passed down to the commanders of every warship!
On the galleons, the three oars were paddling with all their might, and the centipede-like bodies of the ships quickly accelerated to their maximum speed!
He slashed through the waves on the surface of the sea and crashed forward!
In front of them were some dilapidated ships that were used to test the power of these centipede ships!
The iron ram installed at the head of the centipede ship, under the absolute speed and huge weight, easily broke the ship in half!
"Throwing! Arsonist!"
Another order!
On the other side of the centipede ship, there were more than ten eight-bull crossbows installed. The crossbowmen pulled the machinery with all their might and loaded all the eight-bull crossbows. After that, one of the crossbowmen carefully pulled out a spear that had been inserted into the furnace. The iron spear head was burning red. He carefully placed the crossbow back on.
"Fire!"
Bang!
The taut string energy suddenly transformed into a powerful kinetic energy and shot out the crossbow!
A mile away, there were a few ships docked.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The crossbow spear was thrown out, and when it reached the highest point, the spearhead flew towards the deck of the ship.
The spearhead pierced deeply into the wooden plank. Soon, white smoke began to rise. A ball of fire ignited. Soon, the ship was turned into flames!
"Good!"
On the bow of a centipede boat, Cheng Yaojin patted the side of the boat and cheered!
"Crash! Arson bomb! Our Great Tang has both! With this, I'll see how long that bandit Zhang Xun can last!”
Cheng Yaojin smiled.
Beside him, Yang Wulian, who had designed and supervised the construction of the hundred centipede boats, was also excited.
A hundred centipede ships!
It was sturdy, fast, and had a range of one mile!
And there was also a veteran general like State Duke Lu commanding them.
The Flying Dragon Knight was embarrassed. Could he still lose?
Once he captured Zhang Xun and brought him to Chang 'an, he would also make a great contribution!
At that time, his career would be meteoric!
On the other side, Li Chongyi and Lu Guangyi were also excited.
"Motherf * cker, I was chased around by thirteen ships like this. If only I had a few centipede ships with incendiary bombs!! How can that bandit Zhang Xun be my match!”
"That's right! That bandit only relied on his weapon! Now, our Great Tang also possesses these things! I want to see how he dies this time!"
Li Chongyi gritted his teeth.
"Let the soldiers practice for two more days. After two days, we will set off for Flowing Ball! Defeat Zhang Xun and welcome the Empress!”
"Defeat Zhang Xun! Welcome back the Empress!"
The officers of the Tang Army roared.
The Empress of the Tang Empire had been captured by bandits.
What a great humiliation!
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"Big Brother, after the Zheng Clan was defeated, they fled back to Litong Harbor and became a coward. The few great merchants of Litong Harbor haven't left the port recently, and none of them have paid the tax we asked them to pay. I guess they are all waiting for Cheng Yaojin's centipede ship fleet.”
Zhang Jiu, who was in charge of leading the fleet to monitor the southern waters, said.
"If they don't go out to sea, it will be very difficult for us to go down…" Military Ling Jing said," Our advantage lies in the sea and on land. With just 9,000 recruits, it's difficult to break through the city!”
"I won't attack the city! These sea merchants only hope that the Tang army can defeat us.”Zhang Xun shook his head.
"When I defeat Cheng Yaojin's fleet, they will send the money themselves.”
"I don't want Litong Harbor or Yang Cheng Harbor. As long as I occupy an island in Penghu, Lingnan Road, and the Yangtze River, I will collect taxes from all the merchant ships that enter and leave Quanzhou, Yangzhou, and Guangzhou!”
Zhang Xun spoke of his wishful thinking.
Sea trade was too slow to earn money.
Moreover, he was not a businessman. In his previous life, he was a sailor who traveled all over the world. How could he know how to do business?
It was better to guard the few large trading ports of the Tang Dynasty and collect taxes!
As long as they guarded the mouth of the sea, they could naturally collect taxes from the merchant ships coming and going--it was a bit like the underworld collecting protection fees.
Find an island near Guangzhou, Quanzhou, or Yangzhou, such as Xianggang, Penghu, or Dinghai.
In short, they just needed to guard the Pearl River Estuaries, Yangtze River Estuaries, and Citong Harbor to collect money.
"The sea merchants all have weapons and death warriors. This money can't be taken just because you want it.”Ling Jing shook his head.
"I know. I will station fleets and gunboats along the coast of Penghu and Lingnan Road!”Zhang Xun slammed the table and said," We'll use the spinnasail we seized to modify it. Each ship will be equipped with 12 bronze cannons that weigh 1.5 kilograms. If anyone doesn't pay up, the cannons will blast them into pieces!”
This dhow was built very firmly and was large enough to carry cannons.
Moreover, this was originally a ship used for long-distance sailing. Its speed was also faster than ordinary Chinese ships. After colliding with the cannons, it was the best cruiser of this era!
"Let's gather our forces first and deal with the Tang Dynasty's fleet…In this way, those sea merchants would have to pay even if they didn't want to!”
Faced with the threat of the gunboats, if the sea merchants wanted to do business, they could only pay the money honestly.
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