Chapter 42 The navy of the stick
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The group of people and horses were sleepy and tired, so they had to stop and rest. None of them rode horses. This kind of place where forests and mountains gathered has a complex terrain and was not suitable for horse riding.
Speaking of which, the Jurchens were not like Khitans or later Mongolians, but were born with a horse-backed nation.
After resting for more than two hours, they hurriedly set off again. Fortunately, they were quick enough to move, and there were no dangers along the way, and they were not chased by the Jurchens. They came to the Huntong River smoothly.
Fortunately, the weather was getting warmer at this time, and even the distant northern country had already been unsealed on the river. If they had arrived more than ten days ago, there were still large chunks of floating ice on the river, but it would not be fun.
However, when I returned to the fleet, I found that the situation in the fleet was not very good, as if I had fought a war. The ships were injured and there were even more wounded.
Song Jiang felt cold in his heart. Could it be that the Jurchens also had a fleet? Did their navy attack?
But soon, he burst into laughter and threw all the thoughts into the horizon. After this period of trouble, Song Jiang could not know much about the strength of the Jurchens.
Perhaps when it comes to being brave and good at fighting, these half-savages are quite powerful. But really speaking of other things? It would be nice to have a few canoes for the Jurchens. Where can there be a navy army?
Besides, these are all steamships. Although they are small steamships that are posing as brothers from the Tong family and Ruan family, they are also steel objects and are definitely not something ordinary ships can defeat.
If it weren't for the wide open surface of the river and the deep river, the steamship wouldn't have dared to drive to such a deep place.
But the situation in front of him was that the fleet was also damaged a lot. This made Song Jiang's heart suddenly shrink. This steamer was only the heavenly craftsman in the upper realm. Where can he build it in the world? If one or two ships are really damaged, the great contributions he made this time will be ruined...
Fortunately, he only had two steamships in use this time. The others were wooden troop ships. He looked carefully and found that the steamships did not receive any damage, only those troop ships looked a little damaged.
Fortunately, these troop transport ships have a simple structure and just hang them behind the steamer ship to haul, which is very convenient. Otherwise, two steamer ships alone would not be able to accommodate so many of them.
It really doesn't work. Cut off a few more big trees and make them into large rafts, which can drag people away.
"What happened?" Song Jiang asked Li Jun with a dark face. He was the commander of the navy fleet.
Li Jun shouted unlucky. His long river was in the river today. He almost fell into a fight. He smiled bitterly and said, "Grandma, I don't know why there was such a big old turtle in the river. It surfaced last night and almost overturned my boat!"
"Old turtle?" Song Jiang was a little disbelief. How big is the old turtle to overturn such a large warship? You must know that this is not an ordinary fishing boat, but a real warship.
"It's true." Ruan Xiaoer was also a little dirty: "My brother jumped down yesterday and saw it, and was almost swallowed by the beast in one bite. Grandma's, I see that thing must have become a spirit. If the Taoist priests in the team had not followed you, I would have arrested this monster!"
"Is there such a big monster?" Although Song Jiang was asking back, he actually believed it at this time. Whether it was Li Jun or the Ruan brothers, they had been following him since Liangshan and would not make such jokes with him.
"Is there such a big old turtle? If I hadn't been shocked, I threw a few gunpowder jars and injured the old turtle. That thing wouldn't have let us go!"
"We want to leave immediately, the Jurchens may come after you soon!" Song Jiang asked: "How about it, is the fleet losing a lot? Can you leave?"
"No problem. As soon as you come back, I have already ordered the fire to start. At this time, the air pressure is almost done..."
As soon as he talked about this, Li Jun saw a few black dots appearing on the river in the distance.
The sailor who had been watching with a telescope on the mast had already shouted: "It seems that the ship is still a warship!"
"Where did the Jurchens get the warship?" Song Jiang shouted.
The lookout whistle above didn't say anything anymore. After waiting for a long time, he saw it clearly before shouting: "It's really a warship, it seems to be from Goryeo!"
When Song Jiang heard this, he suddenly realized that this was possible. But how could the Goryeo warship appear here? Yes, it must be reinforcements invited by the Jurchens. Goryeo has a small territory, surrounded by the sea on three sides, and its navigation was relatively developed.
There are many sea ships between the Song Dynasty and Japan, and they are their warships, so there is nothing strange about it.
Li Jun also took out a telescope to see it. Although this thing is still a rare thing, it is no longer considered "priceful". The royal craftsman can already use crystals to polish the lenses and make a telescope.
Master Wen Datian has always believed in the principle of non-dispersal of technology. For those who are treacherous to the ancient times, they did not block technology, but believed that relying on continuous technological replacement to maintain the leading technology...
This kind of thing is just like a donkey kick. In an era when technology has not accumulated to the big explosion, the speed of technology renewal is far slower than imagined.
The technology of smelting metals took thousands of years to spread throughout the world. Italy's technology of making glass has been monopolized for hundreds of years.
At any time, monopoly is the most profitable. Even modern time and space, technology is so developed. Those technologies that monopolize certain industries are used to eliminate technology to put it into the market, and are unwilling to actively update and replace it.
Therefore, Master Wen Datian always had one idea about various advanced technologies, that is, monopoly.
For example, this telescope was used as a military weapon, and the imperial court and Shenxiao Tiangong jointly issued an order.
From administrative to spiritual aspects, stop private imitation of the people. Not only will the government punish the violation, but the Taoist court will not even be spared.
"These Korean navy members are not good, so they actually sent so many warships. It seems that they are planning to walk along the way with the Jurchens!" Ruan Xiaoer's eyes flashed fiercely, and he was even eager to try.
As a navy general, he naturally has to fight water battles. He will be very upset to help the troops transporting troops on the land every day.
More than a dozen warships have arrived. They all seem to be hundreds of materials, and there are even thousands of warships.
"Vulnerable!" Compared to Ruan Xiaoer's eagerness to try, Li Jun's eyelids were much taller. A straightforward word made Ruan Xiaoer feel ashamed.
It is true that I am the warship under my seat, which was brought down by Shangfu from heaven. It was made by the immortals and the heavenly craftsmen in the upper realm. Killing these wooden boats is simply like killing chickens with a ox knife. What's so happy about?
When Ruan Xiaoer felt that his eyelids were too shallow, the steamships began to start and rushed towards the Goryeo warships with great momentum.
You should know that even if these steamships do not use other weapons, they can easily knock these wooden boats into slags with the powerful power brought by high-pressure steam, the welded hull with the steel and the sharp collision angles on the bow.
Sure enough, I saw two ships carrying black smoke from Mars rushed over at a speed that seemed incredible to the Korean warships. The Korean warships were immediately frightened!
"Monster..."
"Mom...Smida..."
These Goryeo people definitely do not have the style of the most powerful country in the universe as their descendants, nor do they have the courage to snatch their fingers in front of the embassy, and they immediately panic.
Some warships even turned in a hurry, but didn't care about the warships around them and directly knocked the ships around them through big holes. Some were even dizzy, and the two warships actually collided with each other.
Before the two steamships arrived, most of the entire Goryeo fleet had been destroyed. When a steamship, with an invincible momentum, hit the Goryeo flagship at a high speed of more than ten knots, almost directly knocking it in half.
Other Goryeo ships raised white flags at a rapid speed.
"Leave a few prisoners, kill them all!" A cold light flashed in Li Jun's eyes. These Goryeo sticks dared to provoke them. This is seeking death!
Since the order was issued, the two steamships were erect and hit each other, and screamed everywhere.
The reaction was relatively fast, and he turned around and ran back. Two steamships suddenly showed their power, and the crossbow cannons on it fired, and a crossbow with gunpowder was shot into the enemy ship.
It shot dozens of feet out, but it was steady and fierce. It shot crossbow arrows as thick as eggs into the hull, and most of them were submerged. Then it exploded and exploded, blew up Goryeo's warship into the sky.
The largest warship of these Goryeo ships was only 1,500 pieces. They were almost the size of this steamer ship, and they were sunk from the beginning.
Other Korean warships with hundreds of materials in size and size, in later generations, were almost the same as fishing boats, and they were not big fishing boats. When they exploded at this moment, they were overturned like toys.
Master Wen Da Tian armed these steamships to his teeth, not just as simple as hitting corners. Modern designs of large crossbows and catapults are far beyond the times in terms of accuracy and power.
This is a clean and neat massacre!
A few dozen miles away, a team of Jurchen troops saw the fireballs and black smoke exploding from the river from afar, and even heard a dull sound like thunder.
"What happened?" asked the Jurchen Mengan with a calm face. He was in a bad mood. He actually had the hateful Song people who had raided their Jurchens' hometown.
Chapter completed!