Sweep the World

Chapter 752: :prelude

Today is a cloudless weather, but the wind is a little bit small, causing the ship to slow down when sailing.

  The ship of any country today, no matter what the purpose of the ship, actually retains the oar-driven design, and does not rely solely on sails as the driving force for navigation.

   has not entered the combat state before, even if the wind is lower, it does not matter, but after the fleet turns into combat, the window of the oar area is opened, and a thick oar sticks out of the hull to stand by.

The person responsible for the offensive command and offensive Jiduo’s side was set up at the port eighty miles away from the Pingman’s Captain’s Department. It was Wang Niche. Like Li Mai, he was a surrender after the fall of the Eastern Jin imperial court. Command the Yangtze River Navy to prevent the Han army from crossing the river.

After the surrender, Wang Kan was in idle state for a long time. It was not activated until the end of the seventh year of Yuanshuo. At the beginning, he still served in the Yangtze River Marine Corps. Later, the Han Dynasty increased its efforts to develop the ocean and opened up the Gupta dynasty. The war was transferred to Zhanghai (South 1 Sea) to serve.

Zhanghai is a very important area for Han, and it is also the most prosperous sea area for navigation. The reason is that the land route to the Indochina Peninsula is not developed, and the sea route to the Indochina Peninsula has become the best choice. . Furthermore, the islands found around Zhanghai basically have abundant resources. Even if there are no luxuries such as spices, fragrant woods, emeralds, and gems, there are still some savages that can be caught.

  The demand for slaves in Han is a bottomless pit. The military meritorious system itself extremely needs slaves to reward the meritorious nobles. In order to support the military meritorious system not to collapse, it must have enough land and the number of slaves. Liu Yan was unable to completely abolish the Han Chinese as slaves, and could only capture the aliens to the greatest extent.

   In addition to the demand for slaves by military masters, national construction is also in urgent need of slaves. The most dangerous thing, such as opening a mountain for mining and road construction, is basically using slaves to do it.

During the period of sweeping the Eight Desolations and Liuhe, the Han country obtained a considerable number of prisoners of war, and also eliminated Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla and obtained a large number of slaves, which supported the foundation of military merits and provided sufficient cheap labor for the construction of the country. The labor force is always better at any time. The Indo-China Peninsula keeps on arresting savages, and the various islands have not stopped arresting savages.

  The war against the Gupta dynasty was fought to obtain food at the beginning, but the war was not as smooth as expected, but at least it also allowed the Han people to learn more about the Gupta dynasty.

In the beginning, it was a war for food. Later, it was discovered that the Gupta Dynasty was a country with a population of 20 to 30 million. The Han people instantly found a peerless treasure. Defeating the Gupta Dynasty can get food. In order to seize land suitable for farming, gold, beauty and other trophies are indispensable in the process. The most important thing is the population of 20 to 30 million!

The Eastern Han Dynasty was a dynasty with a very serious slavery phenomenon. The Three Kingdoms and the Jin Dynasty also retained the habit of slavery. After the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was destroyed, various families and powerful forces were forced to disband their slaves, and later evolved into a nationwide liberated Han servant. , They found that there would be no problem with enslaving foreign races, and they would be idiots if they didn't know what to do.

  Han country wants to have slaves, first of all, the title is determined. War is the best way to get the title reward. The northerners eagerly went to the Western Regions, and the southerners have already enjoyed the sweetness of the Indochina Peninsula.

  War is the way to get everything. Even if it is impossible to have slaves exceeding the status limit, but they can be sold for money when captured, then the Gupta dynasty can bring benefits from any aspect, and of course it is to **** him!

   Wang Ni is a commissioned surrender, and cherishes the opportunity to lead the army more than anyone else. He has communicated with Li Mai repeatedly before and is very clear about what this war means to their surrenders.

   The size of the fleet of 850 ships, the king niches were not all assembled together and pressed towards the enemy's port. For such a small sea area, especially when approaching from sea to land, the large column is the correct formation.

Facing the coming of the Han Chinese navy, the Gupta did not wait for the Han Chinese navy to find out after the port. Just as the Han side would arrange ships and send people to hide on land as eyeliner surveillance, the Gupta dynasty Although the person at is San, they are not so stupid that they forget to monitor the Pingman Captain's Department as necessary.

The    Gupta Dynasty not only attached great importance to the Pingman Captain's Department, but also did not ignore the Han State base behind the Pingman Captain's Department, and even the surveillance of Malacca was never relaxed.

  Han has continuously had fleets coming from its homeland towards Asanyang. The Gupta dynasty collected a lot of information, and it was calculated that the Han Navy had assembled at least 800 warships of all types and sizes.

It’s no wonder that the Gupta dynasty did not work hard to calculate the wrong number of the Han's navy. It’s really that they couldn’t believe that Han was able to build warships on the coast of Asanyang. Operate it? How can I know that Liu Yan has such a big cheating device!

   Before discovering that the Han Chinese navy was on the move, the commander of the Gupta dynasty in the forward military port had already reacted. The movable ships in the port were basically replenishing and leaving the port quickly, and the military port was also beginning to prepare for the invasion.

   "The number of warships in the Han Empire is different from our guess."

Javala Kangding Warren is the commander-in-chief of the Gupta dynasty. He and Zampte Warren are from the southern part of the Gupta dynasty, but although they are both surnamed Warren, they are not from the same family. Te. Warren is only Kshatriya, but he is a Brahmin.

   So far, the Gupta dynasty is still unable to judge how many warships Han has dispatched. It has nothing to do with whether they have sufficient investigative power. It is purely that naval warships are not as easy to detect as the land army.

If there are more than a certain number of ships on the sea, it is impossible to dock at the same time. If there are warships resting in the military port, there must be warships sailing on the sea. The sea is so big, there is no high ground that can be seen from high to low at a glance, unless It is the information that the spy can obtain only by the opponent's commander, or else he can only rely on guessing.

   It is not only the Gupta dynasty who rely on guessing the number of warships in the Han country. In fact, the number of warships in the Gupta dynasty is also guessed by the Han. The number of warships that can participate in the war has clear data only by the core high-level officials of both sides.

"The number of warships of all sizes and sizes coming straight to us from the enemy is far more than 500, more than twice ours!" Javala Kangding Warren said grimly: "Han. The military power of the empire is far stronger than we guessed!"

   On Asan’s side, there are a lot of nobles named Javala. Those who can have "Zhongshu" in their surnames are basically some ancestors who did great things.

Ah San is a solidification like the Europa society. To put it bluntly, dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes. Children born to rats will pierce holes. The moment they are born, they determine the trajectory of life. Can't change my destiny.

Ah San’s current caste system has not been corrupted. Although the class has been fixed, the high-level education has not relaxed at all. For example, Brahmins accept management and Kshatriya to learn how to fight, Gawara Kangding Warren. Even if it is a Brahmin's straw bag, there will still be the basic qualities that it should have.

In the face of the sudden big action on the Han side, Gawara Kangding Warren did not panic too much. The reason may be a little funny. Can be guaranteed, the second is that the first batch of Asan nobles who were defeated and captured have been determined to be able to redeem them from Han, so there is no such fear of defeat.

"The warships of the Han Empire are very sharp, but their tactics are very rigid." Salar Sakuman can speak, and looking at some of the class characteristics of Ah San, it is obvious that it is a Kshatriya: "From the previous examples of fighting. Look, we are not without the strength to compete with it."

  Salar Sakuman seems to have made no mistake. The Gupta dynasty used less to fight more often, and it was able to fight vigorously even when the Han Chinese navy had a quantitative advantage.

   The Gupta dynasty had a direct impression of the Han Navy. They believed that the Han Navy was only a sharp advantage of the warships. If the warships of both sides were the same, they should teach the Han army how to behave. This impression is based on the confidence that some newly built warships of the Gupta dynasty have recently learned from the improvement of the warships of the Han country, and they can be defeated even when the number is small.

"We have 37 new-style warships, one can contain two or three of the Han Empire, and the remaining warships must be better than the Hans in terms of personnel quality." Salar Sakuman said firmly, and then paused. After a while, he said: "They must be approaching for landing, and they have to separate enough warships."

  The fleet aimed at landing operations must of course be divided. The generals of the Gupta dynasty have not guessed the size of the fleet led by the king, but it is clear that they will not concentrate all the warships for maritime operations.

   As the generals of the Gupta dynasty guessed, the Han Chinese navy was divided into two parts after getting close enough. One part was naturally the enemy who had pounced on the sea, and the other part was stopping off the coast to prepare for landing operations.

   "The fleet used for landing is ready." Wang Yan is not talking nonsense. It must be the result of a sea confrontation that there will be landing operations, or else he will send people ashore and wait for death. He has been watching the Gupta Navy not far away through a telescope, guessing roughly the number of enemy warships, and observing the enemy formation: "The wind is too small today, but you should always pay attention to changes in the wind direction. Once the weather changes in time use."

   The Gupta navy above the sea is doing a tandem formation, in a team by team, each team is in a line, and the hull is facing the Han Guo navy side.

   Wang Ni is no stranger to that formation. The bed crossbows of the Han Chinese warship are arranged on the bow, stern and sides of the hull, so that they can exert their greatest power when hitting horizontally. He knew that the Gupta dynasty immediately learned from the advantages of the bed crossbow layout plan. Large-scale long-range weapons were also modified in the same way, so naturally the hull had to face the enemy horizontally.

  Because the wind is small, there is no need to seize the limelight and use the wind. Ships will not raise their sails at all under this wind, so the large number of Gupta warships are relatively calm and remain in formation.

   In fact, if it is not necessary, the ship in a naval battle will not raise its sails at all, or it will increase the attack surface. Once the sail is ignited by the rocket, it is still a very bad thing, and it is very likely to evolve into the fire of the entire ship.

   In the past naval battles, Han also discovered a secret of the Gupta dynasty, that is, some of the sails of the Gupta warship were hit by rockets and would not catch fire. The Han army captured ships whose sails would not catch fire, and after studying it, they concluded that Ah San used fire cloth for sails.

The legend of the fire cloth was in existence in the Western Han Dynasty. It is a kind of "artifact" that is not afraid of fire. If anyone has a fire cloth that can be regarded as a heirloom, it will make the Han people full of sadness and envy that Ah San actually used it. Being a sail is simply unforgivable.

   The sound of the oars hitting the water resounded in the Han Chinese navy column. It was Wang Kan who ordered the fleet to launch an attack formation.

A bird’s-eye view from a high altitude, the vast number of warships swaying oars, one as the leader, and soon behind the **** is a series of followers~www.wuxiamtl.com~ After team after team has formed, the sea looks like There are many snakes swimming.

When the warships of Han Dynasty acted, Gupta's warships would naturally not stop in place. Above the sea was a motion of paddles hitting the surface of the sea. The two sides were shouting rhythmically in neat but different languages, and the loudness of the sound not only swept across. The sea and even the dense forests along the coast were shocked by flocks of birds.

"Prepare!"

  Different languages ​​have the same meaning, that is, as the warships of the enemy and ours get closer and closer, the soldiers who operate the long-range assault weapons fire weapons at any time under the reminder of the officers.

It was the Han army who roared the word "put" first, and on the warships that became a long snake, after the bowstrings and mechanical groans rang, the rods were thick and the arrowheads burned with grease. The crossbow arrows shot out, and they whizzed out during the flight. Most of them fell into the sea. A few of them hit the warship. The sharp arrow hit an intimate collision with the wood.

The Han's bed crossbow is undoubtedly farther in range than Ah San's bed crossbow. Naturally, the Han's long-range attack weapon took the lead in making the sound. As a result, the Gupta navy always fights with the Han navy, even if it preempts the favorable wind. The Warship Association was forced to shorten the distance between the warships of the Han Kingdom.

At this moment, it was obviously the Gupta’s fleet that took the position first, but because the range of long-range weapons was not as good as that of humans, it was necessary to prevent the Han warship from flying a kite as usual after the Han warship was shot. Try desperately to paddle the oars trying to get closer...

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