Rule the Roost in the Tang Dynasty: 421 5-tooth battleship

The first time Li Hong saw his Dragon Father’s face, two words popped up in his head involuntarily: the bottom of the pot. W≈W≠W=. = 8 = 1≥Z≠W≥. ≈Ｃ≤Ｏ≥Ｍ≈

Yes, now Li Zhi’s face is as black as the bottom of a pot, and he hurries slowly along the way, fearing that his journey will delay the military plane event. This is good. After entering the city, I saw him. The prince’s guards were leading troops to defend the city, and he had already ran out for a tour of the mountains and rivers.

As the prince of Datang, is he here to fight or play? Isn't it that in Anxi, that's how he made his outstanding achievements? Li Zhi expressed doubts.

In Li Hong's eyes, when Long Dad and Long Ma were angry, he would rather face Long Ma Wu Mei than the more cautious Long Dad.

Mama Long was so coaxed, she leaned forward with her Erpi face, rubbed her shoulders and beat her back, basically all her anger disappeared.

But the Dragon Father is different. After he arises, he can anger himself half to death. In addition to those who anger him, if he dares to refuse to admit his mistakes, Li Zhi can even hold his breath for three days.

And this is also related to his vertigo. If his mind is relatively cheerful and peaceful, I am afraid that in history, Li Zhi could not live for a few more years, and Li Hong’s dragon mother might not be able to become The emperor is now.

Fortunately, Li Hong didn’t really travel around the mountains and water, so after listening to Li Hong’s explanation, Li Zhi’s originally black face like the bottom of a pot slowly became calmer. As Li Hong said about gold, he immediately became full of smiles and praised the prince for being smart and sensible.

But when someone comforted his dragon father and turned his head to look at the ministers below, Ge Xiyuan was still in the list, and he turned his face down at the moment, but he still thinks about it. Now that Daddy Long has agreed, I am afraid it won't help anymore.

And the relationship between Ge Xiyuan and Li Xian is relatively close. At this time, things are still messed up in Chang'an, so I don’t want to punish Ge Xiyuan too much, but if I dare to point fingers at military issues, Then don't blame yourself for being rude.

The night was already very deep, so after seeing Li Hong, Li Zhi waved his hand irritably and let him go quickly, and crossed the river with him to Liujing tomorrow.

The habit of waking up early has been strictly maintained, which made Li Hong get up first in the early morning without being urged by his dragon father. His people took over Liu Renyuan and assumed the responsibility of protecting His Majesty the Emperor.

The Datong River in the previous life has become a river in Pyongyang. Because the riverbed is deep and the current is not turbulent, it is very suitable for boats.

In this era, there is no way to cross the river except for a bridge made of ropes. Therefore, if you want to transport a large army across the river, a water army ship is the best.

At the same time, Li Hong also wanted to get close to the naval forces of the Tang Dynasty to see how capable they are. He could also show off the power of the Tang Dynasty in front of Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje.

In fact, in this era, Datang’s types of warships are quite complete. Without a power unit to drive them, it is commendable to be able to use all the limited space.

Compared with the small boats of the Japanese Kingdom that were dismissed by Cui Zhibian, the Datang navy can indeed be regarded as the leader of this era.

The military work of the Ming Dynasty, "Wu Bei Zhi", mentioned the power of the navy in the early Tang Dynasty: the battle of water, the size of the ship, etc... The boats, battleships, walking boats, and sea falcons, the submarine attacks include Meng Chong, yachts, and their instruments have poles, which are used to attack them.

With a wide range of warships, it is important to consider the ability of a general to coordinate and command various ships. Clear responsibilities, strict discipline and coordination and division of labor are all tests for a general, and Datang can emerge like this A navy commander naturally made Li Hong overjoyed.

And this time, in addition to fighting ships, walking boats, and sea falcons, there is also an attack ship that wraps its own defenses in raw leather, which is generally used for impact.

It can be seen how mighty and majestic the Datang military in this period was.

Among all the various types of ships, Lou Chuan is the representative work that best embodies the great power and military might of the Tang Dynasty. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was called the five-tooth warship.

The reason why it is called the five-tooth battleship is because it is a five-story building structure, with six racking poles on the left, right, front and rear, and each wooden mast is equipped with a boulder on the upper end, and there is a roller below as an auxiliary. When the battleship is in close combat, you can quickly use the reel to help lower the boulder to achieve the goal of smashing the enemy ship with the boulder.

As for Datang has always been proud of on the 6th floor, the stone throwing carts and crossbows used for siege warfare are naturally also planned and placed on the five-tooth battleship. These two This kind of long-range attack weapon can be said to be a real killer, and it also armed the Five Tooth warship into a powerful warship that can fight both near and far.

Standing against the wind on the front deck without sails, Li Hong and Cui Zhibian chatted in a low voice. The content is not about the five-tooth warship, but in Quanzhou, Lingnan Road, built by Li Chunfeng On the larger warship.

When Cui Zhibian heard from Li Hong that the warship was half longer than the 50-step and 60-step warship under their feet, he immediately looked at his face with suspicion and shock. Li Hong with a smile.

"Don't believe it, if your five-tooth warship sees the big ship, it will be at most a little cat, and there is no way to fight back." Li Hong confidently looked at Cui Zhibian's incredible expression. Said lightly.

"Your Majesty, the minister is not unbelievable. You have to know that if the warship is so big, then he loses his agility. It will be even more difficult to face many enemy ships and retreat. ." Cui Zhibian is also about 30 years old. A navy general who can achieve the fourth rank is enough to meet, and his water warfare ability.

Li Hong glanced at him and continued: "Who told you that I was going to retreat? Besides, it's one thing whether the enemy ship can approach that ship. When the matter is over, go and take a look. Take this jade pendant and compare the two."

Li Hong handed a piece of jade pendant to Cui Zhifen, put his hands behind him, and said again: "The five-tooth warship is really good, but it's only suitable for fighting in the coastal waters. You can try to go out a few hundred nautical miles? A strong wind comes, you This boat doesn’t need to be hit by the enemy, so it sinks into the sea to feed the bastard."

Cui Zhibian gave a wry smile. His Royal Highness was telling the truth. Although the five-tooth warship is big, it is really not suitable for long voyages. It is suitable for long voyages, but it does not have the power of this kind of ship.

Actually, this is not to blame Cui Zhibian, or even anyone, because even after a thousand years, the Chinese did not have the courage to go out of 6 places and set foot on the sea to go far away. The country where he was born, his own character shackled them out.

The reason why Li Hong has always built the big ship is that he is afraid that all the courtiers in the court will obstruct themselves in various ways after they know it.

Hundreds of years later, the Ming Dynasty once came and went freely on the sea, and it was awe-inspiring, but in the end it was not because of the prevalence of sea prohibition that China was finally trapped on the ground for several hundred years?

As a result, the European warships were rampant and looting wealth at sea, and finally, relying on their passion for the sea, left a deep scar on the Chinese nation?

Today’s Datang is still like this. It has never dared to actively embrace the sea, including the fishermen and people along the coast. Their understanding of the sea is still in the stage of making a living. No one has ever thought about overcoming After the fear of the sea, what courage and wealth will it bring to this nation?

Li Hong is now determined, and following Daddy Dragon to solve the problems in Liaodong, he went to Quanzhou to meet with Cui Zhibian to see what Li Chunfeng had tossed out after taking his several million taels of silver. Don't let the water drift off when the time comes, and watch the white and colorful silver sink in the sea.

The 6th road plus the waterway, in less than half a day, 30,000 soldiers and horses quickly assembled on the opposite bank of the Datong River, and at this time, it was only more than twenty miles away from the Goguryeo King City, Liujing.

As soon as he stepped on the official road, the banner of Datang appeared in front of him, and a cloud of smoke rose behind the banner, and saw nearly a thousand cavalry rushing here.

"I'm going...Liu Rengui won't miss it, right." Li Hong looked around, and the menacing posture didn't look like he was coming to pick him up.

Li Zhi didn't speak, but under his crotch was a white horse without a variegated color. At this moment, looking at the same kind of flying hoof in front of him, he felt a little unbearable and eager to try.

But as soon as the hoof was lifted, the white steed was kicked on the neck by someone lightly: "What are you in a hurry? Stay honestly, you didn't come for a war."

Li Hong's voice just fell~IndoMTL.com~ I saw a golden whip shadow dangling in front of him: "You can kick my mount too! Is there any rules? It's really imperial."

Li Hong leaned back, avoided the loose riding whip, and said, "I'm afraid it's crazy, what if it really takes you out? Erchen, this is filial piety."

Liu Rengui suddenly appeared in front of Li Zhi and Li Hong, with an excited smile on his faces, quickly dismounted and ran to Li Zhi, wearing an armor, and said: "The minister Liu Rengui welcomes your majesty into the King City of Goguryeo. "

"What? Have you already taken the King of Goguryeo?" Li Zhi couldn't hold back the joy in his heart, and motioned Liu Rengui to get up and reply, his tone filled with incredible excitement.

"Yes, Your Majesty, less than half a day after the ministers came to the King of Goguryeo, the King of Goguryeo led a hundred officials to surrender, but..."

"But what? Since you have surrendered, what can't be said! Quickly, don't hesitate."

"Yes, Your Majesty. The condition for King Goguryeo's surrender is that you can stop Silla and Baekje's plundering of Goguryeo's land, and immediately return the looted Goguryeo people." Liu Rengui said solemnly.