The World Online Chapter 318: [The Dragon Head]
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The drama that happened in Xunzhou did not attract the attention of Ouyang Shuo's.
No matter how hard the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Uprising army is, it will not reach Lianzhou Basin in a short time. On the contrary, the expansion of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is equivalent to fiercely plowing in the territory of Guangxi, destroying the old structure, and it is likely to form a dominant situation in the end.
While then, Ouyang Shuo will stand up and clean up the mess. As long as the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is killed, it is equivalent to occupying the entire Guangxi territory. Why not?
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Uprising Army, in the eyes of Ouyang Shuo, is a live target.
Not Ouyang Shuo's arrogance. He wants to kill Taiping Heavenly Kingdom with Lianzhou Basin alone. He has other hole cards. As soon as the time comes, he must implement it step by step.
When that happens, whoever dares to underestimate Lianzhou Basin will suffer a lot.
Furthermore, to the east of Xunzhou, within Wuzhou, Chiyou City can still be seated.
When the two tigers fight, there must be a wound.
Ouyang Shuo can be sitting atop a mountain to watch the tigers fight.
As to whether things will develop as he expected, everything is unknown.
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The aftermath of the Mulan Prefecture merger gradually dissipated, and Shanhai Sector returned to calm again.
The only headache for Ouyang Shuo is issue for warhorse. establish Fourth Division, you have to touch Cyan Beetle Horse. Other three divisions's Cavalry are equipped with Cyan Beetle Horse, and Ouyang Shuo cannot always be equal. Therefore, replacing Cyan Beetle Horse for Cavalry of Fourth Division puts it on the Ouyang Shuo's schedule.
Unfortunately, under the banner of Sky Settled Tribe, each part of the prairies has been wary of Shanhai City, and would no longer trade with Shanhai City. It is not very realistic to try to purchase Cyan Beetle Horse through prairie tribe.
After severing trade, Ouyang Shuo is even more uneasy about each part of the prairies.
Although the climate of Lianzhou Basin is pleasant and there is no cold winter, but near the end of the year, Prairie cannot graze on a large scale, and the livelihood of herders becomes a large issue.
Food cannot be purchased from Shanhai City. Ouyang Shuo has reasons to suspect that each part of the prairies will be in danger.
Ouyang Shuo has instructed Military Intelligence Division to intensify the collection of Prairie Information. As soon as the wind blows, report it immediately. The Military Intelligence Second Group Group Head Lei Xun responsible for the work of Information in the northern area has issued a military order.
What makes Ouyang Shuo puzzled is that from the Information sent from Lei Xun, it seems that each part of the prairies has no intention of declaring war. So far no tribe has issued a temporary war assembly order to recruit herders to join the army.
Everything seems weird.
The calm Prairie is more like a prelude to the storm.
Ouyang Shuo can only instruct Military Affairs Bureau, step up the preparation of war plans, deploy war materials, and be ready to launch an War ; with Prairie while instructing Shanhai Prefecture, step up the construction progress of city wall, and give priority to the construction of city wall in the north, making it an indestructible barrier. .
With the expansion of the army, if you want to start a large-scale war, you can mobilize main forces at any time and enter the battlefield immediately.
As the saying goes, the soldiers and horses have not moved, and provisions goes first.
For an War, how many provisions, leather, horses and horses to raise, and how many arrows and Weapons and Equipment should be prepared, it will not be ready in a short time.
Four main forces workshops, plus cave Military Factory, thousands of Artisan, day and night labor, and batches of Weapons and Equipment were transported to the various departments in the army to complete reform and renew of equipment.
Especially the Fourth Division of establish and equipment of Soldier were presented by System at profession change, far below the equipment standard of the Shanhai City army. Basically, they must be replaced.
Executive of War Preparations Ge Hongliang, who has just taken office, is too busy to even have time to eat.
General-In-Chief Bai Qi and Executive of Military Affairs Du Ruhui, while busy preparing the army, led Personal Guard frequently into the territory of Prairie, surveyed the landforms on the spot, and prepared for the future War.
The nature of Bai Qi is that if you do n’t move, you will hit every moment. His head will not stop for a moment, and he keeps thinking and pondering the enemy both sides. What he valued most was pre-war reconnaissance and war preparations.
Du Ruhui is also experience Old Daoist, sharp-eyed and decisive. He came from the Sui-Tang period. His war concept and War Operations strategy are better than Bai Qi of the Warring States period.
The two complement each other, but it gives Ouyang Shuo peace of mind.
With these two, Ouyang Shuo has the energy to plan other major events.
More on Cyan Beetle Horse.
The only way to get Cyan Beetle Horse is Jifeng Valley Military Horse Field.
Jifeng Valley Military Horse Field sent a total of 4000 and more than Cyan Beetle Horse, including 100 and stallion.
The cultivation of warhorse requires a long process. In a short time, Ouyang Shuo is cannot dry out the lake while still wanting to fish, and Cyan Beetle Horse of Jifeng Valley Military Horse Field is adjusted.
In the long run, the excellent warhorse of Cyan Beetle Horse cannot meet the territory military expansion needs. Even if it is Unified Lianzhou Basin, the total number of Cyan Beetle Horse is limited.
In future wars, the over 100,000 and even the 100,000 main forces will be dispatched. Even if the Cyan Beetle Horse of Lianzhou Basin is exhausted, it will not meet the needs of Cavalry.
Therefore, Ouyang Shuo will build Military Horse Field early and plan ahead.
Of course, Military Horse Field is just an alternative. The best way is to be able to find other mount types and open up other sources of mount.
Ouyang Shuo is a little bit fraught about this. previous life, he knows the origin of some excellent mount. As long as the timing is right, we can overcome the scarcity of mount in the army.
At present, Ouyang Shuo is a dilemma.
Fourth Division Division Chief Mu Guiying understands the difficulties of Ouyang Shuo's, saying that the replacement of warhorse can be postponed. It will not be overnight to build Mulan Fortress anyway.
The matter is just set aside.
Another thing that bothers Ouyang Shuo is North Sea Shipyard.
Ouyang Shuo submitted the "Ming Dynasty Warship Manufacturing Technical Manual" filmed to Shipyard, and made a request for Shipyard to build a Decked Ship as soon as possible. He waited for urgent use.
In the Ouyang Shuo's expectation, on January 15, after Artisan of North Sea Shipyard hundreds of, rushing work day and night, the first Decked Ship of territory was finally completed and ready for launch.
Ouyang Shuo got the news and went to North Sea City to prepare to witness this historical moment.
Except Ouyang Shuo, Shipyard Special Adviser Elderly Sun, Factory Director Zheng Dahai and North Sea Fleet Commander Pei Donglai and others, all rushed to the dock to witness the launch of Decked Ship. Bai Qi and Du Ruhui are busy preparing Military, and they can't get rid of them for a while, otherwise they will take a look.
North Sea Shipyard is next to North Sea Port. There are two Large-scale docks and more than ten Small-scale docks.
The first Decked Ship was assembled at one of the Large-scale docks, waiting to be launched.
The Giant-scale Decked Ship docked at the dock is more than ten feet tall, has five floors, and can carry 3,000 troops. Decked Ship not only has a majestic and mighty appearance, but also ships on the ship with flags, tree flags, strict security, and effective offense and defense, like a water fortress. The bulkhead is equipped with iron plates, and the bow is equipped with a sharp iron tip shaped like a pout, which is used to impact the plow and sink the enemy ship in the Water Battle, which is more destructive than the angle of attack. The stern rudder is installed at the stern to make the rudder upright and not yaw.
Undoubtedly, Decked Ship uses watertight bulkhead technology, and it is even better.
Decked Ship is also equipped with six Beating Pole on both sides.
Beating Pole is a weapon for smashing enemy ships. It is more than five feet long and consists of a pillar, a cross bar, a boulder tied to the club head, and a girdle. The pillar is a support, and the crossbar is supported on the pillar, which can be rotated at will. The boulder hits the enemy ship. There is a rope connected to the crossbar. By manpower, the cymbal is turned and the crossbar is lifted to raise the boulder.
So Great Killing Tool was a nightmare for enemy ships before Artillery was born.
It's scary to think of all kinds of armed Decked Ship to the teeth together.
If it is not urgent, Elderly Sun is also thinking about modifying Decked Ship to make it even more scary. The successful construction of an ancient Decked Ship, for Ship Expert like Elderly Sun, is naturally exciting.
Elderly Sun is very satisfied with the efficiency of Ouyang Shuo's. With "Ming Dynasty Warship Manufacturing Technical Manual" as a reference, many of his ideas can be slowly put into practice.
Of course, Decked Ship is not perfect, it also has disadvantages.
The disadvantage of Decked Ship is that the ship is too high, which causes the center of gravity to be unstable and the ability to resist wind and waves is poor. Therefore, Decked Ship is generally only suitable for inland Rivercourse or offshore War Operations, not very suitable for ocean navigation.
Otherwise, after a storm, Decked Ship may roll over and sink.
navy protected by Mazu and Shanhai City perfectly avoids this shortcoming. The building characteristics of Hidden Building Mazu Temple [Sea God's Shelter] The — — fleet sails at Manipulate Wind to increase the storm capacity by 40%, so that territory vessels will generally not have any issue unless it encounters a severe storm.
Following the Zheng Dahai on the side of Ouyang Shuo, seeing Ruling Marquis looks happy, seems to be very satisfied with the Decked Ship built, and said tentatively: "Please also name Ruling Marquis Decked Ship!"
Ouyang Shuo is really satisfied and said with a smile: "territory uses dragons as totems. This first Decked Ship is called [The Dragon Head], which means dragon soars through the four seas."
"Good name!" Elderly Sun on the side suddenly interjected and nodded with a smile: "The meaning is also auspicious."
"Subordinates immediately ordered the boatman to engrave his name!" Zheng Dahai followed.
Ouyang Shuo nodded, [The Dragon Head] will be his Flagship, and gallop with him. "Ship Captain Zheng, immediately improve the [The Dragon Head] related facilities. In a few days, this Marquis will take [The Dragon Head] to go to sea."
"Noah!" Zheng Dahai within heart was tight. He didn't expect that Ruling Marquis was so urgent. It seems that in the past two days, arranged Artisan has to work overtime. To know. There are not a few auxiliary facilities to be installed on a Giant-scale Decked Ship.
Ouyang Shuo then looked at Pei Donglai and said: "General Pei, North Sea Fleet must also act in the next two days, ready to go to sea with this Marquis."
"I don't know the destination of Ruling Marquis?" Pei Donglai was a little puzzled.
Ouyang Shuo smiled mysteriously and said lightly: "Qiongzhou Island!" (To be continued.)