Chapter 62 Killing Chickens and Scaring Monkeys

Yue Guo sailors took advantage of it. Their ships were not only fast but also strong. They were all made of hard wood and fixed with iron nails. The keel and other important parts were also embedded with iron cores. Don't underestimate the role of the iron nail. The huge iron nail tightly fixes the thick boards together. Compared with those warships composed of strapping technology, their strength is indescrimable. The appearance of the enhanced keel is a great help to the head-on impact. The main impact is carried out by the enhanced keel, rather than relying on the overlapping boats to withstand the impact, making the Yue Guo sailors more plagiarisier and fearless.

At this time, Sun Shao's role in founding Zhuya College and letting Sheng Zhou set up shipyards respectively appeared. Zhuya College has a team specializing in shipbuilding technology, led by Ge Heng. There are more than 50 literate scholars and experienced shipbuilding engineers, as well as more than 100 young people of 17 or 18 years old trained by Ge Heng. Their task is to figure out how to improve the surname ability of the ship, in which there is special research. There are people who are resistant to wind and waves. There are people who specialize in improving speed, and there are people who special people who specialize in fighting. When they eat and drink enough every day, they turn all kinds of ideas into ship models and then test them in the laboratory.

If Zhu Ya College has a relatively satisfactory design, it will be transferred to several shipyards for trial production. For warships, the trial production will be carried out in Nanhai Shipyard and Houguan Shipyard, and the cost will be borne by the government. If it is a commercial ship, the trial production will be carried out in Zhoujia and Shengjia's Shipyards. The cost will be shared publicly and privately. After success, if Zhou Sheng The two families are willing to pay. After signing the confidentiality agreement, these designs will be transferred to them for production under the supervision of the government. If they feel that it is not cost-effective, they will be received by Houguan Shipyard and Nanhai Shipyard to make a sample ship for trial voyage to accumulate experience.

This branch accounts for one-third of the annual expenditure of the whole Taoist College, which is basically equivalent to half of the annual tax revenue of Nanhai County. They not only spend a lot of money on trial production, but also have a very high salary. In addition to a fixed salary according to the level of the Taoist College, they have a generous dividend, which is linked to technical ability and achievements. Whose design and invention is used more, the more effort, the more money they get.

The strengthening of the keel comes from the hands of Ge Heng, the general craftsman, and the crossbow comes from the hands of Ma Jun, the wind craftsman. They have enjoyed eye-catching treatment because of the adoption of these two technologies. The use of the keel is very extensive, and it can be used by both merchant ships and warships, so Ge Heng's annual benefits from it have already exceeded that of the Prime Minister. Although the use of the crossbow is smaller, because it is for military use, it is of great significance, so Ma Jun now has too much money to calculate.

They are famous millionaires of the Taoist Academy and a model of getting rich with their own wisdom. With their example, Yue's shipbuilding technology has made rapid progress in recent years and has become a well-deserved leader of the Han Dynasty. Although Funan can dominate in the South China Sea, the gap between them and the Yue navy is not a year or two. In fact, not to mention the Yue Guoshui Division, even the technical level of the Wu Jiangjiang Division is not comparable to that of the Funan Guoshui Division. The technical level of the Han Dynasty Shui Division, represented by the Wu Guoshui Division, has always been at the forefront of the same era.

In the face of such a technological gap, Fan Jinsheng's plan to win with a quantitative advantage is expected to go bankrupt.

Cui Qian has the deepest understanding of Sun Shao's tactical theory of thieves and capture the king first. He aimed at Fan Jinsheng's warship from the beginning. Fan Jinsheng is famous for his bravery. He likes to charge forward in every battle. In the past, the Funan navy mainly faced pirates, or those small country warships that were not much better than pirates - they even sailors. The name is not worthy of use. It's just some soldiers with weapons standing on the commonly used merchant ship, so the battle situation is often one-sided. The general rushes to the front. On the one hand, it can boost morale, and on the other hand, it can build meritorious deeds. Fan Jinsheng's accumulated in this way.

But this time, he kicked the steel plate and became Cui Qian's first goal. Although Cui Qian is fierce, he is not reckless. He also cherishes his life, and the faster he captures Fan Jinsheng and destroys the command system of the Funan Marine Division, the sooner he can solve the battle and reduce casualties. It was based on this idea that Cui Qian aimed at Fan Jinsheng when he started. Although Fan Jinsheng was timid and wanted to get out of the way of this huge warship, he still did not escape Cui Qian's clutches. He was hit hard in the first wave of charge and lost his ability to move.

The rest of the matter is the three warships hidden behind the building ship. These warships were led by Cui Yan and surrounded Fan Jinsheng like three hungry wolves. Fan Jinsheng struggled to death, barely stood firm, waved his sword, roared loudly, and commanded the soldiers on the ship to organize and counterattack. If he could grab a ship of the Vietnam Marine Division, he still had a glimmer of life.

The crossbowmen rushed to the dilapidated side and shot desperately at the surrounding Yue sailors, while the warriors with knives and shields were ready. When the two sides approached, they jumped over the ship to fight. Fan Jinsheng himself also stood behind these knives and shields and was ready to board the ship as soon as possible.

Cui Yan was not stupid. He ordered the three warships to point the bow at Fan Jinsheng's ship and use the strong crossbow of the bow to shoot continuously. This is the crossbow transformed by Ma Jun. The crossbow changed the previous problem of having to wait for the winding to shoot again after each shooting. Instead, the wheel of the winding and the shooting were divided into two non-interference steps. The two soldiers will bulging muscles and turn the wheel quickly. They only care about the winding, and one soldier. Just adjust the direction and concentrate on shooting. Another soldier is responsible for stuffing a box of arrows into the upper arrow hole, and these ten and one box of crossbows are pre-loaded. These improvements have greatly improved the shooting speed of the crossbow. On average, one or two arrows can be shot per breath, and one crossbow is worth five or six old crossbows.

Fan Jinsheng's broken flagship was soon paralyzed under the attack of three crossbows. The soldiers who could not avoid were shot upsidering by powerful crossbows, and the screams were heard. Fan Jinsheng was quick-eyed. When he saw the arrow rain, his first reaction was to hide in the cockpit, and his guards were not so lucky. They soon lost their combat effectiveness in front of the crossbow attack. Although they hold shields in their hands, these shields are still sloppy against ordinary bows and crossbows. Dealing with this kind of close shot of five or six stone crossbows is basically psychological comfort.

Funan sailors used to deal with pirates or indigenous people. They had never dealt with this kind of regular sailors armed to their teeth. They followed them for half a month. Psychologically, they did not pay attention to the Vietnamese sailors, and suddenly suffered such a high-quality blow to him. For us, it is simply a disaster.

Fan Jinsheng huddled in the cabin and watched the bulkhead being shot through by one crossbow after another, becoming like a hedgehog. Listening to the screams outside, he was as dumb as a wooden chicken. A drop of bean-sized beads of sweat slipped from his forehead. His hands and feet were cold, and all his ambitions were smashed to pieces.

The sound of crossbow shooting disappeared at some point. The cabin, which had been shot into a rag, was violently kicked away. More than a dozen proud Yue soldiers stood in front of him and made a ferocious smile. Fan Jinsheng trembled and fell to the ground, like a sieve.

"Take it!" Cui Yan held her arm, shook her big foot, and looked down at Fan Jinsheng. She was so happy that her cheeks shivered and took Fan Jinsheng. In any case, she could not run the title of a miscellaneous general. It was expected that she would be promoted to the third level in a row. Her own family was still her own family. With such a great credit, Cui Qian took care of him.

The Funan Marine Division, which was stunned by the first wave of attacks of the Yue Marine Division, saw the danger on the flagship and was scared one by one. If Fan Jinsheng was captured, they would die even if they broke out of the siege. After the shock, they ignored their own danger and gathered around here one after another. Cui Yan, who was proud, was shocked and ordered Fan Jinsheng to jump on his warship, and then ordered to break through. Three warships walked side by side, and three crossbows roared, pouring a deadly sharp arrow on the head of the rushing Funan Marine Division. The Funan Marine Division had two ships that were the fastest. They rushed to them and were about to stop them. However, they were first hit by a burst of arrow rain, with countless deaths and injuries, and then they were hit by the brutal cross-Chinese warship.

"Wooh!"

A Funan warship directly opposite groaned twice. The bow of the ship was hit by a big hole, and the sea poured in. The soldiers on the ship did not care to attack Cui Yan and others who passed by. Some screamed to block the hole, and some threw weapons in despair. They jumped into the sea and swam desperately to the shore.

Cui Yan laughed wildly and ordered two strong soldiers to lift the depressed Fan Jinsheng in front of him. Another Funan warship was in the rain of arrows. As soon as it rushed in front of him, the crossbowman was about to shoot. He first found Fan Jinsheng with sharp eyes. His hands trembled with fear. The long arrow came out of the string, and coincidentally shot at the half-dead Fan Jin. On the thigh, Fan Jinsheng cried out in pain. Only then did the crossbowmen react. The human shield raised by the other party was the generals, and they were dumbfounded one by one.

They were stupid. The Yue Marine Division was not stupid. They jumped on the boat, slashed the knife for a while, and killed all the soldiers with weapons. Then they jumped back to their own ship contentedly. These soldiers are equipped with excellent swords and shields, and wear solid half-length iron armor. Unlike the half-cultivation and half-war of the Funan Marine Division, they do not farm. The tasks all year round are not only combat but also training. They are professional killers. They are not like killing chickens to deal with these Funan soldiers whose body shape and strength are not their opponents.

Cui Yan held Fan Jinsheng and arrogantly passed in front of the Funan navy with three warships. Those Funan warships chased after them, but on the one hand, their speed was not the opponent of the Vietnam warships. The oars used their strength to eat milk, and they could not shorten the distance between them. Second, they were concerned about Fan Jinsheng's life. Holding the bow and crossbow, he did not dare to shoot randomly. For a moment, he was extremely aggrieved. More than a dozen warships followed Cui Yan, but they could only look at Cui Yan's arrogant back, and at the same time, they had to guard against the attack of the crossbow.

When Cui Yan fought happily, Cui Qian was also in high spirits. He commanded the building ship to take the lead and galloped in the array of the Funan Marine Division. The crossbow and the Thunderbolt car kept roaring, patting one after another, and ruthlessly beating the Funan warship. Every time he hit it, it was not the battle of Funan. The ship turned upside down, and the ship disintegrated, which was to hit the water piles that rushed to the sky. One kind of rushing over. At least three Funan warships were beaten into shipboards by him, and the five warships were hit by him to get into the water. As for those who were knocked down by him and were overwhelmed by him, I don't know how many of them.

More than 20 medium-sized warships followed behind the building ship and killed those embarrassed Funan sailors. When they met those warships that still had combat effectiveness and tried their best to return to the fighting state, they rushed up in groups of three or two. First, there was a rain of arrows, and then jumped on and killed them. The standard configuration of the Funan Marine Division is 100 warships per day, one commander, one helmsman, one drummer, sixty-seven oars, and thirty soldiers. Each ship is more or less short of members, most of whom are about 20 soldiers. These more than 20 people have to face the rapid shooting of the crossbow first, and then face the wolf-like tiger. Although they are also very brave, they are far from each other in terms of equipment and training level. What's more, although the number of warships of the Yue Marine Division is at a disadvantage, they rely on their own speed. In every local battlefield, they bully more and less. Usually, at least two warships deal with a Funan warship, one ship shoots, and the other ship is ready to jump and help hand-to-hand combat. Once the war situation is not smooth, that one will Follow up and bully the less to your heart's content.

The Funan Marine Division was beaten and retreated, and there was no way to fight back.

Cui Qian rushed all the way through the battle array of the Funan Marine Division. While ordering the building ship to turn, he glanced at the battlefield behind him and smiled proudly. Here, the lookout upstairs shouted, "General, General Zhuge and General Wei, please participate in the battle!"

Cui Qian didn't look back: "Let them guard the exit and run away a Funan monkey. I asked them that they don't need to come here."

"Oh." The flag soldiers quickly waved the colorful flag and sent Cui Qian's order out. After a while, he looked at it and shouted again, "General, the general asked to participate in the war!"

"Fare you, mother. Didn't I give an order to let them keep it?" Cui Qian, who was observing the battlefield, was angry and cursed.

"General... General, it's the rear general." The looking hand was shocked and said nervously.

Cui Qian was stunned for a moment, and then realized that he had crossed the sea. He can command Zhuge Zhi and Wei Wen, but he has no right to command crossing the sea, but at this moment, he can't care so much. He just thought for a moment and shouted, "Let him keep it too."

"General, this is a post-general!" Ling Qibing kindly reminded him.

"What the general doesn't care about him, even if the king comes, let him guard it." Cui Qian was angry, flew up and kicked the pillar of the watchtower, swayed the watchtower, and scared the watchmen and the flag soldiers above to whiten their faces: "Send the order! If you talk nonsense, I'll split you alive.

The flag soldiers did not dare to say anything more, and the order was issued according to the requirements.

The building ship drew a white arc on the sea, turned around, and rushed to the Funan Marine Division, who had been disrupted.

Yuehai looked at the flag from Cui Qianlou's boat and spit: "This reminder actually wants to eat alone. Eight thousand Funan sailors didn't give me a little. Did he let me run all the way to see how he eats a big meal?" However, despite this, he honestly guarded the exit of Jin'ou Island with Zhuge Zhi and Wei Wen to prevent a Funan sailor from leaking the net. Although he is dissatisfied with Cui Qian's eating alone, he believes that since Cui Qian dares to say so, he must be sure that both sides can't make trouble just because they want to make contributions.

He thought so, and Zhuge Zhi and Wei Wen were even more afraid to have a problem. As a result, when Cui Qian's more than 3,000 sailors were fighting with the eight thousand Funan sailors, nearly 10,000 Yue sailors were watching the battle. Of course, they were very aggrieved, but their aggrieved pirates couldn't see that what the pirates saw was the arrogance and strength of the Yue Guo sailors. When it comes to war, of course, the best thing is to bully the less with more. Cui Qian clearly does not have an advantage in the number of people. He is blocked here and has no choice but to fight hard. Now that the reinforcements have come, how can there be no reason not to help? However, they clearly saw the Yue sailors watching the bustle. If Cui Qian hadn't beaten the Funan sailors, they would almost think that the generals of the Yue sailors would have been incompatibility.

But now they understand that Cui Qian has the confidence to talk big. He defeated the 8,000 Funan Marine Division with the 3,000 people in his hand, and it was a complete victory. So why do you still need reinforcements? Let them stay at the exit and prevent a Funan warship from escaping, which is the best choice.

Eight thousand Funan sailors were anniled in the First World War. Although the pirates had seen the result, they still couldn't believe it. Thinking of Cui Qian's look before the war, they all felt murderous. Cui Qian is not a modest gentleman. He is also a pirate who licks blood with a knife head. Pirates are not unfamiliar with how to deal with betrayers.

The knife's face was pale. He was trying to recall every word and every look of his eyes, whether it would make people guess that he had a different mind. The one-eyed eagle's one-eyed eyes turned around like beads, with a proud smile on the corners of his mouth. At that time, he was afraid to fight. Cui Qian could doubt anyone and would not doubt him. Of course, he is indeed one of the most "loyalty" to Cui Qian among these pirates, and he will be more loyal to Cui Qian in the future - after this war, there is no doubt that the Vietnamese naval division has risen to the sea.

When night fell, the noisy Jinou Island calmed down, and 8,000 Funan sailors were completely annihirated. All 103 warships and 73 heavy ships fell into Cui Qian's hands. Except for the 13 warships that had been broken into plates and 51 warships that were seriously damaged, Cui Qian captured a total of 39 basically intact. On the warship, 8,530 Funan Marine Division killed 1,181 people, seriously injured 3,700 people, and the rest were captured alive together with the general Fan Jinsheng.

This battle is brilliant.

Cui Qian then went to sea in person and invited the general to cross the sea to enter the camp. As soon as we met, Cui Qian laughed loudly and said, "Lao Yue, why are you here?"

"The king is afraid that you have a mistake." Yuehai smiled faintly and saluted Cui Qian: "I was sent thousands of miles to reinforce, but now it seems that the king underestimated the ability of his general Zuo."

"Oh, Lao Yue, you are not kind. If it reaches the king's ears, even if the king doesn't blame me, don't those imperial historians need to impeach me and drown me?" Cui Qian squeezed his eyes and took Yuehai's hand affectionately: "How about I treat you to your favorite Daqin wine?"

"Do you want to bribe me?" Yuehai's eyes turned over: "You are awesome, let me show you the enemy's array? Is it easy for me to come so far? Your grandma's meat has to leave me a mouthful of soup. You're fine. You're alone. Are you just worried about the imperial history? Believe it or not, I will write a chapter to impeach you immediately.

"Hahahaha..." Cui Qian was relieved to see Yuehai swearing. He put his arms around the shoulder of the sea and shook it vigorously: "When will you brother learn to be like us pirates? The export is a chapter. Lao Yue, let me tell you, I don't want to eat alone. I have a reason.

"Your grandma's reason is that she wants to eat alone." Yue Haihu scolded angrily with a face on his face.

"Wrong." Cui Qian took a smile, lowered his voice, and looked at the pirates in the distance who were shorter than usual and said, "You know, we only have 20,000 sailors, but from here to the south, there are 30,000 or forty pirates, big and small, bright or dark. If we can't win more with less, we will kill the Funan sailors cleanly. Can you control them? This battle should not only completely annihirate the southern navy, but also win. It is not only to surprise Fan Man, but more importantly, to break the courage of these pirates. Only in this way can they follow us obediently. In the future, even if it is a boat of my Yue Guoshi, they dare not underestimate it.

"Whatever you say makes sense." Yuehai was a smart man. As soon as he heard it, he understood Cui Qian's intention. He hit the people of Funan Mariners, but the real intention was to subdue the hearts of the pirates. Cui Qian was right to do so. In that case, I will [***] do it. How are you going to bribe me?"

"Hahaha..." Cui Qian laughed and said, "It's really not easy. You are not greedy for money and lust. I can only give you some Xiyi wine. That's a good wine. I'll keep it for you."

"Bullshit, I still want to slander me." Yue Hai couldn't help laughing and said, "You think I don't know. You don't like wine at all. In this case, I'll do you a favor. I'll empty your wine cellar later and make room for the wine.

"You, do you want to rob?" Cui Qian pretended to be angry.

"Wouldn't you want to?" Yue Hai frowned, "Well, I was going to cover it up for you. In this way, I'm so sentimental."

"Don't--ah!" Hearing this, Cui Qian quickly begged, "I'm about to rely on my brother's wonderful pen. How can you abandon my brother and ignore me?"

"That depends on how you behave." He brushed Cui Qian's hand across the sea and gave a gloomy smile. Cui Qian's face suddenly bitterened.

...Lin Yi, Shi Bao slowly walked into Fan Xun's room. Fan Xun, who was learning to write Chinese characters, looked up and said with a wry smile, "Brother Zhongrong, you don't have to come to me every day to make a solemn statement and strongly protest, do you? As I said, the news has been sent back to Temu City, but the reply hasn't arrived yet. I guess..."

Shi Bao raised his hand and interrupted Fan Xun's words: "I'm not here to protest strongly today. I'm here to make a solemn statement."

Fan Xun shook his head and said, what's the difference?

"I solemnly declare on behalf of our Yue that in view of the step-by-step pressure and continuous provocation of the Funan sailors, our Yue sailors have risen up and fought back and have captured all your 8,000 Funan sailors and captured the main general Fan Jinsheng alive."

Before Shi Fu finished his words, the brush in Fan Xun's hand had fallen on the desk, and the ink soon became a large area, and even Fan Xun's sleeves were black. Fan Xun slowly stood up, turned pale, and said word by word, "What are you talking about?"

(to be continued)