Chapter 176: Princess Yongle

Linhuai, named after its proximity to the Huai River, is also an ancient city of history. However, as an ancient city, Linhuai City is unfortunate. Although it has a long history, it faces severe floods and various natural disasters. Of course, the most important thing is that this is a place that military strategists must compete for.

As early as the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the former Yan expedition to the south, Murong Chui led his troops southward. Mao Anzhi, the Zhige, the governor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, set up camp here and resisted the Yan army in the north. Later, in the fifth year of Tianjian, Liang State in the Southern Dynasty, he began to build a city.

As the capital of Haozhou, Linhuai City is a military fortress with six city gates and a urn city outside.

Li Shimin moved from Jinling City to the north, and this place became Li Shimin's palace.

Standing on the wall of Linhuai, Li Shimin looked into the Huai River with a gloomy face, as if muttering to himself: "You said, will they fight us?"

Du Ruhui said loudly: "It will definitely happen, they will definitely come out! Qin Qiong faced the attack of Li Shiji and Li Xiaogong, and he couldn't hold on for long..."

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Yes, his family is too rich. Failures once and twice did not hurt his roots."

Li Shimin knew very well that the Tang army could be invincible and relied on three types: excellent equipment, sharp crossbows, and more than 700,000 war horses.

As a tank in the cold weapon era, the Tang army was already at the peak of the world in this regard. Even the Turks at the heyday of the strongest, although they claimed that the whole nation was full of soldiers and had millions of control, in fact, they could produce millions of war horses, but they did not have so many elite cavalry.

The cavalry herders were not the same as the real cavalry. Therefore, when in Liangzhou, the 200,000 cavalry under the command of the Khan of Ye Hu, faced Chen Ying's hook and sickle cavalry, and they were defeated in the battle.

After crossing the Huai River, there is the endless North China Plain. The terrain here is flat and the land is fertile. The most important thing is that it is very suitable for cavalry charges.

In China's history, the Northern Expedition from the south to the north was only Zhu Yuanzhang and Chang Shenkai of the Ming Dynasty who unified the world. Because the lack of cavalry in the south, no matter how great the advantages they had in the early stage, they would be dispersed in the North China Plain. From Beijing and Tianjin to Huanghuai, the infantry was killed within a range of more than 1,700 miles.

Du Ruhui looked at Li Shimin and smiled and said, "This is exactly what Your Majesty expects, isn't it? As long as they are willing to fight to the decisive battle, we will break their last bones here and force them to bow down and surrender!"

Li Shimin shook his head and said, "It's different. They really dare to fight to the decisive battle, and they must also fight with twelve points!"

Du Ruhui wanted to say that Li Shimin was too worried, but then he thought that Li Shimin's concern was not without a path. Although, in order to deal with the overwhelming cavalry of the Tang army, Li Shimin prepared a large number of war elephants and rhinos.

However, whether it is a rhino or a war elephant, they are all famous big eaters. In order to feed more than 8,000 war elephants and more than 30,000 rhinos, Li Shimin has used all his money. He secretly farmed in Boni for three years and used more than 2 million slaves to farm. The food he had accumulated was very small. Although he still had the support of aristocratic families, he could not feed so many big eaters. A war elephant could be more edible than twenty horses.

"Report..."

Li Shimin suddenly turned around and looked at the direction of the messenger.

A cavalry rushed in, the knight was sweating profusely and said pale: "Your Majesty, they are out!"

Li Shimin asked nervously: "How many people are there?"

"Thirteen!"

Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Only 130,000?"

The messenger gasped and said, "No, it's thirteen square boats, they went down the river!"

Li Shimin's face changed slightly: "Floating Bridge?"

The floating bridge can be said to be an important artery for Li Shimin to communicate between the north and south of the Yangtze River, and it is also Li Shimin's weakness. The Yangtze River flows too fast. In order to build a floating bridge, more than 1,600 ferries were needed, and 360,000 kilograms of steel were used to make chains and fixed.

Although Li Shimin had already been on guard against the Tang army's sneak attack on the floating bridge, there were more than 400 naval ships cruising on the Yangtze River. It would probably be difficult to break through these more than 400 naval fleets.

However, although Li Shimin's plan was good, they did not expect that Chen Ying would not play according to common sense at all.

Li Shimin sneered: "Thirteen square boats? Have you eaten the courage of the bear heart and the leopard?"

If Chen Ying is here, he will definitely refute Li Shimin.

This is not because he has gained the courage of the bear heart, but because of his confidence.

The square crockery, which is only twenty feet long, is very small in the Yangtze River.

Of course, compared with the tall building ship of the Fusang Navy, it is simply a gap between babies and adults.

Xunxiang stood on the deck of a square boat, full of energy, his fiery red cloak fluttered in the wind like a cloud. He was wearing his breastplate, holding a four-meter-long stair spear, wearing a horizontal knife around his waist, and a bag of white feather arrows were placed behind his back. He held the stair spear in his hand. He looked at the Fusang Navy fleet lined up in dense formations, and sneered.

According to the original plan, these yards should become suicide fireboats and disposable consumables. However, a craftsman thought that doing so was too boastful. He believed that only a slight change would require the rocket's tail flames that would not hurt the yard's large ship.

This solution made Chen Ying applaud. Just like a story circulating in later generations:

It is said that American astronauts are very depressed in space, and pens and ballpoint pens are always unable to write in weightless conditions. American scientists spent x years and more money (a Chinese expert who gave a speech at Agricultural University recently increased its investment to $10 billion) and finally developed a fountain pen that can be used under weightless conditions. At the same time, Soviet astronauts have always used pencils in space (generally, listeners will burst into laughter at this time). Are the original pencils suitable for practical use in space? Have those vivid storytellers ever thought about it?

It is known that the core of an ordinary pencil refill is easy to break. However, floating in weightless environments becomes a dangerous product, which will float into the nose and eyes. What's more serious is that graphite is conductive, and floating into electrical appliances will cause short circuits or other problems.

Of course, the craftsman who changed the rocket launcher this time was named Zhang Chao. His solution was to aim the launcher at the side and let the tail flames spray directly onto the water surface outside the board, which could solve this problem.

In fact, there are some problems. The flame of the tail flame is too large, and after being blocked by the water, it will spread from all sides and will directly burn to one side of the ship's side. There is no good solution at all. Later, the method of stone brocade wrapping the ship's side is adopted to avoid igniting the warship.

Of course, in fact, ancient wooden ships had already adopted fire protection, and did not ignite a rocket directly like the ones performed on TV.

Xunxiang held up his stair spear and pointed at the Fusang Navy warship more than a thousand steps away and roared wildly: "Brothers, remember this day! Remember the group of people in front of us! Because, after today, you will never see them again, and they have all become dead!"

"Shoot the arrows and blow them to pieces!"

The trumpeter sounded the trumpet that made the Rockets fire.

Thirteen square ships were horizontally aimed at the Fusang Navy with the side of the ship, and then broke down and stopped on the river. The captains of each square ship raised their right fists, drew a semicircle, and then waved forward heavily.

Ten rocketers ignited the torch in their hands. With the sound of hissing like a poisonous snake spitting a letter, the gunpowder ignited the fire cotton. Only a roar of thunder was heard. The roar of the rocket tore the air was like tearing a silk cloth, making people's hair stand up. Sixty-four rockets erupted, and the rockets roared towards the direction of the warship of the Fusang Navy, which was astonishing as the earth.

A continuous and sharp roar came. The thirteen square-barrel warships of the Tang army suddenly rose up large pieces of white smoke and yellow-white light, almost submerging the entire warship. Hundreds of slender fire snakes hissed and roared, smashing towards the Fusang Navy's ships overwhelmingly.

The sound and light effect made the Fusang Navy generals and soldiers feel chilled all over, and their hair stands up as if they were falling into an ice cellar.

They screamed wildly and hurriedly controlled the warship to avoid it. Unfortunately, it was too late. The fire snake fell from the sky with a roar of death. The explosion points were almost connected. Then there was a loud explosion with a loud bang. Many navy soldiers and their warships were thrown into the air together!

Xunxiang thought his handsome look was instantly covered in dust. His cloak was burned into a piece of rag. If the guard had not rushed to remove it for him and threw it away, he probably had turned into a roast suckling pig.

Xunxiang threw off his helmet angrily and roared hysterically: "Shoot the arrow and shoot the grandsons at this general!"

"Swish swish swish swish swish swish swish...

The screaming sound of hair standing upside down sounded again, and the thirteen rocket launchers fired the second volley. The air waves rolled, the smoke flames cut through the air, and a terrifying sea of ​​fire rose again in the Fusang water formation. Many soldiers were blown away by flesh and blood, and even became flying people in the air.

After this blow, the Fusang Navy could avoid chaos, shouting loudly, and the flag was broken, which was quite unstable. Originally, this thing was too advanced, and now everyone is still playing with it pitifully. Taking out the fire cotton glue is simply cheating, and rocket launchers are intimidating even in modern times, let alone in ancient times?

Even the simplified and even simplified rocket launchers are enough to make people feel shattered!

If you can't bite a hair after a long time of fighting, you can kill and injured a piece of hair if you shoot a volley. How can you fight this battle?

The key is that the range of the rocket is too far, and the eight-niu crossbow, which has the farthest range of the Fusang Navy, cannot even touch the side of the other person. This kind of fighting style that cannot fight back when you are beaten is too frustrating.

Of course, it is impossible to escape.

With the third round of volleys, Xunxiang ordered the fight to stop.

All the enemies were dead and they even fucked.

The most important thing is that these three rounds of volleys were too fierce. In just one incense stick, the thirteen square ships fired more than 2,500 rockets. Although two-thirds of the rockets were bye bye, the remaining one-third was enough to turn each warship of the Fuso Navy into a huge torch.

Xunxiang continued to take the rocket warship and head towards the pontoon bridge.

Of course, he had only one move, drifted off the warship, aimed at the target, and then fired it. He burned the pontoon bridge that Li Shimin had worked hard to build into a torch.

...

At the ten-mile long pavilion of Ba Bridge in Chang'an, Chen Ying, the Grand Marshal of the Tang Dynasty, embarked on the journey with Li Jiancheng's farewell.

Chen Ying smiled and looked at Li Jiancheng who was worried and said, "Your Majesty, hope is like a small star, always shining with a dazzling light at the darkest time. We are not yet desperate!"

Li Jiancheng said solemnly: "We cannot abandon the people for victory. The people of the Tang Dynasty have suffered enough. They have helped us so much. We cannot throw them to the Fusang coalition forces!"

Chen Ying nodded and said, "Of course, I should leave, it would be too late if I don't move!"

Chen Ying looked at Li Jing and said, "I will keep all the sixteen guards and 250,000 new troops. Can you defend Guanzhong for me?"

Li Jing wanted to speak but stopped.

Li Shimin launched a decisive battle, and the war would be unprecedentedly tragic. If Chen Ying could not resist it, he would have less than 500,000 troops in his hands, and it would be too difficult to defend Guanzhong.

There was no way, Li Jing said firmly: "Don't worry, Grand Marshal, I will guard Guanzhong for you. Unless I die, they will not be able to step into Guanzhong alone!"

Li Xiuning, who has always been known for her strength, was even more tearful. She wanted to hold Chen Ying so hard that she gave him a hug and choked up and said, "I must come back alive, I'll wait for you!"

"Don't worry, my life is harder than cockroaches, I can't die even if I want to die!" Chen Ying stroked Li Xiuning's cheek and said intimately: "Take good care of your body, and there are children!"

Li Jiancheng glared at Chen Ying and said unhappily: "Don't say death at any time! Grand Marshal, you are our only hope, we must protect ourselves!"

Li Xiuning suddenly clenched her fists and hit Chen Ying with a raindrop-like pink fist.

"It's all your fault. If it weren't for you, I would have fought side by side with you!" Li Xiuning looked at his lower abdomen angrily. He gave birth to Chen Ying two sons, Chen Qian, Chen Qi, two daughters, Li Ruoxi, and Chen Guoer, and then became pregnant with his fifth child.

The same is true for Li Daozhen at this time.

Perhaps Chen Ying was under too much pressure recently, so he finally gained something by seeking wildly and working hard. Of course, the most important thing is that Chen Ying's eldest son Li Siye has entered the army and become the youngest general in the Tang Dynasty.

The General of the Right Martial Guard is responsible for the security of the Tai Chi Palace. This position actually does not require too high abilities, just loyalty.

Who made Li Siye have a father like Chen Ying? Since he was born, he has reached a height that ordinary people cannot reach in their lifetime.

Chen Ying waved his hand, looked at Li Siye with a serious face and said, "Dalang, you won't let your father down, right?"

Li Siye nodded vigorously.

Chen Ying hugged Li Daozhen, Xu Erniang, and He Yue'er.

Finally, his eyes fell on Yang Rong who was in the crowd.

Yang Rong held Wu Erniang, who was as exquisite as jade in her arms.

Wu Erniang stared at Chen Ying with big watery eyes.

Chen Ying took a deep breath, walked to Yang Rong, reached out to pick up Wu Erniang. Regardless of whether she understood or not, he said lightly: "The Marshal's Mansion is your home, and your father and brother are your strong backing!"

Chen Ying stepped onto the war horse and shouted to the sky: "The Tang Dynasty will win!"

The soldiers and the people raised their arms and shouted: "The Tang Dynasty will win!"

In fact, Chen Ying had no idea. A weapon cannot change the true pattern of war, and the final battle of war is still the economy and national strength.

What's more, the original version of rockets has far less lethality and effect than later generations.
Chapter completed!