webnovelvip Chapter 770 Quanzhou
Chapter 770 Quanzhou
Chapter 770 Quanzhou
Cheng Yaojin looked at the high fighting spirit of the crowd and showed a slight smile.
The reason why he said so much was to arouse everyone's fighting spirit.
As the saying goes, one soldier is bristling, and there is a roaring general.
Will be the courage of soldiers.
Although he was not afraid, the generals below were a little scared when they heard that there were 10 people on the other side.
Cheng Yaojin didn't care, it's human nature to be afraid.
They are afraid because they feel there is no hope of winning.
But now that Cheng Yaojin showed them hope, they naturally had no fear.
"Zichu, you have trained the soldiers to use the Zhuge Liannu. In the next few days, you will lead the soldiers to train the soldiers to use the Liannu. At the same time, the old man will recruit the Liannu equipment from your army to the infantry. After the fighting, I will return it to you. " Cheng Yaojin said.
Although Lin Xuan is now under his jurisdiction, Li Shimin himself is directly under his jurisdiction. In addition, those Liannu were assigned to Lin Xuan by Li Shimin, so he has no right to call them directly.
"Follow the general's order!" Lin Xuan bowed in response.
After the meeting, Lin Xuan returned to the barracks and asked Yuchi Baolin to collect all the Liannu in the army and send them to the South Camp.
At the same time, he ordered Yuchi Baolin and Cheng Chumo to lead some of the elite soldiers who used the Liannu to teach the infantry how to use the Liannu.
In order to keep it secret, Cheng Yaojin disguised all the crossbows and arrows as food and carried them with the army.
Not to mention the generals under him, even Lin Xuan didn't know about it.
Those soldiers didn't know how to use it at all.
Fortunately, it is not difficult to use the Zhuge Liannu, and it will not affect it after two or three days of training.
Anyway, when the time comes, it will be full of people, so just shoot at the people, there is no need to pursue accuracy.
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During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Quanzhou Port once became the largest port in the world.
However, in the Tang Dynasty when maritime trade was not developed, Quanzhou was just a fishing village near the sea.
As the saying goes, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains depends on the sea to eat the sea. Although Quanzhou is close to the sea, it is for this reason that there is very little land suitable for farming in Quanzhou, and the ancient fishing technology is backward, and there is no fresh-keeping measures, so it was very poor in the Tang Dynasty.
According to historical development, Quanzhou will not become rich until the Song Dynasty.
But from half a year ago to today, Quanzhou has undergone earth-shaking changes.
To be precise, it was because of the arrival of a person.
This person is Liu Rengui.
When Li Shimin heard Lin Xuan say that Fusang had a lot of silver, he fell in love with Fusang, whom he had always looked down upon.
However, Fusang is far away across the ocean, and if Datang wants to occupy it, it needs to have its own navy, to be precise, a navy.
But Datang doesn't even have a powerful navy, let alone a navy.
Li Shimin hesitated for a moment, but accepted Lin Xuan's recommendation to let Liu Rengui build Datang's first navy.
Liu Rengui was the successor of Liu Da, Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty.Liu Rengui was born in the Liu family of the Wei family.He was lonely and poor since he was a child, but he was respectful and eager to learn, and he dabbled in literature and history as an adult.
Of course, he is also involved in martial arts and art of war, otherwise he would not have been the magistrate before.
Liu Rengui was summoned by Li Shimin and asked him to build a navy, but he was actually a little confused.
Not to mention the navy, he has never even commanded the navy.
In fact, this is Lin Xuan's ideal, of course. Although Liu Rengui commanded the Battle of Baichuankou in history, it is a bit far-fetched to say how good he is at naval warfare.
First of all, Baijiang Estuary is an estuary to the sea, and it cannot be regarded as a naval battle in the strict sense. (It is also said in the history books that Baijiangkou was a water battle where less won more.)
Secondly, although Fusang lived on the island at that time, there were not many sea battles, and he was not considered very elite.
The most important thing is that Fuso Shipbuilding was very backward at that time.
The shipbuilding technology in the Sui and Tang Dynasties was still very high, with tall and strong walls and well-designed ships. Compared with them, Fusang's warships were naturally simple and shabby.At that time, Fusang had not yet learned from China, and the technology was very backward, and the quality of the soldiers' armor was not good.The most important point is that Liu Rengui was naturally familiar with the matter of "burning Chibi". , For a time, "smoke and flames rose to the sky, and the sea was red".
Regardless of the Ming Dynasty, Japanese pirates have always plagued the Ming Dynasty.
In fact, the reason for this is that the coastline is too long, and Fusang is a small group sneaking ashore to plunder.
In addition, colluding with some Han pirates and cooperating with the outside world, the court spent a lot of energy and money, but gained little in eliminating the pirates.
If fighting head-on, Fusang at that time was no match for the Ming court at all, let alone Fusang in the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, Liu Rengui's victory in the battle of Baijiangkou was due to the strength of the ship and the result of a coincidence.
Of course, Liu Rengui's military talent cannot be denied.
But it is really far-fetched to say that Liu Rengui is proficient in water and sea warfare.
But Lin Xuan didn't know, he only knew that the Battle of Baijiangkou was a classic case of winning more with less, and the commander was Liu Rengui, so he didn't know the specific process.
That's why he recommended Liu Rengui to Li Shimin.
Although Liu Rengui didn't understand water warfare, he was also a person with ideals and ambitions. Naturally, he didn't want to let go of such a good opportunity, so he took it anyway.
Li Shimin didn't ask Liu Rengui where to train the navy, nor did he arrange soldiers for him.
Liu Rengui was given a lot of autonomy.
After all, Liu Rengui was familiar with the art of war. After learning that Li Shimin's goal was Fusang, he carefully studied the map and finally chose Quanzhou.
The reason why Liaodong Peninsula was not chosen as a naval training point is because it is colder in winter, and Quanzhou is also very close to Fusang, so winter is not as cold as Liaodong Peninsula.
As for the soldier Liu Rengui, he did not choose from the twelve guards of Chang'an.
The elite of the Twelve Guards are elites, but most of them are from the north, and they have no water skills at all.
Liu Rengui wanted to go directly to Quanzhou to recruit locally.
After listening to Li Shimin, he was very satisfied with Liu Rengui.
If he chose Liu Rengui because he didn't have the talent of a navy general and Lin Xuan recommended him before, then he really recognized Liu Rengui's ability at this time.
Li Shimin was very decisive. Once he made a decision, he would not hesitate to appoint Liu Rengui as a navy general. Because he did not have such an official position before, Li Shimin temporarily designated him as the fifth rank, and asked Liu Rengui to go to Quanzhou to build a seaport, recruit [-] soldiers, and train the navy.
Don't look at it as just a fifth-rank, you must know that Liu Rengui was just an eighth-rank county magistrate before, and it can be said that he reached the sky in one step.
Liu Rengui was very grateful, and after receiving his order to go to the Ministry of War to get all the weapons and armor, and to the Ministry of Households to get the money and food he needed to recruit soldiers, he came to Quanzhou.
Quanzhou's poverty did not hit Liu Rengui.
It is precisely because of poverty that the common people are very willing to join the army, and it didn't take long to recruit [-] young men with very good water quality.
When Liu Rengui recruited soldiers, he also called on the people to build a seaport.
It took more than two months to recruit all the soldiers and build the harbor. Just wait for the ships to arrive and start training.
I don't know if it's because Fusang's silver is very attractive to Li Shimin, or because of something else, not long after Liu Rengui finished building the port, Li Shimin asked someone to send the warship over.
(End of this chapter)