Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 257 Great Mongolian Navy!Aim to be number one in the world!

The more Wang Baobao thought about it, the more he felt that he couldn't easily entrust the safety issue to someone he didn't know well.

He decided to see for himself how Paul Gale's Roman navy was fighting.

Two days later.

Wang Baobao led his personal guards from Sarai City to Wuyun City next to the Black Sea.

Wuyun City is a name given by a Mongolian based on the original meaning in the language of the local Kipchak people.

Because the sea water of the Black Sea is very dark, just like the dark clouds in the sky, floating back and forth by the sea.

So after the Golden Horde established a port here, they named it Wuyun City.

The Roman navy led by Paul Gale is now anchored in the port of Wuyun City.

Wang Baobao took out 50 Roman silver coins and bought this fleet.

From top to bottom, this navy is full of curiosity about the Mongols who are about to go to Constantinople to become emperor for John V.

The Roman navy is now loyal to the Mongols, all for the sake of money.

To be honest, although these Roman soldiers looked down on Emperor John V, relatively speaking, they disliked these Mongols from the far east even more.

After all, ordinary Roman soldiers were more concerned about their own safety issues, and any religious beliefs were still after safety issues.

The Mongols massacred more than [-] people in Poland not long ago.

That's a pretty scary number anyway.

The Romans were afraid that the Mongols would be unhappy, so they killed them all.

After all, in the cognition of the Christian world, the Romans are civilized people, and the Mongols are barbarians.

Woohoo!

Oh oh oh!
With the blaring of horns, a well-equipped cavalry appeared outside Wuyun City.

The general of the local Mongolian defenders immediately sent someone to inform Paul Gale, asking him to meet the Grand Master of the Great Mongolian Auxiliary Kingdom, the protector of the Ross Orthodox Church, and His Royal Highness Wang Baobao John Kokutimur.

Paul Gale dare not neglect.

After all, John Timur is not only his own benefactor, but also the object of the Orthodox Patriarch Alexios who personally asked him to be loyal.

Paul Gale led several of his admirals to the outside of Wuyun City and participated in welcoming the arrival of 'John Timur'.

After seeing John Timur, Paul Gale couldn't help being a little surprised.

Because the John Timur in front of him does not match the image in the legend at all.

In the legend of the Eastern Romans, these Mongolians who came from the East had a very arrogant leader, John Timur.

They all rumored that John Timur had a ferocious face and exuded the smell of carrion. He would roar like a lion when he opened his mouth. He could eat ten pounds of raw meat every day, and he could tear a leopard apart with his hands!
Anyway, in the legends of the Eastern Roman people, Wang Baobao looked more like a monster than a normal person.

But now that Paul Gale saw Wang Baobao himself with his own eyes, he felt that this oriental man had a handsome face, was very young, and was full of aristocratic temperament that could not be underestimated.

That's right, it is the aristocratic temperament of the superior.

Paul Gale, along with other Mongolian generals, saluted John Timur.

After Wang Baobao saw Paul Gale, he was not too polite with him, so he directly asked to go to the port to check the training and combat of the Roman Navy.

Paul Gale immediately brought Wang Baobao and other Mongolian generals to Wuyun Port.

After entering the port, Wang Baobao finally saw the Roman navy that he bought with 50 Eastern Roman silver coins.

There are a total of twenty ships, large and small.

Among them, ten are large ships that can carry 600 people, and five large merchant ships that can carry 400 people, and the rest are small fast warships that use a triangular sail.

In any case, Wang Baobao felt that this Roman navy was really not that powerful.

He had seen the water army of the Yuan Dynasty or the Red Turban Army in the Central Plains.

The size of any navy can't all start with hundreds!
And the navy of the Eastern Roman Empire turned out to be the number one naval force in the Mediterranean Sea, but it only had a pitiful 20 or so warships.

The disappointment on Wang Baobao's face was not concealed at all.

Looking at John Timur's expression on the side, Paul Gale felt a little unconvinced.

He quickly said: "Your Highness, our navy originally had many ships, but for some reason they did not participate in this voyage, so the number was less than before, and after the battle with the Genajanes At that time, our warships also suffered some losses! The original fleet size was more than 50 warships."

Paul Gale's explanation made Wang Baobao unresponsive.

To be honest, even a full-staffed Roman navy fleet is not really strong in Wang Baobao's eyes.

Guessing more than 50 ships in the full compilation state is really laughable.

However, for Wang Baobao now, having such a fleet is better than nothing.

Afterwards, Wang Baobao ordered Paul Gale to lead his Roman navy to exercise how to fight at sea.

Paul Gale knew that John Timur was rich and powerful, and if he performed well, he would definitely be able to get extra rewards from him.

At the same time, in order to save himself some face, Paul Gale immediately went to direct the arrangement in person.

Amid the blaring of horns and beating of drums, the Roman navy began exercises in battle formations on the sea in the port.

The main combat methods of the Roman navy are nothing more than two.

One is to use the sharp ram angle of the ship's head to hit the enemy's warship, so as to smash the enemy's warship and make them lose their combat effectiveness.

Another method is to carry out jumping gang battles. When they are side by side with the enemy warships, the Roman navy soldiers will first shoot crossbow arrows at the enemy, and then the soldiers with short knives will jump into the enemy warships for hand-to-hand combat.

In addition to these two main methods of warfare, the Roman navy also used Greek fire to burn down enemy warships at long distances.

They will also use long-range weapons such as scorpion crossbows and ballistas to destroy the enemy's sails and hulls.

However, the power of these ballista weapons is limited, and the accuracy is not good in many cases, so it is difficult to obtain effective results.

After Wang Baobao watched it for a long time, the disappointed expression on his face became even more serious.

He now feels that this Roman navy is really weak!

If the lives of the Dayuan soldiers were really entrusted to them, once they were intercepted by the Genoese navy, they might have to jump into the sea to feed the fish.

Wang Baobao made some calculations. According to the carrying capacity of the Roman Navy, each voyage can only carry more than 1 people, far less than 2 people.

If you want to go to Constantinople to seize the Roman throne, it is not enough to bring such a small number of people.

So after watching the Roman Navy's exercise, Wang Baobao had already made up his mind.

He decided to do two things before going to Constantinople to fight for the Roman emperor's throne.

The first thing is to completely improve the Roman navy in front of you. Not only must they bring their hearts under their own command and make them completely obey their commands, but also change their combat methods so that their combat effectiveness can be greatly improved. Ascension, thus ensuring the safety of navigation of the Mongolian warriors.

The second is to rapidly expand the number of "Great Mongolian Navy" to at least have a ship size that can carry 4 people at one time!
Wang Baobao estimated that 4 talents can completely control the internal and external defense and daily management order of a large city like Constantinople.

Otherwise, once the number of people is less than this number, there will be loopholes in many places in Constantinople.

Wang Baobao is very cautious in doing things, and there is no room for the slightest mistake.

Moreover, in addition to these changes to his own strength, Wang Baobao also needs to seize the time to change the external environment.

This external environment naturally refers to the city of Kaffa on the Crimean Peninsula.

One of the important reasons why the Genoese can unscrupulously monopolize routes on the Black Sea is because of the existence of the base port of Kaffa City on the Crimean Peninsula.

The Genoese could repair ships, stockpile food, and train sailors here.

Let them advance and retreat freely on the Black Sea, and no one can snatch their sea power.

In order to expel the Genoese, Wang Baobao must conquer the city of Kafa.

Wang Baobao is determined to win this Genoese naval base on the Black Sea!
Wang Baobao first ordered Paul Gale to gather all the Roman navy soldiers to the shore.

How to completely subdue these Roman naval soldiers, Wang Baobao has his own means.

Wang Baobao directly ordered people to take out gold and silver treasures worth 30 Eastern Roman silver coins, and distributed them to these Roman soldiers on the spot.

When the Roman navy soldiers saw that the Mongols were so generous, the xenophobia in their hearts suddenly disappeared.

One by one, they cheered in unison after getting the gold and silver treasures, cheering for the generosity of the protector of the Orthodox Church, John Timur, and at the same time praising John Timur for appreciating their wisdom.

Among these cheering Roman navy officers and soldiers, Paul Gale cheered the hardest, because Paul Gale received the most rewards.

He is the commander of the Roman fleet, and Wang Baobao rewarded him with ten pounds of gold at once!
In addition, there are ten tall Volga war horses.

These ten pounds of gold can be said to be a huge sum of money that Paul Gale has never earned in his entire life.

Paul Gale and the Roman soldiers were easily defeated by Wang Baobao's money attack.

In this way, Wang Baobao no longer needed to show his toughness.

In fact, even if the Mongols did not show their toughness, the Roman soldiers did not dare to resist at will.

One hundred thousand Polish ghosts just went to see God, all of them are the masterpieces of the Mongols.

They don't want to become corpses under the Mongolian butcher's knife.

Among the Roman navy soldiers who received the reward, Wang Baobao saw that the number seemed a little small.

Most of the Roman warships were galleys, but Wang Baobao did not see a single oarsman who came to receive the reward.

After asking Paul Gale, Wang Baobao learned that the slaves who rowed in the Roman Navy were not members of the Roman Navy at all.

The status of slave oarsmen on a battleship is roughly equivalent to tools such as sails and ropes. They are just a group of talking animals, and they are not considered human beings at all, let alone soldiers of the Roman Navy.

After hearing this statement, Baby Wang immediately shook his head.

He ordered Paul Gale to call all the slave oarsmen ashore.

For his new master's order, Paul Gale has no reason to refuse. Anyway, Wang Baobao will take full command of this fleet in the future. Paul Gale is unwilling to conflict with Wang Baobao on how to treat these slave rowers.

In a short while, more than 2000 ragged and thin slave oarsmen were called to the shore of the port.

The life of these slaves on the ship is very miserable. After serving as slave oarsmen, most of them often have only three to five years of life span, and then they will lose their lives in endless pain and torture.

Compared with their daily life, death is not so terrible. They eat bad moldy bread, drink foul-smelling fresh water, and bear the heaviest rowing work on the battleship.

After these slaves came to the shore, each of them showed panic.

They didn't know how the fierce Mongols and Roman navy soldiers around them would treat them.

Many of them were already numb.

Even if they were killed immediately, they didn't seem to have any intention of resisting. Compared with the life of slaves on the ship, death was a kind of relief.

But then the Mongols made a move that surprised them.

Wang Baobao ordered that ten Eastern Roman Empire silver coins be distributed to each slave oarsman.

Then let the Roman navy commander Paul Gale tell these slaves that from today onwards they are full members of the Great Mongolian Navy, and everyone is no longer a slave, but a distinguished Mongolian navy soldier!

After serving for three years, each of them will receive a small reward and a piece of land beside the Black Sea. From then on, their treatment on the ship is exactly the same as that of ordinary Roman soldiers, and they no longer have to eat moldy black bread and Smelly dirty water.

As soon as this action was taken, all the slaves wept bitterly, knelt on the ground, shouted to the gods in various languages, and praised Wang Baobao, the benevolent and generous new master!
What Wang Baobao needs most now is money and land.

Much of the vast land left by the Golden Horde remained undeveloped.

What Wang Baobao lacks now is population.

Whether it is farmers and herdsmen plowing and grazing, businessmen paying taxes, or soldiers fighting against enemies, Wang Baobao never refuses anyone who comes.

These thousands of skilled paddling slaves must be allowed to play a greater role in war!
How can a slave have the courage to fight to the end?

Only a noble warrior will fight for honor and reward.

Wang Baobao's actions in Wuyun City immediately gave the Roman Navy a new brilliance.

Later, after communicating with Paul Gale, Wang Baobao knew that if he wanted to expand the size of the Mongolian Navy, there were two main ways.

One is to build new battleships.

The other is to snatch warships from other forces.

If a new warship is built, it will take more than a year at the fastest, otherwise it will never be completed.

According to the scale required by Wang Baobao, such a huge ship construction project would require an additional half a year for the preparatory work, not two years, and the "Great Mongolian Navy" would definitely not meet the scale required by Wang Baobao.

Then the only way left is to snatch warships from other forces.

The most suitable target is none other than the Genoese.

(End of this chapter)