It's all abstract destiny, you're one emperor through the ages

Chapter 93
August [-]th, night, full moon.

"Judging from the layout of the water fortress, Liu Zhi'er is indeed a bit of a weight. After all, I can defeat the pirates in the South China Sea with merchant ships, and this king will not underestimate the enemy."

Praliu Rama looked into the distance, smiled lightly and said:

"It's just that no matter how capable you are, you can't match the gap between soldiers and ships."

A sharp-eyed general said:
"Your Highness, among the Han army, it seems that some ships are connected by iron chains."

"Iron chain boat?"

Praliu Rama squinted his eyes and looked into the distance:
"There should be less than [-] naval divisions available in the Han army, and most of the rest are infantry."

"If you want to make up for the gap in the number of soldiers and horses, you must use serial ships."

"In this way, the pawns can stand still on the sea, so that they won't be washed away by the rough waves."

"I have to say, this is also a good plan. The Han army is fierce. If our army just intersects ships and engages in a side-to-side battle, the opponent responds with a chain of ships, but it can still struggle and cause a lot of casualties to our army. .”

Braving the wind and cold, Yang Zhong boarded the deck and suggested: "Your Highness, why don't you try to attack with fire?"

"That's natural. What's blowing recently is the north wind!"

Praliu Rama nodded with his chin on the opposite Han army warship, put his arms around him, and said with a smile:
"Liu Zhi'er doesn't have a long memory, how could he not hear of the defeat of Marquis Cao Tie Suo Lian Zhou!"

"Such a big gift is specially given. If this king doesn't use the fire attack, wouldn't he be ridiculed by the world for not knowing the scriptures and history?"

Cao Mengde, Emperor Zhaolie's biggest opponent in the Central Plains, wrote "Han Conquer the West General Cao Hou" on the epitaph. It was engraved by Emperor Zhaolie himself after he ruled the world, so everyone in the world calls him Caohou.

And Cao Hou's most famous defeat was the fire in Chibi, which completely cut off the possibility of dominating the world.

The Donghu generals burst into laughter when they heard the words.

"I also said that Liu Zhi'er is Emperor Zhaolie. From a big fire, he rose to announce the hope of the revival of the Han Dynasty. Unexpectedly, he did the opposite and completely ruined the big man!"

Knowing that the north wind was blowing, the Han army still connected the boat with iron chains. Did they think that the Donghu people would not set fire without studying history?
Even so, there are Han generals in the army, and Zhang Huaiyang, who is familiar with military books, how can he not understand fire tactics!

But most of them can understand, after all, the Han army is at the end of its rope.

If you don't use iron chains to connect the boats, and put the infantry into the water battle, how can the Han army beat Donghu's nearly [-] ships and [-] well-trained sailors?
Pu Liuru glanced at Zhang Huaiyang's ship hanging behind him, touched his chin, and said:

"It's better to send people to test it first, and General Zhang of Yexing said that this king is greedy for merit."

Then there was a boat heading towards the water village of the Han army.

The north wind blows on the sea, and from north to south, the sails are pulled up by the boat, and the speed is much faster.

Seeing this scene, the Donghu soldiers at sea were all happy. You have your serial plan, and I have my big north wind.

God is helping Donghu, maybe he also feels that this thousand-year-old man has lasted too long, and it is time to change the dynasty!

Liu Ke was still on the Gaihai, and the north wind was still blowing at this time, so he could only wait for the opportunity.

Dian Chu stood on the side looking eagerly at the sea, guarding silently.

Water battles are dangerous, and if you lose, you have nowhere to escape. Jia Wuji would rather stay in prison, Xiao Yuanchang has to be in charge of logistics, and Yue Shaoqian needs to be prepared for Zhang Huaiyang to lead troops from land.

Therefore, Chen Fujia is the only person around who has brains and can discuss.

"Chen Qing, in order to appease the important officials of the family in the court, I have let out the wind, saying that I will choose a concubine when I return from victory."

"But you said this battle, can the big man win?"

Chen Fujia was really not sure, and the emperor asked the big man, not himself:
"With fewer enemies and more enemies, it's nothing more than fire and water. At sea, we can only use wind to resist Donghu with fire. It's just that the wind is not good for our army now."

"There is also the chain ship proposed by His Majesty, the risk is really big."

The north wind was blowing so hard that it was impossible to make Huo Ji more enemies with fewer enemies.

Moreover, the emperor connected the boats with iron cables, connecting some of the ships in series so that the infantry could board the ships and fight.

Isn't this waiting for the Donghu people to set a big fire and burn them all?
Even though it was possible to stop the Donghu Huoboat with escort ships, the number of soldiers under Gan Wenjin's command who could not take the serial boat was only [-]. Compared with the Donghu Navy, it seemed stretched.

Of course Liu Ke knew what Chen Fujia meant. Tiesuo Lianzhou was a godly operation with a lot of failures.

In the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao was attacked by fire and lost the battle.

Soochow tied the boat with iron chains, blocked the Jin army, and was destroyed by the Jin army.

Nan Chen Tie Suo connected the boat, blocked the Sui army, and was destroyed by the Sui army.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhang Shijie led the Southern Song navy to fight against the Yuan Dynasty army. They used iron chains to connect the boats. They were attacked by fire, but unfortunately lost.

In the Poyang Lake water battle, Chen Youliang, who had an absolute advantage, used iron cables to connect the boats, while Zhu Yuanzhang used fire attacks.

King Ning's rebellion also used the iron chain boat in Poyang Lake, but was defeated by Wang Shouren's fire attack.

Banya's Armada was also burned by a giant fireboat.

Liu Ke didn't explain too much, just a joking remark:

"It's not victory or defeat, but life and death together. If something goes wrong, no one can escape."

Chen Fujia's scalp tingled when he heard it, it was worse than sinking the boat, and the Gaihai under his feet was also connected to some ships!

If something goes wrong, the emperor can't escape!
"cough"

Liu Ke coughed lightly before regaining his composure, and said sternly:

"No method is foolproof. There are advantages and disadvantages."

In fact, connecting boats with iron chains is not a stupid act, but a battle formation with obvious effects. Zhang Shijie and Chen Youliang have both gained advantages because of this.

Like Chen Youliang's iron chain boat, if Zhu Yuanzhang didn't attack with fire, or if the wind was better, the Han would be unified again.

Although Zhang Shijie's first iron chain boat failed, but the second iron chain boat with fire prevention experience really won.

Liu Ke said again: "I quite appreciate what Chen Qing said."

"Ok?"

Chen Fujia didn't react.

"Water warfare is not the victory of the more boats."

Chen Fujia suddenly realized something, and said pleasantly:
"Is Your Majesty trying to lure the Donghu people to set fire?"

"The north wind that is blowing now can certainly help the fire, and the fire will burn my big man's iron chain boat to nothing."

"But if suddenly, the wind changes to the south wind, the Donghu people are burning themselves!"

Liu Ke nodded, he did have this idea.

It is not enough to burn them by ourselves. If the Donghu people had prepared early and defended themselves, they might not be able to burn too many ships.

But finding a way to seduce Donghu to burn together is different.

Both sides are burned together, and relying on the fate of [Liu Ding Shenhuo], waiting for the wind to turn, the Donghu people can be burned to a pulp in one breath.

Even though the Donghu people only have some boats in a row, and there are no chains to connect the boats, there are nearly a thousand boats, and the boats are so densely arranged that they can't avoid it if they really burn!
But the biggest problem is still the direction of the wind.

Chen Fujia was also worried about this. Although the emperor once used Liuding Liujia to fool the Donghu people, which seemed absurd, but the north wind has been blowing recently, can it really change the direction of the wind and turn it into a south wind, and then attack and defend easily?

"Your Majesty, there are Donghu ships approaching!"

"Oh?"

Liu Ke looked from a distance and saw a boat sailing quickly towards the water village.

"It should be to test the reality of our army and send orders to intercept."

What was blocked by the water village was a warship remodeled from a medium-sized merchant ship.

The craftsmen who were robbed from Yizhou were not idle, and had been remodeling the ships.

Even Liu Ke's Gaihai has made some "little surprise" changes.

A large number of arrows were shot from the boat, and they flew towards Donghu.

But the Donghu people were all prepared, raised their shields to form a formation, blocked the arrow attack, and at the same time, with the help of the north wind, they rushed towards the Han army ships at an unabated speed.

Soon, the two ships collided, and there was a large amount of hay stained with tung oil on the East Humao. With a whoosh, a burst of fire broke out, and they took the opportunity to throw all the hay with tung oil onto the Han army ship.

Driven by the wind, the fire spread rapidly.

And these trained East Hu soldiers jumped into the sea one after another.

The soldiers of the Han army on the ship wanted to shoot arrows to kill them, but they got the harvest. Instead, they wasted time and failed to put out the fire. Seeing that the ship under them was already on fire, they had to abandon the ship and leave.

Those Donghu soldiers who fell into the sea could even look back from time to time, quite arrogantly.

Jingle Bell--

Suddenly there was a bell.

"Where do you dare to bully me, a big man?!"

"Brothers, do it!"

I saw a saury boat sailing out of the water stronghold accompanied by a series of ringing bells. Although it was going against the wind, its speed was not slow, and it actually caught up with the Donghu soldiers who jumped into the sea.

Then he also jumped into the water, caught one and chopped another, Gan Wenjin swung his big knife, and even beheaded eight people in a row.

"Brothers, don't forget what we were doing before. These days, who didn't hear and see the fireworks and dances on the Donghulou boat?"

"Are you tempted? Tempted! If you are tempted, go grab it!"

Gan Wenjin's brocade jacket was open, with a golden bell hanging from his waist, his sword resting on his shoulder, and he stepped on the bow of the boat, full of banditry, and with a few heads, he drove back to the water village quickly.

He suffers from seasickness. He can vomit all the way in a building boat, but as long as he takes a small boat, the speed of the boat is fast enough, and he won't get dizzy.
It just still failed to save the medium-sized merchant ship.

By the time the boat sailed back to the water village, it was already half burned.

Chen Fujia frowned and paced back and forth on the Gaihai:
"Your Majesty, this is just a test by the Donghu people. If they attack aggressively, I'm afraid it will be bad!"

All the officers and men on board were also nervous.

The Donghu people just sent a small boat, and with the north wind attacking with fire, they could replace the medium-sized boat of the big man.

And the big man doesn't have many ways to counter it.

Although Gan Wenjin is brave and invincible at sea, but his men are serious and capable of fighting freely on the water, there are less than [-] sailors.

In other words, only less than 3 people were able to go out of the water village to intercept the ships that Donghu continued to raid.

If those pawns on the serial boats were allowed to run into the Donghu Huoboat, there would be only one end.

Ashes.

On the other side, the Donghu soldiers were all smiling.

I don't feel sorry for the small ship and the soldiers on the ship.

Although 30 people died, but a medium-sized ship of the Han army was burned, which was obviously a big profit!

But Praliu Rama still sighed:
"I'm careless. I thought that in the South China Sea, only Sun Zhi'en and Jiang Tai could be regarded as brave and good at fighting. I didn't expect that Gan Wenjin is also a brave person. We must guard against it."

A member of the General Liuru Division is gearing up to fight:

"It is said that Gan Wenjin was a general of our army back then, but after losing to Sun Zhi'en, he joined the pirates, and now he joins the Han army. Those who have repeated so many times may be able to be used by our army with a little trick."

Praliu Rama shook his head and said:

"There's no need to think about it."

"Our army is united as one, and you are all familiar with water warfare. Our ships are several times that of the Han army, and we also have the help of the north wind. This is a battle where the time and place are favorable and the people are harmonious. Don't think too much about it."

"This king prepared these fire starters, which can be regarded as useful."

"Ben ordered by the king, with Pu Liuru as a spear, and the scorpions are all fired, it is bound to break through the water fortress of the Han army, and burn them to ashes with a fire!"

A burly general who looked different from ordinary people immediately took orders and said:

"Your Highness, just stay on the boat and watch the water village blaze into the sky, stretching for thousands of miles!"

"Yes!"

All the generals also responded together.

(End of this chapter)