"Retrofit with a merchant ship? If you have any ideas, tell the king. Li Qing asked eagerly.

Zhu Xu said with a sinister face: "Lord Wang, we can find the Great Song Dynasty to build a ship for us!" ”

"Let Da Song build a ship for us, and then we will fight people when we are done, Brother Zhu, is your brain in water, or is this king's brain in water?" Li Qing asked Zhu Xu with disdain.

"Of course you're in the water." Zhu Xu thought in his heart; "Why don't you want to think about it, prince! Now that you are no longer the prince of the Great Xia Empire, but the demon king of the Beihai Gang, you can go to the Great Song Dynasty with this identity, and besides, isn't Miss Chen's father a wealthy businessman in Yangzhou? If he comes forward to build a sea ship for us, it will be built in the name of building a merchant ship, and we will install weapons on it, this warship will not be completed, and the shipbuilding technology of the Great Song Dynasty is much more advanced than ours, and the sea ships they built are sturdy and durable, not much worse than our warships. ”

Hearing Zhu Xu say this, Li Qing suddenly realized: "It seems that this king's brain is really in water, this idea is good, this king thinks we can try, if it succeeds, it will be a great thing!" ”

The next day, Li Qing came to the shipyard, the warships of the Great Xia Empire were all built from the dry dock, and the bottom was topped with wooden stakes, when the battleship was built, when the sea tide rose, the seawater was introduced into the dock, and the sea ships could be driven away, and the wood used to build the sea ships was specially processed, if you want to successfully build a sea ship of 2,000 materials, it will take at least three months with the current ability of these craftsmen, and it will only take one month for a sea ship like this in the Great Song Dynasty.

That is to say, the construction speed of the Great Song Dynasty is three times that of the Great Xia, what a terrible number, if the two sides start a war, the Xia Army Naval Division can not destroy all the Song Army Naval Divisions in the first time, the Great Song Dynasty can use the sea ship tactics to drown the Xia Army Naval Division alive.

Li Qing visited the shipyard while walking, and in a huge dry dock, Li Qing saw a huge sea ship that had not yet been built, Li Qing asked Zhu Xu: "Brother Zhu, how big is this sea ship battleship, why hasn't this king heard you mention it?" ”

"Lord Yu, this is a 7,000-material battleship, the flagship of my Qinglong Naval Division, this big ship has been built for more than a year, but there is still a long way to go before it is completed." Zhu Xu looked at the big battle ship and said.

How big is this 7,000-material ship! It can carry 5,000 sailors and soldiers on the sea for a month at the same time, this big ship is about 48 zhang long and 20 zhang wide is a real sea giant, such a huge warship is probably the only one in the world, but it is not easy to build such a large ship, it is not easy to sink as soon as it enters the sea, the joke is big, such a large warship can not play in a year and a half.

After inspecting the shipyard, Li Qing was very dissatisfied with the progress of the shipyard, but even if he was dissatisfied, there was no way, after all, where was the shipbuilding technology and level of the Great Xia Empire! It is not a matter of one or two days to improve the progress, leaving the shipyard, Li Qing used the remaining two days to inspect other places, under the rule of the Great Xia Empire, the entire territory of the former Liao State is thriving, and the people's hearts have gradually become attached.

After dealing with everything, Li Qing led 32 naval warships to sail out to sea again, in addition to sailors and a large number of grain, grass, weapons and other materials, the most important thing was 500 cavalry and 1,500 war horses, these can fill Li Qing's warship, especially the war horse can only be placed in the lower warehouse if it is tall, and the war horse is on land, let it sail on the sea can pit these war horses, and the war horse will still be seasick, and it will still vomit.

Li Qing did not expect this, the sailor fleet sailed very smoothly, all the sails and flags are still the symbol of the skeleton flag, this is the new force of the Beihai Gang, Li Qing will have them to open the door of the Japanese country, in order to complete the first step of his southward strategy, when the fleet arrived at Canghai Island, 1,500 war horses have died 300, each of these excellent war horses died Li Qing's heartache.

"See the prince for his humble duties." After Li Qing landed on the shore, Zheng Baolin immediately bowed down to Li Qing.

Li Qing helped Zheng Baolin up and asked, "Get up!" It's been a good time! ”

"It's going well, everything is going steadily according to the instructions of the prince before leaving." Zheng Baolin said to Li Qing: "But Lord Wang, after you left, the last general also led people to the south to search and rob, and met the sailor fleet of the Shimazu family and fought a battle, and there were winners and losers. ”

"How? Have you found out their enemy's situation? ”

"It's already eight or nine." Zheng Baolin said; "Shimazu Tadahisa controls the three kingdoms of Satsuma, Osumi, and Hyuga, with more than 10,000 troops and more than 100 warships......"

"What do you mean by eight or nine not leaving ten! If the investigation is clear, it is clear, and if it is not clear, it is not clear, and people like you don't even have accurate information, what kind of battle will they fight in the future! Li Qing reprimanded Zheng Baolin and said; Hurry up and send someone to find out everything clearly, and no one will stop my Beihai Gang from moving south. ”

"Yes, the last general ...... order"

"Order, get all those war horses to the island to have a good walk, they are suffocated after not moving for so long." Li Qing ordered; "Zhou Tao arranged a place for the brothers to live, and if Canghai Island couldn't live on it, put it on other islands, and rest for a day today, and tomorrow the leaders of the various departments will meet at the helm to discuss the next action plan."

"Yes, follow the orders of the prince."

3,000 soldiers and horses is not too much, but it is not too much, plus the personnel who were originally left on the island, Li Qing can actually mobilize around 3,500 troops, these are all Li Qing's temporary family background, the reason why he did not send more troops, the first Canghai Island is too small to let go of so many people, the second army went south without a huge cost, and Li Qing did not dare to increase his troops at will before there was no stable stronghold.

The next morning, when the leaders (generals) at all levels arrived, Li Qing sat on the handsome chair of the chief helmsman and said: "This time this king will take you south again, no longer grab and run away like the last time, we will completely occupy where and occupy the golden waterway; You also know that the waterway is under the control of the Shimazu family, and if we want to take him, we must defeat the Shimazu naval fleet, according to the information we have received, they have more than 100 warships of various types, so we do not have an advantage in terms of troops, so this king does not want you to take it lightly.

In order to completely defeat the Shimazu Naval Division, we must give full play to our advantages in tactics, annihilate all the Shimazu Naval Divisions in a single battle, and find a way to replace our disadvantages with advantages, do you have any solutions for this? ”

In the face of Li Qing's questioning, everyone lowered their heads and pondered, it was impossible to turn disadvantages into advantages, Li Qing asked them like this, in fact, in Li Qing's heart, he already had a complete set of combat plans.

The second is more presented, continue to ask for monthly passes, ask for recommendations......

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