On the Yuhuang ship, Shu Guitian looked at the Minzhong Port, which was gradually approaching, and the captain next to him walked to him, patted his woolen military uniform and said, "Look, it's still beautiful in military uniform, right?" ”

In other words, there is some emotion about the fact that he can only wear a military uniform without a collar badge when he retires.

The two of them are classmates, and when Shu Guitian was studying at the Xi Shui Shi School, they also participated in the auxiliary surveying work of the land reform of Qi State, which is an old acquaintance.

However, the captain's military rank is one level lower than Shu Guitian, only lieutenant colonel, Shu Guitian is considered a special service after re-recruitment, and the merit and fame that he exchanged for his life before was directly given a temporary military rank of colonel.

Shu Guitian pointed to his collar badge and said, "I, the colonel, am actually a staff officer. I can sail, but I can't fight, I haven't fought...... This time, let me organize a merchant voyage, and it is up to you to fight the war. ”

There are a lot of ships requisitioned this time, and there are generals in Nanhai and Minjun, but the generals of these sailors can fight and organize, but this kind of long-distance merchant ship navigation is not as good as Shuguitian.

The Mohists only had a naval army, not a navy, because there were no enemies overseas, and potential enemies could only fight inland and coastal water wars.

The reverse is also true, although Shu returned to the field before fighting for his life, but he was fighting with nature, not with people. Wherever the voyage went, it was mainly to explore the route and find landmarks, and I never saw an enemy who could fight by sea, but occasionally clashed with the local natives on land.

In his words, he, a colonel of the naval division, can actually be a colonel of the army, and if he really enters the naval division, he will probably become a navigator.

It took him three years and dozens of his comrades to die, and he finally found a way to the gold, silver and copper islands, and his reputation was greatly enhanced.

Then he taught himself astronomy and more advanced nine numbers and geometry, learned to draw nautical charts, and for several years he had been wandering around the south, and the sailors around him had changed one batch after another, but he had been safe and sound, which was a miracle.

This time, as soon as he returned from the sea, he received an order to re-serve and be drafted, and this side was a time when there was a shortage of people, so he was directly given the rank of colonel, and let him be the special navigator of the fleet of the merchant ships that transported supplies and possibly the army.

The former classmates around him joked: "You can't fight, I can't sail." But I still hope that there will be no war, these sailors on merchant ships are okay to fight land battles, and I am really worried about water wars. ”

Shu Guitian smiled: "Don't worry, you can't fight." As long as the Yue people are not stupid, they must have put all the sailors they can use on the Yangtze River. The Yangtze River is defeated, there is no danger to defend, which of them are our opponents in land warfare? Along the way, you won't see a boat that crosses the people. ”

"The boatmen of the Yue people are the same as you, they are okay in the big rivers near the sea, and they sail in the open sea...... They neither know the route, nor do they know the sextant compass, they do not meet. ”

These words are quite a bit of a high-level situation, but they really come true.

When the fleet concentrated in Fujian arrived at the "Shooting Geese and Laughing City" at the mouth of the river, it was really unscathed, and not a single Yue person could see it.

This goose shooting laughing city belongs to Haiyang County, which originates from the allusion of the very ugly doctor Jia shooting pheasants and smiling at his wife.

At this time, Chongming Island did not even have a shadow, and it was not until the Tang Dynasty that there would be the first wisp of Shazhou on Chongming Island, and the Nantong of later generations at this time was also the place closest to the sea on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

At this time, it is already a scene of thousands of sails.

Because of the existence of the ditch, it is said that the main force of the Mo army's army should be concentrated near Guangling, but the main force of the naval division is concentrated near the mouth of the Haiyang River, which makes the Yue people very nervous.

Obviously, the Mo family planned to defeat the Yue State Naval Division in a naval battle, and then use the advantage of the Naval Division to attack Wu and Huiji, the foundation of the Yue Kingdom, so this water battle became a battle that seemed to be related to the life and death of the Yue Kingdom.

This battle Mo family's sailors can be said to have poured out, except for the sailors who left behind to ensure the superiority of alignment, all the Xi Liuzhou divisions were concentrated in Haiyang.

This is the home of the Mo family after occupying Sishang for more than 30 years, with 17 large improved building ships like the Yuhuang, more than 130 small sailing and oars, and more than the rest of the smaller arson ships and capture ships.

Yue Guo has six large building ships, and the rest are small boats, judging from paper and numbers alone, the Mo family has a great advantage.

The initiative is also in the hands of the Mo family, because Yue Guo does not have a port full of heavy copper cannons, so Yue Guo has no way to shrink into the port and avoid occupying it.

In fact, the kind of port full of heavy copper cannons or heavy iron cannons was also unable to support the financial resources of the Yue State at this time.

The remnants of the Wu aristocracy in the interior are growing day by day, the tradition of "coup d'état king" left by the previous king of Yue, and the broken and fragile economy after being sucked by the blood of the Mo family for so many years, all make the Yue country can only maintain a naval army that seems to be able to protect itself, and the army force is really unable to take it to the surface.

The country of Vietnam could not avoid the war, so it could only fight to the death.

In the previous few skirmishes, the Mo family also won.

There are many masters of the Mo family, and they are very miscellaneous.

The foundation was the elite soldiers who prepared the city gate under Mozi's hands back then, and after the spears and musketeers became the standard military system of the army, these sword and shield soldiers basically went to the Xi Liuzhou Division, and these people were very good at hand-to-hand combat.

Later, it integrated the naval army of the Yue Kingdom, the boat division of the Chu State, the Greek water warfare method of Solu Shen who returned from his westward journey, etc., and combined with the use of artillery, the naval army of the Mo family took a different path from Wu, Yue and Chu.

It's just that because of the warring on inland rivers and offshore waters, sail oars warships and building ships are the standard configuration of natural conditions based on material foundations.

After Shu Guitian arrived in Haiyang, he was quickly called to the headquarters.

The commander of this water war is a Mo man from Yue Di, and he has nominally been a gentleman who has returned to the field, and the reputation of the field has become more and more famous in recent years, so he naturally knows him.

After sitting down, the boss said: "This time I recruited you but I can't let you fight, you don't have any complaints, right?" ”

Shu Guitian hurriedly said: "What can I complain about? I really don't know how to fight a water war, and if I really want to command a ship, I'm afraid that it will cause the ship to be destroyed and people killed. Sometimes power is liking, but it can also kill you. Although I like to fight for my life, I know what I am good at, and I will not do what I am not good at for the sake of fame. ”

When the marshal heard this, he smiled and said, "It's a bit of the flavor of the Yang Zhu school." However, since you have put on your military uniform and have given the order to call up, you still have to obey the command. Of course, you can't blindly command, and you can make the best use of things to benefit the world. Zi Mo Ziyan, just like building a city, if you are good at carrying the soil, you will carry the soil, and if you are good at ramming the earth, you will ram the earth, this is the way to be handsome, and I still know this truth as a marshal. ”

Now there are not many marshals in the Mo family's army, and this person was also a person who made a name for himself in the battle against the water, and when he was not afraid of death, he was still a student and was still measuring the land. In front of this kind of person, he has been much more restrained.

As long as you receive a call-up, you have to obey orders, of course, you can disobey, as long as you don't get caught, but as long as you come, you have to obey.

Shu Guitian hurriedly asked, "I don't know what the task is?" ”

The marshal took out a map and pointed to an island in the East China Sea, "You know this place, right?" ”

Shu Guitian has made up a lot of knowledge in recent years, and the level of drawing and drawing has increased day by day, and this kind of map can be seen at a glance.

"This is Yongdong. After Gou Jian destroyed Wu that year, he was ready to let his husband move to Yongdong, give him 100 households, and make him a minister. The husband refused, so he hanged himself. ”

Yongdong is also the Zhoushan of later generations.

The marshal said: "It is Yongdong." There is directly opposite Huiji, and there are also some Yue people there, and there are not many of them. Mainly...... You also know that once the war starts, there will be smugglers who will transport all kinds of sought-after goods into the Guild Audit, and it will be extremely difficult to prohibit them. ”

"The second is to control here, build a fortress, garrison a few, and threaten Huiji City from time to time."

"Your task is not to fight. The main thing is to choose the point where the fortress will be built, and transfer the ships from the south to the north to transport supplies, and the ships allocated this time are all from the Chamber of Commerce, and you can subdue those captains in it. You don't have to worry about the army. ”

"Then you have to pay attention to the changes in the wind and clouds, maybe the army people will find an opportunity to go ashore to attack and disturb, or maybe there will be the only remaining ships in the Yue country to block it, you just set a time to deal with small-scale engagements."

"The sailing oars warships mostly use oarsmen, and the supply consumption is too large to be permanent, so the ships dispatched this time are all sailboats. There are also two sailing ships equipped with guns, and there are no oarsmen, and you have a lot of experience in the open sea, so you can learn from you. ”

Shu Guitian stared at the location of Yongdong on the map, and understood that he was a "staff officer" position this time, which was about coordinating the merchant sailing ship and setting sailing supplies and other things, plus Yongdong was basically a desert island, and he had a lot of experience on a desert island, so he asked him to go.

It's just that he felt a little strange and frowned imperceptibly.

If the Mo family was really completely defeated by the King of Yue in the name of punishing injustice, in fact, as long as the Yangtze River Estuary Water Battle was won, it would be equivalent to the destruction of the Yue Kingdom.

He has also been to Huiji City, and he has also been to Wucheng, and he can't defend himself against the attack of the Xie Hanging Army.

If the Mojia failed in the first battle at the mouth of the Yangtze River, then it would be difficult to do anything in Yongdong, and the Yue people could quickly get rid of Yongdong after seizing the sea control, without support and logistics, it would be a dead land.

Then he thought of a terrible possibility...... The Mohists denounced the injustice of the Yue Kingdom and will punish the injustice, but after the end of the Yangtze River Estuary Water War, the Yue Kingdom may not be destroyed...... Otherwise, there would be no need for the garrison in Yongdong to harass them.

The Yangtze River estuary won the first battle, the naval division blocked the Yangtze River, the army crossed the river, and the Yue country could not hold it at all, so why bother?

If it's not for the sake of destroying Yue, then for what? After all, you can't spend a lot of money to start mobilization, just for training, right?

However, he also knew the rules of the army, so he didn't ask too much, and after taking the order, he was sent to another camp.

He is not a military officer, nor is he a political officer, and this kind of re-drafted person is a senior staff officer, and he will be told what he is responsible for, and he will not be left behind in the matter of having the right of veto.

After Shu returned to the field and left, Marshal Zhoushi said to the people around him: "Guangpai scouts pay close attention to the movements of the Chu people. ”