After holding the city for three days, on the eve of the Yellow Turban Army's most fierce attack, the defenders of Laiwu City quietly withdrew from Laiwu City at night and deployed in the area of the original mountains of the two rivers Zishui and Wenshui. This made the leaders of the Yellow Turban Army feel like they were punching out with a clenched fist, but they were suddenly empty, which was very unpleasant, and even made people vomit blood.

But they had no choice, and the enemy retreated very resolutely and quickly. The army is huge, and even the Yellow Turban Army, which has hundreds of thousands of old, weak, sick and disabled people, can't keep up with the footsteps of others at all, and can only stare dryly from behind.

And just when the Yellow Turban Army was storming Laiwu City, hundreds of miles away at the mouth of Weishui in Duchang County, hundreds of people gathered here, because they heard that two unprecedented fleets were about to come here, so they all came to see the excitement.

Tai Shici stood on the dock and looked forward to it, this pier had just been perfected, and the water depth was more than 20 meters, just to welcome the arrival of the keel giant ship.

After a while, several masts appeared on the east side of the river. Then, under the gaze of everyone, large ships emerged from the sea one after another.

"Wow! It's huge! ”

"I'm afraid it's a hundred times bigger than a fishing boat!"

"Cut, the old man was fortunate to see the building boat when he was young, and the building boat was a hundred times bigger than the fishing boat, and the giant ship that drove over was two or three times larger than the building boat!"

"Ahh Doesn't that mean that this giant ship is hundreds of times larger than ordinary fishing boats! ”

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The people were frightened and discussed.

"It's really big! It's like a moving fortress castle! Except for Tai Shici, who had already seen the majesty of the giant ship when he was in Northern Xinjiang, the rest of Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and Kong Rong were dumbfounded.

When the huge warship came to the docks, the huge hull looked like a towering wall. It is almost impossible to believe that such a huge battleship was made by craftsmen. They prefer to believe that it is the work of the gods.

Under its huge body, even a calm military general like Huang Zhong. They all have the heart to bow and worship. As for Kong Rong and other sensual scribes, they had already searched for words in their minds, ready to recite poems, and admired the majesty of the giant ship.

The moment the battleship entered the dock, a huge shadow enveloped the entire dock, and the lively dock suddenly turned into a deathly silence.

"Oh God!" Some civilians could not resist the oppression of the giant ships. Bow to the ground.

Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and other fierce generals also changed color, and they looked at the huge ships as tall as the city walls. The same thought suddenly arose: "How to occupy it!" ”

In the entire dock, only Tai Shici was calm and calm, and said to himself: ?" This pier that can safely dock the building ship is still a little small......"

The sailors on the battleship, showing their bodies on the tall deck, looked at the densely packed stunned crowd below, and their faces showed proud smiles.

"Laugh at something, quickly lower the drawbridge and let the army land. It all cheered me up. Big brother is still waiting for us in Mount Tai. Zhang Fei on the flagship scolded loudly.

Not only Zhang Fei was scolding loudly, but also Chang Yuchun.

Of course, there are people who are more anxious than them, that is, Cheng Pu and Han Dang, the chief and deputy commanders of the navy. This is the first time that the Navy has participated in a major military operation since its establishment several years ago, and they don't want to behave too badly, which is not good for the future development of the Navy.

In fact, over the years. Li Yi kept investing funds in the navy, but he did not produce the corresponding combat effectiveness. It has already made the navy quite a little complained about in northern Xinjiang. If Li Yi hadn't suppressed it with absolute prestige, I'm afraid Cheng Pu and Han Dang's lives would have been even more difficult.

Huge warships came across the sea, which was previously unimaginable. The fundamental reason is that the shipbuilding technology of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the hull does not have keel technology, and it is basically a flat bottom. When you hear it, the flat bottom should be very stable. However, that is because there are no strong winds and waves above the rivers. Later experience proved that it was still a sharpened ship with a V-shaped cross-section and a pointed bottom ship, which was suitable for sailing in the sea. and even any seaworthy vessel in later generations, even fishing boats. It's all culets.

To put it simply, the culet is able to take root underwater, while the flat-bottomed boat is obviously just floating on the surface of the water, which can be called rootless duckweed.

For this reason, the small boats of the Eastern Han Dynasty could not withstand the huge waves of the ocean, and one wave was the end of the capsized. And large ships such as building ships, don't look big, but without keel balance, it is not enough, and it is impossible to pass through strong winds and waves, so there has never been a ship crossing the sea before.

However, now that Li Yi has a keel giant ship, he has taken the most important step towards conquering the sea, and what he needs to do in the future is to expand the scale of production and explore and draw nautical charts.

Zhang Fei and Cheng Pu's keel giant ship, without exception, used mast sails as the driving force for navigation, under the guidance of Li Yi's system exchange system data, he collected Eastern Han Dynasty scientists, using the three-masted structure proposed in the data to expand, on this giant ship to add nine masts to hang twelve sails as power.

Because Li Yi provided a graphic template for later strategic ships, this giant ship looks like a wooden battleship with a huge mast sail.

Twenty-eight chariot-sized Yuan Rong crossbows in the front and rear make this cross-era giant ship a veritable battleship, an unsinkable giant ship, and its firepower can easily tear a building ship to pieces.

This super warship, named "Yanjing" by Li Yi, has a total length of 148 meters, a width of 68 meters, and a displacement of up to 5,500 tons, which is more than ten times that of the Western three-masted sailing ships in later generations, and is definitely the largest sailing ship in the world at this time.

Moreover, this super-battleship has the ability to sail in the open sea, with a endurance of up to a year.

The Yenching has a total of nine floors, of which there are five above the deck and four below. Erect nine masts and hang twelve sails, and the anchor alone weighs 3,000 catties, and it takes three or four hundred people to set sail.

Compared with the largest Zheng He treasure ship in later generations, the Yanjing also surpassed it.

It is worth mentioning that Zheng He's treasure ship was a merchant ship, while Li Yi's Yanjing was a battleship, a battleship carrying twenty-eight giant ballistas. Huge firebolts, with thousands of arrows fired in unison, could easily shred apart any other warship of this era.

"Such a huge treasure ship of Zheng He is just going to show off his wealth all over the world, what a waste. If it had been used for aggression, China would have become an empire on which the sun never sets! At the end of the year before last, when the Yanjing was launched, Li Yi once complained after seeing its majestic appearance.

However, this giant ship, which can be called 10,000 tons and can carry countless supplies or 5,000 soldiers, can only be used to transport materials in advance because Li Yi has no opponent for the time being.

This time, Li Yi sent a large army across the sea to attack the rear route of the Yellow Turban Army, which was the first large-scale naval operation in which the Yanjing participated. It's just that this operation was kept secret by Li Yi, and no one else knew about it except Kong Rong and others in Duchang City.

Under the command of Cheng Pu and Han Dang, the 48,000 troops of Northern Xinjiang, led by Zhang Fei and Chang Yuchun, all landed in one day.

They landed with more than 50,000 troops for a month's worth of food and grass, as well as other corresponding baggage supplies.

Looking at the 50,000 troops on the shore and the mountains of materials, Kong Rong and other Beihai soldiers and officials were completely stunned, and they couldn't imagine what the result would be if Li Yi used such strength to attack him.

Fortunately, now Li Yi has to deal with the Yellow Turban Army.

They all silently thought in their hearts: The Yellow Turban Army is going to be unlucky!

Indeed, the Yellow Turbans are going to be out of luck. After the landing of the army, after only a day's rest, they set off from Duchang City and went straight to Linzi City.

At this time, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan already had another identity, that is, Zhang Fei and Chang Yuchun's deputies, each leading an army of 8,000 men. The three thousand hussars who came to Duchang City before were all under the command of Tai Shici.

This is the appointment that Li Yi passed on through the flying pigeon.

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Looking at the huge army marching on the banks of the Zishui River, Xu You smiled very happily: "Li Yi thought that his continuous resistance could slow down the pace of our attack, but he didn't think that no matter how much he delayed, he couldn't stop him from perishing. With such a large army, we are not afraid of his surprise attack and plot. ”

"Surprise attack?" Sima Ju caught a word that made his heart move.

"Of course it's a surprise attack!" Xu You sneered, "Except for a surprise attack, how could he use less than 20,000 horses to defeat the more than one million troops in the general's hands?" Although the supply of your army is limited, the morale is high, and the fighting spirit is soaring, the little man in Li Yi's hands is at most sticking to Fenggao, how dare he divide the troops? Mount Tai is rich, and when the general divides his troops to plunder the four fields, are you still afraid of lack of food? If he wants to defeat the general, he must have a surprise attack! ”

"What will he do?" Sima Ju suddenly became a little nervous. He hadn't taken Li Yi seriously before, but now when it was time to really face this legend, his legs and stomach were a little cramped.

The tactics of surprise attack are all about capturing the thief and capturing the king first, so doesn't that mean that Li Yi's goal is himself?

"I don't know...... However, as long as the conspiracy is properly guarded against and does not leak flaws, there is nothing to worry about. Xu You could guess Li Yi's thoughts, but he couldn't disappoint Sima Ju, so he could only tell the other party some common sense to prevent conspiracy and plotting from his own point of view.

"Don't be too hasty when marching, just march along the river and avoid the dangerous terrain...... When setting up camp, you must not be too troublesome, and the trenches, antlers, fences, and defensive measures that can be done must be done, so as not to repeat the tragedy under the city of Duchang. Although Li Yi only has 6,000 cavalry in his hands, as long as Li Yi leads the troops, no matter how many, they should not be underestimated......"

"The general's personal safety should also be taken care of, and the food should be tried by the guards before it is easy to eat...... The defense around him can't be slackened for a moment, and Li Yi will send assassins to infiltrate the camp to assassinate him......"

"Yes, yes, I remember." Knowing that what Xu You said was valuable experience, Sima Ju listened very carefully. (To be continued.) )