"Master Han, such a huge warship, I have a few of them." Hua An pointed to the largest warship by the river and asked curiously.

When Han Yong heard this, he immediately clenched his fists and replied: "General Hua, this 'Qilin' is the largest warship in my Great Jin, and there is only one of them, and there are less than twenty smaller four-story warships in the back. ”

"Oh, so little, no wonder I've never seen it before." Hua An suddenly realized and asked casually: "Master Han, where is your Qilin camp stationed." ”

"Back to the general, the Qilin battalion has been stationed on Qilin Island in the east of Jiyang, twenty miles away from Jiyangzu, and the daily training is carried out near Qilin Island, and it is generally rare to go deep into the river, and the general is naturally not easy to see." Han Yong replied truthfully.

"Oh, I see." When Hua'an heard this, he immediately understood why he couldn't see such a big ship.

Jiyang is already close to the sea, and Qilin Island is twenty miles east of Jiyang, which can be said to be in the sea, that is to say, these warships belong to sea ships, which are more suitable for sailing in the sea, and rarely enter the big river, so it is naturally difficult to see these behemoths.

Hua An carefully looked at the 'Qilin' warship in front of him, and had to admire the skilled craftsmen of the Great Jin Dynasty, in such a backward era, to build such a huge warship, it must have taken great time and energy, and overcame countless difficulties.

Seeing Hua An staring intently at the warship under his command, Han Yong clenched his fists and said respectfully: "General Hua, it's windy by the river, let's get on the boat first!" ”

"yes, okay." Hua An responded, and several of his main subordinates, under the leadership of Han Yong, boarded the Kirin warship step by step.

If you can only see the gigantic size of the Kirin from a distance, then when you board the ship, you will find the ingenuity of the Kirin's design and the superior skill of the craftsmen.

The huge hull, only above the deck has five layers, there are three layers below the deck, the lower three layers are mainly for storing weapons, food and fresh water, the first and second floors above the deck are the resting places of soldiers and generals, the third and fourth floors have forty giant crossbows around each body, twenty on the left and right sides, and the left and right sides of the fifth floor each have a one-zhang wide retreat, on which there are fifteen large thunderbolts installed, a total of thirty on both sides, the top of the fifth floor is a terrace, the soldiers can look into the distance when they stand on it, and the terrace is surrounded by flags.

Due to the large amount of grain and fresh water accumulated at the bottom of the cabin, two of the three floors below deck were underwater, and there were eighty round holes on each side of the top floor, from which eighty rods of slurry protruded, for a total of one hundred and sixty rods of slurry on both sides of the hull.

Hua An stood on the terrace at the top of the Kirin, looked at the crowd of people busy carrying supplies by the river, and then looked at the dozens of big ships around him, the cool night breeze blowing on his face, making Hua An'an feel a little more emotional.

"Master Han, such a tall hull, what if you encounter strong winds and waves in the sea." Hua An suddenly thought of a very strict question.

Han Yong clenched his fists and replied truthfully: "General Huihua, the Qilin is a large building ship, and it is indeed afraid of wind and waves, so a large amount of water and grain are stored in the lowest deck, and most of the thunderbolts and large stones used in the upper thunderbolt are also stored below the deck, in order to resist the strong winds and waves at sea. ”

Hearing this, Hua An nodded, he naturally understood this truth, putting heavy objects below the deck in order to stabilize the center of gravity of the entire ship and improve the ship's wind resistance.

After carefully observing down for a while, Hua'an suddenly found that the length of the Kirin was only twice the width, and the whole ship was a short and thick big fat man, this near-square design was naturally to resist the wind and waves, but at the same time, it also left a shortcoming, that is, the speed of the ship would become very slow, which is also the reason why as many as one hundred and sixty oars were designed.

The short and rough design of the ship takes into account the resistance to wind and waves, and the soldiers of the Qilin Battalion who operate the warship also know how to increase the ship's ability to resist wind and waves.

But after all, the whole ship is too high, even if there are these two points, it can't resist too big a hurricane, but fortunately, it is winter at this time, and there will be no strong hurricanes such as tropical storms, at most it is a northeast wind of general strength, and the Kirin is enough to resist.

After half an hour, more than 20 warships sailed on the river, and these warships were all medium-sized warships with a height of two or three stories, which were also the kind that Hua'an often saw by the river.

At this point, all the ships going to Liaodong have been gathered, Hua'an deliberately counted them, a total of one five-story giant ship, five four-story large ships, twenty-four and three-story warships, twenty transport ships, nearly ten small clippers of various kinds, and each large warship has two or three small boats on the deck that can only accommodate three or four people, which can be used for liaison or escape after the ship sinks.

After enjoying the night view of the river on the terrace for a period of time, Hua An and other officers of the capture camp entered the upper cabin on the second floor of the warship to rest under Han Yong's arrangement, while the 1,000 soldiers of the capture camp entered the cabins of several four-story warships to rest.

After being tired for a whole day, Hua An entered the upper cabin on the second floor, only talked with the thunderstorm for a few moments, and then lay down on the bed in the cabin and fell asleep deeply.

Early in the morning of the second day, as soon as the sky was bright, Hua An and the soldiers under his command got up early, and the soldiers of the Qilin Battalion got up earlier.

After a simple breakfast, Hua An and Han Yong each led their officers to get off the warship and wait for the arrival of Chu Li and his party by the river.

In less than half an hour, the banner of the word 'Jin' fluttered in the distance, and it was obvious that Chu Li's group was about to arrive.

Hua An looked up and saw that there were still a lot of people, there were thousands of people, but most of the thousands of people were seeing them off, and there were only a few dozen people who really wanted to go to Liaodong with Chu Li.

The group soon marched to the riverside, and Hua An and Han Yong immediately stepped forward to greet each other with fists.

"Han Yong, the leader of the Qilin Battalion, meet General Chu."

"Hua An, the leader of the capture camp, see General Chu."

Chu Li waved his hand and said, "You're welcome, it's going to be hard for the two of you along the way." ”

"It is an honor for us to serve the imperial court." Hua An and Han Yong spoke in unison.

"Hmm." Chu Li nodded approvingly, turned to look at the crowd of people who saw him off, and said loudly: "Don't send it away, my lords, Chu is leaving." ”

"General Chu, go all the way!"

"There will be a farewell for sending you thousands of miles, General Chu, I can only send it here, and the general will take care all the way."

"I wish the general success and an early return."

The ministers who saw them off bid farewell to Chu Li's delegation with all their sincerity, and their smiling expressions could not tell who was sincere and who was false.

Chu Li exchanged pleasantries with the ministers who saw him off for a while, and then led dozens of men and horses under his command, under the leadership of Han Yong and Hua An, and slowly walked towards the Qilin.