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Li Jing smiled when he heard this, "Is it finally dispatched?" How many ships and how many people are there in this fleet? ”

"There are more than 30 large and small warships, including two fighting ships, 10 sea falcons, and four boats, eight ships, and 12 yachts." Li Wei carefully reported the latest information to Li Jing, and said with a solemn face, "Our people also found that a building ship was dispatched from Nandao, and the ship was sealed with a banner, but it is not clear whether the ship is sealed or searched or other generals with the surname of Fengzhang." ”

Hearing the word Lou Chuan, Li Jing couldn't help but be moved, Lou Chuan, as early as the Western Han Dynasty, there was a Lou Boat general, to the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Su built a building boat can be described as a big one, "up to five floors, more than 100 feet high, left and right front and back six poles, and 50 feet high, 800 soldiers." The building ship of the Tang Dynasty, Du You said: "The ship built three buildings, the column of women's walls, the battle grid, the tree flags, the crossbow window spear hole, the throwing car barrier stone iron juice, like a city fortress." In the event of a sudden storm, manpower cannot be controlled, and this is not a convenient matter, but it is necessary for the naval army to set up a situation. "The building ship was the most important combat ship in the naval equipment at this time, and it was fully equipped with weapons.

According to Li Jing's understanding, the building boat is actually better at fighting in the lake, the water is deep and the waves are small and the place is large, so he can calmly start the battle, and abuse other people's boats with a huge warship, a large number of soldiers on the ship and many powerful weapons. But when you reach the mouth of the Yangtze River, there is a danger of overturning when the wind and waves are strong. This is not to mention the sea, and the building ship can only show off its might when there is no wind and waves near the sea, according to the Tang people themselves, it is a situation. Must be indispensable. It is all about deterrence.

Li Jing was moved when he heard that Da Xie Yan had dispatched the ship. It is not because the Lou ship is the largest warship in the Tang Dynasty naval division at this time, but completely because of the information revealed behind the Lou ship. Ships such as building ships, which have poor combat performance and have a greater deterrent effect than a combat role, are rarely equipped by ordinary sailors. As far as Li Jing knows, there are only two building ships in a genuine naval division like Dengzhou Naval Division Wang Jin, and Da Xie Yan has more soldiers and horses than Dengzhou Naval Division, and it is only three building ships. Even the combined fleet in the town of Tori, the sailor who was completely piled up with money, is said to have only eight ships in total.

This kind of warship, which is completely a deterrent and a face, is basically used for display, and it will never go to sea easily. If a storm accidentally overturns, anyone will bleed from anger. But now, Feng Zhang actually sent a building ship, which means that he is very serious about this crackdown on thieves, and it also shows that Da Xie Yan must have sent an important person to sea this time, otherwise. There is no qualification to sail a building ship.

Is it a seal? Unlikely, an old fox like Feng Zhang shouldn't leave the nest easily. He will be more likely to be in command in Da Xie Cheng City. In addition to Feng Zhang, then the most likely is Da Xie Yan's deputy soldier and horse envoy Feng Xun.

It seems that Feng Zhang has really made a bloody investment this time, Li Jing listened to the battleships dispatched by Feng Zhang, and almost drooled. Feng Zhang dispatched a total of 37 warships, all of which were warships, of which the fighting ships, walkers, sea falcons and building ships were all combat ships, and the ships and yachts belonged to auxiliary ships.

Fighting ship, set up a women's wall on the ship, can be three feet high, open a hole under the wall, build a shed in the ship five feet, and build a women's wall with the women's wall, build a women's wall on the shed, rearrange the enemy, there is no back, the front and back left and right tree tooth flags, banners, golden drums, this warship also. The fighting ship is a cascade duplex structure, the sailors can be arranged in cascades to meet the enemy, and the rowers are hidden in the boat, rowing through the holes, and it is the main combat ship of the navy at this time. There are dozens of batters on a fighting ship, and the ship can carry up to 100 sailors in addition to the pulper. The fighting ship was 12 zhang long, 3 zhang wide, 1 zhang deep, 6 to 7 feet in draft, 8 feet high in the ship, and 8 feet high in the command platform. Two sails on board!

Go to the boat, set up a female wall on the board, put more husbands, few soldiers, all choose the elite of bravery, back and forth like flying gulls, take people out of reach, golden drums, flags are listed on the top, this warship also. The speed of the boat is fast, and when it is mainly used for raids and shocks, it is a sharp weapon for attacking at sea. Compared with the fighting ships, the boats are much smaller, with dozens of paddlers on board, but there are not many sailors, generally only a dozen or twenty people.

In addition to fighting ships and boats, there is also an important type of battle ship is the sea falcon ship, which has a low bow and high tail, a large front and a small back, like a falcon. The floating plate (plate) is placed on the left and right sides of the board, which is shaped like a falcon's wings, so as to help its ship, although the wind and waves are rising, so as not to tilt. Covering the back on the left and right Zhang raw cowhide for the city, the tooth flag, the golden drum as usual, the warship in the river and sea. The floating plate equipped with the sea falcon is a special balancing device, which can keep the ship stable when encountering strong wind and waves, and this device can greatly enhance the ship's resistance to wind and waves, and has great advantages in river or sea operations under harsh weather conditions.

The sea falcon ship is extremely resistant to wind and waves, and at this time in the late Tang Dynasty, the sea falcon ship has been updated and changed, such as the sea falcon of Da Xie Yan is equipped with iron plates on both sides of the ship's side to enhance the protection ability; A sharp iron tip was installed on the bow of the ship to impact the enemy ship, so it was called the "iron-walled ploughshare flat sea falcon warship". This kind of warship has a carrying capacity of 1,000 stones, 10 zhang long, 1 zhang 8 feet wide, 8 feet 5 inches deep, and the bottom plate is 4 feet wide, divided into 11 watertight compartments, with 5 oars on each side, can carry 108 soldiers and 42 sailors, and is a new type of warship with a solid structure, strong combat effectiveness, and can impact enemy ships.

This time, Da Xie Yan dispatched ten sea falcons, four of which were newly refitted new 'ironclad warships'.

In addition to the four types of ships dedicated to combat, such as building boats, boats, fighting ships, and sea falcons, Feng Zhang also dispatched eight ships and twenty yachts this time.

Meng Chong, cover the back of the boat with raw cow skin, open the hole in both compartments, there are crossbow windows and spear holes in the front and back of the left and right, the enemy can not be close, and the arrow stone can not attack. This does not need a big ship, it is for speed, and it is not a ship that can be taken advantage of, and it is not a war ship. Liu Xi of the Eastern Han Dynasty said: "Narrow and long, it is said that the ship is in conflict with the enemy's ship." This shows that the ship adopts a closed structure, equipped with armor (raw cowhide), small and flexible shape, and fast speed, and is mainly used for raids, reconnaissance, and communication contacts.

Narrow and long, with very few interceptors on the ship, this is an extremely fast raid ship. Yachts, on the other hand, are the equivalent of small ships and are mostly used for liaison and reconnaissance.

The building ship and the fighting ship are both super large battle ships, the building ship is ten zhang high, and the fighting ship is twelve zhang long. The upper and lower floors of the ship have no sail pulp, while the fighting ship has a sail pulp, with two sails and a paddle hand hidden in the deck. In terms of performance, fighting ships are more suitable for sea operations, and the biggest role of building ships is deterrence, as well as those heavy and large equipment on the huge ship deck.

A building ship can carry 800 troops, a fighting ship can carry about 500 troops, a walker can carry 500 troops, a sea falcon can carry 100, a ship can carry 50 people, and a yacht can carry 10 people. Li Jing calculated in his heart that if these warships were full, there would be 3,500 sailors alone, and if the crew of the pulpers was added, then the number would be 6,000.

This result made Li Jing's eyelids twitch slightly, Da Xie Yan's number of soldiers was only 3,000, but now Feng Zhang sent a fleet to sweep away the pirates, and dispatched 37 large and small warships, 6,000 soldiers and horses. Feng Zhang can send so many people out, that is definitely not all of Da Xie Yan. There must still be a lot of soldiers and horses left in his Great Xie City, and even the other five forts and seven garrisons must still have soldiers and horses stationed on the islands.

If calculated in this way, he can already roughly calculate the number of soldiers and horses of Da Xie Yan, at least it has exceeded 10,000, if it is boldly calculated, it must have already passed 10,000, and if those crew members are also included, it is estimated that it is not impossible to extrapolate 20,000 to a larger point.

Thinking like this, Li Jing suddenly felt a little frightened, and he held his breath and dared to get 4,000 men, more than ten times his own number of soldiers. Unexpectedly, Feng Zhang is not obvious, and he has been in charge of Da Xie for ten years, but in fact, there are more soldiers and horses in private.

"Where did these warships and soldiers and horses be transferred from, is it on Daxiben Island, or are there any other islands?" Li Jing said with a solemn face.

"There are all islands, five forts and seven garrisons, except for our Shamen Town that refuses to send troops, the other islands have sent soldiers and horses, and there are three horses and warships that are all people from Da Xie, in fact, they are soldiers and horses from all islands. According to our estimates, Feng Chang gathered 37 warships this time, with about 2,000 sailors and about 1,000 pulpers and crews, a total of 3,000 men. We know from the eyeliner on Da Xie Qi that it is about the same number. Levi replied.

"Three thousand?" Li Jing frowned, the number of soldiers and the number of crew members obviously did not match.

"None of the thirty-seven ships were full, only half of them. In particular, it is said that there are only more than 100 people on the ship, and there are not many people on the fighting ship. ”

Hearing this result, Li Jing's expression was obviously relieved. Not six thousand but three thousand, a number that relieved him.

"The ship we sent to Qingnipu has almost arrived!" Li Jing asked suddenly.

"It should have arrived, when I went out to sea in the first half of last night, the sailors were the most experienced old pirates, and I was accompanied by the vice general of our reconnaissance capital, Monk Xuancheng, who went out in person, and it would never be fine. I heard that Li Lingfu originally didn't believe in gods and Buddhas, but his wife who later married was a Buddha disciple, and even said that he believed in Buddhism. Xuan Cheng is under the banner of a Shaolin monk, and it is estimated that things will go well this time. Li Wei chuckled, sending Xuancheng as an envoy to Qingnipu, this proposal was still put forward by him.

Li Jing nodded, "That's good, Zijun, I have a letter here to write to Feng Zhang, and you can send a brother to Da Xie Yan later." ”

Seeing the letter handed to him, Li Wei was stunned for a moment, this is the most well-written letter and sealed with fire paint. But it was chosen to be given to Feng Zhang after Da Xie Yan's army went to sea, is there any special significance in this?

Facing Li Wei's puzzled gaze, Li Jing smiled and did not answer, "It's good that you send the letter over, the show is finally about to begin." (To be continued.) )