Great Tang Southern Emperor

However, the main reason why he can have such a high award is because the credit he made is too amazing. If he becomes ordinary in the future, his title will be like this in this life. At most, if Li Zhen succeeds to the throne, he may be promoted No matter what, Xue Rengui, once Li Zhen succeeds to the throne in the future, at least he will be a Duke and cannot escape.

Chapter 769 Xue Rengui Wants to Go to the Navy

Chapter 132 Xue Rengui Wants to Go to the Navy

Xue Rengui came up with a salute: "Your Highness, Fan Liangdi."

"Rengui is here." Li Zhen also greeted, "They are all from our own family, so there is no need to be polite."

"General Xue."

"Your Highness, the concubine will go down first." Fan Xueyi thoughtfully offered to leave.

"Well, let's go."

"Is there anything?" Fan Xueyi left, Li Zhen asked, Xue Rengui is not the kind of person who doesn't understand the style, since he will come here at this time, he must have encountered some problems.

"Someone is following us." When Xue Rengui spoke, it was shocking news.

"What? Who is so courageous?" Li Zhen was also taken aback: "Could it be Cheng Jianxi?"

If it's Cheng Jianxi, then it makes sense, Li Zhen just tricked them once, it would be strange if they didn't wait for the opportunity to get revenge.

"Probably not." Xue Rengui denied his guess: "Cheng Jianxi's people hide so deeply, if the opponent is them, then our scouts should not be so easy to find, but the opponent's tracking method is very rough , anyone who has received training can detect it.”

"Then arrest it and let people ask who it is." Li Zhen said casually: "If it is an enemy, then just destroy it..."

"Yes." Xue Rengui responded, he also thought the same way, the tracking technology is so rough, it seems that there is no big force behind it, it's no big deal.

"Is there anything else?" Seeing Xue Rengui hesitated to speak, Li Zhen knew that he had something to say: "Didn't I say it? My brother, if you have anything to say, just say it. Everyone is here." We have been friends for more than ten years, is there anything else we can't say clearly?"

"It's actually...a personal request from my subordinate." Xue Rengui touched his head and said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty knows that your Highness is planning to build a Quanzhou Fleet in Quanzhou, but I have heard that this fleet has not yet been appointed. Officers……"

"You want to enter the navy?" Li Zhen looked at him in surprise: "Are you full? You just accepted the appointment of General Zuo Xiaowei, and your ass is not hot yet. You are going to enter the navy? Besides, with your current rank, even if I let you enter the navy, what kind of position should I give you? Is it the commander of the fleet? But you don’t know how to fight in water. Isn’t it a disaster for you to be the commander? A fleet with tens of thousands of people , I dare not take the risk."

Xue Rengui smiled awkwardly: "Your subordinate can first practice with Governor Liu at the Yuezhou Fleet for a year."

"Are you kidding me?" Li Zhen rolled her eyes and said angrily, "What level are you? What level is Liu Rengui? Does he dare to order you? Are you learning from him, or is he learning from you?"

"But Your Highness, apart from your subordinates, you don't have a suitable fleet commander." Xue Rengui said with a light smile: "At present, Datang only has two fleets, one is the Dengzhou Fleet that has been completed, and the other is the Vietnam Fleet that is almost completed. The State Fleet, even with the Quanzhou Fleet to be formed, there are only three ships... The Datang sea is tens of thousands of miles long, how can the three fleets be able to see it? According to the estimates of the subordinates, if you want to protect the Datang country, you must at least More than ten fleets are needed. If the territory of Datang continues to expand, then this number will continue to increase-every fleet needs a commander-in-chief, but Your Highness, where did you get so many talents in a short time? "

"..." Li Zhen was silent. This is indeed his shortcoming. Just like what Xue Rengui said, he doesn't have enough naval talents. Ordinary sailors can be recruited, but what about senior generals?

Although the Naval Academy has been established, it does not mean that the establishment of an academy will immediately produce qualified personnel.

According to the budget of Li Zhen's think tank, it takes at least three years to cultivate a qualified naval talent from scratch, and even if it is taught in a crash course, it will take more than a year.

Moreover, this is an ordinary naval sailor, and it takes longer to train an elite captain, and five years is considered short.

As for a commander who can command a powerful fleet to fight, it is even more difficult, and the money spent during this period is even more—especially in ancient times, let alone satellite technology, even maritime communication technology is just a lingering On the status of the semaphore.

In such an environment, the captain of a fleet not only needs excellent navigation skills, but also needs countless rich experience in facing various disasters at sea-and such experience cannot be learned from books, the only way is to experience it personally .

But how complicated is the situation at sea, and how long would it take to go through it all?

Not only that, the captain of the navy is not only the captain of a fleet, but more importantly, he is also the marshal of an army. He needs to lead the fleet to sea to fight.If the captain of the fleet can use experience, then the marshal of the battle needs the ability to command war. This requires talent, especially this is the most important thing. Where can Li Zhen find so many qualified people? Commander comes out.

"So, the best way at present is to convert the army general to the navy general." Seeing that Li Zhen did not speak, Xue Rengui naturally understood what he meant, and helped Li Zhen to add: "Although the army general has no experience in naval warfare, since he is War, of course, has something in common. It is easier than slowly training an admiral from scratch, right? As for the lack of sea experience, this is not difficult either. Lingnan is close to the sea, and there are many experienced sailors. , As long as they are recruited into the fleet, this deficiency can be completely made up for—not to mention, I can still study with Commander Liu for a year, and with his teaching, I think I am completely qualified for this position."

"...That's all." Li Zhen was silent for a moment, and then sighed deeply: "Since you have already said this, what else can I say? I promise you."

Xue Rengui was overjoyed: "Thank you, Your Highness."

"However, before I transfer you to the navy, you have to deal with Tianzhu." Li Zhen put forward her own conditions again.

Xue Rengui said with a smile: "Your Highness does not need to order this, the subordinate will do the same, and the subordinate is not a person who gives up halfway."

"Also, can you tell me..." Li Zhen suddenly asked again: "What is your reason for doing this?"

Xue Rengui said: "Of course there is nothing that cannot be said. In fact, not only the subordinates, but also Fang Yiai and Xi Jun bought them, and they all wanted to be transferred to the Navy."

"They? No, no." Li Zhen shook her head again and again: "The two of them are not as capable as you, so let them stay in the army honestly."

Fang Yiai and Xi Junmai are really not suitable for the navy. The future navy will mainly focus on long-range combat. With artillery, there will be basically no such situation as a side-to-side battle.

Fang Yiai and Xi Junmai are different from Xue Rengui. They have nothing but armed forces. They can't show their greatest strength without a boarding battle. So why do they go to the navy?

As for Du He, Li Zhen has another appointment...

Chapter 770

Chapter 133 The Heart of the People Is in Me

Because of Li Zhen's identity, the road on the Grand Canal is naturally smooth, and no one dares to take his boat.

Therefore, in just three days, the fleet has arrived from the Yellow River to the final section of the Grand Canal - the Qiantang River, which is Hangzhou, and Li Zhen has returned here again.

After resting in Hangzhou for seven days, they changed boats and went to sea. Taking advantage of the winter monsoon, they went all the way down to Lingnan. This journey is estimated to take a month - not because of the slow speed of the boat, but because Li Zhen brought too many people. The materials are consumed too quickly, and they have to stop for supplies almost at the port along the way.

The people Li Zhen took away this time were no less than when he came back, and even more.

In addition to those who were originally brought back, there are also tens of thousands of young soldiers who have completed training. Because there are not enough boats on the Grand Canal, they can only follow by land on horseback. Li Zhen stayed in Hangzhou for so many days just to wait. their arrival.

As for why they are not allowed to take a boat from Dengzhou, and let the Dengzhou fleet send them over, isn't it much more convenient?

Um, because the Dengzhou Fleet at this time was taken by Yuchi Baoqing and Qin Huaiyu to explore the Fusang Islands, which is the Japanese archipelago in later generations-by the way, this is still Li Zhen's fooling around.

Today's Wa Kingdom is not the Wa Kingdom of later generations. Although the Yamato regime was the biggest power in Wa Kingdom at this time, they did not unify Wa Kingdom.

At this time, the Yamato regime was still in the southern region. Only Shikoku Island was completely occupied, and Honshu Island was only half occupied (probably to the Yokohama area). Even Kyushu Island still had an area around Kagoshima that was not occupied. As for There is not even a shadow in the northern part of Honshu Island and the Hokkaido area, which means that half of the entire Wa country is unclaimed (in Li Zhen's view).

When he was in Chang'an, Yuchi Baoqing learned about what Liu Rengui had done in Lu Song, envied him, and pestered Li Zhenfei desperately to ask him to show him the way, and also to take the navy out to be majestic.

Li Zhen was getting impatient with him, and he had just finished the Battle of Baekje, the Dengzhou Fleet had nothing else to do except patrol the sea area, so they gathered in the base all day long and had nothing to do.

So he was directed to look for the northern Waguo Islands - anyway, that place does not belong to the Waguo now, even if the Tang Dynasty forcibly occupied it, the Waguo would not say anything, and dared not say anything.

What's more, the Wa country, aside from other things, has a lot of precious metals. It just happens to be occupied now, and it will be much easier to develop in the future. .

So after listening to Li Zhen's flickering, Yuchi Baoqing directly took away [-]% of the ships of the Dengzhou Fleet. Not only the warships were taken away, but even the cargo ships were filled with goods by him. The goods were resold to the natives of the Wa Kingdom, and then exchanged for their precious metals and various precious goods...

The only thing that even Li Zhen doesn't know is that although the Wa country is dominated by the Yamato regime, it doesn't mean that there are no other countries in their area. The reason why the Yamato regime did not continue to advance north is not theirs. The heart is kind, but the way to the north was blocked by the Ezo Kingdom.

At present, only the Hokkaido area is not controlled by the Japanese, and the rest of the places are dominated by the Japanese.

Fortunately, Yuchi Baoqing is a fool. This time he took all the main force of the Dengzhou Fleet away, so he avoided a danger. Instead, relying on strong ships and sharp guns, he bombarded both the Ezo Kingdom and the Mutsu Kingdom. Once again, these two countries were completely occupied, and later they sent troops northward to Hokkaido, completely occupying this place, found countless resources here, made a great contribution, and were rewarded by Li Shimin Haosheng .

Of course, this is nothing to say later, let's continue talking about Li Zhen.