Great Tang Southern Emperor

Then the conflict became more and more intensified, and finally almost developed into a fight between tens of thousands of people on both sides. Such an important matter, even Li Shimin was alarmed. In the end, it was the emperor Li Shimin who personally mediated, and the two sides calmed down.But the final result of the mediation was a slap in the face. Both sides used half of the new ships and half of the old ships. At the same time, due to the bad behavior of the Yuezhou Fleet, the remaining half of the warships had to be compensated to the Quanzhou Fleet for damages...

Although the mediation is fair on the surface, both sides of the fleet are unconvinced. Although the Quanzhou fleet has received compensation, the anger in their hearts has not been vented, let alone the Yuezhou fleet. Shouldn't come out by yourself...

The two fleets were considered to be in conflict, and there was no communication at all during this journey. Usually, the Yuezhou fleet was in the front, while the Quanzhou fleet followed. The two sides were quite distinct.

Under such circumstances, Sun Fujia did not think that Liu Rengui would choose the deputy commander of the Quanzhou Fleet as the deputy commander of the Lingnan Navy District. Since neither Li Ji nor his deputy can take the position, the most suitable candidate left is only himself—— ——In the official system of the Tang Dynasty, the chief of the naval district is the second rank, the deputy chief is the third rank, and the six ministers and the servants, the order of the secretary, the six ministers, the sixteen generals, the guests of the prince, Tai Changqing, and the prince Zhan Shi, the governor of Zhongzhou, and the governor of Shangdu Hufu are equal, one level higher than his original Zhengqing of Dali Temple.

And this is still the present, if he can make great contributions in future battles, he may not be able to go one step further, becoming the commander-in-chief of a fleet or even the head of a naval district...

"My lord, what about our merchant ships? Do you want them to go to the Spice Islands first?" Sun Fujia left, and Qi Bin asked again. This time their expedition is not just as simple as searching for Li Mi's remnants, but more importantly, escorting them A super fleet.

This fleet is extremely large. There are nearly [-] merchant ships of the Zongheng class and Liaoyuan class alone. The rest of the supply ships are innumerable, including medium-sized cargo ships and other small and medium-sized ships. The number is more than Liu Rengui led. It can be said that the scale of the one and a half fleet is huge, spread out on the sea, and it is densely packed. It is simply that gods block and kill gods, and Buddhas block and kill Buddhas—well, at least in terms of momentum, it is still very frightening. Thinking about it, the enemy dare not offend easily.

The target of the merchant ship this time is actually the Spice Islands, because an enemy who did not know the details appeared on the route before and robbed the Saren fleet, so it is already very difficult for a single fleet to travel between the Spice Islands and Datang. It's dangerous, but the use of warship escorts is too resource-intensive, so Li Zhen simply formed a super fleet to send manpower and supplies to the Spice Islands for half a year at a time, just to move with the fleet to avoid being attacked by the enemy again up.

Chapter 990 Intentional Movement

Chapter 348

Although in some people's eyes, even merchant ships acting alone are unlikely to be attacked. After all, such a large-scale fleet, even Liu Rengui's fleet claims to be incapable of defeating—otherwise more than 300 ships weighing more than two Thousand-ton or even three-thousand-ton large merchant ships collided together, even a third-tier sailing battleship might not be able to bear it.

Although it is unlikely, but it is possible after all, it is better to take more precautions...

The reason why Qi Bin asked this question is precisely because of this. After all, a war is likely to start soon. It is hard to say when this war will last. Most of these merchant ships are transporting urgently needed materials from the Spice Islands. , if they are allowed to follow the fleet and continue to operate, it is likely to delay the construction of the Spice Islands.In this case, it is better to let the merchant fleet go to the Spice Islands first.

"No, we don't know where our current enemies are. What if they attack the merchant ships?" Liu Rengui categorically rejected it. Although the merchant fleet is so large that most people can't afford it, it's a pity that the enemies they face are likely to be A group of enemies who are extremely scarce in supplies, even if the merchant fleet is large, but facing a group of enemies who are about to go crazy, they are likely to attack the fleet regardless - after all, they are almost dead. Is it strong enough to take care of the enemy?If you fight hard once, you may survive, but if you don't fight hard, it will really be a dead end.

Such a choice, as long as the individual knows how to choose.

Correspondingly, once the fleet is attacked, even if Liu Rengui finally wiped out the enemy, this credit will be tainted after all-after all, before he left, he and Li Zhen had promised Li Shimin that he would leave the ship intact. Merchant ships escorted to the Spice Islands.

Besides, for such a large-scale transportation this time, the materials in the fleet cannot be described as being worth tens of thousands. Once lost, they will be worth ten thousand taels of gold. It hollowed out the entire Lingnan market, and later even caused the prices of such materials to skyrocket, so even if it lost a little, Liu Rengui couldn't afford it.

"Then let the Quanzhou Fleet escort the fleet go first?" Qi Bin suggested again.

"Huh?" Liu Rengui's heart moved, this is indeed a good choice.

To be honest, Liu Rengui also dislikes the Quanzhou Fleet very much—it is true that the previous conflict was wrong with the Yuezhou Fleet. As a result, why do you bother to complain to His Majesty?As a result, I was severely scolded by His Majesty. I really don't understand the rules.

Therefore, Liu Rengui has a bad impression of the Quanzhou Fleet. If the people behind the Quanzhou Fleet were Li Ji and Li Zhen, and he couldn't afford to offend him, he would have left the Quanzhou Fleet far behind. Give them a good time. A lesson has been learned—don’t think that if the performance of the boat is the same, it can run at the same speed. The performance of the boat is important, but what is more important is the person who drives the boat.

Liu Rengui has reason to believe that if there is a speed competition between Quanzhou and Yuezhou, the Yuezhou Fleet will surpass the Quanzhou Fleet. After all, the situation at sea is complicated. They responded differently, but the Quanzhou Fleet was just a nascent navy. Apart from what they had learned in textbooks, they could only make two laps in the offshore at most, but they hadn't conducted much training in the open sea.

According to the information Liu Rengui knew, the Quanzhou Fleet had run with him for such a period of time, and their fleet had frequent problems, and even two ships collided, such a low-level mistake that only novices would make.

However, the two sides are now in conflict. It is impossible for the Quanzhou Fleet to give in to the Yuezhou Fleet, and the Yuezhou Fleet will not take the initiative to teach them sea experience like being cheap. The Yuezhou Fleet had seen enough jokes.

"Isn't that good?" Liu Rengui was very moved by what Qi Bin said about sending the Quanzhou Fleet to escort the merchant ships to the Spice Islands, but thinking that if he did this, he might not be able to go back and explain to the Crown Prince and His Majesty ——After all, before I came, the crown prince and His Majesty had specifically instructed me to lead more of the Quanzhou Fleet, after all, they were inexperienced.

Not only did I not lead the Quanzhou Fleet now, after all, there was a conflict between the two sides, and I could completely shift the responsibility to the Quanzhou Fleet—it was reasonable to say that they held grudges and were unwilling to listen to my side to impart experience.

But it would be too biased to send them to a place like the Spice Islands, which is a place where birds don't shit. After all, I am still the head of the Lingnan Navy District, and the Quanzhou Fleet is also my own subordinate fleet. If I do this, not only Giving people an impression of being unacceptable, I am afraid that His Majesty and the Prince will also be unhappy in their hearts, which will have a great impact on their future.

Qi Bin smiled and said: "What's wrong with this? After all, this should be the best way at present. Both searching for the enemy and escorting merchant ships are extremely important tasks. It is best to carry out the two lines together, and this one The road is definitely not safe, and it is reasonable to use half a fleet to escort it—and the danger on the route is not great, and it is best to use inexperienced novice escorts. You want to send the veterans out to perform other tasks, and leave yourself a group of recruits who don't know if they can be useful?"

"There is some truth in saying that..." Liu Rengui thought for a while, and this is indeed the case. I don't know what the next battle will be like. Maybe it will be an extremely tragic battle. He can guarantee that the Yuezhou ship There will be no damage to the fleet, but there is no guarantee that there will be any damage to a disobedient fleet. After all, he is the highest officer of the two fleets. If the Quanzhou fleet suffers heavy losses, he will not be able to explain it when he goes back.

"That's it, order the Quanzhou Fleet to separate from us immediately, escort the merchant ships to the Spice Islands, and leave the Yuezhou Fleet ready to fight at any time." After making up his mind, Liu Rengui immediately passed down the order.

"Yes." The messenger immediately jumped off the traffic boat and went to the rear to convey orders-if you count merchant ships, this is a fleet of 670 ships of all sizes. Calculated by the safe driving distance in the mile, this is a huge fleet covering at least tens of square kilometers. If you just rely on the flag to convey information, it would be too slow, so this kind of light and fast The transportation boat has become an essential means of transportation for the fleet.

Chapter 991 The Real Reason

Chapter 349 The Real Reason

Under the escort of the messengers, Liu Rengui's order was passed to the deputy commander of the Quanzhou Fleet, Cheng Chuliang, within a short period of time.

That's right, Cheng Chuliang is the deputy commander of the Quanzhou Fleet. In fact, the Quanzhou Fleet is a very young army. Part of Tian Shuyuan is for students who want to develop in the navy.

Although most of them are eliminated, in terms of overall quality and academic qualifications, the Quanzhou Fleet should be the best of the three major fleets at present. I will not talk about asking Tian Shuyuan. Although the Youth Army is a loser, after all, they are all After the cruel training of the Boys' Army, although they were eliminated, most of them were caused by their unqualified physical fitness. It's normal to come down.

But this is not to say that they are useless. The average age of the first batch of young soldiers has reached the age, and their bodies have grown. Coupled with continuous training, their combat effectiveness is actually not weak at all. If they really fight, If you don't use combat experience, the Boys' Army may not be able to win them steadily.

It is precisely this group of youngsters whose average age is less than [-] years old that has become a pilot project for Li Zhen, that is to use a group of scientifically trained teenagers instead of recruiting sailors from the people to see what kind of explosion this group of teenagers can produce. The elegant demeanor came out?

At the same time, this is also the reason why the Quanzhou Fleet has been training for so long. After all, training at sea is different from training on land. These teenagers are not like fishermen who live at sea all year round. When they first came here, they just adapted to the sea environment. It took them more than a month.

After finally undergoing rigorous training, they were at their most energetic and ready to conquer the world with a new ship, but the Yuezhou Fleet, whom they regarded as their colleagues, gave them a sap and returned their ship What kind of ships are they?The latest one is only [-]% new, is it really ignorant to bully them? ——No matter how young and ignorant they are, they won't be able to tell the difference between a new ship and an old ship, right?Play them for fools?

So they couldn't help but find trouble with the Yuezhou Fleet because of their youthful spirit. However, the people in the Yuezhou Fleet are all veterans, so how could they be able to deal with them?After being teased a few times, a few hot-tempered teenagers started to do it...

Although the Yuezhou Fleet is full of veterans, their experience is mainly concentrated in naval warfare and ocean experience. This group of sailors has not trained much in fists and feet.A group of ruffians who only knew a little bit of boxing kung fu met a group of rigorously trained teenagers, and the result was obvious. A group of old men were beaten and screamed by a group of recruits. In the end, it was really embarrassing, and someone actually moved the guy...

That's right, it was actually the Yuezhou Fleet who moved the guy first. Of course, the Quanzhou Fleet would not be afraid to see someone copying the guy. What fighting methods didn't they have trained in when they were in the Boys' Army?Weapons are the mainstream of contemporary combat, and everyone has learned them. There are even some people who have practiced the weapons in their hands to the point of proficiency.

Of course they are not afraid of attacking them with weapons. Seeing the Yuezhou fleet move, the teenagers immediately picked up their weapons and prepared to fight back. Fortunately, they were stopped by Li Zhen who arrived in time. Otherwise, if there was a fight, the Yuezhou fleet would still It is not impossible to suffer a lot, and it is not impossible to even cause casualties.

And this is also the reason why Liu Rengui was really displeased with the Quanzhou Fleet. Otherwise, no matter how biased he was, the Quanzhou Fleet was also his subordinate, and he would not hate it to such an extent—after all, he had led the fleet for more than a year. He was actually defeated by a group of brats, where would he put Liu Rengui's face?After being severely slapped in the face by the Quanzhou fleet, it is strange that he can have a good impression of them.

And it is such a fleet composed of young people. When choosing the vice-captain for this fleet, all the officials fought over their heads-Sun Fujia is not the only smart person in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty.

However, no matter how many officials robbed him, in the end it was Cheng Yaojin who relied on his shameless ability to play tricks on the ground and fight with civil officials. In addition, Qin Qiong, Yuchi Jingde and Li Ji and other military leaders were behind him. Thanks to the support of the old man, he finally won the position of deputy governor - Fang Yiai was right, in this world, the more shameless a person is, the better he can live.

Of course, Cheng Yaojin himself would definitely not be the deputy governor. He recommended his son, and this was also the reason why others objected. "Are you young? Are you looking down on young people?"

The officials who asked were speechless, they dared not admit that this was true, there are not a lot of young heroes in Datang today.Not to mention Li Zhen, most of the confidantes under his command are young people, especially the young army, they are like dragons and tigers, one against ten, because of their strong fighting power, Snatched the title of the strongest army in the world from the Modao team.

There is also Xue Rengui, who is recognized by Datang as the candidate for the next Datang Army God, even Li Jing is very satisfied with him...

Then there are Fang Yiai, Du He, Xi Junmai, etc., each of which is not a simple role.

Not to mention Yuchi Baolin and Qin Huaiyu of the Dengzhou Fleet, these are serious members of the second rank and the third rank. They have sat in this position at a young age, and their future is naturally limitless.

Today’s young people are terrible, let’s not talk about the future, they are all monsters now, if you dare to admit that young people are not good today, believe it or not, these young people who you say are not good will lead the army back the next day Find your door?

But speaking of Yuchi Baolin and Qin Huaiyu, there is an interesting story. It is said that when the court decided to vigorously develop the navy, the status of the navy suddenly soared. The problem came out, let's not talk about the Yuezhou and Quanzhou fleets, just talk about the Dengzhou fleet. The commander and deputy commander of this fleet are Yuchi Baolin and Qin Huaiyu.

This is a big problem. For such an important military unit as the Dengzhou Fleet, how can the commander be two young men with hairless hair?

Thinking of this, the Baiguan, who was thinking of a way to go to the navy, immediately lit up his eyes, and then seriously proposed to Li Shimin to remove Yuchi Baolin and Qin Huaiyu, and replace them with prudent veterans to take charge...

However, before he finished speaking, Yuchi Jingde punched him two or three meters away with an old fist, followed by another violent blow. If Li Shimin hadn't stopped him in time, he might have been beaten to death.

Not only Yuchi Jingde was angry, even Qin Qiong, who has always been good-tempered, was also annoyed this time-oh, when the navy was not good at the beginning, you all regarded this place as a place of exile, and now the two children have worked hard You have brought up the fleet, and the status of the navy has become more and more lofty, so you are going to change people?Isn't this a bit too much?Even if it is to kill the donkey, it is not so fast, right?

Anyway, in the end, this matter was over. Li Shimin neither punished Yuchi Jingde nor replaced Yuchi Baoqing and Qin Huaiyu. It was still the same... Well, the only difference is that the person who made the proposal that day People, they are still lying on the bed and haven't come down yet.

Chapter 992 Depressed... ([-] words)