Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Damn..."

So far, why does the man still not understand the identity of the enemy? It must be that the fleet that Datang knew was attacked and sent out to seek revenge.

"The order goes on. All the troops put out the white flags and are ready to surrender at any time." Although the man is cold-hearted, he still has a little luck in his heart. After all, he is also a Han Chinese, and he knows the habits of his compatriots, even if you offended them before. , as long as you are soft, then it is very likely to be forgiven - at least you can temporarily escape with your life, and you will not be killed by angry enemies.As for what will happen after the surrender, the man hasn't made up his mind yet. He plans to go back with the fleet in front of him and have a look. In this way, of course he is looking for an opportunity to run out again. It would be even better if he could abduct Datang's warships or shipbuilding technology by the way.

The man had a good idea. According to the habits of the Han people before, his plan is indeed likely to be realized. However, there is one thing he does not know, that is, the person he is facing at this time is not an ordinary Han.

What he doesn't even know is that after 20 years of leaving the Central Plains, people in the Central Plains have already changed. In this era, there is an extra person who doesn't play cards according to common sense, and this person who doesn't play cards according to common sense also brings out A group of subordinates who played cards even more unreasonably.

And the one in front of him is the one who plays the cards the least according to the common sense among the many subordinates of the person who plays the cards according to the common sense-so, his plan is very good, but the reality is very cruel, especially when After the Quanzhou Fleet rescued a person, it completely classified the possibility of [-]% into nothingness.

Chapter 1004 Surrender?provocative?

Chapter 362 Surrender?provocative?

"General, those on the pier are the enemies who attacked our fleet." On board the Quanzhou Fleet's flagship Denghai, a man who was wet, tired, and pale, as if he would die at any moment, was holding up a binoculars, Introduced to Cheng Chuliang next to him: "The somewhat thin man standing in the middle is their leader at this time, and his name is Wang Lan (Wang Lan: I finally said my name, the author is really disgusting Zhao Bensan: I heard it, and you actually arranged me like this behind your back. Wait, I will write you to death, and let you see what it means to die by seeing the light. Wang Lan: No... the author, please forgive me... Zhao Ben San sneered: Humph, it's late...), he was originally the confidant general of their original leader, after their original leader was killed, he succeeded in taking the position, his temperament is very cruel, most of my brothers are dead In his hands..."

If Wang Lan was at the scene, she would definitely recognize that the weak person in front of him who seemed to be dying was the guy who ruined his overall plan.At that time, if he hadn't jumped into the sea suddenly, and wouldn't have attracted the attention of the defenders on the island, the battle of Dingxiang Island might have been a different situation-of course, the result was not much better. After wandering on the sea for so many days, and finally found a piece of land, why would they just plunder and leave?They will definitely rest here for a few days, and as long as they stay on the island for more than a day, they will definitely meet the Quanzhou fleet... So the result is actually the same...

"I'm not interested in who the other party is. The most important thing I need to confirm now is... Are what you said true?" Cheng Chuliang's eyes were red. It was obvious that the guy who was fished out of the water just now had a deep confession. It deeply stimulated him——presumably, he, Cheng Chuliang, was born under the red flag and grew up in a flower planter. Although he is a bit of a jerk on weekdays, he is also a jerk with a bottom line. How has he ever heard of cannibalism?

Especially the ones who were eaten were their own people. They were originally warriors on the sea, and they fought hard on the sea all day. It stands to reason that their endings are nothing more than two: either they die in bed, or they die on the sea. Either of the two is acceptable, but today... the guy in front of him who hasn't eaten for several days told Cheng Chuliang the third fate of these sea warriors - that is, being captured and raised by the enemy. When there is no food, eat it as food...

This is what Cheng Chuliang can't bear the most. Whether it is dying in bed or dying at sea, in his opinion, there is nothing wrong with it, but eating it - this is not only insane and inhumane, but also the biggest insult to these warriors at sea. He absolutely can't Allowing this kind of thing to happen, and facing the enemy who did this kind of thing, Cheng Chuliang has only one result to deal with, that is to kill, kill all the cannibals before giving up...

"I, Dai Dingtian, dare to swear with my life that what I said before is true. If there is any concealment, I will die without a place to bury me." The name of the hero who jumped into the sea is Dai Dingtian, and his luck can be considered Okay, when he jumped into the sea, he was lucky enough to catch a piece of driftwood, which saved his life. Originally, he planned to go ashore to recuperate, but at that time Wang Lan had already rushed to Lilac Island with people. In order to avoid being discovered by Wang Lan's people, he wanted to find a remote place to go ashore. Originally, the place where he jumped into the sea was more than ten miles away from Lilac Island. Now he has to circle around again, and the distance is even further , but also to keep fighting against the current around the island. Although this distance is only more than 30 miles, it takes up to a day-but his vitality is indeed tenacious. In the cold sea, relying on a piece of driftwood, he unexpectedly After a day, if you want to be an ordinary person, even if you don't freeze to death, you will be exhausted to death.

Just when he was more than a mile away from the shore and was about to rush ashore, he was spotted with gunpowder smoke on the island, and the patrol boat sent by Cheng Chuliang to investigate the news successfully found him and fished him up.

Although he was not in a coma at that time, he had already reached his limit. If he was allowed to rush to the island with his last breath, he might die of heart failure after he achieved his goal.

Fortunately, the appearance of the patrol boat interrupted his plan, and he asked the doctor on the boat to finally rescue him—but the patrol boat who rescued him didn't know that Dai Dingtian actually brought back such an important one. information.

"Very well, since you dare to make an oath, then I will believe you once." The ancients valued oaths very much. Some people even sacrificed their own lives for the oath. This was very common in ancient times. I swear, Cheng Chuliang naturally dares to believe him.

"Don't worry, general, everything I said is true. If the general doesn't believe it... Didn't you capture some of the enemy's ships... There may be unfinished human flesh in their kitchen..."

"I want to correct you, that's not called captive, that's called recapture, and the ship was originally ours."

"Yes, this is our ship. We are taking it back, not taking it captive." Dai Dingtian immediately corrected him.

"Stop talking nonsense, shoot me..."

"Wait a minute, Commander..." Li Mingxin suddenly stopped Cheng Chuliang: "The people on the shore have raised the white flag. Judging by their appearance, they seem to be about to surrender."

"Raise the white flag? So simple?" Cheng Chuliang picked up the binoculars and looked at it. He was furious, and there was a resounding potsticker on the back of Li Mingxin's head: "You idiot, what are you looking at? Where is the white flag? Where is the white flag? It is clearly a woman's menstrual belt, look carefully, it is still stained with blood... This is an insult to us, this is a provocation to us, I want to kill them, I must kill them."

"Menstrual belt?" Li Mingxin hurriedly raised the binoculars again, and found a little blood-red on the corner of the white flag, and immediately flew into a rage: "Sure enough, these bastards dare to provoke us when they are about to die. Are grandpa's cannons vegetarian? Blow them up, you must kill them."

If Wang Lan knew that because she couldn't find a clean white cloth, she temporarily used a used bandage to sew a white flag, but was mistaken for a woman's menstrual belt, would she cry?

Of course, whether Cheng Chuliang’s misunderstanding is real or fake, it’s up to the benevolent to see the wisdom of the benevolent, but Li Mingxin was really misunderstood. I saw him coming to the main gun on the bow, pulling the gunner away, and manipulating the cannon himself. Aiming at Wang Lan who is at the front of the crowd...

Chapter 1005 One Hit

Chapter 363 A Shot Hit

On the shore, Wang Lan was still dreaming of escaping her life after surrendering, but she didn't know that the fleet on the sea had moved its guns and aimed at them under the order of Cheng Chuliang.Especially Li Mingxin, who has already personally controlled the cannon, pointed the sight at him, and then pulled the cannon rope hard...

"Woo~"

"What's the sound? Not good... Get out of the way..." A sound similar to the roar of a train (although he didn't know what a train was) came from far and near quickly. He was stunned for a moment at first, but soon he found that the sound was exactly the same as the sound made by the shells flying before he was bombed just now...

As if she understood something, Wang Lan wanted to dodge subconsciously, but there was no time--the speed of the cannonball is indeed not as fast as the bullet, but it is not something ordinary people can dodge, especially at this time, in order to show her sincerity, Wang Lan sent most of the Everyone called to the shore, so many people gathered together, there was no place to hide in the hustle and bustle, and they could only watch helplessly as the tail flames and the air rubbed violently, bringing shells that roared like hell and smashed at themselves Come……

"I'm really unwilling..." Wang Lan didn't know what the commander of the opposite fleet was planning, but he knew that he was doomed this time, and he was not afraid of death. Since the death of the young master, he had no intention of living, but It's nothing for him to die, he doesn't want the people around him to die too - after all, only if they are alive, can they return to their hometown, to that piece of paradise in the future...

But now it seems that the other party clearly wants to kill them all...

"That's all..." At the moment when the cannonball was approaching, Wang Lan suddenly thought about it. The people in his group have committed a lot of crimes, and even if they die, they should pay off the debt in advance...

Just before he finished thinking, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart, as if he had been stabbed heavily by a big iron awl weighing three hundred kilograms, pushing him back several steps fiercely. , even he could sense that several people behind him were overturned by this huge force, and vaguely heard a few people's crisp clicking sounds, obviously their bones were broken, and he didn't know which one was unlucky ghost?wrong……

When Wang Lan came to his senses, he was surprised to find that he was not dead. Regardless of the pain in his heart, he opened his eyes suddenly. Sure enough, the sky was still blue, the sea was also blue, and only the white clouds were white...

"Really, I really have sinned deeply, even if I die, I won't let me die well." Wang Lan was not happy that he survived by luck, because his state at this time was more uncomfortable than death—or even though he was not The cannon blew up, but it wasn't much better.

Because at this time, a very large, very large hole suddenly appeared on Wang Lan's chest, and it was transparent from front to back, obviously pierced through.The hole is not only transparent, but also not small in diameter. It is estimated that the diameter should be about 150mm. It was gone, even the spine disappeared without a trace—it cannot be said to be without a trace, because at this time his several vertebrae and a large piece of flesh and blood were less than ten meters behind him, covered by a piece of iron. Pimple smashed hard into the soil.

As for the lungs that were originally hiding in the chest, there was no trace of them at all, but the heart was lucky enough to escape the catastrophe because of its skewed growth, but what if the heart was still there?With his current injuries, not to mention the lack of lungs, even if the lungs can still function, with such a big hole in his chest, just the bleeding can quickly throw him into the arms of death. The difference is the pain of being blown to death It was only for a moment, but after being pierced through the chest, he had to endure considerable pain before he could die slowly.

All of the above have already explained what happened just now - when the shells hit, Wang Lan had nowhere to hide, so he could only close his eyes and wait for death. The shot was so upright that it hit Wang Lan's chest just right, but how could a human's flesh and blood be able to stop a shell carrying unparalleled potential energy?So the cannonball smashed through Wang Lan's chest smoothly, and took away some parts in his chest, leaving him with a big hole a little larger than the diameter of the cannonball.

However, it may be because of Wang Lan's human flesh cushion, or there is something wrong with the fuze of this shell. In short, after piercing Wang Lan's chest, the shell fell to the ground without exploding. Lan felt pain. If the cannonball exploded, he might be able to take Wang Lan away by the way. Unfortunately, if it didn't explode, he would have to endure the pain for a while—but I have to say that Wang Lan's vitality is so strong that he can't bear it. With such a serious injury, he didn't die immediately. This is simply a miracle. However, the stronger the vitality of such an injury, the more he will suffer endless pain. This can be regarded as a little bit of punishment for his heinous crime...

"Damn, isn't this shot too accurate?" Wang Lan was suffering endless pain, but Cheng Chuliang was taken aback on the flagship of the Quanzhou Fleet: "It's so far away that you can fool someone, Li Mingxin, you There is simply no luck.”

Because Li Mingxin was the first to fire the cannon, the first shell of course belonged to him, and no one could take it away.

"You fart, what do you mean being fooled? I beat you in a serious way." Of course, Li Mingxin would not admit that he was fooled, so he said bravely, "To tell you the truth, the first shot is not allowed. Originally, I was going to hit him on the head, but it turned out to be a little bit off..."

"Yo? Is it that powerful?" Cheng Chuliang frowned, and said, "If that's the case, can you give me another shot? If you can really hit the target I pointed at, then I, Cheng Chuliang, will be the only one to look after you. I will not be your boss anymore, I will be your younger brother, from now on, I will serve tea and water, lead the horse into the stirrups, and never betray, how about it?"

"That's impossible, what kind of friendship is there between us? How can I let you be my younger brother?" Li Mingxin said with an expression that I was doing it for your own good. After speaking, he was afraid that Cheng Chuliang would not believe it, and added: "Let's talk first, It's not that I can't hit, the main reason is that your bet is too high, I must win, but if you lose, the consequences will be serious-you are the deputy commander of the fleet appointed by the imperial court, you are my little brother , wouldn’t it embarrass the court?”

"I think you are stubborn." Cheng Chuliang didn't bother to pay attention to him, turned around and looked at the crowd and scolded: "I said, why are you still standing here? Didn't you see that the artillery was fired outside? Let the Marine Corps do it. Ready to land."

"This..." Several staff officers looked at each other in blank dismay, hesitated to speak.

Chapter 1006

Chapter 364 The Money-Eating Navy

"What's going on? Hurry up and give an order." Seeing the hesitation of the staff officers, Cheng Chuliang couldn't help urging.

"General, you should see for yourself." A staff officer pointed outside: "It's all like this, is there still a need for the Marine Corps to land?"

"Huh? Damn, these bastards are playing with cannonballs as cannonballs. These prodigal sons, don't cannonballs cost money?" Cheng Chuliang raised his binoculars to look out, and when he saw it, he immediately became furious—maybe It was because he was underestimated by Liu Rengui before, and the depression in his heart has not been vented, or because he has been drifting at sea for a long time, and it is rare to be able to let go of his hands and feet, or because of other reasons, the gunners of the Quanzhou Fleet are really serious. Playing with the cannonball as a throwing cannon, the cannonball shot out one after another almost regardless of the cost, and performed a carpet bombing to the enemies on the shore, what is the peach blossoms all over the ground - but, the butt of the cannonball The bright tail flames at the back looked quite beautiful, and the flames after the explosion shook the heartstrings even more. However, thinking of the money spent in such a blast, Cheng Chuliang was so distressed that he almost wanted to cry.

These little bastards don't know Chai Migui if they are not in charge, but Cheng Chuliang, as the actual head of the Quanzhou Fleet, is rare to be in charge, and only then did he know how difficult it is to be in charge - because of the independence of the navy, their military expenditure and future generations Same, they are all allocated in advance. As for how you use the money, the court will not care about you. The premise is not to embezzle or squander, otherwise even his father will not be able to save him.

As the commander-in-chief of the Quanzhou Fleet, Li Ji still did something for this fleet that is nominally his own. That is, because the Quanzhou Fleet was still young, he was stunned to let him be a first-class fleet and get the military expenses to strengthen the fleet. , but even if it is to strengthen the fleet, the annual military expenditure is only 300 million taels of silver - this is the amount agreed upon by the court officials, and even his father agrees, and Cheng Chuliang has no choice.

Three million taels of silver seems like a lot, but it depends on who, how many, and where.If the money is spent on one person, it is indeed too much, but at this time, the 300 million taels is really a drop in the bucket when facing such a huge fleet.Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s just talk about salaries. A fleet of tens of thousands of people, and the navy is famous for its high wages and benefits. This year’s salaries are a huge number, accounting for at least one-third of the military expenditure. One half is almost half, and there are various other projects, such as daily training, personnel benefits, miscellaneous inputs, weapon purchase and update, maintenance and maintenance of warships, new ship purchases, etc. Which one does not require a lot of money ?

Especially the purchase and update of weapons and the maintenance and maintenance of warships are big money eaters.

With the development of iron smelting technology and technology, the weapons of the Tang Dynasty are very expensive now. A good cold weapon costs hundreds of taels of silver, and the price of hot weapons is even more expensive, especially guns and cannons. Better yet, it is a one-time addition. As long as it is properly maintained, it should be no problem to use it for three to five years. The problem is the shells. The consumption of shells is a hurdle that cannot be avoided. The navy needs to fire guns for training, and the enemy needs to fire guns. To deter the local aborigines, you still need to fire guns... Which of these projects does not need to consume hundreds of rounds of shells, and the price of shells is very expensive. It’s not just a matter of gold when the cannons are fired—the arms dealers of later generations just Did you do that?Guns are worthless and can even be sold at a discount, and they make money purely from the ammunition.