Datang: Time travel in two months, wait online, hurry up!

Li Shimin didn't waste any time and directly announced his departure.

Next, Dengzhou City became busy immediately.

Boxes of supplies began to be moved, and the army set off.

The Dengzhou Wharf also became lively, and the soldiers returned to the ship and took their positions.

Li Ke took Li Shimin and a group of generals to the first Galen ship.

Anyway, only three Galen ships are going to fight, so it is better to send three Galen ships equipped with 50 cannons to lead the battle, at least with more firepower.

"This ship is so huge!"

Li Jing and the others have seen big ships before, but compared to those big ships before, these four Galen ships are like small boats!

They knew that Li Ke was building a huge ship, and they had fantasies in their hearts, but they were still shocked after seeing the huge ship with their own eyes.

Standing in front of this giant ship, people seem small.

"Why are there so many small windows on the side of the ship? Could it be that the dark hole inside is the legendary weapon?"

Li Jing keenly noticed that there were small windows on both sides of Galen's ship, and then there were dark holes exposed.

This made him slightly startled, and then he thought of the new weapon Li Shimin had mentioned before.

Hearing Li Jing's words, everyone also fixed their eyes on the side of the ship, and as expected, they saw many small windows.

"Everyone will find out later."

Li Ke smiled mysteriously, giving everyone a pass.

Hearing Li Ke's words, everyone's curiosity was immediately aroused.

"start sailing!"

Li Ke waved his hand and ordered Qu Wenkang.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Qu Wenkang saluted immediately, and then asked people to play semaphore.

Soon, huge ships and large ships raised their sails one after another, and then slowly left the pier, heading towards the direction of Beisha City.

In the formation of the fleet, the Galen ship where Li Shimin, Li Ke and others are located is in the absolute center and is heavily protected.

Li Shimin naturally noticed this formation, and couldn't help shaking his head with a smile.

He naturally understood Li Ke's thoughts, but he didn't say anything.

Anyway, he just wanted to see with his own eyes the fighting style of this giant ship and the fighting power of the Shenji Battalion.

The fleet sailed for a while, and when it was about to reach the waters of Goguryeo, someone suddenly started to raise flags.

Li Ke didn't understand the semaphore, and then looked at Qu Wenkang.

"Report to Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Wu, and all the princes, an enemy fleet has been spotted in the distance!"

Qu Wenkang also saw the semaphore, and immediately concentrated his expression, and reported to Li Shimin, Li Ke and others in a solemn tone.

Hearing this, Li Ke couldn't help being slightly taken aback, then picked up the binoculars and started looking.

Sure enough, a huge fleet appeared in the distance, although the size of the ships was quite different from that of the Tang army.

But in terms of quantity, it is very large!

Obviously, it doesn't look like a temporary fleet, but a fleet that has been prepared for a long time!

"What are you?"

Li Shimin saw Li Ke holding a cylindrical object and asked curiously.

"Father, this is a telescope, and you can see the scene in the distance."

Li Ke handed the telescope to Li Shimin, and gave Li Shimin a brief introduction.

"Oh? So amazing?"

Li Shimin was a little surprised, then took the telescope and followed Li Ke's example, and looked into the distance.

Soon, Li Shimin's eyes narrowed slightly, because he also saw a huge fleet in the distance through the telescope.

As Li Ke said, this telescope can indeed see distant scenes, and it is very clear.

Afterwards, those generals also took over the binoculars from some navy generals one after another, and looked into the distance.

"Your Majesty, this telescope is an artifact on the battlefield!"

Li Jing couldn't help but exclaimed immediately.

The comparison on the battlefield is whoever discovers the opponent first, and whoever discovers the opponent first can take the lead and gain an advantage.

And the telescope is like clairvoyance, it's amazing.

The other generals also kept admiring the peculiarity of the telescope.

"Ahem, everyone, I'm afraid the focus of discussion now is not the telescope, right?"

Li Ke couldn't help coughing, and reminded everyone.

Is the focus now on the telescope?

Isn't it the naval fleet of Goguryeo in the distance?

With such a huge fleet of others coming over, why do they all seem to be okay?

"Your Majesty, this matter may not be simple."

Li Daozong said something to Li Shimin beside him.

According to Li Ke, the fleet came only two days earlier than them, and stopped 207 at the Dengzhou Navy Wharf, where the troops were also stationed.

Logically speaking, the confidentiality is not bad, even if the news is leaked, there will be a certain time difference.

And they just arrived yesterday, and they set off today, and they didn't waste any time.

But even so, Goguryeo is still prepared.

It's normal to be prepared. After all, Goguryeo is not a fool. It must know that there will be an attack from the sea all the way.

However, the number of ships in this fleet is too wrong!

How does this look like you just heard the news?This is obviously the news that they have learned in advance, and they have made key preparations for this route of sea attack!

Otherwise, where is Goguryeo, a small country, going to prepare so many ships in a short period of time?

It is absolutely impossible for Datang to assemble so many naval warships within two or three days, it will take a certain amount of time.

Goguryeo is even more impossible.

The other generals also nodded, agreeing with Li Daozong's analysis.

Naturally, Li Shimin could figure this out and sensed something was wrong.

As for Li Ke, he was only slightly taken aback, and then he understood in his heart.

Obviously, someone informed Goguryeo of the news in advance, just to target the sea route.

And who wants his army to be hindered?

Then who else?

Li Chengqian chant!

However, Li Chengqian and Changsun Wuji probably never expected that Li Shimin and a group of generals would follow them on board!

If it was Li Ke himself who led the fleet and encountered Goguryeo's fleet at sea, then no matter what problems arise, Li Ke can't argue with a hundred words.

However, Li Shimin and the other generals were standing on the deck of the ship, witnessing this scene with their own eyes.

Then this matter obviously cannot go according to the route planned by Li Chengqian, Changsun Wuji and others!

Li Shimin may have guessed something, and his face was slightly ugly.

The other generals also knew it in their hearts, but they couldn't say anything, so they could only pretend not to know.

"Command, prepare to fight!"

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit delicate, Li Ke couldn't help but immediately ordered Qu Wenkang.

Now these are secondary, and there will naturally be opinions after the war.

The most important thing now is to wipe out all the Goguryeo fleet in the distance!

Li Chengqian may think that this is creating difficulties for him, but Li Chengqian doesn't know that this is not the slightest difficulty in Li Ke's eyes.

But a great military exploit!

PS: Second more! .

Chapter 285 The dominance of artillery!Li Shimin was stunned!

Think about it, if Goguryeo didn't know the news in advance.

Just sending a very conventional surface force to stop Li Ke, even if Li Ke led the army to defeat it, it would be meaningless.

Fortunately, Goguryeo can be said to have poured out all the water surface forces, and almost all of them have been dispatched!

Didn't this set up a big stage for him?For him to play at will?

If on the surface of his sea, all the surface ships of Goguryeo were sunk in one fell swoop, and all the water troops were wiped out, how much credit would it be?

Moreover, the most important thing is that Li Shimin and a group of generals are watching with their own eyes on the boat!

Seeing with his own eyes how he led the army to wipe out all the navy in Goguryeo, the visual impact was much more shocking than a dry battle report!

Li Chengqian and Changsun Wuji may think that this is a conspiracy against him to create difficulties for him and make him return without success at sea.

However, Li Ke would like to thank Li Chengqian and Changsun Wuji for personally sending him a great military exploit!

"Yes, Your Highness!"

After Qu Wenkang heard Li Ke's order, he immediately asked people to start semaphore.

Soon, the observers on the warships clearly saw the semaphore on the command ship through the binoculars, and began to form battle formations one after another.

The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion and the Navy soldiers on the large ships began to pull the triggers one after another, sending the paper shell bullets into the barrels of the guns.

Then he knelt down on one knee and pointed the muzzle of the gun into the distance.

These large ships were not equipped with artillery, and the range of the muskets would be reduced at sea.

So you can only wait until the opponent is within a range of two to 300 meters before shooting.

As for the three huge ships, they left from the fleet and came to one side alone.

Because the fighting methods are different, it is necessary to cross the hull and constantly adjust the direction.

If it is in the fleet, it may be inconvenient, and it is easy to accidentally injure friendly troops.

So he broke away from the fleet and came to the side alone. Anyway, they were all within the range of the artillery, so the impact was not great.

Li Shimin and the others couldn't help being a little surprised to see that the ships had already assumed a fighting stance while being so far away from the enemy, and the ships also began to adjust their formation.

Moreover, what surprised Li Shimin and others was that if large-scale fleet mobilizations and formation changes appeared to be flowing, very smooth and fast.

This is obviously well-trained, clear command system, strong execution, and clever coordination.

"Father, the commanders on every ship are from the Yangzhou Navy."

Li Ke saw the surprised look on the faces of Li Shimin and others, and couldn't help explaining with a smile.

These have been trained many times as early as in Yangzhou, and many generals of the Yangzhou navy are very proficient in these.

After arriving in Dengzhou, the command of all the ships was replaced by the grassroots generals of the Yangzhou Navy, in order to allow the entire fleet to be able to command.

"good."

Li Shimin nodded in satisfaction.

Not to mention the combat effectiveness, at least the command and execution ability is absolutely no problem.

Through the telescope, it can be seen that the distance between the fleets of the two sides is getting closer, and even the flags on the opposing ships can be seen.

"deep?"

Li Ke noticed the word 'Yuan' on the flag.