As soon as the storm subsided, many infantrymen couldn't help but vomited all over the floor before they even ran out of the cabin.
Smelling this smell, people who don't get seasick will feel a little sick in their stomachs.
For a moment, the cabin was filled with a sour smell.
Those who could still stand up, even if they were still dizzy, couldn't wait to get out of the deck, breathe in the fresh air, and their minds were much clearer.
Seeing that the storm had subsided, Zhang Shun quickly took out the saber given to him by the marshal from his waist, cut the rope, and also hurriedly cut the rope on Xu Guanzhong's body.
As soon as the rope on his body was cut off, Xu Guanzhong leaned forward.
Zhang Shun quickly hugged him and helped him sit down with his back against the mainmast.
Sitting on the deck, Xu Guanzhong sighed and said: "I finally understand why not many people are willing to go to sea despite knowing that sea trade is very profitable.
In the face of this natural force, personal ability is too small.
There is no way for one person to control it.
Even if we lose our lives, we may not even be able to find our bodies.
For those of us who value burial, going to sea is really a last resort."
Zhang Shun shrugged and said: "So those of us who go to sea are people who have no tomorrow today.
We don't know when we will be taken away by the sea.
That's why we try our best to have fun as soon as we get to the shore, but we are afraid of missing out.
If you don’t, you won’t be able to enjoy it anymore.”
Xu Guanzhong heard this, looked at the now clear sky, and said: "I also knew in the book that I might encounter storms when going to sea, but I never realized this power in the book, and now I finally understand.
No wonder the marshal once said that reading Thousands of books and thousands of miles of travel are required to understand the affairs of the world, hahaha."
Seeing this, Xu Guanzhong could still laugh out loud, knowing that he was fine.
Zhang Shun breathed a sigh of relief After encountering such a storm, many people develop a fear of the sea and dare not go to sea again in the future.
It seems that Mr.
Xu is a mentally tough person and has not been defeated at all.
At this time, Zhang Heng saw that the storm had stopped and handed over the driving of the boat to his subordinates.
He immediately ran over to learn about Xu Guanzhong's situation.
Zhang Heng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Xu Guanzhong was fine and only had some scratches on his arm.
It's good that Mr.
Xu is fine.
The marshal had repeatedly told him to take good care of Mr.
Xu before he went on the expedition.
If something happened to Mr.
Xu, Zhang Heng didn't know if he would give the angry marshal a hard-on when he went back.
Zhang Heng walked over and asked, "Is Mr.
Xu okay?"
Seeing what happened to Zhang Heng, Xu Guanzhong stood up and said, "I'm fine.
Thank you, Brother Zhang Heng.
If you hadn't seen the opportunity early, I'm afraid something bad would have happened to me."
Zhang Heng also hurriedly said: "Mr.
Xu, you're welcome.
If anything happens to you, the marshal will skin me alive."
Zhang Heng turned to Zhang Shun and shouted: "You don't know how to wink.
You didn't see that my husband's arm was injured.
Why don't you send him to the room to rest and then call the doctor?"
Xu Guanzhong hurriedly shook his head and said: "Don't bother, it's just a scratch.
I'll just apply some ointment myself.
Let the doctor heal the seriously injured soldiers."
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Zhang Heng saw that Xu Guanzhong should be fine, so he said: "Sir, you are frightened.
Let's go and take a rest first.
I will also go and find out about the injuries in the fleet first."
Xu Guanzhong said: "General Zhang, don't worry about me, you are busy."
Zhang Heng glared at Zhang Shun and shouted, "Take care of me, sir, or I will take advantage of you."
As soon as Xu Guanzhong returned to his room, it was the first time in his life that he encountered a storm.
He was exhausted physically and mentally.
As soon as he got on the bed, he fell into a deep sleep.
Zhang Heng had already used his sailing skills to control the ship, but under the power of nature, more than 20 soldiers were still thrown into the sea and lost their traces, and seven or eight soldiers were scattered by heavy objects.
They were smashed to death, and a dozen soldiers hit heavy objects because they failed to grasp the fixed objects firmly.
They are now lying on the deck and receiving emergency treatment from the doctors on board the ship.
There are countless minor injuries.
The infantry had just encountered a storm, and many of them had not recovered from the fear just now.
As a last resort, Zhang Heng could only take risks and ordered the fleet to dock so that his men could take a rest.
After choosing a remote coast to land, he sent Zhang Shun and his men to buy five carts of old wine in disguise, then bought thirty pigs and a dozen sheep, and then sent sailors to salvage a lot of seafood for the infantrymen to eat.
It took a drink to recover the low morale.
After a day of rest, the fleet set off again.
There will be no more storms this time.
The waves of the blue sea and the endless blue sky merge into one in the distant horizon.
And between the water and the sky, ten ships formed a line, from far to near.
The mighty and tall warship sailed towards the Zhoushan Islands in the wind and waves.
China has a long coastline, but from ancient times to the present, there has not been much awareness of coastal defense.
Before the Song Dynasty, apart from the Battle of Baijiangkou fought by the navy in Ho Japan on the Koryo Peninsula during the Tang Dynasty, China itself had never encountered any maritime aggression at all.
Moreover, Fuso was also afraid of China like a tiger after the Battle of Baijiangkou, and did not dare to provoke China at all.
China's coast has been stable for hundreds of years, and strategists and military strategists of all ages have never talked about naval warfare.
Although the Song Dynasty had a powerful navy in the south of the Yangtze River, its defense area was basically the Yangtze River, not the sea.
Therefore, Liangshan had such a powerful maritime force, but it had no place to use it.
The officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty did not guard against the sea at all.
The Liangshan Navy encountered no resistance and successfully arrived at the Zhoushan Islands on the 6th day after setting off from Dengzhou.
Put down the Liangshan Army infantry in batches on Daheng Mountain and other islands.
Looking at the Liangshan infantry soldiers who landed ashore, Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun felt very unhappy.
Zhang Shun said extremely depressed: "Well, actually, the men under my command are still tigers even in landing operations, and they will not lose to those landlubbers."
Xu Guanzhong smiled on the side and said: "Captain Zhang, don't be impatient.
Your navy is the foundation of our army's cross-sea operations, and it is the top priority.
And we also need your navy to continuously transport follow-up troops here.
We also need to ensure the safety of military food supplies.
These require your navy.
Your navy has worked hard and made great achievements.
Maybe after this battle, you will be promoted to general."
Hearing Xu Guanzhong's congratulations, Zhang Shun was happy for a while, but soon became sad again.
Killing enemies in battle and transporting them back and forth are two different things.
It was such a joy to go into battle and kill the enemy.
I felt uncomfortable taking the credit for the round-trip transportation.
It felt like I was taking credit from others.
When you go back, you must mention it to the marshal.
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You can also lead the navy to fight, or assist the infantry in attacking Hangzhou.
When Zhang Shun sighed, Liang Shanjun quickly boarded the shore and began the construction of the water village.
After sending all the infantry ashore, Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun led the ships to return, and they had to continue transporting troops back and forth.
After landing, Xu Guanzhong did not wait.
Instead, he sent people to build a water fort while also sending people to contact the Liangshan spy's stronghold in Jiangnan to learn about the latest situation in Jiangnan.
Two days later, he got in touch with the Liangshan spy, and Xu Guanzhong also knew about the situation in Jiangnan.
After the Song Army's East Route Army regained Hangzhou, they rested and reorganized while waiting for the West Route Army.
Now the Song Army and Fang La Army are in a stalemate on the Muzhou and Yuezhou lines.
In the commander's tent of the military camp, a map of Jiangnan was spread out in the camp.
Xu Guanzhong said: "General Zhu, you see there are 20,000 Song troops in Hangzhou now, and there are nearly 100,000 Song troops in Muzhou.
Even if my 10,000 reinforcements from the south arrive, it will be difficult to capture Hangzhou in a short time.
Once we can't Being delayed under the city, other Song troops came to rescue, and our army was in danger.
We had to find a way to disperse the defenders in Hangzhou, so that it would be easier for our army to attack Hangzhou."
Zhu Tong looked at the red flag indicating the Song Army on the map and nodded and said: "Mr.
Xu's words make sense.
I wonder if he has any good ideas."
Xu Guanzhong pointed to the three counties of Jiaxing, Haiyan and Huating near Hangzhou and said: "Although Hangzhou is heavily guarded, because these counties are located behind Hangzhou, the Song army's defense here is much worse.
I think our army can Pretend to be local heroes, attack these three counties, and declare to the outside world In response to the Fang La Uprising, we will draw out the garrison in Hangzhou and wait until our army arrives, then attack Hangzhou in a sneak attack.
As long as the city of Hangzhou is captured, with the powerful weapons made by the marshal and the good fighting skills of our army, the Song Army will be able to defeat the city.
Even if our troops are ten or a hundred times more numerous, we can never hope to capture the city of Hangzhou."
When Zhu Tong heard this, he said with approval: "What a good plan.
The marshal told me before he went on the expedition to cooperate with me.
Sir, I will definitely obey your orders."
Xu Guanzhong cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, General Zhu.
This is my plan."
In the Sui Dynasty, the Jiangnan River was excavated, that is, the Grand Canal from Hangzhou to Zhenjiang via Jiaxing, which brought the benefit of irrigation boats to Jiaxing.
In addition, Jiaxing is adjacent to Taihu Lake and has abundant water resources.
It is an important grain-producing area in southeast China.
It is known as the "Land of Fish and Rice".
There is a saying that "a harvest of good harvests will make the Jianghuai River prosperous; a harvest of good harvests will make the Jianghuai River thrifty."
September is the autumn harvest season, and the wind blows the fragrance of rice flowers on both sides of the bank.
More than five hundred soldiers of the Liangshan Army wore ordinary fishermen's clothes, hid their weapons in the cabin, took a sand boat, disembarked near Haiyan at dusk, and marched under the cover of night to the Shen family of a large landowner in Jiaxing County.
Looking at the yellow rice, Zhu Tong showed joy and shouted: "Harvest them all" "yes" Following the order, the Liangshan Army soldiers immediately carried weapons on their backs and sickles in their hands and worked hard to harvest rice.
These Liangshan Army soldiers all came from poor families.
Most of them came from ordinary farmers before joining the army.
They started helping their families with work since they were young, and they were no strangers to farm work.
More than 500 people came to steal the rice, and they couldn't hide it even in the middle of the night.
What's more, the Liangshan Army didn't hide anything at all, and harvested rice openly with fifty or sixty torches.
The villagers of the Shen family who were looking after the farmland had discovered these thieves a long time ago.
They were so audacious that they came here with torches to steal the rice.
They really didn't regard the uncle as a human being.
The two bankers hurriedly rang the gong, "Come, come, come, someone is stealing rice, someone is stealing rice, catch the thief quickly."
Hearing that someone dared to steal rice from the Shen family, two to three hundred villagers soon heard the sound of gongs and hurried over with wooden sticks, iron forks, and hoes, ready to beat the thieves severely.
Before the person could even get close, the two wolf dogs he was feeding had already pounced on him ferociously.
But as soon as they got closer, they heard a whooshing sound, two cold lights flashed, and two dog heads flew into the air, and blood immediately splattered.
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Looking at the wolfdog that fell to the ground, Zhu Tong nodded with satisfaction and said, "Yes, it's a black dog, and it's also very fat.
Someone, please roast these two dogs for me and give them a beating."
"Yes, Your Majesty," Xu Guanzhong shouted in cooperation.
Liang Shanjun, who had been vigilant all the time, immediately sent three people to collect firewood.
Two people stepped forward and picked up the two dogs.
They cut the dogs quickly with knives, peeled off the skins, and then hollowed out the internal organs.
String it up on a wooden stick and wait for the firewood to start burning, then put it on and bake it.
Xu Lang was a famous martial arts master in the south of the Yangtze River.
He was easily accessible to hundreds of people, so he was hired by the Shen family to be the instructor of the village guard with a large sum of money.
Although there are hundreds of people who know about the thieves, Xu Lang is not afraid.
Not to mention that he has nearly three hundred bankers with him this time.
Just relying on the spear in his hand, he is confident that he is not afraid of anyone.
Seeing that the guard dog raised by the Shen family was killed by this group of thieves, Xu Lang became angry.
The Shen family is a well-known poetry and calligraphy family in Jiaxing, and no one near or far dares to disrespect them.
This group of thieves dared to come and steal rice.
Not only did they not run away quickly when they saw me coming, they even dared to kill the dogs raised by the Shen family in front of me, and even demanded to be roasted and eaten.
It's simply too disrespectful to me and too disrespectful to the Shen family.
Just kill these thieves later and throw them into Tai Lake to feed the fish.
Xu Lang and his men rushed to the rice field and shouted loudly: "You gang of dog thieves have no bright eyes.
You even dare to steal the rice from our Shen family.
If you don't use your dog heads to commemorate the two dogs raised by the Shen family, I'm sorry" Xu Lang couldn't shout out the words, and he didn't dare to kill the thieves.
I made a complete misjudgment.
Seeing that there were fifty or sixty torches, I thought that this group of thieves was only one or two hundred people.
But Xu Lang didn't expect that there were five to six hundred people in this gang of thieves.
What frightened him even more was that these thieves were all real guys armed with knives and guns.
This is completely different from the majority of bankers here who are armed with sticks and hoes.
The bankers who ran closer also saw that the number of thieves was far beyond imagination.
They all looked at Xu Lang without daring to make a sound.
Seeing so many people looking at him, Xu Lang knew that he must not give in at this time, otherwise if the Shen family knew, he would still have the face to continue to stay in the Shen family in the future.
Xu Lang came out holding a spear and shouted loudly: "That's the leader, come out to talk.
Do you know whose fields this is?
Let me tell you, these fields belong to the Shen family.
There are two Jinshi masters from the Shen family.
As a high-ranking official in the capital, if you dare to provoke the Shen family, a large army will destroy you soon.
If you are wise, you will be captured.
Maybe I will be happy and spare your life."
Zhu Tong immediately laughed when he heard that the guy in front of him was still thinking of using the Shen family's name to bluff people.
He held a fighting knife on his shoulder, walked out and shouted: "Who are you from the Shen family?
Have you never heard that I am the famous greedy Zhu Meng who does not recognize his father and mother, but only recognizes money?
You What about the Shen family?
I don't know.
If you want my children to stop, no problem, just bring me three thousand taels of silver.
I'll take them away immediately, otherwise I won't use those useless things to fool me. set" When Xu Lang heard this, he knew that he could not be kind today.
He held a spear and shouted: "Okay, let me see what Brother Zhu is capable of":