Chapter Twenty-Six: Set Sail (Part 2) Li Zhen said with a smile: "Well, the war in Yuezhou has not subsided, all the warships have tasks, and none of them are idle......
But you don't have to worry about me breaking my promise, I have already urgently dispatched ten fourth-level warships and fifteen fifth-class warships from Minzhou and Quanzhou, and they will arrive in three days at most, so I can definitely catch up with them in time.
Your opponents this time are just some overseas natives, not even as good as the Nanyangs, and they are still in the tribal era, let alone warships, I'm afraid I haven't even seen porcelain.
Tier 4 ships are enough for you to sweep through there. ” The reason why Li Zhen is so crazy about developing battleships is not to conquer Southeast Asia at all, as he said, Southeast Asia at this time is all indigenous, especially some island countries, which are basically still in the tribal era of Ru Mao drinking blood, all of them are uncivilized savages, and they are living a life of Ru Mao drinking blood.
In the face of such an enemy, Datang can't even use regular warships, as long as he fires a few cannons with armed merchant ships, he guarantees that all the resisters will definitely scatter at the first time.
Li Zhen's goal in developing warships is actually Western countries, especially Da Shi, because according to Li Zhen's memory, it won't be long before about a hundred years later, around the Anshi Rebellion, the Arab Empire's Abbasid Dynasty will rise.
At this time, the Tang Dynasty lost control of Central Asia due to war, and its national strength declined.
However, the Abbass Dynasty had just begun to expand its wars and colluded with the Tibetans to attack the Tang Dynasty's sphere of influence, and the Silk Road was blocked for the first time, and the income of the Tang Dynasty was immediately greatly reduced, providing the prerequisites for the weakening of the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, although the Anshi Rebellion is unlikely to happen, it is said that it is a rainy day, whether it is to nip the enemy in the bud, or to make up for his regrets, Li Zhen will definitely not let go of the Great Food Empire.
Moreover, Li Zhen heard that the fleet of the Great Cannibals was very powerful, beating the Sassanid Empire and the Byzantine Empire like dogs, so Li Zhen decided to break their wrists with them.
In addition, there is the Byzantine Empire and the Sassanid Empire, the Sassanid Empire is just that, and now it is being pressed to the ground by the Great Eclipse, and in a few years (651), it will be a, if its development is fast enough, it should be able to fight to the Middle East before the fall of the Sassanid Empire, and meet Isiai III (the last Sassanid king), maybe he can save his life.
The problem was Byzantium, although Byzantium in the seventh century had been beaten into dogs by the Great Eater and lost its land one after another, but after all, the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse.
After all, this is a country that has turned the Mediterranean Sea into its own inland lake many times, especially now in the early seventh century, when the Byzantine Empire still occupied most of the Mediterranean coast, but was later defeated by the Great Cannibals.
But even so, the people did not perish, and in the end they simply boiled the Great Food Empire to death, and he still held his breath and lived until the fifteenth century, which is one of the few empires in the world that has been established for more than a thousand years.
Such a country with such a profound heritage and a sea as an inner lake, if you want to say that their navy is underdeveloped, Li Zhen will not believe anything.
And this is one of the reasons why he is so desperate to develop warships - he wants to use absolute combat power to crush the pride of all aliens in one fell swoop, forcibly occupy the richest land, and firmly grasp the pulse of the whole world in the palm of his hand. …… Three days later, the twenty-five large and small warships that Li Zhen needed had arrived.
Seven days later, all the preparations were ready, and the whole fleet had more than 200 large and small ships, of which 70 percent were cargo ships, and only 30 percent were warships and supply ships.
"Zhengzheng, be careful all the way here."
At the Yuezhou wharf, Li Zhen is bidding farewell to Liu Renliang.
Different from Li Zhen's concerns, Liu Renliang seemed to be in high spirits: "Your Highness can rest assured, your subordinates will have half a year, with the left hand of the nautical chart given by Your Highness, and the minister guarantees that at most half a year, you will be able to find the treasure land in Your Highness's mouth and bring back boatloads of gold and silver for Your Highness." ” "Good."
Li Zhen personally walked over with a vermilion lacquer tray, a glass of wine on the tray, and handed it to Liu Renliang: "Zhengzhi, this trip is far away, this king has nothing else, only a glass of water and wine for Qing Zhuang Xing, may Zhengzheng return safely!"
” Liu Renliang bowed down and thanked him, and said: "Your Highness, rest assured, for this day, the minister has been preparing for a long time, as long as he does not encounter a desperate situation, the minister guarantees that he will be able to return safely." ” After that, he picked up the wine, drank it all, signaled the empty cup to the people of Quanzhou around him, turned around and left, stepping on the bridge board on his flagship.
The flag officer, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately raised the order flag and shouted: "Set sail~~" "Wow~~" With this order, more than 200 large and small ships surrendered their anchor chains and sailed out of Yuezhou Port in an orderly manner.
Not to mention what Li Zhen was doing after sending Liu Renliang away, we turned our attention to this fleet.
Liu Renliang stood on the splint, looking at Yuezhou farther and farther away, and when he turned his head to look at the boundless sea, he was also excited-after so many years of training, it was finally my turn to play, and I didn't fly for three years and didn't make a splash for three years......
Datang, you just wait, when I return, I, Liu Renliang, will definitely be able to be famous all over the world, be crowned an official and worship a knight, and be famous for eternity.
The first mate of the ship on the side, Liu Lie, a scholar who has also followed him since he was a child, saw him and said, "Young master!
The wind is cold on the sea, so let's go into the cabin and rest!
” Liu Renliang shook his head gently, pointed to the vast and boundless sea, and asked, "Ale!
You've grown so big, and you've never seen such a magnificent view. ” Liu Lian looked at it and said with some excitement: "Although I have been training at sea for so many years, I don't know what's going on, I always feel that today's sea is extraordinarily magnificent!"
” Liu Renliang smiled and said: "This is nature, we were adapting to the sea before, but this time we are trying to conquer the sea, and it feels naturally different." ” "What the young master said makes sense
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