Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Li Shimin launched a decisive battle, and the war will be unprecedentedly tragic.If Chen Ying couldn't resist, he would have less than 50 troops, and it would be too difficult to defend Guanzhong.

There is no way, Li Jing said firmly: "General Marshal, don't worry, I will guard Guanzhong for you. Unless I die, they will never enter Guanzhong alone!"

Li Xiuning, who has always been known for being strong, was even more tearful. She really wanted to hold Chen Ying, but she still hugged him forcefully, and said with a sob: "I must come back alive, I will wait for you!"

"Don't worry, my life is tougher than a cockroach, I can't die even if I want to!" Chen Ying stroked Li Xiuning's cheek, and said affectionately: "Take good care of your body, and your children!"

Li Jiancheng glared at Chen Ying, and said displeasedly, "Don't just say you're dead! Generalissimo, you are our only hope, you must protect yourself!"

Li Xiuning suddenly clenched her fists, and hit Chen Ying with fists like raindrops.

"It's all your fault. If it wasn't for you, I could have fought side by side with you!" Li Xiuning looked at her belly angrily. He gave birth to Chen Ying two sons, Chen Qian and Chen Qi, and two daughters, Li Ruoxi and Chen Guoer. She was pregnant with her fifth child.

Li Daozhen is the same at this time.

Perhaps Chen Yingshi has been under too much pressure recently. He has been frantically asking for money and working diligently, and finally he has gained again.Of course, the most important thing is that Li Siye, Chen Ying's eldest son, has entered the army and has become the youngest general in the Tang Dynasty.

General Youwuwei is responsible for the safety of Taiji Palace.In fact, this position does not require too much ability, just loyalty.

Who let Li Siye have such a father as Chen Ying? Since he was born, he has reached a height that is difficult for ordinary people to reach in a lifetime.

Chen Ying waved his hand, looked at Li Siye who was dressed in armor and had a serious face, and said: "Da Lang, you will not let father down, will you?"

Li Siye nodded vigorously.

Chen Ying hugged Li Daozhen, Xu Erniang, and He Yueer.

Finally, his eyes fell on Yang Rong who was in the crowd.

Yang Rong hugged Wu Erniang, who was as delicate as a jade carving in powder, in her arms.

Wu Erniang stared at Chen Ying with big watery eyes.

Chen Ying took a deep breath, walked up to Yang Rong, and hugged Erniang Wu.Regardless of whether she understood or not, she said flatly: "The Marshal's Mansion is your home, your father and your brother are your strong backing!"

Chen Ying stepped on his horse and shouted to the sky: "The Great Tang will surely win!"

All the soldiers and the people raised their arms and shouted: "The Tang Dynasty will surely win!"

In fact, Chen Ying didn't know the bottom line.A single weapon can't change the real pattern of the war, and the final battle of the war is still the economy and national strength.

What's more, the lethality and effect of the original version of the rocket are far inferior to those of later generations.

Li Jiancheng suddenly walked towards Yang Rong and said, "Mrs. Yingguo, I love this child very much, and I plan to accept him as my loyalty and give it to Princess Yongle. What do you think?"

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The bloody battle finally started on the Yangtze River.Both Chen Ying and Li Shimin are very clear.What really determines the outcome of the Jiangnan battlefield is not the gains or losses of one city or one place, but the control of the Yangtze River.

Whoever controls the waterway of the Yangtze River means whoever controls the initiative on the battlefield.Losing the initiative of the Yangtze River waterway means losing the initiative on the battlefield.

For this reason, Li Shimin had to spend a lot of money to fight with Chen Ying.For example, select three or four hundred ocean-going transport ships from the ocean-going fleet.

Although the ocean-going fleet is Li Shimin's lifeline from the Fusang mainland to the Central Plains, but in order to fight for control of the Yangtze River waterway, Li Shimin didn't care so much.In fact, with the failure of participating in the Battle of the East China Sea and losses in several storms, Li Shimin's ocean-going fleet has dropped to more than [-] ships. Despite the heavy losses, this number is still several times the advantage of the Datang Navy.

Of course, the most important function of this ocean-going fleet today is not to transport personnel, but to transport materials, such as food, equipment, equipment, and various supplies.

In contrast, the Bashu navy of the Tang Dynasty led by Xun Xiang looked much shabby.There is no navy built by Li Jing in the south of the Yangtze River, no Dengzhou navy, and even the Luoyang Yellow River navy did not participate in the war.The only warships that participated in the battle were mainly sand boats and square boats collected, and the number was only a pitiful 37 ships.

There was no other way, Chen Ying discovered that Li Shimin's main force came from the huge ocean transport fleet, so he gathered all the naval warships of Datang together, and prepared to ambush the ocean transport fleet. Destroy Li Shimin's captain in Indochina.

Only by destroying Li Shimin's ocean-going transport fleet, will this war not continue endlessly.

Yanziji in the Yangtze River.

The Fusang Navy has three or four hundred escort warships, with shadowy sails covering the sky and the sun, making it a magnificent sight.Although the Datang Bashu Navy was nearly ten times inferior to the Fusang Navy in terms of numbers.

But they were not afraid, raised the bloody battle flag, and rushed downstream with full sails!

Both sides of the Yangtze River are in the hands of the Fusang coalition forces. Everyone rushed out to watch the battle. When they saw their own fleet mighty and mighty, but when the Tang army fleet was few in number, many people laughed triumphantly. A scholar in white shook his head. Fan Zi shook his head and shook his head: "The battleship of the old thief who seeks the truth is only [-]% of the fleet of my king's division. Even though it is downstream, it dares to face it brazenly. It is really a mantis' arm. I don't know how to write the word dead!"

Several scholars laughed out loud: "Wang Shi's fleet is in full swing, and it is going down the river, and there are millions of Jiangnan people cheering. The right time, place, and people are in your hands, and the chances of winning are in your hands! Let me wait and relax. , see how His Royal Highness smashes the bandit chieftain and plucks that old bandit's beard!"

A scholar said in a low voice: "That old man is not easy to deal with... His Royal Highness, after all... I'm afraid he is not his opponent!"

His voice was so soft that only he could hear it. Of course, he didn't dare to let others hear it on purpose.

At this time, the distance between the two fleets has been drawn very close.Several giant ships in Fusang opened fire at the same time. Of course, these weapons were ballistas of Roman origin.

Although the ballista is called a cannon, it is actually similar to the eight-ox crossbow of the Tang Dynasty. They all use the tension of the crossbow arm as the kinetic energy for firing.Although the power is not small, the range is really limited.

The bowl-sized stone bullets flew out at high speed, and then smashed a row of drainage columns six or seven hundred steps away. It was quite spectacular, but it was useless.

But the group of scholars applauded loudly, and the white-clothed scholar even said: "It's very good to be the first to scare the enemy before fighting, very good!"

Some people wondered: "After firing so many guns, I didn't even scratch the sails of the enemy ships. Is that good?"

The white-clothed scholar glanced at the guy, and snorted coldly: "This is called showing weakness to the enemy! This is called showing that you can't, using it and showing it's useless, understand?"

The man was even more puzzled: "You said just now that you wanted to take the lead, why did you suddenly turn into showing weakness?"

The white-clothed scholar: "...I can't explain it to a rough person like you!"

Seeing the navy of the Fusang coalition getting closer, the smile on Xun Xiang's face became wider and wider.

The 37 warships of the Bashu Navy habitually faced the enemy with their broadsides, and then broke down.This is also impossible. Although the rocket can be launched on the move, it is difficult to control the target when it is launched on the move. If you want to hit the target, you must look at the mood of the rocket.

"咻咻咻......" There was a hair-raising shriek, and 37 warships fired their first salvo. The air waves rolled, and the smoke and flames pierced the air, creating a terrifying sea of ​​flames in the Fusang navy formation.

Although the ocean-going transport ship has a tall hull, it generally has a load capacity of a thousand tons in later generations. The key is that because it is large, the target is also large, and it is easier to hit the target.For the rockets to accurately hit a human-sized target, it is estimated that a hundred fireballs would be difficult to hit one, but it is much easier to aim at a warship that is 25 feet long and [-] feet high.

The hulls of countless ocean-going battleships rose with terrifying flames, and even a rocket pierced through several decks, exploded inside the battleship, broke into two pieces immediately, and sank quickly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Most of them were blown to pieces, and those who didn't get hit should not be too busy to rejoice. After the rocket exploded, it caused a fire, which immediately set the hull on fire!The huge ocean-going ship that could accommodate nearly a thousand sailors immediately burst into flames and exploded again and again. Many sailors rolled into the river from the deck with their bodies in flames.

The people on both sides of the strait who were applauding loudly became dumb at once, and many people's eyes fell on the white-clothed scholar. The scholar was a little embarrassed and insisted: "Victory and defeat are commonplace in military affairs. We have hundreds of warships." , it’s just the loss of dozens of buildings, so why care?”

Apparently, Prince Li Chengqian also thought the same way. He commanded the fleet to join forces and plan to rely on numbers to find the truth. No matter how powerful your rocket launchers are, there are only a few dozen ships. I have more battleships than your rockets. , slamming into a group, you won't die if you don't believe it!

Li Chengqian did not gain his reputation in vain. In the era when the winner is king, he was despised as a poor loser.As a prince, there are two princes in history who cannot be treated as villains. One is Prince Wei Liu Shi, who dared to resist angrily when facing his father, Han Wudi Liu Che.According to the records of the Han Dynasty, Liu Ju began to raise the flag to rebel on Renwu day in July, and was defeated on Gengyin day in July, that is to say, nine days later.Although Liu Ju only survived for nine days, he had no army and only relied on criminals and dead men from the East Palace. To be able to fight Liu Che hard for nine days is already difficult.

The second prince was Li Chengqian. When Li Shimin was about to dethrone him, he joined forces with Hou Junji to conspire against him, and eventually he was defeated.Regardless of his ability, he was the only one among Li Shimin's sons who dared to challenge Li Shimin.

Li Chengqian said with a cold smile: "Set fire to the boat!"

At this moment, countless Fusang sailors began to release those small and slender boats.The boat has a very shallow draft, similar to the dragon boats of later generations, with more than [-] oarsmen, sailing at full speed in the downstream, and can row at a speed of [-] or [-] knots.