"Wind direction: southwest, wind speed: 5. Underwater conditions are not clear, large ships are not easy to dock, put small boats into the water, pay attention to tail waves."

On a boat closest to the shore, someone on the watchtower had a sailfish signaled it.

There were immediately a hundred small ships in the procession of the big ships, two small boats four meters and five meters long and two meters wide, with eight people sitting on each boat, shaking their oars toward the shore, and there were things on the boat covered with canvas.

In the sea about 200 miles away from a thousand ships, more than 9,000 ships broke down in the local area, including 2,000 gunboats.

This is all the naval combat forces that the Tang Dynasty could bring out. Over the years, a total of 3,000 gunboats were built, 200 were left in China and 500 were used for cruises. Anyone with the Tang Dynasty merchant ships had the Tang Dynasty gunboats, and the others were sent here.

The same gunboat will not be built in the future. Very few new gunboats are made, usually two or three ships will be built in the sea, lakes, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River to train and summarize the technology. If necessary, large docks will start construction at the same time.

Other ships parked on the sea were troop transport ships and supply ships. There were 200,000 soldiers landed on the battlefield this time. For a long time, they could not get domestic supplies and needed to carry livestock for transportation.

Ten thousand ships sound like numbers, and when you look at them, you will never compare numbers with those on the sea.

Merchant ships going further away were already coming back, and when they saw the ships on the sea, the people on the ship ran and shouted.

"Boss, boss, hurry up. Come out and see the ship." A merchant ship called "Loan Tang" was returning to the Tang Dynasty along the sea route on the shore. He looked at his hand on the mast and saw the scene in the sea ahead through the telescope. He shouted downwards at the top of his voice, climbing down from the mast while shouting.

"What are you calling? Xiaodong, when will you be able to stabilize the focus? Since leaving the Tang Dynasty, I have never seen you calm down. When I saw fish, I still called sea birds, I still call the boat. We are already on the boat, and we have not seen the boat, but my Tang Dynasty merchant ship or guard ship?"

In a temporary wooden house on the deck, one person was rolling out noodles there. There was a wooden shelf next to it, and there were three very young children on the paper. It can be seen from the clothes that there were two men and one woman.

Hearing the shouting of Wangshou, he quickly added some cold water to the pot and shouted back.

The man he called Xiaodong was already very quick to slip out of the mast and stood at the door. He sniffed first: "Boss, oh, call the captain, you make noodles for me again. There are boats, and there are many boats."

"Who made it for you? There is not much food for the noodles brought from Datang. I cooked it myself for a few bites. When I got home, the three children pestered me and wanted to have a stable noodles. When I came out, they were less than one year old. When I went back, they were three years old. It was the time to be naughty."

The captain who made noodles looked at the painting on the paper, narrowed his eyes and suddenly glared at him: "Xiaodong, I've told you a hundred times. Hang the telescope around your neck. You insist on taking off the rope and falling into the sea. When I go back, I won't give you a certificate, let's see how the government will deal with you."

"Boss, don't worry, look. I'm tied to my waist with a rope, and I can't hold my neck around. After a long time, my neck is completely worn out. Boss, Oh, Captain, I said to the boat, if you don't believe it, you will take a telescope and look at it, it's so scary."

Xiaodong pulled the telescope, and sure enough, he connected a rope to his waist. There were two big ships in each big ship. One captain held it and the other gave it to the watchman. When he came out, he would file a record. Even if it was broken, he would take the fragments to the state-level government for inspection. If it was lost, no one would give it a certificate, and he would treat it as a reward for the enemy.

The captain was not in a hurry. He didn't expect what the scene would be. He just thought that a larger merchant fleet would "meet" with his small fleet here, then greet each other and go their own way.

Then you will naturally see it after a while, so it is important to eat the noodles made from the noodle brought by Datang first.

The noodles last a long time before putting them in the pot, and the time it takes to cook them is shorter. In a few minutes, the noodles were ready. After passing them in cold water, the captain took another can, opened it, scooped out a few spoons of bean paste, put a bowl and ate it first, and nodded excitedly.

"It's delicious, or is the noodles and sauce from my hometown delicious? Why do you look at me? Want to serve me yourself and wait for me to serve you?"

"Captain, you are so great." Xiaodong ran over happily, picked the noodles by himself, then put the sauce on it, lowered his head a few times and stuffed it in half a bowl, raised his head, rubbed his mouth hard like a pleasure: "Captain, I just remembered that more than a month ago, Douzi was sick and wanted to eat fried noodles. You took out a can of bean paste and said it was the last one. Today... am I dreaming?"

"Yes, now I'm awakened from my dream. Let me go up and see. Are you still serving? I've made this kind of sauce in total. Are you afraid of being salty?"

When the captain was talking, Xiaodong picked up two more chopsticks and put bean paste on the noodles.

"I woke up from my dream, boss, I'm going up. Eat slowly, and I'll continue to feel the might of my Tang fleet." After two bowls of noodles, Xiaodong poured a lot of water into his breath, wiped his hand on his mouth, ran out thumping it, leaving only one sentence.

"I lied to me, and I didn't go to see the smallpox. I ate noodles, son and daughter. When my father returns, I roll noodles for you every day. The goods on the five ships are all yours. This is the goods brought from Africa from Xiaobao and Juanjuan. They are valuable."

The captain still sucked his face without any haste, muttering at the three children drawn on the paper.

When he was full, a quarter of an hour passed. He burped with satisfaction, saw that there was still no uncooked noodles left, and gently arranged the canned bean paste. He thought about who would be lucky for a while, and ran over first, and when he saw it, he could cook it himself.

Rubbing his stomach and taking the telescope, the captain also walked outside, continuing to look at the sea and blue sky that he had already seen. Thinking of Xiaodong's words, he raised the telescope and swept forward.

"Ah? So many ships, damn it... This is my Tang Dynasty fleet! I have so many ships in my Tang Dynasty?" What came into view was one ship after another, with dragon flags flying on it. In the eyes, besides the ship, there was no end to see the boat, and there was also a vague shadow of the ship at the end of the sea and the sky.

The captain was stunned and swallowed his saliva hard, murmured, "What's going on? Dreaming? No, absolutely not. Why did my Tang Dynasty fleet run here? Who is going to be unlucky? It's so beautiful and powerful. Come out, let me come out for the captain, see the fleet, my Tang Dynasty."

After talking to himself a few times, the captain began to shout into the cabin below the deck. His hands holding the telescope turned white and his body trembled uncontrollably.

He was so excited that he could see the Tang Dynasty gunboats and supply ships, which were just a few. It was rare to see dozens of military ships appearing at the dock at the same time.

Today is so satisfying. There are so many warships in my Tang Dynasty. It is a vast crowd of warships. It is the fleet of the Tang Dynasty and the power of the Tang Dynasty.

The captain pursed his lips tightly, and his chest was straightened, letting the sea breeze blow, and he had the urge to cry. The boat in front of him could no longer be said to be a boat, it was like a mountain. It was continuous, and there was nothing more proud than this!

More footsteps sounded on the deck. When the captain shouted, the crew members who thought something was wrong ran out one after another, but did not find any danger. When they looked forward, they were all stunned.

Even if there is no telescope, they can see the ship in front at this time, but they can't see the flags on it. The nearest ship can see clearly the hull, and there are sails in the distance. The masts are farther away, and the ships become small dots, or black lines.

"Uncle, where did the ships come from? There are so many, it's scary." A crew member leaned over to the captain's side and asked with his eyes wide open.

"Ha! Where did it come from? Under the sky, how could you say there are so many ships? Only Datang, I saw clearly, gunboats, gunboats, or gunboats, gunboats, and gunboats? Who are Juanjuan and Xiaobao going to deal with?"

The captain could see the configuration of the ship clearly now. The gunboat was obviously different from the transport captain. Although he had not seen the cannon now, he could see the wooden boards blocked outside the muzzle outlet on the side of the ship. The colors were different. People familiar with the Tang Dynasty gunboats understood that if the wooden board was removed, the cannon would be exposed.

Other ships do not have string guns, but have a bow gun and no stern, which means that the military ships do not intend to fire while escaping, which is an absolute confidence.

His nephew, eyes rolling, reminded: "Uncle, there is a strait in front of him, a strait with more people. Xiaobao and Juanjuan are eating more. When we came out, we were only having a small-scale friction. I didn't expect that when we came back, we had already started. It was definitely not a small battle."

"I know, how can I use these many ships in Xiaozhan? But... there are too many gunboats. There are enough people who can get beaten?" The captain thought hard, and then suddenly said: "I understand, Xiaobao and Juanjuan are not sending people to fight boats, but transporting troops. Gunboats can catch boats and hit the shore. Now the more people they can eat."

"How did it end?" The captain's nephew couldn't keep up with his thoughts and sent troops to him. He had to fight. He went deep into the land and could not get on the gunboat.

The captain's nephew, who was not sure, did not think about it, but admired the team that was gradually approaching, and sighed: "It's so beautiful. In the past, I always heard people say that the Juanjuan gunboats broke and lined up into a towering line. I couldn't think of what it would be. Now I know that if I were the enemy, I would just surrender. This battle would be impossible to fight.

There is nothing else in front of you except the boat. When we get through the fleet in a while, it will definitely make people even more shocking. I have seen hundreds of fishing boats moving together, and I feel that it is already spectacular. How many ships do our Datang fleet have now? It is simply invincible."

Listening to him, the other crew members on the deck had a deep feeling. The closer they got, the more they could feel the oppression of the motherland's invincible fleet. They belonged to their own Tang Dynasty and did not need to be dispatched many times. One or two gunboats and three or five supply ships were enough to maintain the safety of those who were out.

When something really happens, his Tang Dynasty will gather so many ships to form an endless fleet. With this sea-based armed protection, the whole world can be accessed.

"Captain, if we meet other small countries, such as Zhenla or Japanese ships when we go back, just stick them up to see if they dare to provoke them? The Invincible Fleet of our Tang Dynasty crushed them." A crew member shouted excitedly.

"You swim over and post it, and people provoke it. Is it not a provocation? Our Tang Dynasty fleet is powerful, and it is not a provocation to cooperate with you to play provocation without any trouble. You don't spend money? Just dispatch the fleet for you alone, are you stupid, Xiaobao and Juanjuan stupid, or is the emperor stupid?"

The captain glared at him in search of the voice and cursed.

"Didn't it mean that the Tang Dynasty is willing to give all its strength for one person? I am also a native of the Tang Dynasty." This man was not convinced.

All kinds of accusations from people around him were immediately welcomed.

"I said to the second child of the Chen family, I said I wouldn't let you come. You are a careless person. You must come with me. I don't agree to take you whatever you say next time."

"Ersha, I'll call you that from now on. I dare to say that I'll do my best. That means I've encountered a special situation. For example, when we started a war with many countries at the same time, it's not that you let the fish bite the **, and the entire Tang Dynasty people gathered around and took turns to help you rub it."

"You are far worse than your brother and your brother. When you encounter two other ships, Datang will have to send you a fleet in front of you? They will cooperate with you alone? It is enough to have a patrol ship."

"Chen Erganzi, you are sick and need to be cured."

"Second, I wonder, why are you going to provoke others? You have to ask their ships to be filled with valuable things. After you provoke them, the armed ship of the Tang Dynasty will come to help you. It's okay to snatch things. If there are only smelly fish and rotten shrimps on their ships, you have provoked them and our ship of the Tang Dynasty will come to help you fight. No benefits are taken. Do you think it will cause trouble to the Tang army?"

"Brother Chen, you are not young anymore..."

"Shut up, Brother Chen, you are my brother. Just call me, you also say I, do you want to kill my relatives for justice?" The person who was told finally found someone who is easy to bully.

"Yes, you are my biological brother. You guys, don't talk about my brother, watch the boat." The man's younger brother reacted and quickly protected his brother.

After everyone was satisfied with their mouths, they stopped teasing the Chen family's second son, and they all turned their attention to the Tang Dynasty fleet.

‘Dong! dong! dong! dong…’ ‘Woo~~! wu~~!’

Suddenly, drums and horns came from the fleet ahead. Various small flags slid in groups, and at the same time, the sails began to fall sails.

"Uncle, what are they doing?" the captain's nephew asked curiously.

The captain was also puzzled. As he looked, he suddenly found that the clouds in the sky were flying faster. He immediately ignored the others and shouted to the crew around him: "Hurry up, take the sails, get the spinnakers, and it's strong wind. Come from the side. Don't look at the boat, look at the boat again and get blown away."

The crew then realized, and quickly took their place and started to do things. Soon, the sail fell down and the spinnade took its own position. The speed of the ship began to decrease. The people on the watchtower did not continue to stay and slipped out to the deck.

After a while, everyone gathered on the front deck again, and only the sail control and the people at the helm could not leave the position.

Normally, I would be very nervous when I encountered this situation at sea. I would inevitably worry about something happening and would not be able to get home. However, the people on the boat are very relaxed.

In front of them was the fleet of their motherland. If the wind blows to a dangerous level, the fleet would not not send ships to inform their merchant ships. Since no one came to tell them, it means that the degree of the wind did not fall outside the scope that the fleet control department could not grasp.

In this case, five ships on their own side will enter the fleet in a short time, and the fleet will protect themselves and others.

The wind began to grow bigger, and the sails of the five merchant ships formed a large angle with the ship. If you only look at the sails, it gave people the feeling that the ship was walking slanted. The whistling sound of the wind was hitting the ship's side with the waves. The people on the ship were not worried at all, and they fixed themselves one by one to experience the feeling of riding the wind and waves.

Although the wind was blowing from the side, the ship was faster. Two quarters of an hour passed, and the five boarded ships finally passed by the closest Tang armed ship.

The flags on the ship were roaring, and soldiers wearing naval uniforms were saluting at the merchant ship. The standard standing posture and neat movements made everyone on the merchant ship cry and responded to various distorted greetings one by one.

As they entered the fleet further and further, there were no sight of outside around them, only ships, countless ships, and the neat military salutes of the soldiers who passed by them.

The single rowing movements made the people on the merchant ship feel excited. What they saw were towering warships, soldiers with a strong face, rolling dark clouds, and fighting flags.

For a moment, they felt very at ease again. There seemed to be no team in the world that could be in front of them. They were too strong, especially the eyes of the soldiers, and there was no sign of any retreat or weakness.

"Good soldier, when I go back and sell the goods, I will take out 10% of the net profit to the military camp. My soldiers of the Tang Dynasty cannot be wronged. We all rely on them for our dignity outside."
Chapter completed!