The word "side by side" king of the Tang Dynasty

Li Ce's birth was not publicized. Everyone in the palace was given a silence order. Violators would implicate the three clans. Not even the ministers in the court knew about it, only Wei Zheng. , Fang Xuanling, and other close ministers knew about it.

After giving birth to Li Ce, Li Xiuning focused on taking care of the child and no longer touched any government affairs.

She has decided to start playing down her role in the court, paving the way for her to step down as empress in the future and allow Li Changqing to ascend the throne and become the Martial Saint Emperor.

Li Changqing also began to develop the national power of the Tang Dynasty, worked hard to govern, and promulgated various policies one after another, including encouraging childbirth. Families with more children were rewarded, with funds allocated by the imperial court and subsidies from local governments.

Continuous wars made Li Changqing deeply aware of the importance of population. Today, the population of the Tang Dynasty is less than 10 million. This number may seem like a lot, but it is very few for such a big Tang Dynasty, not to mention that there are So much expanding territory.

In addition, the imperial court also strongly supported businessmen or young people to develop and seek opportunities in other countries that were conquered by the Tang Dynasty.

In order to promote the economic development of Datang, Li Changqing also asked the Construction Supervision Bureau to design a track carriage according to his ideas, and then repaired roads and railway tracks on major routes across the country.

Both of these were expensive projects. The iron ore consumed by the rail carriage alone was enough to update all the equipment of the Tang army, not to mention the funds required.

This is especially true for roads, which require countless manpower and material resources.

However, the resources and wealth plundered by successively conquering several countries were completely sufficient, but Li Changqing did not expect to complete it in a short time because Datang's labor force was completely insufficient.

What he wanted was to wait for the Tang Dynasty's navy fleet to be fully formed, then form an ocean-going army, expedition to Australia and Africa, and plunder labor from there to supplement the domestic labor force.

Today, the Tang Dynasty's territory spans Europe, Asia, and Africa, but Africa is still a semi-unknown land.

And the war on the Tianzong Fleet also started.

Not long after Li Jing led the Tianzong fleet into the waters near Yizhou, he encountered the largest naval fleet of Japan.

This fleet is very large, with hundreds of warships. They have just finished plundering Yizhou and are preparing to return home.

Japanese fleet, on the main ship

"General! A strange fleet was spotted ahead!"

A naval adjutant ran to a short and capable man and reported to him diligently.

This man was the general who commanded the entire Japanese fleet, named Kiyohara Yuhei.

Hearing what the soldier said, Kiyohara Yuhei walked to the bow of the ship and looked at it. Looking at the Tianzong fleet in the distance, his eyes suddenly widened and he said in surprise:"What a big ship! Which country is this from and why have I never seen it before?"

Because the technology of the Japanese country is backward, their largest ship is equivalent to the medium-sized ship of the Tianzong Fleet, and there is not even one comparable to a large ship, let alone a heavy ship.

"General, this fleet only has more than thirty ships. Why don't we rob them? If we drive such a big ship, wouldn't we be even more invincible on the sea in the future?"

The deputy who just spoke encouraged, with anticipation and excitement in his air.

The Japanese fleet has more than 130 ships, and the Tianzong fleet only has a fraction of their number. No wonder they have ideas..

And they have been invincible at sea for a long time. They don’t think any fleet can compare with them.

Hearing this, Kiyohara Yuhei’s eyes flashed with a greedy look. Although his intuition told him that the fleet in front was not simple, but in terms of numbers, Suppression made him unable to control the greed in his heart

"good! Pass the order! The fleet approaches the fleet in front and snatches their ship!"

Qingyuan Yuhei pulled out the sword from his waist, raised his arms and shouted, his voice full of excitement.

Many sailors also cheered, like a group of jackals that smelled the smell of blood.

The entire Japanese fleet turned its course, He rushed straight towards the Tianzong Fleet.

On the Tianzong Fleet, Li Jing had long discovered the existence of the Japanese fleet and identified their identities through the flags hung by the opponent.

"Humph, you can't find anything even after you've worn iron shoes, and it took no effort to get there, but you actually take the initiative to challenge our Tianzong fleet?"

After seeing the movements of the Japanese fleet, Li Jing couldn't help but sneered.

Even though the opponent's ships were far more numerous than the Tianzong fleet, he still showed no fear and coldly ordered:"All ships and artillery preparations! Target the enemy troops!"

Li Jing gave the order, and the heavy ship he was on immediately displayed a semaphore, then turned the hull and aimed the side artillery at the Japanese fleet.

Other ships also did the same, and the black muzzles of hundreds of artillery were all aimed at The Japanese fleet

"Ha ha! These guys didn't run away? These ships are ours!"

Qingyuan Yuhei was completely unaware of the coming crisis. He became even more excited after seeing the actions of the Tianzong Fleet.

And the next moment, all the ships and hundreds of artillery pieces of the Tianzong Fleet opened fire at the same time!

There was a deafening bombardment. The fire was extremely dazzling across the entire sea, and a barrage of artillery shells hit the Japanese fleet head-on!

"boom——！"

"boom! boom——！"

Explosions sounded one after another. Facing the terrifying power of the artillery, the ships of the Japanese fleet were no different than paper. One cannonball could even directly destroy a ship!

What's more, it's a barrage of artillery shells!

Hundreds of ships were all within the shooting range of the Tianzong Fleet, and there was no way to escape. One after another, they were destroyed and sunk. Countless soldiers fell into the water and howled miserably. The fragments of the ships were scattered all over the sea.

Because the Japanese country is an island country and is surrounded by the sea, it has put a lot of effort into the development of its navy, and its achievements are truly extraordinary.

But their navy fleet was nothing when facing the Tianzong fleet.

Both Japan and Luzon are still at the stage of wooden warships. Naval battles between ships are basically archery or getting close and attacking each other's ships for hand-to-hand combat.

But is it close? Remote combat is the essence of naval warfare! _Feilu reminds you: three things about reading - collection, recommendation,