The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

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This unintentional discovery by the Koreans will unravel a historic aspect

And in ** today's eastern part of Fujian and Guangdong, it is the territory of the Chu people. More and more Chu people have joined in the hunting activities. A large number of slaves were transferred to the Qin people under the hunting of the Chu people.

The Chu people developed along the coastline because their navigation technology was not very mature. They did not have knowledge of longitude and latitude, nor did they have instruments such as navigation clocks and sextants, so their expansion was along the coastline.

The discovery of the island of Taiwan by the Koreans was indeed a great accident. They neither had any advanced knowledge, nor did they have any advanced instruments to help them discover the island. Instead, they just relied on luck, which was enough for them. If it weren't for the effect of the winter wind and the captain's self-awareness of danger, it is very likely that they would have been buried in the sea long ago, or they would have drifted farther away, and in the end they would not have escaped the same fate

People from Chu and South Korea have boldly tried their nautical career, but on the contrary, people from Qin have not made any progress in this regard.

Qin State is still a traditional land country. The country's strategic policy still stays on the land. It does not have enough interests in the sea to divert their strategic attention, and Qin State only values ​​the shipbuilding industry, shipping industry, etc. These industries are enough for them to make more huge profits

Some merchants from the state of Chu who made a lot of slave money are buying some iron-clad ships. These ships are faster and can carry more people and materials. They want to use more speed to meet their needs, but there are still some technical and logistical requirements, but this is a certain number of ships. enough to keep them busy

But more Chu merchants chose wooden ships again. These ships rely on sails, which means that their logistics pressure is relatively small and the cost is relatively cheap. Building [-] such wooden ships can make an iron-clad ship, and one can be called an iron-clad ship. expensive

In addition, there is the relationship between Chu State and Qin State cannot cross the threshold of Chu State, because Chu State will occupy the entire downstream position, and if Qin State wants to develop a navigation business, it must cross Chu State’s barrier. Obviously, if it crosses Chu State, it must be destroyed. Lose the state of Chu, and the state of Qin has no such ability at present. Their military strength is extremely limited, and they cannot deploy troops to launch a war against the state of Chu.

There are many reasons why Qin State’s navigation industry has not made significant progress, but the most important thing is that Qin State itself does not have such awareness of developing navigation. Although Shang Wen has always emphasized this point in Qin State, Qin State is still a traditional land country. It seems to them that growing food on land is far more useful than developing those seafaring careers

In addition, the surrounding environment of Qin State is relatively special. The more Qin State expands its territory, the more enemies around Qin State. Qin State needs to increase its defense force. In this way, Qin State's attention is all shifted to this. And Qin naturally didn't put such a big heart on the navigation industry.

"We still haven't gone to sea, we haven't even seen the sea, even though we have a navy, but the navy hasn't seen the sea, is this the real sea?" Shang Wen often asked himself

"Our navy can only be called a water army now," Shang Wen said to himself. Shang Wen attaches great importance to navigation, but there has been no progress. Shang Wen is very helpless about this. Qin is a land country and there is no need to develop navigation

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Shang Wen has always been helpless towards Qin’s maritime undertakings, allowing it to develop freely. He has no way to do anything about this matter, because Qin’s geopolitics has determined that it is impossible to develop its naval undertakings under such an environment.

Qin's domestic political policy is extremely popular, and Qin is actively seeking an independent country. Qin may only have the energy to develop its own naval business after occupying land hegemony.

But Shang Wen believes that at that time, Qin State will lose a good opportunity to develop the navy. Qin State established the navy first, but did not first develop the navigation industry. It has to be said that this is a historic joke.

Shang Wen’s train returned to Xianyang soon. The King of Qin attached great importance to Shang Wen. Since he personally reported that the train station came to welcome Shang Wen, Shang Wen felt flattered. He really did not expect that the King of Qin would come to greet him in person.

But Shang Wen is probably the only person in Qin who receives such a high standard of reception.

"Your Majesty came to welcome this in person." Shang Wen couldn't describe his mood at this moment.

"Once the prime minister loses the widow, Qin will lose a major pillar, can the widow not come to greet him in person?" King Qin said

"The prime minister should pay attention to his own precautions," King Qin said.

"This" Shangwen is really hard to say anything

"The widow can't let his prime minister suffer such a fright," King Qin said.

"Qin's Marine Corps is an elite division. I ordered a regiment of Marine Corps to strengthen its guard." Qin Wang personally issued such an order

"This..." Shangwen still wanted to refuse, but the king of Qin directly signaled him not to mention it again, and Shangwen thought that Qin's military strength is currently tense. How important is a marine regiment to Qin to strengthen his own guards? Shangwen really doesn't want to do this

Later, Shang Wen rejected King Qin's reception banquet. Shang Wen's reason was very simple. Qin King's banquet can only be used on important festivals and diplomatic occasions. Shang Wen still strictly demands himself on himself. just canceled

Shangwen's matter has come to an end for the time being, because Shangwen is at least safe, and Qin's local security factor is relatively high, and the Zhao army in the north is actively preparing for their rapid offensive operations. Although there is a clear order not to let them Take such drastic actions but they are still preparing for this

Yandu Railway Station quickly sent them a large amount of ammunition, weapons and food with the trains that came from Qin to transport logistical supplies. In addition, there were also horses that must be used for this campaign.

The road conditions in Yan State are as bad as those in Zhao State. Only cavalry can move quickly on a large scale. Zhao Jun decided to mobilize a large number of horses to fight. They are urgently teaching some infantry how to ride horses because the infantry will use these horses for large-scale movement. fight

The Yan army is also actively preparing the war supplies they need. The exception to the meaning of these supplies is that there are trains coming from Qin State every day, and the warehouses near the railway station are full of piles of military supplies. That's the case, there are still a lot of materials and there is no place to pile them up. In desperation, all these military materials have been piled up in Yanwang Palace. Yanwang Palace has become a temporary warehouse for Allied military supplies.

And the Qi army is retreating in an orderly manner. They know that the Allied forces will launch a large-scale attack sooner or later. If they take the initiative to retreat, the situation may be better.

The battle in the north is still going on, but this time something new has happened. The target of the battle is not the Xiongnu and Huren slaves, but the North Korean regular army.

"Kill!" A Qin mercenary waved his saber frantically and killed a group of fleeing North Koreans. There were many mercenaries around, all of them were mercenaries from various security companies.

The hired people come from all walks of life but most of them come for the money

"Hahaha, I'm going to enjoy it first." A mercenary carried a North Korean woman and walked towards a remote location, and there were several people behind him, obviously they were together.

And next to them are all kinds of thatched huts that were burned down. The fire burned half the sky red. Qin mercenaries came from various countries, including Yan people, Zhao people, Koreans, and of course people from Chu and Qi. Fighting wars doesn't stop them from making their own fortunes

With a "bang" gunshot, the mercenaries shot and killed the fleeing North Koreans indiscriminately

This is a scene of Qin mercenaries fighting. They usually send 200 to [-] people as a unit to participate in the battle. They will go through the dense virgin forest and look for Korean settlements, and then suddenly launch an attack to attack the distance of the opponent's attack. Usually, such a long distance of about one hundred miles is generally very sudden. The most terrible thing is that they attack from behind. They use lighter artillery to attack the opponent. Mortars, although this weapon was first equipped in the army. But the arsenal quickly launched a civilian version of the mortar, which has a relatively reduced range and power, but the advantage of this weapon is that it is light and can be fired quickly to provide the necessary firepower for infantry. Only a large number of mercenaries spared no expense to buy this kind of weapon

Suddenness is the most important magic weapon for them to successfully attack North Korean settlements. It is very difficult for the North Koreans to guard against the fierce and changeable combat methods of the Qin mercenaries, coupled with advanced and sharp weapons, which forced them to back down again and again. There is no way back

The mercenaries of the State of Qin repeatedly, after all, the Liaodong local army of the State of Yan on the Korean Peninsula has also developed in this direction on a large scale.

A month ago, the Koreans had discovered traces of Qin mercenaries and Liaodong Army on the south bank of the Yalu River, and then they stepped up their vigilance, but a month later, the settlements on the south bank of the Yalu River were frequently destroyed by Qin mercenaries and Liaodong Army. They can't take it anymore. They can't take a step back. The Yalu River is their last psychological bottom line.

However, the mercenaries of the Qin State are very greedy and develop in this direction. They think that the Koreans are easy to catch and attack because they are of farming culture, which is much easier to find than those nomadic tribes. The fact is the same, as long as they find near flat land, they will inevitably There is a residential area along with these Qin mercenaries who took away one after another North Korean settlements

"Huh lah huh lah" At this time, there was a sound of orderly infantry advancing in the distance, and a red flag was fluttering, with the words "Korean Army" written on it in the Qi language.

"There are enemies" At this time, the mercenary guard posts played a role. Although the mercenaries did anything wrong, they still strengthened their vigilance, because they knew very well that the reason for switching between sneak attack and being sneak attack was that they did not strengthen their vigilance. Opponent made the same mistake

"Damn" mercenaries quickly began to gather after hearing the sound of warning

"Pfft" a mercenary casually killed those North Korean women who were violated, and some directly shot and killed those North Koreans who were still fleeing with their rifles

"Bang bang bang" mercenaries shoot at the house that is still on fire in order to quickly kill the enemies that are not dealt with They need to strengthen the defense now

"All in combat positions," a mercenary lieutenant shouted loudly

The beeping sound of the horn

"Clattering" mercenaries began to enter combat positions one after another

"Let me see." At this time, the mercenary lieutenant took out the binoculars he was carrying to check the situation in the distance

"What's the situation?" At this time, a sergeant ran over and asked.

"It seems to be a regular army from North Korea." The lieutenant saw with a telescope

"What regular army?" the sergeant asked confidently

"Yes, it's a regular army," the lieutenant said with certainty.

"Come on, grandpa, I'm not afraid at all, we can easily kill them with their broken weapons," said the sergeant

"You'd better see for yourself," said the lieutenant, putting down the binoculars at this moment.

"What?" said the sergeant and took out his binoculars to check