The salt mountains in the Sun City area are said to be enormous, having long been exclusively occupied by the Sun Tribe. The problem is, everyone is short on salt. Even the former Blue Tribe settlements and the former Purple Tribe seaports produce salt, but the quantity is limited. Frankly, no one can have too much salt.
Of course, the Purple Tribe was now the most in need of salt. Having lost their salt-making outlet, they had to buy all their salt from Poseidon City. They were unwilling to accept this. So what was the solution? They robbed it. The largest salt production, of course, was in the Sun Tribe's salt mountains.
The latest news shows that the amount of salt produced by the Sun Tribe’s salt mountain has gradually increased, so there must be some new changes.
All this fighting is killing people. This is primitive times, so how many people are there? And in wars, the most common casualties are still among the able-bodied men. Do they have the strongest reproductive capacity?
No one knows how many primitive people there are in this or that area, and it seems that they can never be killed.
For example, the Qiuhaicheng area is relatively weak and has been looted repeatedly. However, there are still many people from various tribes working in the Qiuhaicheng copper mines. It is said that there are thousands of able-bodied men. There are even more elderly and children participating in the copper ore mining.
Damn it! I have so many things to worry about. What can I do to stop others from fighting?
"Hai Rui, what's wrong with you?" Looking at Hai Rui who came back covered in dust, was there a war?
"Goddammit! My naval squadron penetrated deep into the inland sea and found an island, or maybe a continent, I can't tell. Before I could land, a large fleet rushed out. They were not friendly at all and attacked without hesitation. Our fleet was outnumbered and could not defeat them, so we had to flee."
"Did your hair get burned?" Ma Yue asked.
"Yes, charlatan, their fleet is very powerful. I guess it's the catapults you mentioned. They throw kerosene cans from dozens of meters away and set them on fire. How can a sailboat withstand it?" Hai Rui also knew that the Hai tribe had a special catapult research team.
The problem is that there are no research results so far.
In naval battles, without long-range attack weapons, you will of course be at a disadvantage.
"They didn't chase us?"
"Our sailing skills are better, so they can't catch up." Hai Rui said, "However, Shen Gun, some of our ships were burned by their kerosene. Many were slowed down or even sank. I guess some of them were captured."
Ma Yue understood what Hai Rui meant, which was that the other party might find Haifan City.
The enemy navy, with its long-range catapults, was no match for the Sea Tribe's navy. The fleet that had sailed with Hai Rui this time consisted of twenty ships, but only thirteen returned, a loss of seven ships. This clearly showed the huge disparity in strength.
"It would be better if you called me, haha!" Ma Yue said with a smile.
"That's true. We can't defeat them at sea. If they dare to land, we will rob a few of their ships and learn how to make catapults." Hai Rui said.
Ma Yue also knew that trebuchets were very inaccurate, relying almost entirely on numbers to achieve their intended target, and precise strikes were out of the question. Hai Rui's fleet had lost seven sailboats, indicating that the enemy had a large number of ships and trebuchets.
Of course, there is more than one catapult on a ship.
If they use trebuchets to attack the city, Haifan City will be in trouble. It seems that they have plenty of kerosene. If it burns, how can Haifan City defend itself? So, there is no unbreakable city wall.
Once the enemy attacks, we can only rely on our hard power. It is not possible to just defend the Stone City.
Ma Yue wasn't afraid. The Hai Tribe had fought many battles, so what had they not seen? Especially Haifan City, with its large population and the strongest military, there was no need to be afraid.
However, if the navy cannot defeat the enemy, won’t the sea route be blocked by the enemy? Without the sea route, the future development of the sea tribe will be severely restricted.
Asking the sea for more food and resources is the most important policy that Ma Yue has set for the sea tribe.
"The navy still has to continue patrolling. If we can't defeat the enemy and our ships are fast, should we just run away? We can't say that the enemy is coming to our door and we don't know about it, right?" Ma Yue said.
"That's true." Hai Rui nodded.
"When it comes to naval warfare, catapults are one thing, but you understand the importance of rockets even without me explaining. Try to get upwind. Bows and arrows have a range of at least fifty or sixty meters. Even if it's hard to light the ship on fire, aren't sails afraid of fire?"
"God of war, I was careless this time. I didn't prepare enough rockets. Next time, we won't be defeated so completely." Hai Rui was also ashamed. He was beaten without any chance to fight back in this naval battle. As a commander, Hai Rui was negligent. It was unreasonable to blame it on the lack of catapults.
Ma Yue remembered that ancient Chinese naval warfare was primarily based on bows and arrows. Even Zhuge Liang during the Three Kingdoms period had to "borrow arrows from a straw boat" in order to gather more arrows. This suggests that bows and arrows were the primary weapon in naval warfare.
"Hai Rui, fighting a war cannot rely solely on courage and luck. Because of your so-called carelessness, we lost seven Haifan City ships and at least hundreds of naval soldiers... You are the commander-in-chief, and what the team needs is your foresight and on-the-spot decision-making..." Ma Yue was very dissatisfied with Hai Rui's performance this time.
Hai Rui was very depressed and left angrily after being scolded by Ma Yue.
"Charlatan!" Huoshi was called over by Ma Yue.
"Take a squadron and test the effectiveness of rocket attacks in naval battles. Don't be afraid, our sailboats are faster than the enemy's. If we can't defeat them, just run away." Ma Yue attached great importance to sea routes. "I don't believe how advanced the enemy's catapults can be."
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