Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 130: The navy suffered heavy losses, Linyi disrupted the situation
Li Yuanji stopped and looked at Yuwen Bao and Lin Quan running towards him.

"Your Majesty, I am guilty. Please punish me."

When the two men came to him, they knelt down on one knee to apologize, which made Li Yuanji feel heavy and confused.

"If you want to apologize, you must explain the reason. Come in with me and tell me in detail what happened that made you two so panicked."

Li Yuanji felt heavy in his heart, not only because of this bad thing, but also because he saw that neither Yuwen Bao nor Lin Quan were capable of shouldering the burden of the navy. Now he only hoped that the person sent to invite that person could arrive as soon as possible and bring that person back as soon as possible.

When they came inside, Li Yuanji was sitting at the top, and finally Yuwen Bao spoke.

"Your Majesty, we have been looking for pirates to attack these days, and we also want to use this opportunity to train our navy. Twenty days ago, we found a group of pirates in the waters near Linyi, and we began to siege them.

However, a pirate ship headed for the deep sea. I sent out three large ships to pursue them. However, they encountered wind and waves, and the three large ships tilted and sank. In the end, only more than a hundred people were rescued. I am incompetent, please punish me, Your Majesty!"

After Yuwen Bao finished speaking, Lin Quan immediately spoke up.

"Your Majesty, I am to blame for this. I have more experience in naval warfare, but I did not realize the danger, which led to the sinking of three large ships and the drowning of the soldiers on board. I have an unshirkable responsibility. Please punish me, Your Majesty!"

After hearing this, Yuwen Bao immediately quit. As he was the commander-in-chief of the navy, how could he let Lin Quan, the deputy commander, take the blame? He could not shirk responsibility in this matter because he was the one who issued the military order.

"Your Majesty, this matter is my fault and has nothing to do with Lin Quan. Please punish me!"

After Yuwen Bao finished speaking, Lin Quan spoke again.

"Your Majesty."

"enough!"

Li Yuanji looked at the two of them angrily with a gloomy face.

"Do you two think this is glorious? Such a big thing has happened. I tell you, both of you are guilty!
Yuwen Bao, you are the commander of the navy. Do you know how much I expect from you? Although you are not familiar with naval warfare, I have repeatedly told you to get familiar with it first. In the end, is this how you repay me?
"Lin Quan, you are the deputy admiral of the navy, and you can be said to be the one with the most experience in naval warfare. Although the main responsibility lies with Yuwen Bao instead of you, nowadays, once a large ship enters the open sea, it is extremely difficult to survive in the wind and waves. Don't you know this truth?"

Li Yuanji was really angry and frightened. He knew that today's large ships could not sail long distances and could only fight in the near sea because today's large ships could not withstand the wind and waves in the deep sea. Once they encountered such wind and waves, they would be in the current situation.

This was also the fundamental reason why he had not let Pei Xuanyan set off. He was also waiting for contribution points to exchange for that item, because overseas trade required a sailing ship that could sail long distances, just like the treasure ship that Zheng He used to sail to the West and the sailing ships of the Age of Discovery, which could withstand the wind and waves at sea.

In addition to wind and waves, there is also a speed requirement. Going out to sea is a long distance. If you go out at the speed of today's ships, you may not be able to come back for two or three years. But with sailboats, the power is improved, and large ships are more suitable for combat. They can withstand certain winds and waves and can come back once a year.

Not only is the time shortened, but the safety is also higher and the combat capability is also stronger. This is why he has been waiting.

What happened this time shows the limitations of today's building ships. Although they look tall, they are actually useless. They have no problem operating on rivers, lakes, and along the coast, but they cannot sustain long voyages in the deep sea.

It was just this one question, and it would have been fine if Yuwen Bao didn't know, but Lin Quan actually didn't know either. Li Yuanji was really angry.

After hearing this, Yuwen Bao and Lin Quan immediately apologized again.

"Your Majesty, I am fully aware of my crimes. Please punish me." Li Yuanji looked at the two men and spoke after a moment.

"You two are guilty of this crime. I want to ask you, how did you go to the sea area of ​​Linyi when you were fighting pirates?"

Li Yuanji was very confused about this. He had to find out the reason why the pirates could be struck so far away.

Yuwen Bao immediately replied: "Your Majesty, we were searching the surrounding area. When we were resting in Yazhou, we found a group of pirates. We chased them and fought twice. It was not until we were close to the Linyi waters that we figured out that those pirates were almost all from Linyi.

We were also planning to return, but we didn't expect something like this to happen. I ordered the large ships to go into the deep sea to pursue them, which was a military order I gave out of a fluke mentality. I really didn't expect that three large ships would have problems at the same time."

Li Yuanji listened to Yuwen Bao's words with a serious expression. After a while, he looked at Xie Shufang.

“Send someone immediately to catch up with the envoy sent to Linyi, tell him about this matter, and ask him to ask Linyi on my behalf how to deal with the situation of disguising as pirates and attacking my fiefdom!

If this solution does not meet my requirements, let the envoy tell the King of Linyi that I will destroy Linyi!"

Li Yuanji was really determined this time. As long as his treasure ship manufacturing technology and blueprints were exchanged and built, he would invite the naval commander to arrive, first destroy Ryukyu as a practice, and then turn around to destroy Linyi.

Ryukyu involves his trade with the Tang Dynasty. Now that the roads have not been repaired, waterways and sea routes are excellent trade routes, and he will never allow anyone to destroy them.

As for Linyi, it was related to his fleet's voyage to the West. It was an important channel for the fleet's long-distance voyage. If Linyi was disobedient, he would have no choice but to destroy Linyi. It would be just right that his fiefdom would increase, and if he built a naval port there, he could also radiate to countries in Southeast Asia, thus ensuring the passage of the fleet.

Li Yuanji then looked at Yuwen Bao and Lin Quan.

"This time, both of you are responsible for negligence. From now on, Yuwen Bao, you will be dismissed from your position as the commander of the navy and punished with thirty military sticks. At the same time, you will temporarily take over the navy.

Lin Quan was sentenced to twenty military sticks and then led half of the navy to Feng Ang to await military orders.

I will spare your lives this time so that you can redeem yourself from your crimes, but if something like this happens again, you will be executed without mercy!"

Li Yuanji was also helpless. There was no one around now. He couldn't really kill these two people. If he killed them, who would lead the navy now?

But he couldn't not punish. If a mistake was made, he must be punished, otherwise military law would not be convincing. He had no other choice but to deal with it this way.

Yuwen Bao and Lin Quan heard this and agreed.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. From now on, I will never do it again. If something like this happens again, Your Majesty, you don't have to do anything. I will use the sword at my waist to kill myself immediately!"

Both of them knew that they had caused quite a big mess this time, and it was already very lenient of Li Yuanji to punish them like this. What's more, this incident was really caused by their own carelessness, otherwise nothing would have happened. Now Li Yuanji is in a difficult position.

Especially Yuwen Bao, he knew that Li Yuanji trusted him, but now he repaid Li Yuanji in this way. It can be said that he has betrayed Li Yuanji's trust in him. He is the most painful because it will be difficult for him to stand on his own in the future.

Li Yuanji didn't say anything, just waved his hand and let the two men go. Now he was more and more eager for contribution points, especially since the situation around him was getting worse and worse.

(End of this chapter)