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Chapter 474 Riding the Wind and Breaking the Waves
Li Chongjiu was quite happy to win Jingle County and two thousand Song army elites without any effort.

But right now, Li Chongjiu's energy is still mainly focused on instigating against Liu Heita's subordinates, and how to contain Li Tang's attack on Shandong Road, which is about to launch against Yu Wenhua.

Zhang Xuansu has been working on this matter recently, but Zhang Xuansu did not report it to Li Chongjiu in person.

Li Chongjiu was convinced that Zhang Xuansu had his reasons for doing things, so he didn't send anyone to urge him. As for curbing Li Tangshan's way, Li Chongjiu also had a strategy in mind.

Wen Yanbo said again: "My lord, there is one more matter. Zhou Bo, the prefect of Beiping County, reported that Chun Yunan, the governor of Tang Feng Dengzhou, and Qi Gongshun, the governor of Li Tang and Beihai, and Liu Lan, the minister and wailang, came from two roads in Beihai County. Let's attack Donglai County together."

"Donglai County?" Li Chongjiu heard the words and said, "Isn't this place where the Sui Navy is?"

Wen Yanbo cupped his hands and said: "Exactly, when the Sui Dynasty attacked Goguryeo, Zhou Fashang, who has been protecting children since then, was a general of the navy and led more than [-] seagoing ships. Since then, he has set up troops and headed towards Pyongyang. There are still [-] seagoing ships here. They are all the big ships left behind to attack Goguryeo.”
"Sea boats!" Li Chongjiu couldn't help but be moved. At present, there are more than [-] sea boats converted from river boats in the Dazhao Navy. between estuaries.

Right now, Li Chongjiu is in Duli Town, and Sancha River Estuary has already opened a dock and built a port. From Sancha River Estuary, to Duli Town, and then to Silla Dangxiang City (Note [-]), a preliminary and prosperous sea route has been formed. Even this year, a barbarian from Tamna, an island of barbarians in the south, arrived in a water boat.
And Silla transported sandalwood bow, bezoar, ginseng, kelp, and fruit to Youjing. Among them, bezoar and ginseng have always sold well in Youzhou, and Youzhou tea bricks, Huaihuang wine, silk, and spices are also needed by Silla people. things.In fact, not only that, Goguryeo imposed a border blockade on Silla in order to attack Silla.

Therefore, cattle and sheep leather on the grasslands are also very popular in Silla, so Youjing has become a big transit point.The sea trade between the two sides has great demand for each other.It's just that after the Goguryeo navy found out about Silla and Zhao's trade exchanges, they also frequently dispatched to rob merchant ships.

Li Chongjiu established the country with merchants, and with Lin as the leader, Zhou Bo, a merchant official, is also gaining prominence in the imperial court, forming a side of power. The strengthening of merchant power has an incomparable desire for the circulation of trade routes.It is quite hoped by businessmen to garrison a water army in Duli Town to destroy the Goguryeo water army.

And this time Zhou Bo reported to Li Chongjiu about Donglai County, it was not aimless.

There are hundreds of sea ships that attacked Goguryeo in the Sui Dynasty, and Dongnae County has a good seaport, which is a more mature port and naval base than Duli Town.More importantly, if Donglai County is captured, Li Chongjiu can surround Liu Heita from the east, laying a good foundation for a large-scale attack on Liu Heita in September this year.

Li Chongjiu thought of this, and made up his mind to ask: "The governor of Donglai County is Chunyu Nan, and Qi Gongshun is attacking. Do you have any plans to ask for help from Youzhou? And if our army sends a navy to support Donglai County from the sea, How many men and horses are needed to defend against Chunyu Nan, Qi Gongshun's attack from two directions?"

Wen Yanbo said: "If you report to the sheriff of Donglai County, the news goes back and forth to kill time, I'm afraid Donglai County will be ruined long ago."

Li Chongjiu said: "You are right. The matter has come to this point. No matter whether there is a chance or not, we must give it a try. Immediately order Jin Chunqiu's Duli Township Navy and Beiping County Navy Governor's Mansion to form a joint fleet and sail to the east. Lay County."

Wen Yanbo clasped his fists and said, "If the governor of Donglai County refuses the king's kindness, what should we do?"

Li Chongjiu said: "I can only take one step at a time. In any case, I will develop the navy and broaden the road to the East China Sea. It will never be easier. By the way, I remember that the scholar Zhou Zhou was working in the county department, right? "

Wen Yanbo was stunned for a moment, it took a long time to remember which Zhou Zhou was, and said: "I remember that it is indeed Zhou Zhou."

Li Chongjiu said: "It's been almost a year that he has been trained. This person is quite courageous. Let him be the envoy to Donglai County. I hope he can persuade the Donglai County Governor."

Wen Yanbo immediately said: "No, I will issue an edict right away."

Li Chongjiu's military order was conveyed to the Governor's Mansion of the Navy in Beiping County.Zhou Bo didn't dare to be negligent at the moment, and immediately mobilized the local area to replenish the twenty ships of the navy with fresh water and fodder, and recruited fishing boats.Zhou Bo was a cadre, so he prepared everything within two days, and even dispatched a thousand soldiers from the county to board the ship and set off with the ship.

Zhou Zhou traveled with the ship as an envoy, and the Zhao Guoshui army ship arrived in Duli Town within two or three days.

The army arrived in Duli Town, went ashore to rest, and supplemented supplies. Most of the county soldiers boarded the ship for the first time, and they were bumpy at sea for several days.Jin Chunqiu ordered the soldiers of Silla to put the Sui army ashore to rest.

After Zhou Zhou went ashore with the boat, he met Duli Town. This place was originally a tidal flat, but in the past six months, due to the prosperity of trade in Youzhou, Silla, it has become a transit place. Sea ships often replenish fresh water and repair ships here. It's a bit like a fishing village by the sea.

The Kingdom of Silla attaches great importance to Duli Town. This year, 100 prisoners from the country were enslaved to work on this island. The Youzhou Navy Commander's Mansion also has [-] soldiers stationed here.

After arriving, Zhou Zhou saw Jin Chunqiu, the prince of Silla. To his surprise, the prince of Silla spoke fluent Chinese.
Zhou Zhou was relegated to Beiping County for many days, and his arrogance as a scholar had subsided quite a bit. This prince of Silla was willing to come to this poor island to live a life of hard labor despite his pampered life in the country. Life, this person can see that it is very different.

At that moment Zhou Zhou said: "His Royal Highness..."

Jin Chunqiu stopped his hand and said: "There are no princes when you go out, so just call me General Jin."

Zhou Zhou nodded and said, "Your Majesty, this time, it is an urgent order for me to send troops to Donglai County. How many days are there from Duli Town to Zhiye County in Laizhou County?"
Jin Chunqiu said with a smile: "How many days will it take to get to Ye County, I can't say. But if you cross the sea from Duli Town, you can reach the land in one day."

Unexpectedly, Zhou Zhou asked, "Where can we go in one day?"

Jin Chunqiu said: "Wendeng!"
Zhou Zhouhui said, "It's Wendeng County, which is now occupied by Chunyu Nan. Chunyu's family is a prominent family in Donglai County. When the world was in chaos, Chunyu Nan and Chunyu Lang raised troubles in Wendeng and gathered their clans to protect themselves. But we Right now it is to support Ye County, not Wendeng County."

Jin Chunqiu said: "I also know a little about the situation in Donglai County. Right now, Donglai County is in trouble, and Qi Gongshun is attacking together. If we go directly to relieve the siege, the governor of Donglai County may not accept our kindness. "

"Even if the governor of Donglai County agreed to our request and let us enter Ye County, it would be a drop in the bucket. With our 3000 troops, how can we resist the siege of two armies? It would be better to take the risk of raiding Wendeng County. According to my prediction, Chunyu Nan will lead an army to encircle the city of Ye County, and the rear will be empty, besides, no one would have expected that we will raid Wendeng by sea, so it must be a success in one fell swoop."

Zhou Zhou said: "This move is too risky."

Jin Chunqiu smiled slightly and said: "If you want to take the chestnut out of the fire, if you don't take the risk of being injured by the fire, how can you succeed."

Zhou Zhou looked at Jin Chunqiu and asked, "How many troops does General Jin have?"

Jin Chunqiu said: "I will dispatch ten warships, among which three hundred Hualang warriors and five hundred sailors can go ashore at any time to fight."

Zhou Zhou thought about it, and he was not afraid of the sky and said: "So, according to General Jin's words, as long as we gain a firm foothold in Wendeng, it doesn't matter even if Ye County falls, King Zhao will definitely send troops from the sea to take over." Ships are constantly coming from Youzhou."

Jin Chunqiu laughed, and said: "I expected that King Zhao is a man of courage, it's really good."

After Zhou Zhou and Jin Chunqiu made up their minds, the next day Zhao Xinluo's joint fleet sailed from Duli Town.

Zhou Zhou was invited to board the main ship Jin Chunqiu.

Seeing Jin Chunqiu's Silla fleet sailing through the wind and waves at a very fast speed, and easily leaving the Great Zhao Navy behind, Zhou Zhou couldn't help being secretly surprised, and asked, "Why are your ships from Silla so much faster than our Great Zhao Navy's ships?"

Jin Chunqiu said with a smile: "There are many reasons. First of all, the sailors on my ship are experienced sailors. They have been at sea for many years, so they are naturally better than the sailors of the Dazhao Navy. And the most important point is that your Dazhao boat has a square head and a square tail. The top is built big, but the hull underwater has a flat bottom, and our Silla boat has a small top, but the bottom of the boat is like a knife, so it is naturally much faster than your boat when it travels underwater like this?"

Zhou Zhou was even more surprised when he heard that, no matter in the river or in the sea, the ships built in the Sui Dynasty were all flat-bottomed sand boats. Flat-bottomed boats are not afraid of shallow water and are easy to land.

Zhou Zhou asked: "You said that the bottom of your boat is like a knife, are you so unafraid of the boat running aground?"

Jin Chunqiu said with a smile: "As long as it is the sea route that we are used to, we are not afraid. We have traveled this route for a long time, so we are not afraid."

Zhou Zhou nodded when he heard the words. The joint fleet of the two countries sailed for half a day, and saw several islands in the sea, a series of pearls hanging in the sea.Zhou Zhou didn't know the geographical location, and was surprised at the moment, how could there be such two ways.

Jin Chunqiu was enthusiastic, pointed to the island in front of him and said: "The front is Daxie Island of your Sui people, Wuhu Island (Note [-])."

Zhou Zhou asked, "How does General Jin know?"

Jin Chunqiu said: "This is the only way for you to go to the sea in the east of the Sui Dynasty. In the past, when your Sui army attacked Goguryeo, it was from here. There is also a dock on the island to store grain. At the time when the tribute came, there were still Sui army warships cruising, but you don’t have to worry about it now, we are about to divert to the east, this is not our place.”

Speaking of this, Jin Chunqiu pointed to a vast sea to the east, and said: "In half a day, we will arrive at Wendeng when the sun is about to set."

Zhou Zhou looked at the wide sea to the east, and nodded slightly.

Note [-]: Dangxiang City is Hwaseong City, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea today.

Note [-]: Tamna Kingdom is today's Jeju Island. Due to its weak national strength, Tamna Kingdom paid tribute to Wa Kingdom in the east and Baekje in the west, but it is still a semi-independent kingdom.

Note [-]: The "Minutes of Reading History and Fangyu" records that Wuhu Island and Daxie Shu are both the main roads to conquer Dongyi, and they are located in today's Changdao County, Shandong, which is also the Miaodao Islands.

(End of this chapter)