Haizhou, Tianya Port.

The southwest wind blew, and the wind and waves were not small, pushing the undulating waves of the warships moored next to the dock. These are not small sampans of the Ping Navy stationed in Haizhou, but galleys and warships that can conduct water battles in the open ocean. The shape is not uniform, there are hard sail galleys in the Central Plains style, and there are also triangle soft galleys in the style of Da Shiguo. But they are all built large and sturdy, and there are all kinds of water weapons openly placed on the deck, which looks very powerful.

It was still raining lightly today, and in the midst of the smoke and rain, there were still many strong men carrying luggage and weapons, lining up to get on the boat in good order through the gangplank on the boat.

In addition, more than 20 merchant ships loaded with craftsmen and construction materials, as well as food and weapons, had already left the port ahead of schedule, formed a ship group in Haizhou Bay, and waited for the warships to leave the port and sail together.

These people who were boarding the ship were not sailors, but Baoding who were mobilized from Xuzhou, Haizhou, Huaiyangjun, Yunzhou, and the Wujia, Ximenjia, Murong, Huajia, and Baojia controlled by the Zhangjia (Zhang Xizai) in Yucheng County, Tianfu. Born as tenants of these families, their bodies are firmly controlled, and they have to work hard.

Of course, their lives were not sold to Wu Haogu for nothing. The settling-in allowance and salary are preferential, and the family can also rest assured that they will be taken care of by the landlords (that is, the Wu family, the Ximen family, the Murong family, the Hua family and the Zhang family), and if they unfortunately die outside, they can also get generous pensions.

With such good conditions, Wu Haogu will not give it out in vain. The destination of these strong men is Tamna Island, thousands of miles away in Haizhou. They went to Tamna Island to be mercenaries! From now on, they are no longer wives, children, and hot kang head baoding, but a mercenary who fights for money!

After Wu Haogu learned that he accidentally had a country, he immediately issued a summoning order to the Zhuangzi of these families. More than 2,000 people were gathered, and more than 1,000 idlers were hired in Haizhou (Haizhou is a big port, and there are many idlers who are willing to run to the sea), and more than 3,000 people were gathered, and today is the day they get on the ship and set off.

According to Wu Haogu's plan, these people would be equipped and trained on Tamna Island. Then it was mixed with the indoctrination regiment on Tamna Road, as well as the warriors gathered by Gao Min, the lord of the country. Form an army of more than 6,000 people!

This army is not only the main force of the Haidong Sect, but also the main thug of the future Strait City Division!

On the pier, in an octagonal pavilion used to usher in the send-off, Wu Haogu was seeing off Ji Yi and Su Shi, who were about to visit, as well as his good apprentice Gao Min, apprentice Sun Fan Zhiwen, and Cui Xian, the Tamna prison of Goryeo.

"Obviously, there are more than 3,000 people here, and there are already more than 2,000 people on the island, and equipment and food will be sent at the same time. With this 6,000 army, the king of Goryeo will no longer be able to do anything about you! Your Tamna Jiedu envoy and general of Zhengyi can be sure that you are going now. ”

"The student thanked the teacher!"

Gao Min hurriedly stood up and saluted. The teacher is still reliable, 6,000 troops! It turned out that I couldn't even think of it.

Wu Haogu beckoned to Gao Min and motioned for him to sit down. Then he smiled and said to Cui Xian: "Master Cui, you have also seen that there are 30 warships, 6,000 paces to ride, and there are more than 10,000 sailors and soldiers on board...... These 16,000 people were to be placed on the land of Goryeo, and they may not be the opponents of the king of Goryeo. But on the sea, on the islands, hehe, Goryeo is not my opponent, is it? ”

You traitor, you are accumulating force and provoking the border! Cui Xian sneered in his heart, when the official returns to Goryeo, the king of Yuming will send an envoy to Kaifeng to sue you in front of the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and you will wait to be arrested and put in the Yushitai prison.

Thinking so in my heart, I don't dare to say it. Cui Xian hurriedly said: "Why did Wu Shuaisi say this? I, Gaoli Su, are friendly with the Great Song Dynasty, how can I start a war with the Great Song Dynasty? ”

Wu Haogu laughed, "Goryeo is not a great Liao, the terrain of the peninsula is surrounded by the sea on three sides. If the enemy comes from land, there is still a thousand miles of Great Wall to rely on. But if the enemy comes from the sea, the Goryeo Kingdom will leak everywhere, and there will be no danger to defend!

As for Song Li's goodwill, it is nothing more than to contain Da Liao. But now that Goryeo has been broken by hundreds of Jurchens, can it still contain Da Liao? For my Great Song Dynasty, it is better to unite Goryeo than to give birth to Jurchen jointly! If the thirty sea-going ships here carry thousands of Jurchen warriors to land from behind the thousand-mile Great Wall, do you still have Goryeo? ”

Wu Haogu's words made Cui Xian sweat coldly, because he knew that the coastline of Goryeo was undefendable - it was too long! The cost of arming everywhere was too high for Goryeo to bear. As for building a powerful naval division to confront the warship fleet of the Song Dynasty's coastal cities, the Goryeo State could not afford it.

After saying these threatening words, Wu Haogu said to Gao Min and Fan Zhiwen: "It's not too early, you should accompany Master Cui on the boat first." ”

"Whoa!"

"Farewell to the teacher, students!"

"Farewell to the ancestors!"

Watching the three of them leave, Wu Haogu said to Ji Yi and Su Shi again: "Yizhi, Zhongnan, since the establishment of our dynasty, we have the power to dominate the eastern sea, but unfortunately I didn't know how to use it in the past, so I was deceived by the Liao people and played by Goryeo and Japan." Fortunately, today's officials are heroic and strategic, and they have ordered us to set up a coastal city shipping department to open up thousands of miles of sea territory! The two of you led the fleet to Goryeo this time, which is the first battle of our dynasty on the sea, and we must tame the small state of Goryeo. ”

In fact, the Great Song Dynasty did not have much power at sea, and the sailors of the imperial court could only wander around the near sea, and could not go out of the sea at all. Even the warship fleet of the Coastal City Ship Management Division of Wuhaogu is not worth mentioning in the eyes of the old maritime merchants such as the Wu family, the Ji family, the Xie family, the Chen family, and the Bai family.

100 years navy!

Even if it doesn't really take a hundred years, ten years is always needed. And Wu Haogu has only been working on the navy for a few years, how can he come up with a large fleet that can fight?

But he took a naval development route of "educating the army and the people"!

In fact, many Western sea power countries would also play this game in the early days, and the cost of raising a large standing navy was not something that those profiteer countries could afford.

At this time, in the seas of East Asia, it is even more unnecessary to use the country's financial resources to raise a large navy. Because the Great Song Dynasty had no enemies at sea, the Goryeo Kingdom was a poor country, the Japanese State was closed to the country, and the Khitan was a landlubber country. Although the Heavenly Fang Sect has some strength, it still doesn't dare to fight with the Great Song Dynasty. And after all, they are maritime merchants, and it is okay to fight in groups at sea, but if they really meet well-trained and well-equipped naval hand-to-hand combatants, they will be sent to death.

Wu Haogu then pointed to the Zhuang Ding who was boarding the ship and said, "These Ding Zhuang also have the two warships of Zhaocai and Jinbao, and they will stay on Tamna Island for training. When you're done with your mission, you'll be able to take the sailors who can get on board and fight south! ”

Unlike the traversers in later generations who liked to play with tall bronze cannons to equip the navy, Wu Haogu could not make a working bronze cannon now, and he did not think that it was necessary to use cannons against the Arabs.

The father of the Arabs, the Seljuk Turks, was also beaten to the ground when he met the down-and-out Jelu Dashi, and it is conceivable how scummy the fighting power of the Arabs in this era was. And against them still with artillery? Shoot a spear with a crossbow on a rope to hook their ship, and then the marine infantry go up to fight hand-to-hand combat, isn't it good to even take the boat with men?

You must know that the naval infantry of the coastal city ship control division must be trained according to the standards of the regular army, and there will also be naval combat cadets who graduated from the shipping master school to serve as commanders, and they should not lose to a group of Arab tyrants in hand-to-hand combat in water warfare.

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Just when Ji Yi and Su Shi came to Goryeo with a fleet to be convinced, Wang Hao, the king of Goryeo, was on his way to Xijing.

Goryeo Seogyong is Pyongyang, located northwest of Kaegyeong, so it is called Seogyong. Because it is relatively close to the Great Wall, it has become an important defense town of Goryeo. Last time, when Lin Gan and Yin Qian led their troops to fight in Haoladian, they all used Xijing and Pyongyang as the rear road camp.

The new army of the Bebu Class, which was trained by Wang Hao's henchmen Yin Qian and Wu Yanchong, is now also stationed in Pyongyang, Xijing.

Therefore, the purpose of Wang Hao's inspection of Xijing this time was to see how the new army of the Bebu Class, which had been formed after almost hollowing out the wealth of the whole of Goryeo, was being trained. Can we make a big Northern Expedition next year?

This king of Goryeo was very ambitious, and he was also relatively accomplished and talented in the history of Goryeo. First usurped the throne with his ability, and then looted merchants, reorganized the army, minted coins, and built Nanjing (Seoul), which really did a lot of great things. However, he was defeated in the two battles of Lazy Dian, and Wang Hao also exported his demons.

If the Jurchen was a little more serious and sent an army of 10,000 to defeat him, he would have confessed. Yelu Abaoji has said that the Jurchen is invincible.

But the Jurchens only sent 500 troops twice! 500 men beat the tens of thousands of troops of the Goryeo. And they all won by a big score, and the first time they fought Lin Gan, the Korean people got zero beheadings! The second time he made a slight progress and killed thirty Jurchens...... But his own losses are worth everything.

The good and dignified Dagoryeo suddenly became a laughing stock. Not only did the Great Liao Kingdom jump out to bully Goryeo, and took away a small island in Busan Pool to establish the Rausch Merchant Market, but even the Great Song Dynasty followed the Great Liao Kingdom to bully Goryeo - the Peerless Merchant Market in Busanpo is said to have a share of the Great Song Dynasty Coastal City Shipping Division!

The most hateful thing is that the Tamna country didn't know what was going on, and the order to withdraw the feudal domain and establish a county was issued last winter. Gao Min, that kid should have come with Cui Xian with Tamna's edition a long time ago.

But now it's summer, and I don't see Gao Min coming! Moreover, even the envoys sent to Tamna to deliver the decree did not return...... Shouldn't Tamna dare to disobey Great Goryeo?