Chapter 579: The Three Mountains Kingdom
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Cao Zhengyang made a group of businessmen feel the gap between them and the Cao family.
Xiao Ming smiled, "The shopkeeper Cao is really a model of a businessman, and the king of these 20,000 war horses will accept it." ”
"Your Highness doesn't have to be polite." Cao Zhengyang said.
Seeing this, Ding Wu said: "Your Highness, the grass people should send some iron ore to Your Highness." ”
"Your Highness, the grass people give the cloth."
"I'll give you food and grass."
“……”
A group of businessmen rushed to express their position, for fear of falling behind others, they had already tasted the sweetness of the last Northern Expedition, and now they all wanted to continue to let Xiao Ming start a war.
"Thank you very much." Xiao Ming was also very vigilant when he felt the enthusiasm of the merchants, capital pursued profits, and these businessmen came here to say that they were war bonds, but in essence, they were still trying to profit from the war.
So they were very attentive, and the purpose was not to stop Xiao Ming's footsteps.
However, Xiao Ming's footsteps really couldn't stop, this time he didn't get the rich materials he wanted in Yangzhou, so he could only capture the Sanshan Kingdom, an island country colonized by the Japanese Kingdom.
For the sake of grain and grass, and also for the safety of the sea route, because Yue Yun sent news that the Japanese were getting supplies from the Three Mountains Kingdom to harass the merchant ships on the route.
Now the sea route is the lifeline of Qingzhou, and he doesn't want to make any mistakes, so a day ago, he ordered Yue Yun to lead three thousand marines to capture the Three Mountains Kingdom and incorporate the Three Mountains Kingdom into the territory of the feudal country.
At this time, the huge Qingzhou fleet was sailing on the sea, and after receiving Xiao Ming's order, he marched from Tongzhou to the Three Mountains Kingdom.
On the third day, Yue Yun stepped onto the deck, and in his telescope, the island known as the Three Mountains Kingdom appeared.
A smile rose at the corner of his mouth, a stone fell to the ground in Yue Yun's heart, it was very difficult to find an island in the vast sea, if there was no chart, he didn't know how long he would have to look for it.
"Xia Chengmo, is there a dock that can be docked in the Three Mountains Kingdom?" Yue Yun turned his head and asked a dark and thin young man, because it was the first time he came to this sea area, the fleet was not familiar with this area, so when he was in Tongzhou, Yue Yun asked people to spend money to find a person who had been to the Three Mountains Kingdom as a guide.
The young man known as Xia Chengmo said: "There is a pier to dock, but it is just ......"
"Just what, though." Yue Yun said.
"Since the Sanshan Kingdom became a vassal of the Wakos, few people have come here, because the sailors of the Sanshan Kingdom have become the minions of the Wakos, and they attack the merchant ships of the Great Yu Kingdom together with the Wakos, saying that they are sailors, but they are pirates, and the head of the sailors of the Sanshan Kingdom is called Hu Hai."
"Hu Hai? What a bold man, he dared to attack the merchant ships of our Dayu country. Yue Yun said angrily when he heard this.
Xia Chengmo continued: "He is not only bold, all the merchant ships that passed through this sea area in the past have been paid for the road, otherwise the merchant ships will be plundered in a few days, and there will be no one left alive on the ship, and now they will be a little more settled with the fleet of the Great Yu State patrolling the sea." ”
When the two were talking, the first mate came up from the cabin, he heard the conversation between the two, and he said: "General, Your Highness asked us to recover the Three Mountains Kingdom, and this time we will destroy this Hu Hai, and Xia Guan also encountered Hu Hai's pirate ship when he was training in this sea area." ”
After the number of warships increased, Xiao Ming promoted Yue Yun to general, and also promoted some admirals, and this Liu Chen was one of the excellent admirals.
Xia Chengmo smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Captain Liu, don't underestimate these pirates, the King of Chu has not sent warships to exterminate these pirates before, but these pirates ran away when they saw the warship, and they came back as soon as the warship left, it was useless, this sea is so big, where to find them." Until later, even the king of Chu didn't bother to care. ”
The distant coastline is getting closer and closer to the fleet, Yue Yun said: "You don't have to worry about this, we have our own way, you just need to lead us to the dock where the Three Mountains Kingdom can be moored." ”
Having said so much, Liu Chen and Yue Yun were firm, without any fear, Xia Chengmo's eyes flashed with a trace of pride, in the past, they were afraid of pirates and robbers, but now with the Qingzhou fleet as the backing, he is not afraid of anything, if it was before, even if he gave him a hundred taels of silver, he would not take them to find the demon Hu Hai.
Since the Qingzhou battleship patrolled the sea, Hu Hai has been paying attention to the movements of the Qingzhou battleship, and this time he came to the Sanshan Kingdom naturally did not hide him, on the dock, looking at the approaching fleet, Hu Hai's face was extremely cold, and a pair of eagle eyes narrowed slightly.
"What to do? Checkmate. "By Hu Hai's side is a big man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and the clothes he wears are obviously different from those of Dayu, and he is a Japanese national.
After plundering at sea for so long, Hu Hai has experienced strong winds and waves, he pondered for a moment and said: "You are now leading two hundred ships to the sea area ten miles outside the dock to ambush, this Qingzhou fleet is just a simple dock, but if they want to deal with us, we will have to fight with them, hehe, maybe we can get these warships at that time." ”
The dock is getting closer and closer, Yue Yun on the battleship picked up the binoculars and glanced at the dock, in his field of vision, there are many ships docked on the dock, including many of the unique Ataku ships of the Wa Kingdom.
Yue Yun looked closely, and the people who came and went on the dock were carrying arquebuses, and some people were driven to carry goods.
"Is there any other dock besides this dock?" Yue Yun asked again, this time he was going to catch them all and not give Hu Hai a chance to escape.
Xia Chengmo told him that the current king of the Three Mountains Kingdom has become a puppet, and the real power is in the hands of Hu Hai.
"I don't know, we won't be allowed to walk around here."
Nodding, Yue Yun said to the flag speaker: "Let the warships form a formation at a distance of five hundred meters from the pier, surround the transport ships in the middle, and on the outer side, all the gunners are in place." ”
"Yes, General!" When the flag speaker reached the bow of the ship, he began to wave the flag, and after the flag was over, the twenty-four warships began to change their direction, and when they were about to arrive at the dock, the formation of the fleet was basically in a line.
During the drive, Liu Chen and Yue Yun kept observing the movement of the dock with binoculars, "It seems that they don't have any good ideas." Liu Chen put down the binoculars and said, many people on the dock have hidden in the boat, and some musketeers are hiding in the bushes, but all this has not escaped the eyes of the two, "If you want me to say, give the dock a few shots directly." ”