The three town troops in the Western Regions ended their journey of saving the Central Plains by thousands of horses, and then embarked on the road to return to the West with their glory.

But they have to do one thing before leaving.

Given that Tubo had already begun to attack Shanzhou at this time, the army of the three towns in the Western Regions had to beat the latter when passing by Longyou. This was what Bai Xiaode strongly requested. Although he had obtained a military governor, he was very dissatisfied with Yang Feng's abandonment. Yang Feng had to give him enough comfort, and it was still the same way. Not to mention taking back the Shibao City, at least he had to block them back and give them some colors, mainly to win enough time for Lao Bai to reorganize the Longyou Army...

Yang Feng doesn't care about this.

As long as he does not enter the cordon line of three thousand meters above sea level, simply in low altitude areas, his elite troops in the three Western Regions will crush Tubo.

Although the cavalry is not very useful in the Huangshui River Valley, the Western Regions Army is also invincible. The Tubo soldiers are indeed fierce and brave, but they are useless against these heavy infantry in the upper Western Regions. Their swords and swords cannot cut the armor of the Western Regions soldiers. In order to deal with this, the Song army cannot guarantee that they can be completely suppressed. They have to rely on a large number of divine arm bows to shoot. Even within the Western Regions Army, they now have a can opener, that is, war hammers. How can the ordinary swords of Tubo soldiers and even Du You described as weak bows in Tongdian?

As for the generals, they were all famous generals who fought against Tubo in the later Tang Dynasty, including Bai Xiaode, Duan Xiushi, Ma Lin, Li Sheng, and especially Ma Lin. This was the Optimus Prime that the Daizong Dynasty resisted Tubo.

There is also the deputy commander of the last battle in Stone Castle City.

Yang Xianzhong was one of Geshuhan's deputy, and participated in this bloody battle throughout the whole process.

It can be said that no matter how soldiers and generals, they are all the most gorgeous configurations. If this cannot solve the threat from the Tubo people to Shanzhou, it would be nonsense. In fact, the task given to them was to take down Shibao City if possible. Otherwise, the small castle would be controlled by the Tubo people, and they would take the initiative after all.

Actually, it's not difficult.

Although there is no counterweight catapult in that place due to terrain, you can use Roman sniper crossbows! It is not a crossbow arrow, but a stone bomb with that thing. It is impossible to shoot a few hundred kilograms of stone bombs, but a few dozen kilograms of stone bombs. It is still okay to install dozens of Roman sniper crossbows. It is estimated that the ballistics are smashing dozens of kilograms of stone bombs into the ground day and night. It is just a small castle. If you hit it for ten days, there will be no living people inside, and you may even have no place to put your feet inside. If this tactic is tested well, before the firearm is equipped, Yang Feng will prepare to provide a large amount of this for his mountain troops, and use it as a support for mountain attack.

In short, he ignored Longyou and gave it to his generals completely, which could be regarded as giving them a chance to exercise.

But he headed straight east to Dengzhou.

Yang Dashuai took his female apprentice and cousin to Luoyang, and boarded the ship in Heyang and went downstream to Songzhou, then moved from Songzhou to Haizhou, and boarded the warship sent by Li Gao to pick him up. At this time, Li Gao had been appointed as the governor of Denglai, and actually ruled the five and six prefectures of Denglai Qi, Zi, Qingmi, and Pu. The five prefectures of Yanyun, Cao, Yi and Pu have also been established as governors, and Zhang Xun, the hero of the Battle of Suiyang. It is said that the Battle of Suiyang gave birth to two governors, Xu Yuan's Bian Song Jiedushi and Zhang Xun's Yanyun Jiedushi. After all, their loyalty made Li Heng both move and relieved. Such a person is not important, he is a fool, and they were both granted the title of county duke.

Dengzhou.

"Is this what you have achieved over the years?"

On the Danya Mountain in Penglai, Yang Feng looked at the huge fleet in front of him in surprise, and then asked Li Gao beside him.

On the blue sea before him, fifty large lucky ships were densely arranged, and among these large lucky ships were more than one hundred slightly smaller bird ships. One by one, the sails formed an endless forest of sails, which looked extremely spectacular. On the tail tower of these warships, small catapults and crossbows were also densely arranged, and crossbows could be seen everywhere, and the navy soldiers wearing paper armor stood neatly and solemnly.

"no!"

Li Gao said with a smile.

“That’s just one third of that.”

Then he said.

"In recent years, I have supervised the construction of 170 blessed ships and 320 bird ships. The largest six blessed ships are 15 meters long. According to the displacement used by my brother, each of which is 1,000 tons, most of which are more than 6,700 tons, while most of the bird ships are between 300 and 400 tons. Among them, the Denglai Navy commands 100 blessed ships and 20 bird ships, and the Annan Navy commands 70 blessed ships and 120 bird ships. However, if there is enough money, there will be enough materials in each yard to build at least one Annan Navy in a year. Half of the warships here go south to transport food and wages. At this time, it is estimated that they have just left the estuary of the Yangtze River."

He said proudly.

Yang Feng’s ton is one thousand kilograms, which is the modern 0.6 tons.

At this time, due to the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, large-scale shipbuilding had stopped. Even many shipbuilders everywhere were recruited as sailors. The original single navy was divided into two, and the main force followed Li Gao north, while the rest remained in Annan and returned to Gao Xianzhi to control him.

"In addition, our Weiyuan caravan also has nearly a hundred merchant ships, all of whom are used to traveling to Nanyang."

He added.

"Where is the farthest part of our fleet?"

Yang Feng said with interest as he looked at the fleet that had been born seven hundred years in advance.

"Tianzhu!"

Li Gao said with a smile.

"Tianzhu?"

Yang Feng said in surprise.

"Yes, our twelve bird ships formed a caravan. According to the chart provided by my brother, we passed through Longyamen to reach Srivade, and then went north from Srivade to Phu Kingdom, and then continued to move forward from Phu Kingdom to Bangladesh, traded with local natives at the mouth of the Ganges River, and even reached Qunu City with their permission. In recent years, a total of six merchant fleets have been to various states in India, and also to Donghui. And we fought with the pirates at Longyamen, but Gao Gong and I suspected that it was the ones who died in Srivade wanted to stop us from trading directly with Tianzhu, and deliberately pretended to be pirates. We lost a bird ship and sank more than a dozen of their warships. Later, Gao Gong simply asked the navy to go south along the coast and build a port in the western part of Borneo, and then sailed to Srivade trade with Annan Navy. No pirate dared to provoke my merchant ships since then."

Li Gao said.

It is obvious that their achievements are far beyond what Yang Feng has been overdue.

Of course, this is mainly tempted by interests. The money deposited to the bank every year by guys such as Li Gao, Gao Xianzhi, and He Luguang are astonishing as the money deposited in the bank.

They actually had completely controlled the trade from the Strait of Malacca, especially the spice trade in the Spice Islands, and even established strongholds in the modern Brunei. The routes including Java Island have been opened. Every year, a ship from the South China Sea transports various spices to the country, especially in Borneo. Three strongholds have been established in a row. They all bought slaves from the South China Sea and sent soldiers to watch the spices that were almost everywhere nearby. Because of their crazy dumping, the domestic pepper price fell by a full third, but they were still uncontrollably.

For them, let alone a third of the decline, even if it falls by half, it will be a huge profit. There is no cost at all. It is good. After picking it, dry it and loading it on the ship, the workers are slaves who buy it, and they just sow the rice seeds by themselves. Even if they take the harp arm bow and shoot the monkeys, it is enough to eat, and the products there are so abundant that they are.

That is the cost of shipping.

However, the total flight from Chameng to Borneo was only more than a thousand miles. This distance was only a five-day flight for bird boats that could run three or four hundred miles a day under the appropriate wind direction. Even if the wind direction was unfavorable, it was enough to travel back and forth for one month. It was basically the same as running to Guangzhou from Annan. How could there be any sea transportation cost? Driven by such huge profits, Annan and Lingnan towns were running out like chicken blood from the government to the people, which made the big food merchants suffer. Originally, one of their most important benefits was to purchase spices from Nanyang to the Tang Dynasty for sale. Unfortunately, this trade is basically controlled by the Weiyuan and the Tang merchants with their own means. Gao Xianzhi even sent a fleet to intercept them at sea and prohibited them from carrying spices. If they found out, they were confiscated. At most, they were allowed to purchase goods in Guangzhou, which made the big cannibals full of grief and anger.

But they had no choice but to do anything. Gao Xianzhi's warships equipped with catapults, crossbows, as well as a large number of divine arm bows and crossbows, would easily deal with any Dashi merchant ship that dared to resist.

The Tang Dynasty is becoming the real overlord of the sea east of the Strait of Malacca. The Annan Navy's warships ran rampant across the South China Sea and had truly begun colonization. Relying on coercion and inducement, strongholds have been established in Shuizhenla, Cham, Borneo, Anbuna Islands, and even Longyamen. Although it is currently limited to collecting spices, it is enough to rely on collecting spices. After all, the Tang Dynasty itself is a spice market with a population of tens of millions. Li Gao even sold spices to northern countries such as Japan, Silla, and Bohai, and also made huge profits in these markets. He and Gao Xianzhi have even reached a division of their spheres of influence. He is in charge of the north of Hainan Island and Gao Xianzhi to the south of Hainan Island. It is basically equivalent to Gao Xianzhi being a supplier and a seller. The two jointly monopolize the spice trade in the entire East.

Of course, their business names all have Yang Feng's shares, after all, they cannot do without Yang Feng's navigation equipment and technical information.

And they deposit all their money in the bank.

The bank has set up branches as far as Annandu.

It can be said that the colonial era has begun.

"So, are you willing to continue to act as a transport captain here? Or are you willing to conquer the vast ocean? I am going to wait for your fleet in Bangladesh."
Chapter completed!