Chapter 1375

"General Zhong, why don't you come and go?" At this moment, a voice came from beside him. When Zhong Shidao turned his head, he saw Maquina, the commander of the Jiaodong Navy, with a red and black face. At this moment, he was strode over, holding a small copper pot inside and handing it to Zhong Shidao.

Mr. Zhong raised his hand to take it, pulled open the pot and sniffed it lightly. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, raised his neck and took a sip. "What a strong wine, is this a burning knife?"

"Ha, I knew that your Northwest Army knew this kind of good thing, yes, it was just a burning knife. You Northwest men are really this. Unexpectedly, hundreds of men in general were all forced to survive."

Ma Kui smiled and nodded, turned his head, looked at the elite northwest army soldiers who were sitting or leaning on the deck, and couldn't help but sigh.

"What can I do if I don't endure it? But then again, I have to thank you for your navy. Oh no, it's the gadgets provided by the Navy, and they really work."

"These things actually come from Wanhong Trading Company. Whether it is awakening brain oil or ginger powder pills, they can effectively alleviate the sequelae of seasickness."

While the two were standing on the bow of the boat chatting, the sentry on the main mast suddenly blew a bamboo whistle and sent a message that a fast ship was racing towards this side from the northern sea surface.

Before too long, Zhong Shidao saw a three-seater speedboat from the sea, actively approaching this side, and red, yellow and blue flags rose from the mast.

The Clipper passed by these warships of the Jiaodong Navy of the Song Dynasty, and the merchants on the merchant ship greeted the sailors on the ship enthusiastically before continuing to sail away.

"This is the merchant ship of my Song Dynasty Wanhong Trading Company. This ship runs this line all year round, and it is dedicated to dealing with towns on the Liaodong Peninsula."

"The merchant ships of our Song Kingdom freely enter and exit the Liaodong Peninsula. Do the Liao people don't care?" Hearing Ma Kui's words, Zhong Shidao couldn't help asking in confusion.

"Those Liao people have been terrible. As long as you give money, they will not care about anything. Every time the merchant ship of Wanhong Trading Company arrives at their place, they will respect the local guards. As long as the money is given enough, let alone trafficking goods, they will not care about even trafficking in persons."

"Last time, a man from Ningzhou, who was owed debts, actually found the shopkeeper of Wanhong Trading Company Ningzhou City, and wanted to buy a few sets of iron armor he stole from the arsenal. At that time, the shopkeeper was shocked."

"In the end, the shopkeeper had no choice but to bite the bullet and pay off the debt for him. However, in this way, the guy regarded the shopkeeper as a good brother who could talk about everything. However, what the Liao army could not imagine was that the shopkeeper was from the Imperial City Department..." When Ma Kui said the last sentence, his voice was so low that only Zhe Keshi could hear it.

Zhe Keshi was stunned for a long time, then he shook his head with a bitter smile. "It seems that Bei Liao is really corrupt. He even dares to sell such important military equipment such as armor..."

Even Ma Kui knew that there were people from the Imperial City Division on the Liaodong Peninsula. It seemed that Chaoting was determined to win the Liaodong Peninsula. He couldn't help but have a little more confidence in leading the elite troops of the northwest border troops under his command into the Liaodong Peninsula and defending the Liaodong Peninsula.

After floating on the sea for five days, Zhe Keshi waited for his group to return to Dengzhou Port. At this time, the number of ships in Dengzhou Port was almost twice as many as when they first arrived.

But it was Wan Bin, the big shopkeeper of Wanhong Trading Company, who led most of the Wanhong Trading Company's sea boats to Dengzhou Port.

The trading company ships he led were naturally not here to play, but would carry cement, food, and various military supplies here. At that time, they would take action with the Jiaodong Navy of the Song Dynasty and transport these supplies to the Liaodong Peninsula in time.

In order to make it possible for Zhong Shidao to gain a foothold on the Liaodong Peninsula in the shortest time.

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Nearly ten days passed, Dengzhou Wharf once again welcomed a clutch from the Liaodong Peninsula. Soon, the people coming from the clutch were taken to Ma Kui, Zong Shidao and other Song generals.

"General Ma, the youngest one is from the Imperial City Department, and he was ordered to come and convey the message to the general." The man dressed as a businessman came to Ma Kui and saluted respectfully before reporting.

"Just yesterday, Di Gubao led 10,000 troops near Kaizhou, an important town on the east side of Liaoyang Prefecture. Now, Suzhou, Fuzhou, Ningzhou and Zhenhai Prefecture on the Liaodong Peninsula have sent reinforcements to Kaizhou to support it."

"Now, the garrison of Suzhou City, Xiao Ke has taken away five hundred troops, and the number of defenders in Suzhou City is only 500. As for Suzhou Pass, there are only fifty old soldiers left."

"So few?" The battalion commander of the northwest border army next to him couldn't help but grin and looked surprised when he heard this number. "Even the smallest fortress on Shaanxi North Road, even the smallest fortress, must have three or five hundred defenders and a state city, which is so small?"

"This is naturally. The population of Northern Liao is not large in Liaodong. Even the Liaoyang Prefecture, the capital of Tokyo's Daoguan District, is only more than 50,000.

As for the so-called Suzhou, Ningzhou and Fuzhou, besides Suzhou City, there are nearly a meter-high earth wall surrounding it, the so-called Ningzhou and Fuzhou are just villages and towns with a population of one or two thousand for our Song Dynasty.” Ma Kui sighed helplessly.

"Unfortunately, Your Majesty has given an explanation that our Song Dynasty will not be allowed to take the initiative to send troops to invade the city of Liaodong. It must be captured by the young masters and then handed over to our Song Dynasty. Otherwise, with my Jiaodong Navy, we will send three or five warships to capture these so-called state cities in a blink of an eye."

Mr. Zhong nodded while caresing his delicate beard. "I think it's because it's because it's the reason for the direct conflict with the Northern Liao Dynasty. At least, I, the Song Dynasty, cannot let the Northern Liao catch this excuse."

"It seems that the old boy Di Gubao is really ready to take action, and there is not much time left for me to prepare for Da Song."

"Yes, come here, I will immediately send an order to let all the warships that were still performing at sea go back to sail. I also sent someone to inform Wanhong Trading Company and invite Manager Wan to come and have important matters to discuss."

Next, the entire Dengzhou Port began to become busy and noisy, and there were endless workers and vehicles carrying various materials to board the ship on the dock.

Whenever a sea boat is full, it will raise its sails and leave the dock and replace it with another one...

After two whole days of busyness, all the ships from Wanhong Trading Company were filled with all the ships. Five five thousand-foot sea ships were loaded with bags of cement.
Chapter completed!