Compared with the land route, the sea route is obviously much faster, but it just has to bear some risks. But such risks are indeed great risks for ordinary people, and maybe the ship will be destroyed and everyone will die.
But for Chu Yi and others, such a natural disaster is nothing. As long as they are willing, they can completely ensure the safety of the fleet.
It only took a few days to leave Japan. Following the sea route, we were already approaching the land of the Song Dynasty.
Haizhou, Dasong Jingdong East Road.
Haizhou is close to the sea. On this day, outside a port in Haizhou, merchant ships were constantly coming and going, and tax collectors were passing through to clarify taxes.
It can be said that the Song Dynasty was quite supportive of maritime trade, and it was precisely the developed maritime trade that supported the huge waste of the Song Dynasty.
There are many ports along the coast. Although this is just a small and inconspicuous port, it can be seen that there are still many merchant ships docked in the port.
Suddenly, the soldiers on duty in the port looked at the sea with a look of surprise on their faces.
Above the sea, large ships appeared on the horizon one after another, becoming more and more clear. It was obvious that they were heading towards their port.
There was a sound of gold ringing, and it was obvious that these soldiers were quite alert. With the development of maritime trade, pirates would naturally harass them.
Although pirates are not very powerful, it is still necessary to take precautions before they happen.
As the sound of ringing gold rang out, the entire port was alarmed.
Soon a group of soldiers appeared. The leader, Dutou, had a nervous look on his face. He looked at the large ships on the sea and felt extremely nervous. Just looking at the size of the hulls, even a fool could see that these large ships were obvious.
It's extraordinary. If they are really pirates, I'm afraid their port will be doomed.
Soon, a surprised cheer was heard: "Look, that's the flag of our Song Dynasty."
As the fleet gets closer and closer, the flags planted in the fleet can now be seen with eyesight. When someone sees the flag clearly in the fleet, they can't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
If this was really a pirate, the port would have been destroyed. Now that they saw that the people coming were the fleets belonging to the Song Dynasty, everyone felt relieved.
Soon, a figure was seen walking across the water. It was Yang Zaixing. Chu Yi was the only one in the world who could use a heavenly being as a messenger.
Yang Zaixing's eyes swept across the crowd, and finally fell on the Dutou and said: "The general manager has returned from overseas, please prepare the food as soon as possible..."
The biggest problem when wandering at sea is food, especially when Chu Yi's fleet also carries hundreds of war horses. After several days of wandering, the food and grass are enough, but the clean water prepared is somewhat insufficient.
If they hadn't already arrived at this port, I'm afraid they would have found another place to dock.
The Dutou's expression changed slightly. Even he had heard of Chu Yi's name. Now that he knew that the person who came was actually the legendary Chu Yi, he was extremely excited. He quickly bowed down and respectfully accepted the order.
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In the autumn of the fourth year of Shaoxing in the Song Dynasty.
Chu Yi, who returned from overseas, only rested in the capital for more than a month before leading his army on the journey again.
In the eyes of many ministers in the court, Chu Yi's actions were nothing short of militaristic. In just a few short years, he had used troops abroad one after another and destroyed several large and small countries.
Although it is said that this is a great cause of opening up borders and expanding territories, in the eyes of some pedantic officials, when it comes to opening up territories and expanding territories, Chu Yi is simply a tyrannical and militaristic master. In other words, Chu Yi is not the emperor. If he were the emperor, they
It must be written down in the history books a hundred years after Chu Yi.
That is to say, they have nothing to do with Chu Yi. Otherwise, they have to stop Chu Yi's cruel behavior. Moreover, this time Chu Yi sends troops to wipe out the southwest. According to Chu Yi's plan, Dali will be destroyed all the way.
, Cochin, Bagan, Angkor, Haripunchai and other countries will all be destroyed.
Not to mention other things, Dali paid tribute to the Song Dynasty many times, and it can be said to be a vassal state of the Song Dynasty. Now Chu Yi actually wants to use troops against Dali. Doesn't this violate the style of a great country with etiquette in the Central Plains?
Fortunately, these people did not dare to say this in front of Chu Yi, otherwise, the land of the capital would be stained with blood again.
It took tens of thousands of troops more than a month to finally reach the border between Song Dynasty and Dali.
In fact, when Chu Yi sent troops, Dali had already received the news. After all, Dali had been a country for hundreds of years, so it still had its own news channels.
Dali has been able to maintain its immortality among various countries for hundreds of years. Naturally, it has its own way of establishing a country. It is nothing more than a grass on the wall, falling with the wind.
However, as Tubo, Xixia and other countries were destroyed by the Song Dynasty and included in the territory of the Song Dynasty, and Chu Yi went north to destroy Goryeo and the Japanese countries, the news spread to Dali, the Dali royal family, Duan Zhengming, and Duan Zhengchun.
Brother actually knows very well that if nothing unexpected happens, Dali will definitely be unsafe.
As expected, when the news came and received the news that Chu Yi led the army, including the clan members in Tianlong Temple, they were not surprised at all. They seemed to have expected this day to come.
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At the border between the two countries, Chu Yi looked at Duan Zhengchun in front of him with a calm expression.
Compared with Chu Yi's calmness, Duan Zhengchun was obviously much more haggard. Chu Yi still remembered that when he met Duan Zhengchun before, Duan Zhengchun at that time was full of nobility, suave and extraordinary bearing.
But now when we meet Duan Zhengchun again, Duan Zhengchun looks as if he has aged ten years, and his energy is very depressed.
Looking at Duan Zhengchun, Chu Yi smiled slightly and said: "King Zhennan is here to declare a war, right?"
Hearing what Chu Yi said, Duan Zhengchun couldn't help but smile bitterly, shook his head slightly towards Chu Yi and said: "Your Highness is really joking. Dali is just a small country, how can it withstand the attack of the general manager."
As he spoke, Duan Zhengchun took a deep breath, and said slowly with a bit of reluctance and relief: "Duan came here on the order of my royal brother, and came to beg for surrender on behalf of Dali! Please ask the general manager to stop it.
Fight to prevent lives from being destroyed."
Chu Yi raised his eyebrows and looked at Duan Zhengchun: "Oh, are you really willing to surrender?"
Duan Zhengchun nodded and said: "Although Duan is the master of Dali, he also knows that even if he puts all his strength into Dali, it will never be able to withstand the majestic power of the Grand Manager. In this case, why not surrender, so as to avoid a tragedy that will destroy all lives."
Chu Yi would naturally not have any objections to being able to successfully conquer a country. Although he did not believe that Dali could cause any trouble, it would be good to have fewer killings.
When Duan Zhengchun looked at Chu Yi, Chu Yi said to Duan Zhengchun: "In this case, I will make the decision for the emperor. As long as the Duan family can cooperate with the Song Dynasty to win over Dali, the Duan family will always enjoy the position of Duke of the Song Dynasty and be hereditary.
No replacement."
Historically, kings who subjugated their country rarely had a good end, but Duan Zhengchun was not worried that the Song Dynasty court would be unfavorable to the Duan family after the Duan family surrendered.
After all, the Song Dynasty was too powerful. After successively annexing the Jin, Xixia, Tubo, Goryeo and other countries, the national power of the Song Dynasty had reached a terrifying level. Dali could not threaten the Song Dynasty at all. Under such circumstances
, as long as the Emperor of the Song Dynasty is not a fool, he will definitely treat the Dali royal family with gentleness. Besides, with Chu Yi's promise, Duan Zhengchun is not worried that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty will not agree. Who knows that the Song Dynasty can be completely complete today?
It's because of Chu Yi that as long as Chu Yi is willing, no one can stop him even if he takes the position of the Nine-Five Great Lord.
Taking a deep breath, Duan Zhengchun bowed to Chu Yi and said, "Duan Zhengchun thanks the Chief Manager."
The relationship between the two came to an end, and soon they saw a figure slowly walking in with a brocade box in both hands. It was Duan Yu, the prince of Zhennan who had met several times in the past.
