Compared with Jiang Cai's unexpected gain, Yang Xingqian's luck can only be said to be average, although he did not encounter a major storm, but because he deviated from some channels, he almost missed the destination, fortunately, the person at the helm was familiar with the sea route, and corrected it with experience, until the fleet sailed into a narrow strait, he confirmed the correctness of the direction. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is the Strait of Malacca, which was later known as the "throat of Asia", and its importance in this time and space is no less significant. In ancient times, when there was no means to judge the direction, most of the sea voyages followed the coastline, and the loss of reference objects could almost be equated with death.

"This is Lingyamen?"

At the entrance to the southern end of the strait, a remote island separated by a water from the narrow land at the upper end appeared in front of him, and the Lingya Gate that Yang Xingqian said was located on the outer side of the island against the strait, which looked like it was just a lively bazaar. Not only were there no walls on it, but there were no fences, a few small trestle bridges went deep into the sea, and in the harbor there were some boats, the largest of which were far from the one at his feet.

And the people on the dock, whether they were big cannibals in robes or local natives wrapped in a piece of cloth, were stunned when they suddenly saw such a large fleet approaching. Yang Xingqian even saw a few earth soldiers with short spears in the clairvoyant mirror, and looked at me in a panic, I looked at you, and then shouted something, then threw down the things in his hand and ran away, he couldn't help but shake his head.

"Mr. I don't know, we don't look like ordinary merchants at first glance, this Three Buddhas are quite powerful in this area, conquering many small countries around it, a few years ago, they were still fighting with a small orchid below, I heard that the war was not going well, even the king was almost killed, until the return trip, I don't know what the final result is, now I see us, don't you be scared to the bottom of the fart?"

"You might have heard of them?" Yang Xingqian listened to what he said interestingly, and showed a knowing smile, this place is not taken care of at present, the owner asked him to run this trip, and he has the intention of collecting the customs and geographical information along the way, as for what plans there will be, he doesn't want to bother to guess, there are some wild places on the left and right, how can anyone come to stay for a long time?

"Mr. Hui, the little one knows a little bit about it."

That is, I understand, these people who run boats at sea, can be illiterate, but language talent is a must, he was able to be promoted by Pu's back then, most of them relied on this ability, and at this moment he can be appreciated by the new owner, where do you not understand, what is what he is valued.

"The order goes down, the ship will anchor underground, order the small boat behind it to go up, take over everything here, and take down all those who stand in the way, and show the public after those who resist, only one, and do not harass the merchants and the people."

His words made the helmsman so frightened that he almost took off his hand, originally thought that he would send himself up to negotiate with the other party, but he never thought that this seemingly weak Mr. Yang, what he said was murderous, and he didn't even talk about the reason. What about the state of etiquette?

"Sir, I'm afraid it will cause ...... Misunderstand. After thinking about it for a long time, he found such a euphemism, Yang Xingqian glanced at him and smiled.

"If there is no flag on the island, it is a wasteland, and since it is a wasteland, it is an ownerless, since this official is here, how can he see such a good reason to abandon the wasteland, don't you say?"

The other party was stunned by him, this place was really unoccupied at first, and then due to the good geographical location, the merchant ships that came and went needed a mooring, so they slowly gathered, and some people had needs, and slowly formed a market town, and then some people came to collect taxes. If it continues to develop like this, in the 21 st century, it will become a small country, that is, the one that claims to account for 90 percent of the Chinese, but has the most beneficial anti-China countermeasures...... A country.

In addition to the difference in weapons and equipment, there is one of the biggest differences between warships and merchant ships, that is, merchant ships are loaded with goods, while warships are loaded with sergeants, in addition to the shipwrights who operate the ships, there are also sergeants who are ready to collide and jump at any time, which has a special name in later generations...... Marine corps.

The town was originally small, and the so-called administrative agency was a tax collector with a few native soldiers, but when they were captured, they were still discussing whether they could not beat and then run, or run desperately, and when the heavily armed Song sergeants rushed in, there was naturally only one next choice.

This kind of behavior, not only his subordinates do not understand, even the big cannibals who stopped in the harbor can't figure it out, their original voyage was to reach Quanzhou through here, stopping is just to rest, replenish fresh water and eat, who would have thought, the impression of the polite Song people, suddenly became robbers.

As a businessman, you don't want to see your business partners caught in the middle of a war, which not only loses profits, but also endangers your own lives. So they could only implicitly remind this scholar-like chief official that no matter how strong the Great Song Dynasty was, it was also far away from the ocean, and it was impossible to go on an expedition for such a place, but it would affect the safety of the route all the time, and the gains outweighed the losses.

"Who said the Commander was going to take this place?" Yang Xingqian's reaction once again refreshed everyone's cognition, after detaining the tax collectors and native soldiers in the town, he did not leave the sergeants to replace them, but erected a flagpole in the center of the town, raised the banner of the Great Song Dynasty, and then ......

After replenishing the provisions, he immediately ordered to leave the place and sail towards the depths of the strait, without stopping for a night.

After this episode, Yang Xingqian found that others looked at him differently, the helmsman on his own ship, his eyes were full of doubts, of course he would not explain his behavior to others, everything would be revealed on the return trip, because it was not him who was difficult to do, but the other party, he just wanted to see if the other party dared to cut down the flag.

According to the records on the "Zhuyi Zhi", the Three Buddhas are rich in all kinds of spices and gems, but there is no food he needs, so this is just a way, not his real destination, the strait in front of him, more than 2,000 miles long, there is still a long way to go through it, he can't afford to delay his efforts at all.

As he had imagined, although the speed was not very fast, he did not encounter any hostile ships in this strait, and the towns and villages along the coast, whenever they saw them, reacted in the same way as the people in that town, either running in all directions, or shouting and screaming, as if some demon had descended.

"An inseparable part of the Chinese nation."

Yang Xingqian, who stood proudly on the slipway, muttered a word that no one could understand, with a hint of a smile in his eyes, and the smile contained some sarcasm, but also seemed to be a kind of fanaticism, allowing the sea breeze to blow his beard and hair up, and seep into the boundless blue.

Like the terrain on both sides of the Youjiang River, from Guohua Prefecture to the front, are river valley plains, the people are not good at farming, most of the ground is overgrown with wild grasses, although Mongolian horses are not very picky eaters, but if they eat too much, they will still have discomfort. Therefore, the cavalry soldiers who were forced to guard the perimeter by Sai Chidian were not very willing to go too far.

But the order is the order, the ten thousand households of Wulan suddenly received it, and they stayed in the village of the people in Guohua Prefecture and did not move their nests, and the matter fell on the thousands of households below, no matter how unwilling they were, these people still carried it out to the letter, so the five thousand people began to cover the operation of covering the hundred miles ahead according to their respective divisions.

As one of the most brave generals under Genghis Khan, Subutai has always been known as the "Mastiff", and his people are naturally no exception.

He is one of the 5,000 households under the command of Ulan Hudu, like all the Mongolian cavalry here, he stayed in Dali for more than ten years, during which he followed the old master Subutai's son Wuliang Hatai and his grandson Ashu, and ran to the jungle all over the place to beat the local natives, there was nothing left, I knew that this was the case, and I should have broken through the whole Guangxi with Wuliang Hatai and returned to Dadu, fortunately, the Great Khan did not forget them, and now the opportunity is not coming.

From the day he set off from Dali, he had such a thought, this route was once walked by the old master, the Song people at that time can be described as vulnerable, Wuliang Hatai only with 3,000 Mongolian cavalry and less than 20,000 locals all the way to Jinghu, now they are strong and strong, the number is more than twice as many as before, what does that mean? It is not just a breakthrough, and the permanent occupation of this land is what the Great Khan demands of them.

Therefore, even if he stopped under Hengshanzhai for so many days, he still thought that it was the coach's strategy, in order to lure the Song people to rescue, would the Song people come? He was looking forward to it, because once they appeared, the first person he would contact would be his thousand-man team.

In addition to food, the more important thing is the water source, so he will not run into the forest, let his cavalry advantage come to naught, no matter where the Song people come from, he is sure to defeat them, this is the confidence of the Wuliangha people.

"Where's Sidding?" On a rocky beach by the river, Aruhun asked casually while washing his beloved horse.

"I'm afraid that he has already left Guohua Prefecture at this time, he is running too fast, do you want someone to remind him?"

Aruhun looked at the river in front of him, this river is not wide, you can see the opposite bank at a glance, but if you are not familiar with the water conditions, it is not easy to wade through the water, if you can't pass, it means that there is no way back on your side, although brave, but it does not mean that he is a reckless man, according to the words of the soldiers, Siding's hundred-man team is indeed a little too fast, and it is too far away from himself, which is not conducive to responding at any time.

"No, you go and let the others hurry, be sure to stay ......" He had just made his decision, and before he could finish his sentence, he heard a long horn sound in the distance, and the familiar tone made his face change.

There is an enemy ahead.