While they were talking about Annam, a large fleet of ships was following the ocean current around the bottom of the Indochina Peninsula, where Champa and Chenla were divided, and further on, what would later be known as the Gulf of Siam, but the flotilla's goal was not there. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

"Turn the rudder, go down seven minutes, full sails, trumpet, tell them to follow." On a three-masted ship, a man of literati stood on the helm platform, commanding without looking back, his eyes on the two cylinders, and his expression looked intently ahead.

With his command, the huge hard sail that was originally full of masts was pulled and slowly turned by the boatmen, this rhythm was almost the same as the movement of the rudder, it was not a simple matter for such a large hull to turn, but under their control, the big ship barely showed a big tilt, and turned very smoothly in the direction he indicated.

For all this, Yang Xingqian is just a slight jaw, although he is not from the seaside, but after a few months of adaptation, he is not much seasick, the big boat under his feet comes from the capture of Quanzhou. Originally, it was intended to be left to Liu Yu as a boat, because the latter was not needed at present, so he borrowed an envoy first as the chief of the scene, after all, this time the task was arranged by Liu Yu himself, and it was a matter of confidentiality In addition to himself, not only the hundreds of boatmen on this ship, but also the more than 300 Qiongzhou naval warships behind him were at a loss.

The errand he was given before was mainly to buy grain, and the conditions of the Indochina Peninsula are unique, and even in later generations, it is one of the world's famous granaries, and the rice produced is still suitable for the taste of the people of Nanhua. Now they urgently need military rations, so the idea can only be fought from above, because Liu Yu can't play for this, so there is nothing to do, and if it can be solved locally, it is best to do this, but buying food is just one of the many destinations.

Compared with those big islands overseas, from the Indochina Peninsula to India, it is all cooked land, what is cooked land is the kind of place that human beings have developed for many years, and there is no need to go to the wasteland to fight against nature, which is superior to the treasure island across the road in Fujian, and the natural land is the place of farming, which is really farming, not to mention, some of these areas are an inseparable part of the Chinese nation for thousands of years, which is also true.

Therefore, he will hand over all the sea ships to him, what is the difference between civilian ships and military ships in this time and space? Basically, no, the difference is whether you are loading goods or weapons, thousands of large fleets appear near the coastline of a country, for their deterrent power is conceivable, with a modern example: the era when Western invaders can occupy a country for hundreds of years as long as they set up a few cannons on a coast in the East is gone.

This is the effect that Liu Yu wants to achieve, as for buying grain, even if the same people say it is true, they must be willing to believe it. This is not the only purpose, the Great Song Dynasty is facing the most serious juncture in history, if there is still the strength to declare the national prestige, both internally and externally, it is a move full of positive energy, but this matter has just begun, Yang Xingqian has to interrupt and turn to a more urgent task.

Verbally, it is still to buy grain, but if the ship hangs the handsome flag of "Guangnan West Road through a little pacification envoy", the meaning is different, then it becomes a tribute, in the name of these coastal countries, are all vassals of the Great Song Dynasty, this year is the year of the new monarch's first establishment, this is the time to pay tribute, but there is no need for people to travel thousands of miles across the ocean to send it, send a boat to get it, is not more convenient, as for the tribute, as long as the grain.

In order to make the implementation of these people more powerful, Liu Yu studied for so long before he found a credible reason, as for there is no other reason, only God knows.

Yang Xingqian knew that this was the day when he grew up to be so big and in the most comfortable mood, taking the army as a national envoy to go overseas to show off his might, isn't this the most respected by the literati in the mouth of the heavenly kingdom? Even if the country is now on the verge of crisis, it still does not take these semi-civilized or uncivilized natives into account.

"How long have you been working with the Pu family?" The helmsman was a middle-aged man, not tall, lean and lean, but his arms were bulging, and at first glance he was concentrating on the helm, when he suddenly heard the new owner's question, he almost let go.

Yang Xingqian's question made him not know how to answer at once, as the criminal under the city of Quanzhou, he is different from those ordinary boatmen, basically there will be no day when he returns to his hometown after eliminating his crime, originally for the sake of a small family, he also accepted his fate, and never wanted to be rowed on this big boat, because he was a good rudder, he was directly promoted to the helmsman, so didn't he become an official family? It gave him a glimmer of hope.

"Mr. Hui's words, it's been almost ten years, the small family is a boatman, and they have been working for the Pu family since their ancestors, but I don't know that they harbor evil intentions and want to be ......."

"That's a thing of the past, and you can be regarded as a good thing now, as long as you do it well, you don't have to worry about no future." Yang Xingqian saw that he was off topic, and hurriedly interrupted: "Since you have been in the Pu family for ten years, this line should be no stranger." ”

"Mr. is right, the little one has run several times with the housekeeper of the Pu family, and he has been to this area, I thought that Mr. was going to Siam, but I didn't want to go straight down, so let the little one dare to guess, we are going to Srivijaya?"

"Generally speaking, it's good, then according to you, if you go to the Three Buddhas, you can get it in three days?" Seeing that he was familiar with the sea route, Yang Xingqian put down the clairvoyant mirror in his hand and walked to his side.

"If you go along the coast, I'm afraid it won't work." The helmsman recalled his previous experience of running a boat, and then said: "But according to the direction pointed out by the gentleman, if the direction is not bad, plus the tailwind, and there is no storm along the way, Hugh said that three days, two days is enough." ”

Still want to be beautiful, Yang Xingqian nodded, this is not much different from his prior expectations, time is very tight, he has to take a risk, although this sea route is straight, but it usually does not go that way, the coast is a little slower and there is a place to hide in the storm, it is difficult to say on this line.

"Then let God decide, keep course, and go full speed."

Yang Xingqian smiled slightly, and watched the tall bow of the ship in front of him flickering up and down on the blue sea, like a long knife cutting through the waves, behind him, thousands of boats raced, this is an invincible army across the sea, just like the Yuan people who swept across the continent, easily crushing everything that dared to stand in front of them.

The reason why he was not there was not for the training of the army outside the city, but because he ran to the Yueba River, where there were more than 3,000 Guang horses that had not had time to be transferred.

Although Guangma is not big, but if you choose a reasonable rider, it is not impossible to use, after all, the height of the southerners is not dominant, whether it is local, Qionghai can find the right person to come, his mind is very simple, even if he can't find someone, as a reserve horse to use, it is a very good choice, of course, the Song people have not been able to be extravagant to that extent.

Yueba River is not a river, it is a place name, located on the side of Yongshui, near the junction of Hengzhou and Pennzhou, above is the Kunlun Yumai, the waterside of the mountain, it constitutes a natural pasture with abundant water and grass, this horse farm is inside, if there is something in Yongzhou, it can be easily transferred out, so it was selected by Ma Chengwang as a temporary use, did not think about it but cheapened Jiang Cai.

He took more than 100 personal soldiers, plus the shepherds of the horse farm, and drove the more than 3,000 horses all the way back, and the speed was naturally not fast.

"Ma Duguan, this is your soldier?" Jiang Cai could see at a glance that this soldier and horse were different from the support army under Yongzhou City, but like a captured Han army, they had a different spirit.

"Yes, half of them are the soldiers and horses of Jingjiang Mansion led by a certain one, and the rest are all rushed over by remote state capitals, and they happened to meet them on the road, so they went together, your batch of horses is Ma Chengwang's house, right?"

Since it has been encountered, it is natural to go all the way, anyway, the speed of the foot soldier and the horse that is not in the running state is about the same, but there is no question of who drags who hinders, the two main generals are naturally side by side, exchanging their views all the way, and there is no shortage of temptations between languages.

Seeing that Jiang Cai was interested in his soldiers, Ma Ji didn't care, and after some introduction, he learned that he was transferred from Shu, Shuzhong has hardly stopped fighting since the beginning of the war between the two countries, and generals like Gundam and Xia Gui have been used as reinforcements to fight with the Tartars, and Ma Ji and his brother Ma Yan are like this.

Seventeen years ago, in view of the emptiness of Guangxi, Ma Ji was transferred to Jingjiang Mansion, and at the same time he also transferred 5,000 Shu soldiers, the arrival of this man and horse strengthened the defense of Guangxi, but did not get the approval of the commander of the road, because it increased the burden on the road.

Hearing his emotion, Jiang Cai was a little envious, a military general blatantly didn't buy Lu Chen's account, and he could still force people away, if he had this ability, why did he stay in Saga for so long? But emotion is emotion, words will not say that.

"In this way, as soon as this war starts, there are a lot of soldiers and horses, but to form combat power, it is not an overnight thing, I don't know what Fu Shuai plans to do in his heart." The last time they met, Liu Yu made it clear to him that he would definitely send troops, but he didn't say when, knowing that Jiang was the other party's henchman, he had to probe the tone.

"According to a certain opinion, Fu Shuai should have a plan in his heart, and when he arrives in Yongzhou, there will be a clearing, Mo ......" Jiang Cai actually didn't know, and was about to explain two sentences, when the microphone on his waist sounded, and in the surprised eyes of the other party, he calmly connected it, and only after hearing a sentence, his face became solemn.

"Fu Shuai has decided, march into the army on the same day, Hengshanzhai."

Hearing Jiang Cai's words, Ma Ji had lost interest in the thing that could speak, because now there were more important things waiting ahead.