When Chang'an City ushered in the autumn harvest season, in the far southern hemisphere, it ushered in spring.

Zhu Yin and Zhu Tong stood on the deck, admiring the beautiful view of the sea.

"Second brother, the wind is blowing!"

Zhu Tong opened his hands and closed his eyes slightly, feeling the sea breeze blowing.

I saw the sea sparkling on the surface, the warm sunlight sprinkled on the water, and the sea surface at this time was like a broken golden jade, which made people can't help but feel an inexplicable pity.

"Judging from the charts, we should be able to reach Australia as mentioned by His Royal Highness the King of Chu in the past two days, which is really exciting."

Sailing at sea is boring, but Zhu Yin is passionate every day.

Ever since the Gewu Academy left Puluozhong, the weather has become hotter and hotter.

Recently, it has begun to become less hot again, and occasionally passing by some islands, it is a scene of spring flowers.

This gave Zhu Yin further confidence in the opposite conclusion of the climate of the northern and southern hemispheres.

"The outside world is really exciting, this sea voyage is much more interesting than staying in Chang'an City."

Just as the two brothers Zhu Tong and Zhu Yin were talking, Li Geng and Li Yixie also came to the deck.

"Yang Qiwa was fishing in the sea just now, but the fish didn't catch, but she caught a few prawns weighing seven or eight pounds, everyone has a good mouth tonight."

"A prawn weighing seven or eight pounds? This...... That's scary, right? I've never seen a shrimp this big. ”

Zhu Tong swallowed his saliva, since he went to sea, he found that his life had taken a leap.

Growing up, he never ate much meat, let alone seafood.

Even if he Aya entered the hot air team of the Chu Palace, the conditions at home have improved, and the seafood or something is still a legend for him.

As a result, since I arrived in Dengzhou, all the way, there are all kinds of seafood every day, and you don't want to eat it.

However, even so, Zhu Tong has never eaten a prawn weighing seven or eight catties.

"Well, look at the deck, it's still bouncing."

Li Geng pointed to the deck not far away, where there were indeed several behemoths, although their claws were tied with ropes, they could still be seen hideous.

"Li Langjun, could it be that this is the Australian lobster that His Royal Highness the King of Chu talked about? Could it be that we are about to arrive in the legendary Australia? ”

Zhu Yin suddenly thought of some of the content that Li Kuan was chatting casually about outside of class at that time, and an excited expression appeared on his face.

"Australian lobster? This...... Isn't that appropriate? Is it more appropriate to call it Australian prawns? ”

Zhu Tong glanced at his second brother, although the word lobster came out of the mouth of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, but the word "dragon" is still relatively sensitive after all, and he thinks it is better to change it.

"Uh...... That's right, Australian prawns, this is Australian prawns. ”

Zhu Yin also realized that what he said was inappropriate, and hurriedly corrected it.

Fortunately, there is no fastidious imperial history like Yang Benman on the ship, so there is no need to worry about what will happen.

"Australian prawns are Australian prawns. Along the way, the charts provided by the academy to everyone are still relatively accurate, and the days are counted, and they are almost near Australia. Then tonight we will each have a steamed Australian prawn, and then drink the rest of the burnt knives that Pu Luozhong brought. ”

Li Geng felt that victory was in sight, and he didn't have to wait until he set foot on Australian soil to celebrate, just have a good drink tonight, and rush to the legendary Australia tomorrow.

"Li Langjun, look, there is land in front again!"

Just as Li Geng and Zhu Yin were talking, Yang Qiwa's voice came from the mast.

This Yang Qiwa, all day long, except for sleeping, spends most of her time on the mast, and the whole person is as neat as a monkey.

However, due to frequent sun exposure, it is more like a chimpanzee.

"Yang Qiwa, look carefully, don't be another island!"

Li Geng and Li Yixie and the others were on the deck, and they didn't get so excited because of Yang Qiwa's words.

No one knows how many islands we've encountered along the way.

Even the big island, which is many times larger than Puluozhong, is not unseen.

Several times everyone thought that they had arrived in Australia, but when they walked around the coastline, they found that they thought too much.

This is also the first time everyone has gone to Australia, although there are charts, but everyone is afraid to fully believe the charts.

It's a waste of time.

Otherwise, it wouldn't take so much time to get from Puluo to Australia.

"No, this time it doesn't seem to be the same, this land doesn't have so many dense plants, the field of vision is very broad, at a glance, it is definitely bigger than the island we encountered before, and if you look at the sea chart, nine times out of ten it is to the north of Australia."

When Yang Qiwa first joined the East China Sea Fisheries, she couldn't even write her own name.

However, after a few years of study, it is now barely literate.

In fact, there are very few sailors in the East China Sea fishing industry who are illiterate.

"Yixie, I'll go up and take a look, you arrange someone to get this Australian prawn, if you really get to Australia, then you can celebrate on land tonight!"

After Li Geng finished speaking, he also quickly climbed to the mast.

As the son of a military general, Li Geng's skills are already very good, and the small mast is even more difficult for him.

"Give me the binoculars!"

climbed to the top of the mast in two times, and Li Geng sat down next to Yang Qiwa.

"This ...... Li Langjun, I Yang Qiwa can lend you anything, but this telescope can't be borrowed, or ...... Why don't you go down and get your own? ”

Yang Qiwa looked at the telescope hanging around her neck tangledly.

Although the rope on the telescope had turned black and shiny because of the years of rubbing around his neck, he didn't feel disgusted at all.

"Look at your darling! Bring! When I return to Chang'an City, I will send you the latest telescope produced by the glass workshop, which can see farther and clearer! ”

Li Geng glared at Yang Qiwa, this guy even sleeps with a telescope, is this telescope more comfortable than his mother-in-law?

"That'...... Then you can take it, but don't fall down. This telescope has been with me for years. ”

Yang Qiwa took the telescope off her neck and carefully handed it to Li Geng.

"Gross!"

As soon as Li Geng took the telescope, his eyes had not yet met the barrel, and the special smell emitted from the rope of the telescope clearly entered his nose, making him almost vomit the tuna raw fish he ate at noon.

"You're too unsophisticated, aren't you? Don't you care about telescopes very much, why don't you wash this rope? ”

Li Geng grabbed the rope with his hand in disgust, and asked it to stay as far away from his nose as possible.

"Huh?"

When a desolate picture appeared in his field of vision, Li Geng couldn't help but let out a surprised sound.

Everyone is a knowledgeable person.

This kind of land scenery, but I have never encountered it all the way, is obviously not an ordinary island.

Waiting for the idle island, looking from a distance, you can immediately see the east and west ends.

But the land in front of you is endless, and it seems that the end of the coast is still land.

"How? Isn't this time a little different? ”

Yang Qiwa was very satisfied when she saw Li Geng's reaction.

Along the way, Yang Qiwa "lied about the military situation" many times, making everyone not believe him when he said "It seems that Australia has arrived".

However, this time, I was finally right?

"Remind everyone to pay attention to whether there are reefs in the sea, it seems that this Australia is likely to be really close at hand."

Li Geng took a deep breath and held back the excitement in his heart.

The "Gewu Academy" is the latest type of clipper produced by the Dengzhou Shipbuilding Workshop, a subsidiary of the East China Sea Fishery, and when the full sail is hung, the speed is far higher than that of ordinary sea vessels.

However, if you want to be fast, you can't reach it, and after seeing the mainland, Li Geng asked people to slow down the speed of the ship.

The closer you get to land, the more likely you are to touch the reef.

If you are happy and sad, then you will be in great trouble.

He Li Geng doesn't want to be one of the first Tang people in Australia.

If this ship runs aground in Australia, whether he can return to Datang in his life is a matter of two words.

……

Outside the city of Gaochang, a large army gathered.

Hou Junji leveled several big cities of Gaochang Kingdom, and it was finally time to clean up Gaochang City.

"Chief, this Lu Zhisheng also led the army to meet the battle yesterday, but he didn't expect a defeat and thought about suing for peace, is this trying to treat us as monkeys? Go and make peace today, and in a few days our army has retreated, and he will rebel again? ”

Xue Wanjun read the letter of request for peace sent by Lu Zhisheng, and expressed his opinion with an unhappy face.

"Those who are guilty of the Son of Heaven are also kings. The punishment of heaven has been added, and the body has lost its back. Zhisheng has not been on the throne for a few years, and he doesn't know why he is sad, and he is sorry for him. Hmph, this Lu Zhisheng will make excuses, Lu Wentai is his Aye, and now he inherits the throne, it's like putting all the responsibility on a dead man? Wanjun, don't worry, Ben Jiang is not so stupid, unless this Lu Zhisheng is willing to open the city gate and surrender unconditionally, otherwise, where is the sincerity of suing for peace or something? ”

Hou Junji is naturally not a rotten Confucian like Kong Yingda, and he is already very familiar with the set that Lu Zhisheng plays.

In fact, Emperor Yang of Sui suffered this kind of loss in Goguryeo back then, thinking that Goguryeo was really conquered by his own momentum and wanted to surrender, but as a result, the good situation was ruined.

Hou Junji had a brief discussion with Xue Wanjun and He Li, and then replied to Lu Zhisheng.

Needless to say, Lu Zhisheng naturally did not surrender strangely.

Since ancient times, surrender has not been a choice for a king if there is no desperate situation.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Hou Junji saw that the gates of Gaochang City were closed for several days, and there were a large number of soldiers patrolling the city wall, so he naturally knew what kind of attitude Lu Zhisheng had.

After letting go of the little illusion that remained, he immediately arranged for someone to make a five-zhang high nest car.

The pioneer Xin Fang'er personally boarded the nest car to observe the movements in Gaochang City.

In this way, every move in Gaochang City immediately fell into the eyes of the Tang Army.

Where are the catapults going to attack, where are the defenders of Gaochang hiding, and where are there buildings worth attacking......

In just a few days, there was a chaotic situation in Gaochang City, and every household felt the strength of Datang.

"Grand Governor, the scout has reported that a Western Turkic army of tens of thousands of people has appeared in the north, and the last general has asked to lead troops to stop it."

Xue Wanjun was excellent in martial arts and brave in battle, and he was not particularly interested in this kind of boring siege warfare, but was interested in this support army of the Western Turks.

Needless to say, Gao Changguo dared to get along with the Tang Dynasty because of the Western Turks covering him.

Now the more than 10,000 troops must have come to rescue Gaochang, but they don't know why they twisted and pinched, and it seems that they have never dared to directly attack the Tang army camp.

"The Western Turkic Army? Hum! At the beginning, tens of thousands of elite cavalry were wiped out in a valley by more than 1,000 people under His Royal Highness King Chu, and now they don't have a long memory? ”

Hou Junji was not worried about the harm that the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of the Western Turks would do to him.

As long as the far-sighted generals know that the Western Turks began to decline many years ago, and now they themselves are still in chaos, how can it be possible to send troops to aid Gaochang with all their might?

Of course, Gaochang State, as a new capital that defected to the arms of the Western Turks, if something happened, it would be inappropriate for them to send no troops.

That's where we are.

"Chief, when the last general destroys them, you will know that you will have to remember them for a long time."

"Okay, you take 10,000 cavalry, and you are limited to three days to defeat the Western Turkic reinforcements."

……

As the sun sets, the mirror-like sea looks particularly soothing under the light of the setting sun.

Li Geng, Li Yixie, Zhu Yin, Zhu Tong and others all stood on the deck, looking at the land that was getting closer and closer, with smiles on their faces.

This smile, accompanied by the afterglow of the setting sun, accompanied by the golden light on the sea, and accompanied by the flight of seagulls, constitutes a unique beauty.

"We're going to stop here tonight and start sailing around the coastline tomorrow to see how big Australia really is."

Li Geng is a person with a relatively high status on the "Gewu Academy", and most of the things are determined by him and Li Yixie.

Of course, when it comes to navigation, he won't be strong.

"According to His Royal Highness the King of Chu, the coastline of this Australia is 70,000 miles long, if you want to turn around......"

Li Yixie had a tangled look on his face.

Although the "Gemu Academy" was considered the fastest ship of this era, it had to sail more than 70,000 miles at sea......

There is no fixed supply point, and to put it mildly, nine times out of ten, it will be difficult for everyone to return to Datang alive.

"Yixie, we don't need to walk through the coastline of Australia, as long as we walk along it for ten days and eight days, and we haven't reached the end, then we can basically determine that this land is the Australia in the mouth of His Royal Highness the King of Chu. So this chart is basically accurate, we find a suitable port to stop, build a supply point, and then we can return to the sea. ”

Li Geng is not going to take his life seriously.

He also wanted to go to the Americas to find mysterious high-yield crops, but he didn't want to lose his life in Australia.

"If that's the case, that's fine. When the time comes, we'll call that supply point 'Gewu Port'! ”

Li Yixie breathed a sigh of relief.

"What 'Gewu Port', if you want me to say, it's better to call it Yongping Port!"

As soon as Zhu Yin's sycophant was slapped out, no one objected immediately!