Chapter 68 Encountering a Storm on the Way

On the endless sea, a huge fleet of ships is riding the wind and waves! There are about forty large and small ships in the fleet, all of which are warships!

At this time, the flotilla was moving with the wind, and the speed of the flotilla was high. The warship is lined with masts, the sails are hung high, and the sails are drumming in the wind, and the hunt is sounding!

More than ten days ago, after Su Shang told Du Ruhui about the idea of sending troops to levy Gao to seize the ship, the two discussed it and decided!

Two days ago, after more than ten days of preparation, the naval warship officially set off from the Dengzhou naval army camp!

This time the navy army conquered the ship, and Su Shang was originally only going to send 4,000 sailor soldiers and the fifteen large warships of more than 1,000 stones!

This is because warships with more than 1,000 stones can only carry a total of 4,000 soldiers who are fully equipped and well-supplied, while warships with less than 1,000 stones are not very safe to navigate on the sea, and are prone to various situations. When he first led the army to retreat from the sea, there were more than a dozen warships under a thousand stone when he set out, but when he returned to Donglai County, there were only eight left!

However, after some thought, Su Shang felt that only 4,000 soldiers were too little, and finally decided to send 6,000 sailors!

According to Su Shang's idea, the fifteen warships of more than 1,000 stones all carried soldiers and some food! In addition to the armor they wore, the soldiers only carried personal weapons and a few bows and arrows! As for the rest of the food supplies, weapons and equipment, they were all carried by warships below a thousand stones!

Therefore, in order to seize the ship this time, Su Shang not only sent more than 6,000 soldiers and fifteen warships of more than 1,000 stones, but also sent all the remaining more than 30 warships of more than 700 stones in the naval battalion.

On the largest warship in the fleet, Su Shang was standing at the bow of the ship, holding a telescope in his hand, looking at the sea from afar!

"General Li, you estimate how far we are from the scheduled landing point!" Su Shang put down the binoculars and asked Li Mo, the general of the naval army on the side!

Li Mo thought for a while, looked at the surrounding sea again, and then replied respectfully: "Tell the marshal, according to the time of our fleet's voyage and the speed of the voyage, it is about seventy miles away from Goguryeo, and if you sail downwind, you will arrive at the first scheduled landing point tonight!"

The sea route from the Dengju naval camp to Goguryeo is about 400 miles, and if the road goes well, the naval warships must sail for about two and a half days to reach Goguryeo!

At dusk, there was a sudden strong wind on the sea, and the wind and waves rose suddenly, and the black clouds drifted in from afar!

The waves crashed against the ship, the sails opened violently, the masts creaked loudly, and the hull shook violently!

In addition to the more than ten large warships that were relatively stable, those warships below a thousand stones were all shaky, and the soldiers left behind on them were a little unable to hold on, and they squatted in the corners one after another, struggling to stabilize their bodies!

"Quick, blow the trumpet and let the soldiers lower their sails, or the ship will capsize!"

Li Mo shouted to several heralds, his family has been fishing at the beach for generations, and he once followed General Lai Hu'er to cross the sea to conquer Gao, he is very experienced!

"Dudu ......" As the herald blew the horn, the soldiers of each warship hurriedly put away their sails!

At this time, not far from the warship that Su Shang was taking, the left-behind soldiers on a warship retracted the sails a little slower, only to hear a loud "click" sound, a mast fell down and fell into the sea, the ship suddenly tilted to the left, and rebounded back, and the three soldiers who were retracting the sails fell into the water!

"Quick! Hurry up and save people! Su Shang was so anxious that he shouted!

A dozen soldiers rushed up, threw the rope into the water, and shouted at the three soldiers who were struggling in the water: "Hold on to the rope!"

"Stupid! Go find the long bamboo pole! ”

"General, there are no long bamboo poles!"

The situation was critical, Li Mo jumped into the water with the rope, and the other two soldiers with excellent water properties also jumped down, they struggled to swim to the soldiers who fell into the water in the water, and in the churning waves, a few small black dots finally grabbed the rope, and everyone on the boat worked together to pull them slowly onto the boat!

The soldiers on the ship cheered, Su Shang wiped his cold sweat, and hurriedly ordered: "Quickly carry them into the cabin!"

At this time, Li Mo stepped forward with a body of seawater, pointed to the black clouds rolling up and down in the distance, and said worriedly: "Marshal, now is just the prelude to a storm, look at this situation, a storm will come soon!" We must find a way to get to shore now, or by the time the storm comes, all the ships may capsize! ”

"What then? We are now in the middle of the sea, where is the shore for us to rely on? ”

Su Shang is also a little anxious, do we want to die before we get out of the school, and we don't die in the hands of the Goguryeo people, but we want to die at the bottom of the sea?

At this moment, Su Yu, the general of the navy who had been in charge of the direction of the fleet, came over!

Su Shang's spirits were lifted, Su Yu is also an experienced naval army leader, once followed General Laihu'er to cross the sea to conquer Gao, in the past, when the Sui army general Lai Cheng led the army to withdraw from the sea to Donglai County, he also commanded the fleet to sail, maybe he would have something to do.

Su Shang hurriedly walked up and asked, "What's the matter?"

Su Yu pointed to the black clouds rolling in the distance and said: "Marshal, the storm is coming, we must hurry to the shore!"

"I know! But where can we have a shore in the middle of the sea? ”

"Marshal, there is a place to hide."

Su Shang was overjoyed and asked anxiously, "Where can I hide?"

"Marshal, last year when I withdrew from Goguryeo with General Laicheng, I also passed through the vicinity of here! I remember very well that there was an island not far to the northwest, and it was so big that we could find it, park our fleet there, and wait until the storm had passed! ”

Su Shang was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly picked up the binoculars and looked northwest!

Sure enough, about five miles to the northwest, there was a faint black strip, and they had already driven past!

"Order all the ships to turn around and head northwest!"

Finally, before the storm arrived, the fleet approached the island, which was not very large, only about five or six miles in radius, and the island was overgrown with trees, tall and lush!

At this time, the sea was already rolling in huge waves, black clouds were overwhelming, and strong winds mixed with torrential rain were overwhelming!

More than forty warships, large and small, sailed into a harbor with difficulty, and crowded into a narrow harbor, like a flock of sheep in a storm, huddled together and shivering.

Su Yu looked out the window of the ship, the dark sky, and sighed softly, "Marshal, I don't know how long this storm will last, we'd better wait until tomorrow!" ”

Su Shang also looked out the window of the boat and thought for a while, "It's okay!" We are almost in Goguryeo now, and it is estimated that the army of the imperial court will not reach Pyongyang City so soon, so we will rest here for a while and wait for the storm to pass! ”

Since he decided to stay here for a while to recuperate, Su Shang was a little concerned about the situation on the island, he looked at Su Yu and asked, "General Su, I don't know if there are people on the island?" ”

"Marshal, this admiral is not clear! At that time, we were in a hurry to evacuate, but we just passed through the sea here, and did not land on the island! ”

"In that case, give the order to the soldiers, and let the soldiers cheer up at night and patrol carefully! As soon as the rainstorm stops, send someone to explore the entire island! ”

Looking at the already dark night outside, Su Shang was a little uneasy, he was a little worried that there were Goguryeo soldiers on the island......

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