The Imperial City of Tokyo has learned what is happening on the distant East Island.

On the north side of the avenue of Jinxiang Palace, the leaves of the maple trees on both sides have turned yellow, and the scattered fallen leaves on the brick floor are "rustling" and sliding by the wind, but the road looks more neat and clean.

The majestic Jinxiang Hall complex is magnificent and beautiful, standing in the midst of this secluded court. Guo Shao stepped down from the car, looking at it, but suddenly a little embarrassed.

How many people have lost their lives for all this? Zhang Yin is just one of the countless officials, and he has only a few relationships with Guo Shao, but when Guo Shao heard that he was killed in Dongdao, he was also extremely unhappy.

The reason why he was upset was that things were not easy because of it.

Guo Shao walked up the steps, put away his chaotic state of mind, and went straight to the council hall. The ministers have arrived first.

"My Emperor has no borders for longevity......"

After a simple courtesy, Wang Pu quickly mentioned the matter of Dongdao, "Although the officials of our court have not consulted with the lord of our country, the two countries have always been harmonious; The subordinate officials who allowed us to build forts also belong to the officials officially appointed by the country, and their subordinate positions are different from the attitude of the imperial court, and they have nothing to do with the fault of our court, and belong to their internal affairs, and they cannot be blamed for the officials of our court.

Therefore, this matter is said to be the act of the tyranny of the monarch and ministers of the country, and an explanation must be given to the court of Daxu......"

As soon as the words fell, Shi Yanchao spoke: "Talking so much, going around and around, our heads are dizzy." I think how can it be so complicated, if you can fight it, you will fight back, dare to love is not like this? ”

Everyone was stunned, but fortunately, they were used to Shi Yanchao's style, so they were not surprised.

At this time, Han Daodao: "General Shi, now it's not a question of whether you can fight or not, it's out of reach." The Mulan ship has not yet been built, and the current light ships and requisitioned merchant ships are all small ships with limited capacity; I heard that the East China Sea has become more frequent this season, and the relationship between the two countries has deteriorated sharply, and supplies are inconvenient. The Jiaolong Army is gradually finding it difficult to ensure the military needs of hundreds of people, and it is currently unable to conquer the country. ”

Wei Renpu said: "What the Korean public said is extremely true. However, the old man thought that he could not give up the stronghold near Iwami Silver Mountain. This is related to the face of the country, and the loss of previous achievements also affects morale. ”

He clenched his fists and said to his superiors: "The minister thinks that it is more appropriate to fight with the Heiankyo Imperial Court on the one hand, and to stabilize the position and wait for the preparations for the Eastern Expedition." ”

Guo Shao immediately decided happily: "It will be played by Deputy Envoy Wei." ”

The power structure of the Daxu court was obviously very different from that of Heianjing in his own country. In the centralized system, the national army is only loyal to the emperor and receives the royal family's military salary; The civil servants and the whole country regard loyalty and filial piety as the basic moral theory. The emperor has the highest decision-making power, and the ritual and actual power are supreme.

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At this time, the East China Sea is not as quiet as Tokyo, and the weather is very bad! The three Jiaolong Army light boats successfully passed through the north shore of Goryeo Tamna Island in the early stage, and on the way to Tsushima Island, they encountered huge storms and waves.

"Whew! "The waves at sea are ...... monstrous. Commander Wang, the commander of the fleet, felt that he had completely lost control of the other ships and ships. He and the other two dozen people could only cling to the wood in the cabin, and could do nothing, and if they let go, they would be killed if they let go.

They could do nothing but lower all the sails before, and in the face of God's wrath, they could only beg for good luck and could not control their own destiny. The hull shook violently, and the amplitude was very large, but fortunately the ship was well built, otherwise it would have fallen apart long ago!

"Ah......h Because it feels like the hull of the ship is flying! A huge wave lifted the boat, and after a while, people felt a light under their feet, as if they had jumped off a cliff, and the hull of the ship fell down with the waves!

"Boom!" Commander Wang's heart trembled, and a great fear surged into his heart, if the hull of the ship was broken at this time, everyone would only be buried at the bottom of the sea, where could there be a way to repair it?

Then, with a "bang", a stream of sea water crashed through the deck entrance and poured into the first cabin, drenching the king's head. After feeling suffocated, he hurriedly shook the water on his head, exhaled, opened his eyes to look around, and a pale face appeared in front of him. I saw a soldier lying on the wet plank, his face bloody.

"Look at him, stop the bleeding!" Commander Wang roared.

"Order!"

Commander Wang shouted again: "Check everywhere to see if there is any damage!" ”

The storm continued, and the people were frightened, frightened, and exhausted. I don't know how long it took to survive, and everyone didn't know where they drifted, and the wind and waves gradually became smaller.

Commander Wang immediately led people to inspect the cabin again and boarded the deck.

"Report, the cabin is not broken!" A ministry will go up to deck to make a report. Then more people climbed up. Everyone looked up and saw that the sun was already shining golden from the dark clouds.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but there was no time to cheer, and people had already found floating planks and sails used by Xu Jun on the sea. The other two boats were gone, and the crowd was silent.

"General Wang, what should we do now?" The general asked.

Commander Wang immediately ordered: "Drum sails, search for live ports nearby." Use the compass to argue the way. ”

"Order!" The ministry will hold the fist.

Commander Wang observed the sky for a while, and then ordered: "Go to the bottom of the ship to inspect it, and bring the ** up to dry." ”

This ship carried more than 20 people, mainly transporting a copper cannon, arquebuses, **, food, shells and other materials, which were transported to Iwami Castle for military supplies.

Commander Wang looked around, and the island could be seen on the starboard side, and the continuous land could already be seen on the horizon. The direction was discerned with a compass, and the land direction was east; The coastline that is so long in sight is definitely not Tsushima Island.

Everyone took out the chart and pondered for a while, guessing that the land to the east was the coast of their own country.

After three days of searching the sea, Commander Wang approached the coast, asked the locals for a clear location, and then found a direction along the coast to Iwami Province.

But after two days of searching, no boat or living person was found on the sea...... I'm afraid the other two ships have already perished. The remaining two dozen or so people were sad, but they were also glad that they did not die.

Commander Wang gradually settled down from the chaos, opened the booklet, and recorded the date and the general direction of the wind and waves on it. Early the next morning, he decided to give up the search and find his way to the shore; However, several people agreed that Iwami should go north along the coast.

At this moment, suddenly the door of the command cabin "banged" twice, and Commander Wang held the brush in his hand and did not reply: "Lift the door!" ”

One of the ten generals on duty opened the wooden door, hugged his fists and said: "General Wang, a large number of ships have been found on the sea, you had better go to the deck to take a look." ”

When Commander Wang heard this, he hurriedly threw the brush on the table, strode out of the cabin, and leaned on the railing to look at it. Sure enough, I saw a large number of sails floating on the sea, all of them were small boats, but there were very many, at least a dozen or twenty!

"The National Sailor?" The officer frowned and groaned.

Commander Wang thought of the incident in which the officials of Iwami Castle were killed, and his heart suddenly became vigilant. He took a deep breath, turned his head to look at the red tassel tied to the mast, and said, "It's very unfavorable, northwest wind." ”

The officer on duty nodded: "It's really unlucky!" ”

The northwest wind was very unfavorable to Xu's army at this time, because they had to break away from the sailors coming from the direction of the coast, and they could not sail in the direction of the shore, but could only sail to the west...... Headwinds.

Commander Wang decisively ordered: "Turn around and follow the coast to the south!" ”

"Bang bang!" As soon as the gong sounded, everyone shouted and got busy. The light boat turned its bow and immediately sailed at full speed, and the waterwheel below gradually "roared" up, and the sailors stared at the waterwheel in the cabin below deck.

An hour later, the fleet was spotted again in front of the south. Xu Guochuan was surrounded by the north and the south, and they had no choice but to turn around again and head west against the wind.

It was said that the ship was in hot pursuit until the afternoon.

The wind direction has not changed much throughout the day, everyone sailed against the wind, and the fleet behind has gradually approached the land of two arrows!

Commander Wang stood on the deck and watched for a long time, no matter how he ran, the distance was gradually shortening. He immediately shouted: "Order, prepare for war!" ”

Although he is a commander, he now has only about 20 people and a team of men, and there is no commander. The situation is outnumbered, but the ship has been chasing for most of the day, and the hostility is very obvious, and there is no way.

The gong sounded again, and the sailors in the cabin who were pedaling the waterwheels gave up their work, and the soldiers were busy putting on their armor and preparing their weapons. Commander Wang turned his head and took one last look at the fleet behind him, stepped into the cabin, opened a cage fastened to a wooden plank with a rope, and "coo-coo......" He called a pigeon and grabbed one from inside.

Two of them were prepared in a row and released from the door. Commander Wang looked up at the pigeons, hoping that they would fly smoothly across the sea and reach the Xuguo stronghold on Tamna Island...... These pigeons were bred on Tamna Island, they were only three months old and had been tossed and beaten by the storm a few days ago.

The king commanded for a moment, then went into the house again, and called his soldiers to help him put on his armor. Then he took the sword and hung it on his waist, took his bow and arrows in one hand, put his helmet on his head in the other, and strode out of the cabin.

On the deck, a group of soldiers gradually formed a formation, and they noticed that Commander Wang was standing on it, and they all looked up. The retinue of soldiers had planted a square dragon flag on the ship's tower, fluttering in the wind.

Commander Wang spoke: "We are a big soldier, and we don't want to accept the humiliation of the prisoners, so we can only fight!" ”

The crowd listened to him as they watched dozens of ships drifting to the east.

Commander Wang exhaled: "Ben will release the carrier pigeon back, and the officials will know that we are fighting for the country in the East China Sea!" God's waves cannot destroy us, we will crush the enemy! ”

"Drink ......" the army mustered up their morale and shouted loudly.

Commander Wang shouted: "Fight to the end of the forbidden army to repay the emperor's kindness!" ”

"Kill! Kill ......" more than 20 people shouted, and the momentum was quite majestic!