On the vast sea surface of the South China Sea, a huge fleet is slowly advancing against the wind and waves, and the scale of this fleet is enough to make those Shanyue merchants who go to Jiaozhou not far away to trade feel ashamed.

Because the ships of this fleet were the most advanced and huge sea vessels at that time, they were built after nearly two years of repeated trials and combined with the experience of the people of the entire southeastern coastal area in going to sea.

The length of the largest building ship can reach ten zhang, the width can reach two zhang, only the rudder is more than three zhang long, seven or eight feet wide, the ship has three masts and five sails, of which the main mast is as high as eight zhang, and the speed of each hour can reach more than 70 miles.

And the commander of this fleet is Chen Wu, who was appointed by Han Xuan as the governor of the navy, and Chen Wu personally led the navy to find Yizhou in order to cure Han Xuan's illness.

"Thanks to the original construction of the sea ship, Han Xuan and I explored the construction method of three masts and five sails, completely renovated the building ship, and installed the keel. The strength of the wind and waves on the river is not comparable to that at all, if it is the original building ship, it is estimated that a gust of wind can overturn it, and the current building ship is so stable in the wind and waves! ”

Chen Wu stood on the deck, looking at the blue sea and couldn't help but sigh. He felt ashamed in his heart again, Han Xuan was seriously ill, and he couldn't take care of him by his side, but he was persuaded by him to come to this Yizhou. He and Han Xuan had long known the approximate location of Yizhou, and they had the help of a compass, but it took him almost half a year to find the exact location of Yizhou.

"Brother, wait for me, you must hold on!" Chen Wu clenched his fists, but he was very worried about Han Xuan in his heart.

At this moment, Chen Wu suddenly saw the soldiers on the big ship in front of him cheering and jumping, and he couldn't help but feel a stir in his heart, and then felt a burst of nervousness and excitement: "Could it be that the army has discovered Yizhou?" ”

Then a small boat of sea storks slowly came to his boat, and a soldier climbed up to Chen Wu's boat along the cable and reported: "Governor, I found a piece of land in front of me. ”

"Oh? Where is it? Take me to see it. Chen Wu immediately ordered the ship's helmsmen to speed up their sailing, and they came to the front of the fleet in an instant.

Chen Wu looked in the direction pointed by the scout battalion soldiers, and sure enough, he found a piece of land in the distance. Chen Wu couldn't help but be overjoyed, and ordered the fleet to speed up and quickly approach the land.

The fleet moved very fast, and within an hour it was on that land. After sailing in the sea for several months, I suddenly stepped on the soft land, although I had been sailing on the empty and lonely sea day and night for a long time, and I felt tired both mentally and physically, but after such a long time of hard work, I finally found Yizhou, and it was not worth this hard work.

Chen Wu still decided to confirm whether this was Yizhou or not, so he ordered the sergeant to find the local natives to ask about the situation, and unsurprisingly encountered a language barrier.

These indigenous people all speak the local dialect and cannot understand Chinese, so the two sides cannot communicate with each other at all. The soldiers were impatient, but they were only in a hurry.

Seeing this, Lu Dai came to the native and kept making comparisons to the native man, and after some patient exchanges, he finally understood a rough idea. Originally, this place was called Pinghu, dozens of miles back, with tens of thousands of native people, it seems that it is not Yizhou, just a small island in the Wanwan Strait.

Chen Wu also knew that Yizhou was not so small, so he was in the mood to give it a try, and asked Lu Dai to ask the native if he had heard of Yizhou, and the native's expression was very dazed.

The native thought for a moment, then gestured to the island behind him, and even told Chen Wu that he had not heard of it, but it did not mean that his people had not heard of it, and maybe someone in their clan would know about that place.

Chen Wu decided to follow the natives to meet his leader, and Zhou Tai was worried about Chen Wu's safety, so he advised Chen Wu to bring a few hundred soldiers in case of accidents. Zhou Tai ordered 300 personal soldiers and went with Chen Wu, leaving Lu Dai and Zhuge Zhi to temporarily take charge of the camp and stationed on the outermost part of Pinghu Island.

Wei Wen had long wanted to go to sea, and begged Chen Wu bitterly, saying that his ideal was to find Yizhou, and his father went to sea to Yizhou and disappeared. Wei Wen said with a handful of snot and tears, Chen Wu was moved by him, so he had to let this hot-blooded second young man follow.

At this time, Wei Wen looked at the unfamiliar environment on the island, and couldn't wait to go around to take a look, but Chen Wu resolutely did not allow it, there were dangers hidden everywhere here. Chen Wu asked Zhuge to be optimistic about Wei Wen and not let him run around.

Chen Wu followed the native to the island, and in less than a cup of tea, he came to a cave and met the leader of the native.

To Chen Wu's surprise, the leader of the natives was not as tattooed and stomped as other natives, but was dressed as a Chinese warrior, wearing a robe, a samurai crown, and bast shoes.

After Chen Wu saw that the native introduced himself to this leader, he took the initiative to greet him with a smile and said in Chinese: "This patriarch, we are the Han army, and there are many disturbances when we pass by your land today. ”

Unexpectedly, Chen Wu guessed correctly, this local leader really knew Chinese, and when he saw Chen Wu wearing armor and a sword at his waist, he knew that he was a general of the Han Dynasty.

The leader of the Turen was very respectful and introduced himself to Chen Wu: "The general doesn't have to be polite, the name of the small people is Mubane, and he is the leader of the Sartori tribe on this island. Because he often followed his father to trade in Jiaozhou of the Han Dynasty when he was young, he knew some Chinese. It is really an honor to meet the general today, I wonder what the general is doing in my wild island? ”

Chen Wu told Mu Bane about his desire to go to Yizhou Island and asked him if he knew how far it was from Yizhou.

"When I was young," said Mubane, "I liked to wander around and take a group of young men of my clan on a large boat to the place that the general had mentioned. The general's so-called Yizhou is not far from here, about only more than 100 miles of land as you Han people say. ”

Chen Wu was overjoyed when he heard this, and said to Mu Bane: "Great, since this is the case, how about the patriarch simply work hard and lead us to Yizhou?" As for the remuneration patriarch, please rest assured, my army has come to bring a lot of silk, tea and other materials from the Han Dynasty, and the patriarch will definitely be interested. ”

But seeing Mu Banei, he shook his head and said: "There is no need for this, as long as the general is willing to promise me one thing, I will give up this old bone and lead the general to Yizhou." ”

"Oh? I don't know what's going on? Chen Wu didn't expect Mu Bane to take the opportunity to put forward conditions, so he slowly asked.

Mubane sighed and said, "The general doesn't know, there are two most powerful clans on Pinghu Island, which are the Satori tribe and the Watson clan where I belong. However, the strength of the Watson clan is far greater than ours, because there are six hundred men in the prime of life in their clan, and although the total population of our clan exceeds theirs, most of them are women, old men and children, and there are only three hundred men in the prime of life, who are not their opponents at all. We were often oppressed by them, and were compelled to send them wild beasts and wild fruits, to help them fish and serve, and now they offered to make us pay a tribute of 200 women every year, and if we did not obey, they would attack our tribe directly. There are only five hundred young women in my people, and if we give them away, how will we raise our offspring? Won't it be even weaker in the future? ”

Chen Wu listened to the other party's words and roughly understood the other party's purpose, but he didn't speak, but let the other party continue.

But Mubane continued: "If our tribe submits to the Watson clan, the entire tribe is doomed to perish in the future, but if we don't listen, there is a danger of extinction now, so the little one begs the general to help us defeat the Watson clan." As long as the general does this, I will not only promise to lead the way for the general, but also guarantee that my Sartori will be permanently subservient to the general, and we can swear to Lord Poseidon that we will never have the slightest disrespect and never dare to raise the thought of rebellion. ”

Chen Wu couldn't help but feel happy when he heard this, he originally wanted to subdue the Sartori tribe, but he didn't expect the other party to take the initiative to propose, the other party was sincere, how could he refuse?

Chen Wu pushed the boat and said: "Since this is the case, then we will be a family from now on, and the affairs of your clan are our affairs." Zhou Tai, you take a hundred pro-soldiers to the Watson clan and kill all their men, leaving only women and children. ”

(End of chapter)