The rebellion was a farce after all.

But what is left to Li Shimin is indeed a lingering figure.

Only since Li Jing read out Li Shimin's holy decree, the clouds of sorrow have been shrouding the Chen Mansion.

The air was so quiet that even the sound of a leaf falling to the ground could be heard.

Chen Mo sat quietly in the garden, looking at the dark sky, as if he was thinking about something.

Gui'er didn't know when she came, she didn't disturb Chen Mo's thoughts, and stood quietly behind him and covered Chen Mo with a cloak.

"On such a cold day, why doesn't the general come into the house to drink?" Sit down beside Chen Mo.

Chen Mo sighed and said, "Hey, I want to go back to Qingqiu, I don't want to be a human being, I don't have a bottom in my heart about what Li Shimin explained this time." As he spoke, the focus was staring into the distance.

Gui'er looked at Chen Mo at this time and sighed with some emotion. said, "It's okay, you must be able to do it?" ”

Let's go, let's go back. ”

Chen Mo helped Gui'er out of the garden.

When Xue Guijia saw Chen Mo, he hurriedly greeted him, "My lord, Miss is asleep, do you want me to wake her up?" ”

Chen Mo waved his hand, took out a delicate jade bracelet from his arms, and said, "Tomorrow, you will transfer this thing to Miss." I'm afraid I'll be out for a while and won't be able to come, so you have to take good care of Miss. There are still 50,000 taels of silver tickets, you take them first. ”

Xue Gui's family accepted the money, she is a well-informed person, she knows some things outside, and she knows that the adult in front of her is a celebrity in front of the saint today, and she is very favored."

Your Excellency, are you going to investigate maritime trade tomorrow?

Chen Mo said unhappily: "Is this what you should ask?" ”

Xue Gui's family hurriedly apologized and said, "The slave is guilty." ”

Chen Mo glanced in the direction of the bedroom, shook his head, and left.

In the maritime ports represented by Quanzhou, there were infiltrators stealing information one after another, and they were learning the advanced shipbuilding technology of Datang. while engaging in sabotage

As Quanzhou, it is a very important coastal trade port.

It is not only linked to the trade between Datang and other countries. It is also a natural maritime combat port,

Recently, I have repeatedly found a broken heart.

The fleets that come and go to and from Datang are still day and night, very frequent.

People come and go, and it's quite lively.

The prosperity of maritime trade has not only aroused the vigilance of various countries, but also the Japanese people, in the name of learning, secretly searched for the sea route of the Tang Dynasty fleet, and then passed the information to the people behind.

Yamamoto Futsuna listened to the news, and said unconfidently, "Destroy these ships for me to prevent the Tang Kingdom from developing maritime trade."

Although the Wa Kingdom is surrounded by the sea on all sides, its navigation and shipbuilding technology are still underdeveloped.

Yamamoto had a preconceived idea that the Tang Dynasty fleet would go to Edo to demonstrate, and now the Tang Dynasty fleet had an obvious purpose of blocking the Guanmen Strait, which made him unable to recover for a while.

He picked up the teacup and drank it silently, still wondering in his heart.

After a long while, Miyake Shigerori saw that Matsudaira Nobutsuna didn't speak, and said: "Palace, the Tang people are acting a little strangely, should we send someone to close the strait as soon as possible to prevent them from really cutting off our back road?" ”

The Kanmon Strait is the only place where Kyukoku Island can be connected to the home island, and if it is cut off, they will lose all news of Edo, and without support and orders, they will be a group of wanderers, and they will collapse and disperse without being attacked.

Yamamoto Tianfu's expression was unprecedentedly serious, and for the Tang Dynasty, which had not been in his eyes, he said in a deep voice: "I will go in person, take 30,000 people, I want to see where the conspiracy of the Tang Dynasty is!" ”

Yamamoto was uneasy, and the source of his uneasiness was the loss of his confidence, and he was afraid that he had been in control of the big picture, but now he found that it was not in his hands all along.

Shigeri Miyake thought for a moment and nodded. If you don't see it with your own eyes, you will definitely not be able to feel at ease. Compared with the Tang Dynasty, the Shimabara Rebellion is no longer important, and it is not much of a problem to hand it over to Itakura Shigemasa.

"Yes, I'll talk to Chongchang Palace." Miyake Shigetoshi stood up and said.

Yamamoto Tafu said again: "Wait, send a letter to the public side again, the threat of the Tang people cannot be taken lightly, they obviously have a detailed plan, the purpose is to annex our country, not just to put pressure and take advantage of it." ”

"Yes." Miyake Shigerotomichi. It is clear that Matsudaira Nobutsuna had a new judgment about the behavior of the Tang people, which was important to the shogunate.

Itakura Shigemasa said to Matsudaira Shingang to go to Chikugo Domain, and he was so happy that he wanted to jump up and sing, but he was still reluctant to say: "Shinzuna Palace, the matter of the original castle is already in front of you, should I let me go?" ”

Yamamoto knew Shigemasa very well about Itakura, ignored his hypocrisy, and said directly: "Chongchang Palace, I hope you can take the original city within ten days, we have wasted too much time, the threat of the Tang people is in front of us, we can't relax in the slightest." ”

"Yes!" Itakura Shigemasa said very decisively. He didn't pretend to be polite anymore, the original city was his place of life, no one could take it away, and he wouldn't leave.

Yamamoto gave an explanation, and then with 30,000 troops, he hurried to the Chikugo Domain to go to the Kanmon Strait.

By the time Matsudaira Nobutsuna set out, Liu Jingming's fleet of fifty ships had already sailed for the Guanmen Strait.

Chen Zhiyang stood at the bow of the boat and said to Liu Jingming: "My lord, let's stay in the narrowest place first, they have the most facilities on both sides of the strait, and a burst of artillery can be burned!" ”

The Japanese people had the most wooden buildings, and the cannons of the Tang Dynasty contained incendiary bombs, and as long as they burned, they were not so easy to stop.

But this is also the most dangerous, if it is surrounded by the ships of the Japanese state, it will be a battle that cannot be advanced or retreated, and the advantage of the Tang Dynasty's firearms will be completely lost.

Liu Jingming groaned and said, "No, just go through, and then go north while laying mines, and finally give the artillery saturation blow in the narrowest place." ”

When Chen Zhiyang heard this, he nodded and said, "Yes." ”

The fleet of fifty ships set sail, and it was still quite vast on the sea, and the sails were rustling, and the murderous aura was permeating.

Chikugo Domain knew for a long time, but they did not have any troops to stop them, so they could only send people to monitor the shore, and watching the fleet captain drive straight in, they were shocked, retreated one after another, withdrew from the attack range of Tang Dynasty artillery, and then waited for the battle.

Liu Jingming's fleet passed through without any obstruction, and occasionally caught some fishermen and tortured some cross-strait situations.

After the fleet completely passed through the strait, Liu Jingming also learned an unexpected news.

Taro Yamamoto has already brought someone over and is expected to arrive soon.

Chen Zhiyang squinted, a smile hooked up at the corner of his mouth, and said: "My lord, this is a good opportunity, if Matsudaira Nobutsuna really wants to have a naval battle, we may be able to solve him here." ”

Liu Jingming was more calm, and said: "It's not that simple, grasp the mines, we must be more intensive, prevent them from disarming bombs, pay attention to the flow of water, and it must work." ”

Mines have been in the Tang Dynasty for some years, at least a hundred years, but there is no record of real large-scale use, although many experiments have been done in recent years, but there are still many problems, and it needs to be used carefully.

"Rest assured, my lord, the engineers in the mines have all undergone more than a year of rigorous training, and there is absolutely no problem." Chen Zhiyang patted his chest and said that he was responsible for these things.

Liu Jingming still had more trust in Chen Zhiyang's ability, and ordered all the Chinese ships to stop, and the small ships began to lay mines from south to north.

Mines float on the surface of the sea, densely packed and gently undulating in the water.

All the ships are cautious, constantly moving north, and tens of thousands of mines are falling into the water little by little.

The Chinese ship opened the way in front and slowly crossed the Guanmen Strait again.

The people on both sides of the strait did not make any rash moves, but only monitored the movements of the fleet and kept reporting it.

Yamamoto also received a lot of letters along the way, and by the time he arrived, the huge fleet of the Tang Dynasty was already in the middle of the strait.

Despite his exhaustion, he stood on a high hill, holding a telescope, and observed from afar.

"What did they put in the water?" Matsudaira Nobutsuna was puzzled and turned his head to look at Shigeri Miyake.

Miyake Shigerori naturally didn't know the mines, shook his head and said, "I've already found someone to investigate, and there will be news soon." ”