At this time, Bailiyan walked in the Mutao River, and talked to Huang Che about many things in the past and got a lot of useful news.

When the black scarf first appeared, the navy was neglected, and after Beihai suffered a big loss, a large group of water bandits were recruited, and a large number of ships were built and plundered.

Twelve or thirteen years ago, when Hei and Jin controlled the mouth of the North Sea, Huang Che also fought with the Changsun Navy and captured the large warships built by Wu Shu for the Jin Kingdom.

If the Black Turban Naval Army had defeated the Changsun Naval Army and dominated the Northern Sea, the trade between the Xian State and the West Sea would have been completely cut off, and at least more than 60% of the current trade volume would have been lost every year, and it would have been impossible to have today's financial resources.

During the discourse, Huang Che mentioned the open sea:

"Although the Changsun Bujun is not good, but the Changsun Navy is really powerful, we have to admit this, but it is not all without a cover, half of their warships cannot go to the sea, so we often lead them to the open sea, waiting for him to be when the wind and waves are a little stronger, and they will succeed. But later, Changsun Jun was also tired and easily not fooled. ”

"Since you are going to the open sea, you must have a place to stay in the open sea, is there a big island in the open sea, and there is fresh water?" Bai Liyan asked.

"Vice Marshal, you're on the point. On this sea, I am afraid that there will be no water, second, I am afraid of no food, and third, I am afraid of getting sick. You can live for two days without water at sea and seven days without food. So no water is the worst thing, of course there must be water at the place where the sea falls. On weekdays, we all huddled on the island, hoarding grain and grass, waiting for the letter to arrive, and dispatched the following to do a vote. ”

"Then how many such big islands do you have in the open sea, and it will take a few days at the farthest, does anyone care?"

"This ...... It's really hard to say, but the largest island we've been to is only a few dozen miles away, there is water and forests on it, the small one has three or four miles, the far one has more than 20 days downwind, and the close one has seven or eight days or ten days, but it is not on the way, and it is not easy to find it usually.

There must be more than a dozen islands with water, dozens of islands without water that can live with people, and there are also some sand beaches and stone beaches with big dew, and there must be seventy or eighty if there are not a hundred or so islands.

As for whether there is anyone to care, those birds don't far away, one doesn't grow food, and the other doesn't make money, where can anyone take care of it. ”

"So, there aren't many people living on the island all year round?"

"Not really, occasionally there are people who have taken refuge on the island by wind and waves, and after we occupy it, there are also some people on it over the years, because it is unprofitable, and the eldest grandson sailor does not go often, as for now, how many years have not been there, and it is not clear what the situation is."

The sea area where the Black Turban Navy operated was concentrated in a large area of the ocean north of Xianguo and east of the Changsun Peninsula, where the maritime trade was busy, and it was a good place to raid and rob houses.

Even though the Changsun Kingdom has been levied and wiped out the Black Turban Naval Army entrenched in the open sea, the number of pirates has increased more than tenfold compared to the past.

It was the rebels who had been scattered and fled to the islands to rest and shelter on the shore with the help of the vast ocean, and then continued to harass the shipping lanes for their own sake, and the Changsun Kingdom saw this, and did not completely exterminate it, using this as an excuse to levy high protection fees on the passing ships, otherwise there would be no excuse to obtain additional income.

Bailiyan has been trying to develop into the North Sea many years ago, occupying the open sea land and islands one by one. If it had not been for the six years of the southern expedition, the Argent navy would have occupied most of the outer islands and reefs within two months' voyage to the coast of the Argentine State.

The gradual migration of those who can live there, the erection of monuments to demarcate the territory for those who cannot live in it, and the opening of the passage to the sea for the future operation of the sea, Huang Che's words undoubtedly strengthened his plan to expand to the open sea in the future.

Since ancient times, there were only three routes for the unification of the Central Plains: the northern line, the middle line and the southern line, whether it was from east to west or from west to east, the land route was the main battlefield.

But with the development of technology, it is clear that within fifteen to twenty-five years, power machinery will definitely be on wooden ships, and even iron ships. At that time, the speed and capacity of shipping were not comparable to today's.

At that time, Gongshukuo occupied Qiguo and transported troops by sea, and the strategy of east-west expansion was undoubtedly the best policy to accelerate reunification.

It's a pity that Uncle Kuo was born at the wrong time, and his method of advancing things could not be realized in the Bronze Sail Age for the huge Central Plains territory.

However, it is undeniable that if it were ancient China with an area of only four or five million square kilometers, the strategy of advancing east and west would undoubtedly be feasible, but at present, the span of 20,000 li is obviously too ambitious and far from realistic.

The fleet sailed on the Mutao River and walked in the direction of Gongsun Yue, and was discovered by Gongsun Yue's scouts a day later.

"Respect the Heavenly King, sixty miles north of our army, a fleet of ships was found, about twenty large ships."

"Do you know where the ship is and what flag is flying?" Shentong asked.

"It is the flag of our army, and the word Zhou is written on it. The soldiers are all dressed in our armor, and they should be our ships. ”

"Are there other soldiers and horses behind you?"

"No, only twenty ships."

"Stand down."

"No!"

Ping retreated from the scouts, Gongsun Yue and Mo Yunfeng said:

"Order the battalions to hasten their advance, and be sure to go another thirty miles before dark to join the fleet."

"Heavenly King, will the fleet be grain ships?" Mo Yuntian asked.

"There is no doubt that it must be a grain ship, if it is under their flag, it will definitely cause a backlash, so give the order to go."

"No!"

In order to hide people's eyes, Huang Che's boat was flying Zhou Kong's black scarf flag, and no rebels fighting in other war zones knew that there was a female general under the command of Shentong, let alone that there would be a woman behind the banner surnamed Zhou, and at the same time, there were more rebel generals surnamed Zhou, and they would not be able to figure out what the way was coming from for a while, which was extremely confusing.

Gongsun Yue's carriage walked out for a while, and soon after the car, another car was chased, the cars were side by side, the curtain of the incoming car was lifted from the inside, and another white-robed man wearing a mask came out and said:

"King Yintian, yesterday someone from Peicheng said that there was food, why didn't you go to Peicheng today, and went north."

"Wang Tianshi, Bao Rui sent someone to report last night that the shortcut road to Peicheng was seriously damaged, and it was difficult for the brigade to pass, and the grain trucks could not pass, so they could only go north and then make a detour to Peicheng."

"Oh...... Will it be too late before the food is cut off? ”

"Maybe it's too late, even if you take a short approach, it's too late, and the detour will be delayed for one more day. I have ordered the camp to reduce one meal for tomorrow, and I hope that the day after tomorrow we will be able to catch up with the grain and grass in Peicheng. ”

"In that case, then it's up to you. However, the Xianjun and Zhijun occupy Taiqin and Ye Feng, what if you occupy Xuandi again, you have a plan. ”

"At present, the only way to obtain the grain and grass of Peicheng is to make another plan to go east. But what's worse is not that the Xian army occupies the grain and grass, if our army attacks and they burn the grain and grass, the livelihood of tens of millions of people in several counties will be unsustainable, I am afraid that they will take the grain and their own weight to coerce our army, this is the biggest trouble. Whether it is a strong attack or a stalemate, it is not good for our army. ”

"Then what to do, there is no grain and grass, and the grain collected after two or three months is not enough for hundreds of thousands of people to eat for half a year."

"So I think that the only way to make the Shentong drive the Xian army away in Changyin County and cut off the Xian army's foothold on the east bank, so that without a foothold on the east bank, their significance on the west bank will be insignificant, and even fall under the attack of our army on all sides, so that they can survive as a condition to force the Xian army to hand over grain and grass."

"Is this going to work? The supernatural power is greatly injured in Changyin, can he drive the Xian army away. ”

"If Thunder or Shengyan have all the troops and horses transferred to Changyin, it will probably be much easier."

"That's right, our army of 200,000 has arrived, and it is enough to deal with 40,000 or 50,000. Why bother? If the rear road of the Xian army is really cut off, it will be a clever plan. I think this plan works, when will you write a letter to urge. ”

"Now that the military situation is urgent, let's talk about it when we go to Peicheng."

Gongsun Yue dealt with Wang Tianshi at will, continued to speed up the pace of the march, and finally walked more than 30 miles before dark, and at the same time used up the last physical strength of 200,000 people.

At this time, Bailiyan stood at the bow of the ship, almost with the naked eye, I could see clearly the black and oppressive team in front of me, I was listlessly walking on the muddy continent, languishing, staggering, without fighting spirit, without faith, completely a decadent wandering scavenging team, looking for the next shelter for refuge.

Seeing this, Bai Liyan believed that it must be Gongsun Yue who tossed like this on the way east, hitting morale on the one hand and depleting people's hearts on the other, and this is exactly the method and dose that Gongsun Yue is used to.

"General Huang, stop the boat and dock."

"So many people, come to the shore now!"

Huang Che was surprised, and Bai Liyan definitely replied:

"Yes, just dock now."

"Alright, I'll give the order right away."

Huang Che was worried that he would show his horse's feet and thus attract the rebels to attack the warship, but Bai Liyan was not worried.

With Gongsun Yue's scheming and means, it is not an ordinary skill to train the army like this, and it can smoothly travel thousands of miles without collapsing.

Gongsun Yue is definitely not good at fighting, but if you want to toss people and convince you, there will be no one in the world who is unbeatable.

During his more than ten years in power, he introduced a series of policies, all of which were boiled frogs in warm water, slowly tortured one class after another to death, and finally played to death without knowing how, which Gongsun Yue undoubtedly achieved the extreme.

The fleet made a docking move, quickly attracting the rebels on the shore, and the news was then transmitted back to the Chinese army to report to Gongsun Yue:

"Respect the Heavenly King, the fleet ahead is docking, asking whether to board the ship."

"Not really. Ordered all the battalions to camp here tonight, and to bury pots and cook for dinner. ”

"No!"

The guards retreated, and Gongsun Yue summoned his cronies Mo Yunfeng:

"You quickly order Zhu Youchen to take people to contact the people who come to confirm the situation, and at the same time arrange for our people to eat first, and then transfer the camp to the outside, don't act rashly."

"Yes."

While talking to Mo Yunfeng, Wang Tianshi came by car again:

"King Yintian, the old man saw a ship ahead, do you know whose ship it is."

"I was about to order someone to go and interrogate, Wang Tianshi waited for a while, and he would find out later."

The words fell, and Gongsun Yue's eyes motioned for Mo Yunfeng to walk away. Mo Yunfeng comprehended and quickly found Zhu Youchen to explain in detail.

About a quarter of an hour later, Zhu Youchen fell and rode to the berth, and the front army had surrounded the berth.

"Get out of the way, the king of heaven has an order, all armies and battalions go to the Chinese army to camp and wait for dinner, and make way out."

Zhu Youchen urged him to ride forward, came to the shore, and saw Li Jianzheng, the former commander of the army, talking to a man on the boat, Zhu Youchen turned over and dismounted and said:

"General Li, the King of Heaven has an order for me to come and verify."

"Oh, that's good, General Zhu, please."

Li Jian comprehended, immediately got out of the way and let Zhu Youchen go, and instead let his cronies control the way to get on the boat, and drove his troops outward to deal with safety.