Yang Congyi ordered the warships to approach forward to see which force they were, and whether they really dared to fight the Great Song Xuanwei Army again.

The ship slowly moved forward, and the small boat on the opposite side began to panic, but there was no way back, because there were more ships behind them, blocking their retreat.

Seeing that the other party does not avoid it, if it approaches again, it will definitely be difficult to end in the end. So after approaching thirty feet, the ship stopped.

"Listen to the other side, we are the Great Song Dynasty envoy fleet, returning from the Western Regions, and now passing through here, we want to visit your king on the way, and invite him to send an envoy to return to the Great Song Dynasty with us! Whoever you are, get out of the way of the sea, or you will bear the consequences! Yang Congyi stood at the bow of the boat and shouted loudly to the opposite side, and the sound was heard.

Soon after, the other side chattered back a few words, but unfortunately no one could understand.

"Find someone who can speak the Great Song dialect!" Yang Congyi replied loudly, the language was incomprehensible, and it was useless to say more if he didn't understand.

After a while, I heard a Chinese sentence coming from the boat opposite: "Dock, pay the money." ”

It's really here to rob, Yang Congyi frowned, if the fleet docks and goes to someone else's territory, it is not up to them to decide how much money they pay to leave.

"We are the Great Song Mission, we are here to see your king, hurry up and get out of the way!" Yang Congyi ignored the matter of paying the money.

It is impossible to pay money on the shore, after helping the king of the Srivijaya to take down the two families of Morrimopa and regain control of the strait, the king promised that the ships of the Great Song Dynasty would be able to pass without paying taxes, and now the sea route is blocked again, and I don't know what happened to the Srivijaya country this year.

"Dock, pay." The other party didn't pay attention to it, and it was still these four words.

Seeing that those people on the other side didn't give the king face at all, Yang Congyi didn't want to waste his tongue anymore, so he turned around and ordered to the standard-bearer: "Let the car and boat come over." ”

The flag bearer is ordered to play the flag.

Half an hour later, the chariot and ship followed, halting two feet from the warship.

"Luo Cong, the sea route is blocked, you take thirty people to land, go south to Zhanbei as soon as possible to find Xue Wang to find out what is going on, and let him find someone to solve the problem." As soon as Yang Congyi saw the battalion commander on the car, he immediately arranged the task.

Luo Cong took the order: "Yes, Lord Yang." ”

"After finding out, no matter what the situation is, we must bring the news back." Yang Congyi added.

After Luo Cong received the order, the car and boat immediately turned around.

"Pass the order, anchor and defend against sneak attacks!"

The standard-bearer immediately conveyed the order of the overseer to the rear ship.

This military order soon spread to the fleet of ships that stretched for more than a hundred miles, and although this military order was somewhat puzzling, everyone knew that the fleet had stopped sailing for most of the hour, and that something important must have happened ahead.

All warships were immediately on alert, and seagoing ships were no exception.

After the order reached the main ship of Shenzhou, it caused a lot of panic.

Lord Huang was nominally the commander of the Xuanwei Army, but he had never commanded the Xuanwei Army, and now such an order suddenly came from the front, which immediately made him panic and at a loss. The only ones who can command the Xuanwei Army are Zhao An and Yang Congyi, and neither of them is here at this time, how can this be good!

But fortunately, there were as many as six or seven hundred Xuanwei troops and forbidden troops on the main ship, and there was a battalion of Xuanwei army with a complete formation, and the military strength was not bad.

Seeing the nervous sergeant movement on the ship, the Seljuk merchants and envoys who had been inspecting the sea conditions were shocked, although they did not know what was happening, they could feel the unprecedented tension on the ship, and ran back to the cabin to hide.

Hearing a fluster, Tang Xun walked onto the deck, saw that no abnormality was found in the surrounding waters, and happened to see the battalion commander Su Zhong patrolling and commanding, so he walked over to ask what happened.

Su Zhong replied: "There is an order from the front, let all the ships anchor and be vigilant against attacks. I don't know what's going on up ahead. ”

Tang Xun was shocked, there was a problem with the sea route again? Yang Congyi is on the front line, I don't know if he is in danger.

"What do you have to say?" Su Zhong saw that Tang Xun was silent, and he didn't know what he was thinking. The officials on the ship, except for Lord Huang, belonged to Lord Tang, and Xuan Weijun did not dare to disrespect him.

After this question, Tang Xun came back to his senses and replied: "If there is an enemy attack, the Xuanwei army on the ship is under your full command, and there is no need to ask for instructions again." After speaking, he turned around and went to find Lord Huang.

"Yes." Su Zhong was very surprised when he heard this, Master Tang had never asked about Xuanwei Army before, why did he say such a thing today?

Tang Xun came to Lord Huang's residence, and as soon as he entered the room, he saw him get up and asked in a panic, "Tang Xun, what's going on?" ”

"Adults don't need to panic, it may be that there is a problem with the sea route ahead, the situation in Nanyang is complicated, last year we passed through this place was blocked for two months, and the sea route was opened up after a big war. But don't worry too much, Lord Yang will personally open the way in front, there will be no problem, we can wait for the news with peace of mind. Tang Xun actually didn't know the bottom in her heart, but Yang Congyi was not here, no matter how panicked and misjudged Lord Huang was, it was no wonder that such a big ship was not in chaos, so she had to pretend to be calm.

After hearing this, Lord Huang slowly sat down, and then asked, "If the sea route is really stopped by the Nanyangs, how should we be good?" Do you want to fight again? ”

"Probably not, now that the fleet is divided into two, our military forces are not dispersed enough to start a direct battle. No matter what, Lord Yang will find a way, and adults can rest at ease. Besides, every ship in the fleet is garrisoned by the Xuanwei Army, and the ships of the Nanyang people are generally smaller than ours, so they can't do anything to us. As long as we protect the ship from each other, the problem will not be too bad. We still have to trust Lord Yang. Tang Xun tried his best to make Lord Huang not panic, but the effect was not obvious, and he still looked restless.

Tang Xun didn't say anything more, maybe he should sit here and guard him, lest he panic and make any irrational decisions.

"Master Tang, you go and help watch the Xuanwei Army, if there is something, you are in charge." After being silent for a long time, Lord Huang suddenly said this.

"Okay, sir, have a good rest. I'll go out and have a look. Tang Xun got up and left.

When I got to the deck, I looked at it from a distance, and everything was still normal all around, and there was no sign of enemy harassment and attack.

After nightfall, all the ships were extinguished, and the Xuanwei army and the reserve army took turns to be on duty.

The strait is more than 200 miles wide, and if you really dare to attack the fleet at night, you have to find the ships first, just rely on their small boats, if they don't turn on the lights, it's really not good, and if the lights are on, they are the target, so the fleet is dedicated to defense and ensuring safety is not a problem.

After five days of intense defense, when everyone was extremely tired, an order suddenly came from the front to continue advancing.

The herald immediately reported the news to the anxious Lord Huang.

Lord Huang was shocked when he heard the news, and the danger was lifted? In doubt, he did not dare to give the order to anchor and advance.

After a while, Tang Xun came and saw that Lord Huang was still worried, so he said: "My lord, I heard that there is an order from the front to let the fleet continue to move forward, the ship in front has already left, we should follow immediately." ”

"Is it really alright? The enemy retreated without even coming to attack? Lord Huang got up and paced, unable to make up his mind.

"My lord, the boats in front of you are gone, and the sea route must have been opened. Let's get up to anchor, if we don't go, the ships behind us won't be able to go. Tang Xun persuaded, looking at Lord Huang like this, she didn't understand very much, the impression of Lord Huang should not be such an indecisive person, why did he change his temper after the enemy attack order came?

After pacing back and forth a few more times, Lord Huang gritted his teeth and finally gave the order: "Okay, lift the anchor and go!" ”

The herald received the order and immediately ran to the deck to deliver the order.

After a five-day stay, the fleet lifted anchor and continued to the southern end of the strait.

The fleet sailed at low speed for three days and finally crossed the strait and reached the harbor where they had stayed for a long time.

It wasn't until the fleet was all docked and settled down that Yang Congyi came to the main ship, and Lord Huang and Tang Xun knew what had happened in the five days when the fleet was anchored.

It turned out that Yang Congyi sent the Xuanwei army to Zhanbei to find Xue Wang, and Xue Wang heard that the fleet had returned and was stopped at the entrance to the northern end of the strait, so he immediately went to see the king of Srivijaya Qi, who was repeatedly sure that it was not the army he sent, and was willing to send an army to drive away the robbers in order to prove his innocence. Xue Wang was worried that the night would be long and dreamy, so he rushed to the northern end of the strait with more than ten ships and more than 300 Xuanwei troops that day, and fifty ships sent by the king and a thousand royal guards accompanied him.

After discovering those robbers, the Xuanwei army directly drove the boat to kill them, and the royal guards followed, and the warships also broke anchor and rushed to kill, and under the front and rear attacks, one hundred and ten small boats were sunk and scattered in half an hour, and the robbers fled to the north shore of the strait, and the sea route was soon opened. It was only at this time that I learned that those robbers were the forces in the northern region of Srivijaya Kingdom.

In the past, the entire strait was occupied by the Morley and Mobal families, and after these two families were destroyed last year, the control of the strait returned to the royal family, but the royal family was not strong, and could not make the four-hundred-mile-long strait cruise with ships at any time, and could only completely control the southern end of the narrow strait.

As a result, the small forces in the northern part of the strait waited for an opportunity to roam around the northern end of the strait, and when they encountered merchant ships or caravans, they would demand money and goods, and if they did not give them obediently, they would move*. It's just that this gang of robbers was unlucky this time, and they encountered the Great Song fleet with an escort army, and they didn't dare to rob it for a long time, so they waited for the Xuanwei army and the royal family guards to drive them away and open up the sea route.

After hearing the cause and effect, Lord Huang secretly exclaimed, and his heart was also very happy, and he immediately wanted to reward Xuanwei Jun's daughter, but was stopped by Tang Xun.

How much money can the fleet make, Tang Xun has already told Lord Huang, when he knows, he will become like an upstart, when he encounters something happy, he will scatter money, and also scatter gold coins, if he scatters all the way back to Lin'an from Seljuk, it is estimated that he will scatter millions of yuan, Tang Xun manages the money, and naturally he can't help but speak.