Since September, not all ships have not entered the port, in fact, Zhao Xing's ship is stepping up training, and his fleet continues to bring in the supplies he needs from all over the South Seas. However, these white people said that none of the ships entered the port, which means that they had found that the ships that entered the port belonged to Zhao Xing.

Originally, it was not a big deal that there were no ships entering the port during this season, because the ships that sailed entirely on the trade winds were now sailing westward, so only ships left the port and no ships entered the port. And what this group of whites is trying to convey is that since the beginning of the year, they have been completely cut off from the West, which is not a good thing.

Zhao Xing pondered this matter as he walked, and it seemed that the situation on the African continent had deteriorated unimaginably. Zhao Xing can guess the reason for this phenomenon. Before the Crusaders landed in Palestine, Pisa and other countries would definitely sweep away the Arab navy in the West Bank, and in this case, the Arabs came up with a strategy to strengthen the naval power on the East Bank, so that even if the enemy got that land, he would not be able to gain nourishment from the trade between the East and the West.

The war between the East and the West is in full swing, and Zhao Xingcai doesn't care who wins and who loses, but if the Arabs adopt this strategy, and the ignorant Steele crashes into the net of the Arabs and the whole army is wiped out, then he needs to re-operate the African forces, which is not something that can be done in a day or two, especially when the war between the East and the West is in full swing.

Zhao Xing hasn't come up with a countermeasure yet, and the barracks have already arrived. Now he led the whites to visit the camp of generals composed of Yi people and the Fujian battalion of Fujian sailors, and these two groups of soldiers were in drill, and they were lined up in a neat line. Wearing a cuirass, under the command of the head of the sect, he is fighting with a shield in one hand and a short sword in the other.

The white man's procession did not affect the soldiers' drills, they stood on the edge of the playground, watched quietly for a while, and the aristocratic white man at the head shook his head and gently spit out two words: "Shield!" ”

The other whites in the team couldn't see the Dao, but only felt that Zhao Xing's two large squares were majestic and good-looking. They praised and asked Zhao Xing like idiots: "My lord, why are their swords so short, why don't they practice spears." ”

Zhao Xing replied with a smile: "These people are used for jungle warfare, and they also have spear training subjects, but that's not the point, the short sword is the main thing, and it can be used from the forest." ”

Shuai Fan saw Zhao Xing coming in, he trotted all the way to greet him with his helmet, and Zhao Xing greeted him first. Then he turned to the white nobleman, smiled and said, "Your Excellency is French!" ”

The man nodded and replied with two words: "Shield!" ”

Shuai Fan walked up to Zhao Xing and asked in surprise, "What did he say?" ”

Zhao Xing glanced at the white man and replied to Shuai Fan in a low voice: "He was talking about the shield, reminding me that the training method was wrong, and I told him that this was a soldier used to conduct jungle warfare, which was different from the peace-to-man warfare he understood." Shuai Fan frowned and asked, "Shield, what do you mean?" ”

Zhao Xing took two steps back. Giving up his current position for the group of whites to observe, he whispered to Shuai Fan: "The French have a special purpose in training hoplites, and the shield of the soldier is carried on his shoulder during normal training, and a slightly larger stone should be placed on the shield. The soldier had to hold the shield on one side. Prevent the stones from rolling off the shield and practice fighting while fighting.

It is said that a soldier trained in this way can only be considered qualified in the use of shields. Because the stone on the shield will always remind them of the existence of the shield, so that after going to the battlefield, he always pays attention to covering the whole body with the shield, even in the process of fighting, the shield is very skillful in protecting the whole body......

Shuai Fan's eyes flickered, and he replied, "Very interesting." It's actually a way to train your hands to work together. The left hand always pays attention to the use of the shield, and the right hand does not forget to wield the short sword. Even when it's time to fight...... I'm worried that the soldiers are not skilled in the coordination of their hands, this method is good, since the adults know, why didn't they say it earlier? ”

Zhao Xing shook his head: "What we need is jungle warfare warriors, jungle warfare doesn't need too much fancy, not even a big battle array, only the cooperation between groups---- now there is not enough time, we need to attack immediately, how many people do you have available now?" ”

Shuai Fan frowned in embarrassment, and replied: "My lord is unwilling to assemble muskets with them, this sword and other things, the soldiers would have played with it, if they only use swords and bows to fight, my army can be regarded as trained, but my lord, if you attack now, the casualties must be very large, and the resources of each of our soldiers are very precious, my lord ......"

Zhao Xing shook his head: "Needless to say, you are ready to set off here, I will start building public opinion now, we will leave within ten days, and go to Nanyang to have a look in advance." ”

Zhao Xing paused, looked at Shuai Fan and replied: "You also go, I can't ask about everything in the South Seas in the future, you need to have an understanding of that sea area." ”

According to the division of labor in advance, Shuai Fan was in charge of the army, and Chen Buqun was in charge of the navy. This time, Zhao Xing brought Shuai Fan, and Shuai Fan was eager to try, but he was worried and said: "The two of us are leaving, and Wan Qi Planning Division will independently support the overall situation......"

Zhao Xing cut off his words: "Li Gefei and Li Hanlin are back, let him share a little, Nanyang is a big deal, we must go over and see what the situation is there, and the rest can't be taken care of for the time being." ”

By November, the situation on Quang Nam East Road seemed to have suddenly become tense.

First of all, the news came out that "a group of vicious pirates attacked Song Shang in the Nanyang area", causing Song Shang to "sink more than a dozen ships", Song Shang who passed by found this situation, quickly fled the scene, and later reported the tragedy to the Nanyang naval army.

The incident is said to have taken place in the waters of the Champa Kingdom---- which is the area of modern-day South Vietnam, which was called the Cham Kingdom in the Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, the double-cropping rice was introduced from the Cham country.

Originally, the imperial court would not take care of such local affairs, and the imperial court always thought that going to sea to do business was a matter of resignation, and the government only collected taxes, regardless of what happened to the people outside the territory. Unexpectedly, after Zhao Xing, the current Guangnan East Road transfer envoy, knew about it. Immediately jumped out to support the maritime merchants, and he sent envoys to vote for the Cham and asked the Cham country to give an explanation. At the same time, several forms a day were submitted to the Privy Council, asking for permission for him to carry out armed convoys with small forces.

Soon, news came that "Song Shang was robbed again in the waters of Boni Country", and immediately afterwards---- it seemed that robbers were everywhere in the South China Sea......

In the same month, the most serious thing happened: Zhao Xing went to sea by boat to inspect the patrol of the Guangnan Coastal Preparation Division (Guangnan Naval Division) and was on duty at the anchorage. "Suddenly attacked by pirates". The pirates seemed to mistake Zhao Xing's ship for a merchant ship and launched a brazen attack, and after "some fighting", Zhao Xing repelled the pirates and "watched the pirates sail into the waters of the city", because he was not authorized to send troops, he returned with hatred......

Subsequently, incidents of coastal piracy seemed to become more and more rampant, and in just one month, the tax revenue of the Guangzhou Shipping Company fell by 90 percent. Zhao Xing successively handed over the stamps and asked the Privy Council to allow the Guangnan Coastal Control Division to retaliate, but the Privy Council refused on the grounds that "it is not allowed to provoke the border privately", mainly ----because the imperial court had no money to fight, so it did not want another change in the land endowed by the southeast.

In December, the belated Imperial Court newspaper finally arrived in Quang Nam. At this time, the true face of the war on Huanqing Road was revealed, Zhao Xing looked at the battle situation on Huanqing Road, and couldn't suppress his smile: "Zilian, guess how Lu Huiqing reported the results of that battle, he said that he repaired two galleys to prevent the invasion of the Western Xia people." Therefore, if you want to attack, you can't get close to the city, if you want to plunder, you won't get anything, and if you want to fight, the generals will not move. If you want to go south, you are afraid of being attacked by the enemy, so you will pull out the gate after two days, and then fall into Jinming......

He said that the Tangut people met him Lu Huiqing can be regarded as a big loss, and he can't fight if he wants to, because the generals don't move, and they can't loot the people if they want to, because he built two castles and clear the wilderness, so the Tangut people have no choice but to capture Jinmingzhai. Then retreated depressedly---- omitting that facts are not facts. He omitted some facts, such as before and after the Tangut captured Jinmingzhai. He once looted near Jinmingzhai for 30 days, and finally captured 80,000 people and returned with a full load.

Let's supplement all the facts he has by default: Lu Huiqing said that the Tanguts suffered a loss when they encountered him, because when he encountered an enemy invasion, he was the best at standing still, resolutely not counterattacking, and resolutely not fighting. resolutely did not resist, so in the face of his immobility, the Tangut people suffered a big loss---- how big is this loss? The Tangut people captured one of our military fortresses with slight battle damage, and they had no choice but to carry the large bags and small bags they had scraped, and they took 80,000 prisoners with them in frustration, and they suffered such a big loss and went home for the New Year in frustration.

He won, he Lu Huiqing actually won the war, relying on his advanced strategy of not moving, he led the people of Huanqing from one victory to another, so that the Xixia people could only harvest 80,000 prisoners every time they failed, and they had to retreat. Because of this great merit, he Lu Huiqing asked for advice, but (Your Majesty) did not allow it. In order to build Weirong and Weiqiang City (the reason), add the silver Qingguanglu doctor, and worship Baoning and Wusheng two armies. ”

Shuai Fan was dumbfounded: "Lu Huiqing dares to say this, isn't this challenging the intelligence level of the court and the intelligence level of the people of the whole country?" I...... I know why he only repairs the city and doesn't fight with the Tanguts, because he can get kickbacks for building castles and embezzle project funds, and when he fights with the Tanguts, the Xiamen will never give him kickbacks, so he only repairs the city and resolutely does not fight with the Tanguts---- the court doesn't know the Tanguts, don't you know Lu Huiqing's habits? It's chilling! He Lu Huiqing has a few more such victories, does my Great Song still exist? ”

Zhao Xing smiled, that smile was a little disheartened: "Every time I see the newspaper of the imperial court, I always enjoy a kind of intellectual superiority--- Lu Huiqing succeeded, and the adults in the court believed that he relied on his troops and refused to resist to win a war against aggression, and he also published the results in the newspaper and publicized it to the people of the whole country......

Haha, politics is a bitch who raised it, and for the purpose of the party, no matter how vulgar excuses can be decorated. ”

Shuai Fan was about to cry, and the expression on his face was despair: "How can this be? There are two million people in Bianliang City, Tokyo, who actually believe that they can defeat the invasion without moving, how can this be? ”

The smile on Zhao Xing's face turned cold, and he said coldly: "You are desperate when you hear this news. If you hear that peek-a-boo kills, push-ups make a person suicidal,...... Shouldn't you be crying to death?

Hum. Even if the people of the world don't believe, so what? You have forgotten that Lu Huiqing is a proud disciple of Wang Jinggong, and he is best at three fearless strategies: not afraid of heaven and earth, ghosts and gods, not afraid of the people, and not afraid of the ancestral king's law......

Uncle Wen, leave him alone, what should we do next? ”

Li Gefei sighed and said with a serious face: "Last month, the Guangnan Navy Division has been attacked seven times, and it seems that this month it is the turn of Guangxi...... Or. The adult's ship was robbed again? ”

Wan Qianyong shook his head: "This is not good, my lord is a dignified Guangdong Jingluo appeasement envoy, just be robbed once a year, how can you be robbed by pirates every month?" This ......, this is outrageous?! ”

Zhao Xing nodded his head seriously: "If I hadn't been attacked frequently, how could I show the tension in the South China Sea---- so I wrote: I was attacked again yesterday, and the location was in the waters of the Cham country; Today, when I returned to my destination, I was attacked by another group of pirates in the vicinity. I was attacked twice in a row, and I couldn't bear it. I'm going crazy! ”

Li Gefei couldn't help but pick up the pen and help Zhao Xing compile the experience of Guangnan merchants, Guangnan sailors, and even Zhao Xing himself being robbed by pirates in recent days, Li Qingzhao blinked beside him and asked curiously: "Uncle, aren't you lying, Sage Yun: soldiers, the country's major affairs." The swords and soldiers of the two countries are together, bleeding thousands of miles, how can it be child's play? ”

"Lying?!" Zhao Xingle asked hehehe: "The little lady of the Li family." With the kind of IQ that the imperial court even believes in Lu Huiqing's recital, do you dare not believe what I made up? If that's the case, then you have to blame your father, blame your father for not being as good as that Fujianese."

Li Qingzhao bit his little finger. said: "Uncle Zhao, you are Zhao Laohu!" How many years have you been running rampant in the South Seas? On that ocean, if there are really human heads and pig brains who have seen your ship from afar and still run for their lives, you should have been caught in the pit five years ago and dug a hole for you. You have inquired all over Guangdong, you have been making up nonsense in the past few days, who believes it? You go to Champa and inquire, do they believe it?

Uncle Zhao. Do you think that the intelligence of the court ministers is not as good as that of those Kunlun slaves? They don't believe it. Can you blame my father for this? …… Well, but in my opinion. Uncle is still going to hurry up, my father-in-law makes up stories for you every day, and I can't think of a new plot anymore, and I can't eat every day. I know today, and it's not easy to make up nonsense. ”

Zhao Xing clapped his hands and coaxed the little girl with a smile: "Uncle Wen, how did you teach such a smart child to reveal your parenting experience?" …… Little lady of the Li family, don't worry, the ministers in the court don't believe it, and they have to believe it if they lower their intelligence, because I'm not like Lu Huiqing, I'm a hand-reaching faction, I'm a box-carrying faction, the box I carry is full of treasures---- the court's finances are tight, and the naked eye can't see the silver in vain. As long as I put the box in front of the ministers, they will believe me, even if they lower their IQ.

Have you heard that the Nanyang area has been trading with us since the Tang Dynasty, and there are many antiques from the Tang Dynasty and even the Han Dynasty scattered among the people of Nanyang...... Li family lady, you remember, don't tell others what you heard today, I'll go to Nanyang when I go back, and I'll get you a Tang Dynasty phoenix bottle as a sealing fee, how about it? ”

Li Qingzhao's little elf bean is not so easy to coax, she pursed her lips and replied: "Uncle, don't tease me, now, you can take out as many Tang Dynasty phoenix bottles as your family wants." I heard that you have a household porcelain kiln hidden on that island in Hong Kong, and you specially imitate fake antique porcelain for Cai Jing's kid---- I don't want fake antiques made by your family, unless you ......"

Zhao Xing replied casually: "What do you want, I promise you everything." ”

Li Qingzhao blinked his eyes and replied, "Unless Uncle Zhao takes me to Nanyang with me, I have to personally watch my uncle take out the treasure from the Cham people, and I will believe that it is genuine." ”

Zhao Xing blinked regretfully, sighed and said: "It's a pity that I don't have a Qilin'er in my family, Brother Li, such a smart girl, don't be in a hurry to get married, wait for me to pick a man for him, so as to live up to this cleverness." ”

Other little girls will be ashamed to avoid it when they talk about getting married, even if they are shy, they have to pretend to be like that, Li Qingzhao did not hide, she looked at Zhao Xing, blinked her eyes and asked, "Uncle, did you agree?" ”

No matter how much Li Gefei spoiled her, he couldn't spoil her to go to the battlefield, so he hurriedly scolded: "Zhao'er, don't mess around." We're getting down to business. ”

Li Qingzhao flattened his mouth: "Lord Zhao is going to deceive people, father-in-law, when is it a serious matter to deceive people?" …… Father-in-law rest assured. Lord Zhao went out, how could he personally rush to the front to fight, that was what the pawn did, Uncle Zhao is a handsome, and he will never rush to the front line, I will follow Lord Zhao, I promise not to see an enemy, and wait for the battle to be over. If I break a small piece of oily skin, it means that Uncle Zhao's skills are not enough. ”

Zhao Xing clapped his hands: "The little girl is right, I have been planning this matter since last year, and I have been to the sea several times this year, and I am arranging the battlefield...... This war is not difficult, just a group of Nanyang natives, their greatest dependence is on the humid and sultry climate, if under normal circumstances, hundreds of Muslims can wipe out their country with torches, I don't believe it. With the prestige of my thousand-year-old Chinese civilization, those small countries in the South Seas dare not bow down to their vassals.

Rest assured, this war is an armed parade, and our Song Dynasty bullying the natives of Nanyang is not the same as the giant bullying children, it is purely a performance project. The only difference between this performance and the Tinian Forbidden Army Parade is that it is not me who pays for the parade, and it is quite possible that it is the small countries of the South Seas that pay for it

----In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the local Cham people killed the Han Dynasty Rinan County and Xianglin County to stand on their own, and it has been a thousand years. The Cham royal family accumulated for a thousand years. The treasures are too many to count. I've heard that even their urinal is pure gold, and it's full of precious stones, and I'm going to go to the palace and enjoy their urinal.

The little lady of the Li family is going. No problem, let's go together. His urinal is all yours. This is a thousand-year-old antique, well, I remember that the name was Huzi at the time, and later avoided the Tang Emperor Li Shimin or Li Yuandi---- I heard that the little name was Huzi, that is, the meaning of bedwetting little fart, and later he became the emperor, and the Huzi used by the people had to be changed to a urinal. The little lady of the Li family. You love gold and stone archaeology. I'm right. ”

Li Qingzhao pouted: "Uncle Zhao is really an idler, except for you." Who has the leisure to study the ancient and modern names of urinals. ”

"Wrong, it will be the Li family's tiger in the future", Zhao Xing continued to laugh.

At this time, Shuai Fan had already seen Lu Huiqing's report with his own eyes with an unbelievable gaze, he helplessly threw the report aside, and asked lazily: "Your first goal has been determined?" So what are we waiting for? ”

Zhao Xing replied leisurely: "If you are ready, then let the soldiers board the ship, and we will leave tomorrow." ”

Shuai Fan shook his body and confirmed: "My lord has decided?" Don't bring a musket? Can you deal with Nanyang with only grenades? ”

Zhao Xing's expression remained unchanged, and he said lightly: "The situation in Nanyang is complicated, we have firearms, don't show them first, the climate there is humid, and firearms are not perfect, so it's best not to use them." A grenade cannons are enough. For the early return of the Li family Huzi, do it quickly! ”

"Urinal War, this name is too bad", Shuai Fan muttered and got up, and added fiercely: "Okay, let those idiots in the court know what the real war of annihilation without kickbacks is---- it's worth a urinal!" ”

"Antique urinal", Zhao Xing specially emphasized: "Tang Dynasty! Jeweled! ”

But apparently, Shuai Fan didn't want to listen to his explanation......

On the second day, the Quang Nam Naval Division fleet came out empty.

The first to leave the port was the fleet led by Chen Buqun, followed by Zhao Xing and Shuai Fan. After that, the Guangnan Navy Division successively sailed out many supply ships, and when Zhao Xing drove all the ships to the sea, it happened to be the Spring Festival, most of the officials had already taken a holiday, and their official duties were suspended.

The large ships lined up on the Cochin Sea, and several ships piloted by foreigners joined the fleet, and the fleet sailed out of the zigzag course on the sea against the wind, and soon sailed into the southernmost point of the Cham country, that is, the mouth of the Mekong River in the south of modern Vietnam.

Zhao Xing's fleet has twenty huge boats, and fourteen small supply ships, when the big ship sailed into the mouth of the Mekong River, a small stone fort at the mouth of the river was in a panic, and after a while, several whirlwind cannons appeared on the city wall, and the castle town behind the city wall was in chaos, only to see everyone dragging their families to the distant forest to hide, Zhao Xing and Shuai Fan saw this scene on the ship's floor, Zhao Xing ordered: "Raise the flag." ”

The flag was raised, and the chaos on the dock immediately calmed down, and after a pause, a thunderous cheer was remembered, and the city walls were full of cheering people, and the cheers woke up those who fled into the jungle, and they stopped and inquired about the reason for the burst of cheers, and soon there was a cheer on the side of the forest, and from the woods came countless people, who waved and cheered at the big ships on the sea, and marched towards the castle town with a smile.