In the seventh century, both Eastern and Western ships relied on human oars, supplemented by sails. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Only Li Yu, a traverser, guided a group of the world's most outstanding shipbuilding technicians to build a sail-powered ship hundreds of years ahead of schedule.

Silla, whose shipbuilding technology was backward, was even more so in terms of ship power, the shape was not suitable for the hydrodynamics of sea navigation, and the sails that could be used with wind power were only small on the deck, and dozens of oarsmen kept waving their oars on the two sides of the ship's deck.

Since the early morning, the oarsmen in the Silla Naval Division have been rowing non-stop, and after discovering the Tang Army's warship, they are rowing hard under the urging of the officers, which will make everyone even more tired and panting like an ox, how can there be more strength to push the oars.

The injured Silla youngster kicked down, and several oarsmen were directly tired and lay motionless in their positions.

Park Zhengjin saw that the oarsmen were getting weaker and weaker, and the distance between them and the Tang boat was gradually widening, and he hurriedly went to report to Kim and ask questions in his heart.

"General, the speed of the Tang boat suddenly increased after adjusting its direction, and our oarsmen will be tired and the speed of the boat will slow down, should we let some soldiers row the oars instead of the oarsmen?"

Jin Hewen stared closely at the Tang boat that was getting farther and farther away dozens of zhang in front of him, and replied expressionlessly: "Yes, I will order each boat to draw out a part of the soldiers to row the oars, and the one who boards the Tang boat first will be promoted to the third rank and rewarded with a hundred dollars." Today, if the Tang people are killed, the whole army will be rewarded after returning to the voyage, and the feast will be held for three days. ”

Immediately after Park Jung-Kim retreated, he handed down the orders of Kim Ho-kam and the reward of victory to the ships, and the Silla sailors, who were inspired, fought for the first place, lifted the tired and weak oarsmen and threw them aside, rowing the oars with all their might.

The speed of the Silla Naval Division's warships, which had been pulled by the Tang ships, suddenly increased, and the warships that rushed to the front once again narrowed the distance between them and the Tang ships to more than 30 zhang.

"Damn, these Silla Yi are really fucking chasing after each other, and we don't have gold, silver, treasures, weapons and armor on our ship, are we using them so desperately?" The team commanding at the stern of the ship narrowly avoided an arrow that was fired at his head, scolding.

The team grabbed a sailor who was crouching on the guardrail to avoid the arrows and shouted, "Go and ask the captain, why can't this ship be faster?" ”

"No." The sailors trembled and went down the aft deck.

At this time, in the stern rudder compartment of the three ships of the expedition, more than a dozen big men sweated like rain, and their hands kept rocking the rudder.

"If you go faster, the Silla warships will soon catch up."

"Little brother, don't destroy it, our brothers have used all their strength."

"Then you will use your strength to feed, the situation is very critical now." After saying that, the little brother rushed to the deck again.

"Do you hear that? If you are caught up by Sillayi, you won't want to live. The captain in charge of the rudder shouted loudly to the group, and after saying that, he and his men continued to shout one, two, one, and two to swing the rudder laboriously.

"Adjust the sail a little more to the southeast to better face the northwest ......wind," Lu Yuanqing shouted at the busy sailor with a dry throat. Although the speed of the ships increased due to the fact that the course of the fleet was turned to the southeast downwind, it was difficult to get rid of the entanglement of the Silla warships in a short period of time because the Silla warships were too close.

Since it was a ship that was moving slower and fell behind, the slightest slowdown would be caught up by the Silla warship and engaged in a gang-hopping battle.

"Discover the island ahead." The bow observer shouted urgently.

Lu Yuanqing, who was busy commanding, rushed to the side of the ship and pulled out the telescope in his sleeve to observe.

Through the telescope, Lu Yuanqing estimated that the fleet was six to seven miles away from the island, and the outline of this island was very large, trending northeast and southwest, and there was no end in sight for a while.

Putting down the binoculars, Lu Yuanqing walked up to the observer angrily, and scolded with his head and face: "You are blind to such a large island, and you only reported that you found the island after a few miles away." ”

"So-and-so, so-and-so just went to help the sail operator adjust the sails, so ......" observed the palms of the hands trembling and stammering back.

"Humph!" Thinking that he was also kind, Lu Yuanqing stood on the bow of the boat angrily and picked up the telescope to continue to observe the island in front of him, looking for a way out.

Holding the telescope to carefully look at the big island in front of him, Lu Yuanqing was surprised, there was a huge gap in the middle of the island, estimated to be four or five miles wide, and the direction of the fleet happened to be facing this gap.

If there were only two islands in front of them, the northeast and southwest correspondings, then the fleet could just pass through this gap and get rid of the Silla sailors.

"Brother Yuanqing, there is a big island ahead, why don't you turn the fleet around?" Juan Jun angrily ran to the bow of the boat and questioned. Because Lu Yuanqing was forty or fifty years old, the two worked together and got along well after the formation of the Lelang expedition, and Hu Anjun was honored as Lu Yuanqing as a brother. Even if he is angry now, he has not changed his respect for the elder Lu Yuanqing.

Putting down the binoculars, Lu Yuanqing shook his head with a wry smile and said: "The observer found that the island was too late, and it was only six or seven miles away from the island. Hundreds of warships of the Silla Navy Division, which were only a few dozen zhang away from us, came from the rear in an encirclement manner. At this time, if Nuo adjusts the course, he will be surrounded by the Silla sailors in the rear from three sides, and it will be difficult for us to fly at that time. ”

"Could it be that you mean that we abandon ship and land on the island?" Juan Jun tried his best to suppress the anger in his chest, and asked with an unkind face.

"Norden Island, can't we still escape?" Lu Yuanqing smiled with a relaxed face: "However, I found that there is a gap several miles wide in the middle of the island, which may be two islands corresponding to the north and south, and there is a strait in the middle. At the moment, the northwest wind is blowing, and the strait is facing northwest, and the wind inside will be stronger. Our ships will be faster when they pass through the strait, and the Silla war is too large in number, and when it comes to the mouth of the strait, most of the warships will be blocked and will not be able to enter the strait for a while. We can use this to get rid of the Silla sailors. ”

Seeing that Lu Yuanqing was confident, Hu Anjun believed it, and hurriedly took out his telescope to look at the island in front of him. After a closer look, it is as Lu Yuanqing said. "Then what are you waiting for, quickly order the ships to speed up and sail straight to the mouth of the gorge ahead." ”

After unremitting efforts, coupled with the sudden increase in the northwest wind, the speed of the expedition increased by a large margin, and the distance between the expedition and the Silla naval division was widened to a distance of 200 zhang. Successfully sailed into a gap several miles wide in the middle of the island ahead.

Watching the Tang ship get faster and farther, it entered the gap. Thousands of Silla sailors and soldiers hammered the unstoppable roar of the warship, and they were quite discouraged.

"Hahaha, the Tang people are really killing themselves." Jin Hewen laughed.

"What does the general mean by that?" Park Jung-Kim and other generals, who didn't know why, looked at the commander Kim Ho suspiciously.

Jin Hewen smiled proudly: "Tsushima Island ahead, the Tang people sailed directly to the gap in the middle of the island, but in front of the gap is a dead end that does not lead to the sea, isn't this for us to catch turtles in the urn?" ”

"Hahaha......" Knowing that the Tang people sailed into the bay in the middle of a dead-end island, the Silla sailors laughed one after another. After chasing for most of the day, he actually threw the Tang people to death, and there was no suspense in this battle.

Jin Hewen confidently announced: "Order the officers and men of the whole army to arrive at the entrance of the bay ahead, go ashore to build a camp and set up a fire to cook, and then go to capture the Tang people alive after the soldiers are full of wine and food." ”

The expedition entered Asaka Bay on Tsushima Island, which was located in the middle of Tsushima to the south.

The expedition team sailed into the bay for miles without danger, but the Silla sailors did not follow, much to the relief of the expedition members, who took a closer look at the island fjord they had never been to before.

It's winter, and the fjord is covered in snow, uninhabited, and silent.

Heading east along the fjord, a north-south ridge divides the fjord into two channels, and the crew looks at me and I look at you, not knowing which channel to take.

"Brother Yuanqing, do you want to go south or north?" The cold wind was howling, and Hu Anjun wrapped a thick cloak and asked Lu Yuanqing, who was frowning beside him.

"There are two roads in the north and south, and it is not clear which one can lead to the sea on the other side of the island, if we choose the wrong one, we will be caught in the urn of the Silla people."

"What if neither of the roads leads to the sea?" Immediately, one of the crew members muttered, and the others looked at him reproachfully, and the crew member knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he quickly closed his mouth and lowered his head.

Glancing at the crew member who had expressed everyone's worries, Lu Yuanqing gritted his teeth and said, "Go south." ”

The fleet then headed south, passing through the entrance to the south, which was only a few dozen feet wide, and entering another fjord of considerable size, on both sides of which were deep into the broken peninsula of the fjord, from which small bays were divided.

The team walked around in the fjord, and as soon as they turned a bay, two narrower channels appeared in front of them, which made Lu Yuanqing's brows furrow deeper.

After walking so far in the fjord, I haven't reached the exit yet, and the channel is getting narrower and narrower, and it feels like I'm almost at the end.

Rumors were rife in the fleet, panic was spreading, and the crew were talking about Lu Yuanqing leading them to a dead end, and once the Silla people surrounded them, they would not be able to fly.

Lu Yuanqing ordered a small boat to be put down, and personally took five entourages to sail towards the narrowest of the two channels, which was only a dozen zhang wide.

There was a bend in the far side of the other wide channel, so Lu Yuanqing was not sure whether he could enter the sea, so he decided to explore this narrow channel first.

The crew of the fleet waited anxiously for Lu Yuanqing to return, and Hu Anjun walked around the deck like an ant on a hot pot. If this place is a dead end without an outlet to the sea, then the fleet will be captured by Silla, and the mission arranged by His Highness will be over before it has even begun.

In the grief and indignation, there was a sadness in his chest that he had betrayed the trust of His Royal Highness, and if he could not do anything, he would fight to the death with the Silla people here, and wash away the shame of his incompetence with blood.

The crew of the expedition were eager to see through it, and Lu Yuanqing, the deputy chief of the expedition, was expecting to sail out of the narrow channel ahead safely in a small boat.

Lu Yuanqing had a happy smile on his face, and he boarded the ship and was surrounded by eager crew members who were gossiping about the situation.

"Rest assured, this channel only needs to travel three or four miles to enter the sea."

Knowing that this path was feasible, the escaped crew members applauded.

Under the command of Lu Yuanqing, everyone was ecstatic, and the energetic operation at hand made the ship sail safely into the channel. After driving more than three miles, the crew once again saw the endless sea.

The whole fleet was filled with the joy of escaping, and the excited crew even sang the folk song of their hometown.

"This island should be the Tsushima Island marked on the map." Hu Anjun unfolded the map, and in the Korean Strait, only a vague island with Tsushima was marked.

"There's another country on this island, why haven't you heard of it?" Lu Yuanqing stared at the map and asked curiously.

Hu Anjun sneered: "Tsushima Island was recorded as early as the Three Kingdoms Chronicles Wei written by Chen Shou of the Jin Dynasty. ”

The 30th volume of the Wei book said: "The Japanese people are in the southeast sea of the Belt Fang, and the mountain island is the country. In the old hundred countries, there were courtiers in the Han Dynasty, and now the translator is connected to thirty countries. From the county to the Wa, follow the coastal water, go through Korea, Zhaenan Zhadong, to its north shore dog evil Korea, more than 7,000 li, the beginning of a sea, more than 1,000 li to Tsushima. Its senior official is called a dog, and the deputy is called a slave mother. The island where you live is more than 400 miles, the land is dangerous, there are many deep forests, and the roads are like bird and deer paths. There are more than 1,000 households, there is no good land, eating seafood for self-living, and obedient boats are in the north and south markets. ””

"Mean, mean? The big official is called a mean dog, this, this is too ......" Lu Yuanqing opened his mouth with a look of horror, and he didn't know what to say about the title of the country's big official. In the end, I had to come to the conclusion: "It is like a barbarian country!" ”

Fearing that the Silla sailors would catch up with them along the course of their voyage, Hu Anjun and Lu Yuanqing decided not to explore Tsushima Island and sail directly east to the Wa Kingdom.

At this time, the Wa State was friendly with the Tang Dynasty, so that they did not have to worry about the Wa State being unfavorable to them.

The Silla sailors in the fjord of Tsushima Island slept soundly at the entrance for a good night, and on the second day, Kim and Wen left 30 warships to block the mouth of the fjord to prevent the Tang ships from taking the opportunity to break through, and then slowly led the remaining warships into the bay to round up the Tang ships.

After searching the fjord for a day, the Silla sailors did not even see a single plank of the Tang ship, and they were surprised that the Tang ship flew into the sky.

Facing the questioning eyes of his subordinates, Jin Zaiwen couldn't hold back his face, and swore that the Tang boat must have hidden somewhere in the fjord, and the fjord of Tsushima Island is not small, and it is also winding, and it is very easy to hide. The whole army was strictly ordered to divide the road tomorrow and search separately.

On the second day, the Silla sailors also found no trace of the Don boat in the fjord.

On the third day, in addition to a part of the sailors who continued to search in the fjord, another sailor division was sent ashore to search.

After searching for several days, there was no sign of the Tang ship, and it was not until a warship inadvertently sailed into the channel where the expedition went to sea that the Silla sailors were suddenly enlightened.

Kim, who had previously sworn to the soldiers that the Tsushima fjord was a dead end, was almost mad with shame, and in hatred, he ordered the whole army to withdraw to Silla.