Chapter 204: Ishikari Plains
Departing from the town of Tori, the Hokkaido fleet sailed through the Yellow Sea for several days before arriving at the port of Maoxing County, Seongju, where it anchored for two days to replenish fresh water and some meat, and then left Maoxing County before heading to Tsushima Kaneda Castle. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Since the Jiaolong Navy did not have enough strength to suppress the Silla Naval Division, the fleet went south to Tsushima to avoid encountering the Silla Naval Division, which frequently patrolled the southern coastline of Silla.
The news of the capture of Tsushima Island by the Tang Army was reported to the Japanese court, but the court was furious but could not come up with a good solution.
The courage and good fighting of the Tang army through the battle at the mouth of the Baijiang River had already spread throughout the Wa Kingdom, and Goguryeo, which had been strong for hundreds of years, died in the Tang Dynasty, and the fear of Tang arose in the Wa Dynasty.
Now the fall of Tsushima has made public opinion in the country even more turbulent, and there are constant rumors that the Tang army is about to attack Kyushu Island and launch a war to destroy the Japanese state.
At this time, the Wa Kingdom was in the period of Dahua reform, and the contradiction between the old conservative forces and the reformists in the country intensified, and the fall of Tsushima became the truth of the reformists led by the eldest brother in the attack of the old school, and there was a great tendency to overturn the achievements of the Dahua reform for decades.
The eldest brother, who had just succeeded to the throne for only three years, was worried about the resurgence of conservative forces in the country.
The country was unstable, and he did not dare to send troops to recover Tsushima lightly, so he had to mobilize troops and horses from all over the country to strengthen the garrisons of Iki and Kyushu to prepare for the Tang army, and at the same time once again sent Hanoi Whale and others, who had only returned from the Tang Dynasty last year, to send an envoy to the Tang State again to ask why the emperor of the upper kingdom sent troops to invade our land.
Zheng Liuqi, the commander of the Chaos Guard stationed in Tsushima Jintian City, faced the envoys from the Wa Kingdom, obeyed the instructions of His Royal Highness King Yan and greeted him with courtesy. When asked by the envoys of the Wa Kingdom about the reason for the invasion of Tsushima, they temporarily borrowed it from the Wa State out of the strategic need to deter Silla, who had no desire to be subordinate.
Under the high-sounding excuse of the Tang army's invasion of Tsushima, the Japanese envoy Hanoi left Tsushima and went to Pyongyang, and made up his mind to visit His Royal Highness the young King Yan of the Tang Dynasty.
After arriving at Tsushima, Hanoi Whale found that there were only a few hundred Tang troops stationed in Tsushima Jintian City, and there were only a few ships in the harbor, so they had no intention of attacking the Japanese. It is speculated that the encroachment on Tsushima should be a private act of Tang Anton.
The young King of Yan was unwilling to withdraw his troops, so he had to go to Chang'an to ask the Emperor of Tang to deal with it.
The Hanoi whale envoy ship left the port of Kaneda Castle and passed by the arriving Hokkaido development fleet outside the port. Hanoi Whale and other Japanese envoys were surprised by the sheer size of this fleet, and their own ships were placed in the fleet, which could not even compare to the smallest ships of the Tang fleet.
Hanoi Whale looked at the fleets passing by and couldn't help but sigh: "Fortunately, His Majesty the Emperor did not send troops to recover Tsushima, otherwise how could the Japanese Kingdom resist such a strong army?" ”
Looking back at the Tang fleet that sailed into Jintian Port, Hanoi couldn't help but be a little worried, could it be that the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate increased troops to Tsushima and had an attempt to use troops against the Japanese State?
"Quick, turn the bow of the ship quickly, let's go back to Jintian City......"
The troubled Hanoi Whale hurriedly ordered the ship to return to Jintian Port to find out the true purpose of the Tang fleet's arrival in Tsushima. The Tang army intended to attack the Japanese, and Hanoi knew that he needed to send the news back as soon as possible, so that the Japanese troops stationed in Iki, Kyushu and other places prepared to defend against the enemy.
After Zheng Liuqi received the Xuansu Sea Expedition and the high-ranking of the fleet that pioneered Hokkaido, his subordinates reported that the Japanese envoy had returned. Zheng Liuqi couldn't help but wonder what this widow Hanoi whale was doing?
Running to the wharf, Zheng Liuqi saw the Japanese envoy ship parked at the wharf, Hanoi Whale and other people from the Japanese delegation looking around on the wharf, looking for people to ask questions, and looking at the fleet parked in the harbor.
"River envoy, why didn't you hurry up and go to Pyongyang to meet my Highness to ask the reason, why did you come back again?"
Hanoi Whale looked back at Zheng Liuqi, the guard general of the Tang Army stationed in Tsushima, and stepped forward with a smile and replied respectfully: "Captain Zheng, a certain observation of your country's fleet is a rare and once-in-a-lifetime grand scene, and I will return to the sea for a reward." ”
"Hahaha! It turns out that the river envoy has never seen a big scene! Zheng Liuqi laughed and said, "Then after He Yuanjun arrives in Pyongyang to meet His Royal Highness King Yan, you have to go to Arthur Port to visit the Jiaolong Sea Voyage. ”
"Huh! Zheng Duwei recommended a certain person to go to have a look. Hanoi Whale was shocked in his heart, and replied with a smile.
"The river envoy has a good visit, and he will not be accompanied if he has official business."
"Zheng Duwei walks slowly."
Zheng Liuqi turned to leave, but sneered in his heart: This is because I am worried that my Tang Dynasty will attack the Ruwei Kingdom, so I specially ran back to inquire about the news.
Looking at the back of Zheng Liuqi leaving, Hanoi Whale and other Japanese envoys breathed a sigh of relief. The Tang army is really attacking the country, so they will not escape death if they run back to find out the news, but I hope that the goal of the Tang army is as Zheng Liuqi said, and the occupation of Tsushima is to deal with Silla.
At Kaneda Castle, the fleet resupplied the fresh water it had consumed along the way and some of the fish purchased from the local people, and two days later left Tsushima and headed northeast.
The Tang fleet carried more than 3,000 people, most of whom were prisoners who had pioneered Hokkaido, and it was impossible to conceal the purpose of this fleet from outsiders.
When the Tang fleet left Jintian Castle, the destination was not to open up a large island in Hokkaido, thousands of miles away from the northeast, which was named Hokkaido by King Yan. Hanoi Whale and other members of the Japanese mission breathed a sigh of relief, nervous for two days, and on the third day happily sailed away from Tsushima towards Pyongyang.
After leaving Tsushima, the Tang fleet landed in Oki Province and Sado Province to replenish water and water, and arrived at the Ishikari Plain in Hokkaido for a month and a half, and sailed into the Ishikari River.
The fleet's two-month voyage at sea came to an end, and the more than 3,000 prisoners escorted here disembarked with excitement and confusion and set foot on this deep and wild virgin land.
Yuan Zuo looked around, and as far as his eyes could see, there was an endless barren forest, birds and beasts roared endlessly, and the Ishikari River, which was more than 12 zhang wide, meandered out of the dense forest. In the clear water of the river, there are schools of fish, and not far from the river beach, hundreds of red-crowned cranes gracefully move their high legs to chase the water and grass to feed.
"This is a plain more than 200 miles long and more than 100 miles wide, and we call it the Ishikari Plain. The Ishikari River runs through the north and south of the plain, and its tributaries converge in all directions, allowing boats to travel between the plains. Due to the lack of human population, the forests are widespread, and there are many wild animals in the forests, and the fish catch in Hanoi is so abundant that hundreds of people can be guaranteed to eat just by fishing and hunting. The soil here has been proven to be fertile and cultivated for food, so that the soil and water will not fail in the first year. ”
As the head of the Lelanghai expedition at the beginning of the year, Hu Anjun, who personally led people to explore this place, told the story eloquently, and expressed his praise for the Ishikari Plain from time to time.
"In addition to the west and southeast corners of the Ishikari Plain, the remaining three sides are surrounded by high mountains and mountains, and the mountains are very rich, and the last time we came, there were still people in the forest to find dozens of Ganoderma lucidum, a hundred mountain ginseng ......" Lu Yuanqingyi praised.
"No, His Highness allotted land to so-and-so, and it was enough for him to ask His Highness to give a piece of land to so-and-so in the Ishikari Plain in Hokkaido and the plain east of the mountains here."
Yuan Zuo was curious when he heard the beautiful words of the two of them about this place. This place is really as beautiful as the two said, and a good piece of land must not be left for the surname Lu.
After finding out the reality of this place, the two plains mentioned by Lu Yuanqing will be divided as soon as possible. When the time comes, His Highness wants to give you a share, but he doesn't give you a good share.