The Maritime Silk Road has long existed, and even in the Han Dynasty, maritime trade has begun to develop gradually.

Although the trade goods at that time were mainly silk, with the passage of time and the progress of historical footsteps, at this time, on the maritime trade routes, when more imported goods entered the Tang Dynasty, the silk, porcelain, tea, etc. of the Tang Dynasty became the main trade items, which were very popular and favored by the magnates of various countries.

In this way, with a large amount of trade, the stay of goods in the port brought huge profits to the ports of the coastal countries through which they passed.

Li Hong also took a fancy to this, so in order to continue to move the coastline of the Tang Dynasty along the Maritime Silk Road as much as possible, and try his best to ensure that the profits of the Tang merchants will not be divided and swallowed up by the coastal countries.

Therefore, we had to take Qiongzhou and Annan as the rear bases, continue to move the coastal ports of Datang to the west and south, and do our best to protect the interests of Datang merchants.

Along the way, you can see all kinds of merchant ships every day, flying a big Tang flag, waving in the wind on the sea, sailing west along the coastline.

Every now and then, when the merchant ships on the sea see the two Qinglong and Suzaku that are also flying the Tang flag, they will stand at the bow of the ship from afar and cheer, jumping around on the deck from time to time, greeting the two warships.

With the construction of Pei Xingjian and Chen Jingzhi's Lingnan naval army wandering in various sea areas, the merchant ships of the Tang Dynasty did not have the slightest fear of the warships of the Tang Dynasty, but just like the scene that Li Hong encountered during this period of time, every time the merchant ships of the Tang Dynasty saw the warships of the Tang Dynasty, they would let out bursts of cheers and various ways of greeting.

It is also because of the long-distance cruising of the Lingnan Navy that this maritime Silk Road along the coastline is becoming more and more prosperous, and at the same time, it faces various dangers of pirates, so that the merchant ships of the Tang Dynasty can cruise and explore the farther direction of the sea without any scruples.

Whether the merchant ships of the Tang Dynasty set sail from Guangzhou or Quanzhou, they had to pass through Qiongzhou, Hainan, and then along Zhenla, Mento, Gudi, Longyamen, Luoyue, Sri Buddha, Heling, Guluo, Geguluo, Shengdeng Kingdom, Bolu Kingdom, Lion Kingdom, Nantianzhu, Brahman Kingdom, Xindu River, Tirolu and Ula Kingdom, and so on.

Next, you can reach the destination of Li Hong's trip, Dashi, and if you continue along the coast, you can continue to reach the country of Mora, the country of Sanlan, and even Africa.

"Guangzhou Tonghaiyi Road" is a geographical chronicle that Pei Xingjian put on the Qinglong, so when Li Hong looked through so many countries that the Tang merchant ships had to pass through when they traded in the open sea, the Qinglong and the Vermilion Bird also entered the Red Sea at this time, like two giant beasts.

Entering the Gulf of Aden in the Red Sea, it is inevitable to face the change of the previous merchant ship: Somali pirates, but fortunately, there are no pirates in this place at this time.

As the white-clothed food is still in its heyday, there are no descendants of the Hashemite family, and after the advent of the black-clothed food, they were gradually driven away from the mainland, and then migrated here across the sea, forming many large and small countries named after the sultan.

Crossing the Gulf of Aden and entering the Red Sea, you will pass through the narrowest part of the Red Sea and enter the Mediterranean Sea and then reach Europe.

Li Hong stood on the deck, looking at the scenery on both sides of the river as if he were looking at a map, or sailing on the Yangtze River and the Red River.

But what disappointed him was that standing on the deck, he could still see the boundless sea, and the Red Sea was more than 30 kilometers at its narrowest point and more than 300 kilometers at its widest point, so it was impossible for him to enjoy the scenery like the Yangtze River basin.

However, just as Li Hong continued to look with the telescope, the vast sea with calm waves in the distance, as if connected to the sky, began to appear black shadows like waves.

"Be on alert, prepare for battle." Li Hong put down the binoculars and suddenly said to Hua Meng behind him.

Then the herald immediately quickly waved the flag to the Suzaku sailing parallel to the Blue Dragon, and Lawless almost found those black shadows like waves in front of him at the same time, and the warships began to be reflected in the telescope.

"How can there be so many warships?" Wei Tuqi stood next to Li Hong, raised his telescope and looked into the distance, and after roughly counting just now, it seemed that there were no less than fifty or sixty warships.

And those battleships whose hulls are obviously much smaller than the Tang Dynasty warships, there are also flags hanging on them like ghost paintings, and the handwriting on them is in the eyes of Wei Tuqi, one vertical and one horizontal with abstract turns, which does not look like words at all.

"It can appear here, there are no sailors from other countries except for the great food, both sides of this sea are their territory, this Red Sea, it's like a pond for their big food, it's not surprising that so many sailors appear." Li Hong put down the binoculars and watched the Suzaku parallel to the Suzaku gradually distance itself from him, showing a fighting posture, and he was still extremely satisfied with the lawless decisiveness in his heart.

"And what do they want to do?" There was a squeaking sound in Yu Tuqi's ears from time to time, needless to say, he knew that this was the beginning of the Tang Dynasty Sailor's entry into a combat state, and at this moment, some powerful bows and crossbows, etc., were being wound to ensure that in case of emergency, they could be launched at any time to respond.

The corners of Li Hong's mouth blowing the sea breeze showed a disdainful smile, and he watched with satisfaction that the entire Qinglong quickly entered the battle state, and said lightly: "When Saleh entered my Tang Chang'an, he was frightened enough by the mischief of the drum tower between me and Li Lingyue, and now that we have entered their territory, people naturally uphold the friendly etiquette of courtesy, and are ready to retaliate with a tooth for a tooth, and plan to give me a dismount." ”

Wei Tuqi listened to Li Hong's explanation, and the corners of his mouth began to appear a cruel smile, when the Tang Dynasty sailors went out to fight against the Japanese Kingdom, whether it was the Qinglong or the Vermilion Bird, they were able to beat the Japanese Naval Division with one enemy and ten to the ground, and they had no power to fight back.

Now these improved Qinglong and Suzaku have increased their combat power compared to when they were hastily formed into the army, I don't know how many times it has increased.

If he faced those big food warships in the distance, which looked similar to the warships of the Japanese Kingdom, Wei Tuqi believed that the sailors of the big food would only have to cry at that time.

Thinking of this, Wei Tu Qi's eyes couldn't help but appear in front of him, the miserable appearance of the Great Cannibal struggling and calling for help in the sea for a while, and the embarrassing situation of the Great Eclipse's warship being dismembered by the powerful firepower bows and crossbows of the Qinglong and Suzaku, and the messy situation where pieces of decks were scattered on the sea.

"I wonder if this Saleh is also on the warship? Will he be in their capital at this time, or will he be on one of these ships as a courtesy? The corners of Li Hong's mouth still continued to smile playfully, and he muttered in the face of the sea breeze to guess whether Saleh had come or not.

"Yes...... How did they know we were going to be here today? Wei Tuqi looked at the sudden addition of a few tubes of black stuff on the deck, and reached out his hand to touch it in some fright, these guys are secret weapons, each black iron pipe can launch extremely powerful fire crossbows, and then these fire crossbows are carrying a terrible tsunami sound, as long as they hit the deck of the enemy's warship, they can ignite the heavenly thunder on it in a short time, and a crossbow arrow is enough to blow up a big food warship.

Li Hong held up the binoculars, looked at the big food warship that was getting closer and closer to them, and answered Wei Tuqi's question: "Since I left Song Ping, plus the approximate time in my secret letter to Yeyue, and then look at the loose formation of their warship, we can be sure that they have been cruising boringly on the sea for several days, and have been waiting for me to appear." ”

Just as Li Hong's words were heard by the commander of the Great Eater Side, just after Li Hong's words, the Great Eater Governor Bussil, who could already see each other's warships with the naked eye, was a little incredulous that the Tang Dynasty only had two warships.

Although the two battleships looked much larger than their big ships, they looked like moving fortresses from a distance, and they also looked like fierce and ruthless in their momentum.

But the more this is the more difficult it is for him to understand, such a large ship should be extremely inconvenient after taking action, even if their mast sails are as big as a cloud, but they should not be as strong as the combat effectiveness of their own warships, right?

What's more, even if the combat effectiveness of a single warship is stronger than his own, he at least has an absolute overwhelming advantage in numbers, and a full fifty warships, I am afraid that in the blink of an eye, he will be able to wipe out Datang's warships on the sea.

If you add that they are still cruising behind them, even the ten warships led by Prince Saleh, who can't even be seen by themselves, and the entire sixty warships, even if they don't attack but besiege, they can surround and surrender their ships of the Tang Dynasty.

Booth looked at the two parallel warships of Datang from afar, and the gap in the middle was enough to stuff their entire warship fleet, and he even believed in his heart that the Datang people were not familiar with water warfare, and they were not at all contemptuous of their opponents.

"There is no need to arrange troops, just sail our warships into the middle of their two warships, cut off their mutual echoes, what we have to do is to make them unable to help each other, and then wait for His Royal Highness the Prince to lead ten warships over, and then teach them a good lesson." As a well-known sailor general of Dashi, Bussil looked at the only two warships in Datang at this moment, but he didn't know that his first defeat in his life was getting closer and closer to him.

Sorry for being late.