Chapter 350: Set sail
Zhao Shuo gave a guarantee, and Zhang Boyu was very happy and excited. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoAlthough Zhao Shuo asked him to take a day off, he will go to Laizhou tomorrow. But he couldn't wait.
"Lord Wang, since the matter has been decided, then the minister will leave first."
His forehead is still dripping blood at the moment because he has been kowtowing, and the reason why Zhao Shuo asked him to go to Laizhou the next day is that he wants to find a Lang Zhong to show him first. Anyway, the forehead should be bandaged first.
Seeing that Zhang Boyu was leaving, Zhao Shuo hurriedly stopped him. "Lord Zhang, although the affairs of the Li Dynasty are urgent, the affairs of the adults cannot be delayed."
Zhao Shuo said, and specifically pointed to Zhang Boyu's forehead.
Zhang Boyu wiped it randomly, then smiled and said. "Thank you for your concern, but the minister is fine, this little injury will be fine in a few days."
After finishing speaking, Zhang Boyu saluted Zhao Shuo and prepared to leave.
"Wait a minute!" Zhao Shuo stopped Zhang Boyu. "I admire Mr. Zhang for his ability to sacrifice his personal safety for the sake of the country. But the Li Dynasty is now the land of my Great Song Dynasty, and I really can't bear to see my courtiers leave like this. ”
After pondering for a while, Zhao Shuo continued. "If Master Zhang insists on leaving, I think so. I'll send you a Lang Zhong and let him take care of it all the way, so that I can rest assured. ”
"This~!" Zhang Boyu had both gratitude and doubt in his eyes. He was grateful to Zhao Shuo for what he said and what he had to do, but he had doubts in his heart about what Zhao Shuo called 'the Li Dynasty became the land of the Great Song Dynasty'. Everyone knows that Zhao Shuo and Zhao Gou are completely two forces. Zhao Gou is the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and although Zhao Shuo is said to be the prince, he has long been out of the control of Zhao Gou. But looking at Zhao Shuo's attitude now, he still sees himself as a great Song Dynasty.
Zhang Boyu had doubts, but he quickly relieved them. Zhao Shuo is the prince of the Great Song Dynasty, as long as he is not independent for a day, he still belongs to the Great Song Dynasty. One day, when Zhao Shuo is strong and wants to annex Zhao Gou, the fact that he is the prince of the Great Song Dynasty will provide him with a lot of convenient conditions.
Such a battle will be regarded as an infighting, which will be of great help to control the people in the future. After all, no matter who rules them, they are still the people of the Great Song Dynasty.
Thinking about what Zhao Gou did the most ruthlessly, that is, Zhao Shuo's identity was not legitimate, and Pai Yue Fei only stared at Zhao Shuo, except for secretly killing Zhao Heng, he didn't have too many conflicts with Zhao Shuo on the surface.
From this point of view, Zhao Gou and Zhao Shuo should have the same idea. That is, one day, after becoming strong, find a reason to destroy Zhao Shuo, the prince, and control all the land.
Zhao Shuo didn't know about Zhang Boyu's cranky thoughts. He looked at Zhang Boyu, who was frowning, silent, and deep in thought, and thought about it again and again, before he took a few steps forward, patted Zhang Boyu on the shoulder, and pulled his thoughts back.
"Master Zhang, don't shirk, after all, your body is also very important."
Zhang Boyu was woken up by Zhao Shuo, and found that Zhao Shuo was already standing in front of him, he looked stunned, took a few steps back, and saluted. "Thank you for your concern, but the minister will be disrespectful."
Zhao Shuo nodded, and then found a Lang Zhong, who was specifically responsible for treating Zhang Boyu and the rest of the envoys on their foreheads.
After a simple bandage, Zhang Boyu left Luoyang with the entire envoy group and went straight to Qidilai Prefecture.
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Laizhou, Zhao Cheng had already received Zhao Shuo's order. Let him sail this time, Zhao Shuo decided after a lot of consideration.
Among the generals led by Zhao Shuo, almost none had experience in naval battles. And Zhao Cheng has been entrenched in the Huaihe generation before, and in repeated betrayals and rebellions, he has commanded both land and naval battles.
can compete with Da Song for so much time, Zhao Shuo thinks that Zhao Cheng still has some ability.
Zhao Cheng's army had long been absorbed and dispersed by Zhao Shuo, and then assigned to the army of Zhe Yanshi and Zhe Yanruo stationed on the north bank of the Huai River.
Zhao Cheng is now the commander of the light pole, and his soldiers are all Zhao Shuo's people. To be specific, most of Zhao Cheng's soldiers were selected from the Chongyue family's army. As for the conditions for selecting people, Zhao Shuo mentioned two points, one is loyalty, and the other is being able to swim.
In addition to the conditions for selecting people, Zhao Shuo also asked people to mobilize a batch of small cannonballs from Chang'an and transport them to Laizhou early.
Zhao Cheng now has more than 30 large and small warships, more than 5,000 troops, and 6,000 or 7,000 small cannonballs. Others, in addition to a knife in each person's hand, Zhao Shuo also transferred a large number of bows and crossbows to them.
There was only one order from Zhao Shuo, to resolve the civil strife in the Li Dynasty with the minimum casualties, and then to bring back the required grain from the Li Dynasty to the greatest extent.
Zhao Cheng completed the task to ensure that Zhao Shuo's will could be fulfilled, and selected a few hundred more people from among the refugees who built the ship to join the fleet.
This is a big deal, after doing it, Zhao Cheng reported it to Yue Fei as soon as possible, and Yue Fei also reported it to Zhao Shuo non-stop. And Zhao Shuo had already learned the news, and after seeing it, he smiled slightly and ordered Zhao Cheng to be praised.
Zhao Cheng trained soldiers on the ship and was familiar with water warfare, and while waiting, Zhang Boyu and his party came to the port.
The two sides met and exchanged pleasantries, Zhao Cheng picked up the dust for Zhang Boyu and others.
Early the next morning, Zhao Cheng led his army out of port and set sail for the Li Dynasty.
The army was mighty, as soon as it left Laizhou, the Jin State in the north received the news, and the Jin State wanted to send a naval army out to inquire about the news, but after they came out, Li Cheng's army had long since disappeared. After discovering the Jin army spies, Juzheng of Dengzhou sent a naval army to sneak attack. Regarding this matter, Wanyan Wu begged to buy no voice and chose to remain silent. Zhao Shuo naturally didn't say anything, after all, this time Juzheng attacked and defeated the spies sent by the Jin Army, without any losses himself, and also achieved the purpose of training.
Jin Jun made a bargain here, Zhao Shuo didn't speak, but Zhao Shuo was a little worried about going south.
You must know that 90% of the long coastline that reached the Li Dynasty was the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. With the current scale of the Great Song Dynasty Navy, Zhao Shuo is confident that with this self-designed warship, he can fight the Great Song Dynasty Navy and cannot find the north.
But what he is afraid of is the constant harassment of the Great Song Dynasty, if there is a wave today, a wave tomorrow, a few ships at a time, it will be consumed like Zhao Shuo, Zhao Shuo sent a large fleet of more than 30 warships, but supplementation is a problem. And the Great Song Dynasty is close to the coastline, and the harassment of several strips, one comes and goes, and the other is long, so the problem is big.
The more Zhao Shuo thought about it, the more frightened he became, and finally he could only pray silently.