The whistle roared, and the Tang Navy set off from the port of Mumbai, carrying 5,000 soldiers, towards the country of Sanlan.

The Sanlan Kingdom is located close to the Somali Peninsula in later generations. The geographical location of the Somali peninsula is very important.

The Somali Peninsula is opposite the Arabian Peninsula in Asia, and Europe is a short distance to the north. It is located in the transportation center of Asia, Africa and Europe, and guards the gateway of the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean. Oil tankers from the Persian Gulf and ships from the Strait of Malacca have to pass through this gateway to enter the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, so it is called the "door latch of the Red Sea".

Occupying the key points here, you can block the countries on the Arabian Peninsula in the Red Sea, and you can't get out of the Red Sea, and you can't get in from the outside. That is to say, as long as the Tang Dynasty firmly occupies the Persian Gulf and the Somali Strait, and has the right to control the sea in these two places, then Dashi will be trapped on land and will never be able to go to the sea.

The distance from the port of Mumbai to the country of Samlan is not close, and the fleet sailed for more than half a month before arriving.

"Boss, should we go ashore directly, or should we send scouts to map the terrain and reconnoiter the situation first?" On the warship, Su Dingfang put down the binoculars and asked.

"Neither." Xia Hongsheng shook his head and said, "Come on, go and invite the maritime merchants we brought." ”

"Yes!" Immediately behind him, there were personal soldiers leading the order, and they passed quickly, and when they came back after a while, they were followed by a few people.

"Little one, meet the big manager!" The maritime merchants hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Meet the generals!" ”

These maritime merchants were found before they set out for Mumbai. There are many businessmen who have found business to do business in Sanlan Kingdom, but there are only a few who dare to come with the ship. Because after all, this is a warship, and it is going to war.

However, there are still people with courage and courage, such as these few in front of them.

"Sit." Xia Hongsheng raised his hand and said with a smile: "Sanlan Country has arrived, and before leaving, what I entrusted you to do is right now." If it succeeds, a great achievement, Ben will show merit for you, and when the military merit is added, the benefits brought by this glory will needless to say, and your business will naturally receive preferential treatment. You can rest assured of that. ”

"I'll rest assured!" The merchants said, "Please let the chief steward release the boat and load the grain, and I will go ashore when I am here!" ”

"It's ready." Xia Hongsheng waved his hand and said: "Wu Qi, you send a few people, dress up as businessmen and go with them, bring signal flares, talk about putting green, let's land on the shore, if you can't talk, put red signal flares, and then look for cover, let's blast over." ”

"The last general obeys!" Wu Qi received the order and arranged for the marines to go.

The maritime merchants also retired and prepared.

When the maritime merchants went down, Xi Junmai said: "I don't know if the Kunlun slaves on the shore will agree." ”

"A boatload of grain is enough for a tribe to feed them for a year." Xia Hongsheng said: "In their eyes, maybe a few boats of grain are more valuable than a piece of wasteland. Those maritime merchants usually do business in the Sanlan Kingdom, that is, they exchange grain for some local rare beasts. Let's use food in exchange and go ashore first. In the future, teach them to read and farm, and in a few years, this will naturally be the territory of Datang. ”

"This place is so backward, I think there are still a few earth-shattering thunders in front of them, which can scare them." Su Dingfang said: "Maybe you think we are gods descending from heaven!" ”

"That's a good idea." Xia Hongsheng nodded: "Enwei and Shi, I don't want flies buzzing in our ears when we fight with Da Shi." ”

Things had been prepared long ago, and the ships of the maritime merchants were also in the fleet. The locals knew the ships of the maritime merchants, and it was not difficult to dock.

Soon, those maritime merchants sailed towards the coast with their merchant ships, and they would lobby several surrounding tribes, telling them that the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty would borrow a wasteland that they did not use in the distance, and a boatload of grain as a greeting gift. If they say yes, they will be given food every year in the future, and they will be given seeds, and their people will be taught how to cultivate to get more food.

"It's a pity that the big cannibals are too xenophobic, and our Tang people don't look too different from the big cannibals." Su Dingfang said: "Otherwise, at this time, you can let the spy spread some rumors in Dashi." ”

"yes." Xia Hongsheng is also a pity. The spy didn't go well in Big Food, and now it can't be of much use.

As long as he prepared with both hands, Xia Hongsheng was cruising near the shore, waiting for the news of those maritime merchants. On the other hand, the warships are also prepared for battle, and once the locals here do not cooperate, they can only use force to land.

There is no way, Xia Hongsheng is a Tang person, representing the interests of the Tang Dynasty, although he is unwilling to be an aggressor, but it is obviously more important than the interests of the Sanlan Kingdom, or the interests of the Tang Dynasty.

Fortunately, a few days later, the ships approaching the shore saw the green signal flare on the shore and came back to report it to Xia Hongsheng.

"Okay, pass the order, always be ready for battle, and don't let your guard down. Don't take it lightly either. Xia Hongsheng said: "Dock!" ”

As the flag bearer waved the flag in his hand, Xia Hongsheng's order was passed to the ships, and the warships began to approach the shore.

Because it was close to the shore, it didn't take long for the warship to stop.

Xia Hongsheng insisted on going ashore in person, but in desperation, he had to escort him ashore.

On the shore were the maritime merchants, and some dark-skinned blacks, who were the natives of the Sanlan Kingdom.

"Wow! These Kunlun slaves are really black enough! After Xia Hongsheng was over, Xue Rengui couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice, and several people around him nodded in unison.

"Meet the Grand Master! These are the chieftains of the tribe here. We have done many transactions with our Datang maritime merchants. As soon as Xia Hongsheng came up, the maritime merchants stepped forward and saluted.

Xia Hongsheng nodded and looked at the tribal leaders, but saw that the eyes of the tribal leaders were not on him, but on the marines next to those maritime merchants.

Following their line of sight, it came to the Marines, who immediately saluted.

Seeing the marines saluting, the leaders hurriedly stepped forward and hurriedly saluted Xia Hongsheng like them.

Xia Hongsheng was a little strange and returned the salute, but when he saw that the leaders of the tribes suddenly looked panicked, they retreated again and again, as if they had seen something very terrifying.

"This is ......" Xia Hongsheng looked at the reactions of the clan leaders, and then looked at the maritime merchants.

"Back to the chief manager, when those generals launched the green fireworks, they were seen by these people." Several maritime merchants were people who could observe words and colors, and when they saw Xia Hongsheng looking at them, one of them immediately stepped forward and lowered his voice and explained: "They now think that the chief administrator is the god summoned from heaven by those generals!" ”

Xia Hongsheng rolled his eyes, and said to Qi Yong: "Take a heaven-shaking thunder!" ”

Qi Yong immediately took out one from his body and handed it to Xia Hongsheng.

Xia Hongsheng pulled the string and threw it into the sea.

"Boom!" There was a loud bang, and the earth shook like a mountain.

Those black people didn't understand, they only saw Xia Hongsheng casually lift his hand, and the sea exploded into flames, and the ground under his feet seemed to shake. Suddenly frightened and panicked, several of them had already hurriedly crawled on the ground in front of Xia Hongsheng, and even their faces were tightly attached to the ground.

Xia Hongsheng stretched out his hand and pulled one up from the ground, pointed to a piece of fish that was blown up on the sea, smiled, and gestured.

"These fish! To you! The merchant hurriedly went over and made a comparison, because they had done business together many times, so they quickly understood the comparison.

The leaders of the tribes hurriedly came over and saluted Xia Hongsheng.

"Go ashore!" Xia Hongsheng turned around and ordered.