An island appeared in sight, gradually getting bigger, occupying the entire field of vision, as far as the eye could see, and green trees were clustered on the island, as if it were a deserted island without human habitation. But Li Kuan knew that this was actually the location of Dongying Island Country, because the floating corpse mountain in the center of that island completely exposed its true identity - Honshu Island of the Japanese slave country. It's just that at this time, the country was indeed sparsely populated, and the country had always been a small population.

Li Kuan did not rashly order to go ashore, but first let the fleet sail around this island to understand the overall situation, and then said that such a big island is in front of him, and he will not run away, and he can go ashore and land at any time. His decision was supported by everyone, although the soldiers were already impatient in their hearts, but they also knew that this was not a good time to rush to the island, and when they arrived at such a strange place, it was better to grasp the surrounding situation first, otherwise in case of emergencies, something unpredictable would definitely occur under surprise. Caution is absolutely not wrong, I have been on the ship for more than half a month, and I don't care about this more time, the reason why I felt irritable before was because I had no sense of direction at all on the sea, and the feeling of being lost unconsciously was unbearable, and now that I saw this island, my heart was no longer so wandering, and I settled down.

The sails were lowered, the partitions between the compartments on both sides were lowered, and then a long penny stretched out of the cabin, and countless ships moved slowly on the sea like centipedes covered with dozens of pairs of long legs.

"Turn the rudder!" Helmsman in the stern. The rudder began to rotate slowly, and the direction of the big ship was slowly turned. As we started along a route parallel to the island, there was a loud noise. It was the sound of a long penny hitting the water, and each sound was the result of two sailors rowing hard in the cabin, and the big ship moved slowly, and the countless sailors on the deck, one by one, opened their eyes wide and began to observe the island in front of them. In this place along the sea, there is a golden sandy beach. There is not much vegetation on the beach, only some mangrove forests grow sparsely on the inner side of the beach, which is in the wetland. Swamps and other terrain are the most common plants.

"No people found! Seems to be a desert island! The lookout from the belvedere halfway up the mast shouted loudly, and as far as his vision could see, there were patches of verdant trees, all of which were tightly hidden, as if there was no sign of activity on the island.

"A little further on, such a large island, only such a small area has been observed, it is too early to make a conclusion!" Li Kuan scolded, so that the lookout hand above stopped speaking.

"My lord, is there really anyone on this island?" A black-faced man stepped out of the cabin. When he got behind Li Kuan, he asked out loud, he was the first mate of this ship, and Xue Wanche was left on Crescent Island by Li Kuan. Training a steady stream of newcomers recruited from all over the Tang Dynasty, this black-faced man was newly promoted, and this person was a fisherman before he was recruited by Li Kuan. Since childhood, he has been rolling in the waves of the sea, and has developed a good ability to sail on the sea. Appointed by Li Kuan as the commander of this group of warships, Li Kuan himself knew nothing about naval warfare. So it's better to let go and let your subordinates do it, the layman commands the insider, no matter what you do, it's taboo, Li Kuan understands this very well. Therefore, after putting down the power in his hand to this black-faced man named Cheng Jifeng, Li Kuan didn't care about the things on the ship, but just handed over the chart he made to him, and pointed out the destination to go, and then watched the sea and sky on the way and exercised quietly.

"That's nature! Do you know where so many dumb servants come from on Crescent Island? That's what I caught on this island! Li Kuan replied, he also thought that in this era, the Japanese slave country should not have a million population but also seven or eight hundred thousand people, but now it seems that the population base of the Japanese slave country in this era does not seem to be as much as he imagined, of course, this does not rule out that in fact, the Japanese slave country is now in the Warring States period of civil strife, and a large number of people are fighting wars between those heavy cities in the islands, and it is understandable that the place near the sea is sparsely populated.

But an important reason that Li Kuan didn't expect was actually that he made a series of actions, which quietly affected the population distribution of the Japanese slave country, because the agreement between his servant Chen Tuan and those hidden schools caused countless slave catching teams to arrive in this small island country to arrest people. Ships are constantly circling around the periphery of these small islands, as long as there is an opportunity, they will quickly attack, directly to the Japanese living in the coastal areas to arrest, and then sell to the Tang Dynasty states and counties, the huge profits made those hidden schools taste the sweetness, so they are all keen to capture the Japanese slaves and sell them back to the Central Plains as slaves. No one can refuse a profitable thing, and they can use this kind of business to quickly develop and grow themselves, so as to better recover their vitality, which is a thing why not!

The boat broke through the waves and cruised in the waters around the islands, and the oars of the oars beat the water on both sides, moving the big ship slowly, and losing the sails, the greatest source of power, it was really difficult for such a large ship to move. But there are also advantages to large ships, because such a ship is a small mobile fortress, is an absolute weapon for siege and fortification, as long as it is close to the sea, or on the edge of a large river, these ships lean up, standing on the deck as high as the low walls of those cities, such an advantage makes the siege no longer use human lives to fill the enemy's fortifications, but become an equal offensive and defensive relationship between each other.

"My lord, there is a situation, the city is found ahead!" The lookout saw a small city on the shore in the distance, perched on the edge of the sea, and it seemed that there were still people coming and going, coming and going through the gates. And outside the city gate, there is a seaside wharf, and countless low-rise Japanese slaves who are less than four feet tall are busy, and they look busy. So he hurriedly announced loudly.

"Let's go, go and see ......" Li Kuan walked to the deck, took out a telescope from his arms, and the two ends of the bamboo tube were blocked with two crystals with high transparency, and were polished into the shape of a delicate convex lens, this thing is Li Kuan's proudest 'invention', because this thing, he didn't cheat in the slightest, it was completely based on his own memory, and then made it, including the two crystals he also found from the tribute that Li Er rewarded him with once, and then polished it himself. He was originally going to tell Li Er about this thing before leaving, but this time he left in a hurry, and he didn't have time to explain this, this time he brought this pair of binoculars out to test whether it was qualified in actual combat.

"There really is a city, and it's not small!" Li Kuan observed it with a telescope, there is indeed a small city standing on the seaside, the city has a low city wall, but two or three zhang high, but it is a distance from the sea, if their ship leans over, it still needs soldiers to go ashore to attack the city, which makes Li Kuan a little depressed, if the city is directly on the seashore, then you can directly attack from the ship. It's still a siege war, and it's going to come at a terrible price. There are not many people who come out of Li Kuo, don't look at the many ships, but there are only less than 10,000 people on board, it is obviously unrealistic to want to rely on such people to conquer this Japanese slave country, but more people need a lot of time, and Crescent Island is only so big, it is a very small island, and the population that can live on the island is only a little so, and there is an urgent need for more space for development. Where else is there a more suitable base than the Japanese slave country, which has been run by Li Kuan's follower Chen Shu for more than two years?

Therefore, Li Kuan chose to come here and completely purify this nation that he thought was dirty, and then he would form a super naval army here that has been defending the Tang Sea Frontier, and become an impregnable line of defense of the Tang Sea Frontier, he didn't believe it, compared to those Europeans who were still stabbing around with brittle wood spears, the Tang Dynasty, which had developed for thousands of years, would definitely be the global hegemon in the future, and sometimes, a small step ahead, could rule the whole world.

"Stop the ship, the weapons bay is open, and it's ready to attack!" Li Kuan gave the latest order, and he wanted to start testing the combat capabilities of these fleets, whether they could meet the standards, and realize the prelude to the beginning of the conquest of this small island nation, and this was the time.

The black weapon compartment and the outer partition were also opened, revealing deep black windows, and then thick arrows flashing with cold light revealed their hideous faces, and these ships were already loaded with Datang's most powerful long-range strike weapon - the Eight Bull Crossbow!

On the sea, the neat fleet began to change formation, forming a semi-circular shape towards the small city by the sea, and the eight-bull crossbows pointed straight in the direction of the small city.

The "Baga ......" on the shore of the Japanese slave country felt bad, the huge fleet that appeared on the sea, when they were first detected by them, made them feel a panic, and even had a sense of impending disaster, they let out a sound of Li Kuan's very familiar Japanese slave country scolding, and then they all ran towards the city, and they didn't even have time to pack up the things on the dock, and even began to push the people around them one after another. (To be continued......)