Chapter 408: Landing in Fuso
"Escape?" Matsudaira Ichiro was puzzled: "We were about to rush back to Fuso to help His Majesty the Emperor quell the chaos, but we didn't expect to encounter a storm. ”
"Uh......" Wang Xiang said speechlessly: "You mean you just came back from Datang?" ”
He finally understood why Li Er was reluctant to send troops to Fusang to help Emperor Fuso quell the chaos, Nima, it would take more than half a year just for the warship to go back and forth, and it was really troublesome.
The Fusang people who came up were all weak, obviously it was not easy along the way, Matsudaira Ichiro whispered in an embarrassed voice: "Master Hou, we haven't eaten for several days after the storm, I don't know ......"
Before the words were finished, there was a "cooing" sound from the stomachs of several Fusang people, Wang Xiang smiled and said: "Let's go, I will ask someone to prepare something to eat for you, and I want you to lead the way after eating, we have been wandering around here for a long time and have not found the location of Fusang Island." ”
"Did His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty send the Marquis to help our Majesty the Emperor?" Matsudaira Ichiro looked very excited, when he entered the palace to find Li Er for help, Li Er refused, he was already hopeless about Datang's help, but he didn't expect to meet Wang Xiang in the Fusang Sea, and he thought that Wang Xiang was sent by Li Er to help them.
Wang Xiang saw that he was very excited, so he didn't tell him the truth, and in the name of Li Er, many things were more convenient, nodded and smiled: "There was a rebellion between Tibet and the Turks before, so Your Majesty did not agree to send troops to help, and now that the Tibetans have been returned to the Turks and completely wiped out, Your Majesty asked me to bring people to help." ”
Wang Xiang said it easily, but Matsudaira Ichiro set off a monstrous wave in his heart, and he knew the strength of Tubo and Turkic. It's definitely a hegemon. Together, they were defeated by Datang so quickly. And Wang Xiang said that the Turks were completely wiped out! With Matsudaira Ichiro's knowledge of the Tang Dynasty, the Turks and the Tibetans, this is simply incredible.
It seems that Datang's strength is far stronger than estimated. Matsudaira Ichiro thought secretly.
The food prepared on the warship was so delicious and hearty that Matsudaira Ichiro and the other Fuso people were hungry as they thanked them.
After eating a few bowls of Matsudaira Ichiro, he stopped his chopsticks and asked Wang Xiang, "I wonder how many people His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty asked the Hou Ye to bring to help us?" ”
From the secret letter sent by Fuso, Matsudaira Ichiro learned that the rebels under Soga Ezo were very numerous, and most of the nobles in Fuso had defected to him, and the situation was very unfavorable to the emperor.
Wang Xiang said lightly: "More than a dozen people." "Cooks and servants are not counted, there are indeed only a dozen or so people with fighting power.
After hearing Wang Xiang's words, Matsudaira Ichiro was dumbfounded, and thought he had heard it wrong. What is enough for a dozen people?
Wang Xiang guessed Matsudaira Ichiro's thoughts and smiled: "Don't worry, the people I brought can be one for a hundred or even a thousand, and it is enough to have them." ”
Matsudaira Ichiro looked at Wang Xiang, who was extremely confident, and his face twitched, and he didn't know what to say, when he left Datang, the news of the strange man had not yet spread, so he didn't know the strength of the ability, he just thought that Wang Xiang was bragging.
Wang Xiang only brought a dozen people Matsudaira Ichiro naturally couldn't pin his hopes on them, so he could only find another way, but he was still very grateful and enthusiastic about Wang Xiang bringing people to help, Wang Xiang could see that his thoughts did not explain much, anyway, he would have the opportunity to see the power of the capable person in the future.
Matsudaira Ichiro is very familiar with the Fuso Sea. According to him, the warship Jiayuan is currently located southwest of Fuso Island, but most of the western part of Fuso is occupied by the rebels, so they have to land on the east side of Fuso Island.
Wang Xiang and others eventually landed in a small village and town east of Fuso. The huge steel warship also caused a lot of commotion when it docked at the seashore of the small village and town.
After boarding the land of Fuso, Matsudaira Ichiro immediately asked people about the current situation of Fuso, and the result was not optimistic, the rebel forces led by Soga Ezo became stronger and stronger, and most of the Fuso country fell into the hands of the rebels, and even the Imperial City of Fuso was controlled by Soga Ezo, and Emperor Huangji retreated to other cities under the protection of the guards, and now Emperor Huangji is suddenly seriously ill, and the situation is very urgent.
To the relief of Wang Xiang and the Kawamura sisters, as the emperor's side, Kawamura Shoichi also accompanied the emperor to retreat safely to Tamba Castle, and Kawamura Shoichi was the younger brother of Kawamura Kumi and Kawamura Maya.
When Matsudaira Ichiro heard of the emperor's whereabouts, he naturally rushed to meet the emperor, so Wang Xiang and the others went with him to Tamba Castle, a small city southeast of Fuso, not too far from where they landed.
There is a big gap between the scene he saw along the way and the Fusang that Wang Xiang imagined, not to mention that compared with Chang'an, Luoyang and other places that are the most prosperous in the Tang Dynasty, some ordinary towns in the Tang Dynasty are much more prosperous than the Fusang he saw.
It is such a small country that is far inferior to Datang, and in the case of extreme lack of resources, it continues to absorb the essence of Datang and other countries and gradually strengthen itself, and after a thousand years, it has become an economic and military power that cannot be ignored, which is indeed thought-provoking.
However, now that Wang Xiang has landed on the land of Fusang, the future fate of this small country has been decided, that is, to become Wang Xiang's back garden.
When I arrived at Tamba Castle, the atmosphere in the city was very solemn, and when Matsudaira Ichiro revealed her identity and saw Emperor Gogoku, she was already sick and dying, and it is conceivable that once she dies, the situation will be even more unfavorable.
When he saw Emperor Huangji, Wang Xiang knew that the emperor of Fuso was actually a woman, in his forties, and he could vaguely see that he was also a beautiful woman when he was young, but at this time, Emperor Huangji was so weak that he couldn't even speak clearly, and when he saw Matsudaira Ichiro, his eyes suddenly flashed with a look of hope.
Matsudaira Ichiro knew what she cared about, knelt on the ground respectfully, and choked up: "Your Majesty the Emperor, His Majesty the Tang Emperor has sent reinforcements, this is the Jiayuan Marquis that the Tang Emperor relies on the most, this time he personally led the troops to help, we will definitely be able to defeat the rebels." ”
Matsudaira Ichiro spoke in Fuso, and Wang Xiang couldn't understand what he said, but he could guess something when he saw him pointing to himself, and he took two steps forward and nodded to Emperor Gogoku on the sickbed.
The corners of the Emperor's mouth curled slightly, and he tried to squeeze out a smile, and then closed his eyes.
The sound of sharp blades coming out of the sheath suddenly sounded all around, Wang Xiang, Tie Dan and the others were shocked, and immediately became vigilant, and the Fuso samurai who were originally kneeling around Emperor Huangji pulled out their katanas at their waists.
Hearing the exclamations of the Kawamura sisters behind him, Wang Xiang hurriedly looked back, they were holding a young man's arm, as if they were begging for something, but the young man looked resolute and unmoved.
"What's going on?" Wang Xiang frowned, he was confused by the situation in front of him.
(To be continued.) )