Chapter 324: Blockade of the Tsushima Strait

On the endless blue sea, a medium-sized fleet is moving from west to east, although there are many ships in the fleet, but the ships are not big, and look at the shape of these ships, there is a clear difference from the ships of the Tang Dynasty, and in comparison, these small sea ships are also more simply built, if you let a shipbuilding master like Wei Heizi see it, he will definitely snort coldly with disdain, and ask rhetorically, This is also called a ship?

At the forefront of this humble fleet, there is a ship that is completely different from other ships, not only several times larger in size, but also more graceful and sturdy, and those who have insight can see at a glance that this ship is a lucky ship built by the Tang Dynasty, and on the deck of this lucky ship, a short figure in a pale cyan crown suit stood there, his face full of worry.

This is a fleet sent by the Wa Kingdom to Baekje, but they have already arrived in Baekje and are now on their way back to the Wa Kingdom, and the ships are loaded with the spoils of the 10,000 troops sent to Baekje. The man standing on the bow of the ship was named Su I Qizhong, who was the actual controller of the Japanese regime and a member of the Su I family.

"Lord Su, we were able to pass through this strait safely, and now we can naturally go back safely, don't worry too much, my lord!" Seeing Su Qizhong's worried look, a retainer next to him spoke up and comforted.

However, after hearing this, Su I still sighed and said: "I hope so, but Danluo and Tsushima have all fallen into the hands of the Tang Dynasty, and there are also a large number of warships stationed, if they want to block the strait, it can be said that it is as easy as a finger." ”

Su Iqizhong's words were full of worry, and when they went to Baekje, Datang had only controlled one Danra. But when they were about to return home, they heard a piece of news. That is, Tsushima Island is also occupied by the Tang Dynasty, so that. The Tsushima Strait between the Wa Kingdom and Baekje has fallen into the hands of the Tang Dynasty, and now the Tang Dynasty's Qi King Li Su is actively preparing for war, and a war with Baekje may occur at any time, and their Wa Kingdom, as an alliance of Baekje, is likely to be attacked by Tang warships.

Thinking of the terrifying strength of the Tang Dynasty, Su I couldn't help but sigh, their country is lonely overseas, and there is always an arrogant mood in the country, even for the powerful Central Plains Dynasty. They don't pay much attention to it, at most, they just treat each other as an equal country, when they were still the Great Sui, they had the content of 'Emperor Dong Respect Emperor Baixi Emperor' in their national letter to the Great Sui, literally mentioning the same status as the Emperor of the Central Plains.

However, Su I Qizhong is an understanding person, and he also traveled to the Central Plains to study, and knows that there is a huge gap between the Japanese Kingdom and the Tang Dynasty, not even the army of the Tang Dynasty, even if it is a son of the current Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. That is, His Royal Highness the King of Qi sent troops, and I am afraid that all the forces that unite them and Baekje will be difficult to stop.

"Boat! There are big ships! ”

Just as Su I was pondering, I suddenly heard someone shouting in horror beside me. And when he looked up, he saw the sea in the distance. A large group of ships like dark clouds were pressing on their side. Originally, the lucky ship under his feet was ordered in Datang, which is a rare big ship in China, but compared with the big ship that is rushing over. His ship was more than twice as small.

Seeing the large fleet rushing over, Su I felt a chill in my head. In this sea, such a huge warship can be built. There is no one else except Datang, and looking at the other party's appearance, it is for them.

"My lord, what should I do now, do you want to prepare to resist?" A general beside Su Qizhong took out an imitation Tang knife and said with a resolute face.

Su I got up but smiled bitterly after hearing this, although the size of their fleet is not small, but most of them are all kinds of trophies transported, there are not many armed personnel on board, and this is at sea, the most important thing to fight is to see the performance of the warships of both sides, and look at the giant ships of the other side, let alone fighting, just hitting them can knock them to the bottom of the sea.

"Give up resistance, after all, our Wa Kingdom and the Tang Dynasty have not been at war, presumably they don't dare to do anything to us!" Su I commanded helplessly. By this time, he had already seen the ships coming from the other side, almost all of them were large warships, and the giant crossbows and trebuchets on them were all ready, if they dared to resist, it was estimated that it would not be long before they were completely annihilated.

Although the Japanese warriors on the ship were a little unconvinced, they also felt a chill in their hearts when they saw the giant crossbow arrows with thick arms on the opposite ship, and put all their weapons back in their places one by one, and then stood up straight and glared at the huge ship that was pressing over. Su I stood at the bow of the ship, raised his head and looked at a huge ship sailing over, the ship was obviously larger than the other warships, and there was a huge flag fluttering on the mast, with the word 'Qi' written on it, obviously this was the warship of His Royal Highness the King of Qi of the Tang Dynasty.

The arriving Datang warships obviously did not regard this fleet of the Japanese Kingdom as a threat, and the handsome ships at the front were almost colliding with the Fu ships in the middle of the Sui Qi before stopping, and then a young general walked to the bow of the ship, leaned out and looked down, with a malicious smile on his rough face, and said in a somewhat lazy voice: "You are the fleet of the Japanese Kingdom returning from Baekje?" ”

Looking at the arrogant appearance of the other party, many Japanese warriors were on fire, and they just wanted to scold, but they were stopped by Su Iqi, only to see him step forward and bow and salute: "General Qiyu, we are the fleet of the Japanese Kingdom, I don't know why the general stopped us and others?" ”

Hearing the other party's admission, the rugged-looking general's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "On the order of General Lu of the Qi Palace, you can come with me!" ”

Su I was immediately shocked when he heard that the other party was really coming at him, but he still said quietly on his face: "General, this is not the sea area of the Tang Dynasty, and we are all envoys sent by His Majesty the Emperor to Baekje, if the general detains us, I am afraid it will cause a dispute between the two countries!" ”

Su I's words are soft and hard, pointing out his identity, hoping that the other party will take care of it. However, the rugged Tang general in front of him is obviously not a good stubble, as soon as Su I finished speaking, the other party's face immediately changed, and he roared loudly: "Bold, Puer Xiaoguo dares to claim to be the emperor in vain, he simply doesn't put me in the eyes of the Tang Dynasty, come and arrest all of them!" ”

As soon as the rough general's words fell, he saw rows of archers pouring out of the female wall beside him, and the tips of the arrows flashing in the cold light were all aimed at the Japanese ships below, which made the personnel on the Japanese ships immediately chaotic, after all, most of the personnel on the ships were just ordinary boatmen, and they had never seen this kind of formation at all.

And Su I didn't expect the other party to turn his face when he said that he would turn his face, and he didn't have any preparations on his side, so he was already all restrained by the other party. And the other party was obviously prepared, as soon as the archers above appeared, they immediately threw hooks and cables from the opponent's boat, and then the jumping helper in light armor jumped along the ropes to his own boat, and in the blink of an eye, he had already controlled his own boat.

At this time, the Tang warships behind also began to act, like a group of wolves to surround their fleet, during which a few ships wanted to escape, but although the other party's ships were large, but the speed was faster than their small boats, so they quickly chased after them, and then like dark clouds crushing the city, the small boats of the Japanese country were pressed into the sea, and even more, some of the Tang army's warships also attacked the boats with giant crossbows and trebuchets, and several escaped ships were smashed into pieces in the blink of an eye. Faced with this result, all the ships of the Japanese Kingdom gave up their intention to escape and obediently followed the fleet of the Tang Dynasty.

The rugged general's name is Zhu Chong, that is, the young general who followed Lu Qing to Danluo, this is the first time he led the army to act alone, and he is naturally very excited, but it makes him regret that these Japanese boats are too unchallenging, and they make the other party very honest in a few strokes, so that the naval combat experience he learned is useless.

After tying up all the people on Su Iqi's boat and putting them on his own warship, Zhu Chong rushed to the other party's boat with great interest. In fact, they had been eyeing this fleet for a long time, and knew that Su I Qizhong was going to Baekje to transport war booty back to China, so they deliberately intercepted them, hoping to get this windfall.

"This ...... Is this the fucking booty? Zhu Chong, who rushed to the cabin, looked at the scene in front of him dumbfounded, and he didn't expect that these Japanese people would rob everything, and the so-called loot was a pile of clothes, food, Buddha statues and other messy things, and even an iron pot for cooking, which were piled up in a mess, looking like a garbage heap.

"General, is this Japanese man so poor and crazy that he even robs this thing?" As soon as Zhu Chong's words fell, a Tang soldier next to him picked up a piece of clothing with his fingers from a pile of clothes, this is a small red belly pocket, but it is only the size of two palms, it looks like it should be worn by children, but what is shocking is that there is a dark red blood stain on this belly pocket.

Looking at this mess of things, Zhu Chong was also quite speechless, but he was still a little unwilling to let people go to other ships to check, and found that the situation was not as good as the lucky ship they were on, except for a small amount of gold, silver and copper coins, in addition to some jewelry is worth a little money, as for other clothes, food and the like, it is not worth a few dollars at all.

"He's really damn bad, it seems that the rumors are true, the country is really a poor small country, I really don't know how His Highness would take a fancy to it? It is estimated that it will be a money-losing goods to fight down. Zhu Chong muttered dissatisfiedly.

However, no matter how dissatisfied Zhu Chong was, it was impossible for this Japanese fleet to be put back, and his warship sandwiched this fleet, and began to sail towards the newly defeated Tsushima Island in the wind and waves. And at the same time, the news of Datang's blockade of the Tsushima Strait was also officially announced! (To be continued.) )