Chapter 9 Naval Harbor, Western Xia Expansion Army

Mingzhou, Wenzhou, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Chaozhou, after Zhao Lei went to sea, along the coast, through a famous coastal port city, towards their destination Guangzhou, and these ports, all become Zhao Lei and others "vomit like", each port left Zhao Lei and others to visit the evidence, just half a month down, Zhao Lei led the huge fleet of the navy all the rookies, almost all lost weight, and Zhao Lei next to a three-hundred-pound guard, directly announced that he lost weight very successfully, And he wants to call on his fat friends to come and live in the naval fleet for a while, so as to lose their fat. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info. qb5

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According to historical records, as early as the Zhou Dynasty in the 9th century B.C., the "Baiyue clan" living here had close contacts with the Chu people in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and the local people commemorated this friendship with "Chu Ting", which was the earliest name of Guangzhou.

Guangzhou was the ancient capital of the two dynasties, and in the early Han Dynasty, Zhao Tuo established the Nanyue Kingdom in Guangzhou; To the period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, there is the "Southern Han Kingdom" built here, as the gateway of the South China Sea of the Northern Song Dynasty, Guangzhou became one of the largest port cities in the whole Southeast Asia during the Northern Song Dynasty, with a population of more than 150,000, the city is seven miles, and the ships of Southeast Asian countries come and go, making Guangzhou one of the richest cities in the Northern Song Dynasty.

"Is Guangzhou City ahead?" In the night, Yang Jinhua looked at the bright port in the distance in front of her, and said excitedly to Zhao Lei, Su Xun and Xiao Ruoruo beside her.

Yang Jinhua's face was a little pale, and half a month of sea voyage made her finally adapt to the rough sea. As long as she does not encounter a storm, Yang Jinhua has overcome the bumps on the sea, and can see the bumps as flat ground, and walk freely in all corners of the undulating building ship.

Except for Yang Jinhua, a cute beauty with thick nerves, Zhao Lei, Su Xun and Xiao Ruoruo did not adapt to life at sea, and their faces were even paler. Holding on to the guardrail next to the boat, he looked weakly at the bright lights in the distance.

"Finally arrived in Guangzhou, these days my legs always feel soft, as if stepping on the clouds, the whole body has no strength at all, if I can't see Guangzhou again, I doubt that I can make it to Guangzhou alive." Su Xun had no literati temperament at this time, softly holding on to the guardrail on the ship, looking at the Guangzhou port in the distance, and said in surprise and weakness.

The huge naval fleet slowly approached the southern port of Guangzhou in the eager mood of Zhao Lei and others. Although it was already a starry night, after receiving the news of the arrival of Zhao Lei and others, the official on duty at the Guangzhou Transshipment Yamen soon came to the port to greet Zhao Lei and others.

"Xiaguan Guangzhou Transit Master Bo Sun An has seen Lord Zhao!" Zhao Lei and the others had just stepped off the triple building boat, and an official from the eighth grade hurriedly walked to Zhao Lei's side and said respectfully to Zhao Lei.

"It turned out to be Lord Sun. I didn't expect Master Sun to have no rest so late! Reflecting the faint light, Zhao Lei looked at Sun An, a middle-aged official in his forties with a frosty face, and said lightly.

"There is news from Chaozhou that Lord Zhao will arrive in the next few days, so Xia Guan and a few colleagues have been waiting for Lord Zhao here in turn." Sun An said respectfully to Zhao Lei.

"Why didn't you see the people from the Navy Yamen, aren't they here?" Zhao Lei looked around. I didn't see the people from the navy yamen, and asked Sun An suspiciously.

"Returning to your lordship! When the Navy's Yamen finally found a naturally excellent harbor, the Navy's provisional officer, Zhu Shengzhu, had already led the officers and men of the Navy's Yamen to build a new port there. Sun An replied respectfully to Zhao Lei.

"Oh! Where is that new port? Zhao Lei asked Sun An with great interest.

"It's more than forty miles west of Guangzhou Port, it was originally called Shatou Bay, and now it's renamed Navy Port!" Sun An should be the Guangzhou official in charge of naval affairs, and he said carefully to Zhao Lei who knew all about these things.

"Good! Can you take us to that naval port right now?" Zhao Lei heard that Zhu Sheng, the former general of the local naval army in Guangzhou, had found a new port suitable for the navy, and couldn't wait to say to Sun An.

"This, don't Lord Zhao say hello to Lord Liu of Guangzhou Governor first!" Sun An saw Zhao Lei's resolute style, and asked awkwardly.

Zhao Lei shook his head, he knew the rules of the Great Song military, and the military generals did not dare to have any contact with the local government officials. When Zhao Lei was in Gyeongju, he always lived in the military camp and rarely went to Gyeongju City, and the Zhao family of the Great Song Dynasty royal family used military power to grab the land, which also made the Zhao emperors extremely distrustful of the military generals, all the generals who were in contact with the magistrates, the end was very miserable, Zhao Lei was not ready to provoke the sensitive nerves of the official Zhao Zhen, so he didn't want to get in touch with the Guangzhou magistrate at all.

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The Navy Port, formerly known as Shatou Bay, is a famous natural harbor in Guangzhou, but because it is surrounded by mountains, far away from nearby cities, and the traffic is not smooth, it makes this natural port that is only a little worse than Guangzhou Port abandoned for a long time, but this port is very suitable for the harbor base of the Navy Yamen without traffic.

The naval port is deep into the inner 6 up to seven miles away, the width is six miles away, the water depth in the port is ten to eighteen meters, surrounded by mountains, blocking the wind and waves on the sea, the wind and waves in the port are calm, when Zhao Lei led more than 100 warships to the naval port, the first sight liked this natural port that has been buried for thousands of years.

When Zhao Lei arrived at the naval port, it was dawn, and a red sun slowly rose from the eastern sea, crossed the mountains, and shone on the calm naval port.

"Great place! Sure enough, it's the best naval base! "Hundreds of warships are moored in the naval harbor. Zhao Lei stepped off the battleship, looked at the wide and calm sea nearby, and said excitedly to the people around him.

The temporary official of the navy, the former general of the Guangzhou Navy Army, Zhu Sheng, a bearded and weathered forty-year general, had already received the news at this time, and stood at the port early to welcome the arrival of his direct boss Zhao Lei, and now when he heard Zhao Lei's praise, he grinned and said: "Thank you Lord Zhao for your compliment, this is the port that Lao Zhu has already valued." However, because of the inconvenience of the road and the lack of money and food for repairs, it was buried here, and Lao Zhu immediately thought of this when he heard that the imperial court was going to show the navy and establish a naval base. With his subordinates, Er Lang and some people came here to start building the port. ”

Zhao Lei looked at Zhu Sheng, who was speaking recklessly in front of him, and saw at a glance that this guy was a straight and bold person, and Zhao Lei also liked to deal with this kind of person the most, so he was not angry at Zhu Sheng's recklessness, and also laughed and said to Zhu Sheng: "This is General Zhu!" I heard that the navy of the three ports in the southeast, only General Zhu's navy has dealt with pirates, and he has fought with real swords and guns. ”

"Your Excellency is polite, the Admiral has only fought with pirates twice. And they are all small groups of pirates who are wandering, there is really nothing to say, and the adults are famous in the northwest, and they have defeated the enemy army in Western Xia, and the adults are the example for the last general to learn! Although Zhu Sheng was very arrogant. has a bold temper, but after all, he is not a stupid bird, and he will not be stupid enough to pat his chest to teach Zhao Lei to fight, and he humbly respects Zhao Lei and said.

Reckless personality, but a lot of eyes! After Zhao Lei positioned Zhu Sheng. Looking at Su Xun, Xiao Ruoruo, Yang Jinhua and others, who were already in a state of half-sleep, they chatted with Zhu Sheng and went to the humble barracks that had just been built in the Navy Port to rest.

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Zhao Lei was busy in the next few days. As soon as the huge fleet led by him arrived at the naval port, he was sent to the port of Guangzhou to send the materials of the cavalry escort to the naval port, and at the same time commanded the soldiers and people of the naval port to build the port that had just started, and also paid attention to the negotiations with Liuqiu and the situation in countries such as Mayi, Boni, and Sriwijaya.

Pay attention to the situation in the South China Sea, Zhao Lei did not wait for the latest information in the South China Sea, and Bianjing sent new information from the Western Xia side that shocked Zhao Lei.

On a hillside in Navy Harbor, an elegant small building looms in the woods, and this two-story building is where Zhao Lei rests and has a private office.

In the study room of the building, Xiao Rong sent the latest Western Xia information. Su Xun, Xiao Ruoruo, Yang Jinhua and others were a little at a loss, shocked and a little frightened.

"I didn't expect that Yuan Hao would be so mad that he would pull out 500,000 regular troops at once, not only expanding the captive army to 150,000, but also pulling strong men everywhere, with a small place in Western Xia, can he feed so many soldiers!" Zhao Lei looked at the news of Yuan Hao's expansion to 500,000 in Western Xia, and said to Su Xun in shock.

"Yuan Hao is really crazy, he just lost 200,000 horses in the Western Expedition, and now he is actually expanding his army, how much benefit does the land of the Cao family in the three states let Yuan Hao fall?" Su Xun clenched the Xixia secret letter in his hand and muttered to himself.

"The Cao family has existed for nearly two hundred years, longer than the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, although it is only the land of three states, but the accumulation of two hundred years, I don't know how much wealth it can bring to Yuan Hao." Xiao Ruoruo is also a little afraid of the expansion of the Western Xia army to 500,000, after all, the combat effectiveness of the Western Xia army is far above that of the Great Song Dynasty, and now the army is expanding on a large scale, which is even closer to the Great Song Dynasty.

"Strange! I heard my brother say that the Western Xia used to be a tribal system, although Yuan Hao was in power, but there must be many people who resisted the crazy expansion of the army, why did this expansion pass so easily! You must know that the men in the tribe will be incorporated into the regular army, which will greatly strengthen Yuan Hao's strength and weaken the strength of the tribe, and those tribes may be swallowed up by Yuan Hao at that time! Yang Jinhua remembered that Yang Wenguang had spoken to her, and looked at the secret letter in Su Xun's hand suspiciously.

Yang Jinhua's unconscious words seemed to be a slap in the face, and immediately woke up Zhao Lei and Su Xun, their eyes lit up at the same time, and they looked at each other in shock and said: "The defeat of the Western Expedition is Yuan Hao's killing with a knife!" ”

"What! What do you mean, the soldiers lost by Yuan Hao's Western Expedition are all soldiers of the Party Clan, not soldiers loyal to Yuan Hao, so now Yuan Hao has the ability to expand the army and make the tribe dare not resist! Zhao Lei and Su Xun's words reminded Xiao Ruoruo, and she asked the two of them with a shocked face.

"Not bad! Only by explaining in this way can we explain why those tribes watched Yuan Hao take away the men of each tribe and no one resisted, because the soldiers of their tribes were all defeated and died by Yuan Hao in the name of the Western Expedition, and they had no ability to resist Yuan Hao at all. Zhao Lei said to himself with a wry smile, admiring Yuan Hao even more for his true colors, Yuan Hao is really a wolf talent! It is a great misfortune to be his courtiers.

"Humph! Yuan Hao is so perverse, I conclude that he will not live for twenty years, don't look at the current Yuan Hao's scenery, unless he eradicates all the tribes of the party members, once the descendants of these tribes grow up, they will bypass Yuan Hao who made them lose their father! Su Xun snorted coldly and said with a sneer.

Zhao Lei remembered that Yuan Hao died in the hands of his son in the end, and Yuan Hao's son succeeded in killing his father precisely because of the help of the young people in the tribe around him, looking at Su Xun's confident look, he couldn't help but feel shocked by Su Xun's wisdom.

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