It has entered the late summer, but the sea in the north is still very hot, Zhao Jia stood on the bow of the ship and looked at the undulating sea in front of him, but his heart was very calm, he entered the navy for two years, and he also participated in a lot of naval battles in the past two years, most of which were to clear pirates or conquer the native kingdoms of the South Seas, and they had an absolute advantage every time they went to war, but this also made this kind of war a little boring, because they already knew the result before the war.

Compared with some boring naval battles, Zhao Jia's favorite is the escort mission, some fleets want to travel far away, because they are not confident in their own armed forces, so they will pay money to "donate" to the navy, and then in exchange for the protection of naval warships, Zhao Jia has done several such escort missions, generally in the Nanyang area, the farthest one even went to the coast of Tianzhu, in these escort missions, they will encounter all kinds of dangers, such as piracy, storms, hunger, etc., but they have overcome them one by one.

Thinking of the above, Zhao Jia can't help but feel very proud, he has experienced a lot in the past two years, and has grown a lot, although he is still only a small captain, but he believes that with his own ability, there is absolutely no problem in commanding a detachment, and he has heard some rumors before, it is estimated that by next year, he should be able to get his wish, and then he will be able to perform some tasks alone and learn more experience.

"Captain, if you go any further, we will reach the waters of Liao, and the general will let us be vigilant!" At this moment, a herald ran behind Zhao Jia and reported loudly.

The battleship led by Zhao Jia is called Zhengzhou, which belongs to the seventh detachment of the Nanyang Fleet of the Great Song Navy, and the entire detachment has a total of six main warships, in addition to many medium and small warships, as well as many logistics supply ships. The Zhengzhou is one of the six capital warships, and Zhao Jia can serve as the captain on the main battleship, which shows his ability.

"Pass my order, and the whole ship is ready for battle!" With Zhao Jia's order, the soldiers on the entire battleship immediately began to get busy, and one after another artillery and ballista were pushed onto the deck. After a few moments, it was ready for battle.

In fact, the grain ships of the Great Song Dynasty often traveled between the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State, and there were some pirates here before, but with the clearance of the Great Song Dynasty Navy, this sea area has been very safe, and the Liao State does not attach importance to the navy, and there is not even a decent warship on the coast, so even if it enters the waters of the Liao State, it will basically not encounter any danger. But even so, every time the navy of the Great Song Dynasty entered the waters of Liao. On the one hand, it is necessary to remind the soldiers not to relax under any circumstances, and on the other hand, it is also to test the soldiers' ability to adapt to the battle.

When the officers and men on the ship were ready for battle, Zhao Jia immediately ordered the flag-bearer on the mast to signal to the flagship, indicating that his battleship was ready, and then the flagship signaled to them with the flag, as a result, the flag-bearer on Zhao Jia's ship immediately shouted excitedly: "Captain, we are the first in the main fleet this time." Captain Wang of the Qingzhou will definitely punish his brothers for wiping the deck again! ”

The words of the standard-bearer caused Zhao Jia and his soldiers to laugh loudly, since it was a test. Naturally, there must be a contrast, so every time there is a combat exercise like this, all the warships of the entire detachment will hold back their strength to compete for the first place to see who can prepare in the shortest possible time, Zhao Jia is not only the youngest captain in the detachment, but also the only fleet that graduated from the Naval Academy. In addition, he manages the army well, so he can always prepare for each such exercise in the shortest possible time.

As for the captain Wang mentioned by the flag bearer, he was the captain who was most dissatisfied with Zhao Jia, and the other party's battleship was named Qingzhou, when Zhao Jia had not entered the detachment before. Qingzhou is the best warship in the fleet, and every combat exercise is the first, but since Zhao Yan served as the captain, the Qingzhou has been pressed by him everywhere, and every time he loses, Captain Wang on the Qingzhou will punish his subordinates to wipe the deck, and it must be wiped to be spotless to be qualified, otherwise everyone will have nothing to eat, which is already a well-known thing in the entire detachment.

"The brothers are doing well, and they will have a meal in the evening!" Zhao Jia didn't say anything like don't be proud if you win, but directly rewarded the soldiers, because he knew how much hardship these brothers had suffered in training on weekdays in order to win this first place, so they must not dampen their enthusiasm, but let them know that they should be rewarded if they have merit, and they will be punished if they have faults.

Hearing that there was a meal in the evening, there was a burst of cheers from the battleship, but after the cheers, all the soldiers still performed their duties, after all, they were still on alert, and they could not relax their vigilance just because they had won before.

In the sea area south of Goryeo, only half of the sea area occupied by Liao is the Bohai Sea, and a small part of the Yellow Sea, so when Zhao Jia and his fleet arrived in the Liao sea area, it also marked that it was not far from the mainland of Liao.

In the evening, the grain fleet finally arrived at the Bohai Strait, the Bohai Strait is the junction of the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, the two sides of the strait are Dengzhou of the Great Song Dynasty and Suzhou of the Liao State, speaking of which the Khitan people learn from the Han people everywhere, it is estimated that they also know that there is a Suzhou in the south of the Great Song Dynasty, so they named Suzhou the most cutting-edge port of the Liaodong Peninsula, but this Suzhou and the Suzhou of the Great Song Dynasty are very different, whether it is population, scale or prosperity, Suzhou of the Liao State is willing to bow down, Not even a quarter of the Great Song Dynasty Suzhou could not be reached.

However, Zhao Jia's fleet did not enter Dengzhou or Suzhou Port to rest, but sailed directly into the Bohai Bay, and rested in the bay at night, because they encountered a small storm on the way here, which delayed their trip for a few days, so in the case of no shortage of supplies, they generally did not enter the port to rest, so as not to delay time.

That night, Zhao Jia kept his promise, gave the soldiers on the ship a meal, each of them sent a bottle of canned fruit, the next morning, the fleet set sail again, after nearly two days of sailing, finally came to the Liao port in the Bohai Bay Chenzhou.

Speaking of Zhao Jia, it was the first time to come to Liao, and when he saw Chenzhou Port in Liaoguo from a distance on the bow of the ship, he was also slightly excited in his heart, especially when he thought that his father and uncle went to Liao in person, and a little trick turned Liaoguo upside down, at that time his father was younger than his current age, which made him feel very excited just thinking about it.

Chenzhou was originally an important fortress of the Liao State to guard the Liaodong Peninsula, there was only a simple small port before, but later the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State formed an alliance to deal with the Jurchens together, and the materials of the Great Song Dynasty are generally transported by sea, Chenzhou is located in the Bohai Bay, and it is also very close to the Liaoyang Mansion in Tokyo, which can be very convenient to transport the materials to the Huanglong Mansion, so the Liao State will expand the port of Chenzhou several times and become the terminal of the material transportation of the Great Song Dynasty.

The huge grain fleet slowly approached Chenzhou, at this time Zhao Jia finally saw the true face of Chenzhou Port, but he quickly showed a disappointed expression, only to see that although Chenzhou Port has been expanded several times, but the scale is still not large, not to mention compared with the big port in Guangzhou, even the port on the Dengzhou side is twice as large as Chenzhou, and the facilities on the port in Chenzhou are also very simple, and the ships in the port are even rarer, it is not surprising to think about it, this was originally a port specially set up for the transportation of materials in the Great Song Dynasty, Although there are usually some merchant ships of the Great Song Dynasty who come to do business, after all, there are only a few, so when there are no transport ships of the Great Song Dynasty here, the entire port seems deserted.

However, with the entry of the Great Song transport fleet, the entire Chenzhou Port began to be lively, as if a lazy beast had finally woken up and began to welcome these guests from afar, and some merchants in Chenzhou City also received the news, and immediately pushed the cart to the dock, because they all knew that the Song people were rich, even if it was an ordinary guy on the ship, their pockets were bulging, and if they seized this opportunity to do a few businesses, it would be almost enough for them to eat for a month.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the wharf of Chenzhou Port has changed from deserted to lively, and all kinds of shouts have come and gone, making the entire wharf seem to come alive all of a sudden, which makes Zhao Jia and other people who came here for the first time also stunned, I didn't expect that the arrival of these people would make such a big change in Chenzhou Port.

Zhao Jia and their warships were the first to dock, and then they contacted the Liao officials in Chenzhou Port and the officials of the Great Song Dynasty who stayed in the Liao State first, and after confirming that there was no abnormality, they let the ships transporting grain enter the port, and then under the command of the Liao officials, a large number of coolies poured onto the dock and began to carry grain from the ship, and the officials of the Liao State and the Great Song Dynasty were responsible for counting the number to avoid mistakes.

The grain ship has been safely delivered to Chenzhou, and there is nothing to do with Zhao Jia and the navy guarding them, so with the order of the general of the seventh fleet, the officers and men on the battleships have also been disbanded, except for the necessary guards, the rest of the people are free to move.

Zhao Jia originally wanted to go to Chenzhou City with a few brothers, but this was also his first time in Liaoguo, no matter what, he couldn't just stay on the ship and not get off, and no one knew his identity, plus there were so many brothers around him, it shouldn't be possible to encounter any danger.

However, just as Zhao Jia was about to get off the ship, he suddenly received an order from his boss General Zhou, asking him to go to the flagship to gather immediately, and Zhao Jia did not dare to delay at the moment, and immediately trotted to the berth of the flagship. (To be continued.) )