Chapter Seventy-Two: Nandu! Nandu! 】
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In mid-April, Tai Shici set off first and headed for Liaodong. Ma Han led 200 wolf tooth flying horses, with enough equipment and horses, to Juehua Island (Ma Han changed his name). Here, all soldiers learn to swim in half a month, and travel back and forth between the coast and the island in small boats every day. It doesn't matter if you vomit, dizzy, soft feet, or diarrhea...... In short, it is necessary to adapt to the turbulence of the sea as much as possible in the short term. If you can't adapt to it, go back to White Wolf City to replace people, anyway, there are two hundred white wolf horsemen to replace.
No one wants to be replaced, the White Wolf Warrior is 100% born in the Hange tribe, which is a tribe that values martial arts and glory, and was selected by the patriarch to fight with the clan's long march, which is the supreme glory. If they are driven back, the eyes of their clansmen and comrades will be ashamed to death. And this trip to Qingzhou is not only glorious, the patriarch also promised that one qiē was captured, seventy percent was handed over, and three were rewarded. Isn't glory and wealth the source of a warrior's courage?
Tian Yu stayed in the White Wolf City, Tang Nu and Wu Chai assisted, in addition to the outside of An, there is also a task, to rebuild Guangcheng, so that the iron triangle of White Wolf, Guangcheng, and Wencheng can reappear in western Liaoning.
Liu Yi's movements were faster than expected, and only ten days later, the three ships from Liaodong Yushi sailed to Bohai Bay. When Ma Han received the report, he immediately reassembled his whole army and rushed to the mouth of the sea at Fengdashui, which was 50 miles away.
Mercedes Half Day. Ma Han finally saw what the threshold of this era was like. This is a large civilian sea vessel, with a length of seven zhang. Two feet high, three masts. The widest part of the middle is two zhang, the head is narrower, the tail is slightly wider, the bottom is fusiform, and the ends are streamlined and upturned. The reason why it is called "threshold" refers to the fact that the ship has two layers, which can carry both people and goods.
The shipbuilding industry in the Han Dynasty was quite developed, and Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty patrolled the sea seven times. They were all in large boats, with palaces on them, which could carry thousands of people. The most convenient passage between Liaodong and the Central Plains is the sea route, from Liaodong Yushi to Donglaihuang County, but more than 250 miles, sailing downwind, one day and night. Therefore, during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, a large number of displaced people from Qinghai, Yan, Henan, and Hebei prefectures crossed the sea to take refuge in Liaodong. And the shipbuilding industry in Liaodong also flourished as a result.
As far as Ma Han knew, Gongsun Du had no less than 300 ships, including 50 warships, and it is said that there were also large building ships. There are several shipbuilding houses in the city. Ma Han plans to visit it when he has the opportunity in the future.
The leader of these three ships is also an old acquaintance - Zheng Gao, who was the one who led Ma Han and his party into White Wolf City in the first place.
Zheng Gaoyuan raised his sleeves at the bow of the boat and saluted: "I haven't seen you for half a year." The city guards the same style as before, and the prestige has spread all over the Liaodi. Congratulations. ”
Ma Han also laughed: "Zheng Zhi, last time I drove you by land." This time I'm going to take the sea route. ”
Zheng Gao smiled bitterly: "Gao is a hard life...... Alas, don't talk about it, Ma Chengshou, soldiers, please board the boat. ”
One by one, the wolf-tooth flying cavalry warriors dismounted, put their belongings, weapons, and dry food blankets on the back of their horses, and led the horses in silence, stepping on the trembling pedals onto the deck. The standard equipment of the Wolf Tooth Flying Horse is one person and two horses, and since the attack on Wuyan's old nest Hiraoka, a large number of good horses of the Karasuma people have been captured, and there is a surplus of horses in White Wolf City. It's just that this time at sea, the load of the ship is limited, the items are minimized, and one person and one horse is the limit. However, the double cavalry was mainly used to deal with cavalry, and it was enough for the Central Plains army, which mainly engaged in foot combat.
In the team of two hundred wolf fangs flying horses, there are two very inconspicuous Xianbei people. The people are inconspicuous, but the two bright feathers on their shoulders and the huge eagle are particularly eye-catching.
Man is an eagle slave, and an eagle is an eagle of faith.
This is the second of the four eagle slaves that Ma Han asked for from Sully after the Battle of Hiraoka. After the practice of the Battle of Hiraoka, Ma Han felt that the communication method of Shinying was still very useful in some short-range battles. At that time, Su Li was forming an alliance with Ma Han and exchanging news, so he naturally did not hesitate to send a few eagle slaves.
This operation is a bit like the landing special operation in later generations, and communication is the first priority, and it is the time to test the combat performance of the Signal Eagle.
In April, it is the time when the southeast trade winds are blowing, and it is the right time to let the boat go east.
The sun rises over the sea, the waves are surging, the sea and the sky are endless, and the heart is ambitious.
On the top of the cabin, the horse stands in the wind, looking at the letter eagle flying and chasing in the sky, and the heart dances with the eagle, straight to the east of the sea.
Ma Han's voyage this time was not just because Liaodong was too obedient. The White Wolf Battalion does not listen to the announcement, and under normal circumstances, it will only move with the army and attach its tail wing. Your grandson Du wants to fight Donglai's idea, you can! If you want me to send troops to play as a striker, it's okay! But you can't just send my soldiers, you also have a part, and a large part. Like Gongsun Du doing this, it is a bit of a thunderstorm, and Ma Han can completely refuse to send troops, or symbolically send a small number of people. But he still sent troops, and he was very happy, and even led the team himself.
Liu Yi was overjoyed and grateful at the time, otherwise how could he give away the three ships? You must know that this is a new ship, each of which costs no less than one million dollars, plus the skilled husband (crew) given with the ship, and three sills, which is almost equivalent to the one-year-old fee of 2,000 soldiers and horses of the White Wolf Battalion. Liu Yi still thinks it's worth it, anyway, there are many ships in Liaodong, and these three are not bad.
Ma Ha already had a preliminary plan for the trip, which was based on the information currently known, and he needed more information in order to maximize the benefits of the trip. And this qiē can only be done after infiltrating Qingzhou. The task assigned by Gongsun Du is just to beat the rabbit with grass and do it easily.
Sailing southeast from the mouth of the sea with a large amount of water, with a tailwind and a downstream, you can reach the Shui Shi in two days. After the re-replenishment of the Yushi, he set sail and sailed eastward, and landed in Laizhou Bay in the afternoon of the next day.
According to the agreement between Ma Han and Tai Shici, whoever arrives in Donglai first will wait. Ma Han didn't see Tai Shici after getting off the boat, and it seemed that he arrived first. In terms of time, it is true that they should arrive first, after all, Tai Shici made a big detour, from western Liaoxi to Liaodong vassal states. Then to Liaodong, and then to Zhongliao. Finally, we boarded the ship from the Tsushi. From the map, it's a 270-degree turn. This shows how convenient it is to get by sea.
Nine out of ten of the wolf-tooth flying cavalry warriors have never been to the sea, although God has opened their eyes, the three-day trip to the sea has been beautiful and sunny, and there are no big storms, but it has also made this group of grassland men turn their legs and stomachs, nausea and dizziness, eat half vomit and half vomit, and suffer a lot. If it weren't easy to get on the boat, it would be difficult to get off the boat. I am afraid that many warriors would rather give up glory and wealth and retreat.
When they were down-to-earth, many warriors prostrated on the ground, thanking the gods of the sky and the sea for letting them see the mountains, rivers, grass and trees alive.
Ma Han looked at this group of guys who looked like a dragon on the horse and a worm on the boat without saying a word, and made up his mind that after he went back, he would pull all the soldiers of the White Wolf Battalion to Juehua Island for rotation, and he had to practice to the death. Next time cross the sea. This must not be allowed to happen again.
Tai Shi Ci hasn't arrived yet, just let the wolf tooth flying warriors and war horses rest, these guys are all soft-footed shrimp at the moment, if an army comes at this moment...... Oh. Needless to say, the army, even the Yellow Turban Thieves, can effortlessly drive them out to sea.
The three ships retreated to anchor on the island more than ten miles away. If necessary, Ma Hanzi will send people to the sea to make contact. This section of the sea route from Laizhou Bay to Lushun in later generations. There are dozens of large and small archipelagos scattered vertically. These Liaodong losers have been sailing on this route for a long time. You know what is not too far away and suitable for mooring, so you don't need to worry about it.
The 200 men and horses carried five days' rations and scattered them to the nearby mountains and forests to recuperate.
After three days like this, I finally waited for Tai Shici.
Even Tai Shici, who had just been bumpy on the sea for a few days, was still in good spirits when he first got off the boat, his eyes were as shining as the edge of the double halberds behind him, and his waist was as straight as a bowstring, as if he had just returned home from a trip to the mountains and rivers. is worthy of Tai Shici, who grew up by the sea!
Ma Han smiled, at this moment, the candidate for the training instructor of Juehua Island in his mind was decided.
Behind Tai Shici is a middle-aged man who is about forty years old, with a long beard and a fluttering beard. Looking at Tai Shici's expression, he had great respect for this person, needless to say, this person was Liu Zheng, the refuge from the government.
When Liu Zheng heard Tai Shici introduce that the excessively young man in front of him was the captain of the Liaodong Cavalry and the leader of the White Wolf City to guard the horses, he was so surprised that his hand stroking his beard paused, and then slowly turned to light, just bowed his head proudly, and then ignored it.
Ma Han still knows a little bit about the family atmosphere of the Three Kingdoms era, this is also an era of fighting fathers, if you have a poor background, that is poor, every qiē is poor, even if you have ability, others will look down on you. Tai Shici's life resume is the best proof of this. Even a good family with an innocent net worth like Tai Shici is nothing more than this in the eyes of famous people, not to mention Ma Han, a guy who came from an improper path.
Ma Han's subordinates are still very short of strategists, but he also knows that some people, even if they have the ability to befriend them, will not be of use to him. Therefore, Ma Han will not do such useless work, since you want to shake M so much, then shake it slowly.
"I went to find the book of Donglai County's Ji Li, these days thanks to Ziyi, thank you very much." Liu Zheng said, raised his sleeves and arched slightly, turned around and took his hands, and walked away, as if Ma Han and others did not exist.
Tai Shici's face was as usual, arched his waist, and watched Liu Zheng go away.
The horseman remained silent, and raised his hand to stop the angry rebuke of the wolf-tooth flying riders behind him. Liu Zheng's attitude made Ma Han realize for the first time that his background would be the shortcoming of his hegemony. How to make up this board, you have to think carefully.
The place where Ma Han landed was less than 20 miles away from Huangxian, that is, Tai Shici's hometown, so naturally people could not pass through the door without entering, especially the door that had not returned for three years.
At dusk, before the city gate was about to be closed, Ma Han led four guards to Huang County with Tai Shici.
Huangxian County (now Longlongkou City, Shanshan) was founded in Qin, and at the beginning of the establishment of the county, there was a celebrity immediately: Xu Fu. Moreover, when Xu Fu crossed to the east, he also chose his hometown as the starting point, and it was in the treasure land of Huangxian County, which achieved his thousand-year-old myth.
Huang County is the seat of Donglai County, only three hundred miles away from Beihai, at this time the Beihai pirates are in a hurry, Huang County is also frightened, extremely vigilant. Suddenly, I saw six sturdy men, all armed with bows on their backs, appearing outside the city, all of them were so nervous that they almost sounded the alarm.
Tai Shi Ci looked at the arrows on the city wall, and only smiled and said to the county lieutenant: "County Lieutenant Chen, do you know Tai Shi Ci?" ”
The county lieutenant looked at it for a while, and then he was shocked and said, "Taishi Ziyi, it's you!" You're back......"
"Yes, just to visit my mother, nothing else."
"Oh, oh, that's it...... Since it is Taishi Ziyi, who even praised Kong Beihai as a righteous man, how dare we be embarrassed, please enter the city. ”
Tai Shi Ci entered the city and walked in the long city gate hole, Ma Han clearly felt that this right-hand man, who had always been calm and unhurried, dared to face the murderous arrow, at this moment, his body trembled slightly.
In Donglu, Huangxian County, an old and quiet courtyard was knocked open, and the head of a white-haired old man poked out.
The old servant squinted at the cloudy old eyes, looked at the six tall and majestic young men in front of him with surprised eyes, and said, "Everyone, what do you have to do?" ”
Tai Shici stepped forward and smiled: "Uncle Ping, is my mother healthy?" ”
The old servant squinted and looked at it for a while, and suddenly two lines of old tears poured out, and he stumbled into the courtyard and ran: "Master's mother, master's mother, the young master is back......"
In the courtyard, under the peach, Tai Shici's always straight body as a gun bent like a bow, and knelt down to the old woman with a cane: "Mother, son, ...... back" (to be continued......)