Chapter 938: Dali's Choice
Compared to the land route, the sea route is obviously much faster, but it has to bear some risks. But this kind of risk is indeed a great risk for ordinary people, if it is not good, it will be the end of the ship's destruction and death, but for Chu Yi and the others, such a natural disaster is nothing at all, as long as they are willing, they can completely ensure the safety of the fleet.
It was only a few days after leaving Dongying, and along the sea route, it was already close to the land of the Great Song Dynasty.
Haizhou, East East Road, Da Song Dynasty.
Haizhou is close to the sea, and on this day, outside a port in Haizhou, merchant ships come and go, and there are tax collectors passing through it to clarify taxes.
It can be said that the Great Song Dynasty is still quite supportive of maritime trade, and it is precisely by relying on the developed maritime trade that it supports the great cost of the Great Song Dynasty.
There are many ports along the coast, and although it is only a small port with little notice, it can be seen that there are still many merchant ships docked in the harbor.
Suddenly, the soldiers on duty in the harbor looked at the surface of the sea with a look of astonishment on their faces.
Above the sea, large ships appeared in the sky, becoming clearer and clearer, and it was obvious that the situation was coming towards their port.
There was a sound of gold, and it could be seen that these soldiers were still quite vigilant, and it was natural that there would be pirates harassing them when the maritime trade developed.
Although the pirates are not very powerful, it is necessary to prevent problems before they occur.
As the sound of gold sounded, the whole port was alarmed.
Soon I saw a group of soldiers appear, led by the head of the capital with a little nervous on his face, looking at a large ship on the sea, his heart was extremely nervous, just looking at the size of the ship, a fool can see that these big ships are obviously extraordinary, if it is really a pirate, I am afraid that their port will be difficult to escape.
Soon a cheer of surprise was heard: "Look, that's the banner of my Great Song." ”
As the fleet got closer and closer, he could already see the flags planted in the fleet with his eyes, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when someone saw the flags in the fleet clearly.
If this is really a pirate, the port will naturally be destroyed, and now seeing that the person who came is a fleet belonging to the Great Song Dynasty, everyone's heart is naturally relaxed.
Soon I saw a figure stepping on the water, it was Yang Zaixing, who could make a celestial figure use as a herald, I am afraid that the world is big, and there is only Chu Yi.
Yang Zaixing's gaze swept over the crowd, and finally landed on the head of the capital and said, "The chief manager has returned from overseas, so you can prepare the grain and straw as soon as possible......"
Drifting at sea, the biggest problem is to eat, especially Chu Yi's fleet also carries hundreds of war horses, a few days of wandering, the grain and grass are still enough, but the prepared water is a little insufficient, if they have not arrived at this port, I am afraid they will have to find other places to dock.
The Dutou's expression changed slightly, even if he had heard of Chu Yi's name, and now that he learned that the person who came was the legendary Chu Yi, he was extremely excited in his heart, and hurriedly bowed down and respectfully accepted the order.
The fourth autumn of Shaoxing in the Great Song Dynasty.
Chu Yi, who had returned from overseas, only rested in Beijing for more than a month, and then led the army on the journey again.
In the eyes of many ministers in the DPRK, Chu Yi's actions were simply reckless, and in just a few years, he used troops against foreign countries one after another, destroying several large and small countries.
Although it is said that this is a great cause of opening up the territory, but in the eyes of some pedantic officials, what is the expansion of the territory, Chu Yi is simply a tyrannical person, the master of the army, that is, Chu Yi is not the Son of Heaven, if this is the Son of Heaven, they have to write a heavy pen on the history books after Chu Yi is a hundred years later.
That is, they have no way to take Chu Yi, otherwise, they have to stop Chu Yi's tyrannical behavior, and this time Chu Yi sent troops, he actually wanted to sweep away the southwest, according to Chu Yi's plan, I am afraid that all the way over, Dali, Jiaozhi, Bagan, Angkor, Hari Pengchai and other countries will be destroyed.
Not to mention anything else, Dali has paid tribute to the Great Song Dynasty many times, and it can be said that it is a vassal state of the Great Song Dynasty, and now Chu Yi actually wants to use troops against Dali, isn't this a loss of the demeanor of a great country in the Central Plains?
It's a shame that these people don't dare to say this in front of Chu Yi, otherwise, I'm afraid that the land of Jingshi will be stained with blood again.
It took tens of thousands of troops more than a month to finally arrive at the border between the Great Song Dynasty and Dali.
In fact, when Chu Yi sent out the army, Dali had already gotten the news, but Dali had also been a country for hundreds of years, and there were still its own news channels.
Dali can maintain immortality among countries for hundreds of years, and naturally has its own way of founding the country, which is nothing more than a wall grass that falls with the wind.
It's just that as Tubo, Western Xia and other countries were destroyed by the Great Song Dynasty and included in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, plus Chu Yi went north to destroy Goryeo and Dongying, this news came to Dali, the Dali royal family, Duan Zhengming and Duan Zhengchun brothers actually knew very well in their hearts that if there was no accident, Dali would be difficult to protect.
Sure enough, as the news came, when he got the news that Chu Yi led the army to come, including those clans in Tianlong Temple, they didn't have the slightest hint of surprise, as if they had expected the arrival of this day.
At the border between the two countries, Chu Yi looked at Duan Zhengchun in front of him with a calm expression.
Compared with Chu Yi's calmness, Duan Zhengchun is obviously much haggard, Chu Yi still remembers when he saw Duan Zhengchun before, Duan Zhengchun at that time can be described as full of nobility, graceful and extraordinary.
But now that he sees Duan Zhengchun again, Duan Zhengchun's whole person looks like he is ten years older, and his spirit seems to be very sluggish.
Looking at Duan Zhengchun, Chu Yi smiled slightly and said, "The king of Zhennan is here, it won't be to give a war letter to this king." ”
Hearing Chu Yi say this, Duan Zhengchun couldn't help but smile bitterly, shook his head slightly at Chu Yi and said, "Your Highness is really joking, Dali is just a small country, how can it resist the army of the great chief." ”
Saying that, Duan Zhengchun took a deep breath, and said slowly with a bit of unwillingness and relief: "Duan Mou is here on the order of my royal brother, and he came to beg for the chief manager on behalf of Dali!" Please also ask the chief manager to stop the fighting, so as not to destroy the lives of the people. ”
Chu Yi raised his eyebrows and looked at Duan Zhengchun and said, "Oh, are you really willing to surrender?" ”
Duan Zhengchun nodded and said: "Although the Duan clan is the lord of Dali, he also knows that even if he exerts his strength in Dali, it will be difficult to resist the mighty power of the great manager. ”
Being able to successfully win a country, Chu Yi naturally has no opinion, although he doesn't believe that Dali can make any waves, but it is good to be able to kill less after all.
When Duan Zhengchun looked at Chu Yi, Chu Yi said to Duan Zhengchun: "Since this is the case, this king will make the decision for the Son of Heaven, as long as the Duan clan can cooperate with the Great Song Dynasty to collect Dali, then the Duan clan will always enjoy the position of the prince of the Great Song Dynasty, and the hereditary replacement." ”
Historically, the monarch of the fallen country has rarely had a good end, but Duan Zhengchun is not worried that after the Duan clan surrenders, the Great Song Dynasty court will be unfavorable to their Duan clan.
After all, the Great Song Dynasty is too strong, after successively annexing Dajin, Western Xia, Tubo, Goryeo and other countries, the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty has reached a terrible level, and Dali alone cannot threaten the Great Song Dynasty at all, in this case, as long as the Great Song Dynasty is not a fool, he will definitely treat them with Huairou means The Dali royal family, not to mention Chu Yi's promise, Duan Zhengchun is not worried that the Great Song Dynasty will not agree, who does not know that the Great Song Dynasty can have today is completely because of Chu Yi, as long as Chu Yi is willing, Even if he sits on the position of the Ninety-Five, no one can stop him.
Taking a deep breath, Duan Zhengchun bowed to Chu Yi and said, "Duan Zhengchun bows to the chief manager." ”
There was a result between the two, and soon a figure walked in slowly with a brocade box in both hands, it was Duan Yu, the prince of Zhennan who had several relationships in the past.