A large number of ships are concentrated in Tianjin Wei Port, and you can clearly see the ships in Tianjin Wei Port as far as the eye can see.

There were so many ships in the harbor all of a sudden, that even a fool could tell that something was wrong.

Originally, the merchant ships and other ships that came to anchor in Tianjin Wei could only dock at a remote port in Tianjin Wei at this time, and the port in the open area of Tianjin Wei was directly taken over by a team of soldiers.

On this day, the people of Tianjin City were shocked to find that a team of people and horses appeared outside Tianjin, and they were so black that they couldn't see the edge at a glance.

Many people were directly stunned when they saw this scene, if they hadn't heard any rumors, they were afraid that they would be frightened when they suddenly saw so many soldiers appear outside Tianjin City.

Needless to say, these centaurs were the elite soldiers who were carefully selected by Chu Yi to be proficient in water.

It is not too difficult to select 50,000 elite soldiers who are proficient in water from the hundreds of thousands of troops, it is nothing more than a time consuming.

Now the 50,000-strong army has been assembled and is heading for Tianjin.

Of course, the soldiers who appeared outside the Tianjin Acropolis now seem to be a black oppression, but in fact, they are just pioneers, and the total is less than 10,000 people.

But even if there are less than 10,000 people, there are as many as seven or eight thousand, which is also very amazing.

Fools know that this expedition to Dongying is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for soldiers to obtain military merits.

For soldiers, the greatest achievement is to open up the territory and leave a name in history.

This time, the imperial court sent a large army across the sea to Dongying, which can be said to be the first move in the Chinese dynasties.

You must know that in the past, the foreign expansion of the Chinese dynasties was on land, and as for the attack on other countries across the sea, it was really the first time.

Especially in an overseas foreign barbarian country like Dongying, it has never been taken seriously by the Central Plains Dynasty in the past.

If it weren't for the fact that Dongying was too flamboyant, and Chu Yi knew what kind of danger Dongying had to the Ming Dynasty and even Huaxia, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty would not have the idea of sending troops to Dongying.

If it weren't for Chu Yi's efforts, I'm afraid that even if the Japanese really killed the officials of the imperial court, I am afraid that the civil and military forces of the imperial court would not think of sending a large army across the sea to ask Dongying for an explanation.

It was precisely because of Chu Yi's efforts that he was able to override public opinion, suppress all kinds of opposition opinions in the court, and promote the imperial army's expedition to Dongying.

At the same time that Tianjin Wei gathered a large number of ships and vanguard soldiers and horses, in the capital.

In a majestic hall, Zhu Houzhao, the Son of Heaven, is gathering civil and military forces here to practice for Chu Yi and a group of generals who are about to cross the ocean to conquer Dongying.

The civil and military forces in the main hall are distinct, and it can be said that the most eye-catching ones in this hall today are those military generals.

If this was placed a few years ago, the power of the civil servants suppressed the military generals, and in the court, the military generals and nobles were like decorations, and there was no opportunity to express their opinions or opinions.

Now it is different, the rise of martial arts, above the court, the right to speak is not under the ministers at all, and today, needless to say, it can be said that the military generals and nobles are full of spirit, even if they are such as the British Gong Zhang Mao, Dingguo Gong and others are all happy.

Zhu Houzhao picked up the wine glass, and said to Chu Yi and the other civil and martial arts with a straight face: "Everyone, today I set up a banquet for my companions and all Aiqing to practice, and drink a full glass!" ”

While speaking, Zhu Houzhao raised his wine glass at the crowd and drank it all.

Naturally, the civil and military forces hurriedly drank their respective wines, their eyes fell on Zhu Houzhao, and Zhu Houzhao said again: "This second cup of salute to the soldiers of the three armies, I wish my heavenly soldiers a smooth arrival in Dongying and a victory." ”

At the gate of the capital, a Luan car was parked at the gate of the city, and it was the Luan car of the Son of Heaven.

The open space outside the city gate was dark and oppressive, and there were a number of prepared soldiers, who stood solemnly, looking at the city gate from afar.

At the gate of the city, Chu Yi rode on a horse, looked at Zhu Houzhao with a reluctant look on his face, and smiled at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, don't be concerned, the minister will return in a few months." ”

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but smile when he heard this: "I know that the great companion has never done things that he is not sure of, and I hope that the eldest companion can return victoriously as soon as possible!" ”

While speaking, Zhu Houzhao took a glass of water and wine from the tray that Gu Dayong was holding next to him, and then slowly handed it to Chu Yi and said, "Big companion, drink this cup full, and the army will start!" ”

Chu Yi took the water and wine from Zhu Houzhao's hand, then drank half of it in one gulp, then turned around and said loudly to the soldiers of the three armies: "All the soldiers, Your Majesty has an order, drink this cup full, and the army will be opened!" ”

As he spoke, Chu Yi gestured to the soldiers with the half glass of water and wine left in his hand, and then drank it all.

With an uproar, the officers and men of the three armies all bowed to the ground, as if they were affected by this solemn atmosphere, and the people who were originally hiding in the distance to watch and the officials at the gate of the city couldn't help but fall to the ground with the tens of thousands of soldiers of the three armies outside the city.

All of a sudden, inside and outside the city gate, only Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao were standing there.

The wind was blowing and the clouds were flying, Chu Yi shook off his body, saluted Zhu Houzhao, turned around and got on the horse, turned his back to Zhu Houzhao, and shouted domineeringly, "The soldiers of the three armies listen to the order, and the army is open!" ”

"Drink!"

Suddenly, the officers and men of the three armies suddenly got up, and shouted in unison, and the shouts of the soldiers of the three armies echoed inside and outside the city gate.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Chu Yi's figure and the scene of the army marching out in a daze, and couldn't help muttering to himself: "I have a great companion, there is such an elite army, where can I not go in the world!" ”

Tens of thousands of troops are pulled, but the movement is not small at all, from the Beijing division to Tianjin Wei, if the speed is fast enough, it can be reached in one day, but compared to the army to go out, tens of thousands of troops can travel dozens of miles a day It is not easy.

Three days later, outside Tianjin, the pioneer generals who had arrived first were standing outside the port.

Suddenly, a rush of horses came galloping, and I saw several sentry spies hurrying over, turned over and dismounted a few feet away, and saluted Du Ke, who was the vanguard general, and said: "General Hui, the army led by the chief has arrived ten miles away from the port. ”

Du Kenai was a general who emerged in the battle against the Tatars, and was named a viscount because of his military merits.

Everyone knows that as the vanguard general of this expedition to the army of Dongying, there is a lot of danger, and this is also a position that can get great merit.

However, if everything goes well in this expedition to Dongying, unless the person who is the vanguard general dies himself, then when the meritorious deeds are rewarded in the future, the general who is the vanguard will definitely have a lot of credit.

Just like Du Ke, who is now a viscount, it may not be impossible to go further in the future, and it is not without hope to become an earl, or even a marquis.

Du Ke arrived in Tianjin Wei two days first, and it can be said that everything has been arranged, just waiting for the arrival of the army.

Now that he heard that Chu Yi had led the army to appear outside the port, a gleam flashed in Du Ke's eyes, and he said in a deep voice to the generals and generals behind him: "Everyone, go with this general to greet the chief manager!" ”

The smoke and dust were billowing and the mighty army arrived outside the port of Tianjin City, and Chu Yi and other generals appeared in front of the ships docked in the port under the leadership of Du Ke.

I only heard Du Ke say to Zhu Houzhao: "Commander, there are a total of forty-eight warships, one hundred and twenty troop transports in the port, and more than one hundred other ships, which are enough to carry 50,000 troops and the army's quartermaster for a month. ”

Listening to Du Ke's introduction, the generals standing behind Chu Yi looked at the ships in the harbor curiously one by one.

Although the generals had already received the news in advance before the army started, and had a general understanding of the arrangement, many of them had seen so many ships gathered together for the first time.

If you do the math, the Ming Dynasty used a total of almost 300 ships this time.

These are not small ships of more than 300 people, but really large ships, like those troop carriers, each of which can carry as many as five or six hundred soldiers.

If it weren't for such a capacity, it would be extremely difficult to transport tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to Dongying.

Now it is very different, only hundreds of large ships can transport tens of thousands of soldiers to Dongying, this kind of capacity looking at overseas countries, I am afraid that I can't find a few countries to compare with the Ming Dynasty.

You must know that this is only a part of the war potential of the Ming Dynasty that Chu Yi recruited.

Don't look at the fact that there are not many ships in the hands of the imperial court, but this does not mean that Da Ming really does not have ships, if this is the case, even if Chu Yi has great ability, I am afraid it is impossible to create something out of nothing.

In the final analysis, the ships controlled by the imperial court cannot be compared with the number of ships controlled by the people, just like among the hundreds of ships in front of him, except for the dozen or so large ships that are incomparably new at first glance and are newly launched, the rest of the ships are all transferred by Chu Yi.

After all, with Chu Yi's vigorous implementation of the policy of opening the sea, the people of the Ming Dynasty can be said to have made a huge wave, there is a saying that those who know the times are Junjie, and there is no shortage of those old stubborns who do not hit the south wall and do not look back, and there is also no shortage of people who know the times.

Therefore, while Chu Yi implemented the policy of opening the sea, it was indeed because he harmed the interests of a large number of maritime merchants and magnates, but he also got the refuge of a group of maritime merchants because of this.

Even if Chu Yi started to make various arrangements more than a year earlier, after all, there was a lack of time, so there were only a dozen new ships that Chu Yi could recruit this time.

As for the rest of the ships, part of them was Chu Yi's last family assets to loot the Daming Navy, and as for the other considerable part, it was prepared for Chu Yi by those maritime merchants who had taken refuge in Chu Yi.

These maritime merchants may not dare to take out the warships in their hands, but this does not prevent them from taking out the merchant ships they own in order to win Chu Yi's favor.

It is conceivable that the merchant ships taken out by these maritime merchants are all large ships with a very large carrying capacity, whether they are used to move soldiers and horses or materials, they are the best choice.

Standing beside Chu Yi, as one of the generals who accompanied Chu Yi on this expedition, Lu Dazhu's eyes flashed with excitement.

He personally came to the door to beg Chu Yi, so he was able to get this opportunity to go on the expedition with Chu Yi, you must know that even Han Kun, who was in charge of the Tengxiang Four Guards Battalion, was not able to get the opportunity to conquer Dongying this time, but was left by Chu Yi in the capital division.

Although Chu Yi said that his mind was on the conquest of Dongying, this did not mean that Chu Yi was not prepared for any accidents in the Jingshi.

With Han Kun here, Tengxiang Siwei can be firmly controlled by the Son of Heaven, but if there is a slightest accident, Zhu Houzhao can mobilize Tengxiang Siwei.

With the current strength of the Tengxiang Siwei Battalion, even if the Jingying army rebels, I am afraid that it may not be able to pose any threat.

I saw Lu Dazhu lick his tongue and said to Chu Yi with a little excitement: ""Chief, is it possible for the army to board the ship?" ”

As soon as Lu Dazhu's voice came out, all the generals looked at Chu Yi in unison, just waiting for Chu Yi's order.

Chu Yi's gaze swept over the big ships in the port, and then his gaze swept over Lu Dazhu, Du Ke and other generals, only to hear Chu Yi chuckle and say, "The army is on board!" ”

As the military order was transmitted, tens of thousands of troops began to board the ships one after another in an orderly manner.

It was only half a day, and tens of thousands of troops all boarded the big ships one after another, and it was extremely smooth in the middle, and there was no mistake.

On a vast ocean, the sea surface was calm and waveless, and at this moment, I saw a few black spots at the end of the sea level, and it didn't take long to clearly see that the black spots at the end of the sea level were a few large and small ships.

It's just that there seems to be something wrong with these ships, with about three merchant ships at the front, and behind them are a dozen pirates with skull flags.

Gu An's face was full of panic, and while urging his men to work hard to speed up the ship and try to spread the Haikou behind him, he looked towards the Haikou who was chasing after them behind him.

Gu An never dreamed that on this vast sea, the sea surface was calm and waveless, and at this moment, he saw a few black spots at the end of the sea level, and it didn't take long to be able to clearly see that the black spots at the end of the sea level were a few large and small ships.

It's just that there seems to be something wrong with these ships, with about three merchant ships at the front, and behind them are a dozen pirates with skull flags.

Gu An's face was full of panic, and while urging his men to work hard to speed up the ship and try to spread the Haikou behind him, he looked towards the Haikou who was chasing after them behind him.