Chapter 159: Heart Ambition Frontier
Long Ming's fleet traveled for another two days, and with the help of his charts and impressions from his last voyage, he could almost certainly determine that there was an outflow river on the opposite coast that led to the interior of the Xinye Empire.
But Long Ming didn't dare to let all the fleets rush forward now, and decided to send a few small boats over to explore the situation first.
Long Ming originally wanted to let a few Sky Warriors fly over directly to take a look, but this was too exhausting, if there was a navy or a Sky Warrior of the Hearty Wild Army, it would be extremely unfavorable for them in case of a fight.
Several Sky Warriors did not dare to fly over on their own, so they each led a small boat and rowed over with dozens of warriors.
The three small boats slowly rowed towards the shore, and as they got closer and closer, they saw a boat near the shore, but it was not large, and there was a pier.
Next to it was the Outflow River Delta, and the three Sky Warriors were excited when they saw it, this must be the entrance to the Outflow River they were looking for.
The delta looks quite big, and a big ship can go in without any problem, and the boats on the dock here look like fishing boats, not war ships, and they won't be hindered if they go in.
"We can go back and report to Marshal Long Ming now, right?" said one of the Sky Warriors.
"Don't worry, we haven't landed yet, let's fly over directly, it's not far anyway, let's go back as soon as we find out." Another Sky Warrior said.
"Good!" several Sky Warriors agreed.
The fishermen on the dock were busy, and no one noticed that three people were quietly flying in the air.
The three Sky Warriors looked around near the dock and did not find any of the Shinno Army, and after carefully surveying the terrain, they flew back to the boat, and then slowly rowed back to the fleet.
After returning to Long Ming's big ship, the three Sky Warriors reported to Long Ming in detail about the situation at the coastal dock and the delta.
"Based on what you're talking about, this is indeed the entrance to the outflow river of the Heartwild Empire. Long Ming said after listening to their report.
"Dashuai, then why don't we just drive the big boat in now, I think the river is quite big, and the big boat is no problem to drive in!" said one of the Sky Warriors.
"Well, since the boats on the dock are all fishing boats, and there are no soldiers nearby, we can just drive the big boat in, but I don't know what the situation will be like the further the river goes, so we can only act at the opportunity. Long Ming said and ordered someone to send a signal, and the entire fleet headed for the delta.
The fleet sailed mightily to the wharf, the huge sails covered the sky and the sun, and the fishermen on the wharf were startled when they saw the big boat coming, but they did not dare to approach, pointing to the big boat and talking about it.
"Senior brother, did we just drive the boat in, didn't you say that when you get here, you will use a small boat and let the sailors sail back to Bincheng?"
"I miscalculated, I thought that this outflow river was too small to drive a big boat, but now that I can drive in, of course I can drive a big boat directly. Moreover, it is very dangerous for the sailors to sail back to Ben Cheng on their own, and if they encounter a ghost pirate ship again, they will not be able to escape at all. Long Ming said.
"So what do we do next, where do we start the attack?" Spark asked.
"Look. Long Ming took out a map of the Heart Ambition Empire at this time, and said: "This belongs to the frontier area of the Heart Empire, it stands to reason that we won't go far and we will encounter their Heart Wild Army guarding the frontier, and there will definitely be a fight when the time comes, and our destination is this city." ”
Long Ming pointed to the sign of the city on the map, paused, and said, "This city is called Xiancheng, and its main economy is to sell sea salt, which is not only close to the sea, but also the closest city to Xuanyinguan. After we occupy this city, it is of great strategic importance, and in the future, the Xinye Empire will come from the Hanging Sound Pass, and the road is too rough, we can turn this place into our garrison base, and transport troops and food and grass from the sea. ”
"After we occupy this city, can we lure the Hearts and Wilds of Hanging Sound Pass over?"
"It's hard to say, if we let the Xinye Army know our naval plan this time, they will definitely not draw troops from the Hanging Sound Pass, but send reinforcements from other provinces. But after all, this place is very close to the Hanging Sound Pass, and the strongest troops of the Heart Wild Army are in the Hanging Sound Pass, as long as we don't reveal the purpose of our march, they are likely to draw troops from the Hanging Sound Pass, but when the time comes, we will fight alone, it will depend on whether Brother Quan can attack and come to the rescue!" Long Ming said.
"Ahh After hearing this, Spark said worriedly: "What if Marshal Dragon Fist can't beat us, can we hold Xiancheng?"
"If Brother Fist can't come to help, the grain and grass we bring will soon be eaten, and the reinforcements of the Heart Wild Army will continue to increase, and then we can only break out, return to the big ship, and withdraw from the sea. Long Ming said.
"Oh, I hope Marshal Dragon Fist can fight me. "Spark Road.
"Senior sister, it's too early to say this, let's take Xiancheng first. Long Ming smiled.
The big boat drove along the river for several days, and the fishermen and villagers next to it did not dare to move, so they hurriedly ran home to report to the village chief.
The village chiefs had never encountered such a thing, so they had to report it to their superiors.
Their biggest official here is the Xiancheng City Lord Star Ring and the frontier guard Xuanhai.
The village chiefs ran together to the nearest frontier garrison and reported the situation of Long Ming's fleet.
The prefect of the garrison was taken aback when he heard this, and immediately sent someone to inform the guard general Xuanhai.
After receiving the notice, Xuanhai didn't believe it, and said, "There is such a thing, let's go and see!"
Xuanhai took the soldiers and horses and marched to the outflow river to intercept this fleet of unknown origin.
At this time, Long Ming's fleet was getting closer and closer to Xiancheng, and when Xuanhai led the army over, Long Ming had already ordered the army to disembark and march by land, because the river had begun to get smaller, and it was difficult for the big ships to go in again, and they also deviated from the direction of going to Xiancheng.
As soon as Long Ming's army got off the ship and didn't go far, they ran into the frontier defenders brought by Xuanhai.
"Stop! Where did you come from, you dared to trespass into the frontier of the Xinye Empire without permission!" Xuanhai was really shocked when he saw so many troops, but as the general of the Xinye Frontier, he must not be afraid, and he can't lose in momentum, although he only has a few thousand men and horses now.
"Haha!" Long Ming didn't expect the Xinye Army to come so quickly, and shouted: "This general, we are from the Thousand Islands of the South Seas, I heard that the Tianxuan Continent is rich in products, and the customs are also very charming, but in our country it is just a legend, and we all dream of coming to see it." So we came here from thousands of miles to fulfill our lifelong wish. ”
"The Thousand Islands of the South Seas, this has not been with the mainland for hundreds of years!" Xuanhai pondered and shouted, "Come and see if you need to bring so many soldiers and horses, I think you have bad intentions!"
"General, don't you know that this sea is full of dangers, full of sea monsters, monsters, ghosts and ghosts, how dare I bring some people to come here by sea. But after coming here to see it, they are all backward small villages, and there is nothing to see, can the general open our eyes to the big cities near us?" Long Ming said with a smile.
"It's okay to take you there, but you must hand over all your weapons, take off your armor, and obey our commands!" Xuan Hai shouted.
"General, we people from the South Sea Thousand Islands have been wearing weapons since childhood and never leave our bodies, so I forgive you for this request. Since you won't lead the way, we'll have to look for it ourselves. Long Ming waved his hand and motioned for the army to move on.
"Bold, you Nanyang barbarians, you're welcome if you dare to approach us again!" Xuanhai knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly prepared for battle, a vicious battle was about to begin!