Say sorry first! I went out with Party A to investigate.,I also want to be able to code words at night.,But running around along the way.,Where is the energy to ensure the quality of the article?,In the end, I can only put it away temporarily.,And then when I returned to my hometown to visit my parents yesterday, I coded words at night.,There is today's chapter.。

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The army is on an expedition, and you don't think about victory before you lose!

As the highest-ranking officer and commander-in-chief of this trip, Fang Lei's first thing to consider was not how to achieve victory, but how to gain a firm foothold next to Java Island in case of defeat.

Even if the Xia Kingdom had established a large territory in the South Seas, both Borneo and Xingzhou were far away from the eastern part of the Charentra Kingdom, and it would be difficult for Fang Lei's army to retreat to these places safely once it lost ground.

Only by establishing a strong base on Coral Island can the safety of the Eastern Route Army be guaranteed, so that even if Fang Lei's army fails in the first attack, it can be safely withdrawn, and then continue to calmly organize the second offensive, which is the advantage of having a base.

You don't see that the later generations of the Millican Empire are also deployed around the world, racking their brains to build their own military bases everywhere, once something happens around, these bases are the best support points, so after Fang Lei landed on the shore, he put the organization and construction of the port city in the first place.

After completing the assignment, Mi Ke led the naval army to blockade the sea around the eastern part of the Charentela Kingdom, in case the Charendela Kingdom got the news in advance, after all, the Coral Island is only a waterway of more than a thousand zhang between Java Island, and people who are good at water can easily cross it.

At this time, Fang Lei had officially taken over all the command on land, and he and Mi Ke would be in charge of the offensive on both land and sea, and the newly occupied coral island was his base in the South Seas.

The number of Xia country's fleet is very large, after all, it is a huge fleet of as many as five hundred large ships, and there are nearly a hundred warships to escort it, which is more than six hundred ships.

In addition to the more than 20,000 sailors and merchants in the merchant fleet itself, there are also more than 5,000 sailors under Mi Ke's command, plus the more than 20,000 avant-garde soldiers led by Fang Lei, who were hidden in the fleet before, these people add up to 50,000 people.

These 50,000 people are all young and strong without discount, not to mention the more than 20,000 soldiers of the former guard who are good at fighting, even if they are sailors, they must be young men under the age of forty, only in this way can they have the strength to face the wind and rain on the sea, and there will not be too many accidents.

In addition, these Xia sailors have all undergone a certain amount of military training, and even fought against pirates, and have certain military combat experience.

You must know that even if Zheng He went to the West during the Ming Dynasty, the huge fleet of retinues, troops, scholars, and envoys led by him added up to only more than 20,000 people, and they could already sweep all the countries in the South and Western Oceans, not to mention that the Xia State Expeditionary Force was a thousand years earlier than Zheng He.

The fleet of more than 500 large seagoing ships was only used as cover by the small merchants, but the nearly 300 ships of the three major trading houses were all carrying war materials, and with the full efforts of tens of thousands of people, a wharf that could accommodate 100 large ships was built in just ten days.

On a plain five or six miles away from the port, a small city with a radius of two or three miles has also been selected, and this city, which has been named Coral City, will be a very important base for the Xia Kingdom in the southernmost part of the South Seas.

Tens of thousands of soldiers who have completed their missions are training near the port, and other armies will also return to the team for training after completing their missions, after all, their main mission is to fight.

The other more than 20,000 sailors were all organized to open up forests and cultivate farmland, and hundreds of thousands of acres of cultivated land could be reclaimed from a large plain in front of them.

"Hey" "Hey"

Dozens of sailors on the wharf who were full of tendons shouted neat trumpets, and worked together to erect a huge log, which is to make a simple gantry crane to facilitate the unloading of materials on large ships, although it is not as good as the gantry cranes in these ports of Qinjin, but it is also very convenient to use temporary ports.

"It's really powerful!" Even if the wealthy shopkeeper Wu was only wearing a silk robe, his back was still soaked with sweat, and he couldn't stop shaking with a handful of bananas in his hand, but he looked at the sailors on the shore with admiration.

"Shopkeeper Wu, can't we just do it!" A young merchant with a mustache had an anxious face, and there were five or six businessmen next to him, but they all looked to be about thirty years old, and the shopkeeper Wu, who was in his forties, was the oldest among them.

Another slightly taller merchant said anxiously: "Brother Wu, the three major trading houses said that they would take us to the West by a new route, but it turned out to be a cover for the actions of the army, although they also said that they would continue to travel west after the battle of the Charentra Kingdom, but who knows when the battle of the army will end!" ”

"Yes, they also said that for the sake of the secrecy of the military operation, we are not allowed to act on our own, and we can't even leave the west by ourselves, so we can only be stupid here and delay time!" A chubby businessman was also indignant. 591 net

When Shopkeeper Wu heard their words, he was still not in a hurry, he turned around and smiled slightly: "You guys are really in the midst of blessings and don't know how to be blessed!" This is a great opportunity for us businessmen! ”

Shopkeeper Wu's words stunned several young businessmen, now that the east-west route is blocked, many items that have been relatively cheap can be sold at a good price as long as they are transported to the West, but Shopkeeper Wu now says that this is a good opportunity.

"Hehe, when you followed your parents to our Xia Kingdom, you were three or four years old!" As an old Xia national, the shopkeeper Wu was of course more proud, and he continued, "Do you remember what impressed the army the most in the past? ”

"Great achievements! Invincible! The chubby young businessman said proudly that he still had a few relatives in his family who had joined the army, so he was very proud.

"Too many kills!"

This is a young businessman who immigrated to Xia from Nan Chen, it seems that the reason why he usually reads too many sage books, and several other businessmen have everything to say, and everyone has their own different opinions.

In the end, Shopkeeper Wu shook his head and said: "You have only seen the surface, what is the most fundamental thing that our Xia army is pursuing?" It's a military feat! It is the military merit that can be exchanged for land, wealth, and all kinds of preferential treatment, which is the most important thing! ”

Several young businessmen nodded, and sure enough, the older people saw it more clearly, the most important military achievements in the Xia Kingdom, especially after the ten major marquis states were divided into military generals, the people of the Xia Kingdom became more enthusiastic about the pursuit of military merits.

However, these young businessmen were still puzzled: "But Brother Wu, what does this have to do with us? We are merchant ships, and we can't fight a naval battle at all! How can we have any chance of attaining military merit in war? ”

Although the Xia Kingdom claims to be equal to the people, because of Wang Ze's fear of merchants, there are many restrictions on merchants, because businessmen's brains are very flexible, and these people like to exploit legal loopholes the most, and more than half of the laws in the current Xia Kingdom are set for them.

Therefore, although businessmen can obtain good living conditions in Xia Kingdom and their personal safety can be well guaranteed, it is difficult to be an official, let alone obtain military merits.

"Oh, what do you guys want me to say?" Shopkeeper Wu was also very helpless when asked, he pointed to the big merchant ship on the sea nearby and said to a few people, "We don't necessarily have to fight!" When General Mi led the naval army to battle, he would inevitably not be able to carry too many supplies, and we could provide him with military logistics, which could be regarded as participating in the war! ”

Seeing that a few young people were thoughtful, Shopkeeper Wu continued: "In addition to logistics and supplies, other things such as assisting General Fang in transporting soldiers, spying news for the army at sea or something can be!" Anyway, our ships must be faster than the ships of the Charentra Kingdom! ”

"What Brother Wu said is so reasonable!" The mustachioed young merchant who was the first to speak said, "Our merchant ships are all big ships of five or six thousand stones, even if we encounter the small sailors of the Charentra Kingdom, we are not afraid of them, and it is okay to sink them directly when we encounter those small fishing boats!" ”

"That is, we will fight against all the ships of the Charentra Kingdom that we encounter, whether they are warships or merchant ships, and we will not allow any of their ships to be on the sea, and we must not let them go to sea" This is a more radical call.

In any case, these people began to talk excitedly about how to cooperate with the army's actions, and they no longer had the psychological grievances of being deceived before, they were already thinking about how to use the military merits they had obtained in the future, and they had the capital to brag in front of relatives and friends.

This scene is also constantly playing out in other places, and now the people under the age of forty in the Xia Kingdom have been educated by the Xia Kingdom for many years, and they all understand that the fate of the Xia Kingdom is closely related to their fate, and this war is important to both them and the Xia Kingdom.

After understanding all the cause and effect, although the businessmen who followed the shopkeeper Wu were also very depressed that they had been fooled, they also had more cheering mentality in their hearts, as long as they cooperated with the army to win this battle, they could evaluate their military merits in the future, and there were many benefits.

In addition, as long as the kingdom of Charentra is defeated, one of the most powerful countries in the South Seas will be lost, and the kingdom of Sri Buddha has been attacked by the Xia Kingdom after all, and it will not become a big climate, so that there will be only one Zhenla country to deal with in the entire South Seas.

The trade route from Nanyang to the West is basically more than half, even if the most powerful Zhenla country cannot be conquered for the time being, the Xia country can also bypass from the south, bypass the coastal route of Zhenla country, and then drag down the Zhenla country through long-term blockade and war.

This tactic has been used in Silla and Goguryeo before, although it does take a long time, but the effect is really good, Zhenla is considered a strong country in Nanyang, but as long as Xia pays less than one-tenth of the energy, they will definitely not be able to stand it.

After the defeat of the Charentra Kingdom, there was no need for the death of Sri Buddha to remain, so that the entire South Seas and several other countries would not be far away from being wiped out.

Nanyang has all become the back garden of the Xia Kingdom, which is more beneficial to the merchants of the Xia Kingdom, and they no longer have to worry about being stuck in the neck of the sea trade.