In October, the northern part of the East China Sea can be said to be full of wolf smoke.

As the Goguryeo naval army approached step by step, Qu Liulang, who was stationed in Weihai County, led the Second Fleet to unite with Qu Xu's Changdao detachment, and fought many battles with the Goguryeo naval army in the waters of the Changdao Islands, and finally annihilated nearly half of the warships under the command of Gao Yue, the commander of the northern Goguryeo naval army, in one fell swoop with Qu Liulang setting up an ambush in the waters of Daqin Island.

Immediately afterwards, Sun Xing and Jiang Chuan joined forces to attack many areas of the western sea of Goguryeo, and even approached the city of Comfort, an important town in the south of Goguryeo, but in the end, because tens of thousands of Goguryeo troops were stationed here, they finally gave up attacking this city.

Because of the superiority of Wang Ze's side in the East China Sea, Goguryeo's naval army was beaten badly, which made Gao Yangcheng, who had just gained great prestige because of the annexation of Baekje, very angry, and his attitude towards attacking Jinhae, Wang Ze's stronghold in the northeast, was even tougher.

Since I can't deal with you on the ocean, I can't take a small stronghold in the remote part of the Northeast? Therefore, even in the face of the situation of Wang Ze's multi-route naval army constantly attacking the west coast, Gao Yangcheng was unwilling to withdraw the 20,000 troops who went to attack Zhenhai.

When Wang Ze traveled all the way from Nanchen to the East China Sea, the attack of the Xia army in the East China Sea on Goguryeo entered a period of climax, especially because of the disappearance of Goguryeo, Zongli, who was angry with Goguryeo, and constantly attacked and plundered ashore, killing many Goguryeo.

"Little Marquis has worked hard all the way," when Wang Ze and his entourage came to the port outside Qinjin City, a group of East China Sea civil officials led by Yang Ku, and the East China Sea military generals led by Zhou Tong and Hu Bingchang had been waiting on the shore for a long time, and there were hundreds of people in a rough count.

Originally, Qinjin City was only the seat of the Qinjin County Shou Zhuoran, and everyone usually worked in various places, but this time they all gathered here because they wanted to prepare for the war against Goguryeo, and the army in the East China Sea did not have an order and it was inconvenient to leave their station, so the generals and civil officials of all the ministries came here to discuss first under the suggestion of Yang Ku.

In particular, in order to fight for the right to send troops in the first batch, all the soldiers who can come are here, Qinjin City is the most suitable base to support the front-line operations, once the East China Sea starts a war against Goguryeo, the Qinjin City in front of you can not only store a large amount of grain, but also assume the function of a shipping center.

Jeju Island is not bad, but after all, Jeju Island is too close to Goguryeo, especially after Goguryeo annexed Baekje, and the threat to Jeju Island has increased greatly.

Even if Goguryeo's warships are far inferior to their own, because the distance is too close, it is very likely that the Goguryeo people will touch the island at night, which is a great threat to the lives and safety of the people on the island, and Goguryeo's military strength is not comparable to the previous Baekje after all.

With this in mind, most of the people of Jeju Island have now moved to other places under the orders of Yang Ku, and the remaining islanders are basically citizens, students, and workshop workers living in Jeju New City, except for a few herders from outside the city.

Originally, the universities in Jeju New City were also within the scope of Yangku's relocation, but at present, they have not had time to relocate because they have to prepare for the war against Goguryeo, and so many schools will not have time to relocate for a while.

After Wang Ze left in March after the New Year, he has not seen everyone for more than half a year, so he doesn't know how many words he wants to talk to the big guy, but at the critical moment, Yang Ku came to play his style of disappointment.

Wang Zezhengse, who has always liked to be outspoken, looked at Wang Zezhengse, who had been tanned a lot by the Lingnan sun, and admonished, "When the little marquis left in the spring, he originally only said that he was going to Mrs. Xian to visit one or two, but this time the aborigines of Jiaozhou made a rebellion, and the little marquis you are in danger again, and now the little marquis is responsible for the involvement of millions of people in the East China Sea, and I hope that the little marquis will know more and know that he knows how to take care of himself!" ”

"Hehe," Wang Ze, who was outspoken in the face of Yang Ku, knew that he didn't take his safety seriously, and could only laugh dryly, originally seeing the generals Wang Ze had a lot to say, but now he was choked back by Yang Ku's words.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Hu Bingchang, who has a high prestige in the military and politics, picked up the conversation and said: "The little marquis has been running all the way, and the wind and waves at sea are so big, he must have suffered a lot, right?" I heard that this time is the time when the typhoon is raging in Nanchen! ”

Zhou Tong on the side saw Hu Bingchang's eyes, and he also said in a loud voice: "Yes, yes, not only is there a big typhoon in Nanchen, but the typhoon here in our East China Sea is not small, last month, that typhoon was so powerful that a big tree in front of my door was broken and almost hit my stable, otherwise I would have to die of distress!" ”

Of course, Wang Ze knew what Hu Bingchang and Zhou Tong meant, but he had just come back, and he didn't know enough about what was happening now, so they thought that they should let themselves go back and rest first, and then make a decision after understanding the situation.

Therefore, Wang Ze was still moved by the kindness of the two, and then he took advantage of the words of the two to go down and began to talk about the sea adventure in the past half a month, which can be said to be really full of thrills.

This time, it was the first time that Wang Ze had made such a long-distance emergency journey, from the distant land of Lingnan to Qinjin City in the East China Sea, if it was a Nanchen merchant ship, it would take more than a month, and Wang Ze came here in less than fifteen days.

Of course, there is also a tailwind factor in this, coupled with the superb skills of Gu Bin's sailors in handling the boat, and the quality of the ship is very good, so it has this speed and dodges an emergency typhoon cyclone in time. new world

The wind and waves in the Yizhou sea area in summer and autumn are particularly strong, fortunately, Wang Ze has been running around the sea for many years and is used to the bumps on the sea, otherwise the big winds and waves along the way and several typhoons in succession will make Wang Ze enough to bear.

Because of these typhoons, this is also the most dangerous one for Wang Ze at sea, although relying on the rich experience of Gu Bin and others to pass through several typhoons, there are still many accompanying merchant ships in the East China Sea sunk in the typhoon, and only two or three people were rescued, and the loss is not small.

However, relying on the efforts of Gu Bin and others, Wang Ze did not suffer any trauma after all, of course, this kind of thing immediately became in the mouths of some people, and the little Hou Ye is a man of destiny immediately became a man of destiny, and the strong winds spontaneously stopped wherever he went, which made the Taoist priests of the Haotian God Sect have another miracle to say.

Listening to Wang Ze's account of the thrilling journey along the way, the generals couldn't help but sigh for what happened to their little marquis, but there were also some who looked expectant; However, the civil officials were not happy, who would have thought that their little marquis would not only personally commit danger to go to the battlefield, but also have such a dangerous journey at sea.

Speaking of this, Yang Ku wanted to open his mouth to admonish again, but after opening his mouth, with a long sigh, Yang Ku still didn't say anything, but that sigh made Wang Ze feel sorry for Mr. Yang, and he felt very guilty in his heart.

After saying hello to the civil and military generals who came to greet him, Wang Ze followed several major high-level officials such as Yang Ku, Hu Bingchang, and Zhou Tong to the county guard's mansion.

Wang Ze couldn't help frowning secretly, but at this time, because he was worried about the situation in Zhenhai, Wang Ze couldn't care so much.

As soon as they entered the lobby, everyone spread out a huge map of the East China Sea, which depicted a very large area, not only including the islands of the East China Sea, but also Yizhou and part of the occupied areas of the Nanyang Islands, to the west to include Yingzhou and other places that still belong to the Northern Qi Dynasty, and to the north even reached the Kamchatka Peninsula in later generations.

This discovery made Wang Ze slightly surprised, but then he was attracted by the clear map of Goguryeo on the map, after more than ten years of development, the current survey team under Wang Ze can be said to be very professional, and the map drawn is even Wang Ze is ashamed of himself.

Hu Bingchang stood up to introduce Wang Ze, he first pointed to the former Baekje area closest to Jeju Island, and said to Wang Ze: "Little Marquis, since Baekje was annexed by Goguryeo, Goguryeo has not many troops stationed here, only about 30,000 people, but there are more comfort cities not far away, there are 70,000 or 80,000 people!" ”

"Although there are not many ships in the army here on the surface, because of the developed shipping in Baekje in the past, there are hidden fishing boats and craftsmen if we can't get it right, so we must be strictly guarded on Jeju Island, and at present, there is Captain Zongdu's Jeju Island Fleet in charge, so we can rest assured!"

Although Zongli's wife and son were rescued in the rescue operation half a year ago, Zongli's two cousins and a younger brother are still in the hands of the Goguryeo people, and they still don't know whether they are alive or dead, so Zongli's hatred for the Goguryeo people has not diminished at all.

Speaking of this, Hu Bingchang's voice changed and said: "Recently, I heard that in the mountains at the junction of Baekje and Silla, there is a group of Baekje people under the leadership of a royal family who are fighting against the occupation of Goguryeo, but I don't know who is leading it, if we can, we can contact them." ”

Wang Ze shook his head and said: "Now that most of the people of Baekje have been relocated to various parts of Liaodong by the Goguryeo people, nearly half of the people living in the original land of Baekje are Goguryeo, so how can Baekje get rid of the clutches of Goguryeo?" This Baekje people can't do great things. ”

After hearing Wang Ze's evaluation, Hu Bingchang stopped mentioning this matter, and then pointed to Changguang County and Weihai County in the east of Sanqi and said: "Because these two places are garrisoned by Captain Qu Xu's Changdao Fleet and General Qu's Second Fleet, although the Goguryeo naval army has provoked the most conflicts here, it is also the place where they have suffered the most losses, so don't worry!"

At present, our biggest trouble is that the Liaodong trade route, which was very profitable in the past, can no longer go, and if there is no escort from a large number of warships, our caravan will not be able to reach these places in Khitan at all, and there will not be enough profits to go to these places in Northern Qiyingzhou. ”

Hearing this, Wang Ze said: "Let's not worry about business and trade matters first, let's talk about the war with Goguryeo, that is to say, the Goguryeo naval army is actually not worth mentioning, we only need to use the naval army to stop them, right?" ”

Hu Bingchang nodded yes: "In fact, Goguryeo without a navy is a tiger without claws, no matter how brave the tiger is on land, once it reaches the water, it can only become a lamb to be slaughtered, not to mention that now the Goguryeo navy has been consumed a lot by us!" ”

"Good!" Wang Ze slapped his palms and said, "Since Goguryeo dares to attack and harass my East China Sea, then let's simply carry out a complete blockade of Goguryeo, comprehensively create Goguryeo's economic difficulties, and make him unable to walk through the sea at all!" ”

Hu Binglin disagreed: "I'm afraid this won't work, right?" After all, Goguryeo is the overlord of the East China Sea, the national strength is extremely strong, and the external demand is not too much, even if we block the sea, they can still trade with the Northern Qi on land! ”

Wang Ze laughed and waved his hand: "General Hu is wrong, this account is not calculated like this!" ”