Chapter 355: The Crisis of the Pearl Islands
The phrase that there are unforeseen circumstances, or that the plan does not change quickly, is more suitable!
He Liang and Du Sheng did not unite with the Pandias to attack the Zheluo Kingdom in the end, because just as they were about to set off for Pandia, they suddenly learned from other merchants that Nan Tianzhu was preparing to send tens of thousands of troops to attack the Pearl Islands.
In fact, it's not surprising to think about it, before He Liang and Du Sheng burned down Nan Tianzhu's very important Inpo City and Shanghai Port, how could Nan Tianzhu, who had suffered heavy losses both economically and facelessly, easily let the two go?
In this kind of situation where Nantianzhu is about to be overwhelmed by a large army, it is undoubtedly an act of seeking death to help Pandia attack on the Zheluo country, which has many merchant ships, which will not only delay Nantianzhu's attack on the Pearl Islands, but may even anger many maritime merchants sailing and the Western Sea.
You must know that in ancient times, the sailors on the sea were not good at stubble, they not only had to face the cruel pirates in the waters of various countries, but even the sailors of some other countries deliberately disguised themselves as pirates to loot around because they coveted the property of merchants, so these maritime merchants usually looked like merchants, but they may turn around and become pirates when they get to the sea.
If they really provoke these maritime merchants, they will go in a fit of anger to unite with Nan Tianzhu to deal with themselves, not only will the previous layout in the Western Ocean fail, but even the Pearl Islands, which are just a little good, will be lost, which is not in the interests of the Xia Kingdom.
Although Prince Dravilu didn't want He Liang and the others to leave like this, he also knew that the threat of Nan Tianzhu's tens of thousands of troops was not just talking, and whether he could let He Liang help him in the future could only depend on whether He Liang could survive this catastrophe.
For He Liang, the army of Nantianzhu is not only his own ordeal, but also a good opportunity, and only after this ordeal can He Liang really have the right to speak in the Western sea trade in the future.
Looking at Prince Dravilu's disappointed expression, He Liang also said that when the situation in the West calmed down in the future, he would join forces with Pandia to attack the Jero Kingdom, but if you want to increase the strength of the Pandia Army in a short period of time, it is best to purchase a large number of sophisticated weapons from the East China Sea.
Of course, Prince Dravilu also saw the Du Sheng's personal guards behind He Liang, and he was very shocked by the superiority of the weapons worn by these soldiers, so He Liang took the opportunity to sell a large number of iron weapons in Sword Casting City, so that Du Sheng had to admire He Liang's business experience, and he did not forget to do business at this time.
The Southern Tianzhu king, the Sulinara, was extremely angry at the destruction of the city of Inpo, and he had been mobilizing most of the country's army to fight the Zarukites in the north for the Lapchite River valley, so the southern army was relatively empty.
I thought that the southern kingdoms of Zheluo and Pandia were small and weak, and the maritime merchants who traveled to and from the West also relied on passing near the coast of Nantianzhu, and there were also Nantianzhu naval troops patrolling, but I didn't expect such a situation to suddenly appear.
Over the years, Nan Tianzhu has declined a little bit compared to the past, although Nan Tianzhu himself is unwilling to admit it, but this fact cannot be changed.
Previously, because of the great conquest of the king of Nantianzhu, the corpse of the Sangha Bao Duozhima, over the years, he constantly participated in the struggle for hegemony in the subcontinent, which led to the extreme lack of national finances in Nantianzhu, so he also acquiesced in the fact that the navy of Yinpocheng disguised himself as a pirate to attack the ships of other countries many times.
But if you don't want to go at night, you will eventually encounter ghosts, this time, after the Pocheng Navy was moved by the Nantianzhu Maritime Merchants, not only did it not succeed in attacking He Liang's fleet, but it was almost completely annihilated by the other party on the sea when it was besieging the Pearl Islands.
Immediately afterwards, the general of the Yinpo City Navy was captured on the spot, which made Nantianzhu lose face in front of Western countries, and then was quickly taken away by the other party as the southwest town of Nantianzhu, and finally burned all the fires.
This not only made Nantianzhu lose an important maritime trade base and tax area, but also exposed the fact that the Nantianzhu naval army disguised itself as pirates to rob other countries' sea ships, which made many countries quite contemptuous and angry towards Nantianzhu, which is what the corpse Linara Sangha Bao Tadama could not accept the most.
In his opinion, it is too late to cover this matter now, and the only way to make up for it is to take revenge and go back to regain his lost dignity.
As a result, although the main army of Nan Tianzhu was still engaged in a fierce war with the Chalou people in the north, Nan Tianzhu finally sent an army of up to 30,000 people to attack He Liang, of which there were more than 10,000 sailors and more than 400 warships.
After all, the king of Nantianzhu, the corpse Linara Sangha Bao Duozhima, already knew the strong combat effectiveness of He Liang and Du Sheng's fleet, and the Pearl Islands were one or two thousand miles away from Nantianzhu, in order to be able to ensure a complete victory, now he didn't care what others said. Love Me eBook
He Liang's fleet and Du Sheng's Third Fleet also had more than 4,000 troops, but He Liang's fleet was all armed merchant ships, and their combat effectiveness in the face of pirates was not bad, but when Nan Tianzhu Minghuo was in full attack, these armed merchant ships were actually not too suitable for this kind of frontal battlefield battle.
Therefore, when He Liang learned that Nan Tianzhu had sent such a powerful army of water and land, he was immediately emotional, Du Sheng's fire was too damn hateful!
Originally, He Liang thought that although he had robbed all of Inpo City, the Pearl Islands were too far away from Nantianzhu after all, so Nantianzhu would not allow his fleet to berth at coastal ports at most, so as to block the sea route for his merchant ships to and from the Western Ocean.
But there must be nothing to be done about the Pearl Islands, which are thousands of miles away by sea, but I don't want Nan Tianzhu to attack the Pearl Islands at such a big price, and it is such a large force.
Emotion is emotion, the preparations that should be made should be done quickly, at this time, Du Sheng also knew that he had stabbed He Liang in a big basket, and he didn't dare to say anything, the two of them packed up all the harvest and ran back to the Pearl Islands, they had to rush to strengthen and build all the fortifications again before the arrival of the Nantianzhu people.
Of course, while the two of them fled back to the Pearl Islands, they would definitely not forget to send a clipper to send an urgent letter of help to Sun Xing, Zhou Qiang and others who were fighting there in the South Seas, otherwise wouldn't they die here just by relying on the strength of the two of them?
When He Liang and Du Sheng led the fleet back to the Pearl Islands, the crowd in Pearl Harbor suddenly let out a burst of cheers, not only happy for the arrival of He Liang, Du Sheng and others, but also cheered for the fleet's harvest this time.
People are like this, the more you know, the more you will worry, the less you know, but there will be a silly sense of happiness, of course, it all depends on how you choose.
Looking at the Pearl Port that is being restored and under construction, He Liang regrets in his heart that this has not been built yet, I am afraid that it will be destroyed again, the restoration of the Pearl Port has not yet been completed, and some places can still clearly see the damage caused by the attack of the Pocheng Navy in Nantianzhu last time.
As soon as He Liang and the two came to the shore, they saw a tall middle-aged man coming up, this big man was burly, nine feet tall, with a full beard on his dark face, and a pair of tiger eyes under his ink-like eyebrows, which looked very powerful.
But when you look closely, you will find that there are still a few relatively hidden needles and threads on the shoulders of the Han clothes, which are obviously carefully sewn and repaired after they are broken, which shows the Han's constraints.
It turned out that this big man was Shen Buqi, who had just been promoted to the captain of the Pearl Islands, and had been exiled here before because he had committed some criminal sentences, but because he was more enthusiastic and straightforward, he was very popular with the people here.
He Liang also admired this strong martial arts man after seeing this big man, and he used to mention him a lot, the last time the Pocheng Navy attacked, it all relied on Shen Buqi's organization, so it was not captured by the Pocheng Navy to capture Pearl Port.
Shen Buqi was carrying an iron gun in his hand at this time, and when he saw He Liang and Du Sheng getting off the boat, he hurriedly greeted him, and without waiting for him to speak, he listened to He Liang and said: "Let's go, Lao Shen, you immediately go and summon all the battalion officers above the rank of captain to come to the meeting hall!" ”
Saying that, He Liang and Du Sheng hurriedly walked to a small city near Pearl Harbor, and saw this city that had just been established for only a few years, He Liang also sighed, who knew that the city that was not needed at the beginning could still play such a role.
Up to now, there are more than 6,000 people in the Pearl Islands, and there are still nearly 6,000 people after deducting the hundreds of people killed and wounded in the first attack of the Southern Tianzhu Naval Army, and now there are 2,000 people in He Liang's fleet, and nearly 3,000 people in Du Sheng's department, including the Third Fleet under Sun Yu.
In this way, the entire population of the Pearl Islands has exceeded 10,000 people, but it greatly exceeds the capacity of this city when it was originally designed, this city is actually a larger castle, when the design was just started, because the Pearl Islands only had 2,000 people, so the scale of the entire city was only designed to accommodate 6,000 people.
In this way, the current capacity of the Pearl Harbor is almost twice the design capacity, and when the Nantianzhu army attacks, if this problem cannot be solved, I am afraid it will be a very dangerous situation, even if the Nantianzhu army can completely solve themselves and others by means of siege.
When Shen Buqi, who had been promoted to captain of the school, came to the meeting hall with more than a dozen battalion officers above the rank of captain in Pearl Harbor, he saw at a glance that He Liang and Du Sheng in the hall were studying a map spread out on the table.