When Gongsun Ao sent out the army, he only brought more than 1,000 people with him.

Most of these are sergeants from the south in the two armies of the north and south, and some of them are young people from the Yulin army, who came to gild with them.

It's unbelievable that the militia behind them is so numerous that it makes people's scalps tingle.

Just when he left Chang'an City, he followed behind more than a thousand people.

By the time they arrived at Hangu Pass, there were already thousands of followers.

These Guanzhong men who are eager to enter the northern and southern armies through their military exploits are mainly local rangers, middle-class sons of good families, and children of noble officials.

Most of them were brave, and they had considerable assets in their homes that could afford to be armed with weapons and horses, as well as the cost of long journeys.

In fact, there are more people who want to follow, but these people don't have horses or money, and they can't catch up after chasing for a while, so they can only regret returning to their hometowns.

The Han family is a soldier for all people, and all adult males are required to serve for two years.

It's just that after the expiration of the service period, most of them go home separately and find their own mothers.

Only those who are extremely outstanding will be selected into the two armies of the north and south and become a standing army, so as to eat the real imperial food.

Not only can they be fed and satisfied, but they can also obtain knighthoods through military exploits, so as to improve their social status and obtain rich rewards, which is the real reason why many people prefer to become militiamen at their own expense and follow the imperial court to fight.

If it was the same at the end of the Song Dynasty and the end of the Ming Dynasty, where would there be anything about the Tartars.

It's a pity that at that time, the Confucian civil official group occupied almost all the interests, and refused to share anything with others.

When Gongsun Ao went all the way east to the riverside and arrived at Huiji County after crossing the river, the militia from all over the country followed was even as high as tens of thousands.

This is too much, and Gongsun Ao can't let them act at will, because it is very likely to harm the place.

He dispatched manpower to temporarily integrate these militias and provide supplies, food, and grass, but there was no money.

As for the main soldiers, all the prefectures that had been surrounding Mitsukoshi had already been assembled.

At this time, there were about 30,000 county soldiers gathered in Huiji County.

"Governor Li."

Gongsun Ao found Li Danghu and asked, "How are the preparations of the navy and the sea ships?" ”

"General." Facing Gongsun Ao, who had been worshiped as the queen general, Li Danghu was very respectful: "The navy has 400 materials, 23 large sea ships, and 49 small sea ships of 200 materials. ”

Gongsun Ao asked again, "How many soldiers and horses can be transported?" ”

Li Danghu was stunned: "Isn't it transporting grain?" ”

In his impression, unless it is a war with the opponent's naval army, isn't the role of the naval army to transport grain, grass and military materials?

"Somebody has a plan in mind."

At this time, there were only two official generals named in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, one was Wei Qing, who stayed in Chang'an City as a deterrent to deter the Huns, and the other was Gongsun Ao.

Under this status, Gongsun Ao is inevitably a little arrogant, and his words are not as polite as in the past, "Dongou asked the imperial court for help, saying that the Minyue rebels had attacked the city of Dongou (Wenzhou)." A certain intended to use sea ships to transport troops directly to Dongou City and fight Minyue

People were caught off guard. ”

Li Danghu's eyes lit up, and he immediately exclaimed, "This is a good way!" ”

In this era, there has not been a large-scale amphibious landing operation, so the Minyue people definitely did not expect that the Han army would come up from the sea.

There is no doubt that this will achieve the suddenness of the arrival of the army on the battlefield.

Li Danghu has not been the governor of the navy for more than a year, he has worked hard to study, summarize and analyze, and he already has a considerable understanding of the navy.

It was like calculating the loading capacity of each sea vessel, and he did a quick calculation in his mind, and soon he had an answer.

"General."

Li Danghu saluted and said, "This is going to Don'ou, there is a guide who is familiar with the sea route to lead the way, if the wind is good, it can be reached in five days, at most ten days." Counting the grain, grass and military supplies carried, a large sea ship can carry 250 soldiers, and a small sea boat can carry 150 soldiers. It's just that it needs to be squeezed

Squeeze. ”

In this way, more than 12,000 horses can be transported in a single trip.

It's just that Li Danghu said that it was squeezed, but in fact it was very crowded, because it was also necessary to count the sailors on the ship, the daily necessities such as food and fresh water, and the grain, grass, weapons, armor and even horses of the army, and the degree of crowding was estimated to be comparable to the most in the fifteenth century

Profitable shipping business.

Of course, like Li Danghu and Gongsun Ao, the living environment will naturally not be so restrained.

"That's it."

Gongsun Ao nodded with satisfaction, "As long as you can send more than 10,000 elites outside Dongou City, you will be able to defeat them!" ”

They all have absolute confidence in the combat effectiveness of the Han army, and more than 10,000 elites suddenly appear in the rear of the battlefield, and they will inevitably win a complete victory.

Theoretically, this is true.

But in fact, they have forgotten one thing, which is seasickness.

Although most of the people concentrated in Huiji County were county soldiers from the southern counties, and they were mainly Lou boat soldiers.

But rivers and lakes are different from the sea, and the waves on the sea are unmatched.

This is still in the winter, and it has not been affected by the typhoon.

In the summer, if there is a typhoon, it is very likely that all the troops will be wiped out, and they will all sink to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish and shrimp.

When the more than 10,000 elites who were carefully selected got on the boat and went all the way south along the river, seasickness began to appear.

is obviously a strong seven-foot man, but he vomits and vomits, and his face is pale, as if he will turn his back on his breath in the next moment.

In this kind of situation, Gongsun Ao, who was with the army, was really anxious to death.

"General."

Li Danghu saw that it was not a problem, so he had to step forward and say, "Why don't you go to the shore?" ”

In this era, ships went to sea along the coastline, because of the lack of technology and instruments, if you go deep into the sea, you will lose your way, and you can use the land as a reference when you walk along the coastline.

At this time, the fleet was not far from the coastline, it was within sight.

Gongsun Ao, who frowned, asked in a deep voice, "How long will it take to recover from this condition?" ”

"After going ashore, three or five days." Li Danghu thought for a while and responded: "No matter how serious it is, it won't take ten days." ”

"No."

Hearing this, Gongsun Ao immediately shook his head, "There is not so much time, Dongou doesn't know how long it can last, if Dongou is broken, it will be troublesome." ”

Dongou can't beat Minyue, now the capital Dongou is besieged, if it is overcome, the siege is not easy to fight, it needs to be filled with human lives.

"Speed up and get to Dongou City as soon as possible."

Faced with this order, Li Danghu could only reluctantly respond.

Sailing on the sea, all by wind and currents, is not something that can be done by the Lord saying a word to speed up.

Fortunately, they were lucky, and in the end, after spending six days, the fleet finally arrived off the coast of Don'ou.

Next, it's time to land.

In this era, there were no well-equipped harbors to use, and all of them were connected by small boats.

After the ship is lowered and the sails are stopped, the small sampan carried by the ship is put down, and the personnel and materials are put on the small sampan and sent to the beach by paddling.

In such an inefficient way, it would take at least several days to get more than 10,000 men and horses and a lot of supplies ashore.

Gongsun Ao turned around with some eagerness: "Can't you lean over?" ”

"General."

Li Danghu patiently explained, "Forcibly docking is either stranded or tentacles, the ship is directly finished, and it is not sure that it can go ashore directly, if the ship capsizes, it will be all over." ”

Gongsun Ao nodded in understanding.

These ships cost a lot of money, and the people on them also belong to the navy.

Although he got the Tiger Talisman to command the naval army from the Son of Heaven this time, it was only effective in the war to pacify the Three Moons.

In essence, he has no direct affiliation with him.

If the situation is urgent, naturally nothing can be taken care of.

But after going ashore, the scouts sent back said that although Dongou City was besieged, it seemed that it could hold out for a while, so there was no need to force the beach.

"I'm going to build a harbor here." Li Danghu observed the environment on the shore and said, "At least we need to build a few plank roads deep into the sea that can dock ships." ”

"Not bad."

Gongsun Ao nodded in approval, "The location here is close to Dongou City, whether it is transporting people, grain and materials, it is convenient for shipping." The construction of a seaport can effectively strengthen the control of the imperial court here. ”

Both supported the construction of the harbor, but neither mentioned the cost or manpower of the construction.

They are soldiers, and they are only in charge of the war, how to build a seaport or something, that is all ordered by the Son of Heaven, and naturally someone will do it.

It took several days for the sergeant and supplies to finally be brought ashore.

Gongsun Ao didn't dare to delay, leaving behind a group of sergeants whose symptoms had not yet been relieved, and hurriedly rushed towards Dongou City, which was dozens of miles away, with tens of thousands of horses.

Li Danghu, who stayed on the shore, was inspecting the environment of the harbor and planning to build a road from the harbor to Dongou City.

It's really a line of love, Li Danghu has now fully entered the role of the governor of the navy, and all he thinks about is repairing the harbor.

The sudden appearance of the Han army was much more unexpected than the Minyue Kingdom.

They naturally knew about the Han army's gathering of troops and horses on the periphery, but they had already divided their troops to blockade everywhere before, and even if those Han troops came over the mountains and mountains regardless of their losses, they didn't think about it in a few months.

A few months is enough time for them to break through Donou.

Because of this, the soldiers and horses of the Minyue State besieging the city had no intention of guarding the rear at all.

When Gongsun Ao launched an attack, the soldiers and horses of Minyue were unexpectedly beaten to collapse.

There was not much to say about the battle, as lackluster as the Han army defeated countless enemies.

After winning the war, Gongsun Ao sent someone to call the door, and after confirming that it was indeed the Han army, Dongou opened the door to greet him.

After a group of people came out, Gongsun Ao saw that they were all wearing linen and filial piety.

It turned out that Ou Zhenming, the king of Donou, had died in battle before, and now it was his son Ou Wang who was in charge.

Ou Wang was fed up with the endless war with the Minyue Kingdom, and as soon as he saw Gongsun Ao, he proposed to join the clan.

Gongsun Ao, who was ecstatic in his heart, pretended to persuade one or two, and then patted his chest and promised, "This matter is wrapped up in a certain body, so I will send someone to send a letter to the Son of Heaven, and I will definitely not treat you badly." ”

The Han army continued to divide its troops to attack the soldiers and horses of the Minyue State who blocked the intersections leading to Huiji County, and the Han army on the periphery gradually arrived outside Dongou City.

The captured prisoners of the Minyue Kingdom were escorted to the seashore and began to build seaports and plank roads, providing logistical support for tens of thousands of troops by sea.

While waiting for the Son of Heaven to reply, Gongsun Ao's eyes had already looked to the south.

Having tasted the sweetness of amphibious operations, he plans to do it again.

And this time, the target is Dongye, the national capital of Minyue Kingdom, that is, Huzhou City in Hujian Province.

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