"Huaili Hou...... How long will it take to dock at Hong Kong......"

On the Great Qin's warship, Wang Li looked at the boundless sea, his face was empty, and his eyes were blank.

"Can't stay on board?" Li Xin laughed when he heard this and looked at Wang Li.

"I only heard His Royal Highness tell interesting stories about the sea, how could I have thought it would be like this...... It's the same everywhere...... look," Wang Li complained.

Wang Li, who had just boarded the ship, had been seasick for several days, and the person who vomited was sluggish, but now he is much better.

It's just that the seafaring life is not as magnificent and fierce as Zhao Si said, and the long-distance voyage, the small cabin, the lack of supplies, and the unchanged scenery are all about to make Wang Li mentally ill.

On weekdays, anyone who can see an island king can be excited, and after coming, he will no longer yearn for the sea.

"That's what maritime is all about...... Don't talk about maritime, if you are on an expedition, it is actually so boring, most of the time, you are actually in a hurry......" Li Xin shook his head with a smile.

"Don't worry, there are only five or six days left before the Ye Diaoguo appointment, and you can land after you enter the port of Ye Diaoguo." Li Xin said.

"The general doesn't plan to go straight in?" Wang Li asked curiously.

"Even if you drive straight in, you have to understand the situation of the Peacock Country, and the Peacock Country is not a small country, and it is too unrealistic to expect a war to be determined by a labor expedition." Li Xin frowned and shook his head.

In fact, from Li Xin's point of view, this battle is not so easy to fight.

The logistical pressure is too great, and the amount of grain and grass that the logistics can supply and the time of the war are all estimated, and it can be fought for two or three years at most, and no matter how long the time is, it will affect the internal construction of Daqin.

After all, in addition to the conquest of the Peacock Kingdom, major projects in Great Qin are also underway.

In order to achieve satisfactory results in more than two years, the opponent is still a country whose territory and population are not weaker than that of Great Qin......

"What are the arrangements of Huaili Hou?" The king asked.

He was an overseer, so he was naturally qualified to know Li Xin's strategic deployment.

"To tell the truth, there is no specific deployment at the moment, we can only take one step at a time, and it is not advisable to conduct landing operations, and we really lack understanding of the enemy country. Li Xin spoke in a deep voice.

There are some ideas, in fact, there are not many roads in front of them, although there are many ships in the Great Qin Sea, but the advantages are all in naval battles, if you really rush to land and fight, it is completely to send food to the other party.

No matter how you say it, it has a population of more than 30 million and an army of one million, and its military strength is not weak.

"Huaili Hou is not sure of victory?" Wang Li asked.

"The two armies have not yet handed over, where can we be sure of victory? Besides, my Qin State really knows very little about the Peacock Country.

Take a step back and say, how do you win?

If you want to occupy the territory, don't say that there are just so many people, and another 100,000 troops are not enough.

Therefore, the purpose of this battle is very simple, just like Great Qin's expedition to Ye Diaoguo, to make it painful, to raise the prestige of Great Qin, and to be able to sign an alliance, it is a victory.

As for the siege...... Even if your father comes, I'm afraid I can't do anything. Li Xin said with a smile.

"My eldest father has never even seen a naval chief." Wang Li scratched his head, looked at the calm sea and sighed again.

This battle is difficult......

Let's fight a war of annihilation, even if the other side dies 100,000 people, it can replenish another 100,000 at any time.

And the Great Qin Navy has a total of more than 60,000 people, and there are now more than 40,000 people who can go out to fight the navy, which basically has dispatched all the warships and seamen available for combat in Great Qin.

Although there are no decent countries in the offshore field, but also score out 10,000 or 20,000 people to maintain normal order and operation, right?

Of these more than 40,000 people and ships, if a ship is broken, it has to be replenished from thousands of miles away, and 10,000 people who died are all casualties.

Even if it was one for ten, it was difficult for Daqin to accept.

Hit a surprise attack? It's useless, of course, the surprise attack has a chance to capture the city, after all, Qin's navigation technology is developed enough, and the mobility is high enough, and it is not impossible to take a city under a surprise attack, but it can't be defended if it is taken down, there is no meaning, and the other party will have to abandon the city and leave tomorrow.

Moreover, Daqin's only advantage is only at sea, and once it lands, it almost gives up all its advantages.

"At least let the King of the Giant Car know that my Qin State is not a small state that the Peacock Kingdom and the Zhou Dynasty can handle at will." Wang Li muttered.

Inexplicably detained a messenger, almost close to the face, what kind of brain-dead behavior?

In Wang Li's fragmented thoughts, five days later, the Great Qin Navy arrived at the port leased to Qin by Ye Diao.

Wang Li, as the representative of the overseer, had a friendly meeting with the envoys of the Ye Diaoguo who were waiting in the port early.

Although strictly speaking, the Qin State is regarded as the enemy of the Ye Diao State, after all, the ports are all beaten out of the Ye Diao State, and even the covenant is not equal enough.

But...... As the saying goes, the younger brother next to the boss usually wants the boss to die.

Moreover, although the Qin State did bully Ye Diaoguo, it was Ye Diaoguo who did it first, and secondly, the preliminary trade between Ye Diaoguo and Qin State had already begun, and the goods brought back by Ye Diaoguo's envoy after returning from Qin State had made a lot of money, and the benefits of sea trade began to take shape.

And the goods of the Peacock Country are obviously not attractive to Ye Tiaoguo, and as a small country, it definitely does not want its neighbor to be a strong country.

Therefore, no matter from any point of view, Ye Tiaoguo was very supportive of the opening of the film by the Qin State and the Peacock State, so after the Qin State decided to start a war, Ye Tiaoguo was very active in providing all the information that could be provided to the Qin State, and also sent military guidance and guide groups, and even specially opened the channel for the Qin State to facilitate the Qin Navy to borrow the road.

Wang Li and Ye Tiaoguo's negotiations were naturally to ask for greater and more practical support.

For example, grain and grass, for example, soldiers and horses......

However, it is obvious that the Peacock Country, as a regional power, is still in place to deter Ye Diaoguo.

Judging from the territory and population alone, the Peacock Kingdom is even better than Great Qin, and being able to provide intelligence support and road support to Great Qin is already the limit of the Peacock Kingdom.

This is also thanks to the fact that Ye Diaoguo and Peacock Country are facing each other across the sea, and the dispatch of troops is not very smooth, otherwise I am afraid that even this little help will not be provided to Daqin.

After all, the Qin State is far away in the sky, and the big brother is close at hand, once the war is lost, the Qin State will have a total of 40,000 soldiers and horses, and it will not hurt or itch if it is gone, and the big brother will send troops over, it will be really fatal.

It was impossible to send troops, and Wang Li's efforts to talk and even promise heavy bribes were unsuccessful, even if Wang Li hinted that he could make appropriate concessions in the trade treaty.

"This group of Fanbang barbarians, I really don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles." Wang Li knelt down in front of the desk and spat on it.

"It's not easy to be able to do this step, in the final analysis, it's because the Qin Kingdom is far away in the sky, and the Peacock Country is close at hand." Li Xin smiled.

"Don't say that Ye Tiaoguo doesn't trust Qin, in fact, I don't support this battle, even if I can win by luck, it doesn't mean much to Qin, and it can't be recovered overnight for Peacock State, and it may even lead to further deterioration of the relationship between Peacock State and Qin State...... In this way, it seems to be contrary to His Royal Highness Taisun's concept of sea trade, but now I have figured it out. Li Xin smiled.

"Figured it out?" The king asked.

"Haven't you always wondered why I'm so slow to send troops? In addition to giving the soldiers enough rest, I am also learning about the history of the Peacock Country......" Li Xin smiled.

"And Ye Tiaoguo's approach also confirmed some of my conjectures, in fact, the population of the Peacock Kingdom is better than that of Great Qin, and its interior is not all smooth sailing, even stronger than the national conditions of the Qin State, but it has been unified for more than 100 years, and it has accumulated prestige for a long time, but it is a pity that the building will fall, and it is difficult to support it alone, and the king of the giant car is not the master of the Ming, the most important thing is that the Qin State has His Royal Highness the Grand Sun, and the Peacock Country is not ......" Li Xin smiled.

"The reason why Ye Tiaoguo is willing to help is because Qin and Ye Tiaoguo had a war, and Ye Tiaoguo is well aware of the strength of Qin.

As for the reluctance to provide help with soldiers and horses, it is understandable, in the final analysis, it was too rough to fight in the previous battle, although they were scared, but it didn't hurt in the end......

If the previous battle did not achieve results, Qin Guomo said that he had the support of the other party, I am afraid that the other party would tear up the alliance and start a war with Qin.

The same is true for the Peacock State, if the Qin State is unfavorable in battle, the surrounding states will inevitably huddle together to expel the Qin State, if they can win the battle and defeat the illusion of the Peacock State's decay and tallness, then the Qin State will send troops to recruit again, it will be the help of all countries, and the troops will be sent to the food......" Li Xin said with a smile.

"Huh?" Wang Li scratched his head.

Didn't you say war? How did you get involved in politics?

It's not that Wang Li doesn't understand, but these things don't conform to Li Xin's painting style, and only his grandfather would consider these things in the past, and Li Xin's soldiers usually pay more attention to the gains and losses on the battlefield......

The advantage of having a grandfather of the god of war is that even if his ability is not outstanding, Wang Li's perception of the world can be accepted from the perspective of his grandfather.

"This is not surprising, the Qin State has six old nobles, and the Peacock Country also has it, but they don't call it this name, and similarly, the small countries around the Peacock Country don't want the Peacock Country to be too strong, so they may be annexed and occupied at any time.

But once there is a strong reinforcement that enables the reactionary people within the small country and the peacock country to be left and right, there will naturally be more choices.

Moreover, the Qin State was thousands of miles away...... will not conquer and occupy their territory, if the Qin State has the ability to balance the Peacock State, they will naturally prefer to choose the Qin State, at least they can rely on the Qin State to protect their territory, and at the big one, they can eat away at the Peacock State, such a big country, even if a piece of meat drops, they can eat these small countries......

All the Qin that helped them needed was a meagre amount of food, grass and military support, as well as some port and trade needs...... I even think we're good people. Li Xintou laughed.

"It's not strange about this, I'm strange about how the general is like my eldest father, but it's really ...... But at the end of the day, it's still a fight, right? The king said.

"Yes, there was a battle between the Aviation and Trade Military Government before, and Ye Diaoguo sent an envoy to Qin, and he saw the strength of Great Qin, so he was willing to help Great Qin.

If the Peacock Kingdom can be defeated this time, then the help provided by Ye Diaoguo will not only be intelligence and excuses, then there will be soldiers and horses, grain and grass, everything, and even for the Qin State, it is no longer necessary to need their help, but they are begging the Qin State to accept their help. Li Xin smiled.

"So this battle must be fought! You don't need to conquer the city, you just need to make the prototype of the dying old Peacock Kingdom!

Cheng, then within a hundred and ten years, the Great Qin here can easily interfere. Li Xin spoke in a deep voice.

"And what if you lose?" The king asked.

"Then let's do it again!" Li Xin laughed.

Compared with before, Li Xin has been able to calmly accept the fate of doing it again.

Of course, although he was prepared for failure, Li Xin still made a detailed strategic deployment.

And Wang Li also made a major diplomatic breakthrough through his incorruptible tongue.

The Qin State can buy grain and grass locally in the Ye Diao Country, of course, there will be a certain premium, but it doesn't matter, it is cheaper than transporting it from Daqin.

The current premium is not very high, and the local grain is eight yuan, and it will only be added to 30% if it is sold to Daqin.

This price is not fixed and fluctuates as the war progresses and the situation changes.

In a stalemate, food prices will slowly move higher.

If the war is defeated, the price of grain will soar in a straight line, not to mention double, it is possible to double it tenfold, and even the probability that the rich other party will not sell it is also very high, even if it is to tear up the covenant and take back the port, there is a certain probability.

But if you overcome...... Even if it is to provide grain and grass for free, it is not impossible, as long as Daqin is willing to take them for a piece of the pie, and is willing to hand over those things that Daqin can't take to them to deal with.

Not to mention providing grain and grass, it is not unacceptable to use real money and even lease some vast land with superior geographical conditions to Daqin.

Well...... There was one more reason why Great Qin had to win.

In short, trivial matters aside, the Peacock State is also carrying out military transfers, but the Peacock State, as a land country, does not have a decent navy, and the so-called military mobilization is nothing more than the levy of Gayi, raising vigilance, and taking the initiative to send some ships to the sea to be on alert.

As for sending troops to Ye Diaoguo, it is not that he has not thought about it, it is really too difficult, so this proposal cannot be resolved.

Li Xin, on the other hand, also began his preliminary military operations after a full 10-day rest.

Daqin's sea ships left the port one after another, heading towards the Peacock Kingdom.

"Having said that, would such a sea ship dare to be sent so far......" Li Xin looked at the other party's sea ship, which was several sizes smaller than the Great Qin Sea Ship, and fell into deep thought.

It's so small, and there are only two or three companions nearby, far from land......

Does it mean that the opponent's real naval combat capability is about equal to zero, or is the opponent's strategic deployment too sloppy?

"Don't worry, first sweep away the ships that can move at sea!" Li Xin smiled.

"Although the time is very tight, it is not impossible to spare a year or even two years for them to not be able to go to the sea!"

The more time is limited and the situation is urgent, the more stable it is to be.

This is the truth he realized after losing the battle of Chu!

(End of chapter)