Rule the Roost in the Tang Dynasty: 834 Red Sea

The Maritime Silk Road has been around for a long time, and even in the Han Dynasty, maritime trade has gradually developed.

Although the trade goods at that time were mainly silk, with the passage of time and the advancement of history, on the maritime trade channel at this time, when more imported products entered the Tang Dynasty, the silk, Porcelain, tea, etc., have become the main trade items and are extremely popular and favored by the powers of various countries.

As a result, with a large amount of trade, the stay of the goods in the port brings huge profits to the ports of the coastal countries passing by.

It is precisely because of this that Li Hong has taken a fancy to this point, so in order to keep the coastline of Datang along the Maritime Silk Road as far as possible, try to ensure that the profits of Datang merchants are not lost. The coastal countries are divided and swallowed.

Therefore, we had to use Qiongzhou and Annan Duhufu as the rear bases and continue to move the coastal ports of Datang west and south to protect the interests of Datang merchants as much as possible.

As we sailed along the sea, we could see all kinds of merchant ships every day, hanging on a big Tang-shaped flag, waving in the wind on the sea and sailing west along the coastline.

Every time a merchant ship on the sea sees two Qinglong and Suzaku that also fly the Datang flag, they will stand far from the bow and cheer, jumping around on the deck from time to time, and the two The battleship greeted.

With the Lingnan naval forces built by Pei Xingjian and Chen Jingzhi roaming in various sea areas, Datang’s merchant ships have no fear of Datang’s warships. Instead, it is just like the scene Li Hong encountered during this period. Every time the merchant ships of Datang saw the warships of Datang, they would cheer and greet them in various ways.

Because of the long-distance cruising of the Lingnan navy, this maritime Silk Road derived from the coastline has been more prosperous and faced with various dangers of pirates, thus making Datang’s merchant ships completely free of Cruising with scruples, exploring the farther direction of the sea.

Whether the merchant ships of Datang set sail from Guangzhou or Quanzhou, they must pass through Qiongzhou, Hainan, and then travel along Zhenla, Mendu, Guta, Longyamen, Luoyue, Srivijaya, Heling, Guluo, Goguluo, Shengdeng, Baru, Lion, Nantianzhu, Brahman, Xinduhe, Tirolho, Ula, etc.

Next, you can reach the destination of Li Hong's trip, Da Shi. If you continue along the coast, you can continue to the Mala Kingdom, the Three Lan Kingdoms, and until Africa.

"Guangzhou Tonghai Yidao" is the geography that Pei Xingjian put on the Qinglong, so when Li Hong flipped through so many countries when the Datang merchant ships were trading in the open sea, the Qinglong and the Suzaku, At this time, like two giant beasts, they entered the Red Sea.

Entering the Gulf of Aden in the Red Sea, it is inevitable to face the change of the previous merchant ship talk: Somali pirates, but fortunately, no pirates appeared in this place at this time.

As the white food is still in its heyday, there are no descendants of the Hashim family. After the black food era came, they were gradually driven away from the mainland, and then moved across the sea to live here. Many large and small countries named after Sudan have been formed. Go through the Gulf of Aden and enter the Red Sea completely, and continue to sail, you can pass through the narrowest part of the Red Sea, enter the Mediterranean, and then reach Europe.

Li Hong stood on the deck and wanted to look at the scenery on both sides of the bank as if looking at a map, or navigating on the Yangtze River or the Red River.

But to his disappointment, standing on the deck, he can still see the endless sea. The narrowest part of the Red Sea is more than 30 kilometers, and the widest part can reach more than 300 kilometers, so he wants It is impossible to appreciate the scenery like the Yangtze River valley.

However, as Li Hong continued to look through the telescope, the calm and wide sea far away, as if connected to the sky, began to appear as black shadows like ocean waves.

"Alert, prepare for battle." Li Hong put down his binoculars and suddenly said to Huameng behind him.

Then the messenger immediately sent the semaphore to the Suzaku, which sailed parallel to the Blue Dragon, and the lawlessness was almost with him. At the same time, they found the black shadows in front of them that looked like waves, and the warships began. Reflected in the telescope.

"Why are there so many warships." Standing next to Li Hong, Wei Tuqi raised his binoculars and looked into the distance. He counted roughly just now, and it looks like there are no fewer than fifty or sixty warships.

And those battleships whose hulls are obviously much smaller than the Datang battleships are also hung with flags that look like ghost paintings. In Wei Tuqi’s eyes, the writing on them is vertical and horizontal with abstract turns. It's not like a word.

"It can appear here, except for the navy of the big food, there are no navies of other countries. Both sides of this sea are their territories. The Red Sea is like the pond of their big food. It's no surprise that there are so many marines." Li Hong put down his binoculars and watched as the parallel Suzaku gradually moved away from him, showing a fighting posture, and he was extremely satisfied with the lawless decisiveness in his heart.

"Then what do they want to do?" Wei Tuqi's ears squeaked from time to time. Needless to say, we all know that this is the beginning of the battle of the Datang Navy. At this moment, some powerful bows and crossbows are winding up. In an emergency, it can launch at any time to respond.

Li Hong’s mouth was blowing the sea breeze with a disdainful smile. He watched with satisfaction as the entire Qinglong quickly entered a state of combat, and said indifferently: “When Saleh entered my Datang Chang’an, I was pranked by Li Lingyue. The sound of the drums from the Drum Tower was scared enough. Now that we have entered their realm, people naturally uphold the friendly etiquette of reciprocity, and are prepared to retaliate with teeth, and plan to give me a blow."

Listening to Li Hong’s explanation, Wei Tuqi's mouth began to show a smirk. When the Datang Navy sailed to the country, whether it was the Qinglong or the Suzaku, they were able to beat the Japanese Navy with one enemy to ten. There is nothing to fight back.

Now these improved Qinglong and Suzaku, compared to the original combat power of the army, I don’t know how many times it has doubled.

If you face the food warships in the distance that look similar to the warships of the Japanese nation, Wei Tuqi believes that the navy masters of the food will only cry at that time.

Thinking of this, Wei Tuqi's eyes could not help but appear. For a while, the horrible look of the big cannibal struggling in the sea, calling for help, and the warship of the big eclipse after being dismembered by the powerful fire bows of Qinglong and Suzaku. The embarrassing situation of the deck scattered on the sea.

"I don’t know if this Saleh is also on the battleship? Will he be in their capital at this time, or will he pick up the dust for me for courtesy, and then also appear in these battleships. Where's the one on board?" Li Hong's mouth still continued with a playful smile, facing the sea breeze and murmured whether or not Saleh had come.

"But... how did they know that we would enter here today?" Wei Tuqi looked at the sudden addition of a few black lacquer objects on the deck. He stretched out his hand and touched it with some fear. It is a secret weapon. Every black iron pipe can launch a powerful fire crossbow, and then these fire crossbows with a terrible tsunami sound, as long as they hit the enemy’s battleship deck, they can ignite it in a short time. Tianlei, a crossbow arrow is enough to smash the bones of a big food warship.

Li Hong held up his binoculars, looked at the food warship that was getting closer and closer to them, and answered Wei Tuqi’s question: "From the time I left Song Ping, plus the explanation in my secret letter to Ye Yue After taking a rough time, and looking at the loose formation of their ships, you can be sure that they have been cruising boringly on the sea for several days and have been waiting for my appearance."

It is as if Li Hong’s words were heard by the navy commander in the food sector~IndoMTL.com~ Just after Li Hong’s voice was behind, he could already see each other’s warships with the naked eye. , It is unbelievable that Datang only has two warships.

Although the two battleships looked much larger than the battleships they had eaten away, they looked like moving fortresses from a distance, and looked brutal and cold in their aura.

But the more so, the more difficult it is for him to understand. Such a large ship should be extremely inconvenient to move. Even if their sails are as big as clouds, they should Isn't it as powerful as these warships?

What's more, even if the combat effectiveness of a single warship is stronger than ourselves, at least I have an absolute overwhelming advantage in number. A full 50 warships, I am afraid that in the blink of an eye, we can wipe out Datang's warships. Go to sea.

If coupled with the fact that they are still cruising behind him, they are ten battleships led by Prince Saleh that he can’t even see. A total of sixty battleships, even if they are not attacked but siege, they can be destroyed. Surrender to the containment of the ship.

Busier looked at the two parallel battleships of Datang from a distance. The gap between them was enough to fill their entire fleet of warships. In his heart, he believed that the people of Datang were not well versed in water warfare and were not their opponents at all. Heart of contempt.

"There is no need to line up troops, just drive our warship into the middle of their two warships and cut off their mutual response. All we have to do is make them unable to help each other, and then wait for the prince to lead. After the ten warships have arrived, let’s teach them the Tang people personally.” As the famous naval commander of the Great Food, Booth looked at the only two warships of the Tang Dynasty at this moment, but did not know that he was the first in his life. A defeat is getting closer and closer to him.

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