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Chapter 1366 There is not much time left for Da Song to prepare (second update)
Chapter 1375

"General Zhong, why don't you come and have some?" At this moment, a voice came from beside him. Master Zhong turned his head and saw the red and black face of Ma Kuina, commander of the Jiaodong Navy. He walked over with a step, holding a small copper pot inside, and handed it to Master Zhongdao.

Zhong Shidao raised his hand to take it, uncorked the pot and sniffed lightly, raised his eyebrows involuntarily, raised his neck and took a sip. "What a strong wine, is this a burning knife?"

"Ha, I knew it. You Northwest Frontier Army really knows this kind of good thing. That's right, it's burning knives. You Northwest men are really like this. I didn't expect that there are hundreds of men in general, and all of them survived. "

Ma Kui smiled and nodded, turned his head, and looked at the elite members of the Northwest Frontier Army who were sitting or leaning in a circle on the deck, chatting in the breeze, and couldn't help but sigh.

"What else can I do if I don't suffer? But then again, I would like to thank you sailors, oh no, those gadgets provided by the navy are really useful."

"These things actually come from Wanhong Trading Co., whether it's the refreshing oil or the ginger powder pills, they can all effectively alleviate the sequelae of seasickness."

While the two were chatting on the bow, the sentinel on the mainmast suddenly blew the bamboo whistle, sending a message that a fast boat was galloping towards us from the northern sea.

Not too long passed, and Zhong Shidao saw a fast ship with three sails from the sea, actively approaching this side, and a red, yellow, and blue flag was hoisted on the mast.

The fast ship passed by the warships of the Jiaodong Navy of the Great Song Dynasty, and the merchants on the merchant ship warmly greeted the sailors on the ship before continuing to sail away.

"This is a merchant ship of my Dasong Wanhong Trading Company. This ship has been running this route all year round, and it is dedicated to dealing with the towns on the Liaodong Peninsula."

"Song Kingdom's merchant ships are free to enter and leave the Liaodong Peninsula, and the Liao people don't care?" Hearing Ma Kui's words, Zhong Shidao couldn't help asking with some doubts.

"Those Liao people have been rotten for a long time. Those Liao army officers and soldiers, as long as you give them money, they won't care about anything. Every time a merchant ship from the Wanhong Trading Company arrives at them, they will pay respect to the local guards. As long as the money is paid enough, they won’t care about human trafficking, let alone goods trafficking.”

"Last time, a Dutou from Ningzhou found out the shopkeeper of Wanhong Trading Co. I was taken aback."

"In the end, the shopkeeper had no choice but to bite the bullet and pay off the debt for him, but in this way, that guy regarded the little shopkeeper as a good brother who talked about everything, but the Liaojun Unexpectedly, that little shopkeeper is from the Imperial City Division..." When Ma Kui said the last sentence, his voice was so low that only Zhe Keshi could hear it.

Zhe Keshi was dumbfounded for a long time, then shook his head with a wry smile. "It seems that Beiliao is really rotten. How dare you sell such important armaments as armor..."

Even Ma Kui knew that there were people from the Imperial City Division in the Liaodong Peninsula. It seemed that the court was already determined to win the Liaodong Peninsula.He couldn't help but feel a little more confident in leading the elite Northwest Frontier Army under his command to station in the Liaodong Peninsula and defend the Liaodong Peninsula.

After floating on the sea for five days, Zhe Keshi waited for the group to return to Dengzhou Port. At this time, the number of ships in Dengzhou Port was almost twice as many as when they first arrived.

It was Na Wanbin, the big shopkeeper of Wanhong Trading Company, who led most of the ships of Wanhong Trading Company to Dengzhou Port.

The sea-going ship of the trading company he led is naturally not here for fun, but will carry cement, food, and various military supplies here. Timely delivery to the Liaodong Peninsula.

In order to be able to gain a firm foothold on the Liaodong Peninsula in the shortest possible time, so that the teacher's way can be cultivated.

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Nearly ten days later, Dengzhou Wharf once again ushered in a fast boat from the Liaodong Peninsula. Soon, the people on the fast boat were brought to Ma Kui, Zhong Shidao and other generals of the Song Army.

"General Ma, the younger one is a member of the Imperial City Division. He was ordered to deliver news to the general." The man dressed as a businessman came to Ma Kui, saluted respectfully, and reported.

"Just yesterday, Di Gubao led 1 troops and appeared near Kaizhou, an important town in the east of Liaoyang Prefecture. Now, Suzhou, Fuzhou, Ningzhou and Zhenhai Prefecture in the Liaodong Peninsula have sent reinforcements to Kaizhou to support .”

"Now Xiao Ke, the defender of Suzhou City, has taken away [-] soldiers. The defenders of Suzhou City are only [-]. As for the Suzhou Pass, there are only [-] old soldiers left."

"So few?" A battalion commander of the Northwest Frontier Army next to him grinned in surprise when he heard the number. "Our Shaanxi North Road, even the smallest fortress, has to have three to five hundred defenders. A state city has only so few people?"

"Naturally, the population of Northern Liao in Liaodong is not large, even the Liaoyang prefecture of Tokyo's Taoist government has a population of less than [-].

As for the so-called Suzhou, Ningzhou, and Fuzhou, apart from the fact that Suzhou City is surrounded by a nearly ten-foot-high earth wall, the so-called Ningzhou and Fuzhou have a population of one or two thousand in Song Dynasty. It's just a village. Ma Kui sighed helplessly.

"Unfortunately, Your Majesty has explained that we, the Song Dynasty, cannot take the initiative to send troops to invade and occupy the cities in Liaodong. They must be captured by the Nvzhi tribes and then handed over to the hands of our Song Dynasty. Otherwise, with the help of our Jiaodong Navy, we can send three or five troops With only one battleship, it is only a snap to capture these so-called state cities."

Master Zhong stroked his well-groomed long beard and nodded. "I guess it's to avoid a direct conflict with Beiliao. At least, I, Song Dynasty, can't let Beiliao catch this excuse."

"From this point of view, that old boy Di Gubao is really ready to do something, and I don't have much time left for Da Song to prepare."

"That's right, come here, send an order immediately to let all the warships that are still maneuvering at sea return to their voyages, and send someone to inform the Wanhong Trading Company to invite shopkeeper Wan to come over and discuss important matters."

Next, the entire Dengzhou Port began to become busy and noisy, and there was an endless stream of workers and vehicles on the wharf carrying various materials and boarding the ship.

Whenever a ship is fully loaded, it will raise its sails and leave the pier to replace it with another...

After two full days of busy work, all the ships of the Wanhong Trading Company were filled.Five sea-going ships of five thousand materials were all loaded with bags of cement.

"This kind of 60-material sea-going ship can carry 300 kilograms of cement. Here we carry a total of [-] million kilograms of cement. In addition, we also loaded [-] shi of grain and nearly one million crossbow bolts. There are various large and small crossbows..." Wan Bin stood on the dock very proudly and introduced to Master Zhongdao beside him.

(End of this chapter)