Iron Dynasty

PS: There are two more chapters, coming later

The atmosphere in the main hall was a little quiet.

Cao Zhengyang made a group of businessmen feel the gap between them and the Cao family.

Xiao Ming smiled, Treasurer Cao is really a model for businessmen, and the king accepted the 20,000 horses.

Your Highness is welcome, Cao Zhengyang said.

Seeing this, Ding Wu said: His Royal Highness, the people of the grass should send some iron ore for His Highness.

His Royal Highness, the grass people give the cloth.

I give food and grass.

...

A group of businessmen rushed to express their opinions, for fear of falling behind others. They had already tasted the sweetness of the last Northern Expedition, and now they all want to continue to let Xiao Ming start the war.

In this way, I would like to thank you all. Xiao Ming was also very vigilant when he felt the enthusiasm of the businessmen. Capital sought profit. These businessmen came here to say that it was a war bond, and in essence, it was to profit from the war.

So they are very attentive, the purpose is to not let Xiao Ming stop.

However, Xiao Ming's footsteps really couldn't stop. This time he didn't get the rich supplies he wanted in Yangzhou, so he could only capture the Sanshan Kingdom, an island country colonized by the Japanese.

For the sake of food and grass, but also for the safety of the sea route, because of the news from Yue Yun that the Japanese pirates received supplies from the Three Mountains Kingdom to harass the merchant ships on the route.

Now that the sea route is the lifeline of Qingzhou, he doesn't want to make any mistakes, so a day ago, he ordered Yue Yun to lead three thousand marines to capture the Three Mountains Kingdom and merge the Three Mountains Kingdom into the territory of Fengguo.

At this time, the huge Qingzhou fleet was sailing at sea, and after receiving Xiao Ming's order, he set off from Tongzhou to the Three Mountains Kingdom.

On the third day, Yue Yun walked onto the deck and saw the island called the Kingdom of Three Mountains in his telescope.

With a smile on the corner of his mouth, a stone in Yue Yun's heart fell to the ground. It is very difficult to find an island in the vast sea. If there is no chart, he does not know how long it will take to find it.

Xia Chengmo, is there a dock that can be docked in Sanshan Kingdom? Yue Yun turned his head and asked a black and thin young man. Because it was the first time he came to this sea area, the fleet was not familiar with this area, so when he was in Tongzhou, Yue Yun asked. Yun let people spend money to find a person who had been to the Three Mountains Kingdom as a guide.

The young man known as Xia Chengmo said: There is a dock to dock, just...

Just what, just say it. Yue Yun said.

Since the Sanshan Kingdom became a vassal of the Japanese pirates, very few people have come here, because the navy of the Sanshan Kingdom has become the minions of the Japanese pirates, and they attacked the merchant ships of the Great Yu Kingdom together with the Japanese pirates. They are navy, it is better to say They are pirates, and the head of the navy of the Three Mountains Kingdom is called Hu Hai.

Hu Hai? How dare you dare to attack the merchant ships of our Great Yu Kingdom. Yue Yun said angrily.

Xia Chengmo continued: He is more than daring, all the merchant ships that passed by in this sea area were paid to buy the way, otherwise the merchant ships would be looted within a few days, and there would be no survivors on the ship, and now there is a fleet of the Great Yu Kingdom patrolling them at sea. Just be at peace.

When the two were talking, the first mate came up from the cabin. He heard the conversation between the two, and he said: General, Your Highness asked us to recover the Three Mountains Kingdom. I also encountered Hu Hai's pirate ship during training in the sea.

After the number of warships increased, Xiao Ming promoted Yue Yun to general, and also promoted some admirals. This Liu Chen was one of the outstanding admirals.

Xia Chengmo said with a wry smile: Liu Xiaowei, don't underestimate these pirates. It's not that the King of Chu has not dispatched warships to destroy these pirates before, but these pirates ran away when they saw the warships, and once the warships left, they would rejoin them again. It's useless to come back, the sea is so big, where to find them. Until later, even the King of Chu was too lazy to care.

The distant coastline is getting closer and closer to the fleet, Yue Yun said: You don't have to worry about these, we have our own way, you just need to lead us to the dock where the Three Mountains Kingdom can be moored.

Having said so much, both Liu Chen and Yue Yun had a firm look on their faces, without any fear. Xia Chengmo's eyes flashed with pride. They used to be afraid of pirates and Japanese pirates, but now they have the Qingzhou fleet as their backing. Don't be afraid, if before, even if he gave him one hundred taels of silver, he wouldn't take them to the devil Hu Hai.

Since the Qingzhou battleship was patrolling the sea, Hu Hai has been paying attention to the movements of the Qingzhou battleship. This time he came to the Three Mountains Kingdom and naturally did not deceive him. On the dock, looking at the gradually approaching fleet, Hu Hai's face was extremely cold and his eagle eyes narrowed slightly. up.

What should I do? General. Beside Hu Hai was a big man with a strong waist, and the clothes he wore were obviously different from those of the Great Yu Kingdom. He was a Japanese.

He has been looted at sea for so long, and Huhai has experienced strong winds and waves. He thought for a moment and said: You are now leading two hundred ships to ambush in the sea ten miles outside the dock. This Qingzhou fleet is just a simple docking, but that's all. If they want to deal with us, maybe we have to fight them, hehe, maybe we can get these warships by then.

The pier was getting closer and closer. Yue Yun on the battleship picked up the binoculars and glanced at the pier. In his sight, there were many ships docked on the pier, among which there were many ships unique to Japan.

Yue Yun took a closer look and saw that the people coming and going on the dock were all carrying arquebuses, and some people were being driven to carry goods.

Apart from this dock, are there any other docks? Yue Yun asked again, this time he was going to sweep it all away, not giving Hu Hai a chance to escape.

Xia Chengmo told him that the current king of the Three Mountains Kingdom has become a puppet, and the real power is in the hands of Hu Hai.

I don't know about that. We are not allowed to walk around here.

Nodding his head, Yue Yun said to the flag language hand: Let the warships form a formation five hundred meters from the dock, surround the transport ship in the middle, and on the outer side, all the gunners are in place.

Yes, General! The semaphore hand reached the bow of the ship and began to semaphore. After the semaphore ended, the twenty-four warships began to change their driving directions. When they were about to arrive at the pier, the formation of the fleet basically became a one-line shape. .

During the driving process, Liu Chen and Yue Yun kept observing the movements of the pier with binoculars. It seems that they didn't have any good ideas. Some musketeers hid in the bushes, but none of this escaped the eyes of the two of them. If you want me to say, give the pier a few shots.