Steel Dynasty - Chapter 583

[Chapter 583: Troops Attack the Three Mountain Kingdom]

PS: There are still two chapters left, and soon

the atmosphere in the main hall will become a little quiet.

Cao Zhengyang made all the businessmen feel the gap between them and the Cao family.

Xiao Ming smiled and said, “Shopkeeper Cao is really a model businessman. I will accept these 20,000 horses.”

“Your Highness, you are welcome.” Cao Zhengyang said.

Ding Wu saw this and said: “Your Highness, the common people will give you some iron ore for Your Highness.”

“Your Highness, the common people will give you cloth.”

“I will give you food and grass.”

“…”

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

“So, thank you very much.” Xiao Ming was also very wary when he felt the enthusiasm of the businessmen. Capital is seeking profits. These businessmen came here claiming to be buying war bonds, but in essence they wanted to profit from the war.

So they were very attentive, with the purpose of not letting Xiao Ming stop.

However, Xiao Ming could not stop. This time he did not 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, and for the safety of sea routes, Yue Yun sent news that the Japanese pirates were getting supplies from the Sanshan Kingdom and harassing merchant ships on the routes.

Now the sea route is the lifeline of Qingzhou, and he doesn’t want to make any mistakes. Therefore, one day ago, he ordered Yue Yun to lead 3,000 marines to capture the Sanshan Kingdom and incorporate the Sanshan Kingdom into the territory of the feudal state.

At this time, the huge Qingzhou fleet was sailing on the sea. After receiving Xiao Ming’s order, he set off from Tongzhou to the Three Mountain Kingdom.

On the third day, Yue Yun stepped onto the deck and saw the island known as the Three Mountain Kingdom in his telescope.

A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and a stone fell in Yue Yun’s heart. Finding an island in the vast sea was very difficult. Without a chart, he didn’t know how long it would take to find it.

“Xia Chengmo, is there a dock that can be docked in Sanshan Kingdom?” Yue Yun turned to ask a dark 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 asked someone to spend money to find a man who had been to the Three Mountains Kingdom as a guide.

The young man known as Xia Chengmo said: “There is a dock where you can dock, but…”

“It’s just something, just say it.” Yue Yundao.

“Since the Sanshan Kingdom became a vassal of the Japanese pirates, 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 Dayu Kingdom together with the Japanese pirates. To say that they are navy soldiers is better to say They are pirates, and the leader of the Sanshan Kingdom’s navy is Hu Hai.

“Hu Hai? You are so brave, you dare to attack our merchant ship of Dayu Kingdom,” Yue Yun said angrily.

Xia Chengmo continued: “He is more than audacious. All the merchant ships that passed through this area in the past paid for their passage. Otherwise, the merchant ships would be robbed in a few days, leaving no one alive on the ship. Now there is a fleet from the Great Chongqing Kingdom patrolling them at sea. Just calm down a little bit.”

While the two were talking, the first mate came up from the cabin. He heard the conversation between the two and said, “General, His Highness asked us to regain the Three Mountains Kingdom and kill this Hu Hai this time. “Xiaguan also encountered Hu Hai’s pirate ship when he was training in this sea area.”

After the number of warships increased, Xiao Ming promoted Yue Yun to general, and also promoted some naval generals. Liu Chen was one of the outstanding ones. Admiral.

Xia Chengmo smiled bitterly when he heard this and said: “Liu Lieutenant, don’t underestimate these pirates. It’s not like the King of Chu has never sent out warships to destroy these pirates before, but these pirates ran away when they saw the warships. Once the warships left, they ran away again.” It’s useless to come back. The sea is so big. Even the King of Chu didn’t care about it until later. “

The distant coastline is getting closer and closer to the fleet. Yue Yun said: “Don’t worry about this, we will do it ourselves. There is a way, you just need to lead us to the dock where we can park in Sanshan Kingdom.”

After saying this, Liu Chen and Yue Yun both looked determined, without any fear. A trace of pride flashed in Xia Chengmo’s eyes. They were afraid of pirates and Japanese pirates. Now that they had the Qingzhou fleet as their backing, he was not afraid of anything. If it had been before, even if they had given him a hundred taels of silver, he would not have led them to look for the devil Hu Hai.

Ever since the Qingzhou warship patrolled the sea, Hu Hai had been paying attention to the movements of the Qingzhou warship. Naturally, he did not hide this coming to the Sanshan Kingdom. On the dock, looking at the approaching fleet, Hu Hai’s face was extremely cold, and his eagle eyes narrowed slightly. got up.

“What should we do? General.” Next to Hu Hai was a big man with a muscular back and waist. The clothes he wore were obviously different from those of the Yu Kingdom. He was a Japanese man.

After plundering at sea for so long, Hu Hai has experienced strong winds and waves. He thought for a moment and said: “Now you are leading two hundred ships to ambush in the sea ten miles outside the dock. The Qingzhou fleet is just docking, but If they want to deal with us, we may have to fight with them. Hey, maybe we can get these battleships by then.”

The dock was getting closer, and Yue Yun on the battleship picked up his telescope and looked at the dock. After taking a look, he saw that there were many ships docked on the pier in his field of vision, including many Anzha ships unique to Japan.

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

“Besides this pier, are there any other docks?” Yue Yun asked again. This time he was prepared to catch them all and not give Hu Hai a chance to escape.

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

“I don’t know about that. We are not allowed to wander around here.”

Nodding, Yue Yun said to the flag whisperer: “Let the warships form a formation five hundred meters away from the dock, and move the transport ships Surrounded in the middle, the gunners are all in place on the outer side.”

“Yes, General!” The flag bearer arrived at the bow of the ship and began to raise the flag. After the flag flag ended, the twenty-four warships began to change their direction. When they were about to arrive at the dock, the formation of the fleet basically became a straight line. .

During the journey, Liu Chen and Yue Yun kept observing the movements of the dock with binoculars. “It seems that they didn’t have any good ideas.” Liu Chen put down the binoculars and said. Many people at the dock had already hidden themselves in the boat. There were some musketeers hiding in the bushes, but none of this escaped their eyes. “If you ask me, just fire a few shots at the dock.”

(End of Chapter)