It took no effort to obtain Jingle County and two thousand elite soldiers of the Song army, which made Li Chongjiu feel happy.

But at present, Li Chongjiu's energy is still mainly instigating Liu Heita's generals, and how to curb Li Tang's military campaign in Shandong Province, and he will soon launch an offensive against Yu Wen and his country.

Zhang Xuansu has been doing this recently, but Zhang Xuansu did not personally report to Li Chongjiu.

Li Chongjiu firmly believed that Zhang Xuansu's work had his own reasons, so he did not send anyone to urge him. As for curbing Li Tangshan East Road, Li Chongjiu had already had a strategy in his mind.

Wen Yanbo also said: "I have reported to the king, and there is another matter. Zhou Bo, the governor of Beiping County, reported that the Tang Dynasty was appointed as the chief supervisor of Dengzhou, and the Li Tang Dynasty, Qi Gongshun, the chief supervisor of Beihai, and Liu Lan, the Secretary of the Shangshu, raised an army from the two routes of Beihai County to attack Donglai County."

"Donglai County?" Li Chongjiu said after hearing this, "Is this place the Sui navy?"

Wen Yanbo bowed and said, "That is, when the Sui Dynasty attacked Goguryeo, since Hu'er, Zhou Fashang was the general of the navy and led more than 500 naval ships. Since then, he has raised an army and rushed to Pyongyang. At present, there are still hundreds of naval ships here, all of which are the big ships that left behind to attack Goguryeo back then."

"Sea boat!" Li Chongjiu couldn't help but be moved. At present, the Great Zhao naval army had only more than twenty sea boats modified by the river ships. The boats were small and irresistible. Only Jin Chunqiu's Silla sea boat had just traveled between Silla and Sancha River estuary.

At present, Li Chongjiu is in Duli Town, and Sancha River estuary has already opened a dock and built a port. From Sancha River estuary, to Duli Town, and then to Dangxiang City, Silla (Note 1), a preliminary prosperous maritime route has been formed. This year, there is even a southern island barbarian country. The Hu people from Danluo (Note 2) arrived by the water boat.

Silla transports sandal bows, beef yellow, ginseng, kumbu, and so on. Among them, beef yellow and ginseng have always sold well in Youzhou, while Youzhou tea bricks, Huaihuang wine, silk and spices are also things needed by the Silla people. In fact, it is not only that. In order to conquer Silla, Goguryeo implemented a border blockade on Silla.

Therefore, the cattle and sheep leather on the grassland was very popular in Silla, so Youjing became a major transit place. There was a great demand for each other in sea trade exchanges between the two sides. However, after the Goguryeo naval army found out about Silla and Zhao, they also frequently dispatched to rob merchant ships.

Li Chongjiu established the country with merchants, while Lin Dangfeng, Zhou Bo, and other officials like merchants were rising in the court, forming a force. The increase in the power of merchants had an extremely eager desire for the circulation of commercial routes. The navy stationed in Yuduli Town to wipe out the Goguryeo naval army, which was quite the hope of merchants.

This time, Zhou Bo reported the affairs of Donglai County to Li Chongjiu, not aimlessly.

Hundreds of sea ships that attacked Goguryeo in the Sui Dynasty, and the best sea estuary of Donglai County, which is more important than the mature port and naval base of Duli Town. If Donglai County is captured, Li Chongjiu can surround Liu Heita from the east, laying a good foundation for the large-scale attack on Liu Heita in September this year.

Thinking of this, Li Chongjiu made up his mind to ask: "Donglai County's county magistrate is Chunyu Mian. Does Qi Gongshun have any plans to ask for help from our Youzhou? Also, if our army sends a navy army to support Donglai County from the sea, how many troops can we need to resist Chunyu Mian? Will Qi Gongshun attack in the two directions?"

Wen Yanbo said, "If I report to the county magistrate of Donglai County, the news will be gone and time will be gone, and Donglai County will probably be broken long ago."

Li Chongjiu said, "You are right. Now that things have come to this point, no matter whether you have a chance, you must try it. Immediately order Jin Chunqiu's Duli Town Naval Army and Beiping County Naval Army Governor's Office to form a joint fleet and sail to Donglai County."

Wen Yanbo clasped his fists and said, "What should he do if the county magistrate of Donglai County refuses the prince's kindness?"

Li Chongjiu said, "It's only a step to take. No matter what, I develop the navy and broaden the road to the East China Sea, it will never be easier. By the way, I remember that Zhou Zhou, the scholar, was engaged in that county, in the first county?"

Wen Yanbo was stunned for a moment. It was only after Lao Jiu that he remembered which one was Zhou Zhou, and said, "I remember it is indeed."

Li Chongjiu said, "He has been trained almost in the past year. This person is quite brave. Let's use him as an envoy to Donglai County. I hope he can convince the governor of Donglai County."

Wen Yanbo immediately said, "I hope, I will issue an edict now."

Li Chongjiu's military order was conveyed to the Navy Governor's Office in Beiping County. Zhou Bo did not dare to neglect at the moment, and immediately mobilized the local area to replenish freshwater food and fodder on twenty navy ships, and recruited fishing boats. Zhou Bo was not a loss, but was a clerk. He prepared everything within two days, and transferred a thousand county soldiers to board the ship and set off with the ship.

Zhou Zhou was on the way with the boat as an envoy, and the Zhao naval ship arrived in Duli Town in just two or three days.

The troops arrived in Duli Town, went ashore to rest and replenish supplies. Most of the county soldiers boarded the ship for the first time. They were bumping on the sea for several days. After getting ashore, they couldn't even tell the east, west, south and north, and could not even walk. Jin Chunqiu ordered the Silla soldiers to place the Sui army on the shore to rest.

After Zhou Zhou got ashore with the boat, he met Duli Town. It was originally a mudflat, but in the past six months, because of the prosperity of trade in Silla Youzhou, it has become a transit place. Sea boats often replenish freshwater and repair ships on the ground, so it looks a bit like a fishing village by the sea.

The Silla Kingdom attaches great importance to Duli Town. This year, it moved 500 prisoners from China and sent slaves to this island to work hard. There are also 100 troops garrisons here in the Youzhou Navy Governor's Office.

When he arrived in Houzhou, he saw Jin Chunqiu, the Silla prince. To his surprise, the Silla prince spoke fluent Chinese.

Zhou Zhou was demoted to Peiping County for many days, and his arrogance for scholars was greatly restrained. The Silla prince put a life of pampering and living in a state of luxury, but he was willing to come to this poor and deserted island to live a hard life. This person is very different.

Zhou Zhouyan said: "Your Highness the Prince..."

Jin Chunqiu stopped his hand and said, "There is no prince when you go out, just call me General Jin."

Zhou Zhou nodded and said, "This time, the king ordered us to send troops to Donglai County, which was an urgent task. How many days will it take to go from Duli Town to Ye County, the capital of Laizhou County?"

Jin Chunqiu smiled and said, "I have a few days left to Ye County, and I can't say anything. But if I cross the sea in Duli Town, I can reach the land in one day."

Zhou Zhou was surprised and asked, "Where can you get to one day?"

Jin Chunqiu said, "Wen Deng!"

Zhou Zhou said wisely: "It is Wendeng County. It is now under the jurisdiction of Chunyu Nan. The Chunyu clan is a prominent family in Donglai County. When the world was in chaos, Chunyu Nan and Chunyu Lang were engaged in Wendeng and gathered the clans to protect themselves. However, we are now supporting Ye County, not Wendeng County."

Jin Chunqiu said, "I also know a little about the situation in Donglai County. At present, Donglai County is in trouble. Qi Gongshun attacked left and right. If we go directly to rescue the siege, the governor of Donglai County may not accept our kindness."

"Even if the county magistrate of Donglai County agrees to our request and let us enter Ye County, it is probably a drop in the bucket. With our 3,000 troops, how to resist the siege of two armies? It is better to take the risk of raiding Wendeng County, breaking one of the men and then planning others. As I expected, Chunyu Nan would inevitably lead a large army to surround the city of Ye County, and the rear would inevitably be empty, and no one would expect. We would raid Wendeng at sea, so we would definitely succeed in one fell swoop."

Zhou Zhouyan said: "This move is too risky."

Jin Chunqiu smiled and said, "If you want to take the chestnut from the fire, how can you succeed if you don't risk being hurt by the fire?"

Zhou Zhou looked at Jin Chunqiu and asked, "How many troops does General Jin have?"

Jin Chunqiu said, "I will dispatch ten warships, including three hundred Hualang warriors and five hundred sailors, and can also land on the shore to fight at any time."

Zhou Zhou thought about it and said, "This is what General Jin said. As long as we have a firm foothold in Wendeng, it doesn't matter if Ye County is lost. King Zhao will definitely send a large army from the sea to take a boat and continue to come from Youzhou."

Jin Chunqiu laughed and said, "I had long believed that King Zhao was a courageous person, it was really good."

After Zhou Zhou and Jin Chunqiu made a plan, the next day, the joint fleet of Da Zhao Xinluo went out from Duli Town.

Zhou Zhou was invited to board the main ship of Jin Chunqiu.

When Zhou Zhou saw Jin Chunqiu's Silla fleet riding the wind and waves very fast, he easily left the Great Zhao Shuijun behind. He couldn't help but be surprised and asked: "Why are your Silla people's ships so much faster than our Great Zhao Shuijun's ships?"

Jin Chunqiu smiled and said, "There are many reasons. First of all, the sailing veterans of my boat, who have been on the sea for many years, are naturally better than those of the Dazhao Navy's sailor. The most important thing is that your Dazhao ship is square in front of the square and tail, and it is built on it, but the hull is flat underwater. Our Silla ship is small on the top, but the bottom of the ship is like a knife. If you move underwater like this, it is naturally much faster than your ship?"

Zhou Zhou was even more surprised when he heard this. Whether it was rivers or in the sea, the shipbuilding of the Great Sui Dynasty was flat-bottomed sand ships. Flat-bottomed ships were not afraid of shallow water and were easy to land.

Zhou Zhou asked, "You said your boat is like a knife. Are you so unafraid of the ship being stranded?"

Jin Chunqiu smiled and said, "As long as it is a sea route, we are not afraid. We have been walking on this route for a long time, so we are not afraid."

Zhou Zhou nodded when he heard this. The two countries' joint fleets went down for half a day, and saw several islands in the sea, hanging in the sea like pearls. Zhou Zhou was unknown and was surprised to find these two ways.

Jin Chunqiu was enthusiastic and pointed to the island in front of him and said, "Before you Sui people's Daxi Island, Wuhu Island (Note 3)."

Zhou Zhou asked, "How does General Jin know?"

Jin Chunqiu said, "This is the only way to go to sea to the east of the Great Sui Dynasty. In the past, when your Sui army attacked Goguryeo, they came out from then on. There was also a dock to stock up on the island. A few years ago, my Silla envoy came here to pay tribute and there were also Sui warships patrolling, but now there are no more. But you don't have to worry, we will turn east soon. This is not our place."

Speaking of this, Jin Chunqiu pointed to the vast sea eastward and said, "In another half a day, when the sun is about to set, we will arrive in Wendeng."

Zhou Zhou looked at the wide sea to the east and nodded slightly.

Note 1: Dangxiangcheng is today in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea and Huacheng.

Note 2: The Danluo Kingdom is today Jeju Island. Due to its weak national strength, the Danluo Kingdom paid tribute to Japan in the east and Baekje in the west, but it was still a semi-independent kingdom.
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