On Zhangzi Island, Liu Rengui's warships were parked in the harbor. A battle had just ended, and his fleet had won with almost zero casualties.
Originally this was a happy thing, but after hearing the words of General Gaogouli Shangguandao, Liu Rengui's originally happy mood suddenly fell to the bottom, and his face became very ugly.
The expressions of the other generals standing beside him also changed slightly.
What Shangguan Dao said was really shocking.
Gaogouli dispatched three fleets, the Japanese dispatched three fleets, and even the Tibetans were ready to make an attack. Plus the Turks in the north had already taken action. This was a situation where all countries were attacking the Tang Dynasty.
Langya County is indeed the headquarters of the Shandong nobles, but no matter how powerful it is, there can't be tens of thousands of sergeants there.
The Tang Dynasty had clear regulations that local soldiers should not exceed a thousand. This was a number to maintain normal local order. If it exceeded this number, it could only be soldiers and horses sent by the imperial court. Private recruitment was not allowed in the local area.
The reason why there are so many nobles in Shandong is not that there are so many garrisons in Langya County, but that the servants raised by these noble families are just servants, but they are no worse than the sergeants in the army. Wherever he goes, he is even stronger and more powerful than the sergeants in the army.
There are hundreds of people in each family, ten families, twenty families, or thirty families. It is not surprising that there are close to ten thousand people in such a pile.
But even so, it is impossible to resist the combined soldiers of the Dongying people and the Koguryo people. The two sides have a total of 40,000 soldiers, and they are all well-trained soldiers. It is not that each family has hundreds of people. , the united noble servants can match it, not to mention that the enemy has 40,000, which completely crushes the Shandong noble men and horses in terms of numbers.
This is why Liu Rengui and others' expressions changed slightly after hearing the news.
Coupled with Tubo's imminent move, they couldn't help but worry.
At the moment, Liu Rengui glanced at the violent storm outside the harbor, his face a little gloomy. Going out at this time was tantamount to courting death, but such important news must be conveyed to His Majesty as soon as possible so that he can respond early.
And if you want to spread the news, you must go to the shore and find the nearest county. Only there may be flying pigeons to Chang'an. Even if there is not, you can still send the news eight hundred miles quickly. Above this vast sea is There is no way I can deliver the news to His Majesty.
In addition, he also has to change course, no longer heading to the port of Gaogouli, but going south, toward Langya County, where he will intercept the ships of Gaogouli and the Japanese. At present, he has taken down a Gaogouli army. Of Gogouli's fleet, there are still two Gogouli ships left, while the Japanese have three ships left.
Just relying on his fleet is not enough. Fortunately, he is not the only one on the sea with the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty. Sun Renshi, Du Shuang, and Liu Renyuan each led a fleet to hunt their own prey on the sea. Find a way to notify them and ask them to rush to Langya County together.
Now he didn't care about so much. He looked around at the soldiers who were looking at him eagerly, and Liu Rengui shouted: "Are you afraid of death?"
The soldiers seemed to know what Liu Rengui was going to do, and they all responded loudly: "Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid!"
"Okay, the Tang Dynasty is lucky to have such loyal and brave soldiers like you. Since no one is afraid, we can set sail. Let's go to Langya County!"
"Sir, what should we do with these Gaoguli people?" the captain on the side looked at Shangguan in front of him with an unkind look.
Liu Rengui's mind was spinning. He also understood what his men meant. The best and most effective way was to kill all these Gaoguli here, so as not to waste food and send people to keep an eye on them. But killing them like this Killing prisoners is not the best solution. After thinking for a long time, Liu Rengui said from his heart: "Take all these Gaoguli ships away, drive all these Gaoguli people to Zhangzi Island, and wait until we destroy Gaoguli We will come back to them after the conspiracy between the Japanese and the Japanese, if they are still alive at that time!"
Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard Liu Rengui's words. This method is good. It does not kill innocent people indiscriminately and saves a lot of trouble. This Zhangzi Island is not small. If these Gaoguli people stay well, it will not be too big. problem, but it is impossible to leave here without a boat, so they can only stay quietly and hope that they will come to pick them up early, escort them back to Chang'an, and sell them as slaves.
Of course, these things will not be told to the people of Koguryo. If they knew that even if they were alive, they would be sold into slaves, they would just jump into the sea and commit suicide one by one. There would be no difference between being alive and dead.
Under Liu Rengui's order, the Gaoguli people were driven from their warships to Zhangzi Island one by one. Looking at the fleet that was gradually leaving, Shangguan Dao's face was very ugly. He naturally knew what Liu Rengui was going to do, but there was nothing he could do. .
On the side, Cui Shi asked in a low voice: "Sir, are we waiting on this island?"
Shangguan Dao snorted coldly: "Of course we can't sit still and wait for death. First, send people to explore the entire island to see if there is fresh water, and then capture more food. Send another group of people to cut down the wood. We need to build a ship and leave here!"
Cui Shi was shocked and nodded hurriedly to make arrangements.
Liu Rengui naturally didn't know what Shangguan Dao was thinking, and even if he knew, he would sneer at it. Building a ship? If ships were so easy to build, it would have been impossible for the Tang Dynasty to lag behind for so many years. It was not until Luo Zhang provided the shipbuilding method that they built offshore ships.
Without tools and shipbuilders, trying to build a ship that can go to sea is tantamount to wishful thinking. This is why Liu Rengui is not worried about leaving Shangguan Dao and others on the island.
After leaving Zhangzi Island, the fleet was attacked by violent storms. The wind and waves were so strong that they almost overturned the warships. They encountered dangers several times. If they were not well-trained, they would not have encountered such a situation at all. Can't handle it.
Liu Rengui's original idea was to send a ship to the shore first to find people in nearby towns to report the news first, but with the current storm, letting a ship leave alone would be tantamount to sending them to death. Such an idea had to be Give up.
The matter of notifying several other fleets could only be temporarily stranded due to the strong wind and waves. Only when the wind and waves calmed down could we try to send a signal to inform the nearby Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty of such a piece of news that was critical to the safety of the Tang Dynasty.
Of course, even if Liu Renyuan and the others could not be notified, Liu Rengui would not give up going to Langya County. At the very least, he could hold off the two enemy fleets on the periphery and relieve some pressure on Langya County, so that it would not face so many enemies!
