After some time, although Li Ying spared no effort to transport lucky fish and canned fish to Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, he still did not get the order.
While Xu Yunyan was watching there, wondering what to do with the food if it started to rain in the south after a while, Li Shimin's decree finally reached Li Ying's hands.
Seeing Li Shimin's will, Xu Yunyan almost burst into tears with excitement.
"We're finally here. Let's go all the way north to Chang'an according to our chosen route."
Now that he had the decree, Xu Yunyan began to make arrangements and dispatched all naval forces.
This suddenly shocked Jiang Fangguo.
"General, do you really want to send out all the troops? Isn't there a little navy left in Qiongzhou to catch the lucky fish?"
"No more. Didn't His Majesty give the order to dispatch them all? Since they are all dispatched, I can't leave the ships and troops here, so I have to go to Chang'an City."
Xu Yunyan was also a little confused. The food could not be used up once but could be used twice. Why did His Majesty emphasize that all of them should go there?
Everything goes wrong for a reason.
But since you are following the route you have chosen, it doesn't matter.
As long as Li Shimin didn't blindly direct the ship and let the ship run to the road and head towards Chang'an City, that would be good.
When Xu Yunyan was here complaining about the matter arranged by Li Shimin, Jiang Fangguo looked at Xu Yunyan here with an expression like "You can't leave or leave some people behind, that's embarrassing."
Xu Yunyan couldn't help but laugh when she didn't see him like this.
"Captain Jiang, how can you be so jealous of each other because you were killed in the war? Since His Majesty asked me to set up a naval force in Qiongzhou, and Qiongzhou is so convenient to Annan and can get so much food and grass, I think Your Majesty will also let me Why did I come back in the shape of a little girl?"
Jiang Fangguo didn't feel dissatisfied after being laughed at by Xu Yunyan. Instead, he looked at him and started talking.
"General, I understand what you are saying, but I still can't bear to say goodbye to the general like this."
Looking at Jiang Fangguo who couldn't bear to talk to him here, Xu Yunyan stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder.
"Captain Jiang, if you feel that you can't bear it, then make more contributions. When you go to Chang'an to take up a post, won't we be able to meet again?"
After Xu Yunyan left these words, he had already packed up and prepared. Looking at Liu Qiang who was staying in the courtyard, Xu Yunyan hugged him with fists in embarrassment.
"Brother Liu, I'm going to Chang'an City, and I need Brother Liu to take care of me here. If I'm left in Chang'an City by His Majesty, I will be writing books for Brother Liu to rush there. It's just that the long journey will take a lot of hard work from Brother Liu. ."
But Liu Qiang was smiling here: "It's not in the way, it's not in the way. It's already a great blessing to be able to follow the master. How can I ask for these things? Don't worry, the master, my wife's grave is still on Baiyun Mountain. I will come there when I have time." Go and clean up for Madam."
Seeing Liu Qiang's loyal look, Xu Yunyan patted him on the shoulder.
"I'm sorry for Brother Liu. I would like to ask Brother Liu to accept Li Ying's courtesy."
After Xu Yunyan finished speaking, he bowed heavily to Liu Qiang, then turned around resolutely, led his soldiers onto the battleship, and began to drive north along the coastline of the Tang Dynasty according to the route he had sketched.
Not long after the ship sailed, Qiongzhou was no longer visible behind it. Although the current monsoon wind direction still had some impact on the ship, the sail saved manpower. As long as there was wind, the sail could keep the ship moving. This is very convenient.
After all the personnel, weapons, equipment and food and grass on the ship are all configured. All the way to the north, Xu Yunyan looked at the magnificent sea and couldn't help but think about this long journey. If there is no problem with the naval battleships, then let Li Shimin vigorously build the navy when he has spare money after winning the conquest of the Turks. At that time The whole world will belong to the Tang Dynasty.
This is what I, Li Ying, said!
Although Xu Yunyan has such lofty ideals, he still knows the depth.
When the ship travels on the sea for such a long time, it still needs to get close to land. This leads to the formation that it starts to travel against the sun every morning, and in the evening it is close to the shore for repairs. If you have been on the ship enough, you can also Lead the soldiers to the shore to repair.
I have an imperial edict, and I can go to any coastline of the Tang Dynasty, not to mention that I might be able to visit my second hometown, Zhaojiacun, Yancheng, Chuzhou along the way.
Just after Xu Yunyan marched northward in an orderly manner, in a distant place, after a storm, a few fishermen were drifting and struggling on the sea on several small mountain boards.
Fortunately, after the storm ended, the direction of the small boat was close to the direction of Xu Yunyan's fleet. On the watchtower, Sergeant Tang had good eyesight, and he immediately spotted the small black spots rising and falling on the sea in the distance.
After discovering the situation, he shouted loudly that there was a situation at the end of his sight.
As they shouted, the soldiers who were idle on the deck suddenly became energetic. Their swords were unsheathed, their bows were strung, and their crossbows were pushed to the side of the ship, ready to attack any blind pirates who might appear at any time. .
After every attack on pirates, Xu Yunyan would always reward them with part of his money, and those who fought most bravely and caught Xu Yunyan's discernment were given positions, which made these people eager to show off whenever there were enemies.
This is very difficult to do when traveling on the sea. If you happen to encounter this pirate, as soon as you hear something is going on, he will scream like a chicken blood.
No one can take the credit from me!
But when they came to the side of the ship, the fleet moved forward and finally saw clearly what the situation was like on the sea.
One of our own?
This group of soldiers was a little angry again, but just as they were sighing here, a little man said something here.
"Brothers, do you think they encountered pirates? If so, we must avenge them."
When the little leader said this, the sighing soldier suddenly screamed like he was being injected with chicken blood.
"Go and rescue them quickly. How will you know what's wrong if you don't rescue them?"
Some people are arranging rescue here, while some soldiers have already jumped into the water with a splash and swam hard towards the people in the distance.
They wanted to see how they were doing first. It would be a big waste if they went to all the trouble of lowering the boat to rescue these people, and these people were already dead.
Xu Yunyan, who was standing on the side of the ship, couldn't help but feel a little curious while watching this lively scene.
"What's going on? Did we really encounter pirates? The pirates burned their ship. Are these people holding on to the planks of the ship to survive? If this is really the case, I will kill this pirate no matter what. of annihilation.”
While Xu Yunyan was talking here, the soldiers who swam past were already here waving their hands.
"These people are still alive. Not pirates, but people who were attacked by pirates."
The big ship urgently lowered the small boat to rescue them. After all these people were rescued on the ship, these fishermen who had narrowly escaped death were coughing here.
After they had taken a deep breath, they just bowed their heads here.
"Your Majesty, spare your life. We didn't mean to collide with you, Your Majesty."
This made them a little helpless.
A Tang Army team stepped forward and said to them.
"You see clearly, we are the Tang Army, not pirates. Why are you begging for mercy?"
After saying this, these people reacted and breathed a sigh of relief when they looked at the Tang army and the huge battleship in front of them.
"It turns out to be the Tang Army. I didn't expect that our Tang Army would have such a warship. We are really lucky."
While they were sighing at the strength of the Tang army, Xu Yunyan stepped forward and asked.
"Tell me, brother, what's going on? You mistook us for pirates. Did you encounter pirates at sea?"
The Tang soldiers, who had been gearing up here, ready to deal a fatal blow to pirates at any time, looked at this group of people with glaring eyes after Xu Yunyan asked, as if they wanted to see through them.
Their purpose was very simple, to find out where the pirate was and whether it was enough for them to fight.
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