There was silence in the cabin. If you go all the way west, you can successfully land on the land of Ming Dynasty.
But if you still can't find land, you may have landed on the land of Japan, Beiyuan, or even Jurchen. The consequences would be disastrous.
How can this exhausted army with only a few thousand men survive in the enemy's territory?
However, once you reach Goryeo, there is still a way to successfully return to the Ming Dynasty through diplomatic means.
"At this point, hesitation is useless." It was Zhu Di who spoke.
"I once heard Brother Bao'er say that in the past, when our Ming army pursued Bei Yuan in the desert, they often had no way to find it. Sometimes they encountered storms and the food, grass and baggage were often weak. At that time, as the commander-in-chief, There is only one way to move forward courageously in one direction.”
"There is still a way to survive if you keep going forward. If you hesitate in this situation, it will be the path to death."
"Not bad." Zhu Su also nodded. "Hesitation will be in vain. At this time, just rush in with your head covered."
"We have only encountered a storm for a few days. No matter how terrible the storm is, it will not be blown too far away from the land. As long as we go west, we will always find land."
"As for what to do if we are blown into enemy territory, we can only block it with troops when the time comes, and the water will come to cover us."
"It's best to be blown to the territory of Beiyuan." Zhu Di said jokingly: "Then the divine soldiers will descend from the sky, just in time to capture the Beiyuan Emperor and make a great contribution!"
"You think well, Fourth Brother." Zhu Xi rolled his eyes. "The Emperor of Beiyuan is hiding in the desert. Can we land in the middle of the desert from the sea?"
Zhu Laoer and Zhu Laosi sang together, and Zhu Su and Zhang He also laughed. Zhang He praised: "The three highnesses remained calm in the face of danger, showing the style of virtuous kings. But it was the last general who was in chaos just now."
"My three brothers can talk and laugh here, isn't it because General Zhang, the golden beam that bridges the sea, can maintain peace of mind?" Zhu Su said with a smile. "General Zhang, go ahead and do it. Even if we land in enemy territory, it is not the general's fault."
"My three brothers will shoulder the responsibility for the general."
"Take orders." Zhang He knelt down on one knee, performed a military salute, and then went out to command the fleet.
Zhu Fang looked at Zhang He's leaving figure and started to get excited: "It would be great if we really landed in Beiyuan."
"We three brothers just want to show off our skills."
Zhu Su rolled his eyes at him: "Second brother, please calm down. If the place where we landed is really Beiyuan, we should take people to avoid the Yuan army and look for opportunities to return to the Ming Dynasty."
"There is also Dr. Dai who came to Beijing with us. I also hope that he can be an imperial doctor to protect our parents. There are also the civilian women who were rescued with great difficulty before. We cannot let them Just emerged from the tiger's mouth and entered the wolf's den again..."
"Well..." Zhu Xi was speechless. He muttered: "It's boring, it's really boring..."
Ignoring the inconspicuous second brother, Zhu Su turned to look at Zhu Di: "Fourth brother, do you know the situation in Beiyuan? If we land in Beiyuan, do you have any good ideas?"
Recalling the direction of the storm, Zhu Su thought that the most likely possibility was that he was blown to the north. This also coincides with Zhang Hecai's judgment.
Combining the map in memory, the most likely possibility of facing the west is the Ming Dynasty, North Korea, or the Northland still occupied by the Northern Yuan Dynasty.
"If we land in Beiyuan, we will most likely have to land in Jurchen or Nurqian..." Zhu Di frowned in thought. He has always been fond of military affairs and is more familiar with the current distribution of power in Beiyuan than Zhu Su. "Both of these two departments are now taking orders from Bei Yuan, and both are good at fighting. If we get entangled with them, it will be difficult for us to get relief."
"Sigh. I don't have much choice. I can only take one step at a time and wait and see."
Zhu Su also sighed. Zhu Di is right. Without soldiers and equipment, even a clever woman can't make a living without rice. How can she come up with any clever ideas?
If we really encounter a dangerous situation, we can only wait until then to try again and again.
…
Fortunately, four days later, on the first day when the fleet was completely without water, they finally saw a stretch of land. Everyone was ecstatic, gathered up the remaining strength, and sailed towards the land with the broken ship.
Zhang He, who was standing next to Zhu Su, looked solemn. Not wanting to interrupt the joyful atmosphere of everyone on the ship, he quietly approached Zhu Su and whispered, "Your Highness, you need to be careful after landing."
"Looking from a distance on the shore, there is no human habitation at all... If we were in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, there would always be many villages along the coast. Come to think of it, this is a barbaric land."
"Yes." Zhu Su also nodded solemnly.
If you land in enemy territory, the biggest test has actually just begun.
Looking around with a telescope, there are no artificial ports. The fleet had to choose a shoal to land. More than ten large and small ships followed the wind and docked directly on the shoal. Zhu Su was relieved to see that there was no one on the beach. At least there was no need to fight a landing battle. The gravel on the beach was soft, and the dilapidated boats were forced to dock and land, but no secondary damage was caused.
But because the beach was chosen as the landing site, the ship temporarily lost its ability to enter the sea and was stranded here. At least before a large-scale high tide comes, the ship can no longer actively sail into the sea.
Even if they were not stranded, looking at the damage to the ships, Zhu Su and his party would not dare to take risks and take these ships again: looking at the condition of the ships, it is not surprising that these ships simply fell apart on the sea!
In other words, they have no escape route for the time being.
"Your Highnesses, I would like to ask your Highnesses to explain how we are going to act next." Now that he has landed, Zhang He took the initiative to relinquish his command.
"The situation is unclear, so we should send scouts first." Zhu Di glanced at Zhu Su and Zhu Xi and spoke first. Looking at the group of people in front of him, he hesitated: "Which of you still has some energy left, would you like to take some people with you to explore the surroundings first?"
"Let me take people there." Chang Mao said. "I've been almost bored on the boat these past few days. It's time to go for a walk and get some fresh air!"
"The Duke's status is of great importance, and he has the great responsibility of protecting several His Highnesses. We cannot leave him lightly. It is better to go down." A voice sounded from behind. The captain's Shaobiao in Jinyi stood out from the crowd. "Moreover, we, the Jin Yiwei, are good at concealment and disguise. If we encounter a thief, we have a chance to escape."
"Yes. Let Lieutenant Shao lead my king's guards." Zhu Su said. "The rest of the people are waiting, so they look around to see if there is fresh water. The large army will wait here for Captain Shao to return."
"Captain Shao, it's best to be able to detect what kind of territory this is. We don't have to be so passive."
"But no matter what, you should return before nightfall. Your own safety is the top priority."
"Yes." Shaobiao bowed in response, and then led dozens of King Wu's guards, Zheng Di Meng, to go.
(End of chapter)
