Chapter 440: Base

The waves were rough. Read М

The desperate cries of the Beidi soldiers mixed with the collision of the sea water hitting the reefs.

Zhou Yi led the soldiers to quickly fish out the Beidi generals designated by Zhao Xu.

It seemed that he drank a lot of sea water. The Beidi generals threw themselves on the deck and vomited violently the moment they boarded the ship.

After vomiting for a while, he looked fiercely at Zhao Xu who was sitting on the chair and shouted: "Who are you? Do you know who you have provoked? This is the Beidi fleet!"

Zhao Xu completely ignored the hysteria of the Beidi generals.

At this moment, he was wearing a golden mask on his face.

This was to conceal his identity.

In the future, Zhou Yi and other naval generals will also wear masks to conceal their identities when they act outside and contact important people.

After all, their external identities in the future are pirates, and they should not show their faces.

Looking at the Beidi generals with interest, he asked casually: "Are you called Ulanba?"

When he used a telescope to scout the entire battlefield, he found that this general was unusual at first glance.

In addition to being more noble than other generals in service.

When he was struggling on the sea, the Beidi generals around him dragged him up one by one to protect him, even if they were about to drown.

Because of this, this general survived.

So, he guessed that this person might be Ulanba, the commander of the Beidi who went south this time.

Ulanba's expression was obviously different when he heard this.

But he couldn't judge what Zhao Xu would do next, so he chose to remain silent.

Zhao Xu sneered, "If you don't say anything, I will take it as your consent. Next, I will hand you over to the King of Yan in Dasong."

Ulanba's face turned pale when he heard this. He stared at Zhao Xu and almost squeezed out a sentence from his teeth, "Who are you? Do you know the consequences of provoking my Beidi?"

"On the ocean, everyone calls me Jiuye." Zhao Xu stood up and came to him, "I don't know what the consequences of provoking the Beidi people are, but I know very well what the consequences are for you Beidi people to provoke me."

"When have we Beidi ever provoked you." Ulanba was angry and panicked. He had never heard of Jiuye.

"Provoking the people of Dasong is provoking me. Although I, Jiuye, am a pirate, I am a Dasong person. How could I watch you invade Yanzhou?" Zhao Xu shouted angrily and acted out a play.

The establishment of the armed caravan was secret.

So there was no armed caravan on the surface.

The establishment of the fleet was also secret, so he didn't have a fleet on the surface.

These days, he felt more and more that it was better to have a secret fleet than to have an open fleet.

In this way, some things that are not convenient to do in public can be done secretly without causing other troubles.

"So that's how it is. I didn't expect that after all my calculations, I ended up falling into the hands of pirates." Ulanba laughed bitterly.

Zhao Xu sneered several times and asked Zhou Yi to take Ulanba away.

"Your Highness, it's really refreshing. I didn't expect that even Ulanba was caught this time." Zhou Yi lowered his voice, but his body couldn't help shaking slightly.

Zhao Xu looked at the battlefield on the sea that stretched for more than ten miles.

Within a radius of ten miles, there were sinking warships everywhere.

Or broken wooden boards left after the warships sank.

The bodies of the Beidi soldiers were like leaves falling into the water, densely packed, and undulating with the waves.

The scene was very cruel, but it didn't stir up any waves in Zhao Xu's heart.

If this group of people landed in Yanzhou, it would be the people of Yanzhou who would die.

Being kind to the enemy is cruel to yourself.

The barbarians fear power but not virtue. They don't understand benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and trustworthiness.

Tolerance will be regarded as weakness by them.

Bullying will become more and more severe.

In contemporary history, the compromises made by the Central Plains dynasty in the face of foreign invasions, whether it was marriage or annual tribute, did not bring peace.

In the end, war was the final decision.

"In the future, there will be more and more wars that will make you feel relieved." Zhao Xu retracted his gaze.

Thinking of something, he reminded: "Don't call your highness on the warship, I am now the Ninth Master."

"Yes, Ninth Master." Zhou Yi scratched his head.

Thinking of something, Zhao Xu continued: "This war, your reputation is likely to be spread out. In the future, warships can no longer enter Yanzhou. Choose an island as your foothold, just like the pirates of Wufeng Island, and give yourself a resounding name."

Zhou Yi nodded.

It is natural for the crew and generals on the warship to set foot on the land of the Northern Four Counties.

The Northern Four Counties are their territory. They hide during the day and move at night, and can conceal their tracks.

But warships are not easy to conceal.

It's time to go out to sea, and we can avoid being discovered by traveling at night.

But if we enter the inland river, we must stop, and then we will be exposed.

"Your Highness, no, Master Jiu, why not choose Pearl Island." Zhou Yi thought about it.

This place is very close to the four northern counties, which is convenient for supply. At the same time, it can also control all the nearby sea areas, so that Beidi and Goryeo will never make any trouble on the sea again.

"No." Zhao Xu shook his head.

This Pearl Island is located between Leting County and Ancheng Port.

It is about 80 miles away from Leting and about 200 miles away from Ancheng Port.

But the area of ​​this island is too small to accommodate the expanding navy.

Since we have to choose a place this time, we must choose a strategic location.

After thinking for a while, he said: "You lead the fleet to go east along the coastline of Goryeo. In the sea between Goryeo and Japan, you will encounter a large island, which is about the size of a county. Choose there when the time comes."

The place he said is actually the contemporary Jeju Island in South Korea.

This island is located under the chicken's beak and looks like a grain of rice.

He has his own considerations for choosing this place.

For the fleet, warships can carry a large amount of supplies, so there is no need to get too close.

It is enough to set up a supply point at an appropriate distance.

So, the location of contemporary Jeju Island is just right for him.

Moreover, it is important that this island is very close to Goryeo and Japan, and is very suitable as a transit point for trade.

"When you find this island, you can name it Treasure Island." Zhao Xu continued.

In this era, the islands on the sea have no ownership.

Just like the contemporary moon landing and landing on Mars, whoever occupies it will own it.

In modern times, the Central Plains Dynasty missed the Age of Discovery.

This has caused most of the islands on the sea to become the territory of Western countries.

Although these islands are at the doorstep of other countries, they can only look on with regret.

The jungle of the world is so cruel.

Under the cloak of civilization, there is a beast's heart.

The enemy is willing to reason with you only because you are strong enough and they can't do anything to you.

As long as you are weak, powerful countries will flock to you and eat you up.

Even in the so-called 21st century, it is still the same.

They just learned to beautify their atrocities through the media.