Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

"Use troops against the South China Sea?" Hu Yin was startled.

On November 29th of the tenth year of Jingkang, Pu Luoxin, who had just been granted the title of Xiuwu Lang, stayed in Tokyo for a few days, and then took him to the south and returned to Hangzhou after obtaining the identity permit from the Song Dynasty.

During the few days in Tokyo, Pu Luoxin and his people saw the prosperity of this Eastern dynasty.

This kind of wealth, not to mention seeing it, has never been heard even by listening to stories.

He is a big cannibal. The big cannibal country has declined in this era. The nobles only know about pleasure. The empire has been fighting with Rome all the year round, and in the west, it has been fighting with the European Crusaders.

Like the Song Dynasty, with such vast fertile land, such a large population, such wide streets, countless silks, grains, pottery and tea, and kind people, this is unimaginable in the barbaric and murderous West. of.

After a trip to the Central Plains, Pu Luoxin felt that his cognition had been refreshed.

He couldn't help thinking, how did His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty govern such a wealthy country?

In fact, Pu Luoxin was also the first big cannibal to serve as an official in the Song Dynasty in official history.

The reason is very simple, this product will attract business in the sea, and the Southern Song Dynasty court gave him an official position.

People like Pu Luoxin are slowly assimilating into Eastern culture.

In mid-December, Pu Luoxin arrived in Hangzhou.

At the same time, the Hangzhou Shipping Department received a secret order from Qian Yuqing.

On December [-]th, Pu Luoxin boarded a ship in Hangzhou and began to head south to Champa, where he joined Li Bao.

In the calm days at the end of the tenth year of Jingkang, the Song Dynasty's first war against the South China Sea quietly kicked off.

Before the first South China Sea War, the production capacity of silk and ceramics in the Song Dynasty had greatly increased, and with the full liberalization of Dali's policies, the amount of tea shipped from Qinzhou Port also skyrocketed in a short period of time.

However, the chaotic situation in the South China Sea has undoubtedly created irreconcilable conflicts with the Song Dynasty, which has increasingly prosperous export demand.

In a blink of an eye, the ten years of Jingkang are coming to an end, and the city of Tokyo is covered with white snow, looking from a distance, it looks like a beautiful picture scroll.

However, Yanmen Pass in the north is completely different from the scene in Tokyo.

In the piercing snowstorm, groups of people slowly moved towards Dai County, leaving a long trail of footprints, which were then covered by snow again.

These people all immigrated to Dai County in order to expand the people's power of Yanmen Pass.

Not only Yanmen Pass, but between the mountains and rivers to the west of Fuzhou, the tenth city of the Song Army has risen.

In such a world of ice and snow, the Song army was extremely tenacious and formed a military depth to push Wang Hengshan.

It was even more difficult in Dongsheng Prefecture outside the customs. It had been a lot of hard work to transport food to Dongsheng Prefecture, and many people even froze to death on the road.

Heavy snow covered the desert, and Henan became a lifeless snowfield.

However, Yu Yunwen didn't have much time. Teams of Song troops were still moving forward in the cold wind like a knife. They had to build several cities on the banks of the Yellow River before the spring blossoms, forming a city from Dongshengzhou to The military defense of Anbei Prefecture.

Once completed, Da Song completed the final siege of Xixia.

Of course, in the icy and snowy land here, the soldiers of Anbei Mansion actually drank alcohol on a rare occasion.

It was transported from Hebei, and it was ordered by Zhao Guan's family. It must be transported over, even if it is slowly pushed by one car by one car, it must be pushed over.

In fact, this is also an extremely expensive thing to do.

But Zhao Ning thinks it's worth it for the soldiers in the north to drink.

In the first month of the 11th year of Jingkang, the city of Tokyo was still celebrating the Spring Festival. The South China Sea, which was completely different, was sunny and full of flowers in Champa.

Standing on the deck, Li Bao, the commander-in-chief of the South China Sea, inspected the bronze cannons in person.

"Report! Manager Li, all the firecrackers have been transported onto the ship. There are a total of thirty ships, and each ship has one hundred firecrackers. There are a total of three thousand firecrackers. Each firecracker has one hundred rounds of gunpowder. "

"Have you run out of one hundred rounds?" Li Bao asked.

"Gone."

"Gone?"

"I heard from the people in the Hangzhou Military Supervision Bureau that the gunpowder for this firecracker is extremely expensive, and the imperial court is in great demand now."

"Understood." Li Bao took a deep breath, "Order the whole army to set off at three o'clock in the afternoon, and we will go to Sanfoji!"

Chapter 947 Li Bao’s Strategies for Conquering the Countries in the South China Sea (First Update)

Li Kun looked at the vast blue waves, feeling somewhat uneasy.

He said: "It is nearly ten thousand li to go to Sanfoqi. If we go deep alone, our army will have no room to maneuver."

"So let's go to Boni country first." Li Bao said, "In the Song Dynasty, there were many sea merchants from Guangzhou to Mayi, and then from Mayi to Boni. This route is very stable and has a firm foothold in Boni country. After the feet, it is not too late to attack Srivijaya at last."

"But the imperial court asked us to send troops directly to Sanfoqi."

"The imperial court didn't say to the official documents that when you have to go to Sanfoqi, you will not accept the order of the emperor outside." Li Bao patted Li Kun on the shoulder and said, "You don't have to worry, Qian Xianggong is now entering the center to be the prime minister. Persistence, with his backing, it is more important for us to defeat Srivijaya than anything else, if we can’t, it’s useless to say anything.”

Pu Luoxin said: "Director Li, as far as I know, Boni Kingdom is a vassal state of Sanfoqi, and Sanfoqi has used troops against Boni Kingdom many times. If we go to Boni Kingdom first, Sanfoqi will soon Know our whereabouts."

"so what?"

"After knowing our whereabouts, the Srivijaya people will prepare an army in advance. Srivijaya has 150 warships, plus [-] Istaheli ships, a total of [-] ships, and we only have [-] ships." Pu Sangyuan frowned and thought, "In terms of numbers alone, we are no match. Although our boats are bigger than theirs, we can only outsmart them and not act rashly."

"You don't have to worry about that." Li Bao said mysteriously, "We'll talk about it when we get to Boni Kingdom."

After everyone discussed, seeing the sky was covered with dark clouds, Li Kun said: "The storm is coming, furl the sails and enter the cabin."

Everyone quickly cleaned up the things on the deck and entered the sail.

Sea-going ship manufacturing technology was already very advanced in the Song Dynasty.

One is that the Song Dynasty itself attached great importance to maritime trade.

This dynasty has a lot to do with the style of the founding monarch.

For example, the Tang Dynasty was actually brought down by Li Shimin. Li Shimin was broad-minded and magnanimous in doing things, which established the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.

When Zhao Kuangyin founded the country, he attached great importance to commerce and emphasized the regulation of maritime trade, so Zhao Song's maritime trade was very developed.

The development of maritime trade has naturally accumulated a lot of shipbuilding technology and produced breakthroughs.

The second is that the technology of the Song Dynasty had a relatively large improvement, which laid the foundation for shipbuilding.

The third is that at this time, the Arabs had already launched the sea trade between the East and the West, and the Song Dynasty absorbed the advantages of Arab man-made ships.

For example, the keel sailboat is the technology of the Arabs.

From this time on, the sea ships of the Song Dynasty also had keels.

And blue out of blue is better than blue.

A Song boat can hold hundreds of people.

Li Kun walked into the cabin, and the soldiers of the Song army also returned to the cabin. The middle and lower floors of the cabin had hoarded food for a year.

It was already [-] o'clock in the afternoon, the wind was strong outside, the rain was pouring, and the hull was shaking.

The fire in the cabin flickered, and there were special people staring at the fire.

The surrounding soldiers sat down and had their dinner.

They have long been accustomed to this kind of storm.

Li Kun was sitting in his office, with a row of books on his desk.

Under the dim light, Li Bao, Li Kun, Pu Sangyuan and others gathered here.

"Is this picture accurate?" Li Kun asked.

"Absolutely accurate." Pu Luoxin said, "This is drawn by the officials who have sailed at sea for many years and collected information from many businessmen."

He pointed to Mayi and said: "The route from Mayi (the central part of the Philippines) to Boni Kingdom is from here. You can see many merchant ships from the Song Dynasty in this area, as well as merchant ships from Boni Kingdom and Sanfoqi. From Mayi It takes about [-] days to arrive at Boni, and it takes about [-] days to arrive from Boni to Srivijaya.”

These are actually recorded in the "Records of the South China Sea States" published by the people. Whether it is the era that Zhao Ning traveled through or the official history, there are relatively clear records.

However, Pu Luoxin said: "Going to the Boni Kingdom is for us to set up a retreat. In case of mistakes in Lingyamen and Linga, we can retreat to the Boni Kingdom to recuperate."

He pointed to another place and said: "This is the ancient Siam country (Kuala Dungun, Malaysia), [-] miles north of Linga, there are also Song people from Guangzhou Prefecture who come here to buy and sell, and it can also be used as one of our retreats. , the disadvantage is that it is too close to Linga, and the enemy can easily catch up."

Li Bao stared at the chart, and he began to fall into deep thought.

Li Kun said: "The subjects of the Boni Kingdom belong to Sanfoqi, so we have to destroy the Boni Kingdom first, otherwise once we go deep into the Lingya Gate, the Boni Kingdom will attack from behind, it will be bad."

"I have an idea." Pu Luoxin said, "Let the warships dock on the shore where no one has found, and send a ship to the port of Boni Country to replenish some necessary water, vegetables and fruits. Turn it into our retreat base."

Li Kun said, "That's fine."

"No, this is not the best tactic." Li Bao recovered from his contemplation, "What is the relationship between the ancient Siam Kingdom and San Buddha Qi?"

Pu Luoxin said: "The ancient state of Siam was also a subsidiary state of Srivijaya."

"Since that's the case, it's easy to handle." Li Bao smiled, "You said that the ancient Siam Kingdom is only [-] miles away from Sri Buddha Qi?"

"Yes, from ancient Siam to Linga, it only takes half a month."

Li Bao stood up, holding the dangling candle lamp with one hand, under the dim light, his face was sharp and his eyes were bright.

"What is the strength of Boni Kingdom?"

"Boni country's military strength is relatively weak. In this place, their capital has a total population of less than [-] people. It mainly produces dipterocarp. It has trade relations with Sanfo Qi and the Great Song Dynasty. To go to the Great Song Dynasty, it must go through the north. Mayi, the strongest is Sanfoqi, this large sea area, and these lands are all Sanfoqi, they have powerful armaments, and all countries are willing to surrender."

Li Bao said: "That's very good, so we will send two warships to Boni country, find an excuse, start a war against Boni country, and let Boni country go to Sanfoqi for help. If Sanfoqi doesn't send troops, we will take it." Boni Port is used as a supply base."

"What if Sanfoqi sends troops?"

Li Bao pointed to the ancient Siam country and said: "Our main force arrives here first, and we will add some water, vegetables and fruits here. If the Three Buddhas send troops to support the Boni country, we will take the opportunity to attack the ancient Siam country. Also ask for help from the Three Buddhas, if the Three Buddhas send troops to support the ancient Siam, we will bypass the Three Buddhas army and go south from the ancient Siam to Linga."

As soon as Li Kun heard it, he immediately understood.

Li Bao wanted to take this opportunity to divide the Three Buddhas into two groups.

Li Kun couldn't help asking: "Will Sanfoqi support you?"

"Three Buddhas still don't know our purpose, let alone how many troops we have come. His dependent country asked him for help. In order to maintain his prestige, it is impossible not to support him."

Everyone looked at Li Bao and couldn't help being a little surprised and excited.

"I think it can be decided like this first." Li Kun said.

Chapter 948 Soldiers Approach Boni (Second Change)

Hoarding food is one of the necessary conditions for the Song people to sail. In terms of theory and practical application, the Song people also did a very good job.

As early as the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, someone had conducted in-depth research on the ocean. Yan Su, who wrote "Theory of Ocean Tide" and drew "Picture of Ocean Tide", created a compass car and applied the compass to land transportation.

Later, Shen Kuo talked about several methods of using magnetic needles to determine the orientation in "Mengxi Bi Tan", such as "thread hanging method" and "water floating method".

The "water float method" is to put a magnetized steel needle through the rushes and float on the water.

It is said that the first compass introduced to Europe was Shen Kuo's "water float".

The Song Dynasty documents that most directly record the use of the compass for navigation are "Pingzhou Ketan" and "Xuanhe Fengshi Koryo Tujing".

The second volume of "Pingzhou Ketan" contains: "The boat master knows geography, observes the stars at night, observes the sun during the day, and observes the compass in the dark."

In this era, it guided the Song people to sail the sea and completely opened the Maritime Silk Road.

On the tenth day of the first month of the 11th year of Jingkang, the Song army first rested at Vijaya Port in Champa.

Vijaya is a seaport in the south of the Champa Kingdom. The king of Champa fled to Chenla and his whereabouts are unknown. The Champa Kingdom survived in name only.

In this case, Vijaya basically became a bad boy who didn't care, and even a group of local people jumped up and down happily and became a group of pirates.

Threatening to become bigger and stronger in the southern part of Champa and create brilliance.

What they do is mainly to intercept passing ships, grab them if they can, and run away when they are finished.

As a result, the sea line between Champa and ancient Siam suffered serious losses.

Both Qinzhou and Guangzhou merchants who went south were once looted here.

Since last year, Li Bao has used troops here, sweeping the area with bronze cannons, and the pirates are all terrified.

The means of attack and recruitment were also used to almost cut off the threat of pirates in this area.

Right now, the Song army stopped at Vijaya for a day, adding a lot of vegetables and fruits, as well as a lot of fruit wine and fresh water.

Li Kun ran to check, he said: "Huang Guo add more."

"The general staff can rest assured that all the yellow fruits have been replenished, enough to feed the whole army for the first half of the year." Pu Luoxin said.

"Okay, get ready to go."

Pu Luoxin suddenly said: "General Staff, I heard that this yellow fruit has another name, what is it called lemon?"

"There is indeed such a name. I heard from Qian Xianggong that it was chosen by the Zhao family. It is also the Zhao family's idea to equip this thing on the ship. Since the introduction of lemons, the chances of getting sick on the ship's crew have been greatly reduced."