The Most Powerful Man in the World

At the gate of the capital city, a Luan driver was parked at the gate of the city, and it was the Emperor Luan.

The open space outside the city gate was filled with darkness, and there were a group of soldiers who were ready. These soldiers stood solemnly and looked at the city gate from a distance.

At the gate of the city, Chu Yi rode on his horse, looked at Zhu Houzhao with a reluctant expression on his face, and smiled at Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, don't worry about it, the minister will return in just a few months."

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but smile and said: "I know that my partner has never done anything unsure, and I hope that my partner can come back victorious as soon as possible!"

While speaking, Zhu Houzhao took a glass of water and wine from the tray held by Gu Dayong himself, and then slowly handed it to Chu Yi: "Master, drink this glass, the army will start!"

Chu Yi took the water wine from Zhu Houzhao's hand, then drank half of it in one gulp, then turned around and said loudly to the soldiers of the three armies: "All soldiers, Your Majesty has an order, drink this cup, and the army will start!"

As he said that, Chu Yi gestured at the soldiers and soldiers with the half glass of water and wine left in his hand, and then drank them all.

With a bang, all the soldiers of the three armies fell to the ground. It seemed that they were affected by this solemn atmosphere. The people who were hiding in the distance and the officials at the gate of the city couldn't help but follow the outside of the city. The tens of thousands of soldiers of the three armies fell to the ground.

For a while, inside and outside the city gate, only Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao were standing there.

The wind was blowing and the clouds were flying. Chu Yi threw off his big cloak, bowed to Zhu Houzhao, turned his horse, turned his back to Zhu Houzhao, and shouted domineeringly, "The generals of the three armies obey the order, the army will march!"

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Immediately, the soldiers of the three armies suddenly stood up and shouted in unison, and the shouts of the soldiers of the three armies echoed inside and outside the city gate.

Zhu Houzhao was dazzled by the figure of Chu Yi and the sight of the army's advance. He couldn't help but muttered to himself in a low voice, "I have a great company and such an elite army, and there is nowhere in the world to go!"

Tens of thousands of troops set out, but the movement was not small at all. From the capital to Tianjin Wei, if the speed is fast enough, it can be reached in one day, but compared to the expedition of an army, tens of thousands of troops can travel dozens of miles a day, which is quite a lot. It's not easy anymore.

Three days later, outside the city of Tianjin, the pioneer generals who arrived first were stationed in horses outside the port.

Suddenly, a rush of horses came rushing, and saw several sentry officers rushing in, turning over a few feet away and dismounting towards Du Ke, who was the vanguard general, and said: "Reporting to the general, the chief officer led the army has arrived. The port is ten miles away."

Du Ke was a general who came to the fore in the battle against the Tartars and was named a viscount for his military exploits. Because of his outstanding exploits, he entered the sight of Chu Yi. This time, he was appointed by Chu Yi as the vanguard of the army. I don't know how many people are envious of it.

Everyone knows that being the vanguard general of the army in this expedition against Dongying is not small, and it is also a position that can get great credit.

But as long as this expedition against Dongying goes well, unless the leader of the vanguard commits his own death, then when the reward for meritorious deeds will be awarded in the future, the leader of the vanguard will certainly have made a lot of credit.

Just like Du Ke, who is now a viscount, it may not be impossible to go further in the future, becoming an earl or even a marquis is not without hope.

Du Ke arrived at Tianjin Wei two days ago. It can be said that everything has been arranged, just waiting for the army to arrive.

Now that he heard that Chu Yi had led the army to appear outside the port, Du Ke's eyes flashed a bright light, and he said in a deep voice to the generals behind him: "Everyone, go with this general to greet the general!"

The smoke billowed, and the mighty army arrived outside the port of Tianjin City, while the generals such as Chu Yi appeared in front of the ships docked in the port under the leadership of Du Ke.

Du Ke said to Zhu Houzhao: "General Manager, there are 48 warships in the port, 120 troop carriers, and more than [-] other ships, which are enough to carry [-] troops and one month's supplies to Dongying. "

Listening to Du Ke's introduction, the generals standing behind Chu Yi were curiously looking at the ships in the port.

Although it was said that before the army set off, the generals had already received the news in advance and had a general understanding of the arrangement, but many of them were the first time they saw so many ships gathered together.

If you do the math, this time Daming used a total of more than [-] ships.

This is not a small boat with more than [-] ships, but a real big ship, just like those troop transport ships, each of which can carry as many as five or six hundred soldiers.

If it weren't for such a transport capacity, it would be extremely difficult to transport tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to Dongying.

Today, it is very different. It only takes hundreds of large ships to transport tens of thousands of soldiers to Dongying. Looking at the overseas countries, I am afraid that there are few countries that can compare with the Ming Dynasty.

You must know that this is only a part of the war potential of the Ming Dynasty that Chu Yi recruited.

Don't look at the fact that the imperial court does not have many ships, but this does not mean that Daming really has no ships. If this is the case, even if Chu Yi has great ability, I am afraid it is impossible to create something out of nothing.

In the final analysis, the number of ships controlled by the imperial court can't be compared with the number of ships controlled by the people. It is like the hundreds of ships in front of you, except for the dozen or so big ships that are brand new at first glance. Except for the treasure ship, the rest of the ships were drawn by Chu Yi.

After all, with Chu Yi's vigorous implementation of the strategy of opening the sea, it can be said that there are huge waves in the people of Daming. There is a saying that those who know the current affairs are the heroes. Daming does not lack those old stubborn people who don't hit the south wall and don't look back, and there is no shortage of them either. Time conscious.

Therefore, when Chu Yi pursued the strategy of opening the sea, it was indeed because it harmed the interests of a large number of maritime merchants and the powerful, but it also gained the support of a group of maritime merchants.

Even though Chu Yi started making various arrangements more than a year earlier, there was still a lack of time, so the number of newly launched ships that Chu Yi was able to recruit this time were only a dozen or so.

As for the rest of the ships, some of them were Chu Yi's search for the last family wealth of the Daming Navy, and a considerable part was prepared for Chu Yi by the merchants who had taken refuge in Chu Yi.

These maritime merchants may not dare to take out the warships in their hands, but this does not prevent them from taking out the merchant ships they own in order to win Chu Yi's favor.

The merchant ships brought out by these merchants can be imagined. Every ship is a large ship with a huge carrying capacity. Whether it is used to run soldiers and horses or to run materials, it is the best choice.

Standing beside Chu Yi, as one of the generals who accompanied Chu Yi on this expedition, Lu Dazhu's eyes flashed with excitement.

He personally came to the door and begged Chu Yi, so he was able to get this opportunity to accompany Chu Yi on the expedition. You must know that even Han Kun, who was in charge of the four-guard battalion of Tengxiang, was not able to get this opportunity to conquer Dongying, but was defeated by Chu Yi left it in the capital to sit in town.

Although Chu Yi said that his thoughts were all on the conquest of Dongying, this did not mean that Chu Yi was not prepared for any accidents in the capital.

With Han Kun present, the four guards of Tengxiang can be firmly in the hands of the emperor, but if there is a slight accident, Zhu Houzhao can mobilize the four guards of Tengxiang.

With the current strength of Tengxiang Siwei Battalion, even if the Jingying army rebels, it may not be able to pose any threat.

I saw Lu Dazhu licked his tongue and said to Chu Yi with a bit of excitement: "" "General Manager, is the army ready to board the ship?"

As soon as Lu Dazhu's voice came out, all the generals looked at Chu Yi in unison, waiting for Chu Yi's order.

Chu Yi glanced at the large ships in the port, and then glanced at Lu Dazhu, Du Ke and other generals, only to hear Chu Yi chuckle: "The army is on board!"

As the military order was conveyed, tens of thousands of troops began to board ships in an orderly manner.

It only took half a day, and all the tens of thousands of troops boarded that big ship. It was very smooth, and there were no problems.

Above the vast ocean, the sea surface was calm and without waves. At this moment, several black spots appeared at the end of the sea level. It didn't take long to clearly see that the black spots at the end of the sea level were simply a few large and small ships. .

It's just that there seems to be something wrong with these ships. The front is almost three merchant ships, and behind them are more than a dozen pirates with the flag of the skull.

Gu An's face was full of panic, and while urging his subordinates to speed up the boat to try to spread the pirates behind him, he looked at the pirates who were chasing after them.

Gu An never dreamed that he would encounter such a ferocious group of Japanese pirates when he went out to sea this time. The dozen or so large ships of their Gu family had been damaged during the three or four days of chasing, and only the three ships were left.

The painstaking efforts of the generations of their Gu family have suffered heavy losses because of these Japanese pirates, and even if they are unlucky, after today, I am afraid there will be no maritime merchant Gujia.

The Gu family was the first group of maritime merchants who chose to join Chu Yi, so they were favored by the imperial court. This time, the Gu family had spent all their money and organized a caravan of more than a dozen merchant ships.

It can only be said that the luck of the Gu family is too bad. Originally, the goods of more than a dozen merchant ships were exchanged for a large amount of gold and silver goods, but on the way back, they encountered such a vicious group of Japanese pirates.

Chapter 450 Three Great Tomorrow Sun and Moon Banner

The few servants standing beside Gu An had expressions of panic on their faces, turning their heads from time to time to look behind them.

One of the servants said with a bit of panic: "Eldest young master, what should I do, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to escape."

In the past few days, they can be said to have a detailed way to get rid of these Japanese pirates who were chasing them, and even gave up a few large ships to escape.

However, these Japanese pirates also scattered to chase them. Although it is not clear whether the other large ships were caught up by the Japanese pirates, but based on their experience, I am afraid that those large ships are now more fortunate than fortunate. .

After all, the big ships they are currently riding are the fastest ships for their family. After all, it is impossible for all ships in a fleet to have the same speed. Similarly, these ships are old and new, and the speed of newly built ships is naturally faster. .

Even the slightly faster boats they were on couldn't get rid of these Japanese pirates, so it would be strange if other boats with slower speeds could escape.

With a bang, he heard a clear roar from the Japanese pirate ship chasing behind him, and Gu An couldn't help but tighten his expression.

Hearing the roar, Gu An naturally knew that it was Japanese pirates who were shelling.

Of course, the Japanese pirates shelled more than once, and I don't know if the Japanese pirates' artillery was too bad, or because they were lucky, the Japanese pirates had not hurt them in the slightest.

However, this kind of behavior of entrusting life and death to luck is obviously unreliable. In case of bad luck, and the result is hit by a shell, even if the ship is not sunk on the spot, I am afraid it will cause great damage to the ship.

Right now, in the process of escaping for their lives, if there is something wrong with the big ship under them, it will definitely be a fatal crisis for them.

Gu An turned around, staring at the Japanese pirates who were chasing them behind him, and said with a bit of coldness in his eyes: "Go on and ask everyone to speed up for me, no matter what, get rid of these Japanese pirates!"

After listening to Gu An's words, a servant opened his mouth with a bitter smile on his face.

Does he want to tell Gu An that this speed is already their limit now, if they can still increase the speed, why would they wait until now.

In fact, even Gu An himself knew this, but facing the Japanese pirates behind him, it seemed that they had no other better way than speeding up.

After all, they have already thought of all the methods they could think of before, but they are of no use at all.

The Japanese pirates behind them just stared at them as if they couldn't get rid of them.

The person who has been standing next to Gu An, although his face is pale, but there is not much panic in his eyes. He is wearing silk and satin. You can tell that this person is different from the servants of the Gu family just by looking at your clothes.

Gu Shisan, one of the candidates for the next generation head of the Gu family, this person is only about 20 years old, but he has gone to sea several times, and he is one of the talents cultivated by the Gu family.

Gu Shisan is just his title, but his name is Gu Li.

At this moment, Gu Li, who has been doing nothing for a while, said to Gu An: "Uncle, when Duan is constantly being disturbed, it is time to make a choice!"

Hearing Gu Li's opening, Gu An couldn't help frowning, his eyes fell on Gu Li, and he shook his head with a bit of struggle: "Thirteen, it's not that the uncle refuses to agree, but your proposal is simply unrealistic. To be able to watch you go to death."

It turned out that Gu Li proposed to drop two small boats from the boat, and then he would bring a dozen servants to entangle the Japanese pirates, so as to give Gu An and the others time to escape.

As long as you are not a fool, you can see this proposal. It would be strange if two small boats could stop these ruthless Japanese pirates.

Gu Li looked at Gu An and said, "Uncle, if you don't give it a shot, everyone will die. If you give it a shot, even if there is a one in ten thousand hope, it will at least give our Gu family a breath of vitality, right? "

Hearing this, Gu An looked at Gu Li with a complicated expression, gritted his teeth and said, "Even if you want to stay, it's my uncle who will stay. Xiao Shisan, you bring this big ship to fight to return to Daming alive."

Just when the two were arguing about who to stay, a dark shadow appeared vaguely at the end of the sea above the sea.

The dark shadow looming over the sea is naturally not clear with eyesight alone, but if someone observes through a telescopic mirror, they will find that it turns out to be a ship.

A large ship with a length of more than ten feet and a height of several feet sailed smoothly on the sea, surrounded by ships, and ships kept a certain distance from each other. There are no less than hundreds of ships large and small.

So many ships are absolutely rare on the sea, and I am afraid that only the fleet that Zheng He brought when he went to the Western Ocean can be compared with it.

And in this sea area, there is no other country that can dispatch such a huge fleet except for the Ming Dynasty.

Needless to say, this fleet was the huge navy team led by Chu Yi.

The vast ocean is different from the inland lakes. Even the soldiers selected by Chu Yi in advance are those who are familiar with water, but there are still many soldiers on the big ship who are not suitable for this kind of sea environment and suffer from seasickness. Phenomenon.

Fortunately, quite a few of the soldiers were a little uncomfortable at the beginning, but they gradually got used to it after most of the day.

But there were also a very small number of people, about 500 soldiers who could not adapt to sailing in the sea, and finally Chu Yi ordered those soldiers who could not adapt to sailing in the sea to be sent back to the shore.

So now the entire fleet can be said to be in harmony, but there is no trouble.

On the huge ship, Chu Yi was in the cabin at the moment, and his eyes fell on Lu Dazhu and several other generals.

This time, Chu Yi brought a lot of generals to sea, but there were not many generals who really stayed on top of this flagship, and there were only a few generals such as Lu Dazhu.

Lu Dazhu could only hear him saying to Chu Yi, "General Manager, the ships are in good condition. According to the judgment of the experienced fishermen, there will be no strong winds and heavy rains on the sea for at least a few days."

Chu Yi nodded slightly. The most fearful thing about sailing on the sea is not encountering enemies or anything, but encountering stormy weather.

If it is said that you have encountered an enemy, you can still fight for a while. Even if you die in battle, there is nothing to complain about. You can only blame yourself for being inferior to others.

But once there is a storm, it is really handing over life and death to God.

With such a fleet of hundreds of ships, Chu Yi dare not say that it can be invincible across the sea, but at least within the outer sea of ​​Daming, there is no country that can threaten this fleet.