"Your Highness, we should go east. The faint horizon ahead is the coastline of Baekje." Li Chunfeng's clothes were in tatters, and his face was red with a hint of embarrassment. He was holding a homemade sextant in his hand, and finally he After the sun came out, we found the right direction.
There were still several bruises and bruises on his face. It was obvious that he had fallen on the deck during the violent storm, lightning and thunder last night.
Seeing the embarrassment on Li Chunfeng's face, Li Hong couldn't help but smile: "You sextant, there is no sun to work with. I look at the sun and I know that after last night's storm, we are now very far away from the coastline of Japan." Far."
"But... But I did not use the sun as a reference, but the sextant..." Li Chunfeng was even more embarrassed. He knew that what His Highness said was wrong. The sextant was not used to measure the orientation, but to determine one's own position. Location.
But after the sunlight scattered on the sparkling sea, the distant coastline became clearer. Although the naked eye could not accurately locate his position, he at least knew where he was now.
Hakata Port has been baptized by a night of storms. Most of the fishermen's houses on the shore have been destroyed by the storm. The homeless fishermen look at a pile of messy wooden houses, and then look at the calm sea in the distance and nothing on the sea. They don't know. Should we be happy or sad.
What made them feel relieved was that the Tang Overlord ship docked in their harbor for many days finally disappeared without a trace after a night of storm, and they could finally go fishing without any scruples.
What worries them is that although the storm blew away or sank the Overlord ship of the Tang Dynasty, it also destroyed their own houses. The destruction of their homes made them worry about how to rebuild their homes while they were happy that the Tang ship had disappeared.
While staring blankly at the sea and the messy homes, suddenly there was a shaking feeling on the ground beneath my feet. After a while, a large cavalry drove into the harbor like a whirlwind, and as the large cavalry After passing by, a large number of Japanese civil servants and military generals also hurried over.
"The Emperor has arrived..." A low and weird tone sounded over the fishing port, and then a huge carriage slowly drove into the area closest to the coastline of the fishing port.
As the majestic and dignified middle-aged man in the carriage stood by the shaft and looked towards the sea, the Japanese people who were blocked by the cavalry suddenly knelt down and saluted when they looked at the middle-aged man standing on the carriage.
With a trace of anxiety in his eyes, the middle-aged man looked at the endless empty calm sea, sighed heavily, and then faced the common people and asked everyone to get up.
"Your Majesty, there is no news about our navy yet." A military commander quickly ran to the carriage, supported their emperor, His Majesty named Dahairen, walked to the seaside, and said worriedly while looking at the sea.
"Let's wait and see. There were strong winds and heavy rain on the sea last night. Obviously, during the battle with the Tang Dynasty, the wind and waves were inevitably blown to the deep sea. I hope it can bring us good news." The Emperor of Japan, Hairen, He looked at the minister next to him and said.
Zuochen Village still looked anxious. He looked at the right minister on the other side of His Majesty the Emperor and whispered: "Your Majesty, if we defeat the Tang Navy, you need to personally write a letter and send it to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Now the Tang Dynasty is powerful , If they are unwilling to accept this defeat and use all their strength to invade our country again, we may not..."
"Don't worry, the wind was strong and the waves were high last night. Poseidon helped us defeat the Tang Dynasty. I think if the Tang Dynasty wants to attack us again in the future, it will think carefully about it. We will welcome our hero and general back first." The people of Dahai are confident. Man smiled.
With all the strength of the navy and 200 warships of the entire country, facing the three or five warships of the Tang Dynasty, if he still cannot win, it would be simply... outrageous. This would become an eternal shame for the Japanese country.
The right minister and Yuibe-kun lowered their heads. As an important minister who worked with His Majesty the Emperor to overthrow Emperor Kobun and Prince Otomo, he always likes to plan for the worst when looking at things.
So when the eyes of the people from the sea turned to him, Mr. Kazube, who lowered his head, murmured: "Your Majesty, what if we fail to win? What if the whole army is wiped out? What if we die together with the Tang Dynasty? Isn't that right? Do you really want to compensate them according to their requirements? "
"Do you think we will lose?" Dahai people were a little surprised. Two hundred warships couldn't defeat three or five warships of the Tang Dynasty
"I don't know. Even if we win, I'm afraid it will be a tragic victory. If the Tang Dynasty is desperate and sends troops to attack again in a short period of time, how can we resist? Are we going to let them sail into our hinterland from the Seto Inland Strait again to show off their power? ?" Hejibu-kun raised his head and looked at Dahairen and his colleague Murakuni Oi with a solemn expression.
"What do you think?" Dahairen asked without answering with a smile.
"There have been several powerful figures in China who were famous for their forbearance and strategies. In the end, they all achieved final victory. Han Xin was humiliated, Gou Jian was tortured, Sun Bin was tortured and tattooed, but in the end they still took revenge on Pang Juan... "
"So do you prefer to plead with the Tang Dynasty, negotiate peace, or compensate?" Dahairen asked calmly with a cold light in his majestic eyes.
"I think that now that you have succeeded to the throne, it is time to work hard. As for fighting against the Tang Dynasty, we do not have such strength now. We can only negotiate peace, plead for mercy, buy time, and get the Tang Dynasty to agree to send us to send envoys to study. Their culture, and then develop our navy, so that when we face the Tang Dynasty in the future, we will not be bullied to the doorstep like we are now." Mr. Yibu had nothing to do with Dahairen's cold eyes. Jue, still softly speaking his own opinions.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, I think it is not too late to wait and see the situation of my victorious army before discussing strategies. The wind and sea were high last night, so we cannot know how the battle will be. Mr. Kazube-kun always likes to prepare for Your Majesty from the worst possible situation. It's really valuable to think about the problem, but I think we should be more optimistic. Maybe our navy can give you a surprise," Mura Kunio said with a smile, quietly resolving the discord between the emperor and his ministers.
Mr. Hejibu glanced gratefully at Murakuni Nanyi, but his heart seemed to be weighed down by a heavy stone. Now the sea is calm, but there is not even a shadow of the Japanese Navy. I am afraid that... he will die with the Tang Dynasty, or he will die together with the Tang Dynasty. It was the Tang Dynasty that was defeated and the entire army was annihilated.
Want to defeat the navy of Tang Dynasty? Mr. Hejibu couldn't believe it in his heart.
After all, the three Tang Dynasty warships that had been cruising in the hinterland for many days seemed to be good ships that could cope with the harsh environment at sea. The Japanese navy was in trouble.
'Baidu Qishu once recorded that about a thousand years ago, China was not strong at that time, but the Japanese were very powerful, so they launched a war against us.
We were ultimately defeated, and were forced to sign many unequal treaties with the Japanese. '
"You don't understand the treaty?" Li Hong looked at Cui Zhibian strangely, and then looked at Princess Dalai who also looked curious for knowledge and asked.
"Please tell me, Your Highness." Cui Zhibian was confused. More than a thousand years ago? Was the Japanese country ever so powerful? Have you ever defeated my Chinese nation? how can that be possible.
"A treaty is a series of treaties for both parties to abide by. For example, now, when we approach the coast of Japan in a while, we will definitely see their ministers negotiating peace, and then we will write down some in the spirit of good-neighborly and friendly relations. An agreement for both parties to abide by," Li Hong said with his eyes closed as he lay on his back comfortably on the deck, feeling the gentle sea breeze.
"Then..." Cui Zhibian glanced at Princess Dalai next to him, thought for a moment and said, "Then what do you think we should do if the Japanese country negotiates and makes peace with us?"
"It's simple. Of course, we need to tell them history and reason. We should explain clearly what was originally ours but was later occupied by them. Take back what should be taken back. If it takes too long, then... we can rent it. Give it to them, for example, Shikoku Island and Kyushu Island. This was originally the land of the Tang Dynasty, but it was too far away from us. The court did not care about jurisdiction and governance, and was controlled by the Japanese country. The people above were always looking forward to it, right? When Master Wang returns, we will..."
"Shameless, those things were originally ours, when did they become yours?" Princess Dalai's face was livid with anger. She really couldn't bear the confusion of right and wrong by Her Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, so she couldn't help but retort.
"Original? It was ours more than a thousand years ago, okay? Didn't we get defeated by you later? After being forced to sign a series of unequal treaties, we were robbed by you." Li Hong opened his hand. He glanced at the livid Princess Dalai and said in agony, as if the defeat more than a thousand years ago made him feel ashamed and heartbroken when he thought about it.
Princess Dalai couldn't feel the pain in his tone at all. In her opinion, the pain on the surface was all pretense. What's more, with just his words, he denied the issue of the ownership of Shikoku and Kyushu. Why!
"These are your own words. They are completely baseless. How can you prove that the Four Kingdoms and Kyushu were yours more than a thousand years ago? How can you prove that we defeated your ancestors? What crime do you want to accuse us of? No excuses!" Princess Dalai looked at his look of needing a beating and was so angry that she wanted to pounce on him and strangle him to death.
"Of course I didn't say it myself. It is recorded in Baidu Qishu, and it is clearly recorded that more than a thousand years ago, you defeated us, and then we were forced to pay compensation, cede territory, and shamefully brought Shikoku and Kyushu together. The island was given to you, and it is also recorded in the history books that we were the first to discover Shikoku and Kyushu Island. This is absolutely true. "
"You... are extremely shameless! Shikoku Island and Kyushu Island are connected with our main island. When we had Japan, those islands have always been ours, okay!" Princess Olai almost fainted from anger!
It's really shameless to say that they discovered it first. Whether it's Shikoku or Kyushu, if you stand on the edge of the main island, you can see everything clearly without his telescope. If we want to discover it first, we, Japan, should do it first. Just discover it!
(End of chapter)