The waves and sea breeze beat against each other the two warships Qinglong and Suzaku. The hulls of the ships swaying slightly on the calm sea were like the gentle embrace of a mother.
The night continued to cover the sea, and the stars in the sky looked more charming and mysterious. One night did not allow Saleh to get anything useful. Even if he got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, he had been following him since the day. The black iron tower will follow him to the toilet every step of the way.
So that night, Saleh's plan to peek at the Tang Dynasty warship completely failed. Moreover, this night, because of the ghost-like surveillance of the black iron tower, he spent the night extremely uncomfortable and uncomfortable.
When the warships of the Tang Dynasty slowly sailed into the city of Acre, the port of Dashi, the panic and shock it brought to the people at the dock of Dashi was not only beyond Li Hong's expectation, but even Saleh did not expect it. Just two warships, when they slowly sailed into the dock, scared the businessmen of their own country, dropped their goods and started running back.
During the period from when the two huge warships entered the pier to when they were berthed, they caused the paralysis of the Aker City pier. The huge panic made Li Hong look around and saw that they were all in a panic, stumbling and throwing down their men and running back. of cannibals.
In the end, if Saleh hadn't yelled on the Qinglong and caught up with the defenders who ran over to the Aker City Pier to help, Li Hong might have been preparing to order the Qinglong and Suzaku to enter combat at any time. Probably the docks in Acre were razed to the ground.
Saleh looked at the several dark iron pipes that had risen above the deck at some point, and asked in a deep voice with a somewhat embarrassed expression: "What do you want to do again?"
Li Hong looked at the anchored Qinglong and saw the Dashi defenders running over to rescue him. He stood on the deck and said relaxedly: "Protect you. If they think you are an enemy, I will help you destroy them." "
"I... this is Dashi, not your Tang Dynasty. You'd better not act recklessly! Also, since you are the prince of the Tang Dynasty and the envoy of the Tang Dynasty to my Dashi, where are your court documents? In a moment, After we get off the boat, someone will inspect it in Acre City." Saleh, who was about to get angry again, rolled his eyes and suddenly looked at Li Hong calmly and said.
"Just them? They are not qualified to inspect my documents. When we arrive in your capital, you will naturally see my messenger documents." Li Hong held the railing with both hands and looked at the Dashi soldiers who were on alert below, then turned and continued to look at Sa Lihe said: "These two warships will not stay here. After I ask you to help them get enough supplies, they will leave."
"Leave? Why? What will you do if you return to Datang? It will be fine if you leave it here." Seeing that his plan was about to fail, Saleh hurriedly followed Li Hong, who was about to disembark.
"Young master, you are playing such tricks with me. Let me tell you this, no one in the world can play such tricks as we, the Tang Dynasty. Don't you just want to use these two battleships to dock at After we get here, in the name of inspection, are you allowed to board the ship to see why our battleship is so powerful? This kind of trick is not something that even a three-year-old child in the Tang Dynasty would do, it is childish."
Li Hong, who stood on land again, opened his arms in a gesture of embracing the earth, but Saleh behind him said nothing and waved impatiently to tell the defenders to leave quickly and stop standing here.
Three thousand soldiers were not a small number. When they stood on the port of Dashi, they suddenly made the originally small dock seem even more crowded.
Saleh couldn't even imagine what chaos the dock would be like now if those merchants and other people on the dock had not run away just now.
Busr led other naval forces to disembark from their remaining battleships and the Suzaku. At this moment, Saleh also resumed his distinguished status as the Prince of Food.
Lawless was left here by Li Hong to protect the two warships. Only after the supplies were completed and left the dock, they could go to Acre City to join Li Hong.
So in the next three days, Li Hong did not immediately set off from Aker City to the capital of the Dashi Kingdom. Instead, he began to stop in a foreign country where all the round-roofed buildings could be seen.
During this period, people in the Tang Dynasty called white-robed feasts because they admired the color white.
The architectural style here has lasted for more than a thousand years. It is basically the same architectural style as the earth-yellow buildings of the previous generation, but the city is much smaller and lags behind.
With the arrival of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, the lord of Acre City naturally had to show his loyalty to the landlord accompanying Saleh.
And from these three days, Li Hong also roughly understood why Saleh did not make any revenge or request for the navy that he wiped out Dashi.
The Umayyad family is the most powerful group among the twelve nobles of the Dashi Kingdom. Therefore, after the death of the older monarch, the Umayyad family patriarch Awiye, who is Saleh's grandfather, relied on the so-called The "Allah's Judgment" seized the throne of the Dashi Kingdom from the real successor Ali, thus creating the Umayyad Dynasty, which is also known as the Dashi in White in the mouth of the Tang Dynasty.
When Awiyeh abdicated, he did not elect a new heir among the entire aristocracy like the previous monarch. Instead, he directly appointed his son Muadazid as monarch, destroying the previous aristocratic election system. Thus it became a hereditary system.
It was precisely because of Muazid's succession that he became the monarch of the Kingdom of Dashi, which finally allowed the originally unwilling Ali family, the Khawalij family, the Hashim family and the Kordo family to start a stir in the country of Dashi. Massive opposition.
It was precisely because of this voice of opposition that Saleh's father, Muazid, had to start expanding the war externally to divert domestic unfavorable forms and voices of opposition to him.
It was also in this form that Ali, who once competed with Awiye for the throne of the monarch, was secretly assassinated by Muazid's men some time ago when he led several other families to oppose Muazid. triggered greater civil unrest.
For this reason, Muazid had to adopt a soft and divided strategy, planning to use Yeyue as a bargaining chip to marry into the Hashemite family, so as to divide the opposition.
The two warships had sailed out of the port of Aker City yesterday and successfully reached the sea. After no longer having to worry about the disaster caused by the cannibals, Li Hong started to set off for the capital of the cannibal country three days ago.
"What's the use of telling me this? Do you really expect me to help you put down these internal strife?" Li Hong was riding on horseback, looking at the green vegetation on both sides of the road. Who said that there is less vegetation, and war horses are so important? " "Weapons", if there are no water plants, how can we maintain them
"I am warning you that after entering my great food capital, you will not interact with these three families. The Sultan of the Hashemite family has been pursuing Ye Yue since he returned from your capital Chang'an. If not me… ."
"Come on, I think I know better than you what kind of person Yeyue is. As for your fear that I will interact with the other three families and then put your Umayyad family into greater isolation, I'm afraid it's not just a few words. You can make me agree, right? You don’t have to threaten me with Yeyue. Isn’t it just the Sudan who is chasing him? Do you believe that I castrated him?” A cruel smile appeared on the corner of Li Hong’s mouth, looking at the horse next to him. Saleh said from his back.
"If you dare to do this, I will naturally ask for it. But this is not your Tang Dynasty, but my food, so you'd better think twice about your actions. I don't want to make Yeyue sad. Of course, a few words can't make it happen If you agree, I will be happy to hear your terms." Saleh understood that with a person like Li Hong, after he told him about the current situation in Dashi, all he could do was to treat him. The most advantageous option.
He would never stop interacting with those three families because of Yeyue or his own threats and warnings. So there is no need to say some things clearly and clearly. Just stop at the point and let Li Hong understand what he thinks.
Li Hong looked at Saleh curiously. It was different. Now that he was back in his own country, what he said seemed much more confident. Now he was not afraid of the unknown conditions he had set, just to prevent himself from interacting with other people. Cooperation between the three main nobles.
"I haven't figured out the terms yet, but even if I do, it's probably useless to talk to you. You are just the heir now, not the monarch of Dashi, so if you want to talk, you still need to talk to your father. , right?" Li Hong looked at the outline of the city wall in the distance.
"Prepare your envoys and the prince's documents. I can help you refuse the inspection in Aker City, but when you enter our great food capital, especially if you want to enter my father's palace, you will never be able to enter without documents. Let alone negotiating with my father, don't let the guards in the palace throw you out." Saleh glanced at Li Hong coldly, feeling a little depressed.
Why is the gap between people so big? He is also the heir to the empire, but he is just a prince in Dashi, and the power in his hands is very limited.
As for the guy next to me, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the real monarch of the Tang Empire. I have been to the Tang Dynasty twice. The first time, I didn’t feel that he had much power in his hands. At most, he was no more than I'm just older.
But when he went to the Tang Dynasty for the second time, he deeply felt how powerful Li Hong was in his hands. It is not an exaggeration to say that he had gathered all the power that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty should have.
But now, he is still just an heir, and even an heir whose status is not stable.
(End of chapter)