815 Approaching Destination
Bolimbang Wharf, when Li You arrived, the scene at the wharf was truly shocked. Sixty trestle bridges were filled with ships. There was not a single berth on the wharf. Many ships were parked outside the port. This is the first time that the fleet has played.
Not to mention the total number of ships here is less than two hundred, but the smallest high-speed sailing ships are larger than the average small sea ships, not to mention the catamarans. As for the huge cargo ships and battleships, their tall figure is enough to make people feel intimidated. Therefore, seeing the gathering of ships of this size is more shocking than seeing the gathering of hundreds of sea ships.
On the bow deck, seeing that the ships were already crowded with piers and trestle bridges, Wang Yanzhang asked: "Lord, shall we disembark?"
"No, just wait on the boat. We didn't come here at full speed. It is estimated that Maro Ono's boat will arrive here tomorrow."
It did not come to Li You’s expectations. At noon the next day, Maro Ono took the fleet to Bolimbong. He would select more than 8,000 soldiers from Liuqiu. All of them were soldiers from the Japanese kingdom. The combat power is average, but they can still be used as archers. As long as they continue to grow in the later wars, they are still usable. Just like the soldiers of the Japanese nation in the hands of Wu Zhi Changxin, they have become the elite of Luzon through continuous wars. Of soldiers.
Now that the boats have arrived, they can set off. All the boats followed Li You's flagship and moved forward at full speed in three rows. It takes nearly twenty days for the boat to travel from Bolingbang to the Persian Gulf, so this twenty is the last little leisure time, and no one knows whether he will see the sun the next day in the future.
No one has walked this route. Li You didn’t dare to take it carelessly. He didn’t dare to cross Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka) at all. Otherwise, he would easily lose his way, so he went straight to the west after leaving the strait. After traveling for two days, he yawed to the northwest. Once in Anuradhapura, he could go around the Indian subcontinent to the Persian Gulf.
During the detour, many sea ships saw the fleet. After seeing them, they all retreated. Even the navy ships of the Chaluch dynasty rushed to the shore after they met. It was indeed a bit scary. It's not that they can be compared with ships that don't even have a length of ten feet.
On the bow deck, Li Hong took a binoculars and looked east and west. Li Jiao leaned against his mother and watched as his father was drawing a chart. The dog was leaning against the ship’s side and basking in the sun. Zhang Da and Wang Yanzhang were both People were drinking small wine on the gunwale on the other side of the ship, feeling that they were not here for war, but as if they were out for fun. A genius remembers Chinese in one second 8/1/z/o/m/
Before long, Li Hong turned his head and said to his father: "Daddy, it's land ahead, are we there yet?"
Li You put down the pencil in his hand, took the telescope in Li Hong's hand and looked at it, and indeed saw the land in front of him.
"Hong'er, it's still early, but we can stop the boat tonight, and Dad will grill the fish for you brothers and sisters in the evening."
After speaking, Li You turned his head and looked around. At a glance, he saw Zhang Da and Wang Yanzhang drinking, and then took a few steps forward and said: "Wang Yanzhang, Zhang Da, you two are itchy and want to be beaten." , This is a march, not for fun, but I dare to drink here."
Upon hearing this, the two hurriedly collected the wine jars and cups, and then stepped forward to give a gift. Wang Yanzhang smiled and said: "The Lord, the minister promises that you will never commit it again next time."
Li You smiled slightly with his hands behind his back and said: "Okay, I really want to hit you, your ass is blooming early, you smell of alcohol on your body anytime, and you dare not to say anything again? I really don't know where you have the confidence to say it. Such words come."
Wang Yanzhang scratched the back of his neck embarrassedly. He really didn't know how to reply to Li You. Drinking was not allowed in the army. This was a rule, but he thought that this was a boat and there was no danger, so he ignored this rule. It was indeed relatively safe. Li You didn't care about them. If he dared to drink during a war, he would definitely have a stick.
Li You didn't talk about it either, but said to Wang Yanzhang again: "Okay, don't be stunned, go and issue the order, let the ship behind stop and anchor, we won't travel at night tonight."
"Ah! Lord, why?" Wang Yanzhang really didn't understand what Li You meant by calling the ship to stop. After all, if the ship travels day and night, it can save a lot of time, even if it travels slowly at night, it still works. A lot of distance, so at least you can spend less time on the boat.
Li You raised his hand and took out the binoculars, handed it to Wang Yanzhang, and pointed to the front and said, “It’s already land ahead. If you go west for a day tomorrow, you can reach the Markland area. We can stop the boat there and let Zhang Da escorted the goods to find the rebels."
Upon hearing the words, Wang Yanzhang immediately looked far ahead, the land was indeed faintly visible, and then he quickly picked up the telescope and walked towards the bow of the ship, as if two steps could make it clearer. When he stood on the bow, he clearly saw the distant land through the telescope, to be precise, some small hills.
After listening to Li You's words, Zhang Da was even more excited and said: "Lord, I didn't expect to arrive so soon. This is really unexpected! It turns out that this sea route is so close!"
This line is indeed closer. If you ride a fast horse all the way from Huoxun to Yangzhou, it will take about a month at the earliest, and then take a fast boat from Yangzhou to Luzon, and it will take five days. This is the journey of Datang. The fastest route on the side. But the sea route is getting closer. Starting from the landing on the coast of Sistan, it takes only ten days to get to Huoxun from the fast horse, plus the twenty days it takes Shanghai to get there by boat, and you can arrive in one month. Save a few days, but people will not be so tired.
The more important point is that if you are transporting large quantities of goods, you can save more than a month in time compared to the original travel time in Datang. This is the most fundamental difference.
"It's a little closer, but the road from the Markoran area to Khorasan is not easy. You have to transport a large number of weapons to Khorasan tomorrow. I am afraid I can't help you. I can only rely on you. , It depends on whether you can arrive safely by yourself." Li You talked about practical problems, after all, the Markoran area is still in the hands of the big cannibals.
Zhang Da wants to transport weapons to prepare to cross the border. It is impossible for Li You to send a large number of troops to accompany him. After all, the food carried this time is not enough for the army to use for three months. Now the sea will consume nearly a month of food. If you visit the Khorasan area for at least another month, there is a risk of running out of food in the subsequent battles.
But the good point is that the Markoran area is sparsely populated and the army is not large, and they are relatively scattered. As long as there is no large-scale army, there is absolutely no problem in crossing the border.
"Lord, as long as you give me three hundred people, I will be able to reach the Khorasan area smoothly."
Li You nodded and said: "Okay, I will give you three hundred people tomorrow, escort fifty carts of equipment to Khorasan to contact the rebels. Remember, we are here from Basra to the Kufa front line. If you are slow Yes, don’t come here, just shoot down the city of Isfahan in the Fars area.” (End of this chapter)