Chapter 278 The Qingzhou Fleet Landed on the Japanese Islands
Just when Fenggao was about to hold the Jingling Hall Ceremony, the Qingzhou Fleet of Gan Ning Taishi Ci and Liu Yu finally landed on the Japanese Islands.
"Gan Xingba - where have you brought us!?" Taishi Ci grabbed Gan Ning's collar and shouted.
Taishici felt regretful at this time. If he had known that such a thing would happen, he should not have listened to Gan Ning's deception.
When the Qingzhou fleet left Youzhou, Gan Ning accepted Gongsun Zan's entrustment and brought Liu Yu to Fenggao and handed it over to Liu Bei.
Taishi Ci didn't say much about this. How could he not know the relationship between Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu after living in Youzhou for several years.
The last time Gongsun Zan sent troops to attack Yuan Shao in Jizhou, Liu Yu had a conflict with Gongsun Zan.
After this conflict, Gongsun Zan sent troops to attack Yuan Shao in Jizhou. Although Liu Yu also allocated grain and grass supplies to Gongsun Zan.
However, the conflict between the two people deepened again.
Even with Liu Bei's mediation, the conflicts between Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan have accumulated to the point of being irreconcilable.
If Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan stay in the same place again, the conflicts accumulated between the two sides will eventually break out.
So Gongsun Zan packed up Liu Yu and put it on the Qingzhou fleet, so that Gan Ning would not have to return to Qingzhou with an empty ship.
Tai Shici had no objection to Liu Yu boarding the ship, but he had a strong objection to Gan Ning's arbitrary changes in the fleet's route.
Originally, according to the plan, after leaving the Bohai Sea and entering the Yellow Sea, they should rest at Donglai Port and send Liu Yu ashore.
However, Gan Ning did not enter Donglai Port to rest as planned, but directly entered the East China Sea.
Then, in a daze, Gan Ning's re-planned route took him to an unfamiliar sea area.
"I shouldn't have believed your evil deeds and agreed to change the route in the first place." Taishi Ci let go of Gan Ning and said with a bitter look on his face.
"Ziyi, you just stayed on the ship for a short time, otherwise you wouldn't be in a hurry here." Liu Yu persuaded from the side.
"On the endless sea, in addition to Si Nan, you can also determine your position by stargazing." Liu Yu looked at Tai Shici and said.
"Actually, it's not just Sinan and stargazing, there are other ways to determine the position on the sea." Gan Ning whispered beside him.
Taishi Ci was dumbfounded and looked at Gan Ning and Liu Yu in front of him with his mouth open.
Co-author Both of these guys can determine their position on the sea, but he is the only one who can't.
"If you don't believe it, you can ask the sailors on the ship. They have been floating on the sea for so long, and they have mastered one or two methods of distinguishing directions." Gan Ning stabbed Taishi Ci again. .
"You..." Taishi Ci pointed at Gan Ning. He didn't know what to say and could only sit on the deck slumped.
Who can you blame? I can't just blame myself. After wandering around the sea with Gan Ning for so long, why don't you learn how to tell the direction?
"Ziyi, how about I teach you stargazing?" Liu Yu couldn't help but said as he looked at Taishi Ci who was sitting slumped on the deck.
Although it was Gan Ning who made the decision to let Liu Yu board the ship, it was Taishi Ci who arranged Liu Yu's life on the ship.
If it weren’t for Tai Shici’s arrangement, Liu Yu would probably still be lying in the cabin now.
Liu Yu, who had never seen wind and waves on a ship in his first half of his life, was taught a lesson by the wind and waves on the sea just in the Bohai Sea.
Liu Yu, who had been educated by the sea, began to ask Gan Ning for knowledge about the sea.
Taishi Ci, on the other hand, chose to practice martial arts on the deck, seemingly without the consciousness of being a naval soldier.
Liu Yu asked him, why don't you follow suit and learn from it. Maybe it will be useful in the future.
Tai Shici replied, I am from the army, and I also have an infantry regiment. What should I do to learn the knowledge and skills of the navy?
Tai Shici did not know that at this time Yang Ji had already had the idea of adapting him and his headquarters into the Marine Corps.
Looking at the calm faces of Liu Yu and Gan Ning in front of him, Tai Shici knew that they knew where he was.
"Learn! In addition to stargazing, I also want to learn knowledge and skills!" Tai Shici said fiercely.
There are no reference objects on land in the vast sea.
Unless you look at the stars in the sky or the things under the sea.
"Is this the place where the ancestors awarded the title of the Japanese Kingdom in the second year of Jianwu Zhongyuan?" Liu Yu looked at the big island in front of him.
"Huh, we finally got to the bad place, otherwise I would have planned to turn around and return." Gan Ning breathed a sigh of relief.
"Xingba, did you come here on purpose?" Taishi Ci asked with a frown.
"Of course, otherwise how could I change the sailing route at will." Gan Ning shrugged.
Taishici was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Liu Yu. Liu Yu followed Gan Ning's example and shrugged to Taishi Ci.
Now Taishi Ci finally understood. Not only did he not know where to look on the sea, he didn't even know where their destination was.
"Is it General Yang who arranged for you to come here?" Tai Shici said suddenly.
Gan Ning smiled and did not answer Tai Shi Ci's question, but Tai Shi Ci already knew Gan Ning's answer.
"Is it the new Anton general Yang Ji and Yang Ziyu?" Liu Yu asked from the side.
After Liu Bei took office as General Zhendong, he wanted to pin General Anton on Yang Ji.
Unfortunately, Chang'an has been using Yang Ji's age and achievements as an excuse, and will not let go of General Anton's seal and ribbon document.
Until Yang Ji conquered Yanzhou and defeated Yuan Shao at the boundary bridge, Gongsun Zan wrote to the court recommending Yang Ji as General Anton.
Talents such as Li Jue and Guo Si found the opportunity to threaten the court and grant Yang Ji the post of General Anton.
Of course, the reason why Li Jue, Guo Si and others asked for an official position for Yang Ji was to ask for food from Zhendong General Liu Bei.
After all, under the fierce attack of the Xiliang Army, the people in Guanzhong no longer have food to eat.
With great righteousness in hand, Li Jue, Guo Si and the others successfully completed the tasks assigned to them by Li Ru.
This is one of the main reasons why Yang Jiliehou's fiefdom was arranged in Yulin County.
After taking Yanzhou, Liu Bei took over the responsibility of rescuing the people in Guanzhong.
However, even Liu Bei, who occupied two states and three counties, did not have the ability to rescue the people in Guanzhong.
So Chen Xi gave Liu Bei an idea to reopen the Zhengguo Canal.
In this way, under the recommendation of Chen Xi, Li Jue, Guo Si and others found Zhong Yao and asked him to preside over the reopening of Zheng Guo Canal.
If Liu Bei hadn't given them the suggestion to reopen the Zheng Guo Canal and found them a capable person who could carry out this big project.
Otherwise, even with Li Ru's secret letter, Li Jue, Guo Si and others would not have made such a big effort in the matter of Yang Jile's Marquis title and General Anton's military position.
Gan Ning nodded, "When we first withdrew our troops from Jieqiao, General Yang ordered me to walk a few more steps this way when I returned from Youzhou to take a look at the situation here." If local conditions permit, General Yang asked me to find a place to build a bridgehead after landing." Gan Ning explained the military order that Yang Ji had given him.
After Yang Ji took over as General Anton, Gan Ning should have been transferred from Chen Xi's name to Yang Ji's account.
But Liu Bei did not agree to Chen Xi's transfer and still let Gan Ning hang under Chen Xi's account.
Of course, Gan Ning didn't know about these things and just took Yang Ji's military orders as a matter of course.
Yang Ji himself knew the difference, but Yang Ji did not explain it to Gan Ning. He just made corresponding arrangements according to his own ideas.
After Liu Bei received Yang Ji's arrangements for Gan Ning, he just recorded them in a book and threw them aside.
In Liu Bei's arrangement, although Gan Ning was still affiliated with Chen Xi, Yang Ji also had the command authority over the Qingzhou Fleet.
"Why does General Yang want you to come here to build a bridgehead? This place doesn't look like anything special?" Tai Shici said, looking at a small settlement not far away.
Taishi Ci was unwilling to admit that the settlement not far away was a city.
How dare you call it a city without even a city wall? I'm afraid it's not a serious illness.
Gan Ning shook his head, "I didn't know that. General Yang just asked me to find a place with people to land here,
and then conquer the tribes near the landing place, and set up a Build a bridgehead.”
When Gan Ning received this somewhat strange order from Yang Ji, he also asked Yang Ji the reason.
But Yang Ji didn't tell Gan Ning the reason, and just asked him to follow the rules.
Time will tell him the answer.
"Does Mr. Bo'an know what's special about this place?" Since Gan Ning doesn't know what's going on, let's ask Liu Yu who may know
Tai Shici still remembers just now Liu Yu said that this was a place called the Japanese Kingdom granted by Emperor Guangwu.
Since Liu Yu can tell the origin of this place, he must know what is special about it.
Gan Ning also remembered what Liu Yu said just now and quickly looked at Liu Yu.
He also wanted to know why Yang Ji asked him to come here to build a bridgehead.
If this place really had a strategic position, Gan Ning would have landed in another place. This place is not suitable as a port.
However, Gan Ning and Tai Shici are destined to be disappointed. In this era, except Chen Xi and Yang Ji, no one else really knows the specialness of this place in Japan.
Liu Yu tried hard to search for the memories in his mind, but apart from the "Han-Japanese slave country", he really couldn't find a second memory point.
Liu Yu shook his head and said, "In addition to the record of paying tribute once during the reign of Emperor Shizong (Emperor Wu), there is also a record of paying tribute during the reign of Emperor Shizu (Emperor Guangwu)."
Gan Ning and Taishi Ci said to each other After taking a quick look, I realized that there was no need to worry about it now. It was definitely Yang Ji or Chen Xi who was planning the future.
Gan Ning squinted his eyes and turned to look at the temporary landing place he had chosen.
"..." Gan Ning felt that it would be better for him to find a helper.
My gaze directly passed over Tai Shici and focused on Liu Yu. The knowledge and ability possessed by this person were what Gan Ning needed.
As for Tai Shici? Apart from the fact that the force and command of troops are similar to his own, is there anything else worthy of praise?
Tai Shici was keenly aware of Gan Ning's fleeting gaze, and it was a very offensive gaze.
However, before Taishi Ci had time to ask questions, he heard Gan Ning's question to Liu Yu. It was this question that made Taishi Ci give up the idea of causing trouble with Gan Ning.
Gan Ning saluted Liu Yu and asked Liu Yu: "May I ask if Mr. Bo'an knows the art of judging people and the land?"
Liu Yu was stunned for a moment, what is this? Gan Ning still needs to use the art of looking at the earth?
"Xingba, tell me, why do you use the technique of Kanyu and Earth?" Liu Yu asked with interest.
Liu Yu also discovered that Gan Ning was indeed a well-known general, and he was different from other generals.
As soon as Gan Ning heard this, he knew that Liu Yu knew the art of appraising people and the earth. Even if he didn't know the art of appraising people and appreciating the earth, Liu Yu would definitely have other ways to get the same result.
Gan Ning pointed to the beach in front and said, "This place is not suitable as a port."
Liu Yu paused while stroking his beard and looked at Gan Ning in surprise, " How do you determine that General Yang wants to build a port here? ”
Gan Ning shook his head, "I don't know the purpose of General Yang sending me here to build a bridgehead, and I don't know what the strategic significance of the Japanese country is.
But, I know that the layout of those two people is only in the It will show its effect when it appears." Gan Ning said seriously.
"What's more, even if General Yang doesn't have any follow-up arrangements, I still want to find a suitable place to build a port on the Japanese islands."
Gan Ning didn't know that Yang Ji sent him here The purpose of building a bridgehead, but he knew the strategic position of this place.
Just like Yizhou that Chen Xi asked him to look for, these two places are not strategically important for the army.
However, it is different for the Navy.
Gan Ning didn't know what the sea beyond the first island chain looked like, but that didn't stop Gan Ning from having ambitions to conquer the outer sea.
Gan Ning's knowledge reserve and ability are not bad, and can even be said to be stronger than those of many heads of aristocratic families.
After sailing the Qingzhou fleet around Yizhou several times, Gan Ning developed a strong curiosity about the sea east of Yizhou.
Then, Gan Ning and other sailors swam back.
Liu Yu and Tai Shici, who had only slightly appreciated the vastness of the sea and did not realize what kind of service the navy was, frowned and looked at Gan Ning in confusion.
Looking at Liu Yu and Taishi Ci, especially Taishi Ci, who looked confused, Gan Ning couldn't help but sigh.
While at Jieqiao, Gan Ning heard from Yang Ji that he would be assigned a deputy general to command the Marine Corps.
Gan Ning proposed to Yang Ji at that time that Taishi Ci, a guy who suited his temperament very well, be his deputy general.
It just so happens that Taishi Ci also has a headquarters. When the time comes, he will be directly taken to the sea to train for a few months. He will probably be transferred to the Marine Corps.
However, Yang Ji did not agree immediately, but thought about it for a while.
Asked a question that Gan Ning could not answer: [You, or Taishi Ziyi, do you really know the meaning of the navy, or what the navy is? 】
Faced with Yang Ji's question, Gan Ning fell silent, unable to answer.
Gan Ning understands the navy, but what exactly is the navy?
Is the navy just sending water troops from rivers and lakes into the sea? Can such a navy really be considered a navy?
Gan Ning, who had seen the boundless sea, didn’t think so.
(End of this chapter)