Fang Guoshou made a straightforward request to borrow a boat, and the entire warm hall fell silent.
The leader of the Bohai Kingdom looked at his prime minister Gao Yangbi, but the prime minister of the Bohai Kingdom lowered his head like a turtle, not daring to express any opinions.
Fang Guoshou's reaction to Bohai Junchen was already expected. He said directly:
"The borrowing of the boat this time is a joint order from His Royal Highness the King of Longyouyue and Pinglu Town Jiedushi Wang Xuanzhi. If the King of Bohai refuses to borrow the boat, he will become the enemy of the Tang Dynasty!"
Fang Guoshou stood there, staring straight into the eyes of Bohai King Da Qinmao.
Although King Bohai has always been generous, he was so humiliated by a small informal envoy like Fang Guoshou, and he became furious and said:
"Is Fang Shi going to persecute me? Aren't you afraid that I will take your head to see the Shi family and his son?"
During the rebellion between Datang and Hedong, Bohai State maintained a neutral attitude.
Datang is too close to the Bohai Sea and Taiyuan, and Hedong is too close to the Bohai Sea.
In the early days of the rebellion, King Bohai still wanted to make a fortune from maritime trade.
Unexpectedly, the Tang Dynasty cut off maritime trade, which dealt a blow to Bohai State's speculation.
Fang Guoshou's request to borrow a boat was to fall out with the Shi family's father and son who were in Fanyang, Taiyuan.
King Bohai was naturally angry.
Fang Guoshou said calmly: "Is the King of Bohai really going to rebel against the Tang Dynasty? If you kill me today, aren't you afraid that the Tang army will conquer the Bohai Sea tomorrow?"
"How does Balhae Kingdom today compare to Baekje Kingdom and Goguryeo Kingdom in the past?"
After saying this, King Bohai fell silent.
The annihilation war between Baekje and Goguryeo was a battle during the reign of Emperor Taizong in the early Tang Dynasty. Few people in the Tang Dynasty knew about this battle, but in the northern border of the empire, it was a nightmare for all the kings.
Baekje is a country living on the Bangja Peninsula. Its territory is slightly smaller than Balhae Kingdom, but its population is much larger than Balhae Kingdom.
At that time, Baekje united with Goguryeo and often made small moves behind the Tang Dynasty. Emperor Taizong ordered General Su Dingfang to lead an army of 100,000 to land on Baekje by ship, and let Baekje destroy the country in one month.
Su Dingfang also destroyed Goguryeo and defeated the Western Turks. "The three kingdoms were destroyed before and after, and all the kings were captured alive."
Most of the Tang Dynasty's great reputation on the northern border of the empire was brought down by Su Dingfang, a famous general in the early Tang Dynasty.
Nowadays, the people on the peninsula regard Su Dingfang as the God of War.
Comparing the Balhae Kingdom with Baekje Goguryeo, the King of Balhae still had some idea in mind that the combat power of the Balhae Kingdom was not enough to give Goguryeo shoes.
Even a powerful country like Goguryeo was destroyed by the Tang Dynasty. If the Tang Dynasty really wanted to deal with Bohai State, even if it moved the capital to the ends of the earth, the country would be destroyed.
Seeing the fearful expression on King Bohai's face, Fang Guoshou took a step forward and said: "Pinglu Town Jiedushi Wang Xunzhi has decided to bring order to the Tang Dynasty. As long as Yuguan is in hand, Pinglu Town will serve as a barrier to the Bohai Kingdom.
Are we still afraid of Shi Siming and his son?"
The King of Bohai was stunned. Indeed, if Pinglu Town surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, then the Shi family and his son would only attack Pinglu first. It would be impossible to brave the ice and snow to attack Bohai Kingdom.
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How will the king pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty?"
King Bohai was horrified.
Today, Fang Guoshou was ordered by the King of Yue and the military envoy of Pinglu Town to borrow a ship, but the Bohai Kingdom refused to borrow it. When the counter-rebellion is over in the future, will these two big shots take the opportunity to liquidate the Bohai Sea?
In particular, Pinglu Town was originally outside the customs and was responsible for suppressing the Hu people in the north. What if the Bohai Kingdom was labeled as a remnant of the puppet Yan?
How did the King of Bohai know that Fang Guoshou claimed to have been ordered by Wang Xuanzhi, but the military governor of Pinglu Army did not know about it at all.
However, in the past few times, Fang Guoshou negotiated trade with King Bohai on behalf of Wang Xuanzhi. Now that Bohai merchants are able to enter and exit Pinglu Town and dock at the port of Pinglu Town to do business, King Bohai subconsciously regards Fang Guoshou as Wang Xuanzhi's confidant.
The King of Yue, who was far away in Longyou, was also underestimated. The King of Yue was the biological son of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the noble prince of the Tang Dynasty. If the King of Yue proposed to punish the Bohai Kingdom, the King of Bohai would not be able to resist.
Seeing the hesitant expression on King Bohai's face, Fang Guoshou went further and said:
"Your Majesty, the Bohai Kingdom has received a favor from the Tang Dynasty. Now is the time for you to repay the favor!"
"I only need five hundred transport ships! Bohai Country only needs boatmen!"
The King of Bohai almost vomited blood when he heard Fang Guoshou's request. Although the Bohai Kingdom is known as the country of a thousand ships, the entire Bohai Kingdom, including fishing boats, only has a thousand ships.
Even counting small transport ships, we can only make up 500 transport ships.
Fang Guoshou actually asked for five hundred transport ships, which was equivalent to requisitioning all the transport merchant ships in the Bohai Kingdom.
Just when King Bohai opened his mouth to bargain, Fang Guoshou said again:
"If the King of Bohai is willing to help Datang, then the ports on the northern coast can be opened to Bohai for your trade!"
Northern port?
King Bohai looked at Fang Guoshou. Now that the Tang Dynasty had cut off foreign trade, if someone else had promised this, King Bohai would naturally kick him out.
But Fang Guoshou came on behalf of King Yue and Wang Xuanzhi.
Wang Xuanzhi is the Jiedushi of Pinglu Town. As long as he nods, the merchant ships of the Bohai Kingdom can dock at ports outside the customs.
And the King of Yue is the emperor's biological son. If he writes a letter requesting that the northern ports be opened to the Bohai Kingdom, this matter will really be a big deal.
Although the northern ports are not as prosperous as the southern ports, they can continue to do business with Datang, and the fleet in the Bohai Sea will not starve to death.
King Bohai looked at Fang Guoshou and said, "Fang will not deceive me, right?"...
Fang Guoshou said calmly: "What the King of Bohai and I are discussing is a major military matter. This time we represent the King of Yue and Wang Jieshuai. How can we be joking?"
Fang Guoshou moved out the Yue King and Pinglu Town Jiedushi, and the Bohai King felt relieved.
"These five hundred transport ships are really too many. Now the sea is frozen and many ships cannot leave the port."
Fang Guoshou was also secretly surprised. He originally mentioned the five hundred transport ships casually, but he just wanted to bargain with King Bohai.
I didn’t expect Bohai Country to be able to gather so many ships.
It seems that I underestimated the power of this Haidong Sheng Kingdom.
Fang Guoshou studied history, and in the thin history books, he only talked about the prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty in general.
But in this game, Fang Guoshou finally felt what the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty was like.
A small vassal country located in the north of the Tang Dynasty was able to gather 500 transport ships. How powerful was the Tang Dynasty in its heyday?
Fang Guoshou put away these messy thoughts and asked: "How many ships can your country provide?"
The leader of the Bohai Kingdom looked at Gao Yangbi, who had been pretending to be dead, and the Bohai Prime Minister immediately said:
"Zhongjing Prefecture and Longquan Prefecture still have some transport ships that can be launched. The fleet that is about to return from Fuso should be able to gather 200 ships."
Two hundred ships!
Today, there are only 4,000 players and indigenous troops in Tongliao City.
Two hundred ships are enough to complete the sea attack plan.
However, the entire Yuguan garrison has
With a total of 10,000 people, although the players had cannons and grenades, Yuchixin still did not have the confidence to win by storming Yuguan.
When he thought of this, Fang Guoshou looked at the Lord of Bohai and said:
"My lord, to attack Shi Jia and his son, all we need from your country is to send out ships, but the King of Yue and Wang Jiedu asked for 500 ships, and you can only gather 200 ships."
At this time, the leader of the Bohai Kingdom was worried again. He only heard Fang Guoshou say: "Then the Bohai Kingdom will also recruit people!"
The envoy from the Tang Dynasty in front of him had a tough attitude, but the leader of the Bohai Kingdom still felt that he was a little sorry for the Tang Dynasty. He said quickly:
"Your Majesty, our Bohai country is small and sparsely populated, so we really can't get enough people together."
Fang Guoshou said: "I heard that noble families in your country like to keep private soldiers. The Lu family where the queen lives has thousands of private soldiers?"
Da Qinmao raised his head and looked at Fang Guoshou, only to hear Fang Guoshou say:
"The king of the country has put in so much effort, shouldn't these nobles who are connected to Bohai State Zuo also contribute?"
"Please, the Lord, in the name of supporting the Tang Dynasty, call on all the nobles to gather 3,000 people and send troops with Wang Jiedushi!"
King Bohai's eyes lit up and he looked at his prime minister.
Gao Yangbi also nodded. Since he was sending troops at the request of the Tang Dynasty envoy, this was a national policy related to the survival of the Bohai State. Even the Lu family had nothing to say.
Moreover, the leader of the Bohai Kingdom has been in power for twenty years and has great appeal and influence in the country. If other families heard that the war was for the Tang Dynasty, they should also respond.
The next day, the Bohai Royal Court issued an edict in response to the call of the Tang Dynasty. The King of Bohai ordered his son Dahonglin to lead two hundred ships and go south to Pinglu Town to support the Tang Dynasty in countering the rebellion.
At the same time, he ordered all the nobles in the country to hand over their family's private soldiers and go out with the fleet.
As soon as this order came out, the Bohai Kingdom was in an uproar.
Many ministers were wondering why the ruler's attitude suddenly changed, abandoning the national policy of neutrality and fully supporting the Tang Dynasty.
However, after they met Fang Guoshou in the royal court and were intimidated by Fang Guoshou's words, they all gave up their original positions and supported King Bohai in sending troops.
Zhongshu Province caught Lu Lin off guard and was forced to hand over a thousand private soldiers of the Lu family and follow the fleet south to fight.
The docks of Bohai Kingdom suddenly became ablaze. The big ships in the dock were pulled out, the huge sails were raised, and the fleet sailed out of the port and down the coast!