The journey to Linyi was uneventful. Although the two little girls were a little seasick and vomiting in the first two days, they still managed not to complain to Li Chongrun.
After going to sea, the route turned directly to the south. Although the south wind was strong in midsummer, fortunately the pot camel machine was working normally. There were a few small problems in the middle, but fortunately sister Xianhui was there and they were solved quickly.
It's just that although the pot camel machine used a lot of rubber to separate it from the ship's board, the noise was still scary. In desperation, everyone could only let the paddle steamer pull in front, and mainly moved to Galen's boat to live on the paddle steamer.
Only some brothers were left on duty, which made things much easier.
The fleet only took twenty days to arrive in Guangzhou.
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Although he hadn't seen land for a long time, Li Chongrun was worried and still didn't know what happened in Yubi. When he replenished fresh water and coal at various ports along the way, he couldn't find the cargo ship coming from Linyi. Even after asking around Guangzhou City,
, but what he knew was similar to what Li Chongrun had learned in Yangzhou before.
It seems that since those two ships, there have been no merchant ships from Linyi recently.
The coal carried on the ship has been almost burned. Fortunately, there are many kilns and iron workshops in Guangzhou, so there is no shortage of these things. Moreover, Li Chongrun does not have to spend money. A seafarer who often travels on the Linyi route offered to help.
The fleet led the way to Linyi.
After finding a guide and replenishing fuel, the fleet did not care about shocking the world and continued southward, dragging black smoke and steam from Guangzhou Port.
After passing Danzhou, the fleet quickly bypassed Ningyuan, which was later called Sanya, and headed southwest under the guidance of old Haike Duo Jiugong.
Duo Jiugong's ability to know where he is by looking at the stars in the sky really makes Li Chongrun a little envious, but he has never spent any talent on astronomy and stars in his past life or this life, while Sister Xianhui can do it after a few days.
I have learned a rough idea over time.,
Every time he thought about this, Li Chongrun felt that if he hadn't relied on some accumulation from his previous life, he would not be worthy of carrying shoes with his two sisters.
In three days, the capital city of Linyi loomed faintly on the western skyline.
"I dare to ask the King of Linzi, but he wants to go to Linyi to quell the rebellion?"
Although Li Chongrun's identity was not revealed throughout the whole process, Duo Jiugong still vaguely guessed Li Chongrun's identity from the factory guard in gray clothes.
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"How did Jiu Gong recognize my identity?"
"As a sea traveler, if you don't know that the gray cloth coat in Yangzhou City belongs to the King of Linzi, I'm afraid it will be difficult to make money in Yangzhou." Duo Jiugong smiled slightly and bowed to Li Chongrun: "The little old man only has one son.
Traveled to Yangzhou at the beginning of the year
I got a sudden illness at that time, so I asked for a decoction at the medical clinic on the bank of the Guan River, and it was cured. This saved the little old man from the tragedy of the white-haired man sending the black-haired man away. The little old man had no choice but to follow His Highness.
Let’s stop by and express our respect.”
"Your Highness went to Linyi, but to rescue Queen Linyi?" Before Li Chongrun could say anything polite, Duo Jiugong immediately asked: "It is rumored that Her Majesty Queen Linyi is a classmate and friend of His Highness. It seems that
, the rumors should be true, His Highness really traveled thousands of miles to help Queen Lin Yi quell the rebellion, this friendship is really admirable."
Li Chongrun smiled a little sarcastically. He couldn't say that the root of the rebellion was actually on himself. He just managed to say a few words: "There is no Wanli, there is no Wanli, it's just six thousand miles."
"It's just that now the city has fallen into the hands of Bai Xiang. The old man knows a place where the fleet can stay."
Li Chongrun's original intention was to go directly to his cousin's port. He heard that the port was within the Linyi capital city. At least it should be within his control, but it was close to the enemy, in case the enemy was on guard.
, I am afraid that there will inevitably be some damage under the attack of the soldiers. Now that I heard that Duo Jiugong actually knew where to stay, Li Chongrun wanted to find out.
"I would like to hear the details, and I hope Jiu Gong can give me some advice."
"There is a large island outside Champa, called Cham Island. It has a radius of more than ten miles. There is fresh water where boats can dock, and there is no harassment from the Linyi garrison. It is a good place to stay." Duo Jiugong hesitated for a moment: "It's just that island.
The pirates who occupy this group often harass passing merchants. Although their power is not large, they are very difficult to deal with, so there is no Linyi army on Cham Island."
It turned out to be a pirate island. If he had time, Li Chongrun wouldn't care about killing a pirate. But now that Yubi was alive and dead, he didn't have time to meddle in such noisy matters.
"It can be used as a foothold for subsequent plans." Guo'er studied the sea chart on Li Chongrun's desk. "Although the previously planned plan of landing from the pier, rescuing the queen and running away is executable, it can only be implemented.
There is a place to stay. Even if we fail to attack hard, we can use this island as an offensive base. As the military art of the Duke of Wei goes, win first and then fight. This is what it means to retreat more than to advance."
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"When did you read the Art of War again?" Although I knew that Bao'er had read a lot of books, it was really eye-opening for a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl to recite Li Weigong's Art of War in front of me.
"I'm bored and passing the time to read." Bao'er said that he had memorized the art of war as easily as if he had eaten a pear for lunch: "What Jiu Gong said makes sense. Let's find a place to stay first and have a look around.
Actuality and reality are the proper way to conduct an army and fight a war."
"Okay, then I'll listen to you and go to Cham Island to see it first."
It was not yet August, and it happened to be the end of the rainy season in Linyi. Although it didn't rain, it was still very boring. When the fleet arrived at the sea off Cham Island, it happened to be a rare sunny day, and a few shabby boats were on the boat.
The same dilapidated pier was swaying, and it didn't look like a pirate port where a group of vicious pirates gathered.
"Why does it look so dilapidated?" Li Chongrun said a few words, and Duo Jiugong was also a little surprised.
Seeing a ship coming from the northeast, a few hidden sentries on the pier emerged and looked towards the paddle steamer. They were frightened by the black smoke monster.
The ground rushed into the island.
Since no pirates were seen, Li Chongrun simply ordered to prepare for landing and to go ashore directly to eliminate them.
However, not long after a few sentries rushed in, a bright yellow flag was raised from the woods inside the island. Li Chongrun glanced at it with his binoculars and found to his embarrassment that it seemed to be his own flag.
The bright yellow royal flag clearly says: "Prince Li of Linzi."
"This is your person, brother?"
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Both Guo'er and Xianhui also brought a small telescope. They followed Li Chongrun on the balcony for a long time and saw the clues of the flag.
"Why are you here on this island if you don't bring your cousin a good port?"
When Xue Chongxun came to Linyi, he brought his own royal flag to support Yubi. Li Chongrun knew about it, but he didn't expect to see it here.
"Cousin, why did you come to Nirvana..."
Seeing Li Chongrun also raising a flag on the black ship, a group of rather messy figures emerged from the ruins behind the dilapidated dock. The leader was his cousin Xue Chongxun, whom he had not seen for a long time.
"What's going on? What happened? Where is Yubi? Have you received my letter?"
Xue Chongxun's originally fat figure had become much thinner, and his unkempt beard looked like it had not been groomed for a long time. The guards surrounding him looked a little familiar, and Li Chongrun should have all come from Yangzhou. The people who were brought there only didn't see Yubi, Shisan and Ruiniang.
"That damn eunuch Lao Bai, who has taken refuge in Zhenla, has now taken over the city. Yubi and the others are trapped in the palace and can't get out. If my cousin hadn't run fast, I'm afraid they would have fallen into the same trap now. It’s in their hands.”
"How long has the palace been besieged?"
"It's been half a month. But the news that just came over this morning is that Yubi used some method to seal all the doors of the palace, and repelled several waves of rebel attacks. The city was not broken until yesterday."
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