Chapter 2321 Fight wherever you go, the second Chuyue Battle


    Chapter 2318: Fight wherever you go, the second Chuyue Battle


    The countries in India fought against each other, and the scale was getting bigger and bigger. Ye Qingmei was worried that the Qin Dynasty would be involved, so she sold some prisoners of war and the captured ships and chose to return.


    When he came to India, Ye Qingmei''s ship was loaded with all kinds of goods, but when he returned, he was full of gold and silver wealth, local specialties in South Asia, plants, fruits and melons, and ten thousand female slaves in India.


    What Ye Qingmei didn''t know was that the Shura Sena country was destroyed shortly after her fleet left India.


    The strongest person in Shura Sena was the navy, but it was destroyed by Qi Jiguang''s battle. Without the protection of the navy, it was naturally difficult to resist the invasion of foreign enemies.


    In the end, most of the territory of Shura Sena was occupied by the Kingdom of Gupta, and the remaining territory was also cleaned by other forces.


    The return journey is naturally much smoother than when we came. After all, the fleet has sailed once. The countries and pirates along the way have either been defeated or destroyed. Naturally, no one dares to provoke the Qin fleet.


    After more than half a month of sailing, Ye Qingmei''s fleet docked at Port Magellan to replenish water and fresh vegetables, and learned that there was also a civil war in Myanmar and that there was a tendency to intensify.


    The cause was that Anuruta, the king of Bagan, bought equipment from Daqin, and felt that the combat power of his country''s army had exceeded that of the other two countries. So, he used interests as a temptation to unite four small countries and provoked the war to complete unification.


    The two major kingdoms of Dongshuo and Gongbang, as well as the other three small countries, were obviously unwilling to be annexed by the Bagan Kingdom, so they formed a coalition force to resist Bagan.


    Although the Myanmar region has become a mess, all parties are still rational, and the war has not affected Port Magellan.


    Ye Qingmei didn''t care about the result of the Myanmar civil war. What she wanted to do most now was to return to the Central Plains, so after replenishing the water and things, she was ready to set off immediately to continue her return. Before leaving, the envoys from various countries came to pay their respects.


    After Ye Qingmei met these people, she realized that they were here to place new orders from Daqin, so they naturally bought all kinds of equipment.


    You should know that weapons are consumables. The more intense the war is, the faster the consumption of weapons will be.


    Now that the civil war in Myanmar has begun and is getting worse, I don’t know when it will end, so of course all countries should buy more weapons to garrison just in case.


    The total number of orders placed by Myanmar countries can already be equipped with a large army of 150,000. This is a big business. Ye Qingmei naturally had no reason to refuse and made an appointment to trade on the second time Daqin''s trip to the West.


    After the supply was completed, Ye Qingmei returned directly. After another sailing, the fleet successfully arrived at Jiguang Port. When the docking replenished supplies, it was learned that the capital of the Ayutthaya Kingdom had been captured by the Eight-Nation Alliance.


    After learning the news, Ye Qingmei felt so happy. The most disgusting people she met during this voyage were the King of Ayutthaya and the Fourth Prince. Now that the Great City Kingdom has been defeated, the Siam Eight-Nation Alliance has also given her anger.


    Ye Qingmei thought that the Eight-Nation Alliance would take this opportunity to directly destroy the big city country, but the result was completely opposite to what she thought.


    The Eight-Nation Alliance not only did not destroy the Great City Kingdom, but instead broke out infighting due to uneven sharing of interests and fought. The Great City Kingdom, which was originally on the verge of destruction, miraculously survived.


    This result made Ye Qingmei speechless, but this was the choice of Siam countries, and she had no choice.


    When they learned that Ye Qingmei was back, Siam countries also sent envoys to Jiguanggang to ask for help, and their purpose was naturally the same as those of Myanmar countries, all of which were to place new orders for the Qin Dynasty.


    The number of orders placed by Siam countries is also quite large, and it can be equipped with a total of about 130,000 troops. Ye Qingmei naturally refused everyone and made an appointment to trade on his second trip to the West.


    After leaving Siam, Ye Qingmei returned to Qingbei, leaving only one final transit station, Annan Qingmei Port.


    When Ye Qingmei left Annan before, there was no war breaking out in Annan, but when she returned, she didn''t expect that Annan was also fighting.


    Ye Qingmei herself was a little suspicious, was she cursed? Why did she hit her wherever she went? It''s strange and strange.


    The war that occurred in Annan was not a civil war. After all, the threat of Chu State was not before, and the major forces in Annan dared not fight internally, and this time they were fighting with Chu State.


    On October 10, Lin Fengxiang, the prefect of Jiaozhi of Chu, led 5,000 Jiaozhou troops to take the initiative to invade Annan.


    The reason why Lin Fengxiang took the initiative to send troops to Annan was very simple, it was to grab money, people and resources.


    The State of Chu was also cultivating and wanted to develop internal affairs, but the treasury was short of money and Liu Xiu could not afford to pay, so he asked the prefects of each county to find a way.


    Although Lin Fengxiang was the prefect of a county, he was born as a military general after all. In his opinion, robbing was the fastest way to make money.


    Previously, the Annan coalition forces were defeated by 10,000 Jiaozhou County of Chu. The Annan captured by the Chu army were either used to mine or farm, but they created a lot of wealth for the Chu State.


    Now that Lin Fengxiang’s Jiaozhi County is short of money, the only quickest way he can think of to make money is to rob these Annan barbarians, so the nearby Annan forces naturally suffer.


    Although Annan''s local forces bought equipment from Daqin, they are no less inferior to Chu in terms of equipment, but they are still very different from the Chu army in terms of military training and deployment.


    In the end, the 5,000 Jiaozhou Army led by Lin Fengxiang achieved a record of killing 8,000 enemies in one battle, but the casualties were less than 800.


    Then, Lin Fengxiang directly destroyed a small force in Annan with lightning speed, grabbed a large amount of wealth, and captured 50,000 Annan people and returned with a full load.


    After learning the news, Ruan Yue and other major Annan forces were collectively uproar. In shock and anger, they once again had the idea of ??forming a coalition forces to avenge the Chu State.


    After buying equipment from Daqin, Annan''s army had already replaced cannons with bird guns, and its confidence was unprecedentedly expanding.


    Even if Lin Fengxiang led 5,000 troops, he easily destroyed an Annan local force. They also felt that it was because of Lin Fengxiang''s sneak attack and that he was not powerful.


    Under the leadership of Ruan and Yue, the Annan Anti-Chu coalition was established again, with a total of 120,000 troops from various major forces, and the troops were divided into two groups. Ruan and Yue each led one group to attack Jiaozhi County and Jiuzhen County respectively.


    Just as Annan formed a coalition, a major incident occurred in Chu State.


    After Lin Fengxiang returned victoriously, he seized a lot of weapons and equipment in the Yanzhao system. He instinctively realized something was wrong, so he reported the news to the governor''s mansion, and the governor''s mansion also reported it to the King of Chu Liu Xiu. After Liu Xiu learned about it, he immediately summoned his ministers to discuss that for the sake of a wild land like Annan, the weapons of the State of Yan and Zhao, which had been destroyed?


    The State of Chu is still not short of capable people. Military advisor Pang Tong could see at a glance that it was Qin who sold these weapons to Annan through the navy to turn them into treasure.


    Liu Xiu had known this point that the Qin naval army was able to sail across the seas, but he could cross the waters of Qing, Xu, Yang and Jiao, sail all the way to the Annan area, and sail all the way to the Annan area. This was much beyond the expectations of Liu Xiu and even everyone in the Chu State.


    Since ancient times, there have been ships in the south and horses in the north.


    The Chu Navy was the Neihu Navy, and later changed to the Yangtze River Navy, but even so, it still had no ability to navigate.


    The Qin Dynasty in the north not only had an elite naval army, but also could sail to Annan. Is there anything more outrageous in the world than this?


    The civil and military officials of Chu were unwilling to accept it from the bottom of their hearts. The Qin Dynasty surpassed the Chu State in terms of naval forces, but at least in terms of shipbuilding technology, the Qin Dynasty far surpassed the Chu State. This is beyond doubt.


    Liu Xiu always believed that the only advantage of Chu in the face of Qin was the natural danger of the Yangtze River and the navy.


    Now the shipbuilding technology of Daqin far exceeds that of Chu, and in terms of water warfare, warships are the most important factor.


    So, even if the Chu navy is stronger than the Qin navy, even if the warships are far behind, can the Chu navy win the Qin Dynasty?


    This is obviously difficult.


    Liu Xiu could not tolerate that the Chu navy was not as good as the Qin State, so he invested a lot of money to improve shipbuilding technology, not seeking to surpass the Qin State, but at least he had to shorten the gap between them.


    The improvement of shipbuilding technology cannot be achieved overnight.


    With the strong support of Liu Xiu, Chu''s shipbuilding technology has indeed improved significantly and has the level of near-sea navigation, but there is still a huge gap compared with the Qin Dynasty.


    Seeing that the road to independent research and development was not feasible, Liu Xiu wanted to plagiarize Qin''s shipbuilding technology by bribing Qin shipmakers.


    But unfortunately, Qin State had extremely strict control over shipbuilding. No shipmaker had mastered complete shipbuilding technology at all, and even implemented militarized management for shipbuilding.


    Even if the State of Chu can bribe people, it will be difficult to bring people back to Chu. Even if it can bring people back, it will only be part of the technology, and it will still be unable to build ships to match the warships of the Qin Dynasty.


    Although the State of Chu failed to obtain technology from the Qin Dynasty, it obtained it from the State of Wu. Although it is not as good as the State of Qin, it is also stronger than the State of Chu''s own shipbuilding technology.


    Seeing that the road to bribing boat craftsmen was not working, Liu Xiu had the idea of ??capturing a Daqin warship and then imitating it.


    After having the ship sample, although it does not mean that the Chu State can only imitate it, it is definitely much easier than to develop it yourself.


    Liu Xiu didn''t know why the Qin naval army would come to Annan again, but since the Qin Dynasty would sell abandoned weapons to Annan once, it would definitely be selling them for the second time. He just had to wait for the rabbit to wait.


    The Chu navy was basically concentrated in the Yangtze River. The river channel between Jingnan and Jiaozhou was not connected. The Chu navy was unable to go directly to Jiaozhou by water, and could not go around the Yangtze River to go to Jiaozhou. After all, if you pass by Wu, you would definitely be intercepted by the Wu navy.


    Seeing that he could not transfer the naval army to Jiaozhou, Liu Xiu appointed Gan Ning as the governor of the Jiaozhou naval army, and asked him to take a large number of shipmakers to Jiaozhou to build warships in the Jiaozhou shipyard, and recruit 10,000 naval army on this.


    Is Liu Xiu not outstanding? Naturally, it is excellent, but due to the limitations of the times, he and even everyone in Chu focused on the shipbuilding technology of Qin, but did not pay attention to the Qin''s sea trade.


    Liu Xiu thought that the Qin Dynasty sold weapons to the barbarians just to use waste, or to use the barbarians in Annan to restrain the Chu State, and he did not realize the huge profits of the Qin Dynasty''s sea trade.


    When Liu Xiu realized it was too late, the Qin Dynasty had unified the Central Plains, and the troops were aiming directly at Jiangnan. The Chu State spent all its energy on guarding against the Qin Dynasty, so he had no spare time to divide the big cake of sea trade.


    For Liu Xiu, his biggest opponent was Daqin. As for Annan''s local forces, he directly ignored them for no reason, too weak and backward.


    Even if the major forces in Annan have bought weapons from Daqin, they still cannot catch Liu Xiu''s eyes.


    In Liu Xiu''s view, the State of Chu only needs to dispatch 30,000 to 40,000 troops, which is enough to sweep all the forces in the Annan area, but he never thought about occupying Annan at all.


    It is easy to occupy Annan, but it is not easy to directly govern and develop.


    That land is still an undeveloped primitive jungle. The Chu State has not even fully developed the land of Jiaozhou. What is the purpose of such a wild land?


    Although Liu Xiu had never thought of occupying Annan, the population and other resources of Annan were also a wealth for the State of Chu, so he agreed to Lin Fengxiang to send troops to Annan.


    As for the major forces in Annan formed a coalition and sent 120,000 troops to attack Jiaozhou, Liu Xiu naturally knew about it, but he still didn''t care.


    In Liu Xiu''s view, relying on the 40,000 defenders in Jiaozhou, as well as generals such as Li Xiucheng, Lin Fengxiang, and Li Kaifang, is enough to repel the Annan Alliance.


    To Liu Xiu''s surprise, he received a request for help from General Li Xiucheng, Zhennan.


    Li Xiucheng would ask Liu Xiu for help, but it was not that he was not sure of winning.


    After the Annan countries have changed their new equipment, their combat effectiveness has become different from the past. In addition, it has a total of 120,000 troops. Li Xiucheng feels that even if the Jiaozhou army can win, it will probably cost a considerable price. Therefore, out of caution, I hope that the domestic troops will always come to support it.


    Liu Xiu felt that what Li Xiucheng said in his memorial was reasonable, so he appointed Guo Ziyi as the main general and Chai Rong as the deputy general, leading the three thousand elite Chu troops and heading south to support General Li Xiucheng of Zhennan.


    Guo Ziyi and Chai Rong were both very excited when they learned about it. As soon as they surrendered, they were just accused of being entrusted by Liu Xiu without any contribution, so many soldiers in the Chu army were not convinced.


    Guo Ziyi and Chai Rong also wanted to make meritorious contributions to prove themselves, but the State of Chu was also in cultivation and even carried out disarmament, so there was no war, so naturally there was no chance for the two to make meritorious contributions.


    This time, he led the army south to Jiaozhou and supported General Li Xiucheng of Zhennan. This time, he not only had the first battle after Guo Ziyi and Chai Rong fought in Chu, but also the best opportunity for them to make contributions to prove their abilities.


    The only drawback is that the opponent is just the barbarians of Annan. Even if they win this battle, the two of them will not feel much accomplishment.


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