Great Tang Broom Star

The coastline is lush and green, and the side near the sea is more white.

The waves keep coming in, then receding... repeating itself.

A few small sea crabs are crawling furtively on the shore, and a few big birds are slowly approaching not far away...

This is a fat extra meal... The big birds who just ate a delicious meal are very happy.

call!

A gust of wind blew by, bringing noise, and the big bird flew away immediately.

On the merchant ship, the owner and an armored general led out of the cabin.

"Where's the ship?" The general was short and surprised, "But ours?"

After escaping back to Japan, the eldest brother, the prince, went crazy, building cities everywhere, and constantly recruiting soldiers... There was news from the palace that the emperor clamored to die with Datang.

But news came again last month that the emperor said that he would definitely defeat Datang.

The general was transferred to the newly built city to garrison. He had passed here long ago, but after encountering a storm, he resolutely docked and waited. It was not until today that the weather was calm that he set off again.

The captain's face was pale, "It's not our boat, it's such a big...so big boat, on it..."

A boatman screamed, "It's Datang's boat! Only Datang can build such a huge ship."

In this era, manufacturing is hard power, and Datang's hard power can obviously crush the current world.

"Tang people..."

The general watched carefully, "More than ten giant ships, are they going to attack?"

A sergeant behind said: "More than ten ships cannot attack."

The general stood on the deck with a knife in both hands, and said in a deep voice: "This time, I am bringing warriors with one enemy against one hundred. Don't worry, you will see a massacre when you go ashore..."

When he saw the fully armed officers and soldiers of the Tang Army appearing on the deck, the captain turned pale and screamed: "Dock, Dock immediately!"

The merchant ship turned immediately.

"They're so fast!"

The advantage of sharp-bottomed ships is not comparable to that of merchant ships, and the distance between the two sides is getting closer.

"The crossbow is ready..."

Rows of crossbowmen knelt on the deck for balance. The crossbow is tilted to point forward.

"Let the arrow!"

The rain of arrows flew over, most of them missed, but there were still heavy casualties on the merchant ship.

The Japanese general, who was still full of confidence just now, lay on the deck and shouted: "Come to the shore, hurry up, we can kill them when we land."

These people have never experienced that naval battle at all, so they are full of confidence.

"Lean to the left and right to see how deep the water is. If you can't make it to the shore, then put down the boat and take the soldiers ashore."

Two ships approached each other on the left and right.

The left side is fine and can be parked, but the water on the right side is shallow, so we can only put down the boat to land.

"Catch up!"

This is the first time Tang Xu has seen combat at sea.

A wave of crossbow arrows ransacked, and then the Japanese were brought up to shout.

"This is the Tang Navy. If you are still alive, hurry up and ask for surrender. If you don't say anything, you will be killed."

nothing happened.

The merchant ship docked, and a group of Japanese rushed ashore.

The Japanese general drew his sword and turned around, his eyes were firm and he said: "For the sake of the emperor! Kill them all!"

The Tang army on the left came, there were hundreds of people.

The boat on the right is still tossing on the sea.

The Japanese general was overjoyed, "Kill them all!"

He raised his long knife and roared, "The meritorious service is today, follow me!"

Dozens of Japanese soldiers howled and rushed over.

Tang Xu's boat had just landed, and he couldn't help being stunned watching this scene.

"Are the Japanese powerful?"

Dozens of people dare to attack more than a hundred Tang troops, this... even the most powerful Tubo would not dare?

Japanese people so powerful?

The accompanying Japanese laughed dryly, but they were quite proud in their hearts, "It must be a rare warrior. I once saw a warrior who killed him from the street to the end of the street with a single knife. No one can beat him..."

Tang Xu, who had never fought Japanese before, was a little surprised.

"look!"

The two sides collided.

The knife light kept flickering, and the screams didn't stop from the beginning.

A team is brandishing a horizontal knife and rushing in from the front, like a chariot, killing from the beginning to the end.

"Damn it..." Tang Xu felt that he had been cheated, and scolded: "Slave dog, hurry up, encircle them, and make sure not to let anyone go."

The news of their coming here must be blocked, otherwise things will be very troublesome.

According to Jia Ping'an's instructions, after discovering Yinshan, they must go back immediately without staying.

In other words, their mission on this trip was to discover and evacuate immediately.

Do it cheap!

Jia Pingan said this when he sent him off.

Tang Xu still remembered the look in Jia Ping'an's eyes, half a smile but not a smile, but he felt the chill in it.

"They escaped!"

The Japanese army didn't expect the Tang army to be so fierce, and they were defeated in a single encounter, and then fled in all directions.

At the critical moment, Tang Jun on the right came over, and with a single outflank, he intercepted the fleeing Japanese army.

Immediately, Tang Xu led someone to force him over.

"Surrender or not!"

Tang Jun surrounded them on all sides, constantly compressing the enemy's space.

The Japanese general shouted: "For the emperor!"

"Leave the three, the others..." Tang Xu waved.

"kill!"

In an instant, corpses were everywhere.

The Japanese general had his left hand cut off with a single knife, and was dragged over like a dead dog at this moment.

"It's impossible for Datang to win, you guys will be drowned!"

The Japanese general roared.

Tang Xu scolded: "Slave dog, come here, and use torture to interrogate the recent situation of the Wa Kingdom."

The accompanying Baiqi made a move, and after only one round, the Japanese general confessed.

"It is said that the monarchs and ministers are in panic, and cities are being built in many places. It is said that they have built four defenses, so that they are not afraid of the attack of the Tang Dynasty."

Tang Xu couldn't help being stunned.

Four lines of defense...

He suddenly burst out laughing.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

"Sidao... is useless!"

A sergeant sneered and said, "How many lines of defense do the Koreans have? But in front of the army, they will die!"

The Japanese will explain a lot.

At last he asked breathlessly, "Some water, maybe?"

He found that there was something wrong with the people around him.

"How's the water?"

"What sea water?"

Seeing a few compatriots laughing, the Japanese general felt a chill in his heart.

When Jia Pingan conquered Liaodong, he captured many Japanese people. After some torture, he found out that there was a shining mountain that was left behind. This time, there were five people who followed Tang Xu.

These five people knew that there would be no survivors, but they were extremely excited. One of them volunteered, "Please let me do it."

Tang Xu was taken aback.

The interpreter whispered: "General Tang Lang, these people are the scum of the Japanese, and they want to please the Tang Dynasty."

Tang Xu said noncommittally: "Give them the knife."

Five Japanese men rushed over with their horizontal knives, their ferocious faces made people feel extremely strange.

"kill!"

The horizontal knife swung, and blood spattered.

"interesting!"

Tang Xu found that the Japanese were really interesting.

"Mr. Jia said that the Japanese are cruel and cunning, and now it seems to be true."

Immediately they started looking for a place.

The sky was beautiful, and after a few heavy rains, it completely cleared up.

The fleet sailed slowly not far from the coast.

Tang Xu finally had some free time, so he sat on the deck and basked in the sun.

"right here!"

The five Japanese are arguing about where they are.

"I don't remember it's here. It should be another day's voyage."

"No, no, we've gone too far, we should turn around and go back."

The five people argued endlessly, and everyone who listened was dumbfounded.

"General Tang Lang, they can't determine the location."

Sitting next to Tang Xu, Zhou Hu said with a sad face, "We've been here for three days, but what we see is green, let alone flashes. Could it be fake news?"

"Don't talk nonsense, try both."

So the fleet moved on.

A day later, the Japanese who insisted that the flight was still a day away shut up.

I say!

Tang Xu muttered a little.

"Let's go another day."

So the fleet went forward another day.

Tang Xu sat on the deck all day looking at the shore.

But nothing.

"Where exactly?"

The boatmen were a little restless.

"General Tang Lang, we don't have much food and water."

Zhou Hu found Tang Xu at night and whispered his current predicament.

"Either go ashore to find food and water, or..."

or just go back.

Zhou Hu now felt that Yinshan was an unreliable rumor.

Xiao Jia won't lie, right?

Won't!

If he cheats anyone, he won't cheat me.

"Keep looking, and in addition, reduce food distribution, tell everyone, and persevere."

Food starts to decrease.

The soldiers did not complain, and the boatmen also showed their talents to get food from the sea.

"What a big crab!"

A huge crab was brought up, and then roasted over fire, Tang Xu shared a large piece of crab meat.

The taste is really good, fresh and sweet.

Tang Xu felt relaxed after eating a meal of crab meat.

But at night he was in a mess.

When it was dawn, Tang Xu lay down directly.

"General Tang Lang!"

On the second day, Tang Xu's cheeks were sunken and he was out of shape.

"This is caused by eating unclean food."

The accompanying doctors looked at it, but there was nothing they could do.

"Drink more water."

Tang Xu, who was pulling while eating, couldn't get up.

"General Tang Lang, why don't we go back?"

Zhou Hu was a little worried that Tang Xu would collapse in this sea area.

Tang Xu shook his head, breathing weakly, "No, continue!"

He remembered the ardent hope of Dou Dexuan, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs before he set off, and Xiao Jia said that if Datang was rich, what would happen... what would it be?

He looked at the void, "Ju Tang!"

On the second day, Tang Xu felt better and insisted on drinking the noodle soup.

The chrysanthemum is a little uncomfortable, burning pain.

But that sense of urgency is dissipating.

"Yeah... I can't die!"

Tang Xu gritted his teeth and persisted.

On the sixth day, the fleet still found nothing.

"General Tang Lang, this piece of land has come to an end."

Zhou Hu said worriedly: "There is not much food left."

This is the shortcoming of not having a supply base.

Tang Xu shook his head, "Go and steal, go and rob, if you can't find the silver mountain...yeah, I won't go back!"

The accompanying army is conferring.

At noon, an army of more than a hundred men went ashore.

The fleet is cruising nearby.

"They haven't come back yet!"

Until the afternoon, someone found the returning army.

When more than a hundred people came back, there were actually three wounded.

Tang Xu asked someone to help him out.

The sergeants carried all kinds of beasts and many bulging bags.

The general who led the team reported; "When I discovered the village, I was attacked immediately. The three brothers were caught off guard and injured, and then..."

He smelled of blood.

Tang Xu looked at the food and asked, "News!"

The general said: "It will not be revealed."

"very good."

Tang Xu turned around, "Turn around, let's go back!"

The boatmen began to turn around with wry smiles.

Sailing back unsteadily all the way, Tang Xu would send his subordinates ashore to look for food from time to time.

There are many beasts here, and they can bring back a lot of harvest every time. Occasionally, he will be attacked by Japanese people, and then he will come back with a bloody smell.

There was not too much food on board, but Zhou Hu was always worried.

"There is not enough food to return home."

In other words, they would starve to death before seeing the coastline of Datang.

"There will be."

Tang Xu smiled.

He called five Japanese people.

"Is there a town nearby?"

"have."

"What are there, how many population sergeants..."

After some blending, Tang Xu said comfortably: "Don't worry, there will be no shortage of food for the return flight."

Half a month later.

There was still three days' worth of food on board.

"We have to find a town to loot."

Tang Xu was very calm.

Zhou Hu's cheeks twitched, "General Tang Lang, if you encounter a large enemy army..."

We only have more than 300 people, how can we fight them?

"Then kill them all."

Tang Xu got up and walked to the deck.

Those boatmen were obviously in a bad mood.

"They have all been in danger and know what food shortages can bring."

Zhou Hu smiled wryly and said: "At the beginning, I was also in danger of running out of food. I heard from the old man on the same boat that earlier, when I was short of food, I even ate human flesh."

Such a tough thing made Tang Xu retch.

"They are afraid... what will happen if they reach that situation."

Zhou Hu said in a low voice: "When you get there, you won't be allowed to think about anything at all, you just want to live!"

When people wait there, they will become beasts... That's why there is such a thing as Yi Zi cannibalism. If you can't bear to eat your own children, then exchange it, I will eat your children, and you will eat my children.

Tang Xu's eyebrows jumped, and he said in a deep voice: "If there is such a day, eat me first!"

He turned around and looked at the dumbfounded Zhou Hu, "We are soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, not stragglers. You underestimated the tenacity of your brothers."

You don't know that kind of despair... so you are being stubborn.

Zhou Hu looked at the boatmen, and they were all listless.

"Go back." Zhou Hu persuaded again, "Why don't you come again next time. Next time, let's prepare more boats for drinking water."

Tang Xu was in a daze.

"General Tang Lang?"

Zhou Hu felt that the surname Tang was a little inappropriate. For example, if you went to a brothel, those prostitutes would call you Lang, but the name Tang Lang was very spiritual.

Tang Xu rubbed his eyes, "Um... my eyes are blurred? Come, take a look."

Zhou Hu turned around slowly and looked up.

The sun was shining brightly, and a mountain range came into view.

The sun just shone from behind and reflected on the mountains.

The light flickered violently.

Zhou Hu's eyes were almost blinded.

He shuddered.

"what is that?"

A group of people turned around slowly.

"Bring those craftsmen!"

Tang Xu was howling.

From departure, these craftsmen are the most honored passengers on board. Before leaving, Jia Pingan explained that they could all die, but these craftsmen must be safe and sound.

Therefore, even in the face of the crisis of food shortage, the artisans can still eat and drink every day, and the bad news is never told to them.

The best treatment made many people dissatisfied.

The craftsmen were invited, and as soon as they got on the deck, one craftsman wondered, "Is there something wrong with my eyes? How can I see the flash?"

Then he froze.

Several craftsmen stood there in a daze.

What do you mean?

Did you give me a word!

Tang Xu was anxious, but he didn't dare to offend these uncles.

"oh!"

The exclamation with a long tail was full of shock.

An old craftsman rubbed his eyes and said calmly, "I'm afraid I'm blind."

Tang Xu was disappointed...

"The old man is blind!"

The old craftsman bent down and patted his thigh fiercely, "Ah!"

Amid the screams, he jumped up in ecstasy, "Damn it! Damn it! Go ashore, the old man is going to have a look!"

Tang Xu's heart beat like thunder, "You mean..."

"That's not the old man who swallowed it in one gulp!"

All the wrinkles on the old craftsman's happy face were stretched out.

"It's the mineral lode!"

"Back then I found a silver mine, but it wasn't so shiny at all... This one even shines on the outside... That means the whole mountain is full of silver and veins, hahahaha!"

"Leaving a name in the history." A craftsman wept and choked up: "If it is verified that it is a silver mine, I will make a name in the history."

"If they're all silver mines...how many can there be?"

Tang Xu asked with some expectation.

The old craftsman glanced at him, and said in that unquestionable tone: "It's bigger than any silver mine in Datang."

"How big is it?"

Tang Xu still didn't give up.

"countless."

Tang Xu looked at the other craftsmen.

"countless!"

"countless!"

Tang Xu only felt that someone hit his heart hard, not a sharp pain, but floating up.

He turned around and howled: "Dock, dock immediately, Yeye will take you to dig the silver mountain!"

The fleet then docked.

After leaving behind the guards of the fleet, Tang Xu set off with two hundred soldiers escorting the experts.

The journey was difficult, but a lot of food supplies were obtained.

When they saw the mountains, the craftsmen didn't care about Tang Xu and the others, and went straight to find the direction and start climbing.

"Let our people go first!"

Tang Xu was in a hurry.

"I don't need to take care of the old man in the mountains." The old craftsman turned back and said, "The old man has been climbing in the mountains these years in order to find ore veins. He has narrowly escaped dozens of times and is still alive."

Tang Xu said with a dry smile: "Mr. Jia said that if something happens to you, he might be able to skin me alive when you go back."

The old craftsman was moved, "The old man has met many officials over the years, but he has never seen a high-ranking official who values ​​craftsmen as much as Duke Jia. He has a heart. But you just wait and follow."

You are weak chickens, don't delay the old man on his way!

Tang Xu was very embarrassed.

Then there is climbing.

The craftsmen were relaxed and freehand, but the sergeants were a little embarrassed.

"Coming."

The old craftsman found a flat place for everyone to rest... At this point, Tang Xu didn't know why the command power fell to the old craftsman.

Tang Xu was sweating profusely after sitting down, wishing he could take off all his clothes. Seeing that the old craftsman's beard and hair were all white, he asked, "Why is the old man still prospecting for a long time, but aren't his children and grandchildren filial?"

The old craftsman said with a smile: "My sons and grandchildren are very filial... This old man has already returned to his hometown. I didn't expect Yan Shangshu to say that he wanted the best prospecting experts. I didn't want to die on the mountain, so I just lay on the bed and pretended to be dead..."

His eyes wandered, "Someone told me that it is a silver mine that can reshape the Tang Dynasty. The old man thought about this life... the war in the Sui Dynasty caused the old man's family to be displaced... precarious. The old man has realized a truth. , the little family didn’t exist, so the old man came, even if he died on the way..."

He stood up slowly, and beat his lower back with his backhand, "It's worth it!"

Someone in front shouted: "Here, look here!"

The old craftsman ran over staggeringly. Under the mountain wall in front of him, a craftsman knelt down, knocked on the rock wall with a hammer in his hand, and then picked up a stone and lifted it up...

Under the sun, the silver-gray ore is shining...

...

Good night!