Chapter 385: Sinbada was caught

After the mobilization order was issued, the officers in the cabin had turned into a group of wild beasts. They yelled at the deck, and as soon as they got on the deck, they shouted: "Let the assault boats, the army is ready to land--"

Zhao Xing listened in his ears on the inside of the cabin. The sound of cannons rumbling in the fleet was dense and loud, but now it became a little sparse, making people feel that the world is a little empty or a little lonely. Zhao Xing smacked his lips and said regretfully: "The sound of cannons may be much better than the sound of poetry."

The martial artists all like to hear this. The staff in the cabin burst into laughter. Zhao Xing waved his hand and ordered: "Don't be idle, just go to your own business!"

The generals stood up and said goodbye. Zhao Xing pointed at Yuan Yeping and shouted: "Stay Yuan Promoter."

At this time, transport ships were crisscrossing on the sea. They unloaded countless boats, each of which was filled with soldiers. The soldiers were wearing fiery red clothes and on the blue sea, it seemed as if blood flowers were blooming.

Ten thousand people landed. In ancient times, the scene was a bit similar to the place where Romanli could see the end. There were assault boats of all sizes across the sea. Amid the rumbling cannons, the officers of each ship shouted slogans at the top of the voices and adjusted the rhythm of soldiers' paddlings. Next to the paddlers, the musketeers tried their best to hold the muskets high to avoid wetting the gunpowder by the waves. There are only two words to describe this scene: spectacular!

"Spectacular!" Zhao Xing stood by the bright porthole of the flagship and patrolled the scene of thousands of boats racing with a telescope. He couldn't help but blurt out. After a while, he murmured: "I don't know what the Crusaders first landed in Palestine a few years ago. They landed 200,000 people together, and the naval warships of the four major powers were dispatched together..."

Yuanyeping said in a fascination: "Two hundred thousand people are rushing to land together, and the scene must be more than ten times bigger than this."

At this time, a cheer drowned Zhao Xing's words. The first assault boat had already rushed to the beach. The soldiers in the red uniform held up muskets and jumped into the sea. They tried their best to rush towards the depths of the land. After a moment, more small boats rushed to the beach. In the blink of an eye, the entire beach was covered with bright red flowers.

"The resistance is very weak." Yuan Yeping approached the porthole and couldn't help but comment on the action: "Our cannon has scared the group of people, almost to say. This is just a one-sided charge."

It was indeed a one-sided charge. The soldiers who rushed to the beach were slightly sorted out on the beach under the look of the officers. A group of soldiers rushed towards the dock area. Their mission was to occupy the dock so that subsequent transport ships could unload supplies by harbor. At this time, there were no enemy ships that could float in the dock area, and there were smoke columns left on the sea surface, indicating that all resistance had collapsed.

Deep in the dock, the original dock workers fled in scattered areas. The mud houses in the dock area were bombarded by giant cannons, leaving only a ruined wall. Further away, thick smoke rose. The fires burned fire in the hot sky, and the whole city was silent in the hysterical crying. The deep part of the city was full of residents running around like headless flies. At this time, running seemed to be their only goal to live. They didn't know what to tell the world, they just ran around east and west, for some reason, and didn't know when they ran.

Aduri turned around and looked at the city. He sighed and said softly: "This city is over. Let's leave this place of death as soon as possible. Don't let the bad luck of death affect us."

The servants brought a few horses to Aduli, and Aduli jumped on the horse and rushed out of the city. Shortly after he left, the first red figure appeared in the city. They pushed forward like waves, shouting in stiff Arabic: "Kneel down, hold your head with your hands."

Anyone who cannot understand them will be baptized by waterfall-like muskets and bullets. The entire city's blood pools are everywhere. The bright blood-red ground is like the color on the Song army uniform, which is terrifying.

This blood color has also become a nightmare for countless Seljuks many years later.

On the sea, inside the flagship. When Zhao Xing saw the first attacking force landing successfully, he turned around and slowly asked Yuan Yeping: "Do you know why I left you?"

Yuan Yeping shook his head: "The attack order has been issued to each captain. The target is specific to each lane. I don't need to go to command it in person. Changmen Hall, please tell me if you have any instructions."

Zhao Xing said thoughtfully: "Are you familiar with Yin and Yang Dao?"

Genyehei nodded and replied: "The knowledge of Yin-Yang Tao is controlled by Kamao and Abe. I happen to have some contact with these two clans, so I know some inside information."

Zhao Xing nodded: "Then, you should know what I mean - Recently, in order to please me, the family of the Son-Ying sent Cao Sheng, Zhang Yan, and Shi Cheng to me a few books on military arts from the Tang Dynasty. I was idle. I read the books on military arts of the Tang Dynasty and found that there was a reason for knowing oneself and enemy in the "Sun Tzu's Art of War".

Japan's control of knowledge at this time continued the characteristics of the Jin Dynasty. In terms of Chinese literature, namely the article, it was hereditary from Sugawara and Oege clans; (Confucianism) the Ming classics were hereditary from the Qingyuan and the Central Plains; the Ming Fadao (Legalists) were Sakagami and the Central Plains; the Sugawara and the Yin-Yang Dao were Kamo and the Abe clans; the Medical Dao was hereditary from the Heqi and Tanba clans.

The so-called profession is specialized. In ancient times, the task of knowing oneself and enemy in the art of war was undertaken by professionals. The ancients put layers of mysterious veils on them to conceal their existence. This is what the military books in "The Art of War" and the Zhuge Liang era of the Three Kingdoms repeatedly said to "transmit yin and yang". The ancients gave them a title, called "Onmyoji", which was called "Yinyang Master", and this science was called "Yinyang Tao", and now it is commonly known as "Ninjutsu".

As for the "Onmyoji" in the modern sense, it has changed since the Tang Dynasty. It has become a synonym for pretending to be a god and a scammer. At the same time, the original and authentic "Yin-Yang Road" has been passed down in Japan and has become a national treasure of Japan. In modern times, Japan's sneak attacks on Pearl Harbor and other sneak attacks during the Second World War, all of which were left by this group of spies.

In the Song Dynasty, the inheritance of Chinese civilization had not been completely interrupted, and the classics left in ancient times had not been burned. Zhao Xing vaguely guessed the true nature of the Yin-Yang Tao from some notes of the Tang people. Although the ancients covered this ancient spy organization with layers of mysterious veils, Zhao Xing immediately found the truth with some modern knowledge.

Yuan Yeping also knew the truth. He suddenly realized the answer: "Namen Temple is planning to send some people, or simply search for some samurai who understands Yin-Yang Tao and set up its own shadow warrior unit... But now we say what's the use of this? The technology of Yin-Yang Tao is not something that can be learned in one or two years. Even if we can find ready-made people, it is useless to Arabs. Their appearance is too far from that of Arabs, and it is impossible to get involved in Arabs."

Zhao Xing pointed to the dock: "The opposite is the Seljuk people, this is a nation defeated by the Tang people. I want to recreate the legacy of the Tang Dynasty on them... We don't need to spy on his intelligence. On this endless plain, there is a telescope, and we don't need to get mixed up with them, but I need a warning team... or when I return to China, I need such an intelligence team to provide me with enough information."

Yuan Yeping thought for a while and replied: "Changmen Palace, will you do it now?"

Zhao Xing nodded: "The skills learned in the war are particularly trustworthy. I ask you to draw personnel immediately and specialize in researching lurking and spying methods... Well, I seem to have also obtained some knowledge in this area. I hope you will start training personnel now."

The so-called knowledge of Yin-Yang Tao that Zhao Xing had learned was just a few special training techniques and spy skills he knew after watching too many modern spy novels and movies. However, with the sound of cannons, he came to Yuan Yeping one by one. Yuan Yeping really thought that this knowledge was secretly taught to Zhao Xing by the Song Dynasty. Therefore, he admired the vastness of Chinese civilization and couldn't help but praise it in a promising tone and said, "This science is controlled by the two families of Kamao and Abe in my country. Although I have friendship with them, they regard this science as treasures and have a strict collection. I can only understand one rough idea.

But as far as I know, what He Mao and Abe are now at hand must be the knowledge that the master just introduced is simply incomparable. I believe they are just a little bit of fur obtained from the Jin people. It's funny that they actually used it to show off..."

Suddenly, Genyehei woke up. What Zhao Xing told him now was enough to get him back to Japan, and his achievements in Yin-Yang Taoism were above Kamao and Abe. In other words, Zhao Xing gave his family a foundation of thousands of years of glory.

After understanding this principle, Yuan Yeping burst into tears. He leaned over and knelt down solemnly, and swore: "Changmen Hall, I, Yuan, swear to you here, forever, will be a retainer. The Zhao family in Hangzhou will be summoned, and our clan will not hesitate to go through fire and water."

Zhao Xing silently accepted Yuan Yeping's kneeling. When Yuan Yeping finished taking the oath, he walked to the window, glanced at the battle in the dock area, and replied calmly: "I accept your oath! Okay, it seems that it's time for us to land."

The whole city crawled at the feet of the Song army, and Zhao Xing's boots stepped onto the dock area. Officers followed one after another to report the seizure. More than 10,000 prisoners were captured. As the saying goes, the lean camels are bigger than horses. Although this port has declined for many years, the wealth collected from the dock merchants' homes still satisfy the officers.

"Taiwei, our seizure is enough to pay for the war. I will forget it. We can do three more expeditions like this, and the military expenses are enough." The officer introduced excitedly.

At this time, the soldiers who landed in advance were escorting the prisoners and clearing the dock area. The Song army's transport ships began to relocate to the berth. With the efforts of thousands of prisoners of war, the materials on the warships were piled up continuously in the dock area.

"The defenders in the city have fled. We have seized 300 war horses, all of which are good war horses, tall and majestic. If you transport such war horses back to the country, each one will be sold for about 50,000 ounces. Taiwei, this batch of war horses alone has already achieved a great harvest." - The officers kept reporting.

Zhao Xing immediately turned to Yuan Yeping and ordered: "You go and pick two hundred war horses, form a scout army immediately, and conduct a force search around."

When Zhao Xing said the four words "scout army", he emphasized his tone. Yuan Yeping knew what it was referring to, so he bowed and left. Looking at his back as he left, the Song army officer present complained dissatisfiedly: "The Taiwei is too fond of his servants. Why did he throw this piece of fat meat to this guy? Master Taiwei, please give me some mercy and let me share some soup."

Martial search is a piece of fat, because Zhao Xing's regulations on seized items were particularly relaxed. He had to keep half of the property, but he did not take any of the captured slaves. Order Yuan Yeping to undertake the task of military search means Yuan Yeping had obtained the qualification for legal plunder. His scout team could openly collect all nearby villages and towns, and the captured slaves could be sold to the caravans behind the Song army warships. Arab slaves were the most qualified slaves. They were knowledgeable and cultured, and had a strong sense of slaves and were loyal to their masters. In terms of hard work, they were not the same as those natives in the South China Sea.

"This is Balochistan", Zhao Xing pointed to the land under his feet and continued: "Our Farates River is on the west side and the Indus River is on the east side. This is the starting point and birthplace of Asian civilization. Six thousand years ago, it was the world's glass manufacturing center, 5700 years ago. The world's first iron tool was invented here, bringing the world's iron tool civilization. Now, we, the Song people, have set foot on this land and brought gunpowder civilization to this land.

Everyone, you have accumulated wealth for 5,700 years. Do you still think it is too little? There are countless treasures and countless knowledge here - I advise you to leave yourself a civilization. In today's world, in terms of medicine and mathematics, this place is the dominant one or two living skills, such as textiles, medical skills, iron making technology, weaving technology. Organize them and go home to build one or two factories. The skilled craftsmen can produce original Dashi products and are now produced and sold in the territory of Song Dynasty. Isn't it beautiful!"

Zhao Xing's words made the officers' eyes shine. He didn't know that because of his words, the direction of the plunder of the Song army changed. Their first choice was the inexhaustible talents and knowledge here. A large number of Seljuk people did not value scholars and skilled doctors. The craftsmanship was plundered into the territory of Song State. Although most of them were released after ten years of service under the "Tian Sheng Ling". Many of them did not return to their ruined hometowns. They chose to continue to take root in Song State.

Because of Zhao Xing's proposal, the technological creativity of the Mesopotamian civilization suffered the greatest destruction. Countless literati and scholars in the Mesopotamian Basin were tied to the State of Song by a rope. The knowledge they had learned over ten years was forced to redeem their freedom, and the knowledge they brought also greatly impacted the existing knowledge structure of the Song Dynasty. Later historians commented: After Zhao Xing, the Song Dynasty, its glory and brilliance were built on the corpses and blood in the Mesopotamian Basin...

A few days later, the Song army also took care of prisoners of war in the port area to build a dock day and night. Under the whip of the Song army, the original poets and scholars of the city were forced to use their pens to carry stones and stir lime clay. With their efforts, a month later, a huge castle stood in the port area. At the same time, the originally simple dock also built a long wave-proof ladder. The wave-proof ladder continued to penetrate several miles into the sea. It provided hundreds of berths for ships. After the Song army's warships approached the berth, they showed their huge throughput. They moved all the Arab-style things in the city back to their country like ants moving, and unloaded countless Song-style furniture and household items from the ship. After the castle was built, it had become a complete Song-men city.

At this time, the Song merchants who returned to China in advance had returned. They brought a large amount of food and war preparation materials. Relying on the capture of the war, Zhao Xing generously paid the cost of the goods. As a result, a group of special merchants were born due to this war. Later generations called them "war dealers". They were born with the army, purchasing seized goods from the army, and selling supplies to the army, and making huge profits with both sides. War was the only way for them to make profits, so their greedy eyes were always looking for the next goal, and tried every means to incite the army to start a war in order to make a profit on their own...

The newly arrived fleet also brought news from the Song State. At this time, Zeng Bu had already resigned, but Han Zhongyan did not fall well and soon became the local governor. At the same time, Zhang Shangying returned to the court and became the ruling minister of the left and right servants with Su Che.

The Song Dynasty did not know much about the overseas situation. They did not have a distant concept and felt that the first batch of merchant ships with the army could return to China in a month. It seemed that the place where Zhao Xing went was similar to that of the Three Buddhas, and it might even be closer than the Three Buddhas. Therefore, Zhao Xing's visit to Nanyang did not cause a big shock in the court. The little emperor was busy building his own garden, the ministers in the court were busy with party struggles, and Cai Jing was busy excluding others. At this time, no one wanted the first warlord of the Song Dynasty to come forward to disrupt the situation. It would be better if he was not in front of him.

Su Che was in power, and it was impossible to say that the newly established Shu Party showed its huge power. Since the new Shu Party, which has now been renamed the Jiangxi School, won over Guanxue and Luoxue, and the founders of the Jiangxi School were all prime ministers who were exiled to the place of prefecture. After these people gained power again, their disciples and disciples spread all over the world. Naturally, they were unwilling to lose their power again. For this reason, they formed a lot of power, especially in local areas. With Zhao Xing's banner, they were powerful and even Cai Jing and Zhang Shangying, the new party members, had to please and curry favor with each other.

It seems that Zhao Xing doesn't have to worry about the domestic situation for the time being. After reading the information at hand, Zhao Xing asked Yuan Yeping: "How many war horses have you found?"

Yuan Yeping replied: "We have recently searched from multiple sources. We have collected 3,000 war horses, and the outstanding ones are about 1,000, and the number is still a little smaller. But this ghost place has not rained a drop of rain since we arrived. I am afraid that there will be more war horses, which will make us unable to move."

Zhao Xing nodded and greeted an officer. He asked: "Are you ready for the soldiers you can draw who can ride horses?"

The officer replied: "There are more than 600 people who can be used!"

Zhao Xing ordered: "Pick five hundred people, each with two horses, and equip three thousand slave soldiers to form a new army. This army is called the 'Dragon Cavalry'. The slave soldiers in the army are equipped with cold weapons. I will give you three days to organize the army immediately and our army will set off."

Yuan Yeping quickly added: "The two supply points mentioned by the Lord - Lupuha is 120 miles north of the city. The well there is enough for us to drink. Hadurshu is 300 miles away. If there are only 500 advance troops, I am sure to take Hadurshu directly."

"My target is not Hadurshu--" Zhao Xing looked at the West and added Youran: "The target is Baghdad! After we took Hadurshu in advance, the subsequent troops were divided into Lupuha and Hadurshu, recruiting war horses everywhere and recruiting volunteers. Rolling forward to the West. In this battle, we did not have supplies. Our resting place is Baghdad."

Zhao Xing didn't know what Lupuha and Hadurshu were called in modern times. He is currently on the west side of the Indus River Basin. The port he occupied is about the modern Karachi location. Zhao Xing probably knew that the land under his feet was the modern Iranian Plateau. To the north, it was Afghanistan and the majestic Hindu Kush Mountain (Pamir). He walked westward down the Iranian Plateau and entered Iraq. Now, the land on both wings belonged to the Eastern Seljuk Empire.

It is not a problem for Arab horses to run for one or two hundred kilometers in a row. Five hundred people, one for two horses, and several short guns. Its strike ability is not something that can be fought by a scimitar. Zhao Xing was not worried about the success or failure of this trip, but when the merchants in the city heard the news of the army's departing, they came to dissuade him. They publicly recommended an elderly man to meet Zhao Xing. The elderly man bowed to Zhao Xing first and persuaded him worriedly: "Sir, we have just built a small town in the port now. We know nothing about any army nearby. Now the adults are planning to set off the entire army. Wouldn't we have to face the entire Balochistan army?"

Zhao Xing smiled calmly: "The new castle we built has many small cannons on the walls. I think it is enough for such a fortress with two hundred people to guard it. There is no fleet of ships in the nearby sea that competes with us. As long as our warships are there, our supplies will not be short. If Balochistan dispatches a large army, I will just go back to eat it..."

The head of the gang sighed softly: "The Taiwei is too careless. If you don't touch the situation here at all, you will start... We have found someone familiar with the local situation for you. Will the Taiwei see him..."

The Song merchants found a prisoner of war. The prisoner of war was in his sixties and had a long beard. His hands were slender and well-proportioned. His beard was clean and his skin was fair. It was obviously not as bright as the wind and sun.

Zhao Xing's eyes turned on the other party's hand, then turned to his face, then nodded with satisfaction and asked, "Speak your name!"

Although the man was old, he still spoke frankly. He immediately replied: "Marty Marshal, what is the meaning of my name now? I am just a prisoner of you now."

Zhao Xing paused in the other party's hand and asked, "What is your expertise?"

"Geometry, equations, but what are these? The hand that holds a pen is stronger than a knife, so I am your captive."

"It turned out to be a mathematician." Zhao Xing stood up and left his seat and greeted the soldiers: "Move a seat, no matter how you respect knowledge, I respect knowledge, and the Song Dynasty has come to this point today because of respecting knowledge."

This mathematician was probably famous in the past. The reason why he didn't want to report his name now is probably because he felt ashamed of his captive identity, so he was unwilling to say his real name. Zhao Xing asked him to sit down, but this man sat down without hesitation and looked up at Zhao Xing, without the lewdness of a humble person at all.

"What should I call you? We should always have a name when we talk..." Zhao Xing touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "It's better to call you Sinbada. I like this name very much, and I also like the story of Sinbada's sailing in "One Thousand and One Nights".

The old man bowed and thanked: "Thank you, the name given to you by the Marshal. From now on, I will be called Sinbad."

Stopped, Sinbada asked with a pleading look: "Marson Marshal, I have a promise. If I truthfully introduce you to the situation of Drumzhi, you will return my granddaughter to me. May I ask, can you fulfill this promise?"

"Your granddaughter..." Zhao Xing looked at Gangshou in thought, and Gangshou smiled awkwardly: "This old man's granddaughter is good at singing and dancing, and is a skilled doctor. She was screened into the medical camp, so she has not been sent back to China."

After a moment of stopping, the head of the gang added a little embarrassingly: "This old man... Sinbada was left because his granddaughter had this ability. A few days ago, his granddaughter sang in the camp. Lord Chen Buqun happened to pass by and took his granddaughter to the boat. After Sinbada found out, he tried to break into the camp and was detained. Since he had been recorded on the sale list, his owner took him back and prepared to punish him. As a result, he said that he knew the local situation and who helped him save his granddaughter, he would truthfully explain."

Zhao Xing used Song language in the conversation of Gangshou and Arabic language in the old man Sinbada, and Pu Yi'an's tribe members were translated by the translator. But the old man was obviously a language master. When Gangshou was talking aside, his eyes flashed, as if he had already understood the general meaning of Gangshou, and he bowed to Zhao Xing repeatedly.

Zhao Xing pondered for a moment and asked back: "Tell me your identity, I want to know if you are trustworthy."

At this time, thirty miles outside the Song Army Castle, a scout team was about to return to the city. The leader of the team leader wet his head with a sheepskin water bag, then shook his wet hair and muttered: "This ghost weather!"

After erasing the water droplets in front of him, the scout team leader shouted loudly: "It's time for us to go back to the city."

A scout stared at the north, hesitated for a moment, and shouted loudly: "Smoke, that should be the smoke and dust raised by the movement of the cavalry. It is very fast. Sir, look, it should be a cavalry team of thousands."

The scout team leader muttered in a low voice: "There is a thousand-person cavalry, where can there be a thousand-person caravan in this place--"
Chapter completed!