Chapter 640 Somali Pirates

Xingzhou County's affairs have been handled properly, and the ocean-going fleet is ready to set off again.

Before leaving, Ouyang Shuo made a special trip back to Shanhai City. For nothing else, Ouyang Shuo hadn't used the first chance to recruit the hidden building [Point of Commander Terrace] rewarded by Gaia.

[Point of Command] It is good to be able to designate a historical military general below the god level to recruit, but it is still necessary to think about which general to recruit.

After much deliberation, Ouyang Shuo was still planning to recruit another navy general.

Water warfare in ancient China has never been the mainstream, and famous naval generals are rare compared to other famous generals. Ouyang Shuo was more interested in three generals, Zhou Yu, Yu Dayou and Zheng Chenggong.

Because Zhou Yu was the protagonist of the next battle [Battle of Red Cliff], Ouyang Shuo couldn't recruit, so he could only regretfully give up. Zheng Chenggong has a deep hatred with Shi Lang, Admiral of the Jiaozhou Fleet, and it is not suitable for recruitment.

After choosing and choosing, only Yu Dayou is left.

In the Dianjiangtai Pavilion, a white light flashed, showing a middle-aged general with a broad face and a beard, with a hint of sadness on his face. He was Yu Dayou, a navy general of the Ming Dynasty.

"The last general, Yu Dayou, pay homage to the lord!" Yu Dayou nodded and bowed.

"General please get up!"

Ouyang Shuo smiled slightly, and took advantage of the opportunity to check Yu Dayou's attributes.

【Name】: Yu Dayou (Royal Class)

[Title]: One of the top ten naval generals in ancient China

【Dynasty】: Ming Dynasty

[Identity]: General of Shanhai City

[Occupation]: Super General

[Loyalty]: 75 points

[Commander]: 86 [Force]: 85 [Intelligence]: 70 [Politics]: 60

[Speciality]: Eliminate bandits (in the face of Japanese pirates or Japanese navy, increase the range and power of artillery by 30%, increase the speed of battleship by 35%, increase the defense of battleship by 30%, and increase the morale of naval fighters by 35%)

【Classics】: "The Art of War"

[Cultivation method]: "Sword Scripture"

[Weapon]: Jingchu Long Sword

[Evaluation]: Dayou bears the strange festival, and looks forward to the ancient sages. When employing troops, plan first and fight later, and do not be greedy for short-term achievements. He has grace under his command, has made great achievements numerous times, and is famous in Nanfu. Loyal to the Xu country, old and full of loyalty, there are great honors in his place.

Yu Dayou has a strange festival, and he takes the ancient sages and heroes as his role models. When he used soldiers, he planned first and then went to war. He had a far-sighted vision and was not greedy for short-term achievements. The spirit of being loyal to the country is old and solid, and has made great achievements wherever he goes.

It is precisely because of the example of Haoshi that Yu Dayou not only wrote military works such as "The Art of War", but also martial arts works such as "Sword Classic".

When mentioning "Sword Classic", ordinary people would think that it is a classic of swordsmanship. In fact, "Jian Jing" is a monograph on stick techniques written by Yu Dayou.

When it comes to Yu Dayou's stick technique, it has a lot to do with the [Shaolin Temple] that has not yet appeared in the wilderness.

In the 40th year of Jiajing, Yu Dayou, who was proficient in the Jingchu long sword, was ordered to go south and went to Songshan Shaolin to watch the monk's stick skills. He was disappointed in the result, thinking that Shaolin Kungfu had lost the true formula of the ancients.

At the request of the abbot of Shaolin Temple, Yu Dayou took the young and courageous Zong Qing and Pu Cong along with him to the south to enter and leave the camp, and from time to time he taught the true art of changing from yin and yang, and taught him the precept of wisdom and enlightenment.

Three years later, the two monks returned to Shaolin, and passed on the teachings they had given to the monks.

Thirteen years later, Zong Qing saw Yu Dayou again, and told him that Pucong had turned into a foreign body, but he returned to the temple and passed on the Zen precepts of sword formulas. The monks learned the most deeply from nearly a hundred people, and his transmission can last forever.

It can be seen that the Shaolin stick technique actually benefited from Yu Dayou.

Of course, martial arts is only a side branch. What Yu Dayou is really good at is water warfare, especially fighting Japanese pirates. In advance of Yu Dayou's achievements, we have to mention the troubles of the Japanese pirates in the Ming Dynasty.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and some Japanese warriors came to the coastal areas of China to carry out activities. The Japanese invasion of the Ming Dynasty had begun as early as the early Ming Dynasty. During the Jiajing period, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty declined, treacherous court officials were in power, and wars continued in Japan, and the troubles of Japanese pirates in the Ming Dynasty reached their peak.

Due to the further development of the commodity economy, the foreign trade at that time was quite developed. Maritime trade along the coast is also profitable, but because of the Ming Dynasty's "Maritime Ban", trade with foreign countries is strictly prohibited.

Tea, porcelain and silk produced in China can be sold at a high price overseas. It is said that the price of silk shipped to Nanyang can be increased by ten times. As a result, some Chinese businessmen or pirates, such as Wang Zhi, Xu Hai and others, began to collude with Japanese pirates in order to make a fortune in business, forming a maritime smuggling group, which intensified the Japanese invasion.

Those businessmen also became part of the "Japanese pirates", and only then did the "Ming History · Japanese Chronicles" say: "Probably three out of ten real Japanese, seven out of ten are from the Japanese".

As a result, a group of famous anti-Japanese generals were also born.

One of the most famous, of course, is Qi Jiguang, known as a national hero.

The contemporary Yu Dayou fought Japanese pirates almost all his life, and his military achievements were outstanding. The "Yu Family Army" he led could even scare the enemy away. And the fake Japanese pirates who took the opportunity to make trouble.

What is rare is that although Yu Dayou has made a lot of military exploits, he was often impeached and dismissed from office, and was even falsely led by others many times. However, Yu Dayou never cared about it and still went all out to fight against Japanese pirates.

Such a general is really rare.

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On the same day, Ouyang Shuo announced the appointment of Yu Dayou.

Yu Dayou was appointed as the admiral of the Yashan Fleet, and he was awarded the third-rank general rank of "General Zhenhai". As a result, only the Beihai Gulf Fleet, which was established the earliest, remained among the four major fleets of the Nanyang Navy, and there is no admiral yet.

It stands to reason that Yu Dayou is best at dealing with Japanese pirates, and his specialty [Destroying Bandits] is specially set for the Japanese Navy. However, the sea area near Dongying is too far away from Shanhai City, beyond reach.

Therefore, Ouyang Shuo could only appoint Yu Dayou as the admiral of the Yashan Fleet first, and then make further calculations later. Ouyang Shuo believed that the day when the navy sent troops to Japan would not be far away.

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On May 10, Xingzhou Port.

The ocean-going fleet has been replenished and embarked on the journey again.

Departing from Sin Chew Port, the fleet passes through the Strait of Malacca, then crosses the Great Strait, and then enters the Indian Ocean, followed by the truly endless ocean.

In the vast ocean, if there is no astrology, I am afraid that I will not even be able to grasp the course.

Because it was delayed for nearly a month in Southeast Asia, the ocean-going fleet had to enter the Red Sea before the end of summer, so Ouyang Shuo had no intention of dealing with Tianzhu and other countries this time.

The ocean-going fleet stayed in Sri Lanka to the south of Tianzhu for a short period of two days. After a little resupply, it set off again. The next stop was Somalia in the Gulf of Aden.

Ouyang Shuo planned to cross the Mandeb Strait and enter the Red Sea after supplying supplies in Somalia.

The voyage from the Strait of Malacca to the Mandeb Strait is the longest in the entire ocean voyage. Even in reality, it is six to seven thousand kilometers.

It is even more unimaginable to expand the game ten times.

At the speed of ancient ships, it would take at least three months to complete this mileage.

If you calculate the whole process, it will take at least one year to go back and forth from the UK to China. Based on the ten years of the game, transcontinental ocean trade is basically impossible because the cost is too high.

In reality, a round trip only takes two months.

Gaia obviously has no intention of making things difficult for the players. In fact, after the fleet enters the high seas, it will enter the "fast sailing channel". It only takes 20 days to cross the Indian Ocean, which is very miraculous.

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On June 10, the ocean-going fleet arrived in Somalia smoothly and docked at the port of Berbera.

The Port of Berbera is located on the northwest coast of Somalia, on the southwest side of the Gulf of Aden, adjacent to the Port of Djibouti on the south coast of the Gulf of Aden, and is the largest port in northern Somalia.

When you mention Somalia, you have to mention Somali pirates.

Somali pirates generally refer to the group of pirates who carry out robbery or extortion in the Gulf of Aden. They are a group of criminals who specialize in robbing the property of passing ships in the waters near Somalia.

The Gulf of Aden is located between the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. It is the maritime throat from the Indian Ocean through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Its strategic position is very important.

There are countless ships that come to the Gulf of Aden every day.

At the same time, the waters off Somalia are narrow and ideal for piracy.

Such a favorable time and place naturally spawned a bunch of pirate organizations. In reality, Somali pirates have long since disappeared under the attack of various countries. In the game, Gaia reinterprets this period of history.

Therefore, as soon as the ocean-going fleet entered the Gulf of Aden, Ouyang Shuo reminded Zheng He to be vigilant at all times. Strangely, there was no pirate attack until the fleet docked.

"Is it because those pirates didn't dare to approach us because they saw that we were warships?" Zheng He judged.

Ouyang Shuo was noncommittal, "I can't rule out this possibility. Even so, we still shouldn't take it lightly. After replenishment, the fleet will set off immediately, trying to cross the Red Sea in one go."

"promise!"

Zheng He took the order and began to arrange supplies.

Zheng He is naturally familiar with how to supply supplies, so Ouyang Shuo doesn't need to worry about it.

After staying on the boat for a long time, Ouyang Shuo was also a little bored. After the fleet docked, he took a small team of personal guards and disembarked, ready to stroll around the port.

The Port of Berbera is the distribution center and commercial center of agricultural and livestock products in the northern part of Somalia. Every year, a large number of farmers drive their livestock to the market. Most of the country's live livestock exports are transited through this port.

As soon as you enter the port, you can see farmers and businessmen driving their livestock everywhere.

Dirty ports, potholed roads, livestock manure scattered everywhere, noisy yelling, the Berbera port in front of you is really not a suitable place to relax.

Ouyang Shuo walked for less than ten minutes and wanted to go back to the boat. The smell in the air was really bad.

"Your Majesty, there is a tavern over there!" Chen Dameng had sharp eyes.

Ouyang Shuo looked up and saw a three-story wooden house with a wine glass sign hanging on the door. Before I got close, I heard a burst of noise, but it was undoubtedly a tavern.

"Go, go have a drink or two!"

Ouyang Shuo's heart skipped a beat. Apart from drinking, the tavern is also a place for gathering information.