Chapter 927: Going South

"Your Highness once said that they fight theirs and we fight ours, and that's true."

"Why bother about their conspiracies and tricks? If we follow them, we will be led by the nose. I will lead them by the nose!"

Looking at the sea chart hanging in the office, Zhou Yi slapped the position of Luzon Island.

He didn't believe that the Western Fleet would watch them take down one southern island country after another.

Thinking of this, he ordered his battle plan to be transmitted to Yancheng.

Three days ago, he received news that the wired telegraph was laid to Lincheng, and a wired power station had just been built and could be used.

It only takes two days for a steamship to travel from Yizhou to Lincheng.

This means that it only takes two days for the King of Yan to get the situation on the front line of Yizhou, which is not much different from commanding on the battlefield.

At the same time, he plans to deploy 30 sailing warships and 30 steamships, as well as 8,000 marines in the Luzon battlefield.

The remaining general naval warships will be commanded by Gong Ying, who will be responsible for guarding the island chain.

In two days, Zhou Yi's battle plan was transmitted to the palace via wired telegraph.

Zhao Xu felt a little emotional when he received Zhou Yi's battle plan.

He was not surprised by Zhou Yi's battle plan.

After all, the generals he trained should make this choice at this time.

What excited him was that the wired telegraph was laid to Lincheng.

With the wired telegraph all over Dasong, he could give orders to the generals on the battlefield in Yancheng.

After reading Zhou Yi's plan, Zhao Xu pondered for a while and approved Zhou Yi's request.

Another two days, Zhao Xu's order arrived in Yizhou.

"Your Highness agreed, Gong Ying's coastal defense from Yizhou to Yanzhou will be handed over to you, Pan Chang, you will select 8,000 soldiers to follow me south." Zhou Yi ordered.

After pacifying Dongying, Gong Ying and Pan Chang led the fleet and the marines to Yizhou.

The four countries of Dongying all have their garrisons, and they are now surrendering to Dasong, so they don't need to keep an eye on them at all.

If the Westerners go to Japan again, they will only face the artillery fire of the four countries.

"Yes, General." Gong Ying and Pan Chang answered in unison, with excitement in their eyes.

When they were in Japan, they were looking forward to fighting with the Western fleet.

Now, this day has finally come.

They want to let this fleet that invades the East taste their power.

Three days later.

The Wanghai City Wharf became very busy.

Because food and ammunition were stored in the warehouse of the port.

They had to move these supplies to the warships.

In the morning of the fourth day.

Thirty sailing warships, towed by thirty steamships, headed for the Luzon Sea.

They formed two parallel columns, protecting twenty troop transport ships in the middle.

This time, they did not bring supply ships.

Because Yizhou is only more than 700 miles away from the southernmost tip of Luzon.

It is only a day's journey by sea.

Even if they reach Manila, the capital established by the Portuguese in Luzon, it is only a two-day journey by sea.

"General, we found the steamship of the Western Alliance diagonally ahead." The fleet floated on the vast blue ocean for half a day.

Song Xiang, the captain of the flagship, reported to Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi nodded. Song Xiang was the second naval backbone he trained after Gong Ying.

Currently serving as a naval lieutenant, the captain of the flagship is only his part-time job.

"Don't pay attention to them, continue to move forward to Bangui." Zhou Yi said.

The steamship towing the sailing warship cannot catch up with the single steamship responsible for reconnaissance.

"Yes, General." Song Xiang replied.

Zhou Yi nodded and continued to study the map of Luzon.

This map was provided to them by King Yan.

However, when this map was given to them, there were no markings on the cities of Luzon.

It was they who sent steamships to conduct personal reconnaissance and summarize the intelligence provided by the four academies, and finally determined the location of the important cities in Luzon.

Bangui, where they are going now, is located at the northernmost tip of Luzon.

According to the information they have, the population of the entire Luzon is about six million.

Distributed in thirty cities of all sizes in Luzon.

Among them, the most prosperous city of Manila has a population of about 600,000.

Bangui is just a small northern city with a population of only about 30,000.

He chose this place because, first, he wanted to establish a supply point at the closest distance to Yizhou.

Second, Bangui is the closest to Dasong.

For thousands of years, people who went out to sea from the Central Plains to make a living first settled here.

Therefore, almost 3,000 of the 30,000 Bangui people belong to the "Overseas Song People" named by King Yan.

Before the Portuguese arrived in Luzon, these overseas Song people had accumulated a lot of wealth due to their hard work.

And because the previous Central Plains dynasty also had a great influence in the southern region, they lived well in Luzon.

But in the past hundred years, this situation no longer exists.

The Portuguese coveted their wealth, not only massacred and plundered the overseas Song people in Luzon, but also deliberately created conflicts between the overseas Song people and the natives of Luzon.

Use the natives of Luzon to suppress the smart and hardworking overseas Song people to prevent them from affecting their rule.

Of course, Luzon's intelligence is only a microcosm of the southern region of the East.

It can be said that the fate of hundreds of thousands of overseas Song people who drifted to the southern region of the East Land is similar.

Just like they have the same insulting name, "pigs".

This time they went south, they not only wanted to drive away the Westerners, but also to correct their names.

Unlike any previous dynasty, the current Song Dynasty rose under the leadership of King Yan.

In the future, whether it is the Song people living in Dasong or the Song people living overseas, they will be protected by the Dasong army.

In addition, there is another very important factor.

They lack understanding of the geography, customs, and human feelings of the southern countries including Luzon.

These overseas Song people need to provide guides and other help to more smoothly expel the Westerners and restore the ruling order of the southern countries.

Another half day, the fleet entered the Babuyan Sea of ​​Luzon.

There are five large islands in this sea area.

After passing through the Babuyan Sea, the fleet appeared at their destination, Bambu.

Through the telescope, Zhou Yi saw thirty merchant ships docked in the Bambu port, but no Portuguese warships.

For the Portuguese, Bambu is too small and it is not worth deploying warships here.

Such Bambu is like an undefended girl to the Dasong Navy.

Putting away the telescope, Zhou Yi pointed to Bambu, "Take this place."

His order was issued, and the fleet headed straight for Bambu Port.

Ten small boats were lowered from the troop transport ship.

Two hundred marines landed on the east and west sides of the port in small boats.

As the fleet and troop transport ships got closer and closer, the view of Bambu's port became clearer and clearer.

When the troop transport boat was less than 300 meters away from the port, a rapid bell sounded from the direction of Bambu.

Apparently, the Portuguese garrison in Bambu sounded the alarm.