After Zanji's envoy left, Li Sihai continued to discuss the march to Baghdad with his generals.

On the homeland of the Baiyi Dynasty, there were two wars at the same time, one was the war between Xia Kingdom and Romu Turks, and the other was the war between Li Sihai and Romu Sultan Mesud for orthodox. The news of the great victory of the Xia army in the battle of Khan City came, and Li Sihai immediately accelerated the pace of contacting the princes of Dashi. The king of kings proposed the goal of "marching towards Baghdad", on the one hand to boost morale, and on the other hand, it also reflected his inner thoughts. To get rid of the status of puppets, nothing is more convincing than to personally recover the glorious city of Baghdad. Li Sihai knew Xu Wenhu's style of military use, and he would not act rashly until he was fully prepared, especially when the Xia army had already penetrated the territory of the Baiyi Dynasty and was surrounded by enemies on all sides. Xu Wenhu was good at delaying time and creating a situation of victory, which gave Li Sihai the opportunity to take the lead.

Surrounded by the generals, he wrote and painted on the marching map and formulated marching routes and meeting places for the ally armies.

He was like a wolf hidden beside the two tigers, sucking the cold air and staring at his opponent with caution. Once Mesud's prey showed a fatal flaw, he would strive to pounce on it and bit off its throat before the other tiger reacted, and use the death of the old king to announce the arrival of the new king. Under Mesud's nose, with the help of the remaining influence of the Baiyi Dynasty and the support of the Xia Kingdom, the new kings secretly and constantly accumulating strength. This situation is deeply encouraging. Every day during military discussions, General Sanji would whisper regretfully: "Don't wait any longer, now we can attack Baghdad and hang that damn Mesud up and pull the back." His words undoubtedly attracted a burst of laughter...

Sangji was a slave bought by the Li family from Cairo. However, if it weren't for the shopkeeper of the Li family, Sangji, who was still a boy at the time, would have been castrated and resold. His Bowang Marquis' Mansion received a complete education. Therefore, he did not hate the Li family. Instead, he hated the Turkic merchants who arrested him from his hometown to Cairo. He still remembers that on the way from his inland hometown to Cairo, many black slaves arrested by slave traders were hung up and pulled back, and he always wanted to repay the punishment to the Turkic nobles.

"It's soon, soon," Li Sihai casually patted Sangji's shoulder and said with a smile, "I promise you."

"After catching Mesud, let you be the first to suck his back." Another general smiled.

"Show it on the city tower in Baghdad!" Sanji shouted.

"Okay, let's show it to the public on the Baghdad city tower." Li Sihai stood up, stretched, and walked staggeringly towards the back tent.

Although he gathered tens of thousands of troops, his strength was still far from Mesud. Now Mesud is like a lion surrounded by hunters. Whoever rushed up would be bitten and bitten to death by a lion. And he, Li Sihai, and many enemies, the emperor of Lumei Kingdom, and the ambitious Zanji, were staring at the new master of Baghdad. If he had to rely on Xia ** team to fight, what would he, the king of kings, do? Just as the generals were about to leave, the door of the tent was lifted, and another messenger hurried in, knelt on one knee, and presented a secret letter from Lumei Kingdom to Li Sihai. Li Sihai opened the secret letter in front of the generals, frowned slightly while looking, and said in a low voice: "This Emperor John is really strange."

"John, the favor of heaven," Li Sihai smiled at his left and right with a sarcastic tone, "What are he going to do if he doesn't guard that little pitiful family business? Inviting Western princes to attack Baghdad together, with the foundation of Lumei Kingdom, the leader is weak and the guest is strong. Does he want to die? Attack Baghdad, this John of heaven, he can't even find my Baghdad city gate toward any side. In addition, a group of guys who only have troops and want to make a fortune like a blind man, I want to see if they are trampling on each other, or go their separate ways, or at the Ghost Gate.

Let's just go around and make a fuss before the pass. Zanji is closest to them. If they really want to enter Baghdad, they have to pass Zanji's level first. However, John likes to play with his pitiful little cleverness the most. He thinks no one knows what he is thinking. However, this kid doesn't know his subordinates or his enemies. He is just a ridiculous glass bottle. It looks shiny outside, empty inside, and very easy to break. If it weren't for this, my good brother wouldn't have stepped on him to become famous so easily."

He stood up and handed the secret message to the guards, and then waited to leave. After thinking about it, he said again: "Tell the news to the military office."

"Yes." The guard whispered into the darkness. Li Sihai waved his hand and signaled the generals to return to the camp.

The sea breeze blows, the leaves rustle, and the rice ears shaking.

The stretching hills surrounded the fields like a city wall. In the terraced fields inside the hill, some fields have been harvested, while in other fields, oxen are plowing the fields. The warm monsoon brings abundant rainfall. Every evening, there will be heavy rain on Longzhu Island. The excess rainwater flows into the fish pond with the ditches between the ridges and finally flows to the sea. In the dazzling sunshine, the natural scenery on the island seems so peaceful and quiet. Not far away, the hill above Longmen Port, Longmen City, a city built completely according to Zhao Xingde's pattern, has stood tall.

The iron-cast guns flashed with cold light, and the silences of defenders holding muskets or crossbows appeared from time to time. Although the war was thousands of miles away, they were still ready to use their blood to protect this fertile land at any time. Hundreds of ships of all sizes were moored in the port. The sailors lie comfortably on the deck and bask in the sun, while the merchants competed for every piece of precious land designated by the port chamber of commerce on the shore. This is still an overseas desert island that has just been reclaimed, but no one will underestimate its value as long as they have seen the chart. Large commercial banks such as Fuhaixing and Yajiaoxing have already designated the warehouse dock on Longzhu Island, and even sent shopkeepers and workers and apprentices to build them. The autonomous area of ​​the Chamber of Commerce was also demarcated.

Although the imperial court bought Longmen City, the Longzhu Island Chamber of Commerce's autonomy still respected Li Yong's opinions very much.

Li Yong completely copied the autonomy of the Chamber of Commerce in Chang'an, Kangguo and Chengdu. However, he deliberately played with some small tricks. He provided land to big merchants such as Yajiaoxing and Fuhaixing at low prices to ensure that these merchants will not open up ports to compete with Longzhu Island. He also used most of the land of the Chamber of Commerce Autonomous as the future "store" and allowed bidding to establish warehouses and shops now. The land position of the warehouses and shops is very good, but the area is very small. In this way, for small and medium-sized commercial banks, the inch of land in the chamber of commerce area near the docks must be fought for, and the price of the shops has also risen steadily, almost keeping up with the price of the strong shops in Luoyang. The silver money obtained is not only enough to pay the military pay of the Longzhu Island defenders, but also enough to pay the cost of recruiting farmers and workers to the island for reclamation in the next few years.

"This strong wind has greatly delayed the navy's itinerary." Zhao Xingde looked at the western sea surface and said in a pondering manner.

"I will check the wind and tide records of Longmen City. In the next month, the strong winds like half a month ago should not be there again." Si Nan's co-chairman said cautiously, "Sailing from Longzhu Island to Zhuluo Kingdom, the port of the port of the Dashi princes, the sea route is smoother than half the journey in the first half. Dashi merchants can come with small boats, and our large ships are even more unhindered. In addition, most of the merchant ships in the fleet only sail to Zhuluo Kingdom and no longer continue to travel west. The rest are all elite ships. Even if the strong wind blows away the fleet, it will be much faster than this time."

"I hope so," Zhao Xingde said in a deep voice, "The river has begun to siege Khan City, and the navy must at least catch up with the last battle."

"I hope so." Shi Heng nodded, his expression also was very serious.

The Military Information Department built a pigeon road from Chameng to Longzhu Island at any cost. After the Southwest Sea Navy arrived at Longzhu Island, many rumors about Xia and Song countries were confirmed along the way. Zhang Shanfu and Xu Wenhu met and took charge of the Iron Cliff. Xu Wenhu led a large army to attack the hinterland of the Rom Turks. The Song State captured the important city of Hejian City. However, because the journey was long, most of the areas passed by were not under the control of Xia State, and the losses of the pigeon flying over were also very heavy.

The Zhongda Army besieged Khan City more than a month ago. No one knew the progress of the war. Xu Wenhu was persistent in using troops. If Zhou Li's style, he would probably have conquered Baghdad now. If he had met in the northern part of the world in the past, the late general who was commanding the army would at least be demoted. After the war between Hezhong and Rom Turks ended, the huge Southwest Sea Navy had to reach the Dashi realm, and then Zhao Xingde would definitely be a joke in the Guguo Mansion.

During this long voyage of the Southwest Sea Navy, there were almost no strong resistance, and only had sporadic conflicts with some pirates and the earth kings. The navy almost had no effort to crush these guys who were not tall and thick. If it weren't for Zhao Xingde's strict ban on plundering the coastal villages, even merchant ships could roam the sea. The power of the Dashi melted like ice and snow. The merchant fleet following the Southwest Sea Navy took exquisite goods and fair trades to land in various parts of the Southwest Sea. In addition to the settlement areas recognized by the Song Dynasty court, each business also established some duli warehouses according to their needs. These warehouses and settlement areas woven into a huge net, covering the entire Southwest Sea.
Chapter completed!