Daming Crazy Emperor

It's May, Nanyang Cheng announced that the political envoy is already scorching hot, but the Bering Strait is still looking like a world of ice and snow.

Taichang turned the binoculars and scanned the vast white strait in front of him, with a hint of anxiety on his face.

He couldn't wait any longer, because after crossing the Bering Strait, he had to detour nearly [-] miles to reach the Siberian Khanate.

Moreover, it will take at least June for the ice floes in the Arctic Ocean to completely melt. If he continues to wait here, he may not be able to lead his army to the Siberian Khanate until July.

At that time, there will be more than three months left. How can they take down the Siberian Khanate, which is thousands of miles away?

He frowned and pondered for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "Mr. Li, let the Spike ship clear the way. We will cross the Bering Strait and enter the Arctic Ocean."

Alas, no way.

Of course Yuan Keli knew why Taichang was in a hurry, time was waiting for no one else!
If they can't win the Siberian Khanate before November this year, they will have to wait another half a year.

For the past six months, the consumption of food alone has scared people to death, and meat is even more terrible. If there is not enough meat in this bitter cold place, who can survive a cold winter!
He hesitated for a moment, but still waved his hand and said, "Order, the Spike will step forward and continue to open a channel to the north."

With a wave of command flags, five thousand Spike warships immediately filed up from all directions, and after a while, a huge circular formation turned into a neat square formation.

The next step was a difficult push, a hundred miles a day, a hundred miles a day, and in two days, they crossed the Bering Strait and officially entered the Arctic Ocean.

The temperature here is lower and there are more ice floes on the sea.

Fortunately, they didn't encounter any storms at sea, and there are many bays here, let alone a thousand miles, it is not a problem to find one in a hundred miles.

After about ten days, they finally found a bay where a big river flows into, and the mountains on the coast became plains.

This river is really wide, and its mouth is forty or fifty miles wide, and I don't know where so much water comes from.

The problem here is not the three big rivers marked on the map, and no one knows the name of this river at the moment.

Looking at the almost blank map, Taichang felt a little silly.

Who would have imagined that there would be such a big river here.

He was stunned for a while, and then asked: "Liqing, why don't we set up the first supply point in the Arctic Ocean here."

They originally wanted to set up the first supply point in the Arctic Ocean at the first big river on the map.

Question, that big river is almost thousands of miles away from West Taiping City, which is really a bit far away.

The location of this river is just about five thousand miles away from West Taiping City, so it is naturally best to build a supply point.

Yuan Keli just thought about it for a while, then hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "The emperor is wise."

Well, as long as you don't have an opinion.

Taichang reckoned: "The West Taiping City should be almost built at this moment, why don't we send a Flying Dragon warship back and bring the fleet behind to let Wen Zhao and Bian Jiao quickly build a port and an acropolis here.

If all goes well, the Acropolis and the port wharf should be almost built when the ice floes in the Arctic Ocean completely melt. "

Uh, a Wyvern?
Yuan Keli thought for a while, and then suggested: "Your Majesty, there are too many ice floes on our way, and the Arctic Ocean is not calm.

Wei Chen estimated that there might be a lot of floating ice in some parts of the channel we opened.

Flying Dragon battleships don't have to be afraid of ordinary ice floes. Aegis ships, armed merchant ships, large fishing boats, and even Emperors are all untouched. A slightly larger piece of ice floes can probably damage a large ship.

Otherwise, let's send ten flying dragon warships and a thousand Spike warships back, and ask them to clean up the ice floes on the channel when they come over, so as to avoid accidents.

Your Majesty, what do you think? "

You have to be careful with this one. You must know that iron-clad giant ships like the Titanic were hit and sunk by icebergs, and the bottom of the Aegis ship, armed merchant ships, large fishing boats, and even the emperor were all made of spliced ​​wooden boards. After hitting it.

Who knows if icebergs or huge ice floes will float into the channel they have cleared.

Thinking of this, Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Well, you are right, we must not be careless.

How about this, Yuan Fang, you go back with ten Flying Dragon warships and a thousand Spike warships, and take over the follow-up fleet.

The ice floes in the Bering Sea should have almost melted by now.

You can lead ten dragon battleships first, and let a thousand Spike warships wait for you to pick up the follow-up fleet at the stop near the Bering Strait and join them.

That way you won't waste time.

After the fleet crosses the Bering Strait and enters the Arctic Ocean, you must be careful, and let the thousand Spike warships clean up the channel carefully, and there must be no accidents.

In addition, you told Wen Zhao and Bianjiao to build the acropolis and the port dock here as soon as possible, and don't worry about the rest, just build the acropolis and the dock first. "

Zhang Yuanfang hastily cupped his hands and said, "The general will understand."

He was about to bow and leave when he suddenly remembered that there was no name here yet.

This is not good without a name, and many things are inconvenient.

He hurriedly and carefully asked: "Your Majesty, what is the name of this river? Also, what is the name of the new Acropolis?"

Uh, this.

It would be fine if it was the three big rivers drawn on the map, at least he knew the names of the three big rivers in later generations.

The problem is that he doesn't even know the name of the river's descendants!
He frowned and pondered for a while, then suddenly remembered that this place should be the edge of the East Siberia Plain.

At this time, he was too lazy to think about it, so he decided directly: "This river is called Xindongjiang, and the newly built acropolis is called Xindongjiang City."

Hearing this, Zhang Yuanfang hurriedly cupped his hands and bowed, "I understand, I will leave."

After saying that, he turned around and walked away quickly.

Taichang didn't stay here too long. After Zhang Yuanfang left with ten Flying Dragons and a thousand Spikes, he and Yuan Keli led the remaining Flying Dragons and Spikes to continue exploring westward.

They really didn't expect the next terrain, the coast is actually densely covered with rivers, big and small, they don't know how many there are.

As for the bays, there are many more, and there are many bays with a radius of tens of miles.

They don't even need to find a stop. Anyway, as long as they sail along the coast, there must be a bay every hundred miles or so. The distance between large bays is less than a thousand miles, and some places are even connected by two or three. Two large bays are less than a hundred miles away.

This place is really good. If it is not in the Arctic Ocean but in the Pacific Ocean, it will definitely become a prosperous coastal settlement, just like the southeast coast of Daming.

It's a pity that the weather here is too cold, and more than half of the year is covered with ice and snow, ships are simply impassable.

At this moment, let alone the bustling coastal settlements, they have sailed for thousands of miles without seeing a human hair!

Fortunately, as they continued westward, the temperature in the Arctic Ocean became higher and higher, and the ice floes on the sea surface became less and less, and their advancing speed became faster and faster.

About half a month later, the ice floes in the Arctic Ocean had almost melted, and they also came to the mouth of the first big river marked on the map.

This river was later called the Lena River, and it was the boundary river between East Siberia and Central Siberia.

However, the river does not have a name at this moment, at least, no exact markings have appeared on the maps of various countries.

Taichang gave this river a name without hesitation, and it was called Xinxijiang, which just corresponded to Xindongjiang.

As for the Lena River, who knows who named it, he just doesn't bother to care about it.

Now that the ice floes had melted, they naturally didn't have to move forward carefully.

He directly sent a Flying Dragon warship to the Xindongjiang side, and asked Zhang Yuanfang, Cao Wenzhao, and Cao Bianjiao to lead the fleet to set off immediately, and quickly followed. Go to the Siberian Khanate.

There are still about ten thousand miles on this road. After they bypassed a huge peninsula, they almost entered the border of the Siberian Khanate.

However, there was still no one on the shore.

Probably because it was too cold in the north, the people of the Siberian Khanate migrated to the south.

Taichang didn't care too much, anyway, the Siberian Khanate didn't have any warships, so they didn't have to worry about being raided or blocked at sea.

He directly led the fleet all the way to the west and continued to advance. After a few days, they finally came to a bay hundreds of miles wide.

This place is marked on the map, here is the confluence of the Ob and Yenisei rivers into the sea.

If they had gone directly south, it would have entered the Yenisei River and reached the heart of the Siberian Khanate.

If they go west along the bay for about four or five hundred miles and then turn the rudder and sail south, they will enter the Ob River.

Naturally, Taichang would not rush the fleet rashly to the center of the Siberian Khanate. He decided to wait here and wait for the follow-up fleet to come and meet before continuing westward to the Ob River.

Because they are exploring and advancing all the way, the speed is not very fast, and the follow-up fleet is only four or five days away from them.

Sure enough, five days later, the follow-up fleet followed.

More than [-] ships gathered at the mouth of the Yenisei River. The scene was really terrifying. If the people of the Siberian Khanate saw it, they would probably be scared to pee.

However, there are no people from the Siberian Khanate here, and if there were any, Taichang would not be waiting here.

On the Emperor, a group of generals gathered, and Taichang pointed directly at the two large rivers on the map: "The Ob River and the Yenisei River are transliterated, and they don't conform to Ming's language habits at all. It sounds a bit awkward. .

Well, in the future, these two rivers will be renamed Ebei River and Yeni River, so that they will be more convenient to call.

This time we will go to the Ebei River to join the soldiers of the Southeast Camp.

Yuan Fang, you lead the Flying Dragon and the Spike to open the way ahead, and I lead the Emperor and the rest of the ships to follow.

You must pay attention to detecting the water depth along the way, especially after entering the Ebei River, you must carefully detect it, but you must not let the Emperor and the Aegis ship run aground. "

Hearing this, Zhang Yuanfang hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "The general will understand."

After discussing for a while, everyone went back and prepared to go.

Early the next morning, at about Mao's, Zhang Yuanfang set off with the Flying Dragon and the Spike.

Taichang waited until Chenshi before leading the follow-up fleet to follow slowly.

Now that they have arrived in the Siberian Khanate, they naturally don't have to worry. As long as they fight steadily, the Siberian Khanate will definitely not be able to defeat the hundreds of thousands of troops in the North Camp and Southeast Camp.

They just don't know what's going on in the Siberian Khanate at this moment, how many people they have, and how many people they have. They still don't know anything.