Xian Sun of the Ning Mansion of the Red Chamber

Chapter 233
Beijing.

As soon as he rode a fast horse into the capital, the soldiers guarding the city glanced at the tooth card held by the other party from a distance, and then hurriedly let it go.

"Which family does this belong to?" the city gate official held a piece of dog's tail grass in his hand, and while picking his teeth, he swaggered out and asked the soldier.

"It's the plaque from the mansion of Fu Qingqingfang." Xiao Bing replied.

Clarification Workshop?
The city gate officer recalled the Fang District where the mansions of the third-rank and above officials in the capital were located, and nodded.

Clarification Square, that is the mansion of Mr. Fu Ge.

"What number is this?"

Xiao Bing thought for a while and replied: "Today is the third call, counting yesterday's seventh call, they all come from the south."

After a pause, he asked curiously, "Boss, is there something important happening in the south?"

The city gate officer was also thoughtful, glanced at the little soldier and said: "You shouldn't ask, don't ask nonsense, you are the one guarding the city gate, worry about what those people are doing, go, stand guard!"

"Hey, Boss, it's time to change the guard, isn't it? It's so hot today." Xiao Bing said with a shy smile.

Hearing this, the city gate official raised his head to look at the sun, and muttered: "This old Mr. Wu, he appointed where to eat and forgot the time, so he deducted his tap today and made it up for you."

After that, he ordered the soldier again: "Bring the master's donkey."

Hearing this, the little soldier hurried to the side, brought a black and gray donkey, and asked, "Boss, where are you going?"

"Keep your city gates safe, don't ask nonsense, I have an appointment with Manager Li for tea today, so I can't be late."

After that, he rode away on a donkey.

"Director Li?"

Xiao Bing lowered his head and thought for a long time, and he suddenly realized that he should be the head of the mansion above them.

Yang You, who was jealous of Jia Ying's ability to take his confidante around for a tour, finally failed to leave Beijing as he wished, despite him crying, making troubles and hanging himself before driving, in exchange for Jiade's cold words.

"Go back to the house and be banned for a month!"

Yang You, who was depressed in the center of the mansion, could only attract a lot of dandies who used to be by his side, drinking and having fun all day long to pass the time.

The day before yesterday, Li Xiaobao didn't come, and there was still no one there yesterday.

Yang You sent someone to Li's mansion to inquire. It turned out that something serious happened to Li Endi's hometown in Zhejiang.

It's just that Li Xiaobao didn't say anything specific, so Yang You ordered people to inquire, but it was all fragmentary news. The official mansion newspaper had not yet spread to the capital, but he still heard some rumors that Zhejiang was in chaos.

He also remembered that Jia Ying was in the south of the Yangtze River, and it really was not peaceful wherever he went.

At the same time, he was also a little envious that his third master had missed such a big event.

Why do you suddenly feel that the title of prince is not good?

Out of curiosity, Yang You asked people to keep an eye on Jiangnan's situation and report to him at any time.

Only then did the city gate officials meet again, and they made an appointment with the steward of the palace to drink tea.

As the days passed, the rumors in Zhejiang became more and more clear. All the high officials in the court and the Central Committee, who had anything to do with Jiangnan, had received letters from the South.

It's just that this news seems to be only circulated among the officials in the court. Before the memorials from the chief secretary of Zhejiang or Nanjing arrived in Beijing, no one brought this matter to the court for discussion.

In the palace, it seems that they are ignorant of all this.

Of course, only those naive people would think that the Holy Son of Heaven would know nothing about this matter.

After hearing the report from the steward of the mansion, Yang You sighed for a while, and at the same time couldn't help but worry about Li Xiaobao.

Yang You doesn't care about the affairs of the Li family, but as a friend, he is still very qualified. Unfortunately, he is still in lockdown and cannot leave the house.

"Go to Li's mansion and invite Xiao Bao to the Lord."

Clarification Square, Fu Mansion.

Yan Huasong sat quietly on a chair beside him, and waited until Fu Donglai finished reading the letter before putting down the teacup in his hand, and asked, "Old Ge, what's the matter?"

This is already the second letter from the South.

Fu Donglai handed the envelope in his hand to Yan Huasong, and said in his mouth: "The rebels have captured Songjiang and Jiaxing, and rebel armies have also appeared in Hangzhou, Huzhou, and Suzhou."

"Lin Ruhai and Jia Ying, together with Lu Faxian, the minister of Nanjing's military department, have already dispatched a large army to conquer them."

Yan Huasong looked at the contents of the letter and said with worry: "I never imagined that these thieves are so powerful. In just a few days, two houses fell."

"There are still Japanese pirates?"

Yan Huasong gently put down the letterhead in his hand, and after hesitating again and again, he still asked cautiously: "Mr. Ge, isn't the price a bit high?"

Fu Donglai was silent, his eyes were deep, and he didn't know what to write in his heart.

After Yan Huasong only asked a question, he didn't speak anymore, but waited quietly.

After a long time, I heard Fu Donglai let out a long sigh: "Oh, when manpower is limited."

"Even the old man never expected that there would be the current situation."

He understood that the emperor had an obsession with filling the treasury, so he did not object to the decree of changing rice to mulberry. That's why he made a tacit deal with Li Endi on that day.

But he understands people's hearts.

His goal is not the Sanggai regime presided over by Li Endi, but the Li Party.

Under the temptation of huge interests, how many people can stay awake?Once the inside of Li's party is in disarray due to the distribution of benefits, they will not be far from being destroyed.

He also understood that joining forces with Li Endi to suppress Feng Hengshi and others would definitely indulge the local officials below, and such a result would inevitably cause local turmoil.

Fu Donglai has even made preparations to deal with it. In his opinion, at most there will be some civil disturbances in Fujian province. When the court is disturbed and has to be cleaned up, he will arrest those Jiangnan officials, including those behind the scenes. The clamoring aristocratic families were wiped out in one sweep to calm the anger of the people.

However, the facts deviated from his expectations.

It is obvious that Fujian is causing civil unrest, and in the end large-scale casualties and chaos occurred, but it will try Zhejiang, and the first to bear the brunt is actually Jiaxing Mansion.

The city of Jiaxing had already been destroyed. Under the overthrow of the nest, the Li family in Jiaxing naturally refused to accept its existence. The huge courtyard of the Li family was completely burned down.

It is said that even the ancestral graves of the Li family were looted by those bandits, and the remains of Li Endi's parents were dug up by the rebels and dragged to the sun for exposure.

Who would have thought that the dignified chief executive could not even protect the bones of his own parents.

Fu Donglai didn't know how Li Endi felt at this moment, but he no longer had the confidence to control the situation before.

"But that's fine!"

Fu Donglai suddenly said: "According to the original plan, the first ones to be operated on were the local officials and noble families in Fujian. Now that such a big incident happened in Zhejiang, it saved me a lot of trouble."

Yan Huasong worried: "Isn't Mr. Ge afraid that the situation will get out of control and cause tremors in half of the south of the Yangtze River?"

Fu Donglai sneered and said: "A few rebels in the area still want to turn the world upside down? It just so happens that the old man has long been thinking about rectifying the decadent government in the sea."

"Thinking of my great work, from the reign of Taizu to the early years of Xuanlong, the benefits of sea trade have been so grand. Half of the fiscal and tax revenue in a year of Daqian comes from sea trade."

"But what do you look at now?"

"A few pirates in the district can force the imperial court to stop the sea trade that has been in operation for many years. The navy in the south of the Yangtze River is already rotten, colluding with the local rich, privately entering the sea trade, and competing with the imperial court for the profits and taxes of sea trade. The old man has already thought about taking action to rectify it."

The reason why Dagan banned the sea was because the sea trade could no longer continue to bring a large amount of treasury tax revenue to Dagan like in the early years of Xuanlong. Even, in order to suppress the bandits near the sea, the imperial court had to spend a lot of military expenses, using To equip sailors.

But the local big clans are like gangrene, they secretly bribe the officers and soldiers of the navy, and even support their own children to serve as the officers of the navy. Smuggling is rampant, and the navy formed by the imperial court has become their private guard.

As a result, the imperial court could not get the desired benefits in maritime trade, so naturally it gradually gave up maritime trade and even banned the sea.

"You write to Jia Ying, telling him not to return to Beijing in a hurry, and to suppress the bandits in the south of the Yangtze River with peace of mind. In a few days, the old man will petition His Majesty and officially appoint him as the admiral of the Zhejiang and Fujian Navy."

This is the end of the matter, and it has to be like this, Yan Huasong nodded in response.

Royal Palace, Huagai Palace.

Dai Quan is reporting the situation in Zhejiang to Guardian.

After listening to Dai Quan's report, Jiade was silent for a while, and then asked: "What's the reaction of all the officials in the court?"

Dai Quan replied: "From yesterday to today, there have been six groups of messengers from Jiangnan, and they went to the old mansion of Li Ge, the mansion of the minister of punishment, the mansion of Liu Yushi of the Inspectorate, the mansion of An Guohou, and the mansion of Shuoyang County. The main mansion, and the right servant man's mansion of the Ministry of Rites. The spies reported just now, and not long ago, another messenger went to the Qingfangfu mansion."

"Master Yan, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, went to Fu's Mansion today. Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Liu Yushi, and An Guozi all went to Li's Mansion after receiving the letter yesterday, but Mr. Li Ge did not see them. The right servant of the Ministry of Rites went to visit Feng Shangshu , didn’t stay for long, and seemed to leave in a fit of anger.”

Jade nodded and said nothing.

"Is there any clue about the privately produced gunpowder reported by Xiu Yiwei, and the outflow of guns from the Military Weapons Bureau?"

"There is no new report yet." Dai Quan replied.

"Where are your people?"

Dai Quan paused, and said: "That batch of gunpowder was not made by one family. Shen Qianhu guessed that there should be something wrong with the private gun workshop, but the servant has not received any news yet, but it is true."

"What is it?"

"In the Xishan Coal Mine, Mr. Jia needed to dig mines, so he took the route of the Imperial Horse Supervisor and transferred a batch of gunpowder from the Ordnance Bureau."

Jia De sneered and said, "You mean, Jia Ying used the gunpowder in his own mine to kill himself? Why?"

Dai Quan replied: "It may not be Mr. Jia, but I have already confirmed with the master craftsman of the Armament Bureau that the batch of gunpowder is indeed of two kinds of heavy colors, and part of it can also be confirmed that the Armament Bureau allocated it to the Xishan Coal Mine. of."

"Continue to investigate." Jia De frowned and said, "Where's the musket?"

"A deputy envoy of the Military Weapons Bureau has been brought under control, and is currently locked up in the Xiuyiwei Prison, under trial."

Jade nodded and stopped talking.

Prince Suzhong's Mansion.

"Xiaobao, what's your father's reaction?" Yang You asked curiously after hearing the details from Li Xiaobao.

Li Xiaobao shook his head and said: "Father hasn't seen anyone for the past two days, and he didn't allow me to leave the house. If the master didn't send someone to invite me, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to leave the house."

"What about you, master, how do you think you're not worried at all? And there's such a big thing happening in your hometown, and I don't see any reaction from you."

Li Xiaobao murmured: "How should I react?"

"Since I was a child, I have never been back to Jiaxing once. Every time someone from my hometown comes, my father always asks the stewards in the house to receive them, and doesn't let me have any contact with them."

I just heard Li Xiaobao continue to say: "Master, you don't know, my father is an only son, and his grandparents passed away when he was very young. My father grew up eating a lot of food. I heard from the old housekeeper that he was still with me at that time. My father had been begging together, been in a gambling house, wandered across the street, and I didn't see those relatives helping one or two.

It was only after their father became an official that they joined together, and his father didn't have a deep relationship with them.Only those rebels dug my family's tomb. I wanted to go back to Jiaxing on behalf of my father, but my father didn't let me get involved. "

Gee.

Yang You secretly marveled, what is this Chief Assistant Lord thinking?

"Although I don't like the intrigue in the officialdom, I can still understand. Your father may be sad this time. Have you thought about the future?"

Li Xiaobao shook his head and said with a smile: "Probably because my father suffered too much. He spoiled me very much since I was a child, and never forced me to do things I didn't want to do. Until now, I have been just a Dude, aside from the name of Mr. Shoufu, I am nothing, so what's the use of thinking so much."

After Yang You heard this, he didn't know what to say. He and Li Xiaobao were similar in fact, they didn't like economic and official careers, and they didn't like reading. Their family background made them carefree for half their lives.

Compared with Li Xiaobao, his only advantage is that he was born in the royal family, so as long as he is still alive, this wealth can last forever.

But no matter what, Li Xiaobao was his good friend when he was young. He didn't care what others thought of Li Xiaobao, but in his heart, he really regarded Li Xiaobao as a friend.Jia Ying is a new friend, and Li Xiaobao is an old friend.

Yang You stretched out his big hand, patted Li Xiaobao's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Master will stand by your side no matter what time it is."

Jia Ying always felt that Yang You was lacking in his brain and acted differently from others, but it didn't mean Yang You had no brains.

Although he is a prodigal and playful man, he can probably understand the situation in the court.

The current situation of the Li family is very similar to that of the Xu family back then.

Now he understood why Jia Ying would spare no effort to help Xu's second son.

Unknowingly, it has entered May, and the rice in the field has been bent under the weight of the heavy rice ears. In one month at most, it will be the time to harvest the first season of crops.

But the banditry in the south of the Yangtze River is still going on. If the banditry can't be put down before the end of June, there will be a shortage of food in Dagan this year due to the lack of harvest.

That day, the Fengshan Racecourse was breached. When Jia Ying arrived with his men, most of the horses in the racecourse had been slaughtered by Li Jinzhong. Of course, the [-] horses were not chopped down with a knife, but with poison.

Fortunately, at the last moment, the vanguard army sent by Jia Ying arrived, and together with the officers and soldiers of the Fengshan Qianhu Office, they rushed back the rebels and rescued more than [-] horses.

The rivers in the land of Suzhou and Hangzhou were stained with blood, and corpses exposed to the wilderness can be seen everywhere, including rebels and officers and soldiers. War is inherently cruel.

By the time Jia Ying led the army to establish a firm foothold in Huzhou, most of Hangzhou had fallen, and the rebels had already marched towards Quzhou, intending to ignite the flames of war throughout Zhejiang.

Recently, Fujian is also very uneasy. I heard that there are riots in Zhejiang. Many refugees who lost their land looked at the hoes and shovels to kill officials and responded. Unfortunately, nothing happened. .

I don't know what kind of agreement Jia Yucun reached with the aristocratic family in Fujian. The Fujian capital has cooperated extremely well with Jia Yucun.

Jia Ying has seen what Yucun's "talented superiors" are. If one person rebels, the whole village will sit together.

It can be said that Fujian's "Taiping" is piled up with human heads, and women, children, old and young cannot be let go. Who knows whether young children will go to sea to become pirates and continue to harass the sea when they grow up.

"Report!"

In the large tent, Jia Ying, who was looking at the report from Fujian, raised her head.

"What's the matter?"

"My lord, the Yingwuwei was defeated in Shitang Bay, with 3000 troops, less than half of them were withdrawn."

"Where's Wei Dongping?" Jia Ying asked in a deep voice.

"Commander Wei was wounded and has retreated to Xinshi Town with the rest of his troops."

Jia Ying got up from the grand teacher's chair: "Take me to wear it."

Under Xi'er's service, after putting on the armor, Jia Ying stepped out of the military tent and said to Jia Hou who was guarding the side: "Go and inform Commander Zhang that the army is rushing to Xinshi Town."

After speaking, Jia Ying led a group of soldiers and headed towards Xinshi first.

Jia Ying divided the army into two groups. On the one side, more than 3000 people from the right side of the tiger led by Yang Dayong went south from Fengshan to Quzhou, and cooperated with the army from Jiangxi Dusi to attack the rebels who were going south to attack Quzhou.

The other route is Jia Ying personally leading Yingwuwei and Tiancewei, marching westward from Fengshan, blocking the rebels going south from Jiaxing, and breaking the siege of Hangzhou at the same time.

In fact, the combat power of the rebel army on land is not strong, and many of them don't even have a decent pair of leather armor.

Moreover, the internal organization of the rebel army was chaotic, and there were many hills. After capturing the two and a half prefectures, it was impossible to concentrate their superior forces to fight against the officers and soldiers in the later stage.

More than 7000 people, for five days in Hangzhou, did not even climb to the top of the city of Hangzhou.

The reason why the situation in Zhejiang is rotten is more because of the incompetence of the Zhejiang capital, the lack of coordination and command, the scattered guards in various places, and the rebels beat them by surprise. If they can't get out, the guards in various places can only fight on their own.

After Jia Ying's army arrived, gathered the defeated soldiers from the guards in various places, sent sentry cavalry to contact the officers and soldiers of the counties that had not fallen, and dispatched the soldiers and horses of the guards under the command of Zhejiang Dusi, the rebels could only retreat step by step.

This battle may seem too easy, but it is.

Take the rebel army that besieged Hangzhou City as an example. The 7000 men and horses were composed of three large bandits combined with some small bandit groups.

Before Jia Ying arrived with Tiance Guards, some people had already started to retreat.

Faced with such rebels, Wei Dongping would be defeated. Jia Ying was curious as to which of the nine thieves would defeat him.

On the way to the new town, there was a light rain in the sky, and the road became muddy.

Xinshi Town has now turned from a village into a military camp, and the people in the town have fled to Huzhou first.

In the wilderness less than a dozen miles away from the new town, Jia Ying and hundreds of guards are galloping on horseback. The siege of Hangzhou has been lifted. Zhang Ze's Tiance Army has been left behind by Jia Ying, but look at the moment Given the weather conditions, Tiance Wei might not be able to continue marching.

Once the gunpowder gets wet, the muskets in the hands of officers and soldiers become sticks for burning fire.

"My lord, there are rebel sentry cavalry ahead."

In a hurry, a scout came to report.

"how many people?"

"There are more than 50 people in one team. There are two teams not far apart. They hold long knives and look like Japanese pirates."

It seems that Wei Dongping has met my Japanese pirates.

"How far is it from the new town?"

"Sixteen miles."

Sixteen miles away, Yingwuwei's scouts haven't discovered him yet. What does this Wei Dongping do for food?

After Jia Ying was silent for a while, the decree said: "Spread out all the sentinels and see if there is any main force of rebels behind them, and then send someone to inform Wei Dongping to bring someone to meet them."

After finishing speaking, he turned to the guard behind him and said, "Others, go with me and kill this team of Japanese pirate spies!"

Compared with the local bandits in Daqian and offshore, the Japanese pirates who came ashore are obviously more like a regular army. They are actually equipped with an organized firearms battalion, and their combat power is not comparable to that of ordinary bandits. Many guards officers and soldiers are captured by them Exterminated, but the number is not many, worthy of more than a thousand.

"Report, my lord, the Japanese pirates have discovered us, and they are joining forces to attack our army."

When Jia Ying heard this, she was taken aback.

Now it is raining lightly, and the musket can't shoot the medicine at all. Now he is followed by nearly 400 personal guards, and the two Japanese pirate sentry and cavalry teams in front of him add up to more than a hundred people. Dare to attack?

Is the brain circuit of the little man so weird?

"My lord, I will send people to escort you to leave first, and I will lead people to stay behind to meet the enemy." Jia Hou said beside him.

When Jia Ying heard this, she turned her head and reprimanded, "Are you the commander or I am the commander? Is there any reason for the general to leave the soldiers and flee without fighting? It's not your turn to decide here."

As he spoke, he drew out the weapon at his waist, swung the long knife, and said loudly: "Brothers, follow me and kill all these Japanese slaves, let them see what the majesty of the celestial dynasty is! Kill!"

"kill!"

The horses sprinted, and before they had traveled far, they saw a group of Japanese slaves wearing colorful and strange armors riding towards them on low horses through the thin rain beams in the sky.

"Warrior たち (Yostarji), シューズ (突撃)!"

On the galloping horse, Jia Ying pointed his blade forward.

"kill!"

Just as in Jia Ying's impression, a group of short measures less than 1.5 meters tall, holding samurai swords longer than their own height, riding pony horses about the same height as themselves, and armor , Rattan armor, leather armor, bamboo bundles, everything.

There is only one thing that makes Jia Ying feel admirable. Under the obvious disadvantage of the troops, the morale has not decreased but increased.

"kill!"

"Kill しね (inside)!"

The two torrents collided, and Jia Ying clamped the horse's body tightly with both legs. With one hand, he grabbed a light crossbow from his waist and shot one person dead. The long knife in the other hand blocked the oncoming samurai sword .

"when!"

Immediately, the figure stepped back, passing under the samurai sword, and with a backhand, the sharp blade of the long knife slashed across the opponent's neck, and blood sprayed out.

Jia Ying, who turned around the pier, raised her hand to look at the long knife in her hand, a shallow gap had been left on the blade.

The sword in Jia Ying's hand was not the saber bestowed by the emperor last time, but an ordinary sword received from the Nanjing Armaments Bureau. It must be said that it still had a big disadvantage against the samurai sword of the Japanese pirates.

The length is only one of them, the key is that the hardness and toughness are not enough.

It's not that Dagan's iron forging technology is inferior to that of the Japanese pirates, but that the weapons configured by different arms are different.

Like the thick-backed long knives used by the frontier soldiers, the ordinary scimitars in the hands of the Huns cannot stand against them at all. The reason is that the weapons equipped for the frontier soldiers are the most sophisticated. , Both the material and the workmanship are inferior.

This is also impossible. With the current forging and iron smelting technology, the cost of making a good knife is too high, not all soldiers can afford it.

This is true of the knives in his hands, not to mention the weapons in the hands of his soldiers.

To join the army, a large-scale military household needs to prepare its own weapons, but how much silver can a military household have? Can a knife made of two taels of silver be the same as a knife made of 20 taels of silver?

In fact, the ingredients of the weapons in the Dagan army are also very complicated, of all kinds, and there are all kinds of weapons, mainly from military households.

As more and more enemies were being slashed, what surprised Jia Ying even more was that these Japanese pirates had extraordinary sword skills.

Perhaps because they knew that they were short in stature and suffered a natural disadvantage in physical strength, these Japanese pirates never confronted the Qianjun with swords, but looked for opportunities to kill them with one blow.

A small-scale battle did not last long. After Jia Ying overthrew a Japanese pirate and rescued a member of the Jia family, the battle ended with more than a dozen Japanese pirates fleeing in embarrassment. declare the end.

"Stop chasing!"

Jia Ying called to Jia Hou who was about to lead people to chase him.

As expected of Jia Hou's background in martial arts, he is superb with a long spear and has the power of Kong Wu. Although he lacks experience in battle, among the four disciples he brought with him, Jia Hao is the one who killed the most enemies. up.

"Count the casualties, take the injured Pao Ze, and rush to the new town immediately."

At this time, Xi'er came over with a Japanese sword and said, "Second Lord, the Japanese pirate's sword is better than ours."

Jia Ying nodded and said: "I know, order to go down, take all the Japanese swords away, and don't leave them to the enemy."

The sword is the life of a samurai. It is not easy for these wandering Japanese pirates to make another one once they lose their saber.

As soon as they stood down, one-third of Jia Ying's personal guards were killed or injured, and the Jiangnan Guards' armaments were indeed relaxed.

Since entering Zhejiang, Jia Ying has only fought twice in person, one was the Battle of Fengshan, and this is the second time here, and seven of the four families he brought with him have already disappeared.

Seeing familiar faces falling down in front of him one by one, the children of the four families have gradually matured a lot. It is certain to be afraid, but once they enter the barracks, there is no way out. Being a deserter is also a death.

Regardless of being sad for Pao Ze, the group continued on their way. When they were several miles away from Xinshi Town, Wei Dongping personally came to meet him with his troops, and the two sides met.

"My lord, I will dereliction of duty in the end, let my lord"

Jia Ying raised her hand, interrupted Wei Dongping's words, urged the horse's hooves, "We'll talk about it when we return to the camp."

Xinshi Town, Yingwuwei Camp, Yuanmenkou.

Jia Ying told Wei Dongping who was at the side: "Send out all the scouts, those Japanese pirates should not be far away from us, order the sentries to be more vigilant and guard against attacking the camp."

"Yes!" Wei Dongping ordered a few words to a subordinate behind him, and then he turned around and followed Jia Ying's pace, and walked towards the big tent.

It's just that his face is covered with clouds.

First, the army defeated Shitang Bay, but this time the enemy had already touched the door of the house, and he didn't notice it, and he was bumped by Jia Ying. Next, he didn't know if the opponent would attack him.

Inside the military tent, Jia Ying took off the poncho on her body, turned to Wei Dongping who followed in and asked, "Tell me, how did you lose?"

Hearing Jia Ying's question about the defeat, Wei Dongping said inwardly, "Sure enough, we can't escape."

But since Jia Ying didn't come up, he used him to attack, which shows that the matter is still delayed.

Then he opened his mouth and said: "My lord, the last general underestimated the enemy. He fought all the way from Fengshan to Shitangwan. The rebels along the way were not the opponents of Yingwuwei. They were defeated at the first touch. The battle went so smoothly. I didn't expect to be hit by those Japanese pirates." The ambush, they still have firearms, the brothers were caught off guard."

"There are also Japanese pirates who are not simple. They are much more powerful than those mud-legged rebels. They really suffered a great loss."

Jia Ying snorted coldly and said, "I see, it's not just righteousness!"

"Wei Dongping, when did you enlist in the army?"

Wei Dongping replied: "Xuanlong joined the army in 48, and it has been 18 years now."

"18 years!"

"An 18-year veteran who didn't know how to send out sentry guards on the battlefield? I want to ask, how did you become the commander of the guard?"

"grown ups."

"What do you want to say? I want to ask, more than half of the casualties, how do you think this officer should deal with you?" Jia Ying said coldly.

Wei Dongping's heart trembled, and he thought to himself that it was unlucky for Yingwuwei to meet Japanese pirates.Naturally, he was also unhappy, he was the command room of Yingwuwei, even if he wanted to be punished, he should have invited the Nanjing Military Department.It's just that in the army, the commander-in-chief has absolute authority and can make decisions on the fly. If he dares to refute, Jia Ying will dare to use himself.

The man in front of him is not some flamboyant young master, the other party's name was also typed out all the way, at first Wei Dongping didn't think there was anything wrong, but just now, when Jia Ying's personal guards entered the camp, he immediately tied his head, he had seen it with his own eyes.

One defeat, one victory, comparing the two, he has nothing to say.

"Let the adults dispose of it, and the last general will recognize it."

"Recognized? From your point of view, you feel that the official should not punish you. Are you not convinced?" Jia Ying asked with a raised voice.

"The end will not dare."

"It's just that if my lord can give the young general another chance, the young general will definitely be ashamed."

This is aggressively taking the law outside the law and retreating to advance.

Jia Ying didn't answer his words, but asked, "How many troops does the opponent have, and how many troops are left in your camp?"

"That group of rebels had already been defeated by the last general, and there were not many people left. As for the Japanese pirates, the number was around one thousand. The two soldiers and horses combined should not exceed two thousand. In the last general's camp, plus the gathered guards There are less than 500 soldiers left."

"How about the Japanese pirates' firearm configuration?"

"It's not too strong. There are two cannons. There shouldn't be more than a hundred muskets. The last general was attacked by Japanese pirates at night and ordered to be defeated."

Jia Ying didn't care about Wei Dongping carrying private goods to open up for himself, but quickly calculated in the bottom of his heart.

The soldiers and horses of the two sides are evenly matched. On a rainy day, the opponent's firearms cannot be used. Do you want to make a surprise attack?
After thinking about it, Jia Ying still shook his head. Yingwuwei was not the Hunan army camp he brought out, let alone the frontier army who dared to enter the grassland alone in the northern border. , Yingwuwei has lost morale, it is better to be more conservative.

Looking at the drizzle, I'm afraid it will fall in a few days, but it is an advantage for the army.

Just keep going.

"Order the army to guard the gate of the camp. The sentries spread out twenty miles away. The internal and external sentries will report every half an hour. And when the sentry cavalry who went out to investigate the enemy's situation come back, bring them to see me as soon as possible."

"Yes."

Seeing Jia Ying's stance on how to deal with him, Wei Dongping didn't dare to ask any more questions, turned around and left.

At the same time, in Jiaxing City, hundreds of miles away, in the government office, more than a dozen bandit leaders were gathering together to argue about something.

"We can't continue fighting any longer. We made a plan to attack Jiaxing Mansion for the sake of the Li family's wealth, but we didn't say we would fight the officers and soldiers of the imperial court."

"That's right. Our advantage is at sea, not on land. If we continue fighting like this, sooner or later we will wipe out all of you."

"Head of Haida, you are the strongest here, so please say something!"

Everyone looked at one person at the same time, King Haiyan, the most powerful one among the Nine Islands.

"なんてなぁ (nang die na)!" An untimely voice sounded in the hall.

"Guishan, what the hell are you babbling like birdsong? If you say something straight, you can fart. Don't be so sly and weird. I can't bear you short people the most."

"Baga!" The Japanese pirate named Guishan was about to draw his sword, but was stopped by a person next to him.

"Everyone, when we got together, everyone made an oath to advance and retreat together. Before repelling the army, it's better not to go to the army. There are things to discuss."

"Flying in the Waves, you were the one who encouraged everyone to go ashore, but now everyone has suffered heavy casualties. Shouldn't your share be given up to compensate everyone?"

A glint of predation flashed in Lang Lifei's eyes, but he resisted not having an attack. Right now he is on the shore, if there is a fire, he really can't take advantage of it.

"Okay, everyone, can you give us some time for the Jiu family to make a decision after we discuss it?" Haiyan Wang said.

After everyone left, there were only nine people left in the hall, eight men, a woman in her thirties, a Japanese pirate, and a Baekje native.

"Everyone, until now, there has been no movement in Fujian. It seems that we have been betrayed." King Haiyan looked at the crowd and said in a deep voice.

"It's up to the head of Langda, he was the one who led us." The only woman looked at Lang Lifei and said coldly.

(End of this chapter)