Chapter 19: Variables (5)
"What about people? Where did it go. ”
In the Pu Courtyard in Quanzhou City, a sharp voice was roaring, and the servants in the courtyard did not dare to inquire more, and hurriedly avoided them one by one with their heads down, although they were all curious about what made Lang Jun, who had always been calm, so out of shape and so angry.
There were a few dejected sergeants standing in the backyard, and in the middle of them an old man was tied up with ropes, his eyes turned forward with disdain, and he didn't even look at the man who was grabbing his placket and yelling, only frowning when the spit splashed on his face, as if this was the big deal.
"When I arrived, there was no one in the whole workshop except this old thing, and I asked the people around me, but I didn't know when they ran, but they said that it had been like this for several days."
One of the leading commanders whispered, he didn't say this, Pu's already somewhat angry face suddenly turned blue, and he kicked the old man down with hatred, kicking and beating one after another, as if it was not enough to vent the anger in his heart.
"Okay, Lao Pu, save it, if you kill him, no one will come back."
Xia Jing sat on the side and said indifferently, he didn't take Pu's plan to heart, because he knew that even if those people were caught, the imperial court would never stop because of this, and it might even provoke a greater reaction, but some ordinary clans, not princes and princesses, were all dead, and the imperial court could still save a fortune.
Xu was tired, Pu Shi kicked unwillingly and finally stopped, the old man who was lying motionless on the ground suddenly opened his eyes, looked at them playfully, and a smile appeared on his face full of scars, and after saying something vaguely, he began to laugh out loud, which caused another burst of light in Pu's heart, but he didn't hit him again.
"He scolded us for being rebellious ministers and thieves, and we should not die well."
Xia Jing took a sip of tea with his mouth open, and said leisurely, Pu Shi, who had just sat down, immediately wanted to stand up when he heard it.
"Forget it, people are not wrong, you and I are guilty of making trouble."
Pulling Pu Shi back, Xia Jing made a look, and let the old man go down, he knew that Pu Shi was remorseful, but things were already like this, what was the use of regret, the most important thing at the moment was how to deal with it.
"Xia Shuai, I'm at a loss, but tell me, how did the court know? How did you turn people away right under our noses? How could they know what so-and-so was going to do. ”
"Lao Pu, you are a smart person, what is the obstacle to this matter, haven't you thought it through? This matter, Xia only heard you mention it recently, you count it yourself, except for you, who else knows? ”
Xia Jing leaned on the chair with his thighs raised, his hairy chest was exposed in the open placket, his eyes glanced around, and his sitting appearance was extremely unsightly, but Pu Shi had no intention of bothering with him, and his heart turned, and he suddenly remembered someone.
"You mean it's still alive?"
"This is not clear, you can understand it when you count the days, this is not the most troublesome thing, if the imperial court already knows at that time, then they will not trigger it, and the news we receive will be unreliable, this point, Lao Pu, you have to think carefully."
Without waiting for Pu Shi to come back to his senses, Xia Jing picked up again.
"If you were the imperial court, how would you deal with us?"
After speaking, he stopped, and looked everywhere while drinking tea, this is Pu's own courtyard, naturally there are indispensable women serving, and there are many blonde and blue-eyed orchids, compared with Han women, there is a unique flavor, looking at those scantily clad slender figures, Xia Jing's soul and teaching, it seems that there is nothing in his heart.
Pu Shi sat silently on the sidelines, thinking about his words, the imperial court would never tolerate rebellion, and the reason why it did not move was definitely dispatching. At the thought that this was a great empire that the Mongols had never conquered, Pu suddenly felt a chill in the back of his neck, and he slowly began to clear his thoughts as he strung things together before and after.
If it weren't for the imperial court's insistence on opening a port in Qiongzhou, he would not have used pirates to destroy, and since that incident, the whole thing has begun to get out of control, his cronies were caught by mistake, and he was forced to use the rebels to take risks to rescue, and there was no turning back from the bow, and since then he has stepped into this abyss step by step, naturally he will not believe that all this comes from one person.
The terrible thing is that the imperial court is very clear about their actions, needless to say that Chen Zhuangyuan, who came to verify, made the princes of the political hall make the final decision, so what will they do? Pu felt as if he had caught something, but he couldn't figure it out.
"Xia Shuai, Lao Xia, Xia Jing!"
There was no response after two consecutive sounds, Pu Shi looked up, this person looked ahead, his mind didn't know where to go, and he was so anxious that he called his real name, and the latter woke up from his dream and sat up straight, and wiped the corners of his mouth.
"Lao Xia, you are here to give a certain thoroughfare, if the imperial army comes to attack, how many days can you hold it?"
"Lao Pu, you still haven't figured it out, if you want to defend the city, a big city like this, even if there are 200,000 people, Xia Mou is confident that he can defend it for several months, but the question is, where is your life~? Is this Quanzhou City? ”
Xia Jing shook his head while wiping his mouth, his self-confidence was not without reason, Quanzhou City was really defended for three months in history, and the number of troops led by Zhang Shijie was almost that number, the siege ability of the Song people, Xia Jing, as a senior veteran, was naturally clear.
His reminder made Pu's face turn pale all of a sudden, Xia Jing was right, these wealth, women and even family members in the city are not to be regretted, the foundation of his Pu family's life is outside the city, otherwise why would the Yuan people look up to him?
"Okay, you think slowly, there is something else to do, so let's go first."
Xia Jing grabbed the helmet on the table, waved his hand casually, and walked straight out without waiting for the master to get up, although the words were easy, but since things have changed, the necessary precautions should still be done, which is also a major matter related to his own life.
Pu Shi, who had a gloomy face, did not get up to send him off, and waited until Xia Jing walked out before waving his hand to summon a cronie and asking him to lower his head and attach his ear to him.
"If you take someone secretly, you must ask if you have seen that person dead, and if not, find a secluded place and do it cleanly."
Although the facts are there, Pu still doesn't want to let go, one wrong step, one wrong step, the resentment in his heart has nowhere to vent, naturally he can only find someone to vent his anger, it doesn't matter what the result is, of course the cronies understand what he means, nodded and took the order.
"Come on, prepare the horses."
The dock is too important, and now he can't believe it, so he has to take a look for himself, even if it's still raining outside, but in this kind of weather, no one can move, Pu Shi comforted himself in his heart.
After getting on the horse and about to whip it, Pu suddenly remembered something, leaned down and called the butler.
"Who did Xia Shuai fall in love with, you hired a car to take my post and send it to the house in person, just say what I said, wait well, and there will be a reward."
After speaking, he rode away without looking back, it was in the direction of the dock outside the city, although the rain in the sky was heavy, he always felt that it seemed to be weakening, and God was also unreliable, and now he could only hope that Allah had a spirit, and he would not be in vain in his usual piety.
The change of weather began on the surface of the sea, when the rain was still falling in the Quanzhou area, the sun was already shining in the open sea, and the sea water was blue again, and if it were not for the fact that the sea was full of broken wood fragments, it would not have been possible to see what happened here not long ago.
"Two of the boats capsized, and five others were seriously damaged, and the rest were not badly damaged, and those who fell into the water have been rescued, but there are still more than 100 people whose whereabouts are unknown, and the shipwright, centipede clippers and patrol boats are hiding quickly, and the losses are not large, but they are scattered everywhere, and it will take some effort to collect them, and the officers and men on board are too tired, and they are only afraid that it is not suitable to attack in a hurry, so it is better to rest on the spot for a while."
Several commanders of the fleet gathered on Yang Fei's ship, after some summarization, the approximate losses have been counted, for a fleet of more than 200 large ships, such losses can still be bearable, fortunately there are means of communication beyond this era, otherwise under such a big storm, it would be good to be able to keep seventy percent.
It was Hai Si who spoke, although he said it to Yang Fei, his eyes glanced at his boss from time to time, and Hai Si, the leader of the team, did not speak, Yang Fei of course knew that he was also inclined to this opinion, and what people said was reasonable, he couldn't think of a reason to refuse.
His level is still too low, although it is Qionghai Du Inspection, in fact, it is still a command rank, even if there is Hai Sijun's life pressing, people will definitely not be comfortable in their hearts, the big war is imminent, the most taboo is that the military order is not good, just give the order? Yang Fei didn't want to do that.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the soldiers are tired, how can Yang not know that if he rests for half a day, he may not delay the fighter. Everyone came all the way from eastern Zhejiang, and experienced the war in Qiongzhou, and did not wait for Yang to fulfill the friendship of the host, and then moved forward here, which was hard, Yang admired in his heart, and thanked him in advance. ”
After speaking, he hugged his fists and made a tuantu, several people heard him say this, and they knew that most of them were not allowed, although they did not make a show on the spot, but they did not respond to his politeness, Yang Fei did not think it was angry, and put away his hand and looked at the capital.
"Yet?"
"You are all experts, now is the period of trade winds, it seems that this kind of weather is also the most frequent time of the year, all of you, Yang is right?"
They all knew what he was worried about, but it was true, so they nodded and let him continue.
"We have been delayed at sea for three days, just as soon as the weather improved, Yang contacted the Jiang Zhaofu Department on land, according to their news, the rebels in Quanzhou City seem to have realized that if the thief leader has a little brain, he will send a ship to the sea to patrol, try to ask me and such a large fleet, how can I not hide it?"
Everyone is an old liner, naturally understand that Yang Fei is reasonable, originally to fight more with less, although the storm missed the trip, but also sealed the opponent in the port, once the weather improves, even if people do not check, they can't stop the fishing boats that go out to sea to fish, when the time comes, the sneak attack becomes a strong attack, even if the opponent is not all warships, but if you want to run, with these two hundred boats, it will definitely not be sealed, in that case, this war is a complete failure, no one can afford this result.
"Tell me, what are you going to do?"
Seeing that everyone was silent, they knew that Yang Fei's words had an effect, compared to being tired, no one wanted to fight the enemy, and no one dared to mention it if they returned in vain, so there was only one way to go.
"Look, everybody."
Yang Fei took everyone out of the cabin, pointed to the sky in the distance and said, there is the edge of the storm, the storm has not completely disappeared, but has turned elsewhere, and that direction, at a glance, you can know that it is the purpose of this trip, Quanzhou Bay.
"Yang's meaning is to immediately organize a ship with little damage, chase it into the harbor, seal the exit before the enemy is aware, and then use a speedboat to smash the port, and grab the ship when he sees it.
"There are more than 5,000 big ships there, and Yang is willing to be the pioneer, I don't know what you think?"
At the end, he added another weight, as soon as he heard this number, the lack of ships and the red-eyed generals of the sea division were all interested, everyone knew that there were many ships in Quanzhou, but this number was also a little larger, which meant that everyone here would not be disappointed, and for a while, the crowd was excited.
"I would like to go."
"Count so-and-so."
"Go and go, rob the fuck."
Du Tong smiled bitterly and shook his head, of course he understood that after this battle, this Yang Fei would at least be on an equal footing with him, this kid was too fine, to arouse the spirit of war, it was useless to just talk about the big truth, and it was the king to lure him with profit.