The narrowest part of the Qiongzhou Strait is only more than 30 li, and the width is less than 70 li, and nearly 300 sea ships gather in one place, and a large area of black pressure almost blocks the entire outlet to the sea. Both Qiongzhou, which they were directly opposing, and Leizhou, which was opposite, were greatly affected, the people fled one after another, and the officials were terrified.

No matter where the merchant ships came from, they felt that they were hiding, and the strait was blocked like this, and there was no need for Yang Fei to block it every day. This situation did not affect Yu Yinglong's mood in Zhilei Prefecture for the time being, he was busy with the affairs of the Ten Virtuous Temple, which was enough to be recorded in the local chronicles, as for the thief, he did not go to the shore of Leizhou, what did it matter to him.

Of course, that is also because Haikang County, where the state is located, does not rely on the Qiongzhou Strait, and Xuwen County, which is located under it, is different. When the magistrate ran to the state capital, it was almost dark, and he forced the city gate open, and Yu Yinglong had to summon him, because this was a major military event.

"The lower officials and lower officials are not abandoning the city, but the people in the county are undecided, so they have to come to ask for help, and they hope to send troops quickly to relieve the people from hanging upside down."

It can be seen that this magistrate has run a long way, and he can't take care of official etiquette at this time, Yu Yinglong frowned and looked at him, as if he was blaming him for scratching his own interest.

"Xu Wen County."

"The lower official is here."

The magistrate was stunned for a while before replying, he didn't know why, this Yu Taishou wanted to fight with him.

"Where are the thieves? How many people have been ashore, who is the first, and what precautions did you take before you came? ”

After a question about splitting his head and covering his face, the county magistrate was a little dazed, and Taishou's dissatisfaction had been written on his face, but such a big bandit, didn't he come to report it? Can you hide it?

"Back to Taishou, the thieves gathered on the sea, the people along the coast have fled into the city, before the lower officials came, they did not land, and the soldiers in the city have closed the four gates. But there are only a few hundred people in the county, and if the thieves attack the city, where can they defend it, so "

"In other words, before the thief entered the country, you left your post without permission?"

Yu Yinglong interrupted him impatiently and shouted coldly.

"It's too conservative, and the lower officials have no choice, the thieves are overwhelming, if you wait for them to go ashore, it's too late."

The magistrate said in a protest that he was so aggrieved that he really couldn't figure out why Taishou suddenly made a difficulty.

"Too late for what? It's too late to run. ”

Yu Yinglongli also ignored his rhetoric, and his face was full of sarcasm.

"Gather the guards, gather the grain and grass, and go now! If the city is lost, the official will definitely move the capital to you. ”

Yu Yinglong waved his sleeves and gave the order to evict the guests, regardless of the fact that it was dark at this time. Zhixian was stunned, and the words of defense came to his mouth and swallowed back.

"The subordinate obeys the order, and I hope that the Taishou will take a look at the colleagues in a state and help a little."

Seeing that Taishou did not respond with his back on his back, he had to arch his hand and walk out of the state office with his feet raised. The night outside is like water, and the sky is full of stars, isn't it just walking at night? He gritted his teeth, mounted his horse with the help of his retinue, and galloped towards the city gate.

"Are the people gone?"

Hearing the sound of footsteps outside the hall, Yu Yinglong asked, he has maintained this posture since the magistrate left, and he doesn't know what he is thinking.

"Who?"

Wang Dahu asked in confusion, he hadn't met anyone along the way.

"Oh, it's you, nothing to do. How? Have you settled down your family? ”

Yu Yinglong saw that he had asked the wrong person, smiled to himself, and beckoned him to sit down, the Wang family was in the city that he entered yesterday, and there were dozens of people in the family, as if he was fleeing.

"Duo Cheng cares, and it has been settled."

Wang Dahu gratefully said that in his heart, his family was almost like fleeing, and there were countless thieves gathered outside Qiongzhou City, if he didn't run out, he was afraid that he would never have a chance again.

"The relationship between you and me is not polite."

Yu Yinglong waved his hand to signal that he didn't have to be polite, although this big family is a little dirty, how can it be said that he is also a serious relative, it is impossible to turn a blind eye, and his reputation will be ruined if it is spread.

"There is another thing here, and I don't know whether to talk about it or not."

"Huh?"

"According to reliable sources, the thieves gathered this time for the opposite side, and we will be fine here."

Wang Dahu said mysteriously, Yu Yinglong was taken aback, but on the surface, he didn't move, his in-laws have some doorways, and they can often find out some unknown gossip, but they are still very accurate.

"Are they seeking revenge or are they trying to get a try?"

"I don't know about this, or both, in short, as long as you don't enter the strait, you will be fine, the thieves will not come up, and the state can be guaranteed."

The truth is that Wang Dahu did not reveal it together, even if it was his in-laws in front of him, who knows if he will turn his face one day, this is a big crime of banditry.

"Really?"

His slightly flickering eyes did not escape the eyes of the officialdom veteran Yu Yinglong, since he refused to say, Yu Yinglong didn't ask, as long as the thief didn't go ashore, what would happen to the other side, without his responsibility, it was not his turn to worry.

Next, Wang Dahu only took a sip of tea and said goodbye, he came here with some intention of showing off, but when he came out, he felt that he was reckless, such a thing is not something he can mix.

Outside the city of Leizhou, it was not only Xu Wenzhi County and his party who were hurrying in the night, earlier than them, the moment the city gate was about to close, a few horsemen took the lead and went straight to the direction of the strait.

Sun Shengfu's crotch is a good big horse, the coat is bright and the limbs are powerful, and the height is much higher than ordinary, such a horse is rare in the Great Song Dynasty, but in his Pu family, it is ordinary.

After finding out the news he wanted, the top priority was to inform those people quickly, and while the government did not react now, he would evacuate when he reached his goal, and the matter would be unaware.

From here all the way to the Fujian Road, only Guangzhou still has a few warships, and the rest of the place is not a cause for concern at all. Even if the imperial court knew that it was ruthless, it would take time to dispatch troops, so the risk of this trip was not great, and he could say that those people acted together.

He was very glad to have made such a trip, otherwise he would have done completely useless work, who would have thought that Qiongzhou City Bosi would not be in the state?

There is no ordinary city tower on the main gate of Qiongshan County, there is only one platform, I don't know whether it was demolished or burned. Liu Yu held a telescope and observed the outside of the city, these thieves are still quite cunning, there are not many people coming, and they have to be so cautious, so far away from the city is not so much a siege as a surveillance.

He was full of guards on the left and right, all of them were newly recruited, all of them had only been practicing for more than ten days, and suddenly encountered such a large group of thieves, who seemed to be a little timid, Liu Yu didn't deliberately agitate or anything, so it was better for the thieves to see.

About half a mile from the city, dozens of fires were lit in the clearing, and in a few moments the smoke of the food was rising, and the thieves were so bold that they began to cook right under the noses of the defenders, and laughed loudly and unscrupulously.

Liu Yu felt a little ridiculous, he was luring people to besiege the city, so that he could stay away from the coast, and they lured him out of the city to fight under the city, what should he do next? He didn't know if he had more patience than anyone else.

Among the thieves outside the city, a short and sturdy man was also observing the situation of the city tower, too far away to see clearly, only knowing that the rows of fires on the city wall were full of soldiers with swords and guns, and the number was not much, but this city wall was not wanted to be climbed by any thief.

He had already found out that there was not a single living person, and all the people had fled into the city, and it seemed that they had all done it in a hurry, and some of the domestic animals had been thrown away, which happened to be cheaper for them.

"Shhh With a bang, he gnawed off half of a chicken thigh, and the smell of meat in his mouth went straight to the bottom of his heart, it was still good on land, there was food and drink, and the thought of letting him do whatever he did after breaking the city, his eyes were shining.

The reason why he decided to stay outside the city at night was to have only one purpose to take risks, to see if the defenders would come out of the city and attack? There were only a few hundred of them in total, and if this could scare the defenders out of the city, then he would have a bottom in his heart.

"Go back and tell the head of the big stall, if I have nothing to do, let's go together, there is not a single bird feather outside the city, and if you want to get rich, you have to break the city."

I have to say that the place he chose is very particular, it is more than half a mile away from the city, and the defenders can respond in time if there is any movement, it is not too far from the coast, and it can run fast, as long as it jumps into the sea, what can the officers and soldiers do.

The filial piety sent back by the second child is not a lot, and it is naturally impossible for everyone to have a share, smelling the smell of meat from the big boat, so that the surrounding boats, including the big stall head's own subordinates, are quite complaining, not suffering from widowhood but unevenness, but just such a little thing, even if he wants to divide it, there is no way.

In their opinion, the defenders were so cowardly that if they did not take advantage of the situation to capture the county, they would have assembled in vain.

"Well, if there is no movement tonight, early tomorrow morning, half of the ships will be divided, and all of them will go up, so that the old man of the government can see the momentum of our eight islands and eleven reefs in the East China Sea."

Seeing that it was impossible to stop it, the big stall leader simply took a hand, he can be the leader of this alliance, and it is also a face-saving person from all walks of life, once the family is dissatisfied, who will be willing to have one more person in charge of the head?

When everyone saw that their wish had been fulfilled, they all cheered in unison, and scattered in the empty night sky, even as far away as Qiongshan County, they could faintly hear it, and the guards looked at each other and didn't know what the thief wanted.

At dawn on the second day, the thieves who had been nervous outside the city all night finally ushered in the dawn, and the second child did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly transmitted the signal back to the sea boat. With the order of the big stall leader, all kinds of ships of all sizes began to move, countless boats were put down, and boats of thieves were sent to the shore.

Still staying on the big boat looking at the spectacular scene of a thousand sails racing, there was suddenly a sense of pride and ambition, such a huge number of people made him feel that he could directly drown the small county town, look at the almost, and was about to go ashore in person, when suddenly a voice sounded next to him.

"Big stall, look, Mr. Sun is back."

One of his subordinates pointed to the rear and said, the head of the big stall stopped, a small boat passed through the fleet, lightly leaned on his big boat, and climbed up the soft ladder was Sun Shengfu, who had left yesterday.

"What did you say?"

Sun Shengfu's words made him stunned, and after doing it for a long time, he even had the wrong location.

"The imperial court set up the city in Lingao, it is useless to attack this city, a certain implores the head of the big stall to collect troops and turn around, as long as he succeeds, the Pu family will fulfill his promise and never break his word."

Of course he knew what to do, but now that the available troops had landed, and most of them had rushed to the front impatiently, let them turn around at this moment? This is not a forbidden army, and even if people listen to it, their morale will inevitably drop greatly.

But Sun Shengfu's eager vision also made it difficult for him to resist, after all, he had spoken in advance, and he was a man known as a promise, looking at the chaotic situation on the shore, he frowned deeply, dilemma. R1058