At this moment, the northwest wind gradually stopped, but the southeast wind did not arrive.

The sudden calm on the surface of the sea made both sides feel a sense of solemnity.

"Ding, ding, ding!"

There was a sound of gold, and the team lowered a small boat and slowly and leisurely paddled closer.

Gongsun Kang and Zhao Yun glanced at each other, knowing that Guan Cheng sent someone to negotiate, and this time it should not be able to fight.

The boat approached as it approached, and a young man stood up five feet away, and said

"It's Liaodonghou's fleet?"

Gongsun Kang thought to himself, when did we become the comers, and you are the ones who come, right?

He ordered his subordinates to answer, and asked, "Since Guan Cheng is a pirate, if he encounters the Marquis of Liaodong, he won't retreat, why are you still stopping here?" ”

The young man was neither humble nor arrogant, and said quite righteously: "General Guan, no matter what happened in the past, he is now the official canonized Jinghai General of the imperial court." If you don't believe me, look at the flag over there. ”

Hearing the position of General Jinghai, Gongsun Kang was startled, and Zhao Yun was also secretly frightened.

On the one hand, he was surprised that the pirate Guan Cheng was recruited by the imperial court. On the other hand, I didn't expect that the etiquette had collapsed to such an extent, and a pirate was named a miscellaneous general as soon as he was recruited.

Everyone in the Liaodong fleet looked over, and sure enough, they saw that the yellow turban pennant of Guan Cheng had been removed and replaced with a banner with white characters on a red background of the Han Dynasty, and the flag was General Jinghai!

Gongsun Kang frowned slightly, this Guan Cheng is clearly continuing to be a pirate for a living, where is General Jinghai.

After getting this position, Guan Cheng generally hung the banner of thieves, and when he encountered a weak team, he stepped forward to plunder, but when he encountered a strong fleet, he took out the flag of General Jinghai.

Gongsun Kang sighed in his heart, now that the world is really declining, it seems that there is nothing to worry about when he establishes the Eastern Kingdom in Liaodong and establishes himself as the king.

He asked his subordinates to tell the young scholar that Liaodong and Donglai would of course regard them as friends when they saw General Guan recognized by the imperial court in the future. But if there are pirates who make a move against the passing fleet, Liaodong Hou will not sit idly by.

"I understand, I believe that soon General Jinghai will also reach an alliance with the Marquis of Liaodong under the instruction of the imperial court."

After saying that, the gentleman was polite and said goodbye, not at all like the pirate who was in charge of the people.

Gongsun Kang looked at the words and deeds of this scholar, and felt a little familiar, but the sense of disobedience was too strong, which made him feel confused.

Could it be that it is a relative of that person?

He ordered his men to stop the boat that was leaving, not wanting the waves to rise again at sea, and not even hearing their shouts.

The subordinate asked, "Young master, do you want to blow the trumpet, or send someone to chase it back?" ”

Gongsun Kang thought about it and felt that it was really inappropriate for the two sides to make such a strong move as soon as they declared peace.

What's more, it is said that the manager has more than a dozen large sea ships under his command.

Now, Liaodong's fleet is huge, but Guan Cheng has gathered over, and it is difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat.

Therefore, in the absence of a large conflict of interest, if you can cooperate, you should cooperate first.

In the departing boat, the young man actually heard the shouting. However, his face was full of anger, and he did not stop talking any more.

"I Li Xin went into the sea to look for my father for a long time, and only then did I find my father with the help of the benefactors of the court. But his father was persecuted by the thief Gongsun Du, and even dug up his ancestral grave and killed his relatives! ”

"My father and the rest of the people hid in the sea and there was no news of him, and he had not heard from him for nearly ten years. And they finally met not long ago, but my father was sick, and it is estimated that time is running out. ”

Li Xinzhong became more and more indignant and agitated, and he wanted to kill Gongsun Kang immediately and crusade against Gongsun Du.

But he held back.

Gongsun Kang thought about it, just now this scholar looked very much like the famous scholar Li Min.

This Li Min was a native of Liaodong and served as the Taishou of Hanoi County, and was welcomed by the local nobles during his tenure.

Later, he returned to his hometown, and was very angry with Gongsun Du for building a private kingdom, and organized local nobles to oppose his rule.

Li Min's well-known local scholar rationality made Gongsun Du a little jealous, but the latter was friendly with Dong Zhuo and Gongsun Zhan, and was even more ambitious to expand Liaodong into a self-reliant kingdom.

Therefore, there was an incident in which his people were killed to dig ancestral graves, and Li Min was forced to flee into the sea with the remaining relatives.

Li Min's son, Li Xin, survived because he was not in Liaodong. But he searched for his father for years to no avail.

Until recently, under the guidance of the Hanoi Shi clan, he was helped by the great pirate Guan Cheng, who had just been incorporated by the imperial court, and realized the father-son membership.

Gongsun Du saw that Li Xin and Li Min were somewhat similar, so he asked. But after thinking about it, if it was Li Min's relatives, he should hate their father and son to the core.

But the young man just now was polite to the Liaodong fleet, is this the effect of camouflage, or is it really a mistake?

It's a pity that the treacherous is like Gongsun Kang, and he can only think of Li Min's relatives.

As long as we dig a little deeper, combine Li Min's reputation as a Taishou in Hanoi and the recent high-profile reaction of the Hanoi Shi clan, I am afraid that a bottomless possibility will be discovered.

And the target of this dark web is not comparable to a guy of Gongsun Du's level.

The Liaodong fleet returned to the familiar route and finally arrived at Donglai on the Jiaodong Peninsula.

It was also under the control of Gongsun Du, and Yingzhou was established, and Liu Yi, an important minister, served as the assassin of Yingzhou.

Liu Yi and Gongsun Du created the situation in Liaodong in their early years, and they defeated the invasion and regained the lost territory, so that no one around them dared to invade.

But he also took thunderous measures to kill many local snakes for no reason, and he was also polite to the foreign Youzhou and Qingzhou scholars and did not reuse them.

It is certainly difficult for this method to spread a good reputation under the records of the scribes, but they also have a clear conscience about the achievements of stabilizing Liaodong and intimidating foreign tribes from all sides.

Liu Yi greeted Zhao Yun and Gongsun Kang, and introduced, "Three thousand elites have been mobilized here in Yingzhou, and most of them are heroes who invaded with Yuan Tan before and had a family that broke and died. ”

Gongsun Kang said, "We have two thousand Liaodong iron horsemen on our side, but due to the long distance at sea, we can only log in and be assisted by the returning Baima Yicong and the Four Seas Merchant Gang. ”

Zhao Yun nodded and briefly introduced the plan.

Liu Yi said, "This is foolproof, but our army can't meet with Zilong with General Baima." ”

Zhao Yun hugged his fists and thanked, "You are all great righteous soldiers, although I can't represent the power of General Baima, but I thank you here for the righteous people of Hebei." ”

Liu Yi and Gongsun Kang replied, "Don't worry, Zilong, although we will leave in the end, we will make a big fuss and let Yuan Shao's arrogance end here." ”

Liu Yi arranged for a sea ship to transport 3,000 elites to accompany Zhao Yun and Gongsun Kang, while he stayed behind and continued to confront Yuan Xi, Gao Gan and others.

Five thousand elite soldiers, riding the southeast wind, crossed the Laizhou Bay, which had not yet been formed, and went all the way to the northwest.