This action is really a loss for the wife and the army, not to mention the credit, the responsibility for this defeat is difficult to explain, but the top priority is still to put safety first, the big deal is to go back to avoid disasters, and make more money to bribe the superiors.

Polo Timur cleared his mind and instructed Su Sheng: "Send this letter to my home, and my family will naturally know what to do." ”

Fang Guozhen nodded, and sent someone to deliver the letter immediately......

Unlike Polo Timur, who was reduced to a prisoner, on the Dianjiang platform on the coast of Wenzhou, Tai Buhua was wearing battle armor, and his white beard moved with the sea breeze, looking imposing.

Seeing that the soldiers who were exercising in the audience had a new look, they were in a good mood and quite satisfied with this, it seems that the recent strict drills have had an effect, as long as the appointed date arrives, they can go to the sea to defeat Fang Guozhen's department in one fell swoop.

Out of his mind, the close attendant hurriedly waited for the general to get on the platform, and shouted softly: "Handsome." ”

Tai Buhua turned around and asked with a smile, "But there's news from Lord Zuocheng?" ”

The attendant looked embarrassed and nodded, not knowing how to speak.

Tai Buhua looked at his henchman with some doubts, and a foreboding feeling was born in his heart, and he said in a deep voice: "Say it quickly!" What exactly is the news? ”

The attendant bowed his head and replied in a low voice: "Lord Zuo Cheng led his troops to Daluyang in advance yesterday, but he was ambushed by Fang Guozhen and other pirates, and his troops suffered heavy losses. ”

"What! Is there such a thing? So how is Lord Zuo Cheng now? ”

According to the brothers who fled back to report the news, no one expected that the Haikou would dare to take the initiative to attack the officers and soldiers, so the defense was quite lax, and most of the soldiers collapsed without a fight, and more than half of them drowned in the water. In addition, the accompanying governor was killed, and Lord Zuo Cheng was captured by Fang Guozhen's department. ”

Tai Buhua was shocked when he heard this, and said hurriedly: "Hurry up and gather the army to rescue Lord Zuo Cheng." ”

The attendant couldn't bear to see Tai Buhua's expression, and continued: "After Lord Zuo Cheng was captured, he sent a handwritten letter back, saying that Fang Guozhen and others were ready to be appeased by him, and specially ordered that the coastal officers and troops could only be armed, and they should never lead the army to sea......"

I thought that Polo Timur was a rare loyal minister, and he dared to shoulder the heavy responsibility of eliminating thieves with him, but he didn't expect him to be so unbearable! Tai Buhua's great expectations for him came to naught in an instant, and he couldn't do anything about it when he saw the enemy rampant at sea. In a hurry, he was already exhausted, and a cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and then when the sea breeze blew, his eyes were dark, and his legs collapsed as soon as he was weak.

The people beside him hurriedly helped him down, and when the adjutant general saw this, he ordered all the soldiers to stop training and return to the camp.

After a short rest, Tai Buhua barely opened his eyes, and all the generals were waiting beside the couch, not daring to speak.

Tai Buhua sat up, looked at the henchmen in the room, and said with a wry smile: "It seems that this time the bamboo basket is empty." ”

The crowd looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.

Tai Buhua suddenly changed the topic and said slowly: "With an iron bump like me, life is not easy, right?" I know I'm being a bit harsh on you, but I want you to know how hard I put it. You also know that I Taibuhua was relegated to Jiangsu and Zhejiang because I was excluded in the court. Although you do your best, you are still not reused, and you, as my subordinates, will inevitably feel that you can't hold your head up. But in any case, my name was given by Emperor Wenzong back then, so no matter where I am or what position I hold in my official residence, I always remind myself how to be a courtier who is loyal to the court, and I hope you can be the same as me. ”

Listening to the boss's heartfelt words, everyone comforted one after another: "Dashuai, don't say that." ”

"What is the cause of this rebellion on the sea, every person in Wen, Taiwan and other places knows that you have done your duty since you came, and you have frustrated the spirit of the Haikou many times, and the brothers will see these in their eyes, and we never feel wronged by following you to do things."

"Yes, Dashuai, who is a good official and the people know best!"

Tai Buhua said helplessly: "I thought that I would be able to defeat the Haikou in one fell swoop this time, but before the action, Taizhou's army had already suffered more than half of the casualties. At this point, we can only wait and see what happens, waiting for the edict of the imperial court. ”

……

Since learning the news of the capture of Polo Timur, Tai Buhua has dropped out of food for several days, thinking hard about how to exterminate Fang Guozhen and others.

The family warmed up the meal again and comforted, "My lord, let's eat something." ”

"Did you find any news?"

"There is no news of Haikou, but I heard that the great Sinong sent by the imperial court to recruit an is about to arrive."

Tai Buhua said with a cold face: "As far as I know, he already set off from Dadu three months ago, right?" Three months, three whole months! He put the safety of coastal defense in the back of his mind and ignored it, only knowing how to gather people to form a party, drink and have fun, and God knows how much people's fat and ointment were spent on the way. ”

Because Kang Li, Duo'er Zhiban and others concealed the defeat of the army, most of the imperial court did not find out about the affairs of the Shanghai Kou on Sanssouci Island, and they did not know anything about the situation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

So much so that under the repeated requests of Tokhtar, the Privy Council sent the Grand Si Nongda Zhi Ti Mu Er to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, intending to recruit them, intending to end the matter simply and quickly.

At this moment, in accordance with the edict of the Privy Council, Dasi Nongda was rushing from Dadu to Jiangsu, Zhejiang Province to appease Fang Guozhen and other pirates.

But the pirates were not taken seriously by him at all, and made friends with officials from all over the country along the way, drinking and having fun, so they walked very slowly, and did not ask about the affairs of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.

Unlike Tai Buhua, who was depressed and sick, Dazhi Timuer was intoxicated with singing and dancing at this time, pulling the officials next to him to drunkenly boast about his past contributions to the imperial court.

Dasi Nong's rank is from the second grade, and at this time it is the imperial court, and the local officials naturally can't afford to offend, so they can only flatter and praise him.

As soon as he participated in politics, he flattered and said: "When my lord was in Huguang as a political minister of Pingzhang, I admired the name for a long time. The strategy of dividing and ruling the various ethnic groups cannot be thought of by non-adults. ”

The reason why he was valued by the imperial court was that in the ninth year of Zhizheng, when he was appointed as the Pingzhang political affairs of Huguang Province, he proposed to the imperial court the policy of "divide and rule", and after the imperial court adopted his opinion, the ethnic minorities in Huguang really submitted to the Yuan court.

So this sentence of the horse is very clever, and Dazhi Ti Mu hugged the politicians, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, there are still people who understand me!" I can successfully recruit all the tribes that are so difficult to deal with, not to mention the Haikou in eastern Zhejiang? If you want me to say, Lao Zhang can just send someone over, why do you have to let me go there myself? ”

Lao Zhang is a confidant of Tokto, and he is also the head of the Privy Council of the imperial court, and he dares to make jokes about him, but other officials dare not be presumptuous, so they can only pretend to be stupid.