At the same time that Han Shantong was killed in Yingzhou, Henan, the East China Sea in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang was no longer peaceful.

On the ship carrying the goods, a boy is whining and crying.

The boy's father, who was at the helm, turned his head and rebuked with a straight face: "What does a manly man look like when he cries! ”

The boy's mother saw that her husband was in a bad mood, so she pulled her son away, sat down on the open deck, and frightened: "If you cry again, your father will beat you again." ”

The boy wiped his face with his sleeve, stopped crying, and said pitifully: "We haven't done anything bad, why have we become thieves, and the brothers next door will come to the sea to catch me." ”

The boy's mother was about to explain, when the corner of her eye swept to a black-faced man lying on the deck, her face was a little flustered, she pushed her son, and said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense! Then he led the child to the other side.

The man lying down was Fang Guozhen, and what the mother and son said was naturally heard by him, and after they left, he slowly sat up and sighed.

Since Wen Xuan left, the Yuan court has issued dozens of decrees, promising heavy sums of money to recruit coastal heroes to suppress the Haikou on Sanssouci Island, so many coastal heroes have come to the sea to crusade.

The people who came to attack were all the former neighbors of everyone on the island, so although most of them were won by Fang Guozhen's troops, their morale gradually disappeared.

Fang Guozhen had a big headache about this, looked at the backs of the mother and son, and said to himself: "Who is willing to call himself a Haikou? But whether it is a pavilion household or a peasant household, who can escape the exploitation of the Yuan court? ”

"Third brother, what are you thinking?" Fang Guoying, the old Si Fang of the Fang family, didn't know when he came, holding some wine and food, and patted Fang Guozhen, who was a god.

Fang Guozhen smiled bitterly: "It's nothing, it's just a little tired." ”

The fourth child was accustomed to this, and asked with a chuckle:

"You heard some women and children secretly talking again, right?"

Fang Guozhen nodded and said, "I hope Engong's strategy can work, otherwise in the long run, everyone will really lose their morale." ”

Fang Guoying replied with a smile: "Gongzi Wen has always had no last resort, as long as we follow his words, trace the river upstream, and peep into Jiangdong, we will definitely be able to divide one side." ”

Fang Guozhen sighed: "Everyone came to the island to survive, and if you have a stutter, you will be satisfied, I am only worried about how many innocent lives will be buried in the war." ”

Fang Guoying said with relief: "I'll just say it casually, don't take it to heart." Brother Su has sneaked back to Taizhou to bribe officials, and the officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are already corrupt, so that if the coastal people who are ordered to crusade against us cannot get the rewards they deserve, no one will trust the imperial court anymore, so we will wait for his good news! ”

Fang Guozhen shook his head and said: "We have fought with the Yuan soldiers many times, I have seen the situation clearly, most of the officials in this province are corrupt, and we are only to deal with the bosses, the more we toss, the more they are afraid, and the more they want to promise us benefits." As long as we flee to the sea, they will have nothing to do with us, and they will be afraid of ......."

The fourth child knew what Fang Guozhen was worried about, and said helplessly: "That Tai Buhua is indeed difficult to deal with, we have almost folded in his hands several times, fortunately, the officials headed by him are more pedantic, otherwise if the Yuan Court takes him as the commander, our life will be sad." ”

The name of the person the two of them discussed was Tai Buhua, who was good at both words, quite a person, and the most important temperament. At the age of seventeen, he took the first place in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang imperial examinations, and the following year he took the policy examination in the imperial court.

When Timur ascended the throne, in order to win over Empress Wenzong, Yan Timur, Boyan and others, he wanted Empress Wenzong to give the title of "Empress Dowager" and give the ministers Yan Tiemur and Boyan the title of king.

Tai Buhua thought that this matter was impossible, and argued with reason, and wrote: "My aunt should not add this title, and the minister should not accept the title of king." ”

Empress Wenzong was hindered by her reputation, so she had no choice but to admonish and commend her upright loyalty.

After Tokhtar returned to Beijing, his friend Taiping was deposed, and the courtiers were afraid of the power of Tokhtar's party, so they all drew a line with Taiping, but Tai Buhua dared to act for it proudly and sent it to the outside of the capital.

Taiping advised him to stop and not to be implicated in this, but Tai Buhua said: "If a soldier dies as a confidant, why fear disaster?" ”

Although Tai Buhua was expelled from the capital by the Detachment Party because of this incident, no one in the Manchu Dynasty could say what his character was.

After Sanssouci Island gradually became stronger, the imperial court ordered Tai Buhua to go to the area of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and after repeated transfers, he was finally arranged to be in charge of investigating the thorny errand of Haikou.

After Tai Buhua found out about Fang Guozhen's bloody washing of the county government, he immediately reported it to the imperial court, thinking that the matter could be appeased and offered a strategy for peace, but the imperial court did not accept it.

After that, Fang Guozhen followed Wen Xuan's instructions and continued to make trouble in the coastal area and harass the Yuan soldiers.

Because Tai Buhua investigated Fang Guozhen, he was transferred to be the marshal of the Eastern Zhejiang Province Propaganda Envoy, Fang Guozhen failed to rob the official ship in Wenzhou last time, and was defeated by Tai Buhua.

Tai Buhua secretly ambushed the fire raft to attack and burn Fang Guozhen's ship, and Fang Guozhen and others were defeated in this battle, and they escaped by luck with their superb water skills.

Tai Buhua is dedicated to the country, and does not succumb to Fang Guozhen's method of constantly harassing the coast on the sea, so the Fang brothers regard him as the real enemy.

Fang Guozhen said with emotion: "I hope that Brother Su will act smoothly, as long as the coastal people realize the stupidity and incompetence of the imperial court, do not oppose us, and even cooperate with us, even if this Tai Buhua has the ability to pass the sky, he is not our opponent!" ”

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The west wind roars angrily to drain the turbid waves, and the East China Sea is sprinkled with spring frost.

There are hundreds of knives in the south, and there is the fragrance of Zhumen wine and meat in the north.

Fang Guozhen on the sea was worried about the safety of his subordinates, and Tai Buhua on the shore was full of worries and helplessness about the imperial court.

Tai Buhua's entourage held a coat, walked over and draped it on him, and whispered, "My lord, there is news." ”

Tai Buhua was nearly fifty years old, his beard was white, his back was straight in the sea breeze, he took the reply letter handed by his entourage, and said with a slight tilt: "You go down first." ”

The entourage bowed his head and retreated, looking at Tai Buhua who seemed to be fused with the cliff stone from afar, and felt extremely sorry, his own adults are brave and strategic, if they are reused by the court, they must be a generation of famous ministers and good generals, how can they fall into such a lonely appearance?

Tai Buhua, who was in the distance, read the letter, showed a touch of joy between his eyebrows, tore off his shirt, walked back quickly, and said as he walked: "Quick, go back to the palace!" ”

"My lord, is there any good news?"

Tai Buhua laughed loudly: "It seems that the officials of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces are not all ignorant people, and the provincial Zuo Cheng Polo Timur replied to me and planned to join forces to attack Haikou in June." ”

The entourage said happily: "Your Excellency has finally gotten his wish, and with the support of the local officials, this time he will definitely be able to defeat the Haikou in one fell swoop and put down the rebellion in the East China Sea." ”