"Am I going to regret it? Don't bother. Qiu Darui took a sip of tea lightly and said with an expressionless face, "However, if Your Excellency still retains his strength, I'm afraid we won't have a chance to regret it again." His words were spoken in Chinese, knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, and the faces of the other pirates also changed slightly. At this point, Qiu Darui has no need to have a relationship with the big cannibal. Although they were forced to abandon the ships, for the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty, the ships were not a problem. If you can't break through the city of defending the sea, it's useless to say anything. If he breaks through Hanhai City, Qiu Darui will have a hundred ways to deal with the big cannibals who are eager to return home.

In response to Qiu Darui's almost offensive answer, Famaitu did not get angry, but closed his eyes.

Yassin and Abad, the two lieutenants, were beside the commander when he was heard whispering, "God bless." ”

Solidarity is exactly what the pirates are in right now. No matter how unruly a person is, he doesn't dare to mess around.

Compared with the previous few days, the plan to attack Hanhai City was quite smooth. Qiu Darui was temporarily elected by the pirates as the chief military division. Although the South China Sea Naval Division is estimated to be preserving its strength, before the Pearl River channel is completely blocked, the pirates still left nearly half of their forces to defend against the Naval Division, and the remaining half of their troops took turns to attack and defend Haicheng. The result of the one-sided battle during the day was partly because the artillery of the naval division was powerful, and partly because the width of the river at the mouth of the Pearl River was very suitable for gunboat operations. If the South China Sea Naval Division were to force their way up the river to attack the pirates, the narrower river and more shallow water would allow the pirates to fight close to the gunboats. The pirates knew the power of the gunboats, and in order to force the port for the waterproof division, they prepared a lot of clippers and fire attack ships after returning.

The immediate threat at sea, while no longer imminent, is a sword hanging over the head. However, over the next two days, the sailor's passive slackness gave the pirates great comfort. The officers and soldiers continued to systematically scuttle captured ships near the fairway in quantities that would make the hearts of the most generous of men ache. This is no longer a blockade, but a blockage of the entire Pearl River into the sea. It was a painstaking task to get the shipping lanes back out.

However, after attacking the city with all their might, the pirates found that behind the low and continuous city walls, the Guangzhou officials and soldiers did not know how many strong men had been filled. The officers and soldiers defended the city almost without casualties, however, the pirates had no other way to survive except to desperately break through the city. Moreover, it is necessary to break through the city as soon as possible, otherwise, once the food stock is exhausted, the pirates themselves will starve to death before the official army comes to attack. Therefore, after believing that the Pearl River channel was really blocked by the official army, Qiu Darui transferred the reserves that were preparing to deal with the surprise attack of the South China Sea Naval Division, especially most of the Dashi Navy, to attack the city.

Under the city of Hanhai is a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, however, the city wall has always been in the hands of the Guangzhou official army.

In the yamen of the Guangzhou prefect, Chen Gongju looked at a few merchants dressed as people sitting in the hall.

The person who came was Li Rui, an envoy of the Xia Imperial Court, a scholar of the Tianji Academy of the Academy, and a classmate and friend of Zhao Xingde and Chen Gongju. Li Rui rushed from Chang'an non-stop, originally to persuade Chen Gongju to release Zhao Xingde and not delay the joint naval division to attack the home port of the Great Food Princes. However, after entering the Guangzhou Mansion, it was discovered that Zhao Xingde had already broken out of his shell, and the South China Sea Navy Division defeated the allied forces of Dashi and the Song Dynasty at the mouth of the Pearl River. Tan Lanxi, the deputy envoy of the Xia State, immediately reported to Luoyang with the fastest pigeon book, while Li Rui's party temporarily stayed in Guangzhou and waited for the latest instructions from the Xia court.

Since Jingkang Bandang, it has been common for the Song people, especially the Central Plains scholars, to be officials in Guanxi, however, Qingliu still has a strong rejection of the martial arts state. Facing Li Rui, who came to be a lobbyist for Xia Guo, Chen Gongju's attitude was also very complicated. He didn't want to separate the Xia Kingdom, except for frankly telling Zhao Xingde that he had returned to the water division, he was just reminiscing about the past. Tan Lanxi, the deputy envoy of the Xia State, tried his attitude towards Chen Dong stepping down several times, and Deng Suwei was the prime minister, but Chen Gongju just said a word. In his mind, the battle between Qingliu and the traitorous party is a family affair of the Song people, and if he invokes external help to overwhelm the other party, then it is not even as good as the traitorous party.

"Since Brother Li is here, he will spend a few more days in the city." After Chen Gongju briefly explained the arrangements, he got up and left.

After the sailors defeated the pirates in the Pearl River, the remaining bandits on the periphery of Guangzhou fled far away, but the battle to defend Haicheng became extremely fierce. In the past three days, Chen Gongju sent all the regiments he had drawn out, and he and Lu Gan, the regimental training officer, supervised the battle day and night at the head of the city of Hanhai. Liu Yu, the envoy of the city, stayed in Guangzhou, arranged the supply of grain and grass and the treatment of the wounded, and urged the officials and gentry in various places to levy and replenish the strong men. Several officials were so busy that they didn't have time to receive the envoys of the Xia Kingdom.

Li Rui looked at Chen Gongju's back, sighed slightly, and his eyes flashed a trace of loneliness.

Although he is free and easy, and he is devoted to astronomical calculations, he has been away from his homeland for a long time, although he is faint on the surface, but he is eager in his heart. Chen Gongju's half-lukewarm attitude made him feel a little complicated. Kanto Qingliu was in charge and acted fiercely, Chen Gongju University Scholar said that he would let go of coming to Guangnan to be this lobbyist for days and nights, Li Rui expected that he would be a little embarrassed, but when he was really there, he understood better, and he also understood Zhao Xingde's feelings in Kanto.

"Master Li, Master Li?" Tan Lanxi called in a low voice. The scribe was waiting to lead the two messengers to the guest room.

"Oh." Li Rui came back to her senses, stretched out her hand and said politely, "Lord Tan, please." ”

This time to Guangzhou, Li Rui is a university scholar is a regular envoy, and Tan Lanxi was actually sent by the Department of Military Intelligence Kwantung Cao to escort Li Rui, before entering Guangzhou, Li Rui and Tan Lanxi jointly opened the secret decree handed over by the Prime Minister's Office before leaving, Tan Lanxi changed his body, and continued to protect Li Rui as the deputy envoy of Cao on the road. In the five prefectures of the Xia Kingdom, each department and Cao had their own scope of responsibility, and Lu Cao was in charge of guests and envoys. Although Tan Lanxi is the first time to be an envoy, he is the old man of the Military Intelligence Department of Guandong Cao, who has been experienced for a long time and is skilled in handling affairs, and Li Rui is also very relieved. Therefore, after entering the city of Guangzhou, when it comes to the specific affairs of the envoys, the two envoys are all discussed.

There was a hidden stake of the Military Intelligence Department in Guangzhou, and after connecting the head, Tan Lanxi used carrier pigeons to report the latest battle situation to Luoyang every day.

............

The night is more drummed, the Luoyang regiment exercises the embassy, and the back hall is brightly lit.

A huge map of the Central Plains, Southeast and Quang Nam hangs on the wall.

Countless black arrows pointed from the sea to the periphery of Guangzhou, and then, a red arrow came from the sea and made a mark of a battle at the mouth of the Pearl River. The envoy of the Xia State used 100,000 pigeons to report the recent battle between the South China Sea Navy Division and the Great Food Pirates to the Military Intelligence Department, and the Military Intelligence Department immediately copied Wu Jie, the general of the Luoyang camp, Chen Chong, the training envoy of the Luoyang regiment, and Yuan Xingzong, the commander of Luoyang. Until the five prefectures made a decision on the situation in the Kwantung region, if they were unanimous, they had the right to act cheaply, including countering Song Liao's attack with troops.

Although Zhao Xingde won this battle beautifully, he not only concealed the pirates, but also the courts of the Song State and the Xia Kingdom.

After learning the news, Chen Zhong let go of his worries and immediately convened his staff to discuss countermeasures. Luoyang regimental training and the South China Sea Navy Division are two systems, according to common sense, Zhao Xingde will report the details of the battle to the Military Intelligence Department, and the Marching Department of the General's Mansion will copy the list of important ministers of the imperial court, and there will also be the prince Chen Chong.

"I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it," Lieutenant Zhang Shizhen sighed, "Five thousand defeated sixty or seventy thousand, are the pirates of the Song Kingdom so unbearable?" ”

"The pirates of the Song Kingdom are unbearable, are they also big cannibals?" Commander Xie Yuan rolled his eyes and said, "If you are not blind, you must admit that although General Zhao is from the Kanto region, he is not inferior to me among the generals in the Kansai region." In this battle, he calculated the time, place, and people to achieve such a disparity in results. ”

"However," Liu Changgeng, who joined the army, muttered: "The Guangzhou government has tasted the sweetness, and I am afraid that it will also provoke General Zhao to make efforts to annihilate Haikou." ”

"I'm also worried," Li Ziweng, the commander of the capital, nodded: "The file of the Military Intelligence Department says that the waters near the port of Western Australia are narrow, which is conducive to a bloody battle, and if you want to kill them all, the sailors will kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800 themselves, and the day of sending troops to eat will be delayed again." The key now is to attack the hinterland. Therefore, it is necessary to let the envoy persuade General Zhao to focus on the overall situation and not to lose a big one because of a small one. Otherwise......" Li Ziweng sighed and suppressed his words.

The officers who discussed the proceedings all knew that Zhao Xingde was now a general of the Firearms Division, and it was possible to go further in the future. However, the position of general or prime minister of the marching army, even the emperor can only nominate him, if Zhao Xingde has two hearts for the Xia court and causes the dissatisfaction of the captain of the Protectorate Mansion, then no matter how talented he is, he can only be idle for life. The crown prince Chen Zhong attaches great importance to Zhao Xingde, and the two are almost a good family, however, if Zhao Xingde's behavior really angers the Protector Mansion, I am afraid that not only Chen Chong will not be able to protect Zhao Xingde, but also affect Chen Chong's own prestige in the Protectorate Mansion.

"General Zhao can read the general situation," Yang Ren said with a solemn face, "However, for public and private reasons, His Highness should still write a letter." ”

He was specially invited by Chen Zhong from Wu Jie. According to the system of the Xia State, the captain must withdraw from the Protectorate Mansion if he is promoted to general, Yang Ren has repeatedly resigned from the appointment of the general, and now as the captain of the Protectorate Mansion, he also serves as the commander of the regimental training cavalry, and trains an auxiliary regimental training cavalry for Luoyang. Although it is a part-time job, Chen Zhong will invite Yang Ren to be present every time he discusses major military and political matters. Some people are secretly speculating that if Chen Zhong ascends the throne, I am afraid that Yang Ren will withdraw from the Protectorate Mansion and accept the important task will not be far off.