"The news is getting more and more confirmed." A chief officer bowed to Lin Douyao, and then withdrew with his fists clenched.

The dossier left behind by him shows that in the past few days, some seagoing ships have taken refuge in the port of Quanzhou, and they encountered the forward fleet of pirates when they were halfway through the route to Luzon.

They also had no way to flee to other places, and some of the lucky ones ran to the Wa Kingdom, but most of them were originally empty ships, and the ships from Quanzhou were full of goods, and they could not run fast, so they had no way to turn to the Wa Kingdom or Zhancheng, so they could only return the same way.

After arriving in Quanzhou, the merchants were not too relieved, this time the forward fleet of pirates alone had dozens of ships, and there were thousands of pirates, so it is conceivable how many pirates would follow after that.

The tragic situation after Zhangzhou was breached many years ago is still vivid, and people have to be more careful.

Many merchant ships are considering whether to take refuge in the port of Guangzhou, or simply go north, to Mingzhou or even Jiangling to take refuge.

There are only five forbidden armies here in Fuzhou, considering the number of pirates coming to invade, Zhangzhou or Quanzhou is not too safe, Jiangling is much safer, because it is the core metropolis in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is an important place for the clan, the imperial court put 30 armies of forbidden troops in the area from Jiangling to Pingjiang and Mingzhou, in addition to the northern frontier front in the area of Jibei and Yunzhou in Beijing, the garrison in the inner town is mostly from Jiangling to Mingzhou.

Lin Douyao can't think too much about things now, and now his problem is to use the strength of five armies to ensure the safety of Fujian Road.

Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Fuzhou, Xinghua Army, this is the first military state to bear the brunt.

The most important ones are definitely Fuzhou and Quanzhou, followed by Zhangzhou.

After the officials withdrew, Lin Douyao turned to King Zhao, hugged his fists and said: "Your Highness, when the Shao Wu Army, the Xinghua Army, Jianzhou, Tingzhou, all my Fujian military prefectures and counties, Jiangkou River, and the Xiang Army that should be able to be mobilized, should be mobilized immediately." The pirate vanguard has been a few days away from the sea, and in more than ten days, a large number of pirates should appear off the coast of Fujian. ”

Lin Douyao is the pacification envoy of Fujian Road, who can not only command the forbidden army in the territory, but also promote the Xiang army.

However, the situation of Fujian Road is special, in addition to appeasing the envoys, there is also the Metropolitan Governor's Office responsible for the daily promotion and management of the Xiang Army, Lin Douyao has the right to give direct orders, but it is better to consult with King Zhao, the prince of the clan and the Metropolitan Governor of Fujian Road, and make decisions together, which is more efficient.

When Lin Douyao spoke, there was no lack of desolation in his heart.

If the king of Fuqi is still there, I am afraid that the two pirates of Yan Qi and Li Dan will attack, and it will not make Fujian Road panic.

Of course, the pacification envoy wants to suppress the clan and hold great power, but if it is a prince of the clan who can be a helper and does not fight for power, it is a different matter.

King Zhao is a melon seed face, and his face must have been quite delicate when he was a teenager, even now, he can be regarded as a middle-aged man with an elegant bearing and a good demeanor.

He had a long beard, his eyes were shining, but his bearing was relatively calm, and he said to Lin Douyao: "It's not difficult to promote the Xiang Army, but the difficult thing is which aspect is to be guarded by the forbidden army, which place is guarded by the Xiang army, or is the forbidden army and the Xiang army guarded together?" ”

"There are only two armies of the forbidden army to Quanzhou, and three armies are stationed in Fuzhou." Lin Douyao said: "Fuzhou and Quanzhou are too important, even if Zhangzhou and Xinghua Army are lost, they can bear it, if they lose Quanzhou or Fuzhou, we will be unforgivable." ”

This is also a reminder to King Zhao that if he loses the spring and Fu Erzhou, even if he is the father of the Son of Heaven, the responsibility can still not be shirked, the two governments will insist on punishment, and the Son of Heaven cannot protect his biological father, and the King of Zhao is likely to lose the position of the governor of the capital, and the prince will be demoted to the prince of the country, for the biological father of the Son of Heaven, such a punishment is simply better than directly giving a sword to the Son of Heaven, so that he can cut himself off.

"The Fujian Luxiang Army had a total of more than 90 armies before, and now it has been reduced to only 50 armies, but only 100,000 people." King Zhao ignored Lin Douyao's threat, and said in a deep voice: "There are more than ten armies in Jianzhou, which is not easy to mobilize, and more than a dozen armies are in Tingzhou, and Shao Wujun is in the area, and it is too late to dispatch." Only 20 armies, more than 40,000 people, can be dispatched within 10 days. In my opinion, most of the army will be stationed in Fuzhou, and the Fuzhou Forbidden Army will transfer two armies to Quanzhou, and Zhangzhou will only use the current city to defend the camp, and then one or two Jiangfang and Hefang battalions will be transferred to Zhangzhou. ”

Lin Douyao turned his gaze to the red-robed officers in front of him, and seeing that everyone had no doubts, he only said: "Quanzhou can send a few more army troops, and it is best to transfer a few more troops to Zhangzhou." ”

King Zhao has no doubt about this, during this period of time there will be a large number of Xiang troops pouring into Fuzhou, after more than half a year of combing, in general, King Zhao has almost cleaned up the military attaches left by King Qi, and has basically controlled the Xiang army of more than 40 armies.

It's just that the Jianzhou Xiang Army was controlled by Wang Yue, and King Zhao didn't want to break with Wang Yue, so he used this promotion to keep the Xiang Army in the remote areas of Jianzhou and Tingzhou, but he would just send a letter and let them garrison in important places.

The combat power of the Xiang army is also well known to those here...... It should not be of great use.

It is still useful to gather tens of thousands of people to garrison the key passes of a big city like Fuzhou, and to put them at the head of the city to garrison.

If the number of enemies is equal, the box army will not be of great use.

Thousands of forbidden troops went to defend Quanzhou, with 10,000 or 20,000 van troops, and the enemy could not be defeated without more than 100,000 or 200,000 people.

Tingzhou, Jianzhou, are all in the hinterland, and pirates go thousands of miles to rob the mines of Jianzhou and Tingzhou, which is originally almost impossible, so there is no need to worry too much.

The only thing that had to be abandoned was Zhangzhou, which had not been built long ago, and Zhangzhou had not fully recovered until now, and the city walls were also rebuilt and not solid.

The imperial court did not have much money to invest in the dilapidated Zhangzhou, which had been home to more than 10,000 wanderers in Fuzhou and Quanzhou before Xu Zixian passed through the Eastern Domain, and so far, Zhangzhou's taxes were only one-fifth of what it was before it was breached.

If Zhangzhou is abandoned and plagued again, the imperial court will not be too angry, and the officials of Fujian Road will not be held accountable...... Everyone will understand that this is a last resort.

Lin Douyao has a complaint in his heart, he has asked several times to send another ten armies of forbidden troops to Fujian, the current situation is different from a few decades ago, decades ago the strength of the Great Wei Navy Division still exists, there is no threat overseas at all, Fuzhou is a southeast important town only sent five armies because there were once Japanese invaders, if there are no Japanese invaders, the original garrison has only one army of forbidden troops, that is enough.

But now it is different, the Great Wei Sailor exists in name only, and the remaining remnants of the Sailor Division were swallowed up by Xu Zixian, which is also a condition negotiated with King Zhao and Lin Douyao before King Qi's death.

Now Fujian Road is often mortally threatened by pirates, this situation is completely different from before, if the imperial court sends ten more forbidden troops, or even send five more armies over, Lin Douyao feels that he can barely maintain the current pattern.

If Pu Xingfeng comes again, and it is not a temptation, but with the pirates who have survived a hundred battles, 100,000 pirates to the coast of Fuzhou, with the current strength, Lin Douyao has no confidence in whether he can keep Fuzhou, let alone the military states of Zhangquan.

"Is it difficult for a good woman to cook without rice?" Xiao Zan, the patrol envoy, was the one with the lightest responsibility, and he spread his hands quite easily: "With the current situation of the garrison on Fujian Road, we can only do this. ”

"Did you play?" Yang Shiwei has not been in good health recently, and after coughing a few times, he said in a rather sluggish spirit: "To appease the need to urgently play the Beijing Division, and transfer to Jiangling, Mingzhou, Guangzhou, once the pirates make trouble along the coast, we know the situation but do not play it in time, and tell me that once something happens, it is also a serious crime." ”

"Of course." Lin Douyao said in a deep voice: "I also sent a small boat to Penghu and the Eastern Domain. ”

Zheng Liqi only spoke up at this time: "I heard that the target of this time the pirates came was not Zhang, Quan, or Fuzhuzhou, but many pirates loudly announced that this trip was to attack Penghu and the Eastern Domain. ”

Lin Douyao moved his body and said, "I also heard about this, and I also heard that Nan Anhou was suddenly infected with the epidemic, and he was very sick. ”

"My nephew has always been strong." King Zhao smiled slightly and said, "If this time it is really a pirate who violates the realm, he can't come to the battle formation in person, I'm afraid he doesn't know what he will be in a hurry." ”

Many of the adults present had different expressions, Lin Douyao's face remained unchanged, but he was faintly a little worried. The current pattern of Fujian is quite stable, King Zhao is in charge of the Xiang Army, Lin Douyao is in charge of half of the forbidden army and part of the Xiang Army, and has quite a strong military state official, Yang Shiwei is in charge of the military and political power in Fuzhou, which is self-contained, and Zheng Liqi is in charge of the Criminal Division, which has a certain strength. Xiao Zan is a diehard loyalist of King Zhao, a sycophant, not worth mentioning.

In addition, Xu Zixian, who mastered the Eastern Domain, was involved in Fujian Road, had strong military and political strength, and was close to the Marquis of Changwen, and also had his own strength in the civil official system of Fujian Road.

Xu Zixian and Lin Douyao's strength was slightly weaker, but they combined surpassed King Zhao.

If Xu Zi finishes first, the situation on Fujian Road will be tilted to King Zhao's side, and Lin Douyao will fall more and more into a trap of powerlessness, not to mention going up to the two mansions, I am afraid that it will be difficult to retire safely.

This is naturally not the ending that Lin Douyao wants.

But Lin Douyao is also powerless!

Rumors should not actually be rumors, and they can be seen from the expressions of the people present.

King Zhao was very calm and calm, and when he dispatched the box army and discussed military affairs, King Zhao did not show a look of urgency.

The pirates attacked in a big way, and Xu Zixian was suddenly infected with the epidemic, so presumably the people of the Eastern Domain were panicking now, and they couldn't stop the invasion of the pirates at all.

His cousin is likely to die in this pirate invasion.

As soon as he thought of this, King Zhao was able to continue to sit in the meeting hall of the pacification envoy Yamen with a straight face, which was already quite deep in the city and very determined.

Zhao Wang's staff Li Gu, as well as Xu Ziwei, Xu Ziwen and others, all discussed various possibilities during the discussion, thinking that Xu Zixian was seriously ill, was carried by his subordinates to hide in the valley, and finally did not give medicine, and died of illness in the poor mountains and valleys, Xu Ziwei, Li Gu couldn't help laughing, that is, Xu Ziwen, who has been depressed and unhappy for more than half a year, and had a rare smile, couldn't help but smile and laugh.

Xu Ziwei returned to Fuzhou from the northern front, since the battle outside the mansion of the Great Staff, Xu Ziwei is no longer trusted by the Son of Heaven, from the perspective of his own brother, of course, the Son of Heaven still trusts him unconditionally, but in terms of the ability to command the troops, the Son of Heaven feels that Xu Ziwei lacks experience, does not have the ability to actually lead the troops, and has a decisive and ruthless character.

Xu Ziwei's feeling of leading troops in ordinary times is acceptable, but judging from the events of the day, his decision-making and ability to cope with changes are quite poor.

The idea of the Son of Heaven was to use Xu Ziwei to lead hundreds of guards to Jizhou to supervise the generals, inspect the logistics grain and grass, and take care of the logistics base of the army.

Since the beginning of the Northern Expedition after the year, a large number of forbidden troops have been assembled in Jizhou and Pingzhou, Jinzhou line, and the logistics base is Jizhou first, and then moved to Pingzhou.

Pingzhou is already very close to the gate, and it is also the seat of the Tang Rao Le Governor's Mansion, and the geographical location is also quite important, which is a very suitable logistics center.

Xu Ziwei first went to Jizhou from Beijing, and saw hundreds of thousands of people and forbidden troops gradually assembled, a large number of forbidden army soldiers came from the dust, they came from Suzhou as far as possible, that is the westernmost part of the Great Wei in the Hexi Corridor, Yunzhou, Xiazhou, Lingzhou, Daizhou in the north, Chang'an, Zhangzhou, Hezhou, Songzhou, Chengdu in Shuzhong, and then Shaanzhou, Luoyang, dozens of states, more than 100 armies were requisitioned, Guanzhong, Sichuan, Henan, Shandong, these places almost no longer have forbidden troops, only a small number of Xiang troops remain in the local area, Beware of the thieves who are still dormant.

The thieves appeared in the Pusaka area last month, and it seems that they have plans to cross the river north and enter the east of the river, but fortunately, there are some forbidden troops left on Hedong Road and Qinfeng Road, so there should be no need to worry too much.

And a large number of soldiers, the forbidden army of more than 100 armies is the first echelon of the attack, among which the Hebei Road Forbidden Army is the main force in the main force, and the general who commands the army is also Li Guorui, who is the deputy privy envoy of Pinglu, although Li Guorui is not Han Zhong's faction, he is regarded as the person promoted to the center by Liu Zhiyuan, but he and Liu Zhiyuan do not have a deep friendship, and they are still known for their actual military achievements, so after Liu Zhiyuan fell, Li Guorui was not liquidated, unlike He Badger and others.

Li Guorui served as the envoy, and the forbidden army was divided into three routes, Taiwei Yue Zhi led the right commander, Taiwei Li Enmao served as the commander of the Chinese army, and the left commander was Taiwei Li Jian.

In addition to the veteran Deng Ming's old age, the Son of Heaven left him to guard the Beijing Division, and the rest of the three Taiwei were all out, Li Enmao was a close confidant of Xiangguo, and the Son of Heaven would not rest assured that he would stay in the Beijing Division, and Yue Zhi led the right road, the strongest strength, and Li Youde was also on the right side, which shows that the right side is actually the strongest way.

The middle road is dedicated to protecting the grain road, slowly advancing, and even building a castle military wall, so the following box army, the people are the most, and the left road is mainly to prevent the northern captives, led by the captain Li Jian, as long as the northern captives do not go south and break through the defense line of the northern road, then Li Jian is meritorious.

This is also the Son of Heaven as a trusted general, so that Lieutenant Li Jian gained some experience in actual combat, so he sent the lieutenant.

In addition, Xu Ziwei was appointed as the deputy envoy of observation, and his main responsibilities were to supervise the grain road and inspect the grain depot and arsenal.

Weiwei Wang Tong served as an observer, there was no tradition of eunuchs as observers in this dynasty, the Son of Heaven did not trust foreign officials, and even less trusted the civil officials of foreign dynasties, in contrast, Wang Tong, Li Jian and others were still generations of Beijing generals, and the relationship with the Son of Heaven was quite close, and they were also trusted by the Son of Heaven in the last Beijing Change.

Lack of ability, but it shows loyalty.

In addition, there are quite a lot of privy councillors, and many civil officials such as the household servant go out with various names, stationed in Jizhou or Pingzhou, and even from Jingqing to Daimyo, as far as Xuzhou, urging the local government to speed up the transportation of various materials to the north.

From food, medicinal herbs, cloth, to weapons, including bowstrings, knees, glue, etc., are also in the process of urging.

This time, the forbidden army dispatched amounted to 1560 armies, more than 300,000 people, and the horse army alone exceeded 30,000, which was the entire main force of the Great Wei horse army.

The forbidden army is dominated by the Hebei Forbidden Army, and in addition to the forbidden army that must be stationed, most of the forbidden army in each town has also been transferred north. In addition to the fact that the Son of Heaven wants to keep the Beijing Forbidden Army to defend the Beijing Division, the most important reason is that the generals of the Ruling Army have a feeling that the Beijing Forbidden Army has the best equipment, but the training is the worst, in terms of the degree of elite, when the Hebei Forbidden Army is the first, followed by the Hedong Forbidden Army, then the Northwest Forbidden Army, then the Inner Town Forbidden Army, and finally the Jingying Forbidden Army.

The military power was at its peak, and the whole country attracted attention, but Xu Ziwei couldn't stay any longer.

He was in Jizhou, and then in Pingzhou, and all he did was trivial and complicated things.

Whether it is Li Guorui, or Yue Zhi and other generals in charge of the army, or the central and local civil officials, they all lack a good impression of the younger brother of the Son of Heaven, Xu Ziwei lacks strong support in Jizhou and Pingzhou, and there are many times when he feels like an old soldier guarding the door, or a diligent servant.

After staying at the front for two months, Xu Ziwei was anxious to go to the front line to determine his value, but Li Guorui still asked him to guard the grain in Pingzhou.

Xu Ziwei complained of illness in a fit of rage, bypassed the Jingshi directly, did not even see the Son of Heaven, and returned south by boat from Jinhai.

When he arrived in Fuzhou, the edict of the Son of Heaven had already arrived in Fuzhou, and the official family had no way to take this younger brother, but he only ordered King Zhao to send Xu Ziwei's eldest son to Beijing, and he could not be sent to the palace for the time being, and lived in the courtyard of King Zhao's palace in Beijing, and the Son of Heaven would send a famous Confucian and a general to teach in person.

Xu Ziwei's eldest son Fang is four years old, and it will be a few years before he receives a complete education, and it will be a few years before the risk of premature death. Generally is the first to seal the regiment to practice the envoy, more than ten years of worship festival, Tai Wei, of course, are fictitious, to fifteen or sixteen years old, the marquis, and the crown when the addition of the prince or the king, if in the children of the clan to establish the storage position, then add the prince, worship for the knowledge of the Shun Tianfu, that is the storage position is determined, the world knows.

Xu Ziwei's two sons are still very early from such a process, and the Son of Heaven is only in his thirties, so he feels that he still has a chance to have children.

Raised in the palace courtyard, it is regarded as a kind of emergency reserve, and in two or three years, when the Son of Heaven has no heirs, it is estimated that he will be brought up in the palace.

The close branch clan, which is also the fourth generation after Wenzong, only Xu Ziwei's two sons, and no one else.

When everyone in the hall looked uncertain and had their own thoughts, King Zhao regretted it a little.

The two children should not be sent away, the big position will only be given to one, and the other will return at most in the future, and even only hang the false title of the festival envoy, and no benefits will be gained.

Only send the eldest grandson over, the second grandson stays, and when the matter of the Eastern Domain is over, how good it is to send it to the Eastern Domain to inherit the title, a marquis is nothing, but the foundation of the Eastern Domain has spent millions of dollars to smash out, and there are tens of thousands of official households.

King Zhao had no choice but to put his plan on Xu Ziwen's head, renew it to Xu Yingbin, and then give birth to Xu Zixian.

This makes King Zhao feel very uncomfortable, but he can get practical benefits, and it is worth it.

The pirates will definitely destroy the Eastern Domain, but King Zhao does not feel that the pirates are interested in staying for too long, and when the Eastern Domain is regained, King Zhao plans to fund his own training in the Eastern Domain.

Xu Zixian's younger generation can train nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses in the Eastern Domain, and King Zhao plans to smash hundreds of thousands of soldiers a year, but he doesn't believe that he can't train tens of thousands of elite soldiers.

Everyone here knows that this kind of handling is not appropriate.

If the pirates really wanted to attack the Eastern Domain, then what they had to do now was to send ships and send at least ten armies of troops to the Eastern Domain. The Eastern Domain already has a large number of Nan'an regimental training, Nan'an Hou is good at training troops, good at using soldiers, and with 20,000 or 30,000 more van troops, the pirates will definitely return in vain.

However, although Lin Douyao wanted to keep Xu Zixian as an ally, he was more concerned about the safety of Fuzhou and Quanzhou, and he was unable to force King Zhao to send an army to the Eastern Domain.

Needless to say, King Zhao would rather die than send a soldier to the Eastern Domain.