Wu Sangui has his own opinions, and Mao Wenlong also has his own insistence, and in such a situation, the meeting between the two eventually turned into an unhappy breakup. From beginning to end, Mao Wenlong did not say his intentions.

From Wu Sangui's insistence, he already felt that it was impossible to persuade Wu Sangui to return to the Ming Dynasty no matter what. Since there is no possibility, Mao Wenlong is too lazy to waste his tongue.

On the Weihai Sea, the two ships separated again, each leaving on the way home, Mao Wenlong stood on the deck of the bow and watched Wu Sangui's ship drift away, and his face showed a look of pity.

Haoda looked at Mao Wenlong beside him for a long time, since Mao Wenlong came back, he has been seeing him frowning, and Haoda couldn't help but ask with concern: "Is the chief soldier troubled?" ”

Mao Wenlong shook his head and said, "It's nothing, I just think it's a pity." ”

Wu Sangui's matter has come to an end for the time being, and Mao Wenlong doesn't want to say more. He believed that after Wu Sangui went back this time, he would definitely pin his goals and hopes on Huang Taiji, and the contacts between him and Huang Taiji would inevitably become closer.

Everything is just for his ambition that can't be suppressed at all, and Wu Sangui seems to be blinded by the ambition in his heart at this moment. People at this moment can do anything, and these have little to do with Mao Wenlong.

It's just a pity that Wu Sangui lost a chance to change his fate, that's all!

Soon, Mao Wenlong returned to the dock of Dengzhou Mansion, and as soon as he went ashore, he saw someone waiting on the shore.

Lihui had a gloomy face and hurriedly greeted Mao Wenlong who got off the boat.

"Chief soldier, something happened to Anton Wei." Lihui still had a hint of anger on his face at the moment.

Mao Wenlong blinked, and without asking, he knew that it must be the fulfillment of what Ye Xin said. After hesitating for a moment, Mao Wenlong asked in a deep voice, "What about the casualties?" ”

Lihui said unexpectedly: "The casualties are nothing, just a few people died, and more than a dozen people were injured." ”

Mao Wenlong was stunned and said, "What happened then?" ”

Lihui didn't dare to ink any more, and hurriedly said: "There are no casualties among Anton Wei's personnel, but several of our main shipbuilders have been taken away by those Fusang sect people. In addition, many of the drawings for the benefit of the ship in the shipyard were also looted. ”

Speaking of which, Lihui was already crying. These things that are lost are his lifeblood, and if these things are gone, then the next lofty ideals of the Navy will be cut off and can no longer be continued.

Mao Wenlong frowned, he couldn't understand what these Fusang sects meant.

"What is Fusang Sect for? They themselves are absolutely incapable of building a fortune ship, but they forcibly took away the craftsmen and the drawings of the fortune boat? Mao Wenlong leaned his cheeks into deep thought.

Lihui's face was full of urgency, and he asked Mao Wenlong for his life: "Chief soldier, please allow me to lead my troops to the sea to find this damn Fusang Sect now." We must get those drawings and craftsmen back as soon as possible. ”

After Mao Wenlong heard this, he nodded and agreed: "Although the possibility is very small, you still have to give it a try, go ahead!" ”

"Xie Zongbing!" Lihui didn't have ink, and after thanking Mao Wenlong, he hurriedly said goodbye and left.

The Fuso Sect's operation was obviously premeditated, and it should have been planned for a long time. In the face of such a well-prepared Fusang Sect, Lihui only now led his troops to the sea to pursue, and the result can be imagined.

Ten days later, when Mao Wenlong returned to Yunzhou Mansion, he received a letter sent by Lihui. As expected, Lihui searched frantically at sea for more than ten days, but did not even see a shadow of the Fusang Sect, and finally had to give up and lead his troops back to Andongwei.

Mao Wenlong was only annoyed by this matter for a while, and then he didn't pay more attention to it. The craftsman can be cultivated again when he is gone, and as for the drawings and backups, the shipyard will only need some time to continue shipbuilding, and all it needs is some time.

Just as Mao Wenlong was on his way back to Xi'an, Li Zicheng of Jingshi and Huang Taiji of Datong finally came with the news that the two had started fighting directly.

In this regard, Mao Wenlong just smiled, if there is no accident, Li Zicheng will definitely fail. Especially now, Huang Taiji must have a more in-depth cooperation with Wu Sangui, in such a situation, Li Zicheng is undefeated.

As expected, on the day Mao Wenlong returned to Xi'an, he learned that Li Zicheng's rebel army was defeated and had to retreat, and the rebel army retreated to Beijing and began to build a defensive line. And Huang Taiji carried the high morale of victory, and directly pressed the whole army, and now the troops are under the city of the Beijing Division, and it is possible to launch a full-scale attack on the Beijing Division at any time.

Mao Wenlong didn't say anything about the battle between Li Zicheng and Huang Taiji, but just watched the progress of things with a cold eye. The defenders of the Dongjiang Army in Shanxi had sent letters to Mao Wenlong more than once, asking if they would send troops to help Li Zicheng.

Mao Wenlong only replied to them asking them to increase their defense, and only ordered that the Dongjiang Army should not participate in this battle.

Jingshi was once again in the midst of war, but fortunately, many people had fled, so this war did not bring much disaster to these innocent people.

The Jingshi fought lively, but Mao Wenlong's territory was still calm, as if the battle next door had nothing to do with them at all, and there was no tension at all. The people are still working when they should be working, and the officials are still working when they should be working, and they are not affected at all.

Mao's mansion was peaceful in the middle of the night, the eldest lady of the Mao family had just eaten and drunk enough to sleep, but Mao Wenlong had no sleep. Hong Ziyan is now completely focused on the child, but ignores him as a husband.

And Chen Lan is almost in labor, and Mao Wenlong does not dare to harass Chen Lan when there is nothing to do. With two beautiful wives, Mao Wenlong still felt a moment of loneliness.

was unconsciously snubbed, and he didn't seem to be able to blame anyone other than smiling bitterly. I couldn't sleep, so I went to the courtyard outside for recreation, asked the cook to get some wine and food, and drank alone with the wine jug, Mao Wenlong felt that it was dry and boring, so he ordered someone to call Adou to accompany him to drink.

But before he could speak, he saw a sudden movement of a fight outside the courtyard, and the huge cold cheer clearly came into Mao Wenlong's ears: "Who is it, stop!" ”

The loud cold cheers alarmed all the guards outside the courtyard, and for a while, the outside of the courtyard became lively. The guards held torches and instantly illuminated the inside and outside of the courtyard, and the strict guards did not give the people in the dark any chance to get close to Mao Wenlong.

"General Soldier." Haoda hurriedly entered the courtyard, and when he saw Mao Wenlong, he immediately saluted.

"What happened, and why did you do it?" Mao Wenlong was quite calm, still holding the wine jug and taking a sip from time to time.