"General, there are several ships in front of us that are fleeing in a hurry, should we send ships to intercept them?" In the sea off Fuzhou, hundreds of large ships are rushing towards the port with the help of the wind.

Rushing to the front of the ship, Sima Fu, who was Zhang Kezong's deputy, asked loudly.

"Looking at it like that, it should just be a few merchant ships trying to escape the war, and there is no need to mobilize troops. Our goal is to land quickly, and then break through Fuzhou to prevent Wang Yanjun from escaping, and don't delay other things! After listening to the deputy's questioning, Zhang Kezong, who had just been appointed as the commander of the navy, replied with an unhappy face.

At the beginning, Yang Wu told him that as long as he completed the task assigned to him, he would be appointed as the commander of the forbidden army, and he would stay in the army in the future.

After having this promise, Zhang Kezong was full of energy, even if he asked him to lead the naval army to build a city on Ryukyu Island, a barren land, he did not complain at all.

After arriving on the island of Ryukyu, Zhang Kezong first followed the river inland at the northernmost point of the island, and then landed in a land that appeared to be fertile for cultivation.

After arriving there, Zhang Kezong personally led the team to investigate the terrain with great caution and finally determined a suitable location for building a city.

Of course, the island is still barren, and there are not many immigrants except for some less civilized local natives.

This means that many of the materials they want to build the city need to be transported from the mainland, and the time is obviously not something that can be completed overnight.

So for the time being, they had to build a wooden wall to prevent possible attacks from wild beasts or local natives, and to lay the foundation for the future construction of real earth walls and even brick and stone walls.

Wooden walls are not difficult to build, and they are even more difficult to build because they don't need to be built too high.

Wu Jun usually needed to build camps when they camped in the wilderness, but now they just raised the standard of the camp a little.

The area is full of wood, and there is no shortage of timber, so you just need to use local materials.

The only headache is that there are often epidemics in the area, and more precautions need to be taken.

At this point, Yang Wu naturally took it into account a long time ago.

First, in terms of time, Yang Wu deliberately chose to build the city in the second half of the year, in order to take advantage of the cold weather in winter and the time period when it is not easy to cause epidemics.

Second, Yang Wu specially ordered more doctors to accompany the fleet to improve sanitary conditions and prevent the outbreak of infectious diseases.

When Yang Xingmi was seriously ill, Yang Wu deliberately recruited doctors in Guangling, and later opened a special medical school to train doctors.

Although the medical skills of those who have come out of medical school are often not as good as those who have studied medicine for decades, and they cannot treat any incurable diseases, there is no problem at all in treating some common diseases.

In addition, many of these healers were trained as military doctors, and they were particularly adept at treating external injuries, and some of them have now entered the military as military doctors to reduce the mortality rate of wounded soldiers.

Of course, the most important purpose of training these doctors is to prevent epidemics and improve the health conditions of the people.

Ordinary people in this era simply do not know the causes of many diseases, and likewise do not know the transmission routes of many infectious diseases.

Trained healers may not know the principles yet, but they already know how to apply them.

For example, the construction of more toilets and the fact that raw water cannot be drunk and must be boiled before drinking can go a long way in improving sanitation and preventing the occurrence of epidemics.

It is precisely because of the existence of these doctors and the implementation of various sanitary measures that this time when they went to the treasure island to build a city, the 5,000 soldiers who died of the epidemic were only less than one-tenth of the previous proportion.

In short, after Zhang Kezong arrived on the treasure island, he quickly found a suitable place to build a city, and in more than a month, he roughly built a small city surrounded by wooden walls, which can be regarded as the prototype of Yizhou City in the future.

Of course, in addition to building the city, Zhang Kezong also had another task, that is, to lead the naval army to assault Fuzhou from the sea.

Originally, after the news of Wang Zhenzhi's preparation for surrender arrived, Zhang Kezong thought that the task of raiding Fuzhou was useless, but who knew that the situation would change abruptly later, and they would still need to do it in the end.

And the order of action arrived with a document signed by Yang Wu appointing him as the commander of the navy.

Speaking of the navy, Zhang Kezong was confused.

He had only heard of the names of the navy, the sailor, and the boatman, but this was the first time he had heard of the name of the navy.

However, he could still roughly understand the meaning of it, and knew that it was similar to the previous sailor, at most, the range of activities was more concentrated on the sea.

But it was precisely because he knew this that he felt uncomfortable.

What about the commanders of the forbidden army? How did you become the commander of the navy? Isn't this a pit man?

Entering the forbidden army can fight everywhere, can exterminate hostile forces everywhere, can launch a large-scale northern expedition, chase the Central Plains, compete with Emperor Zhu Wen of Liang, etc., this is such a happy thing, and it has a great future, and there is hope to obtain a knighthood in the future.

But what about entering the Navy?

At present, the so-called navy is still very small, and they cannot do anything except do such a "small task" as the current raid on Fuzhou, which obviously cannot be compared with the forbidden army.

Zhang Kezong naturally didn't dare to go to Jinling to plead to Yang Wu, but it was inevitable to complain a few times in his heart.

After receiving the order, he quickly led his army to set off, preparing to come to Fuzhou to reap the credit.

I didn't want him to be lucky, and he really took a big credit to him, but he didn't know that there were Wang Yanjun's family on the few ships that were preparing to leave the port in the distance, so he didn't agree to divide troops to intercept them.

At this time, seeing Zhang Kezong's unhappy face, Sima Fu knew what he thought, so he didn't say much immediately.

However, at this moment, He Jingzhu, another young general who was left in the army of the sea, suddenly reminded: "General, although those ships look like ordinary merchant ships, no one can guarantee that there are no Fuzhou officials fleeing from the sea on them. Therefore, in the opinion of the last general, it is better to be cautious and send someone to stop it! ”

Zhang Kezong thought for a while and said: "Okay, it's up to you to lead the team to intercept, remember to hurry, don't delay the landing time!" ”

"Yes, the last general obeys!" He Jingzhu clasped his fists and saluted.

Wang Yanjun didn't know that he almost had a chance to escape, but things in the world were difficult to explain, and many times it was luck.

At this time, he was quickly setting sail with several ships, trying to rush out before the Wu warship arrived.

Don't look at the many warships of the other side, and they are almost at the port, but the view on the sea is very large, and the speed of the ship is relatively slow, even if you can see the other party, it will take a long time to really make contact.

If Wang Yanjun abandons the ship and returns to the land, not to mention that it is easy to be blocked and difficult to escape on the land, all his family wealth is on the ship, which determines that he is unwilling to give up his family wealth and flee ashore.

So in the end, he had to choose to gamble and rush out of the port as fast as possible, as long as he entered the sea, the other party might not chase after him without knowing his identity, and this was their chance.

It's a pity that because of He Jingzhu's words, he lost this chance to escape.

Wang Yanjun's ship looks like an ordinary merchant ship from the outside, but it is very tall and luxurious inside.

Although this kind of ship sailed smoothly on the rough sea, its sailing speed was not as fast as that of the Wu army ships as warships, and in the end it was naturally impossible to escape the pursuit.

"The ship in front of you will stop and be inspected, and if you don't stop, I'll set off rockets to burn the ship!"

"Stop the ship for inspection, if it is a merchant ship, our army will not be embarrassed!"

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Listening to the shouts from the rear getting closer and closer, Wang Yanjun, Chen Jinfeng and the others turned pale and trembled.

At this time, he naturally understood that he could no longer escape, and it was obviously not feasible to resist.

The other party is a professional sailor, and there are more troops and more warships, but his subordinates are a group of rabble who are used to living a comfortable life on weekdays, how can Wu Jun hide his identity after boarding the ship, it is obviously impossible.

There are so many treasures on the ship, etc., which will arouse the suspicion of the other party; Add to that the fact that there are so many people on several ships, who can guarantee that no one among them betrayed them?

"Jie Shuai, what should we do now? Otherwise, let's surrender to the Wu army, shall we? Chen Jinfeng's face turned pale.

"Surrender? Is it useful to surrender at this time? ”

"The concubine heard that those marshals who control the military and political affairs of one side, as long as they are willing to surrender, will generally receive preferential treatment. Although the marshal is still only the queen of Fujian, he is also in charge of Fujian. If he surrenders, presumably King Wu will also be treated preferentially? ”

After Wang Yanjun heard this, if it weren't for the fact that the catastrophe was already approaching at this time, he was afraid that he would be amused.

Not to mention that he came from an improper way in the first place, and he was not recognized by other forces; Even if someone admits it, Yang Wu will never admit it.

If he surrenders, Yang Wu will be lucky if he doesn't kill him, but as for preferential treatment, it is obviously impossible.

It's a pity that although Wang Yanjun understands that surrender is likely to be a dead end, he has no way out at this time except to surrender.

"Tell them that Ben Shuai is Wang Yanjun, the Fujian observation envoy, and ask them not to set rockets and burn the ship!" Wang Yanjun was lucky, and finally ordered.

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"What? Caught Wang Yanjun? Hearing the news that He Jingzhu quickly sent by clipper, Zhang Kezong was a little hard to believe.

Sima Fu on the side was also full of surprise, and at the same time said with some fear: "Fortunately, I sent someone to intercept it, otherwise wouldn't Wang Yanjun have escaped!" ”

Wang Yanjun is one of the masterminds who provoked the chaos in Fuzhou this time, and he and Wang Yanyu, who has been caught, are both important criminals that Yang Wu has specified to be arrested, and if they are let go like this because of their negligence, I am afraid that they will have to be punished in the future.