"Commander, Jiang Huanyan led fifty warships to call for battle outside the city."

Compared with other ministers in the Yan court, Niu Qingyuan knew Jiang Huanyan's power better, this was a naval maniac. In that year, Shi Luosheng led the Song State Navy to unite Shangchuan Island and Xiachuan Island, Changxing Island and Yan State Navy Army, and the Five Route Army combined to defeat him. And he was one of the five army back then, and with Jiang Huanyan's personality, he definitely wanted revenge.

"Prepare the boat, we'll meet him when we go out." Niu Qingyuan didn't want to fight Jiang Huanyan head-on in his heart at all, but with Ning Unyielding's ascension, he was already the new commander of the water army, and the current enemy, whether Jiang Huanyan or not, had to bite the bullet.

"The ox is in charge and slow, and there are different opinions below."

Niu Qingyuan looked back and saw that it was one of the two Ghost Shadow Sect elders sent by Ning Zefeng to assist him in defending the city a few days ago.

"Oh? Elder Tsung, please speak. "Niu Qingyuan has been a bandit at sea for more than 20 years, and he has never seen any intrigue, where would he not know the intention of Zhu Tingxun and Ning Zefeng to send these two people, he just deliberately pretended not to care.

"The Qi army is strong, our Dayan's naval army is at a disadvantage, and it seems inappropriate to fight head-on, so I feel that we should still stick to it." Elder Jian knew that his mission was to monitor Niu Qingyuan, and he was worried that Niu Qingyuan would be like Gao Yi back then, in the name of going to war, but in fact, he led his troops to escape.

Niu Qingyuan frowned slightly: "What Elder Zhong said is indeed reasonable, but we are a naval army, not an army, the army can hide in the city and hold on, if our naval army does the same, then the seventy warships in the port will be burned by the Qi army before they go into battle, do I still have to let people drag all the warships to the shore and hide them?" ”

Elder Jian was a little embarrassed when he heard it, he didn't understand military affairs, but he used to see that when Ning Zeping was weak, he mainly focused on defense, but he didn't expect that the navy still had warships and military ports outside, and there was no way to hide them.

Elder Mu on the side interjected, "Then if you fight head-on, how sure is Commander Niu that he can win?" ”

Niu Qingyuan was even more angry in his heart, this time the battle was just a test of the truth on both sides, how could they judge the winner now, these two masters who don't know anything are too much of a hindrance.

"Five-five." Although Niu Qingyuan forcibly suppressed his anger, the expression on his face already showed that he was a little angry.

Zhong and Mu couldn't say anything when they saw this, after all, they were just people from the rivers and lakes, and they didn't know anything about commanding operations.

After ten years of development, Penglai Water Village now has 70 warships at the military port wharf, and compared with the Qi Water Army, the gap in number is not obvious.

Niu Qingyuan brought forty warships to battle, Jiang Huanyan is not a person who talks much, the two of them exchanged a few words and then led their troops to fight, this battle is mainly based on temptation, the battle is not tragic, it will be over in less than half a day, and both sides have losses.

Back in the city, Niu Qingyuan gathered everyone together, and first said to Wang Shiqing, the newly appointed deputy commander of the navy: "Although the battle just now was a draw, Jiang Huanyan obviously hasn't used all his strength, and the gap between our Dayan Navy and the Qi army is still very obvious compared with the quality of the warships and the combat effectiveness of the personnel. ”

Wang Shiqing also echoed: "Yes, Jiang Huanyan should have understood this just now, and next time we fight like this, I'm afraid we will suffer a big loss." ”

Niu Qingyuan nodded: "So I plan to divide the troops into two routes, I will leave Penglai Port with all the warships and fight guerrillas with the Qi army at sea." General Wang, you will lead the city defense army to defend the dock, so that Jiang Huanyan will not be able to help us in the short term. ”

Before Wang Shiqing could agree, the two elders Zhong and Mu first stood up and said: "It's not proper, how can you take away all the warships at this time, we have few soldiers, and Deputy Commander Wang can't hold this point of the city defense army at all." Both of them suspected that Niu Qingyuan's move was to escape with all the warships.

Niu Qingyuan was speechless for a while, and patiently explained: "I took all the warships not to escape, but to fight guerrilla warfare with the Qi army at sea, if you don't do this, these warships will either be blocked by Jiang Huanyan in the harbor and have no chance to fight, or they will all sink to the bottom of the sea in a head-on confrontation with the Qi army." ”

Wang Shiqing also stood on Niu Qingyuan's side: "That's true, the two elders may not understand the power of the Qi State Water Army, if we come to the frontal attack a few more times like just now, we will be wiped out." ”

The two elders felt that there was some reason, so they had to say again: "Since the two commanders said so, I think it is better to change it, and the deputy commander Wang is responsible for leading the warships to fight guerrillas on the sea, and how about Commander Niu lead you to lead the city defense army to guard the dock?" ”

Niu Qingyuan almost didn't squirt out a mouthful of old blood, originally he was the only one who knew Zhu Tingxun's intention of sending these two elders, but now after the two of them said this, everyone present knew, it turned out that His Majesty was so distrustful of this naval commander, how could he lead troops in the future? Do those generals still dare to get close to him? When giving orders, will they suspect that they have ulterior motives and thus make a big discount when carrying out the order?

But how did these two elders know that their words would have such a big impact, they are just masters of the rivers and lakes, they don't understand these political things, their purpose is to complete the task and monitor Niu Qingyuan to prevent him from defecting. As for the rest, it is not even their concern whether they can win the battle or not.

They also knew that Wang Shiqing was picked up by Zhu Tingxun, and he led the navy to fight guerrillas, at least there was no possibility of defection.

Wang Shiqing saw that the scene was a little embarrassing, so he had to stand up and play a round: "The two elders don't know, don't look at me Although I am now the deputy commander of the navy, I am from the army, and I am not good at naval warfare. ”

Only then did the two elders Zhong and Mu realize that the atmosphere at the scene was a little wrong, so they had to say: "Commander Niu, don't misunderstand, the two of us just think that you are the commander of the first army, if you don't sit in the city, I'm afraid the morale of the army will be affected." ”

Niu Qingyuan is self-aware, although he is the commander of the navy, but his power is incomparable with his predecessor Ning Buqu, Ning Buqu has the support of the entire Ning family behind him, and the general Ning Zeping is still his own uncle, and he is just a pirate who has been recruited and has no foundation.

"Okay, the two elders are also thinking about Penglai, then I'll stay in the city and defend the city." Niu Qingyuan could only choose to compromise, he couldn't insist, because the more he insisted, the more suspicious people would be, even if he knew that his decision was correct.

After the meeting ended, Wang Shiqing found Niu Qingyuan: "Commander, you can't listen to those two elders, they don't understand military affairs, if you listen to them, our warships will be scrapped." ”

"So what else can I do? Is it possible to forcibly lead troops out of the city directly? Niu Qingyuan couldn't figure out Wang Shiqing's true intention of looking for him. This is Zhu Tingxun's person, and now it is clear that Zhu Tingxun does not trust him, and he sent two elders to monitor, and it is difficult to ensure that Wang Shiqing and them are not in the same group.

Wang Shiqing didn't know what Niu Qingyuan was thinking, and continued to persuade: "You are the commander of the navy, and the power of the army is in your hands, if you want to send troops, how can the two of them be qualified to stop it." ”

Niu Qingyuan looked him up and down with very strange eyes: "Can't you see His Majesty's intention in sending the two of them, right?" Who knows if Your Majesty still has the right to act cheaply, in case I insist on sending troops, they come up with a holy decree to force me to comply, and even want to kill me on the spot, will you stand on my side? ”

Wang Shiqing was speechless for a while, it turned out that Commander Niu was worried about this, but then again, this possibility is completely existent, if this scene really happens, I am afraid that most of the generals in Penglai will not dare to stand up, Niu Qingyuan is not Ning Unyielding after all, who dares to bet on him?

"Why don't we write a letter to the general of the chariot cavalry, tell him about the situation here, and ask him to write to His Majesty and transfer the two elders back." Wang Shiqing made another suggestion.

"Don't bother the general with this little thing, I'll take care of it myself." Wang Shiqing's words made Niu Qingyuan feel very uncomfortable. If he really does what he says, won't it seem that his successor is very incompetent, and he has to ask his ex for help when he encounters anything.

Besides, Ning Zefeng is Ning Buqu's father, these two elders are Ning Zefeng's people, Niu Qingyuan doesn't believe that Ning Buqu will not know about this matter at all, if he knows that he hasn't stopped it, it can only mean that he doesn't trust himself either.

Zhu Tingxun never expected that because of his own suspicions, Niu Qingyuan would become so negative.

Jiang Huanyan didn't know that there was a crisis in Penglai City, and he still followed a normal rhythm every day, leading warships to attack in turn.

Niu Qingyuan knew that he couldn't carry it hard, but he had no choice but to do so, and in less than ten days, Penglai's warship lost half.

"Commander, we can't fight like this, in less than half a month, our naval army will be wiped out." Wang Shiqing said urgently.

Niu Qingyuan also had a belly full of fire, glanced at the two elders standing next to him, and said sarcastically: "Then you tell me how to fight?" Why don't you take the rest of the ships out to fight guerrilla warfare? ”

When the two elders heard this, they also persuaded: "Yes, Deputy Commander Wang, you can go out with the warship, and now there is only this way to reverse the situation." ”

When the two of them saw that the battle situation was the same as what Niu Qingyuan judged at the beginning, they couldn't help but secretly admire it. Now seeing that more than half of the casualties of the navy army were killed, they could only consider changing tactics, but they still didn't dare to let Niu Qingyuan lead his troops out of the city, so they had to persuade Wang Shiqing to lead his troops out.

"That's the only way, then the general will ask for orders to lead troops into battle." Wang Shiqing has already ridden a tiger, and if he doesn't promise the navy, the whole army will be wiped out, and he promises that there is still a glimmer of life.

Niu Qingyuan didn't think about it, and directly grabbed the talisman on the table and handed it to him: "Then it's hard General Wang, I'm waiting for you to triumph in the city." Although he said triumph, what he thought in his heart was that after Wang Shiqing was defeated, what should he do?