In Jinling City, Li Jing squinted his eyes, pacing in the sun, his brows furrowed slightly, Li Jing had something on his mind. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The war in Changzhou has lasted for a full month, Datang has filled in tens of thousands of soldiers for this, as well as hundreds of thousands of stones of grain, the war in Changzhou is becoming more and more intense, like a bottomless pit, no matter how it is filled, if the war continues, the little food that Datang has just accumulated may be empty again.

In the past two years, the Tang Dynasty has been in frequent wars, and there is a great demand for food and iron tools, so the Tang Dynasty has purchased a lot of grain from Shu, and the cost of money and silk is also large, if the war continues for another year or two, Li Jing will have to stop fighting to avoid fighting with other countries.

In addition to worrying about the affairs of Changzhou, Li Jing also had something on his mind, and just when he was thinking, Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, and Fang Jinzhao, the secretary of the military department, walked in one after the other.

"Brother Huang!"

"Your Majesty!"

After the two of them gave a salute, Fang Jinzhao, the secretary of the Ministry of War, spoke first and said, "Your Majesty, the Haizhou Navy Division has already gone south, and arrived at the Jinghai Establishment Courtyard yesterday, and can go south to invade Zhoushan at any time. ”

Li Jing nodded, this is one of the plans. But Li Jingsui very sensitively captured a point that made him wonder, that is, why is the head coach not Yang Lian when the Haizhou Sailor goes south? The Emperor of Heaven is magnificent, Yang Lian can be said to be the largest in all the envoys, Haizhou Sailor is subordinate to Yang Lian, logically speaking, the Sailor goes south, and the commander should be Yang Lian, but he did not see Yang Lian's name from the military newspaper, and even the letter he wrote to Yang Lian with Princess Huairou, a full month has passed, and Yang Lian still has not replied, which was unimaginable before.

"Brother Huang, is the Haizhou Navy going south to capture Zhoushan?" Li Jingsui couldn't help but ask.

Li Jing hesitated slightly, and finally nodded, and said: "Exactly, Zhoushan is the barrier of Hangzhou Bay, and I plan to attack Zhoushan with a sailor to attract the attention of the Wuyue people and reduce the pressure on Changzhou." ”

Fang Jinzhao said: "Your Majesty, although the Haizhou Naval Division has recently been established, I am afraid that the combat effectiveness is insufficient, and it is difficult to attract the attention of the Wu Yue Naval Division. ”

Li Jing frowned, this suggestion is good, but what worries Li Jing is that these three sailors belong to different systems, if there is not a respected general to command, otherwise, these three-character sailors will already be dissatisfied and compete for merit. The situation in Chudi proves this.

Li Jing didn't think of a better candidate for a while, originally if Yang Lian was there, he would be a good candidate. It's a pity, it's a pity! As soon as Li Jing thought of Yang Lian and recalled what happened just now, his brows furrowed again.

Fang Jinzhao and Li Jingsui glanced at each other, not understanding why His Majesty was so worried. Li Jingsui first raised a question and said, "Your Majesty, could it be that there is another candidate?" ”

Li Jing shook his head and sighed, hesitating in his heart, should he say this matter? It is very uncomfortable for a person to have a secret in his heart. Li Jing paced for a while, waved his hand, and ordered Gao Ze a few words, asking him to take the eunuch to guard outside, and no one was allowed to come in without his permission.

Li Jingsui and Fang Jinzhao glanced at each other, and they both felt that today's Majesty was very different, and they were preoccupied.

Li Jing paced, half loud, and then said: "King Qi, Fang Aiqing, do you know that I let the Haizhou Navy Division go south, not what I meant, but what Yang Lian and Yang Aiqing meant?" ”

Li Jingsui was stunned and said, "Brother Huang, since this is the case, why didn't Yang Lian personally lead his troops to attack Zhoushan?" ”

"Well, so is my fear. This time the troops are very important, in fact, attacking Changzhou is not the main direction of attack! Li Jing said.

Li Jingsui and Fang Jinzhao opened their mouths wide at the same time, and almost at the same time, they let out a "Huh? Both of them don't understand, how can it be said that Datang has invested so many troops in Changzhou, how can it be said that it is not the main direction of attack? If this place is not the main direction of attack, what is the main direction of attack? Chudi? This is obviously impossible, the Great Zhou of the North? This seems even more impossible, the southward movement of the Haizhou Navy Division means that the Tang Dynasty still has to unify the south.

Could it be that the main direction of attack is the Zhoushan Islands? After taking this place, he can directly threaten the elite areas of Wu Yue Kingdom such as Hangzhou and Mingzhou, and even if he fails in the end, he can at least pose a great threat to these places and affect the financial revenue of Wu Yue Kingdom.

Li Jing glanced at the two of them majestically, and said, "Speaking of which, the plan to attack Wu Yueguo this time came from Yang Aiqing. All the things made a few days ago are just illusions, and the dispatch of troops to Changzhou is to attract the attention of Wu Yueguo, but in fact, the main direction of attack is the area between Mingzhou and Hangzhou, and it is mainly a water war. As early as more than a month ago, Yang Lian set off from Dengzhou, went south to Wuyue, and successfully won Wuyue. But more than a month has passed, and there is still no news of Yang Aiqing. ”

After Li Jing said a long list of words, Li Jingsui and Fang Jinzhao both looked at each other, this plan is too fantastical, although it is feasible, but the risk is too great. Li Jingsui understood the emperor's worries, and at the same time, he was also worried.

Although Datang's sailors are not weak, but in terms of ocean trade, Datang is far from being able to compare with Wu Yueguo. Now that Yang Lian has no news so far, how can he not worry Li Jingsui?

Fang Jinzhao reacted very quickly, only then did he understand why His Majesty transferred the Haizhou Naval Division to the south, he thought about it carefully, and said: "Your Majesty, the Haizhou Naval Division only has more than 30 warships, and it is very difficult to attract the main force of Wu Yueguo, Weichen is willing to lead the troops and go south together with the Runzhou and Guangling Naval Divisions to create conditions for Yang Jiedu." ”

Fang Jinzhao, as the secretary of the military department, naturally knew that the Tang Dynasty Navy Division should first break through the Shengsi Islands when it went south, and the defense force of the Shengsi Islands was the most powerful, because once the Shengsi Islands were broken, they could bypass the main island of Zhoushan and attack Hangzhou. The larger islands of the Shengsi archipelago have castles built on them, and a large amount of grain is hoarded, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Fang Jinzhao had already understood the whole plan at this time, although he was the secretary of the military department, he had never led troops, but it didn't matter, he only needed to lead troops to wander around the Shengsi Islands and attract the main force of Wu Yueguo's naval division, which was enough.

Li Jing thought about it, after all, Fang Jinzhao is the secretary of the military department, he is in charge of the military power, and he has a certain prestige, and the sailors of Runzhou and Guangling can at least be able to suppress it, so he nodded and said, "Fang Aiqing can share worries for the king, this is a good thing." If you win Wu Yue Kingdom in this battle, I will definitely remember you! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Fang Jinzhao hurriedly gave a salute.

Li Jingsui said: "Brother Huang, Fang Shangshu, this matter is very important, and it must be kept secret before sending troops. ”

Fang Jinzhao narrowed his eyes, smiled, and said: "King Qi, this matter may as well, before Weichen sends troops, he can make a big show and say that he will lead the sailors of Runzhou and Guangling to the south and seize the Shengsi Islands!" ”

Li Jing's eyes lit up, and he applauded: "That's very good, Fang Aiqing, you set off as soon as possible, although Yang Lian has no news yet, he thinks it should be coming soon." ”

"Whoa!" Fang Jinzhao responded, took a few steps back, then turned around and retreated quickly.

Li Jingsui frowned instead, Yang Lian has no news so far, but it makes him very worried, after thinking about it, Li Jingsui sighed and said: "Brother Huang, Yang Jiedu is in danger this time, if he fails, I am afraid the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Li Jing was slightly stunned, knowing that he was concerned about the chaos, so he was relieved and said, "King Qi, you don't have to worry, when did Yang Aiqing do something that he was not sure of?" ”

"This, it seems so, but ...... He's too nonsense. Li Jingsui thought about it and shook his head.

Li Jing said with a smile: "Yang Aiqing often said that the greater the risk, the greater the benefit, he attacked the Zhoushan Islands with a surprise army, if he gained a firm foothold, he could harass Mingzhou and Hangzhou at any time, and Wu Yueguo must be panicked." Qian Wenfeng in Changzhou will also retreat, and the gains in this battle will inevitably be great. ”

Li Jingsui nodded, sighed, and said, "I hope so." ”

Ryukyu, Yang Lian took Lin Renzhao's letter and read it carefully. Lin Renzhao sent people to infiltrate a ship that rushed to the Wa Kingdom to do business, and when the ship was about to enter the Ryukyus, it was robbed by Yang Lian's sailors, and the messenger brought a letter.

Lin Renzhao's letter gave Yang Lian a little understanding of the war situation in the Central Plains, and what he didn't expect was that there was a civil strife in the Khitan, but the new emperor Yelu Jing had just ascended the throne, and he sent troops to attack the Great Zhou, obviously a good and happy lord, Yang Lian did not know about the Khitan in history, but he faintly felt that Ye Lu Jing should be a visionary person, and it was just a few years since he recovered the sixteen states of Youyun.

The battle in Changzhou was stalemate, and both the Tang Dynasty and Wu Yueguo invested a considerable amount of troops, and no matter what the outcome of this battle was, they both suffered huge losses. Only by taking Wu Yue Guo can the Tang Dynasty get a lot of wealth from Wu Yue Guo's treasury to make up for the deficit in the past few years, and the war or peace talks are still failures.

On the side of the Shengsi Islands, Lin Renzhao didn't have much news, Yang Lian thought about it, still stood still, sent ships to patrol every day, and let Yang Lian catch any merchant ships that came close. The battleships of the Dengzhou Naval Division have been improved, and Lin Renzhao has undergone countless tests, and the speed of the battleship has reached the fastest, and ordinary merchant ships cannot outrun the Dengzhou Naval Division.

Yang Lian waited for another two or three days, and the envoy sent to Fuzhou brought back the news, and Cha Wenhui was excited when he heard that Yang Lian had arrived at Ryukyu. Since he took charge of Fuzhou, Jianzhou, and Jianzhou, he has actively resumed production and trained sailors, and now the Fuzhou Navy's division has 20 warships and an army of 15,000 men.

During the period when Cha Wenhui was in charge of Fuzhou, although the Wu Yue people did not make any big moves, they still had small fights, and from time to time they sent troops to disturb Fuzhou, burn fertile land, and destroy Fuzhou's economic development. Cha Wenhui hated this, but when his strength was insufficient, he could only recuperate and strengthen his defense. Now that the army has been raised a little successfully, Yang Lian has sent someone to contact him, and Cha Wenhui also feels that it is time for revenge.

Cha Wenhui immediately went north, Chen Yu was the vanguard, attacking Fu'an County, an important southern town of Wu Yueguo, and at the same time, Zhang Wenying and Zhang Wenyi, brothers who were proficient in water, because they knew Yang Lian, led the sailors straight to Ryukyu.

Yang Lian waited for two days, Zhang Wenyi and Zhang Wenying's brothers arrived, and when they saw Yang Lian, they were both very grateful. Now that Yang Jiedu is attacking Wu Yue, both of them know that this is an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, express their allegiance, and are willing to follow Yang Lian's military orders.

Yang Lian was originally worried, although there are many soldiers and horses, there must be a backbone, otherwise they will go their own way and send their own troops, just like when the Tang Dynasty attacked Fuzhou, and it will fall short in the end. Now seeing that the two of them are willing to obey their own military orders, they are relieved.

Among Yang Lian's sailors, there were originally many children of the Zhang family, and they were quite familiar with each other, and soon, everyone became one.

At this time, there was no news from Lin Renzhao, and he didn't know what the situation was on the Shengsi Islands, so Yang Lian did not rush into the army. Taking advantage of the time spent in the Ryukyus, Yang Lian sent troops to sweep away the Ryukyus disobedient forces, and the heads of the natives were built into a Jingguan, which was very fearful.

The immigrants from the Central Plains gradually gathered, Yang Lian had the intention of building the city, he personally led the troops to inspect, and finally selected the address of the city, and the surrendered natives became free labor, and Yang Lian only left hundreds of people to guard.

After waiting for another three days, Lin Renzhao finally received news that he had received the news that Wu Yueguo's sailors had begun to move north, and it was said that a large number of Tang army sailors had been found near the Shengsi Islands.

Yang Lian got the news and ordered the three armies to set off immediately. Only 500 soldiers were left on the island of Ryukyu, which was enough to defend it.

Shengsi Islands, the Tang Army is stationed on a relatively barren island, Fang Jinzhao is discussing the military situation with the generals of Haizhou, Runzhou, and Guangling Water Divisions, these days, Wu Yueguo has more and more warships, and they have a relatively complete defense system, the main islands of the Shengsi Islands, there are hundreds of troops, and there are castles, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Some people believe that it is necessary to take advantage of the fact that the main force of the Zhoushan Water Division has not yet been killed, and occupy a few islands first, especially the Beijie Mountain, which is the largest island in the Shengsi Islands, although it has the largest number of troops, but the terrain is also relatively open, and it is easy to deploy troops and attack.

Fang Jinzhao shook his head, he knew how strong his water warfare ability was, so he was unwilling to take risks, as long as he could contain Wu Yueguo's sailors to the Shengsi Islands, his task would be completed.

In this regard, the generals of the naval divisions of various armies have their own whispers, including Zhu Qi, the chief general of the Haizhou naval division. After Zhu Qi took charge of Yuzhou, after training, his ability was greatly improved, and Yang Lian trusted him extraordinarily, and this time he led his troops south, also to support Yang Lian.

Zhu Qi had another thought, if the Tang army arrived here and did not attack, Wu Yueguo would not feel threatened, and there would be more Wu Yueguo sailors left in the Zhoushan Islands, and he wanted to attract Wu Yueguo's soldiers and horses as much as possible, so that the pressure on Yang Jiedu would be less, and the possibility of capturing the Zhoushan Islands would be greater. As long as the Zhoushan Islands fall into the hands of Yang Jiedu, the situation of the water war will change.

Therefore, although Zhu Qi could understand Fang Jinzhao's thoughts, he was determined to send troops, and he suggested sending troops to fight with Wu Yueguo's naval division, which was approved by other naval generals. (To be continued.) )