"I don't know how Your Majesty plans to sink all the Mongol ships...... Could it be that Your Majesty has other fleets? Zheng Qingzhi was much thicker than Wu Qian's skin, he didn't feel guilty at all, so he directly put this matter aside and began to talk about specific combat issues.

"Other fleets still have to defend my country, and for now, my fleet is here, a total of nineteen ships." Hong Tao lied again, where did he have another fleet, this was already all his belongings. But in the face of a politician like Zheng Qingzhi, it is better to tell the truth less.

"But, as far as I know, the Mongolian sailors have more than 300 large ships, and they are also equipped with cannons, does Your Majesty plan to use 19 ships to fight against 300 ships?" Zheng Qingzhi finally remembered the cigar in his hand, took another sip, only to find that the cigar had gone out on its own. The match was placed on the table, but he didn't take it, and Hong Tao's answer was so surprising that he didn't care about smoking.

"Three hundred? More than! As far as I know, there are at least 500 or more, and the extra part of the warships was built on the coast of Goryeo. Zheng Xiang is right, no matter whether the other party has 300 ships or 500 ships, I will use these nineteen warships to deal with them. If you ask me how sure I can beat them, I'm only 60% sure. If my fleet is defeated by the Mongol sailors, then the Great Song will have to ask for more blessings for himself. It is useless to just defend the mouth of the Yangtze River, and the Mongolian sailors can land from Wenzhou, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, and Guangzhou, and after all the prosperous places of the Great Song Dynasty are looted and burned, can Lin'an and Mingzhou still be left alone? ”

"Not five hundred, only a hundred warships need to land, at least 10,000 to 30,000 Mongol generals. With these battleships. Their armies will continue to be brought in from the north. It's only been a little over a month back and forth. I don't need to bring too many supplies, just replenish them on the spot, and fight to feed the war, and it will be difficult to stop them, even I don't have any good way. "Coax when you should coax, you have to scare when you should scare, only when these politicians are really scared, they are willing to put aside some trivial things. Devote all your energy to dealing with foreign enemies. As long as they still have a trace of luck, they will keep calculating you behind and make you unable to live in peace.

"Your Majesty is only sixty percent sure that he will drive the expedition in person...... Isn't it a little hasty, once you ...... "Wu Qian, this person is really good, at this time, there is still leisure to care about Hongtao's safety." Zheng Qingzhi was different from him, after listening to Hong Tao's prophecy, he pulled his beard with one hand and said nothing. But from the wide sleeves of his shirt, it could be seen that his arms were trembling slightly, and he didn't know why he was so afraid.

"The Jinhe Empire is different from the Great Song Empire, and my citizens there can participate in the management of the country. The emperor is just an honor and a symbol. The decision to enter the war this time was made by me, and of course I had to command it personally. Otherwise, why should I risk the lives of my people? In my previous country, the emperor followed such a rule: no land, no indemnity, no harmony, the Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies! ”

"Even if my country is gone, I want to follow this principle like my ancestors. If the emperor, prince, and royal relatives of a country can go to the battlefield to fight for the country and charge on the front line, I think the soldiers of this country will not be too cowardly, let alone abandon their emperor and run away. Of course, I don't encourage blind heroism, and I'm 60% sure that I think that's enough. Who said this, Hong Tao didn't know, but he agreed with this sentence. Compared with the militarily weak Song Dynasty, although the Ming Dynasty had bad internal affairs, it was very backbone, and it did what it said. If you can integrate the characters of these two dynasties, it will really be a great fortune for the country and the nation.

"Please accept the Qianyi salute, this salute does not represent the imperial court, does not represent the envoy, only represents my personal ......" Hong Tao said impassionedly, and Wu Qian's blood boiled when he heard it. This old man is not only a technical man, but also an old and angry young man, stood up directly, sorted out his clothes, and respectfully gave Hong Tao a big gift. He bowed to the end and stood up straight after a moment. This is really a great gift, and in the etiquette of the Great Song Dynasty, he doesn't have to be so respectful when he sees the emperor.

"What Your Majesty said makes me feel ashamed...... The Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies...... Deyuan has a high opinion of himself since he was a child, but His Majesty gave me a lesson today, which benefited me a lot. It's just that...... Alas...... I have something I want to be honest with Your Majesty, but I hope Your Majesty will not get too excited after hearing this. Seeing Wu Qian's actions, Zheng Qingzhi couldn't sit still, but he didn't stand up and salute, just clasped his fists and arched, with a dry stool expression on his face, as if something made him very embarrassed.

"But it doesn't hurt to say it......" Hong Tao took a deep puff of cigarette, so as to calm down the excited mood just now, and fool others to fool themselves to the point of boiling, this kung fu is really practiced to the peak of the realm.

“…… The Great Song Sailor will not fight this time, and His Majesty is afraid that he will have to fight alone...... The court officials and I can't influence this decision...... Actually, I envy the Jinhe Empire that Minister Wen told me, many things there are very simple and direct, but the Great Song Dynasty is different, even the emperor and the prime minister, if they want to do something, they are constrained everywhere. The officials and I have made great efforts and paid a lot of price on these issues such as the abolition of the van soldiers and the transformation of the construction corps, the establishment of a cement factory, and the establishment of a boat and ship transfer process. This time, we have no chips in our hands to exchange, so we can only passively accept it, and I hope Your Majesty can understand......" Zheng Qingzhi swallowed a mouthful of spit, picked up a match and lit his cigar smoke, took a deep breath regardless of the smell of tar, and then spit out the smoke and spread it in front of his face.

"How can this be true? This is a traitor! This is the minister of the wrong country! Deyuan, you and I can't be ministers who have misled the country, you go with me to meet the official, I want to die! Before Hong Tao could react, Wu Qian was in a hurry, although he was an important minister of the court, he rarely walked in the court, and he didn't know these decisions.

Hong Tao had already made it very clear just now, he only had 19 warships, and he was only 60% sure, and he did not dare to guarantee that he could stop the hundreds of warships of the Mongolian naval division. If the Great Song Dynasty sailors could fight together, the chances of victory would be greater, but the decision of the imperial court was to defend it. This Nima is too deceitful, not only pit Hong Tao, but also pit coastal cities, which is equivalent to cheating him, the coastal control envoy.

As a coastal envoy, Wu Qian knew that what Hong Tao just said was very reasonable. Once the Mongolian sailors broke through to the south of the Yangtze River and landed in the southern coastal cities, it would be a disaster. The soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty were all on the northern defense line, and there were not many troops in the south, and even many cities did not even have regular troops. Now that most of the sailors have been transferred here, the south doesn't even have the slightest ability to fight back, it's all for nothing. Not to mention tens of thousands of Mongol soldiers, a thousand in one city is enough.

"Perseverance! Even if the two of us are all killed in front of the official family, it will not help, the Zhao brothers are already in charge of the water master, and the will has been made, and it is irretrievable......" Zheng Qingzhi was indifferent in the face of the angry Wu Qian, and said the general situation in the court, and was silent.

"You don't have to be so discouraged, let's be honest, I had considered this situation before I came. I didn't expect the Great Song Naval Division to fight side by side with me, but Lord Wu had a point, even if he didn't go out with my fleet, he shouldn't concentrate the whole country's naval divisions here, it would be too wasteful. If the imperial navy can be divided into two parts, one part will continue to be stationed here, and the other part will cruise near Wenzhou, not only can Lin'an be protected, but also the Mongolian naval ships that continue to go south can be encircled. As long as they are not allowed to land, we will win this war for both sides. ”

"I don't think even if I can't stop them, I won't let their fleet continue southward too happily, and it will inevitably be divided into many small parts. With the ability of the imperial navy, it should not be a problem to intercept these scattered warships. Listening to Zheng Qingzhi's words, Hong Tao didn't have much worry, he didn't plan to let the Southern Song Dynasty sailors fight with him, if they could open another net behind him, they would be able to avoid their worries.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for being rude, if you don't have the face to stay here any longer, every moment is a torment for me. Whether it works or not, I have to go back to Lin'an to meet the official's family and let me retire! Wu Qian is still a stubborn character, no matter what Hong Tao's attitude is, he can't stay any longer, and bows to Hong Tao again, regardless of whether Zheng Qingzhi goes or not, he turns his head and goes out.

"Your Majesty, please take care, there is no need for the body of a daughter to be quick for a while, this time the Great Song Dynasty can't live with Jinheguo, can't live with Your Majesty, and I hope Your Majesty can return to the dynasty victoriously, and there will be a period later!" Zheng Qingzhi's skin is thick, and he can't stay to eat Hong Tao's barbecue. He was also out of proportion at this time, and he didn't know whether to persuade Hong Tao not to go, or whether it was appropriate to persuade Hong Tao to meet the enemy with all his might, so he hurriedly said a few words and followed Wu Qian out of the door.

"Your Majesty, what are you...... Talks collapsed? Before Hong Tao could go out, Wen Nan came in. Seeing Wu Qian and Zheng Qingyi's iron-faced and angry expressions, his first reaction was that Hong Tao had collapsed with them.

"No, on the contrary, it was very good and thorough, and it was more effective than any time before...... Well, regardless of them, it's time for us to go, and the sooner we face the Mongol sailors, the better. You'd better follow them back to Lin'an, this time it's really a naval battle, it's not like we bullied others like before. Now that others have the ability to fight back, it's very dangerous on the ship, and the cannonballs don't know who the minister is, and they're all gone when they fall down. ”

Hong Tao didn't explain the specific content of the conversation between the three of them to Wen Nan, don't talk to him about this kind of thing, with his kind of character, he will definitely ridicule Zheng Qingzhi and Wu Qian in person in the future, and it is even possible that people can't get off the stage in public. This will not be of any benefit to his future diplomatic work, diplomats cannot have likes and dislikes, let alone personal grudges, everything must be based on national interests, and Wen Nan has to be slowly honed in this regard.

(To be continued.) )