Jue'er helped Youli out of the conference hall, and Peng Muqiong led several female guards to accompany her.

Shao Haitang and others are still discussing matters in the hall, and everything is roughly decided, and the details need to be carefully negotiated. Youli was pregnant, couldn't bear the fatigue, and left with Jue'er first.

The cold glow under the stairs is like water, the breeze passes by, and the shadows of the flowers and trees are swaying. Compared with usual, there are many more stubborn armorers inside and outside the palace.

In the past ten months, the number of secret posts in the Ming Gang in the mansion has nearly doubled, and the guards of the mansion are all good hands drawn from the Yanwutang, Meng Yi, Yun Qingxu, Shao Haitang and others have prepared simple houses outside the mansion, and the executive affairs of the Changshi Mansion and Sima Ya have also been moved to the acting office of General Qingfeng.

Youli was worried, frowned slightly, looked at the shadow of the tree on the stone steps in a daze, and turned to Peng Muqiong and said, "Let's go to Lixiangyuan." ”

Jue'er said softly: "Sister Youli, you are also tired, and the promotion order is still left to be drawn up by Ming Yue." ”

Youli said: "You may not be able to sleep in the middle of the night, let's go to Lixiangyuan, you and I talk, tired, rest on the embroidered couch for a while and it will be dawn." ”

Jue'er has always listened to Youli's ideas, thinking: Xiao Yuyin has no news, where can he sleep peacefully, tossing and turning, and can't help crying alone for a while.

During the battle of the East China Sea, the three of them were separated for a while, although they were also worried, but Huafang could hear his news near the shore, and they could be relieved for a while. After meeting in Xiangyang, the three of them often get together, although sometimes they can't see each other, but they always communicate with each other, and they don't feel embarrassed.

Jue'er stretched out her hand and waved it in front of her eyes, as if to dispel the thoughts in her heart, and said: "I think Brother Jiang is right, Xiao Yu is hiding, and the Northern Tang Dynasty is only as big as Jiang Ning, Zhao Jingyun transferred so many people, how can he also turn over the entire Northern Tang Dynasty, there is no reason why he can't find him, otherwise Zhao Jingyun is perfunctory." ”

Youli said: "The wealth of the Zhao clan is all on Ru Yu alone, how can he act perfunctorily? I read the strategy he handed over, Mr. Shao and they all agreed with his method, you have to rely on yourself to get out of trouble, after all, the forces of Nanping, Yaoguangdian, and Hulan are much stronger than ours there. If Ru Yu converges with Zhao Jingyun and them, if he goes to the bright place, it will inevitably be even more disadvantageous. ”

"Sister Youli, doesn't that mean that Xiaoyu's injuries haven't healed yet?"

Youli remembered Ru Yu's sly smile, his heart was relieved, and he said: "Ru Yu still has a knot in his heart after recovering from his injury, maybe as you said, he is hiding." Fang Su, Mei Yingxue and others have all arrived in the Northern Tang Dynasty, and Wei Yan will be able to arrive in the Northern Tang Dynasty after tomorrow, and Fan Yang will not stand idly by, not to mention that the manpower of Hulan, Yaoguang Palace, and Nanping is also digging three feet into the ground there, and if I can't find him, I won't be so worried, most likely he is hiding. ”

Hearing this, Jue'er was relieved and relieved, and said crisply: "Over the years, I have never seen him suffer other people's losses, and Li Sixun is also very powerful. ”

Youli smiled and didn't speak, a "moo" cow roar came from outside the house, Youli turned to Peng Muqiong and asked, "Mr. Shao still uses an ox cart to travel?" ”

Peng Muqiong said: "Jiangning horses are expensive, Mr. Shao does not take money, and he has no private property, and he can't afford to buy horses, when the lord was in Jiangning, he instructed the pastoral department to prepare two horse-drawn carts for Mr. Shao, but I heard that Miss Ruyan rode a horse when she left Jiangning, and Mr. Shao could only use an ox cart to travel." ”

"Ruyan has left Jiangning? When? Why don't you report it early? ”

"The day after the news of the assassination of the adults came back to Jiangning, Miss Ruyan secretly went out of Jiangning, and the uncle and grandson said that there was no need to worry about trivial matters, Mrs.

Youli smiled and said, "Youli is worried about you, how can you worry about me?" You instruct Zhao Jingyun to go down and let them maintain Ruyan's thoughtfulness. I couldn't ride a horse for a while, so I had someone lead my horse to Mr. Shao's house. ”

Jue'er had a cold face, glanced to the side, and said resentfully: "There is another one in Quanzhou, Sister Youli, how do you arrange it?" ”

Youli smiled: "We can't screw the meaning of Ru Yu, and it depends on what he thinks." However, the political hall wants to give Shui Ruying the post of judgment of the Nanmin Xingyuan Metropolitan Court, it seems that Mr. Shao and Mei Tierui's opinions are very clear, I will temporarily suppress this matter and wait for Ru Yu to come back and refute it personally. ”

Jue'er complained: "Now everything is in the hands of the three governments and one department, but Ru Yu is becoming more and more idle. In the future, he will set up another company and put the responsibility of this refutation on others, and he can walk away. ”

Youli smiled, lowered her eyes, stroked her slightly bulging lower abdomen, and said, "That's probably what Ru Yu thinks." But the world is in chaos, how can he clean up before he wants to get out. ”

The battle of Southern Fujian, Xu Ruyu led the army to invade the south, the Southern Fujian family almost surrendered without a fight, and tens of thousands of elite soldiers of Zongzheng Xunda were trapped in the Tiger Swallowing Gorge.

Gongliang Youqin commanded the army to aid Southern Fujian, but was trapped in the east of Longyan City, and could not advance westward, and when Xu Ruyu almost pacified the overall situation of Southern Fujian, 40,000 Puji Kou soldiers had to retreat into the sea gloomily. When Gongliang Youqin commanded the army to aid Southern Fujian, Wei Yu led the Jinghai Sea Battalion to attack Puji and inflicted a heavy setback on Puji, not only destroying the coastal dock port, but also attacking the island and capturing the islanders and craftsmen to return to Yongyang.

Decades ago, in order to revitalize Puji Island, Gongliang Youqin abducted people from Yue County to fill Puji Island, but now he is being treated in the way of others. Puji Island is mountainous and has few fields, and raising 200,000 people is already the limit, and the bandits have always lived by plundering, and some families in Nanmin and Yue counties secretly distribute grain and grass, so they can raise 100,000 soldiers without worrying about grain and grass. Since the Battle of the East China Sea, grain and grass cannot be obtained from the East China Sea; After the Battle of Fuzhou, grain and grass could not be obtained from Yuejun; After the Battle of Southern Fujian, grain and grass could not be obtained from Southern Fujian. The island was seriously attacked by Wei Yuqi, and Puji actually fell into a rather embarrassing situation.

At the peak of Puji, 80,000 elite soldiers were stationed in Wenling City, and the grain and grass were plundered from Yue County, and it was not difficult to consume millions of stones every year, and now Wenling garrisoned 20,000 soldiers, defending several dock forts in Wenling City and near the city, but the grain and grass all need to be sent out of Puji, and the sea route consumes a huge amount, and nearly one million stones per year, and Puji feels the weight of pressure.

Gongliang Youqin had the intention to continue to reduce his troops, but Xu Ruyu deployed 40,000 troops in Yueqing, eyeing the enemy, and once Wenling was empty, he was bound to attack the foothold of the Puji bandits on land in one go.

Gongliang Youqin wanted to make peace with Fan and Zhu at the expense of Wenling, but with Zongzheng Xunda as a precedent, Fan Che and Zhu Lianzhi did not have the last moment, so they really did not have such a desperate heart. Xu Ruyu seems to have seen through the collusion between the three families, on the one hand, he increased his troops in Yanmen, and on the other hand, he made peace with the Zhu Fan family.

Jiang Lingtian had only been in charge of Qingjiang for half a year, and the Su Guards had already controlled the northern area of Wenling, separating the Fan family's Jinhua City from Wenling.

After Wei Yu went to Dongyang to take charge of military affairs, he actually banned the sea in Dongyang.

In the northern part of Gantang Bay, there are no immigrants in the 30-mile area offshore, and all the original residents have moved inward, and civilian ships, merchant ships, and fishing boats are prohibited from appearing in the Dongyang waters, and the warships of the Wing Tiger Army have the right to attack any ships that appear in this sea area. Subsequently, Yongyang also imposed a ban on the sea, and the sea area south of Hailing was classified as a forbidden sea area, and the Jun family's fleet had to take the inland waterway north of Hailing if it wanted to enter the river waterway.

Wei Yu extended the sea ban to the sea area of Yuejun, and included the sea area east of Wuzhou and Yuhang into the sea ban area.

Puji is weak, and there is an urgent shortage of grain and grass, Wuzhou and Yuhang families all think that it is profitable, and organize private ships to enter the sea to trade secretly with Puji Island, but Wei Yu's sea ban order is so strong that it is completely not afraid of the majesty of the Zhu and Fan clans.

When Wei Yu harassed Puji Island, he focused on the dock port of Puji Island, and captured thousands of shipwrights and boatmen on Puji Island back to Yongyang. After the ban on the sea, Puji could not get the lacquer, tung oil and other raw materials necessary for shipbuilding, and could not build new warships. The shipbuilding industry in Quanzhou and Yongyang has gradually flourished, and only in terms of more than 200 types of ships, an average of five days can produce one, and almost all the strength of the original Quanzhou water camp has been taken over, and the strength of the Wing Tiger Army has greatly increased.

The Winged Tiger Army and the Puji Water Battalion met at sea, and the two tactics were completely different, the Puji Water Battalion demanded the elimination of the soldiers of the Winged Tiger Army, and in the event of a battle, they fought more broadside. Wei Yu said: "Stone crossbows and fire oil are used for long-distance attacks, heavy hammers are used for close combat, and long weapons are used for broadsides." Destroy its hull as much as possible, the Puji dock is completely destroyed, the ship's masters and craftsmen are all owned by my Jiangning, the ship's damage cannot be repaired, the ship's destruction cannot be made, if the time comes, the bandits have no ship, what can I do? ”

The sea area east of Wenling is the main sea route between Puji and Wenling, and the 20,000 Puji soldiers in Wenling City mainly rely on this sea route for supplies, and every certain time, there is a transport fleet escorted by large warships, sailing from Puji Island to land, entering the inland river of Wenling, and transporting the scarce grain, grass and various materials into Wenling.

In winter and spring, the sea area between Puji and Yuejun is calm, and the ships need to find the right current to reach their destination quickly.

Eighteen large sea ships slowly sailed westward along the current, each ship intersecting each other, and opened more than ten miles from front to back, forming a huge linear formation. Each ship had an extremely deep waterline, apparently loaded with supplies. This is Puji's supply fleet sailing to Wenling, fourteen large transport ships, each of which is a giant sea ship of ten thousand stones, and four large warships of four hundred materials. The fleet had a total of 2,600 sailors and 1,000 sailors. The 400-material warship was equipped with 12 crossbows, 3 stone-throwing crossbows, 12 slap rods, rams, and lances on both sides, and 300 brave and brave. There were not many such high-caliber ships in his opponent, the Winged Tiger Army.

Every time the battleship of the Winged Tiger Army under the command of Wei Yu had an encounter with the Puji Water Battalion, it was extremely brave, and the main purpose was to attack the hull, which caused Gongliang Youqin a headache. However, the two bases of the Winged Tiger Army in Jinghai and Gantang are far away from here, with a distance of six days, and it takes 12 days for the Winged Tiger Army to go back and forth once, and because of the small size of the ship, the grain, grass and fresh water on it are limited, and the results obtained by patrolling in this sea area for a long time are extremely limited.

Although the chance of encountering is not very large, but on such a large scale, Kora Tomokoto is still equipped with four giant warships, and each transport ship also has considerable defensive capabilities, even if it encounters the large fleet of the Winged Tiger Army, it can withstand it.

Suddenly, there was a hurried whistle from the high mainmast lookout. On the bow deck, Admiral Puji looked up at the high mainmast lookout, with a flag saying "An unknown ship is approaching".

The man scolded: "Since General Butcher issued a ban on the sea, are there any other ships in this sea area besides our family and the Winged Tiger Army?" "Hurriedly ordered the rear transports to shrink to the middle, and the battleships to escort on the flanks.

In a moment, twelve two-masted ships appeared in the distance, fanning towards this side, and the dense blades on the side of the ships reflected the strong light. The type of the brig ship is similar to that of the big wing ship, and it is far from the 400 material battleship, and the ship cannot be equipped with large equipment such as throwing stone crossbows, counting the female wall, the ship's side is nearly a foot shorter than the 400 material battleship, and the broadside battle is afraid that it will be broken by the hull of the 400 material battleship and sink to the bottom of the sea before it is close.

A cruel smile appeared on the corner of the Puji general's mouth, and he commanded the other two 400 warships to approach, preparing to monopolize the fleet of the Winged Tiger Army with three warships.

The Winged Tiger fleet seemed to have spotted the giant warships in the Puji supply fleet, hovering in the waters ahead. The formation was still a fan-shaped loose formation, but it was too loose, each ship was nearly a mile apart, and the twelve warships formed a huge arc covering the sea in front of them, silent and indifferent, like wolves foraging in the desert.

Suddenly, the formation of the Winged Tiger Army suddenly moved, as if it was an illusion, and twelve brigs actually surrounded it. The Puji frigate battleship caught up, and at the moment when it was close to the range of the crossbow, the two adjacent brigs suddenly accelerated sideways to avoid it, and sailed towards the Puji transport ship group from the gap.

General Puji did not expect the battleship of the Winged Tiger Army to suddenly accelerate, and was stunned, but it was not easy for the four hundred battleships to turn, he had to hand over the two enemy ships that passed through to the frigate battleships behind to clean up, not to mention that the defense of the transport ships was not weak.

By the time he realized that it was too late, the brigs took advantage of their light and fast speed to bypass the frigates, and several groups of ships bit one transport ship to attack, splashed fire oil, fired rockets, and rammed the fragile side of the transport ship with the pointed bow covered with angle iron, and when the Puji frigate returned to help, they scattered in a hurry, or attacked another transport, or kept an eye on the fleet in the sea not far away. Even if there is no chance of attacking, it is far behind the transport fleet and does not go. After a long time, to the frustration of the Puji transport fleet, twelve more brigs rushed over as if they smelled fishy, and when they saw the tortuous coastline of Yuejun in the evening of the next day, there were already thirty-three brigs surrounding the transport fleet, and only three transport ships were left in the Puji supply fleet, and one of the 400 frigates was also burned and sunk.

An inland river, the green water slowly poured into the sea, and the desperate expression of the Puji general suddenly became invigorated, as long as the frigate held the narrow estuary, he was not afraid of the strange biting tactics of the brigs. But the frenzied bite of the Winged Tiger battleship left the transport fleet with only one transport ship still burning with flames. The thirty-three two-masted ships scattered like well-fed wolves, and the dark clouds sank, but it was impossible to tell whether they had returned to Jinghaiji Port or Gantangji Port.

There is a small island in the sea between Puji and Wenling, and the typhoons that ravaged in summer and autumn have made it impossible for tall trees to survive on this small island, and the island is covered with low shrubs. The island is very small, three miles around, and when the tide rises, there are only miles, and there are dark brown reefs all around the island, and there are no sheltered headlands and bay mouths, and there is no fresh water on the island. A variety of seabirds occupy the area, and white, grayish guano covers the area.

Shao Xiaoqi walked along the island for a week and found nothing. It is very similar to the nameless desert island he passed through when he returned to Wuling the year before last, and he also carved the words "Baiyi Island" on a reef by the sea. Looking at the reef covered with bird droppings, Shao Xiaoqi didn't dare to confirm that it was here.

Shao Xiaoqi still pointed not far away and said to Zheng Cangzi: "My lord saved me and Sun Lai in that sea area." ”

Shao Xiaoqi always wanted to leave Wei Yu's side, but failed to do so, Wei Yu was transferred to Jiangning and took Shao Xiaoqi with him. went to Dongyang to take up his post, Shao Xiaoqi was already his Zhongjun guard, and naturally he also went to Dongyang Gantang.

After the Battle of Southern Fujian, Zheng Cangzi has been following Zheng Menghuai to practice in Quanzhou.

The army assembled in Dongyang, and the materials from Quanzhou, Dongyang, Yongjia, Fengzhu and other places also gathered in Dongyang, Zheng Cangzi escorted the materials to Dongyang, went to Gantang to visit Mo Nian and his brother Zheng Cangsheng, met Shao Xiaoqi, but was taken to the sea by Shao Xiaoqi.

Not far away, Wei Yu, Li Yin, Ding Mianchen and others stood on a huge reef, and the waves hit the reef and stirred up snow-white droplets.

Wei Yu looked at the deep blue sea in the distance, his expression changed from indifference to the past, the corners of his mouth lifted slightly, pointed to the distance, and said: "General Li, General Ding, do you know how desert wolves forage for food that is stronger than them?" ”

Ding Mianchen said with a smile: "The last general has been in the south for a long time, and there are few wolves, and I hope that General Wei will give advice." ”

Ding Mianchen is the head of the Ding family in Longyan, and in the Battle of Southern Fujian, Ding Mianchen was the first to follow righteousness. Puji bandits besieged Longyan, Ding Mianchen persuaded Longyan to defend He Zhou to resist the city, and then together with Gantang Yang Shang to block Gongliang Youqin in the Longyan area, after the battle of Nanmin, he served as the captain of the Nanmin garrison.

Among the generals of Southern Fujian, Xu Ruyu attached the most importance to Ding Mianchen and Li Gonglin, and Wei Yu was naturally polite to him, and went to Dongyang to invite Ding Mianchen to ask for advice.

Wei Yu smiled slightly and said: "The wolves are embellished with prey, scattering to surround the prey, quickly rushing up and biting, taking a bite and leaving, never fighting, repeating like this, and then devouring the prey that is bigger than themselves but slower than themselves." ”

Li Yin said with a smile: "The general is saying that Puji's transport ships and large frigates full of supplies and grain and grass are like these huge and clumsy prey, and our light and fast warship group is like wolves in the desert. ”

Wei Yu laughed and said: "This is a day's journey away from the sea route between Puji and Wenling, there is no fresh water on the island, and there is no headland and bay mouth that can shelter from the wind, Gongliang Youqin never dreamed that we would build this place into a secret supply point for my Winged Tiger Army." Our warships only need to carry two or three days of grain and fresh water, which is naturally much lighter than Puji's transport ships and frigates, and our soldiers are fierce and fearless, aren't they exactly the wolves foraging in this sea? But one thing for you to understand is that the main point of our attack is its transports, not frigates. After a pause, he added, "Before Gongliang Yuqin notices, I will sink all his supply ships to Wenling in this sea area." ”

As he spoke, a few sail shadows appeared at the junction of heaven and water, and Wei Yu looked into the distance and said, "Look, the wolves have returned after eating." ”

Ding Mianchen silently counted the sail shadows in his heart, and said: "I lost three ships, I don't know what their record is?" ”

Li Yin smiled and said, "They dare to come to this island to replenish, and their record is definitely not small." Nearly 100 small and medium-sized ships were organized into small packs of more than ten wolves to hunt in this sea area, and I can't think of any prey that can get through the general's mouth. After discovering the Puji supply fleet, the Puji supply fleet pursued for two days and one night, and the Puji supply fleet should have little grain and grass left for Wenling. 180,000 stones of grain and grass, Gongliang Youqin's heart must be extremely painful. ”

The scar on Wei Yu's cheek twitched, and it seemed a little hideous to Ding Mianchen. Among the generals in Xu Ruyu's hands, Wei Yu was the most ferocious to the enemy, and after the war, all the generals would sacrifice prisoners, and he would cut off the enemy's left ear for merit. Ding Mianchen was transferred here to work with Wei Yu for several months, and he also knew that he was so cold that he was close to a murderous surname.

In the autumn of last year, Wei Yu avoided the sea area where the Puji bandits often operated, found a few barren islands, hoarded fresh water, grain and grass on them, and moved the troops gathered in Dongyang at the end of the year, about 15,000 soldiers of the water battalion and 5,000 soldiers of the Xiao Guard. Ding Mianchen was transferred to the rank of captain of the Xiaowei military academy to command the five thousand Xiaowei troops on the desert island, and this appointment was issued in secret, and only in Sima Ya's file.

The ban on the sea was strict and almost cruel, ruthlessly destroying all kinds of ships that went to sea in Yue County to ensure that the secrets of the desert island were not leaked, and if the Puji fleet inadvertently frequented this sea area, the Winged Tiger fleet would repel and defeat it as if it had been inadvertently encountered. In order not to arouse the suspicion of Kotomokoto, the fleet that sorties is sometimes arranged to be weaker than the enemy, and then the battle becomes brutal, and it is necessary to pay heavy casualties to achieve the intended goal.

Wei Yu has always only given others a chance to surrender before the war, and once the war starts, there will be no prisoners under the sword.

When the ban on the sea was enforced, Wei Yu was even more stern and said: "You must remember that the ships that appear in this sea area are all enemy ships, and the people on them are all the ferocious Puji bandits that we want to eliminate. Remember, don't bring me a person back. ”

Li Yin was born as a bandit, and he could quite understand the words of Wei Yu, who was born as a bandit, but Ding Mianchen couldn't bear it, and argued: "Puji is weak, the sea ban is a little relaxed, and there are many people along the coast of Yuejun who go out to sea to fish and hunt, and it will not be too far from the shore, how can it be compared with those families who secretly communicate with Puji?" When the adults learn of this, they will blame them, and it is better to expel them. ”

Wei Yu was silent, and after a while, he said: "Mr. is benevolent and kind, and everything is based on the people's livelihood, but to achieve great things, he needs a ruthless blade in his hand to prevent obstacles. I will not give up on Mr. Meng, and I am greedy for this position, so I want to become the sharp blade in the hands of Mr. In that case, I have no regrets when my husband will put me down. ”

Thinking of this, Ding Mianchen frowned, and secretly wondered: The war is so cruel, but how to recount the merits after the war? He didn't know that the policy book for promoting Wei Yu to general was already on the way to Dongyang Mansion.

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