Chapter 307: Soldiers send Jiangdong
Xie Kun and Wang Dao led a thousand remnants of soldiers to protect Sima Rui, the king of Jin, the princess, and more than 100 members of the prince's family rushed out of Wu County and fled directly to the sea. Because everyone was worried that there were pursuers behind them, Sima Rui and his party fled very embarrassed, and all kinds of materials were thrown everywhere on the way.
After running for more than an hour, he finally arrived at the easternmost part of Wu County, that is, to the sea, Sima Rui looked at the vast sea, and asked Wang Dao breathlessly: "Maohong, you said that you have to take over the fleet?" Why don't you have a ship here? ”
After beating Sima Rui and deciding to turn his face with the family, Director Wang was planning how to ensure Sima Rui's personal safety. In the end, he pinned his hopes on Beidi, and on the one hand, Wang Dao revealed to Liu Kun on the front line of the Yangtze River that Sima Rui wanted to surrender, and on the other hand, he asked Beidi to send a fleet to the sea east of Wu County at a critical moment to respond.
"King, don't worry, Liu Yueshi is a famous man in the world, and there is no possibility of reversing what he personally promised. Besides, even if Liu Yueshi didn't care about the lives of his ministers, it was impossible for him to put the king in danger. In any case, the king is a member of the royal family, and even if he commits any crime, His Majesty and the Zongren Mansion should personally deal with it. Director Wang comforted, and after listening to Director Wang's words, Sima Rui's anxious and nervous mood was slowly relieved.
Looking at the undulating sea, Xie Kun, who had been standing silently, looked a little gloomy, not only sighed in his heart: This fate is really amazing! They went around and around to return to the Northland. I knew that this was the case, and I shouldn't have listened to Director Wang's temptation to go south, maybe now the Xie family has already become a new wealthy family in the north, how can it be as unruly as now.
Just when Sima Rui, Wang Dao, Xie Kun and others were thinking about their own hearts. A group of black dots suddenly appeared on the surface of the sea, and as time passed, the black dots slowly turned into huge ships of fortune. Since this is just a barren beach, there is no port for warships to dock, in this case, the huge fortune ship can only float far away on the sea, and then release small boats to meet Sima Rui and the others.
"Captain Zhao Qing, the commander of the Third Fleet of the First Fleet of the Great Jin Navy, Captain Zhaowuzuo, came to greet His Royal Highness the King of Jin on the orders of His Majesty! Please hurry up and board the ship, it will not be good if it is too late for the rebels to catch up. The young general who came by wading in the water first walked up to Sima Rui, who was wearing a python robe, and bowed.
"Yes, yes, get on board. It's safe to board the ship! After Zhao Qing's reminder. Director Wang immediately understood that at this time, they were not really out of security.
"Okay, everyone board the boat with Gu! No matter what the future holds, let's evacuate to the Fubune first. The safety of all is the most important thing! Soon Sima Rui made a decision. He was the first to take the lead towards the Navy boat.
By this time. Sima Rui had no other choice, he either went back to bear the insults of Wang Dun and the family, or followed Zhao Qing to the north to accept the emperor's punishment.
After thinking about it, Sima Rui felt that it was better to go to the Northland. In any case, he surrendered on his own initiative, for the sake of the same Sima family, Emperor Sima Shu would not treat him well, it was a big deal to be an idle prince from now on, and stay away from the government. After a while, nearly 2,000 people, including Sima Rui, Wang Dao, and Xie Kun, boarded the warships of the Great Jin Navy one after another.
"Ready to set sail! Target Weihai Weijun Port! Let's go! With Zhao Qing's order, the sailors on the Fu ship began to get busy. With the busy figure of the sailor. Sima Rui, Wang Dao and the others had time to take a closer look at the fortune ship of the Great Jin Navy where they were riding.
This lucky ship is 110 meters long and 40 meters wide, the deck is very flat, and there are six towering wooden poles on it, which looks very thick, and I am afraid that it is difficult for one person to hold it. A piece of off-white cloth hung from the pole, but now it was rolled up and tied to a horizontal pole.
Sima Rui and Wang Dao found that the place where they were standing was a tall building, which echoed the front and back of the tall building at the stern of the ship. The tall buildings are all made of wood, with stomping walls and a row of ground firing ports.
Sima Rui mustered up the courage to look out, and found that the high-rise building was more than ten meters high from the water, a bit like standing on a city tower, and he also had a ridge in front of the ship, which stretched diagonally to the bottom of the water, and seemed to be covered with iron sheets.
At this time, Sima Rui suddenly heard an exclamation from around him, and he couldn't help but turn around when he heard the sound, only to see more than a hundred lucky boats of different sizes suddenly appear on the sea. These dense warships were arranged in a certain formation and sailed quickly on the sea, the slender hulls were neatly and orderly arranged on the sea, and the oars on both sides of the hull were quietly stretched out in the water. Traces of water are drawn in the flowing water, but the boats all look the same, just of different sizes.
"Is this the Northland's famous naval fleet? No wonder I, Jiangdong, have never been able to seize control of the Yangtze River! This is the first time Sima Rui has seen the navy of the Great Jin Dynasty intuitively, so that kind of psychological shock cannot be expressed in words.
Director Wang nodded and said with a wry smile: "Great King, what we see now is only the tip of the iceberg of the Great Jin Navy, and these are only the Fu Ship Fleets in the Great Jin Navy that serve as offshore operations, I heard that in addition, the Great Jin Navy also has two fleets that serve as ocean-going operations, and those sail battleships are the real ocean overlords!" ”
"And two fleets? Are the other two fleets the same number of ships as the fleet in front of them? Xie Kun on the side asked with wide eyes, he was also shocked by the strength of the Great Jin Navy! At this time, he finally understood why after Wang Dao walked around the Northland, he completely lost the confidence to confront the Northland.
"Well, in fact, what Lord Xie said is not entirely correct, the fleet in front of him is just a detachment under the jurisdiction of the First Fleet of the Great Jin Navy, and there are two detachments of the same size under the command of the First Fleet. The Admiralty of the Great Jin Dynasty has a total of three fleets, and the first fleet is the weakest. Therefore, you can imagine how powerful the Great Jin Navy should be! Director Wang explained to everyone.
"Shhh Everyone gasped when they heard this, which was completely unexpected by everyone.
I don't know how long it took, Zhao Qing, who had disappeared since he got on the boat, came to Sima Rui again, only to see him hand a document to Director Wang, and then arched his hand and said: "King Jin, my lords, there is the latest news in Jiangdong!" ”
"What the hell is going on in Koto?" When Director Wang heard this, he immediately asked.
"Wang Dun, Gu Rong, Zhang Shang and others have already grasped the power of Jiangdong, not long after the king escaped from Wu County, Wang Dun, Gu Rong and other ministers of the family re-supported Sima Tang in Wu County and called him the king of Jin (in history, Sima Tang died last year, and here for the plot to let him live for one more year), and announced the deposition of the king as the king of Langya. Then Wang Dun proclaimed himself the Duke of Wuchang County, Dazai, Da Sima, and the Governor of the Chinese and Foreign Military, and Gu Rong proclaimed himself the Duke of Huainan, the Tai Lieutenant, and the General of the Central and Leading Forces, and the Military Governors of Yu, Jing, Jiang, and Ningzhou. ”
"What? This, this...... What are they doing here? Sima Rui was stunned, but Director Wang was desolate in his heart, he was sad and sad for his cousin Wang Dun and the Jiangdong family.
Wang Dun suppressed the imperial power so arbitrarily and will definitely die a good death in the future, at the beginning, King Zhao and his henchman Sun Xiu were because of bullying the royal family, and then they were punished by Emperor Sima Shu and razed his three clans. With the power of today's son, how could he tolerate such a thing happening, and the Northland would definitely react violently. Wang Dun and the Jiangdong family have completely buried their last chance to live!
"Then did the people of Jiangdong suffer a big loss? And what happened to the rest of the Jin Palace? ”
"All the officials in Jiangdong who maintained a close relationship with the king were all purged by Wang Dun and the Jiangdong family, and the ordinary people were not affected much, after all, the scope of this war was not large. However, according to the information from the secret front, another civil strife in Jiangdong is inevitable. Zhao Qing replied.
"Ahh What's going on here? Director Wang said in surprise.
"Hehe, what's going on? It's not because the two sides share the spoils unevenly! Originally, Wu County has always been the core of the Jiangdong family, but now Wang Dun wants to get involved, how can he not arouse the vigilance of the Jiangdong family. Moreover, Wen Xian, who has been sitting in Jiangling, has also become estranged from Wang Dun because of this incident, and I believe that it will not be long before Wang Dun will take Wen Xian under the knife! ”
Regarding the upcoming dog-eat-dog show in Jiangdong, Zhao Qing and others have always held a playful mentality. Over the years, the Dajin military has always been dissatisfied with Jiangdong, and has long wanted to find an opportunity to teach the other party a lesson.
"Then, then, what is your Majesty's will?"
"No, at least we haven't received the order to act, but don't worry, Your Majesty will definitely not watch Jiangdong go down, maybe General Liu has already received His Majesty's order and waved his army south." Zhao Qing comforted.
While Sima Rui, Wang Dao and the others were floating on the sea, the huge war machine of the Great Jin Dynasty was already running rapidly. In fact, every move of the entire Jiangdong was under the monitoring of the Northland Intelligence Department, and all the events such as Wang Dun's rebellion and Sima Rui's expulsion were all expected by the Northland Intelligence Agency.
Therefore, when the rebellion had not yet occurred, the Great Jin Emperor Sima Shu ordered Liu Kun to begin the secret deployment, and when the news of Sima Rui's safe rescue came from the Admiralty, the Emperor Sima Shu immediately announced to the world that Wang Dun, Gu Rong and others were rebels against the Great Jin Dynasty, and demanded that the other party immediately surrender unconditionally to the Xiang army.
After receiving Liu Kun's attack order, the inland river fleet, which had been cruising in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, immediately launched a fierce attack on the Jiangdong Naval Division retreating in Wuhu. Because Wang Dun was still fighting for power and profit with the Jiangdong family in Wu County, coupled with Wen Xian's centrifugation, the Yangtze River defense line carefully arranged by Jiangdong was broken by the Xiang army in an instant. (To be continued......)