On August 18, the ninth year of Chongzhen, the first phase of the Wanghaibao Wharf at this time had been completed, and at the wharf, five long cement-paved wharves seemed to be pierced to the front. At the wharf, ten huge Daifuku ships lined up along the wharf, countless Daming soldiers in red mandarin duck battle jackets were lined up to step on the plywood to board the ship, in those Daifuku boats, many barefoot, sailors wearing short shirts and coats were busy up and down, some of them were hanging sails, some were guiding the sergeants who were landing into the cabin, and the whole wharf presented a busy scene.

Today is Pang Gang leading the army to go on the expedition, such a big action is naturally impossible to hide, Pang Gang simply let go of the dock, let the military families bid farewell to their relatives to go on the expedition, the dock is everywhere staged the scene of mothers sending their sons, wives sending their husbands, and children sending their fathers.

Pang Gang stood by the dock, and in front of him stood Ruolan, Ling'er and Li Xuezhu, Ruolan and Li Xuezhu were better, one of them was a big woman, and the other was a princess of a country. But Ling'er, this little girl, is different, she has just had a round room with Pang Gang, she is very obsessed with Pang Gang, and she has been in tears since early in the morning.

After giving Pang just a moment of comfort, he finally stopped, and now when he arrived at the dock, Pang Gang hugged her and said goodbye to her, and the tears fell again.

"Alright, alright!" Pang Gang patted Ling'er's back and comforted: "Master, I'm just going to go on the expedition for a while, and if I don't go to be a son-in-law, I won't come, why are you crying, be good, stay at home, and the master will come back soon." ”

Ling'er, who had already combed the woman's sideburns and had a hosta inserted, was originally still a little green, and at this time there was also a hint of charm between her eyebrows, and at this time, when she heard the old man laughing, her pretty face also turned a little red. She stopped her tears and nodded lightly, "Then the master must come back as soon as possible, the concubine is looking forward to your return at home." ”

"Good!" Pang Gang patted her little hand, came to Ruolan and looked at her for a while and said, "Ruolan, after your husband leaves, the family will depend on you, and you will have to worry more about everything." ”

Ruolan gently tidied up the hem of the somewhat messy battle skirt for Pang Gang, and said softly: "Well, don't worry, the concubine will be taken care of, but Xianggong should be more careful, and he should be more attentive in everything." ”

After telling Wan Ruolan, Pang Gang walked up to Li Xuezhu again and said bluntly: "Xuezhu, if you regret it at this moment, you can go back to North Korea with me to see your father, don't worry, even if you go back with me, I will still send troops to North Korea." ”

Li Xuezhu bit her teeth and shook her head gently but resolutely, and said softly: "The general has good intentions, Xuezhu has a heart, but since Xuezhu has promised the general, he will not regret it, no matter whether the general can save North Korea from danger or not, Xuezhu is already a general's person." ”

"Don't say that." Pang Gang couldn't help but smile bitterly, touched his nose and said, "You say this, it makes me seem like a villain who takes advantage of people's danger." ”

"Flutter!" Li Xuezhu also chuckled, revealing a row of small teeth, and the huge twin peaks couldn't help but rise and fall with her breathing, and said with a smile: "Since you feel sorry for me, treat me well in the future." ”

"I'm down, this little girl is really amazing." Pang Gang secretly wiped a cold sweat and said: "Don't look at this little girl, she is not very old, but she is a little goblin who is obsessed with death!" ”

Thinking of this, he no longer dared to underestimate this girl who looked to be no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, and after greeting the three of them again, he strode towards the boat accompanied by all the guards.

After Pang Gang got on the ship, he looked at the many sailors who were busy, and he could see at a glance that those wearing blue hanging clothes were sailors from North Korea, and those movements were still a little rusty, and those who were wearing white coats were naturally Pang Gang's newly recruited sailors, who were learning the experience of riding a large ship little by little under the guidance of those North Korean sailors.

The sound of "oh oh" sounded next to him, and Li Xiaojun's voice sounded next to him, "Huge people, everyone has finished boarding, can I open the boat!" ”

Taking a deep look at the people on the shore who were seeing off and the three girls on the dock who were in a teary-eyed veil, Pang Gang took a deep breath of pity and said, "Let's start the boat!" ”

"Yes!"

Li Xiaojun agreed, shouted a few times at the sailors on the ship, and a North Korean sailor with two small flags in his hand immediately ran to the bow of the ship and raised the flag, and soon the ships raised their sails and slowly left the dock.

Pang Gang waved his hand at the three girls who had been standing on the dock, signaling them to go back, but the three girls did not move, they kept standing quietly on the dock until their shadows disappeared from their sight, but Pang Gang didn't know that in a remote corner of the dock, there was a pair of wonderful eyes that had been quietly watching him.

"Miss, I said that you shouldn't have come to see that conscienceless villain, Miss Vain still remembers him so much, but after so long, he hasn't even sent a letter to Miss, this kind of person is not worth Miss remembering at all." There is a delicate maid standing next to the owner of these wonderful eyes, she is the smart and clever maid Qiao'er of Wei Mansion, since Qiao'er is here, then who is the person next to her is naturally about to come out.

Wei Manyao, who was standing in a remote corner, sighed and whispered: "Returning Jun Mingzhu to tears, I hate to meet when I am not married." ”

Qiao'er followed Miss when she was young, and she knew a little more about poetry and songs, so she naturally knew the meaning of this Tang poem, and pouted lightly: "Miss, you also think too much, what if he has a daughter-in-law, since Miss has a fancy it, then go and rob it, the slave maid doesn't believe that Miss will rob him, who will only plan to plate such as Mrs., if Miss marries, then at least she will be on an equal footing." ”

"Qiao'er, it's nonsense." Wei Manyao's shrewdness and generosity seemed to be thrown out of the clouds, and she lowered her head in shame and said angrily: "Don't you know that Daddy is very opposed to me being with a huge person?" ”

Qiao'er pursed her lips disdainfully and said: "That's a huge person's official is not big enough, if a huge person becomes a general soldier or even a governor, do you think the master will object?" ”

The speaker had no intention of listening, although Qiao'er's words were said unintentionally, but they set off a huge wave in Wei Manyao's heart, "Yes, what if he worships the chief soldier, the governor and even the superintendent?" Will Daddy still object? ”

Thinking of this, Wei Manyao's whole person fell into deep thought

Not to mention the people who had their own hearts on the shore, at this time the Korean country was in a mess under the ravages of the Qing soldiers, and the Korean lord Yi Liang had already led 100 officials and less than 10,000 Korean soldiers to retreat to Namhanshan Fortress (that is, a soil city near Seoul, the capital of South Korea), and then was surrounded by Amin with a 50,000-strong army on three sides.

In a large house in South Hanseong, the current head of North Korea, Ri Ju, sat on a stool with a frown. The Qing soldiers have been besieging the city for half a month, they are not in a hurry to attack the city, but slowly bombarding the city wall with artillery, under the fierce bombardment of the Qing artillery, the Korean soldiers suffered heavy casualties, morale is low, and there is a danger of mutiny at any time.

Li Qi was so worried that even his hair was about to turn white in these days, and he was a little afraid to face those hundred officials and soldiers now.

A shadow gently walked to Li Liang's side and said softly: "Your Highness, don't think too much, didn't you send Lord Li Xiaojun and Lord Park Shunyi to Daming to receive reinforcements?" It must have been there soon."

As this figure came to Li Liang's side, Li Liang also saw the face of the person who came, this is a middle-aged beautiful woman, she is Li Xuezhu's mother, and she is also Li Liang's favorite concubine.

Li Liang smiled bitterly and said: "Concubine Ai, it's not that you don't know the virtues of those ministers in the court, they are all good at quarreling and fighting for power, and they have been arguing for more than a month about things that can be decided in a day or two, I don't know how much time has been delayed, otherwise the reinforcements of the Ming Kingdom would have arrived a long time ago." ”

Speaking of the civil and military officials in the court, Concubine Xian was also indignant, "Your Highness, what else will those hundred officials do besides playing tricks, what do you say that as long as our country marries a princess, and does not worry about the Ming Kingdom not sending troops to rescue, isn't Xuezhu forced to the Ming Kingdom by them?" ”

At the mention of his daughter, the corners of Li Liang's mouth also moved twice, and he smiled reluctantly: "Concubine Ai don't worry, Park Shunyi said that Xuezhu is living well in the mansion of the general of the Ming Kingdom, and the general is very powerful in the Ming Kingdom, and he is a general of the third grade." ”

Concubine Xian's pretty face was full of sorrow: "But no matter how good the Ming Kingdom is, it is not as good as her own family." If Xuezhu can be exchanged for the rescue of the Ming Kingdom, it will be forgotten, if the reinforcements of the Ming Kingdom do not come again, the concubines will not let go of those villains, even if they become ghosts. ”

Seeing that Concubine Xian's resentment was so big, Li Liang could only smile helplessly. Sending the princess back to the Ming Dynasty was originally the attention of those ministers, but when Park Shunyi brought back the news that Pang Gang was willing to send troops, the ministers in the court hesitated, and a group of people led by Li Junjie (Ming Rite Department Shangshu) were very dissatisfied with the news brought by Park Shunyi, they thought that Qingzhou was only a state capital of the Ming Dynasty, not enough to represent the Ming Dynasty, and the Qingzhou command envoy came to the rescue in a bad name, and maybe it would provoke the Ming Emperor to blame.

However, the military led by Jin Shiyan, the soldier Cao Judgment, thinks that no matter what soldiers and horses come to help, they are the army of the Ming Dynasty, and it is good to have it, but is it still qualified to pick and choose? In this way, the two sides quarreled for a whole month before deciding the matter. Li Liang is quite a headache for the ministers' ability to talk about it, but he is not a bold lord himself, so he is so embarrassed.

Looking at the dark and oppressive sky outside, Li Qi sighed lightly: "The mountain rain is about to come, the wind is full of buildings, my Korean state has been hundreds of years now, is it going to end in the hands of Lone?" ”

(To be continued)