Chapter 69: The Book of War

As soon as he heard the golden cicada outside say something big, Yue Su's heart was shocked, and then he saw the golden cicada walking in a few steps, still holding a letter in his hand

Coming to Yue Su's side, Jin Chan bowed down and presented the letter to Yue Su, saying, "My lord, look" Yue Su took a look, and saw two big characters written on the envelope - there was a line of small characters below the war book, which was written Please forward it to Lord Yue, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang

Someone dares to give himself a war letter, is this a suspicion of longevity After Yue Su saw these two words, anger immediately rose on his face, and he immediately tore open the envelope, pulled out the letter paper, and looked at it

The content of the letter is probably as follows: I heard that Lord Yue has strengthened the sailors since he became the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and he has the intention of taking the lives of our Haikou as soon as possible, but he has come to watch the adults for a few days, but this is not the case, but he wants to rob us of our business on this sea, and there are rules and regulations for this sea area, and this sea area is under the jurisdiction of my eighteen Zhi, and outsiders are not allowed to interfere with it, since the adults are involved, it is easy to do, you and I will compete at sea, if the adults win, Zheng will immediately take people out of this sea area, if Zheng wins by luck, Then the adults should stay on the shore honestly, the time of the decisive battle, it will be set on the eighteenth of next month, the place of battle, I think the sea area around Lianmenyu is good, I don't know what the adults want?

Dare to fight? The signature of the signature is Zheng Zhilong

The robbers dared to declare war on the imperial court, and Lord Yue was even more angry, forgetting that his wife was by his side, so he couldn't help but slap the table and shouted, "It's just the opposite!" ”

Seeing her husband slapping the table and shouting angrily, Li Qiongying was startled, since she met, she had never seen her husband make such a big fire Yue Su sometimes lost his temper, but in front of his wife, he could be restrained, and this time he was bullied to the door, which was really difficult to suppress

Li Wenzhang and Li Yuanchen both saw Yue Su angry, these two are fox-level, and they realized at the moment that something very big must have happened, so that Yue Su couldn't even restrain the anger in his heart But what happened, the two didn't know, Li Wenzhang gave his son a look, Li Yuanchen immediately understood, and said carefully: "Brother-in-law, what's wrong with the adult, why are you so angry"

"It's just a sea coward, it's just beyond my strength, I dare to declare war on the imperial court sailors, what difference does this make if I don't wipe out all these small people who don't know the height of the sky, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart!" Realizing that his wife was beside him, Yue Su suppressed the anger and his voice became softer

"What? There are Haikou who dare to declare war on the imperial court sailors, this is a big deal" Li Yuanchen continued: "Although the younger brother's family has never been to the sea, but in the past two years, they have been doing business with the Spaniards, and they have some understanding of the situation on this sea, and there is a person named Zheng Zhilong who is very powerful, but if someone does not pay the toll, it is extremely difficult to pass through this sea area, and even the Dutch and Spaniards on the island of Taiwan let him have a little bit of his younger brother and listen to the Spaniards say that every time he comes to trade, in order to avoid trouble, he must first send him five hundred taels of silver."

This matter is not false at all, don't look at Zheng Zhilong's previous entrenchment in Taiwan and was beaten away by the Dutch, but since the establishment of Eighteen Zhilong, his strength has increased greatly, although he intends to recapture Taiwan as a base, but the Dutch are still very strong in defense, and finally have to give up, everyone lives in peace However, whether it is the Dutch or the Spaniards, if you want to do business through this sea area, then you have to pay protection money to Zheng Zhilong, otherwise you will rob you without discussing the Dutch and Spanish warships are all ships and guns, If you are in the sea confrontation and you are not afraid of Zheng Zhilong, you can't send ten or eight warships to escort you every time you do business, so you can simply compromise with Zheng Zhilong, not to miss those few small money, when the business passes, the protection fee should be paid, which is also called porcelain not to collide with your broken crockpot

If you want to eliminate Zheng Zhilong, it's too difficult, don't look at Zheng Zhilong who lives in Maweiyu, but he is strong, he can win big, he can fight, and if he can't win, he will run, who can treat them as pirates who are running around and committing crimes

After listening to Li Yuanchen's story, Yue Su nodded and said: "This Zheng Zhilong is indeed a number one, last time he led pirates to attack Quanzhou, and waved his hand with the Fujian sailors, but the sailors were hit hard, but after this guy went ashore, he will never harass the poor people, you do it to those big households, but even so, the pirates are the pirates, how can they be allowed to run rampant here, although I asked the court for the will of Zhao'an, I also want him to see the power of the court sailors first, and let him understand that the court wants to destroy him, That's a no-brainer, after surrendering, do honest things for the imperial court! ”

"Brother-in-law is right, but if you want to defeat Zheng Zhilong, it's not so easy, brother-in-law doesn't have to be careless about my brother-in-law, I don't know where this guy is going to fight with his brother-in-law, and when is the time set?" Li Yuanchen asked

"The time is set for the eighteenth of next month, and there is still more than a month before now, and the location is set in the sea area around Lianmenyu," Yue Su did not hide it, and said truthfully

"The time and place have been booked by him, this pair of brothers-in-law is very ignorant, but I don't know how sure my brother-in-law is of the Fujian Sailor that he can achieve this victory?" Li Yuanchen asked again

"It's really not a big grasp, although I have started to rebuild the sailors now, but it always takes time to prepare, the site is easy to do, but the shipbuilders are manpower, and I can't be in place immediately for a while to listen to my subordinates, it will take at least half a year to build a big war ship like the English, even if there are many people, it will take four months to wait for the battleship to be built, and then fight with him, I can naturally have more than seventy percent certainty, but now it is at most two or three percent" Yue Su still told the truth

"Brother-in-law, if this is the case, it is better to avoid this battle, or drag it out for a few months, and when everything is ready, it is okay to fight to the death with it," Li Yuanchen persuaded

"That's what I said, but if I don't agree to fight, the prestige of the imperial court will inevitably be damaged, and the morale of our army will definitely drop significantly, which is really inappropriate......" Yue Su said, shook his head Yes, I actually robbed other people's business, don't be afraid of people coming to the door, at this time, if you don't dare to fight, how can your subordinates go out to rob in the future, it is estimated that the other party will definitely aim at the sailor, as long as you go out to rob, people will also send a boat to find it, and give you a place to go and not return

Seeing Yue Su say this, Li Yuanchen had no choice but to say: "Brother-in-law, if you don't want to lose the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, then you can only give it a go, but the younger brother suggested that the brother-in-law should not be led by the nose, and the time and place are all determined by Zheng Zhilong's family, and the brother-in-law might as well write back and tell Zheng Zhilong that the time and place, each side will set one, and then fight He is also a person in the rivers and lakes, and he should agree to the time, if he sets the time, the brother-in-law can choose a favorable place for the decisive battle, if he sets the place, That's even better, my brother-in-law can choose the day after the battleship is built, and then fight him."

Li Yuanchen has always had a lot of ideas, and his intelligence and talent seem to be no less than Jiang Jie, don't look at Yue Su just sentenced his Laozi, but when he helped to come up with ideas, he was not stingy at all, after all, he understood that Yue Su's exile of Li Wenzhang to Yunnan was actually not malicious, otherwise, a charge of yin and yang private soldiers and plotting against each other is enough to make the Li family unable to eat and go around, everyone is their own person, and the favor is enough, and when we meet in the future, you Yue Su will not give face

His suggestion was deeply in line with Yue Su's meaning, Yue Su smiled, and said: "Yuan Chen is really Zhiduoxing, your idea, I will send someone to the sea tomorrow to find Zheng Zhilong, and let him send someone to negotiate, since he wants to do things according to the rules of the rivers and lakes, I will deal with the rules of the rivers and lakes, time and place, he can only choose one"

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Zheng Zhilong is entrenched on an island called Maweiyu, this is not a secret, the next morning, Yue Suxin pen wrote a letter, sent someone to take a boat, rushed to Maweiyu, sent Zheng Zhilong

The content of the letter is the suggestion given to him by Li Yuanchen, he told Zheng Zhilong, since Your Excellency has come to the governor for a decisive battle with the rules of the rivers and lakes, then the governor will also act according to the rules of the rivers and lakes, and accept your challenge, but the rivers and lakes also have the rules of the rivers and lakes, how can there be a time and place for the decisive battle The master of Zheng Island selected by a family said yes?

The governor doesn't think it's as good as this, let's sit down and talk, time and place, each side chooses one, and then we will fight it out

Yue Su's people soon arrived at Maweiyu and handed the reply letter to Zheng Zhilong's hands, after Zheng Zhilong saw the reply, not only was he a little stunned, he thought that Yue Su did not have the courage to fight, after all, the combat power of the Fujian Naval Division, he couldn't be clearer, all dispatched, and they were also his opponents, how could they dare to fight

But Yue Su has now received the battle letter, and he has to do things according to the rules of the rivers and lakes, everyone chooses one of the time and place, and after agreeing, the rules of the decisive battle on the rivers and lakes will be carried out, how can Zheng Zhilong, who has been rolling on the rivers and lakes for so many years, not know, it should indeed be so, let's fight according to the rules of the rivers and lakes, and also convince you to lose, and destroy all your sailors, and see what you will do to the sea in the future

So, on the second day, Zheng Zhilong sent a henchman to Quanzhou, and the governor went to negotiate with Yue Su to negotiate a decisive battle

Of course, the so-called cronies he sent could not be his own buddies, but a Haikou who had followed him for five years, this kid's real name was Fang En, and he was also clever and courageous, otherwise he couldn't be valued by Zheng Zhilong, because there is a saying called "The two armies do not fight each other", so he went to negotiate this time, and he almost took the initiative to ask for help