Chapter Eighty-Four: The Pope's Special Envoy Van Li'an

At that moment, Abatai summoned the vests who had participated in Fuzhou, Xushan, Gaizhou, etc., and asked them to personally explain the tactics and characteristics of the Ming army, especially all kinds of equipment, etc., all of which were not let go.

Houjin is the best at summarizing advanced military experience in battle, which is also the tradition of their Eight Banners nobles, but after listening to the summary, everyone is more and more empty-hearted, Yang Bo's department is not only well-equipped, even the battle is not inferior, and the Eight Banners high-level has long reached a consensus, Yang Bo hates Dajin, there is no possibility of winning over at all, there is such an enemy by his side, no one will feel good.

Dolgon was keenly aware of something, and asked the white-armored soldier, "After the Fuzhou City was broken, Yang Bo beheaded all the Wuzhen Hachao?" Not a single captive left? ”

The white-armored soldier nodded: "Back to the master, the slave heard that Yang Bo got Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming to Dengzhou with a thousand cuts, and I don't know if he is dead now, and Wuzhen Hachao once hit the Ming army when the Ming army landed in the city, which made that Yang Bo annoyed and angry, and as a result, after breaking Fuzhou, Wuzhen Hachao did not leave a single prisoner. ”

The faces of the two Dolgon brothers were cloudy, through the narration of these armor soldiers, the process of the tragic battle in Fuzhou that day was already very clear, they suspected that it was the Han army flag that dragged down Azig, but they didn't expect that it was Azig himself who had been trying to retreat, and Wuzhen Hachao and the Han army flag were the main force defending the city, this discovery made their faces gloomy.

"The twelfth brother is also fighting an old war, and he must have found that Fuzhou couldn't hold it. It's just that Kong Youde's dog refuses to listen to Jin Yu's good words, if he is willing to listen to the words of the twelfth brother, he will not fall into such a field as he is today! Duoduo gritted his teeth and put the blame on Kong Youde.

The people knew that they were brothers. Don't dare to speak, the summary ended in a depressing atmosphere.

The next day, the Dolgon brothers led the troops out of Gaizhou, accompanied by more than 2,000 people from the left flank of Amura, and the army was detected by the Ming army sentry cavalry when they arrived at Yulinpu, and rushed to Fuzhou to report, Dolgon saw that the Ming army was strong. I felt a little uneasy, so I put the sentry horse ten miles away, so as not to be accidentally ambushed by the Ming army. Everyone came all the way and saw that there were ruins everywhere, many tunbao had become ruins, and the fertile fields along the way had become ghosts, and they sighed secretly in their hearts. I don't know how much money and manpower it will cost to restore all this.

Yang Bo is not in Fuzhou. Because the special envoy of Pope Urban VIII, Fr. Van Lien, the inspector for the Far East, finally arrived in Lushun......

Yang Bo had to go and see the envoy in person, because he had not received any substantial benefits from the church so far, and although he had emptied Bi Francis's book collection, Yang Bo insisted that he had done so much for the church, and the church should also show reciprocity, so as soon as he heard that the envoy had arrived. He explained the military affairs and hurried to Lushun.

Although Yang Bo was full of calculations, he still had a smile on his face when he saw Bi Fangji and a few Xiyi people standing on the dock to greet him.

"You're Father Van Lien, aren't you?" Yang Bo took a step forward with a smile on his face. According to Bi Fondzi's etiquette, he grabbed the envoy's hand and kissed him on the ring.

Fan Li'an was also observing this person, and he was very satisfied with Yang Bo's humility, but since he was the Pope's special envoy, he naturally couldn't be too casual, so he first raised his hand reservedly, and then nodded slightly to Yang Bo after the etiquette was over: "Thank you General Yang for everything, I heard that General Yang is commanding God's devout believers to fight against the infidels?" ”

Yang Bo was slightly stunned, nodded and said: "That's right, there are many blasphemous alien races in Liaodong, and the war is very difficult, but with God's protection, I think we will achieve the final victory." ”

Fan Li'an's face was solemn, and he nodded: "Although I have prayed for you, I also want to say, for the Ming Dynasty favored by God, for the Lushun soldiers beloved by God, I sincerely bless you, bless you in the battle with the foreign race, with the sword given by God to defeat the enemy, you fight for honor, you fight for faith......

Yang Bo frowned slightly, pressing the displeasure in his heart, but he was thinking in his heart, if one day the Lushun soldiers hit Rome, how should Fan Li'an pray? There was a little conflict between the Lushun soldiers who loved God and the believers who loved God?

Bi Fangji secretly winked at Yang Bo, and there were several clergy around Fan Li'an, all of whom were dressed in decent robes, but they were very imposing.

After Fan Li'an finished praying, he introduced the people around him one by one, a general, and Father Jose of St. Paul's Cathedral in Macau, and Father Guo Jujing of Nanjing Mansion is 74 years old, he insisted on accompanying the envoy to Lushun to see what kind of person this miracle Yang Bo really was.

"Fr. Guo Jujing is an Italian Tuscany, who once preached with the pioneer Fr. Matteo Ricci in Beijing, and is also the baptized godfather of Xu Guangqi Xu, and also wrote a Latin dictionary of Chinese phonetics, which is still used in many churches in Macao, and has made many contributions to the spread of Ming culture." Bi Fangji introduced.

Yang Bo's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he took his hand and asked, "Father, this time I came to Lushun, I must stay longer, so that I can always ask you for advice."

Guo Jujing smiled and took Yang Bo's hand: "Since the death of Lord Xu, I have been very worried and confused, but I firmly believe that God will not abandon us who have gone through a lot of hardships to come to the Ming Dynasty to preach, I pray every day, pray that God will give us guidance, maybe God has heard our call, Lord Yang is an angel sent by God"

Yang Bo didn't understand what he had to do with the angel, so he nodded with a smile and said, "The war is a bit urgent, but please rest assured, I will try my best to take time to accompany you to inspect, and if you have any questions, please also ask Mr. Special Envoy and Father to point it out." ”

When the next group of people walked towards General Lushun's mansion, Fan Li'an and Yang Bo walked in front, Bi Fangji pulled others to talk and laugh all the way, and he was the proudest person to say that he came to Shandong from Xuzhou and laid these foundations with his bare hands.

Fan Li'an was in his forties, and he was talking to Yang Bo: "General Yang." I have to apologize to you for my postponement because something happened in the meantime, and it was agreed around April. But our ship was detained by Zheng Yiguan......"

"What?" Yang Bo was shocked and asked repeatedly: "How could Zheng Yiguan be detained?" Didn't you hear that Zheng Yiguan is also a disciple? ”

Fan Li'an said coldly: "Zheng Yiguan has indeed been baptized by Roman Catholicism, but he is just to make it more convenient to do business with the Portuguese, Zheng Yiguan has a lot of beliefs, as far as I know, he believes in the sea god Mazu and the Mori Zhitian Bodhisattva of Buddhism and Taoism, and in Japan, he has even visited the Shinto god Hachiman......"

Yang Bo laughed. He found Zheng Yiguan very interesting, simply a pioneer of pragmatism, as long as there was interest. He doesn't care what kind of bodhisattva he worships, which is somewhat similar to him.

"What is he holding your ship for?" Yang Bo asked curiously

"Charge!" Fan Li'an's face was full of anger.

"It's too much!" Yang Bo pretended to be indignant, and turned to Xiao Wu beside him: "What about the sailor Gao Yuanxiang?" Hurry up and let him come to me! ”

When everyone saw that Yang Bo and Fan Li'an stopped, they were all confused. I could only hear Yang Bo shouting: "Your Excellency." You don't have to be angry, I'm going to send someone to kill Zheng Yiguan, I'm too bold, too arrogant, even God's servants dare to charge, don't persuade me, this is my territory, I will never allow this kind of blasphemy against God. Don't persuade you, Little Five. Little Five, where did you die? ”

Xiao Wu came out of the crowd and whispered, "My lord, are Gao Yuanxiang and the sailor both transporting supplies in Fuzhou?" ”

Yang Bo sighed, and roared angrily: "Go and call Chen Bilian to me!" Damn, it's too bullying, our sailors have hundreds of boats, I can't swallow this breath if I don't kill Zheng Yiguan, go quickly, what are you doing here? ”

Xiao Wu didn't know what to do, and he didn't dare to ask more, so he hurriedly ran away

Fan Li'an and several priests glanced at each other, then looked at the tattered ships moored at the Lushun Wharf, and asked tentatively, "General Yang, you also have a sailor?" How many boats are there and what equipment is on board? ”

Yang Bo didn't have time to answer, the angry Chen Bilian had already rushed over with a group of Zizhi, hearing that Yang Bo had just come back and was surrounded by a group of Xiyi, Chen Bilian, who felt that she had been left out in the cold, had already been angry, and now when she heard Yang Bo actually shouting at her, she couldn't help it, and jumped out directly from the side.

"Kill Zheng Yiguan? You drank too much today, didn't you? Do you want my wife to make you sober? Chen Bilian separated Fan Li'an from another priest, poked her hand on Yang Bo's nose and scolded: "Zheng Yiguan led tens of thousands of pirates, more than 1,000 big ships, and last year he also defeated the fleet of the Hongyi East India Company in Kinmen and controlled the sea and land, and all the ships in the waterway have to pay taxes to him, how many big ships do we have?" Less than ten, you expect to use this garbage to destroy Zheng Yiguan, huh? ”

Chen Bilian was angry and funny, twisted Yang Bo's ears, pointed to the small boat parked at the dock and scolded: "You say it again? Use this garbage to destroy Zheng Yiguan? ”

Yang Bo bared his teeth and said with a smile to the people around him: "Hmm, this is Neizi, hmm, the temper is a little impatient, oops, let go"

Yang Bo knocked Chen Bilian's hand off and said, "These are the Pope's envoys, who are here specifically to inspect the missionary affairs in Lushun. ”

Chen Bilian looked at these fluffy Xiyi, she seemed a little embarrassed under the gaze of outsiders, her face was flushed, she blessed everyone, and ran away.

"Uchiko is also a member of the water division, but her temperament is too wild, so she didn't scare everyone, right?" Yang Bo smiled and apologized to everyone

"Mrs. Zun is really, really, well, that particular ......" Fan Li'an knew that the Ming woman had a docile personality and low status, and Chen Bilian had really never seen someone like Chen Bilian who pulled her husband's ears when she came up.

"Don't worry, Lushun has to deal with the alien races in Liaodong for the time being, and he doesn't have the energy to build a warship, but don't worry, this account will have to be settled with Zheng Yiguan sooner or later, wait and see!" Yang Bo said angrily.

Since Yang Bo had lost face, Fan Li'an didn't want to mention Zheng Yiguan's matter again, and everyone didn't talk much along the way, until the General's Mansion, Guo Jujing secretly asked Fan Li'an after Bi Fangji and the entourage left: "How is it?" How does the envoy feel about this General Yang? ”

Fan Li'an looked around and said in Italian: "Snobbery, prudence, vanity, well, in short, he has the ugly character that a nobleman should have, I think we will get along happily, I firmly believe in this, and I look forward to ......" (to be continued......)