Just when Ye Yuchang and the others returned to the dock and returned to the boat, they were told by Shen Yu that the little girl had seen a strange deer, and then chased after it and disappeared.

"Leave her alone, this place can't stay, and besides, she doesn't know her origin, anchor me and set sail!"

Under the command of Ye Yuchang, Yun Pai fled from this place that was once called "Changxin", only hoping that the waves could take him back to his hometown - Lezhou Port as soon as possible.

After another 2-day trip, my hometown is not far away.

At the same time, in the port of Lezhou......

A young fat man dressed in light armor, with a ring-headed knife around his waist, and a waist card engraved with the word "Jie", ran on the long embankment of Lezhou Port, followed by a group of subordinates.

The fat man ran to the tower at the end of the embankment, and without looking back, he shouted at his subordinates behind him, "Who is in charge of the city in the harbor now?"

"Xu, the soldiers of the Xu family have already taken over before dawn this morning!

"If only there was only one Xu family here!"

The fat man glared indignantly at the seven four-masted warships in the harbor, and the battleships were hung with big "Jin" flags, which were the ships of the imperial court.

Yuezhou Port belongs to the Xu family, and what is the Xu family?

It is the Pillar State, the strong vassal of the Jin State, and the land snake who is not afraid of the emperor even in the court.

Two days ago, a major earthquake broke out in the southwest of the Jin Kingdom, covering the three provinces of the Jin Kingdom, and even the Jingshi had obvious tremors, and the embankment of the Zhi River was shaken open, so the Daofu [Anping] of the Dao was directly shaken by the first wave of the earthquake, and was directly flooded by the Zhi River that broke the mouth, and the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people were uncertain, and half of the area of the Dao was reduced to Zeguo overnight.

The feudal towns of the Xie family and the Li family have also been affected, and countless refugees who have lost their homes have moved around to eat, if they don't give timely relief, there will definitely be people who will jump out to rebel, and there is no shortage of careerists in the world.

The imperial court sent a ship to Lezhou to collect grain for disaster relief, but the price opened according to the virtue of the imperial court must not be high, and even directly robbed, the abacus of all parties cannot be beaten together, and the Xu family, who is prosperous with the merchants, will definitely send troops to stop it!"

The fat man said with a lot of trouble.

"The imperial court, which is eager to suppress the disaster, naturally can't manage too much, so it is not the Cao transport ship that was sent, but the warship, this time it was the Zhou division and the soldiers who were transported, and the bureau in Lezhou had nothing to do with the people of Lezhou from the beginning, bastard!"

The pressure and stuffiness weighed down the fat man's head in his early twenties.

The fat man's name is Fang Yuting, a native of Lezhou, is the chief of all the officials in Lezhou, and he is also the commander of the local township soldiers.

Lezhou belongs to the Xu family, and the imperial court came to collect grain for the disaster areas in the south, and it was the civilians of Lezhou who were squeezed in the middle by two behemoths.

He kicked open the door at the bottom of the tower, and climbed to the top floor with a group of village soldiers and anti-monster officials, the tower has nine floors, and it is enough to see most of the towns in Lezhou from the majestic body of about 22 zhang high.

"It's so good to die, what kind of earthquake is coming!"

While complaining, Fang Yuting ordered several subordinates to spread out the map, put it on the table at the top of the tower, and began to place chess pieces representing various forces on the map.

Let a few well-versed rulers guard the tower's dangerous floors to ensure that this place is not taken over by the imperial court or the Xu family.

The subordinate looking out of the window at the top of the tower said in a trembling voice: "Great, my lord, two more warships have stopped in the harbor, and nine ships are now connected by wooden bridges and iron chains, which seem to be a stronghold, and they have also divided some small boats to seize the grain ships entering the harbor." ”

"But, damn—"

Knowing this, I didn't want to make the case for my father to bribe the government four years ago and give myself such an errand! In recent years, I have been asked to mediate the conflict between local businessmen and businessmen from other places, and Beikou has nothing to do but still come to fight the autumn wind and also ask me to lead troops to fight for my life.

In the past, my father's words reverberated in my heart: 'Good son, there are few demons in Lezhou, and the magistrate is a fat man, as for the commander-in-chief of the township soldiers, that is, to fight hooligans, your two positions are idle positions that can live by lying down for a day. ’

Fang Yuting was angry just thinking about it,

"Nonsense! You yourself have been free in Laixi all these years, and you will ask me for money if you have nothing to do! You also took a little mother when I don't know yet!"

His right hand clenched his fist on the table.

When the big man is out of fire, he can ambush 100,000 corpses, and the people below will handle the troubles well.

The sorrow of the little people is that the fire is over, and the life has to be lived.

The smoke of gunpowder slowly filled the streets of Lezhou, but none of the forces belonged to the people of Lezhou, from the perspective of the warring parties, they were outsiders to the war, and from their own point of view, they were insiders of the war damage.

For the imperial court and the Xu family, they will not care about the bottles and cans in Lezhou when they fight, because there are still four ports of the same size in the hands of the Xu family, and it is impossible to be soft to the imperial court because of this, and the political strength of the feudal town will shrink subtly, which will make his supporters in the court turn against other feudal towns.

This is the embarrassment of belonging to the feudal town, so the Xu family will not retreat, and the imperial court will not retreat in order to nip the "uprising" in the disaster area in the bud.

If both families don't retreat, there will be only war.

The sense of mission as a local made Fang Yuting want to do something, for him, once the war started, how many of his fellow villagers could survive the war? Also, if Lezhou was ruined, he encouraged his father to bribe him to get an errand and even the only oil and water he had.

Fang Yuting looked at the dry map of Lezhou.

According to the villagers' reports, with Gong Ji Road as the middle line, a silent confrontation has begun, the north of Gong Ji Road is the army of the Xu family, and the south of Gong Ji Road is the people of the imperial court, and the people are hiding at home and dare not go out.

A series of fortifications such as military fortifications, sentry guards, horse rejection, and temporary command posts on both sides have been set up one after another, and cavalry rushing can be seen everywhere on the streets.

The streets and alleys have been armed.

The huge pressure made his stomach groggy, and suddenly, the floor under Fang Yuting's feet trembled, making him almost unable to stand firmly.

"Wow, blah, bh. ”

A demon warden hurried up to the top floor,

"Sir, the people of the imperial court asked for the requisition of this tower, and our people refused according to your orders, and there was a conflict just now!"

"The result?"

"The people who came were ordinary soldiers, so they were beaten away by our Zhou Division, it seems that they went to call people, we are Zhou Division, and we have only reached the realm of creation, and the Zhou Division in the official army must not lack clear thoughts and words, and we can't deal with it!

The subordinates on the side lamented one after another: "Where can we evacuate? According to the news, in Lezhou City, the official army and the Xu army are all catching young men and running to the city, that is, to be cannon fodder!"

"We can't stay in the port and in the city, and the road must be blocked, so we can't escape Laixi, what should we do?"

"Sir, hurry up and find a way!"

"What can I do?"

Fang Yuting was disturbed by everyone's words, and a subordinate shouted from behind him, and his voice was even more urgent: "Command, command, that, there-"

"Alas, damn it...... What's wrong with that?"

The subordinate pointed out the window and said, "Yes, yes, yes, there is a strange ship heading towards the port!"

"What the hell are you talking about?"

Fang Yuting approached the window and asked a subordinate to take out his family heirloom - clairvoyant mirror from his backpack, he put the clairvoyance in front of his eyes and looked in the direction pointed by his subordinates.

After adjusting the sleeve several times, he saw a ship without sails, oars, and oars, but it was strangely fast, and the mast of the ship was not visible, but on a cabin that was not very high, he saw a flag with the word "Ye" written on it.

"Wait, in February, Yu Chang went to sea, and it was time to come back, tsk, alas! Why don't you come back at this time sooner or later!"

Fang Yuting and Ye Yuchang grew up together from Laixi, and they belong to the strongest friendship with their fellow villagers, which makes it difficult for him to get along between calmness and enthusiasm.

Can't go down and answer him? That's a problem.

There are only fifteen township soldiers in his hands, and five Zhou divisions in the realm of creation, even if he goes to respond, he can't break through the Jin army on the other side of the port, but I'm afraid that as soon as he gets off this tower, the ship has been intercepted.

"I—I can't take care of it. ”

He persuaded himself in his heart, and then instructed his subordinates, "Defend this tower to the death!" I remember that this tower used to have a lot of supplies, see if you can use it, let the brothers of the five magistrates below cooperate well, as long as you cooperate sincerely, you may not be able to defeat Ming Nian and Yan Cheng!"

He handed the clairvoyant mirror to his subordinates and asked him to observe the situation inside and outside the port.

"Finger, finger, finger, command!"

"What's wrong again?"

"The Jin and Jin armies seem to be in chaos!"

"What's that?"

Fang Yuting shouted and snatched the clairvoyant mirror from his subordinates' hands, and saw the scene described by his subordinates.

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Zhong Dajun, the deputy commander of the Jin army, has been very happy these days, and the marshal Luo Keding went to Gongji Road to arrange a defense line, and handed over the affairs outside the port to himself.

Zhong Dajun was young, only eighteen years old, and his ability to serve as deputy marshal was due to the shadow of his father Zhong He, who was the leader of Huai'an Military Town in Chongbei Province.

In the past few days, the grain intercepted by the merchant ships has been sealed in the cabins of each ship, and the rest of the things are ......

porcelain from the Qi country, this deputy marshal smiled;

The gold, silver and lacquerware from the Zhao Kingdom, this deputy marshal will leave some to himself, right?

The medicinal materials from Zhang Guo, this deputy marshal feels that it is very responsible to prepare some for the brothers to wait for the occasional need!

This is all to fulfill the entrustment of the imperial court, to raise food and wages for disaster relief, and to save the people in the southern part of Yuseongdo, Andong Dao and Jingcheng Dao!

I do all this for the sake of the common people and this country!

Zhong Dajun was moved by himself.

So, today, Zhong Dajun still stands in the stern of the flagship, leading his troops to intercept the ships coming and going to Lezhou Port.

A battalion saluted beside Zhong Dajun and said, "Deputy Marshal, I just intercepted another ship, this ...... How can I say it......"

"Hmph, there is one saying and two saying two, how can you swallow and spit out? These days, Ben Shuai has fulfilled his duties, rewarded fairly, and distributed all the boats intercepted to his brothers, Ben Shuai only takes 30%, and the rest is divided equally every day on the shore, so what is the matter!"

"Well, just now on a ship, the brothers found that the ship was carrying a young and beautiful woman from the Wu Kingdom to the port of Lezhou. ”

"Wu, Wu Nu, a woman in a land where the water is soft and the wind is clear, and the rivers are splendid?"

Zhong Dajun and Ying Zheng both gasped silently.

Zhong Dajun and Ying Zheng got together and asked in a low voice, "How many?"

"Five, fifty. ”

"The old rules of night and night, seventy percent of them are arranged by you. ”

"The deputy marshal is really rewarding and punishing!"

The forty-year-old battalion knelt directly on the ground, moved to tears, he hadn't seen Shangguan who didn't swallow alone for a long time.

A herald ran to the stern of the ship,

"Report! Another ship has been found! but-"

"But what? Maybe it's also trafficking Wu Nu, intercept it quickly!"

Before Zhong Dajun finished speaking, he saw the herald kneeling.

"My lord, run, it is like a ship with no sails and no oars, it is a ghost ship!"

"Ghost ship, gossip confuses the public!"

Zhong Dajun was about to punish the heralds, but he heard countless exclamations between the ships and on the waves.

A thousand words are combined into one sentence - "The ghost ship is coming to arrest people! Run!"

Most of the soldiers of this Jin army were born in Jingcheng Dao and Jiecheng Dao, which are very close to the West Sea, so they naturally know the story of the ghost ship.

The story is just a story, even if it can cause panic, it is just the fear in the hearts of a few people, but from the beginning, the doubts between the ships, and then through the galloping cloud row, these young master soldiers of the Jin army let out exclamations one by one, and the exclamation spread among the many small ships of the Jin army that intercepted the merchant ships, and the intensity expanded step by step.

Rumors and all kinds of exclamations arrived at the port before the "ghost ship", and the decaying Jin army all stared blankly at the "ghost ship" sailing fast without sails, oars, and oars, and watched it get closer and closer to themselves, so that they all made a mess and broke out on the beach and the harbor!