"In that case, General Li is solely responsible for the suppression of bandits." Xiong Wencan said, "I also hope that General Li can exterminate the bandits as soon as possible and restore peace to the coastal areas of Fujian!" ”

Li Yanzhi is no longer modest: "The last general will obey the governor's orders!" ”

Then he looked at everyone present: "However, the suppression of the bandits is very important, and it is necessary to dispatch troops, and even more need money, food and materials, and please Futai and all the adults to help!" ”

Xiong Wencan said categorically: "How much materials, money and food are needed, go back and make a list, Fuzhou City is not complete, Benfu is drawn from other prefectures and counties, Benfu will play the imperial court, and the taxes sent to the imperial court this year will be intercepted and used as the cost of suppressing bandits!" ”

Sure enough, Li Yanzhi smiled.

"Your Majesty appointed me as the chief soldier of Fujian, naturally let me keep the sea of Fujian quiet, since Futai trusts and your lords support, then the general soldier should not let go." Li Yan said solemnly, "Generals, who has been to the Penghu Islands?" ”

Several generals in the hall looked at each other, but none of them answered, and some of them still showed disdain on their faces. For people like you, I'm afraid you don't even know where Penghu Island is, and you're still fighting for power with Vice General Yu?

"I've been to Penghu ......" Yu Zhigao replied, two years ago, he led his subordinates to Penghu to suppress bandits, and many officials present knew that it was not good to talk nonsense.

Li Yanzhi smiled and said: "Vice General Yu, you have always wanted to lead troops to Penghu, if you are allowed to go, how are you going to deal with Li Kuiqi?" ”

Yu Zhigao said in a sullen voice: "How else can I deal with it?" The Penghu archipelago is surrounded by coral reefs, and there is only one waterway that goes directly to the main island. Li Kuiqi's more than 10,000 subordinates will definitely be stationed on the main island, I only need to take the dawn to lead the fleet through the waterway between the coral reefs to enter, and land on the main island, I can kill Li Kuiqi by surprise, and then divide the fleet to block the other side of the waterway, I can wipe out Li Kuiqi's men! ”

Li Yan stroked his palm and praised: "Sure enough, it's a good strategy, in this case, I will hand over the sailors of Fuzhou, Funing and Quanzhou to you, under your command, and send troops to Penghu in three days, Vice General Yu, what do you think?" ”

Yu Zhigao was stunned and said, "What about you, Mr. Li?" ”

Li Yan smiled and said, "Of course I stayed in Fuzhou and guarded my hometown." The pirates have always been extremely cunning, and Vice General Yu may not be able to succeed in a sneak attack, what if they take advantage of Vice General Yu's troops to send out some pirates to attack Fuzhou? I stayed in Fuzhou and waited for them! ”

Yu Zhigao was speechless, in that case, why did you fight with Lao Tzu just now? Zheng's face is red and his neck is thick, but he still let Lao Tzu lead the troops, didn't you take off your fucking pants and fart?

"Mr. Li really has the style of a general!" Fuzhou Governor Tang Kejian couldn't help but say sarcastically.

Except for rough people like Yu Zhigao, no one in the civil officials present could see that Li Yanzhi had no intention of leading troops to suppress pirates at all, and he earned this position as the commander.

With this position, you can justifiably collect food and salary materials, and as soon as you handle it, you will make a lot of money! The specific person in charge of the battle is Yu Zhigao, if he wins, there is an attack under the command of Li Yanzhi, if he loses, it is Yu Zhigao's disadvantage in the battle!

This Li Yanzhi is fucking like a rude general, more like a treacherous and cunning civil official!

"Tang Mansion has won the award." Li Yan said lightly.

What if you see it, Lao Tzu is so obvious, he doesn't accept it and bites me! The governor of Fujian and the governor of Fujian are both from Lao Tzu's side, and it doesn't matter if you say anything is nonsense!

"Okay, let's do it, Vice General Yu will lead the troops to attack Penghu in three days, and General Li will be in the rear, mobilizing the soldiers' food and salary, and taking command!" Xiong Wencan said with a final word.

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"What kind of Praetorian Guard, a milk baby who doesn't understand fart, didn't let Lao Tzu lead troops to attack Li Kuiqi?" Leaving the governor's yamen and returning to the naval barracks, Yu Zhigao scolded and scolded the other generals.

"General Yu, I'm afraid that Li Yanzhi is not fighting to lead the troops to fight, but in the name of this command." A general said.

Yu Zhigao paused for a moment, and finally understood, feeling that Li Yanzhi wanted benefits, but he didn't want to lead troops to fight!

"Brave people, shameless people, only know the calculations behind the scenes! As a general soldier, he didn't dare to fight, who would obey him? Yu Zhigao said disdainfully.

The other generals all nodded their heads again and again, and they naturally would not be convinced by such a superior who only knew how to fight for power and profit and did not dare to fight with pirates.

......

Li Yan couldn't hear their conversation, and even if he did, he didn't care, because he knew what he wanted.

What pirates attacked Jin'an Town, it was clearly Zheng Zhilong who collaborated with him. Zheng Zhilong transferred thousands of his men from Taiwan, and Li Yanzhi also sent 300 Praetorian Guards to sail at night to meet Zheng Zhilong's subordinates, so there were so many guns and artillery. And the person in charge of the actual command is Zheng Zhilong's second brother Zheng Zhihu.

The purpose of doing this is to muddy the waters of Fujian and create a war situation of pirate attacks, and justifiably ask Xiong Wencan for money, food, weapons and materials, otherwise where would Li Yanzhi get the money and food to recruit and train the army?

The second purpose is to snatch the goods of the Quanzhou Merchant Gang from Jin'an Town, the Quanzhou Merchant Gang has raised the goods for more than half a year, and they originally wanted to go to Japan to sell them, but now they are all cheap Li Yanzhi and Zheng Zhilong. Of course, Li Yanzhi had already agreed with Zheng Zhilong in advance that this batch of goods would be owned by the Royal Maritime Trading Company, and the profits would be distributed according to the shares after they were shipped to Japan and sold in the future.

Now Yu Zhigao took his subordinates to the sea to suppress bandits, and the waters near Fuzhou were stationed by Zheng Zhilong's troops to prevent pirates from attacking. Li Yanzhi continued to recruit and train soldiers.

In fact, Zheng Zhilong preferred to go to Quanzhou, which was far away from the yamen of Fuzhou, and had excellent harbors, plus the many islands of Xiamen in Kinmen, which was more suitable as a base, while Fuzhou was afraid to do anything under the noses of the governor and other officials.

Zheng Zhilong mentioned to Li Yanzhi that he would go to Quanzhou, but was rejected by Li Yanzhi, on the grounds that he had just robbed the Quanzhou Gang, where to go and be recognized? Zheng Zhilong thought that this was indeed the case, so he could only give up.

A large amount of money, grain, and materials were transferred from various prefectures to Fuzhou, and most of these materials, which were nominally used to suppress bandits, went into Li Yanzhi's pocket. Of course, if Yu Zhigao can defeat Li Kuiqi and come back, Li Yanzhi will still take out some of it to reward the army.

However, can Yu Zhigao defeat Li Kuiqi? Although Yu Zhigao swore at the meeting, as if he could completely annihilate Li Kuiqi as long as he sent troops, Li Kuiqi is not a fool, can he let you be blocked in the nest like this?

In fact, neither Li Yanzhi nor Zheng Zhilong is optimistic about the results of sending troops.

It is best for Yu Zhigao and Li Kuiqi to lose both, and from then on, the two of them have the final say in this sea area of Fujian, which is the common idea of Li Yanzhi and Zheng Zhilong.

But how can things go as planned?

On the afternoon of the day when Yu Zhigao led his troops to sea, a sailing ship sailed from Xiamen into Lanxi and arrived outside Quanzhou.