Chapter 135: The ambitious Xiao Yu

Wang Ze immediately became a little excited when he heard that there was a fleet in front of his fleet, to say that this gang was just an otaku before he was reborn, but now he is very excited when he hears about the war, and it can be said that there is still a violent factor in his bones.

But Wang Ze didn't know that it was the commander of the naval army in front of him, who had already scolded himself half to death in his heart, and his mother wanted to stop some merchant ships for cheapness, but he originally cast a net to catch a small fish but ran into such a big shark head-on.

This main general is not someone else, it is Xiao Can, a naval general under the command of Xiao Yu, although he is not Xiao Yu's own family, but he is also a member of the same clan, and it is self-evident that he has always coveted Jeju Island.

Since Xiao Yu took refuge in Baekje last year, although the king of Baekje also valued Xiao Yu and the naval army with tens of thousands of soldiers he brought, and also paid military salaries and grain and grass supplies according to the first-class forbidden army of Baekje every month, although the combat effectiveness of Xiao Yu's troops far exceeded that of the Baekje naval army, the king of Baekje also had to take into account the balance of various forces in the country.

However, after all, Baekje is a small country and weak, even if the king of Baekje thinks that the best treatment he gave Xiao Yu to them, it is not worth the luxury of Xiao Liang's naval army in the Southern Dynasty, not to mention that Xiao Yu's department is still stationed near Jiankang.

At the beginning, Xiao Yu also knew that the king of Baekje valued his subordinates, and in order to show his strength, he also participated in many attacks on the Silla naval army, but as time went by, the naval soldiers under Xiao Yu's command couldn't stand it, after all, with the reduction of living standards, the soldiers at the bottom were the ones who were most affected.

After all, the big guy had a good life in the Southern Dynasty, and if he took refuge in Chen Baxian, it wouldn't be much worse, but now he was dragged by you to the place of the East China Sea, if only his life could be better, but now the big guy often can't even eat rice, so there were many desertions in Xiao Yu's army in the autumn and winter of last year.

At first, Xiao Yu didn't care about it as an accident, but then there were more than ten defections of soldiers in the army, and hundreds of soldiers fled, which made Xiao Yu very annoyed, but the question of how to improve the living standards of soldiers was also placed in front of Xiao Yu, after all, he would have to rely on these soldiers to work hard in the future.

Why does the king of Baekje value Xiao Yu? It's not because Xiao Yu brought tens of thousands of battle-hardened soldiers, if these soldiers are gone, then Xiao Yu is nothing.

At the beginning, Xiao Yu planned to learn from others to do maritime trade, and he also knew that the sea trade was lucrative, so that he could not only feed the tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, but also have enough money to establish good relations with the major families in Baekje, and even continue to recruit a group of soldiers to expand his strength.

It's just that the soldiers in Xiao Yu's army are basically rough people who can't read a lot of words, and most of the officers are from families, where are there any businessmen, so it goes without saying that everyone knows that the sea trade, which has always been very profitable, has made Xiao Yu and others lose money.

Xiao Yu was extremely annoyed now, but what could he do? At this moment, he suddenly learned from other maritime merchants that tens of thousands of Wang Ze's troops stationed in Jeju Island, Qinjin, Chang'mun and other places rushed to the land of Sanqi, and that Wang Ze's territories in the entire East China Sea were now only defended by a group of naval troops and militia.

Haha, here's your chance! Xiao Yu's first reaction after learning the news was this, when he came to the East China Sea, his strength was not much different from Wang Ze, but he was sick in his brain because he didn't expect to claim the title of king, otherwise he would be the one who occupies the Purple Island of the Wa Kingdom now.

Xiao Yu's heart was hot, and Xiao Yu also had a big killing weapon in his hand, that is, Xiao Yin, the great-grandson of Emperor Wu of Liang. What Xiao Yu thought in his heart was that the Southern Dynasty was the orthodox dynasty of China, and the Han people in the north must be extremely supportive of the orthodoxy of the Southern Dynasty.

As long as he takes advantage of the empty army in the Donghae region of Wang Ze to seize Jeju Island, and then supports Xiao Yin, who is not yet ten years old, to ascend the throne as emperor, and he himself serves as the prime minister and general to lead all military and political affairs, he will definitely be able to win the support of those Han people on Jeju Island at that time.

Then he waved his army to attack Zhuzi Island, which has now been renamed Qinjin by Wang Ze, completely occupied the foundation of the East China Sea founded by Wang Ze, and then moved people from Northern Qi and Southern Chen to come here in the name of Xiao Yin, and he may not be able to do the next big thing.

However, Xiao Yu often does things too much, to put it bluntly, he is greedy for life and afraid of death, but this person still has an extremely strong ambition.

When Xiao Yu explained his purpose to Wei Zhuang, Zhu Huang, Lu Zhen and several other henchmen, Lu Zhen said bluntly when he saw that the dissuasion was fruitless: "If the Metropolitan Governor wants to achieve great things, he still needs to mobilize a large army as soon as possible to capture Jeju Island with a thunderous force, so there is still a forty percent chance of victory, but if it is delayed for one day, the defeat rate will increase by one point!" ”

Lu Zhen said very clearly, if you want to do this big thing, don't hesitate, take advantage of the emptiness of Wang Ze's troops in the East China Sea to attack Jeju Island immediately, so that there will be a four-layer success rate!

However, Xiao Yu was a little timid after all, and in order to ensure that he was at ease, he was ready to test it first, but he only sent a navy disguised as Baekje pirates to rob the merchant ships passing near Jeju Island, and after robbing them, he used the large island southwest of Baekje to escape safely.

Because the waterways of this island are very complicated, Du Sheng and Qu Liulang have encircled and suppressed several times without success, but Xiao Yu has made a lot of money through many lootings, so Xiao Yu's self-confidence has swelled day by day in this temptation again and again.

What reassured Xiao Yu even more was that the merchant ships and spies sent to the land of Sanqi last month brought the news that the Northern Qi had made a truce with the Northern Zhou and the Turks, and now hundreds of thousands of troops were being mobilized led by the famous generals Hu Lawyers' Association, the generals Murong and Liu Damo, and the troops were divided into three ways to encircle and suppress Wang Yong and Wang Ze.

I'm afraid that this time Wang Yong's forces are about to fall, and Wang Ze will never be able to return to the East China Sea, of course, even if Wang Ze escapes back to the East China Sea, he is just a lost dog, so there is nothing to fear.

It seems that he is really destined to return! Xiao Yu couldn't help but think proudly, although Jeju Island belongs to Wang Ze, after all, it is the foundation created by my Hanmin, and it can't be allowed to fall into the hands of foreign races, who can take it if I don't take it!

In this way, Xiao Yu finally put his mind at ease, and what reassured him even more was that last month, Su and I used Germany to attack another army of nearly 100,000 people, Wang Ze only sent back an army of 5,000 people to support, it seems that Wang Yong and Wang Ze really did their best.

Just when Xiao Yu was about to attack Jeju Island, a naval army pretending to be pirates to rob merchant ships was suddenly recognized as himself, so everyone in this fleet was killed.

But Xiao Yu thought that this was a signal from heaven to himself, the time for the attack had come, and if it was delayed any longer, the enemy would definitely be prepared, so a new round of turmoil and chaos opened again.

When Xu Ning, the guard officer in Jeju New City, learned that a large number of warships were approaching, he immediately thought about whether the little marquis had returned? However, he was immediately denied by himself, because in ancient times, the flow of information was not smooth, and generally their own fleet or merchant ships of other countries had to stop at about ten miles away from the port before entering a certain port, and then send small ships to enter the port to make contact.

After the port sends a team of sailors to check that the fleet is not in danger, it can enter the port under the guidance of the pilot ship, which is quite cumbersome in any aspect.

However, the arriving fleet did not have the slightest intention of slowing down, and actually rushed straight to Jeju Port, and the port was 'chaotic'.

The sailors of Du Sheng's department, which were originally stationed in the port, went out to inspect the sea yesterday and did not return, leaving only a dozen or so warships that had been captured from the Baekje navy, which were used as patrol ships near the port on weekdays, but now they have become the only warships in the port.

Fortunately, because of the need to deter the sea ships of various countries on weekdays, even if these warships do not go to sea to fight on weekdays, they are also equipped with heavyweight weapons such as new crossbow arrows, gunpowder, thunderbolts, rockets, etc., but there are not many.

Seeing a large group of warships coming with bad intentions, dozens of maritime ships in the port were 'chaotic', and Yang An, who was the inspector of Jeju New Port, had to 'stand up', and under his order, the only dozen or so warships met the rapidly approaching warships.

The sailors on the ship all had serious faces, although everyone hesitated when Yang An ordered everyone to meet them at first, but when they saw Yang Anzao's ship sailing out of the port first, they immediately followed one by one.

You must know that these sailors, except for a few veterans who are officers, are basically recruits who have not participated in any battles, and they did not hesitate in the face of the hundreds of warships led by Xiao Yu outside the port.

The naval army led by Du Sheng has not yet returned, once the enemy troops on these hundreds of warships are logged in, then the only militia on the island will not be able to stop these enemy troops, their families are on the island, they are fearless for their families!

At the beginning, Xiao Yu was still 'quite afraid' when he led the army to attack, after all, he had also seen the scene of the battle between Wang Ze and the Japanese Navy led by Su Ma Zi, and once he was hit head-on by Wang Ze's Water Army, even if he could win, it would only be a miserable victory.

But what made Xiao Yu rush to the fortunate thing was that he didn't encounter the Jeju Island Navy along the way, not to mention, even the Navy in the port only had a dozen or so broken ships left in front of him.

To be honest, Xiao Yu really doesn't look down on the warships built by Baekje, even if Baekje has existed as a seafaring power in the East China Sea for one or two hundred years, the level of shipbuilding is still so bad and smelly! Now Xiao Yu believes that he is destined to return.

He glanced contemptuously at the dozen or so short and small warships that were coming up to his fleet in front of him, and ordered: "The whole army will attack and seize Jeju New City, what is Jeju New City, if it is me, it will be changed to Mukden City, isn't this just and heaven's will?" ”

Needless to say, after Xiao Yu finished speaking, there was another wave of sycophants next to him, what is the destiny of heaven, what is the name of Fengtian, it is in line with the will of heaven and obeys the will of the people, all kinds of things can't be said, these sycophants don't care if others believe it or not, anyway, Xiao Yu believes it!

At this moment, he suddenly heard several loud noises, and a warship rushing to the front was blown through the hull and sank, so Xiao Yu hurriedly ordered the fleet to slow down despite the obstruction of several generals.

I heard a general on the opposite warship shouting: "Who dares to attack my Jeju, isn't he afraid of the wrath of my prince and marquis?" It was Yang An who spoke.

Just now, Yang An saw hundreds of warships rushing towards him, how could he stop them with only the dozen or so broken ships under his command, and the weapons on the ships were very few, where could he wait for the enemy's attack.

After some thought, Yang An concentrated the only few rockets and thunderbolts on more than a dozen warships on his own ship, and hit the first warship that rushed up.

As Yang An expected, with the destruction of the first warship, the great earthquake deterred Xiao Yu and the warships under his command, anyone who was so head-on would be careful, according to the ordinary war mode of this period, the big guy should be two ships close to each other for a gang jump.

More advanced is to install a 'bed' crossbow fire oil arrow to 'shoot', or even use a trebuchet to 'shoot', but no matter what, it is a killing target for the soldiers on the enemy ship, and now there is a loud noise, and several small boats opposite have reimbursed the big ship in front of them.

Although I have seen the blow of Wang Ze's navy to the Japanese navy, but watching others being beaten and being beaten by himself are completely different things, this time Xiao Yu's heart is really cold, and he is so stunned that he doesn't know what to do.

At this moment, the veteran Zhu Huangjin said: "Metropolitan Governor, I see that the enemy army only has so many small boats, and after destroying one of our ships, there will be no reaction, it must be that there are not many weapons on board, it is better to attack as soon as possible, otherwise it will not be good to be rushed by their reinforcements!" ”

I have to say that the 'old' traitor is 'cunning', of course, if you replace your own veteran, you have to replace it with a 'veteran's top two', Zhu Huang can see at a glance that Yang An's broken ships are bluffing.

Xiao Yu also figured it out when Zhu Huang reminded him like this, and he hurriedly ordered an attack in anger, in fact, Yang An's goal was also achieved, it would take time for the warship to stop first and then start after all, not to mention that such a fleet would be delayed even more.

At this time, groups of militia in Jeju New City and on the docks placed people and merchants in various places, and even the Haotian Grand Temple outside the city was guarded by hundreds of soldiers.

In the face of the attack of Xiao Yu's navy, Yang An could only fight and retreat in desperation, and he even destroyed five or six warships, but he had already consumed all the weapons on board.

Since there is no weapon to rely on, of course Yang An will not stick to the broken ship like some dead brains, and immediately ordered the soldiers to abandon the ship and go ashore, and the addition of more than 300 sailors is also a good help for defending the city.

Looking at the nearly 100 merchant ships in the port, Xiao Yu couldn't help laughing, these merchant ships alone are a lot of wealth, not to mention that a few miles away from the port is Jeju New Town.

As long as Jeju Island is captured, then everything on the island is his own, and just when Xiao Yu was full of pride, a naval army general suddenly came: "Oh no, Dadu Governor, there is a group of warships in the northeast that is rapidly approaching, it seems that it should be the Jeju Island naval army!" ”