When Wang Yong and Cheng Hu were talking, Wang Ze had already taken a boat to the beach in the north of Qingzhou, because of the sudden change in the land of Sanqi, he always felt a little uneasy in his heart, and after some thought, Wang Ze finally failed to go to Nanchen to help Chen Qian support the scene.

However, in order to show his attention and support for Nan Chen, especially Chen Qian, Wang Ze specially sent Fan Wenzhong, the county guard of Jeju Island, whom he relied on, to envoy to the Southern Dynasty instead of him, but when Sanqi settled down, Wang Ze still had to go to Nan Chen again.

Because Fan Wenzhong has never been to other countries, and he was only a clerk in Qizhou before being recruited by Wang Ze in the past, and his background was relatively low, in order not to make the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Dynasty look down on Fan Wenzhong and increase the weight of Fan Wenzhong's envoy, Wang Ze also sent Zhang Hang, the general of the blue wolf battalion who was originally going to be sent to Jiaozhou Port for reinforcements.

Zhang Hang led nearly 5,000 men and horses this time, and was also responsible for Fan Wenzhong's safety along the way, and set off with the two of them, as well as Kan Le, the captain of the naval army under Qu Liulang, who led the detachment of 20 3,000-stone Sea Shark-class warships specially strengthened by Wang Ze for him to accompany Fan Wenzhong and Zhang Hang.

In order to defend against the invasion of the Silla naval army, Kan Le had been stationed on Tsushima Island, which was adjacent to Silla, but this time because Du Sheng and Gu Bin had to protect the maritime security of the islands in the East China Sea and participate in the war against the Japanese Iyo Island (Shikoku Island) presided over by Jiang Chuan and Zheng Kui later, the boss Qu Liulang went to Zhenhai, Sakhalin Island and Whale Island to inspect and couldn't leave for the time being.

So Wang Ze transferred Kan Le, who had been doing nothing on Tsushima, to participate in this operation, and the original defense of Tsushima was handed over to the newly promoted naval academy captain Yang Feihu.

Oh yes, now Tsushima Island is no longer called this original name, because Wang Ze doesn't like this name, so a few days ago, Tsushima Island was also changed to Hai'an Island by Wang Ze on the opportunity; Because the main island of Tsushima is actually divided into two parts, north and south, by a narrow strait, and the middle is completely disconnected, this island is actually a collection of two islands.

He expressed great regret that Wang Ze could not go to Nanchen Wu Qiong in person for some reason this time, but since Wang Ze now sent so many of his right-hand men to support Chen Qian, it can be regarded as worthy of him, after all, there is such a big change in the land of Sanqi, and it would be difficult for Wang Ze to go to Nanchen.

In addition, when Wang Ze said goodbye to Wu Qiong, he promised to go to Nanchen again after the Sanqi accident subsided, so that Wu Qiong could at least give Chen Qian, Hou Andu, Wu Mingche and others when he returned to Jiankang, and with a little regret and satisfaction, Wu Qiong got on the boat and returned to Jiankang City, which was still in chaos, with Fan Wenzhong, Zhang Hang, and Kan Le.

After sending Fan Wenzhong and the others away, Wang Ze also immediately set off with He Liang, Mi Ke, Chu Honghang, Cheng Hu and others, but Wang Ze did not act with them.

Because the situation in the East China Sea is now erratic, and the relationship between Baekje, Silla and other countries is blurred, in order to ensure that there are enough troops in the East China Sea to deter Baekje and Silla, this time Wang Ze returned to Sanqi without bringing the naval army under the command of Du Sheng, Gu Bin and others, but only with a few warships under Mi Ke, and Wang Ze is not ready to land in Jiaozhou Port this time, so it is not the same route with He Liang.

Although He Liang also returned to Sanqi with most of the fleet, but the Cheng Hu loaded on his fleet was sent by Wang Ze to see Wang Yong to deliver the letter, and the rest of Chu Honghang's department was all more than 5,000 people from Chu Honghang's department who were preparing to take over the defense of Jiaozhou Port.

Now the land of Sanqi under Wang Yong's occupation can be said to be in a very dangerous situation, originally because of the threat of hundreds of thousands of troops from Jeju and Jibei counties by Hu Lawyers Association and Murong Ting, the troops stationed in the prefectures and counties of eastern Qi are already very few.

Now the only army in the prefectures and counties of Qidong has been dragged by Dugu Yongye in Jiaozhou City, if there is a strong response to the Northern Qi army at this time, if there is a strong response to the Northern Qi army to take the opportunity to start an incident, then I am afraid that it will not be long before the entire Sanqi hinterland will be stirred into a pot of porridge.

Other states and counties are good enough to say that they are currently protected by the city wall, at least they can defend the city, but Jiaozhou Port is different, this newly built city still has a city wall that has not been built, but there is a large amount of rice grain and weapons stored in the city, once the Haoqiang who started the incident takes the opportunity to capture Jiaozhou Port, the strength will increase sharply, which Wang Ze cannot tolerate.

Although the strength of the naval army under Yue Haichao's command is also good, but because the combat training of the naval soldiers has always focused on the water, only on the surface of the water can the combat effectiveness of the naval soldiers be fully brought into play, if they are allowed to go ashore to fight the infantry army, it will be difficult for them.

Chu Honghang, as the first fierce general under Wang Ze, although the strategy is average, it is enough to surround Jiaozhou Port and its surrounding areas.

Wang Ze sailed directly to Chengshan Port after making supplies from Qinjin Economic Prefecture Island by boat, this time in addition to the 5,000-stone whale shark-class warship that Wang Ze was riding, the other two warships were 3,000-stone sea shark warships, and the commander of these three warships was Mi Ke, who was born in the Mi family.

At the beginning, the Mi clan chief of Yuzhou Island (now Lianyungang) in the East China Sea sent more than 100 young people to Wang Ze's command, including the young son and a nephew of the Mi clan chief, but Wang Ze did not value Mi Zang, the youngest son of the Mi clan chief, nor Mi Jie, the nephew of the patriarch, but the man from the ordinary clan of the Mi family.

Later, in the war when Xiao Yu attacked Jeju Island, because of the strength of the past years of hard work at sea, Mi Ke commanded his own warships to sink two Xiao Yu naval warships one after another, and finally captured several Xiao Yu's medium-sized sea ships, which were appreciated by Du Sheng.

After the war, Du Sheng recommended Mi Ke to Wang Ze, and Wang Ze saw that Mi Ke's talent was indeed good, so he promoted him to be the commander of the navy Guowei, and now the three warships he led are the warships that Wang Ze is riding now. This time, Wang Ze planned to bypass the waters of Long Island directly and go ashore at the Zishui estuary on the northern coast of Qingzhou.

Because Wang Ze's warship traveled faster than He Liang's large fleet of merchant ships, when Cheng Hu rushed to Jiaozhou City to see Wang Yong, Ze had already come to the coast north of Qingzhou.

In fact, it is a bit far-fetched to say that Wang Ze has arrived at the beach, there is still a distance of five or six miles from where Wang Ze is staying now to the shore, but when he arrives here, the boat under Wang Ze can no longer move forward, because the boat he is on is blocked by the ice on the seaside.

The cold wind whistled from the sea in the north, and the wet and cold cold wind blew people's eyes itching and wanted to cry, with Wang Ze's boat as the boundary, the vast sea in the north was still choppy sea, but the boat went south to the shore in the distance and there was a layer of ice as thick as three or four fingers.

Ships made of high-quality wood, such as locust wood, elm, and oak wood, which are more than a foot thick, collide with the ice from time to time under the shaking of the sea breeze, making a burst of 'Huo Huo Yaya' making people's scalp tingling, making Wang Ze worry that the quality of this ship must be passed!

In fact, the uneven ice surface is relatively easy to walk, but it is covered with a layer of snow on it, which makes people unable to distinguish the ups and downs on the ice, and it is very easy to fall, and there is still a certain danger.

Wang Ze looked at this vast ice layer and scratched his head a little, not knowing what to do, at this time, another gust of wind swept in front of him, rolling up a large amount of snow from the ice, and then it was sprinkled on the ice one after another, blowing the ship's mast with a strange sound.

"Mi Ke!" Wang Ze called out to Mi Ke, who was busy directing the sailors on the ship to assign them tasks, "Didn't you say that there was no ice here before yesterday when you passed through Long Island before?" How did you get such a wide layer of ice overnight? ”

Mi Ke also said with a puzzled face: "Back to the little marquis, when I stopped on Long Island yesterday, I also specially asked Qu Xu Qu Douwei, the captain of the naval army stationed on Long Island, who told me at that time that although there were some floating ice in the sea area of Qingzhou, it was definitely not frozen!" ”

Seeing that Wang Ze's face was a little soothing, Mi Ke said again: "At that time, I thought, we have a big ship of 5,000 stone here, and I am not afraid of some slight floating ice, but I didn't expect to be frozen on such a thick layer of ice in just a day or two!" ”

It turned out that after Wang Ze left He Liang's slow fleet on Jeju Island, the three warships under Mi Ke drove much faster alone, and it didn't take a few days to bypass Chengshanjiao, but when he arrived in the waters of Changdao, Wang Ze began to find that the sea around Changdao was also generated by rare ice cubes.

Mi Ke grew up on Yuzhou Island since he was a child, and he has never been to the northern seas, so he will naturally be a little nervous when he sees ice on the sea, because he doesn't know how to deal with the problem of ice floes.

Qu Xu also sent a team of ships to Qingzhou a few days ago to transport materials, so he probably knew some of the previous situation, and told Mi Ke that although there was ice floe in the sea area of Qingzhou, it did not freeze, especially the 5,000-stone level ship still did not affect it.

With Qu Xu's assurance, and now that he had reached Long Island, Wang Ze finally decided to move on, and after continuing to walk for a day and a night, the next day when Wang Ze was sleeping soundly, he suddenly felt a violent vibration of the warship under him, and was also woken up by a loud crashing sound.

Now Wang Zeke was frightened, don't give Lao Tzu a Titanic incident, the master's life is now precious, so Wang Ze immediately put on his clothes and ran out, at this time, Mi Ke also rushed over and knocked on the door for the first time, and before he could knock, he was startled by Wang Ze who suddenly opened the door. Everyone

Seeing that Wang Ze was already dressed neatly, Mi Ke said in a low voice: "Little Hou Ye is not good, our ship has hit the ice, this time I have already arranged for someone to check whether there is any leakage in the cabin, although the ice is not too thick, but for the sake of insurance, Xiao Hou Ye should transfer to other ships first!" ”

What? The sea was frozen and the warship was intercepted, Wang Ze noticed that the place in front of him was flat and abnormal, and he couldn't see the port and coast that he was familiar with before.

Because of the distance, the originally tall buildings in Qingzhou Port now look like black spots, and if you look at the distance from the shore to the time when the ship is stopped, at least five or six miles wide of the sea is frozen.

Wang Ze looked at the thick ice in front of him with a wry smile, he didn't expect it to be so cold this year, if the ice was stronger, it would be okay, and a temporary passage could be built to pass through the ice, but if the ice was not frozen, it would be easy for people to fall into the cold sea water if they walked on it.

What made Wang Ze breathe a sigh of relief was that the 5,000-stone warship under him was not in any big trouble, but the planks had to be re-maintained to prevent erosion by the sea, and Mi Ke sent several teams of soldiers to slowly explore a passage to the shore with ropes tied to their waists.

Because the ice was still frozen for a short time, several soldiers fell from the ice that was not frozen during this period, but fortunately, the rope was relatively strong and was pulled up in time by the robe next to it. When the soldiers came ashore and contacted the people on the shore, they made a passage about two feet wide with wooden planks.

After going ashore, Mi Ke was afraid that the ship would be frozen on the surface of the sea by the subsequent arrival of the ice floes, so he did not dare to continue to stay on the beach, Wang Ze asked him to turn around and return to Jiaozhou Port to wait for him, it seems that Jiaozhou Port is better at least it will never freeze, and it is not accidental that it will become the garrison of the fleets of various dynasties in later generations.

This time it can be regarded as the smallest number of people brought by Wang Zexing, but there are also more than a dozen elite wolf tooth soldiers such as Zhao Yong and Guo Erlang specially sent by the wolf tooth leader Gao Shi to escort him, and after going ashore, he borrowed more than a dozen war horses from the local garrison and went straight to Qingzhou City.

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"No, Dalang, I can't go to the East China Sea with you!" To Wang Ze's surprise, his mother-in-law Xi Wenyang refused Wang Ze's request to let her go to the East China Sea with her, "Now that your father is suffering from the enemy, I should be in the rear to pick up the missing pieces and make up for the leaks, so that he can go to fight with the Qi army with peace of mind!" ”

In fact, Gongxi Wenqi doesn't like to fight and kill, she doesn't want to live an ordinary rich life with her husband and sons, but men like to make meritorious contributions and worship generals, and they are always enthusiastic about war.

Husband Wang Yong is like this, and eldest son Wang Ze is even more so, since they can't stop them, they can only silently provide them with everything they can do in the rear.

"Mother, now that the Qi army is threatening the prefectures and counties in the east of Qi from Jiaozhou City, and now Qingzhou and other places are extremely empty, in case there is a strong response to the Qi army's uprising, wouldn't it be dangerous for my mother to be here? You better take Erlang and Saburo to the East China Sea with me! And the second aunt and the third aunt also go together, so that you can have a companion! Wang Ze was still not at ease and continued to persuade.

However, Gongxi Wenyang has always been determined, she still refused: "Forget it, no matter how dangerous it is, I won't leave, your father is fighting with the Qi army in Jiaozhou, won't I make him worry when I leave like this!" It's just that Gongxi Wenyi immediately said, "But for the sake of insurance, you take your second brother and third brother away, and now your second brother is not young, you should teach you some skills!" ”

"Mother, my eldest brother is back to see us!" As soon as Gongxi Wenqi finished speaking, Wang Ze heard a childish cry from the courtyard outside the door, and with the sound of 'kicking', Wang Ze saw two little children running into the room.

The slightly older and less than five years old in front is Wang Hui, a little kid who is no longer a little bit in Gongxi Wen's mouth, and the two or three-year-old child who is still a little shaky when he runs behind is Wang Ze's third brother Wang Yu.

Seeing the tall and big Wang Ze, Wang Hui screamed and jumped up and hugged Wang Ze's thigh: "Big brother hug!" And Wang Yu, who was less than three years old, also ran over and hugged Wang Ze's thigh, and muttered a little vaguely: "Big coax!" (Big brother hugs)

Wang Ze looked at the two little children with black lines, bent down and took off the hats on the heads of the two little guys, and then made a mess of their hair, and as a result, the two little children were about to use a killer trick - crying with a pout.

As a result, before they could cry, Wang Ze waved two lollipops and appeared in Wang Ze's hands, Wang Hui and Wang Yu immediately took the candy in Wang Ze's hand and happily swallowed it.

Seeing that the eldest son and the two younger sons were getting along in harmony, Gongxi Wenying was also very happy, "Da Lang, you can take your two younger brothers back this time, I won't go!" Although he was a little reluctant to give up his youngest son, now Gongxi Wenqi also felt the undercurrent surging in the hinterland of Qidi.

On the one hand, for the safety of her husband Wang Yong, and on the other hand, for the safety of her sons, she decided to stay in Qingzhou and send all her sons away.

That night, Gongxi Wenqi personally cooked a few of Wang Ze's favorite dishes, but before Wang Ze could get off the chopsticks, Liu Xin, the assassin of Qingzhou, came to find Wang Ze.

"Mr. Liu, don't you know what's going on?" Wang Ze is a little strange, Liu Xin has always been more discerning, is it easy to come back and have a meal with his mother, why did he suddenly come to find himself?

"I have news from Mr. Lu here!" Liu Xin actually came to tell Wang Ze about Lu Wen's whereabouts, but what Wang Ze didn't expect was that Liu Xin was the first to get the news of Lu Wen.

But if you think about it carefully, it is a matter of course, Liu Xin used to be the owner of the big village in the mountains in the south of Qingzhou, although Liu Xin also has many subordinates who are willing to go down the mountain to live, but there are still thousands of subordinates who stay in the mountains, and Liu Xin has created a huge reputation in the more than ten years of being the owner of the village, and has a high reputation in the mountains within a radius of 100 miles.

Liu Xin's cottage is in the south of Qingzhou, the upstream of Zishui, adjacent to the southern Qingzhou where Lu Wen disappeared, and most of the bandits in the two places have dealings.

After waiting for more than ten days, finally today there was a cottage leader close to Mount Tai sent a letter to his cottage in the Qingzhou Mountains, saying that a team of hundreds of Taishan thieves passed near their cottage more than ten days ago, among which there was a blindfolded scribe, although he couldn't see clearly, but according to the estimated age and the clothes on his body, it should be Lu Wen.

Although Wang Ze did not study with Lu Wen when he was young, he was also very concerned about Lu Wen's safety because of Wang Yong's influence, and when he heard the news of Lu Wen, he immediately asked: "Mr. Liu, I hope to continue to trouble you to send more people to inquire, and I have a few more clever soldiers here who can also go with me!" ”

The more clever soldiers Wang Ze said are, of course, Zhao Yong, Guo Erlang and others, as wolf-toothed soldiers who are good at special operations in the mountains and forests, this time they will be entrusted with a heavy task by Wang Ze, even if they can't save Lu Wen, they must find out where Lu Wen is now.

"By the way, Xiao Hou Ye, now Qingzhou is extremely short of defenders, according to the secret protection of various counties and counties, there are many unknown people walking around every day, I am afraid that this is some people who are in contact with each other and preparing to act as an internal response to the Qi army, so I hope that Xiao Hou Ye will add some troops to Qingzhou if possible!" Liu Xin said with some concern.

Fortunately, at this time, the Futu monks of Sanqi had been escorted by Wang Yong to Muping, Weihai, Chengshan and other places east of Changguang County to build roads there, otherwise these people would need at least tens of thousands of soldiers to guard them if they became restless.

Wang Ze thought carefully for a while and looked at Liu Xin seriously and said: "Mr. Liu, it is impossible for Jeju and Jibei counties to continue to draw troops back, and the situation in the prefectures and counties of Qidong is the same as that of Qingzhou, so Mr. should first gather the militia in each county to assist in the defense!" ”

Liu Xin could only shake his head helplessly, although the people of Qi have always been fierce and brave, but as a qualified soldier, it still takes time to train and hone on the battlefield, but in the current situation, it can only be arranged like this.

Wang Ze, who was just patronizing to find a way to persuade his mother to leave Qingzhou, and Liu Xin, who was worried about the entire Sanqi situation, always felt that he seemed to have forgotten something when thinking about the current situation.