Chapter 963: Invasion of the Sea Bandits
Sun Ning's uneasiness was soon fulfilled.
Ten days later, at the tail end of midsummer June, the case of Ji Yu's family was still being further investigated, and even the fugitive children of the three families were still being pursued, but when nothing was found, a bad news that shook the entire territory of Zhejiang had been transmitted to Hangzhou, and it was reported to Sun Ning, the emperor who was temporarily stationed here.
And Rao is Sun Ning is steady, joy and anger are invisible, suddenly heard this report, and was also shocked for a long time, and then suddenly changed color, and said angrily: "What you played is really true?"
After kneeling in front of him, and even the officials who were injured on their bodies, felt the pressure, they were shocked, and then kowtowed and said astringently: "Such a big thing, how dare the ministers bully the king......
"Your Majesty, Ningzhou and Luzhou were indeed attacked by the pirates, causing the two state cities and more than a dozen surrounding counties to suffer. Not only were there many dead and wounded among the people, but even the officials of the cities were ...... ...... all."
"How's it going?" Sun Ning asked in a low voice.
"They were all killed by the pirates, and their heads were hung above the city gates......
With a bang, Sun Ning was furious, slapped the ink and blood stains in his hand on the case, and said angrily, "It's just unreasonable! How did the officers and soldiers of the two states defend the cities, and it was only enough that one or two county towns were broken by the pirates, how could they easily capture even the important cities of the state capitals?"
Seeing that Long Yan was furious, the other courtiers in the hall were all silent, only the unlucky officials from the two places who came to report the news could not escape, so they could only tremble and said: "Your Majesty, it is really that this invasion of the pirates is too sudden, and my two state cities have been peaceful for a long time, and they are completely unprepared, so they can easily enter the city."
"Your Majesty, and at that time, those pirates were not attacking the city outside, but pretending to be merchants, and suddenly attacked in two state cities.
"They first rushed into the two cities and the state government, and killed the two governors and their subordinate officials one by one, resulting in the dragons in the city without a leader, and then they turned to seize the city gate and plunder the upper and lower ......."
Sun Ning took a long breath, and then he controlled his anger, but his face was still gloomy as water.
After calming down a little, after listening to the two of them, he was able to figure out the trick.
In the final analysis, there are two internal and external factors in the sudden loss of the two major state cities in Zhejiang.
The external cause, as they say, is the result of the thieves' deliberate and well-planned plans.
When the officers and soldiers were unprepared, they suddenly attacked, attacked and killed the civil and military officials led by them, and then shocked everyone with cruel means, and the city naturally fell into their hands.
As for the internal causes, in the final analysis, it is due to the long-term peace in Zhejiang, and the local negligence has long been caused by slackness, and it is caused by Wen Tian and Wu Xi.
Not to mention anything else, let these guys with ulterior motives easily enter the city, and they must have hidden blades to enter the city, which is difficult for people to blame.
As for the failure to deal with the sudden mutation, resulting in the death of the city, the problem is even greater.
It's just that in this way, all the officials in the two places were martyred and killed, and even if the imperial court wanted to hold them accountable, they couldn't do it. This really made Sun Ning feel annoyed and depressed.
And the two officials who reported the news felt the emperor's anger, and they trembled even more, leaning over there, but they didn't even dare to take a breath of air.
Sun Ning sat there silently, also for a long time.
It's not that he's so angry that he doesn't even want to speak, but he's thinking about how to deal with the aftermath.
Although he is here now, the officials in Zhejiang are the least, especially here in Hangzhou, because they are implicated in the case of three families, and each yamen has its own emptiness.
Taishou and Garrison, two of the best officials in Hangzhou and even Zhejiang, have not yet decided on a successor. Now that there are two more state cities that have been broken, the major event of the shock in Zhejiang is naturally to gather the surrounding soldiers and horses, destroy the thieves, and recapture those fallen cities.
But in this way, this Pingkou army can only be commanded by himself.
After thinking about many thoughts, Sun Ning finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Can you find out how many people there are in those pirates? Where did they come from?"
Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will win all battles, even if it is a group of opponents
Haikou, who couldn't get on the stage at all, Sun Ning didn't dare to have the slightest slack and negligence.
"Back to Your Majesty, they are not from my Da Yue, but from the overseas island country of Fuso."
This answer immediately made Sun Ning's eyebrows jump quickly, and his body was tight, it was them!
Sun Ning really didn't expect that in this era, he would be the biggest enemy of the Chinese nation.
Although the island country of Fuso is small in land and has few people, it has brought profound disasters and hatred to the Chinese nation in the history of later generations.
Originally, he only thought that maybe he could wait until he unified the world, and then build a sailor who could really cross the ocean, to conquer this projectile island country, and wipe out their country, so as to eliminate future troubles.
But I didn't expect that this small country, which should not have much threat at this time, would dare to take the initiative to launch a provocative attack on the Central Plains?
Did they float, or did they think that Da Yue was really weak enough to lift a knife?
Do you really think that the current chaotic situation in the Central Plains can make them all so unscrupulous, go ashore to attack the prefectures and counties, kill and plunder?
At this moment, it was just an expectation, but now it was completely set by Sun Ning.
Even if it is not the time now, but in the future, after the world is decided, he will definitely destroy the entire island country of Fuso, and he will not show mercy!
After thinking about it, he said in a deep voice, "How many of them are there?"
"Two or three hundred people entered Luzhou and Ningzhou, and thirty or fifty people entered the county seat......
This answer once again made Sun Ning angry in his heart, but he didn't really break out after all.
Anyway, it's a fact, and no amount of anger will help.
A few hundred Japanese people can take down a state city, and a few dozen people can overwhelm a county town with a population of tens of thousands of people to fight back......
It is said that the folk customs of Jiangnan are weak, and it can be verified from this point alone, which is really unreasonable!
But again, since everything has become a fact, it is too late to talk about anything else.
The only thing that can be done now is to make up for the mistakes, and think of killing and plundering these pirates who dared to run to the shore to kill and plunder, and use their blood and heads to wash away the shame.
Sun Ning immediately looked at the two officials of the two places who were still kneeling below, and said in a deep voice, "Although the two of you have made meritorious contributions to the news, you have abandoned the people and lost your land, and your sins are even heavier, and you should be punished heavily.
"Come on, take them down, keep them in custody, and dispose of them after the thieves recapture the land of the two states."
At that moment, a group of guards stepped forward and escorted down the two officials who did not dare to struggle and complain in the slightest.
Then, I heard Sun Ning say again: "Spread my will, immediately gather soldiers and horses from all states in Zhejiang, go out with me, and break the thieves and seize the city!"