"Yu Yuanwai really has good eyesight. Our two boats were ordered to go out to sea for a cruise, but unexpectedly, they encountered a strong wind. We had no choice but to sail back to Dengzhou. However, the damage to the warship was not too serious, and it was possible to go to sea without repair. It's just that the sea breeze is too strong now, and we want to take shelter from the wind here, and we are not in a hurry to go back anyway. ”

Yu Ren nodded, feeling that what the old man said was a little insincere. The heart said, "You are all running out of food, and you are not in a hurry to go back?" If I hadn't asked you to help you, they'd still be hungry! Is this also called a hurry?

However, Yu Ren naturally didn't say this, and he didn't ask any more. Since people don't want to tell the truth, it's useless for him to ask again, but it can only embarrass both parties.

Over the next two days, the sea breeze was noticeably lessening. Yu Ren's men and men were hurrying to repair the damaged ships.

At the same time, Yu Ren also sent people to Dengzhou to purchase food once. After all, this small island is too small, and the little food stored by the fishermen in the fishing village is not enough for them to consume now, and anyway, it is not far from Dengzhou, and the wind is light, so there is no danger.

In the next few days, the two hundred households Ma Dacheng and Xu Yougong did not come back. However, the guide named Yang Decheng came several times.

After chatting a few times, everyone gradually became familiar with each other. Yu Ren did not hide his identity, and told this old man Yang that he planned to take this group of people to find an opportunity to land in Lushun, and it would be best to capture Lushun City, even if he couldn't capture it, he had to find a way to cause as much damage to the Jurchens as possible, so as to achieve the goal of containing Nurhachi and preventing him from trying his best to attack west.

When Old Man Yang heard that Yu Ren was the son-in-law of King Lu, and at the same time he married the daughter of Zhao Nanxing, the head of the household department, and had also helped Li Zhaoji, the general soldier of Shandong, his face obviously showed a look of reverence, and at the same time there was surprise.

"Does Mr. Yu have any tokens?" Old man Yang must be a person who has been walking the rivers and lakes for a long time, although there is no flaw in what Yu Ren said, he still wants to confirm it again.

Yu Ren was a little embarrassed. "My identity is neither a test for fame nor an official, how can there be any token!"

However, as soon as Yu Ren finished speaking, he thought of the reason why this old Yang Tou asked him for a token. He must have some major secret to tell him, and it was only because he was not sure of his identity that he asked him for a token. If he can't come up with some tokens to prove his identity, I'm afraid he won't tell him this secret.

And intuition told Yu Ren that the secret that Old Man Yang was going to tell him must be related to these five hundred officers and soldiers.

Thinking of this, Yu Ren immediately waved his hand to Old Man Yang. "You wait. I asked the princess to ask for a piece of the waist card of King Lu's mansion. You should believe this! ”

After speaking, Yu Ren hurriedly instructed one of his subordinates to go to Zhu Yueyue to get a piece of the waist card of King Lu's mansion.

After a while, the subordinate handed Yu Ren a delicately made jade plaque to Yu Ren.

Yu Ren handed the jade plate to Old Man Yang. "This is the jade plate that the princess brought closely, and it was still given to the princess by someone when the emperor was knighted a few months ago."

Old man Yang cautiously took the jade plaque and looked at it carefully, and then bowed to Yu Ren. "Sir, please wait a moment."

Yu Ren thought that Old Man Yang was going to invite their General Mao. But after waiting for a long time, I saw that Old Man Yang brought the two hundred household officials Ma Dacheng and Xu Yougong who had come two days ago.

Yu Ren couldn't help frowning when he saw that it was just the two of them. The heart said, Lao Tzu has already revealed his identity to you, and your kid is still pretending to be with me. Lao Tzu is also a colt, although he has no official position, you can't snub me like this!

Moreover, I am gracious to you. You're just a general, so you dare to be so big in front of me. Well, when I have the chance, I will let you see what I have at stake.

Yu Ren was thinking about it, and the old man Yang had already led Ma Dacheng and Xu Yougong into the shed.

Old man Yang politely asked Yu Ren for the jade plate of Princess Mochizuki, and the three of them circulated it, and Old Man Yang carefully handed the jade plate back to Yu Ren.

At this time, Old Man Yang spoke, "Sir, please forgive me. We didn't tell him the truth before. In fact, we are not the warships that routinely go to sea in Dengzhou City, we are still the subordinates of the governor of Quang Ninh City. Our leading general was Mao Wenlong, a staff general under Governor Wang.

On this voyage, we were ordered by Governor Wang to seize Zhenjiang City, the rear of the Jurchens, so as to lay a foothold in the rear of the Jurchens, and in the future, we could cooperate with Governor Wang to encircle the Jurchens from the east and west and completely eliminate them. ”

When Yu Ren heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, he didn't expect that he would encounter Wang Huazhen's sneak attack on Zhenjiang's warship. This is a major military situation of the Ming army, because it is the rear of the Jurchens that is going to be attacked, and if it is known by the Jurchens, it will be a failure. No wonder Old Man Yang was so cautious with Ma Dacheng and Xu Yougong before.

But what he couldn't understand was that these people obviously did not reach Zhenjiang, and their warships obviously showed signs of battle. However, the Jurchens did not have ships, let alone warships, so who did they fight against?

Thinking of this, Yu Ren couldn't help but ask, "Since you were ordered to attack Zhenjiang Fort, why are you staying here?" If it is because the sea breeze is too strong, the wind and waves have been significantly smaller in the past two days. If you want to go to sea, with your two big ships, it shouldn't be a problem, right? ”

Hearing Yu Ren's slightly reproachful words, Ma Dacheng couldn't help but interject, "What Mr. said is good. However, we also have difficulties! The other day, we encountered pirates at sea, and then a gale. General Mao was seriously injured when he was attacked by a pirate while fighting with pirates, and then there were strong winds and waves, and after a violent turbulence, as soon as we landed on the island here, General Mao could not hold on and left us.

However, in order to prevent the army's instability, we quietly concealed the matter for the time being.

At the moment, General Mao is dead, if we don't go east to attack Zhenjiang Fort, we can't explain to Governor Wang when we go back, and if we go, there is no leader at present, and I don't know who to listen to.

Although at the moment we count me here and have the highest meritorious position. However, I advocated continuing to advance eastward, while meritorious advocated returning to Quang Ninh first, and there was no agreement. What's more, if the soldiers knew that General Mao was dead, they would have no intention of fighting. Even if you attack the east, I am afraid that you will not be able to capture Zhenjiang Fort.

But if we go back, we will return in vain, and we will inevitably be reproached by Lord Wang.

What to do next, please ask for advice. ”

Ma Dacheng said this and gave a military salute to Yu Ren. Xu Yougong glared at Ma Dacheng, probably blaming him for telling the two of them about their disagreement. However, Yu Ren's identity, he is still very jealous, although he has no official or position, but he is a concubine, and he is a small hundred households, of course, he can't be compared with him.

Therefore, although Xu Yougong didn't really want to hand over the matter to Yu Ren to decide, when he saw Ma Dacheng say it, he didn't dare to speak out.

Seeing that Ma Dacheng stood up and saluted Yu Ren and took the initiative to express his loyalty, Xu Yougong also quickly stood up and gave a military salute to Yu Ren.

Yu Ren glanced at the two of them, secretly happy in his heart, he didn't expect this matter to be done so easily. He thought it would take a lot of trouble! It seems that God still favors him Yu Ren!

Thinking of this, Yu Ren coughed lightly, "Actually, I have also been thinking about attacking Zhenjiang Fort. At present, the situation in Liaodong is critical, and the Jurchens may attack Guangning on a large scale at any time, and if we can take Zhenjiang Fort, we can also make the Jurchens have some scruples.

It's just that I came out in a hurry, and I didn't have time to ask for soldiers and horses from the military department, and I only brought about a hundred people with me. If you are willing to do it, let's be in one place, there are six or seven hundred people, and we should still have seven or eight points of certainty in attacking Zhenjiang Fort! ”

Ma Dacheng didn't wait for Yu Ren to finish speaking, so he hurriedly said, "I am willing to listen to Mr.'s command!" ”

Yu Ren glanced at Xu Yougong. "What about you?"

Although Xu Yougong was reluctant in his heart, he did not dare to object. just said, "I am naturally Mr. Wei's order." It's just that one by one of my men is like an arrow. If they learn that Mao Shen is going to die, I am afraid that they will not listen to my command. Moreover, even if they are forced to go, I am afraid that they will not give their lives. I'm afraid that this Zhenjiang may not be able to attack it.

I'm worried that our city won't be captured by then, but will ......."