Chapter 183: Catch it in the south, and catch it in the north.
Xu Youqing, who was saying this, changed his face, pointed to the sea in the distance, and stammered:
"That's... That..."
"What's wrong?"
Xu Yuancai asked suspiciously, looking in the direction of his finger, but the result was also discolored.
"Didn't you say that you would spare it? Whose ship is that? ”
"I don't know!"
Xu Youqing cried with a sad face.
In the distance, the warships were fanning towards them, and a rough count showed that there were more than twenty of them.
"Turn around and speed up! Dump them! Xu Youqing shouted orders to the sailors who sailed the ship, but there was still time.
After a while, seeing the opposite warship getting closer and closer, Xu Youqing sat on the deck in despair.
He had already seen the flag on the other side's ship.
Liu Xiang!
After Tian Ergeng asked Zhu Youzhen for instructions, Zhu Youzhen issued an arrest order. Considering that these places are located along the coast and have well-developed waterways, it is easy for these people to go to sea by boat to overseas. Zhu Youzhen gave Liu Xiang an order to block the sea area.
In addition to the ships that could not return from the ocean, Liu Xiang mobilized more than 300 warships in a few days and cruised ten miles away from the coastline day and night.
Considering that there were many ships in this fleet, Liu Xiang floated on the sea for a few days, and finally saw so many ships, and excitedly personally brought more than 20 large and small warships to intercept them.
Unexpectedly, before he got closer, he was about to flee when he saw his own warship.
Liu Xiang immediately ordered to move forward at full speed, and then fenced it first.
So there was a scene that Xu Youqing saw, Xu Youqing was unwilling to be restrained, and still urged the sailors to speed up and escape, in a vain attempt to get rid of Liu Xiang's encirclement.
Liu Xiang took a look, is this worth it?
This is not to take me Liu Xianglao in his eyes.
Who doesn't know my good character Liu Xianglao who disarms and doesn't kill?
"Pass my order, let the five eagle boats on the left flank turn their bows and open fire! Scare them! ”
"Yes! Xiang Lao! ”
With Liu Xiang's order, the five eagle boats turned their bows and faced the fleet of Xu Youqing and others with a round of shelling. To say that the hit rate of long-range shelling is actually not high, and dozens of shells basically miss.
But it just so happened that a cannonball flew over the ship where Xu Youqing was and directly smashed the mast.
"What to do, uncle! The other side opened fire! ”
Xu Yuancai and others also paid attention.
At present, the other party's cannon is just a warning, if they run again, I am afraid that their own ships will have to end up with shipwreckage and death.
"Youqing, order someone to stop the boat. We can't escape. Xu Yuancai said to Xu Youqing with a dark expression.
Xu Youqing looked at Liu Xiang's fleet, which was getting closer and closer, gritted his teeth, and made the decision to surrender angrily.
Liu Xiang watched the opposing ship slowly stop and raise the white flag, knowing that they had given up resistance, he surrounded the opposing fleet.
Xu Youqing's ship was all encircled, and a group of fierce sailors rushed to the ship with bare feet and stepped on the plank, and quickly occupied many ships.
Then all the men, women, and children in the cabin were tied up and escorted to the deck, where the men were in complete control. Liu Xiangcai stepped on the plank and slowly came to the boat where Xu Youqing and the others were.
I saw Xu Youqing and others kneeling on the ground.
Liu Xiangle was happy.
"Yo? Isn't this a member of the Xu family of the Huating family? Why did you run and come up? How? Fishing? Fortunately, His Majesty gave the order, otherwise it would have been possible for you to escape! ”
As the so-called enemies are very red when they meet, Liu Xiang has always been angry about the fact that his godson Wu Sanyuan was forced to die, and he has no chance of revenge.
"General Liu, although my Xu family has suffered this catastrophe, there are still people who are officials in the court, and General Liu needs to know the truth of being a man and leaving a line, so that we can meet in the future." Xu Yuancai, who was pressed and kneeling on the ground, didn't know which tendon was wrong at the moment, and he actually threatened Liu Xianglai with a fierce look.
"This star really wants to retire"
"Drop the thunder nut! Hey, Ray? Dare to threaten me? Liu Xiang kicked Liu Yuancai's face and knocked him to the ground. Thinking about it, it was still not enjoyable, and walked over to make up for it a few more times.
"What about the old immortal Xu Yuanzhao in your family?"
"Captured by the Jinyi Guard."
"Captured? He's old thing lucky. Liu Xiang said hatefully. With his hatred for the Xu family, if Xu Yuanzhao fell into his hands, he would inevitably die.
"Xiang Lao!" A sailor walked up to Liu Xiang with an excited face.
"What's wrong?"
"Several other ships have looked at it, and four of them are silver! There is also a ship with all kinds of treasures! ”
Liu Xiang was stunned for a moment, even carrying so much money to escape. These brainless fools, can they really think of a holy place overseas?
"Keep them all under close watch and keep patrolling. They weren't the only ones who fled! ”
"Yes!"
Liu Xiang's subordinates watched these people, and led the fleet to intercept the others.
And the arrest of Tian Ergeng in Songjiang Prefecture is also in full swing, except for the Songjiang Prefect who routinely came to inquire about it, there was no wave.
By the evening of the next day, most of the people on the list had been arrested. But ran five houses. The most important of these is most of the descendants of the Xu family.
"Our action is so big, it is inevitable that the news will leak. Presumably, Your Majesty will not punish him. Li Jinbo saw that Tian Ergeng's face was ugly, and said comfortingly.
Tian Ergeng sighed and didn't speak, he wasn't worried about His Majesty's punishment. It's that I haven't done a good job yet, and I just feel that I can't hang it on my face.
There's a little bit of a royal PAW look!
That night, the Jinyi Guard and the Yongwei Battalion were stationed in the Xu family's house.
Tian Ergeng was in a bad mood and went to bed early after dinner.
"Commander! Commander! Wake up! ”
"Who?"
"Me! Liu Ruqing! Great joy! The people of the Xu family have been arrested! ”
"What?"
Then there was a chaotic noise in the room, and Tian Ergeng opened the door barefoot.
"What's going on? Who caught it? ”
"It's Liu Xiang! Not only the people of the Xu family, but also those who escaped were sent back by him. It's all out there now! ”
"Hurry, hurry! Check it out! ”
"Shoes!"
Tian Ergeng went back to put on his shoes and walked out quickly. The outside was illuminated by torches, and through the firelight, Tian Ergeng saw Liu Xiang, who was the leader.
Before Tian Ergeng could move, Liu Xiang walked forward quickly.
"But Commander Tian? The last general, Liu Xiang, has seen Commander Tian! As he spoke, he gave a military salute to Tian Ergeng.
Tian Ergeng hurriedly supported him. He has heard of Liu Xiang's name, although the official is not big, but his strength should not be underestimated. Besides, people just helped themselves arrest someone, let alone put up a fight.
"General Liu doesn't have to be polite, I heard from my subordinates that you caught all the people who escaped?"
As he spoke, he looked behind him, and he could already hear the woman's whimper.
"Yes! A few days ago, His Majesty ordered me to blockade the nearby seas, and no one should be allowed to go to sea. Yesterday I was on patrol and found these escapees. When I asked, I found out that it was the person who Commander Tian wanted to arrest. So he sent the people to Commander Tian. ”
"Brother Liu has helped a lot this time!"
"It's all for His Majesty, it's all about it! Can't talk about helping! ”
"Don't say anything, set up a banquet! Lao Li, let's have two drinks with Brother Liu! ”
As he spoke, he took Liu Xiang and walked into the courtyard.
Liu Xiang couldn't shirk it, and he didn't mind having a good relationship with him, the commander of the brocade guard, and followed him all the way to a hall, ordering someone to get wine and food, and eat and drink. The three of them drank until the second half of the night, and then they each found a room to sleep.
The rooster crowed three times, and Tian Ergeng got up from the bed again, shook his somewhat swollen head, and walked out of the door.
Now that everyone has been arrested, it's time to go back.
By the time Tian Ergeng returned to Nanjing, the people sent to various prefectures had already returned.
A total of five or six hundred people were arrested this time, all of whom were descendants of various families.
There are all prefectures, with Songjiang being the most.
There are more than a dozen Huating Xu's, Chuansha Qiao's, Fengjing Shen's, Qingpu Lei's, Zhang Zewu's, Shanghai Shen's and so on.
There is a vigorous arrest here, and Beijing City is not idle.
Lu Jiude and the Dongchang factory guards also started the arrest operation.
The target is the person who has danced happily and accepted bribes during this time, and it doesn't matter if he didn't pursue it before, but as a result, there are dozens of people who are caught.
Catch it in the south, and catch it in the north.
For a while, the officials of the DPRK and China seemed to have returned to the time when Zhu Youzhen had just ascended the throne a few years ago, and the whole capital was in a rumor. From time to time, heavily armed soldiers or fans passed by on the street, and even the business of the restaurants on the street was depressed a lot. The scholars who used to drink and talk in the restaurant are now gone.
The elders resigned and went home.
If you talk about it again, you'll die.
For these dozens of officials, Zhu Youzhen was a little reluctant to kill them. At this time, whether it is Liaoning or Taiwan, it is the time when people are needed, and it is a pity to kill them.
For this reason, he specially asked Fan Jingwen to withstand his anger in the early dynasty, argue with reason, and beg him to spare these people's lives. In the end, the benevolent Zhu Youzhen was moved by Shoufu and changed his attention.
Raid the house!
Exile!