"Your Majesty, please." One of the lieutenants stood at the door of the tent and bowed his head to the emperor.

"General, please." The emperor dragged a golden robe and a rosewood cane, and slowly walked along the stone path to the top of the mountain, where he saw that several large tents had been built along the cliff, and a fence as high as a palace wall had been erected on all sides, and there was only a high platform in the corner to observe the situation at sea. The emperor glanced at it for a few moments, then walked straight into the big tent and saw Zhang Longlu sitting in front of the desk.

"Minister Zhang Longlu knocks to see Your Majesty!" Zhang Longlu immediately walked out and bowed heavily to his feet.

"Governor Zhang has worked hard," the emperor took off his yellow robe and ordered someone to put it on the weapon rack, "I heard that you have been up to train the sailor a long time ago, what a loyal and diligent minister." ”

Zhang Longlu replied: "This is a matter within the responsibility of the ministers. ”

The emperor nodded, and then looked back at the guards beside him: "When will Liu Qing and Chief Shen come?" ”

"Prime Minister Liu Cheng is supervising the troops in the city, and it will take half an hour to arrive."

"What's wrong with this," said the Emperor, laughing twice, "since it will take some time there, and I don't want to sit here, it is better to go to the military harbor and see how the warships are prepared." ”

Zhang Longlu's eyes rolled, and he hurriedly said with a smile: "The wind and cold near the sea under the mountain, the saint should focus on the dragon body, and don't take it lightly." The artillery shells of the soldiers are all placed in the tent, so it is better to wait for the sergeant to go up the mountain to collect them, and inquire carefully, so that they can also understand the situation of our sailors in Dengzhou. ”

"Okay, then I will save the strength to go down the mountain, so let's sit here for a while."

After hearing this, Zhang Longlu hurriedly pulled the chair he was sitting on and handed it over to the emperor to sit on.

Rong Qing waited outside the tent. He was pacing in boredom, when he suddenly saw a group of sailors coming from afar, rushing to this place without stopping, so he called a few guards to stop them, and said to them himself: "Your Majesty the Emperor wants to know how you practice on weekdays, so you should first go to the big tent and kneel down to thank the Holy Grace, and then go to the treasury to get weapons." ”

The captain said 'yes' and went into the tent with the men.

"Worship the emperor!" The group of soldiers hurriedly kowtowed to the emperor, and then waved to Governor Zhang, "I've seen my lord." ”

"Your Majesty is here today to know your specific situation. Let's talk about today's arrangement. Zhang Longlu said.

"Yes." The captain announced on behalf of everyone, "I and my subordinates are in charge of big ships, and there are ten big ships in Dayue today, and we are all rear troops, and we have just left the port when Shen Shi. ”

"When will the former and Chinese armies leave the port?" The Emperor asked again.

"This ......," the captain looked at Zhang Longlu.

"This old man should answer," Zhang Longlu said, "The former army left the port at noon, and the Chinese army was not right, and at that time, there were more than 18,000 people in the array, which was also a momentary event. ”

The emperor smiled, looking very satisfied, and called Rong Qing and said, "Brother Xian, come and give the soldiers silver." ”

When a team of sailors heard this, they were grateful, kowtowed a dozen heads, and went out with the silver.

Suddenly, Liu Zhennian took all the ministers up the mountain, heard that the big parade was about to begin, so he had to go to see Zhang Longlu first, the two talked cordially for a long time, and did not find out that the latter had any evil intentions, so he ordered Ye Yongjia to wait to rest in the camp on the mountainside, and he and the emperor watched the reading on the top of the mountain.

Although Ye and Cai were suspicious of Zhang Longlu, they did not have the opportunity to admonish, so they had to follow their orders and be sent to the mountainside by two deputy generals like prisoners being escorted.

As soon as Ye Yongjia entered this big camp, he saw that there were guards on all sides, all of them were arrogant, looking at them coldly, like jackals staring at their dying prey, which was terrifying.

"These people can be evacuated," Cai Xianqing felt that something was not right, "we don't need so many guards. ”

The adjutant general blinked his eyelids twice, bowed and said, "This is Governor Zhang's order, and there is no way to disobey it." ”

"This is Governor Zhang's fault!" Cai Xianqing's face turned red with anger, and he asked repeatedly, "The emperor doesn't have so many soldiers around, is our courtier more noble than the saint?" You still don't have a head! ”

"I've said it all, military order, military order......" the adjutant general said viciously.

"You ......"

At this time, Ye Yongjia heard the sound of the sword unsheathed out of nowhere, and he was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat, and hurriedly came to persuade him to reconcile this quarrel: "Cai Lao, Cai Lao ......"

Cai Xianqing's clenched fist gradually loosened, then he snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves, and stepped towards the big tent; The adjutant general didn't care, and said goodbye to Ye Yongjia in an extremely cold tone: "It's time for us to go." ”

Ye Yongjia immediately went to the camp to find Cai Xianqing. He saw that there was no one around, and then whispered: "Old Cai, if you continue to argue just now, your and my heads will fall to the ground." ”

"I can't help it," Cai Xianqing's face was worse than him, "Early death is better than late death, take advantage of the situation to be chaotic, pull Zhang Longlu into the water, and have a cushion." ”

"How to say it, it's better to wait for the opportunity, if there is no turnaround, it is destiny that is not blessed......" Ye Yongjia looked up to the sky and sighed, and stretched out his hand in front of him, "It's a big deal, and Cai Lao will die together!" ”

Cai Xianqing resolutely held his hand: "The old man has lived for more than sixty years, what is death?" At least get rid of the name of the play, this life is worth it! It's a pity that Tinglong is a talent, and he is about to die in the party struggle. ”

Ye Yongjia sighed with emotion, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "In the past, I still thought that Xia Yuanlong should not beg for death, but it was really a name for strength, and it was not effective. Who knew that he would be with him all the way now...... It's not even as good as ah. ”

"Maybe that's how things are, and the hardest thing is to die well." Cai Xianqing said with a smile.

"Governor, Governor!"

Zhang Longlu was walking out of the military port, preparing to return to the top of the mountain to resume his life, when he saw an officer running over from an overgrown field road.

"Governor Zhang, I will command in a while, dare to ask...... When was the shelling? ”

"Shelling?" Zhang Longlu frowned, "The rear army is coming." ”

"Oh, I see." He saw Zhang Longlu turn around to leave, so he stopped again, "There is another thing, Your Majesty said that you would send an internal servant to the Chinese army, Liu Zhennian was puzzled, Your Majesty said, 'Watch from a distance, I don't know the situation, it's better to watch it from a close place', and the former let him go." ”

"It's not easy to refuse this truth," Zhang Longlu said, "It's a good thing that the emperor is interested." You must remember that you must place the chamberlain on the ship of the Chinese army in order to be foolproof. ”

Seeing that the chamberlain had come down from the mountain, everyone hurriedly gave up the secret conversation and came to salute their father-in-law.

"It's hard work, father-in-law." After Governor Zhang left, the officer supported the chamberlain, and came straight to the military port, where the sea breeze was blowing in his face, and it was very comfortable, and the flags on the shore were fluttering, and he saw that there were hundreds and ten large and small ships, and there were countless of them.

"Father-in-law, the Chinese army has a wide field of vision, please go to the big ship there to watch."

The chamberlain nodded in satisfaction.