Bao Yuchun's face sank like water, looking at the messy Jingkou camp, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.

He was now a little puzzled, where should he sit down, was it the Jingxiang region in the upper reaches or the Chaisang region? Is it Xuanzhou downstream, or Jingkou, which is closer to Hangzhou?

These fools under his command were very good at fighting when they were in the open sea, how could they be cleaned up by Li Jiangyao in various ways, and they were almost powerless to fight back?

Bao Yuchun sighed softly and asked, "According to the intelligence, isn't the other side of Jingkou the defense area of the Xuanwu Army?" Why was it attacked by the Zhenjiang Army twice in a row? Has this been clarified? ”

Ye Rongcheng, the general of the Xuanjia Army sent by Lao Jianhua to help in the battle, responded: "Lord Lao already understands clearly. Li Jiangyao borrowed a place from Chang Tao and secretly placed his newly formed naval army, so he repeatedly invaded Jingkou. At present, they have all returned to the Chuzhou defense line, including the 10th Army of the Naval Division. ”

Bao Yuchun cursed in a low voice, and hummed dissatisfiedly: "Lao Jianhua always told me before that the military situation is the first, the military situation is the first, and after a long time, his military intelligence is all an afterthought!" ”

Ye Rongcheng said with a smile: "Bao Shuai, this is also a helpless thing. Li Jiangyao has always been as cunning as a fox, haven't the Turks also suffered a lot of secret losses? ”

"Turks? Ben Shuai can't control the Turks! Bao Yuchun said angrily: "After a few months of work, our navy even has a warship with light armor, and it has suffered heavy losses!" How can this battle be fought? ”

Ye Rongcheng didn't dare to provoke this Saint Tang general, who was as famous as Xie Guang, so he had to say with a smiling face: "Before the end of the future, His Royal Highness the King of Jin and Lord Lao specially advised, please be calm and not impatient. The warships that were damaged and snatched by the Zhenjiang Army will soon be replenished by the Jiangnan Shipyard, and the soldiers are even more easy to say, the newly recruited 20,000 horses will arrive at the end of the month. ”

Bao Yuchun sighed and said helplessly: "Rongcheng, it's not Ben Shuai who complains to you, this job is really undoable!" 20,000 horses, a fart? In the battle of Phoenix Mountain, I lost 60,000 elite light armor, all of whom were veterans who had fought with me in the open sea for many years, how do you say this can be compensated? When it comes to the broad sea, I am even more angry! Lao Jianhua had clearly promised me before that the Japanese would land in the eastern state capital and guarantee that they would not encounter fierce resistance, but in fact? Sugata Sanyou was almost killed by the Zhenjiang Army in Tokai County! Now the two Japanese leaders are chasing me all day long and scolding, and I'm so annoyed! ”

Ye Rongcheng shook his head with a wry smile and comforted: "Bao Shuai is angry." The last general heard from Master Lao that he was currently secretly arranging and preparing to completely get rid of Li Jiangyao. ”

"How?" Bao Yuchun squinted at Ye Rongcheng: "Are you still going to use that waste wasp?" ”

Ye Rongcheng looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "Not only the wasp, but also the power of the harem." ”

Hearing this, Bao Yuchun couldn't help but be puzzled: "Harem? Li Bing's harem? ”

Ye Rongcheng nodded silently.

"Ben Shuai heard that Li Bing's kid only has two imperial concubines?" Bao Yuchun said: "One is Ma Hongjie's niece, and the other is Murong Xue's sister, can they still be Lao Jianhua's people?" ”

"On this issue, the last general is not very clear." Ye Rongcheng said with a smile: "However, Master Lao's methods, I believe that Bao Shuai also understands, since he has begun to deploy a killing game against Li Jiangyao, presumably this Zhenjiang army is not good." ”

Bao Yuchun shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Conspiracy may not work. In the final analysis, a general with hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands is definitely not something that the emperor can easily move, Li Chengwu couldn't do it at the beginning, and now Li Bing can't do it. ”

Ye Rongcheng smiled faintly: "Then let's wait and see." ”

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The haze of the defeat of the imperial court sailors was finally dispelled a lot by the good news of the victory in Jingkou.

Two or three hundred ships were lost in the west, and more than a hundred enemy ships were killed in the east.

Fortunately, a slight loss.

Of course, this so-called slight loss is calculated from the perspective of Shengtang. If you look at it from the perspective of the emperor and the imperial court, the result should be that the people in the town and the Xinjiang army will make a lot of money, and their own side will lose money and their pants are almost gone.

Li Bing was so angry that he smashed the teacup directly, scolding the military department and the governor's mansion to the blood.

However, anger is anger, and the problem has to be solved. At present, the 800 warships under Bao Yuchun are approaching Yiling, what should the imperial fleet hiding there do?

Do you want to continue to retreat to the west and flee into the Three Gorges? Or is it hard-headed and fighting to the death with the rebels?

Faced with the question raised by the emperor, Dong Tianxing and Yin Chengyi both chose to remain silent.

It's not that they won't answer, but they don't dare to answer.

The new naval governors have all died in battle, who dares to talk nonsense again? In case the idea is wrong, resulting in the imperial court accumulating and destroying the fleet for more than two years, who can afford to lose the responsibility of humiliating the country?

Seeing that the two military commanders were silent, Li Bing also felt helpless. He was furious just now, and it really frightened Dong Tianxing and Yin Chengyi, making these two adults nervous, and they didn't dare to speak easily.

The monarch was silent for a moment, and Li Bing threw another question:

Why was the Zhenjiang Army able to defeat the rebel sailors? Where is the gap?

Regarding this question, Yin Chengyi still didn't speak, Dong Tianxing was interested, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Li Dadu is a peerless general of my Shengtang, and he is proficient in land and water warfare. ”

Hearing him say this, Yin Chengyi snorted coldly: "Master Dong, you seem to have forgotten your position, right?" You are a squire of the military department, not the master of the Zhenjiang army, and you don't care about the occasion. ”

"Lord Yin, what do you mean by that?" Dong Tianxing said angrily: "Li Dadu has made meritorious contributions in the battle with the Zhenjiang Army, and when the imperial court sailors were frustrated, he severely damaged the Jingkou fleet under the command of Bao Yuchun, is it wrong for the lower officials to say it?" ”

Yin Chengyi glanced at him: "Said that you forgot your position, are you still not satisfied?" Li Jiangyao's Phoenix Legion, in your military department, does it have the establishment of a naval army? Where did his battleship come from? And where did his sailor come from? What happened when he disobeyed the clear instructions of the imperial court and sent troops to fight in Donghai County without authorization? ”

This series of questions immediately made Lao Dong speechless.

According to the rules, the Zhenjiang Army, as the imperial army, and Li Jiangyao, as the general of Yunlu, really have no right to form a water war force privately. This should be put in the past, and it is enough to be convicted of a serious crime of treason and rebellion with malicious intentions and unauthorized support of troops.

However, then again, since the formation of the Zhenjiang Army, it has never been approved by the imperial court, let alone received the silver of the imperial court.

Dong Tianxing shook his head helplessly, turned to Li Bing and said, "Your Majesty, it's not the old minister who speaks for the Zhenjiang Army. They may have acted inappropriately, but they are also excusable. Let's not talk about it far away, let's talk about the imperial court after moving back to the imperial capital. The food and salary of each army corps were provided by the state treasury, but most of the Zhenjiang army was paid for by them to buy grain and grass from the people to maintain the operation of the war. Hundreds of thousands of children from the Western Xinjiang came all the way to the Central Plains to quell the rebellion for the Holy Tang Dynasty, and even spent their own money to build a naval army to fight against Bao Yuchun's broad-sea fleet, isn't this loyal enough? ”

Hearing this, Li Bing couldn't help but be a little moved, and said with a slight bow: "Dong Aiqing, you are right, it is indeed not easy for Li Jiangyao and the Zhenjiang Army. Yin Qing, don't worry about the matter of the navy in the future, no matter what, the Zhenjiang army has a merit in striking at the enemy's sailors and driving away the thieves who plagued the people. Always staring at the details will chill the hearts of the front-line soldiers. ”

Yin Chengyi hurriedly bowed his hand: "Your Majesty, it's not that the minister has to get along with Li Jiang, it's just that once this case is opened, I don't know how many people will follow Xie Guang in the future and cause a big disaster to Shengtang." Your Majesty, the law cannot be abolished. ”

Hearing him mention Xie Guang, Li Bing's heart suddenly tightened, and then he waved his hand impatiently: "Okay, okay, let's talk about the matter in front of us first." What the hell should the sailor do? ”

As soon as this topic was involved, Yin Chengyi suddenly became dumb again, and lowered his head with an embarrassed face.

Dong Tianxing's eyes rolled, and he followed the words just now: "Eh...... The old minister has an idea, I don't know if it's okay or not. ”

"Oh? If there is any countermeasure, it doesn't hurt to be blunt. Li Bing said curiously.

"Your Majesty, the minister suggests, please ask Li Jiangyao to help." Dong Tianxing tried to say: "Appoint him as the governor of the navy, rush to Yiling, and command the imperial fleet to fight." ”

Li Bing and Yin Chengyi were stunned when they heard this, but neither spoke.

Seeing this, Dong Tianxing had no choice but to continue: "Li Daduhu is a rare handsome talent, since he can win a big battle like Jingkou, then he can also turn the tide and save the imperial court sailors who are on the verge of crisis. Let him go, at least we can keep our old book, so as not to be lost on the river, what do you think? ”

Li Bing glanced at Yin Chengyi, who wanted to speak and stopped, and hesitated: "He goes to Yiling, what about the Zhenjiang army?" ”

"You can let Xu Youchang temporarily take command," Dong Tianxing replied: "Actually, they have already had such a division of labor within themselves. In the lord of Xie Tan, he commanded the military government of Zhenjiang; Xu Youchang was in charge of commanding operations. As for Li Dadu's protection, according to his own words, it is mainly to watch the excitement. ”

Li Bing thought about it seriously, and planned to ask Yin Chengyi's opinion as well, but when the words came to his lips, he held back again. Although Dong Tianxing's proposal has potential risks, after all, it is a way to save the imperial court's sailors, and it is much better than the metropolitan governor Yin Chengyi, who can't do it, and solve all problems in the end.

"I think I can give it a try, but ......" Li Bing looked at Dong Tianxing: "Can Li Jiangyao be willing?" What if he had any concerns and refused to go to work? ”

Dong Tianxing said confidently: "Absolutely not." Your Majesty, Li Jiangyao fought alone in the western Xinjiang, guarding the border of thousands of miles for the Holy Tang, and he was a brave person to take responsibility. When the country is in trouble, he will definitely stand up! ”