Chapter 2010. Burning oceans.

"Big brother (King Yan!) Guan Shan and the others got off the boat and saw Yang Peng, all of them were very excited. Yang Peng patted Guan Shan's shoulder with a smile, stepped forward to look at the cargo that was constantly moving off the cargo ship, and said with a smile: "Okay!" It's a great harvest! Everyone laughed, Wang Rong said: "We roughly counted on the road, the value of gold and silver alone is about more than three million taels of silver, in addition to a large number of gold and silverware, porcelain, cloth, silk, grain, salt, etc., the total value cannot be calculated for a while!" ”

Yang Peng smiled and nodded, "The soldiers of the Navy have worked hard!" All officers and soldiers will be rewarded with five taels of silver, and the leader will be rewarded with an additional twenty taels of silver! The commanders were overjoyed and thanked one after another. When the order of the reward reached the entire water army, there was thunderous joy on the dock for a while.

At night, cheerful music played in Yang Peng's room, which lasted until the second half of the night before gradually stopping. The night outside was deep, the moon appeared and disappeared behind the clouds, the green phoenix blew the trees and made a rustling sound, and the distant sound of the watch came rhythmically one after another, occasionally mixed with a few dog barks.

Yang Peng was lying on his back on the bed, holding a beautiful woman with messy hair and a flushed face in his arms, none other than Wang Rong, the commander of the navy. Wang Rong gently bit Yang Peng's chest and said angrily: "It's really hateful! It's only time to make out once in such a long time! Yang Peng stroked Wang Rong's back and smiled: "It's better to live in the left-behind mansion." Yang Peng wrinkled his nose and snorted, "Don't do it!" You have five ladies now, and I don't know how many there will be in the future, and I don't want to get involved! Then he laughed teasingly: "If your wives fight in the future, it will be very lively!" ”

When Yang Peng heard this, he subconsciously imagined such a scene in his mind, and couldn't help but be embarrassed, "It shouldn't be!" Wang Rong chuckled. Then he squeezed into Yang Peng's arms and closed his eyes, "Don't move, I'm going to fall asleep." Yang Peng hurriedly shook her, "Slow down, I still have something to ask you!" ”

Wang Rong opened her eyes and raised her head, her bright eyes flashed in the silent night, which was particularly charming. Yang Peng couldn't help but kiss her on the lips, "After listening to your report, I've been thinking about the matter of Juehua Island. I'm thinking if I can go and occupy Kyaw Wah Island? ”

Yang Peng asked puzzledly, "Why does the eldest brother want to occupy such a distant island?" ”

Yang Peng's fingers gently slid over Wang Rong's skin, and said with a smile: "Don't you think the location of that island is very important?" If it is occupied by us, it will not only be able to restrict the trade between the Khitans and the Japanese and Goryeo, but also threaten the hinterland of the Khitan country at any time, just like a sharp dagger on the ass of the Khitans! ”

Wang Rong sneered, glanced at Yang Peng, gently slapped Yang Peng's chest with her palm, and said in disgust: "Just like what you did to me just now!" Yang Peng's heart fluttered, and he laughed, "Almost, almost!" After a pause, "What do you think?" Wang Rong smiled stupidly with a red face: "It's good, I'm very comfortable!" Yang Peng was stunned for a moment, and then burst out of breath with laughter, "Where did you go?" I mean the seizure of Kyaw Wah Island! ”

Yang Peng realized that he had misunderstood, he was ashamed and annoyed, punched Yang Peng hard, and said angrily: "Do what you want, I don't have any opinion anyway." Yang Peng asked: "From your point of view from the perspective of the water army, will there be any problems?" ”

Wang Rong thought for a while, "Although the Liao Navy still has many more warships than us, we have gunboats, and we can completely defeat them!" There shouldn't be any problems! ”

Yang Peng showed a thoughtful look. When he thought about it and was about to rest, he found that the Yiren in his arms had already fallen asleep. Yang Peng couldn't help but smile gently, kissed her forehead gently, hugged her and closed his eyes. ……

In the early morning mist, a fast horse galloped into Yanjing City from the east. Rushing all the way to the left-behind mansion, the sound of horses' hooves woke up the people who had been sleeping soundly all night, breaking the silence of the early morning. As he galloped, he shouted, "Good news! Yingzhou good news! ……”

Zhao Lihua, who was sitting in front of the dresser in a daze, heard the commotion on the street outside, couldn't help frowning, and asked in a loud voice, "What's so noisy outside?" A personal palace maid rushed in excitedly, "Princess, princess, the horse has won the battle in front!" ”

Zhao Lihua shouted angrily: "What horse? The palace maid said in a whisper: "King Yan, isn't King Yan the princess's concubine?" Zhao Lihua snorted and said angrily: "In the future, you are not allowed to call a horse, just call Yan Wang." The palace maid answered, feeling very strange, but she didn't dare to ask.

"What did you just say? Could it be that he has won the battle again? The palace maid nodded excitedly, "There was news from a messenger just now, don't, well, King Yan commanded the water army in Yingzhou to defeat the Liao State Water Army, and now the Liao State Water Army does not dare to come out!" ”

Zhao Lihua couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The Khitans in the court are constantly defeated, why is he King Yan repeatedly victorious!" The palace maid shook her head and said she didn't know. Zhao Lihua was silent for a moment, frowned and asked, "Is King Yan coming back?" The palace maid shook her head, "This slave doesn't know." Zhao Lihua was a little upset, "Okay, I want to take a break, you can step down." The palace maid replied and retreated.

Zhao Lihua couldn't help but take out the jade pendant that Ni Chengmou gave her, rubbed her fingers lightly, and was stunned. Suddenly there was footsteps at the door. Zhao Lihua's thoughts returned to reality, frowned and shouted angrily: "Who asked you to come in?" The palace maid hurriedly stopped, looking hesitant. Zhao Lihua turned around and asked angrily, "What's the matter?" The palace maid hurriedly said: "Concubine Pang is here!" ”

Zhao Lihua was stunned, "Concubine Pang? Is it the young lady of Taishi Pang's family before, the concubine of His Majesty Taizong? The palace maid nodded. Zhao Lihua was very happy and hurriedly walked out of the door. Hurriedly came to the front hall and saw the mature and glamorous concubine Niangniang. Zhao Lihua felt a kind of excitement when she met her old acquaintance in a foreign country, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet her: "Lihua has seen the concubine!" Pang Guifei hurriedly stepped forward to help her up, and said with a smile: "You and my aunt and nephew, why are you so polite!" Zhao Lihua's heart couldn't help but feel warm, and she hurriedly invited Concubine Pang to sit. The two sat down across a small coffee table.

The palace maid brought two bowls of tea and retreated. Concubine Pang asked with concern, "Is Lihua still used to living here?" Zhao Lihua sighed leisurely and nodded, "Okay?" ”

Seeing Zhao Lihua's poor mood, Concubine Pang asked puzzledly, "Lihua seems to be unhappy?" Zhao Lihua couldn't help but say faintly: "I was ordered to get married, give up my true love, and it will be difficult to see each other at the ends of the world from now on, and this love can only remain in my memory!" Concubine Pang's heart moved, and she said meaningfully: "Lihua, in our women's lives, it is enough to follow a man who can protect us!" What about true love? When the sky is about to topple upside down, he doesn't want to save himself and abandon you! ”

Zhao Lihua shook her head firmly and muttered, "Ni Lang won't!" Then he realized that he had said the wrong thing, and immediately looked at Concubine Pang uneasily. Concubine Pang smiled and said, "Lihua don't have to worry about anything!" I am your relative, and you don't have to be taboo at all in front of me! Zhao Lihua was moved.

The two of them spoke a lot of heartwarming words. When it was almost noon, Concubine Pang was ready to leave. Zhao Lihua wanted to keep Concubine Pang for lunch, but Concubine Pang politely declined. Zhao Lihua sent Concubine Pang out of the gate and said goodbye.

Concubine Pang sat in the carriage and muttered with a smile: "It seems that this good niece of mine has a lover outside!" How can I take advantage of this? ”

At this time, in the backyard of the left-behind mansion, Zhao Jinxi asked Yelu Hanyu with some indecision: "Princess Yelu, do you think we should go to see that Princess Lihua?" ”

Yelu Hanyu immediately raised her eyebrows, "Why should we go to see her?" She's a princess, and I'm not a princess too? Besides, we came first, and it stands to reason that she should have come to see us! Zhao Jinxi felt that what Ye Hanyu said was also reasonable, so he put the matter down. Looking up into the distance, his face showed a look of longing, "I don't know how my eldest brother is now?" Yelu Hanyu heard her mention Yang Peng, and she was full of resentment, "We ran away on the first day after we got married, why are we so unlucky!" The maid chuckled, "This is said as if the eldest brother has escaped from marriage!" Yelu Hanyu also smiled, "Hmph! It's not like that, but it's no different from running away from a marriage! I think we'll have to punish him when he comes back! ”

The maid laughed and teased: "I'm afraid that you will speak very loudly now, but when the time comes, he will take it down in three or two clicks!" Yelu Hanyu raised his eyebrows, "No!" When he returns, I'll ......" a wicked smile appeared on Yelu Hanyu's face.

Ahh Yang Peng, who was talking to the generals, suddenly sneezed. Yang Peng rubbed his nose and muttered, "Is it who is saying bad things about me behind my back?" He shook his head with a smile and put the matter behind him. Glancing at everyone, he asked, "Do you understand what I said?" "Got it!" Everyone said in unison.

"Excellent! Start preparing now and start tomorrow! Everyone hugged their fists and promised, but Liu Zhiliang did not leave. Yang Peng smiled and asked, "Is there anything else to Zhiliang?" Liu Zhiliang frowned and clenched his fists and said: "Big brother, this assault on Juehua Island is still led by the younger brother!" Yang Peng smiled: "I know you're a little worried about me!" Nothing to worry about! It's well planned, and nothing will happen! You just stay here and guard the Yuguan for me! Yang Peng couldn't, so he had to clench his fists and promise.

The officers and men of the navy who had just rested for two days were preparing to go to sea again, and at the same time, the 10,000 infantry troops were also making preparations before going to sea. At this time, Han Derang, the newly appointed governor of Bohai in Liao, had already arrived in Laizhou. "Meet the Imperial Aunt!" Han Derang to worship the Ya Yu Guanyin.

Ya Yu Guanyin handed over the seal letter of the Bohai Governor to Han Derang. Han Derang was very excited when he saw the seal letter in his hand. Ya Yu Guanyin said: "I have a few things that I must explain to you!" Han Derang hurriedly said, "Please ask the imperial aunt to command." Ya Kannon said: "I can't talk about the command, but I hope you can remember it." First of all, don't let the navy take the initiative to go to sea to fight, our navy has lost too much, and can no longer withstand the loss, if the navy is annihilated, then the entire Bohai Sea will become the world of Yanyun, which will pose unimaginable pressure on us along the Bohai Sea! ”

"Yes." Seeing Han Derang's absent-minded appearance, Ya Yu Guanyin frowned and asked, "Are you perfunctory to me?" Han Derang's heart sank, and he quickly knelt down and said, "How dare the minister perfunctory the imperial aunt!" The words of the imperial aunt have been written down by the minister! ”

Ya Kannon's expression softened, "I hope you do what you say." The second point is that all coastal cities should be careful and not give Yan Yunjun any chance to take advantage of, especially Juehua Island! It's far from the coast, and the location is important, so if something goes wrong, it's hard to recover! "Yes! Remember the teachings of the imperial aunt! ”

"Get up." Han Derang stood up. Ya Yu Guanyin glanced at Han Derang, "If you write down the two points I said, I don't think there will be any major problems, and I can rest assured!" "Imperial aunt, don't worry!" Yari Kannon nodded, "Alright." It's time for me to go, too. Han Derang hurriedly bowed: "Congratulations to the imperial aunt!" "No need!" Immediately led several generals towards the outside of the big tent, and Han Derang hurriedly sent Wan Yan Qingfeng out of the big tent.

Ya Yu Guanyin and the others stepped on the war horse, turned their heads and said to Han De: "The matter here will be handed over to you!" You have to be careful! Don't take our army lightly because we have far more troops than the enemy, in this battlefield, there is actually no advantage in having more army! ”

"Yes, the minister wrote it down!" Ya Kannon glanced at the western sky, sighed with some regret, and then urged his horse to gallop away outside the camp, followed by the generals and pro-army. When they went out of the gate, they turned around and returned to the big tent. Immediately, the drums of the generals sounded, and the generals of the land and water armies heard the drums and rushed to the big tent to meet Han Derang, the new governor of Bohai.

After the two sides met, Han Derang raised his voice and asked, "Where is the governor of the navy?" Xiao Tianzuo hurriedly came out and responded: "The end will be!" Han Derang glanced at Xiao Tianci, snorted coldly, and asked: "As the governor of the navy, you have been defeated again and again, and you still have a face to stand in this big tent!" Don't you know what shame is? ”

Xiao Tianzuo suddenly heard such a rebuke, shocked and at a loss. Han Derang said loudly: "A defeated general like you, if you don't kill it, it's not enough to correct the army's heart!" Xiao Tianzuo was shocked. Han Derang raised his voice and shouted: "Someone! Several of his own soldiers came in at once. Han Derang pointed at Xiao Tianzuo and said, "Drag this insulting guy down and cut it down!" "All the generals have understood at this time, Han Derang is going to kill the general!

Several pro-soldiers stepped forward and grabbed Xiao Tianci and dragged him outside. Xiao Tianzuo struggled and shouted: "Dadu Governor Rongyu, Dadu Governor Rongyu!" ”

Han Derang raised his voice and said, "Slow! Several pro-soldiers immediately escorted Xiao Tianzuo back. Han Derang walked in front of Xiao Tianci, "What else do you have to say?" Xiao Tianzuo swallowed his saliva, "The Grand Duke, the last general, although the last general was defeated, it was not the responsibility of the last general, it was all because of the princess's command error!" Otherwise, the general's army will not fall into the trap of Yan Yunjun! In order to save his life, Xiao Tianzuo didn't care about anything, and put all the responsibility on Ye Yu Guanyin.

Han Derang seemed to believe it but didn't believe it. Xiao Tianzuo hurriedly said: "Please spare the last general's life, and the last general will definitely be able to repay the governor for his crimes!" "Oh? Are you sure you can defeat the Yanyun Water Army? Xiao Tianzuo saw that Han Derang's attitude was relaxed, so in order to save his life, he swore and said: "The defeat of the navy army before is actually not a crime of war!" Now the strength of the naval army under the command of the last general is still twice that of the Yanyun naval army, and it is definitely possible to defeat the Yanyun naval army, as long as the metropolitan governor gives the last general a chance and gives the last general time! ”

Han Derang pondered for a moment, "Okay! This Metropolitan Governor will give you this opportunity, so that you can immediately lead the naval army to fight, and make meritorious contributions! Xiao Tianzuo was overjoyed and hurriedly kowtowed to thank him. After the tent was dispersed, Xiao Tianzuo returned to the water army camp. His sons, Chopard and Feng Lin, immediately greeted him. Seeing Xiao Tianzuo's depressed expression, they were all very surprised, and Chopin hurriedly asked, "Why is my father so worried?" ”

Xiao Tianzuo walked to the top commander and sat down, and scolded angrily: "That Han Derang, as soon as he came here, he actually wanted to kill me Liwei!" Everyone was shocked, and Feng Lin hurriedly asked, "How did the governor get out?" Xiao Tianzuo sighed, "I put all the blame on the princess, and I promised him that I could defeat the Yanyun Water Army and make the merit of the crime, so I was able to get out!" Everyone was stunned, and Xiao Zuo hurriedly asked, "The governor doesn't really plan to fight, right?" ”

Xiao Tianzuo sighed, "I have already made a military order, and now I have to send it when I am ready to fly!" Chopin said in a panic: "How is this good? The Yanyun Naval Army has artillery, how can we defeat them? Xiao Tianzuo pondered: "That's not necessarily! We have twice as many warships as the Yanyun Army, and if we try our best to assault, we may be able to win! ”

Xiao Zuo smiled bitterly: "It's like hitting the wall with your head!" Xiao Tianzuo said helplessly: "Now there is no other way but to fight to the death!" Then his eyes froze, "I have made up my mind, and I will immediately send someone to issue a war letter to the Yan Yun Army and fight to the death with the Yan Yun Army!" ”

The Yanyun Navy was about to leave for Juehua Island, but suddenly received a war letter from the Khitan Army to fight to the death with the Yanyun Navy in the sea off Runzhou. Yan Yunjun was very surprised when he suddenly received such a war letter. "Could this be a trap?" Off the river. Guan Shan frowned and said, "It's hard to say, Xiao Tianzuo has no reason to take the initiative to fight with us!" Wang Rong snorted, "I don't think there's any need to think too much!" On the vast sea, without shelter, what tricks can be played? ”

Yang Peng nodded and said, "Wang Rong is right. Xiao Tianzuo may have some unavoidable hardships, so he has to take the initiative to fight a decisive battle with our army! I mean say yes to their challenge! The crowd nodded. Guan Shan said: "King Yan, should we divide a fleet to follow behind the brigade in order to deal with unpredictable emergencies?" Yang Peng nodded thoughtfully, "That's fine." He glanced at everyone and asked, "What else do you have to say?" They looked at each other and shook their heads. Well, send someone to reply to Xiao Tianzuo immediately! ”

Soon after, Yan Yun's reply was sent to Xiao Tianzuo. After Xiao Tianzuo read the book, he frowned and said, "Yan Yunjun has accepted our challenge!" Several people around him couldn't help but get nervous, and Xiao Zuo couldn't help but say: "I really don't know what the result of this battle will be!" ”

Xiao Tianzuo threw the battle book on the desk, frowned, and said, "There is no turning back when you open the bow!" God willing! We have twice as many ships as the Yan Yun Army, and we may be able to defeat them! ”

Two days later, on the sea off Runzhou, warships from both sides gathered, and a big battle was about to break out. Xiao Tian stood on the platform of the flagship, looking at the Yanyun warship in the distance, but did not see the figure of the cannon, and the original nervous mood couldn't help but subside a lot. He couldn't help but think in his heart: Maybe the previous speculation was not true, Yan Yunjun did not carry the cannon onto the warship. Thinking of this, Xiao Tianzuo seemed to see the dawn of victory.

Chopin hurriedly stepped onto the platform, hugged his fists towards Xiao Tianzuo and said, "Father, General Feng and General Xiao are ready. Xiao Tianzuo looked at the left and right wings, hesitated for a moment, and said resolutely: "Pass the order, the whole army will attack!" "The Liao State Navy moved, and hundreds of large and small warships formed a huge phalanx and pressed towards the Yanyun Army. The war drums of the Yanyun army sounded, and to Xiao Tianci and the others' expectations, the Yanyun warships did not come head-on, but struck the hull of the ship one after another, facing them with the hull. Xiao Tianzuo frowned and muttered, "What the hell are they doing?" Wouldn't it be self-defeating to face our onslaught like this! ”

Soon he knew the answer. I saw rows of small doors open on the side of the Yanyun warship, and then I saw the barrels of the cannons sticking out. Xiao Tianzuo was shocked. At this moment, I saw that the opponent's warship spewed out countless fireworks, and immediately after, the water column in the flotilla of our own fleet soared into the sky, and many warship walls broke and fell; Several soldiers on a warship were running on the deck, when a stone bullet whizzed, and immediately broke the soldiers into pieces, and then pierced the entire cabin in one fell swoop.

After a round of bombardment, the Khitan army suffered heavy losses, and it was already a little chaotic. Xiao Tianzuo strictly ordered all armies to continue to charge! He's also fighting! The Khitan fleet advanced under heavy artillery fire, only to see that the warships were constantly torn apart by the artillery fire, and then either lost power or sank into the water.

Finally, the desperate advance of the Khitan army paid off, and they had approached less than two arrows away from the Yanyun fleet, which had already entered the range of bed crossbows and small stone cannons. In the fierce roar of the Khitan army generals, I saw countless huge guns, arrows and stones flying into the sky and roaring towards the Yanyun army fleet.

Crackling and falling into the middle of Yanyun's fleet, stirring up countless splashes, stones, guns and arrows fell on Yanyunjun's warship, and immediately the sail broke through, and a warship was particularly seriously injured, and a large amount of seawater poured in, and it was completely overturned in an instant.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.