"Our troops met the enemy on the sea thirty miles east of Long Island." Speaking of this, the officer's expression moved, as if he was surprised to see something incredible, and he continued: "The size of the Japanese fleet is much larger than the scale of our army, and the most surprising thing is that there are many gunboats in their fleet. ......" Yang Peng's voice did not move, but Ye Yu Guanyin and Yang Jiumei both showed very shocked and surprised expressions, they could never have imagined that the Japanese would actually dispatch a fleet larger than their own, and there were gunboats in the fleet! In fact, when Yang Peng just learned about this situation from the letter, he was also extremely shocked, but he did not express this shock.

The officer said: "Commander Wang Hai immediately ordered the fleet to attack the enemy in a two-wing formation, and the enemy army also met the enemy in a two-wing formation. Countless warships on both sides fought on the sea, the cannons thundered like thunder, and the sea was full of skyrocketing water columns! The great battle of the fleets of the two sides began at noon and lasted until sunset, and the losses were not small, and there was no victory or defeat, and they retreated! After that, Commander Wang Hai ordered all the sentinel ships to go out to the police, and the fleet retreated into the water village to rest and wait for battle, and then Commander Wang Hai called his subordinates and handed over this handwritten letter to his subordinates, ordering his subordinates to hand it over to King Yan day and night. ”

Ye Yu Guanyin and Yang Jiumei had a worried face, and they endured it for the time being, and did not express the worries in their hearts.

Yang Peng asked the officer: "In this big battle, what are the losses of both sides?" I want detailed data! The officer said with a sad face: "The specific loss figures have not been counted when the subordinates leave...... Yang Peng said: "Say what you know, the more detailed the better, and there must be no falsehood!" ”

The officer replied and said, "As far as my subordinates know, in this big battle, both sides were a little surprised and a little in a hurry. The losses of the Japanese were slightly more, but the specific number was not clear to the subordinates. ”

Yang Peng felt a little more steady, and asked, "What is the loss of gunboats on both sides?" "Since both sides are based on gunboats, the loss of gunboats on both sides will affect future battles.

The officer said: "This subordinate knows that at that time several of us were counting the number of losses of the enemy's gunboats on the flagship. A total of nine Japanese gunboats were sunk, and these Japanese gunboats were comparable in size, speed, and power to our ordinary gunboats. After a pause, he continued: "Our gunboats have lost seven! ”

Yang Peng nodded and asked, "In addition to the fleet of the Japanese people, have you found any other transport fleets?" ”

The officer shook his head and said, "I haven't received a report from this aspect, I guess there is none, otherwise it is impossible for the observation posts arranged on the desert island in the open sea to be undetected." "There is a general principle of navigation, that is, the ship must follow the markers, otherwise it is very likely to lose its way, and on the vast sea, once it loses its way, the consequences are unimaginable, and the navigation follows the countless islands scattered in the sea, large and small; Even in a society with a prosperous science and technology, navigation generally follows this principle, so that many so-called shipping lanes have been formed, and in ancient times, when science and technology were very backward, the island was used as a symbol with the compass and the sun, moon and stars, which was the main or only means of navigation. Therefore, the fleets of this era, whether they were fleets or caravans, would definitely sail along the channels marked by the islands on the sea, so as long as there was a large-scale fleet, the observation posts that Yan Yun had arranged on various desert islands could definitely be found.

Yang Peng pondered for a moment, smiled coldly, and said, "The Japanese are really scheming!" After a pause, thinking back to his time, wasn't it the same with the Japanese people at that time? Before the naval army is launched, try their best to hide their naval strength and intentions, and when they feel that their strength is enough, they will surprise you and plot to catch you off guard, and a war is decided, and a sneak attack is the usual trick of the Japanese samurai! This set of ideas will succeed!

Yang Peng put these thoughts behind him, looked at Yang Jiumei and Ye Yu Guanyin, and asked, "Do you have anything to say?" ”

The two girls had already been worried in their hearts, and when they heard Yang Peng's question, they immediately said together: "I ......" The two girls were stunned and looked at each other. Yang Jiumei lowered her head and signaled humility. Ya Yu Guanyin said to Yang Peng: "Big brother, although the shadow of the enemy's large-scale transport fleet has not been found at this moment, this is something that cannot be guaranteed!" Since the Japanese people suddenly poured out the water army that had been hidden for a long time to attack our Yanyun, I am afraid that there will be a large-scale follow-up army on the way! ”

Yang Jiumei frowned and said, "If the enemy army wants to attack, the coastal area may be the target of their attack!" Thousands of miles of coastline, this is difficult to defend, I'm afraid it will disrupt our current deployment! ”

Yang Peng said to the king: "Hang up the map of the Oriental Sea Frontier." Wang Kai immediately called a hidden killer, ran to the bookshelf behind the map shelf, took out a roll of maps, returned to the map shelf, and hung the map.

Yang Peng and the others walked to the map, and their eyes couldn't help but fall on the curvy coastline in eastern China. Ya Kannon said: "If the Japanese really send their army to attack across the sea, they will naturally not attack the areas west and north of Long Island, otherwise they may be raided by our navy, so these areas can not be worried." ”

Yang Jiumei said: "However, the entire southeast coast south of Long Island, as well as the coast of Lianghuai, may be raided by the Japanese people. Ye Yu Guanyin pointed to Lianghuai and said: "The Song court in the south is cowardly, and they don't dare to rush to the north!" Even if they had the intention of mobilizing troops, because they had not prepared before, they had only begun to mobilize troops and money and food, and it was impossible to send troops without a month. Therefore, we can completely transfer the main forces of the Fourth and Fifth Army Corps to Yizhou, Haizhou, Lianshui, Chuzhou, and Taizhou, and solve the urgent needs first, and at the same time order the governors of Lianghuai to mobilize the strong men of the Lianghuai East Road to prepare for battle. In this way, even if the Japanese army raids Lianghuai, it will be difficult to succeed! ”

Yang Jiumei looked at the map and said, "Then how can the southeast coast of the mountain be defended?" Ye Yu Guanyin looked at Yang Peng and said: "I remember that there are many troops and generals in Shandong, which can make Shandong Xuanwei envoys organize them for defense. Although the combat power of these people is not high, they are still much stronger than the servants and ordinary strong men, and there are many of them, so it should not be a big problem to defend for a while! ”

Yang Peng laughed, looked at Ya Yu Guanyin, and praised: "In the end, it is the eldest princess, and after a little arrangement, the possible imminent crisis will be lifted!" Ya Yu Guanyin smiled and said, "It's nothing, in fact, you have already thought of these strategies of mine!" ”

Yang Peng looked at the coastline on the Liao side of the Bohai Sea and said, "I hope to withdraw all the cruisers blocking the coast of the Liao State to Changdao to help fight and deal with the Japanese fleet!" ......" cruiser, which appeared above, is a real gunboat newly designed and built by Yanyun's craftsmen according to Yang Peng's description, which is different from the square head of the traditional Central Plains warship, this kind of cruiser is very similar to the sailing cruisers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in the West, from the size to the power, and then to the firepower of the twenty-four guns, it is very similar, and it can be said that it is the most advanced and complex weapon of this era.

Yang Jiumei said worriedly: "Although this can enhance the strength of our naval army, once the coastline is blocked, the Khitans will inevitably launch another attack from the sea, and the loss of Juehua Island (now Peach Blossom Island) is small, if the Khitans directly land in Hebei by sea, the consequences will be unimaginable!" ”

Yang Peng hesitated and paced back and forth in the hall, the current situation is very critical, and one thing is afraid that it will cause unimaginable consequences. As Yang Jiumei said, if the cruiser fleet blocking the coast of Liao retreats, the Khitan army can raise a large army to attack Hebei from the sea. If they invade Hebei, the connection between the sixteen states of Yanyun and the Shandong region will inevitably be severed, and if the Khitan army continues to drive straight in, the entire eastern region of Yanyun will also fall into chaos. This is still light, the Khitan army's invasion of Hebei will definitely greatly damage the morale of Yanyun and Shandong and even the entire Yanyun, and it is difficult to guarantee that the two battlefields of Yanyun and Shandong will not be defeated and lost. Once this happens, it will be difficult to turn the tide! The so-called wall fell down and everyone pushed it, at this time, I am afraid that the imperial court and Tubo will not sit honestly, and there is a chance that seven or nine times out of ten they will raise troops to take advantage of the fire to rob, by the way, there is also Xiliao! With so many enemies rushing forward, Yan Yun is only afraid that he will fall into a place of no return!

This is not to mobilize the cruiser fleet to the south, I am afraid there is also a problem. According to the officer's description and the content of Wang Hai's letter, not long ago, the battle between the Yanyun Navy and the Japanese Navy was a tie, but it was a defeat, otherwise the Japanese Navy would never give up blocking the Japanese Navy from approaching the coast and take the initiative to withdraw to the water village, which would inevitably put the side in a passive situation, unless the situation was unfavorable to the side, it would never do so.

It was because the strength was not enough to defeat the Japanese fleet, so Wang Hai asked himself to withdraw the cruiser. If the cruiser fleet did not move, it was difficult to guarantee that the naval army would not be defeated by the Japanese fleet. Once such a situation occurs, given that there is not a single regular army in Shandong at present, I am afraid that it will not be able to resist the large-scale landing of the Japanese and fight, and there will be no suspense about the fall. The consequences of the fall of Shandong were as serious as the consequences of the Khitans attacking Hebei, and even more serious, because the Japanese still had a large fleet, and if they won, the huge fleet could turn north and encircle and annihilate their own cruiser fleet, and then the Khitans could raise up all the way to attack Hebei by crossing the sea. At that time, there were Khitans in Hebei and Japanese in Shandong!

The Khitan army retreated into the camp, and they all looked a little depressed. The Ya Hu Cheng Command will count the damage, and the Ministry will report the statistics shortly after. The loss of this battle is not small, the most important loss is about 15,000 Tiefutu, in today's battle, 30,000 Tiefutu entered the city, 15,000 people fell into the siege, only half escaped, in addition, there are many other losses, especially the loss of the central army formation after being broken by the Xuanjia Army, but these are really nothing compared to the loss of Tiefutu.

Ye Hu Cheng was annoyed, he just wanted to catch Yang Peng with a thousand knives, and he couldn't help but scream angrily for a while, and all the generals trembled, all of them lowered their heads, and they didn't dare to put a fart.

Ye Hu Cheng screamed angrily for a while, and finally his anger stopped for a while, glaring at a pair of tiger eyes and saying fiercely: "If you don't capture Yanjing City, I will not give up!" I have to break Yang Peng's body into ten thousand pieces! The generals' hearts couldn't help but surge with an impulse, and they shouted one after another: "If you don't capture Yanjing, you won't give up!" If you don't capture Yanjing, you won't give up! ……”

Just then, a scout rushed in. The generals stopped shouting. The scout rushed to the tent and knelt down and said, "King Qiqi, the fifty carts of gunpowder that the king asked for have arrived." ”

Ye Hu Cheng's eyes lit up, and he said loudly: "Okay! King Ben is waiting for this gunpowder to be used! Then he said to Zheng Shilong: "You, immediately lead your soldiers and horses to cut down trees on the back mountain, the more the better, to make siege equipment!" Zheng Shilong clenched his fists and promised, and then hurried out of the big tent. ……

Yang Peng and others stood on the city wall, looking out of the city, it was late at this time, and they saw that the Khitan army camp was brightly lit, and at the same time, a fire dragon connected the Khitan army camp and the back mountain. Although the specific scene is not real, the sound of dense felling trees and shouting trumpets can be faintly heard.

Ya Yu Guanyin said: "They are cutting down trees on a large scale, and they should be preparing to build a large number of siege equipment!" Yang Peng nodded, looked at the hot mountain outside the city, and said, "I just received a report from the scouts that fifty truckloads of gunpowder have arrived from the enemy. Ye Yu Guanyin and the others were taken aback, and Yang Jiumei said worriedly: "The enemy army is making every effort to build siege equipment, and has transported fifty truckloads of gunpowder, and it will definitely attack with all its strength in these two days, I am afraid that the situation will be even more dangerous than today!" Yang Peng said lightly: "Don't worry too much, since we can withstand their onslaught for six days, we can resist another six days, sixty days!" After listening to these confident words, everyone saw Yang Peng's expression indifferent and calm, and they couldn't help but regain their confidence. ……

The gaze turned to Bianjing.

Prime Minister Wang Qinruo, and Governor Wang Xiaozhi came to the palace late at night to ask for a meeting. Zhao Heng, who had just slept with Concubine Zheng, was a little surprised when he heard the report of the chamberlain, and felt a little unhappy in his heart, but he also felt that something urgent should have happened, otherwise Wang Qinruo and Wang Xiaozhi would never dare to disturb the holy driver in the middle of the night.

After Zhao Heng was dressed neatly, he left Concubine Zheng's bedroom and came to the imperial study. Wang Qinruo and Wang Xiaozhi, who were waiting in the imperial study, bowed together: "Long live my emperor, long live long live, long live, long live!" Zhao Heng glanced at the two of them, walked to the back of the bookcase and sat down, and said angrily: "What happened to make you two so anxious?" ”

Wang Qinruo bowed down and said, "If Weichen doesn't have 100,000 urgent matters, he will never dare to disturb His Majesty's rest!" Seeing that he said it so seriously, Zhao Heng couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and asked, "No, it won't be any emergency military situation, right?" I treat King Yan well, he won't make trouble, right? ”

Wang Qinruo said: "Just now the Privy Council received an urgent report from the sixteen states of Yanyun, the Khitan army and 600,000 invaded the sixteen states of Yanyun, and now the sixteen states of Yanyun are still resisting stubbornly, and almost all the counties in the other states have been broken by the Khitans...... When Wang Qinruo said this, he couldn't help but smile excitedly. When the emperor suddenly heard the news, he was stunned for a moment and felt incredulous, then he was overjoyed, stood up and asked excitedly, "Is this true?" ”

Wang Qinruo nodded and said, "It's true! According to the information sent back by the detailed work, Yanjing is now surrounded by 300,000 troops of the Liao State, and it is only a matter of time before the city is broken, and what is even more gratifying is that Yang Peng, the king of Yan, is also in the city! Once the city is broken, Yang Peng may be captured by the Khitans, or killed by the Khitans, in this way, the entire Yanyun will be in chaos, and the imperial court will take the opportunity to recover the entire Central Plains! ”

Zhao Heng paced back and forth excitedly, muttering, "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect such an earth-shattering reversal to happen!" It's, it's unbelievable! ”

Wang Xiaozhi hurriedly said: "This is all the work of His Majesty's holy virtue education, and it is also to blame Yang Peng for his own perverse behavior that has caused the anger of the heavens and people!" Therefore, the sky blessed His Majesty and descended on Yanyun, destroying the northern barrier of the sixteen states of Yanyun with a huge natural disaster, so that the Khitans had the opportunity to attack the sixteen states of Yanyun, which is actually the gospel of the sky to Your Majesty! Zhao Heng was very happy and nodded with a smile.

Wang Qinruo said: "Your Majesty, this is an opportunity given to Your Majesty by the sky, Your Majesty must not miss it!" Zhao Heng hesitated, sat down after returning to the bookcase, and frowned: "Although the Khitans have gained an advantage now, it is difficult to say who will kill the deer in the end!" In case, in case Yanyun defeats the Khitans, wouldn't it be difficult for us to ride a tiger, and the lessons ahead are not far away, so we can't be cautious! ”

Wang Qinruo hurriedly said: "This time the situation is different from the past, in the past, the Khitan and Yan Yun were in a state of stalemate at first, but this time, Yan Yun was suddenly hit by a catastrophe, and the army of the Liao State swept through the sixteen states of Yanyun in one fell swoop, and the momentum was like a bamboo, no matter how powerful the Yan Yun army was, it would be difficult to turn the tide in this situation!" He, Yang Peng and Yan Yunjun, are also human beings, not immortals, and manpower is sometimes exhausted, and it is impossible to create a miracle when such a building collapses and the embankment collapses! ”

Zhao Heng was greatly moved by Wang Qinruo's words, but he still couldn't make up his mind, he had been defeated by Yan Yun one after another before, and the fear of Yan Yun and Yang Peng was not so easy to eliminate.

Wang Qinruo saw that Zhao Heng still couldn't make up his mind, so he scolded secretly, and said, "There is another situation." According to the report of the maritime merchants who came back from the north, not long ago, the Japanese sent a very large fleet to raid the Yanyun Water Army, and the Yanyun Water Army was defeated and returned to the water village, and now the Japanese fleet is suppressing the Yanyun Water Army, I believe that it will not be long before the Yanyun Water Army will be annihilated by the Japanese Water Army! ”

Zhao Heng was very surprised when he heard the news suddenly, and hurriedly asked, "Is this the case?" Wang Qinruo nodded, "It's not one or two maritime merchants who saw this situation, the maritime merchants who came back from the north basically reported this matter, and this matter is absolutely true!" The Japanese Navy is pouring out, obviously it is impossible just to eliminate the Yanyun Water Army, they must also want to attack Shandong to take a piece of land, so there must be a huge army behind the Japanese Water Army, just wait for the Japanese Water Army to win, they will sweep Shandong in one go! ”

Zhao Hengshen nodded thoughtfully, and said excitedly: "The Japanese people destroyed Goryeo not long ago, and they have fought a few battles with the Khitans, and their strength is strong, they have also joined in, Yanyun is really dangerous!" ”

Wang Qinruo bowed down and hugged his fists and said, "Your Majesty is wise!" Then he said: "Your Majesty, now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to brush the heavens, the opportunity is fleeting, the Holy Lord should take this opportunity to achieve a thousand years of achievements!" Wang Xiaozhi hurriedly echoed: "Your Majesty is destined to become the Holy Monarch who has been praised for thousands of years, so the heavens will descend on him!" The students and people of the Central Plains have suffered from the poison of Yang Peng for a long time, everyone is miserable, everyone grits their teeth and hates, and longing for Wang Shi is like a seedling longing for rain from the sky after a long drought! Your Majesty should respond to the heavens, rebel as soon as possible, and make an early Northern Expedition to the Central Plains to sweep away the demonic atmosphere, and restore the bright blue sky of the Central Plains! This is the blessing of all the people in the world! ”

An impulse surged in Zhao Heng's heart, and he said loudly: "Since the will of heaven and the hearts of the people are like this, I will follow the heavens, and the rebels will crusade against the rebellion and recover the Central Plains!" Wang Qinruo and Wang Xiaozhi were overjoyed, and bowed together: "Your Majesty is wise! Wang Xiaozhi said again: "There is a happy event to enlighten Your Majesty,"

Zhao Heng was in a good mood and asked with a smile: "What good news does Aiqing have?" Wang Xiao said straightly: "Your Majesty is benevolent and virtuous, even the people and people thousands of miles away look up to it!" There are Bianliang scholars and Shang Shiheng, who admire the Celestial Empire, look up to His Majesty, and yearn to restore the glory of the Celestial Empire day and night! For this reason, Shang Shiheng secretly contacted many people with lofty ideals, and secretly assembled an armed force, just waiting for the day of the Northern Expedition of the Wang Division, they held high the banner of righteousness and captured Tianjing New City in one fell swoop! ”

Zhao Hengda was moved, tears couldn't help but overflow in his eyes, and he sighed: "What a loyal person!" Wang Qinruo hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, if today's time and place are favorable, they are all on the side of the imperial court, this victory is in hand, and there is no reason not to succeed!" ”

Zhao Heng said thoughtfully: "Aiqing's words are no longer right!" Then he said decisively: "I have made up my mind, and I will raise 500,000 troops to divide into two routes, all the way to attack Huainan, all the way out of Dongting, and go straight to Cangzhou, and advance on both sides to recover the Central Plains in one fell swoop!" Wang Xiaozhi and Wang Qinruo said in unison: "Your Majesty is wise! Zhao Heng glanced at the two of them and said, "Wang Aiqing is responsible for the matter of gathering the army and selecting generals." ......" Wang Qinruo bowed down and promised, and swore solemnly: "Weichen will live up to His Majesty's trust!" Zhao Heng nodded and said, "Wang Aiqing, I can be completely trusted!" Then he said to Wang Xiaozhi: "Wang Aiqing is responsible for the mobilization of grain and grass." Wang Xiaozhi saw that the emperor was reusing himself, and he was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked him. Then he said: "Your Majesty, Shang Shiheng and other scholars, in Cao Ying's heart is in Han, his heart is commendable, I don't know if he can be granted an official position first, so that the loyal and righteous people can feel Your Majesty's heavenly grace and serve Your Majesty wholeheartedly!" ”

Zhao Heng nodded and said, "It should be so." After a pause, he said: "Just entitle Wang Xiaozhi to stay in Bianjing!" Wang Xiao bowed straight and said: "Your Majesty's grace is immense, Shang Shiheng and others can only repay Your Majesty!" ”

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