Great Song Pirate

Chapter 412
In the next few days, the fleet has been staying on this island for an intense rest. After a fierce battle, it can be said that each of these ships has been damaged to varying degrees, and many ships have been damaged and flooded , It will take some time to repair, the dense rockets will burn holes in the sails of the ship, and it also needs to be repaired. , and the wounded in the fleet also need some time to be treated and stabilized, so Xu Yi did not rush to continue the journey, but ordered the fleet to rest here before making a decision.

Although the island is only about [-] miles away from Annan Country, Xu Yi is not worried about the safety here. After such an unprecedented and tragic sea confrontation, he believes that the Annan people will never be able to gather on such a large scale in a short time. The navy fleet came to conquest them, so now he can be said to be resting here without worrying about the Annan people coming to retaliate. Doing so is even a bit obvious to bully the Annan people.

Every day, he even sent some ships in good condition to plunder the land villages and towns along the coast of the nearby Annan Kingdom, and brought some live cattle, sheep, live poultry, fresh fruits and vegetables, etc., and shipped them back to the village. Go to the small island to improve the lives of the brothers in the fleet and let them recover their physical strength as soon as possible. As for the more than 1000 Annan soldiers who were captured, Xu Yi did not kill them wantonly. These people are all young and strong, which can be regarded as good Labor, this time can just be taken back as a booty to serve as a slave, supplementing the free labor on Liuqiu Island, and the days can be said to be very leisurely.

Compared with the leisurely life of the Fubo Army, the Annan Li Dynasty was already in chaos at this time. The elite naval forces of the Li Dynasty led by Chen Changhai were wiped out, and the news that Chen Changhai was killed on the spot was lost to those who escaped back to land by chance. The navy troops quickly reported back to Shenglong King City. After hearing the news, King Li Dynasty fainted on the dragon chair immediately, scaring the ministers of Li Dynasty to death, and healed up after the imperial doctor After the treatment, King Li Chao woke up slowly.

As soon as King Li Chao woke up, he didn't dare to take a rest, so he immediately summoned the ministers to discuss matters in the main hall. Looking at the ministers below, he said with fear: "Why is this skeleton army fleet so fierce? You know General Chen has mobilized all the elites of our navy this time. I never imagined that with the strength of General Chen, the entire army would be wiped out by this skeleton fleet. Ladies and gentlemen, how should we deal with this matter? Woolen cloth?"

After listening to the king's words, the courtiers above the main hall were silent, and no one came out to answer his questions. The king looked down at the ministers below with full expectation, but whoever his eyes fell on He immediately lowered his head. The king waited for a long time, but none of the ministers came out to answer, so his face became even worse, so he slapped his hand on the armrest of the dragon chair and said angrily: "This is the time when the country In times of crisis, and all of you important ministers of the country are silent, so what use is it for me to have you ministers?"

Hearing what the king said, the following ministers dared not continue to be cowards and continued to pretend to be grandsons. One minister hurriedly came out and said: "My lord, calm down! This incident happened suddenly, and the ministers did not expect it." The skeleton army is so fierce, please give me some time to think about it!"

The king snorted coldly. What the minister said was as if he hadn't said anything. It's useless to say such a fart, so he immediately swung his sleeves and said, "You said you want to think about it? That's good." , you go down and think about it! Is there anyone else playing?"

The first minister who came out to answer the question immediately withdrew from the line, and another minister hurriedly came out and said: "As far as I can see, although General Chen's entire army has been wiped out this time, I think that the opponent in this battle may be defeated." It will definitely cause a lot of damage. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that if you kill [-] enemies, you will lose [-]. No matter how powerful these skeleton troops are, the navy troops under General Chen will never let the enemy take advantage of it. Yes, so now I predict that the skeleton fleet must have suffered heavy losses now, even if it wins, it can only end in a miserable victory. If His Majesty now mobilizes a new batch of warships, and if we use all the elites, we will be able to beat them all in one fell swoop. Destroy!"

The king of the Li Dynasty twitched his eyebrows a few times after hearing his words. The minister's words seemed to make a lot of sense. No matter how bad Chen Changhai was, he could still be regarded as a fierce general. It should not be so cheap to let this skeleton The fleet defeated all the sailors under his command, and it should have caused a lot of losses to the opponent. If it was as he expected, he might have a chance to win the round and save a little face. Maybe, so he began to nod his head slightly.

"Your Majesty, no! I have already questioned the messengers who came back to report in detail today. According to what he heard from those members of our army who escaped by chance, the opponent's ships are extremely huge. The warships in their fleet are as tall as buildings, and their masts are even bigger It is towering into the sky. I have never seen such a warship before, and the other party can indeed control the sky thunder to bombard our ships. This kind of weapon is extremely sharp. At the same time, they also have some weapons that we have never seen before. The fleet was at a disadvantage from the very beginning of the battle. Although General Chen's subordinates fought fiercely with it, but in the end it was because of the sharp weapons of the opponent that we were defeated, and the actual loss of the opponent was not very great. It's serious, it's not to the point of hurting the muscles and bones. If we fight against it again, we are afraid that we will be defeated by the opponent again. Wouldn't it be even more embarrassing for us? So Wei Chen thinks that now we can no longer Raise troops to confront them! I hope Your Majesty will think twice!" After hearing the minister's words, the Minister of the Ministry of War immediately came out and said.

After King Li Chao heard what Shangshu of the Ministry of War said, he immediately lost his mind, so he asked him: "In your opinion, can we just watch them wreak havoc along our coast like this? Humiliated by them, and there's nothing you can do about it?"

Minister of the Ministry of War heard the king's question, so he had no choice but to say: "Now that things have come to such a point, I can only see that these skeleton troops are fierce, but according to what Li Xiaowen, the military envoy of Huazhou, said, the opponent's strength is actually not enough. Not strong, as long as we keep our defenses tight in the coastal area and don’t leave them a chance, it may not be easy for them to continue to attack our coastal states and counties. Moreover, our navy has been newly defeated and there is a shortage of warships. Within a short period of time, there is absolutely no possibility of re-establishing a large-scale fleet, so I think that we should mobilize a large number of infantry to deploy defenses along the coast, so as to prevent the skeleton fleet from landing and harassing, if they dare to land and harass on a large scale , we can wipe them all out on land!"

After listening to his words, King Li Chao also felt that what he said was reasonable, so he continued to ask: "Lu Shangshu is reasonable, but the lonely king is really unwilling. This gang of skeleton fleets really bullied me too much. If we don't If we completely defeat them, will it only fuel their arrogance if we only rely on the infantry to fortify the coast?"

"Your Majesty is right. Although Lu Shangshu's words are right, I think it's not appropriate to do so. The opponent is a fleet and can come and go freely at sea, but we can't control the opponent's actions. It's just that If we blindly deploy defenses along the coast, the number of soldiers and horses we need to use will be huge. Doing so will inevitably empty our other border troops. Once we are taken by other countries, won't it make us more passive? So I think , Doing this is not a good way!" A minister shook his head and came out to refute.

The Minister of the Ministry of War said with a bitter face: "But today, it is really difficult for us to immediately re-dispatch a usable fleet to go out to sea to compete with the skeleton fleet. If we don't deploy defenses along the coast, can we just watch them like this Will you wantonly haunt our coast, kill my people, and rob my property?"

At this moment, the king of the Li Dynasty felt that his head was as big as a fight. He couldn't do this, and he couldn't do that. Could he just keep arguing like this?There must be a way to solve this problem!So he said with anger on his face: "According to what you say, don't we really have nothing to do?"

The minister who refuted the minister of the Ministry of War said submissively at this time: "There is no solution, but after I say it, I am afraid that His Majesty will find it difficult to accept it, and will vent my anger on me. I really dare not say it!"

King Li Chao immediately waved his hand and said: "If you have something to say, just say it, no matter what you say, I will forgive you for your innocence!"

After hearing the king's promise, the minister bowed and said: "I don't think there is any way to solve this matter. After all, there was a reason why the skeleton fleet came to me to raid Dazhanhaikou. According to Li Xiaowen's return, It seems that their ships were seized by our local officials for no reason at our Dazhanhaikou, and they had some conflicts with their subordinates and killed some of their subordinates, which led to their revenge. If what they said is correct, then The official thought that this matter was originally wronged by our court, and the official interrogated a small official who escaped from Dazhanhaikou two days ago. According to the small official, they were indeed in Dazhanhaikou at the beginning. Detained several Song cargo ships, and indeed had some conflicts with the Song people on these ships, and arrested a group of Song sailors. Later, on the night when the skeleton army appeared, the skeleton army did attack at the first step. Entered the government office and rescued all the Song people detained there, so that after comparing with Li Xiaowen's confession, this matter can be confirmed!"

King Li Chao waved his hand impatiently and said: "Stop talking about it, even if our officials who occupied Haikou did such a thing, it's too late to say it now! I just want to hear what you see, what should we do now?" manage?"

The minister then hurriedly continued: "Your Majesty's atonement! Please listen to what I have said! What I mean is that this time it was our fault that caused the revenge of the skeleton army, and now we are fighting with the occupying army. During the Great War in Po Country, if we put all our energy on this skeleton fleet, it will definitely involve a large number of our troops. If we mobilize a large number of soldiers and horses to the coast for defense, this will definitely make us empty in the south. There is no guarantee that the Champa Kingdom will not take the opportunity to use large-scale troops against us. In this way, we will lose even more, and now we are unable to dispatch a large number of naval ships to confront the skeleton army, and the combat power of the skeleton fleet must not be underestimated. , we are actually in a very embarrassing situation now, we can't fight, we can't defend, so I think we have to choose to make concessions. Send someone to negotiate with this skeleton army to find out their intentions. If possible, we might as well make some concessions, show them weakness, give them some compensation, and let them leave our coast. In this way, we can relieve them I don’t know what your majesty will think about my threat to the coastal states and counties, and to deal with the Champa country with all my strength?"

As soon as he finished speaking, some ministers around immediately became furious, and they all accused this minister, saying nothing more than some things like our Li Chao bowing his head and giving in to a bunch of pirates, which is really harmful State and so on.

King Li Chao also became furious when he heard that, he patted the armrest vigorously and cursed: "You bastard, we are a huge country, how can we bow our heads to a bunch of pirates? This makes us Li Chao lose face? You...you...I...cough cough..." Before he finished speaking, he coughed, obviously he was very angry at the minister's words.

The minister's complexion was also very bad, so he quickly turned over and knelt down on the ground, and kowtowed to the king: "Your Majesty, please calm down! I beg your Majesty to calm down! This humble minister is also thinking of His Majesty! There is a saying in the Song Dynasty that two evils have the right to win." The lesser, the more important the two benefits, although doing so does damage my face, but there is no way to do it! If we don't show the enemy's weakness and make concessions, now we have no ability to wipe out This army of skeletons who are wantonly raiding the coast of our country, if we do not make concessions to them, if they are allowed to continue to cause disasters along the coast of our country, I am afraid that our losses will be even greater. If we mobilize a large number of soldiers and horses to fortify the coast If so, I am afraid that even if we have [-] soldiers and horses, it is not enough to deploy enough troops in all coastal states and counties, and this skeleton army fleet comes and goes like the wind on the sea. Once we concentrate our forces to attack any of our places, we will Our soldiers and horses will be exhausted and exhausted, and doing so will not help the situation, and will even cause us to lose the advantage we have gained over the Champa Kingdom, please think twice, Your Majesty!"

After he finished speaking, some ministers around him also began to lower their heads and think. These people are not stupid. This account can still be settled clearly. They can't beat them. There is still a feud in the south of Champa Kingdom. If it is really a large-scale deployment of troops and defenses along the coast, the Champo Kingdom may really invade on a large scale. At that time, their Li Dynasty will really be attacked by the enemy. Both aspects will not be good. After a while, some people gradually began to agree with his opinion, so some people began to speak out to echo him and support his opinion.

(Three chapters are presented today! As compensation, everyone! Sorry!)
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