Watch the sea

Three days ago, Changzhou Donghai Naval Station.

Admiral Qin Youfang, the admiral of the right division of the navy, finished his routine patrol at night, and before he could sit still in the camp, he heard a sharp whistle from outside, followed by a horse neighing abruptly into the garrison, Qin Youfang's heart skipped a beat. When he called for someone, the messenger rushed in——

"General Qin, Master Murui Hesi of Changzhou Prefecture and General Jiang of the left division of the navy..."

Before the summoner could finish his sentence, two people entered the tent uninvited.

Qin Youfang stood up slowly, his eyes were slightly cold, and he said in a low voice, "Master Rui and General Jiang came late at night, what's your business?"

The smile on Rui Hesi's face was as generous and peaceful as usual, but the words he said did not match his expression: "I am here to hand over the military affairs of the right division of the navy with General Qin."

Qin You's face turned cold, and the fierce spirit cultivated in the military career all the year round was faintly revealed. His words were cold and sharp, and his eyes were as sharp as a falcon: "Master Rui, I respect you as the state shepherd of Changzhou, but you are the state shepherd who is in charge of the state. Have you not forgotten the Dayin law that does not involve military affairs?"

Rui Hesi chuckled, took out a black iron talisman that combined two into one from his wide sleeve, and handed it directly to Qin Youfang: "Don't worry, General Qin, didn't you finish talking? It's natural to talk to you." It's not me, General Jiang Di, the left commander of the navy, will act as the chief admiral of the East China Sea Navy temporarily from now on, in charge of the military affairs of the navy, General Qin, take orders."

Qin Youfang's eyes touched the military order talisman in Rui Hesi's hand——

He had only seen this a few days ago. Lian Songcheng, governor of Changzhou, used this talisman to transfer three thousand soldiers from the East China Sea before going to Huaize City. The way appeared before him again.

Qin You's face seemed to be covered with frost, and the veins on his forehead were throbbing, and he barely suppressed the most ominous thoughts in his heart, even so, it took a long time before he spoke with difficulty: "I want to see Lian Songcheng, Governor of Changzhou. "

Rui Hesi took back the order talisman, looked at it several times in the light of the tent, and seemed to be suspicious: "Why, does General Qin think that this military order talisman is fake?"

Qin Youfang's heart tightened, he was almost sure that something happened to Lian Songcheng, he kicked over the short bank in front of him, pulled out the saber at his waist and shouted violently: "Are you trying to rebel?"

Jiang Di, the admiral of the left division of the naval army, finally opened his mouth in a leisurely manner: "General Qin, I'm afraid you are the one who wants to rebel. The military order is like a mountain, don't you understand?"

"Fuck your mother's military order!" Qin Youfang's eyes were about to split open, and he shouted, "Come here..."

Jiang Di's voice was not high, and he said loudly before Qin Youfang: "Take it."

The tent door opened in response, but all the soldiers who were supposed to be guarding outside fell to the ground. Qin Youfang's eyes widened. In the light rainy night, there was only one figure standing with his hands behind his back outside the tent door. It was Cangwu Martial Venerable Fang Hongzhen.

The mutiny of the East China Sea Navy seems to have gone smoothly, and it didn't even cause a wave in the East China Sea.One day later, Jiang Di, the interim chief admiral of the Navy, issued the first military order at the request of Mu Rui He Si of Changzhou State on the urgent red-labeled letterhead.

The recruit who has just joined the army received the brand new long gun he had dreamed of in the rainy night, but he did not see any joy on his face. Instead, he wept and whispered to the people around him: "Brother Zhao, that is Ying Hai, the son of heaven, who is besieging Duke Ying's mansion Su." From your perspective, are we rebelling?"

The veteran known as "Brother Zhao" wiped the barrel of his gun and wiped the moisture from his face without raising his head when he heard the words: "Didn't the above say that the Lanjiang River broke its embankment and the five counties of Nanjiang River were flooded?" There is no hair left, and there is an epidemic in Yinghai City downstream. Isn't our state shepherd helpless, so we asked the East China Sea Navy. Plague, this is not a trivial matter. It's not just Yinghai, maybe the whole Changzhou will suffer."

When the recruit heard the word "plague", his complexion changed, he hesitated for a long time and said, "But, that is Yinghai, sending troops to besiege the city before the imperial decree arrives, isn't it a rebellion, but it's about to be beheaded." ah……"

The recruit's voice became lower and lower, Brother Zhao glanced at him, and threw the masked towel on his face: "Eat salty radish, don't worry, if the sky falls, there will be a tall one to support it, even if it's a rebellion, it's a Cut off the head above, why are you a new recruit so flustered, can the emperor cut off the entire East China Sea Navy? Don't worry, the rebellion will not kill you, but now you can be the first to cut you if you don't obey the military order. "

The recruit was shocked by what he said, and immediately put on his face scarf, hesitantly followed Brother Zhao and walked towards the assembly direction, endured it for a while and asked in a low voice: "Brother Zhao, do you really think you are rebelling?"

Brother Zhao looked up at the dark sky. He didn't know when the wind and rain would clear up. He narrowed his eyes and whispered to himself: "The sky is about to change."

"Brother Zhao, what did you say?"

Brother Zhao withdrew his gaze and glanced at him, and said angrily: "I said, it's fine if you can eat enough, and you can't write two characters of 'Ling' in one stroke, and they are all from the same family. If you rebel or not, then It's all about the above, so why are you worrying about it?"

The emperor still respects the king, what does it matter to them, the most ordinary soldiers?After a long time, the blood of those loyal to the emperor and serving the country has been blown thoroughly by the sea breeze day after day.

It's enough to be able to eat enough. Anyway, the door is closed and the family is making trouble, and it's not an invasion of foreign enemies. In the end, at most, it's a change of person on the dragon chair. It's so different for me, a small citizen of Shengdou, who cares.

The sharp horn urges the assembly. Seeing that the recruit was still standing in a daze, Brother Zhao roughly stretched out his hand to give him a hand. The recruit staggered and entered the line in a daze. He turned around and took another look at the With the fluttering military flag, I always feel that my heart cannot be realized.

Among the twelve military regions in Kyushu, the Shuozhou Iron Cavalry is the strongest, and the Donghai Navy is the weakest.However, the decline of the East China Sea Navy is not due to the shortage of military expenditures, or because there are no generals available. On the contrary, the East China Sea is extremely rich, and the south of the Yangtze River is full of outstanding people. The East China Sea Navy itself is actually not bad.

The so-called weakness means that this army has never been able to become a powerful force that the emperor can really control and rely on-because the Donghai Navy is stationed in Changzhou.

The sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the power of the aristocratic family is complex and complicated. Many generals of the East China Sea Navy were born in the Changzhou clan. After a long time, it is difficult to say what the surnames of some troops are.

Discord in the army is a big taboo, and the East China Sea navy is a hidden worry for the emperor, and it may not be a good thing for the coastal defense along the East China Sea, but even so, most of the aristocratic families in Changzhou are still happy to see it—no one will I am willing to have a sword that belongs to the emperor wantonly at the door of my house.

Even as long as there are no foreign enemies invading, the more chaotic the East China Sea navy is, the better.

When a stone enters the sea, thousands of waves hide in the deeper water.In the dark, the front line of fire that can ignite the entire Kyushu was quietly lit in the northern border of Dayin on the night when the East China Sea Navy dispatched troops to Yinghai.

Shuozhou, Yubei Pass.

It was clearly early summer, but the northern region was still warm and cold. At night, a cool breeze blew past the watchtower, and a thunderous rumble came faintly from the further north, shaking the watchtower to the ground. Shaked.

The snoozing sentinel was jolted by the oncoming cool wind, and the drowsiness disappeared instantly. He yawned, and before he retracted his stretched hand, he heard a series of noises in his ears unexpectedly. thunder.

The sentinel poked his head out to take a look, and said doubtfully, "It's not raining." He muttered to himself, his peripheral vision flitted across the dark sky, and he didn't know what was on the horizon in the distance. Can't see clearly at night.

The sentinel rubbed his eyes, yawned and set up his clairvoyance, looking across the bleak Shuobei Plain, he finally saw the dark shadow in the distance clearly.

His pupils were wide open, he took a step back subconsciously, and after a moment he came back to his senses, he turned around and roared: "Enemy attack——"

"Beidi invades, light the beacon fire!"

"Report to Duke Zhen! Report to Snow City!"

In the early summer of the 11th year of Xuanxi, the Beidi Thirteen Departments, which had been silent for several spring and autumn, once again stretched out their greedy minions to Kyushu in a dark and dull night. Once ready to go, he rushed to the vast Shuobei battlefield with full confidence.

At the same time, Yinghai, thousands of miles away from Shuozhou, was struggling with the most difficult natural disaster.

More than half a month ago, the Lanjiang River burst suddenly without warning, and the five counties of the Nanjiang River were flooded into a vast ocean overnight, and the ensuing plague spread across the entire south bank at an unimaginable speed Everywhere he went, there were rotting corpses and bones.

Dingkang City on the north bank of the high terrain immediately closed the sluice gate, blocked the Lanjiang waterway of Dingkang City, and quietly avoided the catastrophe.

The muddy Lanjiang River carried rotting corpses to the east, and tens of thousands of Li people were displaced. The downstream Yinghai was the first to be affected, and became the second disaster-stricken area after the five counties of Nanjiang.

It was not until the refugees and the plague flooded into Yinghai together that the news of the natural disaster in Nanjiang was belatedly sent to the desk of Changzhou State Shepherd's Mansion.And what spread faster than the epidemic were all kinds of rumors among the people - such as that disasters from heaven are ominous, or that macular disease can infect a city in one day, or that Yinghai is full of epidemics. the dead and so on.

The panic and fluctuating people's hearts brought about by the plague made the heads of most of the Changzhou families unable to sit still. Almost in a day, nearly half of the Changzhou families sent a letter to the Jindu Prefecture Shepherd's Mansion, requesting an immediate blockade Yinghai City, we must control the plague in Yinghai.

Murui Hesi of Changzhou Prefecture considered it over and over again, and finally decided to ask the Donghai Navy for help at the request of several aristocratic city lords.

At that time, Duke Ying's mansion was busy appeasing the people in Yinghai City and resettling refugees from Nanjiang. The Su family's industries spread all over Kyushu. Almost immediately, Duke Ying's mansion dispatched people to the business without haste, and dispatched medicinal materials to the city. Yinghai, however, arrived before the medicinal materials were the Donghai Navy, which was approaching the city.

Jiang Di led the two divisions of the East China Sea Navy and surrounded the city of Yinghai impenetrably, but anyone who entered or left the city without permission would be killed without mercy.

It's called epidemic control.

The old Ying Guogong Su Huai was furious, and immediately sent a booklet to the imperial capital. Unexpectedly, before the booklet was sent out, Su’s house would be ten miles away from the city gate. In the name of shooting with his own hands——

It seems that medicinal materials are not allowed to enter, and people are not allowed to come out.

The control of the epidemic is false, but the death of Yinghai is true.

Fortunately, Changzhou Governor Lian Songcheng's direct garrison was at the border of Ningchang and Ningchang, north of Yinghai. After hearing the news, Vice General Xie Ling immediately sent someone four hundred li to send a message to the imperial capital, and he set off overnight for Nanshan ——Su Lang has Floating Cloud Diji in his hand.

The epidemic is dangerous, Jiang Di is in the hands of the military transfer order amulet, and there is a joint petition from several big families in Changzhou. Even if the East China Sea Navy besieges Yinghai first, it may be understandable in the end.

It's not that foreign enemies invaded Feiliu bandits and caused chaos. Xie Lu did not order troops to be tantamount to rebellion. As long as Xie Lu dared, the East China Sea Navy could immediately go to war with him.Jiang Di was sure that there was nothing he could do. When the imperial capital responded, the speed at which macular disease spread was enough to spread across half of Yinghai.

It was night, in Dingkang City on the north bank of the Lanjiang River, Jing Wang Lingyi and Duke Ding's son Zhou Mincai stood side by side on the watchtower. The strong river wind mixed with drizzle was coming towards them. The dark guard walked lightly and walked behind the two of them. Kneeling on one knee, he respectfully said, "Your Highness, son, the rumors have already been spread in the three states of Yunchang and Wan."

Zhou Min turned his head to look at King Jing: "Your Highness, how about this dilemma?"

"Wonderful." King Jing nodded in satisfaction, with a happy smile on his lips: "Right now, rumors are spreading, Rui Hesi "in desperation" cut it first and then played it. It is not only what the people want, but also has the support of many families in Changzhou. I can't find anything wrong with him. If Ling Ye wants to control the epidemic, not only can he not blame the Donghai Navy, but he has to follow the trend and continue to block Yinghai. To be reluctant to bear Yinghai is to allow the macular disease to spread wantonly. Keep the lives of thousands of people in Changzhou at heart."

He let out a long sigh of relief: "If you want the hearts of the people, you have to win the hearts of Yinghai; if you want Yinghai, you have to win or lose the hearts of the people of Changzhou. This king wants to see how he chooses."

Zhou Mincai smiled knowingly when he heard the words, and stretched out his hand to take a handful of Ye Yu: "His Royal Highness, this heavy rain fell just right, and the embankment of the South Lantern River was blown just right. Now that the epidemic is raging, we can't get the Yinghaisu family anyway." , then it is most appropriate to let him be destroyed."

Taking advantage of their conversation taking a break, the hidden guard kneeling on the ground reported in good time: "His Royal Highness, Vice Governor of Changzhou, Xie Ji, set off for Nanshan. It seems that he is looking for Su Lang. Our people followed all the way. Dare to ask His Highness if you can help me?" Want to stop it?"

"I want to invite the Emperor Sword." King Jing flicked the raindrops off his body absently, and said with a sneer, "No, let him go, maybe Ling Ye ordered the Donghai Navy to continue to block Yinghai, and the imperial decree has come down." , isn’t it up to us to decide how to seal the law, and then the fun will begin.”

Zhou Min thought for a moment, then suddenly frowned and asked: "But if Su Lang comes, Ye Xinghui will definitely be there. Lishan Mountain is a variable after all. It's hard to say how capable they are. Your Highness is not worried if the epidemic is really caught. They got it under control..."

But King Jing interrupted him, and raised the corners of his lips contemptuously: "You underestimate the princess too much, this is not an ordinary plague, even if the Lord of the Eastern Capital and the Lord of Lishan Mountain come in person, they are still helpless. Others I don’t know, you Dingkang Zhou family still don’t know, didn’t Ye Yunqi, the head of Lishan, died at the hands of Yanxi Zhong’s?”

He raised his chin slightly, his eyes were full of madness and wantonness that was inevitable: "No matter what Ling Ye chooses, Yinghai will be completely destroyed by the plague in the end. The difference is that the arm of Yinghai's Su family is given up by himself, or is it This plague will help him. The epidemic is endless, and all choices will lead to the same result in the end—the emperor is fatuous and dishonest, which brings disasters from the sky, and this king's army is following the heavens."

Zhou Mincai finally felt relieved: "The Thirteen Divisions of Beidi have restrained the Shuozhou iron cavalry. The Dongying Navy is waiting for our signal to attack Yichong at night. Lian Songcheng is dead. The Donghai Navy has taken over. Let this day turn him upside down."

King Jing nodded and said: "Wait soon to start the war. Dingkang is the first battlefield to bear the brunt. This king will not treat you badly. I will give up a Dingkang city today. When you come to Japan, the king will return the three of you. The land in Yinghai will be surnamed later." week."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Zhou Min said with a slight smile: "Then let Su Lang see with his own eyes how their Su Clan's reputation was destroyed."

"By the way", he seemed to suddenly think of something, turned around with great interest and told the hidden guard: "When Su Lang arrives in Yinghai, send someone to send him a painting of Lanjiang Hongbo. I want to see it." He cries."

The author says:

Look at the names, Qin Youfang, Jiang Di (enemy), they are easy to identify!It's all passing by~

So what, see Su Lang cry in the next chapter hahahahahaha!