Tang Dynasty Never Night

Speaking of beating up pirates, to be honest, Li Xian didn't want to go either. He's an otaku, and he prefers to be comfortable. Although his blood boiled when he watched various war movies, he would shrink back when he really got to himself. He really can't do anything in Liuzhou, Liuzhou will be a barbarian if he leaves, and when the imperial court sends people, they probably have already caused enough damage to Liuzhou city - but if the barbarians are a bit willful, Li Xian can shrink back Shrinking, but they are inhumane. When they passed by a village and slaughtered a village, Li Xian was really furious at that time.

At that time, he was forced, so let alone Li Xian was injured, even if he was not injured, he didn't want to fight anymore, not to mention that he didn't take the initiative to attack that time, he was always defending the city.

This time it was he who took the initiative to attack, not for anything else but because the group of pirates hit him on the head, and he has developed a little temper after being pampered and pampered in the past two years, and he can't bear it anymore.

This matter has to be told from the beginning, that day happened to be the birthday of Jiang Fan, a Zhechong captain under Li Xian's command, and his family held a banquet and sent a post to Li Xian to invite him to the birthday party.

The Zhechong captains in the Zhechong Mansion of the Tang Dynasty actually have different ranks. The upper mansion is at the fourth rank, the middle mansion is at the fourth rank, and the lower mansion is at the fifth rank. Yangzhou happens to be the Shangfu. Look, Li Xian is the governor of Yangzhou, and under him are all the Zhechong mansions. This captain of Zhechong happens to be from Yangzhou City, so he agreed—anyway, the recent scientific research issues have been handed over to Liang Yi, a master craftsman. Yes, he has become a hands-off shopkeeper, and he has nothing to do. It is also good to get in touch with his subordinates.

Of course, his being so happy also has something to do with his being more comfortable with the generals. The generals don't have the pretentiousness of the civil servants, they are very straightforward, ahem, of course he still likes the pretentiousness like his Zheng Qi Yes, the same thing depends on what kind of person is doing it. People who hate it will roll their eyes even if it is a good thing. People who like it are definitely in the eyes of the beholder.

Li Xian sent the birthday gift early, and he didn't go very early that day. Everyone knows that the more important people arrive later, this point is also learned. Zheng Qi told him a lot at the time .

Li Xian went there in his normal clothes, unexpectedly he made everyone get closer like this.During the banquet, Li Xian tried to change glasses, excused his lack of capacity for alcohol and didn't drink too much. The main reason was that he didn't like to drink rice wine very much, and everyone didn't dare to pour it on him. Li Xian was so gentle and tender, he looked younger and still looked like a child. Who has nothing to bully a child?Coupled with his noble status, it would be good if he was willing to come.

Jiang Fan was very excited. Li Xianlai really gave him too much face. He never thought that the other party could come, and the other people who attended the banquet also thought it was a particularly good deal. This person is too reclusive to be able to show his face in front of him. How difficult it is.

So although it is Jiang Fan's birthday today, everyone is talking with Li Xian, and Jiang Fan doesn't care, after all, Li Xian still talks to him more, and he also intends to flatter Li Xian, saying that Li Xian is in Liuzhou After making great achievements, he is still not as good as he is. I'm afraid he still has to learn blabla from His Royal Highness Zhou Wang.

Then the topic turned to the incidents of the three barbarians and howls in the past. All generals are born to eat this kind of food, so there is no good day to say that these are unlucky. They all want to hear Li Xian's talk, say It sounds like they are quite boring, although they can take turns to guard the capital, but that does not change the fact that they are basically staying in peaceful areas, many generals have never fought much at all!

In comparison, Li Xian can be regarded as a rare person with actual combat experience in the Yangzhou military circle. Li Xian himself is not particularly good at talking about that one. It may be okay to spray people, but he is very embarrassed when he praises himself. , so we can only focus on how inhumane Tubo and Sanbu are.

His behavior made the generals more convinced of him. At first, they were a little aggrieved by the real position of the governor. These days, generals are most afraid of laymen commanding experts. What should I do if I toss them one by one?

Now it seems that this person is really not an idiot, and he is enjoying himself for a while.

In the end, he was not quite happy. Wei Cheng came over with a pale face. Li Xian was traveling with guards. As the head of the guards, Wei Cheng naturally followed him. They also had knowledge that they were not in this courtyard.

So when Wei Cheng came over, everyone was very strange, and Wei Cheng didn't hide it, and directly reported to Li Xian: "Your Majesty, Guanlan Bieyuan was robbed by pirates."

The banquet was silent for a moment, Li Xian couldn't react at that time, not to mention him, even the "veteran" who were doing it couldn't react.

Li Xian looked up at Wei Cheng and asked, "What did you say?"

Wei Cheng's face turned pale and he repeated again: "Guanlan Bieyuan was...robbed by pirates, and nearby cottages are also..."

"Pirates?" Li Xian came back to his senses. He never thought that he would meet pirates after arriving in a peaceful land, so he was a little dazed.

Wei Cheng nodded: "The remaining guards were attacked by pirates and got damaged..."

Li Xian said decisively: "This is not a place to talk."

Jiang Fan said immediately: "Your Highness, please talk to Wei Jun inside."

Li Xian got up and followed Jiang Fan away. At this moment, the entire hall was completely silent. Wei Cheng's voice was not loud enough to be heard by the people at this table, but the people at this table were basically the leaders of the entire banquet. Core, this table was suddenly quiet just now, and other tables were also quiet, and then...I saw Zhou Wang get up and leave with Jiang Duwei in a hurry, of course, there were a few more powerful generals and followers behind him Jiang Fan has a good relationship with civil servants.

Jiang Fan directly took Li Xian and the others to the study room. As soon as Li Xian entered, he knew that the study room was not very useful, probably for the sake of looking good, but he didn't have the time to care about what happened to other people's study rooms. He raised his head Looking at Wei Cheng, he asked, "Tell me, what's going on."

Wei Cheng immediately reported the situation very succinctly. In short, the pirates suddenly came ashore today to burn, kill, and loot. Generally, the pirates choose fishing villages that are relatively close to the coast, and Li Xian built the other courtyard for the convenience of life It is also impossible to find a deserted place, so I chose a place that is not too far or very close to the fishing village, and some building materials that are occasionally needed are still obtained from the fishing village.

Then this time after the pirates landed in the dark and robbed the fishing village, they found that there was a fire not far away, so they sent someone to take a look and said that there was a big house there. I can tell a little bit.

The pirate leader was overjoyed, and turned around and took the group of pirates to Guanlan Bieyuan. To be honest, Guanlan Bieyuan was almost built at this time, and there were still some decorations left inside, so Li Xian's The things have not been moved in yet, most of the people left here are some craftsmen and one or two hundred guards. These guards are only responsible for supervision. No one thought that there would be pirates coming. The pirates broke in without being prepared. At that time, everyone was dumbfounded. After the pirates killed a lot of craftsmen and guards, a small captain here reacted, and organized the manpower to resist while sending people to Yangzhou City to report to His Royal Highness Zhou Wang.

When the pirate came over, he looked at the grand gate and thought he could grab something good this time, but he didn't expect that it looked okay from the outside, and there was nothing inside!In anger, the pirates robbed all the craftsmen, and then robbed the rations of these craftsmen and guards.

The guards of Prince Zhou’s Mansion are indeed well-trained, but they were stunned from the very beginning—I’m sorry, I’ve never seen this kind of battle. The bandits haven't met the bandits, who knows they will be attacked by pirates?

The most important thing is that they are still sleeping when the pirates come - how can the pirates come to rob before they go to sleep?Naturally, I have to sneak into the village.

When the guards organized to resist, there were only dozens of people left. The pirates saw that the number of casualties on their side began to rise, and they couldn't get any good things here, so they withdrew directly. When leaving, in order to get rid of the chasing soldiers, they set a fire and directly burned the Guanlan Bieyuan.

When Li Xian knew the whole process, although his face was invisible, he was already trembling with anger. He asked decisively, "Is the fire extinguished? How many survivors are there in the other courtyard? Where is the fishing village?"

Wei Cheng shook his head: "I don't know the specific situation yet, you see..."

"The pirate has already left? Send someone over to look, and take the doctor there!" Li Xian thought about it and got up and said, "I'll go too..."

Jiang Fan's legs were so frightened just now, nima... These pirates are really trying to kill them. They came to rob him when he was celebrating his birthday, as if he had colluded with pirates. At this time, I heard that Li Xian is going there, He suddenly woke up and almost hugged Li Xian's thigh to prevent him from leaving.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, calm down, I can't go at this time, those pirates are so cunning, if they don't go far... the general will immediately send someone to arrange things." At this time, Jiang Fan dared not let Li Xian die. In the past, if King Zhou was fine, everything would be fine. At most, he would be judged as weak in protection or something. He might be fine if he paid some money, but if something happened to King Zhou, he wouldn't even have enough to fill out his account book!

Not only Jiang Fan, Wei Cheng also disagreed with Li Xian's past, so what could he see?Wei Cheng, Jiang Fan, and the generals present kept Li Xian behind, but Li Xian was not in the mood to attend the banquet.

He looked at Jiang Fan and said kindly: "Today is your birthday, so don't spread the word about it. I'll go back home and wait for the news."

Jiang Fan was on the verge of crying, how could he still be in the mood to celebrate his birthday, he really wanted to grab those dead pirates one by one and scratch their skins!

"Your Highness..."

Li Xian knew what he was worried about, he just waved his hand and said, "Okay, I know Captain Jiang is not a fool."

Even if he colluded with the pirates, he didn't rush to let the pirates snatch it on his birthday. Besides, basically all the officials in Yangzhou City knew that Li Xian's other courtyard hadn't been built yet. For those who at least want to invite a banquet there, grab a head in a place where there is basically nothing except craftsmen and guards?

As long as Li Xian started to build a house in his head, he would know that this place is not a normal place, and if the pirates dare to snatch it, it means that they don't know whose territory it is.

After Li Xian returned to the Governor's Mansion, he stayed up all night, waiting for news from Wei Cheng and the others. Cheng Bao and Li Nu persuaded him for a long time but did not persuade them, so they simply stayed up all night.

In fact, Li Xian was about to die of anger, why are he still sleeping?At first, he was angry because his house was robbed and burned. Later, as the clean-up work was carried out and the number of casualties was counted, Li Xian was shaking his hands while holding the list when he heard the news.

In fact, the burning of the house means that Li Xian lost some money, and he was angry for a while, but...so many lives were lost, and there were many guards and craftsmen who he knew. 230 people were killed, more than 50 were injured and more than 130 died, and the remaining [-] escaped. Among them, the craftsmen who had no resistance were basically wiped out. Even if there were survivors, it was said that they were seriously injured... …

This is just the damage to Guanlan Bieyuan. If the damage to the nearby fishing village is included, more than 600 people have been killed by pirates... There are not many people left in the fishing village. Many of them are children who were thrown into the air by their parents. escaped unharmed in a living tank or cellar.

Jiang Fan followed Wei Cheng to deliver the report, and seeing Li Xian's little face covered with clouds, his legs were about to tremble.Li Xian raised his head and looked at Jiang Fan. The first thing he said was: "Is it you or me?"

Jiang Fan is not stupid, and a stupid person can't be the captain of Zhechong. He saw Li Xian's angry face and knew that he was going to fight the pirates.

Jiang Fan shook his head and said immediately: "You are the only one who follows the horse." Even if he had ten guts, he would not dare to fight for power with the governor, and death is not such a way to die.

Li Xian thought for a while and asked, "How much do you know about pirates?"

Nima, if you don't turn over all the pirates offering sacrifices to the undead in the nearby sea area, his surname is not Li!

Jiang Fan was full of bitterness and knelt down: "The last general is incompetent."

Li Xian knew it at a glance, well, this person probably doesn't know anything, Li Xian lowered his eyes slightly: "Didn't the pirates come to snatch it before?"

Or did you come over to rob him while he was here?Does he have some strange skills?

Jiang Fan knelt down and said honestly: "It happened before, but... these pirates are too cunning, there are so many islands around them, and they often change places, and our military expenditure is not enough... there is no way Look for it."

Jiang Fan became more and more trembling as he spoke, for fear that the governor would get angry and remove him.

In fact, although Li Xian was angry, he was not fooled by it. Although he now has the title of the Great Commander, he has just arrived and has not had time to reorganize the army. All the soldiers listen to Jiang Fan. If he removes Jiang Fan at this time, he will fool!

Li Xian thought for a while: "Bring me the map, let me take a look. Get up, it is my responsibility not to protect the people, since I made a mistake, I have to find a way to make up for it. From today onwards, you will organize all the naval forces, and when you find them Let's send troops to the pirate's lair."

After hearing this, Jiang Fan breathed a sigh of relief, he said hesitantly: "Your Highness, but this military expenditure..."

"You don't have to worry about this." Li Xian waved his hand casually. He didn't believe that Yangzhou, which is so rich, couldn't afford the money to send troops. Of course, he also knew that Yangzhou's military and government were basically two systems in the past, because the governor and the governor They are not here, civil servants and military officials are definitely not in harmony. Now that Li Xian has two, he still can't afford the military expenses?

It doesn't matter even if the people below block it, anyway, he has money, so he will use his own money to pay for it first, and later these people will be counted one by one and put on the blacklist!

After Jiang Fan brought the map over, Li Xian looked at the map with a blank expression. To be honest, there is no difference between whether there is a map or not, because only some relatively large islands are marked on the map, such as Silla, Japan, and Ryukyu. The archipelago, and Liuqiu, oh, this Liuqiu is the Taiwan Island of later generations.

These marked islands are not close to Yangzhou, and the nearest one is Xinluo, but the problem is that Xinluo will definitely not be able to rob Yangzhou now, not to mention that it is said that those people speak authentic Yangzhou dialect, so it cannot be Xinluo. Luo people.

Li Xian thought about it carefully. He really didn't remember any of the islands near Yangzhou. The more important islands in his memory were all located in the sea south of Hangzhou.But that's the situation after 500 years, and he can't say what's going on now.

Since the map is not clear, it can only be found by yourself.It's just that it's more dangerous to find pirates. If you're far away, you can't see if there are any. If you're close, who knows, what if the pirates find out and catch you... what to do?And before the enemy's situation was found out, he was fully armed and moved - even Li Xian couldn't afford such a large expenditure.

Jiang Fan was so worried, he didn't even think about it, it's not a problem at all, because Li Xian has a telescope in his hand!From a long distance, you can see if there is an island there, and if there is anyone on the island, report back if you find someone. There is no island marked on the local map of Yangzhou, so the people on the island must be black households. Since they are black households If so, there is a high possibility that it is a pirate.

To be honest, Li Xian was quite regretful. It would be better if there was a submarine. Now even if they found the place where the pirates are, they still need to make a battle plan to see how to land.

Of course, these things have to be put aside for now. The first thing Li Xian has to do now is...to distribute pensions and resettle orphans.After confirming that the place was safe, Li Xian went there in person. Looking at the Guanlan Courtyard where only half of the house was burned, Li Xian found that his mood had calmed down. He calmly told the insurer to find someone to continue make.

I was a little hesitant to underwrite the insurance, and I was hit by pirates before the construction was completed. Does this place have bad feng shui?He knows that his king is not short of money, should we build it in another place?

Li Xian is quite stubborn about this, he will continue to build here, pirate?Hehe, when the time comes, one kills one and two kills one pair, he will see if there are any pirates coming!

To be honest, some people put pressure on them these days, so the work is done very quickly. The warships of the Tang Dynasty are already pretty good, and they can adapt even to sea battles. Of course, the pressure on ships in offshore operations is not so great.

After Li Xian paid a large pension, and then arranged for the remaining orphans in that fishing village to work in Guanlan Bieyuan to distribute money, Jiang Fan brought news.

To be honest, there are really two islands nearby. Strictly speaking, they are not really islands. They are just relatively large reefs with no land. You can imagine that the pirates would not be able to survive if they did not seize the territory.

Li Xian was holding his breath and wanted to use gunpowder rather than being involved, so he just bombarded him with gunpowder at 21. Anyway, he didn't want to capture those pirates at all. Those who go to become pirates are usually fugitives, and there are many of them. They are all death row inmates, why keep them after doing so many sins?

But then Li Xian changed his mind, because he heard that many girls were taken to the island by pirates. Although these girls would be ruined if they were rescued, they were always innocent. If gunpowder is used, they will definitely die.

If so, Li Xian still asked to prepare some gunpowder barrels, but not many, one is easy to get wet in the sea, and if the other is blown up in the sea...then the fun will be great.

Knowing the opponent's whereabouts, Li Xian was about to lead his troops out to fight, but before Li Xian went out to fight, Yangzhou don't drive Zhang Ji to report. There is only one central idea: Your Highness, we have no money.

Zhang Jizhi also said a lot, which probably meant the same thing. Of course, Zhang Ji didn’t mean not to send troops, but to ask Li Xian to send less troops, and to bring less bombs. Anyway, it’s just pirates. Where did you use five thousand soldiers?

At that time, Li Xian really wanted to throw people out. Why did he use so many soldiers?Why bring so many bombs?It's because he doesn't want his own people to lose too much!He thinks it's worth spending more money and saving lives.

But apparently Zhang Ji and the others don’t think so. To be honest, in the Tang Dynasty, the pensions for soldiers who died in battle were not very much. According to the current situation... If Li Xian only took 3000 people to fight pirates, even half of them died. Much less than taking 5000 people out.

Li Xian didn't bother to talk to him at that time, he just gave him a sneer and turned around and left. Zhang Ji was so angry at the time, what he thought at the time was that without the consent of everyone in the state capital, even the governor might not be able to approve the military expenditure .

In the end, he didn't expect that Li Xian didn't use them to approve the military expenses at all, and then he used his own money to lead the soldiers out to beat up the pirates.At this point, Jiang Fan is more or less convinced of Li Xian. A soldier's life is also a life. These soldiers were all brought out by Jiang Fan, and he feels sorry for the death of one of them!

So Jiang Fan listened to Li Xian's words even more. At first, everyone thought that the battle with the pirates this time must be a fierce battle, because everyone was not familiar with the place, and Li Xian also gave up the plan to land in the middle of the night, and simply went there with great fanfare. , anyway, they have a lot of people, and they also have a lot of weapons, so the pirate dungeon can be crushed directly, and there is no need to set any style of play.

Unexpectedly, those pirates were a bit bloody, and when they saw the officers and soldiers coming, they boarded the ship to fight. Speaking of which, their ship was not bad, but when he thought that such a ship was bought by pirates, he became even more angry.

Without further ado, let someone send a wave of long-range strikes, and then plan to use their own ship to hit it directly. No matter how strong the pirate's ship is, it can't compare with Datang's warship.

It's just that everyone didn't expect that, except for firing a round of arrows, they didn't fight the pirates at all!Because just when the pirates sailed aggressively to prepare to start a movie with the government army, suddenly a huge vortex gradually appeared in front of them.The time for the vortex to form was very short. At this time, Li Xian and the others were still far away from there, but because of the existence of the telescope, Li Xian slowed down or even stopped the boat when he saw something wrong.

It's just that the pirates don't have such good luck. When they found the huge ocean vortex, it was too late to leave, so Li Xian and Jiang Fan led their soldiers to watch the pirate's ship being destroyed. Involved in the sea without even a bubble coming out.

Li Xian: =口=!