After a windy and rainy journey, we finally reached Panyu, only to find that the cannibal and the Persians had escaped.
And he ran a few hours before he arrived.
This made Master Sun Ren furious!
I was about to order a city-wide search to see if I could find any big cannibals or Persians who had slipped through the net.
Otherwise, there is really no way to explain it to the Marshal and His Royal Highness.
"General! The governor of Guangzhou is coming with a large group of troops!"
A guard ran over panting and reported.
"Line up!"
Three hundred marines immediately lined up in charge formation!
On the other side, the governor of Guangzhou rushed over with 500 troops.
The two groups faced off in Panyu City.
"Master Sun Ren! You led troops into our Panyu city and killed my Panyu officials. Do you want to rebel?"
The governor of Guangzhou shouted sharply.
"Hmph! Thank you Shufang! Stop pretending to me!"
"You deliberately prevented the Royal Navy from entering the city to capture key criminals and allowed the cannibal to escape. You are collaborating with the enemy and committing rebellion!"
Master Sun Ren pointed at Xie Shufang and shouted.
"Those big cannibals left for a long time before you arrived in Panyu. You still want to blame me?"
"Now take your soldiers and get out of Panyu City!"
Sun Renshi said angrily: "This general will continue to search. Your Highness and the Marshal's order is to capture all the cannibals and Persians!"
"Those who know the truth, get out of my way!"
Xie Shufang said calmly: "If there are big cannibals and Persians in Panyu City, I will capture them and hand them over to His Highness."
"Panyu City cannot tolerate your arrogance. If you don't leave the city, don't blame me for using force!"
As he spoke, the soldiers and horses of the governor's office began to bend their bows and draw arrows. When Xie Shufang gave the order, thousands of arrows were fired.
"How dare you! I, the Royal Navy, don't even look down on those rotten fish and shrimps like yours!"
The two sides are at war with each other, and they seem to be about to start a fight if they disagree!
"General, according to law, large armies are not allowed to enter the city without any reason. If there is a fight, we will not be justified!"
"Since he has agreed to help us search, let's wait outside the city!"
Sun Renshi yelled at Xie Shufang: "How could the big cannibal suddenly escape before the arrival of this general? You say so?"
Xie Shufang waved his hand and asked his sergeants to put away their bows and arrows.
"Hmph! Do you still need to ask?
You must have leaked the news yourself."
"Fart! I didn't stop at all from Fuzhou..."
Xie Shufang sneered: "I've been staying in Panyu, how do I know what's going on?"
"Hurry up and take your people back to your ship, and wait until His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Lord Protector arrive to make any further calculations."
Sun Renshi snorted coldly and led the landing team back to the battleship.
"General, what should we do now?"
Master Sun Ren said angrily: "If you keep an eye on me, not a single ship can leave Panyu!"
"We'll talk about other things when the commander arrives."
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On the other side, after the storm passed, Su Chen ordered the fleet to weigh anchor immediately and head for Guangzhou at full speed.
"Teacher, are we going to abandon the oar-sailed battleship like this?"
Li Chengqian asked Su Chen.
"I didn't say we were going to abandon them and let them form a separate group with the twelve frigates."
"Let's go ahead and arrive in Guangzhou early, and they will follow behind."
"On the road from now on, the crews on the sailing fleet and the transport ship will take turns to repair, and the crew will rest while the ship will not rest. This can increase our speed."
Li Chengqian watched the oar fleet falling further and further behind, but there was nothing he could do.
"So when we rest in other places in the future, some of the sergeants will not be able to repair?"
Su Chen nodded: "This is our first voyage. There is no fixed route. The fleet has little experience in voyages, and there are no detailed charts. There are many places where we need to stop for rest and supplies along the way, so that they can keep up with the fleet."
Li Chengqian said worriedly: "I'm worried that the army will get separated."
"We can't break up. Before entering the Indian Ocean, we walked along the coastline. I asked Song Ying and Yuan Jie to take turns helping them."
Li Chengqian: "Teacher, in fact, they can't afford us much time..."
Su Chen shook his head: "Now we are just along the coastline, you can't feel the difference!"
"When we reach the Indian Ocean, gunboats and transport ships directly cross the ocean, and the oar fleet has to circle along the coastline. Then the gap will be huge."
Li Chengqian: "Ah! Will we be completely separated by then?"
Su Chen nodded: "The risk factor for a paddle sailing ship to cross the Indian Ocean is too high, and it is impossible for other warships to continue to circumnavigate it. It would waste too much time."
Li Chengqian frowned and said, "Wouldn't our troops be too scattered? You are still complaining that there are few people here."
Su Chen smiled and said: "I think there are few people. Compared with landing on the Dashi Peninsula, for a real naval battle, eighteen main gunboats are enough. As long as we don't get too close to the shore, there is nothing the Dashi people can do to us.
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"It is also an advantage to let the main gunboats arrive at the Dashi Peninsula first. If we find that there is really nothing we can do, we will turn around directly. Without the oars to slow us down, we can go simply, and the Dashi people can't catch up.
superior."
Li Chengqian said in confusion: "Then you can just separate the fleet now, why bother with this."
Su Chen sighed and said, "It's not that I don't want to. First of all, it's the summer typhoon season, and it's impossible for me to go directly through the South China Sea."
"The fleet that came here has very little experience in ocean navigation, so it still needs training."
"To put it bluntly, the first half of the voyage before entering the Indian Ocean is a training process!"
Li Chengqian said nothing after listening.
"Go into the cabin and rest. The fleet has to move forward at the highest speed. I'm afraid that if the delay is too long, Sun Renshi will conflict with Feng Ang in Panyu."
Li Chengqian was stunned: "Feng Ang?
The governor of Guangzhou is Xie Shufang."
"Oh yes, Xie Shufang, what is the origin of this Xie Shufang? I always feel that this name is familiar, but I can't remember who he is?"
Li Chengqian sighed: "The Xuanwu Sect killed Jing Junhong, Lu Shiheng's man!"
"ah!"
Su Chen was stunned: "Why is it him?
Why did he come to Guangzhou to become the governor?"
No wonder it sounds familiar. It turns out he was Li Yuanji’s most powerful general back then!
No one mentioned Xie Shufang in the Zhenguan Dynasty, so Su Chen even forgot about this person.
During the Wude period, Xie Shufang's reputation was definitely no worse than that of Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong.
This man is not only extremely brave, but also very strategic.
The Xuanwu Gate incident was almost overturned by him and Xue Wanche.
Later, he and Xue Wanche were pardoned by Li Er.
Xue Wanche prospered and became the consort of Princess Danyang.
Xie Shufang disappeared,
Su Chen thought he was quietly killed by Li Er!
Unexpectedly, Li Er brought him to Guangzhou.
Li Chengqian said: "He was originally in western Liaoning. Shortly after the fall of Goryeo, he was sent to Lingnan by his father."
"Then we can't delay even more. This guy's identity is much more complicated than Feng Ang's!"
