The "Boom" squadron bombarded the past, and Zhou Yu immediately ordered: "Forts and thunderbolts, pour all their strength."
If a conflict arises, the priority is to eliminate the imperial squadron - generally speaking, any fleet must avoid engaging in firefights with shore forts, because ships are easily damaged under the same firepower, but forts are not.
Maybe the imperial court and Xiangzhou just want to have a conflict, but as far as the corresponding state is concerned, since the imperial court is unwilling to fulfill the agreement, it is only right to eliminate the effective forces of the imperial court as far as possible with excuses.
At this moment, hundreds of red lights blasted out, pouring down like rain. The next moment, thunderclouds and mushroom clouds covered the port.
"Boom boom boom"
In the context of the peace talks, except for waiting to make things worse, the two deputy governors did not expect Zhou Yu's reaction to be so strong. They did not completely enter a state of war, and actually let the fort be baptized.
Suddenly the ship burst into flames, and the soldiers screamed and fell into the water.
"...The navy of the Marquis of Han is really taking action. Raise the magic circle with all your strength."
"Imperial envoy, what should we do? Should we fight or withdraw?"
Tian Du's face was ashen, and two words came out from between his teeth: "thief"
I don't know whether he was talking about He Tianming or Han Hou, but he uttered another word: "Withdraw"
The order was immediately passed down, and the two fleets rushed out of the battle zone in disgrace. After checking, they found that they had suffered a lot of losses. They looked at the battlefield on the water and were dumbfounded. The two deputy governors could hardly stand, and their lips trembled even more: "How did this happen?
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"Captain, the bombardment is fierce." Many captains braved the thunderbolts, their hearts palpitating, and asked He Tianming for instructions: "Let's withdraw too, it will be bad if it continues to cause trouble."
"Who dares to withdraw?" He Tianming looked back and saw the two fleets behind him. The electric light of the magic circle had already lit up. The pressure of death was pressing down on him. He drew his sword and beheaded a fleeing magician. He looked around and gritted his teeth.
: "If we keep fighting, can we retreat now?"
"Boom boom boom" the next moment, the lightning exploded, illuminating the water surface with blood red.
After investigation by the special envoy, short-distance communication stations were temporarily established along the road, and the information chain between central and northern Hunan became smooth. The two fleets of He Tianming and Zhou Yu were bombarding each other in northern Hunan. This shocking news was quickly transmitted through the dedicated information chain and reached the people immediately.
The flagship of central Hunan.
When they learned that the conflict had escalated to a fleet level, Yingzhou had lost six warships, and a squadron of the imperial court was almost completely wiped out. Everyone was in an uproar. At this time, even the dullest person would realize that something was wrong.
But strangely, there was no movement from the three families.
It is worth mentioning that Prince Qing did not attend the meeting today, and Xiangnan did not have a big interest in this game. Hongxiao decided to talk less and watch more, and continued to play soy sauce until the end.
Ye Qing was waiting for Prince Qing's explanation as usual, at least that's what he seemed like.
And Prince Qing...
When he got the news in his room, Prince Qing's face turned pale: "The imperial court only wants to cause some conflicts. It has a pretext, so how come the squadron is almost completely destroyed?"
"Sun Xinbo, don't you claim that you are infallible?"
"I...is guilty." Sun Xinbo knelt on the ground and secretly cursed his eighteen generations of ancestors. What made him even more uneasy was that he couldn't figure out what the lord was thinking now.
"Husband, why don't you go and talk to the Marquis of Han?" Princess Ningjuan gave her husband face and resumed her virtuous and considerate posture in front of others. The suspicions, embarrassments, quarrels, and breaks did not happen like yesterday. This is also
The tradition of Xiang women.
Prince Qing glanced at her, indifferent, and continued to look down at the route map of the First Fleet of the Royal Navy.
Seeing this, the ministers and palace attendants were careful not to look at the princess, but people were very gossipy, and the more the scene was like this, the weirder the atmosphere became, but Prince Qing himself did not notice this.
Ning Juan felt her face burning and feeling very embarrassed.
It seems that the whole scene is an exquisite and gorgeous piece of Hunan bamboo paper, on which royal rituals and music are being composed in an orderly manner, but I am a stain on the white paper...a flaw in the rituals and music.
And thinking about what happened after returning home last night made her feel even more angry.
"Send an envoy to ask Zhou Yu. Since the angel has arrived, I will leave the whole matter of He Tianming to this person." Prince Qing ordered.
I have sent a message to the imperial capital, and now I am just waiting for time. I will not give Ye Qing an easy reply: "The Marquis of Han please consider the overall situation and wait patiently for the results. We will definitely investigate this matter and get to the bottom of it."
"And no matter what, the imperial navy has suffered such heavy losses, and the Marquis of Han must give us an explanation." When he said this, the Qing County Prince sneered, with determination on his young face.
Hall atmosphere is silent
The ministers were sitting, their expressions unclear. Ye Qing shook Concubine Xiang's bamboo fan and walked slowly.
Ji Caizhu handed over a letter: "My lord, the Prince of the Qing Dynasty explained... This matter has nothing to do with the imperial court. We are given such preferential terms. It is the general trend of the two parties to discuss the matter together. It is what the people want. We cannot allow these actions to disturb the overall situation."
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"They have ordered He Tianming to be detained for interrogation. We ask that we take into account the overall interests of the negotiations and cooperate with the investigation. This will be fair."
Ye Qing glanced at the content on the paper and frowned at the first sight: "You want me to hand over Zhou Yu?"
"My lord, you can't hand anyone over." Jia Xu couldn't help but step forward and said: "This seems to be a fair deal, but the people investigating are all members of the imperial court, and it is up to them to decide what to say."
"Without our people, we are just talking to ourselves. If we have our people, it will be a solid case, and then the lord will be passive..."
"I understand." Ye Qing waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to say anything.
Even if the Prince of Qing County really dealt with justice, so what if he just killed the deputy governor? Zhou Yu was different, whose justice was this?
If you give in at this step, you will lose people's hearts. How many Hanchens will follow you?
"There is another rumor, I don't know whether to tell it or not..." Ji Caizhu looked around and whispered to Ye Qing: "On the way here, I heard that the whole Fengliang County was talking about how the lord had cheated on the princess during those nights.
Let’s…sleep, cough, but the strange thing is that there is no ban in Xiangzhou…This is unreasonable.”
Hengyun got angry and muttered: "This man is so shameless, he is really invincible..."
Ye Qing didn't respond, and continued to read the rest of the letter, and sneered: "What a favorable condition... He bullied the boss and asked me to take care of the overall situation, how come this sounds familiar?"
The ministers all came out to fight in the troubled times, so I felt a little emotional about this. It was said that many ministers had their own affairs, but Jia Xugui was strategizing and always followed him around. At this time, he smiled and said: "Maybe I think the lord is weak...
The weak must take the overall situation into consideration, this is the right principle."
"It is normal for Cai Chao to think this way, especially now that he is in his prime, and it is still different from the real collapse of troubled times."
Ye Qing smiled again and again: "According to the court's thinking... I am so grateful for this condition that I hand over Zhou Yu, destroying my monarch-minister system and relationship, and at the same time, by interrogating Zhou Yu, I can get our inside information."
, and the relocation plan - the thunder, rain and dew are all your grace?"
The princess incident and the bombardment incident themselves were not major events, but the trigger provided a big excuse.
But Ye Qing couldn't stop it by force - the court had made up its mind, so any attempt to save it would be in vain. In this case, let alone Zhou Yu, even if it was handed over to someone else.
If Zhou Yu really hands it over, it will definitely be a corpse when he comes back. How big of an internal gap will this cause?
"According to some hidden reports we planted in the Xiangzhou Navy, it is said that the main fleet is about to arrive downstream. The direction of the peace talks with the court has changed. The Prince of Qing County does not want to give up the three counties in northern Hunan, and the court navy fleet does not want to be in vain.
In the last few days after the imperial edict was issued, all parties tried to suppress it... and this led to the bombardment incident.
"Do you think we are stupid?" someone shouted.
Jia Xu was very calm: "I think no matter what we say at this time, whether it is good or weak, the Qing prince and the court will not give up unless we actually give in, but we can't give him what he wants... Xiangbei
Don’t lose it.”
"Of course... this is a sign that we have crossed over from Yingzhou. Whether it is limited to the local area or not depends on this."
Ye Qing pondered and started pacing in the room.
He found that he had overlooked something. It was a good thing to become an immortal, but if the power was in hand but not used, the power would actually be gone.
However, it is an iron rule that immortals do not directly interact with She in the mortal world. Immortal Lords and Immortal Kings are special, but they can only use soft power to defeat She, and cannot directly kill them with true immortals.
In this case, it is difficult to say how much of a threat the true immortals pose, because the emperor, or the current Prince Yu, can all analyze this.
Not only that, the entire country and court have rules, and many of them are not based on their own will.
The individual is wisdom, but the whole is actually a beast with simple thinking. It has a biological hunting instinct, just like tigers and wild cats will play with their prey when hunting. The most direct thing is, you are weak anyway, I will try to crush you with my claws.
So why not?
Even Cai Chao wouldn't be nervous if he knew he was being plotted. If he failed to achieve success, handing over his abandoned son would be a huge loss for the top management. I understand that you are weak and can only kneel down to accept God's grace. Everyone is happy.
Anger rose in Ye Qing's heart, and he turned to look out the window. There were thick black clouds outside. At this time, a flash of lightning illuminated the cabin, and almost at the same time, a deafening thunder exploded, shaking the ship.
Further down, the outside fell into darkness again, with only the heavy rain pouring down, hitting the window, making a continuous crackling sound...
"Since the imperial court is like this, Nagu has also made up his mind." Ye Qing suddenly relaxed and turned around to order: "Enable the breakup response plan, return the main force to the three counties in central Hunan, and implement the actual occupation policy for the occupied areas."
"Is there a backlash? After all, public opinion is raging now..." Guan Yu asked with a cold glint in his eyes.
Those who are not of my race must have a different mentality, and he has no sympathy with these barbarians.
"When the imperial court establishes gray-clad guards, I will officially change the secret guards into black-clad guards, send them out to arrest those who spread rumors, and immediately execute them."
"If there is a group rebellion, the army will immediately suppress it."
"If you rebel against a township, kill a township, and if you rebel against a county, kill a county. Let everyone in the world see Gu's determination."
"Yes" the ministers promised.
"Your Majesty, then you shouldn't be here." Jia Xu called Xiatu by his title again, bowed and said, "You must retreat to a safe place immediately."
"Okay, get out of the ship and return to shore immediately." Ye Qing quickly ordered: "Call the nearest pro-combatant and move closer to Gu."
After saying that, he changed into his marquis robe, and in an instant, Ye Qing looked like a different person, his laziness and carelessness were gone, and he walked out of the hall.
Xu Chu and Dian Wei were waiting at the door. When they saw him coming out, they immediately followed him.
As soon as I stepped out of the deck, I saw thirty officials standing at attention on the left and right, and Han soldiers standing in large numbers, bowing and saluting.
"The Marquis of Han has set off." A ceremony officer whipped his whip and said solemnly.
"The Marquis of Han has set out." There were only a few hundred people shouting, and they immediately came out majestic and lifeless.