On the ninth day of September, at the Port of Pokou on the east coast of Mingzhou, the sun was shining brightly, the sea was calm, and the harbor was as calm as an inner lake. In the Port of Pokou, the sails and masts were like walls, and at the pier in the distance, groups of Huaidong generals were at attention.
Board the docked warship in an orderly manner.
The five-masted warships, even from a long distance, can be seen as extremely majestic, far beyond the reach of ordinary sea-going ships.
Since there is only a protective wall between the military port and the civilian port, the fishermen, merchants, boatmen, sailors and the casual tourists on the commercial fishing boats can all watch the Huaidong generals board the ship.
Situation - The war in Eastern Fujian, which had been widely rumored to start since the beginning of spring, has finally taken a substantial step at this moment.
The speed of traveling by sea is very fast. Even if the She family has a secret sentinel deployed in Mingzhou, those who climb mountains and ridges will not be able to pass the sea ship faster if they want to send the news back to Jin'an Mansion.
Therefore, the camp and various government offices did not blockade the civilian port near Jikou. They only used sentry boats to move out of the forbidden sea area and mobilized troops and horses almost openly.
There are also some good-hearted young people and leisure travelers in Mingzhou City who hire boats to go out to sea to see the grand scene of Huaidong's troops and horses, as a source of conversation. Although there are no restrictions on entertainment these days, there is too little entertainment for the people.
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At this point, even the ordinary scholars and laymen who were concerned about the war situation could understand the situation. Between Eastern Fujian and central Zhejiang, the Huaidong Army Division was determined to attack Eastern Mindong first.
Otherwise, it would not be that soldiers and horses from Mingzhou boarded the ship and were transferred out, but that soldiers and horses from outside came ashore from Mingzhou to supplement the troops in Shengzhou or Kuaiji.
The Mingzhou people who saw the troops marching out of Huaidong were excited but also a little disappointed.
"If we capture Dongyang County, Zhuji, Quzhou Prefecture, Mingzhou, and Kuaiji Prefecture one day earlier, we can return to normal one day earlier. Otherwise, we will be tense all day long. I don't know when the troops of the She family will come in. It won't be like that."
What's going on!" There was a two-masted fishing boat moored at the edge of the breakwater, but several people on the bow obviously went out to sea to watch the excitement.
Today, the weather is calm and the waves are lightly tugging on the hull of the ship. There is a small table on the bow. A few people are sitting around the small table. There are scholars wearing Confucian shirts, leisurely tourists from the city, and some from Haidong.
The overseas businessmen who came here met in a teahouse today. They heard that Huaidong was sending troops today, so they met at the dock and hired a fishing boat to go out to sea to watch the excitement.
This group of people looked at the Huaidong warships in the blue sea and sky from a distance and talked about everything. One of them, a scholar in a green robe, was dissatisfied with Huaidong's decision to attack Mindong first.
Obviously, as a local in Mingzhou, he hopes to attack Dongyang County as soon as possible so that the situation in eastern Zhejiang can settle down as soon as possible. Now Huaidong has built a defense line in Shengzhou, Kuaiji, Shanyin, and Xiaoshan to station heavy troops, and the She family's troops will be stationed there.
It is impossible to get out of Guyuan in central Zhejiang, which is blocked to the west of Dongyang County. Mingzhou City is only one or two hundred miles away from the defense line. Although the Huaidong soldiers and horses have been invincible in recent years, the Zhejiang and Fujian enemy forces are so close.
A sharp sword hangs above his head. Even though he knows that the rope tied to the sword is strong, he feels uneasy.
"You know what a bird is!" A middle-aged man dressed as a seafarer had a different opinion. He looked young, about thirty years old, but he had a full beard, looked old, and spoke rudely.
Said, "Mindong is the home of the She family. If we conquer the east of Mindong, the She family will lose their home. Then it will be much easier to attack central Zhejiang. Furthermore, if you look at Dongyang County, the terrain is...
No matter how many soldiers and horses there are, there is no way to fill them in at once. Attacking a fort or a stronghold will take until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse to capture Quzhou Prefecture? If an ambush is hidden in a mountain col, how can one die without knowing it!
How convenient it is to land in eastern Fujian. By land, you can go south from Cangnan to Fenshuiguan and Xiapu. By sea, you can cut off the communication between the cities in eastern Fujian. The soldiers from Zhejiang and Fujian will disperse, while the soldiers from Huaidong will gather easily.
, how to fight, how to fight, the initiative is always in the hands of Huaidong - only that idiot Xie Chaozhong thought of attacking western Zhejiang from Huizhou... When I was traveling with merchants in Huizhou, a cavalry of one or two hundred people left.
The road to Daqingxi is very difficult, and now tens of thousands of troops are required to come out from there, huh, huh..."
The middle-aged Haike snorted coldly, pretending to be watching the Huinan Army's show.
"You, Du Mazi, are knowledgeable about military matters. You are the one who made the envoys and sent out the recruitment notices. Why didn't you come and post them?" Someone immediately stood up to refute the middle-aged Haike, saying, "Huaidong is going to start a real fight in the east of Fujian. The imperial court
Sending troops from Huizhou is a great move. By capturing Wuyuan and Shangrao, Jiangxi will be cut off from the rebels in central Zhejiang. The rebels in Quzhou Prefecture in central Zhejiang will be surrounded. They will surrender in just one winter.
Then the recovery of the two Zhejiang provinces is not entirely due to Huaidong..."
"Strive, fight, fight, defend, defend, defend," the middle-aged Haike has a fiery temper and doesn't know how to soften his words. If his words are inappropriate, he can't help but sarcastic and sneered, "I don't even know how to write the word "death".
Yeah, I just know the word 'struggle'..."
Sitting next to him was a white-haired old man who came all the way with Haike. He was also dressed in the style of Haidong people. He reached out and pressed the arm of the bearded young Haike, asking him to be careful when speaking. Some words were not for them to say carelessly.
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As early as when Huaidong attacked east Zhejiang and east Zhejiang, the root of the conflict between Huaidong and Jiangning was laid. This has nothing to do with whether Huaidong supported King Ning as emperor - not to mention that their identities were different from ordinary people. If such words were spread
There is no need to arouse suspicion in the ears of people in Huaidong.
There was a lively discussion here, and more than a dozen warships there loaded supplies and people first, and soon, surrounded by other warships, they set off away from the port.
There was no excitement to see. The fishing boats also returned to the port. Everyone else hired carriages and horses to go back to the city. The two seafarers walked to Bokou Town. The pier was also close to Bokou Town. A primary school student walked towards them and saw
Two seafarers called out: "Dong Du, General Du Xiao..."
The white-haired old man stopped and didn't understand why the general in the Huaidong Army called them to stop him. When he came closer, he recognized the guard beside Lin Fu, the Duke of Pengcheng County.
"It turns out to be General Chen..." the old man greeted with a smile.
"Du Gong made fun of me, what kind of general am I?" Chen Hualian said with a smile, "My lord learned that Du Gong was in Gankou, and asked me to come to see Du Gong and General Du. The inn said that Du Gong went to sea.
, I was just about to go to the pier to wait for someone, but I met someone unexpectedly. What a coincidence..."
These two seafarers were none other than Du Rong and Du Cheli, who had been captured by Huaidong many years ago. Du Rong was bound by Lin, and later he was freed after he helped persuade Du Cheli to surrender to Huaidong.
He did not stay in Huaidong to serve, but he had no way to return to his hometown in Mindong, and he was even more worried about exposing the secret sentinels of Mindong and complicating the tribesmen in Mindong, so he crossed the ocean to Haidong, where he stayed in Jeju and Jiangzhou.
, became a sea traveler between Kyushu Island.
After August, navigation between Jeju and Myeongju was resumed, and Du Rong thought about coming back for a visit. Unexpectedly, he encountered Huaidong sending troops to attack Mindong. Although Huaidong did not restrict the actions of Du Rong and Du Cheli, their identities were special after all.
Quite frankly, when they landed in Mingzhou, they were reported to the Military Intelligence Department to track their whereabouts.
Du Rong and Du Cheli lived in an inn in Bokou Town, and it was not surprising that Lin Fu knew about it. However, Du Rong felt that there was nothing about his and Cheli's behavior that could arouse suspicion, so Lin Fu sent people all over the place.
Why are you looking for them all over the world?
"What does Duke Pengcheng want to do with us two forgotten characters?" Du Rong asked.
Du Rong was not very old, but after being captured by Huaidong, his head turned gray with sorrow almost overnight, and he never recovered from it. After Du Cheli surrendered, he still had the temper of a military commander, and would always stumble with others.
"Your Excellency just ordered me to come to you, but you didn't say why?" Chen Hualian said.
Having done nothing wrong and not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, Du Rong and Du Cheli followed Chen Hualian to meet Lin Fu at the Pokou Military Camp.
A permanent fortress was built here at Pokou, officially called Fanghai City, which was used both on land and water. The buildings were neat and complete. In addition to the barracks, there were also various water-borne public halls.
After Lin Fu arrived in eastern Zhejiang, he did not enter Mingzhou City, but met with local officials in Poikou Village.
After the garrison left, the camp seemed a little deserted. When they arrived at the public hall where Lin Fu lived, Du Rong and Du Cheli also took the initiative to ask the guards to check whether there was any entrapment before following Chen Hualian inside...
The last time I saw Lin Fu in Chongzhou was in the eleventh year of Chongguan. It was already the autumn of the third year of Yongxing. Think about it again when we met in Weiyang in the eighth year of Chongguan. Lin Fu was still inconspicuous, and he was so beautiful to Su Mei.
At that time, who could have imagined that the scholar who was fascinated by him would be as successful as he is today?
As Chen Hua Lian walked inside, Du Rong was filled with emotion when he thought of these years...
"Sure enough, Du Gong is in Gankou!" Song Jia stood on the eaves of the corridor, smiling brightly, and said to Du Rong, "When I saw that the Military Intelligence Department said that Du Gong was in Gankou, I thought it was a mistake..."
"Hello, young lady," Du Rong said with a salute, no matter whether Song Jia was happy or not, he still called Song Jia by his old name, "I have been tired of staying in Haidong these years, so I just thought that things have changed and I won't miss him when I come back..." It was not easy.
Although he was free, he was still worried that Huaidong would misunderstand their ulterior motives.
"Your Excellency is waiting for Duke Du and General Du inside!" He opened the door and asked Du Rong and Du Rong to go in.
The light in the room was darker, and he could clearly see a tall man sitting opposite Lin Fu. His long hair was tied casually and draped behind his shoulders. When the man turned around and looked back, Du Rong was shocked and shouted out loud: "Song
male……"
Sitting opposite Lin Fu was none other than the head of the Song family, Yongtai Bo Song Fu.
"It has been many years since we said goodbye to Yongtai. Brother Du has come to say goodbye to Wuxian!" Song Fu stood up, walked to the door to greet him, and sighed, "The strategy of abandoning the land and going to the sea is not going to work after all!"
"If there were no Huaidong, it might not be possible." Du Rong still didn't think there was anything wrong with Zhejiang and Fujian's policy of abandoning the land and going to the sea. He didn't care about meeting old friends, so he stood in the courtyard and refuted Song Fu.
Song Fu smiled slightly and did not argue with Du Rong - when the Zhejiang and Fujian troops fought against Li Zhuo, before their fatigue showed, Du Rong was one of the first to advocate abandoning the land and going to the sea. He himself changed
His identity also sneaked into Weiyang's layout early, which is something Du Rong is almost proud of.
Even when it came to Huaidong, this strategy had completely failed. Du Rongnai refused to admit that there was anything wrong with this strategy of Zhejiang and Fujian - as the saying goes, "Everything is planned by man, and accomplished by God."