On the vast southeastern sea area, islands of various sizes are dotted. These islands may emerge from the ebb and flow of the tide, but disappear when the tide rises, no grass grows, few people travel, or they can be self-sufficient, so they have been turned into homes by people, and the terrain is unique. , has become the base of all kinds of grassy bandits, the sea is broad and the sky is free and easy.
Among the countless islands, there is an island, named Jinlong, which is located in the depths of the sea and cannot be found in the vastness. However, because it is different from the escort of the real bandits, it is gradually spread by the coastal residents. Jinlong Island has also become the righteous island in the eyes of the seamen. The land is fertile, and Changchun has four seasons, such as a sea garden, with pleasant scenery.
But today, this sea garden is no longer a paradise-like beauty. Amidst the roar of artillery fire, the island is full of fire, trees and grass are broken, and the tragic state is like purgatory on earth.
Three days ago, the imperial warship arrived at the nearby waters of Jinlong Island without knowing it, surrounded the island on all sides, red-clothed cannons fired artillery towards the island overnight, and after completely destroying the island's outer defenses, After releasing the boat, the well-trained navy soldiers landed on the island, swarmed up, and launched the final attack. After the people of the Golden-faced Dragon King held on for two days, the Golden Dragon Island was completely sunk.
The official army won a big victory in this battle, but when they searched and inspected the prisoners, they did not see the golden-faced dragon king and the young man known as the little son. Haishuai, who was in charge of this island attack, was just promoted to Fujian and Guangdong Li Zhong, the governor of the provincial navy, interrogated the captives, and finally learned that the golden-faced dragon king had the idea of abandoning the island before.
Li Zhong frowned.
The emperor took a fancy to his ability in water warfare and entrusted him with a heavy responsibility. This time, he dispatched dozens of large ships full of naval divisions to hit this place with lightning speed. The most fundamental purpose is still that identity. Mysterious little boy. Now after some tossing, the Golden Dragon Island has been won, but the most important person is gone, which is equivalent to no success.
Li Zhong pondered for a while, then summoned his confidants and ordered to lower the masts of the official ships around Jinlong Island and withdraw them all, and were not allowed to block the nearby waterways. Confused, asked why.
"If my expectations are correct, the golden-faced dragon king should be vigilant, and then he has the idea of abandoning the island and intends to move. In all likelihood, this time should be to explore a new place to stay. The sea is vast, Without direction, no matter how capable I am, it is impossible for me to catch him. Only if he wanted to come, he would never have dreamed that our ship would come so fast! The information transfer at sea is not as convenient as on land, and I don’t think he is aware of Jinlong Island at this moment. If he loses, he will definitely come back, so let's just sit back and wait, as long as his ship comes back, then it will be a turtle in the urn."
The confidant was greatly admired and immediately went to issue an order. Li Zhong selected shrewd men again, put on the clothes of the islanders, dressed as the men of the Dragon King, rode a boat, and returned to the lookout point that was destroyed when the island was attacked a few days ago, pretending to be okay, waiting patiently for the Dragon King to return , Sure enough, seven or eight days later, at noon on this day, I got news that a few nautical miles to the southwest of Longwang Island, the shadow of the mast of a large ship was found. In all likelihood, it should be the large ship of the Golden-faced Dragon King.
Li Zhong was overjoyed, and immediately ordered his men not to act rashly. He waited for the big ship to enter the encirclement before starting, but unexpectedly waited for a while, and there was news that when the big ship was getting closer, it found the ship at the lookout point, and spread the word in semaphore. The people on my side made a mistake, and they should have been seen by the people on the big ship. The big ship quickly turned around and left.
Li Zhong immediately ordered the lurking warships to be dispatched, all oarsmen in place, and pursued at full speed.
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Li Zhong's expectations were not wrong, Dong Chengsuba and Xiao Yu were indeed on this big ship at the moment. On this trip back to the island, Dong Cheng Subaru had planned to make an explanation to his subordinates who had followed him for many years. Those who were unwilling to leave would move to another island with him, and those who wanted to leave would be given out money for disbanding. The Imperial Navy came so quickly, and when they noticed something was different, they immediately turned the bow of the ship and moved forward at full speed. The artillery on the sea behind the ship kept making noises. After going out for about ten nautical miles, a fire bomb caught up from behind and hit it. A main mast, the mast was broken from the middle, and the speed of the ship dropped sharply. Gradually, on the sea behind him, a dozen or so warships lined up in a line and quickly chased up. Li Zhong gave an order and dispersed, and finally the Dragon King ships in groups. surrounded.
Li Zhong stood at the bow of the main ship, ordered the oarsmen to approach gradually, and shouted loudly: "General Dong, Li used to be your subordinate, and he respected the general. Li also has no choice but to ask General Dong not to embarrass me. Long live the order, as long as General Dong handed over that little son, let it go! If General Dong wants to continue to serve the country and go back, he will be a first-class marquis. Those brothers who follow you also eat fragrant and spicy food, far better than licking blood with the head of a knife. If you don't intend to, long live and never embarrass the general, just leave!"
After he finished shouting, he saw that there was no movement on the opposite boat, his face gradually became solemn, and he shouted again: "If you don't listen to Li's words, Li can't do anything but offend him. Your Golden Dragon Island has fallen into Li's place. Hand, you don't care about the subordinates who have followed you for many years, don't you care about the life and death of the young master? Long live does not mean to embarrass him, but just wants to take him back to Beijing, and then you don't have to be displaced! If you insist Resist, the man's arm is the chariot, as long as Li gives an order and the artillery fires, your ship will capsize in an instant, even if you have the name of the Dragon King, you will not be able to save the young master from escape, but it will kill his life!"
On the Dragon King's boat, everyone was silent, their eyes all looking at Dong Chengsubaru.
In today's game, I am only one boat with two hundred people, but the opponent is a dozen or so fully armed warships, with at least a few thousand people, and there is no way to retreat, but this man who has gone through hundreds of battles is not timid at all, the only one in his heart. What I hate is that after receiving Pei You'an's warning, I still underestimated the swiftness of the imperial court's actions and did not evacuate in time, which led to today's disaster, Chimu said: "Brothers, you were all old guards of Duke Wei, I've been with me for many years, I'm sorry, big guy! What the emperor wants is not your life. Among you, if you want to join the imperial court, you can go there immediately, that Li Zhong will not embarrass you!"
One person said, "If Duke Wei was here, why would he go there today to save his life? I will live together, die together, I will not be afraid!"
The rest of the people also said in unison: "Life is the same, death is the same death, I will not be afraid!"
With hot tears in his eyes, Dong Cheng Subaru nodded and said, "I despised you! In this way, I will protect the young master to fight bravely today, whether it is life or death, it depends on the will of God!" After speaking, he ordered the people to prepare to release the toilet at the stern of the boat. The boat turned to Xiao Yu and said, "Little Master, although the cannons of the official army are powerful, they are lacking in accuracy, and if the distance is too close, the power will be greatly reduced. You have changed your clothes, and I will use the big boat as a cover to open the hole. As long as you rush out of the siege, get on the boat, and then form an array to protect you, the sea is wide, and there is hope of escaping!"
When Dong Chengsuba, just now, was talking to the crowd, Xiao Yu faced the sea, never said a word, turned around slowly, with a solemn expression: "No need! It was a fluke out of the siege, the boundless sea, and there were pursuers, and he was able to escape. Where are you going? The Golden Dragon Island has been destroyed because of me. If I ask you to die for me, it will be a shame to survive. If the emperor wants me, I will go."
Seeing that Dong Cheng Subaru was about to speak, he waved his hand and walked out: "I have made up my mind, you don't have to say it anymore!"
"Little boy!"
Dong Cheng Subaru's eyes were red, he winked at the person next to him, and he went up alone and hit Xiao Yu on the back of the neck, and Xiao Yu fainted on the deck.
Dong Cheng Subaru immediately ordered someone to carry him on a boat, arrange a boat formation, and prepare to rush out.
Li Zhong first followed the soldiers. After shouting, he saw that there was still no sound from the other side. When he hesitated, Zhang Jian, the imperial envoy who was also in charge of the formation, couldn't hold back, and said coldly: "If you can't get a living one, it doesn't matter if you die. Talk to them so much. What to do? Sink the ship first and see where they can escape!"
The first-level official crushed people to death, Li Zhong was helpless, he could only take orders and ordered to fire at the big ship.
On the golden dragon ship, the oarsmen returned to their positions, shouting uniform horns, and with the sound of artillery booming around them, they struggled to drive the ship and rushed towards a battleship that was blocking the way.
The king of the golden-faced Dragon King has a golden keel, and the bow is made of hard iron. He rushed towards the front, and the official ship on the other side was unprepared. Seeing that it was about to die with himself, he hurriedly turned around and tried to avoid it, but he did not completely escape for a while, only to hear a loud bang, approaching the side of the bow. The side of the ship has been smashed by the Golden Dragon Ship, and the hull shook violently due to the huge impact.
Li Zhong was shocked when he saw it. He didn't expect Dong Cheng Subaru to be surrounded by so much, yet he was so brave. This battle is related to my future. If I ask people to escape from my hands, I will not be able to explain it after I go back. I see Dong Chengsubaru standing on the bow of the golden dragon ship, commanding calmly and majestic. I know that if I don’t get rid of him, I might What troubles will arise, and now I can't care about anything else, call a row of sharp archers, order to aim at the Dragon King, and shoot him down first.
Archers lined up, dozens of iron bows filled with arrows, aiming at the figure in front of them, waiting for an order to fire all bows and arrows.
At this moment, a soldier rushed to report, saying that he had caught up with a battleship behind him.
Li Zhong was surprised and hurried to the stern of the boat. He saw a boat full of sails and oarsmen at full speed in this direction. He quickly recognized it as a court battleship that had never left the port this time. I thought it was reinforcements, but I didn't feel like it, and I didn't know who was leading it. I saw a person standing on the bow of the battleship, staring at it, and when I got closer, I recognized it, and that person was actually Pei You'an. He hurriedly ordered his subordinates to disarm, surrounded the Jinlong Ship, temporarily ceased fire, and shouted at the coming ship: "Master Pei! Why are you here? Is it possible that Long Live has another intention?"
The ship quickly approached, the two ships approached the connection, Pei Youan boarded the main ship alone, his robes were rattled by the sea breeze, and he walked quickly.
Li Zhong and Zhang Jian, the commissioner who came to hear the sound, hurriedly greeted him.
Pei You'an came to the bow of the boat, looked at the golden dragon boat in front of him, and turned his head: "Captain, I have no long-lived decree. I came here today just to ask for a favor from the governor."
Li Zhong was puzzled: "What does Mr. Pei mean by this? What kind of favor do you want?"
"This officer wants to ask the Governor to release the Golden Dragon Boat." His tone was calm.
Li Zhong was taken aback, and Zhang Jian on the side was dumbfounded, and reacted: "Master Pei, if you have a long live decree, the subordinate officer will naturally be speechless and release the boat immediately. But if there is no imperial edict, it will really embarrass the subordinate officer. The ship is a convict of the imperial court, and if you let it go like this, the lower officials can't bear the responsibility for this crime."
Pei You'an said: "I know that this matter is embarrassing for the two adults. After I go back, I will meet with the saint to ask for the guilt. All the guilt will be borne by me, Pei You'an, and will never involve the two adults."
Li Zhong looked embarrassed, but Zhang Jian's face gradually became ugly, and his tone became blunt: "Master Pei, Xiaguan knows that Long Live has always been very important to you, but Xiaguan only knows to follow orders. Xiaguan's orders are Long live the life. This matter is very important, please don't meddle in this matter, Master Pei!"
Pei You'an stood with his hands behind his back, standing still.
Zhang Jian winked at his cronies on both sides, and several relatives with knives approached quietly, but before they had time to draw the knives, with a sound of "Qiang", one person's waist lightened, the knives were gone, looked up, and saw that the knives were in Pei You'an's hand On, the blade flashed, and before that Jane could react, she felt a chill on her neck, and the knife had reached her neck.
"Master Zhang, you execute your order, Pei should not make it difficult for you, but today he has to do it, I am afraid that he will be offended and convicted."
Zhang Jian said with a neck: "Pei You'an, I am a third-rank official of the court, you dare to touch me?"
Pei Youan smiled: "Master Zhang, during the Tianxi Dynasty, you worked as a small push officer in a county in Funing, then went up to the camp, and reached the Shun'an Dynasty, you became the fourth-rank Fu'an prefect, as a The parents and officials in one place are supposed to be violent and pacify the prison case, but you are cruel and ruthless. For the sake of official records, in those years in the local area, you have no idea how many unjust, false and wrongly convicted cases have been convicted. Pass… "
The smile on his face disappeared suddenly, his eyes turned gloomy, and when his wrist tightened, Zhang Jian's neck was immediately cut, and blood beads splashed down: "Since I dare to come here and ask you to release the boat, I will kill another third-rank official. , why dare not?"
Zhang Jian's face changed greatly, he held back the pain in his neck and did not dare to move.
Pei You'an looked at Li Zhong and said lightly, "Master Li, let the boat go."
Li Zhong returned to his senses, gritted his teeth, and finally gave the order to clear the siege. The dozen or so warships were ordered to retreat slowly to both sides.
Pei You'an turned to the opposite side and said loudly: "General Dong, don't worry about me, I have my own way of retreat! You take your people, the farther you go, the better, in this life and this life, don't come back!"
The sound was transmitted along with the whistling sea breeze.
On the Golden Dragon boat, Dong Chengsubaru burst into tears, and led the people behind him to the bow of the boat, knelt down to Pei Youan, shouted "eldest son", then got up and ordered the boat to move forward.
The scarred ship moved forward, and finally disappeared at the end of the sea.
Pei You'an continued to restrain Zhang Jian, picked a ponytail with the tip of the knife, sat down, and straightened a piece of his robe that had been rolled up by the sea breeze, raised his face, and looked at Li Zhong, who was stunned. He smiled and said, "Go back, Mr. Li."
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A few days later, the fleet returned to port and the navy landed. Li Zhong cautiously followed him all the way, preparing to return to Beijing to return to life.
It was a dusk, the setting sun was like blood. The group passed by the Zhennan Gate of Quanzhou City. Li Zhong hesitated, ordered the team to suspend, dismounted himself, came to Pei You'an, and said in a low voice: "Master Pei, the official believes you are a human being. If you need to enter the city and Madam talk, go ahead, the lower official is waiting for you here."
Pei You'an rode on the horse, turned his head, and looked at the direction of the south gate. The figure froze for a long time, turned his head, swept his horse past the city gate, and continued toward the post road leading to the capital.