"Lu Qing, in your estimation, will there be a problem with the defense of Keelung Port?" Li Su on the warship held the side of the ship, looked nervously to the north, and asked Lu Qing beside him eagerly.\\

"Your Highness doesn't have to worry, most of the natives on Liuqiu Island are very docile and willing to interact with the Han people, so there will generally be no conflicts, as for the other small part, these natives live on safaris, the folk customs are relatively strong, and there are even cannibalistic customs, so the most likely besieged Keelung City is these people, but the natives were originally divided into various ethnic groups, and the infighting is very serious, so even if there are natives besieging Keelung, there must not be many people, with the defense of Keelung City, there should be no problem!" Lu Qing replied slowly, although this was the third time he had answered, but he also knew that Li Su cared about the people in Keelung City, so he answered very patiently every time.

Li Su is integrating the forces of his uncle Yang Jun, but he received news from Keelung City, and a group of natives began to attack Keelung City, originally Keelung was Li Su's foothold on Liuqiu Island, and the defense force was very strong, but because he was coming to Tainan, Li Su not only took away most of the palace guards, but also took away a lot of Lu Qing's people, as a result, now Keelung City is full of more than 2,000 people guarding, it can be said that the strength is very weak, in case it is broken by the natives, then Li Yun and Li Zhen in the city, and Wu Meiniang, Cui Mengxue and others are in danger.

In fact, Li Su also clearly knows that the productivity of the natives on the big island of Liuqiu is backward, and even iron tools are very rare, so the force is also very limited, with the strength of the two thousand guards in Keelung City, plus the advantage of occupying the city, the other party must at least send more than 20,000 natives to be able to break through, and in Liuqiu This kind of earthwork, the total number of most of the natives is only a few thousand, and it is impossible to send such a huge armed force of 20,000 people.

However, it is one thing to understand in my heart, but it is another thing not to worry, for example, the current Li Su is a good example, although he knows that there should be no danger to everyone in the city, but he still can't help but worry, especially among them, there are two weak women, Wu Meiniang and Cui Mengxue, which naturally makes him feel more at ease.

Compared with Li Su's concern, although Li Ke next to him was also a little worried, he showed a lot of concern. Seeing his younger brother so anxious, he couldn't help but persuade: "Liulang, seventh brother, they are not stupid, no matter how you say Keelung, it is also a seaport, and there are a lot of ships parked in the port, even if Keelung City is breached, they can withdraw to the ship, after all, no matter how powerful those natives are, they can't help them at all without a big ship." ”

"Yes, yes, yes! It's still the third brother who thinks thoughtfully, and they must be able to think of this too! Although Li Su said yes, his eyes still looked at the north without blinking, obviously not listening at all.

Seeing his younger brother's appearance, Li Ke also shook his head helplessly, in fact, he also knew that the pressure on Li Su's body was much greater than him, after all, those who came out of Chang'an followed Li Su, and most of them are now in Keelung City, if something goes wrong, then Li Su will have no way to explain, not to mention that there are two of their own brothers there, as well as Li Su's two women, which naturally makes him feel pressure.

Thinking of this, Li Ke no longer persuaded Li Su, and waved his hand to let Lu Qing retreat and prepare, as soon as he landed, he could be ready for battle as soon as he landed, while he himself accompanied Li Su to stand at the bow of the ship.

It is about 200 nautical miles from Penghu to Keelung, and after receiving the news yesterday afternoon, Li Su immediately ordered the fleet to set sail, and in addition, there was no major wind and waves at night, and the ship could still sail, and it had been sailing for seven or eight hours now, and Keelung Port was already far away.

When Li Su's fleet rushed into the port, they unexpectedly found that the entire port was in order, with an endless stream of ships coming in and out, and there was no sign of being besieged.

As soon as the boat stopped, Li Su immediately jumped onto the dock and asked in a loud voice at Yanbei: "Brother Yan, what the hell is going on, how could the natives besiege Keelung for no reason?" ”

Li Su and Lu Qing have left Keelung, so the matter here will be temporarily handed over to Yanbei to deal with, although he, the head of the Qi Palace, is not very competent, but he always has some experience in governance, plus Li Su specially promoted Cui Yu and Mengxue's second uncle Cui Wei as his deputy, so he is also very relieved, and the news of the natives attacking the city this time was also sent by Yanbei.

Yan Bei knew that Li Su was going to ask this, but he didn't answer immediately, but glared at Li Zhen next to him angrily, and then said: "Your Highness Qiqi, the natives besieging Keelung have been repulsed, so don't worry too much, as for the reason for this matter, let His Royal Highness King Yue tell you personally!" ”

Although Yan Bei and Li Su are friends in private, but on this formal occasion, he still has to call each other His Royal Highness, after all, there is a difference between the top and bottom, if there is really no distinction between public and private, then the queen is likely to make the upper person feel a gap, so Yan Bei has always understood his position.

Hearing that the natives had retreated, Li Su was also relieved, but when he heard Yan Bei's next words, he immediately guessed that this matter was related to Li Zhen, and just now he saw that something was wrong with this kid. Thinking of this, he immediately turned around and glared at Li Zhen fiercely, and roared angrily: "Eighth brother, what trouble have you caused me?" ”

Li Zhen was already weak-hearted, but now when she heard the roar of the sixth brother, she immediately hid beside the seventh brother Li Yun in fright. But he couldn't hide, so he saw Li Su come forward and grab him, staring at him and waiting for him to answer. Seeing the appearance of the sixth brother, Li Zhen finally knew that he couldn't hide this time, so he had to tell him what he had provoked.

It turned out that after Li Su and Li Ke left Keelung, Li Zhen played in Keelung Port for a few days, and it felt very fresh at first, but slowly I felt a little tired, so I always wanted to go out for a walk, but Yanbei was worried about his safety, so he never agreed to let him go out of the city, which made Li Zhen feel very bored.

And just now, a group of merchants in the city went to a native tribe south of Keelung to trade, originally the native tribe was very tame, and there was a lot of contact with the Han people, there was no danger at all, but what I didn't expect was that this native tribe was suddenly attacked by a nomadic tribe, and all the people in the tribe were killed, and the Han caravan was also captured by the other party.

The indigenous tribes hunted in the continent were generally very ferocious, and the captured Han caravans were also certain to die, but the leader of this native tribe still had some insight and knew that instead of killing these Han people, it was better to exchange them for some necessities, such as Han iron tools and cloth, which were things they urgently needed, so he let someone go back to Keelung and asked them to prepare a certain amount of iron tools and cloth.

As the supreme governor of Keelung, after receiving the news, after weighing the severity, Yan Bei decided to agree to the other party's conditions, after all, Li Su and Lu Qing took away most of Keelung's armed forces, and it was really not appropriate to clash with the other party at such a time. So prepare what the other party wants, and prepare to personally lead the troops to exchange people back.

However, Li Zhen didn't know where he heard about it, so he had to quarrel with him, Yan Bei thought that the tribe was not far from Keelung, and he brought thousands of soldiers to escort him, plus this time he was just going to change people and not fight, so he agreed.

Originally, it was very incidental at first, but after seeing the leader of the nomadic natives, he delivered the goods with one hand and released the other with the other. However, in the process of trading, Li Zhen found that among the Turen tribes opposite, there were not many real men in the prime of life, at most there were more than 100 of them, and most of the rest were some old and weak women and children, and they did not have too strong combat power at all.

Seeing this situation, Li Zhen was very unconvinced, the other party obviously only had such a little strength, but he dared to threaten his side, and Yanbei even sent a large number of iron tools and cloth, which also seemed too cowardly.

Thinking of this, Li Zhen's eyes rolled, and he thought of a good idea, when they camped halfway that night, Li Zhen sneaked back with his two hundred guards, and then took advantage of the fact that the natives were sleeping, commanded the people to kill them, and the result was naturally unexpected. And don't look at Li Zhen, this kid is not very old, but his murderous aura is not small, he even ordered not to take prisoners, and the entire tribe was almost slaughtered by him.

Of course, if you really wipe out all the natives, it's fine, but on that dark and windy night, it's easy to slip through the net, such as the leader of the natives, and in the end his body is not found. It's a pity that Li Zhen, who is too young, didn't realize the risks brought by his move at all, and even proudly reported to Yanbei, but after Yanbei found out, he was so angry that he really wanted to beat this kid. After all, he is not stupid, so he naturally knows that the other party's strength is very weak, but it would be nice if things were really so easy to solve.

Li Zhen has already done the murder, and it is useless to blame him, Yanbei had to take people back to Keelung immediately, and then start preparing for defense, because Cui Wei, as a deputy, had already reminded him that the tribes on Liuqiu Island had their own allies, and if they provoked one, they might bring out a bunch, so when he faced a weak native tribe, he chose to agree to the other party's request, but unfortunately Li Zhen gave him a big deal.

What happened later was exactly as Cui Wei said, a few days later, the leader of the slaughtered tribe led several allied tribes to attack Keelung City, and the number of these allies was quite a lot, adding up to tens of thousands. Faced with an enemy several times larger, Yanbei chose the most cautious method, and while holding on, he sent someone to inform Li Su, wanting to wait for him to return with the army, and then disappear the other party under the city.

However, just as Yanbei sent the news out, an accident happened again, and this accident directly led to the collapse of the natives in the city. (To be continued)

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