(2nd Update)

When the great success was about to be completed, Jiang Ning sent an envoy to announce that he had a secret decree to declare to the generals of the Dengzhou Navy, and the news hit Liu Yefei's heavenly spirit cover like a thunderbolt, instantly making him dumbfounded.

The mood of the other officials in Dengzhou Mansion was different, they heard that there were 2,000 captives riding towards Dengzhou, they panicked, and when they heard that an envoy from Jiangning was coming, they seemed to have taken a reassuring pill, and hurriedly asked the colonel who rushed from the knife fish village to report the news: "Can the special envoy of Jiangning lead reinforcements to come......

"The envoy came by boat, and there were no soldiers or horses except for the servants and a dozen shipwrights and sailors." The school didn't know that something had happened in Changyi, so he replied truthfully.

Hearing that Jiang Ning's envoy had only one official ship floating across the sea, the officials of the Dengzhou Prefecture were inevitably disappointed.

Liu Zhiyong calmed down first, gently tugged at Liu Yefei's sleeve, asked him not to lose his temper too much, and asked the junior colonel who reported the news: "Who is Jiang Ning sending?" ”

"Zhao Sheng, the director of the Ministry of War." The school replied truthfully.

Liu Zhiyong glanced at Liu Yefei, and Liu Yefei couldn't remember that there was such a person as Zhao Sheng in the Jiangning Military Department.

Jiangning redefined the character of the officials of the six departments, and the head of the six departments was the official position of the six grades, and he didn't know how many people there were in Jiangning City, and it was normal for Liu Yefei not to know him.

Although the rank of the head of the six departments is low, the authority is heavy. For example, the head of the Ministry of War's staff department went out to Beijing with a decree to be a special envoy to supervise the war or to handle other affairs in the local area, which is not a special case - the key Liu Yefei They still don't know what is written in the secret decree carried by Jiang Ning's special decree.

Liu Zhiyong gave Liu Yefei a look, Liu Yefei forced his composure, and said: "You go and rest first, and when I arrange this side of the affairs, I will go to Daoyu Village to see the envoy......" At that moment, he first retreated to the inner hall with Liu Zhiyong and several henchmen who participated in the matter.

"It's just a coincidence, uncle don't be suspicious," Liu Zhiyong said, "If the news is revealed, it is impossible for Jiangning to send only one envoy over......"

"Jiang Ning sent someone to send him to death, and we will accept it as ordered!" Liu Fang is the adopted son of Liu Yefei, who is a good martial artist, and Liu Yefei uses it to lead the troops, but his ability to lead the troops is very loose.

"I heard what the messenger said, the secret decree carried by the special envoy of Jiang Ning is to summon me to declare to the generals of the sailor in person, presumably it is specially for the sailor, and I am afraid that something will go wrong in the knife fish village," Liu Yefei frowned and said worriedly, "Chen Zhihu is also the Dengzhou sailor who cares about the most, if something goes wrong, what should I do?" ”

"At this time, it reflects the wonder of Chen Zhihu transferring the main force of Dengzhou Town with a deceptive strategy," Liu Zhiyong said, "Daoyu Village is still guarded by Hu Yu'er with four or five hundred soldiers and horses, maybe most of the people are still on the boat, what can be the obstacle?" Uncle thought that a strong enemy was about to attack, and when he went to Daoyu Village to listen to the order, he led hundreds of soldiers to strengthen the defense of Daoyu Village, and the name was justified - after arriving at Daoyu Village, he didn't do anything, and he didn't stop, taking advantage of Hu Yu'er and the Jiangning envoy to be unguarded, and cut it clean......"

"Kill Hu Yu'er, if the knife fish village is messed up, how should it be good?" Liu Yefei asked.

Liu Zhiyong looked down on his uncle in his heart, led hundreds of soldiers over from here, and killed Hu Yu'er and Jiangning's envoy unexpectedly, and was afraid that the soldiers under the Daoyu Village would be chaotic? Liu Zhiyong patiently offered advice: "Uncle said that the envoy of Jiangning is a spy sent by Yan Hu, and Hu Yu'er has already bought Yan Hu - as long as it lasts for a day, when the cavalry sent by Chen Zhihu arrives, the overall situation will be settled." ”

Liu Yefei hesitated, worried that things would not go so smoothly, and said, "Did you send someone to invite the envoy of Jiangning here?" ”

"Most of the envoys from Jiangning are here for the affairs of the Dengzhou Naval Division; If you ask the envoy to come over, there will be no reason for my uncle to take troops to Daoyu Village. Liu Zhiyong said.

The knife fish village is more than 20 miles away from Dengzhou Mansion, and the sun is about to fall into the west mountain at this time, and there is still time to send troops to the knife fish village. If it is delayed until tomorrow, the cavalry sent by Chen Zhihu will rush to the city of Dengzhou, and the gate of Daoyu Village will not be so profitable.

Liu Yefei gritted his teeth and said, "Liu Fang, you go and gather all the men and bring the two battalions of foot soldiers that we can control......"

Liu Zhiyong thought that he would go to the state mansion and take three battalions of foot soldiers to rush to Daoyu Village with two battalions of foot soldiers at once, isn't this self-exalted?

Liu Zhiyong thought about it again, Chen Zhihu sent cavalry to attack, Dengzhou City is not easy to defend, the Daoyu Walled City is small and strong, easy to defend and there is a sea route to withdraw, and his uncle took the initiative to bring soldiers and horses to guard the Daoyu Village.

Although Liu Yefei had always planned to use troops directly against Daoyu Village, it took a lot of time to bring the two battalions of foot soldiers out of the city, and the sky was already dark.

Seeing the two battalions of soldiers and horses coming out of Dengzhou City, the Huaidong scouts lurking outside the city quietly retreated to the top of the southern foot of Danya Mountain and set fire to the two thatched sheds there. The air is dry, and in a few breaths, the thatched huts that have been burned up will turn the mountain red.

Liu Yefei and others also saw the thatched shed on the hill on the post road at the foot of the mountain, thinking that the weather was dry and the water had gone away, and they did not arouse vigilance, let alone that the Haidong fleet had dived last night and hid between the Miaoshan Islands, less than 30 miles away from the coast of Dengzhou......

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It was not someone else who pretended to be a special envoy to go to Daoyu Village to announce the decree, it was Chen Enze, who escorted Gao Zongting to Dengzhou.

Not to mention the official letter of the Ministry of War, even if it is the secret decree of Emperor Yongxing, Gao Zongting can forge a few copies on Huangcheng Island, so that Liu Yefei and the generals of Dengzhou Navy Division can hardly distinguish between true and false.

Gao Zongting was at sea, and it was only after Chen Enze pretended to be an envoy to enter Daoyu Village that they learned that Chen Zhihu had sent troops to attack Changyi, and sent a cavalry to cross the Jiaolai River from Baibu and attack Dengzhou.

Fortunately, Gao Zongting and Zhao Hu had long been prepared that Chen Zhihu would send a partial division to Dengzhou to cooperate with Liu Yefei to control Dengzhou City and Daoyu Village, so he calculated that Zhao Zhen led the main force of Dengzhou Town to go out for four days, so Chen Enze pretended to be a special envoy to enter Daoyu Village and tricked Liu Yefei out of the city.

Although Gao Zongting was familiar with Hu Yu'er and other Dengzhou Navy generals, he came on behalf of Huaidong, and it was actually difficult for Hu Yu'er and other Navy generals to believe that Liu Yefei had surrendered to the enemy.

The safest strategy is to use deception to trick Liu Yefei out of the city first.

At this time, knowing that Chen Zhihu's faction had a partial division to attack Dengzhou, Gao Zongting and Zhao Hu also felt lucky, at least there was more than one night to control the situation in Dengzhou.

Calculate the time, when Liu Yefei led the troops and horses on the road, their troops were divided into two routes, as long as they captured one of Dengzhou City and Daoyu Village before the partial division sent by Chen Zhihu arrived, the matter would not be bad......

Gao Zongting looked at the two piles of fires burning on the southern foot of Danya Mountain, and said to Zhao Hu: "Then act according to the plan, I will lead a team of people to Daoyu Village, maybe I can persuade Hu Yu'er to open the water gate; General Zhao must control Dengzhou City before dawn......"

Zhao Hu nodded, then got off the dinghy and leaned towards his command boat.

Although the soldiers are divided into two routes, they are still dominated by Zhao Hu, and Gao Zongting is the partial division.

The knife fish village is directly adjacent to the sea, and there is a waterway in the inner pond to communicate with the open sea, and the capital city of Dengzhou is still some distance from the coast.

Although Gao Zongting and Zhao Hu's purpose is to ensure that Dengzhou Mansion and Daoyu Village can have a success, in comparison, Dengzhou Mansion is much more important.

The swordfish walled city is strong, but it is simply a naval division station, in addition to the dozens of warships stationed, the internal dock is mainly for ship repair. In the Taozi Bay in the southeast of Dengzhou Prefecture, there are three shipyards, including a government-run shipyard owned by Dengzhou Prefecture, which is also the largest seagoing ship construction base of the Vietnamese Dynasty in the north.

Although the scale of the Dengzhou Shipyard cannot be compared with the Longjiang Shipyard, it must not be given to Yanhu. The merchant fishing boats that transport and fish in the vicinity of Dengzhou are mainly anchored in Taozi Bay in summer and autumn to avoid the wind, and many sailors and boatmen gather in Dengzhou City at this time.

In addition, Dengzhou is also the most important town in the eastern part of the Shandong Peninsula except for Qingzhou. There are more than 10,000 households in the city, rich and salty, including the families of many sailors and generals, who also live in Dengzhou City. If they only control the Daoyu Village, but fail to control Dengzhou City, the generals of the Dengzhou Navy Division will not be willing to cooperate with Gao Zongting and Zhao Hu to withdraw from the Daoyu Village.

Whether it is a foot battle or a water battle, they are afraid of night fighting. It is also very dangerous to anchor at night, but even more so, it is even more dangerous to choose the nearest place to Dengzhou City to choose a wild ferry to anchor.

Even if there were pilots on the shore, there was no telling how many ships would be lost tonight.

But even if you suffer more losses, it is not important to control Dengzhou City in time.

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Chen Enze pretended to be Jiang Ning's secret envoy, accompanied Hu Yu'er, and stood at the head of the swordfish walled city to inspect the walled city.

After Chen Enze also entered the Daoyu Village, he knew that Chen Zhihu had sent a cavalry from Baibu to cross the Jiaolai River to Dengzhou, and the fire at the southern foot of Danya Mountain showed that Liu Yefei had been lured out of the city.

Chen Enze is no longer the teenager who panicked when he was kidnapped by pirates, six years have passed from Chongguan eight years to this year. Chen Enze, who is only 22 years old this year, already has a pair of children under his knees, with short mustaches on his lips, and looks much more mature than his actual age.

At this time, someone came to the city to report that Liu Yefei was less than five miles away from Daoyu Village, and led two battalions of soldiers and horses to come.

Because it was known that Chen Zhihu sent a partial division to attack Dengzhou, Liu Yefei led his troops to Daoyu Village, and Hu Yu'er only thought that he was here to strengthen the defense of Daoyu Village, but he did not have any suspicions.

Hearing that Liu Yefei was close to the Daoyu Village, Hu Yu'er looked at Chen Enze and said, "Lord Zhao, Lord Liu has already come...... He meant to at least go down to the gate of Nancheng to greet him. Liu Yefei is his immediate boss, and he can't be lazy, but he doesn't know the temper of the envoy. It is said that the main position of the envoy is the head of the military department, and his status is much worse than Liu Yefei, but the special envoy is here on behalf of the military department and with a secret decree, if he doesn't buy Liu Yefei's account, he has nothing to do......