Chapter 73: Sailing on the Sea

(The second update, ask for a red ticket)

After disengaging from the Dahengdao Kou ship, the main mast of the Jinhai raised the handsome flag of the forest, and the command of the entire patrol fleet was naturally transferred to the Jinhai, leading the fleet to the Dayangshan Island.

Every year, Wang Chengfu has to take a grass boat to go to sea to escort the forage to the salt field in the north, but the grass boat is broken and small, and it sails in the shallow and silted sea water along the coastline, and also encounters danger from time to time.

Although the bloody battle of Jiyang, Donghai Kou suffered a heavy setback under Jiyang City, but Wang Chengfu had never heard of any big losses suffered by Donghai Kou on the water.

In the first battle, three or four hundred Kou soldiers were also annihilated, and six wrecked Kou ships were captured. If it is replaced by other armies, it will definitely be able to exaggerate and win a big victory, Wang Chengfu observed Lin Lian's expression, and secretly said that maybe in his opinion, the battle just now was just a small-scale encounter to test the combat strength of the Jiangdong Left Army's naval division.

Yesterday, he was forcibly invited to the ship and was placed under house arrest and lost his freedom, Wang Chengfu was worried that many crimes would affect his life, but after getting on the ship, his actions were not very restricted, and he was still watching the battle with Lin Lian today, and his mind gradually calmed down, and he couldn't help but speculate that Lin Lian forcibly invited him to board the ship, maybe he had other intentions.

Wang Chengfu has been serving as an assassin for eight years, and he has endured all the hardships of the world, so he is naturally very patient, and Lin Jian can't do anything, so he will stay on the boat honestly, and he will not move anything, although he is curious, he only secretly observes the military appearance of the Jiangdong Left Army.

It is precisely because of the infiltration and control of the forces of the eight clans of Eastern Fujian such as the luxury family that the power of the Donghai Kou has risen sharply in recent years, and it has truly become a problem that threatens the coastal prefectures and counties. In the autumn of last year, Taihu Lake robbed Kou Xisha Island and killed thousands of soldiers and civilians, and in the spring and twilight of this year, he invaded Chongzhou again, killed thousands of soldiers and civilians, destroyed Chongzhou City, and damaged the foundation of the Jiangdong Left Army in Chongzhou.

In Wang Chengfu's view, Lin Tie and Donghai Kou, and the eight families of Eastern Fujian behind Donghai Kou, are incompatible with the Song family, which is second only to the luxury family among the eight surname families.

Of course, the Song clan is still the Yongtaibo of the imperial court, and Song Bo is the son of Yongtaibo Song Fu, and Lin Jian cannot publicly imprison or kill him except for secret disposition. But looking at Lin Bin's attitude, he should not have the intention of secretly imprisoning or killing Song Bo, but without restricting the close observation of the Jiangdong Left Army, Wang Chengfu wondered in his heart: What did Lin Jian do when he invited Song Bo on the ship? Could it be that Song Bo could see the details of the Jiangdong Left Army, and what benefits would it do to the Jiangdong Left Army?

After witnessing this small-scale naval contact battle, Song Bo has been silent.

Lin Jian stared into the distance at the top of the sea level to reveal the top of the large and small Yangshan Island, at this time the east wind rose, so that the big and small Yangshan Island to become a tailwind, with the wind to borrow, it greatly increased the speed of navigation.

Ge Cunxiong sprinkled a handful of colored sawdust into the water, counted silently in his heart, waited for the sawdust on the water surface to move to the stern of the boat, calculated the speed, and said to Lin Lian: "The wind does not change, and in another hour, we will be able to reach Dayangshan Island......

Lin Jian looked up at the sky, there were still two hours left after dark, and said: "Send an order to go down and make all units prepare for landing operations, and be sure to capture an island before dark, and stop the ship to rest...... Let Zhao Qingshan come over to discuss the details of landing on the island. ”

Ge Cunxiong personally stared at the herald to convey Lin Bin's military orders through the flag, and Lin Jian also observed the flag orders responded by each boat, and after a while, Zhao Qingshan came over by small boat, and Lin Jian summoned Ge Cunxiong, Zhou Tong, Ao Canghai, Zhao Qingshan and others to the command cabin to discuss the details of the landing operation. It didn't take long for the island to be agreed, Zhao Qingshan, Ge Cunxiong, Zhou Tong, Ao Canghai and others went to prepare separately, Lin Jian returned to the aft deck, chatted with Song Bo about the naval battle just now, and asked, "What do you think of the naval battle just now?" ”

Although the Song clan did not send his children to infiltrate the Donghai Kou forces, Song Bo was not completely ignorant of the Donghai Kou forces that were actually controlled by the extravagant flying bear, he pursed his lips and said: "Although the main force of the Donghai Kou at this time should be on the islands of Changguo County, four hundred miles to the south, but the Donghai Kou lack of strong large warships at sea, if they can't find a way to make up for the shortcomings, they may suffer losses in the future when they fight at sea......

"There is no need to say anything in front of me," Lin Jian said, "The Donghai Kou controlled by the Flying Bear tentatively captured Xiangshan County in the south of Mingzhou Prefecture in mid-June, and only after entrenching for a month did they retreat to the sea under the pressure of the siege of the soldiers and horses of the two Zhejiang. After its main force retreated to Changguo Island, instead of being dispersed, from mid-July to the present day, more soldiers and horses were gathered, from which it can be seen that the Flying Bear had the intention of occupying the city on land and gradually encroaching on the two provinces...... I think you also know that it is best to do things in charge and go hand in hand, but resources are always limited, and if you take care of the land, you can't take care of the sea, that is, Brother Song returned to Jin'an and suggested to the luxury family that a large warship that would be conducive to the battle at sea, how much do you think the luxury family might adopt your suggestion? ”

Song Bo pondered for a moment and said: "After ten years of war, the people are too hard, and it is difficult to squeeze out oil and water without three or five years of recuperation. If it weren't for the fact that the imperial court was not reassuring, no one would want the war to continue......"

"Is it difficult for the imperial court to be reassured?" The corners of Lin Lian's mouth showed a chuckle, and he asked again emphatically, "Is it difficult for today's imperial court to make the luxury family feel at ease?" Is it difficult to reassure the Song family? Or is it that today's imperial court makes the luxury family and the Song family feel that even if the strategy of abandoning the land and going to the sea fails, it is not a big deal? ”

Song Bo's face was stunned, at least the Donghai Kou controlled by the luxury family became more and more rampant, that is, he saw through the weak reality of the imperial court, but Song Bo was also a high-minded and arrogant person, and he couldn't help but say a word or two in return: "Liu An'er's thieves and thieves are in the place, so that the Huai and Han rivers are almost wasteland, but the rise of local heroes, how many people did not take the opportunity to control the army when they suppressed bandits?" Yue Lengqiu rebuilt the Changhuai Army, and now the Holy Lord selected a henchman from the Inner Service Province to be the military supervisor, but this military envoy gave Yue Lengqiu a happy life in Jiangning, and could not control Yue Lengqiu's authority in the army. Haozhou was newly established because of the rebellion of the rogues, and the thieves were abolished, and the county magistrates were all from Yue Lengqiumen...... Does Lord Lin know a thing or two about this? ”

Yue Lengqiu is not a loyal minister at all, he has the opportunity to support the army and respect himself, how can he honestly build a Changhuai Xiongshi who is loyal to the court and the Yuan clan but not to himself?

What is certain is that Li Zhuo's five-year strategy of pacifying the captives will not succeed, the central government will not be able to control a strong central army, the threat of the eastern captives will not be eliminated, and the local forces will take the opportunity to rise into separatist warlords—this is the law that the rise and fall of dynasties will inevitably occur at the end of the troubled times.

Although Song Bo said that Yue Lengqiu was in charge of the power in the army, he actually ridiculed Lin Tie for taking advantage of the Jiangdong Left Army to control Chongzhou, and he had no position to accuse the luxury family and the Song family - Lin Tie naturally could hear Song Bo's words.

Lin Jian looked at the clear water as blue as jade, his mind was firm, of course he would not give Song Bo a word or two of sneers and sneers, and after a salary, he asked Song Bo and said, "After Brother Song left his post, he traveled to Jianghuai, how did he feel?" He asked Wang Chengfu again, "Wang Qitou can drink and talk with Brother Song, I don't think he will be a simple person, what do you think of the current situation?" ”

"To be obedient is to treat the body of sin, to speak coarsely, and not to speak presumptuously about current affairs." Wang Chengfu didn't dare to learn from Song Bo, so he was silent and busy answering perfunctorily.

Lin Jian could understand Wang Chengfu's caution, he looked at Song Bo, and said: "Don't say any nonsense or clichés to ask for the people's lives, the center is weak, the heroes are rising, and the east is peeping outside the pass, and there is no chance to extravagant Song...... The luxury family bucked the trend and competed for power, thinking that abandoning the land and going to the sea was the best policy, and wantonly killed the people of the two counties, not to mention that the luxury family only occupied a few islands in the East China Sea, even if the coastal cities of the two counties were taken away by the luxury family, how could they gain a foothold in the two counties? The avenue is glorious, there is no red heart to ask for the people's life, and those who kill wantonly by unscrupulous means for the sake of the world are just clowns who jump off the beam three or five times. Speaking of unscrupulous means, during the naval battle just now, if I pretended not to let the East China Sea Kou rob Brother Song away, how could the luxury family and the Song family be safe? ”

Hearing Lin Lian say this, Song Bo broke out in cold sweat on his forehead: if he rescued Donghai Kou on Lin Lian's boat, it would definitely make the luxury family suspect that the Song family was hiding other thoughts, and he wanted to explain that even a hundred mouths could not dispel the suspicions of the luxury family.

Wang Chengfu secretly said that letting Song Bo rob the East China Sea Kou was really a clever plan to separate the two families of the Song Dynasty, but Lin Jian made it clear and seemed to disdain it. Wang Chengfu's previous impression of Lin Jian was just from the rumors of his colleagues and the three or five Tang copies that had been passed into his hands that had been mutilated, and at this time he couldn't help but think, what kind of person is Lin Bin?

Lin Jian ignored Song Bo's expression and said, "I invite you to Chongzhou as a guest, I have no other meaning. You didn't have much contact with Jin'an when you traveled to Jianghuai, so it's not surprising that you don't know something. Chongzhou's Guangjiao Temple is actually a secret stronghold set up by the luxury family in Chongzhou, I will exterminate it after I return to Chongzhou, quite coincidentally detained two Jin'an guests who plan to borrow the road from Chongzhou back to Jiangning, thinking of asking Brother Song to go back to Chongzhou with me to meet them, Brother Song can guess who they are? If Brother Song has no intention of going to Chongzhou with me, and can capture the big and small Yangshan Islands, I will send a ship to carry Brother Song ashore, and I have no intention of leaving any difficulty. ”

Song Bo is not stupid, when he resigned from the Governor's Palace, he knew that his sister and Hao Mingyue were going to return to Jiangning by sea, and the hint in Lin Bin's words was so obvious, how could he not understand it?

Song Bo was stunned there, never expecting that when Lin Jian sent troops to exterminate Guangjiao Temple, his sister and Hao Mingyue happened to pass through Chongzhou. But it's not strange to think about it, when the East China Sea Kou Dakou Chongzhou, my sister and Hao Mingyue took a boat to Chongzhou together, and then the rivers were blocked, and they stayed in Chongzhou for a few more days to catch Lin Tie who returned to Chongzhou, which is not a coincidence. The mistake is that after my sister returns to Jin'an to worship her mother, she shouldn't take Mingyue back to Jiangning.

Song Bo and Song Jia are half-siblings, and when they heard that their sister and Mingyue were detained in Chongzhou, they had to go to Chongzhou to meet them anyway, and said to Lin Bin: "Song Bo will follow Master Lin to Chongzhou for a ......."

Wang Chengfu thought to himself: What important person is Lin bound in Chongzhou, and Song Bo must see it?

Lin Jian smiled slightly, and said: "Later, I will forcibly land and attack the big and small Yangshan Islands, and Brother Song and Wang Qitou intend to land with me to watch the battle?" ”

"It's better to be respectful than to obey." Song Bo knew that instead of staying on the ship and being imprisoned, it was better to follow Lin Jian to see how strong the Jiangdong Left Army was.