"What Lord Zhao said is very true."

"Your Highness can also write letters directly in the name of the Grand Chief Executive Office."

"Let's ask Lord Lin to write a letter." The more King Zhao thought about it, the more he felt it was true. The more he felt it was true, the more he felt scared and nervous inside.

This emotion had a great impact on him, and the wine and food in front of him could no longer attract him.

There were a few tables of guests outside, and Xu Ziwen socialized for his father's second-class guests. Since the elegant gathering in the Zhao Palace was nothing, Xu Ziwen probably did this in the palace.

After Xu Ziwei ran back from the Northern Expedition front, he practiced martial arts every day to strengthen his body, and went to various camps of the Xiang Army to inspect.

Those generals also knew the eldest son’s “hobby” and often arranged a large array, which made Xu Ziwei very satisfied.

King Zhao was originally satisfied with these two sons, but now he thought about Xu Zixian, then what he did in the Dongfan, and then looked at his son who looked like a handsome young man in front of him. He felt a sense of boredom in his heart.

At this moment, I may be a laughing stock in the future. Although King Zhao is not a first-class smart person, he still knows how to seek profit and avoid harm. He said in a state of slacking off and barely ended until halfway through the banquet, and then he called it apart.

Everyone was in a bad mood. Fortunately, the transferee Zhao Debang sent an official here during the meal, saying that he had allocated 200,000 guan to the Grand Governor's Office, and there were also some military supplies such as food, equipment, medicinal materials, tents, and tart cloth.

Zhao Debang apologized that he gave not much copper coins and supplies because there was not much inventory in the Fuzhou warehouse, and some of them were to be allocated to the Fufu Department for use. This was the order that the two governments gave in an urgent letter of 400 miles after they knew that a large number of pirates were attacking, and they could not be shirked.

As for Fujian's annual financial income of more than 10 million yuan and a large amount of physical materials, of course, they had long been transferred to the center in batches and used in the Northern Expedition.

The King of Zhao didn't care about this. His Grand Governor's Office also had regular payments every year, but there was no way without excuses. With excuses for war, he had already made more than 100,000 guan in this war. With the income of hundreds of thousands of guan per year in the Zhao Prince's Office, it was already a big investment.

I just thought that Xu Zixian, the junior, was originally suppressed by the Zhao royal family, and now it is 100,000 yuan, so I am afraid that this kid doesn't take it seriously at all.

Nan'an Town has an income of at least one million yuan a year, which is enough to make King Zhao jealous. He heard that Xu Zixian also built a salt farm in Dongfan and sold a large amount on Fujian Road and other roads. According to some staff members in the mansion, he made at least one million yuan a year.

With his cotton fields and textiles, King Zhao secretly even had his teeth broken. He really couldn't see it. Originally, his cousin, Lao Nan'an, was a dull and sincere gentleman, but his son was so good at economics and financial management.

Thinking of Xu Zixian's ability, King Zhao felt all kinds of feelings. Back then, he looked down on Xu Yingbin, who was honest and dull and down-to-earth in his work... When Xu Yingbin was appointed as the Qizhou Defense Commander, he almost successfully wiped out the Qishan thieves. If King Zhao had not been angry and had drawn a ladder behind Xu Yingbin, he would have probably become famous in the Wei Dynasty.

It is strange to say that the first generation of Nan'an Hou was useless and useless. He was a playboy and had not even obtained a duke. His children and grandchildren were more capable than each generation. It really made people feel that things in the world are strange and indescribable.

All kinds of thoughts were mixed in my heart, especially when Xu Zi succeeded first, King Zhao almost couldn't get up in one breath, and felt extremely stuffy on his chest, which was so annoying and wanting to die of anger.

After the meal was over, King Zhao said to He Deqing and Liu Jie: "You must suppress the army, take a part of the food, and transfer the money to you. Don't cause trouble, don't shake the morale of the army, and avoid trouble."

"I know the subordinates." Both the commanders of the two wing troops were excited and quickly agreed.

A group of generals of the wing army left happily. They didn't have to pay much attention to the general situation. When the sky fell, the King of Zhao came forward to support them. They were happy that they had money and food to divide, and nothing else was concerned.

King Zhao was full of worries. When he left the hall, he didn't notice that the threshold was too high and almost fell!

When King Zhao returned to the inner study room, several people were already waiting under the light shadow.

King Zhao was excited and those who could wait here were his confidants, and he was a very capable confidant. Even if ordinary people had to work hard, they would have to see if he had any value. If he had no value, they would not be able to enter the most confidential study in the royal palace.

Even if it was King Zhao's biological son, Xu Ziwei could sometimes come in and stand for a while, but Xu Ziwen and others were not qualified to walk into the study.

Seeing a eunuch wearing a curtain, King Zhao appeared outside the door. Several people waiting in the room stood up and bowed to King Zhao together.

"You all heard the news?" When King Zhao sat down, there was still a look of remnant shock and panic on his face. He said to Liu Guangsi, who was closest to him, "Guangsi, you are a veteran of the imperial guards. Are the news true?"

Liu Guangsi looked arrogant and shook his head when he heard the words of King Zhao, and said, "The Great Wei imperial guards defeated pirates of 30,000 to 40,000 people with three armies. I dare not say that they are so sure. Nan'an regiment training I know that the enemy has been defeated several times, but what kind of opponent is that? A group of rogues, rangers, bandits and village thieves, and they can win the battles they fought, and they can win if they change to the imperial guards. It's nothing. In terms of armor, all the soldiers of the imperial guards have armor. The sword cards are wearing three iron armor, wearing pills, iron masks, iron gloves, mesh boots, and weighing seventy pounds. They are lined up with sword cards, either charging or blocking the enemy's attack. The archers are all in mail or cotton armor, and the crossbowmen are also the same.

There are at least 250 god-arm bows, more than a thousand steps of archers, plus waist-opening crossbows, slashing crossbows, and eight ox crossbows. With one order, thousands of arrows were fired at once. Both the Northern Lu and the Donghu dared not be the imperial guards. They could only attack sideways and attack. Even so, the pirates were all brutal and powerful. After a long battle formation, they also had a lot of armor. The weapons and bows and arrows were carefully made, and they also had stone catapults. They were not under our army in terms of distance attacks. The three imperial guards had more than 6,000 people, so they really dare not say that they were right.

Tens of thousands of pirates have a chance of winning, depending on morale, food, geography, array, and the situation of the enemy. Your Highness, I am an old war, even if I lead more than 6,000 people, I dare not make such promises! What's more, the Marquis of Nan'an has only fought a few battles? Please forgive me for his reputation, but everyone is praised by everyone who sees that there is no one who can fight. Your Highness, the King of Qi, has promoted the back to the fore too much, and hurt the old man's heart!"

Another Imperial Commander, Lin Zhien, slapped his thigh and shouted, "Marquis Nan'an is so arrogant that I can fight the battle he fought. If he defeated tens of thousands of pirates, I would not believe it if he killed them."

"That's exactly what." Liu Guangsi smiled on his face, and he continued, "What's the training of the Nan'an regiment? The armor was less than a thousand, plus some worn cotton armor, at most two thousand armored armors, and more than half of the soldiers had no armor and were just wearing martial robes. Bows and crossbows were all ordinary. The strength of the three armies was only more than a hundred Divine Arm Bows, not as much as the Imperial Army. In addition, the Infantry Bows, Snatching Crossbows, and Baniu Crossbows, did he have it? There are many northern imperial guards who deployed artillery. Although they were left by Taizu and could not be far away, they opened fire at 100 steps, and the sound was shocking. The lead was shot like a fan, and all the people who were in the shape of a man. They were all vague and blood and could not form a human form. What's the training of the Nan'an regiment? It's just a little pitiful Divine Arm Bow!"

Like ordinary imperial guards, Liu Guangsi was also limited to his own experience. He did fight for many years. The southeastern imperial guards were sometimes transferred to Yunnan and Guizhou to quell the riots in the southwestern Yi. Sometimes they went to the Jingxiang area to suppress too arrogant bandits. There were definitely some battles. In the early years, Liu Guangsi, a general who was born in the general, also served in the north, and fought with the Northern Barbarians and the Donghu.

Such a veteran trusts his past experience. The strength of the imperial guards is one of the strong armor and the other is the success of the military.

Even if the imperial guards are equipped with excellent equipment, of course, they are not all wearing iron armor. Hundreds of thousands of imperial guards are all wearing triple armor. The great Wei cannot do the power of the country.

But the archer and crossbowman are wearing light armor, and the knife player or long slinger in front of the formation is wearing heavy armor, which is always possible.

While the armor is strong, it also uses military power. This military power does not mean that the long scepter or horizontal sword held by the soldiers, but the power of bows and crossbows.

The imperial guards were organized, with more than 2,000 troops in one army. Except for a few cavalry, most of them were infantry. Among them, about 2,000 infantrymen, including the long-slinger and sword-player, accounted for about 700 to 900, and the remaining more than 1,000 were archers and half were crossbowmen.

Whenever the battle occurs, the imperial guards fire thousands of arrows at the same time, and they shoot with their step bows and powerful crossbows. Whether it is the Northern Hu, the Donghu, or the Southwest Yi, they cannot confront each other head-on under such a fierce offensive as the imperial guards.

Even the Donghu, its heavy cavalry rarely directly attacked the military formation of the Great Wei imperial guards, and attacking the side back was their only way. The defeat of the Wei army was mostly defeated by cavalry tactics such as being suppressed, besieged, attacked, and cut off food. The Donghu people were very patient. They were like wolves surrounding the travelers in the desert. At the beginning, the brigades were on guard against the wolves, and the wolves were not in a hurry to attack. They surrounded the travelers and attacked them from time to time. When the travelers were tired and tired, they suddenly rushed up and bite them. If humans still had the ability to resist, they would retreat and continue to follow. If not a day, it would take two days, or even three or four days, until they reached the goal.

The tactics of cavalry against infantry, as long as one side of the infantry has no cover from cavalry, is harassed, takes turns to attack, be attacked by enemy cavalry, and is cut off from food channels. These are all the natural advantages of cavalry against infantry.

The generals of the imperial guards rely too much on long-range troops, which has become the biggest disadvantage of the imperial guards of the Great Wei Dynasty, but there are very few that can be seen. Obviously, Liu Guangsi and others did not have much knowledge.

King Zhao felt a little relieved when everyone was persuaded in turn, but he sighed and said, "When the wind is coming, I'm afraid the Dongfan will still win. What's going on? I have to see what happened."

"I'm willing to go and have a look." Li Gu, who had not made a sound, clasped his fists and said, "As soon as the news came out, there will definitely be many pearl-picking boats and fishing boats going to sea. These people are not allowed to eat without work. When the pirate ships leave, they must be the first to be unable to hold back. They are willing to disguise themselves as pearl-picking merchants and go to the sea near the Dongfan to take a look."

"This is too risky." King Zhao was a little moved, but Li Gu was his most trusted aide, and this was second. Many secret matters in the Zhao Palace, and some of the bans and secret matters were also Li Gu. If something happened to him, he was captured by pirates, or fell into the hands of the Nan'an Marquis' Mansion, the fun would be too great.

"It's okay," Li Gu said in a deep voice: "I will instruct the boatman to act carefully and not take too much risk."

All the imperial guards and generals present disagreed. They didn't believe that the Nan'an Marquis' Mansion could defeat the powerful Luzon thieves with more than 6,000 troops. That was something they did not dare to ensure that they assembled five armies. They did not want to believe it. Of course, they believed that Li Gu's trip was probably going to be in vain, but it was just a hindrance to Li Gu's identity and did not want to say it clearly.

"Don't let go of slack in the city." King Zhao finally ordered: "If there is really news of victory, the Nan'an Marquis' Mansion will report it to the yamen of the tutor. Even if Lin Shuaichen is not in Fuzhou, we can get the news as soon as possible. Whether it is true or false, we will know at that time."

Although he didn't agree, Liu Guangsi, Lin Zhien and others still stood up and clasped their fists, and they all agreed.

...

In the middle of the night

In the end, Lin Douyao arranged for the left-behind officials in Fuzhou to send a small official and a few guards out of the city. Since the imperial guards and the wing troops left in the city were mostly from King Zhao, they refused to be able to get along, and it was indeed too risky to open the city gate in the middle of the night. These people from the Zhengshi Mansion had no choice but to go down from the city to the outside of the city, hold the token of the Zhengshi Mansion, recruited a few horses at the post station, and then set off on the road overnight.

They were rushing to Quanzhou, and Lin Douyao did not stay in Fuzhou. The imperial guards had five armies and three armies stayed in Fuzhou. All three armies were from King Zhao. Seven or eight out of ten armies in the Xiang army were controlled by King Zhao. There were two armies in Quanzhou, one armed by Lin Douyao, and the other armed army was mostly controlled by Lin Douyao.

If the five armies are all in Fuzhou, plus the city guards, robbers, and the power controlled by Lin Douyao, Zhao Wang is slightly stronger and Lin Douyao has a great reputation. After all, all the local affairs are all under the command of the supplication envoy. The Grand Governor's Office only assists in managing the wing army, and even garrisons and wars, in theory, the Grand Governor's Office is still commanding the Grand Governor's Office.

Under the moonlight, people from Fuzhou City rode their horses and ran wildly. The two states were nearly 400 miles apart. Even if the official road was maintained, the group changed their horses every two stations. When they arrived at Quanzhou City, the Quanzhou City Gate had been closed for a long time.

After the alarm came, Zhangzhou City was completely closed, personnel were sent to and from, and materials were suspended.

The city gates of Fuzhou and Quanzhou are only open for one hour at noon. People and supplies enter and exit will stop after time. If you find that pirates are showing signs of landing, these two cities will completely close the city gates and completely close the city gates with vehicles and sandbags.

Fortunately, things did not develop to this point, and the token of the Pacification Commander was obviously more effective in Quanzhou than in Fuzhou. After the verification, the deputy commander of the military commander who guarded the city directly ordered the city gate to be opened, and this team of people came in through the city gate, saving a lot of verbal and effort.

Lin Douyao did not live in Quanzhou Prefecture, which was too overwhelming. He lived in a temple in the city and drove the monks out, leaving only the sweepers and moved in with officials from the Pacification Envoy. The soldiers of the Imperial Army stood outside guards to guard the security. The security was very strict.

When the knights rode their horses and galloped, the horseshoes drew Mars on the bluestone road in Quanzhou City. Even though the city in Quanzhou was still quite lively at this time, this team of foreign knights was still eye-catching, which made many people look sideways.

For the horse knight, his mission was also quite urgent, so they did not have the time to look at this great trade city.

Due to the threat of pirates, the ships coming from the country have dropped by more than 70%. Even so, there are still hundreds of ships anchored in various ports in Quanzhou. In addition to the local ships of the Wei Dynasty, quite a few are Tianfang ships, as well as ships from the East, the West, and the South China Sea to trade.

Japan, Chameng, Zhenla, Siam, Laos, Annan, Sanfoqi, Lanfang, Mantaka, Mughal, Tianfang, and even some unknown small merchants from Africa. They are either high noses, deep eyes, white and blue eyes, Tianfang people wearing white burqa, or short hair, black-skinned Southeast people, or distant merchants with short curly hair and darker skin, and some are even Thais with short swords, or short muskets inserted around their waists, curly hair, and white and blue eyes.

It’s strange that some Thais also look hideous. After all, there are few good people who dare to float on the sea for a few months to come to the Great Wei. But Thais seem to be much more kind and normal than Tianfang people.

The most common people in Quanzhou City are Tianfang people, with groups of men in white robes wandering around.

They do not drink alcohol, nor do they like women to show up in public, and they even scold those women who come out to do things as if they are their own wives.

These people are quite arrogant. After all, the Tianfang people regarded themselves as the largest country at this time, and in fact they were almost the same. Their empire spanned the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa, with a larger population than the Great Wei. Although there are many tribes in China, different sects, and endless struggles, in general, the Tianfang people have not seen their decline yet. If they can defeat the Three Buddhas and then master the key sea throat from Asia to Europe, even if the Thais can obtain a large amount of gold from South America, they will not be able to trade in Asia and transport wealth and materials back to Europe.

If so, Tianfang will continue to be strong, and they are still trying to continue to expand.

As the situation is in front of us, when pirates attack, all the merchants of all countries and the soldiers and civilians of the Great Wei are in panic. Only those men in white robes are still arrogant. They are not hiding in Quanzhou City, but because the trade between merchants of various countries has temporarily stopped. They have nothing to do for the time being, so they can only wait in the city.

Even if you go to the sea, the Tianfang merchants are fearless. Unless they encounter small groups of pirates who are not controlled by any major forces, the Tianfang people may be in danger.

As long as they are pirates with power and reputation, they will never dare to rob the Tianfang merchants.

Pu Xingfeng, the strongest pirate king among this pirate is Tianfang people. The two thieves of Luzon cooperated with him. Kang Tianqi was unwilling to anger Pu Xingfeng. Wei Shang. The maritime merchants in any country would be robbed and killed. Only Tianfang ships traveled without any obstacles, and no one would make things difficult for them, let alone killing people and robbing goods.

So when these knights from Fuzhou rode their horses and galloped on the street market, many people looked panicked, and only a group of Tianfang people were wandering on the street market. They were actually drinking secretly and walking around. However, when they returned to their country, they all became serious people who didn't drink.
Chapter completed!