Martial Arts: Start with 100,000 Xiliang Cavalry

Chapter 157 Master deployment, Shi Ming resists the decree

The east ferry of the capital.

The capital is extremely busy, and there are also a large number of workers working here.

Some of them are transporting wood, some are cutting with saws, and some are responsible for assembling the already made ship parts.

Qi Jiguang himself was among them, and Su Yuan entrusted him with the task of manufacturing warships, so he would naturally spare no effort and work hard.

After several iterations, he has determined the blueprint for making the warship.

What he wants to make is a multi-oared boat that looks like a centipede.

He drew more than a dozen drawings, and the reason why he chose this format was also because of comprehensive considerations.In his opinion, Su Yuan's soldiers are good at land warfare, so the key is to approach the enemy as quickly as possible, and board the enemy's ship or land on the enemy's land.

The biggest characteristic of this kind of multi-oar boat is that it is fast. The sharp and wide bottom of the boat allows it to get out of the water quickly, and it can also move forward under headwinds.The only disadvantage may be that it can carry fewer people, and each boat can only hold less than 20 people.

But this shortcoming can be made up for by building more.And as far as the current situation is concerned, under the condition that the progress is relatively fast, the structure of multi-oar boats is relatively simple, and a large number of them can be produced quickly in a short period of time, which is also the key point.

Qi Jiguang knew that Su Yuan was in urgent need of warships, so he also pursued efficiency, and planned to build a batch of warships that could be used in actual combat first, and then build those more powerful but more complicated warships.

"Master Qi, this is a letter from the prince."

At this time, a summoned soldier found Qi Jiguang and gave him the letter.

Qi Jiguang took it and checked it. Like the previous letter, the content was to inquire about the progress and ask him to pay more attention and be careful of Dongwa.

Although Su Yuan let out his words and didn't take Dongwa's revenge seriously, he could despise the enemy strategically, but he still had to pay attention to it tactically.

Since ancient times, Dongwa has been fond of stealthy sneak attacks, surprise attacks, and unannounced wars. Su Yuan felt that these guys would definitely plan or prepare to send troops to raid his ferry in the suburbs of Beijing.So he told Qi Jiguang in the letter to be careful.

After reading it, Qi Jiguang took a pen and wrote a reply.

He has now built five multi-oared boats, and the progress is very good. As for Dongwa, he will pay more attention to it, and will build a watchtower as Su Yuan said.

If you just look at it with the naked eye, by the time you spot the enemy, the enemy will almost be close to you.Only by building towering watchtowers can the movement of the enemy be observed from a long distance.

After writing the reply, Qi Jiguang personally chose a location and assigned a group of workers to build the watchtower.

Compared with warships, the construction of a simple watchtower is much simpler. It is nothing more than stacking rammed earth, building a high platform, and building a hut from it. It only takes a few days to complete.

Qi Jiguang considered that if Dongwo launched a surprise attack, it would be best for him to eliminate a group of enemies before they landed.Therefore, many archers transferred by Su Yuan were also organized, and they were stationed by the ferry, usually working as workers to help, and once the enemy appeared, they immediately picked up their bows and arrows and returned to the role of soldiers.

In the capital, Su Yuan was satisfied with the progress of the warship manufacturing after receiving the reply.At this rate, by September, he should be able to have dozens of warships.By winter he had an army of warships.

By that time, the summoned soldiers accumulated for several months should be more and more abundant, and it should be easy to say that it is easy to seize the states in the south of the Yangtze River.

But before that, these few months must be stable, develop well, and don't make any troubles.

"If you count the days, people should be here today, right?" Su Yuan muttered after reading the letter.

He waited for more than two hours, and in the afternoon, someone came to report that people from Mozhou had arrived.

After being summoned by Su Yuan, nearly a hundred people from various sects in Mozhou Jianghu came to the capital. At this moment, Su Yuan received them in the martial arts arena of the original military department yamen.

The leader is Furukawa. As the leader of the rivers and lakes in Mozhou, he is also the leader of the team when he comes to Beijing this time.

Seeing Su Yuan, he cupped his hands and said, "I've seen Prince Bei'an."

Nearly a hundred men and women behind him also said the same: "I have seen the prince of Bei'an."

The major sects in Mozhou served Su Yuan, and these people from the rivers and lakes naturally became Su Yuan's subordinates.Su Yuan was not polite to them, nodded and said: "Everyone has worked hard all the way."

He looked at these nearly a hundred masters, and was very satisfied.

Although he already had Zhao Yun, Li Yuanba, Mei Lan Zhuju and other masters beside him, the more masters, the better.

And he is now in need of a group of masters.

Su Yuandao: "Since you have joined my Bei'an Army, you must follow orders. Master Bai should have told you that I, Su Yuan, will not let you die for no reason. As far as I am concerned, every soldier in Bei'an Like my siblings, I will not sacrifice anyone easily."

Everyone was moved when they heard the words.What they need most is these words. Su Yuan is in a high position, and he is willing to give them this kind of guarantee, which also makes them feel respected.

At that moment, the next man said in a deep voice: "Since we have decided to serve the lord, we will definitely risk our lives."

"Okay." Su Yuan said, "You guys are tired from the journey, so take a day off first, and I will arrange things for you tomorrow."

Everyone went to rest, but Gu He stayed behind and asked Su Yuan, "I dare to ask the lord, what kind of work does the lord arrange for us?"

Su Yuan didn't hide anything, and said bluntly: "I want to arrange a group of people to go to the ferry in the suburbs of Beijing."

"ferry?"

"Does Master Gu know that I killed the Dongwa envoy earlier?"

"Of course I know." Furukawa nodded, showing resentment on his face, "This matter has spread all over Mozhou. The small country of Dongwa has been harassing our sea area for many years, and its people in the rivers and lakes are even more despicable and shameless. They often secretly send people to sneak into various sects in the Central Plains." , learn martial arts secretly, and bring them back to Dongwo. After the news that the prince killed the messenger came out, everyone in the rivers and lakes clapped their hands and cheered!"

"Is that so."

Su Yuan didn't know that Dongwo often sent people to secretly learn martial arts, but in this way, his consideration was even more necessary.

"It stands to reason that if the two armies were fighting, the emissary would not be beheaded, but the emissary's words were rude and insulted us. Not killing is not enough to relieve the hatred in his heart." Su Yuan paused and said, "For this reason, Dongwo said something, To take revenge on the Bei'an Army. I think it is very likely that they will send people to attack the ferry, so I let you come because I want to send a group of people to guard the ferry."

When Su Yuan was thinking about the influence of martial arts on the progress of science and technology, he thought that since the Central Plains had martial arts rivers and lakes, other countries might also have their own "rivers and lakes".There will also be some "masters".

In order to prevent Dongwa from sending similar masters to attack, he must arrange a group of them in advance to avoid his own disadvantages.

When Furukawa heard the words, he immediately accepted without further ado: "Your Majesty, don't worry, we hate the Japanese pirates deeply, and everyone is willing to go to the ferry to guard. If the Japanese pirates really dare to invade, they will be wiped out!"

"Very good, I feel relieved when Master Gu said so."

The next day.

As Furukawa said, when Su Yuan mentioned the matter of imperial Japanese pirates, all these gangsters were excited and eager to fight.

"My lord, let me go! I have long wanted to compete with the Japanese pirates!"

"Eastern pirates, everyone gets to kill him!"

"I want to go too!"

Everyone volunteered for the mission one after another. It was impossible for Su Yuan to send nearly a hundred people there. Based on the list given to him by Furukawa earlier, he already had a good idea of ​​the strength of these people.

Among these nearly a hundred people, there must be no master masters, and there are even very few innate levels. In total, less than 20 people are innate, and the rest are acquired.

Among the less than 20 innates, there are only three people in the upper three floors, and the rest are in the middle three floors and the lower three floors.

To be on the safe side, Su Yuan selected two innate upper-tier three masters, and then brought five middle-tier three masters, and thirty acquired masters, a total of about 40 people, to the ferry.

As for the others, he did not intend to stay in the capital either.

The defense of the capital is enough, and there are nearly 60 people left. Su Yuan plans to deploy it to Chu Changning, and go with him to attack Xuzhou.

Although in Su Yuan's view, Xuzhou could be won easily, but just in case, it is safe to call some Jianghu masters there.

After the selection, the two groups separated, one group went to the ferry in the suburbs of Beijing, and the other group stayed in the capital for the time being.

Chu Changning wanted to lead the army to fight this time, and he had to go back to Beirong first, and then bring the troops to the capital, which would take a lot of time.

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Yunzhou, Xiangcheng.

Above the main hall, Zhou Chengzheng burst into flames and slammed a memorial in his hand to the ground.

"Bastard! Bastard!"

The officials were apprehensive and kept silent.

They all knew that the memorial was sent by Haizhou State Pastoral Office.

Zhou Cheng said angrily: "Mu Shiming of Haizhou, how dare you disobey the holy order!"

When the envoy to Dongwa came back, he brought back the answer from Shanggong Shingen.

Shanggong Shingen agreed to cooperate with Zhou Cheng's Nanzhou to deal with Suyuan in Bei'an, but the condition was that Ozu Island should be handed over to Dongwa within one month.

Zhou Chengzheng wanted to deal with Su Yuan with all his heart, so there was no reason not to agree, so he immediately sent eunuchs to Haizhou to read out the imperial decree, asking Haizhou Zhou Mu Shiming to cooperate and give Ozu Island to Dongwo.

Never thought that when the little eunuch came back, he would bring back a memorial from Shi Ming.

The memorial stated the importance of Ozu Island to Haizhou, and even to the entire Dazhou.He also explained the harassment of the Great Zhou by the Eastern Japanese for many years, saying that the reason why the harassment did not turn into a landing aggression was because the distance was too far and the eastern Japanese ashigaru did not have an intermediate supply place.

If Ozu Island is given to Dongwo, Dongwo will have this supply area, which will be a fatal threat to Haizhou and Dazhou.Therefore, Ozushima must not give it, please think twice, Your Majesty.

Zhou Cheng completely turned a blind eye to Shi Ming's lengthy analysis. All he saw was "never give it" and only Shi Ming's disobedience to the sacred order.

This is simply slapping him in the face of the new emperor.

The envoy he sent told Dongwa with certainty, and told Shanggong Shingen that Ozu Island would be given away.Now that Shi Ming doesn't cooperate, what will Dongwa think?People will only think that you, the new emperor, talk like farting, which is useless at all!
Thinking of this, Zhou Cheng felt his cheeks burn, and his heart was full of rage.

In his anger, he said without hesitation: "I think Shi Ming is a traitor! He must have had an affair with Su Yuan in secret!"

As soon as these words came out, all the officials were shocked.

Prime Minister He Zhongping even said decisively: "Your Majesty, calm down. Mr. Shi's family has been officials for three dynasties, and their loyalty can be learned from. They should not have connections with Su Yuan."

He Zhongping scolded Zhou Cheng in his heart for being stupid. If nothing happened, he labeled Yizhou Zhimu as a "rebel fornication". If Shi Ming found out, how would he deal with himself?

Fornication with a traitor is a death penalty that implicates the entire family!If Shi Ming knew that you, the new emperor, were so easily convicted by others, then maybe he had no affair with Su Yuan, so he might have an affair with Su Yuan.

Haizhou's shipping is well developed. If it is true that they betrayed the Great Zhou Dynasty and liaised with Su Yuan, then the newly established Southern Zhou court would be on the verge of collapse again.

Zhou Cheng was in a fit of anger at the moment, but after He Zhongping said it, he also realized that what he said was a little too much.

He let out a soft snort from his nose, and reluctantly said: "It's my words...but Shi Ming, you can't pretend to disobey the holy order! Dear friends, you are now talking about how to deal with this matter manage?"

The civil and military officials hesitated for a while when they heard the words, and looked at each other in blank dismay, all of them were speechless.

In fact, they thought that Shi Ming's memorial was correct. Shi Ming wrote very detailed and well-founded information about the importance of Ozu Island, his gains and losses.But now Zhou Cheng is determined to give the island to Dongwo in exchange for Dongwo sending troops to help them. As ministers, they dare not disobey the holy order face to face.

As a result, everyone naturally didn't know what to say.

At this time, a short and ugly official came out. He was Mu Youtu of Yunzhou Prefecture.

"His Majesty."

"You Aiqing?" Zhou Cheng's eyes lit up, "Do you have any ideas?"

He didn't like Yutu's appearance very much, but he still held him in high regard.After all, when he fled to the south, most of the eight states in the south of the Yangtze River had a cold attitude towards him. Only Youtu welcomed him with all his might, and welcomed him to Yunzhou as the son of heaven.

From this point of view alone, Youtu is also Zhou Cheng's minister.

You Tu said: "Your Majesty, I would like to go to Haizhou in person to have an interview with Lord Shi and persuade Lord Shi to give Ozu Island to Dongwa."

"This..." Zhou Cheng didn't seem very optimistic when he heard the words.

He hesitated and said: "You Aiqing's loyalty is commendable, but Shi Ming even dared to disobey my imperial decree, so how could he easily listen to You Aiqing's persuasion."

You Tu insisted: "Your Majesty, I have been to Haizhou before, and I have met Master Shi a few times, and I am quite familiar with it. Please allow Your Majesty to go and have a try. If Master Shi refuses to listen, His Majesty will not take other actions. Late."

"……OK then!"

Zhou Cheng had no choice but to agree to Youtu.

"Since that's the case, You Aiqing, go and prepare for your departure immediately. You must remember that Dongwa only gave us one month. If you don't give us Ozu Island within one month, once Dongwa repents, it will be a great loss to us." unfavorable."

"Yes, the subordinate understands."

Youtu immediately left the hall to make preparations.

Seeing the different expressions of the officials, Zhou Cheng could vaguely guess what they were thinking, and said solemnly: "I am also doing this for the foundation of the Great Zhou, the ancestors of the country. Lovers, please don't regard me as an incompetent person who cede land and power! "

When all the officials heard the words, they all cried out in unison.

"Don't worry all my loves, it's only a temporary measure to give Ozu Island to Dongwo." Zhou Cheng said confidently, "When I take back Jiangbei and revive the Great Zhou, I will naturally take the small island back from Dongwo! "

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