Water Margin people

Dengzhou government office.

"Tell me, what is the strategy to retreat from the enemy!"

Wang Shizhong looked at the crowd and asked in a cold voice.

When everyone was silent, Sun Li hurried in from the outside.

"Master Zhizhou!"

Sun Li saluted Wang Shizhong.

"Why did you, Bingma Tixia, show up until now when such a big incident happened?"

Wang Shizhong waited for Sun Li to scold him.

Sun Li didn't dare to answer, but just bowed his head and stood at the end of the line of officials. Seeing Sun Li like this, Wang Shizhong didn't say anything else.

After a while, Zong Ze arrived with his people.

Zong Ze whispered a few words beside Wang Shizhong, Wang Shizhong's face changed a few times, and finally waved the officials to leave.

"Do you have a countermeasure?"

Wang Shizhong looked at Zong Ze and asked.

"I can't talk about countermeasures, I can only say that we should deal with the people in the city first."

Zong Ze said.

"What do you mean?"

Master Wang asked suspiciously.

"The purpose of the thieves today is obvious. It is to put pressure on those big families in the city. We will have no good way to deal with those thieves in a while, but the fleet in the city can't wait that long. The sea routes are not smooth and the goods are backlogged. Sooner or later they will compromise. .”

Zong Ze said.

"You mean those families in the city will contact the thieves privately?"

Master Wang asked in disbelief.

"All the families in Dengzhou started their business by shipping. During this period of time, they have already had a lot of grievances. If there is no navigation this month, I don't need to say more about what will happen."

Zong Ze said, Dengzhou is remote, and the local forces have been entrenched for a long time, and the government can't do anything to them.

The speed of the imperial court's deployment of troops is very slow. It will take at least half a month to report this matter to Tokyo today. After Tokyo reacts, it is impossible to transfer troops from the south within a few months.

"This……"

Wang Shizhong was silent. He also knew what Zongze said. Dengzhou is not easy to be a governor. At its peak, there were [-] defenders in the city, and [-] square meters of navy outside the city. It seemed powerful.

But the total number of sailors and boatmen of the big families in the city is directly over ten thousand. If you add up the laborers and fishermen on the wharf, there are definitely twenty or thirty thousand people, and they are all young and middle-aged.

"Thieves are so rampant, how can you and I explain to the higher authorities!"

Wang Shizhong said, as the magistrate of Dengzhou, he is responsible for everything.

"Wang Zhizhou, the thief is simple-minded and wants to guard the sea to collect money, but once the navigation is open, the thief's falsehood will be exposed sooner or later."

Zong Ze looked at Wang Shizhong and said.

"Ok?"

Wang Shizhong didn't quite understand what Zong Ze meant.

"Once navigable, fishing boats and cargo ships can sail on the sea. As long as the boat can go to sea, we can send people to investigate the news."

Zong Ze explained.

"This is a great plan!"

Wang Shizhong was overjoyed, this was considered an explanation to Tokyo.

"Once the sea route is opened, everything in Dengzhou will return to normal. The guards of the city must be strengthened to prevent thieves from entering the city. I think we can build temporary huts on the pier outside the city. All kinds of fish trade are also pushed outside the city.”

Zong Ze added.

"I will instruct Sun Li to do this."

Wang Shizhong nodded with a smile and said, in this way he can know the reality of the thieves, but the culprits don't know the reality of the city, this is an opportunity to kill the enemy as soon as the imperial army arrives.

……

Salmonella Island.

"I didn't expect the legendary Salmon Island to be like this. It really is a bad place."

Sun Lei watched the waves hitting the rocks on the island and said with a smile.

As soon as you go to the island, you can feel the loneliness. This small island is far away from the inland, surrounded by the blue sea. The whole island is like a small boat, and it seems that the small island is shaking with the waves of the sea.

"See you brother!"

Ruan Xiaoer, Fei Bao, Wang Dingliu, Ni Yun, Bu Qing, and Di Cheng led people to salute Sun Lei on the beach.

"Brothers, you have worked hard!"

Sun Lei said with a smile.

The former prison city of Salmonella Island has been transformed into a military camp, and the surrounding houses have been transformed into barracks.

"Brother, this is the sea chart of this island group. This map was obtained from Ping Haijun. My younger brother has sent someone to check it. The actual terrain matches the sea chart."

Ruan Xiaoer pointed to the huge chart in the barracks and said.

"That's right, it's actually not that far from Liaodong!"

Sun Lei looked at the chart and said, the end of the island is only a hundred miles away from Liaodong.

"Yes, the military division and Xiaoqi went to Liaodong from this road."

Ruan Xiaoer nodded and said, sailing on the sea is very dangerous, but it is different from Dengzhou to Liaodong. There are islands to guide the way along the way.

"By the way, there is no news from the military division!"

Sun Lei looked at Ruan Xiaoer and Fei Bao and asked.

"Brother, not yet, but with Daoist Ma, Xiao Qi and Zhang Shun following, it should be fine!"

Ruan Xiaoer said.

"Brother, the military advisor and the others are on a huge sea loach ship. This kind of ship is invincible at sea. There is no one in Liaodong that can compete with this kind of ship."

Fei Bao knew that Sun Lei was worried, so he also spoke.

"I'm just curious about the situation in Liaodong."

Sun Lei nodded.

"Where's Hu Yanqing?"

Sun Lei asked again.

"Just locked in the dungeon, this guy has a very hard mouth and refuses to say anything."

Ruan Xiaowu pointed to the bottom of the barracks and said, where the dungeon on Salmon Island used to be, but now it is vacant, where the prisoners are held.

"Go, go and see!"

Sun Lei said with a smile, Hu Yanqing's military ability is so-so, but his language ability is no less than Xu Guanzhong's. He is also proficient in multiple languages ​​and is good at debating. He is a diplomatic talent.

All the way to the dungeon, the dark cell was full of Ping Haijun soldiers, and Hu Yanqing was locked in the innermost cell.

"who are you?"

From the moment Sun Lei went down to the dungeon, Hu Yanqing noticed this young man, because the thieves who defeated him all followed Sun Lei, and it was obvious that Sun Lei was the leader.

"guess!"

Sun Lei looked at Hu Yanqing with a smile and said.

"Sun Lei, Liangshanbo, are those ships yours?"

Hu Yanqing looked at Sun Lei and said, from the Jingdong East Road accent of the bandit army soldiers during this period, and Sun Lei's appearance can be inferred somewhat.

"Guessed right, but there is no reward!"

Sun Lei laughed.

"Also, have you ever heard of such a rivers and lakes rule? I didn't reveal my identity, but you directly pointed it out and recognized me, then I should kill someone to silence me."

Sun Lei suddenly turned grim, looked at Hu Yanqing and sneered.

"Hmph, if you want to kill, just kill, I Hu Yanqing is not afraid!"

Hu Yanqing said in a very bachelor way, now that people treat me like fish with swords, his resistance is meaningless.

"Okay, sure enough, I have a bit of courage, as expected of a descendant of the Huyan family."

Sun Lei looked at Hu Yanqing with a smile, this kind of entanglement, being able to be humble and arrogant in the face of power, is indeed the character that a diplomat should have.

"I, Hu Yanqing, was not good at learning and I lost to you. It has nothing to do with Huyan's family!"

Hu Yanqing took all the responsibilities on himself, and he didn't want to involve the family.

Hu Yanqing knew very well that if he hadn't been lax in guarding, Ping Haijun Daoyu Village would not have been attacked.If he hadn't been greedy for meritorious deeds, Ping Haijun would not have been wiped out and captured alive by the thieves.