Capital Datang

Chapter 250

Li Zhen's disaster

"Lu Qing, based on your estimation, will there be any problems with the defense of Keelung Port?" Li Yin on the warship held the side of the ship, nervously looking to the north, and eagerly asked Lu Qing beside him. aoye.

"Your Highness, don't worry. Most of the natives on Liuqiu Island are very docile and are more willing to interact with Han people, so generally there will be no conflicts. As for the other small part, these natives make a living by hunting, and their folk customs are relatively tough. , and even have the custom of cannibalism, so these people are most likely to besiege Keelung City, but the natives are divided into various ethnic groups, and the internal fighting is very serious, so even if there are natives besieging Keelung, the number of people will not be large A lot, with the defense of Keelung City, there shouldn't be any problems!" Lu Qing answered slowly, although this was the third time he answered, but he also knew that Li Yin cared about the people in Keelung City, so every The answer is very patient every time.

Li Yin is integrating the forces of his uncle Yang Yan, but he receives news from Keelung City that a group of natives have begun to attack Keelung City. Keelung was originally Li Yin's foothold on Liuqiu Island, and the defense force is very strong. But because he was going to Tainan, Li Yin not only took away most of the palace guards, but also took away a lot of Lu Qing's people. As a result, there are only more than 250 guards in Keelung City now, which can be said to be very powerful. Weak, if it is breached by the natives, Li Yun, Li Zhen, Wu Meiniang, Cui Mengxue and others in the city will be in danger.Capital Datang [-]

In fact, Li Yin is also well aware that the productivity of the natives on Liuqiu Da Island is backward, and even iron tools are very rare, so their force is also very limited. With the strength of the two thousand guards in Keelung City and the advantages of occupying the city , the opponent would have to send at least 2 natives to break through, and in Liuqiu, the total number of most native tribes is only a few thousand, and it is impossible to send such a large armed force of [-] strength.

But it is one thing to know in the heart, but it is another thing to be worried. For example, Li Yin is a good example. Although he knows that everyone in the city should be safe, he still can't help but worry. In particular, there are two weak women, Wu Meiniang and Cui Mengxue, which naturally made him more worried.

Compared with Li Yin's concern, he was "chaos". Although Li Ke next to him was also a little worried, he was much more rational.Seeing his brother's anxious look, he couldn't help but persuade him: "Liu Lang, Seventh Brother and the others are not fools. After all, Keelung is still a seaport, and there are many ships parked in the port. Even if Keelung City is breached , they can also withdraw to the boat, after all, no matter how powerful those natives are, they can’t do anything without a big boat.”

"That's right! It's still the third brother who is thoughtful, they must have thought of this too!" Although Li Yin said yes, he still looked towards the north without blinking, obviously not listening at all.

Seeing his younger brother's appearance, Li Ke also shook his head helplessly. In fact, he also knew that the pressure on Li Yin was much greater than him. After all, those who came out of Chang'an followed Li Yin, and most of them now In Keelung City, if something went wrong, Li Yin would have no way to explain it, not to mention that there were their two brothers and Li Yin's two women there, which naturally made him feel very sad. pressure.

Thinking of this, Li Ke stopped trying to persuade Li Yin, and waved his hands to make Lu Qing step down and prepare for battle as soon as he landed, while he himself stood on the bow of the boat with Li Yin.

It is about [-] nautical miles from Penghu to Keelung. After receiving the news yesterday afternoon, Li Yin immediately ordered the fleet to set sail. In addition, there was no big wind and waves at night, and the boat can still sail. So far, it has sailed for seven or eight months. It's time, and Keelung Port is already far away.

When Li Yin's fleet rushed into the port in a hurry, it was unexpectedly discovered that the entire port was in order, and there was an endless stream of ships entering and leaving, and there was no sign of being besieged at all. Entering Niuchou Port, it turned out that Li Yun, Li Zhen and others were all waiting at the port. Among them, Li Zhen seemed a little timid, as if he had done something wrong.

As soon as the boat stopped, Li Yin immediately jumped onto the pier and asked Yanbei loudly: "Brother Yan, what's going on, why did the natives besiege Keelung for no reason?"

Both Li Yin and Lu Qing have left Keelung, so the affairs here are temporarily handed over to Yanbei. Although he is not very competent as the head of the Qi Palace, he always has some experience in governing, and Li Yin specially promoted him. Cui Yu and Mengxue's second uncle, Cui Wei, were his deputy, so they were very relieved, and the news of the natives' siege was also sent by Yanbei.

Yanbei knew that Li Yin was going to ask this question, but he didn't answer right away, but glared at Li Zhen next to him angrily, and then said: "His Royal Highness, the natives who besieged Keelung have been repulsed. , so don’t worry too much, as for the reason of this matter, let His Royal Highness King Yue tell you personally!”

Although Yan Bei and Li Yin are friends in private, but in such a formal occasion, he still has to call each other His Highness.

In the end, it is very likely that there will be a gap in the hearts of the superiors, so Yanbei has always understood his position.

Hearing that the natives had retreated, Li Min was also relieved, but when he heard Yan Bei's next words, he immediately guessed that this matter had something to do with Li Zhen. Just now he saw that something was wrong with this kid.Thinking of this, he immediately turned around, gave Li Zhen a hard look, and roared angrily, "Eighth brother, what trouble have you caused me again?"

Li Zhen was always guilty, but now that she heard the roar of the sixth brother, she immediately hid beside the seventh brother Li Yun in fright.But hiding is impossible, so Li Yin stepped forward and grabbed him, staring at him and waiting for his answer.Seeing Sixth Brother's appearance, Li Zhen finally knew that he couldn't escape this time, so she had to tell the story of what he caused.

It turns out that after Li Yin and Li Ke left Keelung, Li Zhen visited Keelung Port for a few days. At first, it felt very fresh, but gradually he felt a little tired, so he always wanted to go out for a walk, but Yan Bei was worried about him. Because of his safety, Li Zhen never agreed with him to go out of the city, which made Li Zhen feel very boring.

And at this moment just now, a group of businessmen in the city went to a native tribe south of Keelung to trade. Originally, the native tribe was very docile and had a lot of contact with the Han people, so there was no danger at all, but unexpectedly, this native tribe The tribe was suddenly attacked by a hunting tribe, all the people in the tribe were killed, and the Han Chinese caravan was also captured by the other party.

The native tribes of Zhouhun are generally very cruel, and the captured Han caravan would have undoubtedly died, but the leader of this native tribe has some insight, knowing that instead of killing these Han people, it is better to exchange them for some necessities. For example, the ironware and cloth of the Han people are what they urgently need, so they sent a person back to Keelung and asked them to prepare a certain amount of ironware and cloth.

As the top officer of Keelung, Yan Bei decided to agree to the other party's terms after receiving the news, after weighing the importance. After all, Li Yin and Lu Qing took away most of Keelung's armed forces, so it is really inappropriate to fight with the other party at this time. A conflict occurred.So prepare what the other party wants, and prepare to personally lead the troops to exchange the person back.Capital Datang 250

But Li Zhen didn't know where he heard about it, and insisted on arguing to go together. Yanbei thought that the tribe was not far from Keelung, and he brought thousands of soldiers to guard him. Substitution instead of fighting, so it was agreed.

Originally, it was very convenient at the beginning. After seeing the leader of the hunting native, he delivered the goods with one hand and released them with the other.However, during the transaction, Li Zhen discovered that in the native tribe on the opposite side, there were not many real middle-aged men, at most there were more than a hundred in total, and most of the rest were old and weak women and children. There is no strong combat power at all.

Seeing this situation, Li Zhen was very unconvinced. The other party dared to threaten her side even though she had only so little strength, and Yan Bei even sent a large amount of iron and cloth, which seemed too cowardly.

Thinking of this, Li Zhen rolled her eyes and thought of a good idea. When they camped halfway that night, Li Zhen took her two hundred guards and sneaked back, and then took advantage of the natives' sleep. At that time, the commanding people killed in, and the result was naturally a big victory as expected.And don't look at this kid, Li Zhen, who is young, but has a strong murderous intent. He even ordered not to take prisoners. The whole tribe was almost slaughtered by him.

Of course, it would be fine if all the natives were really wiped out, but on that dark and windy night, it would be easy for someone to slip through the net, such as the leader of the natives, whose body was not found in the end.It's a pity that Li Zhen, who was too young, didn't realize the risks brought by his actions at all, and even proudly reported to Yan Bei, but when Yan Bei found out, he was so angry that he really wanted to beat this kid up.After all, he's not stupid, so he naturally knows that the opponent's strength is weak, but it would be great if the matter was really so easy to solve.

Li Zhen had already done the murder, and it was useless to blame him. Yanbei had to immediately take people back to Keelung, and then prepare for defense, because Cui Wei, as his deputy, had reminded him long ago that all the tribes on Liuqiu Island They have their own allies, and if you offend one, you may bring out a bunch. That's why when he faced a small and weak native tribe, he chose to agree to the other party's request, but unfortunately, Li Zhen ruined the big deal.

What happened later was exactly as Cui Wei said. A few days later, the leader of the slaughtered tribe led a few allies to attack Keelung City, and the number of these allies was quite large. Tens of thousands of people.Faced with an enemy that was several times larger than himself, Yanbei chose the most cautious method. While holding on, he sent someone to inform Li Yin, hoping that when he returned with the army, they would disappear under the city together.

But just as Yan Bei sent the news, another accident happened, and this accident directly led to the collapse of the natives in the city. (To be continued.