Chapter 557: Aftershocks
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Jingzhou earthquake.
In one day, all the officials from Jingzhou were shocked and heard news of earthquakes after earthquake. Jiang Guangyu was in charge of the prefecture and trapped Ji Wuliang. Then he personally led the army to attack the navy camp. Under the command of Cheng Qun who only captured evil and never investigated, all the generals of the navy were bowed down. All the navy soldiers came ashore and entered the navy camp. The army surrounded them on all sides. Ji Wuliang's confidant was swept away and was taken into the prefect's yamen one by one.
However, Jiang Guangyu was not happy for too long. He was ordered to go to Sunjiawan, another base of the navy, to capture Ji Wuliang's deputy navy, Li Hongchao, who returned at midnight. He brought back a message that shocked Jiang Guangyu. Ji Wuliang had led twenty five-masted ships stationed in Sunjiawan Water Village a day ago and hundreds of auxiliary combat ships to pull anchors and leave.
This news made Jiang Guangyu both shocked and angry. Twenty five-masted warships and hundreds of auxiliary warships were more than 5,000 soldiers, accounting for a quarter of the Jingzhou Navy's strength. If they counterattacked, the navy generals were panicked at this time, and most generals had to screen and review them. How could they resist it?
Pan Yi also changed color, and his hands were trembling slightly.
"What should I do?" He looked at Jiang Guangyu.
"Hongchao, tell me the truth, among the Jingzhou Navy, how many people and ships are you who can really control and who are completely loyal to you?" Looking at Li Hongchao, Jiang Guangyu asked in a deep voice.
"That's all!" Li Hongchao also knew that the matter was urgent," but General Jiang, Ji Wujiu was in charge of the navy, Ji Wuliang's command was all elite troops. The troops I could control were not as good as him in terms of ship quality or combat effectiveness."
"It's okay!" Jiang Guangyu circled a few circles in the house. "Ji Wujiu was arrested. If Ji Wuliang knew the news and came back seriously, his morale would be extremely depressed and his combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced. Lord Pan, you immediately allocate 100,000 taels of silver and hand it to Li Hongchao. Each sailor would reward 20 taels of silver. After this matter, each person would reward 30 taels of silver. There would be no discount for the silver. I, Jiang, guaranteed that it would be handed to you a lot of money at that time."
Li Hongchao was very excited, "With a heavy reward, there must be a brave man. If you get this generous reward, the soldiers under the last general will definitely rush to the top."
"I feel relieved if you say this!" Jiang Guangyu looked at the other party, "From now on, you will be the acting commander of the Jingzhou Navy and be responsible for reviewing the arrested naval soldiers and generals. It is better to kill them by mistake than let them go. General Cheng needs an absolutely loyal navy!"
"I understand!" Li Hongchao was excited and panicked. Jiang Guangyu's words meant that the Jingzhou Navy was about to flow into a river. I wonder how many people were going to fall to the ground because of countless plans.
"From now on, except for your troops, the Jingzhou Navy will not be allowed to enter the water. Hongchao will patrol the coast of Jingzhou, and even fishing boats will not be allowed to enter the water."
"yes!"
"You go, Lord Pan, let's meet Wujiu!"
Ji Wuliang, who had stripped off his official uniform, was dragged up. Jiang Guangyu hated him very much. At this time, Ji Wujiu was wearing a big shackle weighing dozens of pounds. His clothes were torn into chaos, his hair was disheveled, and he was pressed to kneel on the ground.
He glanced at Ji Wujiu in disgust, and Jiang Guangyu waved his hand, "Give him a shit!"
The soldiers on both sides walked up and took away two large shackles. Ji Wujiu let out a long breath. Although he was a general and had good health care, it was not easy to survive after carrying the dozens of pounds of shackles for a day. He slowly rubbed his wrists and lowered his head to think about what Jiang Guangyu meant to look for him at this time. In prison, when he saw Du Yueping on the other side, he understood everything. Everything must have been completely exposed. With Cheng Qun's temperament, he must not be able to survive.
"Ji Wujiu, do you know the crime?" Jiang Guangyu said in a deep voice.
"What do you know the crime? So what do you know the crime? Are I still counting on living at this point?" Ji Wujiu looked up at Jiang Guangyu and smiled. After all, he was a general and could not defeat his power. In front of his former colleague Jiang Guangyu, he was unwilling to bow and kneel. What's more, Jiang Guangyu was just a pioneer in front, but Cheng Qun was the real person in charge.
Jiang Guangyu smiled coldly, "Do you know that your crime will kill the nine clans?"
Ji Wujiu shook his body and looked up at Jiang Guangyu, "The law of Dayue, embezzlement, reselling weapons, and only the body, how can the clan be punished? Since ancient times, only treasons have been punished by treasons and treasons. I sold the warships, but the buyer was the governor of the Northern Army. It is not considered to be a rebellion. General Jiang bullied me and didn't understand the law?"
"Because General Cheng said he wanted to kill the clan!" Jiang Guangyu stared at him and sneered. "On this acre of three-point land, what General Cheng said was an imperial edict. If you want to rebel, you want to rebel!"
Ji Wujiu opened his mouth, and his throat was filled with sounds, and his hair and beard danced, "Jiang Guangyu, you dare!"
"Why don't I dare? You look back!" Jiang Guangyu pointed outside disdainfully.
Ji Wujiu turned his head and in the yard outside the lobby, all the Ji family were tied up and pressed into the yard. Behind each of them was a burly man with a ghost-headed knife in his hand shining.
"I waved my hand and your Ji family will no longer exist!" Jiang Guangyu sneered.
"What do you want?" Ji Wujiu said with a voice. "At this point, are I still counting on living?"
"It's different. If you are obedient, you will die. If you don't obey, they will all die!" Jiang Guangyu looked at Ji Wujiu, "You can measure the importance of this yourself!"
"What do you want me to do?"
"Write a letter and bring Ji Wuliang back!" Jiang Guangyu stared at Ji Wujiu, "This is your Ji family's only chance!"
Ji Wujiu looked at Jiang Guangyu for a while, and suddenly burst into laughter, "So that's it, so that's it, you didn't catch Wuliang. Wuliang turned out to have already set out in advance, hahaha! Miaoji, Miaoji!"
Jiang Guangyu was furious and kicked Ji Wujiu to the ground, "What a fool, Ji Wujiu, are you not writing this order?"
Ji Wujiu looked back at the young and old in the yard with a tragic expression, "General Jiang, I am young and have lived for almost sixty years. I have been in the officialdom for many years. I have never seen any activities or any activities? Are you bullying me a three-year-old baby? Is this letter I don't write, do my Ji family still want to live?" He pointed to the yard and said, "My sons are all navy generals. Can you allow them to survive?"
"General Jiang, I have figured it out for a long time. No matter what I do, I will be the word "death", and they will also be the word "death". They have followed me in the past few decades to enjoy the glory and wealth of the world. Now it is worth it. My Ji family still has countless tricks, so they will not cut off the fireworks!" Ji Wujiu closed his eyes and ignored Jiang Guangyu.
Jiang Guangyu was extremely angry and said in a sequel: "Do you think Ji Wuliang can survive if you don't write this order? Li Hongchao has led his troops to attack. We have blocked the entire Jingzhou coast and the plates are not allowed to go into the water. Li Hongchao also set out in the name of reinforcement. Once the two armies meet, they will launch a sudden attack. Unpredictable. I don't think Ji Wuliang has hope of victory. Since you are unwilling to catch this last life-saving straw, then wait to behead your head with Ji Wuliang!"
"Wuliang and I have been with me for decades, and I won't be so stupid. I can't get into the water? Hehehe!" Ji Wujiu sneered, "General Jiang, I have been in charge of the navy in Jingzhou for more than ten years. You are too underestimating me? At this time, I'm afraid that Wuliang has already received the news, and I believe he can make the right choice."
Jiang Guangyu glanced at Pan Yi, and both of them showed worries.
"Drag this bastard!" Jiang Guangyu roared.
As Ji Wujiu said, there are not many places on the Cangjiang River that are suitable for ports and can be hidden. Ji Wuliang has initially determined the port location of the Navy Navy, and the sentry ships sent have returned. On a month-less night, they sneaked into the periphery of the Wangjiang Port of Boyang, but the Wangjiangwan Navy Base is very vigilant, so they can only sneak around the periphery and return quietly.
The huge fleet of countless spectacular fleets were moored in larger backwater bays. In order to prevent the opponent's whistle ships, the entire fleet adopted light control. In the dark night, if it did not approach, it would be difficult to find so many large ships moored on the river surface.
On the flagship, the windows inside the ship were strictly blocked with black cloth. In the cabin, there were faint lights. Looking at the map of Wangjiang Bay and the sketch of the water village drawn after the whistle ship returned, Ji Wuliang frowned. The port import was extremely small. The water village completely stuck to the road of attack. If you want to enter, you must first break the water village. However, Ji Wuliang had fought with his opponents. The dense and terrifying firepower made people feel scared when they thought of it. Although he had many ships, he was far from being in the long-range strike. However, this kind of port also had weaknesses, that is, it was easy to be blocked. Perhaps, after you block the opponent's way out, you should mobilize the army from the Jingzhou Navy to completely crush the opponent with an absolute advantage in quantity.
But will the dispatch of troops from the Jingzhou Navy attract the attention of those who are interested? The attack of twenty warships is already very powerful. After blocking the port, the opponent will definitely not leave the port. The only chance is that the opponent can come out and then catch them off guard. But how can such a huge fleet be kept secret on the surface of the river?
He threw the charcoal pen in his hand on the map in annoyed manner and walked in the cabin for several circles. The times did not wait for others and could not be delayed. Otherwise, something big would happen in Jingzhou. He turned around suddenly, made up his mind and fought hard. Even if he finished fighting the warship in his hand, he had to kill his opponent, otherwise what would be waiting for Ji's family would be a catastrophe.
"Initiate an attack early tomorrow morning!" Ji Wuliang ordered to attack the confidant general in the cabin: "Break through the water village, no one will stay!"
"Abide by the order!" More than a dozen generals stood up together and bowed to accept the order!
Seeing his subordinates leaving in a small boat, Ji Wuliang stood at the bow of the boat, stretched his waist long, and had a good sleep. Tomorrow is destined to be a bad battle. Although he has an absolute advantage in number, his opponent has the advantage of geographical advantages, and his long-range firepower is even more terrifying, and he needs to cheer up to deal with it.
Turning around and stroking towards the cabin door. Just as he was about to enter the cabin, a personal soldier shouted: "General Ji, our ship is approaching and sending a signal!"
Ji Wuliang turned around and looked at the bow of a small boat on the water surface in the direction of Jingzhou. A faint light was constantly dripping circles in the air. The signal was exactly the contact method used by Jingzhou Bushu.
Chapter completed!