Li Shanchang thought: Even if you step back ten thousand steps, if you and Hu Weiyong are so lucky and really drive Lao Zhu out of power, will you make me the emperor?
Won't!
Then at best, am I still a prime minister?
Is it different from now?
Not only is there no difference, but I also have to take risks and bear the reputation of being a rebellious official.
Why bother? !
Why bother? !
Why should I take risks now that I am so old? !
Li Cunyi was completely unaware of Li Shanchang's impatience, and continued to persuade him: "What do you think, please tell me exactly. We are about to take action, and I have come all the way to ask you, my own brother , there is nothing bad to say about both loss and prosperity."
Hearing the words "Every loss will lead to loss, and every loss will lead to glory", Li Shanchang's heart moved, and he carefully said: "Don't take action unless you are completely sure. I don't seek wealth, I just want not to be implicated."
He wanted to say: You idiots can't handle Lao Zhu.
But Hu Weiyong is gaining momentum. If we want to directly oppose him, he may turn around and kill me first, and then go after Lao Zhu.
Then it's not worth it.
Li Cunyi felt that Li Shanchang had promised not to hinder them, so he hurriedly handed over his hand: "Thank you, brother. With your support, we can rest assured."
Damn it, did you understand that? I tell you not to take action and not to hang out with a mediocre person like Hu Weiyong who has high ambitions but low power.
Li Shanchang roared in his heart and pursed his lips: "I said, keep your righteousness..."
Li Cunyi had already stood up: "Then I will answer the question. Brother, just rest at home and wait for our good news."
Li Cunyi went back and reported to Hu Weiyong, saying, "Brother has agreed."
Hu Weiyong was delighted: "With Brother Ling's support, we don't have to worry about the big thing failing. We will organize the event next month!!"
The more Li Shanchang thought about it, the more frightened he became. The faces of those people killed by Lao Zhu were swaying in his mind, and he couldn't sleep at all at night. After finally falling asleep for a while, I woke up from another nightmare. During the struggle, he kicked off the quilt and caught a cold.
For several days, he couldn't even get sick.
Lao Zhu had always had a deep affection for Li Shanchang and hurriedly asked the imperial doctor to visit him.
The imperial doctor came back and said that Li Shanchang's illness started very strangely. There was no disease at first, but it came on violently. In addition, he was old. If he could get better, it would be good. If he didn't, then...
Not only was Li Shan ill, but Wu Zhen was injured in Dingliao and also contracted wind and cold, making him ill.
Lao Zhu asked Lin Xian to escort Wu Zhen back, and ordered Ye Sheng to go to Liaodong to replace Wu Zhen.
Ye Sheng had already set off with half a year's army rations prepared by Zhu Bai for him.
It seems that Wu Zhen should be able to return to Yingtian in early August.
Hu Weiyong was very anxious when he heard that Wu Zhen was coming back with an army.
Wu Zhen is Lao Zhu's die-hard brother and the person the Japanese pirates fear most.
If he responded to Tian, how could the Japanese reinforcements I finally contacted dare to come?
He asked people to send a message to the Japanese pirates, asking them to intercept and kill Wu Zhen. If he could not be killed, he would be seriously injured. Wu Zhen must be prevented from fighting again.
The coastal state guard stations discovered that Japanese pirates were gathering in the Bohai Bay if there was any abnormal movement.
All the garrison posts sent urgent military reports to Lao Zhu. Lao Zhu added up the estimated number of people from each garrison post and found that there were as many as 20,000. He hurriedly asked someone to send an urgent military order of 800 miles to Zhu Di, telling him to be careful and take precautions. .
Zhu Bai always felt that something was wrong. After thinking about it over and over, he suddenly realized: "That's not right, Father. They are not going to attack Peiping, but to intercept Lord Wu!!"
Wu Zhen returned to recuperate with only a few thousand people and no heavy warships to escort him.
If 20,000 people surrounded and suppressed him, there would be only death.
Lao Zhu also suddenly woke up, but he did not dare to move the coastal guard post. He was afraid that the Japanese pirates would attack from the east to the west and then turn around to attack elsewhere. He could only ask Zhu Di to send someone to escort Wu Zhen.
However, Zhu Di sent Guo Xing to reinforce, but it was too late.
When Guo Xing arrived, the entire sea was a sea of fire. Wu Zhen was wearing armor, holding a Yanling sword in his hand, and was covered in blood.
Seeing Guo Xing coming with his army, the Japanese pirates retreated in a hurry, leaving behind countless floating corpses and the sea water was dyed red.
Wu Zhen couldn't hold on and fell down.
A final headcount revealed that more than half of the Ming warriors were dead or injured.
Lin Xian died in the battle to protect Wu Zhen.
Wu Zhen was injured again and was dying.
Zhu Di sighed and asked Guo Xing to escort Lin Xian's coffin and Wu Zhen back to Yingtian.
Lao Zhu was furious and ordered the coastal guards to not let go of any of the Japanese pirates who had fled, and to kill them without mercy! !
When Zhu Bai received the battle report, tears filled his eyes: Lin Xian, you did what you promised me. You are a true hero and warrior.
Lao Zhu was also deeply touched: If according to my temper, Lin Xian builds roads for Japanese pirates, whether intentionally or unintentionally, it will be a capital crime and he will not be spared.
But Lao Twelve let him go, saying that he would do something to atone for our Ming Dynasty.
Unexpectedly, Lin Xianzhen died on the battlefield and saved one of our generals.
When the guards along the coast heard that Wu Zhen had been ambushed and hundreds of soldiers died in battle, they were all filled with indignation and their fighting spirit was high.
Now they were all equipped with Zhu Bai's warships and fire guns, and they went out to pursue the Japanese pirates at sea, annihilating countless enemies.
The Japanese pirates may not be able to gather together in a short time to cause trouble again.
Hu Weiyong was a little annoyed: He really killed eight hundred enemies and lost one thousand.
Originally he just wanted to kill Wu Zhen, but ended up getting more than 10,000 Japanese reinforcements.
This part of the power can no longer be used.
Most of the people in Yingtian have relatives living near the sea. Naturally, they know that although Japanese pirates have been intruding on a small scale in the past ten years, thanks to Wu Zhen, Japanese pirates have not been rampant.
So when Wu Zhen arrived in Yingtian, many people spontaneously went to the streets to greet him.
Wu Zhen had been in the boat all the time. When he entered Yingtian, he wanted to ride a horse. He refused to ride in a car and said, "I am a military commander. As long as I can sit up, I will sit on a horse."
He reluctantly got on the horse, but he couldn't stand upright. If the horse moved, he would fall off.
The pro-military captains who were sent to pick him up all burst into tears and tried to persuade him: "Master Wu, you can take the car."
"Master Wu, there is no need to force yourself."
Wu Zhen said: "It doesn't matter, tie my two feet to the stirrups, and tie a stick behind me, so I can't fall down."
The crowd couldn't resist him, so they had no choice but to follow his instructions.
Wu Zhen entered from the north gate and went to see Lao Zhu inside the palace. He happened to pass by the Guan Ya Bureau.
After entering from the north gate, the people bowed to Wu Zhen on the roadside.
Just taking a few steps seemed to be killing him. Wu Zhen was so weak that he didn't even have the strength to return the favor.
The pro-military captains were afraid that the ignorant people would rush up and frighten their horses, so they all dismounted and walked to surround Wu Zhen.
A small figure rushed out of the official tooth bureau.
The pro-military captain subconsciously stretched out his hand to block the attack, and the figure was pushed to the ground.
Zhu Bai was actually standing at the door of the Guan Ya Bureau at the moment. He just saw that Wu Zhen was dying and didn't want to bother him to return the favor, so he didn't say anything.
At this moment, when he saw the pro-military captain pushing his daughter, his mind buzzed, and he rushed over with a single step, grabbing the pro-military captain's hand: "Stop, that's it."
