On the fourth day of February, Liaodong Fuzhou, Shizikou.
Since the beginning of February, the weather in the Liaodong Peninsula, especially in Fuzhou, has been bad, and the sun has not been seen for many days. The sky is always leaden and gloomy, as if it is covered by boundless haze.
Every morning, the area around the Shizikou (Lushunkou) Bay located at the top of the Liaodong Peninsula is filled with heavy fog, shrouding this seaport, which is just over a hundred miles away from Dengzhou City on Jingdong Road in the Song Dynasty, in a fog. In a disturbing haze.
Everything around Shizikou Haikou looks so peaceful and peaceful, except for the continuous sound of waves coming from the sea, which never stops.
At the entrance of Shizikou Bay, there is a slender peninsula called Shishikou. At the top of this slender peninsula, a small watchtower stands guarding the not spacious entrance of Shikou.
The elderly monk slave of Bohai People's University was slowly walking along the narrow peninsula towards the wooden watchtower with a boy and a half.
He is now a Puchan stationed under Bohai Muke in Shizikou, a small official in charge of 50 households. The Puchan under his jurisdiction is farming beside Shizikou Bay. He is also responsible for guarding the entrance of Shizikou Bay, which is quite a big responsibility.
In addition to the lookout at Shiziwei, there is also a pier built in the Liao Dynasty, located on Tieshan near Shizikou, that is now under the jurisdiction of the great monk Nu. There is also a pier located in Shizikou Bay, as well as several so-called "war ships" that can only be used for fishing.
Originally, the pier, dock and warships were not under the control of the great Bodhisattva slave, but under the jurisdiction of Mouke where the great monk slave was located. But now this conspiratorial officer has led his young men to join the army of the Southern Expedition of the Song Dynasty... Do you know where to make a fortune?
Although the great monk slave, like Da Bian, is a descendant of the Bohai family, he is old and has relatively poor martial arts skills, so he was unable to join the team that made a fortune, so he had to stay here in Shizikou to act as an agent for the chief minister. The job...it's a hard job!
No money can be made, no credit can be gained, but there is no end to worry about!
The young men in Bohai Muke have been gone for almost three years (they also participated in the battle to suppress the remnants of the Liao Kingdom). Only the old and the weak, women and children, a group of half-grown men, and some slave customers are left to barely maintain production. Fortunately, there are few people and the land is wide, and there are seafood in the lion's mouth and game on the Iron Mountain to fill the gap, so I won't be hungry. But these little babies were born one after another these days, which made the monk slave a little upset.
It’s been three years since the strong men in Muke went to war... Where did those babies who are still nursing come from?
You can’t pretend you didn’t see this!
The great monk slave is now acting as the chief of Bohai Muke, and he has to be responsible for registering the population - because the Jurchen, Bohai, and Xi people have relatively small populations, there are only 70 Meng'an in total. So the management is very detailed and everyone has to be registered!
Moreover, the population growth is the result of Muke and Puchan. Of course, the great monk slave cannot let go of the credit.
But the question is, did the pregnancy take a little longer? How to explain this?
Of course, the issue of the length of pregnancy is ignored by Meng'an Dushuai, Ten Thousand Households Tutong, and Emperor Dajin... This is a gynecological issue, and they, the great men, still don't care about it. How can princes, generals and ministers take care of this?
But the great monk Nu has to explain to those Bohai warriors who want to be fathers? Why have you been away from home for three or four years and your child is one or two years old?
Just thinking about it gives me a headache!
Another headache for the monk slave was the order issued by Shangfeng in the twelfth lunar month of last year to strengthen coastal defense. It is said that Captain Gao of the Song Dynasty arrived at Dengzhou City on Jingdong Road across the sea. He was building warships and training naval forces day and night, with the intention of attacking Dajin from the sea... Therefore, the fierce warriors stationed along the coasts of Liaodong and West Liaoning Both An and Mou Ke need to strengthen coastal defense.
This matter is more troublesome than the matter of "overtime pregnancy"...it's just a mouthful at the top, but a broken leg at the bottom!
And there’s no point in running and breaking your legs!
There are more than 300 Mouke households under the care of the great monk slaves. Almost all Ding Zhuang followed the Meng'an Dushuai Dabao above to go to the Song Dynasty to steal money. I wonder when he can come back? Although there are still hundreds of strong old men and half-grown men who have not grown up. It's okay to farm a little land, catch some surplus, and help the strong men who send troops to fight to create some population... But if they have to rely on them to resist Song Dynasty and Gao Qiu, then save the money!
The great monk slave also told the superiors, but the superiors had no idea!
The coastline of eastern Liaoning and western Liaoning is so long, and the national population of the Jin Kingdom is so small, and they have to go to the Song Dynasty to grab money. How can they have the spare capacity to fortify all along such a long coastline? Although Wu Qimai has mobilized two elite soldiers from ten thousand households to return to Liaodong and Western Liaoning. But these two people with ten thousand households were just about to scatter on the coastline, just like sprinkling pepper noodles, and even their shadows were gone after they were sprinkled.
Therefore, the two ten thousand households who were transferred to western Liaoning and eastern Liaoning are now stationed in Jinzhou and Liaoyang respectively... They have to determine where Gao Taiwei landed from before they go out to compete with Gao Taiwei.
As for coastal defense, we have to rely on the veterans of the Bohai and Xiren nationalities left behind by the Great Monk Slave... Of course, the Jurchens will not live on the dangerous seaside.
The great monk slave was already climbing up the watchtower along the wet and slippery ladder with the support of his grandson, the half-grown boy who followed him.
It was windy and quite cold above the watchtower. Three Bohai veterans who were on duty were huddled behind the baffle, drinking some wine to warm themselves up and chatting away. No one came upstairs... With such vigilance, they probably didn't know that Captain Gao was about to jump up!
"There's something wrong with this fog! It's gloomy and evil inside and out... I've lived on the Liaodong coast for so many years and I haven't seen it a second time!"
"The wind is wrong... It's obviously warm today, but the sea breeze is still bitingly cold on my body! This wind, I'm afraid it's not the wind of the sun, but the wind of darkness!"
"Don't talk nonsense, where does this dark wind come from in this bright universe and the shining sun and moon?"
"Hey, these years we have been fighting every year and killing people every day... I'm afraid that the underworld is too full of ghosts to hold them in, so they overflow into the upper world!"
The big monk slave coughed heavily, startling the three Bohai old men who were discussing ghosts and gods. When they turned around and saw it was the big monk slave, they breathed a sigh of relief this time.
"Slave monk, why did you come up without saying a word?"
"Yeah, I thought it was Lieutenant Gao's soldiers who came over!"
"Yes, it's so scary!"
The great monk slave snorted and ignored the three old soldiers who were all confused. Instead, he stood behind the baffle of the watchtower against the sea breeze and stuck his head out to look at the sea.
The sea is indeed very ghostly and windy... there can't really be monsters, right?
This great monk slave himself is quite superstitious. You can tell by looking at his name - monk slave, this is the name of a Buddhist disciple!
In the hazy moment, the monk slave suddenly saw something approaching slowly in the morning mist!
What is this?
Is it a monster... or Captain Gao? Both of these seem quite scary, so it’s best to give them a false alarm!
Thinking of this, he quickly rubbed his eyes and continued to look around, silently reciting the curse to subdue the devil.
He didn't know if his magic spell had worked, but the thick fog on the sea actually dispersed, and the visibility improved. Now he could see several huge ships coming through the thick fog!
"Gao, Gao Taiwei!" the great monk slave shouted, "Gao Taiwei is here... Gao Taiwei is here!"
As soon as he shouted here, he saw several "will-o'-the-wisps" suddenly flashing out on the sea. These "will-o'-the-wisps" were not ordinary will-o'-the-wisps, but flying "will-o'-the-wisps", and they were heading towards where the great monk slave was. The watchtower is coming.
"Fire, will-o'-the-wisp, run quickly..."
As soon as the great monk slave finished his roar, three "will-o'-the-wisps" had already hit the wooden baffle of the watchtower with "bang bang bang".
Seeing the flames rising from the outside of the watchtower's baffle, several people, including the great monk slave, were stunned... Captain Gao could breathe fire? Or did Captain Gao come across the sea riding a fire-breathing dragon?
Thinking of this, the five people upstairs ran towards the stairs together, all wanting to get down quickly. The great monk slave is Puchan, and he has official power. He roared angrily: "Get out of my way!"
The others didn't dare to fight with him, so they had to let him go first. When the great monk slave got out of the watchtower and climbed down the ladder, there were three more "bang bang bang" sounds, and three more "will-o'-wisps" hit the watchtower!
Moreover, shouts in Chinese also rang out. The great monk could understand Chinese. When he listened carefully, he heard countless people shouting: "Sky Fire! Sky Fire..."
Not only is there ghost energy and sinister wind, but there is also heavenly fire!
The great monk Nu Xin said: No wonder Captain Gao is so powerful. It turns out he is a demon with magic! Just when he thought of this, his neck hurt, and it was still severe pain! It seemed that he was stabbed suddenly by something sharp... Then, he felt so painful that he couldn't breathe. His whole body lost all strength. He screamed hoarsely and fell down. When he went down, he was still thinking wildly!
This is a flying sword! This Lieutenant Gao's magic power is too superb, Dajin... is going to be finished!
Just when the great monk slave fell, on a 1,000-material ship on the opposite sea, Yue Fei was smiling and handing the divine arm bow to a soldier, and at the same time roared: "Take the divine arm again." Here comes the bow!"
It turns out that the great monk slave was not stabbed to death by Gao Taiwei with a flying sword, but shot to death by Yue Fei with a divine arm bow.
And now these warships coming from the sea do not have Captain Gao Qiu, but instead carry 3,000 elite soldiers from Niu Gao and Yue Fei!
Lieutenant Gao's battle to win Liaodong has officially begun!
