"Tell me, why are you the only two ships here today?"
Tang Ping opened his mouth, but the captain of the East Vietnam warship remained silent with a determined look on his face.
"Lu Yi, let him speak."
"Yes!" Lu Yi nodded, and then with a wave of his hand, an East Vietnamese navy was thrown into the sea.
The Dongyue captain didn't expect that the beautiful woman Lu Yi would be so ruthless. He threw her into the sea before she even started to ask questions.
It takes a day to sail from the nearest Shencheng Port, and no other ships dare to approach here. Now that it has been thrown into the sea, it is basically certain to die.
"How's it going? Are you willing to talk?" Lu Yi asked with a smile.
The Dongyue captain hesitated for a moment, then Luyi waved his hand again, and an East Vietnam navy man next to the Dongyue captain was dragged away again.
The East Vietnamese navy even reached out and pulled the captain's clothes, but he was dragged out in one fell swoop by a few elite Tang naval forces.
"I said……"
"It's too late!" Lu Yi was unmoved, and those Datang sailors didn't stop and still threw the person into the sea.
"You! Damn it, he is just a child. This is his first time on board the ship. What are you doing?" The Dongyue captain's eyes were red, as if he wanted to choose someone to devour.
Lu Yi smiled slightly, stretched out her fingers and counted: "One, two, three... twenty-four words in total. Our young master doesn't want to listen to nonsense. Since you have time to talk nonsense, then throw in another twenty-four people."
Plop, plop, the sound of falling into the water continued, and the East Vietnamese navy was constantly being thrown into the sea.
"I said, we just received the news and are ready to investigate and show the flag of the East Vietnam Navy. If those pirates are afraid and retreat, it is best. If they do not retreat, they will probably plunder our waters, and we will I have to go back and report, so prepare early."
"Then why are you two ships?"
You must know that the strength of the East Vietnam Navy is very strong. In the past few years, there have been close to 300 large and small warships. Since we have received news that a large number of pirates are attacking, how come there are only two warships?
"Because now there are only more than fifty warships in the entire East China Sea."
"Only more than fifty ships?" Tang Ping frowned: "Where is the main force of the East Vietnam Navy?"
"Just a few days ago, they all went south to Nanyang. All the wealth in East Vietnam was taken to Nanyang by the founding father."
"What? Zhen Xiong ran away?" Wang Qingluan asked. The father of the country in this person's mouth was her enemy Zhen Xiong.
"I don't know. It is said that the founding father was still there when he went to court, but some people say that the founding father has gone to Nanyang to found the country."
Tang Ping and the others have been at sea for a while, and the news about coming to the East Yue Kingdom must be sent back to Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty first, and then they can contact Tang Ping through the convenience store, so for the time being, Tang Ping and the others have not received any news in this regard.
In other words, Chang'an has not received the news yet.
Tang Ping winked, and Lu Yi asked some more questions. Finally, it was confirmed that the East Vietnam navy had indeed gone south, and the East Vietnam country was now empty in the country.
"I've told you everything you asked, can you rescue all my people?" The East Vietnamese captain named Sun Xing prayed: "Basically all the old naval forces in the country have been taken away, and all the ones left behind have been taken away. They are newly recruited from among the people..."
East Vietnam is close to the sea and has many rivers and lakes. Even those who were thrown out were new recruits, they always still had some water in them. At this time, some cries for help could still be heard on the boat.
"Save people!" Tang Ping couldn't kill all these prisoners. Strictly speaking, these people were actually members of Wang Qingluan's family. It was Zhen Xiong and his son who were at fault, not these ordinary soldiers.
Tang Ping himself called the convenience store. "Ping Guo Gong, I am Cheng Zhijie."
Ever since Tang Ping left, a general from Tang Dynasty has been stationed in the convenience store on a rotating basis so that he can communicate with him at any time.
"Gong Lu, it has been found out. Now the Zhen family of Dongyue and his son have probably escaped. The defenders of Dongyue are strong on the outside and weak on the inside. I suggest that we directly march eastward and invade the country of Dongyue."
You must know that before setting off from Tang Ping, a large number of Tang Army troops were assembled near Baozi City, just waiting for Tang Ping to deal with the East Vietnamese Navy and catch the turtle in the jar. However, they did not expect Zhen Xiong and his son to be so ignorant that they would directly attack first. Escaped.
It seems that the East Vietnamese fruit merchant at the Chang'an market during the Chinese New Year was right. Zhen Xiong and the others had long planned to go to Nanyang.
Presumably, the Zhen family also knew that the Tang army was invincible, but Nanyang was remote and they had a powerful navy, so they directly took a lot of East Vietnam's wealth, and then went to Nanyang to become the emperor.
After explaining the current situation to Cheng Zhijie, he waited for a while, and a decree came from the other side, asking Tang Ping to go directly up the Yangtze River from Shencheng and take the waterway to meet in Fuyang, the capital of East Vietnam.
At this moment, the fleet of the pirate group that followed finally arrived too late.
"Qian Laosan, Luo Laosi!"
"My subordinate is here!" The two looked at each other and then replied excitedly, clasping their fists.
This is obviously Tang Ping's job to be handed over to the two of them, and the opportunity to make contributions has come.
"Take your people to take down Shencheng! But you need to tell the people below you that from now on, they are the Tang Navy and no longer pirates."
"I can let things go in the past, but if they commit crimes or violate military discipline again in the future, I can spare them. The military laws of the Tang Dynasty cannot circumvent them."
"I understand!" Both of their voices began to tremble slightly.
Although it is the largest pirate gang in the East China Sea, attacking a country's city was a scenario that could only be imagined in dreams in the past.
As for military discipline, it has been issued for a long time. In fact, it is not much different from the past. You must know that as the largest pirate group, their internal rules are not much less than those of the regular army.
In the past, the property after looting would be distributed according to the pirates' rank and merit. Now, part of it has to be turned over, and the remaining part is distributed. However, with the addition of military pay and retirement pay for future retirement, there is no need to pay as in the past if there are no fat sheep. Maybe hungry and full.
So those pirates have actually already accepted the change in status.
The prisoners of the East Vietnamese Navy were transferred to some pirate ships that were slow and had weak combat capabilities.
A total of sixty warships headed towards Shencheng Port and arrived outside Shencheng in one day.
The only remaining East Vietnamese navy here got the news and disappeared long ago.
However, the Shencheng County Magistrate wanted to defend the city with his men, so Tang Ping directly ordered the Taihao ship to fire its first cannon.
The small city gate of Shen City was blasted open with two cannons, and half of the city wall collapsed.
The pirates who logged in took advantage of the situation and rushed into the city, quickly occupying Shen City.
From the waterway to the sea, it floated all the way for more than a month, and finally landed on the land of East Vietnam.
"You...are you Prince Zheng?" The magistrate who was being held in custody saw Wang Qingluan in men's clothing, squinted his eyes for a long time, and finally asked doubtfully.
"Yes, it's me!" Wang Qingluan looked at the county magistrate: "I remember you, you were a Jinshi seven years ago, right? Your name is...Liu Tong?"
"Back to His Highness Prince Zheng, your subordinate is none other than Liu Tong!" County Magistrate Liu Tong knelt on the ground: "Seven years ago, I passed the Jinshi examination. At the Qionglin Banquet, Prince Zheng even toasted to me."
The two of them were quite close to each other seven years ago, but seven years later, things have changed.
Liu Tong put his head on the ground and said with a cry: "The late emperor passed away and the Zhen family stole the country. However, the lower officials spoke softly and could not do anything. They could only do their duty and protect this one-third acre of land in Shencheng." people."
"But Xiaguan's heart is towards the late emperor and His Highness King Zheng. Not only Xianguan, but also the officials from several nearby states that Xiaguan knows, actually all have their hearts towards King Zheng. It's just that in the past, the Zhen family had monopolized power, and anyone who opposed him , were all slaughtered by him, we can only give in temporarily and wait for King Zheng to come back."
"Well, I am no longer King Zheng of Dongyue. I am the wife of Duke Ping of Tang Dynasty. Please don't call me King Zheng again in the future."
"Then..." Liu Tong looked up at Wang Qingluan and Tang Ping: "What should I do if I am a lower official..."
"Just call her princess." Tang Ping said, "Are you willing to surrender?"
Tang Ping didn't ask whether he wanted to submit to Wang Qingluan or to the Tang Dynasty, but the meaning was already obvious.
Liu Tong is also a smart man. Only he knows whether he is loyal to Wang Qingluan's Wang family.
But what we need now is his attitude.
Hearing Tang Ping's words, Liu Tong nodded quickly: "Of course I am willing. I have been looking forward to the stars and the moon and have been waiting for this day. Finally, Zheng... the princess has been waiting for me. I am still willing to be the Duke of Ping." As a front-guard, go and persuade the surrounding state capitals to surrender."
"Okay, I like to talk to smart people. You tell them that as long as they are willing to submit, as long as they can perform their duties in office and benefit the others, I can make the decision on behalf of Your Majesty and let them stay in office. I will also treat them in the future. All are treated equally, no matter the promotion space or anything else, they are the same as the local officials of the Tang Dynasty."
"As long as you can persuade them to surrender, you will be considered a success. When the time comes, I will personally recommend you in front of His Majesty."
Liu Tong's face lit up with joy: "Thank you, Duke Ping!"
This Liu Tong did have some abilities. This city of Shencheng was originally his territory. He made a piece of iron barrel, and soon the people in the city were calmed down by him.
Because of Wang Qingluan, the emotions of these people are still a bit complicated. Nowadays, no one in East Vietnam knows that Wang Qingluan is the legitimate heir.
Wang Qingluan was rescued by Tang Ping and went to the Tang Dynasty. It is natural for him to come back now.
Although Dongyue will be merged into the Tang Dynasty in the future, most people still have no resistance because of this relationship.
Settling down in Shencheng for one night, leaving some Luo Si Ye's people and Liu Tong's deputies to jointly manage Shencheng, Tang Ping led the people to continue westward.
Liu Tong also kept his word, and actually all the state capitals were persuaded by him along the way, and expressed their willingness to submit to Tang Ping and Wang Qingluan without any resistance.
Tang Ping also knew that, on the one hand, this was because of Wang Qingluan's identity, and on the other hand, these people also knew that the situation was over.
When Zhen Xiong left, he took away a large amount of troops and wealth. Now Dongyue is an empty frame.
Rather than fighting with the Tang Dynasty, it is better to surrender.
Anyway, they are the former King Zheng of Dongyue who surrendered, and the current Princess Qingluan. Even the history books cannot say that they are treasonous. At most, they are trying to bring order out of chaos, and return to Princess Qingluan from the Zhen family.
Tang Ping and the others seemed to have a smooth journey. In one day, they even went down to five cities and quickly approached Fuyang City, the capital of East Vietnam.
