The appearance of Su Kang made Liu Tao and Lin Song change their expressions. They couldn't believe that Su Kang, who had been controlled by them for a long time, would appear in front of them calmly.
When they saw Su Kang and Feng Zheng standing together, they immediately realized that this was a game, a trap carefully laid out for them.
Liu Tao and Lin Song were treated like monkeys for half a year, and they cursed Feng Zheng.
Feng Zheng disagreed with the anger of the two, and said softly with a smile on his face.
"Haha, sir, don't get excited. Our family has not taken refuge with His Highness the King of Yue. You two know our family well. As long as there are enough benefits, our family can cooperate with anyone. So, do you two adults understand?"
"Feng Zheng! Okay, Feng Zheng, don't you want benefits? I can give it to you. As long as you let us go, everything in Yuezhou, whatever you want, I will be satisfied with."
"We can give you whatever the King of Yue has promised you."
The two of them were angry after being manipulated by Feng Zheng, but now that they were controlled, any scolding would be of no use. Now they could only seek peace with Feng Zheng.
As long as Feng Zheng can rebel, they can do whatever he wants, and everything is easy to talk about.
It's a pity that even if the two of them talked about this, Feng Zheng was indifferent, shook his head, and said in a pitiful tone.
"Hey, you two adults would have known why you would do this. Now you want to give in. It's too late. No matter how much you give me, you can't compare with His Highness the King of Yue."
"If there is a next life, I hope you two adults can reflect on this and come and take this person down."
After saying this, Feng Zheng didn't even look at Liu Tao and Lin Song. Under the forcible control of the soldiers, the two struggled, and the abusive voices gradually faded away. ..
The handling of Liu Tao and Lin Song was not that they were not given a chance, but that they were too narrow-minded.
Most things can be solved with money, but there are always a very small number of things that cannot be solved with any amount of money.
Most officials in the imperial court knew that Feng Zheng was extremely greedy for money, but they didn't know that in his position, besides money, the safety of Da Liang was equally important to him.
These officials, after serving as officials for so many years, have forgotten one thing. They all relied on the foundation of the Daliang tree to get to where they are today.
Once this tree that shakes the foundation falls, the power in the hands of people like them will be nothing more than a cloud.
Whether they fight openly or secretly, or collude with cronies, there is always a general premise for everything, which is to keep the foundation of Daliang stable. Only when Daliang is around can the power in their hands last long.
Liu Tao and Lin Song, for their own selfish desires, tried to stab the back of the Dongzhou war and shake the foundation of Great Liang. Feng Zheng would never allow this.
If these two people were just greedy for money and seizing power in Yuezhou, Su Kang would probably turn a blind eye. But he had to seek death, had to seek refuge with King Jin and King Zhao, and run wild in his territory. The two of them this time If you don't want to die, you must die.
After Liu Tao and Lin Song were taken away, Su Kang stood on the pier, looking at the sea in the distance with an indifferent expression. Feng Zheng beside him whispered.
"His Royal Highness the King of Yue, everything is in accordance with your arrangements. With these two people convicted, the case of a woman in Yue Prefecture can basically be settled. Our family is here to congratulate Your Highness in advance."
Su Kang didn't care about Feng Zheng's compliment. He didn't take Liu Tao and Lin Song seriously at all. They were just a bunch of little shrimps and they were nothing to worry about.
He nodded and said softly. "Well, if my wife commits a crime, I'll hand it over to the chief supervisor. By the way, I have one more thing to trouble the chief supervisor."
"Your Highness, please speak." Feng Zheng looked respectful.
Su Kang turned around and whispered a few words in his ear. Feng Zheng's eyes flashed, and then he quickly regained his composure. He nodded and said, "Your Highness, please rest assured. Our family will do our best to handle this matter and live up to His Highness's expectations."
"Well, I am in Yuezhou, waiting for the good news from the chief inspector."
Su Kang dropped these words and turned around to leave. Feng Zheng watched Su Kang leave with great respect.
That attitude is not much worse than facing the King of Jin and the King of Zhao.
In the eyes of outsiders, His Royal Highness the King of Yue is nothing but a second-rate concubine.
Compared with Su Zhe and Su Tai, whether it is status or fiefdom, the other county kings are not much different, and they are not taken seriously at all.
But once you come to Yuezhou and spend some time with the Yue King, you will know that this person is not as terrifying as it seems on the surface.
Not to mention anything else, as for his fiefdom Yuezhou, over the years, there have been so many state officials, and so many commotions have broken out within the territory, it is completely an uneasy territory.
But just like this, the king of Yue who was affected by the turmoil was able to live peacefully until now. It can be said to be a fluke once or twice, but it is not luck every time.
Feng Zheng was a smart man and could guess something, but he knew that if he wanted to leave Yuezhou safely, there were some things he could say and some things he couldn't say. .z.
Otherwise, his fate will be no different from that of Liu Tao and Lin Song.
Being so low-key and deliberately showing weakness for so many years, it can only be said that His Highness the King of Yue has great ambitions.
Of course, no one can say whether it will work or not, and the King of Yue values Su Qi'an very highly. If he didn't value Su Qi'an, he would not send his confidants to join him.
Feng Zheng was not clear about the friendship between the two, but he was certain that if anyone dared to stab Su Qi'an in the back or engage in conspiracy, the King of Yue would never let him go.
Liu Tao and Lin Song are just appetizers, the real meat is yet to come. Everything will depend on how the Dongzhou War develops.
Su Qi'an led 20,000 Yuezhou navy troops to rush to the war as fast as possible. At their speed, it would take at least two days to reach the sea area where the war would begin.
According to Su Qi'an's estimation, by the time they arrived, the two sides would probably have started fighting.
What Su Qi'an can do now is to pray to Wu Dingguo and Xie Cang to stabilize the war. Judging from the current strength of both sides, as long as there are no accidents, there should not be much problem in stabilizing the war.
As time passed by, thirty or forty warships were dispatched in unison in the waters in front of Zhoushan Island, setting up their posture and heading forward.
These warships are the reinforcements supporting Zhoushan Island. This is only half of the troops, about 20,000 people.
The remaining 20,000 naval troops did not go to battle together, but gathered on the lower right side of Zhoushan Island, about seven or eight nautical miles away, on standby.
According to Yamashita Isamu's arrangement, this battle was divided into three battlefields. One was the main battlefield with Zhoushan Island as the base camp. The second was the sea area twenty to thirty nautical miles ahead. The 20,000 Fuso Navy led by Jiro Sakai and the third were It is to arrange the right side to block the troops of the Yuezhou Navy at any time.
The reason for this arrangement is to prevent one pot from taking over. If there are 60,000 troops, all of them will be based on Zhoushan Island and deploy defenses all around.
It seems that the troops are strong and a multi-layered defensive front can be set up, but what is the difference between this arrangement and a turtle shell.
Waiting for the opponent to attack, they are passively beaten and consumed bit by bit. This kind of war of attrition is the stupidest thing.
Since the arrival of the 40,000 Fuso Navy, Yamashita Isamu had a strong sense of confidence and had already changed his tactics and directly sent a small force to harass.
Then they sent out 20,000 Fuso Navy, under the command of Jiro Sakai, to take the initiative. As long as they defeated the Dongzhou Navy, they would have won half of the battle.
The other half of the Fuso Navy was specially used to deal with the Yuezhou support navy. It was not necessary to destroy them, but at least to hold them back.
Once the Dongzhou Navy is defeated and the remaining 30,000 landlubbers land on the island, even if they break through the siege and forcefully land on the island, how many will be left by then?
With the 20,000 men on standby on his island, it would only be a matter of time before he was defeated.
After determining the initiative to attack, the Dongzhou Navy soon encountered the Fuso Navy not long after they went to sea. The two sides immediately started fighting without saying a word.
All kinds of artillery and rockets continued to hit the opponent's warships, and the waves continued to surge along with the dull sound of the stone cannons.
The shouts of killing from both sides were loud, and the warships kept approaching each other. Some of them hit accurately, some warships were damaged, and many soldiers and pirates fell into the sea.
But even so, neither side had any intention of stopping, and what they got instead was more ferocious attacks, with rockets shooting all over the sky, and the sound of cannons ringing in their ears from time to time.
sound.
The waves were rolling, the warships were rising and falling on the sea, and the smoke from the explosions was rising, making it difficult for some to see clearly the battle situation on the other side.
Many damaged warships, instead of withdrawing from the battle, sailed towards the opponent's warship at full speed, apparently intending to board the ship by force and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the opponent.
In the vast sea area, at least more than sixty warships from both sides were fighting fiercely on the sea. As time passed, the casualties on both sides increased at an alarming rate.
The two sides fought so fiercely that it was difficult to retreat. Such a ferocious offensive made Wu Dingguo and Su Yong, who were responsible for commanding the naval battle, look solemn.
Of course they knew the intention of this Fuso Navy, which was to defeat the Dongzhou Navy with a fierce attack. Fortunately, the 30,000 land troops behind them could not go ashore.
Therefore, the fight was very fierce from the beginning and was completely indifferent.
The two looked at each other. Since Jiro Sakai wants to risk his life with them, let's see who is the real boss in the waters belonging to Dongzhou.
The Dongzhou Navy, which was fighting fiercely with the Fuso Navy, began to change its formation at the next moment under the orders of the two men.
From the defensive formation to the offensive formation, they rushed towards the Fuso Navy in a triangular formation at all costs.
If the artillery and rockets are unable to work for the time being, then hit them directly, make sure to open a hole, cover the 30,000 land troops following closely behind, rush over, and attack the island by force.
After changing the offensive formation, the Dongzhou Navy launched a fierce attack. Even on the sea, everyone screamed, controlled the warship, and rushed towards the Fuso Navy.
At the same time, all the artillery and rockets on the warship were aimed at the middlemost warship and thrown with all their strength.
All of a sudden, rockets filled the sky mixed with countless artillery pieces, like hail, hitting the three warships in the middle.
Under such indiscriminate bombardment, in addition to waves rolling on the sea surface, one of the three warships in the middle was sunk, and two were severely damaged, making them unable to fight.
A temporary gap appeared in the middle, and Xie Cang shouted loudly as he watched this scene.
"This is my order, all land forces, regardless of all costs, rush over to me! Don't let down the hopes of our naval brothers, rush over to me!"
