Hangzhou, naval station.
At exactly nine o'clock in the morning, Hangzhou Bay in the distance was still shrouded in darkness.
The nearby navy station was already brightly lit.
On the east side of the school yard, naval officers have begun preparing to send the last supplies onto the ship.
In the other courtyard on the west side, the Jinwu Guards were heavily guarding, and the Qianniu Guards were rushing back and forth quickly, delivering news to Li Xuan one by one.
Sitting in the lobby, Li Xuan put down the last note in his hand, looked up at Lai Sui, and said softly: "Hangzhou City has thirteen water and land gates, five water gates, and eight land gates. In the past six months, there have been a small number of There have been many additions and replacements of personnel, especially the southeast water gate, southeast land gate and southwest water gate. And tonight, these young people who have just arrived will be on duty."
"It seems that the Zhoushan pirates and Tianyin bandits will take action at these three city gates tonight." Laisui clenched his fist tightly.
He did not expect that someone actually wanted to join forces with the Zhoushan pirates, working together internally and externally to try to capture the city of Hangzhou.
You know, his uncle Lai Jingye had just arrived in Hangzhou City, and such a big thing happened.
If one thing is not handled well, Hangzhou will be in chaos, and Lai Jingye will immediately be held responsible.
"Be careful, this crisis cannot be ignored." Li Xuan shook his head slightly and said softly: "According to the detective report, several shops in these three city gates have been sold and traded in the past six months, and several of them were sold throughout the night. At night, there are people inside constantly peeking out."
"What a thief, they really want to take over the whole city of Hangzhou." Laisui suddenly gritted his teeth.
If there are enough manpower and weapons in these shops, coupled with the internal response of the city gates and the gates outside the city, if we are unprepared, I am afraid that even if the gods come, they will not be able to defend the city.
How sinister are the intentions of these people.
Li Xuan handed the short-term signature to Lai Sui's hand and said softly: "The time is too short and there are too few things that can be found out. But if Xuan's guess is correct, they should have other arrangements, but That should be the only escape route if the siege fails. Only by blocking that place can we capture them all. I will leave all these to Brother Lai."
"Thank you so much, dear brother!" Laisui solemnly raised his hand to Li Xuan, and the anger in his heart gradually calmed down.
Now all this is indeed very dangerous, but if it is arranged properly, it will be a great achievement.
"Brother Yu will rush back as quickly as possible and launch a surprise attack from behind the Zhoushan pirates. However, brother Lai, please remember that Dongcheng must be defended, otherwise, the situation will be difficult to control." Li Xuan finally told him seriously.
Whether Hangzhou City can be defended until Li Xuan leads the navy to return reinforcements depends on whether they can hold the East Gate.
"Brother Yu understands the power of this, brother Xian, don't worry." Laisui took a deep breath, stood up and bowed to Li Xuan and saluted: "In the end, if everything goes as expected, Brother Yu will definitely thank you very much."
"Brothers you and I don't have to be so polite." Li Xuan smiled and waved her hands, stood up at the same time, and said, "In this case, I will say goodbye for now. You and I will meet again tonight."
"Please, dear brother!" Laisui sent Li Xuan to the entrance of the courtyard before stopping.
The sky in the east has become bright. Dozens of warships are docked at the Hangzhou Navy Pier, and the scenery is magnificent in the distance.
Li Xuan glanced at the warship, then raised his hands to Lai Sui and said, "Brother Lai, be careful. The real danger now is the internal agents in the city. The navy has raided the Zhoushan pirates several times, but in the end all in vain. He is in Hangzhou The position in the mansion must be high."
"Brother Yu, I have taken note of it." Laisui deeply held his hand again and said, "Brother Yu, be careful along the way."
"Brother, be careful." After saying that, Li Xuan turned around and led many of his men onto the four-masted warship specially prepared for him by the navy.
Not long after, dozens of large ships set off at the same time, heading east quickly.
Amid the mighty boats, the sun slowly rises in the eastern sky.
On the unknown hill in Xiaoshan, in the dense forest, Wen Xu watched dozens of warships leaving the port in a flourishing manner, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.
"Today, the entire Hangzhou water
There are only less than ten dilapidated old ships and some remnant soldiers left in the division. "Wen Xu's mouth showed a hint of a proud smile.
When the Hangzhou Navy completely disappeared from his sight, his expression became completely solemn.
Turning around, Wen Xu ran quickly towards the rolling hills.
In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen guards in black emerged from the seemingly deserted hill, and together they protected Wen Xu as he headed deeper into the hill.
Wen Xu and the others walked forward for who knows how long, and finally arrived in a deserted valley.
At this moment, nearly nine hundred soldiers in black were sitting on the ground, having breakfast with dry food and spring water on one side.
These black-clothed soldiers all looked indifferent. Although they were having breakfast, they always had long knives at hand.
Wen Xu quickly walked into the crowd. Many soldiers bowed slightly to him and made way for him.
Deep in the valley, a small cave finally appeared in front of Wen Xu.
Wen Xu stepped into the cave, and his eyes suddenly opened up.
Although the entrance of the cave is small, the inside of the cave is vast.
This is an underground cave that is large enough to accommodate thousands of people.
Wenxu walked all the way to the depths of the cave, and a secret room that was dug out quietly appeared.
Wen Xu stopped, looked sideways at the followers behind him and said, "Ask the three captains to come over. In addition, notify the sentry outside that today, anyone who enters the vicinity within three miles will be killed regardless of their origin."
"Follow the order." The men immediately turned around and left.
Wenxu walked into the cave alone. There was a map hanging high on the wall, a map of Hangzhou City.
They saw three thick lines running straight into the city of Hangzhou from the south, east and west. The places where the three thick lines passed were exactly the three city gates that Li Xuan had named before.
Li Xuan's focus on attacking Wen Xu and a group of black pawns was completely wrong.
However, in addition to these three thick lines, there is also a thin line that goes straight from the south city into the north city.
At the same time, on this thin line, there is an additional place marked, and this place is the governor's office in Hangzhou.
Wenxu's real target in his attack on Hangzhou turned out to be the governor's mansion.
Outside Hangzhou Bay, the waves gradually become larger.
The west wind was cold and the boat was getting bumpy.
Li Xuan's warship was guarded by the Qianniu Guard and the Jinwu Guard.
In the cabin, a map of Hangzhou City was hung high on the cabin wall.
Li Xuan stood in front of the map and studied it carefully.
After a long time, Li Xuan slowly turned around and looked at Yu Ze, who had three official files in front of him.
These three officials are the former Secretary Lang, the current Hangzhou Dacao Xue Zhongzhang, the current Hangzhou Recorder and the Army Guan Mi, and Xiaoshan County Wei Wenxu. These three people have become very close in the past few days.
"Uncle Yu, which one of these three people is the King of East China Sea?" Li Xuan's voice sounded behind Yu Ze.
Yu Ze turned around subconsciously, then took a deep breath and said, "It is possible that all three of them are members of the East China Sea King?"
"Oh?" Li Xuan suddenly felt a little funny. Among the three of them, Wen Xu was the only one who belonged to the King of East China Sea. Why did Yu Ze think that all three of them belonged to him?
"First of all, this Wen County Lieutenant has been in Hangzhou for the longest time. Since he was transferred to Xiaoshan three years ago, he has been actively fighting against the powerful bullies in the territory and supporting the people. However, such a man who loves the people, when the Tianyin Sect's black soldiers infiltrated , but he didn’t even notice it at all, which is somewhat bizarre.”
Yu Ze paused for a moment and said with a sneer: "If he is a member of the Tianyin Cult, then we can find out why the officers and soldiers failed to find the Tianyin Cult after several searches."
"Yes, this is probably the biggest one." Li Xuan nodded in agreement. Yu Ze's analysis was good, because this is indeed the truth.
Yu Ze then dug out the files of Guan Mi, who was a military official in Hangzhou, and said with a slightly worried expression: "If the Xiaoshan captain who is most likely to be the Tianyin cultist is the one who poses the greatest threat to Hangzhou, he is this one."
He joined the army as an official in Hangzhou Prefecture. He knew too much about the reality of Hangzhou. "
Li Xuan's hand couldn't help but pause slightly, and she looked at Yu Ze with a surprised look on her face.
Then he looked back at the file of Guan Mi who had joined the army and was shocked to see that there were various records written densely in this official's officialdom.
He recorded the merits and demerits of almost all officials in Hangzhou Prefecture, and many of them were reported to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
In other words, Guan Mi knew all the officials in Hangzhou Prefecture and knew their personal preferences and daily habits.
Guan Mi is definitely an extremely qualified military recorder, and at the same time, the damage he can cause once he is used by the King of East China Sea is absolutely terrifying.
Yu Ze said softly: "If I were the King of Donghai and wanted to take action against the Southeast Family, then the first person I would master would be Guan Canjun."
Li Xuan nodded seriously and did not speak, but he knew that Yu Ze was right. If he wanted to attack the Hangzhou Prefecture, it would be best to really take control of the secretary-joining army. This would indeed be of great help to Li Xuan in his future actions. is a good tip.
"The third one is this Secretary Xue." Yu Ze said softly: "After all, this Secretary Xue is from Chang'an, and we all know that the King of Donghai is in Chang'an now; and the other is that he was born in the Xue family in Hedong. , the relationship between Xue and Prince Yin is not weak."
Yu Ze's words made Li Xuan couldn't help but look at him with admiration.
Yu Ze followed up and said, "However, what really concerns me is Secretary Xue's mother, Wei Shi."
"The marriage between the Xue family and the Wei family is not a big deal?" Li Xuan was a little confused.
Yu Ze smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, please read, it is written here that his mother was born in Jingzhao Weishi, and his father was Wei Jiqing." ap.
"How is Wei Jiqing?" Li Xuan's face began to look solemn. Although he didn't know much about the early events of Chang'an, he also knew that the people whose names Yu Ze could remember were not simple people.
"Because this Wei Miaocheng is only the ninth-rank Jingzhao Taimiao Cheng, but his father is the son of Wei Ting, the governor of Xiangzhou during the late emperor's dynasty. In other words, this Xue Canjun, he is Wei Ting What a great-grandson." Yu Ze smiled bitterly at Li Xuan and held his hands.
"Wei Ting?" Li Xuan was quite impressed by this name for some reason. After thinking about it for a moment, he said with a horrified expression: "It's Wei Ting led by Prince Yin Zuo Wei Qiaoqi, Prince Checking Zuo Wei, Qi Wang Li Youfei Wei The father of the clan?"
Li You, the fifth son of Emperor Taizong, was born in the Yin family and his wife was the Wei family. He rebelled and died in the 17th year of Zhenguan.
Wei Ting was the eldest son of Prince Li Jiancheng. Because of Yang Wengqian's rebellion, he was punished for Li Jiancheng and was exiled to Xizhou.
After the Xuanwumen Incident, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin ascended the throne, and Wei Ting was recalled to serve in the court. Later, he was promoted to the imperial censor, Yinqing Guanglu, the minister of Huangmen, and also served in the palace of Wei King Li Tai.
His daughter even married Qi Wang Li You as his concubine. However, Qi Wang rebelled and Wei Wang failed to seize the rightful son. Wei Ting was implicated and was demoted to Xiangzhou Governor and served as a soldier.
"No wonder, his aunt Xue's daughter from Hedong married the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. Even if she married later, she shouldn't be so unknown anyway. But if her family and Wei Ting are in-laws, it would not be that simple. No wonder the relationship between Xue Zhongzhang and Pei Yan , has always been unknown, that’s why.”
Prince Yin Li Jiancheng, King Li Tai of Wei, and King Li You of Qi are another unlucky family.
Li Xuan's eyes suddenly flickered, wondering what he was planning.
