The sky is thousands of miles long, and the blue sea is full of turbulent waves.
A large three-masted ship sailed in from north to south riding the wind and waves. Standing on the bow was a man of about forty years old, dressed in rich clothes and a jade belt around his waist. Although he was dressed as a wealthy businessman, he could not conceal his heroic aura.
"General Liao, to the east is Xiazhi Island." He walked up behind the middle-aged man in fine clothes and said.
It turned out that he walked back to Songjiang Prefecture to ask for troops from Songjiang Prefecture Yin, but the Prefecture Yin did not dare to be expert, so he sent someone to report to Nanjing on horseback. There was still a way to report to Nanjing, and it was a secret report from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.
The secret report stated that Fang Guozhen, the governor of Pingzhang of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, was based on Wenzhou Prefecture, Qingyuan Prefecture and Taizhou Prefecture, and supported his own troops without obeying the king's orders. In addition, the pirate incident reported by Songjiang Prefecture made Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang furious when he heard about it and ordered his general
Liao Yongzhong led his troops to join the crusade. To be on the safe side, Liao Yongzhong personally took a boat and pretended to be a merchant and came to the vicinity of Xiazhi Island to investigate.
After hearing Pan Bu's words, Liao Yongzhong stood up with a smile. After a while, he said: "Your adoptive father and I have known each other for a long time, and we are considered old friends. I don't think I have seen him for many years, but he is still such a warm-hearted person. Now he has gone deep into the tiger's den and made trouble. He is a real hero."
He knelt down and stood behind Liao Yongzhong. When he heard General Liao praising his adoptive father as a hero, he couldn't help but feel a little proud. The ship made another journey, and Liao Yongzhong ordered the merchant ship to circle Xiazhi Island.
From a distance, he saw two sea ships coming out of Xiazhi Island Harbor. When Liao Yongzhong saw the two sea ships, he couldn't help laughing and said: "The pirates are so bold that they come to commit robbery in broad daylight, hahahaha."
Pan Bu couldn't help but ask: "General Liao, what should we do?"
"It doesn't matter, we just avoid fighting." Liao Yongzhong immediately ordered to return to sail.
The three-masted ship was much faster than the two pirate ships. Until the three-masted ship reached the east of Xiazhi Island, the pirate ship was still unable to catch up. When they arrived at Xiantouya, Liao Yongzhong said to him: "You
When you land here, you must meet up with your adoptive father. In three days, this general will arrive with an army of 20,000, and the pirates will be wiped out in one fell swoop." Pan Bu accepted the order, and Liao Yongzhong ordered his men to take Pan Bu in a small boat.
After sending it to Xiantou Ya, we returned to Songjiang Prefecture.
Dakui was on the two pirate ships out to sea. Unfortunately, the pirate ships were not as fast as the merchant ship, so they chased for a while without catching up, so they had no choice but to return. Sitting on the stern of the ship, Dakui couldn't help but feel a little funny. Pirates committed robberies at sea, and if they were small ships, they would rob them.
Well, if it’s a big ship and it doesn’t stop, you can’t hit it, you can’t catch it, but how can you rob it?
Back at the camp, all the pirates were sighing. Da Kui returned to his exclusive room as usual. Ever since Da Kui confirmed his identity as 'Mr. Zhong' among the pirates, his life has been completely different. He has to be taken care of every day. Not only that.
, Dakui was allowed to move around everywhere in the camp.
It turns out that there are more than a hundred houses in this pirate camp. Pirates live in various places in the camp according to their status. In addition, there are more than a hundred people such as boatmen and coolies. These people are exclusively used by pirates to drive ships and enslave them. There is another place to the west of the camp.
The prison cells contained civilian women captured from various places along the coast. During this period, Dakui had a thorough understanding of everything on the island.
It was almost evening, and Da Kui walked out of the camp after having had enough wine and food. The pirates guarding the gate of the camp greeted Da Kui cheerfully, and Da Kui walked alone to the mountain path behind the camp.
With nothing to do, Dakui walked straight north. It was getting late at night, and a bright moon hung high in the night sky. The sky was so deep that looking at the night sky made people feel relaxed and happy.
I can't help but recite poems and paint. The moon, as time goes by, becomes full and waning, a new moon, a full moon, and a waning moon.
Although the night was sinking like water at the moment, Da Kui's mood was not calm. He knew that in a few days, Xiazhi Island would be filled with flames of war. Pirates were becoming increasingly rampant, from more than a hundred people at first to hundreds now.
It is said that it is gradually getting bigger. Now with the addition of hundreds of Japanese pirates, the pirates are getting stronger day by day. If they are not eradicated as soon as possible, they will be a big trouble.
After walking a few miles, Dakui came to an open space. There were only sparse vegetation in the surrounding areas, but there were no green trees to cover it. Strange rocks were scattered all over, like canines. When Dakui came to the center of the open space and looked around, he couldn't help but wonder: 'It should be here.
Why don't you see anyone?' It turns out that when Da Kui saw the merchant ship fleeing away, he knew that he would have to go to Xiazhi Island from somewhere else. Da Kui's trip tonight was to see if his guess was true.
With Da Kui's current hearing and eyesight, if there were people in the surrounding area, he would have noticed any slight movement. But now, after walking for half an hour, no one was seen. Could it be that he had made a mistake? Since there was no one, he decided to go out at night. Da Kui
Muttering in my heart, I walked further north. Here I was close to the coast, the sea breeze made my clothes rustle, and the night fell deep in the distance.
"Kaka ka ka" There seemed to be the sound of stones hitting each other in the distance, three times in total. Yes, they must have arrived.
Dakui strode towards the place where the sound came from. After turning around a hill, he saw a man sitting alone on a bluestone under a dwarf pine tree. Seeing Dakui approaching, the man jumped up and called: "Father."
"The person who came was none other than Pan Bu.
"How did things go?" Dakui came to Panbu and asked.
Pan Bu answered truthfully: "Fang Guozhen, the political minister of Pingzhang in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, respected his own troops. The emperor sent General Liao Yongzhong to lead the navy to crusade. It happened that this place was the only way to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and General Liao happened to clear out the pirates first and then send troops.
Go south." Pan Bu then talked about how to discuss with Liao Yongzhong how to march troops, how to encircle the island, etc.
Dakui nodded and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
At that time, the Red Turbans in the world were one family, working together to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty and regain China. Among them were Fang Guozhen of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Zhang Shicheng of the Wu army, Chen Youliang of the Han army, Peng Yingyu, Xiaoming Wang of Jiangbei, Liu Futong, Xu Shouhui, etc. Fang Guozhen was also a member of the Anti-Yuan Dynasty.
A branch of the Red Scarf Army. Later, the heroes of the Red Scarf Army in the south of the Yangtze River separated themselves to conquer each other, and the original intention of the Red Scarf Army was lost.
In the ninth year of Zhizheng year, the Yuan Dynasty sent Zhejiang Provincial Political Consultant Duo'er to lead 30,000 naval troops to arrest him. The number of officers and soldiers was ten times that of the rebels. The situation was very serious. Fang Guozhen immediately ordered the rebels to retreat southward along the coastal road. A few days later, they arrived outside Wuhumen in Fujian.
Seeing that the terrain of the bay was dangerous and advantageous to him, he deployed an ambush to fight. Duoer sent his troops to pursue Wuhumen, but saw the rebel fleet in front of them blazing with fire, and there was not a single soldier on board. In confusion, he suddenly heard horns sounding from all directions, killing each other.
The sound was so loud that Fang Guozhen commanded the boats to come over from all sides. The rockets were like locusts. The official boats caught fire and the soldiers fell into the water one after another. The command boat of Duoerjiban was pierced through the bottom of the boat by the rebel "Water Ghost Team", and the commander was captured alive. The rebel army
A great success.
In December of the 10th year of Zhizheng (1350), Fang Guozhen attacked Wenzhou.
In the eleventh year of Zhizheng (1351), Fang Guozhen defeated the Yuan soldiers at Daluyang near Songmen (now part of Wenling City), and captured Polo Timur and Hao Wanhu alive. More than half of the Yuan soldiers died.
In March of the twelfth year of Zhizheng (1352), Guozhen went to the sea again and entered Huangyan Port. Hua Chitai Buhua of Taizhou Road led the army to fight. Near Ma'anshan of Chengjiang Wang Linyang in Huangyan, the Taibuhua Yuan army was completely wiped out.
The main force, Tai Buhua, died in the battle. In May, Nalin, the imperial censor of Jiangnan, ordered his soldiers to attack Fang Guozhen. In June, Fang Guozhen captured Huangyan City. In August, Fang Guozhen attacked Taizhou City, and Marshal Zhejiang Province also lost his way.
Marshal Heidi'er repelled it.
In September of the 14th year of Zhizheng (1354), Fang Guozhen captured Taizhou.
In the fifteenth year of Zhizheng (1355), Fang Guozhen captured Wenzhou and Qingyuan (now Ningbo).
In the seventeenth year (1357), Fang Guozhen attacked Zhang Shicheng. Fang Guozhen led his army into the Yangtze River and fought in Kunshan. Fang Guozhen took the lead and defeated Zhang Shicheng's 70,000 troops with 50,000 soldiers. They fought again tomorrow, with seven battles and seven victories.
In the first month of the 19th year of Zhengzheng (1359), Fang Guozhen took advantage of Zhu Yuanzhang's great power, so he sent envoys with letters and money to join Zhu Yuanzhang, Duke of Wu.
After Fang Guozhen settled Taizhou, Wenzhou, and Qingyuan (Ningbo), he devoted himself to protecting the environment and the people, recuperating and recuperating, encouraging agriculture, industry, and commerce, and encouraging people to live and work in peace and contentment. Compared with the Central Plains where wars are frequent, eastern Zhejiang can be described as a paradise. Fang Guozhen did a lot for the people.
Three good things: one is to build a school, the other is to build a pond, and the third is to build a bridge.
Qingyuanfu Academy and Yushan Literature Academy (in the south of Huangyan City) were both designated and built by Fang Guozhen.
In the Yuan Dynasty, famines continued for many years in Taizhou. By the 14th year of the Zhizheng Period (AD 58), there had been 18 famines, ten of which were floods and droughts. After Fang Guozhen's separatist rule, he built Xiaowanhu Pond in Songmen and Changsha Pond in Dalu.
, Tangxiatang, Hengshan Jietang and Zhaowanhutang in Wugen; the other is Nengrentang, Dongaotang, Jiangxintang, Jiuyantang, Chongdetang and Sanshantang that were successively surrounded by Chumen area
, Diaoshantang, Huayantang, Dutoutang, Fenglintang, Shangqingtang, Chensitutang, turning the large tidal flats of Chumen Bay into fertile land. After Fang Guozhen occupied Qingyuan (Ningbo), he learned about the Shangyu County seawall
It fell into disrepair and was flooded. Guozhen took his advisers to inspect the area along the river, and ordered the seawall to be built with stone instead. After it was built, it became a fertile land.
Fang Guozhen was a man of good conduct, diligent in government, and caring for the people. He was well-known in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. People did not know who Zhu Yuanzhang was, but no one knew Fang Guozhen.
Dakui studied in Tiantai Mountain in Taizhou County. There was no smell of war at all, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Why would someone report that Fang Guozhen had rebelled with his troops?
Dakui thought about it again and again, and finally figured it out. Li Kang of the Wei State during the Three Kingdoms period once said in "The Theory of Destiny": If a tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it; if it is piled up on the bank, the current will be turbulent; if you walk higher than people,
Everyone will reject it.
There was nothing wrong with Fang Guozhen as an official and a good person. The emperor wanted to get rid of him quickly because he was jealous of Fang Guozhen's popularity and virtue.
Seeing that Da Kui was silent for a long time, Pan Bu couldn't help asking: "Father, what's wrong with you?"
Only then did Dakui become alert and said with a smile: "It's okay." After a while, Dakui asked: "Are you hungry?"
Panbu nodded, and Dakui smiled and said, "Come to the camp with me, where you can find wine and meat."
Pan Bu couldn't help but ask: "What if others find out?"
"Silly boy, how can your father let others notice you? Let's go." Dakui chuckled and turned around first. He followed Dakui suspiciously towards the pirate camp. As the two walked, Dakui turned to Pan.
Bu told him what he needed to pay attention to, and Pan Bu naturally obeyed Da Kui's advice. There was no need to think too much, he just waited for a large army to surround the island in a few days, and then gathered these pirates and wiped them out.