The sky is thousands of miles long and the blue sea is full of turbulent waves.
A three-masted ship sailed in from north to south riding the wind and waves. Standing on the bow of the ship was a man of about forty years old. He was dressed in rich clothes and a jade belt around his waist. Although he was dressed as a wealthy businessman, he could not hide his heroic spirit.
"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. The governor 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 on horseback. It was a secret report from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.
The secret report stated that Fang Guozhen, the governor of Pingzhang Province in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, was based on Wenzhou Prefecture, Qingyuan Prefecture and Taizhou Prefecture, and supported his troops without obeying the king's orders. In addition, the Songjiang Prefecture reported the pirate incident, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was furious after hearing the report, and ordered the general Liao Yongzhong led his troops to join the crusade. For safety, Liao Yongzhong 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 and said after a while: "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 played tricks. He is a true hero."
He bent 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.
Seeing two sea ships coming out of Xiazhi Island Harbor from a distance, Liao Yongzhong couldn't help laughing when he saw the two sea ships: "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 were about to reach Xiantouya, Liao Yongzhong said to him: "You When you land here, you must meet 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 people to use a small boat to capture Pan Bu. After sending it to Xiantou Ya, we returned to Songjiang Prefecture.
Da Kui 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. In desperation, they had to return. Da Kui was sitting on the stern of the ship, and he couldn't help but feel a little funny. Pirates committed robberies on the 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 you can't rob it.
Returning to the camp, all the pirates sighed. 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 in daily life. 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 specially 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 with a full meal and drink. 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. A bright moon hung high in the night sky. The sky was so deep. Looking at the night sky made people relaxed and happy. Many literati from ancient times to the present could not help but endure. I can't help reciting poems and painting. As time goes by, the moon becomes round and waning, and is divided into new moon, full moon and 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, and pirates were becoming increasingly rampant. From more than a hundred people at first to hundreds now, it could be It is said that it has gradually grown in size, and now with the addition of hundreds of Japanese pirates, the strength of pirates is getting stronger day by day, and it will be a serious problem if it is not eradicated as soon as possible.
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. However, after walking for half an hour, there was no one there. Could it be that he had made a mistake in his inference? Muttering in my heart, I walked further north, and here I was close to the coast. The sea breeze made my clothes rustle, and the night fell darkly in the distance.
"Kakakaka" there seemed to be the sound of stones hitting each other in the distance. After three sounds, 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. When he saw Dakui approaching, the man jumped up and called: "Father, foster father, "The person who came was none other than Pan Bu.
"How did things go?" Dakui came to Pan Bu and asked.
Pan Bu answered truthfully: "Fang Guozhen, the political minister of Pingzhang in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, respects 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. 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 scarves of 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 navy troops to arrest the rebels. 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. Duo'er only sent his troops to pursue Wuhumen. He saw a raging fire in the rebel fleet in front, and there was not a single soldier on board. In confusion, he suddenly heard horns blowing and killed him. The sound was so loud that Fang Guozhen commanded the boats to come over from all sides. Rockets were like locusts. The official boats caught fire and the Yuan soldiers fell into the water one after another. Duoerjiban's command boat was pierced through the bottom of the boat by the rebel "Water Ghost Team". 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 sea again and entered Huangyan Port. Hua Chitaibuhua of Taizhou Road led his army to fight. Near Ma'anshan of Wanglinyang in Chengjiang, Huangyan, he completely wiped out Taibuhua's Yuan army. The main force, Tai Buhua, died in the battle. In May, Na Lin, 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. Marshal of Eastern Zhejiang also lost his way to Fujian. 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 to the Yangtze River and fought in Kunshan. Fang Guozhen took the lead and defeated Zhang Shicheng's 70,000 troops with 50,000 soldiers. He fought again tomorrow, with seven battles and seven victories.
In the first month of the 19th year of Zhengzheng (1359), Fang Guozhen, taking advantage of Zhu Yuanzhang's great power, sent envoys with letters and money to seek refuge with 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 were frequent, eastern Zhejiang was a paradise, and Fang Guozhen did a great job for the people.
Three good things: one is to establish 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 Zhizheng (AD 58), there had been 18 famines, ten of which were floods and droughts. After Fang Guozhen separated the country, 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
, Diaoshan Pond, Huayan Pond, Dutou Pond, Fenglin Pond, Shangqing Pond, and Chen Situ Pond turned the large tidal flats in Chumen Bay into fertile farmland. After Fang Guozhen occupied Qingyuan (Ningbo), he learned about Shangyu County Seawall
It had been in disrepair for a long time and was flooded. Guozhen took his advisers to inspect along the river and ordered that a stone seawall be built 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 was studying 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 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;
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 but ask: "Father, what's wrong with you?"
Only then did Dakui become alert and said with a smile: "It's okay." After a pause, Dakui asked: "Are you hungry?"
Panbu nodded, and Dakui smiled and said: "Come with me to the camp, where there will be 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," Da Kui chuckled, turned around first, and followed Da Kui suspiciously towards the pirate camp. As the two walked, Da Kui turned to Pan.
Bu explained what needed to be paid attention to, and Pan Bu naturally obeyed Da Kui's words. 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.