"Your Majesty, please." A lieutenant stood at the door of the camp, bowing his head and kneeling to the emperor.
"General, please rise." The emperor dragged a golden robe, clutched a rosewood cane, and walked slowly along the stone road to the top of the mountain. He saw several large tents built along the cliff, with erected walls all around. A fence as high as the palace wall was erected, and only a high platform was built in the corner to observe the situation at sea. The emperor glanced briefly, then walked straight into the tent and saw Zhang Longlu sitting in front of the table.
"Your Majesty, Zhang Longlu, pays homage to Your Majesty!" Zhang Longlu immediately walked out and bowed heavily at his feet.
"Governor Zhang, thank you for your hard work." The emperor took off his yellow robe and ordered someone to put it down on the weapon rack. "I heard that you got up early to practice naval training. You are such a loyal and diligent minister."
Zhang Longlu nodded and replied: "This is a matter for minor ministers."
The emperor nodded, then looked back at the guards beside him: "When will Liu Qing and Manager Shen come?"
"Prime Minister Liu is supervising the troops in the city. It will take half an hour to arrive."
"What's there to worry about?" the emperor laughed twice and said, "Since it still takes time there, I don't want to just sit here. Why not go to the military port and have a look to see how the warships are being prepared."
Zhang Longlu rolled his eyes and hurriedly said with a smile: "It's cold at the foot of the mountain and near the sea. Your Majesty should put the dragon's body as the most important thing and don't take it lightly. The soldiers and artillery shells are all kept in the tent. It's better to wait for the sergeant to come up the mountain to get them and ask them carefully. You can also understand the situation of our sailors in Dengzhou."
"Okay, then I'll save the effort of going down the mountain and just sit here for a while."
After Zhang Longlu heard this, he quickly took the chair he was sitting on and handed it over to the emperor.
Rong Qing was waiting outside the tent. He was pacing boredly when he suddenly saw a group of sailors coming from a distance. They rushed here non-stop. He asked a few guards to stop them and said to them personally: "Emperor Your Majesty would like to know how your daily training goes. You should first go to the main tent and kneel down to thank God for his grace, and then go to the warehouse to get weapons."
The captain said "yes" and led the people into the tent.
"I have paid homage to the Emperor!" The group of soldiers hurriedly kowtowed to the Emperor, and then bowed to Governor Zhang, "I have met your Excellency."
"Your Majesty is visiting today and needs to know your specific situation. Please tell me everything about today's arrangements," Zhang Longlu said.
"Yes." The captain reported on behalf of everyone, "My men and I are in charge of the big ships. There are ten big ships in today's parade. We are all rear troops and will leave the harbor at the beginning of the Shen period."
"Then, when will the Chinese and Chinese armies leave the port?" The emperor asked redundantly.
"This..." The captain looked at Zhang Longlu.
"This is my answer," Zhang Longlu stroked his beard and said, "The front army left the port at noon, and the Chinese army was not in the right position. At that time, there were more than 18,000 people in formation. It was also a grand event."
The emperor smiled and looked very satisfied. He called Rong Qing and said, "My dear brother, come and give money to the soldiers."
After hearing this, a group of sailors were so grateful that they kowtowed more than a dozen times and went out with the money.
After a while, Liu Zhennian led all his officials up the mountain. Hearing that the Grand Parade was about to begin, he had to go to see Zhang Longlu first. The two talked cordially for a long time, but did not realize that the latter had any malicious intent, so he ordered Ye Yongjia to wait to the mountainside. He rested in the camp and watched with the emperor on the top of the mountain.
Although Ye and Cai had doubts about Zhang Longlu, they did not have the opportunity to remonstrate with them. They had to follow their orders and were sent to the mountainside by two deputy generals like prisoners being escorted.
As soon as Ye Yongjia entered the camp, he saw soldiers guarding him from all directions. They were all arrogant and looking at them coldly, like jackals staring at their dying prey. It was creepy.
"These people can all be removed," Cai Xianqing felt something was wrong, "We don't need so many guards."
The deputy general blinked his eyelids, bowed and said, "This is Governor Zhang's order, and I cannot disobey it."
"This is Governor Zhang's fault!" Cai Xianqing turned red with anger and asked repeatedly, "The emperor is not surrounded by so many soldiers. Are our ministers more noble than the emperor? Do you still want your head?"
"I said it all, military orders, military orders..." the deputy general said viciously.
"you……"
At this time, Ye Yongjia heard the sound of the sword being unsheathed from somewhere, and was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. He rushed to break up the quarrel: "Mr. Cai, Mr. Cai..."
Cai Xianqing's clenched fists gradually loosened, and then he snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves, and walked towards the tent. The deputy general didn't care, and said goodbye to Ye Yongjia in an extremely cold tone: "It's time for us to leave."
Ye Yongjia immediately went to the camp to look for Cai Xianqing. Seeing no one around, he whispered: "Mr. Cai, if we continue to argue just now, our heads will fall to the ground."
"There is nothing I can do," Cai Xianqing's expression turned out to be even worse than his own. "It's easier to die early than to die later. It doesn't matter who has a backing to drag Zhang Longlu into the water before the situation becomes chaotic."
"In any case, it is best to wait for the opportunity. If there is no improvement, it will be fate..." Ye Yongjia sighed up to the sky and stretched out his hand in front of him, "The worst case scenario is that I will die together with Mr. Cai!"
Cai Xianqing resolutely held his hand: "I have lived for more than sixty years, what does death mean? At least I got rid of the name of an actor, this life is worth it! It's a pity that Tinglong, a talented person, will die in a party struggle.
"
Ye Yongjia sighed with emotion, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "In the past, I thought that Xia Yuanlong should not seek death in the face of battle. It is just to win the reputation of being brave, which is not effective. Who would have thought that I would be with him now... or even worse."
"Perhaps this is how things are in the world. The hardest thing is to die well." Cai Xianqing said with a smile.
"Governor, Governor!"
Zhang Longlu was walking out of the military port, preparing to return to the top of the mountain to return to his command, when he saw an officer running over from the overgrown wild road.
"Governor Zhang, I will be taking command from below in a moment. May I ask...when will the bombardment take place?"
"Artillery attack?" Zhang Longlu frowned, "The rear army is coming."
"Oh, I understand." When he saw Zhang Longlu turning to leave, he stopped him again, "There is one more thing. His Majesty said that he would send a chamberlain to the Chinese army. Liu Zhennian was puzzled. His Majesty said, 'Watching from a distance, I don't know.
The situation is not as good as seeing it with the naked eye at a close distance,' so the former is allowed to pass."
"It's hard to refuse this truth," Zhang Longlu said, "It's a good thing that the emperor is interested. You must remember to place the servants on the Chinese army's ship to ensure nothing goes wrong."
While they were still explaining, they saw that the servant had come down the mountain, so everyone quickly gave up their secret conversation and came to salute the father-in-law.
"Thank you for your hard work, father-in-law." After Governor Zhang left, the officer supported the chamberlain until he came to the military port. The sea breeze blew in his face, which was very comfortable. The flags on the shore were fluttering and fluttering, and he saw hundreds of large and small ships leaning against it.
, countless.
"Father, the Chinese army has a broad field of vision. Please go to the big ship there and watch it."