Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 823 Make Your Majesty Safe?

Langya County.

Langya is located in the east of Chu State and south of Qi State.

With the many sea-opening policies of the Han Dynasty, Langya County finally ushered in its own dawn and began to develop rapidly by virtue of its geographical advantages. There used to be many salt officials here. Compared with other regions, it was relatively rich. , it is natural to go one step further.

There are many ports in Langya, and the government of Langya County is located on the coast. The ports here are very lively. There are more than 100 large ships moored here, and there are countless small ships of all kinds.

While enjoying the benefits of opening the sea, they have not left behind the troubles caused by the opening of the sea.

The water thieves near Langya were extremely rampant, and even openly attacked Langya's Louchuan army, and even wanted to plunder Langya's port.

This made the sheriff of Langya startled and angry, and wrote to the temple several times, hoping that the temple would send people to clean up these bandits.

At this moment, in the Sheriff's Mansion, Sheriff Zhao frowning, sitting in the upper position, looking at many officials in front of him.

"In one month, there were four looting incidents!!"

"This is simply ignoring me!"

"Too much bullying! Too much bullying!!"

Zhao Tou angrily punched the case in front of him, and the officials were silent.

"What are you all doing for food? How dare you come to me and write a letter to complain?!"

"Since the founding of the country, no, since the Yellow Emperor, I have never heard of any county that can be bullied by thieves to such an extent?! Our building and boat army can't beat those water thieves?! You are simply the majesty of the big man! They were all thrown away!!"

"If the emperor asks for a crime, I will execute you first, and then ask the emperor to give me a long sword so that I can commit suicide!"

The officials hurriedly got up and knelt down in front of the prefect in unison. The young county lieutenant blushed and said in a tangled voice, "Please pardon the crime because I am incompetent, not because the navy is useless, but this water thief, They are not ordinary thieves. Among them are Nanyue people, Jiaodong people, and even Funan people, Chenla people, and Shendu people. Some of them are simply the original sailors of the Hu State. After being defeated by the big man, they went into exile. At sea, they are not the opponents of the Dahanlou fleet, but the merchant ships have no power to parry them when they encounter them."

"Moreover, they are colluding with the ghosts. Every time I lead people to go out, they can always get the news in advance, and they can know my movements every time I go far away. They can get supplies faster than me... than me. "

"Fart! In Langya, is there still collusion with thieves?! You are incompetent, so you have to blame others?! Shut up!"

Zhao Tou scolded the county lieutenant.

The county lieutenant gritted his teeth, his face was full of dissatisfaction, Langya was just a small county, and the coastline was extremely long.

The Langya navy only had four building boats, one car boat, twenty warships and thirty Ge boats.This scale sounds quite a lot, and it is countless times stronger than water thieves, but the problem is that it is not like this at all in a real fight. They will not be stupid to confront the big Han navy head-on, and the big ships cannot catch up. He can only pursue it with a small boat, and it is easy to be ambushed by the opponent. The most important problem is that there are ghosts inside, and he dare not chase with all his strength, for fear that someone will come to dig the rear, which makes him very aggrieved.

Those powerful water thieves often have big figures colluding with them on land to sell their stolen goods for them, and even some merchants actively collude with water thieves to attack their competitors, protect their merchant ships, and so on.

When the county lieutenant thought of this, he felt so helpless. He hadn't set off on his side yet, but he was already ready on the other side. How could he fight? ?
Zhao Tou still looks so angry. It has been so many years. All his friends from the past have entered the temple. Even that cunning Chen Shi has entered the Ministry of Industry as a servant. The position of the county guard was circling around, and after finally waiting for a fat job, he became like this again.

He looked at the many officials in front of him, and suddenly calmed down.

"Forget it, you guys go back. Let the temple handle these matters. Before the temple sends people to come, just protect the port."

The officials stood up and worshiped again, and then left here one by one.

But Jun Wei was left behind by Zhao Tou.

When there were only the two of them left, the county lieutenant said aggrievedly: "My lord, I am not defending myself, there are really people in this county."

"I know."

Zhao Tou's face was very calm, "not to mention the tipping off, but their supplies, weapons, and even ships. The water thieves here have all used vehicles and boats, so how could there be no problem? These merchants are out of their minds, and even At the risk of killing the clan, they sold ships and weapons to bandits who would rob them. They dared not go to Jiaodong, and they dared not go to Chu. A few water thieves came here. This is not a man, and I think we Langya are easy to deceive."

The captain of the county sighed, "Your incompetence has made you ashamed. If the temple wants to punish you, I will apologize."

"I can't blame you, but I think my family is also the founder of the country, how can I be so bullied by thieves? I would rather lose this noble, and I have to arrest them all and skin them!!"

Zhao Tou's face became a little ferocious.

"After you go out, don't say anything, just act like you can't do anything to the thieves, just hide at home and don't go out. And let them all gather! I have already written a letter to the temple, and the temple will send someone soon resolve these matters."

"only!!!"

After the county lieutenant left, Zhao sat on the spot with a dark face, frowning and meditating.

The affairs here are messed up, and we can only wait for the temple to send someone to solve it. When I wrote the letter, it basically meant that my official career was over. He couldn't even enter the temple, which made him extremely depressed. Thinking of this, his hatred for those water thieves deepened, and he wished to eat their flesh! !

However, he was a little scared.

He is very clear about what kind of person the current emperor is. If nothing else, he is a good face. As a county guard, he has such a shameful thing and was blocked by water thieves at the port. This is really a loss of face for the emperor. , the emperor sent someone, shouldn't he kill himself to sacrifice the flag first?

Zhao Tou took a deep breath and thought about it. After all, he is still a hero, so he is also a prince, so he shouldn't be executed directly, right?

However, if the temple sent people to come, who would they send?
I wish I could send someone a little more reliable.

After waiting for a long time in anxiety, after more than ten days, Zhao Tou finally waited for an envoy.

Zhao Tou attached great importance to it, but he didn't tell the rest of the people, so he ordered his confidants to secretly take the person to his mansion. As soon as the person walked in, Zhao Tou immediately prepared to pay a respectful visit with a big gift, but he scared the person who came With a jump, he hastily avoided.

"Please don't do this, the lower officials really don't dare to accept it!"

Zhao Tou raised his head and saw the person in front of him clearly. This person looked very young, with a big frame, but not too strong, and looked like a traveler.

This person hastily mentioned his identity, "Master, I am Yang Pu, the Sima under the command of General Lou Chuan."

"This time I came here under the order of General Louchuan."

Zhao Tou's eyes lit up, and he quickly grabbed Yang Pu's hand, "What orders does General Lou Chuan have?"

"Don't dare, General Lou Chuan has an order to temporarily replace the county lieutenant to command the water army here. The Lou Chuan army is rushing here. When the time comes, I will be the bait to catch all these people."

Zhao Tou was overjoyed, and clapped his hands, "Okay, that's great. With General Lou Chuan taking action, what are these water thieves? I heard that General Lou Chuan has three hundred vehicles and boats alone. There are more than 4000 ships. Hahaha, these water thieves must have nowhere to hide!"

Yang Pu hurriedly said: "This matter should not be made public."

Zhao Tou naturally understood, he hurriedly said: "I know, in my Langya County, there are water thieves' eyeliner everywhere, no, it is the leader of the water thieves. Pay attention to these people, if there are rumors"

Yang Pu grinned, "If you don't know, I have offered advice to General Lou Chuan. This time I want to use these people. If they don't know, you can say that I was sent by General Lou Chuan to destroy the water thieves." Yes, when the time comes, if there is any rudeness, I hope you will forgive me."

"The rudeness?"

Zhao Tou immediately understood, and said with a smile: "I understand, you just go ahead and do it!"

The next day, the whole Langya knew about General Lou Chuan sending someone to replace the county lieutenant.

But when everyone saw this person, their hearts suddenly turned cold.

This person looks extremely young, with no hair on his mouth, and looks very rude, as if asking him to deal with water thieves is to humiliate him, in front of many officials, he raised his head high, and did not put everyone on in the eyes.

"My general knew that you couldn't even deal with a group of water thieves, so he specially asked me to come to help you!"

"I fought Anxi with General Lou Chuan back then. It would be a bit embarrassing to tell about these water thieves. How about this? You give me three days. After three days, I will send troops to crusade and destroy them earlier. I want to go back to Jiaodong!!”

The Yang servant at this moment is completely different from the Yang servant of yesterday. He used to be a lawless person, often relying on his status as a wealthy family to bully and dominate the market, and he corrected it later. Many of the officials here have itchy teeth, and even if they were informed by Zhao Tou in advance, they almost broke their defenses.

This led to Zhao Tou also acting in his true colors.

"Heh, this water thief is not easy to deal with. This is different from Anxi. My county lieutenant also fought against North Korea in the past, and he is by no means incompetent!"

"Hahaha, how can North Korea be compared with Anxi? You don't have to worry, within three days, I will definitely chop off the water thief's head and send it to you."

Seeing the arrogant appearance of this young man, everyone couldn't help shaking their heads.

Now that something is going to happen, with such an arrogant appearance, if he is ambushed by water thieves, what should he do?

They can only comfort themselves, maybe this young general really has something special?

But when Yang Pu arrived at the Langya Navy camp, his behavior disappointed everyone.He still had this unruly appearance, and he directly dragged the original generals out for a good fight. The reason was that they were incompetent, unable to eliminate the water thieves, and had to trouble himself. This behavior immediately made the navy extremely hate this man. The new general was very dissatisfied with him. In addition, he was only a military commander, and his command of the army was extremely poor. He even did a simple drill very badly. He forced the soldiers to practice and was extremely strict with them. After two days of drill, A lot of wounded soldiers were produced.

The officials who came to find Zhao Tou formed a long queue.

Including the county lieutenant, the county lieutenant is called Gongsun He. This person's experience is quite strange. He is from the North, but he is from Linhu, not a Han Chinese in the Central Plains. His father is called Gongsun Hunxie. Because he was very famous among the local Hu people, he was conscripted as a small official, and later promoted because of his merits, and now he is the governor of Wudu County.

Gongsun He was sent by his father to Chang'an as a young man when he was young, and later participated in the war against North Korea in Yan State. Because of his meritorious service, he was promoted, and now he is serving as a county captain in Langya. At this age, it is very impressive to be able to serve as a county captain. Outstanding, in terms of status, it is much higher than Yang Pu, the military Sima.

Faced with the water thief this time, Gongsun He felt extremely sad and indignant, and was very unwilling.

But when he knew that the new guy treated his soldiers like this, he couldn't sit still anymore.

"Governor, such a person can never be a general, he is going to lead the army to die!"

"Those water thieves must not be underestimated. I have also fought in the past, which is different from fighting. Besides, he dismissed those generals who are familiar with the sea area. If they are not familiar with the local sea area overseas, it is easy to be seduced by water thieves. very dangerous place”

Zhao Tou pursed his lips, wanting to say something, but held back.

"This is someone sent by General Lou Chuan. How dare I say more? Because of the previous incident, I have been blamed by the temple, and there is nothing I can do."

"Then do you want to watch them go to die? I must stop this person, even if I kill him, I can't just watch this person take my brothers to die!!"

The corners of Zhao Tou's eyes twitched, and then he looked at the soldier beside him.

"Let's lock up the county lieutenant for a few days, and then release him after the matter is over."

Gongsun He was furious, and yelled at the sheriff, "You old man! You were so angry when I was tortured by inside ghosts and outside thieves, why are you so cowardly now?! Although the navy did not defeat the enemy, But these years have been fighting to the death, do you want to watch them die now?! Is your title more important than the lives of more than 1000 brothers? You southern barbarian, doggy old dog"

The more he cursed, the angrier he became, and he rushed towards the sheriff. The soldiers hurried forward, but none of them were his opponents. He knocked over several of them one after another. He grabbed Zhao Tou's neck and moved towards his A punch in the face.

Zhao Tou suddenly yelled.

There were more and more soldiers, and a dozen or so people stepped forward, and finally pushed the barbarian from the north to the ground.

Zhao Tou covered his eye sockets, unable to open them due to the pain.

He looked at Gongsun He in front of him, and jumped angrily, "Shut up this Beidihu!!"

"The people of Langya are so innocent. When I met a sheriff like you, I knew I would get angry with me all day long, and I didn't do anything right. But if you have the courage to let me fight all the traitors in the county who are colluding with water thieves, why do you want to do this?! Why? As for this?!"

The soldiers hurriedly blocked his mouth, pulled him and walked out.

Soon, servant Yang made preparations, ordered the officials to prepare a celebration banquet, and led the army to leave the port in a mighty manner.

Some people are happy that someone is worried.

Those who are worried are afraid that they will not come back once they go, causing greater losses.

And those who are happy are naturally busy reporting the news.

The water thieves had already heard the news when he arrived, and Yang Pu's series of actions made the water thieves extremely happy. They had been coveting the vehicles and boats of the Louchuan Army for a long time. All the generals were dismissed and they were locked up at home. This is a good opportunity for them. As long as they are led to the right place, it is not difficult to make a big difference with a small one!

Yang Pu was wandering around like a headless chicken, and finally met the water thief, and the water thief was defeated in one blow and fled in a hurry. Yang servant was overjoyed and hurriedly started a full-scale pursuit.

Many officials in Langya stood at the port, looking anxiously into the distance.

Zhao Tou stood at the front, his left eye was black and blue, looking expressionlessly into the distance, the officials secretly glanced at him a few times, and then lowered his head again.

Not far away, Gongsun He was being escorted by two soldiers, his mouth was still gagged. At this moment, he was also looking into the distance with tears in his eyes.

Gradually, a few small boats appeared in the distance, and there were more and more boats, until the entire sea was covered with boats, and the number could not be seen. The flag of the big man fluttered with the wind, and the eyes of the officials suddenly changed.

"Lou Chuanjun??"

"Aren't you resting in Jiaodong?!"

"This is."

As more and more ships came, the You Ge boat approached the shore, and a scout came forward and shouted an order, "General Lou Chuan personally wiped out the water thieves, a big victory!! Killed more than sixty water thieves, and beheaded four thousand!!"

Zhao Tou breathed a sigh of relief, and the officials were in an uproar.

The officials on the entire pier started to discuss, and they cheered loudly, causing a burst of noise.

Soon, servant Yang went ashore, walked up to Zhao Tou respectfully, and bowed to Zhao Tou.

"My lord, I have returned from victory, please forgive me for being rude before!!"

Zhao Tou stepped forward with a smile and helped him up, "As expected of General Lou Chuan's favorite general, he is really extraordinary, no problem, no problem, as long as I can eliminate these water thieves, it doesn't matter if I suffer some grievances of."

As Zhao Tou said, he remembered something, his face darkened, and he shouted, "Go and bring me that Beidi Hu!!"

Gongsun He was bound by soldiers and sent to Zhao Tou.

Zhao Tou pulled off the cloth covering his mouth and stared at him angrily.

Gongsun He looked a little embarrassed, he looked at the sheriff in front of him, then at Yang Pu, and felt that he had to say something.

He hesitated for a moment, then asked with a smile: "Mr. Your left eye is fine, right?"

"Hehehe"

(End of this chapter)