Wang Ping received the order and after firing three waves of sword rain in succession, he sent people to seize the warship, set fire to the navy camp, and then turned the ship around without hesitation and headed towards the North Camp of the Yangzhou Navy.
The Yangzhou Navy's Beida Camp is the main force of the Yangzhou Navy, but the camp is empty at this time, and most of the ships have gone to pursue Zhou Ye.
Wang Yue captured Beida Camp without hesitation, captured all the craftsmen in the camp and put them on ships, and burned the camp here. Then he went north to prepare to ambush the Yangzhou Navy who was pursuing Zhou Ye.
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When Wang Yue arrived, Zhou Ye was indeed in trouble. Even though Wang An was harassing the Yangzhou Navy along the way, some ships still caught up with the Youzhou merchant ships.
But Zhou Ye had also been prepared. There were many archers on the boat, and he led some guards to protect him. For a while, the Yangzhou navy was unable to board the boat.
The two sides chased and fought, and the stalemate lasted for a while. Because Wang An and his soldiers and horses attacked from time to time along the way, the Yangzhou navy was unable to deal with Zhou Ye's Youzhou merchant ship wholeheartedly, so there was no way to deal with Zhou Ye. .
The angry commander of the Yangzhou Navy was a close confidant of Wang Shanquan. He had no choice but to take advantage of Zhou Ye, so he prepared to eat some first. Wang An led thousands of soldiers and horses.
Wang An did not expect that the Yangzhou Navy would give up on Zhou Ye and use all its strength to deal with them. Without noticing, he was blocked on a long and narrow peninsula.
Seeing that there was no hope of escaping, he had no choice but to stay and fight. He quickly organized a defense on the spot, preparing to cut off a piece of flesh from the Yangzhou Navy.
The Yangzhou Navy is actually quite embarrassed now. Unless they abandon the ship and land ashore, there is nothing they can do against Wang An and the others. They can only block Wang An's way and wait for the reinforcements on land to surround them, so they send out a signal for help. .
When Wang Yue saw that the fireworks were different from those in Qingzhou, he understood that this was a signal for the Yangzhou Navy to ask for help.
So, he ordered Wang Ping to rush in the direction of the signal, and also asked the Yangzhou ships they had captured to rush to the front, but most of the ships were filled with kerosene.
His trick worked as expected. The commander of the Yangzhou Navy discovered that the ship coming was from the East Camp of the Yangzhou Navy, and thought he had received an order to come to help.
Therefore, the Yangzhou Navy was unprepared and was overwhelmed by the sudden sword rain. In no time, the Yangzhou Navy was a little confused. By the time they reacted, they had already endured two or three waves of arrow rain.
Because there was no time to defend, most of the people on the Yangzhou Navy ship were damaged. As a result, before he could organize a counterattack, Wang Yue had already set fire to the warships captured from Dongda Camp.
The warship led everyone to rush into the Yangzhou Pool fleet quickly, just like onychomycosis. One infection infected two people, and most of the Yangzhou Navy's ships were instantly set on fire.
As a result, the Yangzhou soldiers on the warship who had no time to escape quickly jumped off the ship and swam upward. Wang An, who happened to be aware of the fighting here, was captured again.
The ambush ended as quickly as it started. The navy of Yangzhou Beida Camp was wiped out without much resistance.
From then on, the Yangzhou Navy only had the West Camp to defend Jingzhou in the west, and there was no longer any protection on the northeastern sides.
After this battle, although Wang Yue did not capture any ships, he captured more than 20,000 experienced naval troops, which could quickly expand his naval strength.
So, Wang Yue simply left in no hurry. He arranged for people to set up camp on the spot. After preparing to have a full meal, he would go to Yangzhou to cause trouble. If he could take the opportunity to take over the West Camp of the Yangzhou Navy, then Yangzhou would The waters belong to Qingzhou.
Of course, it may also be a place where navies from other states are rampant. After all, no one can give Yangzhou another chance to build a navy.
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While Wang Yue was burying pots and making rice, several merchant ships came from the northern waterway. After the ships approached cautiously, they found that they were ships from Qingzhou, and then they speeded up.
After Wang Yue discovered these ships first, he immediately reported them to Wang Yue. He came to the bow of the ship and looked at the merchant ships. He found that they were all signs of Youzhou. He immediately understood who the person coming was. It was probably him. 's second brother.
Sure enough, not long after, when they came to the bow of the boat, someone shouted loudly, "Is it brother? Why did you come here in person?" Wang Yue sighed and
said helplessly, "It's me, from Yangzhou City. Something unexpected happened, and I was worried that there was a problem on your side. After dealing with the Yangzhou incident, I rushed over here to provide support." As soon as he finished speaking,
Gu Jiusi, who heard the commotion here, also came over, and he excitedly said to Zhou Ye said, "Second brother, I'm a wanted criminal!"
Zhou Ye didn't know what Gu Jiusi was talking about, so he asked with some confusion, "What do you mean? Who wants you?"
Wang Yue sighed, and then said seriously, "The King of Liang rebelled. Wang Shanquan said that the Gu family was a party member of the King of Liang, and he was going to raid the Gu family's house. I led people to cause trouble and rescued the Liu family, the Gu family, and the Ye family." Zhou Ye was stunned after hearing what Wang Yue said
. , he hesitated for a moment before saying, "Brother, what should we do next?"
Wang Yue shrugged and said carelessly, "What can I do? I told you that I want to go back to Qingzhou to carry out reforms, and I am not in the mood. Guan Liang Wang and the emperor's intrigue."
Seeing that Wang Yue was not going to interfere in world affairs, Zhou Ye nodded and said helplessly, "Okay, originally I thought Fan Governor would definitely send troops to rescue the imperial capital, so I I want Qingzhou to be with us, so that the world can be pacified earlier and the people of Li will suffer less. But your matters are equally important, so I won't persuade you anymore." Wang Yue saw Zhou Ye's seriousness, and he accepted it
. He gave up his thoughts of joking and said seriously, "On your way north, you can tell the refugees along the way that if you really have no home to go to, you can come to Qingzhou to seek refuge with me. I can't guarantee anything else. At least after you come to Qingzhou, I will We won't let them starve to death."
Seeing that Wang Yue understood the righteousness so well, Zhou Ye bowed deeply to Wang Yue, and then said solemnly, "Brother's move will definitely help thousands of families to become Buddhas. I pay my respects to you on behalf of the people of Da Rong."
Seeing the two of them chatting so heavily, Gu Jiusi said helplessly, "Eldest brother and second brother both have things to do, but I have nothing to do, hey!"
Zhou Ye saw that Gu Jiusi was looking for something to do. He rolled his eyes and said quickly, "Third brother, don't you still have part of your Gu family's property in Youzhou? Why don't you come to Youzhou to join me and let your uncle and aunt Come to Qingzhou and enjoy the blessings."
After hearing Zhou Ye's words, Gu Jiusi couldn't help frowning and thinking. After a while, he said solemnly, "Big brother and second brother, let's chat first, I'll go and give it to my parents. Madam, tell me what they are suggesting."
Zhou Ye nodded and quickly urged Gu Jiusi to go quickly, after all, they couldn't spend too much time here.
After Wang Yue waited for Gu Jiusi to leave, he said helplessly, "Second brother, it's true that you invited third brother to go to Youzhou with him even though you knew that he couldn't help it. Why do you need to involve the Gu family again?" What?"
Zhou Ye was afraid that Wang Yue would misunderstand, so he quickly explained, "Brother, now King Liang is rebelling, and everyone knows that Princess Liang is Gu Jiusi's uncle. If he doesn't take the opportunity to take advantage of the crusade alliance, he will be in trouble in the future. Everyone in the world is in trouble with King Liang, but the Gu family does not have a good reputation. After all, the Gu family is too rich, and everyone will think that the King of Liang is rebelling with the support of the Gu family." Of course Wang Yue knew this, but he didn't expect Zhou
Ye He said it so thoroughly. He wanted to change the subject, so he pretended to sigh and said, "It's just a farewell this time. I don't know when we will meet again."
Zhou Ye smiled, very heroic. Said, "When the rebellion of King Liang is settled, my third brother and I will go to Qingzhou to meet my eldest brother for a drink."
Wang Yue nodded and said happily, "In this case, the matter is settled, I will try to help you During the time when the rebellion of King Liang was put down, reforms were thoroughly implemented in Qingzhou."
Zhou Ye knew how significant Wang Yue's reforms were, so he saluted Wang Yue again, but this time he did not say a word.
The two chatted for a while, and Gu Jiusi came over. He said to Wang Yue with some embarrassment, "Brother, my mother asked me to go to Youzhou to support Youzhou. This is considered to have cleared the relationship with Prince Liang. You also I know that Qingzhou is not planning to attack King Liang, so I can only go to Youzhou to hang out with my second brother."
Wang Yue patted Gu Jiusi's shoulder and said casually, "It's okay, but you have to understand that the governor of Youzhou doesn't know when he will send troops to quell the chaos. If you want to make meritorious service in Youzhou during this period, , it is not an easy task."
Gu Jiusi licked his lips and said a little embarrassedly, "I will just go out and try my best. If it doesn't work, please ask my elder brother to take me in."
Wang Yue was a little bit dumbfounded. The boy was convinced that he was his elder brother. He smiled and cursed and said, "Hurry up and leave. When you come to Qingzhou, I will arrange a position for you as an accountant." After hearing Wang Yue's words, Gu Jiusi and Zhou Ye couldn't bear it
. I couldn't help laughing, which also diluted some of the sadness of separation.
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Because the matter was urgent, Liu Siyu packed his luggage not long after, and under the escort of Wang Lang, the nurse of the Gu family, boarded the merchant ship in Youzhou with Gu Jiusi.
After Wang Yue waited for them to leave, he without hesitation sent Wang Ping to lead a part of the navy to loot the large and small shipyards near Yangzhou Jianghai, dragging their families and taking away many craftsmen. When Yangzhou reacted, Wang Ping The warship has gone far away.
At the same time, Wang Yue led the remaining warships to help Liu Tongpan repel Wang Shanquan's attack, giving Liu Tongpan time to consolidate his power.
But Liu Tongpan also knew in his heart that he was no match for Wang Shanquan at all, and he could only enjoy this half of the state through Wang Yue's help.
After more than a month of delay, Liu Tongpan approved the emergency expansion of the army, and he also had a mob of 70,000 to 80,000 people. With the financial support of the Gu family, he could barely fight. Then he divided most of them to guard the traffic arteries, completely gaining the ability to protect himself.
Seeing that the matter here had come to an end, Wang Yue did not stay in Yangzhou anymore. He left Wang An and the Qingzhou Navy to continue attacking Wang Shanquan's water stronghold, making it impossible for Yangzhou to trade with the northern counties. He himself returned to Qingzhou with some of the merchant ships for warship exchange.
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Wang Yue's warship docked at the harbor of Langya Kingdom, and then settled the Ye family and the Gu family here. Only then did he go to find Father Wang.
Father Wang is worried now. He is not worried about anything else. He is just worried that Qingzhou cannot accommodate so many victims.
Especially after the rebellion of King Liang, there were more disaster victims in Qingzhou. These victims had no land. If you didn't provide them with food and shelter, they might take risks, which really gave him a headache.
Wang Yue entered the Governor's Mansion and saw the sad face of Father Wang in the study, so he asked with some confusion, "Dad, what's going on with you? I went out to make so much money and shipped so much food back, why are you doing this instead?" I'm not as high-spirited as when I came back last time."
Father Wang glanced at Wang Yue and said very depressed, "Isn't this because you want to compete for the world? So I have to leave a good reputation! This is endless Refugees are constantly pouring into our Qingzhou, and the food they consume every day is astronomical, and we don’t have that much land to settle them. What do you think we should do?” Wang Yue saw the old man’s ready-to-move appearance and knew that
this old man I probably want to attack Xuzhou or Cangzhou.
He felt that now was not the time, so he quickly tried to dissuade him and said, "Dad, the world has just been in chaos. This is the first opportunity to reshuffle the cards. You must hold on." Father Wang found out that Wang Yue had seen through it
. He asked with some embarrassment, "Then what do you think we should do? If we prevent the victims from entering Qingzhou, then we will not have a good reputation." Wang Yue looked
at Father Wang, and he said word by word, "Let's start again Measure the land and implement the land equalization plan!"
Father Wang thought Wang Yue could come up with some good ideas. After all, he saw that his son was very powerful now and might really be able to solve Qingzhou's current problems.
He never imagined that Wang Yue would release such a big melon, which made him a little shocked!
He murmured in his heart, is this son going to be stupid?
You know, the largest family in Qingzhou is the Wang family, and it also has the most land. Is this? Do you want to give your land to others?
Father Wang's eyes widened and he said in disbelief, "Son, are you crazy? If you share the land, it is also our own land."
Wang Yue saw that Father Wang understood, but still couldn't believe what he said, so he explained very seriously, "Dad, although King Liang has rebelled now, the founding of the Great Rong Dynasty has only lasted three generations, and the people of the world are still the people." I have made up my mind that whoever provokes war will be the sinner. Besides, our Qingzhou strength is not enough to unify the thirteen states regardless of the threat from the north. We can't even defeat the Youzhou cavalry, so we might as well imprison them. Come and take care of our own affairs in Qingzhou."