Chapter 139 Hero Meng Guang
"General Xu entered Yunzhou? So fast."
The weather is good today in the Imperial Garden. Zheng Yi accompanied the Queen and Concubine Duan to bask in the sun in the Imperial Garden.
Queen Lu Lin'er is already seven months pregnant. At this time, her lower abdomen is slightly bulging and her face is somewhat rounded.
The originally perky breasts now become more rounded, exuding the brilliance of motherhood.
As for Xu Qingluan, he also has three months of status, but nothing can be seen at this time, and his figure is still strong and healthy.
"Your Majesty~"
After hearing Jin Yiwei's report, Xu Qingluan was a little worried.
"Is something going to happen to my father? He traveled all the way from Binzhou to Yunzhou in just over two months. How can his body hold up?"
Zheng Yi said: "Don't worry, my beloved, General Xu has been advanced to Xiantian for nearly ten years. Even Huo Lingzi is no match for him, let alone these little rebels?"
"Besides, I have secretly sent Chen Zhong and Chen Yi to Yunzhou to secretly protect General Xu. The three innate experts have taken action. I really can't figure out who else in the world can stop them?"
"Three great innate..."
Xu Qingluan felt a lot more relieved now, and said worriedly: "But, but brother's side 6"
"Xu Xuanwu will not die either."
Zheng Yi said: "General Xu went south from Binzhou to Yunzhou. He seemed furious, but he left some room."
"The biggest possibility for Xu Xuanwu is to be beaten up by General Xu and then brought back to the capital for trial."
Xu Qingluan said: "Your Majesty~"
"Okay, my beloved, I know what you are going to do."
Zheng Yi held Xu Qingluan's hand and said, "We will wait until the father-in-law brings my uncle back."
"Yes, yes..."
At this moment, Liu Chengen walked over quickly.
"Your Majesty, Meng Guang would like to see you."
"Oh? So fast?" Zheng Yi's eyes flashed and he said: "Let him come in."
"No!"
In the fifth year of Zhengyong, Meng Guang took refuge in Zheng Yi, and Zheng Yi gave him unlimited trust.
Let him take people to the coast of Binzhou to build the Beiyang Navy. Ask for people, soldiers for soldiers, money for money, and cannons for cannons!
For the past four years, Zheng Yi has been relying on the Jinyi Guards and Shadow Guards to detect the intelligence of the Beiyang Navy and Meng Guang.
Intelligence shows that Meng Guang is still very loyal to the court and Zheng Yi.
In just three years, a large naval group with more than 100,000 people was established.
Among them, there are more than thirty large warships and more than a thousand small ships.
Each large battleship is equipped with ten red cannons, which are extremely powerful.
Lu Lin'er stretched out and whispered: "Your Majesty, I am a little tired. Please leave for now."
"Go, Lin'er, have a good rest."
"Hmm~"
With the help of her personal maid, Lu Lin'er stood up slowly.
"Won't Concubine Duan leave?"
"Oh, right..."
Xu Qingluan was a little flustered, and then he realized what he was doing. He quickly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I am leaving."
"Take good care of the Queen and Concubine Duan."
"No~"
With more than a dozen palace maids and eunuchs waiting on them, Lu Lin'er and Xu Qingluan walked slowly towards the outside of the imperial garden.
After taking just a few steps, he encountered Liu Chengen walking slowly with a tall, fully armed general who smelled of sea salt.
Seeing the two women, Meng Guang quickly turned sideways and saluted: "Foreign Minister Meng Guang, I have met these two nobles!"
"Yeah."
Lu Lin'er nodded slightly: "Are you Meng Guang?"
"Yes!"
"Serve your Majesty well and your Majesty will not treat you badly."
"It's...noble man."
Next to him, Liu Chengen reminded in a low voice: "This is the Queen, and Concubine Duan."
Meng Guang paused and immediately knelt down and said: "Foreign Minister Meng Guang, I have met the Queen and Concubine Duan!"
"I have never met these two empresses before, and I hope they will forgive me."
"It doesn't matter."
Lu Lin'er waved her hand and said: "Go in quickly, don't keep your Majesty waiting."
"No!"
Meng Guang stood up and backed away slowly.
Lu Lin'er and Xu Qingluan also left slowly.
"Concubine Duan, what do you think of Meng Guang?"
"A brave man, I heard that your Majesty trusts him very much?"
"I haven't returned to Beijing to report on my work for more than three years. After all ten states rebelled, he came back. What is he if he doesn't want to be an official?"
Lu Lin'er said disdainfully: "Also, this guy seemed to be respectful just now, but his eyes were indeed a bit hateful. He was not as respectful as other foreign ministers."
Xu Qingluan frowned and said, "Is there any? Why didn't I notice it?"
"You? All you think about now is General Xu and Xu Xuanwu. It's normal that you don't notice other things."
Lu Lin'er said confidently: "Just watch, this Lord Meng Guangmeng will definitely become a very popular minister in the future."
"Maybe it's the same as General Xu~kekeke..."
Perhaps as the pregnancy progressed, Lu Lin'er became more and more sleepy, and after saying a few words, her interest waned.
With a wave of his hand, the sedan chair parked outside the imperial garden came over immediately. The two girls were helped by the personal maid to get on the sedan chair and headed towards their respective palaces.
Royal Garden.
Meng Guang took two steps quickly, and when he was still several steps away from Zheng Yi, he knelt on the ground, slid forward three or five steps, and said respectfully:
"Meng Guang, a humble official, comes to see Your Majesty. May Your Majesty live long live!"
Zheng Yi twitched the corner of his mouth and said: "Get on your feet."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Give me a seat!"
Two young eunuchs brought an Eight Immortals stool, and Meng Guang carefully sat on it halfway.
"Long time no see. Your Majesty is much more elegant than before."
Zheng Yi looked Meng Guang up and down: "It's true. After more than three years of not seeing each other, Meng Qing becomes even more brave."
At this time, Meng Guang is more mature and confident than three years ago.
The skin is slightly darkened and rough, obviously from being exposed to wind and rain for a long time.
Battles at sea are no better than on land, and land is often not seen for months. Meng Guang's ability to survive until now, and to develop the Beiyang Navy to its current state, is indispensable. In the past three years, Meng Guang has received memorials almost every few months, indicating the current level of Beiyang Navy construction.
Of course, Zheng Yi also sent Jin Yiwei and eunuchs to the Beiyang Army to supervise the army. Unfortunately, the fleet often went to sea for several months at a time, and the information about the Beiyang Navy was very poor.
Most of these memorials were requests for help or thermal weapons such as artillery.
Of course, Zheng Yi would not refuse Meng Guang's memorials and almost always responded to his requests.
"How is the Beiyang Navy doing now?"
"It's all thanks to His Majesty's divine power."
Meng Guang said: "Now our Beiyang Navy has a total of 100,000 sailors, more than 300,000 baggage personnel, 38 main battle ships, and more than 1,200 stern ships. It occupies three islands and is powerful in the East China Sea!"
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"Especially the red cannons supported by His Majesty have made immortal contributions to the construction of the Beiyang Navy!"
"The red cannon is strong, but you are indispensable for building the Beiyang Navy to its current level."
"I will never let down any meritorious minister!"
Zheng Yi said: "I am quite interested in your experience in the past three years, so feel free to tell me about it."
"No!"
Meng Guang said respectfully: "Three years ago, I bid farewell to Your Majesty in humble duty and led my troops and two hundred artillery troops to Binzhou."
"While passing through Jizhou, I discussed with my staff and quickly made another decision..."
Under Meng Guang's explanation, Zheng Yi quickly learned most of Meng Guang's situation in the past three years.
It turned out that after Meng Guang left Beijing, he did not go to Binzhou immediately, but to Qingzhou!
Qingzhou is close to the sea and has many lakes and water sources.
Meng Guang summoned his brothers who had been water bandits before and began to attack the water bandits in Jizhou!
His goal is to take the lead in gathering the Qingzhou water bandits.
This will not only solve the banditry in Qingzhou, but also enhance its own strength and lay the foundation for the construction of the Beiyang Navy, killing three birds with one stone!
He only has more than 3,000 men under his command, but he has 200 artillery. In addition to red cannons, there are also a large number of flintlocks, thunderbolts, grenades, etc.
Meng Guang used artillery as the vanguard and began to conquer the water bandits in Jizhou.
In just half a year, he had wiped out most of the water bandits in Shuibo Road No. 15 in Jizhou.
The remaining water bandits will either take all their wealth to join Meng Guang, or they will abandon their foundation and flee in other directions.
After obtaining this victory, Zheng Yi once again dispatched 3,000 new troops under the command of Meng Guang.
Among them, the strongest group of water bandits called themselves the Liangxingshan Water Bandits, with a total of 108 leaders and tens of thousands of water bandits under their command.
Among the one hundred and eight leaders, those with the lowest martial arts cultivation levels are all at the third level.
The three strongest among them are Grandmaster level warriors.
But even so, he was defeated one after another by Meng Guang relying on firearms and military formations.
In the end, Meng Guang obtained an imperial edict from the court and subdued most of Liang Xingshan's group of water bandits.
After annihilating the Jizhou water bandits, his troops actually numbered more than 30,000 in one go!
After that, he stayed in the water pools of Jizhou and trained the navy army based on these water bandits.
At the same time, they were constantly weeding out those who committed crimes or disobeyed military law in the army, and soon trained this group of water bandits into a navy army.
While training the navy, he also relied on the money and recruits given by Zheng Yi to recruit refugees and continue to strengthen his strength.
Zhengyong July and June.
Meng Guang's navy numbered more than 50,000!
Then he led the 50,000-strong navy to Binzhou by both land and water routes.
On land, land troops and horses suppressed rebellions, recruited refugees, and continued to strengthen their strength.
On the sea route, Meng Guang personally led his sights on the pirates in the East China Sea!
Most of these pirates were formed spontaneously by coastal residents.
In his free time he is a pirate, in his busy time he is a fisherman.
Among them, four groups of pirates are the most powerful and are known as the Four Pirate Kings.
King Qingyin of the East China Sea!
Storm King of Storm Sea!
The Black Dragon King of the Sea of Chaos!
King of Stars in the Sea of Stars!
These four pirate kings occupied many islands and territories along the coast of Dayu, plundering populations, plundering merchant ships, and even occasionally attacking some small island countries.
For coastal residents, these pirate kings are a real nuisance.
King Qingyin, who is located in the East China Sea of Dayu, is the biggest opponent Meng Guang faces.
In order to defeat King Qingyin, he asked the court for help.
After some consideration at that time, Zheng Yi directly allocated 300 red artillery pieces, escorted by 3,000 new troops, and provided support to Meng Guang.
Relying on these artillery pieces, Meng Guang defeated seven pirates under the command of King Qingyin, gained countless trophies, and captured several small islands.
King Qingyin was furious and worried about all the pirates under his command, which numbered more than 100,000 people. He even united with the pirate group under King Storm of Storm Sea to launch a surprise attack on Meng Guang's navy.
This battle... Meng Guang still wins!
Three hundred red-coated cannons mounted fire and instantly destroyed King Qingyin's main ship and several ships.
Three days later, King Qingyin fled in panic, and Meng Guang led his army to pursue him for 300 nautical miles!
Since then, all the East China Sea has been owned by Meng Guang Beiyang Navy.
King Qingyin had to abandon most of his troops and flee in panic.
After that, Meng Guang began to occupy all the property left by King Qingyin, and his power increased dramatically.
Even the Storm King of the Storm Sea next door sent envoys to make peace with him.
At this time, Zheng Yi summoned Meng Guang back to the capital with an imperial edict.
After receiving Zheng Yi's order, Meng Guang immediately left part of the navy to garrison the base and led his troops into the river from the Canglong River estuary and sailed to the capital.
For more than an hour, Meng Guang spoke in a colorful and exciting way, and danced from time to time, telling the story of his hard work over the past three years.
Of course, the most important thing is to admire Zheng Yi's support and care from time to time.
It was as if...everything he had obtained was obtained under Zheng Yi's command.
The greatest credit belongs to His Majesty.
And he, Meng Guang, was just a pawn who got to this point by luck under the instruction of Zheng Yi.
"Hahaha..."
Zheng Yi was also made to laugh by Meng Guang. This guy seemed honest and loyal, but his occasional aura and tone really revealed something extraordinary.
Zheng Yi vaguely saw what Meng Guang was hiding.
Hero.
A hero in troubled times, a capable minister in governing the world!
Just like the King of Wei in the history of previous lives!
However, the King of Wei did not suppress him without Mingjun, and in the end he could only become a hero in troubled times.
As for Dayu, as long as he is around, no matter how ambitious Meng Guang is, he can only sit back and do things for him!
Zheng Yi said: "Meng Guang, you are very good!"
"I said before that as long as you live up to me, I will believe you. There is no need to do these superficial things between you and me."
"Your Majesty! I am sincere and sincere, and I will never have second thoughts!"
Zheng Yi smiled and said: "That's it. I'm asking you to return to Beijing this time in order to let you destroy the rebel kings in other states and counties."
"What official position do you... want?"
Asking for a monthly ticket~
Asking for a monthly ticket~
Asking for a monthly ticket~
Asking for a monthly ticket~
Asking for a monthly ticket~
(End of chapter)