Li Guangcai only then understood the meaning of Prince Huaiyang.
Last time, it was obvious that the collusion between the Japanese and Minister Shi led to the kidnapping of the princess consort, while the prince was hindered by the imperial envoy.
Shi Yikuan really had the courage, he stabbed Prince Huaiyang seven inches in one go. Nowadays, there are many criticisms in the court against Prince Huaiyang for his extensive shipbuilding, which results in the loss of labor and wealth.
If these two imperial envoys who were tortured and interrogated by Prince Huaiyang in the North Sea were to return, it would be even more embellished.
So Cui Xingzhou reported to the court that the two imperial envoys had contracted the epidemic and needed to rest for some time. Therefore, they can simply stay together until the end of the war.
These days. The Japanese were clearly at a dead end, and on several adventures, they sent people ashore to secretly purchase food.
Since the Japanese had already experienced a food shortage, and some had secretly sailed away from the Kou island in small boats, it indicates that their military morale had become scattered.
It was the best time to attack, so Cui Xingzhou also led the soldiers to develop a naval battle plan. When the wind direction of the sea breeze was suitable, they attacked Kou Island in one fell swoop and pulled out the cancer that had plagued the North Sea for many years.
Just before the battle, one always needs to go home and take a look. Once the war starts, he doesn’t know how long it will take to see his beloved wife and son.
Liu Miantang actually didn’t have the heart to think about Cui Xingzhou.
In recent days, under the leadership of Servent Li, she has recognized the servants in the courtyard and checked her private shops.
She doesn’t know she is so wealthy now.
Both Servant Li and Lu Yi said that all of her furniture was earned through hard work day and night. But when Miantang lost her memory, she felt a sense of happiness as meat pies fell from the sky and hit her.
After this amnesia, she suddenly realizes that she has a wealth of money… It’s really great!
On this day, Cui Xingzhou and Li Guangcai returned early and prepared to have a meal with the family.
However, Fangxie said that the Princese Consort was tired and had not yet woken up after sleeping in the afternoon.
Cui Xingzhou lifted his head and walked into the inner room. As soon as he entered, he felt that the touch at his feet was not right. He lowered his head and looked closely, and the floor tiles seemed to have traces of flipping.
When Cui Xingzhou entered the room, Liu Miantang also woke up in bed. She noticed someone and flipped her head over, alert and looking at Cui Xingzhou.
Seeing Cui Xingzhou looking down at the ground, she immediately regained composure and said, “What is the prince looking at?”
Cui Xingzhou sat over to her without much concern, and then sat on the bed and asked, “What’s up? Did you bury silver again?”
Miantang widened her eyes slightly, surprised at how accurately he guessed! Fortunately, before burying the silver, she asked Lu Yi to guard the door and sent away all the maids!
War was about to begin in the North Sea. Who knows if Prince Huaiyang can win? She asked Lu Yi to go to the silver shop in Outer County to exchange silver bills, prepare three boxes of silver, and bury them in the inner room.
Once encountering chaos, at least she can immediately pick up the money and run away with her son.
Unexpectedly, as soon as it was buried this morning, it was guessed by Prince Huaiyang who was not at home.
There must be an insider, and when she finds out, see if she will peel off that guy’s skin and light the sky lamp!
Cui Xingzhou looked at her flickering eyes and wanted to laugh. He hugged her and said, “Don’t think about it, no one is a spy. You buried money in the old house on North Street, and when you go back, it will be enough for you to dig slowly.”
Miantang didn’t expect that she had done this before, and had not yet avoided Cui Xingzhou. For a moment, she felt even more guilty, feeling that compared to him, her only focus on keeping money and leaving seemed not fair and righteous enough.
So she thought for a moment, feeling a bit guilty, and said, “… I’m just trying to be on the safe side! If you have a horse with a short stirrup, I can also help you.”
Unfortunately, she was a bit cautious. Cui Xingzhou could see through it and raised his eyebrows, saying, “Didn’t you have the intention of sneaking away with the child?”
Miantang thought for a moment. She said, “As long as you don’t die in battle, I will also run with you.”
These kinds of heartless curse-like words made Cui Xingzhou squint slightly and say, “You mean I can’t beat that turtle son, Takatsukasa? He needs to have that ability to win me.”
Liu Miantang said honestly, “I’m just afraid of that turtle in the urn to have other helpers. If the Japanese can ravage the North Sea for so long, wouldn’t they have real skills?”
Previously, Cui Xingzhou would never discuss military affairs with Liu Miantang.
But now Liu Miantang was also too infuriating. She looks completely untrustworthy of him, even burying her widow’s pension. Was this a certainty that he would lose?
So he said, “Now that Kou Island has been surrounded by regiments and their army’s morale is scattered, and he has been unable to break through several times. How can Takatsukasa escape and ascend to heaven?”
After thinking for a moment, Liu Miantang took several small porcelain cups from the table and used them as warships. The large porcelain pot became a pirate island and began to calculate the tactics of the march.
Then she disguised herself as a Japanese and led Cui Xingzhou to attack.
Cui Xingzhou felt a bit funny at the way she arranged his affairs, but seeing how serious she was, he also cooperated.
Similar exercises have been conducted countless times by Cui Xingzhou in the military camp with the generals. Naturally, he has his strategy in mind and his attacks are not disorderly.
It was just different from the exercises in the barracks, but when Leader Lu defends, she takes on a different look.
For example, when the North Sea Army approached the north shore of Kou Island and prepared to lean against the cliff, jump into the water, and climb the cliff to attack the island, Liu Miantang threw some of her snacks of rice crackers on that side.
Cui Xingzhou asked inexplicably, “What is this?”
Miantang solemnly said, “Sharks. When I was on Kou Island a few days ago, I saw them carrying the bodies of deceased prisoners to the north cliff to throw, so I asked Takatsukasa. Maybe he was afraid that I would jump into the sea and escape from there. He told me that there were many sharks gathered there, tearing open a corpse, which was only a moment’s work. If you dare to send troops to climb the water, he will pour a few barrels of dog blood into the sea to summon the fangs, and then let your navy feed the sharks.”
Cui Xingzhou didn’t even know that there was such a gateway in the deep sea under the northern cliff of Kou Island. After a moment of silence, he abandoned the north and attacked from the south shoal.
Miantang picked up five small Fried Dough Twists and put them on the shoal.
Cui Xingzhou said expressionlessly, “Is this a cannon?”
Miantang looked at Prince Huaiyang with a childish and educative gaze and said, “When I ran away that day, I once traveled across a small half of the island. I accidentally saw five such cannons on the south bank. Each had a thick base and a thick muzzle. Due to its heavy tonnage, it should not be able to be installed on the ship, but when it was on the shore, the cannon was powerful and had a long range. The five cannons could be fired one after another by changing their shells. At that time, the ships in the North Sea would… Dong Dong Dong…”
Miantang picked up the five fragrant broken beans and filled them with shells, smashing them at the warships in the North Sea, only causing the few large tea cups to stagger.
Cui Xingzhou remained silent for a moment, and at this moment, he was both surprised and angry. Although he sent out many spies, almost no one could approach Kou Island, so he naturally didn’t know what the fortifications on the island were.
But how could the Japanese have such strong cannons? It requires countless refined iron and skilled workers to cast it.
If everything Miantang said was true, why did the Japanese come with such sharp tools? This was definitely not something that could be obtained overnight.
For a moment, Cui Xingzhou suddenly realized that perhaps the collusion between Minister Shi and Takatsukasa was not simply a stumbling block for him, but perhaps there was a deeper level of interest collusion between them.
Cannons, refined iron… Iron ore? If he remembered correctly, the iron ore that was originally controlled by Prince Sui in the northwest eventually fell into the hands of Shi Yikuan.
Thinking of this, Cui Xingzhou stood up and hurriedly walked out without even worrying about eating.
Miantang looked at the teacup, Fried Dough Twists, and rice crackers on the bed, and was stunned. Suddenly, she felt nervous. She thought that she should find Lu Yi tomorrow and ask him to change more money, prepare a bigger pickaxe and shovel, and bury more money before she felt relieved.
Not to mention that the floor tiles in Miantang’s inner room will suffer again, Cui Xingzhou flew pigeons overnight to send a message, ordering spies from the northwest and the capital to investigate the movement of the northwest iron mine.
Nowadays, the war in the North Sea was no longer just a single front in the North Sea. Since Shi Yikuan has stirred up crooked thoughts behind him and set off a wave of impeachment against him in the court, don’t blame him for thoroughly investigating him!
However, a drill of rice crackers and tea cups on the bed of the Prince’s house also shattered the battle plans formulated by the soldiers in the North Sea day and night.
When Li Guangcai watched the demonstration of Prince Huaiyang on the beach sand table, he also sweated coldly from his back.
If Kou Island were like the one demonstrated by Prince Huaiyang, if a campaign to attack the island were to be launched, then the ships and artillery in the North Sea would inevitably be damaged countless times. At that time, the results of the battle would be reported, and the wave of counterattacks against the prince in the court would only grow stronger.
At that time, the years of military achievements of Prince Huaiyang will be completely wiped out, and he will be burdened with indelible stains.
If the Japanese were so completely prepared, why would they rush to flee the kou island?
Thinking of the Japanese and cargo ships intercepted by the North Sea navy in recent days, Li Guangcai was puzzled.
Cui Xingzhou was now unintentionally awakened by Liu Miantang, and all of his thoughts were clear for a moment. It was true that Takatsukasa wanted to send Miantang back to Japan. But if he wanted to escape while the typhoon was approaching, it needed to be confirmed.
He came out of his house that day and asked many elderly people from the North Sea. That Kou Island was a safe shelter for many local fishermen before it was invaded.
There are many natural caves on the island. It can avoid typhoon days. And those caves are shady and cool, even if they accumulate vegetables and meat, they can last for a long time.
Many old fishermen used to put some pickled fresh fish and vegetables on the island in advance to prepare for unexpected needs. But later on, the island was occupied by the Japanese, and many young people nowadays are not aware of the situation on the island.
The Japanese have been occupying the Kou Island for so long, and it was not a problem just to prepare food and vegetables in a few caves, such as pickled meat, to eat all year round
After learning about this, Cui Xingzhou became more and more eager to suppress it in his heart – now that he had found those cargo ships, they were all insignificant goods such as tea and porcelain.
Why did Takatsukasa frequently dispatch cargo ships and create the illusion that there was no food on the island and regular purchasing was necessary?
Those are all baits, luring the North Sea Division to attack the island lightly!
If it weren’t for Leader Lu who was good at smelling crises, he would almost have been deceived by the cunning Takatsukasa.
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