Holding the battlements on the Xicheng Gate Tower, the noon sun shines on the ground, bringing a rare warmth to the bone-headed month. The wall built with rocks once towering on one side, but now the west wall is only a chest-length wall that is temporarily piled up with sandbags of wood. The ground is still disabled and the unwashed pools are filled with dark red blood stains, indicating the cruel battle that happened not long ago here.

Song Wen, accompanied by Li Jing, looked at the Duo Zhan. In his eyes, he was still a little unbelievable about the outcome of the just-concluded battle.

He stood tall on the west wall where only this city gate tower is left. This was once a rugged city gate tower, with blue brick rammed earth walls and walls with swords and cuts, all of which meant that this was a city tower full of stories. It is said that this castle was built by the navy commander Rong Guogong to protect the nursery when Yang Guang conquered Goguryeo when he was in the pursuit of Goguryeo, and was a base for the navy's eastern expedition. The one he was interested in was that Shamen Town was in the center of the calm Tangwan. Later, when Taizong Li Shimin personally conquered Goguryeo, it was said that he had also climbed to Shamen Island. When Zhongzong conquered Baekje and Goguryeo, it was also used as a place to stockpile.

However, later, during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, the Bohai Kingdom crossed the sea to attack Dengzhou, and fought all the way, breaking through the island castles on the coastal roads one by one, and Shamen Island Castle was destroyed at that time. Since then, although Shamen Fort has always had troops, it has never been restored. Song Wen sighed in his heart. The generals of Shamen Town have long lost the heart of jingling like the emperors and prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty.

"Can you be sure that this matter was attacked by Wang Jin secretly colluding with pirates?" Song Wen, who was standing in front of the battlements, looked at the city under the city, asked softly without looking back. On the side of him was the Dengzhou Bianjia, King Zhao Li Shi. He was half bent down and carefully watching the lines of words left by unknown people on the city wall. Feng Xun, Wang Song and several other generals didn't know where they went, and none of them were seen.

On the city tower, in addition to Li Jing, there were deputy general Lin Wei and Du Yuhou Wang Chong. The three of them were town-level officers of Shamen Town, and the rest of the people were still in good standing with Song Wen. Lin Wu, Zhang Hong, Zhang Chengzong and other officers, and at this time they could only stand fifty steps away with Song Wei's powerful servants wearing silk cloaks.

Li Jing did not answer Song Wen's question immediately. In fact, if Lin Wei had not insisted on telling Song Wen about this, Li Jing would not have wanted to say it. In Li Jing's opinion, Song Wen used him to mess up the waters when he was transferred to Shamen Town. This time the pirate attack, you can't even guess it. Things are not that simple. Shamen Island is surrounded by three large islands in the Great Xie Fort, and is close to Dengzhou. It is impossible for them to know that such a large-scale pirate attack is coming.

The thieves went all the way to Shamen Town, from Liaodong to Dengzhou, and passed by three large island groups of Daxie Fort, more than 30 islands. These more than 30 islands, large forts, small guards, and beacon shops on the islands that were uninhabited. More than a thousand pirates were so arrogant and fought smoothly to Shamen Town. If it weren't for the cooperation of Daxie Fort, how could it be so smooth? In addition to Daxie Fort, the warships of the Dengzhou Navy were also patrolling the nearby waters. Daxie Fort did not find it, and did the Dengzhou Navy not find any movement?

The matter was clearly there. Although the pirates were invading this time, they did not rob the other islands, but rushed to Shamen Island. Moreover, after going to the island, they did not rob the four wharfs and two villages, but they robbed Shamen Town, which had just moved to the island, which was less than ten years old. Isn't this a matter obvious? This was directed at Li Jing, and Li Jing had no grudges with the pirate One-Eyed Dragon. Thinking about the performance of Da Xiezhai and Dengzhou Navy, the truth of the matter has been revealed.

Either Feng Zhang wants to deal with Li Jing or Wang Jin wants to deal with Li Jing. It can even be said that Feng Zhang and Wang Jin want to deal with Li Jing together.

Such an obvious thing, but Song Wen did not mention it even when he went to the island. This attitude was already very wonderful.

"Yes, the pirate one-eyed dragon has always been Wang Jin's lackey. Their attack was completely under the command of Wang Jin." Wang Chong said angrily. He didn't understand Li Jing's thoughts. He felt that as long as he told Song Wen the truth about the matter, Song Wen and Song Wei could eliminate the Wang family by this. This real idea of ​​Yao disappointed Li Jing. Wang Chong was more brave, but sometimes he seemed to have no fighting mind at all.

The relationship between the Qingzhou Ya general Wang Jinwu and the Jiedushi Song Wei of the Qingpinglu in Zibo is as if the current emperor is the same as the eunuch Tian Lingzi. On the surface, the emperor is of course more powerful than the eunuch Tian Lingzi. But in fact, although Tian Lingzi is just a eunuch, he also serves as the Privy Councilor, Lieutenant of the Left Shence Army, and General of the Left Supervisor Gate Guard, who completely controls the imperial guards in the capital.

The eunuchs were just slaves of the emperor in their name, but in fact, this slave completely controls the fate of the head of the family, and the destruction is in his hands. Song Wei's situation is not much better than the emperor's. Although he was a military governor on the surface, he actually did not have any military power. He stayed in Qingzhou, but Qingzhou was under the control of the general Wang Jingwu. If he had not reached a joint force with the Cui family and won over the Han family, Song Wei would not have been able to fight with the Wang family at all. But even in the current situation, Song Wei would not have been able to truly eradicate the Wang family in just one or two words.

In this current situation, the court is basically unable to manage the affairs of local vassal states, and the local governments basically resolve it themselves. Not to mention that Wang Jin colluded with pirates to deal with Li Jing, what if the evidence is more conclusive?

Based on Li Jing's research and understanding of Song Wei, he knew that Song Wei was still very strategic. Before he could not truly defeat Wang Jingwu, even if this matter was reported to Song Wei, he would keep it unreleased. On the contrary, he would only be treated as a cross-he Pawn Envoy. However, Lin Wei, Wang Chong and others would not stop until they touched the south wall, so he was unwilling to twist their intentions, so he asked them to touch it himself and guess they would be willing to be willing.

"Is there any evidence?" Song Wen frowned and asked.

He felt the atmosphere was a bit solemn. In fact, since he received news of the pirate attack on Shamen Town last night, he had already speculated that Feng Zhang or Wang Jin was making trouble behind the scenes. Later, he sent him to transfer the Dengzhou Navy, but the Dengzhou Navy turned a blind eye to him. He basically understood it in his heart. However, he originally thought that Feng Zhang was doing behind the scenes, but he did not expect that it would be Wang Jin.

However, although he didn't have to look at the evidence to believe that this matter should be Wang Jin colluding with the pirates, Song Wen had to consider another thing in his heart. Now that the Jieshou Song Wei has received help from the Cui family, the Han family is about to win over, and it is at a critical moment. At this time, it is not suitable to move the Wang family. Now, the Wang family will be alarmed and intensified the conflicts in advance. Now, Jieshou is not sure that he can deal with the Wang family.

Lin Wei's face was full of sadness and pain, and pointed to the blood-stained land under the city and said, "Envoy Song, when the battle between Song Dynasty, more than 600 young and strong people died in Shamen Town, and more than 1,000 were injured. The four camps outside the castle were turned into ashes, and thousands of residents would live in their residences. Even the walls of the castle were destroyed. Overnight, Shamen Town had hundreds of widows and countless orphans who had lost their fathers."

Li Jing handed the letters and accounts of Wang Jin colluding with pirates from the One-Eyed Dragon to Song Wen, and the confession written by the One-Eyed Dragon before his death. Song Wen took it and opened it to watch it one by one, and looked at it very carefully. However, after reading it, he sighed a long sigh, his eyes full of dilemma. Li Jing immediately understood that things were indeed moving in the direction he expected, but he was not disappointed. Bi Jing had never held hope.

"These things are very important, but this matter is very important and involves a lot of things. Even I cannot deal with it immediately. I will immediately explain the cause and effect of Jieshuai and wait for Jieshuai to deal with it." Song Wen said after pondering for a while, and paused. He seemed to feel that if he didn't take some action, Li Jing and others would feel heartbroken. Then he said: "Ji Yu, if you want to transfer back to Shamen Town now, then I will agree immediately."

Li Jing shook his head. How could he give up such a piece of land after finally having such a piece of land?

"You can take your brother away with me, and I will arrange it for you."

"I chose to decide to come to Shamen Town by myself. Now, I am still willing to stick to my original choice!"

Song Wen sighed, "How about I leave you a hundred horses to strengthen your defense?"

"Thank you for your love, but nearly a thousand pirates of the one-eyed dragon have just been destroyed here. I can't think of any entry in the office to come back so boldly. If you really think that I am pitiful, you might as well support some money and food for me."

Song Wen smiled bitterly and said, "Dengzhou is also an empty shell, so why don't you pay for it? In this way, I will find a way to pull out a batch of lime, bricks and other items for you to help you repair this castle city. As long as the castle city is repaired, even if there are really pirates, they will not suffer any loss."

Li Jing beat the snake and came on the stick and immediately said, "In this situation, how can I pay for the city to build it? I don't know when it will happen. I have a request. This time we suffered such a big loss, and part of the reason is that we can't quit. Shamen Town has four piers and three affiliated islands. Unfortunately, it's not under the control of my Shamen Town at present."

In addition to four piers, Shamen Town also has Niutuzi Island at the southern end of the island, and Yangtuozi Island to the west, and Shaobing Island to the north. These three islands are not large, all of which are only more than 100 acres of land, but they are close to Shamen Town. Niutuzi Island is just opposite Taishan Wharf, and Yangtuozi Island is on the sea opposite Shimen Wharf. The two islands guard the two piers like two fortresses. Shaobing Island is a circular island without access, but its location is even more important, just stuck to the west of the embankment between the northern end of Shamen Island and the south island of Daxe Fort and the north island.

To the west of Shaobing Island is the Beishan Wharf of Shamen Town, and to the east is the strait between the two islands. It is a must-pass route for ships from south to north and is known as the only waterway for Pearl Gate.

Li Jing made this request, which was to regain control of the four docks and also to regain control of these three important affiliated islands. Especially Shaobing Island, when controlling this island, half of the control of the Pearl Waterway was in his hands.
Chapter completed!