Chapter 139: The Hero Meng Guang
"General Xu entered Yunzhou? So soon."

In the Imperial Garden, the weather was nice today. Zheng Yi accompanied the Queen and Concubine Duan to bask in the sun in the Imperial Garden.

Queen Lu Lin'er was already seven months pregnant. Her belly was slightly bulging and her face was a little round.

Her originally perky breasts now became even rounder, emitting the radiance of motherhood.

As for Xu Qingluan, she has also been in the stage of three months old, but nothing can be seen at this moment, and her figure is still agile.

"Your Majesty~"

After hearing the report from the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Xu Qingluan became a little worried.

"Will father be okay? He rushed all the way from Binzhou to Yunzhou in just over two months. How could his body hold up?"

Zheng Yi said: "Don't worry, my beloved concubine. General Xu has been in the Xiantian realm 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. With the three innate masters taking action, I really can't think of anyone in this world who can stop them?"

"The three great innate..."

Xu Qingluan was relieved at this, but she was worried again: "But, but what about my brother?"

"Xu Xuanwu will not die either."

Zheng Yi said: "General Xu went all the way south from Binzhou to Yunzhou. He seemed furious, but he left room for maneuver."

"The biggest possibility for Xu Xuanwu is that he will be beaten up by General Xu and then taken back to the capital for trial."

Xu Qingluan said: "Your Majesty~"

"Okay, my dear, I know what you are going to do."

Zheng Yi held Xu Qingluan's hand and said, "Let's talk about it after my father-in-law brings my brother-in-law back."

"Yes Yes……"

Just then, Liu Chengen walked over quickly.

"Your Majesty, Meng Guang requests to see you."

"Oh? So soon?" Zheng Yi's eyes flickered and he said, "Let him in."

"promise!"

In the fifth year of Zhengyong, Meng Guang defected to Zheng Yi, who gave him unlimited trust.

Let him take people to the Binzhou coast to build the Beiyang Navy. Give them people, soldiers, money and cannons!
For nearly four years, Zheng Yi has been relying on the Jinyiwei and the Shadow Guard to gather intelligence on 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 over 100,000 people was established.

Among them, there are more than 30 large warships and more than 1,000 small warships.

Each large warship is equipped with ten red cannons and is extremely powerful.

Lu Lin'er stretched lazily and whispered, "Your Majesty, I am a little tired. Please excuse me for now."

"Go ahead, Lin'er, have a good rest."

"Hmm~"

With the help of her personal maid, Lu Lin'er slowly stood up.

"Is Concubine Duan not leaving?"

"Oh, right..."

Xu Qingluan was a little flustered, and then she reacted and quickly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I will take my leave."

"Take good care of the Queen and Concubine Duan."

"No~"

Served by more than a dozen palace maids and eunuchs, Lu Lin'er and Xu Qingluan slowly walked towards the outside of the imperial garden.

After taking a few steps, he ran into Liu Chengen, who was walking slowly towards him with a tall, fully armed general who smelled of sea salt.

Seeing the two women, Meng Guang quickly turned aside and saluted, saying, "I am Meng Guang, your Excellency, honored to meet you two noble ladies!"

"Ah."

Lu Lin'er nodded slightly: "Are you Meng Guang?"

"Yes!"

"Serve His Majesty well, and His Majesty will not treat you unfairly."

"Yes...your Excellency."

Liu Chengen beside him whispered, "This is the Empress, and the Concubine Duan."

Meng Guang paused, then knelt down and said, "Your Highness Meng Guang greets Her Majesty the Queen and Her Majesty Concubine Duan!"

"I didn't recognize you two ladies before, I hope you will forgive me."

"It doesn't matter."

Lu Lin'er waved her hand and said, "Go in quickly, don't keep His Majesty waiting."

"promise!"

Meng Guang stood up and slowly backed away.

Lu Lin'er and Xu Qingluan also left slowly.

"Princess Duan, what do you think of Meng Guang?"

"A brave man. I heard that His Majesty trusts him very much?"

"He hasn't returned to Beijing to report for more than three years. Ten states rebelled against him and he came back. What else could he do but ask for an official position?"

Lu Lin'er said disdainfully: "Also, this guy seemed respectful just now, but his eyes were indeed a bit hateful. He was not as respectful as other foreign ministers."

Xu Qingluan frowned and asked, "Really? Why didn't I notice it?"

"You? You are only thinking about General Xu and Xu Xuanwu. It's normal that you don't notice other things."

Lu Lin'er said confidently: "Just wait and see, this Lord Meng Guangmeng will surely become a high-ranking official in the future."

"Maybe it's the same as General Xu~ Hehehe..."

Perhaps because of her long pregnancy, Lu Lin'er became more and more sleepy, and lost interest after talking for a few words.

With a wave of his hand, the sedan chair parked outside the imperial garden came over immediately. The personal maids helped the two women get on the sedan chair and headed towards their respective bedrooms.

Royal Garden.

Meng Guang took two quick steps, 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:
"I, Meng Guang, kowtow to Your Majesty. May Your Majesty live long and long!"

Zheng Yi's mouth twitched, and he said, "Stand up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Give me a seat!"

Two young eunuchs brought an Eight Immortals Stool, and Meng Guang carefully sat on half of it.

"It's been a long time since we last met. Your Majesty is more elegant than ever before."

Zheng Yi looked Meng Guang up and down and said, "Indeed, it has been more than three years since we last met, and Meng Qing has become even more heroic."

At this time, Meng Guang is more mature and confident than he was three years ago.

The skin was slightly dark and a little rough, obviously having been exposed to wind and rain for a long time.

Fighting at sea is different from fighting on land. Often, the enemy will not see land for several months. Meng Guang has made great contributions to the development of the Beiyang Navy to its current state. In the past three years, Meng Guang has sent memorials almost every few months, indicating the current construction level of the Beiyang Navy.

Of course, Zheng Yi also sent Jinyiwei and eunuchs to the Beiyang Army to supervise the army. Unfortunately, the fleet was often out at sea for several months, and the intelligence on the Beiyang Navy was very scarce.

Most of these memorials were requests for assistance or for hot weapons such as artillery.

Zheng Yi certainly would not refuse these memorials from Meng Guang and almost always responded to their requests.

"How is the Beiyang Navy now?"

"It's all thanks to your majesty's divine power."

Meng Guang said: "Now my Beiyang Navy has a total of 100,000 sailors, more than 300,000 logistic personnel, 38 main battleships, more than 1,200 warships, and occupies three islands, and is feared in the East China Sea!"

"Especially the red cannons supported by Your Majesty, which have made an indelible contribution to the construction of the Beiyang Navy!"

"The Red Cannon is powerful, but you have made an invaluable contribution to building the Beiyang Navy to its current level."

"I will not let down any of my meritorious officials!"

Zheng Yi said: "I am quite interested in your experiences over the past three years. Please tell me freely."

"promise!"

Meng Guang said respectfully: "Three years ago, I bid farewell to Your Majesty and led my soldiers and two hundred artillerymen to Binzhou."

"When passing through Jizhou, I discussed with my staff and quickly made another decision..."

Through Meng Guang's narration, Zheng Yi quickly learned most of Meng Guang's situation over the past three years.

It turned out that after leaving Beijing, Meng Guang did not go to Binzhou first, but went to Qingzhou!

Qingzhou is close to the sea and has many lakes and water sources.

Meng Guang gathered the brothers who stayed behind from his past as bandits and began to attack the bandits in Jizhou!

His goal was to be the first to capture the Qingzhou pirates.

This will not only solve the bandit problem in Qingzhou, but also enhance one's own strength and lay the foundation for the construction of the Beiyang Navy, killing three birds with one stone!
He had only more than 3,000 men under his command, but he had 200 artillerymen. In addition to the red cannon, he also had a large number of flintlock rifles, thunderbolts, grenades, etc.

Meng Guang used artillery as the vanguard and began to fight against the Jizhou pirates.

In just half a year, he had wiped out most of the bandits in the fifteen water communities of Jizhou.

The remaining bandits either took all their wealth and joined Meng Guang, or abandoned their foundation and fled to other directions.

After achieving this victory, Zheng Yi again sent 3,000 new troops to be commanded by Meng Guang.

The strongest group of pirates among them called themselves Liang Xingshan pirates. They had a total of 108 leaders and more than 10,000 soldiers under their command.

Among these 108 leaders, the one with the lowest martial arts cultivation is at the third level.

The three strongest among them are even masters of martial arts.

But even so, he was defeated repeatedly by Meng Guang using firearms and military formations.

Finally, Meng Guang obtained an imperial edict from the court to recruit bandits, and subdued most of Liang Xingshan's gang of pirates.

After wiping out the Jizhou bandits, the number of his troops reached over 30,000!

Afterwards, he stayed in the Jizhou water area and trained the navy based on these water bandits.

At the same time, they were constantly eliminating those who committed crimes or refused to obey military law in the army, and soon trained this group of pirates into a navy.

While training the navy, he also began to recruit refugees with the silver and new soldiers given by Zheng Yi to continue to strengthen his strength.

The seventh and sixth month of the Zhengei period.

The navy under Meng Guang's command reached more than 50,000 people!

Afterwards, he led the 50,000 navy troops to Binzhou by both land and sea.

On land, the land troops suppressed rebellions and recruited refugees to continue to strengthen their strength.

On the sea route, Meng Guang led the team personally and set his sights on the pirates in the East China Sea!
Most of these pirates were spontaneously organized by coastal residents.

In his free time he is a pirate, in his busy time he is a fisherman.

Among them, four pirate groups are the most powerful, known as the Four Pirate Kings.

King Qingyin of the East Sea!
Storm King of Stormy Sea!

Black Dragon King of the Chaos Sea!

The star kings of the sea of ​​stars!
These four pirate kings occupied many islands and territories near the coast of Dayu, plundering people, looting merchant ships, and even occasionally attacking some small island countries.

For coastal residents, these pirate kings are a real threat.

The 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 wanted to ask the court for help.

After some consideration, Zheng Yi at that time directly allocated 300 red cannons, escorted by 3,000 new troops, to support Meng Guang.

Relying on these cannons, Meng Guang defeated the seven pirate groups under King Qingyin in succession, obtained countless spoils, and captured several small islands.

King Qingyin was furious and mobilized all the pirates under his command, more than 100,000 people, and even joined forces with the pirate group under King Storm Sea to launch a surprise attack on Meng Guang's navy.

In this battle...Meng Guang still wins!
Three hundred red-coated cannons shot from horseback and instantly destroyed the Qingyin King's main battleship and several ships.

Three days later, King Qingyin fled in a panic, and Meng Guang led his army to chase him for three hundred nautical miles!

From then on, the entire East China Sea belonged to Meng Guang's Beiyang Navy.

King Qingyin had to abandon most of his troops and flee in panic.

Afterwards, Meng Guang began to seize all the property left by King Qingyin, and his power increased rapidly.

Even the Storm King of the Storm Sea next door sent envoys to make peace.

At this time, Zheng Yi issued an imperial decree to summon Meng Guang back to the capital.

After receiving Zheng Yi's order, Meng Guang immediately left a part of the navy to garrison the base and led his troops into the river from the mouth of the Canglong River and sailed towards the capital.

For more than an hour, Meng Guang spoke in a riotous and brilliant manner, dancing from time to time, and recounting the difficulties he had experienced in the past three years.

Of course, what I admire most is Zheng Yi's support and care.

It was as if... everything he had achieved was obtained under Zheng Yi's command.

The greatest credit belongs to Your Majesty.

And Meng Guang was just a pawn who had luckily reached this point under the instructions of Zheng Yi.

"Hahaha……"

Zheng Yi was also amused by Meng Guang and laughed out loud. This guy seemed honest and loyal, but the aura and tone he occasionally revealed did reveal his extraordinary qualities.

Zheng Yi vaguely saw what Meng Guang had hidden.

Hero.

A hero in troubled times and a capable minister in peaceful times!
Just like the King of Wei in previous history!
However, the King of Wei had no wise ruler to suppress him, and ultimately he could only become a hero in troubled times.

As for Dayu, with him around, no matter how ambitious Meng Guang is, she can only obey and work for him!
Zheng Yi said: "Meng Guang, you are very good!"

"I have said before that as long as you don't let me down, I will trust you. There is no need for us to do these superficial things between the king and the minister."

"Your Majesty! I am sincere and have no second thoughts!"

Zheng Yi smiled and said, "That's fine. I asked you to return to the capital this time so that you can wipe out the rebel kings in other states and counties."

"What 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 this chapter)