Chapter 1647 Which Captain Rong?

People in the water were rescued one after another, and several waves of boats came and went in a hurry.

The commander watched his lieutenant being imprisoned in the cabin with the sign "Confidential Location, No Access for Unused Persons". After a while, he heard a shrill scream coming from inside.

The commander became nervous and was about to knock on the door to ask, but suddenly heard another cannon shot in the distance.

The commander's expression changed greatly, and he rushed to the deck. He happened to hear the old man named Zhu complaining to the kind old man named Ji: "It's booming, I'm afraid there will be no peace tonight."

The kind old man surnamed Ji looked worried: "Nothing will happen, artillery fire has no eyesight, it's better that Wei'er doesn't get hurt."

The old man surnamed Zhu shook his head and smiled: "Brother Ji, as for your granddaughter, who could hurt her? Besides, you see, the ones who fired the cannons were all our ships, and the ones who were bombarded were all the ships on the opposite side. It's okay."

"But didn't Wei'er just get on the opposite ship and say she was destroying the bottom cabin? If she was still on the ship and the gunfire hit her, wouldn't she..."

"It's impossible." The old man surnamed Zhu patted Ji Nanzheng's shoulder and comforted him: "Since our ship dares to fire, it must be because we are sure that there are no more of our people on the enemy's ship. Brother Ji is not the apprentice I brag about. Ah, he, Rong Leng, has been leading troops for many years. If the people under his command don't even have this ability, he, the captain of Zhengemen, should just pack up and get out. "

Ji Nanzheng snorted: "I don't know your official position in Qingyun Kingdom. Don't mention Zhengemen to me, I don't understand."

The old man surnamed Zhu had no choice but to touch his nose and said: "Then just pretend I didn't say it. Brother Ji, don't always look down on Rong Leng. He is also your grandson-in-law after all..."

Ji Nanzheng fell silent, lowered his head, and continued to bandage the wounded at hand.

And just when Ji Nanzheng finished wrapping one bag and was about to turn to the other side to get some more hot water, Leng Buding found a person standing behind him. He was stunned for a moment. After seeing the other person's appearance clearly, he couldn't help but ask: "You Aren't you waiting for your brother inside? Is he finished? "

The commander remained silent. He opened his mouth blankly, looked at the old man in front of him, and then at the scarlet fire in the distance that shot straight into the sky. After reacting for a while, he opened his mouth and asked dryly: "You just said...Rong, Captain Rong? I dare to ask, are you talking about, which Captain Rong?"

Ji Nanzheng frowned and turned to look at Zhu Wensong.

Zhu Wensong, on the other hand, helped a soldier at hand to trim the leg bone, then took the time to raise his head and said, "Rong Leng, do you know him?"

The commander felt that his throat was very dry, and he managed to breathe for several times before he regained his voice, but the tone was very stiff: "The third prince of the current dynasty, Rong Leng? The chief captain of Zhengemen, that Rong...Rong Leng?"

Zhu Wensong laughed: "Why are you stuttering? Do we really know each other? But it's not surprising. He recognized your Haidong Army's ship at a glance. I guess you have some personal relationship with him?"

The commander waved his hands, but felt that his frightened look was too embarrassing. He pressed his forehead again and struggled for a long time before stumbling and saying: "But, but Captain Rong, Third Prince Rong... He, isn't he dead?"

"Ah?" Zhu Wensong was stunned now.

Even Ji Nanzheng was dumbfounded: "Why did he die?"

The commander of the Haidong Army scratched his head: "Although no body was found, the people who sailed with him all came back and said that they encountered a seaspout. Although the imperial court has been organizing troops to search in the West Sea, over the past few years, everyone has Everyone knows that the third prince is probably dead. I heard from our marshal that at the beginning of this year, the court had issued a mourning ceremony. Although it has not been announced to the public, the tomb has been built. "

Zhu Wensong: "..."

Ji Nanzheng: "Hahahahaha!"

Zhu Wensong glanced at his elder brother Ji and felt that he was laughing too loudly: "Brother Ji, are you so happy?"

Ji Nanzheng laughed so hard that his stomach hurt. He held his stomach and said, "Master Rong died young, hahahaha!"

Zhu Wensong: "..."

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The vigorous naval battle, after lasting all night, came to an end with the deep blue twilight of the morning.

Wu Hong, the commander of the Haidong Army, stood on the deck, watching the rain getting lighter and lighter on the horizon, and looking at the three civilian warships approaching them in the distance. The shock in his heart still did not calm down.

The third prince in the royal family, who was said to be most likely to ascend the throne and become emperor, was rumored to be dead, but today, he actually appeared alive.

Wu Hong had no friendship with this third prince. The Haidong Army was a navy. The third prince had led troops, but he led an army, which had nothing to do with their Haidong Army. But Wu Hong knew about this third prince for no other reason than that Master Ke, the commander-in-chief of their Haidong Army, had been an acquaintance with this third prince for many years.

Marshal Ke spent his life galloping, served in the army, conquered the frontier fortress, crossed the strait, and ended his life in the East China Sea.

Marshal Ke passed away a year ago. Before he died, he said that he had been brave throughout his life and had no regrets. The only regret was that he could not see the future of Qingyun Country and could not meet a wise king. In the old marshal's heart, the prince who he thought could lead the Qingyun Kingdom to a higher level had died young.

Wu Hong didn't pay much attention to the civil strife in the royal family in the capital. He didn't even calculate how many sons the emperor had. Things in the capital were too far away from them in the East China Sea, and the people in the East China Sea didn't have that much to worry about. Politics on the horizon.

But that third prince, Wu Hong, was so powerful that there was nothing he could do, Marshal Ke kept saying.

Marshal Ke died in the hospital room of the camp last year. At that time, Marshal Ke had traveled to the East China Sea to bury his father, but Marshal Ke was stationed in the South China Sea and could not stay for long. After three days of mourning, he left again. And it was precisely because the Haidong Army lost its commander overnight, and the court did not immediately promote a new commander to take office, so that the commander's position was vacant for a year. When no one led the overall planning, a small bottle of poison killed half of the soldiers in the camp.

Wu Hong had thought about why the Queen's rebels chose the East China Sea as a breakthrough point? Did they decide to invade the East China Sea after Marshal Ke's death? Or did they have this plan before Marshal Ke died?

If it was the latter, was Marshal Ke's death really an accident?

The old and vigorous Marshal had clearly gone to the sea to hunt sharks with them a month ago, but a month later, he was already sick and died.

Is all this really just a coincidence?

Wu Hong could not come to a conclusion. He was not a very smart person. He was used to obeying the superiors and military orders. He did not have the ability to take the responsibility of the entire Haidong Army. He did not have the brains to investigate how those high-ranking court officials were scheming for personal gain.

But now, Captain Rong, who was said to have died in the sea, is back.

The old ministers in the court once unanimously believed that the third prince Rong, who was the most suitable to succeed to the throne, is back.

Wu Hong thought that if there was help from this famous and intelligent third prince, some things might be answered.

In the end, the blood feud of thousands of soldiers in the Haidong Army must be avenged!