While everyone was discussing the request for an imperial decree, the guard outside the door came to announce: "Report, there is an imperial decree."
The group hurriedly got up and went outside to receive the order.
After hearing the content of the decree, everyone had happy smiles on their faces.
June 18, the 21st year of Chongzhen.
On the sea north of Dengzhou Prefecture.
Two keel gunboats, two double-deck Fu ships, four large Fu ships, more than a hundred patrol boats, winter ships, and bird boats were like a marine forest, with the shadows of the sails blocking out the sun.
On the tall warship, the Ming national flag and the general flag fluttered in the wind.
The warship rose and fell with the waves, but was as stable as a rock because of the anchor.
"Sir, you are the governor of Denglai. You just need to plan and strategize. You don't have to go to the front line!" Huang Fei stopped Yuan Shu from getting on board.
"If I don't go to the front line, how can I know the Jiannu's deployment?"
"I will write down and draw everything I see. You just need to look at the pictures." Huang Fei continued to persuade.
"Just looking at the maps without going to the front line is just empty talk, isn't it?" Yuan Shu boarded a keel gunboat despite everyone's objections.
He stood on the bow, his heart surging as the sea breeze blew.
"Twenty-seven years ago, my father trained the land and naval forces here to retake southern Liaoning."
Yuan Shu paused and looked at the sea in the distance, as if he could see the flames of war that year.
"Today, I, Yuan Shu, stand here and swear to my father that I will recover Liaodong and restore the great Ming territory!"
The soldiers on the boat looked at Yuan Shu's back, their eyes full of admiration and worship.
Yuan Shu's father, Yuan Keli, was strict in military discipline during his time as governor of Denglai. Wherever he went, no one was disturbed. He also executed corrupt officials and redressed unjust cases. He was called Yuan Qingtian by the local people.
Now, his descendants are standing before our eyes doing the same thing.
"The Ming army is mighty!" The soldiers' shouts echoed on the sea.
Yuan Shu was inspired. He raised his right hand high in the air and shouted to the messenger, "Order, hoist the sail, set sail!"
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