Spoilers for The Red Mansion, Daiyu’s mentality is broken

Three days later, on the evening of the second day, Qin Huaiyu came to visit again and brought Jia Huan shocking news.

The red-haired thieves will come to attack Haizhou City tomorrow night, and they seem to know that Daxia is on guard against them, but they just don't know where to focus their defense.

Therefore, this time, they did not plan to stay in Haizhou for a long time, but planned to set fire to Haizhou City after looting and leave.

After learning the news, Jia Huan couldn't help but be shocked, and secretly cursed the court's intelligence system.

These guys are all useless snacks who eat people's food and do nothing for others.

They couldn't even find out such important information.

Thanks to him bringing Miaoyu here this time and getting to know Qin Huaiyu, he got the news from him in advance.

Otherwise, the red-haired thief would have really been allowed to rush into Haizhou City without any precautions and set a fire on it.

Even if they could be left behind afterwards, it would definitely be a shame for Daxia and even more so for their Red Flame Army.

Thinking of this, Jia Huan couldn't help but clasped his fists at Qin Huaiyu and said, "Brother Qin, the news you brought is crucial. This time, I owe you a favor."

"By the way, have you found out how many people they will send during this invasion?"

Since he knew the news in advance, Jia Huan was confident that he would win the invading red-haired thief coefficient.

Just know yourself and the enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without danger.

Naturally, the more detailed the information, the better.

Qin Haiyu couldn't help but shook his head and said: "We didn't find out the specific number of people, but I heard that the red-haired thieves don't seem to be sending out all their troops this time."

Hearing this, Jia Huan nodded, with a thoughtful look on his face.

After a long while, Jia Huan couldn't help but ask: "I wonder if Brother Qin is interested in participating in this battle?"

Qin Huaiyu clasped his fists and said, "Master Marquis has given instructions, and Qin must not be disrespectful."

Jia Huan was quite satisfied with Qin Huaiyu's reaction.

In fact, the reason why Jia Huan invited Qin Huaiyu to participate this time was to reciprocate the favor and let Qin Huaiyu also get a share of the pie.

Jia Huan couldn't help but said: "In this way, the frontal battle will naturally come from our Red Flame Army."

"Brother Qin can lead Renhai Tiandao to intercept the red-haired bandit's ship."

"The ships obtained will be divided equally between you and Haitian Island."

Yes, in this battle, Jia Huan not only wants to annihilate the invading red-haired thieves.

They also want to leave all their warships behind.

When the red-haired thieves come to attack Haizhou City, all the main force will inevitably come ashore.

There will certainly not be too many people left to guard the ship.

Originally, Jia Huan planned to leave all these ships to Haitian Island.

The Red Flame Army is responsible for fighting, and Haitian Island is responsible for making a fortune. The two sides cooperate in a tacit understanding, which can be said to be a win-win situation.

Only this time, thanks to Qin Huaiyu for sending the information.

Jia Huan reciprocated the favor and was about to give half of the victory prize to Qin Huaiyu.

After Jia Huan finished speaking, Qin Huaiyu immediately understood the meaning of Jia Huan's words.

Qin Huaiyu couldn't help but said: "Thank you Lord Marquis for the reward, but we don't want the ship. It's enough to be able to help Lord Marquis with a little help."

After listening to Qin Huaiyu's words, Jia Huan appreciated him even more.

Be able to resist temptation, not be blinded by immediate interests, but choose the future.

This young man has a future.

Next, Jia Huan held a banquet directly at Taibai Restaurant, and then called Liu Xianglian to accompany him.

At the banquet, Qin Huaiyu confirmed his suspicion.

It turns out that the commander of Haitian Island's escort team is actually a subordinate of Champion Hou.

It turns out that the owner behind Haitian Island is no longer the Xue family, but has been replaced by Champion Hou.

Yes, Qin Huaiyu actually knew that Haitian Island belonged to the Xue family.

It's just that he never found out who the new owner was.

Now I finally know that he is the champion.

The champion Hou was already extremely rich, and now he was secretly cultivating his own power. His plan was not trivial.

How lucky are you to be able to board the ship of Champion Hou?

This further confirmed the correctness of his previous decision to abandon half of the red-haired thief's warships.

Give up some immediate interests, as long as you can follow the champion steadily, you will definitely have a brighter future.

In the middle of the banquet, Jia Huan left with an excuse.

Jia Huan had informed Liu Xianglian in advance about the cooperation between Haitian Dao and Qin Huaiyu.

As for how they will cooperate this time, and the details of how they will cooperate in the future, just leave it to the two of them to talk and negotiate.

As the boss behind the scenes, Jia Huan would not be able to end the situation personally.

After returning, Jia Huan called his deputy Zhou Tong and ordered people to get the map.

Then he told Zhou Tong the news that the red-haired thieves were about to attack Haizhou City tomorrow night, and did not hide the source of the news from Zhou Tong.

After hearing the news, Zhou Tong suddenly became excited.

First he cursed the imperial court's intelligence system, and then he and Jia Huan enthusiastically circled the map to determine the landing point of the red-haired thief.

There are several places where one can land around Haizhou City.

But if they want to attack Haizhou City, they must pass through a ramp.

Jia Huan and Zhou Tong unanimously decided to set up an ambush on the slope.

Of course, if you want to annihilate all the invading red thieves, you can't just have one ambush.

Next, the two of them began to analyze the direction in which the red-haired thief would most likely escape if they were defeated.

Returning the way they came is just one of their options.

At night, in the dark, it is estimated that more than half of the deserters will scatter in all directions.

Jia Huan and Zhou Tong were not willing to let go of these fleeing red-haired ghosts.

After some discussion, the two finally determined the deployment situation.

At the end, Zhou Tong suddenly said: "By the way, do you want to send a small group of people to seize the other party's ship?"

"Although the emperor has allocated a shipyard to our Red Flame Army, it will take at least half a year to a year to build a ship."

"If we can rob the red-haired thief's ship this time, our Red Flame Army will definitely be even more powerful."

Hearing Zhou Tong's words, Jia Huan couldn't help being frightened.

What does this guy want to do?

He quickly said: "Based on our defense situation, how many more manpower can be spared?"

Zhou Tong silently calculated in his mind for a moment and said: "We are anticipating the enemy Yu Kuan, because we are not sure how many troops the red-haired ghosts will invade this time, so the calculation is based on 20,000 people."

"So even if we have the right time, place and people, we still need enough manpower to ensure that the vast majority of them are retained."

"Therefore, we don't have many manpower available, only about 1,400 to 500 people."

Upon hearing this number, Jia Huan said decisively: "If this is the case, then this team cannot be sent out."

"To prevent unexpected situations from happening at the scene, this team must serve as a support team. If the situation is discovered, they can provide support at any time."

"In the end, it is best to capture the red-haired thief's ship. Even if we cannot capture it, we must ensure victory in the land battle as the first priority."

In fact, how could Zhou Tong not think of this? He was also hesitant to send out this team.

Seeing Jia Huan's objection, Zhou Tong remained silent.

When Jia Huan saw that Zhou Tong had no objection, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Are you kidding me? If the Red Flame Army sends a team there, how can they capture the Red-haired Thief's ship on Haitian Island?

Next, the two of them conducted another review and made sure that nothing was wrong before giving up.

On the afternoon of the second day, the Red Flame Army sent out scouts to continuously inquire for information.

Then the Red Flame Army quietly moved out and ambush each other according to the pre-assigned positions. At this time, everything is ready, all that is left is the east wind.

The encirclement has been laid, just waiting for the prey to get trapped.

However, at this time, it is actually not certain whether the red-haired thief will really come.

If the information given by Qin Huaiyu was wrong and the red-haired thief did not come.

Then this time, their efforts will be in vain.

At this moment, Ni Er quietly came to Jia Huan and reported: "Master, we have found the target and are moving closer here."

Ni Er was the target discovered using Haidongqing.

Tritons are migratory birds. When they spend the winter, they usually come to the coastline and look for food on the seaside.

Therefore, after coming to Haizhou, there was nothing uncomfortable for Haidongqing.

And now that Hai Dongqing has discovered the traces of the red-haired ghost, Jia Huan is completely relieved.

Time passed little by little.

The Red Flame Army waited patiently, and soon, the entire army had finished their dinner.

They were afraid that the red-haired ghost would discover their flaws, so they did not light a fire to cook.

Meals are prepared in advance.

It is a self-heating pot prepared in advance by Chiyan Junhuo Touying.

Well, naturally it cannot be compared with the self-heating hot pot and self-heating rice of later generations.

But it does have the ability to heat itself.

The material package inside is made of quicklime, and after adding water, it can be heated automatically.

After dinner, except for the scouts, the other Red Flame Army soldiers began to lie down in the ambush to rest.

Now they are also veterans who have experienced many wars. Facing the upcoming war, they have a very calm mentality.

It was getting dark, and the fishing lanterns on the distant sea made the sea surface glow with sparkling stars.

Jia Huan and others are still waiting patiently.

At this time, the red-haired ghost had actually arrived at the dock.

However, they did not launch a sneak attack immediately, but were waiting. It was still early at this time, and they would not take action until it was darker.

Both prey and hunter are waiting patiently and confidently.

It was getting darker, and the red-haired thief finally decided to attack.

They had done this kind of thing countless times, and they fell in love with this exciting game.

They would take advantage of the darkness and rush into coastal towns one after another.

Massacre the men inside, and then take away their most juicy and energetic girls for their enjoyment.

They enjoy the blood of killing, are obsessed with the plumpness of girls, are keen on tasting fine wines from various countries, and enjoy delicious food from all over the world.

Looting brings them an unprecedented wonderful feeling.

Each of them wore light leather boots, which made no sound even when walking on the rocks and were still light.

They walked silently, their shotguns ready to fire at any time.

The handles of the scimitars are also kept within easy reach.

They were getting closer and closer to this beautiful eastern seaside city.

Faintly, they could already see the walls of Haizhou City.

After passing the slope in front, they would reach Haizhou City in a few miles.

However, the next moment, countless torches suddenly lit up around the ramp.

The next moment, these torches were thrown down the ramp.

Their eyes suddenly lit up.

From extremely dark to extremely bright, the eyes of these red-haired thieves squinted.

Then, they heard a shrill sound breaking through the air. At the same time, there was also the accompaniment of snapping sounds.

The red-haired thief was no stranger to these two sounds, which were the sound of arrows breaking through the air and the sound of muskets firing.

However, these attacks were directed at them, and they became living targets.

The red-haired thieves were stationed very densely, which meant that the Red Flame Army setting up an ambush basically didn't need to take aim.

It is enough to shoot arrows or shoot at crowded places.

Under such circumstances, missing the shot would be an accident.

The red-haired thieves fell in pieces like straw harvested by a harvester.

In just a few moments, they suffered heavy casualties.

It only took a moment for them to collapse.

Know yourself and the enemy, a hundred battles will never end.

The problem is, they have no idea how many their enemies are.

For a moment they could not even discern the exact location of their enemy.

It is impossible to organize an effective counterattack.

What's more, they are pirates, they are sensual and indulge in pleasure.

Every one of them is rich.

They plundered everywhere, just enjoying the pleasure of killing and the satisfaction of getting something for nothing.

They have absolutely no faith.

In the past, they relied on the sharpness of their weapons and sudden sneak attacks to be able to do whatever they wanted and kill without hesitation.

And now, when the killing happens to themselves.

Their defeat was faster than that of ordinary armies.

The red-haired thieves were defeated, and Zhou Tong took the lead and led the Red Flame Army to pursue them.

What happened next was still a feast of killing.

Only this time, the object was transformed.

The one who was killed became a red-haired thief.

Facts have proved that Jia Huan and Zhou Tong's homework was not in vain.

What they had laid in advance was exactly a dragnet targeting the red-haired thief.

No matter which direction these red-haired thieves escape from, no matter where they go, they will be intercepted and beaten head-on.

The battle continued, and the painful and hysterical cries of the red-haired thief resounded through the night sky.

As time goes by, these sounds become smaller and smaller until they gradually disappear.

After dawn, the Red Flame Army began to comprehensively clean up the battlefield.

In this battle, the Red Flame Army won a complete victory and almost wiped out all the invading red-haired thieves.

But there's also bad news.

That is, the deputy general Zhou Tong was seriously injured and his life was in danger.

And he was the only injured person in the entire Red Flame Army.

Zhou Tong took the lead and chased the red-haired thief for a whole night, but nothing happened here.

It wasn't until dawn that Zhou Tong was chasing a small leader of a red-haired thief when he was shot in the abdomen with a black gun by a red-haired thief hiding in the dark.

In this era, being shot in the abdomen almost means there is no cure.

The red-haired thief who secretly shot him died miserably. He turned into a pile of rotten flesh and could hardly be seen as a human being. (End of chapter)