Late Tang

The pirates disembarked one after another, and finally assembled on the pier.

After resting for a while, Zheng Balang didn't say much. After scanning the group of thieves, he said indifferently: "Women can play freely when the castle is taken down. In addition, according to the old rules, all captured slaves will be sold. After that, half of it will be shared equally by everyone!"

A simple sentence is worth a thousand words, and the pirates were immediately excited and excited.

"set off!"

Zheng Balang transferred all the people ashore, leaving only the crew of each ship on the eighteen ships.There are nearly 500 crew members on the eighteen ships, but these crew members are no better than the pirates who went ashore. These crew members were also pirates before, but now they are mostly old, weak and disabled. It can be regarded as Zheng Balang's trick to buy people's hearts.

Wang Fu and Zhang An also took nearly 20 family guards to act together. Except for more than [-] family members brought by Wang Fu, the rest were the guards of the Wang family's business in various places on the island.These people are usually more secretive, and on the surface they are not members of the Wang family.Wang Fu was very solemn about this action, although Zheng Balang almost came out in full force, bringing thousands of pirates ashore at once.But he still used all the power he could use in his hands, just to be safe.

Compared with the pirates, the equipment of these more than 200 guards is very good.They were all equipped with the weapons and armor that the Wang family had secretly hoarded on the island. The guards of the two hundred servants all wore armor, light iron armor with bronze pockets.Their weapons are also very sophisticated, sharp horizontal knives, longbows, round shields, eight-foot spears, and two pots of arrows.It was even equipped with one hundred crossbows and twenty Fuyuan heavy crossbows.

The guards, together with the pirates, decided the verdict.Although the pirates' equipment was messy and they didn't have uniform uniforms, they had a fierce and fierce aura.Compared with those wild pirates, although the guards were wearing uniform blue clothes and carrying excellent and uniform equipment, they were obviously a little less imposing.

The guards and the pirates walked together, always fearful, feeling like dogs and wolves walking side by side.Like that, the pirates laughed all the way, but Wang Fuqi's face was extremely livid.Especially Zheng Balang's faint smile made the flames in his heart even higher.

The night is cold and cold, and the north wind is howling.

A group of people marched quietly against the cold wind, because Zhang An said in advance that he had inquired about the situation of the castle in the evening, so Zheng Balang didn't even bother to send out scouts to explore the way, and directly rushed to the castle.From Shikou Wharf to Baocheng is only two or three miles away. In their view, this is just a charging distance, and there is no need to be so troublesome at all.

The morale of the pirates was high all the way, and they couldn't wait to burn, kill and loot immediately.In contrast, the two hundred guards were much worse. The cold wind was blowing along the way, which made these people's morale low, and they started to procrastinate after walking a few hundred steps.In particular, these people are all wearing iron armor, copper helmets, and leather shields, which are both heavy and heavy.They participated in this battle, and Wang Fu didn't announce any rewards, so they all complained of suffering and tiredness.

Seeing this, Wang Fu's face turned blue with anger, and he kept kicking and beating those cowardly soldiers.It's just that these people are all wearing armor, even if the whip is whipped up, they are not afraid, let alone just yelling.In the end, Zhang An reminded him and asked him to promise a reward.Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man. Wang Fu promised everyone that after the war, each person would be paid a penny, and after cutting off an enemy's head, he could exchange two pennies. The guards immediately cheered up.

After a journey of two or three miles, more than a thousand people arrived in the dark.

Zheng Balang paused the team and carefully observed the castle in the dark.Everything was as Zhang An said, the whole castle was quiet, and there were four camps with tents outside the castle.The west city and north city of the castle were silent and dark, but the south city and east city could be seen with many torches planted all over, and patrols with torches passing by from time to time.

"Where is the gap?"

"On the west wall, not far from the west gate, there are three gaps, only a dozen steps apart." Zhang An pointed to the dark castle and said in a suppressed voice.

Wang Fu said on the side: "Should we divide our troops to attack those four barracks?"

Zheng Balang shook his head, "The information we have is that Li Jing and those officers are in the city, and the barracks of the other soldiers are also in the city. The families of ordinary soldiers live in the barracks outside the city. We don't need these people Go ahead. Let's attack the castle with all our strength first, and control Li Jing and the soldiers inside. At that time, the ordinary people in the barracks outside the city will naturally fall into our hands. Send the order and make a surprise attack immediately. The king, general, in a while After entering the city, you take your men and I to go to the town general's mansion immediately to arrest Li Jing."

"it is good."

With a wave of his hand, Zheng Balang was the first to rush to the castle.

In the west city, at this time, there are already densely packed swords and soldiers, and ambushes are everywhere.

"Come on, come on!" Li Shugen hurriedly ran to Li Jing's side from the front. "Here we come. There are over a thousand people. It seems that Captain Qiu saw the right thing. It really isn't the five hundred people he said, but at least one thousand."

Everyone was startled, and Liu Chengzong cursed: "That bitch took our 500 guan for information, and kept saying that there were 1000 pirates. But now there are more than [-] fucking numbers, isn't this fucking cheating?"

Li Jing's face was also livid. All the previous plans for the battle were made with only 500 pirates.There were not many soldiers and horses in the city, so he also transferred Lin Wei and Lin Wu outside the city, taking away more than 300 soldiers and horses.Now even the auxiliary soldiers and logistics soldiers in the city add up to no more than a thousand horses.But now there are more than 1000 pirates. Can these soldiers in Shamen Town compete with pirates one-on-one?

At this moment, Li Jing thought about various possibilities in his mind, and there was even a possibility that this confrontation would fail.

"General, what should we do now? There are more than a thousand thieves here, and we can't beat them." Wang Shi said worriedly on the side.

Li Jing suddenly raised his foot and kicked Wang Shi to the ground, and said softly, "At this point, no matter what, the only option is a bloody battle to the end. No matter whoever dares to lose his word, he will be dealt with according to the military law of crime against the heart of the army."

At this time, the morale of the army becomes more and more important.Although Xiao Shitou didn't mean to disturb the morale of the army, his words played such a role.If Li Jing doesn't control it, there is no need to fight this battle, and the pirates haven't come up yet, and everyone feels that they can't win, then the result is definitely a loss.

"When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins! Fight them!" Li Jing sneered.

Those soldiers who were still worried about the pirates' power could not help but be infected by Li Jing's words at this time, and their pride gradually rose.Li Jing drew out his long sword in his hand, glanced at the soldiers in front of him, and said loudly: "Don't forget your identities, what are we? We are soldiers, and soldiers are to defend our home and country. Look behind you, behind you Behind you are your fathers, sisters, wives and children. If you shrink back and escape, what about our parents, brothers, sisters, wives and children? Who will protect them? Only us and the sword in our hands!"

"Fight with them!" Wang Shi got up from the ground, biting his lower lip tightly with his teeth, and blood flowed out.He felt guilty for his timidity just now, and now he can't wait to rush out of the city to fight bloody with the thieves, to wash away this shame with blood.

Li Jing grabbed his collar and pulled him back, shouting angrily: "Calm down, go back and lead your team."

Seeing the pirates rushing forward quickly, Li Jing quickly ordered everyone to retreat.

"Everyone in position, ready to fight!"

Li Jing put on full armor, still wearing the red lacquered mountain armor with phoenix wings and a pocket.There is a horizontal knife stuck in the waist, and a seven-foot sword is carried on the back.Instead of a long lance, he took an ancestral horn bow and carried three pots of ninety arrows on his back.

Zhang Chengzong, the head of the servant, wore the mountain armor that Li Jing rewarded him, with a horizontal knife on his waist and a steel whip in his hand.What Liu Shouqian was wearing was a set of mountain armor copied from Fengming's mansion in the castle, with a copper mace in his hand and a horizontal knife on his waist.Monk Hua Xuancheng also participated in the ambush tonight, holding the golden hoop black iron rod and guarding Li Jing's side.The battle was coming, and he piously sat cross-legged on the ground and chanted scriptures.

The pirates came very fast, and as soon as they approached the city, they immediately divided into three groups.Rushed towards the three gaps that had been optimistic about for a long time, like three waves passing through the gap of the broken embankment.

Silently, the Pirate's striker had passed through the gap without encountering the slightest obstacle.Zhang An, who was leading the way, was full of joy. It went so smoothly, even smoother than expected.Unexpectedly, there was no accident at all from the beginning to the end, and he had already entered the city.The pirate leader Huang Yu who was the vanguard was also full of excitement. He had gone ashore with the Cyclops and ransacked many villages.Especially after going to Liaodong, in the area of ​​Liaodong, after the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty already existed but could not be ruled, but the Bohai Kingdom was able to occupy it but did not dare.Silla was afraid of the Bohai Kingdom, and did not dare to extend its power to Liaodong. Khitan has been expanding eastward, but it stopped in Liaoxi.In the west of Liaoning, it has long been a land of no attention, and there are fortress walls everywhere.

Those fortresses are very similar to the fortresses on Salmon Island. The outside is as hard as a tortoise shell, which is extremely headache.But once they found a way to get into the city, no matter how strong the fortress was, it could only be the object of their lawlessness and adultery in the end.His feet were already standing inside the castle on Salmon Island, and in his opinion, the castle already belonged to them.

Thinking of this, Huang Yu's eyes were filled with excitement that he was about to rape and plunder.He has been in Duli Town for half a winter. Except for the half-dead women in the village, he can't remember how long it has been since he played with a fresh woman. Today, he must find a big yellow girl to have a good time.

(To be continued)