Late Tang

Taking advantage of the night, the fleet quietly entered the port.In order to keep his whereabouts secret, he originally went directly south for two hours via the three major archipelagos of Daxie Island, because Li Jing led the fleet to sail eastward to the mouth of the Yellow River, and then turned to Dengzhou not far along the coast, and finally departed from Dengzhou. Huang County turned north again, and finally reached Niutuozi Island in the south of Shamen Town.The distance was doubled, and the time was more than doubled. When we arrived at Niutuozi Island, dawn was about to arrive.

Li Jing did not directly drive the boat into any of the four piers on Salmonella Island. Although the four piers have already been controlled by the soldiers of Salmonella, Li Jing dared not be careless in order to prevent the news from leaking.The fleet finally stopped at the small wharf of Niutuozi Island opposite Taishan Wharf. More than 5000 people, including pirates and slave artisans, waited for the ship to unload immediately.

Lin Wei, Zhang Hong and others who stayed behind rushed to the pier at the first time, looking at the lively scene on the pier, especially when there were more than 100 sea ships parked at the pier, everyone who came was shocked .Especially Zhang Hong, an old money fanatic, couldn't close his mouth with joy when he saw the piles of goods being unloaded on the ship.

A group of pirate leaders in Zhendonghai also looked around at Niutuozi Island, especially Baibeard and others. They have traveled across the Liaohai Sea for decades, and they have long heard of the prosperity of Tangwan in Dengzhou Port.However, limited by their identities, it was the first time for them to enter the center of Tangwan.Especially Julie and Megan, since they went to the island, they have been looking around constantly, as if they are the hostess who has come.

"General, why doesn't the pier and the island look that big? It's not as big as any temporary spare site in our house. It's quite different from what you said before." The dagger twirled between his fingers like a butterfly piercing a flower, and said with a pouting dissatisfaction.Julie also frowned slightly, feeling dissatisfied with this place.

Li Huier has long been disgusted with these two ghostly bearded girls, especially when she saw that Megan often took Li Jing's arm shamelessly, pretending to be disgusting and charming to seduce Li Jing. Jing, several times she saw that yellow-haired vixen deliberately rubbing Li Jing's arms and back with those two huge balls of meat.That red-haired and bearded girl was not a fun thing either, on the surface she pretended to be a lady from everyone, but secretly he caught him kissing Li Jing's face when there was no one on the deck.

Adulterer, adulterer, vixen, smelly man.

Several times, she wanted to question Li Jing. The wives and concubines at home usually don't care about taking care of them. Why do they have to mess around outside, and also find such two ugly vixens? I don't know why he likes these two vixens. Is it because their chests are swollen like two grapefruits, or are they as shameless as prostitutes?

In addition, since Li Jing saw them coming on the island, she had been lukewarm towards them, and her eyes were always full of reproach, which made her feel even more upset.At this time, I finally returned to Shamen Town, but seeing the expressions of these two women, I became even more angry, and said with a sneer: "This is just one of the three outer islands attached to Shamen Town. Come to make a backup training ground. Thanks to the fact that you are still the commander of the fleet invited by Saburo, you are like this, and you are not afraid of making people laugh. How about Shamen Town, you will know after a while, so let’s talk less now, talk less Make fewer mistakes, and save others from laughing at you."

Yu Youniang quickly pulled Li Huier aside, Li Jing's attitude towards her these two days let her know that her previous actions with Liao Hai were too reckless.For this junior, she was always able to take the initiative at the beginning, but gradually, Li Jing became more and more mature in her eyes, and she actually had a bit of a father's temperament. I can't explain the feeling of being unclear, last time when I heard that Li Jing went to the Liaohai alone to join hands with the pirates to attack the Feng family's island, she panicked and didn't care too much, and pulled Li Hui'er and Xiao Yulou to adjust dozens of boats together I went to Liaohai.Thinking about it now, it was crazy.

Seeing the women fighting openly and secretly, the corners of Li Jing's mouth twitched a few times. Although Li Huier and the others often messed around on the island before, they were still doing well.It's good now, Megan and Julie, a pair of women full of character, have come to look down on each other, and don't know how to fly like dogs in the future.

From afar, Li Jing saw Lin Wuzheng coming from the pier with a group of people carrying many straw bags, and couldn't help stepping forward wondering: "What are you doing?"

Lin Wu threw the straw bag on his shoulder to the ground, grabbed Li Jing's hand and said excitedly: "Sanlang, I heard that you brought back [-] of the best prairie horses. Where are they? Hurry up and lead the horses first." Come down, have you been on the boat for a long time, and you have to hold back? War horses are the most precious BMWs. After staying on the small island for a few days and staying on the boat for so long, I guess I lost a lot of weight. Now You have to take it off and feed it some soybeans and concentrates, and it is best to feed some eggs to supplement it, and then take it for a walk."

Seeing his excited look, Li Jing couldn't help laughing.Lin Wu was originally a cavalry soldier in the Shence Army. Ordinary people may not understand his fanatical love for war horses.However, Li Jing guessed that no one on the island knew how to take care of war horses better than him, so he smiled and said, "You are an expert in this area, and the three hundred war horses are all first-class war horses, so I will leave them all to you." Oh, I remember last time we recruited refugees, there was a horse tooth? He said that he could beautify horses, raise horses and feed them, and even heal horses. You can go to the town to find out. Are there any other talents in this field, whether it is a horse breeder, a horse driver, a horse groomer, or even a veterinarian. Get them together separately to take care of these precious war horses. Our cavalry depends entirely on These horses."

Just at this moment, the boat carrying the horses docked, and the slaves brought the horses ashore. Lin Wu could not take his eyes off the horses when he saw them. , or you should transfer someone else to the auxiliary barracks to be the tenth general, and let me be the cavalry general."

Li Jing shook his head and rejected Lin Wu's proposal to form the cavalry separately.There are too few cavalry now, and it is impossible to form a combat force by itself. It is better to organize the cavalry into each team according to the current formation of the fancy dress team, and they can go out with the team when they have missions.If there is a big battle, the cavalry of each team can be used together.But it is not necessary to have a separate cavalry organization now.

"Just be the ten generals of your infantry battalion. Don't worry, when we grow stronger in the future and your infantry battalion is full, we will also be equipped with a spearman and an auxiliary soldier. It will be equipped with a light cavalry, and the infantry battalion will be a powerful group at that time, and no one can underestimate it."

"Really, how many people will there be in that cavalry?" Lin Wu, who was a little lost just now, was immediately shocked and asked.

"A standard infantry camp, according to my plan, will have 8000 people, of which the infantry will quadruple the current number to more than [-], and then there will be more than [-] light shield soldiers and more than [-] auxiliary soldiers. There are more than a thousand light cavalry. Take your current infantry battalion first, and there will naturally be cavalry in the future."

Lin Wu nodded, and with a look of longing, he called his men to feed the horses with fodder. Although these horses did not belong to his infantry battalion, he was still serving as the riding instructor.

Just as Lin Wu left, Lin Wei came over again.He hesitated to speak, "Brother, if you have anything to say, just say it. We are brothers, and you are married to the fourth sister. We are all a family. There is nothing else we can't say."

"I just heard from the third brother that you attacked Cat Island this time. It was a bit too risky. If Zijun and his reconnaissance failed to open the castle gate in time, then you will be in danger." He said After a pause, he turned his head to look at the white beard and the others who were pointing around at the pier, and continued: "Besides, I don't think you should bring Zhen Donghai and the others to Shamen Town. In case their identities are leaked, what will happen?" But it will be troublesome."

Li Jing smiled, "This is a last resort, Zhendonghai and the others are now full of patrol boats from Duli Town on their way home, and the area is now full of soldiers from Duli Town, Qingnipu and Beisha City, it is impossible to get through. They are also our allies now. It is no big deal if I bring them to the island. Could it be that they can still steal our territory? Besides, as long as we keep these pirates on Niutuozi Island and keep them under strict guard , and others will not know the identities of these people."

"By the way, did anything happen at home when I was not at home?"

"Yes!" Lin Wei nodded, "After you left, there were many suspicious ships and people in the sea around our island. I guess they were sent by Feng Zhang, and they probably wanted to see us quarrel with Wang Jin. After you captured Cat Island, these people withdrew again. Feng Lin, the head of Feng Zhang's family, came several times, saying that he wanted to see you, under the pretext of selling materials. But I Sent it away, just saying that you were busy building the city. Later, Feng Zhang sent Feng Xun over, saying that Daxie Village had a military order to go to Daxie Village to participate in the military meeting. I said you couldn't go because you had a cold and a fever. I will go for you."

Li Jing pondered, and said after a long while: "Feng Zhang may have suspected that I have something to do with the cat island, but he may just have doubts, after all, our troops are all on the island. It is too risky for you to go to Daxie Village Now, let’s try not to leave Shamen Town in the future, and we don’t care whether he has a military meeting or not, just find an excuse to reject it, is it possible that he can still dismiss us? You go to the military meeting, what are you talking about specifically?”

"Feng Zhang said that pirates have been rampant recently. He said that pirates dared to attack the Shamen town of Daxie Village. This is a provocation to Daxie Village. Therefore, he decided to send troops to sweep up the pirates and demanded that all five forts and seven garrisons Send troops to assemble, and specifically ask us to send troops to fight."

"How did you answer?"

"I said I have to come back and report this to you before I can reply." Lin Wei said.

Li Jing thought for a while, "In this way, you send someone to reply to Feng Zhang, saying that after we were attacked last time, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and now additional recruits are still being recruited, and the weapons and equipment are not complete. Unable to send troops to fight."

"Well, that's fine. The casualties last time are well known. Using this as an excuse for refusal, Feng Zhang probably won't be able to find a thorn in his side. I'll send someone to reply at dawn."

(To be continued)