Late Tang

The strong wind rolled up his long crimson silk cloak and slapped it on his face. He held the seven-foot sword in his hand and glanced at the temporarily armed fleet at the pier.

Beside him, Megan and Julie were standing on the deck from left to right. Megan was still in the red leather light armor, and Julie was still in the dress.Megan wrapped the cloak a little tighter, lifted the hood of the cloak and put it on her head, cursing softly the nasty wind and rain.

"Are you ready?" Li Jing asked without turning her head.

"Ready to go, just waiting for your order!" Megan chuckled, "Order, your fleet will fight for you!"

"Megan!" Li Jing turned his head and looked at the excited fleet commander who was eager to try, "Order to set off, you are the commander of the fleet, and you will be in charge of the next itinerary."

"As you order, my general." Megan nodded to Li Jing, and strode back.The strong wind blew past, blowing her cloak into the air, and the rain slapped her face, but it made her face even more resolute.

"Sail, anchor, oar!"

Megan shouted loudly, and Ninghai, the command ship, began to wave the command flag. Amidst the noise, the entire fleet began to leave Taishan Wharf and sail north.

There are nineteen ships in the entire fleet, and they are exactly the nineteen ships that Li Jingna has joined the Li Rui Merchant Group.All commercial sea ships are now full of soldiers and become armed warships.Nineteen ships, except for the crew and sailors who sailed, Li Jing brought all 1000 people from the five capitals on the left side of the war barracks, and half of the reconnaissance capital, medical capital, and military police.In addition, all five hundred sailors recruited by Megan's new fleet were also dispatched.The number of soldiers in the entire fleet reached 800, not including hundreds of crew members.

For this action, Li Jing not only did not hide it at all, but made a big fanfare.The number of ships dispatched and the number of soldiers are not hidden at all, they are completely transparent and open.Even the date and time of departure are completely public.In fact, not only did Li Jing not have any secret intentions, but he asked Megan to make as much noise as possible for this troop dispatch.

Just when everyone was surprised by the scale of Li Jing's desperate dispatch of troops this time, Huang Huzi, the new head of Zhendonghai, had already led a hundred ships of other sizes and three thousand pirates quietly the night before. They sailed away from Niutuozi Island and disappeared into the sea of ​​confusion.

The fleet traveled all the way on the sea without incident, and the fleet quickly left the defense zone of Daxie Village in Dengzhou and entered the range of the Liaohai Sea.

Ever since Datang withdrew the Anton Protectorate and the Pinglu Army, the last army of Datang in Liaoxi and Liaodong, withdrew into Qingzhou, the territory of Liaodong has become a territory that only exists on the map of Datang.But in fact, Liaodong has already become a territory contested by many forces. Even the forces established by the Tang people, such as Duli Town in southern Liaoning, are actually not considered to be the forces of the Great Tang Dynasty at all.

For many years, the island guards in Ziqing Town and the Tang forces in southern Liaoning have had an unwritten unspoken rule, that is, the two sides can trade and trade, but they can't cross the border.The sea area on the Liaohai Sea has become an insurmountable obstacle for the warships of both sides for decades.For decades, warships from both sides have never crossed the Chu River-Han border.

Feng Zhang's fleet is stationed at Wuhu Island at the very front of the border, facing Duli Town across the sea, but dare not cross the border.

The fleet of Shamen Town has been out of the sphere of influence of Wuhu Island, and when it was about to break into the range of Duli Town, the whole fleet suddenly stopped, as if not daring to go any further.

The North God City in the northernmost part of the Wuhu Archipelago is on General Island, where the fleet led by Wu Qian temporarily parked.

A speedboat quickly approached the fleet, and after checking their identities, people rushed to the tallest five-story ship.

"My lord, Li Jing is here."

Feng Ming, who was hiding in the cabin wrapped in a mink fur cloak and grilling charcoal fire, raised his brows, stood up immediately, and said excitedly: "Li Jing is here? Where is he now?"

The spies reported: "It is docked at Old Sow Reef to the east of us, and there is no movement at present."

"Did Li Jing personally lead the troops here? How many ships and people?"

"The nineteen ships were all refitted merchant ships. Among them, four were [-] shi large ships, and the rest were not small. A total of [-] soldiers and [-] crew members came. Li Jing personally led the army. "

"That's great." Feng Ming slapped his thigh excitedly, a blush appeared on his face. "Damn Li Jing, you dared to beat me up last time, and you dared to detain me in that cell for so long. I vowed to report it back at that time. This gave me a chance. Thank God, this time Li Jing must come and go."

Feng Ming was pacing in the cabin, his legs were still a little limp when he walked because of Li Jing's severe reprimand last time, and because of this, he was even more angry with Li Jing.His temper has become sulky, he doesn't like to see people, and he has lost the previous interest in spending time and drinking.This time he heard that Daxie village was going to send warships to sea, so he volunteered to lead the fleet to sea.Feng Xun couldn't stand his request and finally agreed to him, but was rejected by Feng Zhang in the end.However, Feng Zhang did not completely reject him, and finally gave him the position of Marquis of the Fleet, allowing him to go to sea with the fleet.

He went to the side and took out a letter from a wooden box. This was a letter addressed to him. The letter told him that Li Jing had found the rest of the Cyclops entrenched in Chisha Reef on the Liaohai Sea. On small islands and reefs between lake islands.In the letter, Feng Xun also specifically asked if the injury on his foot was better, and said some other words.Finally, tell him at the end that his uncle told the fleet not to participate in the battle between Li Jing and the pirates.To say that Li Jing is a celebrity in front of the governor, Jieshuai, Sima, and King Zhao, the Feng family really can't afford to offend.He also said that he had proposed to his uncle to come in person, and that he was going to lead the fleet to ambush on Chisha Reef and simply kill Li Jing.However, he said that this proposal had already been refuted by his uncle, so he must not have such an idea.

The words in Feng Xun's letter directly caused a flash of light in Feng Ming's mind, and he finally found that he had found a way to take revenge on Li Jing.That is to take this opportunity to command the fleet around him to ambush and annihilate Li Jing directly on Chisha Reef.But in order to do it perfectly, he finally thought of sending someone to unite with the rest of the Cyclops and tell them the news of Li Jing's arrival.And promised that after the two families join forces to kill Li Jing, the Feng family will be the new protectors of these pirates in the future.

But of course Feng Ming didn't really intend to do this, he had already arranged a plan to kill two birds with one stone in his heart.That is to pretend to join forces with the pirates and kill Li Jing and his fleet first.Then he went back and simply wiped out these pirates. At that time, he could report that Li Jing was killed in an ambush while attacking the pirates. Although he tried his best to rescue them, he arrived one step too late.In the end, he led the fleet to fight with all his strength and wiped out the pirates.Not only can he kill Li Jing, but he can also find a perfect scapegoat, and he can also make a great contribution, which is simply killing three birds with one stone.

The commander of the fleet, Lieutenant Wu Qian, had some doubts about Feng Ming's request. Feng Ming immediately used the identity of Feng's family members and the position of Marquis of Duyu to pressure him. Finally, Feng Ming said that this was Feng Zhang's intention. Qian was coerced and lured, and finally felt that if Li Jing and his fleet could be killed, and there was a scapegoat, this matter would be quite perfect.Not to mention helping the commander pull out a thorn in his side, maybe he can use it to get promoted to a higher level.Finally, he agreed.

"Bring Lieutenant Wu here, hurry up." Feng Ming said loudly.

Wu Qian arrived soon, "Why do you want me, my lord?"

"Li Jing has arrived, you know."

"Just found out." Wu Qian replied concisely.

Feng Ming smiled and said: "Lieutenant Wu, our chance has come, as long as you do this well, you will be the number one celebrity in front of my uncle in the future, and promotion and fortune are just around the corner. How about it, how is the arrangement going? "

Wu Qian chuckled, and there was an eager light in his eyes. "The one-eyed and cunning remnants have been persuaded. As soon as our people proposed that as long as he helped us destroy Li Jing, they would be attached to our Feng family in the future, and they immediately agreed. We don't need to ask Request, they expressed their willingness to gather 1000 people to come. Yesterday their people have arrived on Red Sand Reef and are on standby."

"A group of stupid thieves, they really thought that my Feng family would accept them as a group of pirates. This time is just right. They can be blamed and used for meritorious service."

"You are all wise masters!" Wu Qian praised with some confidence.

Feng Ming laughed complacently, he was already imagining how Feng Zhang would reward him after destroying Li Jing and returning to Daxie Village, maybe even Feng Xun would have to look at him with admiration in the future.

"Immediately send someone to watch over Li Jing, pass on the order, and the fleet will set off quietly immediately, withdrawing all our flags, let's go ahead and go to Chisha Jiao to wait for Li Jing to surrender himself."

At dawn, the fog was thick.

On the coast of Tieshan Town, a huge fleet suddenly drilled out of the mist. The walking boats were the vanguard, the boats were the guards, the tall fighting ships were in the middle, and there were many warships refitted from merchant ships around them. ship.

More than a dozen yachts quickly approached the shore, and the first hundred pirates quickly landed on the shore, spread out in a fan shape and searched, and finally sent out a signal after confirming safety.Large and small warships docked one after another, and the nameless coast suddenly became lively.

Yellow Beard, Red Beard, and Black Beard went ashore, and only a few hundred people stayed behind. The other two thousand pirates, led by the three, quietly rushed to the depths of Iron Mountain through the morning fog.The one-eyed jellyfish's cottage is very solidly built, and it is built in a dangerous valley. Usually, as long as the narrow valley path outside is blocked, only one man guards the gate, and outsiders are not allowed to open it.

But at this time, all the pirates were ordered by Feng Ming to come out. Although there were still 5000 to [-] people in the village, they were all women, children and children.The scouts of the pirates easily approached the valley through the thick fog, and wiped the throats of the skinny young men guarding the valley.

After easily breaking through the most dangerous narrow valley path outside, more than two thousand pirates appeared directly under the wall of the village in the valley.The people in the village did not expect that someone would kill them quietly at this time. Although their village was well built, pirates are not bandits, and land combat is much worse.What's more important is that no matter how strong the stronghold is, there must be talented people. A group of women and children can't resist the attack of more than 2000 fierce pirates like wolves and tigers.

With strong bows and crossbows, they continued to attack in turn. The pirates in Zhendonghai even brought seven or eight Fuyuan heavy crossbows and four or five throwing cannons.Under this ferocious attack, the gate of the village was breached in less than half an hour.

Rows of pirates rushed into the stronghold with shields and knives in their hands, cutting anyone they saw, and killing them with their knives. There are many fierce people in the stronghold, but at this time, no matter how desperate the pirates are, they can't resist the crowd. The East China Sea attacked like a flood.

Not long after the gate of the village was breached, the hopeless pirates, women and children threw down their weapons and knelt down to beg for mercy.

"It's really vulnerable!" Yellow Beard shook his head and sighed, looking at the crowd of black crows kneeling everywhere in the village.

This is the first battle of Yellow Beard as the head of the family, and it is a battle where all the staff come out. 3000 troops attacked the rest of the Cyclops' nest, and within half an hour they easily broke through the stronghold and took the stronghold completely. The battle was easy and the casualties were small. It is estimated that the gains in a while will be great, which makes He was very excited.

The yellow beard smiled and stepped forward to pat Duan Shan, who was as tall as a bear and was still wearing two layers of battle armor. This battle is so easy. "Brother Duan is amazing. I guess after you go back this time, your special forces team will have to be upgraded to a special combat team. When the time comes, brother will be promoted to the top immediately. The future is really bright."

At this time, Duan Shan was wearing two sets of battle armor that Li Jing gave him after the Battle of Cat Island, one set of mountain script armor on the outside, and a set of fine armor on the inside.Both sets of armor are very expensive, but what makes Duan Shan most proud is that the outer armor is the Shanwen Armor.Now in Shamen Town, the soldiers are all wearing zhajia, a few of them are wearing scale armor, and the officers are generally wearing scale armor.Only officers like Li Jing and Lin Wei who are at least the first rank have Shanwenjia. In the reconnaissance capital where he is now, only general Li Wei and lieutenant general Tou Xuancheng have their own sets. This set is the third set among the reconnaissance officers.The reconnaissance capital now has three teams, and the special team is still a newly formed team, but it is a great honor for him to be rewarded with a set of mountain armor by the town general.After obtaining this set of armor, he usually puts it on even when holding meetings on the island, and the armor never leaves his body.

Today, this battle armor helped him block several arrows. Shan Wen Jia is known as the most arrow-resistant armor. The pirates' arrows hit him with six or seven arrows, but none of them broke the armor.Facing the yellow beard's praise, he felt good in his heart, and said modestly on his face: "It's nothing, I, the Shamen town army, can pull out a few casually, and they are better than my old Duan." He seemed to have remembered something important, "By the way, a group of one-eyed dragon remnants ran away from the forest behind, probably planning to flee over the mountain. The head of the family will send a few people to chase after them, but don't really catch them or killed."

Yellow Beard smiled, "I know, Ji Yu is still waiting for these people to report."

(To be continued)