Late Tang

On February 25th, Fengzhang Daqi's headquarters troops gathered on the South Island of Daxie Village. There were [-] garrison soldiers, [-] family members, and [-] auxiliary soldiers. There are four thousand sailors and hundreds of large and small ships. The South Island is filled with white sails.

Shamen Town’s Shaobing Island, which is closest to the North and South Chang Islands, was the first to ignite the beacon fire, and three wisps of smoke rose straight up, followed by Beishan Mountain, and then Fenghuang Mountain, Taishan Mountain, Yangtuozi Island, and Niutuozi Island rose one after another. Smoke up.

Just now, only a third of the two-foot-high city wall was built. The tallest building in the east city, the ten-foot-high Bell and Drum Tower, sounded the rapid alarm bell. The expressions of more than [-] people could not help but change slightly.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, with different expressions.

However, the foremen on the construction site were only stunned for a while, and then immediately shouted to let everyone continue to work. It seemed that the straight smoke and the rapid alarm bell did not affect them at all.For the people on the island, these two days were indeed shocking.The town general Li Jing led the fleet to sea, and returned after three days, but brought back countless spoils, as well as more than 1 slaves and nearly [-] people who migrated with the team.

What followed them was the shocking news that Shamen Town and Daxie Village had started a war.

The people on the island were frightened, hesitant, dazed and helpless.If there is anything more terrifying than natural disasters, it is war.War is ruthless, and the most unlucky people in war are often the common people.Everyone didn't know why General Li Jing wanted to go to war with Daxie Village, but most of them were worried about their own fate.Shamen Town is just a small island, and Daxie Village is the superior of Shamen Town.Some people speculated that Li Jing was going to rebel. Anyway, there were many rebellious warriors in the late Tang Dynasty.

Just when everyone was guessing wildly and worrying in their hearts, Shamen Town began to post notices, and some people specially recited them.It was about the war. It turns out that the war between Shamen Town and Daxie Village was started by Feng Zhang, and General Li Jing was just forced to fight.Shamen Town is a town garrisoned by the imperial court, and all the soldiers and soldiers are soldiers and horses of the imperial court, loyal to the imperial court and Song Jieshuai of Ziqing Town.

"General Li Jing went to attack the one-eyed dragon pirate this time, and discovered a big secret. It turns out that the pirates who came to attack us last time were secretly colluded by Feng Zhang from Daxie Village." A person who had just heard the announcement The foreman sighed.

"Impossible?" Dozens of Zhucheng people surrounded him with shocked expressions.Only half of them are people from Shamen Town, and the other half are working people from nearby islands or even Dengzhou.

"How is it impossible? Think about it, if it wasn't for the pirates that Feng Zhang colluded with, how could those pirates have easily arrived at Shamen Town all the way from the Liaohai Sea? Besides, our Shamen Town is located in Heishan Island, and North and South Chang Island. It’s in the middle of the island. Don’t you think it’s strange that the pirates don’t attack other islands that are easier to attack, but drill all the way to the innermost Salmonella Island?”

"Yeah, it's really a bit strange." Someone immediately followed up.

The foreman said again: "Also, why do you think that General Li Jing did not send troops when he invited troops to suppress the bandits this time, but secretly sent a fleet to attack General Li Jing?"

"Why?"

"I don't understand this. Of course, it was because he was worried that the matter of colluding with the pirates last time would be leaked, so he attacked General Li Jing. Unexpectedly, General Li Jing commanded well, and the soldiers fought bravely. Instead, they The whole army was wiped out. This made Feng Zhang furious, and hurriedly summoned troops to attack our town. However, I think Feng Zhang will suffer another big loss this time. Counting the one-eyed Jiao, we General Li Jing has defeated him twice, even if we try again, we are still afraid that he will fail."

"That's right, that's right." No matter what they thought in their hearts, everyone still hurriedly said yes, as if saying this made them feel less panicked and afraid.The people on the island feel that their lives have really changed a lot since they came to Shamen Town, and seeing that they are making progress, they don't want all of this to be destroyed by the flames of war.But those workers who come to work from outside are now trapped on the island, and they are reluctant to part with the generous wages and three meals a day on the island.Apart from here, there is no such a good job in other places, such a good salary and food.

"Keep working, we don't need us for the war, so let's work hard, otherwise, you will be sorry for the three meals of rice that day, and the one meal of stewed pork vermicelli and big white steamed buns a day." The foreman sighed , then urged everyone to continue working.

This scene is being played out everywhere in Shamen Town.

As soon as Li Jing returned to Shamen Town, he had already called Aunt Gongsun.Aunt Gongsun treated Li Jing more and more warmly after the spring breeze with Li Jing that day. She just used a small trick that day, and finally lured Li Jing to be happy with her.In fact, she already knew about Li Jing as soon as she entered the Sword Dance Pavilion that day, and then set up a trap, lit a secret aphrodisiac incense from the Plum Blossom Gate in the room, and then pretended to sleep naked in the room.When Li Jing entered, she smelled the aphrodisiac fragrance, and then saw her deliberately pretending to be asleep, coupled with her just-right acting skills, Li Jing finally got on his way.

She has always believed that Li Jing is the kind of man who looks cold on the outside, but is passionate on the inside.Since that time, Li Jing's attitude towards her has changed a lot, and she seems to have gained a lot of favor for the Plum Blossom Gate.

As soon as Li Jing saw Gongsun Lan, he gave her a mission to send her people to Daxie Village and even Dengzhou to spread a rumor.The purpose of a rumor he carefully fabricated was to let most people know that he fought Feng Zhang this time because Feng Zhang colluded with the pirates first, and then wanted to silence them later, so he had no choice but to fight back.And even though he fought against Feng Zhang, he was still loyal to the imperial court and Ziqing's Song Jieshuai.In short, in his story, Li Jing and Shamenzhen are the victims, and Feng Zhang is the murderer behind the scenes.

"Is this useful?" Gongsun Lan asked at that time.She was very excited that Li Jing and Feng Zhang finally fought, and even wished that Li Jing could not hold back this time, so she simply joined the anti-Tang team.

"It doesn't matter what the truth is, what matters is what everyone hears. And what matters is who heard it, and public opinion is sometimes very important." Of course, Li Jing didn't really say that he should count on Rely on this public opinion to deal with Feng Zhang.He created this public opinion just to change the nature of the war he provoked with Fengzhang.He attacked Feng Zhang's fleet and Wuhu Island, which was a rebellion.But if it was Fengzhang and the pirates who attacked him first and secretly attacked him later, then his counterattack would be self-defense.This is of a completely different nature. Although it is just a fact he made up, he believes that it is necessary.

Without this fabricated fact, what he did was rebellion, and even Song Wei, the commander-in-chief, and Cui Yunqing, the teacher, could not protect him.But if he is just self-defense, even if it is a fabricated fact, everyone generally chooses what they want to believe.As long as Song Wei and Cui Yunqing are willing to believe this, then this matter will immediately become complicated.Song Wei and the others had enough reasons to protect Li Jing, and Li Jing was also confident that Song Wei and the others would protect themselves, because he believed that after this battle, Song Wei should be able to see the value of his little pawn.

Being able to severely injure Feng Zhang with his own strength, his value as a pawn is very high, Song Wei will never give up on himself easily.

Of course, even if Song Wei protects himself, Li Jing believes that at most he can only restrain Wang Jingwu, prevent other soldiers and horses except Feng Zhang from coming to attack him, and prevent him from being regarded as a rebellion.The real battle with Feng Zhang is still unavoidable, he and Feng Zhang must fight this battle.No one can help him except himself.

But what Li Jing needs most now is for other forces not to intervene between him and Feng Zhang. As long as this result can be obtained, then everything will be fearless.

Lin Wei said in a deep voice: "The smoke is all over, Feng Zhang is coming."

Li Jing stood quietly on the Bell and Drum Tower, and at this moment, his mood calmed down instead.What should come will always come. When he took that critical step, he had already expected this step.Time waits for no one, and if he continues step by step, he can only be trapped on the small island of Salmonella.When it's time to make a move, he will make a move, and he has never regretted taking this step until now.

Taking the first step out, eating up one-third of Feng Zhang's fleet and destroying 4000 of his troops, Li Jing was very satisfied.But now, Feng Zhang was as expected, impatient to attack him.If there is a decisive battle at sea, Li Jing is indeed not Feng Zhang's opponent now, but if Feng Zhang wants to attack across the sea, then he is wrong.Although the construction of Shamen Township has not yet been completed, the coastal fortifications on the island have already been completed.This time was not the last time when the one-eyed flood dragon came to attack. When Feng Zhang came, he wanted the old boy to pay him back.

As long as he survives this level, Daxie village will really change.

All the civil and military personnel in Shamen Town looked at Li Jing. As early as when they decided to send troops to deal with Feng Zhang's fleet at sea, they already knew that there would be today's result.But even so, at this time, everyone still couldn't help but turn their eyes to Li Jing.Different from the battle with the Cyclops, and also different from the last Liaohai battle, this battle will definitely be a real head-on decisive battle.Winning or losing is all about one action. If you lose, then everything is over.

The army was pressing down on the situation, and everyone felt uneasy.Facing the eyes of everyone, Li Jing is the backbone of the whole army at this time.He tried to be as relaxed as possible, and said with a chuckle, "Didn't we predict today's outcome back then? Back then, we had already formulated a comprehensive response plan, and now that things are imminent, there is nothing to worry about. What's more, this time only Fengzhang led his troops, and even Wang Jin, who we originally expected, didn't join forces with him, so we should be more relaxed. Everyone, follow the established plan and implement it according to the rules."

He looked around at the crowd, and his tone became severe, "Fengzhang's army is suppressing the situation, and the whole town must work together as one. Let's attack Feng's thieves together!" He issued a series of orders, and everyone obeyed them awe-inspiringly.

(To be continued)