Late Tang

Pei You from Duli Town led a joint fleet, unified [-] soldiers and horses, sailed out to sea with black sails, and headed straight for Shamen Town.The city lord Wang Pu continued to organize the requisition of merchant ships at the port, carrying the young and strong sailors he had gathered, and prepared to follow.

The fleet crossed the Liaohai border and entered the Dengzhou border.Feng Zhang had already sent people to wait on Wuhu Island, and when he saw the fleet approaching, he immediately set up the lights and came to meet him.Pei You picked him up on the boat and asked him to be his guide.The army continued to move forward, crossing the Wuhu Islands and Turtle Island all the way, and finally entered the North Island in the north of the Daxie Islands.Feng Zhang has already waited here in black for nearly a hundred remaining warships, more than [-] soldiers, and [-] young and strong recruits.

The two armies converged, and for a moment the sea was covered with white sails.There are more than 200 warships and nearly 3 soldiers and horses.

Feng Zhang approached Pei You's boat in a small boat, and Pei You's boat was also the flagship of the United Fleet, a huge fighting ship.The reason for saying it is huge is that this battleship is two or three times the size of an ordinary battleship, and it can carry [-] soldiers and horses.There are iron decks on both sides of the ship, and a thick layer of rawhide outside. The whole ship has five masts, and there is a huge steel ram at the bow.

The ship has three decks, two big poles at the bow and nine on each side.In addition, a total of 36 ballista beds, [-] throwing cannons, [-] crossbowmen, [-] crossbowmen and gunners, and [-] crew oars were assembled on the deck.

Boarding this huge warship, Feng Zhang's eyes couldn't help but be filled with excitement.Feng Zhang is a staunch fan of giant ship cannons. He used to spend a lot of money to equip four large ships and ten fighting ships.But several of his dozen or so proud warships have been sunk in the sea by Li Jing.The rest, compared with the Liao Hai in front of me, is simply the difference between a duckling and a goose.

He didn't know whether to call this huge warship, which had been changed beyond recognition, a fighting ship or a building ship, or whether it was an iron-clad sea falcon or a warship.There are special battles for all kinds of warships, but they are all different.

On the top deck, Pei You and Feng Changgui were standing on it.Feng Zhang hurriedly stepped forward, bowed his head and bowed his hands in a salute: "This junior has seen General Pei and fourth uncle." Feng Zhang hadn't recovered from the last blow. At this time, his eye sockets were sunken and his face was pale. Eyes are bloodshot.

Pei You just nodded to Feng Zhang, but he looked down on this guy in his heart.In his opinion, Feng Zhang couldn't even suppress a small subordinate of his own. He attacked his subordinates twice, but he lost twice in a row. The more defeats, the worse.Now the beating is so hard that people can't lift their heads, and they dare not come out of the house.Along the way, the formerly prosperous Wuhu Island and Turtle Island are still desolate, except for a few teams of soldiers patrolling above, there is not a single ghost to be seen.

"Feng Bing Ma Shi, how sure do you think we are in this battle?" Pei You asked, although he looked down on Feng Zhang, but this battle is to attack across the sea, which has already committed a big taboo, and it must not be a protracted war. just have to go back.It seemed to him that it should not be difficult to capture the town of Salmonella, but the difficulty was how to conquer the town of Salmonella in one day and leave with the formula of Shenhuo.To do this, he needs the help of Fengzhang, a local snake.

Feng Zhang bowed his head and coughed a few times, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, his voice was a little hoarse, and on his drooping face, a pair of eyes gleamed with hatred.

"With the two of us working together, we are [-]% sure!"

Pei You frowned, and said unceremoniously: "General Feng, don't underestimate the enemy too much. In my opinion, you were defeated by Li Jing twice. This is the result of underestimating the enemy. This time we are attacking with the whole army. Let's hope for any surprises."

Being robbed of his whiteness by such unkind words, Feng Zhang's face turned pale and then green, blue and then red, feeling very angry.But in the end, he tried his best to suppress it. Compared with the insults Li Jing inflicted on him, these few words are really nothing.This time he saw Duli Town's hostility towards Shamen Town, so he immediately seized this opportunity and asked to join forces to attack Shamen Town.Although the mediation agreement has just been signed.But now Feng Zhang is full of hatred, he doesn't care about the mediation contract at all, he is very clear about the nature of the mediation contract, as long as he can defeat Li Jing and take back Shamen Town, then even a mediation contract will be meaningless.Song Wen and others reprimanded him at most, but Shamen Town still had to be returned to him.

He suppressed his voice and said: "General Pei, don't take Li Jing too seriously. The old man's carelessness made Zhu Zi famous. This time we have a large number of soldiers, and we use night attack this time. Li Jing is compared with us. Get up, our only reliance is the will-o'-the-wisp. But no matter how powerful the will-o'-the-wisp is, it must be able to aim at us and hit us. The old man didn't notice last time and suffered a big loss. In broad daylight, he attacked Li Jing hard. The Phoenix Mountain Wharf has already set up an ambush. This time we will attack Beishan Wharf. Although there is a biscuit island outside the Beishan Wharf, there are too few islands. Instead, we can take this island first, and then set up catapults and The ballista is behind, supporting our attack on Beishan Wharf. General Pei brought the catapult, right?"

Pei You smiled: "Of course, although the catapults are expensive, I have a lot of money in the town, and I really don't lack these things. This time, I brought [-] Fuyuan crossbows and [-] catapults , This is not counting the ballistas and cannons on my United Fleet. Although I don’t have the magic fire or the ghost fire, I have fierce fire oil. This time, we will compare it with Li Jing to see if his fire is more powerful, or Our fire is strong."

The fleet circled the island from the east of the North Island, turned to the south, and entered the Pearl Gate Waterway.Pei You was very cautious, shamelessly mobilized Feng Zhang's fleet to attack Shaobing Island.Shaobing Island has a small area, but it guards the Pearl Gate Waterway, which is very important.Li Jing has always given this island to the reconnaissance battalion as their training base.There are many arrow towers on the island, and there are nine bastions in size, which are equivalent to a small fortress.

Feng Zhang first sent four warships, four sea falcons and ten yachts to sneak over. When Li Wei saw the boat approaching the shore, he ordered to shoot arrows.Feng Zhang personally boarded the front-line warship to command, and this time he reported that he must die.If Shamen Town cannot be defeated, then regardless of mediation, he will collude with outsiders from Liaodong to attack Shamen Town. Song Wen and the others will never let this opportunity pass by and let him stay in Daxie Village.

"Don't move lightly, lie down in the boat!" Feng Zhang was very calm and commanded loudly.

The soldiers on the warships in Daxie village all obeyed the orders and lured them back and forth, tricking the arrow towers and bastions on the shore to shoot arrows continuously.Since it was the beginning of April, the sky was dark, there was no moon and no stars, and the people on the shore could only watch and shoot roughly. Although there were rockets in it, the sea falcons and scorpions were very resistant to fire and were useless at all.After shooting like this for about an hour, [-] to [-] arrows were shot on the island, and each person shot a hundred arrows. Finally, the arrows were exhausted and the archers were exhausted.

But Feng Zhang was transferred back to the boat, but there were more than [-] arrows on the boat.Then he laughed and said: "The island will definitely run out of arrows. Even if there are not enough arrows, the archers will be too tired to shoot. Pei Bingmashi, now you can directly grab the island."

Pei You looked at the sky and said, "It's almost time. I think Li Jing in Shamen Town already knows the news of our arrival. You just lured the archers on Shaobing Island to shoot arrows for a long time. They must think that we are going to shoot arrows for a long time. Landed at Beishan Wharf."

Feng Zhang was taken aback: "Aren't we going to land at the Beishan Pier?" This is already the plan that was agreed just now. First capture the Shaobing Island, and then set up cannons and carts on the Shaobing Island, and attack Beishan Pier under the cover of it. .

"You and your Daxiezhai Fleet will continue this plan. You first take down Shaobing Island, and then attack Beishan Wharf." Pei You said.

Feng Zhang frowned, and had already heard the meaning.

"What about you?"

"I personally led the joint fleet to bypass Shaobing Island, sneak in behind Xiaoheishan Island, raid Yangtuozi Island, and then attack Shikou Wharf. Of the four wharves on Shamen Island, only Shikou Wharf is the closest to Shamen Town, and Beishan Wharf is the farthest Now Li Jing must have transferred most of them to Beishan, and the other three piers must be empty. As long as the Shikou Pier is taken down, they can be forced to the town as quickly as possible, and Li Jing bets to gather outside the city Annihilate him. As long as he can annihilate Li Jing's main force, then his half-built new town will be of no use. Break up the fortification, take the magic fire, and return to Duli Town before dawn."

"You want me to make a feint and be a bait. Li Jing will definitely be attracted by me, but I will also bear all of Li Jing's counterattacks." Feng Zhang's face was flushed with anger, he didn't expect that Pei You was so straightforward that he wanted to use him as bait.He dispatched 1000 troops, only 5000 fewer than Duli Town.And he paid so much for this battle, it was completely at the last throw, but he was used as bait.A feeling of being used and belittled surged up, Feng Zhang almost vomited blood again.He suddenly felt that he had made a mistake again this time, this time, it was completely leading the wolf into the house.He suddenly thought, even if he got Shenhuo, would Pei You give him a share of the formula?

Pei You gave Feng Zhang a cold look: "If you don't want to, you can quit now, but you have to think clearly about the consequences of doing so."

"I..." Feng Zhang's lips trembled, he didn't know what to say.Now, what else can he do?If he can't beat Shamen Town, what awaits him will never be a good result.So far, the only thing I can do is bite the bullet.

Feng Changgui said on the side: "This battle is either you as the bait or we as the bait, but if you think about it carefully, we are actually under a lot of pressure. What good is it for us if we can't win the town of Shamen? Let's not do it now. The most important thing is to get entangled in the little things of this war, unite together, and win the Shamen town first. Compared with taking back the Shamen town, avenging the insults Li Jing gave you, and even sharing the secret of the Shenhuo formula in the future, it is even done. What about the bait?"

Feng Zhang finally sighed, and said: "I hope you keep your word. After defeating Li Jing, all the property in Shamen Town will belong to you, but the population of the island must stay, and belong to me together with Shamen Town. Moreover, the formula of Shenhuo It must also be shared with me."

"Of course, this is our mutual agreement." Pei You smiled slightly.This smile made Feng Zhang shudder a little, and reminded him of the way Li Jing smiled at him once, it was so similar.He shook his head, strode away, and immediately told himself that this was just an illusion.After tonight, he will regain control of the entire Shamen Town and Daxie Village!

(To be continued)