A knife in love

Chapter 1590

Qi Jiu stood there for a while, then suddenly took out the fire folder from his arms and shone it brightly, then bent down and began to write and draw on the ground with his fingers.Li Qiufeng was surprised, and also bent down to watch carefully.I saw Qi Jiu draw a few long and zigzag lines on the ground, and poked dots with his fingers in several places.Although the things Qi Jiu drew were simple, he didn't know what he was drawing.

Qi Jiu knelt down on one knee, pointed to a dot on the north side and said, "This is Dongliao County. From here, take a boat to the west. As long as the sea is calm, it only takes one day to reach Tianjin Wei."

While speaking, Qi Jiu swiped his finger westward from the dot, and finally pointed to another dot.Qi Jiu lightly tapped the dot twice, then drew a large circle around the dot with his fingers, and said, "Brother Li, please look, the military passes outside the capital are all near this circle. Whether it is Shanhaiguan, Shandong, or even Xuanfu and Datong, they are not closer to the capital than starting from Tianjinwei. If the Japanese pirates quietly captured Tianjinwei and then attacked the capital, Qinwang soldiers and horses from all over the country would have no time to rescue them. The situation is like a duel between two martial arts masters, one of them punched out with both fists, but missed nothing. The enemy took advantage of the opportunity to go straight into the palace, and when he used his old tricks, his fist had already hit his throat."

When Qi Jiu said this, he punched hard with his right hand on the ground not far to the west of the dot.Li Qiufeng knew that that place was the city of Beijing.

Qi Jiu stood up and said to Li Qiufeng: "I just heard what brother Li said, so I suddenly understood. The old thief Liu Sheng really wanted to get the things in the iron box, but he didn't build firearms to deal with political enemies in Fusang, but They want to sneak attack Tianjin Wei, and then go straight to the capital. Moreover, judging from the current situation, the Yagyu clan's large-scale war in Dongliao County is not because they are afraid of the officers and soldiers coming to attack, but because they are deliberately bluffing, making the situation in Liaodong unstable. As a result, the imperial court It is necessary to dispatch troops from the pass to leave the pass, and the Japanese pirates will attack Tianjin Wei and the capital, and they will be more sure of victory."

Li Qiufeng nodded, and said, "Brother Qi just said that the navy in Shandong guarded the sea so that the Japanese pirates on the southeast coast did not dare to go north easily, so as not to be intercepted by officers and soldiers in the sea of ​​Shandong. After all, these people are not Liu Sheng Zongyan's subordinates, but probably reinforcements sent by the Japanese pirates on the southeast coast. Therefore, Li guessed that although the Japanese pirates on the southeast coast dare not openly go north, if they break up into pieces, or go north on a merchant ship , or disguised as a traveling businessman and detoured from Mobei to leave the customs by land. In this way, neither the Daming navy in Shandong nor the defenders in Shanhaiguan, Xuanfu, and Datong would find that the Japanese pirates had sneaked into Liaodong. Liu Shengzongyan In advance, I ordered people to build armor and weapons in Dongliao County, and prepare all the ships. When the Japanese pirates arrive, put on the armor and get the weapons, they can march westward and capture the capital by surprise. This plan is very powerful, and the old thief Liu Sheng is really vicious. extreme."

Qi Jiu said in a deep voice: "Brother Li mentioned armor, and then he remembered something. When I was in Dengzhou Wei that day, I heard a colleague who had fought against Japanese pirates say that Fusang country lacks iron, and tanned leather is also It is an extremely precious object. Therefore, except for a few nobles and generals, ordinary officers and soldiers cannot get iron armor and leather armor. It is just that Fusang country is rich in bamboo, and I don’t know from which dynasty someone cut bamboo into pieces After being soaked in water, smoked with fire to make the bamboo pieces tougher. Then the bamboo pieces are strung together with leather ropes to make armor. Although this kind of bamboo armor is not as strong as iron armor, it is very light, and Whether it was cut with a knife or a spear, or pierced with a spear, you can't easily hurt your body. When we fought with those Japanese pirates in front of the old man's mountain, they were indeed wearing armor made of bamboo slices. It seems that Brother Li made a good guess. The Japanese pirates on the southeast coast have already sneaked into Liaodong in large numbers."

Hearing what Qi Jiu said, Li Qiufeng carefully recalled the scene of the scuffle with the Japanese pirates in front of the old man's mountain, and it was indeed as Qi Jiu said.When my long knife hit the Japanese pirates, the moment the blade touched the armor, the feeling was completely different from when the long knife hit iron or leather armor.He pondered for a while, and then said to Qi Jiu: "The old thief Liu Sheng drove all the men in Dongliao County to build a city on Motianling, and made waves in Dongliao County, capturing or killing all the gentry and rich men in Dongliao County. He even took a great risk to kill the magistrate Li Zhisheng, which shows that he has no scruples and the conspiracy is about to start."

Qi Jiu also thought that Liu Sheng Zongyan was about to lead the Japanese pirates westward, but at the moment, apart from himself, Li Qiufeng, and Murong Danyan, there were hardly any helpers in Dongliao County.To rely on the strength of three people to deal with thousands of Japanese pirates is simply a dream.His thoughts changed rapidly, and many ideas popped up in an instant.But when you think about it, these ideas are useless at all.

Qi Jiu was anxious, but forgot that he was still holding a fire folder in his left hand.Before he knew it, more than half of the fire pocket had been burned, and the flame burned his fingers, which made him scream "ah" in pain. When he let go of his right hand, there was only a sound of "pop", and the fire pocket had fallen to the ground. on the ground.

Qi Jiuxin said "I'm ashamed", and hurriedly leaned over to pick up the fire bag, glanced at Li Qiufeng, and said, "I'm panicking, I made Brother Li laugh."

Li Qiufeng watched Qi Jiu pick up the fire folder, and his heart moved. He suddenly remembered something, clapped his hands lightly, and said in his mouth: "Fire! How did I forget the fire?!"

Qi Jiu didn't know what Li Qiufeng's words meant, and was about to ask, but Li Qiufeng said to him: "Brother Qi, we are alone now, if we want to fight head-on with the Japanese pirates, even if we can kill a few Hundreds of Japanese pirates are still doomed to die in the end. It is nothing for us to die at the hands of Japanese pirates, but we are uneasy if we cannot stop the Japanese pirates from attacking the capital. Therefore, if we want to thwart the conspiracy of the old villain Liusheng, we must not fight the Japanese pirates head-on. You have to find another way to defeat the strong with the weak."

When Li Qiufeng said this, he paused for a while, and then said: "Brother Qi's hand was scalded by the fire just now, which reminds me of one thing. In the past, Cao Cao led an army to go south to conquer Liu Bei and Sun Quan. At that time, Cao Jun The situation is great, and Sun and Liu joined hands, and their military strength is far behind Cao Jun. Zhou Yu came up with a plan to attack with fire, set fire on Chibi, and defeated Cao Cao's hundreds of thousands of troops. Since we can't fight the Japanese pirates head-to-head In a deadly battle, you might as well learn from the sages and set fire to them, maybe there is still a chance of victory!"

Qi Jiu was taken aback when he heard Li Qiufeng say that he would use fire attack to deal with Japanese pirates.He thought for a moment, and then said: "Zhou Yu succeeded in burning Chibi, but it was not easy. It is said that Cao Cao locked the big boat together with iron chains. After the fire broke out, the boats could not be scattered, so they were burned to pieces. We don't know how many boats the Japanese pirates have and where they are hidden, and there is a story about burning Chibi, the old thief Yagyu is so cunning, unless he is crazy, he will never lock the boats together. Brother Li , we’re going to set fire to Dongliao County, I’m afraid it won’t be easy.”

(End of this chapter)