The Beacon of Kyushu

The fishing boats lined up and moved along the coast for half an hour before stopping at the shoal closest to Guhun Gorge. Wan Jianfeng couldn't help but smile and took a sip of wine before jumping off the deck when he saw that he had gotten so many ships as soon as he went out.

Chen Zhong cupped his hands and forced a smile on his face, "Young hero, look at us..."

Seeing his appearance, Wan Jianfeng smiled and said: "Old man, why are you panicking? Are you afraid that I will drag you to the battlefield? You don't even look at how old you are. If I really drag you to the battlefield, I will If you go to the battlefield, wouldn’t it be a burden to yourself?”

Chen Zhong hurriedly coughed a few times and said: "Young hero, you are so perceptive that you can tell at a glance that this little old man is not in good health. I admire you, I admire you! With your ability to diagnose diseases, Zhang Zhongjing is really angry and frightened." Hua Yuanhua drove Sun Simiao crazy and made Ge Zhichuan jealous. He can be said to be the greatest national player in the world throughout the ages! "

"Hahahaha!" Wan Jianfeng laughed loudly after hearing this, unable to straighten his waist, "Old man, this young hero used to tell people that my martial arts skills are third-rate, my drinking capacity is second-rate, my cooking skills are first-rate, but my flattery skills are nothing. The best among the best. Unexpectedly, when I arrived in Quyue, I discovered that I didn’t even have an old man in charge of the shipyard who could give people a high ranking. Sure enough, there is a strong hand among the strong, and there are strong people behind the strong people! "

Chen Zhong's smile was much brighter than before. At first glance, it looked full of loyalty, but it couldn't stand people's scrutiny. But he didn't even intend to give anyone the time to taste it carefully. He hugged Wan Jianfeng's fist and fled with all the servants.

Wan Jianfeng looked at the dust that everyone had brought up when they fled, and said with a smile: "Hahaha, even though he is so old, he can still be scared by this young hero and run so fast. This young hero is really worthy of being the number one national player. Weigh it!" After he finished speaking, he looked at the fishing boats docked on the beach, picked up the wine gourd, took a few sips of wine, and left for the camp with satisfaction.

Not long after, Wan Jianfeng entered the camp gate and swaggered into the central military tent. Seeing Liu Cheng pacing anxiously in the tent, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "General Liu, why are you so flustered? Are you afraid that something will happen to me? Or are you afraid that I am incompetent and can't get the fishing boat?"

Liu Cheng was patted behind him and was startled at first. When he heard that the person was Wan Jianfeng, he turned around with a smile and said, "What kind of person is Wan Shaoxia? How could something happen? How could it not be done?" Fishing boats, only this general just heard from his subordinates that Fan Jubei ordered that fishing boats are not allowed to sail these days, so..."

Wan Jianfeng said: "So you are worried that we will not be able to successfully sail the boat to the Baiteng River estuary, and all plans will be ruined."

Liu Cheng nodded and said, "Yes, I wonder what Wan Shaoxia has to say?"

Wan Jianfeng smiled and said: "He said that he would not set sail, and he did not say that the wind would not blow the boat away. If someone really stops him for questioning, we can just say that we are here to pick up the boat, and we will be able to fool the person questioning him. If If it doesn’t work, we can just set fire to the other party’s ship. Isn’t it considered a small feat?”

Liu Cheng was still worried in his heart, but he said: "What Shaoxia Wan said is reasonable. We will set out early tomorrow morning. I think it won't be long before we can capture the mouth of the Baiteng River!"

Two days later, early in the morning.

The offshore waters around Bai Tengjiang are never calm, but there are rarely too many storms, but today is an exception. Looking around, not only was there a thin white mist everywhere, but the sea breeze was also much stronger than usual, causing waves to rise on the sea surface.

During the two days, ten fishing boats often moved in front of each other, as if floating clouds were holding up the sun. As the commander-in-chief of the East Route Army, Liu Cheng naturally sat firmly in the central fishing boat, while Wan Jianfeng took the lead boat. The fleet was traveling at a slow speed, and Liu Cheng's heart was in his throat as he saw it getting closer and closer to the Baiteng River. "God bless! God bless..." Liu Cheng prayed silently, carefully exited the cabin, looked at the fishing boat in front, and waited for Wan Jianfeng to give the order. At some point, the identities of the two people seemed to have completely changed. Wan Jianfeng became the coach who could decide life and death with a single word, and he, the imperially appointed coach, became a general who obeyed others.

Liu Cheng waited for a while before Wan Jianfeng lazily walked out of the cabin. His attire at this time was very different from the past. He was no longer wearing the fat and big khaki linen clothes, and his legs were no longer the extremely ill-fitting brown trousers. Instead, he was wearing those clothes from top to bottom. The black and oily tight-fitting waistband doesn't look much better than before, but it is still much fresher and neater.

He stood on the bow of the boat, holding a wine gourd in one hand and holding it behind his back with the other, looking far into the distance towards the mouth of the Shirateng River. Soon, he looked through the mist and saw two tall black figures in the distance, knowing that they were not far from the river mouth.

The captain of the ship was a veteran with gray hair and beard. He was not only the oldest in the entire fleet, but also no one in the entire Eastern Route Army was older than him. But Jiang is often too old, and Wan Jianfeng liked his old age, so he specifically asked Liu Cheng to send him here.

The veteran rowed the boat very fast just now, but now it was rowing slower and slower, with a pair of old eyes fixed on Wan Jianfeng. When Wan Jianfeng saw him looking at him, he smiled and said: "Old man, although you are old, you have a very bright mind! I really have a keen eye for heroes, and I didn't pick the wrong person!"

"Haha, thank you young hero!" the veteran said, slowly stopping the boat, and softly shouted to Liu Cheng in an old voice: "General Liu, we are almost at the mouth of the Baiteng River, let everyone stop the boat! "

Liu Cheng nodded and hurriedly asked the soldiers on the ship to play the flag. When the soldiers on each ship saw the flag, they quickly stopped the ship. Wan Jianfeng glanced at the veteran and asked, "Old man, what do you think this young hero will do next?"

Without even thinking about it, the veteran said: "Young hero will ask other boats to stay here for the time being, and we will row the boat to the mouth of Baiteng River alone. When we get closer to the mouth of the river, you will jump off the boat, and the soldier will be alone. Keep paddling forward."

Wan Jianfeng smiled and asked, "What happens after you row to the mouth of the river?"

The veteran did not hesitate and said: "Of course I am relying on my old skills to fool those Quyue barbarians for a while. After you cut off one or two wooden piles, we can rush into the Baiteng River!"

Wan Jianfeng slapped the veteran on the shoulder hard and said with admiration: "Old man, you are so smart! All these ideas of this young hero have failed, and you have guessed them. With your brains and age, you should at least be a You’re a general, why are you just a soldier?”

The old soldier smiled slightly, showing his yellow teeth, and said: "Young hero, when I followed Taizu, I defeated the Northern Han Dynasty, defeated the Southern Tang Dynasty, destroyed the false Yan, and defeated the Black King. Most of the people who joined the army with me were stunned. If they die in front of me, if I hadn't been smarter, wouldn't I have let them go? Besides, being a general doesn't depend on your brain or your age. Sometimes, if your brain is good and you get older, you won't be able to be a general. !”

While the two were talking, the veteran rowed the boat closer to the river mouth, and could vaguely see the defenders on the cliffs on both sides. Wan Jianfeng did not dare to delay at all. He raised his head and took a big sip of wine. He then put the wine gourd on the ship's board, picked up the iron saw that had been prepared in advance, and jumped into the sea. (End of chapter)