The Infinite Heavens Run Away

Chapter 144 Chapter 2.97 The Sloppy Plan to Control the Navy [Added update for the top vote-getter "Crying Death"]

Chapter 2 I play a supporting role in Heroes
2.97 Sloppy plan, water division control

The plan was not complicated, but when making overall arrangements and preparing in advance, Deng Feng discovered that the execution was far more complicated than previously expected.Apart from anything else, although Lujiazhuang was not far away, by the time the information was delivered and people from the Lu family arrived, it was already two days later.

"I've heard about the name King of Swordsmen for a long time, and today I saw that it was indeed well-deserved." Lu Guanying was only in his 30s at this time. According to Deng Feng's feeling, he is currently also a top-notch internal force practitioner, and his overall strength is basically close to the top-tier.Years of pampering made him look much younger than his real age. He was personable and elegant. He looked like a well-educated young man from an aristocratic family. It was hard to imagine that he was actually a water bandit.

"Master Lu, you're welcome. The reputation of Lu's Village is also spread across the Yangtze River, and I have always admired it." Deng Feng was no stranger to a little trick.Lu Chengfeng had already passed away at this time, so Deng Feng naturally called Lu Guanying the owner of the village.

After some courtesies, including Lu Guanying's salute to Huang Rong, the two parties officially entered the topic.

"Master Lu, your manpower needs are relatively large. How long will it take to complete the recruitment?" Deng Feng went straight to the point.

"The Lu family has a lot of manpower in Taihu Lake. When my father withdrew, he also brought some of them over. Unfortunately, my subordinates are incompetent. Now many brothers can only make a living by fishing. If this plan can succeed, the Lu family will always feel this way. "Lu Guanying is naturally no stranger to robberies, even if the robbers are government officials - it's not like he has never robbed before.

"In this case, the issue of confidentiality will be more troublesome." There are many people talking, not to mention that there may be spies or spies among them.

"It doesn't matter, I will gather about 1000 people in the next meeting. I won't tell anyone the specific goal. I will lead the team myself. Some of the core brothers will lead them separately. They will go to the gathering place and stand by. Only I know the specific orders. When to prepare for action. In advance. Just give me a little notice. I wonder where the Sword King will meet up?" Lu Guanying is very skilled, and the best way to keep it secret is to let them know nothing.

"Although this will slow down the execution speed, it is better than safety. Zhuangzhu Lu is determined. As for the meeting place, Deng chose Jiangling. Yaowang Valley is still quite powerful there. I will arrange for a few Zhuangzi outside the city. , you and your brothers will wait in each village separately, and Gang Leader Huang will notify you when it’s time to set off.”

After the Yaowang Valley became more powerful, they also bought some land around Jiangling. It was not that they were obsessed with buying land like people of this era, but they wanted to have their own source of food.There are not many farms, but if you temporarily arrange for about 1000 people, it will be a little difficult and you need to prepare in advance.

"Very good. It will take half a month to arrange the manpower. Then we will trouble the Sword King." Lu Guanying fully agreed with Deng Feng's plan.

"Furthermore, in terms of masters, all the disciples of Yaowang Valley can only dispatch half, which is six, plus Deng and two concubines, that is, nine who are at least second-rate top masters, plus 9 general recruits. Good hands are on standby. Master Lu, please forgive me, Yaowang Valley does not have many manpower, this is already the maximum."

"Haha, with the Sword King and the four heroines, who in the world dares to provoke the Medicine King Valley? I am not talented, but I can summon 10 second-rate or above masters, and then arrange 50 average masters." Lu Guanying has been in the top position for a long time, and he is naturally open-minded. .

"In this case, the Beggar's Gang is also preparing 5 second-rate or above experts and 50 average experts. Please forgive me, Xiangyang has been unstable, and the Beggar's Gang does not have many manpower at its disposal." Huang Rong smiled.

In fact, this is already the maximum number that Huang Rong can guarantee that there will be no problems. Besides, although there are plenty of people, Huang Rong is not sure that she can call them safely.

"That's enough. When we cooperate sincerely, the navy won't be a problem. It's just that we need to investigate the navy's defense situation in advance. I wonder if the Sword King has any arrangements?" Lu Guanying commanded the Taihu water bandits when he was young, so he checked the spots before taking action. There is still common sense.

"Don't worry about this, Deng will go back immediately and take charge of the pre-investigation personally." Deng Feng doesn't want to make any problems, and he will definitely do it himself when the time comes.

"Okay! I'll replace the wine with tea and wish us success!" Lu Guanying picked up the tea cup and drank it all in one gulp. "Since we have made arrangements, I will go back and gather the people right now. Sword King and Senior Aunt, I'll take my leave!"

"Lord Lu, go slowly!" Deng Feng got up and waved his fists to see him off.

"Rong'er, is Lu Guanying reliable?" Deng Feng's knowledge of him was limited to the original work of Jin Da Xia. He basically didn't know anything else. The intelligence system of Yaowang Valley did not take him seriously.

"In the face of such a huge benefit, he is absolutely reliable. Not to mention now, even if the dynasty changes in the future, the Lu family will guard Dongting Lake. As long as the naval force in their hands is sufficient, they can still pass it on and maybe even build a world town. Dongting', inherited for hundreds of years." Huang Rong had already considered this issue, but she was a little concerned about the gains and losses before taking action, "But, is this plan too rough?"

"It's more than rough, it's simply pulpy, but that's about the level we are at." Deng Feng was also helpless and could only look at other preparations, "What about Jinling? How are you planning to arrange it? No matter how weak the imperial court is, it is impossible to see A navy fell into the hands of outsiders."

"As you just said, Lu Guanying is actually a branch of the Lu family in Jiangyin. The strength of the Lu family in Jinling is not bad. In addition, the Zhao and Song Dynasties have always valued civility over military affairs and have made no secret of their suppression of military generals. Therefore, The strength of the Dongting Lake navy is almost rubbish, that is to say, there are only a dozen large ships that are still meaningful, and the remaining small ships are used as fire ships. Coupled with the Jiangyin Lu family's operation in the court, Lu Guanying obtained official status No problem." Huang Rong also had plans for this.

"What if the imperial court is determined to destroy it?" Deng Feng was still not at ease.

"Then the imperial court must have a place to mobilize the army." As the chief steward of Xiangyang's logistics for a long time, Huang Rong knew this very well. "The imperial army in Beijing has never been strong. The imperial court currently has only two elite troops, and one is the Xiangyang garrison. , in the hands of brother Jing, as long as I don't agree, the court can't even think of mobilizing a single soldier; the other is the 20 elite troops of General Meng Gong of Sichuan, currently fighting against an army of no less than 10 troops of Prince Wang Baobao of Ruyang In the confrontation, nothing can be done. Without land forces, there is only the navy. Jinling's main navy at present is the Yangtze River Navy, which is responsible for defending the Yangtze River line. The most important thing is to defend Jinling. Zhao Guanjia has no guts to move this fleet. Apart from these, there is only All that's left is to assassinate in secret, and that's the Lu family's business."

"Very good, I'll leave tomorrow. I'll handle Jiangling's reception arrangements in advance and make sure that you only need to bring people there and don't have to think about anything else." Now that everything has been arranged here, Deng Feng also decided to go back and make arrangements. The part you are responsible for.

"Okay, I'll make some arrangements too." Huang Rong turned around to leave, only to find that she was being hugged. Deng Feng had already hugged her slender waist from behind. In anger, Huang Rong's voice seemed to come from the polar ice, "Mr. Deng!"

"Rong'er, be good. Master loves you."

"No, don't be in the living room, you can hug me."

"It's okay, there's a carpet."

"You bastard"

Seven days later, Yaowang Valley.

"Husband!" Xiao Longnv threw herself into Deng Feng's arms, regardless of the disciples and servants who were watching.

"Long'er, did you miss me?" Deng Feng just hugged his lover in his arms. After all, he had not been seen for more than half a year.

"Think!" Xiao Longnu was always straightforward.

"What about you, Sister Xian?" Deng Feng asked with a smile as he stretched out his hand to pull Yalixian, who was standing reservedly next to her, into his arms.

"Young Master, please go back to your room first." Yali Xian broke away from him angrily and pointed to the crowd of onlookers around her. "Get out of here, are you waiting here to be beaten?" Deng Feng shouted with his eyes wide open, and the crowd dispersed amidst the boos of the disciples.

The family returned home chatting and laughing, and Deng Feng naturally reported the nearly one year's experience to the two girls who were looking after the house. Of course, some content was skipped.

"Sir, what do you mean, you won't be able to rest for a long time when you come back this time, and there will be big things to do in a few days?" The person who asked the question was Yali Xian, and Xiao Longnu acted as the audience as always.

"Would it be okay for Zhuangzi around us to arrange for more than 1000 people?" Deng Feng went straight to the point.

"There is no problem with food, vegetables and meat, but the place to live is a bit tight." As the head housekeeper of the entire Deng family, Yalixian knows this very well.

"It doesn't matter. If it's crowded, just be crowded. Anyway, it can only last for seven days at most." Deng Feng didn't care about this and explained the plan to raid the Dongting Lake Navy to Yalixian, "Sister Xian, you and Ling Yatou will look after the house then. , Xiao Zhao and I took the top six martial arts disciples there."

"My lord, I remember that you promised Master Lu to personally investigate the patrol situation of the Dongting Lake Marine Division's guards." Yalixian reminded Deng Feng to pay attention.

"Take a day off today, and tomorrow I will take Xiao Zhao to have a look." Deng Feng's plan for this is as soon as possible.

"Master, Long'er misses you!" Xiao Longnu was a little impatient with the conversation between the two. According to her usual straightforward character, she stood up and straddled Deng Feng's lap, lowered her head and gave him a sweet kiss.

"Long'er." Deng Feng no longer cared about what was there and what was not. He hugged his lover in front of him with all his strength and fulfilled his responsibility as a husband.

The plan failed to catch up with the changes. The pure Yin Qi of Xiao Longnu was almost condensed into substance. Deng Feng spent a day and night on a double break. Although it was of no use to him, it made Xiao Longnu's cultivation improve again. Deng Feng could feel that it was only two or three years before Xiao Longnv broke through her innate talent.

Simply talking about qualifications, Xiao Zhao can be said to be the most outstanding among the four girls, but before the inner demon problem is solved, she will not have any possibility of breakthrough. Xiao Longnu is different. She has both qualifications and patience. Breakthrough will come sooner or later. Things; Yalixian is far behind, but she has also gained a lot of improvement.

The Dongting Lake Navy was stationed at the lakeside camp not far from Jiangling. Deng Feng took Xiao Zhao to investigate and came back in just three days.

"Sir, how is the situation?" Yalixian was very curious about Deng Feng's investigation because the two people came back too fast.

"It's not very good, almost nothing." Deng Feng's face was very ugly. As a former soldier, he really couldn't understand how such a pair of trash could be associated with the "Navy Division".

"My lord, what do you mean, their security is poor?" Cheng Lingsu put a cup of hot tea on the coffee table beside Deng Feng.

"It's no longer a question of good or bad." Xiao Zhao threw himself on the recliner, unable to complain, "but it's not at all. The so-called camp is basically a human-shaped sheepfold, and people are driven to work in a chaotic manner during the day. We eat and sleep in the room like a herd of goats at night. There are no guards, no patrols, no officers on duty. Even the most basic camp gate has only a dozen sleepy so-called elite soldiers standing guard. We are not far away from the gate. When they climbed over the wall ten steps into the camp, those people didn’t even look at their surroundings.”

"They..." Yalixian thought for a moment before asking, "Aren't they navy? Do they still need to work during the day?"

"Fishing," Deng Feng took it unhappily, "fishing under the supervision of officers, the harvested fish and shrimps are handed over to the fishmongers in Jiangling, and the money goes to the camp commander and a group of officers to share the spoils. As for the so-called In the navy, even the military pay is discounted in half. The only thing better than the refugees outside is that the officers ensure that they have enough to eat, so that they don't have to have trouble fishing. In addition, they can eat fish and shrimps that cannot be sold every now and then. These Bingyong, a naval officer affiliated with the Forbidden Forces stationed abroad, seems to be in good health."

"Isn't this competing with the people for profit? Aren't those adults the most disgusted with this?" Yalixian really couldn't imagine it.

"This is no longer a matter of competing for profit. These people set up swaths of the best fishing grounds and drove away all the fishermen except the navy. They completely cut off people's way of eating." Xiao Zhao simply said I don't know how to describe these so-called "people".

"I remember that my husband said there were more than a dozen large ships there." Xiao Longnu asked a rare question.

"They are reluctant to use big boats to fish. These big boats, which should be regarded as warships, don't go out at all. Also, there are nine boats in total instead of a dozen. The other big boats have probably been secretly sold by them." Xiao Zhao Continue to explain in a tone of despair.

"That is to say, when Master Lu and Gang Leader Huang bring people over," Yalixian asked in a low voice.

"As long as they rush in in the middle of the night, the problem can be solved easily." Deng Feng leaned his whole back on the back of the chair, "Although our problem is simple, but when I think that they are the navy responsible for protecting the people, I really feel sad "

During the Song Dynasty, they had been desperately suppressing the generals and troops. The combat effectiveness of the entire Song army also decreased with the continuation of the dynasty, and it was the kind of decrease that had no bottom line. In the end, it almost collapsed in the face of foreign invasion, which was meaningless. .

In real history, after the Yuan Dynasty conquered Xiangyang, it was basically in an armed march state for the rest of the time. After being pushed past, the last Song Emperor, who was like a coward, took more than [-] of the last elites of the Han people and threw themselves into the sea from Yashan.

Seeing such so-called "naval masters", Deng Feng somewhat understood why they could only throw themselves into the sea.

The plan was delayed again for a few days, and Lawrence Lu's speed of gathering manpower was much slower than originally planned.

"Please forgive me, King of Swordsmen, for Lu overestimating the capabilities of his subordinates. After more than ten years of stable life, his subordinates are no longer so skillful." Lu Guanying smiled bitterly and shook his head, "In order to gather enough manpower, I We could only transfer part of it back from Taihu Lake, which was delayed for seven days."

Deng Feng understood what he meant, and said that "it's not like that". In fact, it should be that Lu's family has not been in contact with the people under him for a long time.

"It doesn't matter, if you see our enemies, I'm afraid you will regret wasting these seven days." Deng Feng gave a detailed explanation of the situation in the naval camp, and added a few words to Huang Rong and Lu Guanying's disbelieving looks. , "The number of people is much larger than we expected. According to our observations during the day, there are about 6000 people. But in terms of combat effectiveness, I think it will be okay for you to speed up half of the original plan."

Lu Guanying, Huang Rong:
"One more thing, as long as there are officers here, no matter whether they are low-ranking or high-ranking, just send them to see Zhao Kuangyin. There will definitely be no unjust ones. This can just make room for your people." This sentence was said to Lu Guanying.

In fact, the problem was solved much faster than Deng Feng expected. Except for the small number of personal guards brought by the officers, a group of theoretical navy officers and soldiers were surrounding the surroundings, watching helplessly as Lujiazhuang and the Beggar Gang They killed all the officers and less than 200 soldiers, as if they were watching something irrelevant. Even the naval commander gave orders countless times to no avail.

"Master Lu, congratulations on winning a property that can earn at least more than 3000 taels per month." Deng Feng pointed at a group of nominal "navigators" and professional fishermen around him and teased Lu Guanying.

Huang Rong and Lu Guanying looked at the so-called "water masters" who looked like wood around them, and were speechless for a long time.

(End of this chapter)