Late Tang

After hurriedly sending Aunt Gongsun away, Li Jing immediately summoned all the officers above the team to hold a military meeting.

After all the officers arrived, Li Jing declared the information he had just bought with a solemn expression, causing an uproar.Wang Zhong was dumbfounded and shouted: "Is this true?"

"This is the information that I bought for three thousand pens, or the other party read it in half for the first time. The information is basically reliable, and now we have to discuss how to meet the enemy. There is only time left In less than two days, there will be at least five hundred pirates coming to attack." Li Jing said.

Wang Zhong scolded: "Wang Jin is a donkey day thing. We gave him a face and put Liu Qi back. Not only did he not appreciate it, but he dared to do this trick. Shit, general, it is better for us to strike first , we took the Ninghai and went to the Dengzhou water village first, and captured the old boy alive, and see how he can continue to do evil."

Sitting in the upper seat, Li Jing just shook his head.Wang Zhong's idea was too impulsive, even though he said verbally that he could satisfy his addiction and relieve his anger.But it is not practical. The enemy is coming in two days, but at this time they ran to the water village. The Dengzhou navy has a strong navy and has a thousand regular sailors.What's more, the Navy is close to Dengzhou City, Longshan Camp, Daxie Village and Dengzhou soldiers are not far away. It is wishful thinking for them to bring a boat of hundreds of people to the water village to catch Wang Jin.

Besides, even if it could be done, Li Jing would not make such a bad move unless it was absolutely necessary.The matter of Wang Jin's collusion with the pirates was a secret after all, even if Li Jing knew about it, the source was secret, and it was impossible to bring it to the fore.Without definite evidence to prove that Wang Jin colluded with the pirates, he, Li Jing, dared to attack other soldiers and horses. This would be a serious crime for starting an army and causing chaos. Even Song Wei and Cui Yunqing would not be able to protect Li Jing.

"If this doesn't work, what shall we do?" Wang Zhong asked.

Li Jing tapped on the table lightly, "Everyone expresses their views and speaks out their own ideas. Don't worry about whether it is right or not. The key is to work together."

Sun Deyan was sitting at the last seat, and when he saw the generals, he was silent, he couldn't help twisting around, he wanted to speak but he didn't dare to preempt him.Li Jing had seen his actions a long time ago, and said angrily: "Since Counselor Sun has assumed the position of Counselor, he is responsible for the duties of Counselor Military Affairs. The current situation requires you to perform your duties, why are you hesitating, what are you thinking?" Just say it."

"Yes, the general was right to criticize, but his subordinates were wrong." Sun Deyan stood up and criticized himself first. He knew that he was not welcomed by Li Jing, so he acted carefully.He has been on the bench at Feng Zhang's place for several years, and now he has finally met a boss who is acceptable to him, and he still wants to make a difference.

"The general is right in what he said just now. Before we can produce definite evidence to prove that Wang Jin colluded with the pirates, we can't take any action against Wang Jin. In the current situation, since we already know that Wang Jin colluded with the pirates is about to attack us, so our focus now is not how to deal with the collusion between Wang Jin and the pirates, but how to face the pirates' attacks. As long as this level is resolved first, we will have time to deal with Wang Jin and the pirates. The matter of collusion with pirates."

Li Jing nodded appreciatively: "Counselor Sun is right, the top priority is to ignore other things, how to deal with the [-] pirates coming is the key. Counselor Sun, do you have any suggestions?"

"My opinion is that we actually have a huge advantage now, that is, we have the enemy's plan of action, and the enemy has no idea."

"what do you mean?"

Sun Deyan said with some pride: "Since the enemy's idea is to make a surprise attack, they pretended to be a caravan and entered the port to approach Salmon Island, intending to attack at night. In this case, why don't we come up with a strategy, wait for work, wait for work, and strike later?"

"Follow the plan and strike later?"

Lin Wei rubbed his hands and said with bright eyes: "That's a good idea. They want to raid at night, so let's have an ambush and beat the dogs behind closed doors."

After some discussion, the generals all felt that this plan was highly feasible.There are now [-] soldiers on Salmon Island, and nearly [-] warriors in total. However, the training time is not long, and it would be very cruel to fight head-on with those [-] fierce pirates.However, if an ambush is fought, the advantages of the defenders can be maximized and casualties can be minimized.

The exact location of the ambush has been debated for a long time.Many military officers proposed to set up an ambush directly at Shikou Wharf, and launch an attack suddenly when the pirate fleet just docked and halfway through disembarking.First attack with bows and arrows, then surround with long spears, and finally jump and attack the ship with swords and shields.The advantage of this plan is that it is unprepared. Halfway through the disembarkation of the pirates is a chaotic time.And there is another thought that many officers did not directly say, that is, they are unwilling to let the pirates go to the island.Because if there is a fight on the island, the battle is likely to involve the camp outside the city. There are many camps for soldiers' families. It would be bad if the soldiers' families were injured.

Li Jing was still not satisfied with this plan after considering it for a long time.The disadvantage is that after the attack begins, the pirates are likely to retreat to the ship quickly.After the pirates retreated to the ship, they could rely on the sea ship as a cover, and there might not even be some heavy equipment such as ballistas and trebuchets on board.Moreover, the pirates can leave the dock at any time and go out to sea. At that time, they can only repel the pirates, not defeat or destroy them. This is not in line with Li Jing's request.

"According to information, the pirates will land at the Shikou Wharf on the west side of the town, so they will most likely abandon the camp outside the city and directly attack the castle. The most likely surprise attack is the west gate of the castle. Therefore, I wonder if we can mobilize most of the soldiers and horses to set up an ambush inside the west gate, and when the pirates come in, we just come to close the door and beat the dog."

Zhang Hong said worriedly: "What if the pirates first attack the barracks outside the city, or divide their forces, attacking the castle while attacking the camp?"

"Then evacuate everyone in the camp outside the city into the city first, leaving only the empty camp."

"The new city is being built now. The south wall and the east wall of the castle have almost been demolished, but the new city wall has not yet been built. These two walls are not fortified now. If the pirates bypass the west gate at that time, they can go from the south or What about the surprise attack from the east?" Cui Zhiyuan also raised a question that cannot be ignored.

Li Jing tried hard to think about countermeasures, but her brows were all knit together, and she couldn't think of a suitable countermeasure for a long time.If you want to lure the enemy into the city to ambush, the biggest problem is how to let the pirates go to the west gate instead of the south gate and east gate according to the trap they set up.

After a long while, the monk Xuancheng, who had been sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed and unable to make a sound, was present at the meeting together, spoke.

"I've seen the walls of the east city and the south city before, and they haven't been demolished. They've just been half demolished, and they're basically still at chest height. In addition, the old west wall also has quite a few gaps, some of which are one or two gaps. The gap is only two or three feet high, which is shorter than the demolished wall in the East City."

"Monk Hua, what do you mean by that? Why are you so thoughtless?" Lin Wu looked at the monk who closed his eyes again after saying those two sentences, and asked incomprehensibly.Ever since Xuan Cheng accepted Li Jing's proposal to stay on Salmonella Island and served as a guest club instructor, everyone has gotten used to such a monk.Like Lin Wu and others, they don't even call him by his Dharma name, but call him Monk Hua.But Xuan Cheng didn't have a temper, no matter how everyone shouted, he would still smile.

The generals reacted a bit slower, they didn't understand what the monk meant, but Sun Deyan frowned, and said loudly: "Master, what you mean is that the pirates will not go to the east and south cities, but only attack from the west gate?"

Li Jing clapped his palms: "Yes, we can send more civilians to serve as soldiers on duty in the east and south cities, and set up more torches and flags. The pirates must have thought that most of our soldiers were defending in the southeast when they arrived. We will definitely not choose the east and south sides. There are many gaps in the west wall, if the pirates attack the city, they will only choose to enter through the gaps. We only need to ambush people near the gaps, and we will be able to make great achievements in one fell swoop."

"The five hundred pirates must be fierce and desperate, can we beat them?" Du Zhongwu suddenly raised a question that everyone ignored.

There are two thousand soldiers in Salmon Island, but one thousand are auxiliary soldiers and logistics soldiers, and only one thousand soldiers can be counted as soldiers, and they have only been trained for a short time, so they are just showing off.But there are five hundred pirates, they are real desperadoes.Even if it's an ambush, if you really try your best, can you beat it?

Many of the newly promoted team leaders and deputy team members were a little worried and hesitated. Except for the one time they dealt with a mob in Wangli Village, the town soldiers had no actual combat experience at all.Not to mention that the upcoming opponents are still a group of desperadoes across the sea.

Li Jing took everyone's reactions into his heart, coughed, and said with a laugh: "We can win if we fight head-on, but there will definitely be a lot of casualties. But if it is an ambush and an ambush in the city, then this I will have full confidence and certainty to defeat and annihilate the pirates in one fell swoop."

"Dig more holes and set more traps. When the time comes, when the enemy enters the ambush circle, just shoot arrows. Don't be afraid of consumption, shoot as many as you can. Then the spearmen line up and surround them. Just shoot, never shoot. Fight alone with them. In addition, when the time comes, prepare more shields and put on armor, there are only a few hundred pirates in the area, whether they have mental calculations or not, can't we fight recklessly, can't we fight an ambush?"

"Following the general's order, in this battle, killing or capturing 40.00% of the enemy is "upper gain"; killing or capturing 20.00% of the enemy is "successful"; killing or capturing [-]% of the enemy Ten, for "lower rewards". The top will be rewarded three times by the whole army, the middle will be rewarded two times, and the bottom will be rewarded one time. In addition, meritorious service will be recorded according to the team. The first level won by each team will be awarded two Every prisoner, the same three times. Beheading or capturing the leader, or capturing the banner, the reward will be tripled!"

These words immediately ignited the passion of all the officers, and no one hesitated.

"Brother Lin, I'll give you a special task. You gather the family team of you, Lin Wu and Wang Zhong, and lay an ambush at the Shikou Wharf tomorrow night. When the pirates come ashore and the battle starts on the castle side, you will Immediately lead the troops to attack the remaining personnel on the pirate ship, and must seize the pirate ship."

"Understood." Lin Wei took the order.

Li Jing clenched his palms into fists, since the one-eyed flood dragon dared to attack him, this time, he will tell him to come and go.

(To be continued)