Late Tang

800 people assembled on the north bank, and all the flags were wet and tightly wrapped on the flagpoles in the rainy night.Only the black skull flag on the black square hanging from the long pole on Zhendonghai is still displayed, and the four masters of Zhendonghai are all standing under the banner at this time.

The heavy rain was pouring, and the four Zhendonghai brothers all had almost the same equipment, black leather armor with a stainless steel horizontal knife and a shield.

Standing beside Li Jing, Zhang Chengzong said: "When we fight later, my lord, remember not to get too close to them!"

"Why?" Li Jing asked a little harshly.

"They've started to go crazy now, and their hearts are full of revenge. When they fight, they will definitely charge the most fiercely and become the biggest targets that attract all the guards."

Li Jing smiled, "What is needed on the battlefield is this kind of will to fight. Today's battle is not for Zhendonghai, but for ourselves. For a while, everyone should not have any reservations. This battle has made progress." If there is no retreat, there is no guarantee of success."

Compared with his previous set of silver armor, Whitebeard's current set of equipment doesn't have the slightest magnificence.The leather armor connected by gray cowhide rivets does not have any decorative patterns, but only traces of swords and swords.His weapon is a horizontal knife, but it is not an ordinary horizontal knife, but a large horizontal knife, up to five feet long, no matter the length, thickness and width of the knife, it is larger than the ordinary horizontal knife Not just number one.This horizontal knife held in both hands is three times the size of a normal horizontal knife and weighs nine catties.However, such a heavy weapon danced in Whitebeard's hands as easily as holding an ordinary horizontal knife.

At this time, he pointed the battlefield with a huge horizontal knife, and ordered the pirate leaders to distribute tasks. "Be sure to wipe out all the guards at the pier within half an hour. If anyone doesn't work hard, I will kill him with my own hands." He roared loudly, then turned to Li Jing and said, "Brother Li, you stay between the castle and the pier." , Anyone who escapes to the castle must stop them, and if the guards of the castle find out, or the patrol guards discover the fighting here, you and your people will be responsible for stopping them."

Although the rain was pouring, there was only a team of 50 guards at the pier, but White Beard didn't dare to be careless, and made a preparation plan in advance.If the guards at the pier could not be killed secretly in the first place, then Li Jing had to kill them on the road between the pier and the castle, and they must not be allowed to escape back to the castle to report.In case there are patrol guards going to the pier, Li Jing has to intercept and kill them.

Li Jing led the army towards the road leading to the castle, and pointed in the middle, "This is here," he pointed to the ground with his sword, "We are responsible for guarding here, no matter what happens, the castle and the castle are not allowed Anyone coming and going between the docks! If they try to pass our position, then we'll chop off his legs and chop off his dog's head!"

Zhang Chengzong raised his bronze mace and threw it into the air vigorously, stirring up a cloud of rain and fog, and the other soldiers also expressed their silent fighting intent.

200 people dispersed and ambushed on both sides of the road.Li Jing leaned against the back of a boulder, the rain was too heavy, and he couldn't see anything but the heavy rain just a few steps away.The sound of the rushing rain also stunned Li Jing's hearing. He could only imagine that Zhen Donghai and the others were raiding the pier, charging bravely, and the dark red blood dripped and mixed into the rain, and finally became weaker and weaker until I can no longer see a trace of blood.

"Two quarters of an hour at most!" Wang Zhong also lay down beside Li Jing and shouted into his ear.Li Jing nodded in agreement, and 600 people from Zhendonghai went to raid the pier guarded by 50 people.Although the guards on the pier are in the two strong small fortresses, the torrential rain tonight perfectly conceals the footsteps and figures of the attackers. They can easily touch the fortress, and the guards inside the fortress will not notice. .After that, everything is simple.One thousand and six hundred against fifty?There will be no miracles!

He is not worried at all about solving the guard Li Jing at the dock. What he is worried about now is the castle in the center of the island.According to Li Wei's report, the castle is not only solid and towering, but also has an arrow tower every ten steps above it. The arrow tower is built on the wall and is two feet high. There is a heavy crossbow that needs to be manipulated by four people.There are twenty arrow towers on the wall of the entire castle, that is to say, there are at least twenty heavy crossbows.In addition, Li Wei reported that the guards of the castle are all equipped with longbows and hard crossbows, and all have armor and iron helmets, with amazing defense and super attack power.

If it wasn't a heavy rainy night, Li Jing believed that as long as they were within a hundred steps of the castle, the guards would be able to spot them immediately.Twenty arrow towers five feet above the ground will make it difficult for attackers to advance.

Just as he was thinking, there was a sudden sound of footsteps approaching in the heavy rain.Li Jing and Wang Zhong pulled out their long swords at the same time, but they saw the pirates from Zhendong Sea.White Beard rushed to Li Jing, with a smile on his face that couldn't be concealed.

"All the guards on the pier have been taken care of. There are 67 Fengjia dogs in total. One of them is not kept. They will all be sent to hell. Brother Li, let's go and kill the castle!"

"Slay into the castle!" Li Jing was also infected by White Beard's killing intent, and shouted loudly. More than 1000 pirates kept coming from behind, and in the dark night, it seemed like a mountain was moving.

Until now, Zhen Donghai, Li Jing and others have not finally decided on a plan to attack the fortress.After realizing the super defense of the fortress, there were two options among several people.Red Beard suggested that the defense of the castle is too strong, and it is too difficult to sneak into the castle. After solving the pier guards, surround the castle, and then deliberately create some momentum to lure the guards out of the castle and annihilate them outside the castle.Even if it cannot be wiped out, the strength in the fort can be weakened, and then a strong attack can be made. The possibility of victory is very high.

However, Li Jing disagreed with this idea, although doing so would surely wipe out some of the guards in the first place.But in this way, the guards in the castle will no longer dare to fight, and they will be more determined to defend.

It's better to sneak in quietly at the beginning. If it succeeds, the entire castle can be taken smoothly.Although this difficulty is very high, but with the cover of heavy rain, the possibility of success is not impossible.

"How sure is Ji Yu that he can open the castle door?" White Beard asked.

If you want to enter the castle, you have to open the only castle door, lower the drawbridge, and lift the jack gate.This is the only way to enter the castle, and Whitebeard has no way to deal with this iron shell.He pinned all his hopes on Li Jing, hoping that he could find a way.

"How do you know if you don't try? My reconnaissance is all over the wall and there are many capable people. Let them try it first. If it doesn't work, it's still too late for us to implement the second plan. Once successful, we will go back and forth." This fight can be resolved quickly."

Whitebeard pondered for a while and finally agreed, and he really didn't want to storm that fortress unless it was absolutely necessary. 20 years ago, his father and uncles stormed the fort for a day, and finally they were defeated and died here.

Li Jing waved to Li Wei, "It's time for you to show off your skills. Didn't you say that the people in your scouting capital are all talented people with unique skills? Now I will give you a chance to fight for glory and lead you man, go to the castle gate."

Li Wei smiled and showed his white teeth, "General, please stay here and wait for the good news. The brothers in the scout capital and I will definitely live up to our mission!"

In the heavy rain, Li Jing waved to the surroundings again and again, it was a set of familiar gestures.This is the addition of two subjects of battlefield communication and battlefield reconnaissance that Li Jing added after learning battlefield first aid knowledge at night in the Shamen Town Army.Battlefield communication includes tactical sign language, tactical semaphore, lights, beacons, drums and horns, whistles and other means of communication on the battlefield.Among them are the common methods at this time, and some are brought by Li Jing based on the technology of later generations.For example, battlefield tactical sign language was directly adopted by Li Jing from later generations. The full set of tactical sign language is standard and direct, and it is more comprehensive and easy to use than some simple sign languages ​​at this time.

Battlefield reconnaissance includes observation, eavesdropping, spying, search, assassination, interception, capture of prisoners of war, espionage reconnaissance, combat reconnaissance, mapping reconnaissance, investigation and inquiry, collection of documents, etc.

Basically every soldier has to learn the three subjects of battlefield first aid, battlefield communication and battlefield reconnaissance, and even the results of the three subjects have become one of the necessary conditions for soldiers to be promoted.Compared with those ordinary soldiers, Li Wei's reconnaissance team has higher requirements for these three subjects, and their courses are also taught separately, which is an advanced version of the three subjects.

After a series of gestures, the scouts could understand the order accurately without talking to each other.

The castle of Cat Island looks like a huge ferocious monster entrenched on the island in the rainy night. The orange lights on the castle in the wind and rain are like the bright eyes of the monster.

Li Wei quickly sneaked under the castle with the scouts, looking at the wide ditch, shining brightly in the rainy night, like a jade belt.Li Wei also cursed secretly in his heart.

With a wave of his hand, ten scouts immediately came up with a modified version of the Fuyuanshi crossbow.This batch of crossbows was specially made for the reconnaissance department by the Xinjun Workshop in Shamen Township. They didn't need to be manipulated by both sides. As long as there was a person with great strength, they could open them alone. Equipped with fine iron crossbow arrows as thick as a thumb, the range still reached [-] paces.This kind of crossbow is equipped with iron crossbow arrows, and once the arrow passes, it can penetrate into the city wall immediately.

"Xuuuuuuuuuuuu!" The crossbow machine sounded, and ten iron crossbow arrows flew out with ten ropes at the end. The crossbow nails were nailed into the opposite city wall, only the ropes at the end were exposed.

"Tighten up!" Li Wei yelled, and ten Hercules crossbowmen dropped their crossbows and pulled the rope straight.Immediately, several other scouts stepped forward, took out ten iron stakes with the thickness of gun barrels, and drove them into the soil.The strong men tightly tied the ten straight thick ropes to the iron stakes.

"Go!" Li Wei watched nervously at the head of the city, and no one has found them so far.

Immediately, two teams of scouts who had prepared earlier immediately used their hands and feet together, grabbed the rope with both hands, hooked their feet on the rope, and climbed upside down on the rope to the opposite side of Haogou.

"Go!" Seeing that the first batch had arrived on the other side of Haogou, Li Wei was very excited and ordered again.

Ten ropes, ten at a time. It took 100 people more than a quarter of an hour to cross the ditch of the ditch of death.

(To be continued)