Late Tang

Song Wei and Wang Jingwu fought more and more fiercely in Qingzhou, and the wrestling between Song Wenwen, Wang Jingwen and Wang Jin in Dengzhou was also escalating, but Li Jing felt the most relaxed about this situation.

After defeating the pirates colluded by Wang Jin in Shamen Town, Li Jing felt a rare opportunity.If Lin Wei and others were dissatisfied with Song Wen's refusal to sanction Wang Jin knowing that Wang Jin was colluding with the pirates, but Li Jing actually predicted this result a long time ago.Although Li Jing is just a small person in their eyes now, he can see from this incident that whether it is Qingzhou in the center of the shogunate or Dengzhou on the coast, the forces of the two factions in Ziqing Town have actually reached a point where they cannot see each other.

However, the more this is the case, the more calm it appears on the surface before the storm. Both factions are now accumulating their last strength, and no one is willing to act rashly before they are confident enough.Li Jing knew at that time that the opportunity for Shamen Town had come.He immediately drew up a plan with the generals, preparing to take advantage of this extremely rare time to develop on a large scale.

Li Jing knew very well that to build a solid new town and at the same time take the opportunity to recruit troops and horses to expand the army, what is most needed is a peaceful time.Tens of thousands of people were recruited to build the city, and more than [-] soldiers were expanded. Almost all the people participated. It would take more than half a year to see results at the earliest.Without a safe time, Li Jing would not dare to make such a rash move.At present, the faction of Shuaifu and the faction of Wang's family are fighting to the critical moment, and they have no time to take care of such a small person as Gu Lijing.With the temporary peace agreement reached with Wang Jin and Feng Zhang, Salmon Town has a great opportunity to expand.

A new town cannot be built in a day, and a new army cannot be formed by recruiting soldiers and horses.Taking advantage of the current delicate situation, it is a good time to build a city and train troops.In particular, Li Jing is familiar with history, and there is not much time. Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao, a pair of lunatics in troubled times, are about to revolt. Qi direction is mobilized, and the Dengzhou area will be the emptiest at that time.The balance of Dengzhou will be broken, and Li Jing has to be on guard early.

Building a city and training troops is the most costly thing, taking advantage of the current situation is still stable, Li Jing quietly appeared in Liaohai, joined forces with Zhendonghai to attack the private island of the Feng family, and seized a large amount of equipment, money, food and other supplies.

On the second day of February, it was early spring, and the torrential rain last night gradually stopped, and it must have turned into moderate rain, occasionally mixed with violent storms.There is a vast expanse of white rain and fog on the sea, and the pier of Cat Island, carried by horse-drawn people, is a continuous stream and busy.More than a thousand slaves on Dokdo Island, as well as hundreds of artisans and their families on the island, were all summoned to deliver the captured spoils.

Except for the escort on the ship and the pirates who went to Unnamed Island to unload, all other pirates also participated in the ranks of transporting supplies.

Li Jing stood in a small castle on the side of the pier and looked at the sea. The walls and ground inside the castle were still full of bright red blood that hadn't dried up.Seeing the piles of supplies being shipped away, Li Jing's current mood is happy but nervous.

It was already noon, but more than 30 ships, and even the more than 20 small boats were lowered to the surface of the sea to load supplies together, but after two trips in a row, only a little more than half of the goods were still loaded.Originally, it was enough to run twice for the materials found yesterday, but later, during the interrogation before the execution of the guards and members of the Feng clan, several secret warehouses were interrogated, in which there were many brass, lead, tin, etc. These materials add up to nearly [-] catties, which can cast thirty to forty thousand coins of private money.

In addition, the previous plans were all materials stored in those warehouses, and these seizures belonged to White Beard and the others and Li Jing.When the pirates washed the city, they also took off a large amount of armor from the dead guards, confiscated many weapons, and many ballistas that were dismantled from the city.They also ransacked the whole city, and copied all the properties of the households in the city, accumulating small amounts, and finally the copied materials were counted piece by piece, although they were not as valuable as those in the warehouse before. But it takes up a lot of space, so the fleet has to go back and forth four times to finish transporting the goods.After transporting the goods, the pirates, slaves, and craftsmen have to be transported away together, and there is another trip.

Every two hours, Li Jing calculates that it will take at least three hours, and it will almost be dusk by the time of the last trip to the outlying island.

During these three long hours, Li Jing and the others can only pray that the patrol boats in Duli Town will not come because of the bad weather.

During this tense transfer, Whitebeard also dispatched several speedboats to scatter in all directions for several miles, and sent several capable men to the port of Duli Town to closely observe the movement of the fleet.Once Duli Town discovered the situation here, Li Jing and the others had no choice but to abandon these supplies and flee for their lives.

Fortunately, there has been no movement at the port of Duli Town, and the patrol boats that were supposed to appear in the afternoon did not appear as scheduled.When this news came, everyone on the island breathed a sigh of relief and was filled with joy.A beautiful victory on the island, and countless supplies were seized.The tens of thousands of gold and silver, the hundreds of thousands of silk fabrics, and the astonishingly valuable frosting sugar, tea, pepper, spices and so on.Everything is of astonishing value, and it has finally reached the tip of my mouth. At this time, I am the last thing I want to spit it out.

Not only the pirates were unwilling, but Li Jing was even more unwilling.Now the new city is under comprehensive construction, and the four thousand new troops are also undergoing intense training. No matter where they need a lot of money, Li Jing now has to calculate the price of everything he sees.Now that he has finally obtained such a large sum of money, how is he willing to give up at the end?

Even Wang Zhong, Zhang Chengzong, and Liu Shouqian didn't expect this matter to go so smoothly.Wang Zhong smiled and asked Li Jing: "What is fourth brother most happy about now?"

"There has been no movement in Duli Town so far. We can transport all the harvest this time." Li Jing asked without thinking, "What do you think, Third Brother?"

"With this money, our new town can be built more smoothly, and our new army can be more secure." Wang Zhong did not hesitate.

The two laughed out loud at the same time.

Liu Shouqian said: "Not only that, this time we not only took back the thousand sets of ordnance, but also shared with Zhendanghai hundreds of pairs of horizontal knives, spears, leather armor and horned bows, and the three hundred first-class war horses. This time, all the cavalry in our battalion have horses, so we don’t have to ride mules or donkeys anymore.”

Yeah yeah.Li Jing was full of smiles, thinking in his heart, there are more than that, there are thousands of slaves, which can also increase the population of the island.There are also twenty ships that will be exchanged with Zhendonghai, which are also powerful bargaining chips across the sea.

"Third brother, have the casualties of each team been counted?" After laughing, Li Jing asked an important question.

Speaking of this matter, Wang Zhong's heart is also a bit heavy.Although I knew that every battle would inevitably lead to the death and bloodshed of brothers, but every time the soldiers counted the number of casualties, it was a heavy moment.The comrade who was still training and joking with him a moment ago became just a cold number on the casualty book in the blink of an eye.

"In this battle, the brothers of the Scouting Capital made great contributions. They sneaked into the fort and successfully opened the city gate, avoiding the damage caused by our storm. However, the Scouting Capital itself suffered a lot of casualties. A hundred brothers broke into the fort, and at the last moment the enemy We found out that we fought bloody battles with them, and persisted until we entered the city. After counting, 11 people died in the battle, including team deputy Ding Ren. Seven were seriously injured, including team deputy Zhao Jiang with a disabled hand. Minor injuries such as Duan Shan and the fifth concubine are carried by everyone."

Li Jing nodded. Eleven of the 100 people were injured or injured, which was more than 18.00%.This number is not directly proportional to the record they have set.But in Li Jing's eyes, this is still a serious injury.The reconnaissance are all elites selected one in ten, one in a hundred, and this time they brought even more elites among the elites in the reconnaissance capital, but in the first battle, so many brothers were still injured.It is not easy to train a soldier, but it is easy to lose it on the battlefield.

"Where is the Xiao family?" Li Jing asked.

Speaking of the casualties of the Xiao family, Wang Zhong felt a little gleeful, "The ten dandies of the Xiao family brought 100 people. The damage to the city was not large. I counted, seven of the Xiao family members were killed in battle, three were seriously injured, and those three probably would not survive. Calculated, it is much smaller than our loss. But the ten Dude, it’s hard to see that everyone has their own way, but there are no casualties. I don’t know if they are really capable, or if they all hid behind their servants during the war.”

After reporting the casualties, Wang Zhong frowned and asked, "I don't understand one thing. Our visit this time is an extremely confidential matter, not even Shamen Town knows about it. Why did the fourth brother bring the Xiao family with us?" In this way, don't they all know the secret between us and Zhen Donghai?"

"This matter is absolutely necessary, and I made the decision after careful consideration." Li Jing said.

"What do you mean there is nothing to do? Obviously it is not. The relationship with Zhendonghai is very confidential. Once it is revealed, we may be wiped out by Wang Jin, Feng Zhang and others in an instant. Even Song Wen and the others will not be able to save us." We. We are not honoring them, we are just insignificant now, the lives of tens of thousands of people on the island are now in the hands of the general? The generals must be vigilant and introspective, and they will suffer a big loss if they are stunned." Wang Zhong's tone was very serious Strictly, no longer call the private brother rank, but directly call the general.

(To be continued)