Late Tang

After Shamen Town was attacked, Feng Zhang didn't react angrily to take revenge when he was provoked by the pirates.It's been so long, but now he is using the excuse that Shamen Town was attacked by pirates at the beginning, saying that he will gather troops to wipe out the pirates.Li Jing would not believe such a reason at all, and it happened that the cat island of the Feng family had just been flattened, and he was going to sweep up the pirates. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was taking revenge for the attack on the cat island of the Feng family. , and it was not for the attack on Shamen Town at all.

Feng Zhang wants to gather troops to wipe out the pirates, but Li Jing, the mastermind of the cat island attack, is not interested in following.Although Daxie Village is the direct superior of Shamen Town, and Feng Zhang is also Li Jing's immediate boss, but in the current situation, it is obvious that Li Jing does not buy Feng Zhang's account, and finds an excuse not to listen to his military orders.Even if Feng Zhang knew that Li Jing didn't take him seriously, there was not much he could do.

Generals are arrogant and handsome, soldiers are arrogant and generals!This was the case in most of the feudal towns in the late Tang Dynasty.Li Jing was able to wipe out more than 1000 Cyclops in a surprise attack back then, which fully demonstrated that Li Jing's strength was not at all the three hundred soldiers on the surface.If he can wipe out thousands of pirates, then his troops are at least double that of the pirates.Fengzhang's own Daxie village only had 5000 soldiers, but he himself had [-] family members. If he added the private soldiers of the several fort guards and lieutenants below, Daxie village had at least [-] troops.

Even so, unless Feng Zhang is really confident that he can eradicate all of Li Jing's Shamen town forces in one fell swoop, otherwise, he can only do nothing to face Li Jing, a rebellious subordinate.

Li Jing believed that Feng Zhang would not take the liberty to directly use force against him, and even if he got to that point, he would not be afraid.Therefore, now Li Jing is not even willing to maintain the superficial politeness, and directly sends someone to give Feng Zhang a sentence, which is considered to be a rejection of the military order to send troops.

With the supplies robbed from Cat Island, Li Jing took the lead in handing over the 22 horses to Lin Wu, the riding instructor.There are 264 teams in Shidu and [-] teams on both sides of the Zhanbing Battalion plus Li Jing's battalion commanding two teams, a total of [-] teams, each with a cavalry group, a total of [-] cavalry.Every cavalry came happily to receive a war horse of their own, which ended the embarrassing situation that cavalry could only ride donkeys and mules to draw horses.

There were still 36 war horses left, and the officers in each battalion and capital were all slanderous about this.However, Li Jing did not distribute this batch of war horses to those officers, but directly waved his hand and assigned all the remaining 36 war horses to Li Wei's reconnaissance capital.This result disappointed the officers, but made Li Wei, Monk Xuan Cheng, Duan Shan and other reconnaissance officers extremely excited.They took the lead in this Battle of Cat Island. Not only did everyone get a lot of rewards, but Li Jing also added a special force team to the reconnaissance. Now they got 36 excellent horses all at once. The officers and men of the scouts all have honor on their faces.

Li Wei's smiling face almost couldn't close. The reconnaissance capital had only ten small boats before, but now there are 36 and six war horses, which can equip three crews.Although it is said that horses are not needed on the island, it means that reconnaissance is valued.He always believed in what Li Jing said, they couldn't stay on the island all the time, they would go to land one day.

When the thousand sets of brand-new equipment were unloaded, Li Jing, Lin Wei and others were deeply moved.This batch of ordnance was ordered before it arrived in Shamen Town. It was originally planned that this batch of weapons would be the main equipment of the Salmon Town Army.But Song Wen's delivery was delayed until not long ago, but it happened to be robbed by Fengzhang halfway, and finally attracted Li Jing to join the town of Donghai to take Cat Island and take all the efforts to get it back.

There are a thousand sets of equipment, but what Li Jing is most looking forward to is the two hundred Mo knives.There are 264 Modao fighters in the Zhanbing Battalion, but now there is not a single Modao.This time with two hundred, although it is still not fully equipped, at least [-]% of Mo Dao Shou can be equipped first.

"Can our craftsmen make Mo Dao?" Li Jing asked Zhang Hong. Although Mo Dao was expensive, Li Jing had already designed the Mo Dao soldiers in the previous combat soldier formation.The power of Mo Dao has always been praised by officers such as Lin Wei, Lin Wu, Zhang Chengzong, and Li Shugen who have witnessed the sharp performance of the Mo Dao team on the battlefield.

"Our own craftsmen are not good enough. Even the craftsmen in Wang's Armory Workshop have not made Modao. The requirements of Modao are very high. If ordinary craftsmen have not crafted it before, they will not be able to make it at all. It’s not that sophisticated.” Zhang Hong shook his head, pointed to an old man among the group of craftsmen from Fengdao who were unloading goods on the dock, and said, “Did you see this old man? Ordnance is an old craftsman who specializes in making Modao."

Li Jing looked at the white-bearded old man with a bent back, frowned and said, "He's so old, can he still make Mo Dao?"

Zhang Hong smiled: "He must be dying. He had already retired ten years ago. But last year, the Feng family specially invited him from Chang'an to Duli Town to help manage the Fengjia Ordnance Workshop in Duli Town. Craftsman, responsible for instructing craftsmanship. When the general captured Cat Island, the old man was inspecting the ordnance made by the craftsmen in the ordnance workshop on the island, and he happened to be caught. The old man is in good health. Look at his age. He can even carry a bag of rice weighing [-] catties. Let's give him a better treatment, and I believe he will help us carefully guide several craftsmen to make the Mo Dao we need."

"It's just that these craftsmen have agreed to return to Zhendonghai. If you want to borrow it, you have to tell them first, just say that we will borrow it for a while, and then return it to them later."

Li Jing saw that Lin Wei and Wang Zhong had brought the officers of the battle camp to collect the ordnance, and asked, "Have all the soldiers' ordnance been distributed after the expansion?"

"It wasn't enough. We had 2000 sets of equipment at the beginning. Later, we got some from Daxie Village, and then built some by ourselves. After we wiped out the one-eyed dragon, we seized about a thousand sets. Daxie Village later gave another 264 sets. A set of old clothes, and a batch of old ordnance was pulled out from the governor of the Song Dynasty. Calculated, if you add the current batch, the [-] soldiers in the battle barracks have all the horizontal knives, bows and arrows, and spears, square shields, and round shields. The horses and war horses are all ready. Now there are only [-] Mo Dao Shou's Mo Dao Shou, and there are [-] Mo Dao Shou. Hundreds. In addition, although the crossbowmen have enough bows and crossbows, the number of heavy crossbows, catapults, and spear-throwing carts is still too small."

"Think of a way to get all the equipment in the battle barracks first, how about the armor?"

"We don't lack armor. We used to have [-] sets of iron armor, and then we captured another [-] sets of iron armor, [-] sets of leather armor, and this time another [-] sets of iron armor, as well as some from Cat Island. Three hundred sets of iron armor, currently we have [-] sets of iron armor and [-] sets of leather armor. The battle barracks are half iron armor and half leather armor, and the auxiliary barracks are not equipped with armor, so we now have enough armor for the battle barracks. Several direct subordinates are also equipped with leather armor, so we still have [-] sets of iron armor left, but we are still short of several hundred sets of leather armor."

Li Jing nodded, "Is the thousand sets of equipment for the auxiliary barracks ready? This time I brought back two hundred round shields from Liaodong, and there are also one thousand round shields in the batch of ordnance we bought. The shield is enough, how about the other equipment?"

"According to the general, the thousand shields of the auxiliary barracks are enough, and the other one thousand helmets happen to be in our new batch of ordnance. In addition, the auxiliary barracks are not equipped with armor but battle robes. The gowns have already been handed over to the clothing workshop, and the first batch has already been produced, which is completely controlled by the general's requirements. In addition, the horizontal knives that the auxiliary soldiers need to equip are also available in stock, which is completely enough. The auxiliary barracks Now the only thing that is not fully equipped is their [-]-meter rifles. At present, I have asked the Ordnance Workshop to rush to make rifles. I have already placed an order for [-] rifles. Delivery." Zhang Hong looked at the ledger in his hand and replied earnestly.

"One hundred Mo knives, [-] muskets, and then heavy ballistas, catapults, spear throwing chariots, and leather armor are not enough. Well, let the armory shop give priority to rushing out muskets first. The difference between Mo Dao Count, just as you said, borrow that old craftsman, and also borrow all the craftsmen from Zhendonghai, anyway, they can’t go back for a while now, so just borrow these craftsmen to make Mo Dao.”

For this batch of newly arrived ordnance, Li Jing specifically confessed that this batch of ordnance is of high quality and excellent, so they are all equipped for the battle barracks, then the reconnaissance capital, and finally the auxiliary barracks.As for the non-combat units such as the logistics capital, the supply capital, and the medical capital, although they are also equipped with weapons, their weapons are replaced with old ordnance from the combat barracks.Each person needs a horizontal knife, a spear, a bow, a pot of arrows, a round wooden shield and a war robe.Anyway, Li Jing was going to use them as non-combat units, and he didn't plan to transfer these people to fight on the battlefield unless it was absolutely necessary.

After assigning the matter, Li Jing left Zhang Hong to wait on Niutuozi Island, while he took White Beard and other pirate leaders, as well as Megan, Julie, etc., and Li Huier, Yu Youniang and a group of people sat together. The ship docked at Taishan Wharf and returned to Shamen Town.

Once on the Taishan Wharf, there are three small bastions arranged in a triangular array, six feet high, and fifty paces in circumference built with rocks.These three bastions are tall and strong, with five floors up and down, and each fortress can store a hundred archers.On the top floor, not only is it equipped with a beacon fire alarm alarm device, but also equipped with ten Fuyuan heavy crossbows.This kind of heavy crossbow requires the cooperation of at least two people and can only be opened with two legs. It is equipped with an aiming tool to look at the mountain, and its range reaches three hundred steps.There are thirty heavy crossbows on the three fortresses, which can basically block the entire dock completely.In addition to the Fuyuan crossbow, the soldiers in the fort are also equipped with strong bows and heavy crossbows. In addition, there are four catapults on each fort!You can directly launch stone bombs or fireballs to attack enemy ships on the pier.

Whitebeard and other pirates are very sensitive to coastal fortifications, and immediately looked around as soon as they landed, and noticed these three towering and murderous fortresses.He couldn't help but exclaimed: "I saw several arrow towers on Niutuozi Island just now, and I was already very surprised. But compared with the three forts on this pier, they are really nothing. Only these three If the fortress is equipped with two or three hundred archers, even if one or two thousand people invade, they will never be able to land on the pier."

Li Jing chuckled, the last time he was attacked by the Cyclops, if it wasn't for Gongsun Lan's half-truth and half-false information, Salmon Town would have disappeared long ago.After suffering such a loss, Li Jing was so shocked that his back was soaked.With Salmon Island as his foundation, Li Jing would not dare to be careless.

While building the new castle, he immediately sent people to build some simple fortifications on the three attached outer islands.On the surface it is used as a training base, but in fact it is used to guard and defend Salmon Island.Moreover, Li Jing paid more attention to the four piers on the island. The terrain of Salmon Island is unique. Except for the existing four piers, the other coasts are full of rocks and reefs. It is difficult for a large number of people to land and raid from those places.

After taking back the four piers, he has already sent people to build the dock fortress.Three small bastions with a height of six feet and a circumference of fifty steps were built at each pier, and each of them was equipped with ten Fuyuan heavy crossbows and four catapults each.In total, there are twelve bastions in the four piers, 120 Fuyuan heavy crossbows, and 48 catapults.

This configuration has raised the defense of the four piers to a rather perverted level.It can be said that Salmonella Island is loose on the inside and tight on the outside, and the castle in the center of the island is still under construction. Don't think that the defense of Salmonella Town is not good enough.Just seeing the twelve towering fortresses is enough to scare off most people who want to attack Salmon Island.

A seasoned pirate leader like Whitebeard was startled to sweat when he saw the defensive layout of the pier.Facing such heavily guarded Salmon Island, he would rather attack Cat Island again.

"No wonder Brother Ji Yu is just a town general, but he dares to have no scruples about Fengzhang. He not only expands his army, but also builds a fleet. If I have such a strong territory, I won't take Fengzhang seriously. However, the layout is like this Defense, how much does it cost?"

Li Jing chuckled: "So, in the future, we will cooperate more, find the right opportunity, and make a few votes like this time!"

After traveling for a few miles, and turning over the foot of Phoenix Mountain, the new town of Shamen Town, which is constantly growing in height, is revealed in front of everyone.

If the hideous fortresses on the pier surprised Whitebeard and other pirates, then this new town, which tens of thousands of people are busy rushing to build, really shocked them.Several pirate leaders even opened their mouths so wide that they forgot to close them.

"Oh my god, what a huge castle this is. I think it will not be much worse than Duli Town after it is completed."

"You guys are exaggerating too much!" Li Jing explained on the side, "After the new city is completed, it will be one-seventh of Dengzhou City. If you want to compare it with Duli Town, which has a population of 50, it will be even more worthless. I mentioned it. Now, it's just that the construction schedule is tight, there are more people building the city, and the scene is a bit chaotic. Everyone, in short, when you arrive at Shamen Town, you should treat it as if you have arrived at your own home. Don't be polite. Now, let's set aside Banquet, good wine and good meat, eat him to his heart's content, and get drunk!"

"Just get drunk!" After finally leaving Liao Hai, all the pirates felt a lot more relaxed. White Beard smiled and said, "But I only drink Wuliangye, I don't drink other wines!"

(To be continued)