Late Tang

Another brilliant victory.

Li Jing rode to the north pier of Wuhu Island, followed by Lin Wu, Wang Zhong and a large group of officers and servants.There was a lot of excitement on the pier, and hundreds of town soldiers deployed in ambush were surrounding a large group of prisoners with bows and crossbows.These captives were all unarmed at this time, and even their armor and battle robes were forced to take off, only their white shirts shivered in the night wind.Among the countless flames, Li Jing saw Feng Ming at a glance.

At this time, like the other captives, the gorgeous armor and sword on his body were gone, and he was only wearing a set of white silk mid laner, but now the mid laner is no longer white, it is covered with many different sizes The black shoe prints, the lines on it, and the shoe size, at first glance, are the only military shoes designated by the Clothing Workshop in Shamen Town.

Countless torches illuminated the pier like daylight. Feng Ming not only had shoe prints on his clothes, but also a shoe print on his face. Half of his face was swollen, and the corners of his mouth and eyebrows were torn and bleeding.Up to now, Feng Ming still can't figure out what is going on with all this.After leaving Zhang Liedian behind, they headed straight to Wuhu Island with the heart of a dead fellow Taoist.Seeing the wharf of Wuhu Island in sight, the lights on the wharf and the guards on duty on the arrow tower, he felt as if he had narrowly escaped death.

He didn't want to stay at sea for a moment, and rushed directly to the pier with the remnants of the defeated soldiers. The soldiers on duty on the pier came forward with smiles on their faces, and brought them tea and water.After drinking a big bowl of water, Feng Ming didn't ask for any more Wuliangye anymore, and was about to go back to the castle to take a good hot bath to wash away the bad luck all over his body. Countless soldiers, with gleaming bows and arrows in their hands, spears and large shields, completely surrounded them.

An officer didn't understand the situation, just cursed, and immediately said that he was penetrated by several crossbow arrows and became a hornet's nest.At this time, Feng Ming was sitting in the cold mud with a dull expression, not even caring about his image.In front of that group of soldiers like tigers and wolves, if you dare to say a word, you will be beaten up immediately, and if you dare to move around, you will also be beaten up.At the beginning, he also yelled to see Li Guofu, the town general of Wuhubao, and yelled that he was Feng Ming, but it was useless except for being kicked hard one after another.Now that he finally recognized it, he was half-squatting and half-sitting in the mud with his head in his hands.

He still hasn't figured out what happened to all of this, whether Li Guofu betrayed him, or whether Li Jing occupied Wuhu Island.Looking at the appearance of the group of soldiers, they were all unfamiliar faces, not like people from Wuhubao.But the weapons and armor of these people are the imperial standard.These people were soldiers and not bandits, but he didn't figure out where the soldiers came from.

Li Jing just glanced at Feng Ming from a distance, and didn't bother to look at this person anymore.He first walked onto the pier and walked towards the eight captured warships tied to the pier.After stepping on the springboard and boarding the Iron Armored Sea Falcon on Changshan, touching the iron armor installed on both sides of it, as well as the huge and ferocious iron share mouth, I couldn't help being excited.Such an advanced battleship is now his own.

Feng Ming, who was squatting among the captives, finally saw Li Jing and his subordinates. He remembered the people in Shamen Town very clearly. The first time they met, he was beaten up by Li Jing and those generals. , I still have a dull pain when I think of it.His eyes widened, he couldn't believe that the person who ambushed him was actually Li Jing.

Li Jing appeared here, who is the person from Tieshan Harbor?

Suddenly, a flash of light flashed in his mind, and he remembered his real mission this time, to wipe out a mysterious pirate force that might be criss-crossing the Liaohai Sea.It was the powerful pirate fleet that was suspected of looting and capturing Cat Island by the Fengzhang and Duli Zhenfeng clans.Feng Zhang has always suspected that Li Jing secretly colluded with this pirate force, and then ransacked Cat Island together.It was just his instinctive suspicion, but now, all this has finally become a reality in front of Feng Ming.

Li Jing of Donkey Ball, all this is a trap that has been planned long ago, from the very beginning.He intentionally let out rumors that he wanted to beat the one-eyed dragon pirates, and they were fooled.Li Jing deliberately appeared at Old Sow Jiao, and then disappeared suddenly.But at this time, the mysterious pirates suddenly broke through the Cyclops' Tieshan stronghold, and intentionally released a few pirates to report the news.They were all deceived by Li Jing, thinking that it was Li Jing who attacked Tieshan.But he didn't expect that it would be another group of people. When he rushed to Tieshan, Li Jing jumped out and quietly took the empty Wuhu Island.

It's just that it's too late to understand all this now.He sat on the ground slumped, heart ashes.Even if Li Jing didn't kill him, he wouldn't dare to go back to Daxie village, and he would die if he went back.

Soon, soldiers from the Shamen town came forward and tied all the captives with their hands behind their backs with cowhide strips, and then tied them up with hemp rope to form a large string, tied them up like a large string of grasshoppers, and finally drove the sheep. He rushed to a large vacant warehouse in the city and locked him up.All the captives were uneasy, not knowing what fate awaited them.

Not long after Li Jing watched the eight captured warships one by one at the pier, Megan and the others rushed back to the pier with three captured warships, and then Yellow Beard led hundreds of large and small warships with eleven captured warships. The ship arrives, along with countless booty.

There was a complete jubilation on the pier, seeing that even the huge battleship became a trophy, everyone was all excited.

Wang Zhong stood in front of Li Jing holding the compiled statistics table, his face was full of red, and he said in a trembling voice: "In this battle, our army has defeated the enemy army and wiped out all the enemy fleet and pirate fleet. According to the count, we The army sank a total of twelve large and small warships in Daxiezhai, thirteen pirate warships, and a total of 25 warships. Our army captured eighteen enemy ships and surrendered three enemy ships, capturing a total of 21 enemy ships. ship."

"The enemy ships sunk include one Wuyalou ship, one three-story battleship, one iron-clad sea falcon, one ordinary sea falcon, one other warship, two walking boats, and seven yachts. There are one big battleship, three iron-clad sea falcons, three ordinary sea falcons, seven warships, two walking boats, and five yachts."

Every time a sentence was read, all the officers below could not help but exclaim and applaud.Before the war, no one expected to achieve such a victory.He didn't even think about winning, let alone annihilating the entire fleet and pirate fleet directly.It is even more unbelievable that half of the enemy ships were captured in World War I.Fighting at sea is very difficult to capture. Either the enemy ship escapes or sinks.Under normal circumstances, the enemy ship can only be captured in a boarding battle, but once a boarding battle, the damage of both sides is often [-] kills and [-] self-damages.

"This battle!" Wang Zhong became more and more excited when he read, and finally changed from chanting to singing loudly, his voice was loud but with a hint of sharpness, like singing an opera. "In this battle, our army wiped out a total of 870 people from the Daxie Village Army, including three officers above the captain, seven officers above the general, 21 above the team leader, and 350 pirates. The total number of enemy troops was wiped out. One thousand two hundred and seven people."

"A total of more than 800 soldiers and horses were captured in Daxie Village, including more than [-] officers including the enemy ship Du Yuhou Fengming. In addition, Zheng Mo led [-] pirates to surrender, and the deputy commander of Heishanbao Zhang Lie led three warships, [-] soldiers and [-] crew members to surrender. In addition, when our army was salvaging the enemy army in Tieshan Bay, the commander of the injured enemy ship who fell into the water, Wu Qian, the general of Heishanbao Town, had already persuaded Nearly [-] other soldiers who fell into the water together surrendered to our troops.”

Li Jing had previously obtained a copy of the interrogation results of Feng Ming and other prisoners from Li Wei, and roughly knew the whole battle of Tieshan.He didn't expect that Wu Qian was lucky enough to survive. In addition to Zhang Lie, two general-level officers had already surrendered.

"How about the casualties of our army?" Having achieved such a great victory, Li Jing was already prepared to suffer heavy losses in his heart.

"The casualties were slight, and the battle went so smoothly." Yellow Beard interjected, laughing, "Compared with the result of this battle, we are not injured at all. In the past, sometimes when a merchant ship was robbed, some ruthless All of them had dozens of casualties. But this time, the entire fleet was killed in one fell swoop, plus the damage from the attack on the Iron Mountain Bandit Cave. In total, less than [-] people were killed or seriously injured, not to mention minor injuries. They were bandaged up by Brother Duan's men, and now they are all alive and well, and there will be no problem in another battle."

There was no injury on Zhendonghai's side, let alone Megan and Julie. Zhang Lie surrendered directly, and they didn't even fight.Li Jing's side also suffered slight damage. Calculated, they wiped out Feng Zhang's squadron and a pirate fleet, over a thousand enemies were wiped out, two thousand were captured, and over a thousand surrendered.But the damage they paid together was less than 200 people.

This result made everyone's faces full of disbelief, and they all looked at Li Jing.This battle was fought so smoothly, it can be said that it was not due to the superiority of the troops, nor the stronger fleet, but it was entirely due to the excellent strategy.Step by step, he dug holes and waited for the opponent to jump, one ring after another, gradually weakening the enemy's strength, and finally was swallowed by them.

"I don't think the enemy ships captured this time are as good as this. The ten captured in Tieshan Port will go to Zhendonghai. The three captured by Megan and the eight we captured on Wuhu Island will go to Zhendonghai. What do you guys think?" Although Li Jing was also envious of the battleship and the armored falcon, he couldn't do things that required the horse to run without letting the horse graze.Zhen Donghai helped a lot this time, and to continue to maintain the current relationship, Li Jing felt that it would be better to divide the benefits as fairly as possible.

Yellow Beard shook his head, "This is not good."

Li Jing was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "If Mr. Huang feels unwell, let's adjust it again. Or, I'll pull out two more boats for you, how about it?"

The yellow beard still shook his head and said with a smile: "General Ji Yu misunderstood us, and we didn't mean to be greedy. Regarding the matter of the battleship, I discussed with the third brother and the fourth brother, and we agreed that this time Ji Yu was considered a warship." He and Feng Zhang have completely turned their faces. Therefore, Shamen Town needs to become stronger urgently. Our idea is that for the 21 captured warships, we only need four warships and four yachts. We are the sea Thieves, there is no chance to fight a battle like this one at sea. Pirates pay attention to speed, fast speed, and fire and arrow protection. I think we use it well. We already have one of the tall battleships. No, this ship can’t run fast, it’s not suitable for us. The Black Skull is rarely dispatched, so let’s keep it for your use.”

This time Li Jing was really surprised and moved, he didn't expect Zhen Donghai to be like this.After thinking for a while, Li Jing smiled and said: "Since the heads of the family take good care of you, then I will be disrespectful, and there will be a report in the future. But I can't let you suffer so much, so let's pull out another sea falcon I’ll leave it to you. Don’t refuse any more, or I’ll be ashamed to accept these warships.”

Megan smiled and said: "Oh, what's the reason? Anyway, we are all our own family now. If the general gives it to you, you can accept it, Aye. Anyway, if you need it in the future, I will invite you to take it with you Just come back and help."

Both Huangbeard and Li Jing laughed at the same time, yes, after this battle, there is nothing untrustworthy between Shamen Town and Zhendonghai.

"Ji Yu, some brothers who were injured in this battle may not be able to continue to earn a living at sea. They proposed to live in Shamen Town with Bai Dangjia. What do you think?" Yellow Beard said with some emotion. Many of them would not wash their hands and go ashore easily, because although Zhen Donghai would continue to take care of their lives, there was no guarantee after all.They proposed to go to Shamen Town now, because they actually took a fancy to the disabled pension system of the soldiers of the Shamen Town Army.Soldiers in Shamen Town who were killed or injured in battle would receive pension allowances, especially those who were disabled and retired from the army, and some suitable light jobs would be arranged according to their physical conditions, and there would be continuous subsidies in the future, enough for them to live the rest of their lives with peace of mind.The pirates spent the time with the soldiers of Salmonella, and they also knew this, and they yearned for it.

Li Jing pondered, Huang Huzi hurriedly said: "If it's not suitable, then forget it."

"No, it's not inappropriate." Li Jing said, "I'm just thinking about how to arrange the future life of these brothers as much as possible. The brothers in Zhendonghai are our brothers in Shamen Town. Today, I, Li Jing, promise here that in the future, the brothers in Zhendonghai will The elderly, sick and disabled, as long as they are voluntary, can wash their hands and move to my Shamen town with their families. I will properly arrange the work for them and their families, and I will also provide the same monthly retirement and disability allowances as our town soldiers. I If you do what you say, if you break this oath, I will die with ten thousand arrows piercing my heart in the future."

The pirates in Zhendonghai have almost become Li Jing's foreign reinforcements. If they are not temporarily restricted by some current conditions, they can go further.Li Jing is unwilling to push these forces away because of some trivial matters.

The yellow beard was overjoyed, his face full of relief.He also raised his hands on his chest and said solemnly, "If someone votes for me, I will return it with a plum. I, Huang Beard, also swear here today that Zhen Donghai will always be an alliance brother of Shamen Town. As long as there is a brother in Shamen Town If I violate this oath, I will perish in a storm on the sea, sink to the bottom of the sea and never be reincarnated."

"Shamen Town and Zhendonghai will be brothers forever!" Li Jing and Huang Huzi slapped each other three times, holding their hands tightly together.

(To be continued)