Chapter 23 The Sentinel Island
"Hurry!" More than a dozen riders rushed over, with Chen Ping as his head, his face turned ashen.
It is said that Chen Ping was also a big and big thief in chaotic times. He was happy to kill people and rob goods. Later, he met the wise ruler and joined the emperor's tent. At that time, Chen Ping once led 180 people along the river to attack the bandit camp, captured and killed the bandit generals. He was praised by the emperor as "having courage". He was immediately promoted to deputy general. He went to the founding country and survived more than twenty battles, survived several times, and accumulated a lot of merit.
Unfortunately, his qualifications were still a little weak, and he had a poor background. He did not have a third rank or a title during the assessment. After the founding of the country, he gradually became afraid, but at this time, his face was full of murderous aura.
"A mere juren dares to slap me in the face and kill my uncle without asking for his life." At this time, Chen Ping rushed out with a murderous aura and ran with the reins.
If it weren't for the fact that there were 6,000 people in the Navy camp, there were not many horses, and there were more people running.
Chen Ping rushed to Qianhu Station and kicked down. More than a dozen personal soldiers accompanied him rolled out of the horse. When a sergeant saw it, he hurriedly kowtowed and wanted to say something. He looked at Chen Ping's expression, but he stammered for a moment and did not dare to speak.
Chen Ping led his troops in, and his boots made a sound on the stone path, but there were basically no one inside, and only a few minor officials were cleaning and taking care of it.
"Where are people?" Chen Ping said sternly.
"General, Qianhu has already sailed to sea." One person knew something was wrong and bowed repeatedly.
"Bastard!" Chen Ping turned around and left, headed straight to the dock, and saw that the sky was dark, and the rain hit, and someone was busy on the dock, and the wind blew up, and the waves slammed the shore. At first glance, there were only one line in the distance, and it was getting farther and farther away.
"General, what should I do? Should I transfer the ship to chase after me?"
The rain was dense and sparse, and it hit the body coldly. Chen Ping narrowed his eyes and looked at the sea water and the increasingly common warship. He seemed to hesitate. After a long time, his eyelids trembled before he woke up and slowly returned: "Soldiers can be killed but not humiliated. I will settle accounts with them when they come back."
The sky was dark, and there was a sea in front of me. The turbid waves were surging, and the warships were shaking. The waves hit the ship's side and splashed high water.
The cabin was quite stable. After lit a candle, Baihu followed one side and watched Pei Ziyun write a letter to the prince. He was just sailing at sea and could only order people to take it back the next time he met a merchant ship.
Baihu grind ink for Pei Ziyun, with a little hesitation and worry on his face, and he was cautious: "Since Duke Jie Yuan wants to fight Japanese pirates, I heard that there are thousands of Japanese pirates. According to the military strategy of fighting more and less, why don't you need the entire army? The lion fights rabbits, and you still use all your strength."
Listening to the Baihu's words, Pei Ziyun smiled in silence: "If the Japanese pirates are fierce, I would not dare to use a thousand soldiers to fight the tiger's beard."
Speaking of this, Pei Ziyun put his pen on the pen holder and stared at Baihu and asked, "I'll ask you, who is the Japanese pirate?"
After hearing this, Baihu immediately said: "This humble position has put some time to study. It is some ronin and desperate people in Fusang, as well as some illegal merchants, and people involved."
"It's probably right, there's still some effort to get into the details."
"There are two aspects of Fusang. One is that the chaos in Fusang is about to be settled, and many ronin who have lost their master's family have to go out to sea to find their lives. There are also some daimyos who secretly sent people to organize for the sake of finance."
"We mainland merchants and the people who go out to sea (people) are not innocent, and many of them are helping the evil."
"In the final analysis, this is to form a huge alliance for the sake of huge profits of trade."
"The core of the anti-Japanese strategy is to dismantle this alliance."
"Opening the ports and building the Maritime Bureau means that legal trade can make huge profits, sending envoys to blame, and also constrain some people in Fusang."
"Many merchants have also turned gray and white."
"The Japanese pirates have gone more than half, leaving some outlaws."
"The core of warriors, the support of merchants, and the people Jing Cong, this is a large sea army, but now it has no root."
"There are really surviving Japanese pirates, and there will be one or two thousand."
"One thousand of us finally founded the country, and we are still good at fighting. We have few soldiers and elites, and there are only a thousand people."
"The most important thing is that Chen Ping is a fourth-rank general. Even if he has a king's fate, he can't kill him. He can't control him. Moreover, he has 6,000 people. My name is insufficient."
"Food and grass are also a big problem. For these thousand people alone, the food and grass provided by the Governor can be used for one year. If it is six thousand years, it will only be two months."
"Instead of using a bloated, expensive and unsupervised army, it is better to use elite soldiers who save and command well." Pei Ziyun said this, as if he had some thoughts, and then held the brush in his hand and started writing.
The ships on the sea were bumpy, and Pei Ziyun wrote them smoothly, with steady handwriting.
"Pei Jieyuan, he is really a good martial arts." Baihu said.
Pei Ziyun smiled, and there was a knock on the door outside the door. A sergeant was carrying a plate of food: "Mr. Pei, the food is ready, please use it."
The food was placed on the table, and Baihu asked: "Pei Jieyuan, please have a meal."
He asked again: "Today, even the soldiers have meat for their meals. Are they preparing to raid?"
"This is natural." Pei Ziyun's eyes flashed with lightning, and the lightning was shining, making people dare not look at it: "I went to sea with lightning speed this time, not only to kill the camp, but also to prevent the Japanese pirates from reacting."
"The Japanese pirates cannot be suppressed many times, but someone informed me. It is not only because Chen Ping is incompetent or that this person has a little bit of a sense of self-respect for the pirate."
After hearing this, Baihu still had doubts and asked: "Duke Jie Yuan, why don't we attack Liujin Island this time by taking advantage of the storm?"
"That's the Japanese pirate camp. Now, it's not a warning to the siege? There are not many Japanese pirates on this island, and the capture of the Japanese pirates will only cause a little loss."
After Pei Ziyun finished writing, he stopped writing and walked to the window to push it open. Suddenly, the wind blew in with the rain, and he could still see lightning and thunder in the distance.
The sky was dark and the waves were constantly slapped on the ship. Around the flagship, the ships were circling and moving forward.
Pei Ziyun said coldly: "I am not a navy Shangguan, but I just borrowed the governor's king's flag to have command. Why did I kill Liu Xiang? It was to kill him to demonstrate and make all the soldiers obey the orders."
"But this authority is very weak. As long as there is a slight defeat, it will collapse immediately. You won't think that you can command it with a command arrow?"
"You can win by fighting more and fighting less military tactics, and the victors can truly command the army and subordinates. I am going to whistle the island to lead them to victory."
"Only after winning this battle, my command will be truly solid."
Pei Ziyun stopped here: "Eat dinner together, later, there must be a fierce battle, but if you see the island, don't go out immediately, I have some arrangements."
After hearing this, Baihu was convinced: "Yes!"
The wind and rain were crackling down, and Chen Jin stood on the deck in a straw raincoat and looked in the distance, and could vaguely see a small island in the sea.
But this small island is very small, and there is only one shadow. It can be seen at this distance, but it is difficult to see the boat on the island.
"Report the news to Duke Jie Yuan immediately." Seeing that, Chen Jin ordered.
"Yes!" The sergeant went to report immediately.
"I know, Baihu, go and tell Cai Qianhu and mobilize the soldiers immediately, saying that I will come up later, collect the sails now, stop moving forward, and avoid alerting the snakes." Pei Ziyun ordered.
Baihu responded: "Yes!"
Seeing Baihu go out, Pei Ziyun took out the talisman and stretched out his finger. The talisman lit up with a light of inspiration. Wait for a while and then it was connected.
Pei Ziyun looked at it and saw a wave hitting the stone in the light and shadow, splashing some water. Several people were riding on a small boat, wearing straw raincoats, and in the stone forest on one side of the island. Although there were wind and waves at this time, the impact was very small.
"Last time, the master sect sent a message saying that he had originally planned to move to the island." Just as he was thinking, the man opposite came forward: "The leader."
Communication time is extremely exhausting, and Pei Ziyun didn't say anything extra: "How is the island situation? Where can I log in?"
"Zheng Sect, the island is not big, and the large ship can only log in the southwest and northwest, because these two places have deep water and no reefs, they can land on the island." The man in a straw raincoat said.
"You still need to lead the way. I'm heading northwest now and prepare to land on the island immediately. You can greet me quickly." Pei Ziyun asked: "Also, have you figured out the basic map and the situation of the Japanese pirates?"
"The head of the sect, we found out that the Japanese pirates were actually a general term. There were many maritime merchants and seagoers in it, and we were among them." The man said, "It's familiar with the situation, so it's not difficult."
"good!"
Hearing this, Pei Ziyun stood up: "You are ready to answer immediately and call me young master later!"
As he said that, he walked up to the deck in a straw raincoat.
This time, every ship called out orders and the sailors had already put on paper armor. Speaking of wearing dozens of kilograms of iron armor in the water battle, it was a search for death. Once it slipped and fell, it sank like a stone.
Pei Ziyun looked at the island, and his face was very clear. Cai Yuanzhen looked serious at this time and stepped forward and asked, "Duke Jie Yuan, how can he capture this island?"
Pei Ziyun ordered: "Go to the southwest corner of the island, where there is deep water, and other people will hit reefs. Lead the soldiers to land and fight. Pay attention to the boat. There will be people to respond. You are not allowed to attack."
"Yes, sir." Cai Yuanzhen took the order and ordered: "Turn to the southwest corner and find that the boat is not allowed to attack."
The waves were surging, and the fleet turned slowly, and so far, it did not alarm the pirates. After a while, a small boat appeared in the waves and drove towards the big ship.
"Warning!" Although there was something to say, the soldier still pulled out his knife.
The boat approached, and someone waved on it: "Young Master, we are here!"
Listening to the sound, Pei Ziyun ordered: "Drop the rope, pick them up, and prepare to land and fight."
"Yes, sir."
The raindrops kept hitting, the wind was blowing coldly, but everyone made the final preparations in an orderly manner. They all looked resolute and acted quickly. Pei Ziyun looked at it and sighed inwardly: "It has been founded for a while, and it is still elite."
Then, the rope moved, and several people turned up and bowed to Pei Ziyun: "Young Master, we are here."
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