The ships of the Cantonese Naval Division bypassed the sea where the pioneer battalion was engaged in the battle with the pirate ships, and advanced at full speed along the route, and the sixty-mile waterway took only two hours, and after noon, the fleet had sailed close to Heilong Island.

Located in the middle of the archipelago, Kuryu Island is the largest of the hundreds of islands in the entire sea, and even if it is smaller than Okura Island, it is not much smaller. From the distant sea, the island is rugged and rugged. Most of the mountains are not tall and covered with lush forests, except in the middle of the island, where there is a towering peak.

The mountain is blue and black in color, and there is no grass on it, and it stands out from the crowd among the many mountains on the island. Those who are familiar with geography will know that such a peculiar mountain must have been formed by volcanic eruptions in ancient times. Not only this mountain, but also the entire Black Dragon Island and the surrounding archipelago, the cause may be the same.

Hua Bushi's expectation was good, when the ships of the Navy Division Brigade sailed towards Heilong Island, the fleet of twenty pirate ships no longer fell in love with the battle, turned their heads and retreated, and the pioneer battalion did not dare to chase the enemy easily, changed course, and followed the ships of the brigade.

Now the 200 warships of the Yuejing Navy Division and the "Okura Island" have been moored on the sea ten miles away from Heilong Island, but in front of them is a gorge.

Coincidentally, the port of Black Dragon Island is the same as Okura Castle, and it is actually in a bay, and if you want to go to the island, you must also pass through the gorge in front of the bay.

In the roof hall of the dragon slaying ship, Cao Duyun looked at the islands and straits in front of him, and his face once again showed a confused expression. Because the sea in front of us was empty, not a single ship could be seen in the gap or in the bay, and there were no batteries on either side of the gap to block the coast like Okura Castle.

The entire port of Heilong Island seems to be completely undefended.

According to the confession of the captured pirates, there are at least eight giant shark ships in the "Black Dragon Palace", as well as hundreds of various warships, this port should be heavily defended, but now these warships are all gone, could it be that the Black Dragon King worshipped Zhuge Liang as a teacher, and also set up an empty city plan?

Cao Duyun immediately ordered to send sentinel ships to survey the gorge and the surrounding coast, searching for traces of the opposing ships.

The outpost soon returned, and the results of the report were rather surprising. No enemy ships were found in the bay or on either side of the sea, and there was no suitable place for ships to dock along the coast of Heilong Island, but the strait in front of them was covered with iron chains and sunken logs five feet below the surface of the water.

These iron chains and sunken woods are obviously not able to pull haode in a day, and it seems that the "Black Dragon Palace" has been preparing for a long time to deal with the attack.

"The Black Dragon King doesn't know what tricks he wants to play, he actually made such a layout, does he think that if he pulls the iron chain underwater, we won't be able to land?" Cao Duyun said.

Chai Lin lowered his head and groaned, and said: "The iron chain and sunken wood are more difficult to dismantle under the water than if they are placed on the water, and the water depth is five feet, and only the sampan and the sea eagle boat can barely pass. ”

Sima Rulan said: "Then let's park the big ship outside the bay and transfer to a small boat to the island, anyway, there are no pirate warships in the bay to block it, as long as we go ashore, the ship will be useless, right?"

Chai Lin said: "It's okay to do this, but ...... But...... Something doesn't seem quite right. ”

"Have you ever played a bet?" Hua Bushi, who was sitting at the table, suddenly spoke, "The Black Dragon King set up this empty city plan in front of the island to gamble with us. ”

Sima Rulan was stunned and said, "What does it mean to bet on the size?"

Hua Bushi said: "Gambling size is the most common way to play in gambling, the dealer shakes out the dice, the player can bet big or small, bet on the money to win, bet on the dealer to eat." ”

He said it inexplicably, Hai Hongzhu was already impatient, and pouted: "Hey! You big gambler doesn't do your job all day long, either going to a casino or visiting a brothel, who wants you to talk about these things! What tricks does the Black Dragon King have, tell me quickly!"

Hai Hongzhu was straightforward and fast-talking, and the speaker was unintentional, Yang Jiangyi and Sima Rulan on the side listened to it, but their faces were red.

Hua Bushi was very thick-skinned, but he didn't care, and asked with a smile: "The Dragon Palace has hundreds of warships and thousands of people, where do you say their main force is now?"

Hai Hongzhu said: "How do I know, it's probably all on the island, or it's on the sea." ”

Hua Bushi said: "That's right. Now we don't know where the main forces of the other side are, if we were on the island, we could have landed on the island and fought them out, but if we were at sea, we abandoned the big ship and landed, and their war ship suddenly came out, wouldn't the big ship parked outside the bay be completely powerless to fight back, as if we were betting on the wrong point when betting on the big game, and the money we bet on would be eaten. ”

Hai Hongzhu didn't seem to understand, but Chai Lin already understood, and said: "If the main force of the 'Black Dragon Palace' is on the sea, it must be hidden in the archipelago in this sea area, we can send a sentinel ship to search, or just build a water village outside this bay to moor and guard, they have lost the supply of the old nest, and they can't consume us, and they will finally show up." ”

Hua Bushi said: "Yes, now our strength is stronger than that of the Dragon Palace, whether it is on their island or on the sea, as long as we guess correctly, we can win against them, if we guess wrong, it is extremely disadvantageous." ”

Chai Lin's eyebrows furrowed even deeper, and said: "This is not easy to guess, it seems that we must not venture ashore, it is safer to set up a water village outside the bay first, and explore the situation before making plans." ”

Hua Bushi smiled and said, "Does the head of the Chai family know what is the most taboo when gambling money?"

Chai Lin was originally a disciple of the "Shaolin School", and there was a clause in the rules to quit gambling, even if he later returned to the customs, he rarely went to the casino, and said: "Chai doesn't know, please ask Master Hua for advice." ”

Hua Bushi said: "The most taboo in gambling money is hesitation, can't make up your mind, no matter what you bet on, but if you see someone betting in the casino, you will look forward and backward, and you will not leave your hand when you buy it, most of them will lose." ”

Cao Duyun hahadaxiao said: "Brother Hua is really a big expert in gambling money, no wonder he can win the silver taels of all the gamblers in Okura City at the dog fighting conference!"

Hua Bushi said: "Brother Cao has won the prize, the gambling of the fighting dogs in Okura City, the younger brother only wins in the gambling book and the wealth, so that he can win with one enemy and a thousand, and win by luck." ”

Cao Duyun said: "Oh? Then our gambling book in this game is not thin, but I don't know if we let Brother Hua bet, whether to bet big or small?"

Hua Bushi stared into Cao Duyun's eyes and said, "Brother Cao is also the owner of the casino, you said that if there is enough gambling money for the player, how can you gamble?"

Cao Duyun's heart moved, and he said, "Brother Feihua wants to eat all?"

Hua Bushi said: "Exactly." Zhuge Kongming set up an empty city plan and scared Sima Yi off 100,000 soldiers and horses, if Sima Yi had sent half of his troops and horses to attack the city, what would have been the result?"

The Black Dragon King used iron ropes to sink wood to cut off the waterway of the gorge so that the big ships of the sailor fleet could not sail into the bay, and his calculations were not precise, but he may not have been able to expect that the strength of the three parties who attacked the island this time had increased a lot, and it was by no means comparable to the naval battle outside Okura Island that day.

In terms of the imperial court, Cao Duyun transferred all the people and horses of the six major water villages in Guangdong, and added a peerless master Qiu Hengbo to join, and the "Wanjintang" built a dragon slaying ship, and Xiong Bailing and the return of the three hundred "Great Sects", and the two hundred "Thorn Tiger Warriors" newly trained by the "Evil Dog Gate" are a unique new force.

Cao Duyun bowed his palms and said, "Okay! Then we will eat all the big and small, and let the Black Dragon King, the big dealer, lose both ends!"

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ Cao Duyun also passed down the order to set up the water village and prepare the ships to land.

Due to the fact that there were not many small sea eagle boats that could pass through the gorge and the number of people on board was also limited, this time there were a total of 10,000 soldiers in the sixth battalion of the Guangdong Naval Division, and Cao Duyun decided to bring 3,000 elite soldiers ashore, plus the 300 Great Battalions of the "Wanjintang" and the 200 Thorny Tiger Soldiers of the "Evil Dog Gate", a total of 3,500 people.

In terms of masters, Cao Duyun of the imperial court took Qiu Hengbo ashore, "Wanjintang" is Sima Rulan and Xiong Bailing, and Hua Bushi of "Evil Dog Gate" is ready to bring Yang Jiangyi and Zhu Hong.

Although the number of people who landed on the shore was less than half of the total number of troops, they were the strongest elites among the men and horses on this expedition, and with the help of the masters of the tripartite shili, even if they met the main force of the pirates on the shore, they were enough to respond to the battle.

In this way, there are more than 7,000 soldiers of the sailors and nearly 1,000 disciples of Okura Castle in the water village outside the bay, with Admirals Shen Youlong and Chai Lin in charge, and Peng San, who is good at naval warfare, to control the dragon slaying ship.

Hua Bushi didn't know martial arts, and it would have been safer to stay on the ship, but he still decided to go ashore. Out of instinctive instinct, Hua Bushi thought that the people who landed on the shore were more important, and if he could only bet on one side, he would definitely bet that the Black Dragon King had placed the main force on the island, not on the sea outside the island.

Seeing that the eldest young master was going ashore, Hai Hongzhu also clamored to follow, but this time Hua Bushi did not let go, moved out of the promise she had made before setting off from Okura Castle to obey all the orders, and left Bai Yiling to accompany her, and this sea woman was finally reluctantly appeased.

Half an hour later, 40 sea hawk boats and more than 100 sampan speedboats were ready, and more than 3,000 people boarded the boats, paddled and set sail, heading for the bay and the gorge.

There were no ships of the "Black Dragon Palace" in the bay, and there were no defensive facilities such as artillery giants on the shore, so everyone crossed the gorge and the bay by boat very smoothly, and soon sailed to the port in the bay, and docked and landed on the shore of the wharf.