In the harbor fortress yard.

Li Qing was dressed in a straight military uniform, standing on the platform, his legs apart, shoulder-width apart, his sword on the ground, his hand on the hilt, his face was solemn, his eyes were deep, and his momentum was awe-inspiring.

Four huge braziers, distributed in the four corners of the platform. The scorching flame reflected the silver star on his epaulettes.

Chu Lingfeng, Scarlett, Ni Yuanyuan, and Song Qiqi lined up behind him. They are all heavily armoured, wearing iron helmets, long knives at their waists, and spears in their hands. Their expressions are solemn, their eyes are not squinting, and their breath is so cold that people can't help but ignore their graceful posture and only regard them as real warriors.

Under the stage, dozens of Imperial Navy and Army officers, as well as Amaterasu's elite troop leader Tianyu Sakura and others, lined up in a small phalanx and faced Li Qing. They are all straight, like rows of pines and cypresses. Everyone's breath is condensed, and there is no one who is weak.

From left to right, Li Qing's gaze slowly swept over the group of officers, and said in a deep voice: "This official received a report from the mermaids, Amaterasu has 20,000 land divisions and 53 warships, with the Zhenguo battleship Amaterasu as the flagship, and the heroic troops are pressing the border and pointing directly at Zhongshan. By tomorrow morning at the latest, they will arrive at Zhongshan Island. ”

As soon as the words fell, almost all the officers in the audience changed color.

The leaders of Amaterasu's elite troops such as Tianyu Sakura also had a bleak face and a shocked look.

Li Qing took in the changes in the expressions of everyone in the audience, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said, "Are you afraid?" ”

"I'm not afraid!" A young officer who was seventeen or eighteen years old, with light fluff growing on the corners of his mouth, took a step forward, his face flushed, and his eyes shouted excitedly: "My generation of soldiers, it is our duty to defend the land!" Even if the soldiers are outnumbered, they must defend the land to the death! ”

"I defend the Empire!" A 20-year-old naval officer stepped forward and shouted with a firm look in his eyes: "My generation of soldiers, defend my land, shatter your bones, and die a hundred times!" ”

"My generation of soldiers, defend my land, shatter your bones, and die a hundred times!" Two more officers stepped forward and shouted with all their might.

"My generation of soldiers, defend my land, shatter your bones, and die a hundred times!"

All the Empire/Officers, all stepped forward and roared with all their might.

The scorching qi and blood erupted from their bodies, joined together, twisted into a strand, like billowing wolf smoke, soaring into the sky. A united and indestructible momentum, along with the blood and wolf smoke, suddenly dispersed, enveloping the entire military port. All the imperial soldiers in the military port were quietly infected by this momentum, and their hearts gave birth to a high fighting spirit of defending the country and defending the land and never flinching.

Amaterasu leaders such as Tenyu Sakura also felt this extremely infectious momentum.

Rao is that they are not fighting for the Empire, and they can't help but have a common hatred for the enemy. The panic and horror caused by the pressure of the male soldiers before had already been swept away.

Seeing this situation, Su Su, who silently teleported back to Li Qing's side, couldn't help but exclaim:

"A group of officers who are determined to achieve the same goal can actually affect the entire military port and inspire everyone's fighting spirit...... The effect is almost catching up with the spells and magic that are designed to boost morale. I also said that this base doesn't even have a priest or priest, and I'm afraid that the morale of the fight will be worrying, but I didn't expect them to have this hand! ”

Li Qing smiled: "The empire's technology, although it is far inferior to the earth. However, the military system of the empire has surpassed the modern army of the earth, and there is a prototype of the modern army of the earth. Such an army has a military spirit. They know what they are fighting for, and they don't need priests and priests to boost their morale, and they can gather their fighting spirit. There is also the righteousness of resisting aggression and defending the country, even if the strong enemy presses the border, the heart will be full of confidence. If Amaterasu wants to capture Nakayama Island, it is impossible not to pay a big price. ”

After that, Li Qing no longer chatted privately with Su Su, and said loudly to the officers in the audience: "Your determination, this official feels it!" In this battle, this official will live and die with you, advance and retreat together! The official hereby swears that as long as the official still lives, the flag of the empire will always fly on Zhongshan Island and will never fall! ”

All the officers mustered all their strength and roared loudly: "Swear to follow your lordship, defend Zhongshan to the death, and the national flag will not fall!" Stick to Zhongshan, a breath remains, and the national flag does not fall! ”

The roar was like thunder, mighty, rolling and spreading, and it was heard far away......

"A breath remains, and the national flag does not fall?"

In a corner of Zhongshan Island, in a reef cave, a figure wrapped in a black robe and wearing a hat sits at the entrance of the cave. He pressed his right hand to the ground, and his whole hand sank into the hard reef with his wrist, and sneered:

"Fighting spirit! It's a pity that no matter how strong the fighting spirit is, it can't make up for the absolute gap in strength. There are 20,000 land divisions in Amaterasu, 53 warships, and even more large ships in Zhenguo, and the strongest in the army gather. With such a military strength, how can the 4,000 soldiers on Zhongshan Island stop it? In this battle, Amaterasu is like a lion fighting a rabbit, and a thunderous blow can completely crush the Zhongshan defenders. Unity is strength? Hmph, it's just a paper city! ”

This person is one of the Seven Guards of the Black Water who came to Zhongshan Island with Xuan Baoling.

Zhongshan Island is not small, with an area of nearly 200 square kilometers. The terrain of the island is rugged, mountainous and hilly, and the coastline is also tortuous and rugged, and with the strength of the defenders of Zhongshan Island, it is impossible to control the whole island.

Although there are sharks around the island, the Xuan Bao Ling and the Black Water Seven Guards are extremely strong, and the ocean can also be regarded as the home field for the Xuan Bao Ling with the blood of the Black Water Xuan Snake.

Therefore, Xuan Baoling and the others easily avoided the roving mermaids and went up to Zhongshan Island. After that, they worked in pairs and lurked on all sides of the military port, waiting for the opportunity to prepare for revenge.

"In front of the Amaterasu army, the defenders of Nakayamashimahara are indeed vulnerable. However, the elite army composed of the Amaterasu exile clan and the wandering samurai was quite impressive. ”

A thin black-robed man appeared behind the black-robed man at the entrance of the cave, and said lightly: "That elite army of three hundred people can be used as an army of three thousand if it is used properly." There is also that Li Qing, who only has the strength of the Silver Pole Segment on the surface, but he can fight and kill Baosong Gongzi alone, and he can also be regarded as a strong man in the high and even extreme sections of the Pillar Kingdom. None of his wives and concubines were weak. Especially the youngest, whose strength is unfathomable and should not be taken lightly. ”

The black-robed man at the entrance of the cave said: "Even if Li Qing and the others are strong and have elite servant troops, can they still stop the Amaterasu army?" Don't forget, there are more than 20 powerhouses of the Pillar Kingdom in the Amaterasu Army, and there are even Zhenguo mages from the Holy Light Alliance, leading a knight squad of the Silver Shield Knights, with five priests, ten holy warriors, and twenty priests as foreign aid. With such strength, can't you easily crush that Li Qing? ”

Xuan Baoling and his entourage have reached a level of complete knowledge of the strength composition of the Amaterasu Army.

If Li Qing, or any person from the empire, heard this black-robed man listing the strength of the Amaterasu Army in such detail, he would definitely be suspicious in his heart, guessing that the Xuan family might have some kind of unsavory connection with Amaterasu.

It's a pity that no one can hear the conversation between the two black-robed men now.

"The combat strength of the Amaterasu Army is dozens of times that of the Zhongshan defenders, and this battle is undoubtedly won." The thin black-robed man said: "I'm just worried, then Li Qing says one thing and does another." He said that he would defend Zhongshan to the death, but who knows what he thinks in his heart? In case the situation is unfavorable, he will run away, which is also a trouble. ”

"He can't run away." The black-robed man at the entrance of the cave said solemnly: "The Amaterasu Army already knows that he killed Isohime, the Nine Dragons Sword Saint, and the Eagle Division Sun and Moon, and has regarded him as a target to kill. There is a Zhenguo mage blocking the space teleportation, there are two iso himes, dozens of cow ghosts, and thousands of kappa cruising the sea area, he has no way to go to the sky, no way to enter the sea, how can he escape? The only way he could avoid death was to surrender. ”

"But we're not going to give him a chance to surrender." The thin black-robed man smiled and said, "He will die if he surrenders, and he will die if he does not surrender." Not only will he die, but he will also be ruined, affecting Long Linghan, as well as the two dragon kings of the west and north. ”

The black-robed man at the entrance of the cave sighed: "It's a pity that we can only use Li Qing at most, so that the reputation of Long Linghan and the two dragon kings in the northwest who vouched for him will be damaged, and we will not be able to cause substantial damage to them. If you want to wipe out the Dragon Clan of the Four Seas and avenge our deaths, we have a long way to go. ”

The thin black-robed man smiled, "But we have time, don't we?" If you can't do it in this life, you will come back in the next life. There will always be a life that can completely wipe out the Four Seas Dragon Clan, recapture the eight snake beads, and restore our true body. ”

The black-robed man at the entrance of the cave said in a deep voice: "If there really is that day, I will kill the Four Seas Dragon Clan, so that its blood trickle will not exist!" ”

"And all the bloodlines of the three gods of Amaterasu."

The thin black-robed man stretched out his right hand, a purple flame ignited in his palm, and said faintly: "If it wasn't for the three great gods of Amaterasu who sent their incarnations down to earth and personally attacked us, how could our real bodies suffer heavy losses and be expelled from Amaterasu?" If it weren't for us being hit hard, how could the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas of that generation kill our real bodies and divide the snake beads? Although the three gods of Amaterasu are dead, their blood is still alive. Only by destroying all their bloodlines can we cleanse the hatred of my generations! ”

"Among the elite servants of the three hundred, there are five descendants of the three gods of Amaterasu." The black-robed man at the entrance of the cave chuckled, "Why don't you capture them alive and play with them and torture them?" ”

The thin black-robed man put away the purple flame in his palm and said, "I've endured it for so many lifetimes, so don't be too deliberate this time." Those five bloodlines of the three gods, let them die in battle. After all, our true identities cannot be revealed, and the Empire must not be allowed to know. Even this time to retaliate against that Li Qing, he had to act in secret, try not to contact the Amaterasu Army as much as possible, and not make mistakes for a trivial matter. Who knows if there are any spies of the empire in the army of Amaterasu? ”

Amaterasu's army attacked this time, and the empire did not know the information beforehand.

But that doesn't mean that there are no Imperial spies lurking in the Amaterasu Army.

It's just that Amaterasukuni's advance was highly secretive, and the purpose of the various armies was not informed before going to sea, and it was not until after going to sea that the combat target was sent to the captain level. In the fleet, there are also Zhenguo mages who are in charge of supervision. In this way, even if there are spies in the army, it is impossible to pass the news to the empire in time.

Thinking of this, the black-robed man at the entrance of the cave smiled, "You're right. It's me who wants to get out of the way. It's better for us to be careful, and we really can't afford to lose the big because of the small. ”

At this point, his right hand, which was full of wrists that sank into the ground, suddenly shook slightly from the half of his wrist that was exposed to the ground.

So he sighed lightly and said, "Then Li Qing is really courageous!" I actually want to dismantle the heavy guns on those eleven battleships and place them in the fortress batteries! Well, he was going to send the eleven warships back to Liuzhou, and all the sailors on board landed to serve as an army to guard the fortress. Leave only enough sailors on the ship to drive the ship back......"

"Heh, then Li Qing would never have imagined that we have already discovered his battle plan clearly." The thin black-robed man smiled and said, "With your listening skills, we will be able to know ourselves and our opponents, and we will not be defeated in a hundred battles!" I will inform the eldest lady of Li Qing's arrangements and see what arrangements she has. ”

Soon, Xuan Baoling, who was lurking in a valley on the other side of the military port, received the news.

"Send the warship back? It was a wise choice. With only eleven small warships, how can they be hit by the Amaterasu Fleet? ”

The black-robed man in her group said, "Miss, do you want to spread the news and let the Amaterasu Army intercept those eleven warships?" ”

"Not necessarily." Xuan Baoling said lightly: "Sent back to the warship before the war, if the island is won, he will do it without fault." But if he loses...... Hmph, how can anyone cut their own combat power before going to war? Is this a foreign country, or will it not be able to command? No matter which one it is, Long Linghan, who vouched for him, will not escape the blame! Let those eleven ships go back, they are the proof! ”