"Why?" Li Jie raised his eyebrows, did he save others by himself?

"Li Banyu didn't know that the Tan people floated on the sea, like rootless duckweed, although the imperial court incorporated them into the boat households, but they were not usually under the control of the imperial court, and it is said that they had contacts with the Japanese Kou, ventilated for them, and even many Tan people simply joined the Japanese Kou, which is also one of the reasons why the coastal people are extremely repulsive to the Tan people." Jiang Zhen whispered again.

Li Jie also understood when he heard this, the Tan people had a relationship with the Japanese Invaders, and as an official who came to clean up the Japanese Invaders, it was really unwise for him to have a relationship with the Tanka people, but he didn't regret it, not to mention whether the Tan people really colluded with the Japanese Invaders, he was just a child, and he looked like he was only four or five years old, and he was innocent after all.

"Thank you Jiang Qianhu for the reminder, I will pay attention in the future!" Although he didn't think so, Li Jie still politely thanked Jiang Xuan.

In fact, Li Jie also knew that Jiang Zhen did not really remind him, but used this incident to bring the relationship between the two closer, not only because he helped him intercede yesterday, but the most important thing is that Jiang Jie values Li Jie's identity, it can be said that the two of them are each with their own ghosts, and they are only approaching each other for the benefit of the future.

Sure enough, Jiang Jie saw Li Jie thanking him, and immediately said a few words of humility very happily, and Li Jie also took the opportunity to talk to him, not to mention that Jiang Jie was a brocade guard, and he was well-informed when he traveled south and north, but let Li Jie learn a lot of things that he didn't know before.

Fangguan's naval camp is not far away, Li Jie's ship turned right out of the port, and soon came to a water village, the water village is divided into two parts, the front is a military port, and the back is a military camp.

When Li Jie's ship entered the military port, Fang Guan also personally took the ship to greet them, and in the harbor behind him, dozens of warships were drilling, these warships were not big, but their hulls were flexible, and they advanced and retreated freely under the command of the officers.

"The drill is good, your father's water army was known as the first in the world, I don't know if your water army can compare with him?" Tang He also nodded again and again as he watched the water army drill, and then asked Fang Guan with a smile.

Tang He attacked Fang Guozhen at the beginning, and he had also commanded the navy, and he was also very familiar with the tactics of the navy, so he could see at a glance that these navy troops under Fang Guan were quite sophisticated, but after all, the drill was a drill, and the real strength still had to be on the battlefield.

"Qi Yu Shibo, my navy is definitely not worse than my father's navy in terms of tactics, but it is a little worse in terms of blood bravery!" Fang Guan replied very honestly.

At the beginning, most of the sailors under Fang Guozhen rebelled with him when they were cornered, for them, if they didn't rebel, they died, so most of the sailors under Fang Guozhen were extremely brave, Zhang Shicheng was defeated in seven battles by him, but unfortunately when he met Zhu Yuanzhang later, the gap in strength was no longer something that blood and courage could make up.

"Commander Fang, why are all small boats being trained, but the big ships behind are motionless?" At this time, Li Jie curiously pointed to the back of the water village and asked, only to see that there were more than a dozen huge warships parked there, except for a few soldiers on duty at the bow, there were no other soldiers.

"Li Banyu didn't know that the ships of the Japanese were long and narrow, fast and flexible, and the big warships couldn't catch up at all, so I asked the soldiers to use these faster small warships to practice according to the characteristics of the Japanese invaders." Fang Guan explained with a smile.

Li Jie also nodded in admiration when he heard this, it seems that Fang Guan is indeed a good general, he has thought it through so thoroughly, and he has already started to prepare before they come.

When Fang Guan invited Tang He and Li Jie to enter the water army camp, and then introduced them in detail the troops in their hands, Fang Guan was in charge of a guard and horses, under the jurisdiction of five thousand households, a total of 5,600 people, and these are all water troops, mainly used to guard the safety of Ningbo port.

In addition, Li Jie noticed that the warships in the Fangguan army have been equipped with artillery, and there are even special musketeers, which are used for long-range attacks together with archers, but bows and arrows are very easy to damage at sea, mainly because the bow body will be deformed and lose elasticity when it is damp, so there are not many archers in the army, and musketeers have become the main force of long-range attacks.

However, even with artillery, the water warfare of this era is still dominated by broadside battles, after all, the power of artillery is limited, and it is not easy to aim, it is difficult to sink the enemy's warship directly with artillery, so the victory or defeat of the war mainly depends on the melee fighting between the two sides after the broadside.

Li Jie had seen Mu Sheng's training in the army before, and now it is the first time to see the Ming navy, compared with the army, the navy's drill seems to be more complicated, especially in the control of ships, the training requirements for the navy are very high, which also makes the navy want to form combat effectiveness, it needs to spend more time, energy and material support.

However, when Li Jie and they visited the naval camp, they saw a small boat entering the water village at a very fast speed, and outsiders were not allowed to enter the water village, but the soldiers guarding the door saw the waist card shown by the comer, and immediately let them go.

The boat docked as fast as it could, and the people on it also rushed into the barracks, and then found Jiang Zhen who was following Li Jie and them, and handed over an urgent paperwork to the other party.

Jiang Xuan's face changed when he opened the paperwork, and he immediately walked quickly to Tang He and said: "Qi Yu Guogong, Jinyi Wei is in an emergency, and the Japanese invaders are attacking Jintang!" ”

Tang He's face sank when he heard this, and he grabbed the document and opened it to watch, Jintang is an island, located between Ningbo Port and Zhoushan Island, Zhoushan Island has Chang Guowei, and it is also a good naval army, Jintang originally belonged to Chang Guowei, but it is closer to Ningbo Port.

Looking at the information in his hand, Tang He's face was also blue, he had just come to Ningbo, and even the navy had not finished patrolling, and these would-be robbers had landed on the shore and looted, if this was spread, it would be a slap in the face.

Thinking of this, Tang He also immediately looked at Fang Guan and said sharply: "Fang Guan, pass the order, the whole army will rise and rush to the aid of Jintang!" ”

"The last general obeys!" Fang Guan was also shocked when he heard this, he was a general, if he didn't have military merits, he could only nest in this small Ningbo Port for the rest of his life, and now he finally has a chance to prove himself!

The soldiers of the navy were already in practice, with Fang Guan's order, these people also immediately assembled, Tang He and Li Jie and others also got on a warship with Fang Guan, with Tang He's order, hundreds of warships marched together, and killed in the direction of Jintang Island.

Although Jintang Island is an island, there are mountains and rivers on the island, the land is also very fertile, it is famous for its abundance of grain, and the island also produces a kind of plum, called Jintang plum, it is said that it is delicious and sweet, and it is one of the local specialties of Ningbo.

It is also the wealth of Jintang Island, so there are several villages living on the island, each village has as few as 100 people, and as many as 1,000 people.

Fangguan's small warships are indeed very fast, after the sails eat the wind, they are almost like arrows from the string, Jintang Island is outside the port of Ningbo, so in just an hour or so, their warships have already killed Jintang Island.

However, when Li Jie and the others arrived, they saw smoke everywhere on the docks on the island, many corpses lying on the beach, and the villages not far away were also wailing, but they did not see the boats of the Japanese invaders.

"Where is the ship of the Wakos?" At this moment, the lookout hand above his head suddenly pointed into the distance and shouted.

Tang He Wenyan also took out the binoculars in his arms, opened them and looked into the distance, and sure enough, he saw the fleet of Japanese robbers on the sea in front of him, and it was estimated that he had discovered their arrival in advance, and was fleeing into the distance at this time.

"Chase!" Tang He's face was gloomy as water, the first time he attacked, if he was escaped by the Japanese invaders, he was afraid that his old face would be lost.

With an order, the naval fleet immediately turned its bow, but Li Jie suddenly spoke: "Grandpa Tang, the people on the island must have suffered heavy casualties, why don't I take someone to the island to treat the wounded and appease the people!" ”

Tang He also felt justified when he heard this, so he nodded and said, "You take two boats of people ashore, pay attention to your own safety, there may be widows hiding on the island who have no time to escape." ”

Tang He still didn't seem to be at ease when he said this, so he turned his head and instructed Jiang Zhen behind him: "You are most familiar with the local situation in Ningbo, and then follow Li Jie ashore, if something happens to him, the old man will pick your skin!" ”

"The subordinate obeys!" When Jiang Xuan heard this, he immediately agreed, he was more willing to get along with the mild Li Jie than following Tang He, and protecting Li Jie's safety was a trivial matter, after all, the would-be robbers had already run away, so what danger was there?

Li Jie and Jiang Zhen immediately changed boats, and then took two warships to the dock of Jintang Island, only to see that this was already a mess, full of corpses, the ship first sent spies ashore to investigate, and soon brought several villagers to the dock, led by the old man when he saw the warship, he also immediately knelt down at the dock and cried bitterly: "Thank you for the military masters for scaring away the Japanese invaders, and please ask the master to avenge our hatred!" ”

Jiang Xuan did not let Li Jie get off the boat, but got off the boat himself and asked the old man, and then boarded the ship to report: "Li Banyu, this old man is Li Zheng of the Xianren Village in front, according to him, before the Japanese invaded suddenly, they entered the village and looted, until they saw our warship and escaped, and now the village has suffered heavy casualties and needs urgent treatment." ”

Li Jie also took a long breath when he heard this, this place is not far from the village, standing on the boat, he can hear the wailing in the village, and I don't know how many people have died under the sword of the Japanese Kou.

"Dismount! Save! Li Jie immediately ordered, and then personally stepped off the warship.