Li Laiheng's difficulties are actually similar to Huang Taiji's, and they are also logistical problems.

Phi Island, like the surrounding Minami Island, Yamato Island, Xindao Island, and Tan Island, are all islands formed by the sinking of the Jiangnan Mountains, mainly composed of crystalline gneiss, and the highest point is Yantai Peak with an altitude of 345 meters.

Basically, there is no agriculture on this island, and it is said that "the land of Phi Island is full of sand and gravel, and there is no place to cultivate". The inhabitants of this island mainly depend on fishing for their livelihood.

At that time, Mao Wenlong's era was actually limited by the barrenness of Phi Island. However, Mao Wenlong tried his best to do this.

History: "It is the Hou Liao people who are involved in the island, the house is very prosperous, according to a metropolis, the southeast merchant ships, back and forth, the offshore grass and trees, all in Qiaosu."

In other words, because Mao Wenlong was from Zhejiang, he found his own way to attract merchants from the southeast to do business on Phi Dao, thus bringing grain.

However, Phi Dao, which has no arable land, will find it difficult to be self-sufficient, so it must also rely on supplies such as food and wages from Denglai and Tianjin.

However, shipping by sea used to be very inconvenient. In addition, at that time, Dongjiang Town was under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Jiliao. The reason why Mao Wenlong was eventually killed by Yuan Chonghuan was that Yuan Chonghuan used his power to jam Mao Wenlong's logistics, forcing Mao Wenlong to curry favor with Yuan Chonghuan, but the result was to welcome a killing star.

When Mao Wenlong was in the past, he also forced North Korea to provide food support. After all, it is close, and it is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, so there is no reason not to support food.

According to the Records of the Joseon Dynasty and the Records of Injo, the Joseon Dynasty spent one-third of the country's annual expenditure to support Phi Dao.

Hong Hanzhou's "Finger Water Brush" recorded that during the Chongzhen period, the Ming general Mao Wenlong came to garrison Phi Island, and because of his lack of food, he moved to consult rice. It is difficult for our country to lose peace, so we have to issue an order to two wests, and add three buckets of rice to the people, and send it by ship, which is called Mao rice at that time. Wenlong was killed by the governor of Yuan, this rice should be stopped, and it is still a year levy, and it has been changed for hundreds of years to receive rice, mixed into the yuan tax.

This shows how difficult the logistics of Phi Dao are.

And now, Li Laiheng is also facing such a problem.

Although at this time, there was no logistics for the governor of Jiliao, and it was really time-consuming and labor-intensive to transport grain from Denglai and Tianjin. Phi Dao itself does not produce grain, and North Korea has been squeezed dry by Jianyu, so for the time being, it is already a relationship between the enemy and us, and it is even more impossible to obtain food.

Therefore, the grain transported from the Ming Dynasty must be cherished very much.

If Zheng Fusong led the main force of the water division to find the Jianyu water division for a decisive battle, the cost of money and food would be very large. Rather than this, Li Laiheng means that the sailors will continue to wait for the rabbits, and the main force of the sailors will hide in the strait between the Tan Islands in the southeast of Phi Island, where there are many small harbors, which are conducive to sheltering from the wind, and have always been the place where big ships dock.

In this way, if the sailor does not move, he can save a lot of money and food, and he can go fishing to supplement the food consumption.

And it is impossible for the Jianyu Naval Division to sit idly by and ignore Phi Dao, and will definitely come to attack. Then the Jianyu Naval Division came from afar to attack, and the money and food consumed by the Jianyu would be more. As this comes and goes, Jianyu consumes more food, while Dongjiang Town consumes less food. The only price is that the main force of the sailor will hold on to Phi Dao.

Li Laiheng's career as a thief made him understand how to care about food. Although Zheng Fusong was a little unimpressed by this, he won Zheng Hongkui's strong support, and in the end it could only be like this.

At this time, hearing Li Laiheng ask him if he was happy, Zheng Fusong was in a state of gearing up, and said to Li Laiheng excitedly: "Dashuai, Jianyu definitely didn't expect that we would take the initiative to attack." Why don't we go for a sneak attack? Frustrate the spirit of Jianyu? This is called a soldier who does not get tired of deceit! ”

As soon as Zheng Hongkui heard this, he glanced at Li Laiheng behind Zheng Fusong, meaning, don't agree.

Li Laiheng looked a little funny in his heart, but he didn't show it, he just asked Zheng Fusong: "Frustrated Jianyu's sharpness, and then what?" ”

"And then?" When Zheng Fusong heard this, he asked a little inexplicably, is there any more?

When Li Laiheng heard this, he explained to him: "There is always a purpose in fighting, and if the enemy army is attacking and the momentum is very strong, we are worried that once the battle is due, the morale of the enemy army is too high and will have a great adverse impact on us." Then it is possible to take the enemy by surprise and attack the unprepared, take the initiative to send troops to win a battle, frustrate the enemy's spirit, and raise the morale of our army. ”

Speaking of this, after a pause, he looked at Zheng Fusong and asked, "But for now, the key to this battle is the naval battle. Do you think that under this naval battle, we will be worried that we will not be able to defeat the Jianyu Marine? ”

"How is that possible!" When Zheng Fusong heard this, he immediately shouted. Then he was stunned for a moment, obviously comprehended, and said a little embarrassedly, "We are sure of victory in naval battles, so there is no need, continue to let the enemy be arrogant, and when the fight really starts, give the enemy a fatal blow?" ”

"Yes, that's the strategy!" Li Laiheng still admires Zheng Fusong a little, this boy is from a brother, he is still very smart, but he has never experienced the tempering of war before, so many things are a little taken for granted.

Thinking of this, he glanced at Zheng Hongkui behind Zheng Fusong, no wonder someone would accompany him, obviously he was not worried about Zheng Fusong!

When he was thinking like this, he saw Zheng Fusong and said to him with admiration: "Dashuai, you don't know many words, why do you know so much?" ”

Li Laiheng listened, smiled and said: "If you have been fighting since you were a child, as long as you can survive, your intuition about war will not be wrong." ”

"......" When Zheng Fusong heard this, he was speechless for a moment.

This kind of experience, he obviously will not have.

While they were chatting, someone suddenly came to report that Kim Bok-rae, the leader of the Korean rebels, had come to ask for an audience.

When Li Laiheng heard this, he was a little surprised that Jin Fulai would come in person, instead of sending his henchmen over as before, it was estimated that there was something important, so he immediately passed it on.

After a while, a diminutive North Korean was brought in. When he saw Li Laiheng, he saluted respectfully, and then said with an anxious expression: "Dashuai, the king is leading the army to Tieshan, and he should attack Phi Island with Jianyu." ”

After a pause, he immediately explained: "I want to stop it, but the troops are too weak to resist the imperial army. If the commander sends troops to intercept it, it may be able to prevent him from coming to Iron Mountain! ”

When Zheng Fusong heard this, he immediately said a little angrily: "This king of North Korea is really dead, I don't think there is any need for North Korea to exist in the future, first destroy this abusive and ungrateful North Korea!" ”

In the past, Li Laiheng's side had not used troops against North Korea. Even if the Korean rebels came to take refuge, he was still a little hesitant on his side. Because after all, Korea was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, and Emperor Taizu also listed Korea as a country not to be conquered.

And the reason why North Korea took refuge in Jianyu was also forced by the situation, and the Ming side can still understand it to some extent. Not to mention, there have always been pro-Ming factions in the DPRK.

But now, North Korea gave the sailor to Jianguo, not to mention that it posed a serious threat to the Ming Dynasty, and the pro-Ming faction in the court was also betrayed to Jianguo by them. This time, the king of Joseon even personally led the army to Tieshan to join Jianlu, and the intention was self-evident, which made people angry.

When Jin Fulai heard Zheng Fusong's words, he immediately nodded again and again, obviously very fond of hearing this.

He was originally a low-ranking officer in the Korean army, he couldn't stand the oppression of the imperial court, and his family was also imprisoned, and finally participated in the rebellion, and because he knew military affairs, he eventually became an important leader in the Korean rebel army.

What Jin Fulai wanted most was, of course, to overthrow the decaying Korean kingdom, so he immediately followed Zheng Fusong's words and persuaded him: "If the imperial court officials and soldiers are united, they are familiar with the terrain and have sailors, as long as they cross this strait, once they land on Phi Island, the consequences will be unimaginable!" ”

After a pause, he gestured with all his hands and said in a hateful voice: "It's better to gather troops to kill the dog king before the Jianyu Water Division arrives, and go to Jianyu to have an arm, when there is still the strength to fight!" ”

Li Laiheng listened, shook his head and said, "Don't worry about the war on Phi Island. The king of Joseon wants to curry favor with Jianlu, so if he wants to come, he will come. After this battle, there is time to settle accounts with him. ”

Hearing this, Jin Fulai was obviously a little hesitant, and finally said to Li Laiheng with a bitter face: "Dashuai, now...... Now all the other rebels are shaken, if ...... If the heavenly soldiers can't boost the morale of the soldiers, I'm afraid it will be ...... I'm afraid there will be a mutiny! ”

The slave chieftain Taiji personally led the army to come, and the king of Korea led the troops to converge, and the momentum was unprecedented. This made the Korean rebels feel very pressure, and some people could not hold on.

And this is also the reason why Jin Fulai personally came to lobby and wanted the Ming army to win the battle first.

As soon as Li Laiheng heard it, he knew that this was the news that he blocked the main force of the water division, so that the outside world thought that the strength of the Ming army was not enough to resist the offensive of the slave chieftain.

In this regard, he said lightly: "People have their own aspirations, if they want to take refuge in Jianyu, we will not force them." However, after the fact, they will inevitably pay the price! ”

When Zheng Fusong heard this, he also said with a little resentment: "Yes, whoever dares to betray the Ming Dynasty will be liquidated when he turns back!" Just take this opportunity to see which of you in North Korea are aspiring to the Ming Dynasty, and which ones are the people of the twilight! ”

When Jin Fulai saw them like this, he couldn't help but feel moved in his heart.

He is not a fool, looking at this, he knows that the Ming army must have relied on it to be like this. As soon as his eyes rolled, he immediately said: he is the most determined to stand on the side of Da Ming.

However, when he returned, he did not say what he meant, but only sighed, indicating that the army did not listen to persuasion and did not send troops.