On the surface of the Xijiang River, 5 kilometers away from Longmen Village, the frigate Chengguang of the Luzhou Fleet was moored in the night, and the regular roar of the engine echoed in the four fields, like a dormant giant beast. The command room was brightly lit, Liu Jin was sitting at the desk, on the coffee table not far from him, Li Lingrui was flipping through the documents under the lamp, looking at his attentive appearance of frowning and contemplation and sometimes lifting a pen, Liu Jin unconsciously praised:

"You're not in danger, and you don't deserve to be on the battlefield at all."

Li Lingrui didn't look at him either, but said while reading the Chinese document in his hand: "With you Yun Shuai sitting in the town, do I need to worry about anything?" Besides, it's just a bandit in Longmen Village, but the word 'battlefield' is too exalted? ”

This is Li Lingrui's heart's words, when he set off in the morning, it was indeed the three ships that went together, but just after noon, Liu Jin unexpectedly suddenly ordered the two ships Sogo and Maoguang to turn around and return to Hong Kong from the tributary, and went straight to the front line single-handedly for no more than two reasons: either he Liu Yunrou was too confident in his fleet, or he didn't take Longmenzhai seriously at all.

"Isn't the radio working?" Li Lingrui neatly organized the processed official documents, looked at Liu Jin and asked.

Liu Jin shook his head: "Are you in a hurry?" ”

"No, just ask."

Just before sending the Sogo and Maoguang ships back to the port, Liu Jin ordered the Chengguang to cut off the radio contact between the Chengguang and the outside world, Li Lingrui only thought that it was one of the strategies of ambush warfare, and he was afraid that the information would be intercepted by Longmen Village, but he didn't think that Liu Jin had another intention - Liu Ang named Lin Wanjing to be ordered to enter the village to persuade him to surrender, and the purpose was probably not as simple as "leaving a way for the Lin family".

From Lin Wanying's voluntary defection to the enemy's stamping of Lin Wanjing's name on the materials for collaborating with the enemy, not to mention that Longmen Village has Lin Wanying, the current treasurer of Wanli Bank, it is doubtful that the chapter that was lost in Guangdong Province a year ago is now lost and recovered. At this time, the Yuezhou Navy invested heavily in the purchase of ships, and according to the analysis of the weapons and equipment data currently in hand, although they were not new objects, they were all added in imitation of the firepower ratio of the Luzhou fleet, and on this basis alone, he had reason to suspect that there was a traitor in his ranks, and this traitor was bound to be someone around him.

As far as the current deployment of Luzhou Port is concerned, in addition to the ships that are routinely maintained in the military port, the three ships of Sogo, Maoguang, and Chengguang are withdrawn, and Lu Canghan must return to the coastal sea to support with a part of his forces, and this is also the time when Guangdong Province sees a needle, if the ships of Guangdong Province are close to the inland sea, Luzhou City enters the range of naval guns, and the enemy is not to mention, he Liu Jin also falls into the name of dereliction of duty.

If things were as he expected, and the Sogo and Chengguang ships would be able to intercept the Guangdong Provincial ships in the open sea when they arrived at the port, how could this plan be sabotaged by the spies?

It was even more perfect than expected, in the evening, Liu Jin's battle falcon sent a letter, and the Yuezhou warship was not only successfully intercepted in the open sea, but also blocked the retreat by the front and rear attacks, just waiting for Liu Jin to fall. Li Lingrui clearly remembered Liu Jin's joy when he received the letter, and generously fed the Fighting Falcon a few bites of meat.

On the coffee table, the pile of documents that Li Lingrui had finished processing was as high as a hill, almost burying his whole body, he carefully stacked the last document on it, and then stood up and moved his waist, his eyes stayed on the glass jar covered with black cloth by the door for a while, and then walked towards the glass jar, put on the gloves on the side and lifted the cloth - the guinea pig at the bottom of the jar was already dead, and the snow-white fur was stained with a little blood. Li Lingrui carefully picked up the white mouse with the fire tongs on the side, and after careful inspection, his eyebrows frowned slightly. This little mouse was fed the medicine the day after Lin Wanjing entered Longmen Village, and the amount of medicine was reduced by a hundred times in proportion, and now the mouse died of poison, but Lin Wanjing had no news, Liu Jin never asked, but he couldn't bear it:

"Why don't you even ask me if there is a chance that the medicine will not work?"

"Should I ask?" Liu Jin asked rhetorically, he is well versed in the principle of "employing people without suspicion and suspicion without suspicion", if you want to doubt, you will not ask him for help at the beginning.

"I am 100% sure of the medicinal properties, but from the results of my previous experiments, the contact methods of this ricin are different, and the time for the medicinal properties to exert is not exactly the same." Li Lingrui said this, seeing that Liu Jin didn't answer, he turned to look at him and said, "Why don't you tell Wan Jing all about this plan?" ”

When Liu Jin came to him, he only asked him for a poison that could be fatal without necessarily taking it, and said that Lin Wanjing must not know about this matter, not only for her to help bring it into Longmen Village, but also not for her to touch, and not to let him know, these three conditions really made him hurt his brain for a few days.

Thinking about Li Lingrui's question, Liu Jin took out a blank piece of paper from the desk, and after his index finger lightly swiped the oozing blood on the page, there was a long blood stain: "What do you think I can use to erase this mark?" ”

Li Lingrui thought for a moment and smiled slightly: In Liu Jin's heart, Lin Wanjing is like a blank piece of paper in his hand, and it is too heavy for her to bear any responsibility, let alone a life.

"If there is no news tonight, what should the young marshal do?"

Liu Jin's eyes lit up, and he put the battle falcon standing on his arm back on the bird rack: "If there is no more news, I will personally go into the village at dawn tomorrow to ask what happened." ”

The rumbling of cannon interrupted the conversation between the two, and the war falcon flapped its wings on the shelf a few times, finally quieting down. Liu Li and the others got out of the cabin, and when they raised their eyes, they saw thick smoke billowing in the direction of Longmen Village, and from the position where the bullet was fired, Liu Jin quickly locked the position where the shells were fired, so when Qin Lei ran towards him in a panic, he didn't ask a word of nonsense:

"Give you fifteen minutes to go to the position of the Third Division of the Army, pass on my words, and then dare to act rashly, it will be regarded as a protest order, and it will be dealt with by military law."

It took Qin Lei a long time to sort out Liu Jin's words clearly: "But...... But young marshal, this is ...... from the position of the third division."

"You've got fourteen minutes to ......"

This time, Qin Lei didn't dare to spend any more time sorting out his thoughts, and the way he used to find Liu Jin left his sight. As soon as Qin Lei left, Wei Chi was already standing beside Liu Jin:

"Young Marshal, what are your instructions?"

"Artillery preparation, aiming at the positions of the third division of the army."

"......" Wei Chi was stunned for a moment, but still said, "Yes." ”

The bicycle was bumpy on the forest path, the two thin legs on the pedals turned fast, Qin Lei looked back at the road from time to time, there was no tiger wolf chasing behind him, and the things chasing him were far more dangerous than the tiger wolf - that was his life!

A month ago, when Liu Ang sent him to Liu Jin to listen to the errand, he felt that he was just referring to the Easter rabbit that was packaged and put into the basket, as long as he pretended to be stupid in front of Liu Jin, but gradually he found that things were not so simple, just like today - the reason why he took the initiative to follow was that he wanted to monitor Liu Jin's small movements at any time, and reported to Liu Ang at any time to ask for credit, who knew that he sent a telegram Liu Jin turned off the radio station, He sat in the telegraph room and no one was allowed to approach, God knows how anxious he was when he saw the two ships of Sogo and Maoguang turn around in front of his eyes, rushed into the cafeteria and chewed two pieces of ice before he pressed down the rapid fire in his chest, and he didn't think of how to explain this, Longmen Village burned again. If he didn't do his job well, he lost a division of the army, and if he continued to develop at this pace, he would simply kill himself by the Xijiang River, and it would be a dead end to go back anyway - even if Liu Ang went around him, Liu Jin would sacrifice his liver and gallbladder to his dead wife.

Complaining like this, he was distracted, the wheel pressed against the stone and turned around, and Qin Lei and the car were crooked into the rice field on the side of the road, after a short period of dizziness, Qin Lei stood up from the muddy water and spat out a mouthful of bloodshot mud, the grievances in his heart were to the extreme, thinking about where he could get this kind of thing when he was an adjutant next to Liu Ang, at that time he was also an official, and there were more minions who gave him a whisker and a horse to serve tea and pour water than in front of Liu Ang. Influenced by emotions, Qin Lei raised his foot and kicked on the bicycle, but he didn't see the position clearly when the light was blind, his toes just kicked on the frame, and the pain of his ten fingers and heart knocked him down in the mud again. The muddy water was cold, the sneezing hit repeatedly, he shivered, inexplicably remembered Liu Jin's shining cold eyes, almost jumped up, he climbed back to the ridge, looked down at the bicycle that didn't know where the handrail was and where the cushion was, and finally chose to move forward on foot, but the car was borrowed by the signal soldier on the ship.

When they arrived at the position of the Third Division of the Army, a new round of shells was being loaded, and when they saw a clay figure appearing on the side, the artillery stopped:

"Front-line positions, idlers ......"

"Idle fucking bastard! See who I am! Qin Lei scraped the muddy water off his face.

The artilleryman leaned closer: "Adjutant Qin!" ”

"Just know Lao Tzu! Hurry up, stop all this fire and artillery for me! ”

"Stop......" The artilleryman was stunned, this lead was lit, and it was extinguished when it was said to be extinguished.

In this difficult interval, several cannons beside him had been loaded with ammunition, and the shells came out of their chambers, listening to the deafening explosion behind him, Qin Lei almost jumped up: "Who let you shoot!" ”

As soon as the artilleryman wanted to answer, he saluted eloquently: "Division commander! ”

The mistake of missing a shell in the shelling just now is not allowed to occur in ordinary drills. However, seeing the clay man standing by the artillery, the division commander knew in his heart: "Adjutant Qin, what wind blew you to the front line?" ”

"Great, it's good for you to come!" Qin Lei seemed to grasp the straw that saved his life: "Hurry up and let your subordinates withdraw the cannon!" ”

"The military order is like a mountain, how can you withdraw if you say it?"

"If you don't retreat, we'll all die here before dawn!"

The division commander glared, it is common for this guy in front of him to be an arrow, and it is a consistent way to exaggerate it, and now it is still on the battlefield: "The cannon is in the hands of Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu still doesn't believe that anyone has such a fucking ability to kill Lao Tzu!" ”

As soon as the words fell, several shells smashed dozens of meters in front of the position and exploded, and the division commander jumped off his horse and lay on the ground to cover: "Damn, the little rabbit cub doesn't want to live anymore!" Plotting against Lao Tzu! ”

When I looked up again, the place where the bomb was fired had become a sea of fire, and even the barbed wire fence by the trench was burned.

"See? Liu Jin is really playing! ”

"Why the fuck didn't you say that Liu Jin was here earlier!" The division commander angrily grabbed the soil and threw it in Qin Lei's face, "Lao Tzu was almost killed by you!" ”

The whistle sounded, the sharp whistle crackled through the flames throughout the front positions, and the freshly loaded shells all retreated, and the soldiers did not dare to say more even if they were full of suspicion.

In the face of the division commander's reprimand, Qin Lei couldn't give up so easily, and said: "I don't know if this place is under his Liu Jin's management now?" ”

"I know, but you said that the notice has been going on for so long, and he hasn't moved at all, so don't I want to settle the matter sooner!"

"Got it done sooner? Something's wrong?! ”

"Didn't I just fire a few shots, and he wouldn't ......"

"Are you stupid?! The young lady is in the stockade! ”

This time, the division commander was completely stunned, he really didn't know that Lin Wanjing was in the village, she was walking on the back mountain path, and no one informed him.

"Quickly remove the fort, and stay here with your heart and wait for the military order." Qin Lei's old friend patted the division commander on the shoulder.

"But...... But ......"

"But what is it?"

"But the shelling has been urging Yu Shuai all afternoon, and I have no choice but to do it."

When Qin Lei heard this, his arrogance shattered like a dry mud on his body—what did he do to make such a pit left and right.

The division commander looked at the sea of fire burning with Longmen Village not far away, wiped his sweat fiercely, and spit out three words in a deep voice: "It's over." ”

Qin Lei repeated the actions of the division commander, and reflexively responded: "Hmm." ”

The shells in the bore were exhausted, and a new round of loading began on the ship's guns. After all, the target was the position of the third division of the army, Wei Chi did not dare to move, and ran back to the command room to ask Liu Jin for a military order: "Young marshal, are you still fighting?" ”

Liu Jin frowned and looked in the direction of Longmen Village, and slowly raised his hand, just to ask him to suspend the attack, Wei Chi really sighed.

"Young marshal, just let me go ashore." Li Lingrui took the initiative to ask, "I'll go to Longmen Village to investigate the situation." ”

"Nope." Liu Jin refused neatly, even if he graduated from a military academy, Li Lingrui was not a professional soldier after all, and he was almost powerless on the battlefield, not to mention that they were completely unsure of the situation in Longmen Village now, so there was no need to give one more life.

"I'm an idler here anyway." Li Lingrui continued to fight.

"Is there a difference?" Liu Jin refused again.

Li Lingrui was dumbfounded, Liu Jin's words were right, not to mention that he couldn't enter the village, even if he entered, what could he do.

The three of them were relatively silent on the deck for a long time, Li Lingrui sighed, picked up the binoculars at hand and looked in the direction of Longmen Village, and after a long time, Liu Jin slapped his palm on the side of the ship, and then went to the cabin: "You two are on the ship as backup, I'll go by myself." ”

Wei Chi was just about to open his mouth to dissuade him, but Li Lingrui's telescope saw something unexpected: "Young marshal, there is a situation!" ”

Liu Jin hurriedly turned around when he heard this, but saw a few stars of light rising in the sky above Longmen Village, from this distance could not see the same bright stars, the light points fluttered through the thick smoke and went straight into the air, stretched into a long string of light bands.

"It's Kong Ming Lantern." Li Lingrui handed the telescope to Liu Jin.

The orange-yellow light point rose higher and higher, and was finally blown away by the mountain wind in the air, scattering the starlight in the sky and drifting farther and farther, without waiting for Liu Jin to turn the telescope in the direction, Wei Chi pointed to the low sky and said: "It's started again!" ”

The second string of Kong Ming lanterns rose, this time, the gap between the string lights and the strings of lights was more clear, Liu Jin looked at the rising point of light, and the smile on his face gradually emerged. When the third string of lights rose into the sky and dispersed, Liu Jin finally put down the telescope:

"The main artillery is ready, and the target is Longmen Zhai to protect the city wall."

"Young marshal!"

"Tell the helmsman to prepare for the shore after the shelling. Longmen Village has been taken down! ”

Liu Jin's joy was beyond words, Li Lingrui glanced at the Kong Ming lantern floating in the air again, only to know that it was a lantern letter from Longmen Village, he clearly saw Liu Jin kissed the wedding ring on his ring finger, and heard him say softly: "Wanjing, well done." ”