The scout officer and the soldier climbed onto the island, carefully keeping an eye on their surroundings as they went. After searching for a while and finding nothing, they decided to go to the top of the mountain to have a look. The rocks on the seashore are very smooth, and the surface is enhanced by heavy dew. The two of them cautiously climbed the rock, which was much better, with soil and a lot of grass and shrubs.

They climbed the grass and shrubs and continued their climb to the top of the mountain.

Suddenly, there was a "clatter" in the bushes around them, and a dark figure sprang out and disappeared into the darkness of the night.

The two of them were startled, and instinctively raised the Tang knife in their hands, and then found that the black shadow was a small animal like a rabbit, and their hearts were settled, but their whole bodies were already soaked with cold sweat.

With this movement, the two of them were worried about alarming the pirates, so they hurriedly lay on the ground and listened carefully to the movements around them. There was still silence all around.

After a few moments, the two continued their climb to the top of the island, where they hid behind rocks and looked around by the moonlight. "Hey, it's evil." It was deserted in the morning.

The two of them continued on their way, and passed through a small forest, and saw a dark shadow below, a house, which was the residence of the original inhabitants of the island. The two of them carefully observed for a long time, and found that there was no movement there, so they walked towards it.

When they got closer, the officer hid behind the bushes, picked up a stone from the ground, and threw it at the house. The stones fell on the roof of the house, and the sound of a wrong "click" was clearly audible in the silence of the night.

Still no movement.

The officer motioned for the soldier to stay where he was, and he himself touched the houses.

There was no one in the house, it was a mess, and the pirates and the inhabitants had disappeared.

The officer, who had been serving as a scout in the army, felt bad, thinking that the pirates had probably evacuated Long Island.

Next, they returned to the yacht and continued to row to another island, only to find that the pirate's camp was intact, but there was no one in it, and not a single boat on the beach.

The pirates evacuated.

At dawn, the scout returned to the military port and reported the situation to the generals on duty.

On the morning of the next day, Liu Renliang and others, accompanied by Wang Guoxiang and others, led a leading contingent to Changdao, where they found that the island was empty, and thousands of pirates and hundreds of warships had disappeared without a trace.

Everyone was very discouraged, especially Wang Guoxiang and others, who had been bullied by pirates for a long time, and finally wanted to vent their evil anger, but they didn't expect this to be the result.

Wang Guoxiang and others were not reconciled, and sent a large number of scouts to search around Long Island, and two days passed, but still no trace of pirates was found.

It turned out that Takahashi Taro and the others had found themselves almost vulnerable in front of the Tang Army's new warships since they had experienced that encounter. They were anxious to find out what was going on with the new fleet, so they sent people to reconnoitre.

Dengzhou City, Xinhong Liquor Store.

Xinhong Liquor Store is the closest liquor store to the military port of the Dengzhou Naval Division, and the officers and soldiers of the Dengzhou Naval Division often drink here.

At noon on the second day after Liu Renliang and the others arrived at the Dengzhou Navy Division's military port, in the lobby on the first floor of the Xinhong Liquor Store, several soldiers of the Dengzhou Navy Division were drinking and chatting, and one soldier said: "People are more angry than people. Look at the sailors from Yangzhou, it's called magnificent, the 'Yangzhou', I followed our adults to visit. Tsk, it's too big, it's old and spacious inside, and everyone on board has a bed. It's like our ship, you have to sleep in turns. I inquired, and the 'Yangzhou' has more than 2,000 people (one material is 10 cubic feet, and the Yangzhou has a displacement of more than 2,000 tons). ”

Another soldier said, "What is this?" The supply ship is said to be called a treasure ship, there are 4,000 materials, the loading personnel and horses are not a problem, the most interesting thing is that people are still growing vegetables on it, when it comes to the long-distance voyage at sea, how much can you eat some fresh vegetables, hey, don't talk about eating, green and oily look comfortable. ”

One soldier said, "Did you hear that? The food of the advance team was at least two dishes and one soup every day at noon and evening, and meat could be eaten every other day. See what we're eating? That's pig food. There are also other people's monthly salaries that are nearly twice as high as ours, and they are also Datang's sailors, why is the gap so big? ”

The man who looked like a small leader said: "Let me tell you, I have an acquaintance in the Yangzhou Naval Division, it is my second uncle, he said, we will soon be organized into the same naval division as the Yangzhou Naval Division, unified called the Offshore Fleet, and our warships will also be replaced like this in the future." The treatment is the same as theirs. ”

"Really? That's great. The other soldiers said happily.

The little leader surprised everyone when he saw his news, so he broke the news more and more proudly: "Of course it's true, His Royal Highness King Qi will come to our Dengzhou in a while, and the order for reorganization will be announced at that time." ”

"His Royal Highness King Qi? Is it called Li You, my little sister has a book of his poems, I don't know much about poetry, but my sister reads it very catchy......"

The soldiers were so happy that they did not notice that at the table that was far from them there were two women, a man and three guests, who were eating quietly with their heads bowed, but their ears were listening carefully to the movements.

That night, a dinghy quietly left the mainland and headed in the direction of Long Island.

Long Island Pirate Command Post.

"Big brother, today I was in Dengzhou City, and I heard the news of the new fleet of the Tang Army." Kumiko Takahashi said.

Kumiko Takahashi, can we understand Chinese? At that time, the Tang Dynasty was one of the most powerful countries in the world, and its influence was huge. The Unon Kingdom advocated the Han and Tang Dynasty cultures, especially after Prince Shotoku, the Uno States introduced a large number of Han and Tang cultures, and Buddhism began to prevail on the island, forming a trend of learning like the Tang Dynasty between the government and the opposition. It can be said that there are many more people in the Unu country who know Chinese than in the Tang Dynasty who know the Chinese language.

Then, Kumiko Takahashi reported what she heard to Taro Takahashi in detail.

After listening to the report, Taro Takahashi summoned General Torano, Ayumi Kawasaki, and Shinichi Sato overnight to discuss.

Last time, after annihilating the main force of the Dengzhou Naval Division, a large number of pirates' warships had returned, and there were more than 100 warships left on Long Island.

The reason why the pirates dared to station on Long Island, which is very close to the mainland, was because of the strength of their naval warships. After losing this advantage, Taro Takahashi and others found that the garrison on Long Island was very dangerous. They believed that after more than half a year of looting, they had basically achieved their goal, and there was no need to continue to stay here, so they decided to evacuate Nagashima and return to Kyushu.

The pirates moved quickly and evacuated Long Island overnight the next day.

The pirates ran away. Wang Guoxiang and the others were very angry, and scolded the eight generations of the pirates' ancestors, and the anger in their hearts was still difficult to eliminate.

At this time, Li You sent a letter to Liu Renliang, and he informed Liu Renliang of the decision of the imperial court, and asked him to prepare in advance here.

Liu Renliang is now living in the Governor's Mansion in Dengzhou, and he immediately conveyed the good news to Wang Guoxiang and others. Everyone was excited, especially Wang Guoxiang and others, they couldn't imagine that they would be able to catch up with such a big war in this life.

Then, Liu Renliang convened a joint meeting of all military and political circles, conveyed the instructions of the imperial court, and asked all ministries to hurry up preparations for the expedition across the sea.

However, Liu Renliang and the others didn't know that the pirates did not all leave, and Takahashi Kumiko stayed and lived in the Yuelai Inn in Dengzhou City.