Chapter 708: When Preparing for Victory, I Was Preparing for Death
Shen Leng left Nanping City with six hundred personal soldiers, and it took four days to reach Dongyao Island, the tea master said that he would not stay in the manor, she wanted to follow, and Shen Leng couldn't stop it with all his might.
After all, there is a gap between what you see on the map and the real environment, and when Shen Leng stood on the seaside and looked at Dongyao Island from afar, he also had a faint sense of powerlessness in his heart, no matter how you look at that place, it can't be beaten down in a day or two.
Chen Ran touched Shen Leng with his shoulder: "Really ask the general to send the food the day after tomorrow?" ”
Shen Leng glanced at him: "Before the battle, cowardice." ”
Chen Ran pointed to Dongyao Island: "Two days, how can it be defeated?" Not to mention that there is only one waterway close to Dongyao Island, and if the warship enters it, it will be smashed to pieces by the stone-throwing truck of the Qiuli people on Dongyao Island, even if it enters......"
He looked at the place where he climbed the mountain: "Look at that path, it's not called a road at all, the slope is too steep, I heard that General Du led an army of 8,000 three times to attack and failed, and two of them rushed to the island, but the steep slope of the mountain can't be formed at all, and the small team goes up, and is completely exposed to the crossbow arrows of the people who seek to stand up. ”
Shen Leng asked, "What did you say in the first sentence just now?" ”
Chen Ran recalled: "How can it be fought in two days? ”
"One day."
Shen Leng said: "It has been the fifth day since we left Nanping City, today I want to see the terrain, tomorrow to attack, there is only one day, there is no cover, there is one thing you remember, the day after tomorrow there will be news that the military rations will be delivered and the soldiers must not be told to the soldiers, they only know that the military rations will be gone tomorrow." ”
Chen Ran: "Does it work?" ”
Shen Leng: "Maybe it works, but even if it doesn't work, the food will arrive the day after tomorrow." ”
Chen Ran thought about it for a while, and it was the same thing: "Okay, I promise not to say it." ”
Shen Leng snorted: "Put down a small boat, I'll go and see the terrain." ”
A centipede clipper was put down on the Fubo warship, Shen Leng took Chen Ran and a ten-person team of relatives on the boat, the tea master also wanted to come up, Shen Leng said that he was not allowed to say anything, and the tea master naturally would not argue with Shen Leng in front of the soldiers, so he had to stay on the shore and watch.
The soldiers rowed the boat into the sea, the terrain of this place is really weird to the extreme, I have to say that the magic of nature's creation is shocking, there is only one waterway about twenty zhang wide to enter the island, and the width is not the same waterway and winds forward, both sides are large and small reefs have been spreading to the bottom of Dongyao Island, the big reef can accommodate four or five people to stand on it, the small reef is just a little out of the water, but it is too dense, not to mention that the Fubo warship is not able to pass through the reef even if it is a centipede clipper.
When Shen Leng waved his hand to signal the boat to stop when he was about to reach Dongyao Island along the waterway, it was about a mile more than a mile away from Dongyao Island, and then it was the shooting of the catapult, and a boulder flew over, and the centipede clipper could be shot into small pieces.
He raised his clairvoyance to look at the side of Dongyao Island, there is a small piece of beach where he can land, and the big boat can't get close to the color of the water, and the boat should be able to row all the way to the beach, but the area of the beach is so small that it can only accommodate more than 100 people.
General Du, who was under Haisha, was able to break through this place three times in a row, not that he didn't do his best.
Chen Ran shook his head: "Even if our people take a small boat and rush to the shore in one go, that small piece of beach is the enemy's shooting range." ”
"Reduce the number of centipede clippers."
Shen Leng frowned and pondered: "Each centipede clipper can transport up to sixteen people, and with the weight of the ship, it can't get up at a speed lower than eight people. ”
Chen Ran: "There won't be many clippers that could have come close, and the number of people should be reduced?" ”
"Up to nine people."
Shen Leng calculated in his mind, and looked at the centipede clipper under his feet: "Six people rowing, three people between these six people, one person apart, the duty of the three people is to raise the shield, counting the weight of the big shield of nine people is already the limit, if the full configuration plus the weight of the shield The centipede clipper draft is too deep, even if the stone-throwing car of the Qiu Liren can't hit, the waves will easily lead to capsizing." ”
Chen Ran: "But it's useless to have few people going up, assuming that ten centipede clippers can all dock, and there are only one hundred and sixty people when they are full, and there are at least about 1,400 defenders on the island, maybe more, what's the point of 150 people attacking?" If the number of people is reduced, there will be no more than ninety people on ten clippers on the shore......"
"The beach can accommodate up to 100 people."
Shen Leng said: "After counting the number of people, ninety people are the most suitable." ”
Chen Ran looked at Shen Leng incredulously: "You don't want to bring only ninety people up?" ”
"Bring eighty-nine, I'll count one."
Shen Leng waved his hand: "Go back." ”
Chen Ran asked, "Then what are you doing now?" ”
Shen sneered: "Gather people together and fight." ”
"A fight?"
"yes, a fight."
On Dongyao Island, the leader of this remnant army is called Ruan Zaixi, who was originally a four-rank general of the Qiuli Water Division, and later after the main force of the Qiuli Water Division was defeated, he took a remnant of the army to retreat to the west coast of Qiuli, wandering between the counties, and still could not resist the attack of the Daning soldiers under the exhaustion of the struggle, and survived in the cracks, and then even the cracks were gone.
Another remnant of more than 3,000 people was defeated, and more than 400 people escaped to his side, and he led a team of more than 1,000 people to snatch a group of fishing boats and go to sea to land on Dongyao Island.
Relying on the terrain to defend and difficult to attack, he has been entrenched in Dongyao Island for nearly two years, and even the Daning soldiers have not been able to attack him several times, Ruan Zaixi became more and more proud, not long ago he proclaimed himself to be the governor of the three armies, the protector of the country, the team of more than 1,000 people, the second rank of the general he sealed dozens of them, not to mention the third grade and the fourth grade, any soldier has the rank of captain of the sixth grade.
He even thought about establishing himself as emperor.
Standing on the reef, Ruan Zaisi raised his clairvoyance to look at the opposite coast, and had already noticed that the Ning army was coming, and the people on the entire Dongyao Island were all on guard, even if they had held it three times, they still didn't dare to really take it lightly.
"Such a little person?"
Nguyen Jae-si put down his clairvoyance and couldn't believe what he saw.
There are only five Fubo warships on the shore of the land, counting the centipede clippers hanging on both sides of the Fubo warship, the size of this team is also surprisingly small, even if it is full, the configuration of five Fubo warships will not be higher than a battalion of soldiers and horses, that is, 1,200 people.
The previous general Ning Jun besieged with 8,000 people many times and failed to take his Dongyao Island, what do these 1,200 people want to do now?
"The Grand Governor."
Sun Guangming, the second-rank general under him, pointed to where Ning Jun was: "What do you think they are doing?" ”
Ruan Zaixi raised his clairvoyance and continued to look over, and then he was also stunned.
The soldiers on the other side are actually fighting?
It's not like a fight, a one-on-one competition, and the fight is still very intense.
"You're here to show off your might?"
Sun Guangming's face was confused: "Looking at the scale of the people fighting on the beach, it should be all the strength of this team, judging that there are definitely less than a thousand people, and the subordinates look like six or seven hundred people." ”
"Aren't you going to hit us?"
Ruan Zaixi really didn't understand what Ning Jun meant, he only came with a few hundred people, and he didn't attack when he came, there was a small boat that tried to get close to Dongyao Island before, but it stopped at a distance of one and a half miles, it should be spying on the terrain of Dongyao Island, since it was already snooping, it means that they were going to fight, but why did their own people fight first?
Sun Guangming: "Maybe...... Are they here to play? ”
Ruan Jae-si: "Riding a warship and playing here? ”
Sun Guangming said: "Although I don't understand what the Ning people want to do, you can't be careless, the metropolitan governor should order everyone to be vigilant and vigilant, and divide the troops to the back of the island to inspect, although there are at least seventy or eighty zhang cliffs behind, except for this waterway, there are reefs that cannot be approached at all, but it is also necessary to guard against it." ”
"I know."
Ruan Zaixi said: "Ordered to debug the stone-throwing truck to aim at the waterway, and if someone approached, it would sink immediately, and divide the team into three teams to take turns on duty." ”
"Yes."
Sun Guangming responded, and subconsciously raised his clairvoyance to look at the other side, there was still a fight over there, and all the soldiers of the Ning army were scuffling in one place, and the fighting style was very rough and chaotic.
On this side of the coast, Shen Leng sat under the tree and raised his head to look at Chen Ran, Chen Ran cut a few coconuts from the tree and threw them down, the coconuts fell on the beach and smashed a hole, Shen Leng reached out and picked up one, scraped the skin with the scabbard of a small hunting knife, and changed the dagger to sweep and cut off a piece, Chen Ran came down from the tree, Shen Leng handed the sharpened one to Chen Ran, Chen Ran smiled: "Thank you, thank you." ”
Shen Leng: "Help me send it to your eldest brother." ”
Chen Ran: "......"
The tea master was helping to distribute the supplies from a distance, Chen Ran went over to the tea master with a coconut, looked back, Shen Leng cut another one and put it next to him, obviously it was given, and ran back again, sitting down next to Shen Leng and holding a coconut to drink.
"It's cool, it's not bad."
Chen Ran smashed his mouth: "Why do you let everyone fight?" ”
"Choose the last remaining people to follow me."
Chen Ran: "What about me?" ”
"I don't take you."
Shen Leng peeled a coconut and drank: "You stay here as support." ”
Chen Ran glared: "Why! ”
Shen Leng: "You stare again?" ”
Chen Ran immediately softened: "I'm your pro-soldier team, how can I not go up." ”
"You help me watch the tea master."
Shen Leng glanced at the tea master and lowered his voice: "If there is any accident with me when I bring someone up, the tea master will go crazy...... Do you know why I'm in a hurry to have a child with the tea master? Because I know very well that if something happens to me, Cha Ye will not live alone, her world is very small, only Mr. and I, after having two children, she will not do stupid things, even if I die, there are children with her. ”
Chen Ran: "What nonsense are you talking about!" ”
Shen Leng shrugged his shoulders: "Of course I don't want to die, but I have to think about it...... You stay here, if the people I bring fail to attack, you stop her, she will go crazy, don't let her go, don't go, after I die, I'm just a dead corpse, what's the use of snatching the dead body back? You have to send her back to Chang'an. ”
Shen Leng got up, patted the sand on his buttocks, and then squeezed out a fart at Chen Ran's face.
"You have to live, the tea master has to live, no matter how small a war is, it is also a war, and I am ready to die in every battle."
Shen Leng let out a long breath: "Brother, I still have to rely on you." ”
Chen Ran took a deep breath.
"It fucking stinks."
Shen Leng: "Nonsense, coconut-flavored, refreshing and cool, it's really not bad." ”