After the news of Rongshugou's victory broke, many young people in the surrounding villages of Changxi Village asked to join the escort team of Changxi Village, after all, these villages had also been looted and mutilated by pirates before. The escort team composed of fifty villagers of Changxi Village took primitive and simple bamboo guns or wooden guns, and under the leadership of the little fairy, they wiped out more than 200 murderous pirates, and the escort team was too powerful! For a time, the prestige of the escort force was in full swing, and some villages in Funing, Fujian, which was far away from Changxi Village, had young people running over and asking to join the escort force to protect their fellow villagers in their villages. Although the pirate gang of Ichigo Yamamoto and Taro Kato was wiped out, there were still many pirates composed of various people in the waters of Fukuning and on the islands, and the threat of pirates has always existed.

For the expansion of the escort team, Xia Xue and Li Jing are both in favor, and it is also what Xia Xue has been looking forward to. After all, Xia Xue and Li Jing's goal is not just to stay in the small place of Changxi Village all the time, they are both people with great ambitions.

However, it is still better to be fine than indiscriminate, "elite soldier thinking", and it is still necessary to go through layers of strict selection to enter the formal escort team, and ordinary people can only enter the escort team after passing the physical fitness test for training and practice. Therefore, the members of the official guard team are the idols of the young people of almost the entire Funing countryside, and those who are fortunate enough to become the official members of the guard team feel extremely proud and honored. All the backup team members have worked hard and hope to enter the official escort team as soon as possible.

More than a month later, the number of members of the official escort team has reached 200, and the number of members of the supplementary escort team has reached 500, an increase of more than ten times compared with before. Xia Xue was elected by everyone as the captain of the escort team, and Li Jing was the deputy captain. Red Whisk Girl, Bearded Guest, Ouyang Yong, and Ouyang Qian were respectively team leaders, Dugu Jun and Pan Jiang were appointed as the team leaders and deputy leaders of the black-clothed guards who specialized in special tasks such as reconnaissance and attacks, and Zhao Ning, Zhao Feng, Zhao Quan, Sima Chao, and Wu Lei were appointed as the team leaders of the escort team.

The official guards are now each holding regular weapons, spears, waist knives, etc., which is very imposing. The backup team members basically still use primitive and simple bamboo guns or wooden guns. However, in order to guard against bow and arrow attacks, Xia Xue asked the villagers to make some wooden shields and rattan shields out of wooden planks and rattan sticks. Xia Xue also used her knowledge and skills in mechanical manufacturing to make some simple and practical bows and crossbows from local raw materials such as bamboo, making up for the lack of long-range weapons in the escort team.

Xia Xue also knew that with the rudimentary equipment of the Changxi Village Guard, it was okay to fight pirates and bandits, but it was impossible to fight the well-equipped regular army, and the regular army soldiers were all wearing iron armor, and ordinary spears could not pierce it, let alone primitive bamboo guns or wooden guns. The regular army was generally armed with a large number of bows and arrows, and the rudimentary wooden and rattan shields of the guards could not be defended at all. If you encounter a cavalry unit again, it will be like an egg hitting a stone. Therefore, how to improve the equipment of the escort team as soon as possible is the most urgent thing for Xia Xue at present.

After the number of people increased, Xia Xue basically did not participate in the training of the escort team and the backup team, and gave full authority to Li Jing, the "god of war" of the Tang Dynasty. Li Jing sometimes asked outstanding elements such as Dugujun, Pan Jiang, Zhao Ning, Zhao Feng, Zhao Quan, Sima Chao, and Wu Lei to assist him in training these "recruits".

The rocks pierced the air, the waves crashed on the shore, and thousands of piles of snow were rolled up. The sea breeze is howling, Xia Xue stands on the abrupt rocks by the sea in Sansha Bay, her black hair fluttering in the wind, and her clear eyes reveal infinite pride. The gloomy cloud feet on the horizon are getting lower and lower, and against the background of the foggy clouds in the sky, her tall and slender figure is becoming more and more flexible and powerful, and her beautiful and dusty face is full of heroism, like a fierce feather and colorful phoenix.

Looking at the vigorous guards on the training ground, Xia Xue had a real sense of security and steadfastness for the first time after coming to this world. This sense of security cannot be given by money, by others, by status.

In troubled times, having an armed team that is loyal to oneself and belongs to oneself can bring oneself a real sense of security and steadfastness, and make oneself feel greater strength and self-confidence. With their own team, then there will be their own foothold, no matter at any time, talent is the first element, with people, with talent, there will be everything.

At present, although the escort team cannot be called an army and is still a young sapling, Xia Xue believes that this young sapling will definitely grow into a towering tree in the future; This weak team will definitely develop and grow in the future and become an "iron army" that shocks all directions. She will lead this "iron army" to carve out a new world of her own in the world of men competing for hegemony.

With the protection of the escort team, Changxi Village and the surrounding villages have gradually seen the return of fleeing people, and many abandoned lands have been recultivated, and there is a thriving scene. In addition, a lot of pirate ships were seized, and Xia Xue asked the bearded guest to buy a lot of new fishing nets, the number of marine fish caught in Changxi Village has increased greatly, the nutritional supplement of the villagers has been greatly improved compared to before, and people's faces have gradually become healthy and rosy, and everyone is full of confidence in the future better life.

However, Xia Xue felt that after the escort team became more and more crowded, the funds she carried became more and more tight, and the one hundred taels of gold and five hundred taels of silver that Li Shimin sent her were about to be exhausted after purchasing food, medicine, weapons, etc. It seems that the economy is the foundation of everything, money, money, money, and now Xia Xue's desire for money is extremely strong.

After a few days of hard thinking, Xia Xue suddenly found a shortcut to get rich quickly in troubled times: "Black eats black!" - Attack and loot pirates' sea bases. "There is a saying in troubled times: those who farm the land are not as good as those who do business, those who do business are not as good as those who rob, and those who rob are not as good as those who eat black. Now is the troubled times, and it is very chaotic, and I now have the capital of "black eating black" - the escort team, which has the ability to "eat black and black" through violent means to get rich quickly! It seems that in troubled times, force is the fastest way to obtain wealth.

The idea is certain, just do it. Xia Xue immediately summoned Li Jing, Red Whisk Girl, Qiu Bearded Ke, Ouyang Brother and Sister, Dugu Jun, Pan Jiang, the three Zhao brothers, Sima Chao, Wu Lei and others to a meeting to discuss the matter of "black eating black".

As soon as everyone heard Xia Xue's proposal, they were immediately extremely excited, firstly, they all felt that the economic difficulties of the Changxi Village Escort Corps, and secondly, they also wanted to take the initiative to attack the pirates, and eliminate all the pirates and pirates in the waters and islands of Funing, Fujian, and never suffer from future troubles.

After Xia Xue and Li Jing, the head of the escort team and others discussed, they decided to carry out a sneak attack on the pirate nest entrenched by Taro Kato and Ichigo Yamamoto - Yuanshan Island, after the death of Taro Kato and Ichigo Yamamoto, there were more than 300 pirates stationed in the castle on the island to defend, and most of the looted property was hidden on Yuanshan Island. The pirates on the island come from various countries such as the Sui Dynasty, Fuso, Ryukyu, Java, Annam, Siam, Vientiane, Burma, Chenla, Sumatra, Borneo, Luzon, Xianlan, Malaysia, etc. The castle on the island was built by some of the great chambers of commerce engaged in maritime trade during the Sui Dynasty to repair the fleet and store goods, and was later invaded by the pirates led by Taro Kato and Ichigo Yamamoto, and became the largest maritime base for the pirates.

Yuanshan Island, also known as Fuyao Island, means "blessed land, beautiful jade". With a diameter of 5 kilometers and an area of 21 square kilometers, it is the largest island in Funing. It is 18 nautical miles away from Sansha Bay, with a land area of 28 square kilometers and a coastline of 30 kilometers.

Yushan Island is rich in fresh water resources, and there are waterfalls formed by fresh water. There are two lakes on Yushan Island, one is "Datian Lake" and the other is "Xiaotian Lake", and these two freshwater lakes are collectively known as the "Double Pearls" of Yushan Island. The area of Datian Lake is more than 1,000 acres, the area of Xiaotian Lake is more than 200 acres, the two lakes are separated by more than 1,000 meters, each has a spring, it is inexhaustible all the year round, the water is as clear as a mirror, the water quality is sweet, and it is crystal clear. The slopes around the lake are gentle, and there are 10,000 acres of grassland with the reputation of "Southern Tianshan". The island is densely vegetated and is home to thousands of seagulls and other migratory birds. The island is full of vegetation, suitable climate and sufficient rainfall, which can really be described as a "blessed treasure island". The eastern part of Yuanshan Island has a water depth of more than 40 meters, and it is a natural port to dock. Not only is there a lot of warehouses on the island, but there is also a fortress with a circumference of 400 paces, which can be described as an easy place to defend and difficult to attack.

The sea shrouded in night is like an infinite sea of stars. The roaring cold sea came from all directions, unstoppable. The dinghy floats on the undulating sea, like a meteorite wandering in the ocean of stars. A strong man of about twenty-five years of age, tall in stature, with a nose and deep eyes like those of a European, with a crimson curly beard and hair, and holding a broadsword with a long handle with blades on both sides, stood at the bow of the boat, and the sea breeze ruffled his crimson hair and curly beard. He is the captain of the fleet that attacked the pirate's lair, the bearded guest, who had been engaged in maritime trade business at sea for many years before, and was relatively good at navigation, so Xia Xue appointed him as the commander of the naval army that attacked the pirate's lair on Yushan Island, responsible for the training of the navy and the sneak attack on the sea.

In this operation, Xia Xue specially selected 300 escorts who are familiar with water and 100 special guards who are trained by themselves-black guards. Most of the villages in Changxi Village and Funing are close to the sea, so most of the villagers are familiar with water, and these people will be good seedlings of the navy and navy in the future. In order to increase combat effectiveness and reduce casualties, the participants were given priority to be equipped with standard weapons, and the black-clothed guards were also distributed with simple crossbow arrows made of bamboo and other raw materials by Xia Xue, and some key team members were also equipped with protective equipment such as armor and helmets.

At the headquarters of the Changxi Village Guards, Xia Xue asked Li Jing and Ouyang Yong, who was seasick and not good at water, to stay together. She and the bearded man spent all day at sea training the escorts participating in the sneak attack operation, including boat steering, naval combat, night raids, landings, etc., and they were very busy. The warship used twenty-five pirate ships captured from the Japanese pirates led by Taro Kato and Ichigo Yamamoto, and some of them were quite large.

The bearded guest stroked his red hair and curly beard that were blown by the sea breeze with his hand, and said to Xia Xue with some concern, "Yuanshan Island is heavily guarded, and there is a strong fortress, and there are three hundred pirate guards. In the past few years, there have been countless pirates and pirates who have wanted to fight the idea of Yushan Island. But so far, there has never been a person who has successfully captured Yuanshan Island. The year before last, there was a well-known pirate gang near Funing, the "Skeleton King", who gathered a joint pirate fleet of seven or eight pirate strongholds nearby, more than 200 ships, and nearly 3,000 pirate pirates on a dark and windy night. The island's pirate guards withstood the repeated attacks of thousands of pirates and pirates with their castles, crossbow beds, catapults, and crossbows. After a few days of hard fighting, all the "Skeletron" pirate gang were killed, and most of the thousands of pirates and pirates also sank to the bottom of the sea, and only a small number of people managed to escape in the form of birds and beasts. ”

Xia Xue frowned and said, "In this way, it is almost impossible to capture Yuanshan Island?" ”