Shi Luosheng asked: "Guo Taishou seems to be also very concerned about overseas affairs, this time we will go to rescue Penglai, do you have any suggestions?" ”

Guo Xu said directly: "In a head-to-head showdown, we have no chance of winning." If we want to defeat the Qi naval army, it is not enough to rely on our strength, we have to unite other forces. In addition to the five countries on the mainland, there are many small forces overseas, and I believe that the general also saw this and suggested that His Majesty form a naval army. In addition to the naval armies of the Song and Yan countries in the waters near us, there are also four relatively powerful pirate forces, namely Li Zhixi of Boracay Island, Huang Songsheng of Xiachuan Island, Niu Qingyuan of Shangchuan Island, and Shi Pre of Changxing Island. ”

When talking about Changxing Island, Guo Xu glanced at Shi Luosheng intentionally or unintentionally, and continued: "The first three forces have existed in this area for more than ten years, or even decades, and only the last Changxing Island has only been established for a year or two, but it has already had the momentum of catching up. Recently, there have been many masters on the island, and in terms of high-end combat power, they are the strongest of the four forces. If the general can persuade these four forces to fight together, then it is not impossible to defeat the Qi State Water Army, but it is not easy to convince them to fight, after all, the behemoth of Qi State is not something pirates like them can afford to provoke. ”

Shi Luosheng nodded silently: "They don't dare to provoke the Qi Kingdom, is it easy for our Great Song Kingdom to provoke?" If we want to convince them, the best way is to let them see our strength, let them see that we have the possibility of winning, and only in this way can we tie them to this warship of my Great Song. ”

"General, the grain and grass have been moved to the ship, and we can leave at any time." Just as the two were talking, Dong Liang ran over to report to Shi Luosheng.

"Okay, let's go now." After saying goodbye to Guo Xu, everyone boarded the warship and sailed away from Xianghu Port.

"Dong Liang, when we pass by Changxing Island later, you have someone put a small boat down to find Mr. Shi, and ask him to send the eighth general of the day with ten warships to follow us." After getting on the boat, Shi Luosheng quietly instructed Dong Liangdao.

Dong Liang nodded, turned around and went to arrange people. Shi Luosheng asked Wang Lun again: "Mr. just listened to Guo Taishou's words, do you have any suggestions for this rescue of Penglai?" ”

Wang Lun lowered his head and pondered for a while and said: "Guo Taishou's analysis makes sense, but in addition to our own Changxing Island, if we want to persuade the other three forces, we can only use our strength to speak, if we find the door now, the three of them will definitely not take care of us, only if we fight with the Qi army first, and have the upper hand, they will have the possibility of sending troops." ”

Shi Luosheng said: "Yan State envoy Cheng Bu said about the situation of the Qi army, our troops and ships are at a disadvantage, now we can only make a fuss about speed, I will ask Dong Liang to prepare ten speedboats, do not bring any weight except for the necessary personnel, and when we arrive in Penglai, I will go to meet Jiang Huanyan first." ”

Three days later, the Song warship arrived at Penglai Port, and Shi Luosheng and Jiang Huanyan made an appointment to meet at sea.

Shi Luosheng and Liu Zixuan came to the sea early with ten speedboats to wait, Jiang Huanyan didn't let Shi Luosheng wait for a long time, and after a stick of incense, he also appeared with thirty warships, including three three-story warships.

Jiang Huanyan spoke first: "You are Shi Luosheng?" My fourth brother is full of praise for you, but I didn't expect you and I to have a chance to meet on the battlefield today. But I don't understand, why do you Song Guo want to wade into this troubled water, do you really think that your warship can save Penglai? ”

Shi Luosheng said: "The three princes will not know that half a year ago, our Great Song Dynasty issued a statement that our Great Song Dynasty and Yan State are allies, and if any country wants to use troops against Yan State, we will also use various forms to participate in the war, including military operations." ”

Jiang Huanyan said with a smile: "Haha, it seems that your Song Kingdom has been a little too smooth in the past two years, so smooth that you Song Emperors can't recognize the current situation in the world." Originally, our Daqi and your Song Kingdom have always been well water and do not interfere with river water, but this time you dare to take the initiative to challenge us, or give you a lesson, and in the future, we will be a paper tiger in our Daqi. ”

Shi Luosheng said: "The words of the third prince are not right, on the surface, our Great Song Dynasty and your Qi Kingdom are well water and do not violate river water, but that is only before you destroy the Yan Kingdom." The heart of your Qi country to unify the five kingdoms is known to the whole world, if the Yan country is destroyed, can our Great Song Dynasty still be able to keep it? As for the three princes saying that they want to teach us a lesson, it just so happens that this is also the first time that our Great Song Dynasty Navy has participated in actual combat, and I have heard for a long time that the three princes are proficient in naval warfare, so today I just follow Your Highness to learn well. ”

Jiang Huanyan said angrily: "Since General Shi wants to learn from me, then I will also teach you two tricks generously, let you see the power of my Great Qi Naval Army, and kill me." ”

Without saying a word, Jiang Huanyan took the warship and killed him. Shi Luosheng hurriedly ordered to retreat, this time Shi Luosheng's original plan was to test whether the speedboat on his side had a speed advantage over the warships of the Qi Kingdom.

Sure enough, as Shi Luosheng expected, although the size and number of warships of the Great Song Dynasty Navy were not as good as those of the Qi State Navy, it was precisely because of the small size of the ship that Shi Luosheng deliberately lost his load, and speed became the only advantage.

Jiang Huanyan saw that he had never caught up after chasing for a while, and he also knew that he did not have an advantage in speed, so he ordered to stop the pursuit.

Shi Luosheng took the speedboat back to the Great Song Water Village, and after trying just now, Shi Luosheng already had a plan in his heart.

Shi Luosheng first asked Xun Yuqing to take people to the nearby shore to buy crude oil, arrows and crossbows, and strong bows, and then asked Dong Liang to select some soldiers with excellent arm strength in the army.

Wang Lun, who was beside him, saw Shi Luosheng's arrangement and roughly guessed his intentions: "The general really has a good plan, select some soldiers with excellent arm strength, and then use the advantage of the speed of the speedboat to open the distance and attack the Qi army with a strong bow, but how is the crude oil that the general wants to use?" ”

Shi Luosheng said his plan with a smile, and everyone was overjoyed when they heard it.

In the evening, Ling Zhen also arrived with the eight generals of the day and some of the newly collected good hands of Changxing Island, originally Shi Zhen did not plan to let Ling Zhen come over in person, but Ling Zhen insisted on rushing to thank Shi Luosheng because of Tian Yulong's matter. Although the news outside spread that Tian Yulong died violently due to a sudden illness, Ling Zhen knew that it was Shi Luosheng who forced Tian Yulong to death with a trick, and he had to take revenge, so he had to come over in person to thank him for everything.

A few people exchanged greetings again, and Shi Luosheng said: "Teacher Ling came just in time, compared with the Qi State Water Army, in addition to our advantages in speed, we also have advantages in high-end combat power, with these two advantages, we can win Jiang Huanyan first." ”

Shi Luosheng told Ling Zhen and the others about his plan for the afternoon again, Ling Zhen silently listened and asked some questions, and everyone deduced it again and again until they could no longer find a flaw.

Among the few people present, Ling Zhen had fought the most battles, and he was still under Deng Yuanjue, taught by Deng Yuanjue, if it wasn't for Tian Yulong's framing later, Ling Zhen should be the second person in the Song military after Deng Yuanjue.

In the past year, Ling Zhen has also fought a lot of naval battles in order to exterminate the pirates near Changxing Island, and he is the only person on the scene who understands naval warfare. This time Ling Zhenneng came to the battlefield in person, and Shi Luosheng was a little more sure of defeating the Qi army.