Chapter 123: If you go outside, you must first settle inside
After everything was ready, Deng Shichang commanded the main force of the Qin army's naval division to carry Wang Zhi and more than 300 of his cronies and 3,000 elite soldiers of the Qin army pretending to be Wang Zhi's command to Black Dragon Island, Wang Zhi's lair.
The island, which originally belonged to the Japanese Aoki Jiro, has now been transformed into a maritime military base for the Qin army, and has been temporarily named the island of extermination.
My lair and Wang Zhi's lair are about 500 nautical miles south of the island.
If the ship sails downwind, it will take about two days to arrive. If you drive against the wind, it's not easy to say, it depends on the strength of the wind.
Fortunately, the journey was quite a tailwind, so after two days of sailing, the outline of Black Dragon Island could already be seen.
The area of Black Dragon Island is much larger than that of Extinction Island, and according to Wang Zhi, the area of Black Dragon Island is almost the size of five or six of Extinction Island.
In addition, there is a volcano on this island, I don't know if it is a dormant volcano or an extinct volcano, but because of the volcanic ash ejected by the volcano eruption many years ago, this land on this island is very fertile.
Therefore, Wang Zhi not only stationed a large number of Japanese pirates on this island, but also thousands of Ming people he captured from the coast to cultivate and plant for him.
Not only rice is grown, but even various vegetables are cultivated, and various livestock are raised.
The facilities and defense facilities on Black Dragon Island are also much better than those set up by Aoki Jiro's Japanese robbers.
On the east and west sides of the island, there are one pier each, which are much stronger than the docks on the original island and can accommodate many ships at the same time. These two marinas are also located on two of the best harbours on the island, providing natural shelter from the wind.
In the southwest and northeast of the island, this is relatively high ground, and there are tall watchtowers built on them.
Deng Shichang was on the flagship, and he saw the general appearance of the island through the clairvoyant mirror, and he also felt in his heart that this island was actually more suitable for being a maritime military base than the island of extermination.
And he made a cursory observation of some of the defensive measures arranged by Wang Zhi, and nodded slightly in his heart.
Although Wang Zhi is a hero, he does have some skills. Looking at the defensive measures it arranged, there are quite a few rules, and it is obviously not as unlearned as other pirates and pirates.
The Japanese ships cruising and guarding near Heilong Island also discovered the mighty fleet and quickly sent a signal to the island, and the watchtower on the island also discovered the mighty ship at this time and also sent a warning signal.
Soon the island sounded the sound of horns.
Deng Shichang could see from the clairvoyant mirror that the entire island was suddenly in chaos, and the figures were scattered and running.
However, all the ships of the Qin Army's sailors had already been replaced with Wang Zhi's flag, and sure enough, it didn't take long for the fleet to get closer, and the people on the island saw the flag on the ship clearly.
Sure enough, there was another gong sound, and the people on the island began to quiet down, and several boats came up to meet the fleet.
After exchanging flags between the two sides, the Japanese ships quickly turned around and headed for Black Dragon Island with their fleet.
The fleet of sailors was split into two and soon took control of the east and west piers of Heilong Island.
Three thousand soldiers of the Qin army, disguised as Wang Zhi's subordinates, quickly landed on the island.
The other guards who stayed behind looked at these people with strange equipment and strange faces, and although they had doubts in their hearts, they didn't think too much about it.
After all, Wang Zhi, as the king of the sea dragon, often has people who come to take refuge in him, so in the hearts of these widows, they think that this is another new person and horse on the road.
After 3,000 Qin soldiers landed on the island, they quickly occupied the island's two docks, as well as various high ground on the island.
And Wang Zhi also summoned his leaders to discuss the matter at the first time.
To do this great thing, it is necessary to unify the minds of all those under him.
If someone objects, then there is a good chance that the news will leak out and lead to a failure.
Moreover, Wang Zhi knew that there were several leaders under his command who were resolutely opposed to Zhao'an.
Putting it on the back burner, it's actually nothing. He himself was reluctant to be recruited by the imperial court.
But now he has nowhere to go. If these people don't cooperate and make trouble in private, then he himself will be implicated.
He didn't want to die, so he could only let others die.
Therefore, after Wang Zhi arrived with the big and small leaders, he first announced the news that he had exterminated Jiro Aoki and won a complete victory.
Sure enough, the big and small leaders below cheered, and all kinds of sycophants were sent one after another.
After everyone calmed down, Wang Zhi revealed that the king of Qin was now powerful, and according to the news he received, the king of Qin intended to form a sailor to start sweeping up the forces of the pirates and pirates on the sea, so he summoned all the leaders to announce the news of victory, and secondly, to discuss whether to consider returning to the imperial court.
Sure enough, as soon as the news came out, most of the leaders fell silent.
But a few people jumped out, spoke out against it, and scolded the court.
Among them, the most fierce opposition is the three chiefs and the six chiefs, these two people are brothers, and they have always been ruthless.
The most important thing is that these two people have a blood feud with the imperial court, and their whole family except for the brothers died at the hands of officers and soldiers, so as soon as they heard that Wang Zhi planned to defect to the imperial court, the brothers immediately opposed it in unison, and spoke disrespectfully and said a lot of ugly things.
Wang Zhi did not express his position immediately, but watched coldly.
Some of the other leaders did not immediately express their stance when they saw Wang Zhi, and some people who had always been dissatisfied with Wang Zhi or had ulterior motives also jumped out and began to echo him.
In the end, it developed to the point that more than a dozen of the forty or fifty leaders of all sizes stood up against the Gui'an court.
The others were basically silent, neither expressing support nor saying no, obviously looking at the direction of the wind.
Wang looked straight outside the gate, and he knew that the Qin soldiers guarding outside would not give him too long.
After all, Di Qing didn't give himself too much time for this plan.
Because this involved Jiangchuan's entire strategic deployment, it was impossible for the Qin army to spend too much time at sea and cause the overall strategy to be delayed, so it was necessary to fight quickly.
The noisy lobby that Wang looked at directly, these big and small leaders with their own thoughts, sighed in their hearts, and muttered in a voice that they could only hear: "Brothers, if you want to blame, blame yourself for not knowing the current affairs, don't blame me for being too ruthless." ”
Suddenly, Wang Zhi stood up and laughed loudly: "Good, very good!" The brothers who dare to oppose my Wang Zhi are all good. To live is to dare to speak the truth. Since this is the case, then I, Wang Zhi, will give you an explanation. ”
After finishing speaking, he slapped his palm three times.
The door to the council chamber slammed open.
A group of Qin soldiers dressed as wolves rushed in from outside the gate, their rifles all aimed at the big and small leaders who stood in the middle of the hall and stood up against them.
Except for those Wang Zhi's henchmen who knew in advance, the rest of them were stunned.
The third master came back to his senses first, looked at Wang Zhi angrily and shouted: "Big boss, what are you doing here?" Do you want to be cruel to your brothers? ”
Wang Zhi sighed and said: "I'm sorry brothers, I have decided to defect to the imperial court, and now I have served His Royal Highness the Regent, I have given you a chance, but unfortunately you don't want it." Since the brothers don't want to go down the same path as me, then I can only send you to the Huangquan Road. ”
With a wave of his hand, a crackling gunshot rang out, and more than a dozen big and small leaders who were impassioned just now all fell to the ground in an instant, and the blood quickly stained the entire lobby floor paved with blue bricks.