On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, the Dragon Boat Festival, a festival that has been passed down in China for thousands of years, this day is destined to be an extraordinary day, which will go down in history and be known by future generations about what happened today.

In the morning, the sky was slightly bright, the waves crashed against the shores of Lantau Island, splashing the waves, all the sound of the noise, in this quiet early morning, its voice was so crisp and bright, the patrol of the Black Flag gang disappeared, hiding in a corner, lazy, snoring and sleeping. At this moment, there was a rush in the silent air.

"Wake up, wake up, wake up, don't you say that you will sleep in turns, I haven't slept for a while, why did you fall asleep?"

"What, don't shake it, I've been tossing all night, I'm so sleepy that I can't open my eyelids, don't call me, brother, just let me sleep a little longer, okay?"

"Still sleeping? Hurry up, it's almost dawn, and the person who will replace us in a moment should be almost there. If the military advisor comes to inspect the post during the period, none of us can afford to take care of it, and we can't eat and walk around. ”

"Well, it's okay, don't worry, the sky is just slightly bright, the military division only left in the middle of the night yesterday, and now it should still be in the warm quilt, snoring and sleeping, who is okay to run here in the morning, the military division will not come, rest assured."

"The wind is blowing and howling, making people feel upset, and sleep for a while. The brother who took over the post came and called me. ”

Eventually, the urging disappeared and was replaced by the sound of snoring, echoing around, the waves still crashing against the rocks, and seagulls began to appear, chirping, weaving between the sea and Lantau Island in search of food.

At this time, the sails of the ships slowly appeared in the southwest direction of Lantau Island, and they came quietly, without any pirates noticing, more and more, and then the warships slowly appeared one by one, divided into two parts, left and right, and sailed towards Ma Wan on Lantau Island. Gradually, the two groups of warships approached one and the other headed northeast, aiming for Chek Lek Kok near Lantau Island.

On the battleship Raphael of the Royal Portuguese Fleet, Fernand stood on the deck, leaning on the railing, holding a telescope, calmly looking at Lantau Island, looking for Ma Wan, observing the distribution of batteries on the island and the deployment of pirates.

At the moment of the first glance, seeing the dense cannons along the shore of Lantau Island, pointing in all directions, Fernand's heart trembled, and the secret road was going to be a fierce battle today, and it would be extremely tragic.

Gradually, as Fernand slowly moved the telescope, his stern face became more and more relaxed, and finally turned into a rich color of excitement, his heart was inexplicably excited, and while looking in the direction of Lantau Island, he kept waving one hand and yelled: "Hurry, speed up the voyage, hurry!" Artillery ready, shells loaded, ready to fire at any time! ”

A series of cyclic tight urgings, the soldiers on the ship immediately took action, and then entered their respective posts. At the same time, the flag bearers quickly climbed the mast, stood at the highest point and moved quickly, neatly and crisply, in various postures, issued flags, notified the other eight warships, waited for orders at any time, and entered the state of attack.

The Royal Fleet was speeding up, but it was already summer, and it was the east wind at this time, which limited the speed of the warships, and it was much slower than usual. The nearby Cantonese sailors were also speeding up, much slower than the Portuguese fleet, and the quality of the men on the warships was also uneven, with different performances, some of them were in a hurry to find their respective positions, and their faces were still sleepy-eyed and loose; Some of them move quickly and arrive at their place in an instant.

While Lantau Island was still quiet, the southwest direction was already filled with a strong smell of gunsmoke, and the air was tense and a war was about to break out. As the fleet got closer to Lantau Island, the aura became thicker and more dignified. Whether it was the Royal Portuguese Fleet or the Cantonese Naval Division, all of them held their breath, their nerves were highly tense, and they let the sea breeze tear their faces.

In the cottage of the Black Flag Gang near Phoenix Mountain, in the hut on the side of the discussion hall, a person suddenly rose up, and woke up from his sleep in an instant, his face was full of sweat, he was panting, and his chest was rising and falling.

His lips were dry, the military advisor couldn't help but swallow his saliva, slowly got off the bed, walked to the coffee table, stood there in white pajamas, took the teapot, and drank it directly, his face was still covered with sweat, as the tea entered his throat, invaded the spleen and lungs, and his heaving chest gradually slowed down.

After his emotions eased somewhat, the military advisor gently stroked his chest, which was still a little ploppy, and said to himself weakly: "I hope it won't happen, it's just a nightmare." ”

While saying these words, the military advisor couldn't help but look out the window, saw that the sky was gray, and sighed lightly: "Fortunately, I woke up and didn't delay the time to patrol the sentry." ”

Out of the prudence and habit of a strategist, this military advisor would get up early every morning, whether in normal times or on the day of battle, and go to various fort posts to check the patrol situation and ensure that Lantau Island would not be destroyed by carelessness.

After washing up and changing clothes, the military advisor and two pirates began to patrol the main roads. The two pirates were both confidants of the military advisor, and one of them asked with concern, "Advisor, why don't you eat breakfast and then make your rounds?" A little earlier, playing for a while, and it doesn't have any effect? With the defense of our Black Flag Gang on Lantau Island, even if there is an invading enemy, it will not be lost in a short period of time, and there will be no problems? ”

"Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, since we are in the pirate business, we must always be careful and keep a cautious heart. Otherwise, in the end, you don't even know what happened when you die? ”

"No~ Strategist, our Black Flag Gang is also a dignified gang on the sea, except for the Red Flag Gang who can fight with us for a long time, who would dare to find other forces and attack our Lantau Island?"

"Xiao Xu, don't despise any enemy, otherwise, it means that you are not far from death. We are all licking blood from the knife edge, and we may face any emergencies and disasters at any time, and if we are not careful, we will sleep in the ground, sink into the deep sea, and become food for fish. ”

Listening to the story of the military advisor, the accompanying pirates felt that the second master was too pessimistic and complicated things. Despite this, he was still very surrendered to this god-like military advisor, although he didn't understand why he thought so, but he also kept it in his heart.

With his back to the accompanying pirates, he seemed to be able to feel the thoughts of the people behind him, so he spoke again and asked slowly, "Do you know Zheng Yi?" ”

"Strategist, are you talking about the husband of Zheng Yi's sister-in-law, the female gang leader of the Red Flag Gang, is that Zheng Yi?"

"Yes, it's him. Not long after you joined the Black Flag Gang, you may not know some things, only the name of Zheng Yi's sister-in-law, but not the prestige of Zheng Yi. ”

"Say it quickly, say it quickly, Strategist, we only knew that there was such a No. 1 person before, and we really didn't know much about it, Strategist, you can talk about it, anyway, it won't affect our inspection."

"Okay, I'll tell you about it."

"I think at the beginning, our Black Flag Gang and the other five gangs of red, yellow, blue, white, and purple formed a pirate connection, advanced and retreated together, and resisted the Qing army and foreign coalition forces together, this pirate alliance was promoted by Zheng Yi, and he was the leader of the alliance."

Speaking of this, the military advisor showed a hint of admiration, admiration, this emotion only lasted for a moment, and then recovered, and when he was about to continue to tell, there was a sudden rumbling sound from the southwest, which resounded over the entire Lantau Island, and the whole island had a feeling of shaking.

Boom!

Bang bang!

The sound of the cannon was still ringing, more and more violent, but in an instant, the military division immediately came to his senses and immediately rushed away, running to the southwest, the Mawan defense line.

"Quick, keep up, see what's going on in the southwest?" (To be continued.) )