Two and a half months later, in Ningde County, on the other side of Hengyu Island, Li Cangxing, dressed in a yellow suit and masked in a yellow scarf, stood side by side with Qi Jiguang, who was fully draped, with four eyes blazing, looking at Hengyu Island in the distance.

Since Qi Jiguang's department was ordered to enter Fujian from Zhejiang half a month ago, this Ningde county has become the location of Qi Jiguang's temporary camp, and the people in the city have been resettled in a different place since the last time the whole city fled, and the governor of Fujian was shocked to resettle in a different place.

Qi Jiguang received the imperial court order more than a month ago, more than a month later than Li Cangxing expected, taking advantage of this time, Qi Jiguang returned to Yiwu to re-recruit 3,000 soldiers, and assault training, these Yiwu miners are born excellent soldiers, enlisted in the army for only one month, they learned the mandarin duck formation and the wolf six styles proficiently, even Li Cangxing, who is strong in martial arts, was also surprised by the speed of training these soldiers.

As for Li Cangxing's Black Dragon Gate, during the period of his departure, Yanagi Xiongba has been very smooth and led people to the various treasure locations confessed by Shangquan Xinyu to dig treasures, during which there was an attempt by Shangquan Xinzhi to play tricks, deliberately pointed out a place with an ambush mechanism, if it wasn't for Yanagi Xiongba's reaction, I was afraid that he had already encountered a trap, and after coming back, Yanagi Xiongba didn't say a word, and directly cut off the two fingers of Shangquan Xinyuki, and the future Shangquan Xinyu no longer dared to hurt people.

For more than a month, all the more than 13 million taels of silver buried in Shangquan Xinzhi were taken out, and after Li Cangxing came back, he cut off two of his toes, and he could no longer say a hidden treasure, thinking that it should have been all handed over. At this time, Li Cangxing handed over this Shangquan Xinzhi to Tan Lun, the governor of Zhejiang, and Tan Lun secretly detained the thief. And the confession of collusion with Yan Shifan was also redone and handed over to Tan Lun. Just in case.

With this money, Li Cangxing gave Qi Jiguang seven million taels as a military supply for him to recruit new soldiers and reward soldiers, and also saved him enough silver taels to deal with the important ministers of the Qing school in the court. And Li Cangxing kept 6 million taels for himself, and spent 300,000 taels to reward the troops in the first battle of Taizhou, and these men in the rivers and lakes all got a few hundred taels of silver at once, and they all smiled happily, especially when they saw the wounded and the dead in the war, they also received rich rewards. is even more impressed, and everyone is firm in the idea of following the wolf and having a bright future.

When I came back to Fujian, everyone followed me without saying a word, and even some people recruited friends and brothers who had a good relationship with them, and the subordinates under the Black Dragon Sect had nearly doubled in two months, reaching nearly 3,000 people.

Seeing that there are more than double the number of camps inside and outside Ningde County, there are more than twice as many tents as three months ago. Qi Jiguang sighed long: "My department finally has 10,000 people, I think I, Qi Jiguang, have been in the army for many years, and I can finally command 10,000 troops, three years ago." That's unthinkable. ”

Li Cangxing smiled slightly and said, "Speaking of which, I have to thank these widows, if it weren't for them being so difficult. We will not have the opportunity to expand the army. General Qi, Hengyu Island is opposite. Did you have any good play this time? ”

Qi Jiguang's brows furrowed slightly: "Heavenly Wolf, I've been thinking about this for the past two days. Ten days ago, General Yu's sailors came to help, the naval battle did not have the upper hand, and now it has retreated to Xiamen, we can only take this shallow road in this battle, but this ten-mile long silt land, to quickly pass guò within two hours, but also to brave the baptism of arrows and muskets on the opposite shore, it is really not an easy task, this time I am afraid that you will need your subordinates to play the vanguard, and kill a bloody road. ”

Li Cangxing's sword eyebrows raised slightly: "It can only be like this, there are now hundreds of masters of the Dongting Gang on the island to help defend the island, I am not worried about Mao Haifeng's subordinates, but these masters are very difficult to deal with, if we guard the beachhead, I am afraid that we will only have one way to attack." ”

Qi Jiguang turned his head and glanced at Li Cangxing: "Your brothers are all martial arts masters, and their light skills are far stronger than ordinary soldiers. ”

Li Cangxing nodded firmly: "I will follow General Qi's orders, we will fight to the last person, and we will definitely open a passage for the army." ”

Qi Jiguang patted Li Cangxing's shoulder heavily: "The time of the low tide is only two hours, your 3,000 people will open the way, the army of 6,000 will follow behind, the lives of the whole army of 10,000 people, and the more than 3,000 people on the island who have been captured by the Japanese invaders, please leave it to you." ”

A cold light flashed in Li Cangxing's eyes: "Leave it to me!" ”

After breaking up with Qi Jiguang, Li Cangxing hurried to his camp, here in Heilongmen, it has become an independent army, with a scale of 3,000 people, accounting for a camp within a radius of four or five miles, while Qian Guanglai, Pei Wenyuan and other five people divided their subordinates into five armies and managed them separately, because these people were all disciples of various sects before, and they were used to this kind of collective life, plus they have been conducting militarized training for about half a year, and they are also used to seeing the strict and orderly Qi family's army in peacetime marching and fighting. In addition to the fact that the method of training is different from that of these regular armies, the other methods of marching, camping, and patrolling are all the same as those of the Qi army.

The disciples of the Black Dragon Society in the camp have also changed into the clothes and armor of the Ming army, patrolling in formation, in the past few months, Li Cangxing's unique body shape and aura, so that these masters are familiar with it, everyone nodded to Li Cangxing, from their humble and respectful eyes, it can be seen that these men in the rivers and lakes who lick blood with knives have sincerely admired Li Cangxing, and completely regard him as their commander and elders, just like Li Cangxing when he was a teenager to Chengguang and Ziguang.

Li Cangxing walked straight into the Chinese army's tent, this is where his camp is, wider than other tents, more magnificent, in front of the tent, a big "Lang" word handsome flag fluttering in the wind, this is also a pseudonym that Li Cangxing has given himself in the past few months, Lang Xing, Taizhou general. The subordinates of Qi Jiguang, the deputy commander-in-chief of Zhejiang Province, this is Li Cangxing's official identity now.

Pei Wenyuan. Qian Guanglai, Tie Zhentian. The monk and Ouyang Ke were already concentrated in the handsome tent, meditating on the sand table of Hengyu Island, while Liu Sheng Xiongba was holding the village demon knife in both hands, leaning against the door, watching coldly, as soon as he heard Li Cangxing's footsteps, everyone's spirits were shocked at the same time, and they looked outside the tent.

Li Cangxing took off his masked yellow scarf and said as he walked: "Everyone has worked hard. Observing the topography of Hengyu Island today, what is the best way to defeat the enemy? ”

Ouyang Ke sighed: "Come to think of it, there is only one way to attack head-on, if you can attack at low tide at night, of course it is the best, but these days the low tide is daytime, and our every move must be exposed under the noses of the enemy army, and it cannot be hidden." ”

The monk also said: "Heavenly wolf, we are not afraid of death. Is it worth it to charge with human lives just by storming from an open beach like this, where the muskets and bows and arrows of the Japanese can inflict huge casualties on us? ”

Qian Guanglai gritted his teeth. said: "Sky wolf, the bow and arrow and the hidden weapon are okay, but the musket is very troublesome." Whether it is a large wooden shield or an iron armor, including body protection qigong. If you hit it within a distance of fifty paces, you can't resist it at all. And those Japanese can hit in three stages in broad daylight, and it is not easy to bend down to avoid bullets, and this casualty must be indispensable, and it will cost four or five hundred people, at the beginning of our army, each brother is very precious, you must think about it. ”

Tie Zhentian smoked his dry tobacco pouch "trumpet", and the flickering flames illuminated his calm old face, after hearing Qian Guanglai's words, the two nasolabial lines on the wings of his nose trembled, and said: "Sky wolf, I think you should listen to the fat man this time, everyone came to fight the Japanese and didn't say anything, and they were not afraid of death, but it was really unnecessary to be a live target in front of people like this, after all, we are here to help the war, and after the war, the officers and soldiers can be promoted and rewarded, but we have no benefit, What's more, no amount of money can buy your own life, Sky Wolf, in my opinion, let's let the officers and soldiers take the lead, we can hide behind them, and then use light skills to rush to the front to fight with the Japanese Kou, and buy time for the follow-up troops. ”

Pei Wenyuan had been staring intently at the sand table, thoughtfully, everyone was discussing enthusiastically, he didn't say a word, Li Cangxing's face didn't have any expression, after listening to everyone's words, he just nodded slightly, turned to Pei Wenyuan, and said, "Wenyuan, what do you think?" ”

Pei Wenyuan's brows were furrowed, and he said, "I've been thinking just now, if the loss of a frontal attack is too great, can I find a way to detour from the side or underground?" Among our more than 3,000 people, there are also four or five hundred brothers who are proficient in the art of doing the earth, and they can completely move from the field, or we can also consider finding some brothers with good water skills, and touch them from the side in small boats, and we can bluff head-on to attract the attention of the enemy. As soon as these words came out, the eyes of everyone present lit up, it was the Yanagi Xiongba, and the brows that had been locked up also stretched, and they nodded slightly.

Li Cangxing sighed: "Wen Yuan, you are attentive, but I have been observing this Hengyu Island for many days, and this method will not work." ”

Pei Wenyuan's face changed slightly, and he stroked his long beard: "Oh, could it be that the Japanese are also wary of this tactic?" It's just a trick to do it, not to dig a tunnel, how can they prevent it? ”

Li Cangxing said: "I have tried to walk on that shoal, this is different from the soil in the mainland, because it is soaked in seawater, so it is very soft, it is not at all the kind of hard soil that we can walk through casually in the interior of the Central Plains, people move in it, they will be entangled in the silt, and there are many hard and sharp shells in the soil, which will scratch the body, I only walked less than a hundred steps that day, it was difficult to continue, and I could only unearth." ”

When everyone heard this, they all gasped, Li Cangxing's martial arts are so high, everyone knows that if even he can only walk less than a hundred steps, then ordinary masters can walk twenty or thirty steps, which is considered a miracle.

Li Cangxing's face did not change, and continued: "In addition, there is a little trouble, because the soil is too soft, so when you walk through the soil, it will show an obvious trace, even if you are potentially five feet below, you can see it clearly, so if we use this trick when attacking the island and grabbing the beach, the enemy can see it at a glance. No matter how high the martial arts are, they will be blown to the ground. ”

Pei Wenyuan's face turned pale: "There is still such a thing." It was my negligence. Sky wolf, if not to go to the earth. How about sending some brothers who are good at water to touch them from the side in a small boat? ”

Li Cangxing shook his head: "This method is not feasible. The Japanese have an absolute advantage on the sea, and they usually drive small boats to attack the mainland from that Hengyu Island, and when the tide recedes, the small boats will be hundreds of steps away from the sand beam, and it is completely on the sea to fight with the Japanese fleet, Wen Yuan, do you think our sailors can beat the Japanese at sea now? ”

Qian Guanglai said hatefully: "I heard that the imperial court spent a huge amount of money on training sailors in the southeast, and most of the military expenses were spent on the construction of this sailor warship, but Yu Dayou's sailors came over a while ago. But they were defeated by the fleet of the Japanese invaders, sinking more than a dozen loach ships, and thousands of people died. ”

Tie Zhentian said coldly: "No business, no treachery, no officials and no greed, Da Ming is already rotten to the bone." ”

The monk "Amitabha" shook his head: "Everyone said it too absolutely, General Yu has always been known as a famous general. He can't beat the Japanese bandits, there should be a hidden secret. ”

Li Cangxing smiled slightly: "Everyone thinks too much, naval warfare is very complicated, and it is far from being as simple as land combat. Wind direction, hydrology, undercurrents can all have a decisive impact on the operation. I used to be on Wang Zhi's Black Shark, at sea with Chen Sipan's fleet. There are also Spaniards who have fought and know the mystery of this. Non-decades veteran sailors can't steer it. Although General Yu has been working hard, the sailors are not only able to win battles with boats, but also need years of training, even after training, they will still suffer a lot from fighting against the Japanese who are familiar with the hydrology, geography and wind direction of this place on the sea near Hengyu Island. So it's normal to lose this battle. ”

Ouyang Ke nodded: "I see, so to speak, according to what you mean by the Heavenly Wolf, we can't fight against the Japanese Kou at sea?" ”

Li Cangxing sighed, and his expression became solemn: "Although I don't want to admit this, this kind of thing can't be changed, and when the time comes, we have to think about how to prevent the Japanese in small boats from shooting arrows and guns on the sea, causing us too many casualties, instead of going to the sea to fight the Japanese invaders, which is purely sending us to death." ”

Liu Sheng Xiongba slowly opened his mouth: "Heavenly Wolf, since this is the case, there is only one way left to attack head-on, why not let the Qi family army take the front as everyone discussed just now, and we will follow up later?" I think the Qi family army is also a good man who is not afraid of death, and he will not back down because of this. ”

Li Cangxing shook his head: "No, although these people are not afraid of death, but they have no martial arts, the key to this battle is to enter the range of the musket, that is, the distance of two hundred steps, how to rush forward within this distance, and form a fight with the Japanese Kou, this is the most important thing." And there is one more thing, that is, the Japanese will not wait for us to attack after putting their guns there, this time they have the help of the Dongting Gang, these masters of the Dongting Gang and the bandits with strong sword skills in the Japanese will definitely counterattack when we make light skills, forming a situation of short-handed contact with our army, and preventing the rapid approach of our army. ”

"The soldiers of the Qi family army are skilled in formation, they are not afraid of death in battle, and there is no problem in fighting with the Japanese Bandits, but they are not martial arts masters after all, and they can't quickly line up on this kind of muddy ground, and when they fall into a one-on-one single fight, they can't beat those Dongting Gang masters, if the forward is unfavorable in battle, or even defeated, the people behind us will only be squeezed together, and when the time comes, they will not even be able to perform light skills, and they will become the target of the Japanese Kou's bows and muskets in vain, and in the end they will still not be able to save their lives."

Li Cangxing said this, raised his head, his expression became extremely firm, his gaze slowly swept over the faces of each brother, and said: "Everyone is my best brother, when I need your help the most, you all come to help me without saying a word, this kindness, I will always remember the wolf, the Black Dragon Gate is not easy to start, I don't want any brother to be hurt in this battle more than you, but there must be sacrifices to fight, and shrinking back does not allow us to reduce casualties, ten miles of muddy beach, If the front is defeated, I am afraid that all of us will die without a place to be buried, so only if we take the lead and make sacrifices can we create conditions for the victory of the whole army. ”

"I don't force you to participate in this battle, and I don't want to drive all the brothers to the battlefield, if anyone is not willing to participate, my wolf will never have any dissatisfaction, there is no need to take the lead, five hundred people are enough, only those who volunteer to participate, do not force anyone. I'm definitely going to be at the front. ”

Yanagi Xiongba's face did not have any expression, and his words revealed a firmness: "Count me in." ”

Ouyang Ke laughed: "Heavenly wolf, you haven't helped me avenge the big revenge, I can't watch you die first, count us as husband and wife." ”

The monk nodded vigorously: "I'll go too." ”

Qian Guanglai made a sad expression on his face: "I can block the front as a meat shield, don't rob me." ”

Tie Zhentian laughed and patted Qian Guanglai on the shoulder: "The fat people are gone, how can you leave my old iron." ”

Pei Wenyuan sighed softly: "There's nothing to say, let's live and die together, let's go back to the camp and pick out brothers who are strong in martial arts, loyal and reliable, and our lives will be handed over to you, Heavenly Wolf!" ”

Li Cangxing's eyes glistened with tears: "Thank you!" (To be continued......)