On October 4, the 19th year of Beiming Jianwu, the fourth prince of the emperor, Prince Li, was killed in battle on Xiami Island. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info above the Lord are sincerely ordered to drop out of the dynasty for a month, and Fu Shao Xiang sent the Ministry of Law and Rites to set up nine altars of national funeral sacrifice - since the founding of Beiming, the abolition of various ritual systems, new policies and new winds, this kind of national mourning is the first time. For a time, Pengcheng every household in front of the incense case is lined up, the green smoke is full of sacrificial vessels, the sacrificial poems of the mourning carry the continuous mourning like a tide, the plain curtain is full of streets and alleys, and the two generals Sheng Zheng and Fu Yannian, who also showed noble humanitarian feelings and rescue spirit in this battle, became famous in the first battle, in the mourning ceremony of the prince, the national hero, expressed the rolling sorrow and praise, another rescue feeling was also officially commended and praised, and published the residence newspaper, the rehearsal performance was performed in the upper Phoenix Building to the countryside fishing wood. However, at this time, those of us who were far away on the island of Chami did not have any deep experience and feeling about this, except for the promotion of me and Sheng Zheng's positions by grace, those words of praise and praise were far less in line with my desire to travel than the arrival of the Wanjin family letter.

What's more, in Qin Qing's letter, I learned that she was more than two months pregnant. For me, this can be regarded as a deep heart, and among the many pressures of paving, the most happy thing to talk about. I didn't have much spare time to chat with the soldiers who already had families and children. In the family life, the filial sons and grandsons of the pink carving are sitting in the hall, and Cheng Huan's knees are full of longing for a white head in the distant thoughts and thoughts, and he gets the sustenance of the soul. Sheng Zheng and Zhu Yinghong both like to play chess, while I like to watch chess, so the three of them often huddle together. There were still many old sailors from Hayama Island who came to Chami Island at that time, but they had no time to get together.

On the day of the funeral when Prince Zhongli finished his funeral and prepared to be buried, Sheng Zheng and I did not participate, but were ordered to lead five bird fortune ships to the east side of Luo Wei's Pingfeng Harbor to lure the enemy, and Zhu Yinghong also wanted to come, but because this was a dangerous errand to gnaw hard bones, General Feng did not agree to go with him.

Among the many harbors on the three islands of Xiami, Fengdao and Ryudao, the most important keystone is the archipelago atoll where the harbor is located, which can be called the largest logistics base and military station in the Beiming and South Seas. This time he went to lure the enemy, firstly, in the name of revenge, to find out the strength of his garrison, and secondly, to facilitate the ambush of the archipelago where the harbor is located. Third, it is the first battle to open the net and invite you into the urn. Xiami Island, a large island with steep mountains, dense forests, and sudden peaks, Luo Wei and Beiming alternately attacked and defended, and the history of fighting for sea trade and sea power can be equal to the history of Beiming Kingdom. Both sides had hoarded a large amount of food and supplies, garrisoned hundreds of thousands, and the sun had not yet risen from the dense forests of the peaks to shine on the earth and the sea, and the cold moonlight shone on the port and starboard sides of the ship, facing the deserted cannon barrels and speculation, accompanied by the mourning songs of the day, the fleet gradually drifted away, but the song still floated away:

"Returning, crossing again, the sunset is fluttering on a thousand mountains, the iron horse glacier comes to dream, and Yu Ji is accompanied by her soul.

The song of the great wind, the madman of Chu, dissipate his sorrow and turn to Lulu, may Junguan Mountain go out as soon as possible, and the people of the end of the sea will be the same day.

Whispering, singing, living from death from the beginning, although life is gone, love is with you, and the dream of eternal night ecstasy ......"

Sentence by sentence generous and singing, followed by the sad song, today's expedition to listen, although it is a cappella chorus, but it seems to have a sense of moving and heroic, a thousand turns:

"At that time, Luo Pa wrote about the palace businessman, thousands of mountains and deciduous rocks were thin, crying and the moon was photogenic, and the hundred knots were soft and sorrowful.

Discuss the orchestra and make a group fan, a thrilling growth trick, **** life is not exhaustive, and the empty wind and moon are sick.

There is a heart to make up for the ruthlessness of the day, the ring is willing to fly in the next life, the old people are separated by thousands of miles, who writes the plum blossom lane of the phoenix wing?

and tears to seal the intestines, bells, drums and pianos know each other. Sijun is like the moon, where to find, extinguish the candle and pity the light and remember the monarch for a long time. ”

The song faded away, and the morning mist floated in the wind, and the heat gradually rose, and the colors of the sea became more and more intense and noisy. We did not take the sea route directly along the island of Chamy, but took cover along the winding waterways in the dense forest and marched in smaller ships, hoping to attack the Rovi naval division garrisoned in the south from the east.

"Luo Wei's former sailor flag was the sun flag, why did it suddenly change to the Z-shaped flag?" Sheng Zheng and I were standing in the bridge watchtower, and suddenly, he turned around and smiled at me and the lookout deacon next to him.

"Presumably because Luo Wei used the sharing of maritime trade interests as a bargaining chip to buy a new warship from the Semu Empire at a low price, and the national flag of the Semu Empire is also the Sun Flag, Luo Wei was forced to use the Z-shaped flag instead, right?" I took a big breath of air, and watched the ship unswerving the flag of the Five Dragons and Sailors on the side of the ship to lure the enemy, and after the fierce wind blew like a swaying through the dense jungle, it slowed down, but it did not change its direction.

The more you go to the winding waterway, the more giant trees are towering, the artemisia grass is knee-high, the puddles are dotted, and the frogs are noisy, and it is a desolate scene.

"Will Luo Wei really let his guard down because we are holding a funeral this time, and let us succeed?" Standing on the bridge together, the young round-faced deacon of the lookout post named Le Sijing turned his face sideways and asked Sheng Zheng and me.

"I don't know," I patted him on the shoulder and laughed, "but there's no point in thinking about it now. Are you fighting for the first time?

"Hmm." His face turned crimson, and he immediately clenched his fists and said, "But I'm not afraid." ”

I smiled at him, looked at Sheng Zheng again, and wanted to liven up the atmosphere, so I said, "Does the injury on your hand matter?" Don't be unable to pull the bow then. ”

He smiled too, but the smile bloomed on his face for a moment, and his gaze lit up, and I saw the large stretch of reef that stood in the shape of a zigzag, not more than forty miles from the shallow waters of the reef veins of the Windhaven. Perhaps due to the frequent eruptions of volcanoes, this barrier reef is like Wakako Island, but it is horizontal in the waterway. The sky gradually became clear, Sheng Zheng immediately ordered the helmsman to "go to the port on the left, the three rudders are full of rudders, pay attention to the barrier reef ahead, all half sails, lookout" While giving an order, he said to me with a straight face, "In the past, the garrison of our naval division never mentioned that there was still this barrier reef." What does General Fu think? ”

I streaked in and looked at the Great Barrier Reef, and I was shocked, but I looked more closely, thankfully, there were no beacons and lookout posts, and perhaps because it was very close to the home port, the Luo Wei garrison felt a little slack. "There are garrisons on it, and there are not many of them, but I am afraid that they will observe us, so we will hold off the anchor of the Xinming ship here, and I will take five hundred people to go up and explore, so as not to leave hidden dangers behind us."

"It's better for me to come," Sheng Zheng glanced at it, and then said to me without a beak, "If there is something, I will send you a contact flower battle, and you will be on standby and hidden." With that, he went to the rear cabin and ordered a gathering. I thought that he must think that I was the old man of Xinyue, Xinyue was good at cavalry and land warfare, and was not accustomed to water, so he looked down on me, but he moved really fast, and before I could argue with him, he had already quickly ordered five hundred sailors, each took off his outer armor, took his own weapons, rattan wolf wolf, long knife and dagger, firearms, one by one like swimming fish swishing into the sea, along the rising tide, rattan for the boat, carefully rowing the water, diving towards the barrier reef.

I had to give the order to put on hold on to the march. In the dense forest, it rains and clears, and the rainforest birds on the clouds are howling like fairy tales. About half an hour later, the wet Sheng Zheng and the group gradually returned, holding a string of severed ears in their hands, I hurriedly stepped forward to meet the water and handed it to him, and ordered to quickly and secretly pick up the soldiers who came back, he raised the teacup and drank it all, I gave an order "Continue to pull the anchor, half-sail speed, southeast direction, oarsman in place." Lookout rotation. As he entered the cabin with him, he took the towel, tossed his ears aside, dried himself, and put on his armor. I looked at the large pile of bloody ears, only to feel that he was a bee-waisted ape, a crane like a wolf, and under his clear and refined body, his determination to kill was by no means ordinary, so I asked softly, "How many people are on the island, and how did they all solve it so quickly?" As far as I know, it takes five years for a samurai to become a samurai and learn the basic skills of using a katana, and a samurai is probably worse than half a martial artist, even if he is reduced to a ronin, he is not so ineffective."

He didn't care about it and said, "Their combat strength is naturally not weak, but the five hundred sailors I brought are all veterans of Prince Jing's special training for a long time to resist the Luo Wei warriors and are proficient in the Mandarin Duck Formation." This is not their front line, but the rear, where prisoners of war are imprisoned, and some grain and grass are hoarded, and it is estimated that it is a small logistics post, and there are not many people, but if it were not for the fear of startling the grass and snakes, I did not mean to rush to slaughter them all, I had to get a few tongues to torture and ask them, whether they were ugly or ugly, and put a big fire to burn their little grain and grass clean. It's a pity that for the sake of big things, I have to ignore these things for the first time, and then come back and clean up! ”

But suddenly a flash of fire flashed in my head like an electric shock, and I said softly, "You said that there is a garrison and grain and grass there, but there is not much grain and grass, so how much?" How can there still be prisoners of war? How could Luo Wei still leave prisoners of war in such a lonely place overseas, could it be, General Ji Xisheng? But why didn't you bring back the prisoners of war? ”

Sheng Zheng took another sip of water, and then said, "I haven't had time to tell you yet, there are not many people on the barrier reef, and there are traces of prisoners of war, but the place where they are held is long gone. ”

After I crossed my waist and walked back and forth in the cabin a few times, I said cautiously, "Do you think that the garrison left by Luo Wei on this side of Xiami Island is probably not as many as imagined, and their continuous suicide attacks are in order to drag us down and hinder our support for the decisive battle of the naval division on Yushan Island, and their main force is already secretly retreating?" ”

His eyes changed suddenly, his eyebrows raised slightly, and he said leisurely, "Even so, even if we knew, we could only fight with them here." ”

I felt countless waves in my heart, but I still held myself back, shook my head and said, "That's not the case. If they are determined to fight this place into a Shura slaughterhouse, a purgatory on earth, with a mortal heart, then we must find a way to outwit it, and it is certainly the right way to fight with the tactics of soldiers, and it is also the strength that can really determine the victory or defeat, however, to minimize the casualties as much as possible, we need to play with power and attack from the inside. ”

"We landed from the east to make a feint to lure the enemy, and General Feng led the main force to choose the main attack battlefield from one of the south, west, and north sides. Sheng Zheng's eyes widened, and he looked at me and said, "Then how do you play with the law?" How to attack it from within? I heard him say this, I couldn't help sighing in my heart, I was afraid that there would be a fierce battle this time, thinking that I was about to become a father, I couldn't help but have some patience to say to Sheng Zheng, "That is called the art of war, although the art of war is not tired of deceit, but it is not a power technique." Power is to perceive the sinister places of people's hearts, and to guide them according to the situation to shake them. ”

Seeing that he listened more and more intently, I continued, "As far as I know, if the Rawa samurai had to fight to the death, their country would give them a crown and an unchangeable order and eulogy in the name of their national Shinto religion and the honor of the emperor. Before they died, they would leave a letter of despair, wrapping their hair, beard, and nails, along with their belongings, as relics and handing them back to their home countries. Before leaving, they will be personally encouraged and sent off by the top local officers and generals at all levels, and promise them that their tablets will always remain in the Shinto temple of Jingbian Baoguo, become military gods, and enjoy the incense and respect of future generations. If their Sakura human flesh fire dragon bullet has gone and there is no return, they are doing the things of the dead, so they must be full of human nature to survive and struggle, even if there is more eulogy, praise, and send-off, there are still people who are killed as cowards because they are unwilling to die before the battle. This kind of action must be the most difficult to stabilize the morale of the army, and the pressure and supervision of its supervisors are also the most severe. ”

The dawn had begun to illuminate the dense woods and flowers, but the weather was still dreary, and the low clouds seemed to press on the trees, and in a short time the impermanence of war lightning pierced the maddening silence, and the lightning struck, the lightning of nature. A large cloud rushed in from the direction of Iron Bottom Bay, which suddenly darkened the dusk sky, and the rain came as soon as it was said, beginning as raindrops, and then turning into rain curtains, rain curtains, and rain walls. The sky turned into a sea of storms. A solid wall of water that flooded everything.

"Drop anchor and prepare to line up and regroup." I looked at these young soldiers who had gathered, and understood that as the army that lured the enemy, our team was likely to lose their lives in this battle, most of these soldiers were young, some of them were not married, and some of them already had wives and children, bright and gorgeous young lives, or they were about to wither and be buried on a desert island in a foreign land in an instant, and they would sleep here forever with the flowers and giant trees. I tried to calm my voice, adjusted my tone, and said calmly and loudly, "All the oarsmen, gunners, crossbowmen, and all the combat personnel of the warship are in their positions, ready to open fire and bombard, and cover all the infantry officers and men who landed on the island. After saying that, I tried to hug Sheng Zheng again, which I have never used to anyone other than Qin Qing, as a Xinyue raised disciple of the sect is difficult to accept Beiming expression, but at this moment, I feel that this hug is appropriate, we patted each other's backs, and then let go of each other. I said to him, "I will land with the infantry soldiers, and you will be responsible for supporting you on the water." Take care. ”

Sheng Zheng rubbed his delicate face with both hands, wiped the beads of sweat from the corners of his forehead, and although his eyes seemed to be slightly red, he still smiled proudly without any pretentiousness in his tone, "I will not be dishonored." General Fu also killed the enemy well, this stop, which of us killed less, and the battle exploits were small, but we have to go back and lose a good jade chessboard chess piece on Jade Zhai."

I couldn't help laughing, high-fived him again, patted his arm, and then led the team to turn around and walk down the staircase, and walked to the lower deck to prepare for landing.

In the heavy rain, the Bird Fortune Boat, sailing against the wind, rushed out of the edge of the rain cloud area, and the huge artillery fire finally began to roar and roar earth-shatteringly. The smell of black oil and yellow powder bloomed on the island, like an earth-shattering waterfall, and like a dark and boundless mandala flower.

"Bring your armor, bring your weapons, thatch, and clips, and get ready to land on the island!" The outer fence had been opened, I drew the full moon scimitar, pointed it to the sky, drew the symbol crescent of the battle, and the soldiers of Beiming, who had paved the muddy shallows with thatch, rushed in formation to the Luo Wei garrison on the east side of the harbor in the trumpets and war drums.