After Yuan Zongdi finished speaking, the hall was full of joy.

Although Li Dingguo was also happy, he was extremely worried in his heart, he didn't know what cement was, but he knew that if cement was really as magical as Yuan Zongdi said, then Qiongzhou would be in no danger to defend, and the entire naval fleet would be useless like an ornament.

Fan Jinyan was worried that the conspiracy between him and Li Dingguo would be discovered by Li Zicheng, so when he left, he told him not to contact him no matter what happened.

Is it really not reported?

Although Li Dingguo was confident that he would defeat Li Zicheng, he didn't want Qiongzhou to become a battlefield, once Li Zicheng's 50,000 troops entered Qiongzhou, the entire Qiongzhou would no longer be peaceful, and all the efforts made by Fan Jinyan were likely to turn into dust.

It didn't take a few days to cement a thousand warships, so Li Zicheng decided to cross the sea south in five days

There is a strait between Leizhou and Qiongzhou, which is not very spacious, but for the current Li Dingguo, it is a chasm that can never be crossed.

As soon as Li Dingguo returned to his mansion, he found his cronies, handed him a small envelope with lacquer, and said, "Do everything you can to send it to Qiongzhou." ”

The cronies said with a bitter face: "General, it's too late." ”

Although the two sides were tense, it did not affect the free trade of the merchants, who crossed the strait and shuttled between the mainland and the island.

Li Zicheng ensured that he could take Qiongzhou in one fell swoop, worried that the merchants would leak secrets, and the day before, he drove all the Qiongzhou maritime merchants away.

At this time, in the entire Leizhou port, there was no longer a single merchant ship, not even a fishing boat.

That's why cronies are in a difficult position.

Li Dingguo was suddenly stupid, and after waving off his cronies, he stood there alone, looking at the south in a daze, and muttered in his mouth: "Master Hou!" Dingguo is incompetent, it seems that Qiongzhou will be disturbed by war! ”

Early the next morning, Li Dingguo, as usual, got up early and practiced swords alone in the courtyard.

As soon as he practiced less than a cup of tea, his soldiers ran into the courtyard, clasped their fists at him from afar, and said, "General, King Shunming sent someone to ask you to go to the palace immediately." ”

Li Dingguo didn't say anything, put away the long sword in his hand, turned around and went into the bedroom to change his armor, and went out to the palace.

When he entered the Yin'an Palace, Li Zicheng was sitting upright on the desk writing something.

The words that Li Zicheng knows can be filled with a basket, which is also a point that is ridiculed by the world, including Li Dingguo.

He rolled his eyes, and could almost guess that the excerpt given to him by Li Zicheng and the others must be full of typos. But on the surface, he still pretended to be very honest and saluted respectfully, "The last general has seen the king." ”

Li Zicheng is not used to Li Dingguo, and there are also reasons for this.

Because Li Dingguo never called him His Majesty, he always called him a king, and how awkward it sounded.

However, Li Zicheng was also very polite on the surface, and said with a smile: "Dingguo is here, let's be even!" I'll wait until I'm done. ”

You still think you're the emperor!

After Li Dingguo scolded secretly, he thanked him, got up honestly and unceremoniously, and waited for his next words.

Soon, after Li Zicheng finished writing, he also got up and picked up the fold he had just written, walked down the steps, handed it to Li Dingguo, and said, "The task of building bridges and paving the way for the soldiers will be entrusted to you." ”

Building bridges and paving roads?

Li Dingguo said with some uncertainty: "Does the king mean that the last general is responsible for linking the two places with warships?" ”

"That's right." Li Zicheng nodded affirmatively.

"However, the last general only has 2,000 people in his hands, so he can't do it at all!" Li Dingguo was embarrassed.

Li Zicheng patted Li Dingguo on the shoulder and said: "The people involved in shipbuilding are at your disposal, and I only need one, and overnight, I will personally lead the army to the other side of the strait." ”

"The last will obey." Li Dingguo didn't say anything anymore and took the order

Soon, five days passed, and in order not to be discovered by the Qiongzhou Navy cruising on the sea, the Leizhou army chose to act at night.

More than 1,400 concrete-coated flat-bottomed sand boats, each of which was tied with iron chains, slowly entered the predetermined position under the tow of a large number of people and fishing boats.

Li Dingguo originally wanted to take this opportunity to send a boat to the opposite side to ventilate the news, but he didn't expect Li Zicheng to take precautions, and in advance he filmed Li Guo leading 5,000 soldiers as the vanguard, and before dawn, he took a fishing boat to Qiongzhou to buy time for him.

It's easy to fix a ship, but it's not so simple to move a few hundred pounds of stone bars to a ship and build a stone wall that can defend against cannons.

Maybe the Qiongzhou Navy was really arrogant and didn't take the small fishing boats in Leizhou in its eyes, and the warships that had been cruising in the sea left this sea area before it was dark and returned to their own territory, giving the Leizhou army an excellent opportunity.

Li Dingguo scolded secretly, but he had no choice but to slow down as much as possible, and strive to delay it for a while, so that after dawn, he would be discovered by the Qiongzhou Navy.

However, it backfired, and the people who were frightened by Li Zicheng worked very neatly, and it only took half of the night to successfully connect the strait.

At this time, Li Guo led his army across the strait and landed on Qiongzhou Island.

Before leaving, he also took some stone bars with him, which were used to resist the artillery attack of the Qiongzhou army.

Fortunately, because the stone strips are too heavy, after dawn, there are still a third of the stone strips that have not been laid, and it will take at least two hours to complete.

And what Li Guo, the striker, has to do is to resist the Qiongzhou Army for at least two hours.

After dawn, they faced not only the threat of the Qiongzhou Army, but also the Qiongzhou Navy. Therefore, the stone bars cannot be transported by fishing boats, and can only be carried by the common people through a distance of several kilometers to the boat at the other end

"General, general, no, enemy army, enemy army"

Early in the morning, when Tang Fei, Wei Dayou and Qin Yuan were having dinner, they saw a soldier running into the lobby of the Beida Battalion Headquarters in Qiongshan County.

This soldier is from the Beida battalion, as the host, Wei Dayou saw that his subordinates were so impetuous, and he suddenly felt very faceless, and slapped the table and said angrily: "What panic, what enemy?" Can Li Zicheng still fly over? ”

The soldier did not kowtow and beg for mercy because he was angry, but looked anxious, "General, it's true, Li Zicheng's people have gone ashore, thousands of people." ”

"What?"

At this time, not only Wei Dayou, but the other two also played a trick, and their faces changed greatly. I thought, is it difficult for Li Zicheng to really be able to fly over?

After learning that Li Zicheng used a warship as a bridge to connect the two places, Tang Fei was immediately furious, "What does the navy do for food?" Damn it"

(To be continued.) )