Chapter 18: Entering Ishok Castle Island

"I hope you can remember what you said today, and remember that you must not be merciful to the enemy on the battlefield in the future, otherwise you will only kill yourself, you can remember."

Mao Wenlong said with a smile.

He was really a little dissatisfied with the people who let go of the flies yesterday.

"Yes, my lord."

Sugar Fly said.

"Lu Yan is here?"

"Humble duty!"

Lu Yan hurriedly bowed down and said.

"In yesterday's battle, Lu Yan and his subordinates Gan Fly, Mo Rigen and others fought bravely to kill the enemy, and their shooting skills were unparalleled, killing more than 30 enemy soldiers, so they were promoted to commanders."

"Thank you, sir!"

Lu Yan said loudly, and sat down after speaking.

I didn't expect that I would be promoted to one level so quickly, Lu Yan felt a little in a trance, and this promotion was too easy.

"Can you use the plate?"

"Humble duty!"

Zhang Pan hurriedly said loudly.

"In yesterday's battle, Zhang Pan and his subordinates fought bravely to kill the enemy, so this official specially promoted him to be the general manager of Qian!"

Mao Wenlong said with a solemn face.

"Thank you, sir!"

Zhang Pan hurriedly said with a happy face.

"Mao Chenglu is here?"

"Humble duty!"

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Hearing this, Lu Yan's face did not show any expression.

Just killed a few people and was promoted to the head of Qian, which is a bit sloppy.

However, Mao Wenlong is a person who knows that he has the right not to use it and will be invalid after expiration.

He maximized the power given to him by Wang Huazhen, and rewarded his subordinates lavishly. But it is precisely because of this that his subordinates are loyal to him.

After he was killed by Yuan Chonghuan, his generals also rebelled one after another.

The next reward is almost everyone's share, and of course everyone is happy.

Of course, they know what this situation is.

But as vested interests, how can they oppose this matter, even Lu Yan will not object.

But when he thought of Li Jingxian, Lu Yan felt that the atmosphere in the living room had changed.

Although their official positions are a little easier, they have all gone to the battlefield to fight, and these official positions are all exchanged for their lives.

What credit did this Li Jingxian make, and he suddenly won the position of president of Qian.

Li Jingxian also felt their hostility, but under the heavy reward, how could he take care of this.

He knew that the only one who could give him these things was Mao Wenlong, and no one would pay so much attention to him except Mao Wenlong, whether it was the imperial court or the Jurchens.

So as soon as Mao Wenlong announced the news, he immediately knelt down, kowtowed a few times, and then began to curse and swear: "Thank you for the grace of the adult, the kindness of the adult to the villain, the villain will never forget in this life." In the future, the adults will let the villain go east, and the villain will never go west. The adult let the villain kill the chicken, and the villain will never kill the dog. ”

"Mr. Li Qian, please hurry up, your credit will not be forgotten. I hope you can help the official recover the nearby islands in the future, as long as you can do this, then you will be regarded as repaying the favor to the official. ”

Mao Wenlong said with a laugh.

"Please rest assured! The little one must do his best to complete the orders of the adults, and if he violates this oath, he will let the little ten thousand arrows pierce his heart and die! ”

Li Jingxian's face was flushed with excitement.

Mao Wenlong smiled and motioned for him to sit back.

"After Mr. Li Qian's introduction, the official is very clear about the hostile situation on the nearby islands. There are no large groups of enemies on these nearby islands, and the largest number of people on Shicheng Island is only about 60 people. ”

Mao Wenlong stroked his beard and said.

"Therefore, this officer has decided to divide the army into two parts, about 100 people in a team, and set off separately to recover the nearby islands, and the next official will announce the next combat deployment."

So he announced the battle plan for the next few days, and Lu Yan was also assigned to Chen Zhong's team, and he would attack Hadian Island in two days.

Mao Wenlong told them very clearly about the enemy situation on Hadian Island, only Daoguang Ren Guangxian and more than a dozen soldiers under him.

The enemy on the entire island is so weak that it is simply not possible to pose a threat to them.

For such a weak enemy, both Chen Zhong and Lu Yan have full confidence.

Of course, if things go well, their team will have to attack Shicheng Island quickly.

Shicheng Island is incredible, this island is 90 miles in circumference, thousands of residents, and there are more than 60 people in the island official He Guoyong and his soldiers Ding Xiangyong.

However, Chen Zhong and Lu Yan are still full of confidence in this, because they have a strong reinforcement, that is, the archer Gan Fly.

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In the rough Bohai Bay, three sand boats without any flags are riding the wind and waves.

Chen Zhong stood at the bow of the boat with Lu Yan, Gan Fly and others, their faces full of smiles.

Just two days ago, they pacified Hadian Island.

The process was very simple, after landing on the shore, the six cowardly Xue rode their horses and rushed into the village first.

After cutting off a few heads, the enemy surrendered.

After resting for a day on Hadian Island, they set off again and headed for Shicheng Island.

In contrast, Shicheng Island is much more difficult to gnaw.

But each of them is full of confidence in the pacification of Shicheng Island, the difference is only in how many people they will be killed and wounded in this battle.

Along the way, people talked and laughed, and there was no trace of the nervousness before the war.

Hadian Island and Shicheng Island are not far apart, so it didn't take long for them to discover Shicheng Island from a distance.

But what surprised them was that in addition to some fishing boats docked on the dock of Shicheng Island, there were actually three large boats, and the big ship was still hung with the clan flag of the slave chief.

Seeing this, all the people became nervous, could it be that the Jurchens had already discovered them, so they sent reinforcements.

"Could that be enemy reinforcements? Otherwise, we will send someone to the island to investigate first, and then we will go ashore after we find out the situation. ”

A family leader said.

If it is really the enemy's reinforcements, not to mention the more than 100 of them, even if all of them come, it will not be enough for the enemy to gnaw.

"How could this be reinforcements from the enemy? If it's really the enemy's reinforcements, it's impossible for only three ships to come, and three ships are useless. ”

You Jinghe objected.

"That's right, if they have reinforcements, it shouldn't be just three big ships, there will be many. And the best way to fight should be to wait for us to land and then send ships to surround the island, so that we will catch turtles in the urn, and we will not be able to escape if we want to. ”

Wang Fu also said, "At worst, it is also attacking Changlu Island, which will only startle the snake." ”

The more the reasoning became clearer, more and more people thought that this could not be a reinforcement from the Jurchens.

It's just that they still have some drums in their hearts, and they are not afraid of 10,000 in everything, just in case.

What if it was really Jurchen reinforcements? Wouldn't they all have to be swallowed by the enemy?

Everyone looked at Chen Zhong and waited for him to make a final decision.

Chen Zhong's face was solemn, he knew that his order was related to the lives of all people.

If you make a mistake, you might end up here.

Even Lu Yan was the same, he only knew that Mao Wenlong had recovered the coastal islands, but he didn't know the specific situation.

He didn't know if it was because of the changes caused by his little butterfly or if history was meant to be like this.

Seeing that the island was getting closer and closer to them, Chen Zhong knew that he had to make a decision as soon as possible.

Indecisiveness is the biggest drawback of the general.

"Order the fleet to move on, and when the time comes, we will improvise, if it is not reinforcements, then capture the big ship as soon as possible, and then attack Shicheng Island. If it's enemy reinforcements, we'll evacuate immediately. ”

Chen Zhong thought for a while and said.

Thinking that this should be the most appropriate way, they agreed and went into the boat.

Chen Zhong called out a clever servant and ordered him to adapt to the situation as much as possible to figure out the enemy's situation.

In fact, they guessed correctly, the three ships on Shicheng Island were sent by one of Houjin's Jialae Zhens to buy cattle.

After coming to Shicheng Island, those Jurchens went to the island to discuss the purchase of cattle.

But all the sailors were on board, except for Shang Shu, who followed them ashore.

After seeing the three sand boats of the Ming army, although these three sand boats did not have any flags.

But this still aroused their vigilance, and now the maritime frontier of the Ming Dynasty is very chaotic.

Westerners, pirates, pirates, and maritime merchants who were also merchants and pirates all flooded the coast of the Ming Dynasty, which made them take it lightly.

So those who stayed behind sent personnel to report the situation on the one hand, and on the other hand, they were ready for battle.

After Chen Zhong and the others approached, there were a total of more than 30 people standing on the bows of the three ships.

Armed with firearms and machetes, they stared nervously at the Ming boat.

Seeing this, Chen Zhong and the others all breathed a sigh of relief.

"It doesn't look like a trap."

You Jinghe said.

"That's right, they wouldn't be so nervous if it was a trap."

Wang Fu also nodded in agreement.

Chen Zhong said to everyone: "Inform everyone to be steady, and you can't do it without my order." ”

Everyone hurriedly agreed.

At the same time, he sent someone to tell the family to find a way to get their three boats to come over.

When the three sand boats approached, the first man in shabby leather armor and a money rat tail shouted, "Who are you? What are you doing here? ”

"My lord, they are Han Chinese."

A family member whispered.

Chen Zhong nodded slightly, although there was a money rat tail behind these people, whether it was the other party's accent or habits, they looked like Han people.

"Master Qiqi, we are maritime merchants, we encountered a storm and accidentally got lost. Hope to be able to replenish some food and fresh water here. ”

The housekeeper standing on the deck said with a look of horror.

"You are the maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty?"

The pockmarked face on a large ship asked loudly.

"How is this possible? We are the maritime merchants of North Korea! Definitely not the maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty! ”

The guy pretended to be panicked and said loudly.

"Whew! North Korea's maritime merchants? Your accent is obviously Shandong, and you are disguised as a North Korean maritime businessman! Who are you fooling? ”

After hearing that the other party was a maritime merchant, the sailors on the ship were obviously relieved.

They glanced at each other, and there was a look of greed in their eyes.

Nowadays, many maritime merchants are so rich that they can keep oil, as long as you can sell silk, tea, and porcelain from the Ming Dynasty to Japan or Korea, you will definitely be able to make a lot of money.

Selling goods from Japan and Korea back to the Ming Dynasty would make more than ten times the profit.

Looking at the volume of these three types of sand ships, it should be carrying a lot of cargo.

Although there are some doubts in this, they ignore these because of their interests.

The pockmarked face coughed, and then said, "Tell me honestly, why are you lying, is there our fugitive slave hidden in it." ”

"There is no such thing, how can our businessmen harbor fugitive slaves."

The guy said with a flustered face.

But he had already cursed in his heart, and after the Jurchens broke through the city, they treated many Han people as slaves.

Unable to bear the torture of the Jurchens, many fled to Korea and the interior, and some even used a small sampan to float down the ocean current to Shandong, so it is not surprising that maritime merchants encountered Liaodong refugees at sea.

And these people are really forgetful of their ancestors, and they are willing to work for the tiger.

Seeing this, the sailors were even more suspicious, the expression of this family member looked too panicked, could it be that there were really fugitive slaves on their ship.

"Dare to steal the people, dare to hide fugitive slaves, don't you quickly pull over the boat and let us board the ship for inspection. Otherwise, we will open fire, and be careful that your ship will be destroyed. ”

The pockmarked face shouted angrily, and then shouted with righteousness.

Others are also clamoring, and they even have the courage to open fire immediately without accepting the inspection.

That family's acting skills are also Oscar-level, and in the face of the threats of these people, this family begged bitterly, that is, not to let the boat dock.

This made those who had been carried away by the dream of wealth even more dissatisfied, until one of the soldiers fired a shot.

The housekeeper collapsed to the ground in fright, begging for mercy, and the people in the cabin almost burst into laughter.

After seeing that things were almost developing, Chen Zhong let Wang Fu walk out in plain clothes.

Wang Fu stepped onto the deck and struggled to squeeze a panicked look on his face.

He first made a arrest for them, and then said with a sneer: "Ladies and gentlemen, don't shoot, we will be checked." The villain has prepared a generous gift for all the military masters here, and I hope that all the military masters must be merciful. ”

"Haha! Don't worry, we'll be merciful! ”

The pockmarked face laughed wildly.

The soldiers also had ecstatic looks on their faces, and it seemed that they were going to make a fortune today.

Wang Fu waved his hand and motioned for the sailors to pull the boat over.

As soon as several ships came close together, all the soldiers couldn't wait to jump over, even some of the gunners, for fear of being one step slower than others, and finally the silver was a few points less.

As soon as they jumped over, they kicked Wang Fu and the family to the ground, and then rushed into the cabin with a curse.

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