Ding Mianchen and Shao Xiaoqi walked out quickly, asked the guards at the door, and knew that Wei Yu had gone to the top of the cliff at the southern end of the island. It is the highest point of this nameless island with a watchtower tower. The cliff was bare, and the sea breeze was so strong that the bamboo towers could not be built up to a height of five zhang.

Ding Mianchen saw the figure of Wei Yu looking east on the tower from afar, and looked over, only to see a line of Tianshui, a few gray shadows hovering there, gathering his eyes and staring at it, but it was more than a dozen white birds, flying towards this side. He and Shao Xiaoqi led a few Jingwei along the steep mountain road to that side, thinking about how to persuade him to withdraw his troops from here.

Wei Yu climbed down from the sentry tower, saw Ding Mianchen and Shao Xiaoqi coming over, and said, "Order the armies to prepare to meet the enemy." ”

Ding Mianchen saw that there was no warning signal from the sentry tower, so he asked abruptly: "The general is aware of the enemy attack?" ”

Wei Yu pointed to the gray shadow in the sky and said: "Those white birds, I have only seen them in Puji, this kind of bird has short wings and fat body, and it cannot fly across the ocean with its own strength, and there should be a warship from Puji Island on the other side of Tianshui." ”

Ding Mianchen was horrified in his heart, and turned his head to look at it a few more times. Shao Xiaoqi also saw those white birds clearly, and shouted: "Only these seabirds are found on South Key Island, but why did the Puji bandits use the island to inform us in advance." ”

Wei Yu chuckled and said, "How can Gongliang Youqin be so kind? The Puji pirates are coming straight here, and with these seabirds, they can spot this place in advance. ”

Ding Mianchen saw that Wei Yu was so relaxed, thinking that he had expected this a long time ago, so he calmed down a little, so as not to make him look down on him, and said: "I will immediately order the island to be on guard, please lead the water camp fleet to leave first, if the enemy is very strong, I will also lead the army to retreat from the south side." ”

Wei Yu looked at Ding Mianchen and said, "General Ding, how many soldiers and horses do you think Puji will send this time?" ”

Ding Mianchen thought for a while and said: "Our army has 12,000 troops, but each dispatch is controlled below 3,000, the intention is to hide part of the strength, in the eyes of Gongliang Youqin, I am afraid that there are less than 10,000. ”

Shao Xiaoqi asked in surprise: "The general asked you how many enemies came, but General Ding said this, Xiaoqi still didn't understand how many enemies there were." ”

Wei Yu raised his eyebrows and scolded: "How can you speak here." ”

Ding Mianchen's old face turned red, and he said simply: "I thought that there would be no more than 10,000 enemies. "Secret Dao: At this time, the Puji transport fleet in the north should be suspicious, and the purpose is to divide our forces. Puji is not sure that our army will be completely annihilated, and the natural strength will not be too many.

Wei Yu said indifferently: "It's almost 10,000 people, Puji also wants the Zhufan family to have a little confidence in Puji, but I'm afraid that they will succeed." Looking at the deep blue sea at the first line of Tianshui, he said slowly: "There are only a few sergeants left on the ship to guard, and they are not on guard, and the rest of the soldiers have retreated into the island and set up my big hand." ”

Ding Mianchen said in horror: "General, by all means, if you want to design, how can you let the general use himself as bait?" ”

"Why not?" Wei Yu's eyes shot a superb lightning, stared straight into Ding Mianchen's eyes, and said, "You go and arrange it, don't think of me." He turned sideways and said to Shao Xiaoqi: "You follow me back to the house, I have a few warrants for you to lead someone to convey." After that, regardless of Ding Mianchen's embarrassed face, he went straight downhill and walked towards the wooden house.

The great enemy was coming, and Ding Mianchen had to go to arrange it first. The sentinel ships scattered more than ten miles away from the island will not be able to take back the summons, and their summons will probably arrive together with the warships of the Puji pirates, and they may never be able to rush back to summon them.

The west and south sides of the nameless island are all cliffs with knives and axes, and the terrain to the north is quite steep, only a large bay in the northeast is held, and the terrain is gentle, and the Puji bandits have to go ashore from there if they want to attack the island. Gradually to the southwest, the terrain is getting higher and higher, and it is becoming more and more dangerous. Coupled with the soldiers of the water battalion who have just returned to the island, there are only 2,500 troops stationed here, and if there are really 10,000 pirates who are attacking, the danger is naturally self-evident. If Wei Yu makes a mistake, even if he completely annihilates the enemy, the gain outweighs the loss.

Ding Mianchen reluctantly suppressed the turmoil in his heart, and said secretly: If it is to lure the enemy, it will be more wonderful to make some mistakes, so he ordered the soldiers on the ship to go ashore to rest, and ordered a group of soldiers to quietly go to the first fortification to strengthen the defense, so as not to mess up there, seeing that the battleships in the bay are destined to be destroyed by the incoming pirates as soon as possible, some heartache, but at this time he couldn't care about this, passed more than a dozen orders, and returned to the wooden house where the big tent was located.

Wei Yu was writing endlessly in front of the bookcase, and Shao Xiaoqi was making the letter he had finished into a letter pill seal.

Wei Yu looked up and saw Ding Mianchen coming in, put down the pen in his hand, and asked, "How is the layout?" ”

Ding Mianchen briefly recounted the military orders issued and said: "Captain Qi Yingwei is there to supervise it. ”

Wei Yu nodded and said, "For these letters, you choose a few dead soldiers to send to Dongyang and Yongyang respectively." ”

Ding Mianchen was puzzled and asked, "Why don't you urgently order General Li to gather the garrison water camps in the other two places to help?" ”

Wei Yu said with a smile: "If you are trapped here, Li Yin will naturally come to help, and there is no need for a special order." I'm only afraid that he will come early, but I am not afraid that he will come late. He turned to Shao Xiaoqi and said, "I have a warrant, you take it to find Li Yin, don't let him come early." ”

Ding Mianchen said: "Please leave here and personally lead the army to aid Mianchen, when the general comes to help, Mianchen will try to get the enemy to leave the ship." If the general has a loss, he will not be able to repay all the thieves who come to slaughter. ”

Wei Yu said: "I don't know who led the army, if it was Zhao Weixu, let you tempt him in every way, he wouldn't be fooled." If the main force of the Puji bandits does not go ashore, I will lead the army to help, and what can I do to get him? ”

In order to cut off the grain route between Puji and Wenling, most of the warships brought by Wei Yu were light and fast medium-sized ships, and they used the tactics of wolves foraging for food to destroy the escort ships and transport ships of the Puji supply fleet, but they could not compete with the large Puji water camp warship formation. If you want to win, you have to lure the Puji bandits ashore to fight the victory. In this case, it is not easy to defeat a strong force with a weak advantage.

Ding Mianchen wondered in his heart that Wei Yu did not force the Puji army entrenched in Wenling City, and at this time he seemed murderous, and he was bound to destroy the incoming enemy without giving up. Ding Mianchen thought a lot in his heart, but he couldn't ask for reasons, glanced at Shao Xiaoqi, saw that he looked aggrieved, and estimated that he was reprimanded when he was admonished. Even so, if Wei Yu makes a mistake, it is too much to slaughter the bandits, Ding Mianchen stubbornly said: "Now that I, Jiangning and Puji, have the advantage, I will use a dignified teacher, and within a few years, I can also wipe out the Puji bandits, and there is no need to take risks." ”

Wei Yu's gaze turned sharp, glanced at Ding Mianchen, and said indifferently: "I have already explained in the letter I handed over to Jiang Ning that even if I die in this battle, you Ding Mianchen will also be fully meritorious. ”

Ding Mianchen knelt down on one knee in shock, and said earnestly: "If Mianchen has this thought, thunder will strike him." It's just that in the hearts of the ministers, the general is very important than the ten thousand thieves in that mere area, so I have this request. ”

Wei Yu also felt that his tone was too mean, picked up Ding Mianchen, and said: "The Puji bandits are brazenly dispatched, but they want to reorganize their morale, and whether they encircle or annihilate the remnants of Wenling has nothing to do with the overall situation, but if they don't defeat the thieves on this road, Puji is very arrogant, and it is still a small matter. ”

Ding Mianchen said: "Since this is the case, it is better not to fight. Our army has been here for more than three months, and the grain and grass that Puji has sunk into this sea area has exceeded one million stones, and the remnants of the thieves who are entrenched in Wenling are no longer allowed to withdraw from the land. The great success has been accomplished, our army avoided it, and it was also triumphant, and the thieves came from the division, but they returned in vain, and their sharp spirit was exhausted. ”

Wei Yu straightened his back and said proudly: "Ten thousand remnants of thieves can't let me Wei Yu avoid the edge." The confident tone revealed a strong and domineering momentum. Ding Mianchen was slightly stunned, but did not say anything more.

Ding Mianchen was frightened by this, and no longer spoke of advice, thinking that if Wei Yu lost this battle, he would have no face to live alone, but it was like this, and a pride filled his heart, stirring in his heart.

Wei Yu whispered to Shao Xiaoqi: "Although I have made it clear in the warrant that if I die, the armies must not advance lightly, and should retreat slowly." At that time, Li Yin may not obey the orders of the deceased, you stay with Li Yin, you should dissuade him, if he does not listen, I will give you another warrant, and then his deputy Zheng Cangsheng will temporarily take charge of the army. Looking at the empty space, he said slowly: "Yu has admired him since he was rescued by Mr. Yongyang City. At the beginning, I felt the grace of Mr. not to kill, and then I felt Mr. Teach Art and recreate, and then I understood the righteousness of Mr. Sacrifice and have nothing else to do. Although there are not many things in the Yu calendar, but I also understand that only Mr. in the world can establish a country for the people, Yu is far from the righteousness, a body of killing, can not reach for life, I hope to be able to be a sharp blade as a gentleman, to the way of seclusion. ”

Ding Mianchen's heart was shocked and indescribable, before he saw Xu Ruyu, he heard all kinds of deeds, and thought that this person was majestic and handsome, although Longyan was attached to the family's interests, but there was also a point of admiration for Xu Ruyu, but he had seen Xu Ruyu twice in a hurry, and his impression was very ordinary, and he knew that the hidden dragon was good at hiding in the abyss, but the admiration in his heart was weak. But after working with Wei Yu for several months, I only felt that he was arbitrary and decisive, although he had no martial arts, but the military strategy and government affairs were far inferior to him, and his body naturally revealed a domineering and domineering momentum. Ding Mianchen claimed that his martial arts cultivation was not weak to him, but he also thought that if he really fought with him, he would be intimidated by his momentum and unable to exert his true strength and lose to him.

Wei Yu is indifferent and arbitrary, but the way things are convincing, Ding Mianchen worked under him at the beginning, and there were inevitably complaints in his heart, and he was also impressed by his talent for a long time.

Wei Yu walked out of the house, Ding Mianchen was also determined, and no longer said more, arranging for the dead man and Shao Xiaoqi to go to sea for a week. There are several paddle steamers on the island, which can be used in rickshaws for short distances, and the speed is very fast, and the Puji pirates are laying nets on the periphery, and the paddle steamers can easily break through the blockade line.

Soon after Shao Xiaoqi left, the clifftop sentry tower was sending out an alarm, and the low horn sound was tight for a while, and it suddenly pressed on everyone's hearts like a rock. In the blink of an eye, a tall mast could already be seen rising from the skyline.

Wei Yu looked at Haiwei, and the soldiers who had just disembarked hurriedly headed towards the warship, knowing in advance that there were not many people who were going to attack the enemy, and there was chaos in Haiwei, but in Lin Ji's eyes, he was unprepared and unprepared.

Wei Yu saw that all the ships appeared on the sea level, and the middle of the road was facing the sea polder on this side, and the two wings were scattered into an arc, forming a huge linear formation to swallow the entire desert island into it, Wei Yu said to Ding Mianchen: "The people who came could not know the shape of this island in advance, but they laid out this formation, it seems that the strength of the army is far stronger than mine, and the people who came are fierce people, this battle is not easy but easy." Go down and put in order the armies. ”

"Not easy" means that there are many casualties in this battle, maybe Wei Yu and himself will be buried here, and "also easy" means that when people see Wei Yu here, most of them will ask to take down Wei Yu's head before the reinforcements come.

At this point, Ding Mianchen had no scruples, and in response, he went down to reorganize the army, ordered the chaotic sergeants on Haiwei to withdraw behind the first line of fortifications, and ordered the guarded warships and light sentry ships to attack the perimeter. The sentinel had the duty of heralding the order and scattered in all directions. The blockade established on the flanks of the enemy ships was not yet dense, and light sentinel ships passed through the gaps in front of the encirclement. Wei Yu ruled the army very strictly, and if there was no explicit order, none of the battleships escaped, and they sailed to meet the enemy ships one by one.

Wei Yu shouted: "I am a big tree, pass on my military orders, the officers and soldiers of the battleship are responsible, each escape, don't hit the stone with an egg." ”

Ding Mianchen has withdrawn most of the soldiers on the battleship, and it is not easy for a few people to indulge in the huge and clumsy battleships, and the quick cars and ships in the enemy's two-wing ship formation have staggered out and hooked nearly several warships with hooks, and countless sea bandits have poured onto the deck, instantly submerging the few Qingyan soldiers, at this time, hundreds of sea bandit ships will seal the bay, and there is no favorable space to break through, Ding Mianchen ordered the battleships that could not break out to withdraw to the Haiwei side, where there are still more than 100 empty ships.

Lin Ji was afraid that there was another mystery in the empty ship formation, so he only ordered two big ships to meet him, but gave the soldiers on the warship time to go ashore and escape. After the pirates towed more than 100 empty ships to the periphery, the escape route on the island was completely blocked.

Lin Ji stood on the deck, staring at the situation on the island. From here, the terrain is gradually higher to the southwest, approaching the highest end, and then suddenly falling, the island is mostly low and dense shrubs, there is no hiding in it, the fortifications and defenders on the island are clear at a glance, Lin Ji smiled: "As long as this place is surrounded, the Qingyan Army must have the ability to reach the sky to escape." ”

At this time, the captain who dragged the empty ship out of the periphery came back and reported: "There is no abnormality on the ship, it is consistent with the previous information, it has just come to the island for replenishment, and a third of the ships will be loaded with food and fresh water that can be eaten by a boatload of people for ten days." ”

Lin Ji nodded and said: "The Green Flame Thief is here to carry out a small amount of supplies, and then disturb my grain fleet, I have already guessed, but the marshal has many doubts, and he does not dare to make a decision, if he waits for the sentinel ship to confirm the information, the Green Flame Thief will not apply oil to the soles of his feet in advance?" ”

"The general's wisdom is not something I can guess, and I also arrived at this time, and when I saw the blue flame thieves on the island panicking, I realized the wonder of the general's decisive dispatch of troops." The man struggled to push the muscles at the ends of his mouth up.

Lin Ji was in a good mood and accepted it calmly, and at this time, a sentry ship in front of him sailed over and reported: "The thief chief Wei Yu's Da Yan has been found on the island. ”

Lin Ji was shocked, and looked in the direction of the sentry's fingers, but saw that halfway up the slope, Gao Xuan was erected like a mast, the purple flag was shaking in the wind, and there were two people standing under the big swords, one of them stood proudly, standing a little forward, looking here according to the sword, and behind him stood dozens of Jingwei in bright armor, all holding standard sabers.

Lin Ji had never met Wei Yu, but he knew that only the blades used by the Qingjiang Cavalry Battalion and Wei Yu's guards were this standard sabre with a small arc.

Lin Ji knew that in the Qingyan Army, Wei Yu, Jimo Mingxi, and Wei Yan were originally from Puji Biaofeng's battalion, but among the generals in Jiangning, it was Wei Yu who was the most ruthless to Puji Island, and he scolded secretly in his heart, and he couldn't be sure if that person was him, so he turned his head to look at the generals beside him, pointed at Wei Yu, and asked, "Who knows that guy?" ”

One said: "The last general once met with the thief chieftain, but he was far away, and he couldn't see it really, and his figure and face were quite similar to him. ”

Lin Ji said: "That's him, I didn't expect to catch a big fish this time, if it was really the heavens that estimated us, I ordered the army to prepare to attack the island." ”

One person stood up and said: "Before the siege, Wei Yu had the opportunity to leave, and at this time he set up a flag on the island, just afraid of fraud." ”

Lin Ji laughed and asked the person who knew Wei Yu: "The enemy is about to flee, will Wei Yu abandon his armor and collapse?" ”

The man hesitated and said: "The world calls him a butcher general, but I am afraid that he can't afford the notoriety of a running general, not to mention that Wei Yu's patrol army is like this, fleeing from the battle, the thief army on the island will collapse, and the rumors go out, Wei Yu can't explain it in Jiangning, and if he is timid and afraid, he will also choose to stick here and wait for help." ”

Lin Ji laughed and said: "Look at how he sticks to it, you take a boat and go forward to look carefully, as long as you are sure that it is Wei Yu's guy, which team will cut this thief chieftain, the sergeant will be rewarded with 100 gold, the team officer will be promoted to the third level, the reward will be 10,000 gold, and the reward will be 10,000 gold." ”

Everyone behind him made a promise, and they all vowed to slash this thief.

Wei Yu stood on the hillside and looked at the situation on the boat, although he couldn't hear what Lin Ji said, he couldn't take it for granted, he pouted and smiled, and said, "Lin Ji probably uses my head to inspire morale." Ding Mianchen's face was gloomy, but the gloom did not decrease, there were 10,000 thieves brought by Lin Ji this time, Lin Ji had never fought with the Qingyan Army, and he was not afraid of the Qingyan Army, and his fighting spirit and combat power should not be underestimated; There is only one advantage, Wei Yu treats the Puji thieves viciously and never leaves prisoners, and there are many defenders on the island, and there is no possibility of a full corpse in the hands of the Puji bandits, and there is only one way to fight to the death.

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