Zhou Xin, Jiang Yan and the others stood on the side of the ship, watching in amazement as the battleship artillery fired, the two of them couldn't believe what they saw, an explosion was launched from five hundred steps away, what kind of weapon was this, they had never heard of it.

The two of them looked at each other, and their eyes showed a look of great surprise, if this weapon could be deployed on a large scale in the army of the Liang King system, why not worry about the world?

"It's artillery! Very sharp weapon. ”

Wu Jin stepped forward and smiled slightly: "This is the first time to use it on the battlefield, I will make it on a large scale this winter, only its existence, I dare to guarantee that the army in the north will not be able to cross the river." ”

"Artillery!"

Zhou Xin muttered to himself, and he suddenly said to Wu Jin excitedly: "If you need a venue, I can provide a secret military camp, and I can apply to the imperial court in the name of the Chuzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, no matter what, I hope that thousands of such artillery pieces can appear in our army." ”

Wu Jin was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked him, he has been looking for a venue, he has no shortage of silver and materials, what he lacks is a good blacksmith, if in the name of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of Chuzhou, he can directly borrow the best foundry craftsmen from the Arsenal of Chuzhou, the Arsenal of Chuzhou is directly under the Arsenal Supervisor, and there are more than 2,000 of the best foundry craftsmen, but the Armament Supervisor is controlled by Uncle Shen, and they refuse to assist themselves in preparing for war this time, but they can be in the name of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of Chuzhou.

At this time, someone in the sea shouted, "Catch it!" ”

Several people looked at the sea at the same time, only to see that a boat seemed to have found a person, and in a moment, more than a dozen soldiers pushed up Li Baisha, who was tied up with five flowers, and pressed him to kneel on the deck, "Dudu, this person is Li Baisha!" ”

Li Baisha was soaked in seawater, shivering with cold, "Rao... I'm dying! ”

Huangfu Wujin glanced at him coldly, and ordered left and right: "Pull him down for interrogation, if you honestly confess everything, you can spare his life, if you have the slightest lie, immediately behead others!" ”

The soldiers on the left and right agreed, and immediately carried Li Baisha down, Wu Jin slowly walked to the bow of the boat, staring at the blazing Baisha Island, shouting that the sound of killing had gradually thinned, and the battle was about to end.

"Young Master, are you attacking Baisha for military training?" Jiang Yan walked up to him and asked in a deep voice.

Wu Jin shook his head, "There is a little reason for this, but not exactly. ”

He glanced back at Jiang Yan, pointed to this Baisha Island and said with a smile: "Uncle Jiang doesn't think this Baisha Island is very good?" ”

"This island is very large, a radius of 100 miles, bigger than Ryukyu Island, but if you want the island, there is a big Ryukyu Island in the south, which is bigger than several Jiangning Mansions, wouldn't it be better?"

"I don't want the island, I fancy that this island is less than two hundred miles away from Qizhou, if the wind is good, you can reach Qizhou in one day and one night, isn't this the best springboard to attack Qizhou?"

Jiang Yan suddenly realized that Wujin's capture of Baisha Island was actually to attack Qizhou in the future, and he was really far-sighted! I didn't even think of it.

"Have you considered Silla? This is the territory of the Silla Kingdom, and if you occupy this place, will the Silla Congress agree? ”

"Silla doesn't care about this island at all, they don't care how many years it has been barren, and finally it was occupied by Li Baisha, the navy of Silla is not good, I eradicate Li Baisha for them, they should be grateful to me, of course, I will be cautious, I have asked the Qi family to come forward to buy this island more than a month ago."

Jiang Yan nodded secretly, it seems that all of them underestimated the young master, he had already started to lay out, they didn't know anything, Jiang Yan stroked his white beard, the surprise in his eyes was difficult to hide, Tianfeng has a future, and there is hope for reset.

．．．．．． The battle on Baisha Island finally ended, groups of wounded soldiers were sent back to the logistics hospital ship, more than 100 military doctors began to get busy, and even Yu Hailan went to the hospital ship to participate in the treatment of the wounded. At dawn, the commander Huangfu Wujin stepped on this land, and Zhou Yanbao, the commander of the battle, reported the battle to Wujin.

"There were 5,000 pirates in total, more than 2,300 were killed and wounded by the brothers, and all the rest surrendered, and our army suffered more than 300 casualties, of which 115 were killed, and the rest of the wounded brothers were sent to the ship for treatment."

Wu Jin nodded, "The fallen brothers will be burned on the spot, and the bones will be returned to their families, in addition to the fifty taels of silver from the imperial court, an additional fifty taels of silver will be given in my name." ”

"If you understand your duties, you will immediately order someone to do it, and besides, will the fallen pirates be buried on the spot?"

"Nope! The dead pirates cut off their heads and sent people to Beijing to report their merits, saying that they had the first confrontation with the Phoenix Society, and our army won a great victory, so we had a little more time. ”

"Don't worry, I will arrange this matter!"

Zhou Yanbao remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Governor, we also captured more than 800 white-clothed soldiers from Chuzhou, who were the private soldiers of Uncle Shen Guo to assist Li Baisha in dealing with the Silla people. ”

"There are actually white-clothed soldiers?"

Wu Jin couldn't help laughing, he understood, it must be the last time Li Baisha went to Chuzhou to invite them, "Can there be a general?" ”

"Yes! Caught a lieutenant general named Wu Jun. ”

"Wu Jun?"

Zhou Xin next to him was a little surprised: "It won't be the Wu Army of the Shucheng Military Mansion!" ”

"Bring him in and you'll know."

Wu Jin ordered, "Bring this Wu army up." ”

After a while, several soldiers brought up Wu Jun, the leader of the white-clothed army, Zhou Xin recognized him from afar, and smiled at Wu Jin: "Sure enough, it's him, Guo Yi Du Lieutenant Wu Jun of Shucheng Military Mansion, this person is from Ningguo County, last autumn his father fought for land with the local Hao family, and was killed by the Hao family, so he took two hundred of his men out of the camp without permission, killed the whole Hao family, and he led his subordinates to nowhere to be found, this incident angered the military department, not only dismissed the captain of the Shucheng Military Mansion for questioning, but also issued a list everywhere to arrest this person, His sister's family and his uncle's family are still being held in Jiangning Mansion Prison. ”

When Wu Jun learned that the attack on the island was the Chuzhou naval army, he led 800 white-clothed troops to surrender, he knew the situation in Chuzhou very well, and there might be a way out for him to surrender to the account of King Liang.

Wu Jun saw Zhou Xin at a glance, his heart was cold, Zhou Xin knew his old background, and he also knew him, I was afraid that something bad would happen, so he had to kneel down on one knee and salute, "The general of the defeated army is willing to serve the king of Hei Liang!" ”

Wu Jin glanced at him and asked lightly, "Why did you surrender to me?" ”

"The lowly and eight hundred subordinates don't want to confront the Chuzhou Navy Army, they want to live!"

Wu Jin sneered and said: "You are all the private army of the King of Chu, if I bring you back to the mainland, you will each flee, how can you make me believe you?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness King Liang, we are just for the mixed army salary and food, and we have no family members pledged in the hands of the King of Chu, if His Royal Highness spares our lives, we are willing to contribute to His Highness."

Wu Jin thought for a while and said, "Okay! I will believe you once, and you will go down first. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Wu Jun saw that King Heiliang didn't mention his past at all, his heart finally let go, he saluted, and followed the soldiers down, Zhou Xin looked at him and walked away, and couldn't help frowning: "Young master, really take them back?" ”

Wu Jin smiled meaningfully, "They are all white-clothed soldiers, I have always been worried that I can't find the white-clothed army, I didn't expect to meet here, it is rare for eight hundred people to surrender to me, of course I have to make good use of them, I will make them loyal to me first." ”

．．．．．．．． Wu Jin walked on a small hill, overlooking the whole picture of the island, the island is a hundred miles in circumference, the north is high and the south is low, there are many tidal flats around, it is not conducive to stopping the boat, there is only a natural harbor in the north, you can park a big ship with ten thousand stones, most of the island is covered by dense forests, it is surrounded by a large grassland, it is very suitable for raising horses, there is a lot of arable land, there is a small city in the west, called Tidal City, this is Li Baisha named after his father, there are about 1,000 households in the city.

At this time, several soldiers stepped forward with a middle-aged man who looked like an official, Wu Jin rubbed his eyes, he was not mistaken, he was wearing the official uniform of the Qipin County Order of the Daning Dynasty.

The middle-aged man stepped forward and knelt down and cried: "I didn't expect that I, Lu Qianyun, would be able to see the army in my hometown again, it's been ten years, and I've been looking forward to it for ten years, and I've finally waited for this day." ”

"Who are you?"

Wu Jin couldn't help frowning when he heard this person claiming to be a subordinate official, and he felt that there seemed to be a trace of weakness behind this person's sadness.

"Xiaguan was the county magistrate of Wendeng County, Donglai County, ten years ago he was promoted to the county magistrate of Langya County, Gaomi County, Xiaguan took his family to take a boat to take office, but he was kidnapped by Baisha Society halfway, and was abducted to Baisha Island, Li Baisha forced me to do his Tidal County Order, I didn't obey, he used my wife and son to coerce, I had to be forced to agree, it has been ten years in a flash, Xiaguan ** pirates, I know that I am guilty of the court, I just want to let me go back to my hometown to sweep the grave of my mother, so that I can be buried next to my mother's grave after I die, I am willing to accept all the punishments of the court."

"Do you know who I am?" Wu Jin asked him.

"I know that the general is the governor of the Chuzhou Navy Army."

"Not only that, I am the King of Heiliang, a descendant of the royal family."

"It turned out to be His Royal Highness King Heiliang, and the officials were disrespectful."

Lu Qianyun was worried in his heart, he didn't know what this young prince told him to do, Wu Jin smiled slightly and said: "I can tell the emperor about your misfortune, commend you for serving us secretly, let the emperor forgive your sins and give you a new future, how about it?" ”

Lu Qianyun's heart was ecstatic and moved, and he whimpered and cried, "Your Highness's great grace! The lower officials took it to heart. ”

"Okay, you don't have to cry, I want you to do something for me."

Lu Qianyun hurriedly wiped away his tears, "Please instruct Your Highness, the lower officials will serve with all their hearts." ”

"Let me ask you first, how many people are on this island, and how many Han people are among them?"

"Returning to His Royal Highness, there are 1,800 households registered on the island, with a population of 11,000 people, of which seventy percent are Han people, most of whom were taken by Li Baisha from the coast of Daning, and planted military rations and made utensils for them on the island, and some Silla fishermen, that is, local natives, and Yicheng is a native of China, who was also taken captive by Li Baisha and planted military food for him. It's just that the people are very poor, and most of the grain harvested every year is taken away, leaving only a little subsistence rice, nominally a county citizen, but in fact his slaves. ”

Wu Jin thought about it and said with a smile: "That's the case, I want to use this island to garrison the army, and I also need ordinary people to do things for the army, you can live here for a year or two with peace of mind, I don't want a single rice for the grain you grow, and I will return all the grain in Li Baisha's warehouse to you, and I won't let you do things for the army in vain, just like the Chuzhou garrison, the people help the army build barracks and warehouses, etc., help the army raise horses, or spin cloth to make clothes, we will pay for these, and the price is the same as Chuzhou, Even higher, so that every family can save a little bit of silver, and we will send you back to your hometown by boat in the future, how about it? ”

"There is no problem, as long as you can go back to your hometown, as long as you can feed and clothe everyone, and make money, everyone will be willing to serve their army."

Wu Jin patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction and said, "From now on, this island belongs to Donghai County of Chuzhou, so it is called..."

Wujin thought for a while and said with a smile: "It's called Jin'an County, which means that my emperor Wu Jin settled down in a new county, you are the county magistrate of Jin'an County appointed by me, do things for me well, and three years later, I will promote you to the magistrate of Donghai County." ”

Lu Qianyun was so excited that he knelt down and kowtowed again, "Xiaguan will definitely do things well and will not disappoint His Highness!" ”

At this time, a soldier rushed from afar to report, "Report to the governor, the envoy of Silla has arrived." ”

Wu Jin was stunned, how did it come so quickly, it should be a coincidence, but it came just in time.

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(To be continued)