The dark clouds in the western sky pressed very low, and under the gray clouds, the wanton stormy waves flowed out, and they swooped down on the golden soft sand, chasing happily, and then retreating gloomily. The sound of the wind and waves hitting each other fills the ear drums, and the sound of the wind and waves near and far away is mixed together, bubbling and growing.

A tall mast appeared on the waterline of the sky, Wei Yu stared into the distance, and in his field of vision, dozens of tall masts were exposed one after another. The horns blew one after another, and another group of warships entered this nameless island to replenish supplies.

Ding Mianchen stood on the side, his eyes retracted from the turbulent ocean, and glanced at Wei Yu.

Wei Yu's cheeks were as well-defined as a knife and axe, slightly narrow, his straight nose showed his usual indifference, a dark red scar flashed under his eyelids, like purple lightning, and his brave and resolute eyes were as sharp as the blade soaked in a cold spring.

Ding Mianchen has a slight white face, and when he was standing, his cheekbones were bulging, his chin was narrow, his lips were light and thin, and his eyes were reserved.

Before Wei Yu turned around, he glanced at the dark currents at the sea and sky, and strode towards the barracks deep in the dense forest.

Ding Mianchen unconsciously glanced into the distance, nearly a hundred light sea boats were huddled there, slowly leaning towards the sea here. In the waters east of Yue County, this small island is one of the three supply islands, located on the outermost side of the three supply islands, and is also the closest sea route between Puji and Wenling. Less than ten miles around, a gap was opened on the east side of the island to form a natural sea polder, and with a little rectification, medium-sized sea ships could enter the sea polder for replenishment.

Ding Mianchen couldn't help but be a little worried, it had been more than three months since the sea grain route from Puji to Wenling had been cut off here, and Gongliang Youqin must have noticed in his heart that recently, Puji's sentinel boats had deviated from their original routes and searched on both sides. Although the Puji sentinel boats near this small island were surrounded and annihilated, it was difficult to ensure that the people of Puji would not be suspicious of this sea area.

"The sea wolf's foraging strategy has been successful today, and most of the people are aware of it now, and Mian Chen thinks that this battle can be ended."

Wei Yu glanced at Ding Mianchen, did not speak, lifted the curtain made of thin shrubs and walked into the room, and the light penetrated through the gaps in the curtain and reflected on the solid yellow mud floor one by one.

Ding Mianchen and Wei Yu have worked together for nearly half a year, and they also know his indifferent surname. Wei Yu was noncommittal about his suggestion, but he abandoned it. Ding Mianchen stood stunned at the door, the curtain dangled in front of him, and then he came back to his senses, sighed secretly, took the curtain, and walked into the room with his head slightly bowed. But seeing Wei Yu standing in front of the sea map, his eyes wandering in the map, but his expression was extremely solemn, Ding Mianchen was overjoyed, and said secretly: He is not worried at all.

Wei Yu raised his head, glanced at Ding Mianchen, and asked, "Since the end of last winter, how has the record been?" ”

Ding Mianchen said: "Our army has intercepted the Puji grain convoy with light sea boats, and so far destroyed a total of 227 enemy transport ships of more than 3,000 stones, with a total measurement of about 1.1 million stones, and destroyed a total of 381 enemy escort ships, including 19 large naval warships of more than 200 materials, 171 medium-sized naval warships of three masts and five masts, 191 small sentinel ships, eagle boats, Cangshan boats, and sampans, and 9,860 enemy ships. He also said, "A large transport formation has been found on the sea route from Puji to Wenling, and General Li Yin has led the team to go there, and the results of this battle will be expanded a lot." ”

Ding Mianchen paused, saw Wei Yu's expressionless face, and knew that he was not concerned about this matter, so he said: "Our army has lost a total of 116 medium-sized naval warships with three masts and five masts, a total of 267 small ships such as Cangshan ships and large wing ships, and 4,616 casualties among officers and men. ”

The purpose of this campaign is to cut off the sea grain route between Puji and Wenling, and it is gratifying to have achieved such an impressive result in the past season so far.

Wei Yu asked lightly: "General Ding, if our army recovers the entire territory of Puji, how many troops do we need to gather?" ”

Ding Mianchen didn't know why he had this question, he was slightly stunned, glanced at Wei Yu with doubts, and said: "The Puji Sea bandits are stubborn and shoddy, and they are familiar with water warfare and foot warfare. If Gongliang Youqin continues to transfer islanders to supplement the bandit army, our department needs to dispatch more soldiers and horses. The adults avoided direct war with Puji, clamped Puji with Yongyang and Dongyang in the north and south, disturbed its grain route with a light enemy army, and suppressed the remnants of Puji in Yueqing to the east. The longer the years go, the more prosperous our army becomes, and Puji is declining, which is the beauty of the adults who surrender to the enemy without a fight. ”

Wei Yu nodded and said, "That's what Mr. originally meant. However, Mr. is in Fanyang, and he has given me the right to control the armies in the east, and he no longer wants to see me return with less than 10,000 enemies. ”

When Xu Ruyu was on an adventure in the Northern Tang Dynasty, Jiang Ning promoted Wei Yu to be a general, but the military power was not increased, and Jiang Ning's move was just to stabilize the morale of the army and the people at home and abroad. However, Xu Ruyu was out of danger, and the first military order was to hand over the garrisons from Dongyang in the south, Fuzhou in the west, and Jinghai in the north to Wei Yu alone.

Ding Mianchen said: "Wenling remnants, lack of food and trapped, as long as General Feng's side strengthens the offensive and expands the victory, of course it is hopeful, I think that the lord will give the general all the military power, is to hope that the two sides will choose the fighter plane so as not to make mistakes." He also said, "The general can gather soldiers and horses here, cross the ocean to the east side of Wenling, and join forces with the Yueqing army to surround the remnants of Wenling." ”

Ding Mianchen's strategy was not unsafe, and the light army on this road gathered nearly 12,000 people, and the Yueqing army had a total of 50,000 people. Under the continuous offensive of the Yueqing army, the Wenling city wall collapsed and destroyed a lot, the bandits entrenched in the Wenling city were only 20,000 people, the enemy who had been trapped for a long time, the morale was weakened, for several months, the grain and grass transported into Wenling were very small, the remnants of Wenling could not eat, and there was little left of the combat power, and the remnants of Wenling were besieged with 50,000 people, as long as the garrison of the Fan family in Jinhua did not move, it was not impossible to encircle and annihilate the remnants of Wenling.

Wei Yu locked his eyebrows and pondered for a while, shook his head, and said: "Our troops encircle and annihilate the remnants of Wenling, or force the remnants of Wenling to go to the sea, in terms of strategy, it is the same. I don't take that policy. ”

Ding Mianchen stood stunned for a while, thought about it again and again, and realized a little.

Wenling is weak, there is no basis for food, it is impossible to maintain such a high armament, once Gongliang Youqin has no hope of fighting for hegemony on land, it will inevitably reduce the troops, with a small group of elite and fierce water battalions to invade the eastern coastal area, Jiangning is to obtain the entire territory of Yuejun, and a considerable number of troops must be deployed on the eastern coast. At this time, there is indeed no obvious superiority or inferiority in strategy to encircle or force back the remnants of Wenling, but it increases the victories of the generals who participated in this battle. But the battle of Wenling was too brilliant, but it would lead to the vigilance of the Fan and Zhu families, Ding Mianchen glanced at Wei Yu in surprise, thinking of the rumors about him in the army, and said secretly: Is this person really a bandit who abandoned his weapons and surrendered at the head of Yongyang City five years ago?

Liang Bao, Wei Yu, Jimo Mingxi, and Wei Yan are listed under Xu Ruyu's door, and at the beginning of Xu Ruyu's army, the four of them followed left and right, and they are all the core figures of the Qingyan Army today. Liang Baoqi's surname is cautious, gentle and submissive, and his talent is not excellent, among the people in Jiangning, there are many people who are higher than him in military strategy and government affairs, but he is the most trusted by Xu Ruyu, Xu Ruyu Ping Nanmin, and let him replace him. In the eyes of everyone in Jiangning, Liang Bao's best thing is that he is quite self-aware, all kinds of intelligence, and self-knowledge is the wisdom, in this regard, Liang Bao can be regarded as a very talented person. Xiao Wuye entered Southern Fujian, Zuo Qi used troops against the Yan clan in Putian, Liang Bao entrusted the war to him, and was willing to sit in Quanzhou for Xiao Wuye, supervising the logistics of grain and grass, and the war in Southern Fujian was quite smooth.

After Mo Ming was the king of Yi in the past. Baiyi was Jiangning's original ally, and Xu Ruyu's rise was due to Baiyi's contribution. However, where there is a conflict between the Baiyi royal power and Jiangning, in recent years, Jiang Ning has strived to reduce the Baiyi royal power, and the Baiyi king, namely Mo Ruiping, has returned to the mainland from Puji East Reef Island and has been living in Yongyang. In the past, Mo Ming assisted Jiang Lingtian in acting military affairs in Sima Ya, and he had no chance to lead the army alone. It is rumored that after the end of the war in Southern Fujian, Xiao Wuye will take Jimo Mingxi's place in the Su Guard.

Wei Yan has been with Xu Ruyu to lead the cavalry battalion, at the beginning of the army, Wei Yan had a big mistake of private separation, almost lost his life in Wuling Mountain, Xu Ruyu went to Wuling Mountain, only to find him, but there was no chance to lead an army alone. There is no personal guard in the Qingfeng General's Mansion, the cavalry battalion is Xu Ruyu's personal guard, although the Qingjiang cavalry battalion is small, it is the most elite army in Jiangning, Xu Ruyu relies on Jiang Lingtian, Zhang Zhongdao, Xu Boying and others in Jiangning, but Wei Yanding is one of the first few.

Among the four, Wei Yu has the most outstanding military achievements, and his military strategy and martial arts have been inherited by Xu Ruyu, but the use of soldiers is very different from Xu Ruyu. Jiangning's iron law does not kill and surrender, but only Wei Yu did not take prisoners every time he led the troops back. Every time Jiang Ning rumored that Wei Yu would be heavily responsible, but for several years, Wei Yu had the heaviest military power, and now controlled more than 100,000 people in the eastern Shuibu battalion.

Xu Ruyu is invincible in the use of soldiers, strange and positive complement each other, virtual and real, no one in the world can match. The four inherited their military strategies and tactics, that is, Mo Mingxi's soldiers were most similar to him; Liang Baocai is not excellent, he uses troops correctly, not as unpredictable as Xu Ruyu, but he is a dignified general, and he is an enemy like Rong Yanmen, who has no hope of defeating the enemy, and will not return defeated. However, Wei Yu was able to come out of the machine on his own, and he liked to use soldiers to go to the front, and he was murderous, which was a little less than Xu Ruyu's use of soldiers.

Wei Yu didn't know what Ding Mianchen was thinking, and when he saw him bowing his head and pondering, he thought that he was thinking about other things, and he didn't care about him, so he lowered his head and compared the sea area map. After a while, Shao Xiaoqi walked in and said that the warships on this patrol had returned to the port for supplies.

Wei Yu raised his hand and beckoned Shao Xiaoqi to walk over, and said, "You have marked the small Puji ships destroyed by our army in the past month on the sea map for me one by one. With that, he walked out.

Shao Xiaoqi was puzzled, but did not ask. In his eyes, Wei Yu is not the kind of person who likes to explain his intentions to others. Although Ding Mianchen was the commander of the infantry battalion, he knew a lot about the results of the water battle, and he could mark the number of enemy ships destroyed in that area on the sea map without checking the battle report. After a while, together with Shao Xiaoqi, he marked out the more than 100 small enemy ships that had been sunk in the past month.

Seeing the sea map at this time, Ding Mianchen was horrified. I can't rest assured, and the large and small ships that have been annihilated since entering this sea area are marked on the sea area map, but the large and medium-sized sea ships are marked with Danqing ink.

At the other end of the Tianshui line, a large formation of hundreds of large and small warships was heading towards the small island where Wei Yu and Ding Mianchen were located.

At present, the flagship of the cleaving waves is a nine-masted ship of 400 materials, nearly 30 zhang long before and after, six zhang wide, six zhang high, the bottom is pointed up, the head is raised and the tail is upturned, the tree is nine masts, the cabin is three layers, the female wall is set up on the side of the ship is as high as the city, and there is a guard plate next to it. The flag is added to it, and the momentum is very strong.

Lin Jizhi stood on the deck, his hand pressed the sword hanging from his waist, his face was gloomy, but the obvious armor was brighter than his eyes.

Puji and Xu Ruyu were defeated in three battles, and Xu Ruyu's rise in Jiangning seemed to be achieved by stepping on the corpses of Puji pirates in the eyes of the world. At the beginning of the Battle of Southern Fujian, Lin Ji folded in the battle of Hutian in front of Yongjiabao, but Lin Ji was luckier than Yin Weixiu and Gongliang Xiaotian, and from beginning to end, his surname was unhindered, not only that, but the forces under his command were not damaged. In the Battle of the East China Sea and the Battle of Fuzhou, Lin Ji's subordinates were stationed on Nanjiao Island, and avoided the catastrophe of annihilation, and in the Battle of Nanmin, the Qingyan Army forced Gongliang Youqin down the most, and no major war broke out between the two.

Although Lin Ji was jealous of the Qingyan Army in his heart, he couldn't hide his pride under the jealousy. Decades ago, Lin Feng's remnants embraced Lin Ji, who was still a child, to Puji, at that time, Lin Feng's remnants were not much weaker than Gongliang Youqin's forces, but Gongliang Youqin integrated Lin Feng's remnants and became a stronger bandit force than Ryukyu Island back then, but after Lin Ji became an adult, the status he gained within the bandits was not as good as Yin Weixiu, not to mention Xu Bodang, who had become a hegemon.

However, he was defeated by Xu Ruyu several times, Yin Weixiu and Gongliang Xiaotian died, Gongliang Youqin, Zhao Weixu, and Xu Bodang's reputation gradually weakened.

As long as you win a complete victory in this battle, you are not afraid that Gongliang Youqin will not hand over Wenling's military power. Lin Ji thought of being proud, his eyes gradually brightened, looking at the sea in the distance like a deep jasper, and his chest was like a stratus cloud, and he couldn't help but howl.

The seabirds resting on the tall mast flapped their wings and circled over the fleet, their large white wings spread out like flags hanging in the air, and after a while, they did not stop again on the tall mast as before.

Lin Ji looked at a Puji general beside him and said, "General Mu, can you feel this seabird?" ”

The man was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "The seabird is frightened by the general's arrogance, and he doesn't dare to stop on the mast again." ”

Lin Ji scolded with a smile: "You are so bad at learning, you prefer to learn this useless sycophant." I deliberately grabbed these islands when I left Puji Island, and it took three days before I untied the ropes that bound my feet. ”

The man was still puzzled.

Lin Ji's interest was lost, pointed to the direction where the seabirds flew, and said in an urn voice: "The ship is on the sea, although there is Sinan to identify the direction, but the number of miles traveled each day can not be counted, along this wind, it takes about four days to reach the supply island of the Qingyan Army, but there is no accurate number, the seabird's eyes are sharp and high, naturally it can look farther than the people on the boat, if you can see the island, it will naturally fly to the island, and no longer stop on the boat." ”

The man suddenly realized, and said secretly: It turns out that this seabird is used to discover the enemy's supply island in advance, and he was about to chase a few words, but he heard Lin Ji shout loudly: "Clearly order the ships, the two posts are spread out in an arc, surrounded on both sides, and the middle road will follow the flagship to attack the enemy island." ”

Shao Xiaoqi saw that the annihilated enemy ship had been marked on the map of the sea area, and he was about to go out to find Wei Yu to return to the matter, Ding Mianchen grabbed him and said: "The general already has this map in his heart, if you go to look for him, he will definitely ask you what you can see from it?" ”

Shao Xiaoqi turned his head sideways and asked, "General Ding, tell me if you see it, lest the general blame me." ”

Ding Mianchen smiled bitterly: "This picture is easy to understand, but I can't understand the decision in the general's heart." ”

Shao Xiaoqi leaned over and looked at the picture carefully. The small enemy ships were marked with cinnabar pens, and the map of the sea area was extremely clear and eye-catching, Shao Xiaoqi was surprised: "These dozens of dots just surround this small island." ”

Ding Mianchen said: "The type of our warship is not as good as the Puji Water Battalion, if it sets out from Jinghai, is full of supplies and sergeants, and meets the Puji Water Battalion on the sea, the chance of victory is not great. The key to our army's success lies in being light, light, light, and fast. However, starting from Jinghai, it takes nearly a dozen days to make a round trip, plus the time of patrolling, it takes a month or two for a warship to go out, and the ship is full of supplies, how can it be light and fast? Therefore, a supply base was secretly established in this sea area, so as to cut off the shipping grain route between Puji and Wenling as desired. Over time, Gongliang Yuqin was also aware, and gradually sent small sentinel ships to the two wings of the sea route to reconnoitre, this red sign is mostly Puji's patrol ships, although our army will take over all the enemy ships that take over here, but Gongliang Yuqin only needs to learn from us, you can discover the secrets of this sea area. ”

Shao Xiaoqi said abruptly: "In this way, isn't it possible that the Puji bandits may attack at any time?" After thinking for a moment, he said: "The route from Puji to Wenling has just discovered a transport fleet, but I am afraid that Gongliang Youqin has not found out yet. ”

Ding Mianchen shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's a suspicious plan by Gongliang Youqin, which is intended to divide my troops." Then he said, "I advise the general to withdraw from the army, and you must also advise you." ”

Shao Xiaoqi said with a bitter face: "You are useless, what can I say?" ”

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