Chapter 246: Division of Troops

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Luo Xianbin to appear near the fleet with a few clippers, and a clipper boat quickly sailed towards the horse owl's seat with a handsome flag.

The boat made a beautiful arc near the horse owl boat, quickly retracted the sails and slowed down, and slowly leaned on the horse owl's boat, someone immediately threw over the soft ladder, and Luo Xianbin sweated profusely and quickly climbed from the soft ladder to the horse owl's boat.

"Hyunbin, why did you arrive at this time? Do you know the way, you don't know the way, you are later than scheduled? Ma Xiao asked Luo Xianbin.

Luo Xianbin nodded and said, "See Commander Ma below!" I know it's too late! I also hope that the horse commander will forgive his sins. ”

"Is there some trouble that is holding you back?" Ma Xiao immediately asked.

"That's not it, the main thing is that we just found out that Chu Cailao's fleet has moved, and we were already ready to rush over to meet you, but when we saw Chu Cailao's fleet move, we waited for a while!"

"Oh? What is the movement of Chu Cailao's fleet? Say it! Ma Xiao asked Luo Xianbin anxiously.

"This Chu Lao'er suddenly mobilized a part of the fleet and moved to the direction of the dock north of our Dazhai, and now their large fleet is divided into two groups, most of which are still on the shore of the east of the back mountain, but the other part has moved to the Dazhai side!

It was because we saw that Chu Lao'er's fleet had changed, so we stayed and stared for a while, and after seeing their movements clearly, we hurried over! I'm afraid that after you pass, you won't know their current situation for a while, and something will go wrong when the time comes! Luo Xianbin opened his mouth and replied quickly.

Ma Xiao understood what Luo Xianbin said as soon as he heard it, this situation is indeed particularly important to him, if according to the news they got before yesterday, Chu Cailao's fleet is basically concentrated in Houshan Bay, today they will definitely all go straight to Houshan Bay, and it is very likely that Chu Cailao will still have a group of ships near them, once the battle starts, they are likely to suffer from the enemy.

Luo Xianbin brought him back a very important piece of information today, which will not catch him off guard at that time.

So he immediately nodded, and after thinking for a while, he asked Luo Xianbin again: "Are you saying that most of Chu Lao'er's fleet is still on the side of Houshan Bay?" So how many ships are there to Dazhai? ”

"Yes, most of the ships under Chu Lao'er are still on the side of Houshan Bay at this time, but about dozens of big ships have been separated and moved to Dazhai! Kanjia is trying to attack Dazhai from the direction of the dock! Luo Xianbin confirmed again.

"So there should be no problem with Dazhai at this time, it is still in the hands of our big boss! That's it! After hearing the news, Ma Xiao was in a better mood, at least there was no accident in Dazhai now, as long as Dazhai was still in their hands, Yu Xiaotian and the brothers who stayed on the island would be fine, this is undoubtedly a pretty good news for them, at least they were a day late, and there were no serious consequences.

"Of course, I didn't see who stayed in Dazhai! Don't look at Chu Cai's old man and many boats, as long as we are in charge, even if Chu Lao'er has three heads and six arms, there is no way to take our Dazhai! However, yesterday according to several of our brothers who hid on Xiaori Island, yesterday Chu Cai Lao attacked our Dazhai for a whole day, and the cannon sounded for a whole day, and it is estimated that Chu Cai Lao wanted to take Dazhai again, but it is not clear what the situation is in Dazhai now!

But it seems that Chu Cailao wants to jump off the wall in a hurry, and today he wants to attack Dazhai from both sides on the island and the sea, and it is estimated that this guy is going to fight for his life! It's just the right time for us to come today!

Commander Ma, what do you think we should do next? Luo Xianbin said triumphantly to Ma Xiao.

After thinking about it for a while, Ma Xiao gritted his teeth and said, "What should I do?" I think it's still according to our original plan, but with a slight change! Our ship does not have as much as Chu Cailao, and if we start it at the same time, it will definitely disperse our troops, so we can only pick one head first and kill as many Chu Cailao's ships as possible!

The fleet continued to plan according to the plan, and went straight to Houshan Bay, first packed up Chu Lao'er's fleet on the other side of Houshan Bay, and then talked about another batch! We don't have the strength to eat them all at once, if it goes well, let's break up the fleet of Chu Cai's old men on the other side of Houshan Bay first, and then turn around and deal with the remaining batch of Dazhai.

But I think your clipper detachment still has to work hard, first go to Dazhai to drag Chu Cailao's fleet over there, give us time to kill some more boats on this side of Houshan Bay, I let Liu Yidao take ten boats to cooperate with your detachment, once our side succeeds, you hand over the affairs over there to Liu Yidao and them, rush over to pursue those fleeing enemy ships, but don't chase too far, you must wait for my orders at any time, come back and deal with the remaining ships.

I don't know what do you think of my arrangement? ”

After Luo Xianbin listened to Ma Xiao's arrangement, he immediately nodded and said, "That's very good!" So do it! Without further ado, it's almost dawn, and we're going to get going! If it's too late, the sky will really dawn! ”

Ma Xiao nodded yes, Luo Xianbin immediately turned around and returned to his ship, taking his clipper detachment and the ten boats led by Liu Yidao to form another fleet, and together with Ma Xiao's main fleet, Yang Fan began to bypass Luopan Island again, accelerating in the direction of Nanri Island.

At this time, there were bursts of cannon sounds on the side of the sea wolf village, and the cannon sound spread far away on the silent sea in the early morning, and soon spread throughout the entire fleet.

Everyone's hearts twitched again, and it could be guessed that Chu Cailao had begun to do something to their Dazhai again, but this kind of cannon sound also lifted the spirits of the sea wolf troops in the fleet.

Although the previous incident of Ma Feng had greatly affected the morale of the Sea Wolves in the fleet, and most of the people were worried during the crossing, once they heard the sound of cannons coming from the island, they all began to get excited.

This is also the result of their long-term training, no matter how bad the mood is, once they hear the sound of cannons, they automatically begin to adjust their state unconsciously, and enter the state of imminent battle.

The gunners of the guns quickly stood up and began to inspect their guns, and the men were all in their positions, ready to adjust the sails at any time, and the two helmsmen, one at the helm, and the other was ready to take over at any time nearby, and the sailors on board, if there were no cannons to operate, began to check their flintlock pistols and knives, spears, forks, and Molotov cocktails, and placed them in the most accessible positions.

Even the Piercing Masters, who had nothing to do for a while, automatically began to prepare all kinds of buckets, sand, pumps, etc., and were ready to carry out damage management at any time.

After seeing that the crew members of the ship had recovered, the captains and first mates of each ship breathed a long sigh of relief and concentrated on the matter of the imminent war.

The fleet continued to maintain the light control, and accelerated towards Nanri Island, and the ships began to raise their sails, maintaining formation and distance from each other, and at this time a trace of fish belly white had begun to appear on the sea level in the east of the sky.

Ma Xiao turned his head to look at the ray of light in the sky, and silently calculated the time in his heart, they were still a little later than Ji Lu, according to the original plan, they should have approached Nanri Island at this time, and they were about to start moving.

But now they are still about three or four miles away from Nanri Island, and in front of them is Houshan Bay on the north shore of Nanri Island, where Chu Cai's old ship group landed and ships berthed.

It seems that when the sky is bright, they will be able to sail to Houshan Bay, and the opponent must have discovered them by then, but on the whole, they are not too far away from the original plan, and even if the opponent finds them a little earlier, there is not enough time to lift anchor and raise sail to meet them.

At this time, another wave of fleets led by Luo Xianbin and Liu Yidao had broken up with the main fleet and sailed in the direction of Dazhai, their task was to drag another batch of Chu Cailao's fleets on the Dazhai side, so that when the main fleet moved, these ships under Chu Cailao's hands could not get out and come to help.

"Commander! An enemy ship appeared about a mile in front of the left, it should be a sentry ship under Chu Lao'er, they should have discovered us! At this time, the ship's upper bucket suddenly pointed to the left front of the fleet and shouted to the horses below.

The horse owl immediately looked towards the position pointed by Shangdou, and sure enough, not too far in front of them to the left, he found a dhow with a lantern hanging on it, which was heading towards them at this time, although the sky was not yet bright, but at such a distance, as long as the other party was not blind or night blind, it was almost time to discover the existence of their fleet.

Ma Xiao took a deep breath and said, "Lift the light control!" Get ready to get your hands dirty! Let him come, and take him the flag first......"

The sea wolf's fleet then began to pull their sails to their feet, adjust their course, and restart their formation towards the enemy ship.

A few of Chu Cai's old subordinates were lying on the side of the boat bored at this time, chatting with each other, their bodies swaying slightly with the shaking of the boat, listening to the sound of cannons coming from the direction of the island sea wolf Dazhai, each of them secretly had a sense of luck.

"Grandma, our brothers are lucky this time! Didn't go up to attack the big village of the sea wolf! This sea wolf really lives up to its reputation, it's really amazing! Yesterday, many brothers attacked the village and threw their lives outside their village, so let's be lucky to do this job! One of the minions turned and sat down on the side of the ship, and said to a few of his accomplices.

(Thanks again to Brother Hululu for the tip!) )