Chapter 112: Changes

"There are a lot of big ships in the East China Sea League, if they are willing to borrow boats......" Cui Hailong's words were only half said, and he was not a stupid person present, and he didn't need to say more.

Cui Hailong stood up at this time, not to help the officials present, but to have his little abacus. For this expedition to Lingzhou, the big ships of the Canghai League were basically transferred to Ninghai Port, and they were basically burned down last night, although there are still some ships in some other ports, most of them are just some old ships and small boats, which can be described as heavy losses, Cui Hailong's heart is so painful that he wants to die, originally, he took the brothers of the Canghai League to return to the imperial court, just to use the power of the imperial court to deal with the Brotherhood Sea Shark Gang, if the imperial court is respectful to the cadres of the Canghai League, it is good, if it is not good, secretly make it bad, call it at will, it is a big deal to be a pirate again.

Now that he hasn't gone out yet, the ship has almost been burned clean, not to mention dealing with the Sea Shark Gang and the Brotherhood, he can't even get out of the sea without a ship, and he is still a hairy pirate! Cui Hailong hated a lot in his heart, he was a person who would be avenged, and he would not give up if he did not take revenge, so he immediately made up his mind, first with the power of the imperial court, to get some boats, and then talk about it, and by the way, he would pit the East China Sea Alliance.

Listening to Cui Hailong's slight mention, the officials and generals present were all bright, and they all suddenly realized that the East China Sea League also has some background forces, or has a good relationship with them, but at this time, it is the only life-saving straw, and they can't care about anything else, with the court's righteousness of exterminating the anti-thieves in hand, the East China Sea League has to be willing if it refuses.

The solution is there, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately some officials analyzed some clues from this incident: "The Brotherhood took advantage of my unpreparedness this time to burn the warship during the New Year's Festival, it must also be a dog jumping over the wall in a hurry, there is no trick, they must be afraid of our army, as long as we wait to get the ship, as soon as the army arrives in Lingzhou, it will be able to make a contribution in one fell swoop and wipe out the Brotherhood thieves!" ”

This sentence is purely unfounded speculation, and at this moment, no one cares, and it is necessary to boost morale and confidence at this time.

Not to mention that these civil officials and military generals privately wrote and played the music, and accused each other in the recital, on the surface, they were working together and working together, and they were all full of energy, no matter what, they had to teach the Lingzhou Brotherhood a lesson, and they were bullied by the boys of the Brotherhood to their homes, otherwise they would be so aggrieved that they would die if they didn't say that the court would condemn them.

A military general brought some soldiers and horses, went directly to the door, said a few words of the scene, used both soft and hard, and forcibly recruited the ships of the Donghai League, Longjiang Society and other gangs, and in a few days, in addition to the large ships like the previous naval giants, the number of ships collected was more than the number of ships that were burned. Not only the ship, but also the big family in Yazhou to repay some grain, grass and money, the previous fire even the grain and grass and materials loaded on the ship were also burned, the allocation of the imperial court is not to think about it, you can only try to make up for it yourself, you can't fight on an empty stomach!

The wreckage of the burned ships is still being cleaned up, and the new ships have been densely arranged outside the Ninghai Port, and everything seems to have returned to its original track, and the officials and generals are in full swing preparing to set out on the expedition, and what could only be done in a month or two before will be completed in a few days.

It's just that what they don't know is that Li Haichao, the leader of the Yinghai Gang, has secretly sent Wu Tiexiong to report to the Brotherhood. Li Haichao's move wanted to have some relationship with the Brotherhood, and the fire in Ninghai Port spread all over Yazhou and the sea in one day, which can be regarded as seeing the power of the Brotherhood, and it doesn't hurt to have a little relationship. Li Haichao's main thing is revenge, he was knocked on the door, forcibly requisitioned ships, and seized some weapons, silver money, etc., no one will be happy, but after all, he is a person from the imperial court, he is not easy to deal with clearly, and only hopes that the Brotherhood can help clean it up.

Li Haichao Wu Tiexiong led a small boat to Lingzhou, and met the ships of the Brotherhood halfway through, but it was Xiao Tianlei and a group of brothers, and the people of the Sea Shark Gang, who were sweeping the pirate lair of the Canghai Alliance. Although most of the warships in Ninghai Port were burned, the matter was not over, there were still many ships in the Canghai Alliance, Xiao Tianlei planned to catch them all, this time, in addition to a few brothers who stayed in Lingzhou, Xiao Tianlei's brothers almost all went into battle, and simply destroyed the Canghai Alliance in one go, so that the sea could truly become the world of the Sea Shark Gang.

"Heh, these guys are not dead yet!" After listening to Wu Tiexiong's story, Xiao Tianlei was not very surprised.

"Leader Xiao, I think you should go back to Lingzhou quickly to prepare, this time those people are determined to capture Lingzhou!" Wu Tiexiong persuaded, as far as he could see, the Sea Shark Gang under the Brotherhood only had dozens of ships, how could it confront an army of thousands of ships?

In the private chat system, Xiao Tianlei and a cadre of brothers are also discussing, originally, there is more than one plan to deal with the imperial court's conquest before, and then go to burn the ship, it is estimated that the possibility of failure is not successful, although there are few ships on their side, but the gunboats of the Brotherhood are fast and have long-range attacks, but the other party does not, without those giant ships, the pressure is not very great, you can keep flying kites and put them in Lingzhou, if nothing else, maybe you can grind these guys to death. Of course, the premise is that the ammunition supply can keep up, thinking of this Xiao Tianlei scratched his head, manufacturing gunpowder and shells cost manpower and material resources, and the cannon sounded with gold and ten thousand taels, even if the brotherhood has a big business now, it can't always be a loss-making business, otherwise it will be consumed sooner or later.

Yes, Xiao Tianlei looked relaxed, shook his head and said: "I don't need to go back to Lingzhou for the time being, prepare for it, this time only the new gunboats will be dispatched, let's go to Ninghai and fight with them in a bright way!" Otherwise, I really think we are bullies! ”

"Ah!!h Wu Tiexiong was shocked, he really didn't expect Xiao Tianlei to make such a decision, and he was full of it, did he have any hole cards? He, an outsider, didn't know the secrets of the Brotherhood, so he could only bury his doubts in his stomach and follow the Brotherhood's fleet towards Ninghai.

On the day when the fleet arrived in Ninghai, it happened to be the day when the army of Ninghai Port was preparing to set out, many people gathered on the dock of Ninghai Port, and a grand sacrificial ceremony was being held, and the monks and Taoists recited the scriptures for several days, slaughtered the three animals, and prayed for the blessing of the sea god and God.

“…… Heaven forbid, exterminate the thief! ”

After the officiating official finished reciting the prayer, he burned the prayer, and the cannon roared, and when the cannon fell, the warship would set sail, but after a while, the cannon was still ringing, and everyone couldn't help but wonder, looking at the place where the cannon was, it was no longer being released, and following the sound, they were all startled, what happened?

I saw fire and smoke rising from some of the boats outside the fleet, and the soldiers above panicked, and some soldiers jumped ship to escape.

Boom Boom!

A few more cannon shots, a ship's cabin exploded, everyone looked in the direction where the sound came, only to see some ships lined up on the sea, the number is not much, also thirty or forty, it can be called a large ship has one, the shape and sail are more strange, those ships are arranged horizontally, accompanied by the roar, some green smoke comes out of the ship, the warrior with good eyesight, you can see that these ships shoot black spots, the black spots fall on the ship, the ship is broken, and the water column rises in the sea.

The faces of the officials and generals are more ugly than the other, they all know that the Brotherhood has artillery in their hands, Cui Hailong also mentioned to them that the Brotherhood Sea Shark Gang has installed artillery on the ship, the situation at this time is very obvious, this is the Brotherhood is knocking on the door! It was a sneak move to set fire that day, but today is a bright day, but it was chosen at the moment when the army was about to set out for battle, this is Chi Guoguo's slap in the face! Bullying came to the door, this is!

"Shaft, Ann dares to insult me like this!" Some civil servants were so angry that they almost suffered cerebral hemorrhages.

Other civilian officials and generals also jumped to their feet and scolded, just scolded a few words, and in the face of the shells fired from afar, they were secretly surprised, the artillery was really as powerful as rumored, but those warships bombarded from afar, but they did not have the corresponding means to return fire, what should I do? Some generals and officials could not help but feel a strong sense of humiliation in their hearts and could not help but be angry.

Not only those officials and generals, but also those people who figured out the situation, as the people of Great Xia, they all felt ashamed, and the dignified Great Xia, a great country, was actually bullied by a group of anti-thieves, and for a while, the crowd was excited, and they hurled all kinds of insults at the warships on the sea.

"Despicable and shameless! Fighting from afar, what kind of ability! ”

"It's a real knife and a real gun!"

"The Brotherhood is all unplanted, only knows how to play some sneaky tricks!"

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It's a pity that swearing words can't cause real damage, no matter how they scold, those warships fire cannonballs unhurriedly, they can only watch the ships get shot, but they can't fight back, they were still very lively before, and soon fell into silence, everyone's eyes are on those officials and generals, see what to do with them?

"They only have more than 30 ships, we have more than 1,000 ships, and I'm afraid that they won't succeed, so let's go together and kill the thieves!"

"Kill the thief!"

"Kill!"

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The cheers were thunderous, and at this moment the morale of the soldiers was high because of the indignation, and the officials and generals were overjoyed, calling the military heart available, waving the flag, and some clippers attacked first and charged the Brotherhood's warships, and they also saw that the Brotherhood's artillery had limited accuracy, and the ships in motion might not be able to hit.

Hundreds of clippers were under fire and could reach in a quarter of an hour, and as they approached, they were shot one after another, but more than half of them were undamaged and continued to approach. At this time, the Brotherhood's ships began to retreat, shooting and retreating.

"Despicable!"

Fools can see that these ships of the Brotherhood are relying on the ability to attack from a distance and bully their own ships.

"Strike, keep attacking!"

The flags fluttered, and the other ships struck one after another, and hundreds of them swarmed up, and the Brotherhood had no chance of being surrounded by these ships due to the huge disparity in numbers.

However, that is what the officials, generals, and people here expect to see, the actual situation is far from as good as imagined, the speed of the Brotherhood is faster, and it is also more flexible, leading the ships of the navy around the bend, and has been keeping a certain distance, as time goes by, more and more ships are shot, generally causing some damage, casualties, and the unlucky ones will sink, or lose power, or catch fire, the loss is not much, but this is not a way, you can only be beaten, you can't fight back, you don't have to fight, you can't fight, you don't have to fight, Causing great psychological pressure, the previously high morale quickly subsided, and the soldiers gradually began to fear and hesitate.

Originally, some generals and warriors tried to get close to the Brotherhood's warships, but Cui Hailong stopped them: "In addition to shooting a single projectile, that artillery can also shoot many small irons, which is extremely powerful and difficult to stop with manpower." ”

After observing for a while, everyone also came up with some strategies, wanting to board the Brotherhood's warships, either from underwater, or waiting for the ships to get closer, but the Brotherhood's warships cooperated with each other, just like a whole, every time a ship seemed to get close to a warship, as a result, the guns of several other warships came, but it was a trap!

"The Brotherhood is so cunning, this is an extremely clever formation, rushing over rashly will only hit the trick, we must try to destroy this formation!"

The task of destroying the Brotherhood's warship formation fell to Cui Hailong, because he was the only one who had this ability, and the Sea Dragon Gang's Dahaijiao was not a secret to many people. Cui Hailong actually wanted to send the big sea Jiao, but he couldn't help in vain, after getting some promises, he asked the person who controlled the big sea Jiao to summon the big sea Jiao to fight, this time, Cui Hailong learned the lesson of the last time, and planned to start with the smaller warships and clean them up one by one.

Then, Cui Hailong and a group of insiders waited to watch a good show, but after a while, there was no movement at all.

"What's going on?" Cui Hailong was puzzled, sent someone to inquire, and learned that Dahaijiao had attacked, but he didn't know what hindered him.

Cui Hailong couldn't think of anything that could hinder the big sea Jiao, he couldn't see it, looked at the sea for a while, only saw some gushing waves, was puzzled, only heard a loud bang, a huge wave suddenly rose on the surface of the sea, and in the snow-white waves, I saw a big sea Jiao and a big shark churning.

Cui Hailong was a little dumbfounded, and he also understood that the reason why Dahaijiao did not act according to the order was because of the obstruction of the big shark, but Cui Hailong also saw clearly that the size of this big shark was not as good as that of Dahaijiao, so he quickly ordered Dahaijiao to get rid of the shark's entanglement, or lead the big shark to the warship of the Brotherhood.

Cui Hailong's idea was good, but it didn't come true, the big sea Jiao and the big shark vacated the sea several times, but the warships of the Brotherhood avoided it, but it was the warships of the navy that were damaged, and the soldiers of the navy were frightened, and they were in the same battlefield with these two monsters, which was really scary! Some of the warships collided with other warships in order to avoid the two alien beasts.

Cui Hailong had no choice but to wait for the big sea Jiao and the big shark to separate the winners, but at this time, the big war ship of the brotherhood attracted the attention of many people, and a big wild boar jumped on the boat, and when he stepped on the sea, he ran wildly, and went straight to a ship, many people were a little puzzled, but Cui Hailong saw the direction of the big wild boar running, Cui Hailong's heart suddenly burst out, and shouted: "Protect Uncle Jiao!" ”

Xiao Tianlei rode on the back of the steel mane and galloped at high speed, his target was a person on a boat, that person was the person who controlled the sea Jiao, after the sea Jiao appeared, Xiao Tianlei and a dry brother were looking for the person who controlled the sea Jiao, and finally Lin Xiao found this person, Lin Xiao has a bloodthirsty werewolf template, and his hearing is also different from ordinary people, he can hear some sounds that are difficult for ordinary people to hear, after the sea Jiao appeared, he heard a strange flute, following the sound, Xiao Tianlei found the target.

When Cui Hailong gave the order, it was already late, Xiao Tianlei had already rushed to the vicinity of the ship, jumped on the deck with a leap, the crescent spear stabbed, the crescent spear penetrated the chest of a middle-aged man, and picked it up, the bone flute in the man's hand fell into Xiao Tianlei's hand, and it did not stay, the crescent spear swept away several people on the deck, and jumped into the sea again.

"Boy, Hugh go!"

Some generals didn't know the reason, but when they saw Xiao Tianlei getting closer, they felt that it was an opportunity, and they rode war horses to the sea to chase after them.

Xiao Tianlei did not entangle with these people, and ran back, at this time, the key is to prevent some ships and warriors and generals from approaching the warships, and use dozens of warships to deal with thousands of ships, no matter how well they cooperate, there will be omissions, after all, the number of artillery is limited, Xiao Tianlei is ready to evacuate immediately. At this time, Xiao Tianlei received a good news, without the sound of the man's flute, Dahaijiao did not fight with Big Tooth, and swam away on his own, Xiao Tianlei immediately ordered Big Tooth to attack those ships that tried to get close to his own warships.

With a bang, Big Tooth slammed into a ship and nearly knocked over a ship, breaking a large hole in one side.

One after another, several warships were hit by the big tooth, and when the navy saw this, where did they not know the battle between the two strange beasts, I am afraid that the big shark won! Originally, I wanted to rush to the warship of the Brotherhood, but I just looked at the big shark, and I beat the drum in my heart, and a military general like Xue Dingfang also looked embarrassed, he was not afraid of fighting on land, he really couldn't use it on the water, and there were strange beasts in the water.

The attack of the naval army stalled for a while, at this time, Xiao Tianlei's other brothers knew that the big tooth was empty, and they also wanted to fight on the sea, so the big tooth approached the calamity and other warships, picked up Xiao Tianbao, Zheng Biao, etc., several people stood on the back of the big tooth, each carried some backpacks, carried their own weapons, took out a cloth cover, covered the dorsal fin of the big tooth, grabbed some ropes on the top, and led by the big tooth, rushed to the nearby warships and generals, warriors.

Seeing that several boys were all smiling evilly, those martial artists and generals were horrified, scared and urinated, and ran back faster than when they came.

Most people can't outrun the big teeth, Zheng Biao brandished his weapons, cut down one by one along the way, and rushed to the vicinity of those ships, and the big teeth collided, and at the same time, Xiao Tianbao and several people took out the bombs in their backpacks and threw them on the boat, or used weapons to make a hole in the side of the ship, and after doing all this, they went straight to the next place.

"These boys are crazy!"

Originally, at this time, the navy had formed a semi-encirclement, and it was not far from the warships of the Brotherhood, but in this way, the situation that was finally created collapsed, and everyone was worried about whether they would be attacked by these boys riding sharks, and some ships even stopped without permission. For Xiao Tianlei and others, it was a good situation, but at this time, the barrel of the artillery was overheated, and it was difficult to shoot again.

The naval side can only leave by the Brotherhood's warships, if the losses in this battle are not much, but they will not cause damage to the brothers, how can they fight in the future? To go to Lingzhou, you have to sail for more than ten days, and God knows what else you will encounter...... Just being beaten like this once a day is estimated to be enough to choke, and more importantly, the morale of the army is completely lost, how to fight? Can't fight!

The next day, a cadre of civil officials and generals argued about whether to continue the expedition, and the warships of the Brotherhood came again, but the Navy, but the Brotherhood did not dare to fight, and the Brotherhood bombarded the ships of the Navy indiscriminately, and left.

In the face of such a situation, the officials and generals in charge of the expedition jointly reported the matter to the imperial court, not because they did not do their best, but because the Brotherhood was insidious and cunning, with endless methods and advanced weapons...... In short, please ask the princes of the court to make a decision with the emperor.

After getting this note, Emperor Yongchang and the ministers of the court were stunned, this time the expedition to Lingzhou was even worse than the last time, and it was a disgrace before the official expedition. However, it has strengthened the determination of Emperor Yongchang and a cadre of ministers to exterminate the Brotherhood, no matter what, it must be exterminated, otherwise it will be more difficult to contain it in the future, and simply stopped the war in the northern Xinjiang, planning to mobilize all kinds of troops, elite soldiers and strong generals, and destroy the Brotherhood, but the will has not yet been issued, and there are warning signals from several states in the southeast of Great Xia, and the Zoroastrian rebellion has been carried out. (To be continued.) )