Arroyo was an officer of the Northern Legion of the Principality of Luzon—'≤,

It is said that it is a legion, but in fact it is only 15,000 people, which is only slightly larger than the division of the empire.

Such a northern army corps has three battalions, the left battalion, the right battalion, and the middle army, each with 5,000 men. After that, for every 500 people, a large battalion is divided into 10 parts. Of these, each part is composed of five. And Arroyo, an officer from a poor background, relied on hard work and luck to become a commander with a hundred men!

It is roughly equivalent to the captain of the Matsue Army.

For the Duchy of Luzon, which had only four legions and 60,000 soldiers, it was not easy to become a commander. Although he is still a middle- and lower-ranking officer, he is already considered a high level for a poor man like Arroyo. At the very least, Arroyo himself is happy with the position.

If there is no accident, it is almost impossible for him to continue to be promoted, and Dingtian relies on seniority to move up half a level, and then stops there and is cleared from the army. Relying on his savings on weekdays, plus a small amount of money from the officer when he retired, he bought a manor. Although he can't compare to the heads of those big tribes, at least the second half of his life is worry-free - this is the future he has planned for himself.

Of course, although the future planning is good, Arroyo is not without troubles. His 25-year-old brother, who remained on Yanjian Island but was not yet married, was what Arroyo was most worried about.

Two months earlier, Arroyo had asked someone to bring a letter to his brother. He was asked to come from Yanjian Island, and try to find him a decent job in the small town of Karakron, and then talk about matchmaking. Not long ago, I also received a reply from my brother and made an appointment to come. But now that the time is calculated, almost half a month has passed, and there is still no movement on Yanjian Island.

This made Arroyo a little uneasy.

Something could be happening in my hometown, right?

Waited patiently for two days. Still receiving no news, Arroyo asked his boss for leave, and with one of his attendants, he got up and headed north.

Carakron, where he was stationed, was the northernmost part of the Quezon Plain, just over thirty miles from the North Luzon Sea. Depart in the morning. In less than evening, the two of them rushed to the beach.

To the surprise of the two, the humble dock was deserted. Although there is not much contact between Yanjian Island and this side on weekdays, there are still ferries every day or two. But right now, the docks are empty. Arroyo turned around for a long time before he found a boatman cooking dinner in a bamboo hut far away.

"You said Yanjian Island?"

The boatman looked at him, not wanting to pay attention to it, but he noticed that Arroyo had a knife with him, which looked difficult to mess with. Only then did he patiently explain: "A few days ago, a boat came from the island, saying that there was a ghost plague on Yanji'an Island, and hundreds of people died, and then they hurriedly rowed away without even getting on the pier - that is a ghost plague, who would dare to go over!" ”

He shook his head, his face horrified.

The so-called ghost plague is actually a kind of bubonic plague brought by the Andaman people with their ships. It's just that the people of the Principality of Luzon have never seen this terrible virus. It is believed that it is the punishment that is incurred by angering the ghosts and gods, so there is the term ghost plague.

Apparently. Before there was no new news from Yanjian Island, no one dared to land on the island casually, and even talking about this topic would change color. No one wanted to say more, as if the mere mention of the name would lead to a curse on the spirits.

"Is there a haunted plague on Yanji'an Island?"

Arroyo was shocked, and as she figured out why the docks were so secluded, she couldn't help but feel deeply worried.

"Such a big deal. Why didn't Caralkron hear about it? Arroyo's entourage couldn't help but interject.

The boatman spread his hands a little helplessly, and sighed: "We have already reported it, but no one above cares at all, and only told me not to let anyone from the island go ashore." ”

Who cares if the thousands of Ilogo tribes are dead or alive?

"Damn it!"

Arroyo couldn't help but scold. Walking around the house. After a moment of hesitation, he made up his mind that he wanted to go to the island to see it.

"You're crazy!"

The boatman was frightened by his decision and refused to accompany him, even if Arroyo offered a high price. In the end, the officer couldn't show his identity, and he was hard and threatening, so he agreed to lend him a boat.

"Lord Totong, I ......"

Seeing that his capital insisted on landing on the haunted Yanjian Island, Arroyo's entourage was also startled, and his face was full of embarrassment. Although he will definitely offend this commander if he doesn't accompany him, and he won't have a good life in the future, it's better than being infected with the ghost plague and becoming worse than death!

"Look at what, you go with me!"

Arroyo looked at his weak retinue, frowned, and said a decision that made him cry and mourn. However, after a pause, he comforted again: "Forget it, just help me row, I don't need you to go ashore." ”

Although it was still very bad, the attendant knew that this was already the best condition he could get, so he quickly nodded, for fear that he would change his mind.

After telling the boatman a few words just in case, Arroyo didn't care that it was about to get dark, so he took a little water and food, and rowed away with his entourage—the distance between Yanjian Island and Luzon Island was not far, and when he was young, he could go back and forth many times, so to speak, he could row through it with his eyes closed, and he was not worried about getting lost even at night.

What's more, there's still a nice moonshine today!

With the help of the silver clear light guidance, Arroyo can easily determine the direction. Relying on their skillful boat skills, the two took turns paddling, and it took almost a whole night to approach Yanjian Island when the sky was bright.

The main fleet of the Ninghai Division, which was already on the way back at this time, only left a batch of clippers for the Songjiang Army that landed on the island. Therefore, Arroyo did not find any problems, but because his entourage was not far from Yanjian Island, he had to park the boat more than a mile away and swim to the island alone.

What Arroyo didn't know was that he was extremely lucky to bump into the opportunity for the Matsue Army to change defenses.

Just as Arroyo was about to go to the island, a group of Matsue soldiers walked up from the island's barracks and stopped in a newly built watchtower a few hundred meters away. With the help of a glimmer of white light in the sky, Arroyo noticed these anomalies, and his body immediately stopped moving.

"Outsiders!"

As an officer, his reflexes were much sharper than those of the average Ilogo native, and he instinctively sensed a problem. Why did a group of outsiders suddenly appear on Yanji'an Island, which was haunted by the ghost plague?

Restlessly, he took a dozen steps forward and hid behind a raised pile of sand. At that moment, it was a little brighter again. Just after the change of guard was completed, several outsiders who had climbed the watchtower suddenly blew the alarm whistle!

Arroyo looked in the direction he had come, and could vaguely see the boat of his entourage parked at sea, and his heart sank.

"Suffered!"

Realizing that he had been discovered, he subconsciously wanted to swim back to warn his entourage, but it was too late. He had just turned back into the sea, and after swimming a few dozen paces, several groups of heavily armed soldiers poured out of nowhere, and then some people dragged the clipper out of hiding, jumped on it, and rowed towards his followers.

Although their ships are larger, the speed of their own light boats will only be faster than that of their own boats!

Even if you can keep it for a while, sooner or later you will be caught up due to exhaustion. What's more, Arroyo peeked a few times, and clearly noticed that the outsiders were armed with bows and arrows.

His own retinue is dead!

It only took a second for Arroyo to make this judgment.

As a soldier, he can be regarded as decisive and ruthless. Realizing that his entourage would not escape, Arroyo directly made the decision to abandon the other party. Not only did he no longer try to rescue in vain, but he took advantage of the fact that these outsiders on the island were chasing his followers, and took advantage of this rare opportunity to sneak around to the woods on one side and slip onto the island.

This is his hometown, which has not changed much in more than ten years, and the location of almost every grass and tree can be counted!

Taking advantage of this, he made several detours in a row, quickly overriding the strict vigilance and patrols of outsiders, and gradually blended into the depths of Yanjian Island.

At this point, the heavily guarded Cheng dù was a little more relaxed than outside. Obviously, the rumors and the large number of people who have been spread by outsiders and placed a large number of people around the beach are aimed at cutting off the connection between the island and the outside of the island. When they really got inside, outsiders who had absolute confidence in their own strength didn't care much about it.

"This is a well-trained army!"

With his knowledge in the army, Arroyo quickly made this judgment. Whether it is the weapons and equipment on the body, the training process, or even the momentum on the body, it is still above its own Northern Army. I'm afraid that even the royal capital army on the shore of Manila may not be able to compare with these soldiers in front of them.

"Damn, where the hell are these people from!"

Arroyo wanted to contact the people on the island, but unfortunately the sky was completely bright, and he really couldn't hide the enemy's certainty, so he could only continue to lurk patiently in the woods.

After an hour, there was a commotion on the other side of the beach. Soon after, there was a faint scream from the enemy barracks.

These outsiders are torturing their entourage!

Arroyo's heart was filled with unease, he didn't believe that his entourage was the kind of tough guy who would rather die than spit out. Sure enough, after only a quarter of an hour, the enemy seemed to have interrogated something, and guessed that he had probably infiltrated the island, and sent a large group of soldiers to raid the island and hunt it down.

"That's the number, I'm afraid there is enough for a big battalion."

After a rough count, Arroyo hesitated for a while, seeing that the enemy's search was rigorous and effective, and constantly narrowing the scope, he had to give up the idea of contacting his people. He knew that most of these soldiers who didn't know where they came from were not good, and he had to do his best to spread the news about the changes on the island, so that the Northern Army could come to encircle and suppress them! (To be continued.) )