Chapter Twenty-Six: Intense Battles

Cheng Xueying saw Zhu Qingqing interceding for Wang Ze, so she made fun of Wang Ze and Zhu Qingqing.

"Sister!" Zhu Qingqing was said by Cheng Xueying, and her white and tender little face suddenly turned red.

"Okay, I won't bother the two of you talking," Cheng Xueying said and pulled Zhou Cheng out of the 'door', "Let's go, master, let's not get in the way here!" ”

Zhou Cheng had no choice but to shake his head helplessly, and was pulled out by Cheng Xueying.

As soon as Cheng Xueying and Zhou Cheng left, only Zhu Qingqing and Wang Ze were left in the hall. Wang Ze muttered and didn't know what to say, Zhu Qingqing also lowered his head, and his little hands grabbed the corners of the skirt and twisted it.

"Sister Qingqing, why did you come to Tamna Island with you when you were still young?" Wang Ze had no choice but to speak.

Although Zhu Qingqing has just turned ten years old now, he is already about 1.4 meters tall, a little taller than Wang Ze now.

The skin is fair and delicate, and the black hair does not do complicated hairstyles, and the temples are simply tied, and the two strands of black hair hang down on the cheeks, which looks a little playful.

The outermost part of the body is a small jacket made of fine lambskin, and the middle coat made of thick silk spun from Qingzhou silk can be vaguely seen inside.

"Puff~~~~" Listening to Wang Ze's words, Zhu Qingqing laughed lightly, and even narrowed his eyes into a crooked crescent moon with a smile, "Hmph, I also said that I am young, I will be ten years old this year, and you are not yet nine years old this year!" ”

Wang Ze patted his head, and forgot that he was also a little kid now, and after a slip of the tongue, Zhu Qingqing grabbed the handle and made fun of him!

"Sister Qingqing, why did the third uncle let you come here?" Wang Ze asked curiously.

Zhu Qingqing's face suddenly turned red, "This, that" suddenly didn't know how to answer.

"Bitter!" Wang Ze thought to himself, "I didn't expect that Zhu Qingqing, who has always been a good 'girl', also learned badly from Miss Cheng, and secretly ran out!" ”

At this time, Zhu Qingqing said: "I have already left a letter for my father and mother!" And Cheng Erfu didn't say anything about me just now! ”

Second Uncle Cheng was feeling embarrassed, he was ashamed, how could he have the heart to talk about you! Wang Ze thought to himself, but he couldn't say that.

So Wang Ze said: "Since you come to the island, you should stay with the Cheng family sister first, I am afraid that there will be a big war in a few days, I am afraid that I will not be able to take care of you, it is safer to follow the Cheng family sister!" ”

"After you left, the eldest father was scolded by the eldest lady, the eldest lady has been worried about your safety, and secretly cried several times, I saw it!" Zhu Qingqing said with a serious face, "So I must take care of you, and when you finish the battle, I will take you back to the eldest lady!" ”

"Okay, I'll go back with you when the battle is over!" Wang Ze coping with it, thinking to himself, 'After the war, you can't find a bunch of reasons to delay it!' ’

Immediately went out and called Qu Liulang, asking him to arrange a boat and go back to tell Third Uncle Zhu that he and the third aunt were worried.

Then Wang Ze looked back at Zhu Qingqing and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to eat something delicious!" ”

That night, Wang Ze held a banquet to welcome the relatives and friends who had just arrived on Tamna Island, this time not killing cattle and sheep, but using seafood caught around Tamna Island.

The seafood around Tamna Island is extremely abundant, and although people eat fish every day in Changguang County, they are still attracted by the sumptuous seafood feast.

In particular, Zhu Qingqing and Cheng Xueying love abalone porridge and grilled 'jade' sea bream the most.

This abalone is collected from the reef area on the shore of Tamna Island and boiled into porridge, which is the most nourishing for people, and the 'jade' sea bream is a deep-water fish living near Tamna Island, with a pure and light taste, without the fishy smell of ordinary fish, rich in protein and inorganic matter, suitable for the infirm to eat.

When Wang Ze looked over, Zhu Qingqing was holding a string of 'jade' sea bream. The 'jade' sea bream is coated with sesame oil and roasted on charcoal, and it is immediately fragrant, and when the fish 'meat' is eaten, the taste is even more wonderful, no wonder it can be so pleasing to the little girls.

In the following ten days, Wang Ze hurriedly reorganized the various teams and a large number of young people who had been sent to the island.

Qu Rokuro continued to lead the fleet at sea to block the shipping routes to the north and east in case of Baekje Silla. Zhou Tong is still leading the 500 Iron Armor team.

Second Uncle Cheng was in command of the cavalry, so in addition to the 1,000 cavalry he brought, Wang Ze assigned 300 people from his White Wolf Battalion and more than 200 militia led by Yan Xiaowu to Cheng Chong's command.

In fact, Cheng Chong really didn't want these people, in his words, he was too tender to take them with him in the war, for fear of making his team 'messy'.

Wang Ze said so badly that he agreed to take these hundreds of rookies to see what a cavalry battle is.

When Jiang Chuan came, he brought 1,000 'elite' infantry, and this time the fleet brought more than 1,000 from the cottage, reaching more than 2,400 people, and Wang Ze selected 1,600 people from the young and strong, and put together a large team of 4,000 people, and appointed four old people from the cottage as captains.

Jiang Chuan temporarily assumed the position of lieutenant, and Wang Ze was ready to wait until the battle was over to establish his military rank and clarify the command relationship.

In the end, Zheng Kui was left, Wang Ze and he honestly divided the tens of thousands of young men who had already gone to the island, but were still making a lot of noise, into teams according to the Tuntian District when they came, and it was strictly forbidden to 'mess' into it.

Then more than 3,000 of them were selected, and their weapons were distributed, and they began to "drill" and prepare for a possible sneak attack by the Baekje army.

As time passed, Wang Ze and others kept 'drilling' and practicing, during which the cottage came to the fleet again, and this time it was He Liang who led the fleet.

There were not many young men coming down from the ship, and the number of soldiers was not increased.

Because Wang Yong asked He Liang to bring a letter and said that since the 'pumping' of a large number of young people left, there are now too many old and weak 'women' and children in the cottage, and they still need someone to wait, and there is so much support that can be given.

The letter also said that if something can be done, try to do it, and if it can't be done, return to the cottage as soon as possible.

He Liang also brought a letter from Zhu Ruifu's 'wife', and didn't say much else, that is, to tell Wang Ze to pay attention to his safety, and ask him to take care of Zhu Qingqing, Cheng Xueying, etc.

The flotilla came mainly with a large number of weapons, grain, cattle and sheep.

After unloading all the goods, He Liang led a large group of people to move dozens of boxes of things from the shipyard one after another, and carefully moved the boxes off the ship one by one.

Looking at these things, Wang Ze asked, "Big brother, what is this?" ”

"This is what Old Daoist Liu Qing asked me to bring to you, and he said that this batch was made by him after studying and improving the formula during this period of time, and it is even more powerful!" He Liang replied while wiping the sweat from his forehead, "I asked him what he was, and he didn't say anything, just said that you will understand!" ”

"Haha, Daochang Liu really knows my thoughts!" Wang Ze understood what it was as soon as he heard it, and hurriedly instructed the young men to receive the box in the warehouse.

He Liang's command is all old-style merchant ships, and it is not suitable to stay on the battlefield to fight. Besides, Baekje had hundreds of warships after all, and if He Liang's fleet was involved in the battlefield, then the losses would be great.

The next day, He Liang was urged by Wang Ze to return home, because today was the end of November, and Baekje's sailors might come at any time.

The day after He Liang returned, Qu Liulang sent a sea fox ship under his command to report that Baekje might have discovered that a great change had taken place on Tamna Island, and that more than a dozen warships were currently being sent to Tamna Island, and they would probably arrive early tomorrow morning.

Wang Ze paced back and forth in the house for a few steps, and then said to the visitor: "Tell the leader of your family, let this team of warships come over first, and then I will 'lure' them ashore, so that we can get both people and ships." ”

Although Wang Ze has made full preparations, after all, he is about to face the pressure of war from a regional power, and he is still a little nervous.

Usually in front of outsiders, he looks like he has a 'chest', but his heart is still full of anxiety about the unknown.

This time, the fleet that Baekje came to investigate was captured, and the people who came to fully understand the strength of Baekje's sailors at this time.

More than 20 days ago, although Buyeo Rong was captured, that guy was a second-generation official, and although some abilities were valued by the king of Baekje, he didn't know much about the sailors of Baekje.

The next day, Wang Ze and Jiang Chuan had arranged everything at the dock early, and when the hour was about to pass, twelve warships appeared on the sea, and it seemed that the largest was a sea ship level of 1,000 stones.

"Xiao Langjun, I look at these warships, at most, they can fit less than two thousand people, we can still eat them!" Jiang Chuan, who came next to him, said to Wang Ze.

Wang Ze nodded at him and said, "I'll still act according to the plan later!" ”

As he spoke, the captured Tamna prince was brought over, but he was wearing the clothes of the Tamna Star Lord, and when he saw Wang Ze, he immediately saluted respectfully.

Wang Ze didn't pay attention to his salute, but said to him in a cold voice: "Have you remembered all the orders of Commander Jiang last night?" If there is a half-point difference pool, it will be difficult to protect the family! ”

"Don't worry, the villain will definitely act according to his orders!" Prince Tamna assured.

Seeing the Baekje fleet approaching in the distance slowly approaching the shore, Prince Tamna, accompanied by dozens of shorter soldiers dressed as Tamna soldiers from the cottage, went to the dock to greet him.

Wang Ze stood in the distance, his hands clenched tightly, his palms full of sweat.

The ship was indeed full of soldiers, adding up to nearly 1,500 people, and when someone on the ship exchanged a few words with the prince of Tamna, he slowly lowered the anchor and prepared to land.

By the time the people on the ship were disembarked, General Baekje, accompanied by Prince Tamna, led 200 soldiers to walk proudly towards the shore.

When he reached the dock warehouse on the shore, Prince Tamna suddenly ran to the right, and before the Baekje general could react, hundreds of warriors in full iron armor came out from the surrounding area, rushing up and slashing and killing.

Although the guards are also relatively heroic, in the face of the absolute superiority of the ironclad battalion, they are as ridiculous as the praying mantis blocking the ruts.

The Baekje soldiers, who were still 'messing' on the docks, immediately became 'chaotic' when they saw that the general on the shore had been attacked, his guards had been killed, and the general had been captured.

Some of them had to go ashore to rescue the general, and some of them had to get on the boat and escape.

At this time, the Baekje soldiers saw more than 20 sea ships sailing on the sea in the distance, and saw that the ships were full of 'bed' crossbows and sharp arrows, so they had to put the anchor down again, preparing to meet the unknown fate.