Li Jing received Yang Guang's letter, and in the face of Yang Guang's request to attack with a warship, Li Jing first felt some pressure, but then only excitement remained.

Because this was the first naval battle of the Great Sui, there was no literature to follow in front of him, how to fight, how many troops to fight, there is no experience of predecessors, and all the latecomers will follow the experience of him, the first person to fight a naval battle.

This made Li Jing feel a little excited.

Li Jing immediately began to sort out the current situation of the warship.

"There are 5 new warships, with a maximum of 200 soldiers each, and 10 artillery guns, and 15 old warships, with a maximum of 115 soldiers each, which is now the 20 warships in Weihai.

Li Jing couldn't help rubbing his palm: "20 warships, not counting the supplies, can carry up to 3,300 people, this trip is not too much, seven days must be needed, counting the seven days of military rations and follow-up materials, it can't fit so many people at all, it seems that you have to go twice." ”

"And after the warship passed, we are now unclear about the situation in their port, and we can't dock at will, which will waste a lot of time, and if someone finds out, the effect of the surprise attack will be much worse."

The long supply line was Li Jing's most troublesome time, and after a short period of excitement, reality gave him many difficulties.

When he was at a loss, Li Jing suddenly thought of something, and said to his subordinates: "Didn't you find a group of water bandits some time ago?" What is their identity? ”

"There are also Japanese people, Silla Baekje Goryeo people, and they are also Great Sui people, and now according to their clues, a total of seventy-two people have been caught, of which twenty are our Great Sui people, this group of water bandits are waiting for an opportunity on the sea, and they rush over to loot when they see where there is meat to eat, because the Great Sui is prosperous, so most of them are around the Great Sui."

Li Jing frowned slightly: "Bring the people who are leading them." ”

The leader was quickly brought in, a thin middle-aged man, who didn't look like the leader of such a big gang, but he was.

Now this person has been beaten up for a long time, and this kind of bandit and water bandit is usually beaten severely if he is caught.

It's not been a day or two since this group of water bandits were rampant and domineering in this area, if it hadn't happened to run into the Great Sui Navy that was practicing before, they couldn't catch this vast sea for a longer time.

Li Jing dispersed the irrelevant people, left his cronies, and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Grass...... Grass people, Wu Fang. ”

Li Jing took his confession and snorted coldly: "Wu Fang, people from Zhuo County, you have a lot of crimes, after arresting you, the people around you who have been robbed are filled with righteous indignation, and they want to directly arrest you and divide your body to relieve their hatred." ”

"My lord, my lord, I am wronged, many of the things above are not done by me, they are all framed."

"Framed? Many of your subordinates have also confessed to your crimes, and you still say that you are wronged? ”

Wu Fang couldn't defend for a while, and immediately kowtowed like pounding garlic: "The adults spare their lives, spare their lives, the grass people are just going astray, and the grass people are willing to saddle the horse for the adults, and they are willing to serve the adults." ”

Wu Fang is a water bandit, his brain is very active, he did the work of robbing the house, a lot of looted things have to be done, and he also knows some elites, he is now being interrogated alone, and he instantly understands that it should be the young man in front of him who has something to do by himself, this is the capital of his life.

"This official doesn't like people who kill people and sell goods."

"My lord, there are more goods, but there is no killing, at most I burned some houses, and the folk girls are all raped by my subordinates, I didn't do it, I definitely didn't do it, I don't have the ability to do it."

Li Jing looked at the crime, as if this group of people did not kill anyone, and it was precisely because of this that this group did not let the government make a lot of effort to arrest them.

The local government, the armed forces are a little, and catching water bandits and pirates is a troublesome thing, and if there is no death, it will often be gone.

This is also where Wu Fang is smart, he understands the style of the government, and the robbery locations are very scattered, if you want to arrest them, you have to unite the government in several places.

Li Jing then asked: "How many remnants do you still have?" ”

"It's gone, let you catch it."

"If you don't tell the truth, it's a dead end, so many foreigners in your gang have all been arrested along the coast of the Great Sui? Do you think that's credible? ”

Wu Fang still wanted to continue to deny it, but the people around Li Jing directly drew their swords and walked over, and he was scared and confessed directly.

"We still have seven or eight people on the island, so in order not to attract attention, we hide on the island for a long time, disguised as fishermen."

"Island? Where are the islands? ”

"Located on the sea, in the middle of the Great Sui and Silla Goguryeo, except for the brave fishermen, ordinary people dare not go, whether it is the Great Sui or the Goguryeo court, they will not go deep to catch it, in fact, it is also close to Goguryeo, but the people of Goguryeo have no oil and water, and there is nothing to rob after a trip, so they don't go often."

Hearing this, Li Jing's heart has blossomed, on the island in the sea, and it is closer to Goguryeo, and no one usually goes there, so isn't that just our outpost supply station?

But he couldn't show it, so he said, "Ordinary people don't dare to go, how dare you go?" ”

"I've been fishing since I was a teenager, and I'm well versed in water, and others are afraid that if you go far in the sea, you will fall off a cliff, or encounter a monster, and the feeling of being alone on the endless sea is really scary, but there are more fish in places where no one goes, and you won't be afraid to go a few more times."

"Your accomplices are still on the island."

"It should be there...... My lord, can I be considered guilty of meritorious service, can I be punished lightly? ”

Li Jing replied to him very firmly: "Count, if the matter is true, I will discuss with the local officials and punish you lightly." ”

"And how many people still know about that island?"

"Just our group, the island is very desolate, who would go to it, and the occasional smuggling merchant ship has been robbed by us, so we don't dare to go to that area."

This made Li Jing even more interested here, and immediately took Wu Fang to the port, and set off for the island that Li Jing said on a warship with a hundred people.

Wu Fang was escorted to the port, and watched Li Jing's elite team of 120 people fully armed and boarded the warship, everyone had the latest firearms in their hands, and there were still a few guns on the deck, and he couldn't help but feel frightened.

He had seen the power of firearms, and when he caught them before, he had broken their heads and bled blood, but the artillery had not seen its power, but the iron bumps were so big, presumably even more powerful.

The warship slowly sailed out, and Li Jing asked Wu Fang: "How long does it take for a ship like yours to go back and forth like this?" ”

"If you arrive at the island, it will take about two days on our main boat."

"So fast?"

"Unless there is a storm, this sea is generally peaceful, I have a skill, that is, stargazing, I have walked back and forth on this road not a hundred times but also eighty, all the routes are memorized in my mind, and I can sail at night, so I go faster than usual."

Li Jing nodded and asked, "How is our ship better than yours?" ”

Wu Fang looked at this big ship with some envy, with huge sails, professionally trained helmsmen, and orderly sailors.

These are the things they are missing.

The sycophant said, "The ship of the adults is bigger and faster than ours." ”

"Go and direct the helmsman in front of you, and I will reach the island within the time you say, and if not, you will sink into the sea."

"Your Excellency...... My lord, I'm just talking about an approximate time. ”

Wu Fang hurriedly shouted, but Li Jing had already returned to the cabin.

Wu Fang was taken to the helmsman's side by his hands and feet to guide the way.

Li Jing's subordinates in the cabin asked him: "When we get to the island, how will we deal with those bandits?" ”

"Catch it alive first, don't kill it, otherwise it will cause Wu Fang's resistance, this old boy has something, it will come in handy, you have to keep it first."

The wind and waves on the sea are not large, the big ship is quite stable, and even Wu Fang, who led the way, sighed: "It has to be the Great Sui Imperial Court to have the money to make such a large and stable hull, and we can't do it." ”

In the evening of the next day, a small island appeared in front of him, and Li Jing watched from a distance and began to visually measure how many people its size could hold.

When he got closer, he was happy, this island was much bigger than he expected, and Wu Fang and the others also built a small port here, but the port was too small for the warships to get by, so they could only approach it by small boats.

Before everyone could move, they saw a small boat quickly rowing out of the island and approaching the warship.

Then a few hooks were thrown onto the deck, and with a babbling corner, seven people climbed up along the rope of the hooks.

"Hehe, uncle, the blue waves and the dragon, have been crisscrossing this sea for many years, and today you are passing by here, when you stay to buy road money, the uncle will keep you safe...... Quiet. ”

The men who jumped on the boat had just stood firm and said a long time, and as they spoke, they looked intently at a group of people with muskets and aimed them with dark nozzles.

Wu Fang hurriedly shouted: "Erjo, kneel down quickly." ”

The man named Nijo saw that his eldest brother was also on the boat and asked, "Big brother, is this your newly hijacked ship?" What are these people doing with this tube? ”

His eyes were not good, and he didn't see that his eldest brother was being tied up.

bang

The soldier fired a shot into the air, and Nijo and the others immediately knelt down in fright, and the soldiers rushed directly to detain them.

Li Jing smiled awkwardly: "Is this all the people on the island?" ”

Wu Fang nodded.

"I still wanted to be neat when I caught people, so as not to be run away and get into trouble, but I didn't expect this group of people to send them to the door by themselves, it seems that you are used to being powerful at sea, no matter how big the ship is, you dare to rob it."

"My lord, we are all for a way to live, who can live to do this conscienceless work."

"But what did I just look at...... Wave...... The guy of the dragon is very interested, and he doesn't look like he is forced by life at all. ”

Wu Fang glared at the short-eyed subordinates angrily, blaming them for daring to hijack a big ship like them, but then thinking about it, they were originally here to arrest them, and now they can only be said to have thrown themselves into the net.

"My lord, are they turning themselves in?"

Li Jing was almost amused by him, and no longer paid attention to them, but began to arrange for the landing on the island.

The boat docked, there are some simple houses on this small island, very simple, about forty or fifty people can live, this is where they live for a short time, according to Wu Fang's confession, their people do not like to live on a small island with backward conditions, but there must be someone to guard here, as a transit point for them to avoid pursuit and action, so once a month, it is about 7-10 people to stay on the island.

Since there was no water source on the island, they had to bring enough fresh water, and they dug their own pond and tanks to store fresh water.

Li Jing looked at the simple but reasonable configuration of the island and said: "This group of people really plans to develop like this for a long time, and if it is renovated a little, it should not be a problem for this place to operate as a transfer station for materials and personnel in a short period of time." ”

"Order the four soldiers to build a lookout at the highest point on the island, where they can see farther away, so that the soldiers can bring down the supplies and fresh water, start leveling the land around here, cut timber, and start building houses and warehouses today."

"Command, start today."

"It's better to start today, people go down, we'll sail back, and the next time, other warships will also set off to transport things over."

Li Jing has a high ability to execute things, and he does what he says.

Warships began to travel back and forth between the island and Weihai, and around the island, Li Jing also sent fishing boats to pretend to fish in this area to avoid any boats approaching.

After more than ten days, I found that this area was indeed the same as Wu Fang said, and no one came at all.

By the way, Li Jing also asked Wu Fang to lead the way to the vicinity of Goguryeo, of course, when approaching, he used a fishing boat to go.

In order to find out the most favorable landing terrain and the coastal situation of Goguryeo, Li Jing sent a lot of fishing boats and soldiers disguised as fishermen.

Scattered, not to attract attention.

……

Yang Guang in Youzhou City received news from Li Jing and recognized the plan written in Li Jing's letter.

Using the island in the middle of the way as a transit point can greatly improve the transportation time of materials and manpower, and it has been implemented for a month when the message comes, and there are now 1,300 soldiers stationed on the island, and Li Jing found that if you only want to send people to the nearest place in Goguryeo, you can use ordinary fishing boats to go over from that island.

In this way, the capacity can be increased on a large scale.

Yang Guang estimated that this island should be an island located between the Liaodong Peninsula and North Korea.

Yang Guang said happily: "Li Jing plans to launch an attack, he will directly send 3,000 soldiers to land on the shore at one time, and directly aim at the muzzle of the gun to attack Lelang City (Pingrang (I don't know if I want to write)). ”

"Lelang City must be a lot of important city guards in Goguryeo, but with a surprise attack, once the city is taken, Goguryeo will have to face the crisis of being attacked by the enemy on its back, and our army has a city to rely on, and it can be continuously supplied."

Lai Hu'er laughed on the side: "Your Highness, what if the other party intercepts our warship?" ”

"What else can I do? Artillery bombardment, they are willing to fight a naval battle with us, then we are too willing. ”

(End of chapter)