Lam Than, a village in the north of Thanh Lam (later Hue and Da Nang in Vietnam).

"Shi Lao, I bought it." A young man rushed all the way into the village, and several young people at the entrance of the village looked around vigilantly to make sure that no one was following, and then let the young man in.

The old man immediately took what the young man took out of his arms, it was a newspaper, if the people of Chang'an were here, they would recognize it as soon as possible, this was "Datang Weekly"! It's just that it's the Guangzhou version!

"Elder Shi, is there any news from His Highness? What did Your Highness say? ”

"That's right, Elder Shi, is Your Highness here?"

"When will Your Highness fight Lin Yi?"

Several young people around gathered around.

The old man, who looked to be in his fifties, glanced at the young people around him, and then spoke: "Your Highness has come to Lingnan, but it doesn't say that Your Highness wants to fight Linyi, but we all have to remember some of His Highness's words, now that the Central Plains are unified again, the Tang Dynasty is so powerful, and Fan Yanzhi, the king of Linyi, has paid tribute year after year, and our way home is not far away!" ”

"But Shi Lao, now this King of Linyi is constantly forcing us to salvage pearls for him and catch all kinds of rare beasts, more than a dozen people died in our village last year, all of them died by diving, and if this continues, we will die when Datang calls, I think we might as well do it!"

"That's right! Let's do it, His Royal Highness the King of Qin is right, the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband. His Royal Highness also said that the people are the foundation of the state, and Datang also established the Datang National Martyrs Cemetery, His Royal Highness King Qin is setting off unprecedented changes in Datang, and it is time for us Han people to return to the orthodoxy of the Central Plains! His Royal Highness once said that commerce has no borders, but merchants have borders, although we are not merchants, but we are Han Chinese! It's a Chinese person! It's a person from the Central Plains! ”

"From the Han Dynasty to set up Rinan County Xianglin County, called Xianglinyi, our ancestors migrated here from the Central Plains, originally wanted to live a good life, but then there were villains who took advantage of the weakness of the Han Dynasty, killed the county order, removed the elephant word of Xianglinyi, and called themselves the king of Linyi."

"Hundreds of years have passed, but we have never forgotten our identity, we are Han people from the Central Plains."

"And now, the king of Linyi is getting more and more excessive, and the taxes are increasing again and again, if so, how long will we be enslaved?" Another young man in his twenties said with a serious face.

"But the war kills people!" Shi Lao looked at the young people around him and said with a wry smile.

"We know, but His Royal Highness said in the original conquest of Tuyuhun that we, regardless of the old and the young, the noble and the low, will work together and devote the strength of the country to the top of the plateau, conquer the land of Hulu, exterminate the cave of the Japanese slaves, beg the people who bully me, and kill the barbarians! Then the sea is crossing, and the child is worthy of himself! Let the corpse cover the border, only the soul can be followed! ”

"The big deal is the horse leather shroud, the corpse covers the borderlands! But I wait for my blood not for anything else, but to protect my sons and daughters from oppression! ”

"If I die in battle! We are willing to exchange blood for Datang's attention to this land, at least our children and grandchildren will not be oppressed by them again! Here will also return to the embrace of Datang! The young man said categorically.

"Shi Lang! Do you know that you are not responsible for the lives of one person, but the lives of thousands! Shi Lao looked at him and asked with a serious face.

"I know! I'm sure they all know it, but we don't want to endure it, it's better to live vigorously than to be bullied to death! Or many years later, when this land returns to the Tang Dynasty, we can still be a martyr. Shi Lang said with a smile.

"Otherwise, how about you contact Your Highness?" Shi Lao hesitated for a moment and said.

"Grandpa, no, we are still from Linyi, not from the Tang Dynasty!" Shi Lang shook his head, "But we have the spirit of His Highness to guide us!" We're going to win. ”

Shi Lao smiled bitterly, he was silent for a moment before he spoke: "How many people have you contacted now?" ”

"The villages we can contact can now find at least a thousand troops, and we have enough spears, bows and arrows in our arsenal, but there are also some rattan armor!" Shi Lang took a deep breath and said, "Although our troops are backward, we are a sneak attack, as long as we can make a contribution in one fell swoop, we have the possibility of success." ”

"Where do you want to attack first?"

"Directly attack the royal capital, the main forces of Linyi are concentrated near the royal capital, if we attack Xianglin City, then the other soldiers are not worried, I believe that many of them are not really for the king of Linyi, not to mention that the wall of Xianglin City is almost nothing, it is very easy for us to break through." Shi Lang said softly.

"But you know, being good at breaking also means not being good at defending." Shi Lao said softly.

"So, grandpa, we have something to ask you." Shi Lang said seriously.

"You say."

"We hope you can go to the border between Linyi and Datang, if we take Xianglin City, I will send someone to inform you immediately, please tell the Datang defenders, just say that we are willing to belong to Datang, and we will work hard to defend Xianglin City." If we fail, grandpa, you can go back to Datang, Datang does not exclude the residents of Linyi from returning to Datang, and the king of Linyi does not dare to enter Datang. Shi Lang said softly.

Shi Lao was silent for a moment, and then smiled bitterly and didn't know what to say.

"Have you thought about it?"

"I've figured it out."

"Then you go ahead, and I'll organize all the villagers in these villages." Shi Lao took a deep breath and said. "But be careful not to let the news go."

"Yes!"

……

A huge fleet is heading to Linyi, Luzon Island has been handed over to Feng Ang to be responsible, and Li Ke doesn't have to worry about the rest, there are basically no enemies there, and the enemies are all handed over to the village of Monobe, Li Ke stayed for about seven or eight days and then started to go directly to Linyi.

The reason why I stayed for so long was that I wanted to see the achievements of Monobe Village, but I have to say that many of the characteristics of the Japanese people are inherited, and as a qualified thug, Monobe Murashita has done a good job.

Li Ke, who was sitting on the boat, was looking at the information about Lin Yi that Li Dai had sorted out.

Linyi is not big, there are less than 10,000 soldiers in the country, and there are only 5,000 soldiers who can fight, including 1,000 elite elephant soldiers, which is the characteristic of Linyi. As for the other weapons and armor. According to records, the king's guards, with 5,000 soldiers, were able to use crossbows and bows, use rattan as armor, and bamboo as bows, and fight on elephants (Old Tang Book).

These are all the guards of Fan Yanzhi, the king of Gongwei Linyi, but to be honest, with this kind of soldiers, these ships that Li Ke brings now can destroy them, as for the elephant soldiers...... It's just a joke.

At least for Li Ke, there are not too many ways to deal with elephant soldiers.