Chapter 178: Bingfa Jizhou Island
Although it was true that he got the Amber Gold Cicada in the end, Li Xian had no intention of sharing such a big secret with Zhao Hujiang. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"However, this time Zhu Jiu's subordinates can have Zuo Shaoqing of the Songshan Sword Sect appear, and the people of the court are not worried about our Mixed Yuan Sect, can they rest assured that the Songshan Sword Sect is not at ease?
Anyway, this Amber Gold Cicada Pendant was lost in the hands of the Songshan Sword Sect. Zhao Hujiang thought for a moment and immediately came up with an unreasonable place.
"It is precisely because of Zuo Shaoqing's appearance that I am sure that this matter was caused by a certain member of the imperial court, or even an envoy of the imperial family, which is obviously to prove the innocence of the Songshan Sword Sect.
Normally speaking, even if Zuo Shaoqing didn't deal with the Mixed Yuan Sect, he wouldn't dare to follow the people of the imperial court, or even collude with pirates, to attack the famous sects in Guangdong.
If this matter is going to get out, Zuo Shaoqing will not say that he will be ruined, at least he will have a bad reputation.
Therefore, Zuo Shaoqing must have done this because there were people from the Songshan Sword Sect who couldn't resist forcing him to come, not out of his own heart.
Although the Songshan Sword Sect is a martial arts faction, after all, it is in the north, close to the base camp of the imperial court, and if the imperial court really wants to exert pressure, they really can't bear it.
It is also understandable that the imperial court persecuted Zuo Shaoqing like this, if Zuo Shaoqing stubbornly resisted and did not come, it would mean that there were ghosts in the Songshan Sword Sect, and there was a deeper unknown connection with the Amber Gold Cicada Pei;
Even if this is not the case, the relationship between the Songshan Sword Sect and Guangdong Wulin is also good, didn't Fang Shiyu die because of the legend that provoked the contradiction between Shaolin and Wudang?
In short, letting Zuo Shaoqing come over and participate in the destruction of my Mixed Yuan Sect is a matter of only good and no harm to the imperial court, and it is also the favorite thing for this group of people in the imperial court to do. ”
Zhao Hujiang is also a smart person, and finally figured out the joints, nodded, and left with a complicated expression.
Letting the Songshan Sword Sect and the Mixed Yuan Sect compete with each other to prove their innocence is exactly what those court people who claim to be superior in wisdom and resourcefulness like to do the most.
The next day was a rare sunny day, and Li Xian led the escort team to the beach very early, hoping to go to sea as soon as possible to go straight to Jinzhou Island and eliminate Zhu Jiu's forces.
After loading the things onto the boat and waiting for a while, fishermen from nearby villages arrived one after another, as well as many hunters.
It's just that Li Xian originally thought that it would be good to have hundreds of young people, but now there are more than 1,000 people here, and there are men, women, old and young, what is going on.
When I asked, I found out that many of the people here are the families of fishermen and hunters who have decided to enter the island, and there are no wives, children, or fathers.
At this moment, Li Xian was about to frown, he had expected everything, but he didn't expect this kind of thing to happen, and it would hurt morale to have a parting between the military and the people at this scene.
The worries are not only these, the original agreed time has passed, and there is a steady stream of people coming, it seems that they are late to receive the news.
Li Xian originally wanted to wait a little longer, but when he saw that this matter was not over, if he stayed any longer, he was afraid that he would not be able to set off today, so he immediately ordered to light the number of people, send people Yinyang, and then immediately get on the boat and set off.
The men who decided to go on the expedition immediately gave it to their families as soon as they got the money, and it seemed that these family members came to do this.
It was a very simple matter, but it was delayed for several hours, and Li Xian was also secretly grinding his teeth in his heart.
By the time everyone really set off, it was already after twelve o'clock, and after noon, Li Xian originally hoped to have a hot meal before boarding the boat, but he simply canceled it, and everyone ate the dry food that Chen Youfu had brought people to make overnight.
It was not until they were far away from the beach, more than an hour out at sea, that the escorts and fishermen slowly regained their spirits, sobered up from the so-called parting, and steered the boats one by one in good spirits.
Li Xian counted it, and there were more than 90 guards and more than 20 soap workshop workers in charge of logistics, as well as more than 400 fishermen and more than 100 hunters, a total of about 650 people.
If it weren't for the fact that there were enough ships captured from Hai Yan Luo and Zhu Jiu before, there might not have been enough ships for so many people.
The weather was fine on this day, and the fleet soon passed the East Sea Island and headed straight for the island.
Speaking of Jinzhou Island, not many people know about it, but it is actually an island with quite a famous name and historical allusions.
Jinzhou Island is located in the east of Leizhou Bay, that is, the east of Donghai Island, southeast of Zhanjiang City, with an area of about 56 square kilometers, is the largest volcanic island in China--- yes, it is the largest volcanic island in China.
At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Yuan army broke through Lin'an, Lu Xiufu and Wen Tianxiang and others escorted Song Duanzong to Jinzhou Island, and later Song Duanzong died of illness, and his younger brother Zhao Yu ascended the throne, which was the last emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty.
This island was originally called the island of the island, the last emperor ascended the throne after the name of the island changed to the island of the island, and then upgraded it to Xianglong County, the construction of the palace or something, in short, is the last imperial capital of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Later, the Southern Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers failed to attack Leizhou Mansion many times, and felt that it was difficult to attack and defend Jinzhou, so they moved to Xinhui Yashan, until the final defeat, Lu Xiufu held the young emperor and threw himself into the sea, which was the famous last battle of Yashan.
However, Li Xian was not in the mood to rely on Emperor Song now, and his mind was full of the sketchy map he had drawn with someone who was familiar with Jinzhou before.
The original name of this island was Jizhou, anyway, it was all with stones, but it is conceivable that there are a lot of stones on the island, and there are also reefs in the bay, so it is difficult to enter and exit, no wonder Zhu Jiu chose this place as his pirate den.
The most troublesome thing is that at the beginning, Hai Yanluo's pirate den only had a wooden fence and no concept of an earthen wall, but Zhu Jiu built a circle of stone walls on Jinzhou Island.
Sure enough, the more difficult the human race is, the more diligent it will be, Hai Yan Luo relies on his own grandmaster cultivation, and does not think much about defense, and Zhu Jiu's martial arts are not good, so he attaches great importance to defense facilities.
Thinking that Zhu Jiu might still have some muskets and cannons there, with the stone wall, it was estimated that it would be difficult to fight, and Li Xian felt a little headache.
When he arrived near Jinzhou Island and arrived near Zhu Jiu's pirate den, Li Xian took out his binoculars, paid attention to observation, and found that his fleet had reached a fairly close place, and the people in the pirate's den began to panic.
However, these people obviously lack unified command, some of them want to untie the cable and go to sea, some go up to the stone wall to point fingers, and some just run around like flies in the stockade without any plan.
Li Xian observed it and found that there were not many people in Zhu Jiu's nest, less than two hundred.