After breakfast, Duan Hongyu came straight to Tang Ma. Unexpectedly, Zhan Tianlun and Zuo Hanbing were also there, it turned out that they were discussing the matter of the water army.

Tang Ma provoked trouble a few days ago, and since Duan Hongyu returned to the mountain, he didn't look at him directly, and when he saw Duan Hongyu coming, he beat the drum in his heart.

Duan Hongyu sighed: "Third brother and starling! Fourth sister is gone!"

Tang Ma said: "Really, I'll chase her!"

Zhan Tianlun hurriedly stopped him and said, "Forget it, Xue'an has worried so much about the Zhentian Army, everyone is tired and thin, it's okay to leave now." ”

Duan Hongyu said: "Yes, the fourth sister said that she will definitely come to see us often in the future." ”

Tang Ma gave up.

Duan Hongyu said: "Starling, how have you trained the water army?"

Tang Ma said: "I chose our naval base in Evil Tiger Village on the edge of the Yangtze River, where the harbor is deep and the water is wide, the river is vertical and horizontal, and the terrain is very hidden. Now the navy is stepping up training, although it is not as good as the navy on Lingzhi Island as a whole, but it is enough to fight. ”

Duan Hongyu said: "That's good, we just want to compete with Liancheng Yu and Suo Long." ”

Zhan Tianlun said: "Tenth brother, is it a bit too early to attack Lingzhi Island now?"

Duan Hongyu said: "The situation no longer allows us to drag on, the Qing army will soon go south, we must rush to capture Lingzhi Island before the Qing army acts." ”

Zuo Hanbing said: "Brother is reasonable, if you let the Qing army and Lingzhi Island unite, it will be too dangerous, and with the strength of my Zhentian Army, I can't compete with it at all." ”

Tang Ma said: "It's okay, then let's fight Lingzhi Island first, if the Qing army dares to go south, we will fight with them." ”

Zhan Tianlun said: "But the strength of our naval army is not as good as Lingzhi Island, and there is no chance of winning if we attack it forcibly." ”

Duan Hongyu said: "Even if you take some risks, you have to fight, the situation is changing too quickly, and no one can imagine how it will evolve next." ”

Zhan Tianlun has always been serious, but seeing that Duan Hongyu has made up his mind, he no longer sticks to his opinion.

Zuo Hanbing said: "Brother, our Luo Cha team heard a very unexpected news from Lingzhi Island, Lian Chengyu is missing. ”

"What?" Hearing that Lian Chengyu was gone, Duan Hongyu, Zhan Tianlun, and Tang Ma were all dumbfounded. Duan Hongyu said: "How did Liancheng Jade disappear?"

Zuo Hanbing said: "I don't know about this, but I heard that even Chengyu has been missing for several days, and the people of Lingzhi Island have searched everywhere, but they have found nothing." ”

Tang Ma said happily: "This female devil can't be dead!"

Zhan Tianlun said: "Impossible, Liancheng Yu's martial arts are strong, who can kill her?"

Tang Ma said: "That's not accurate, there are more folk masters." Lianchengyu has done too much evil, maybe he will be killed by some master!"

Duan Hongyu shook his head and said, "No! With Lian Chengyu's martial arts, it is impossible to be killed by someone at all, even if it is a master like the eldest brother and Lin Zhongxiao." ”

Zhan Tianlun said: "Lian Chengyu has magic skills in her body, and no matter how strong a master is, she can't get close to her." ”

Tang Ma said: "It may also be that she had a conflict with Dolgon and Sauron and was driven away. ”

Zuo Hanbing said: "This is also impossible, Lian Chengyu is now the number one master in the Qing Kingdom, how can Dolgon be willing to drive her away at this time?"

Zhan Tianlun said: "If she was driven away, the people of Lingzhi Island would not be looking for her everywhere!"

Tang Ma said: "Suo Long has always wanted to replace Liancheng Yu, he is a close confidant of Dolgon, maybe he will secretly sue and blacken Liancheng Yu!"

Duan Hongyu said: "Dolgon is not a brainless person, you think he is Chongzhen! The minister under the killer is as casual as killing a donkey." ”

Zuo Hanbing said: "Even if Lian Chengyu loses power, it won't be able to live without seeing people die or corpses, this matter is really weird." ”

Tang Ma said: "Anyway, the disappearance of Liancheng Jade is a good thing for us, without Liancheng Jade, Lingzhi Island is much easier to deal with." ”

Zhan Tianlun said: "That's careless, it's a major conspiracy." ”

Tang Ma said: "Third brother, what conspiracy can they have?

Zhan Tianlun said: "I can't say this, but I must not take this matter lightly." ”

Duan Hongyu said: "No matter what Liancheng Yu does, in short, our plan to attack Lingzhi Island cannot be changed. Starling, you quickly rectify the naval army, and our land and water army will soon send troops to Lingzhi Island. ”

Tang Ma said happily: "Tenth brother, you should have done this a long time ago!" He was an anxious man, and before he finished discussing it with everyone, he hurried to the Evil Tiger Village.

Attacking Lingzhi Island was not a trivial matter, Duan Hongyu, Zuo Hanbing, and Zhan Tianlun had been planning until late at night before they dispersed.

Early the next morning, Duan Hongyu personally led the Zhentian army to the Evil Tiger Village to join Tang Ma's army. The Zhentian army is mighty, and the army is neat. When the people of the Quartet saw it, they all praised each other, and there were many people who participated in the Zhentian Army.

When he came to the Evil Tiger Village in the afternoon, Tang Ma got the news and hurriedly led the army to meet him. Duan Hongyu stood on a high place and saw the warships gathered in the harbor, he was overjoyed, and asked, "Starling, where did you get so many ships?"

Tang Ma said: "They are all civilian ships bought from the people, and they have been transformed into warships by me. ”

Duan Hongyu said: "How powerful can such a transformed warship be?"

Tang Ma said: "You still don't know the ability of the starling? The starling can't do it on land, this ability on the water can be said to be unparalleled in the world, not to mention the transformation of such a small boat, even a sea boat more than ten feet high." ”

Zhan Tianlun said: "Tenth brother, don't listen to him brag." Your starling only got a few civilian boats, but in order not to be punished, he did his old job again!"

Duan Hongyu said curiously: "What's going on?"

Zhan Tianlun said: "His ships were either stolen or robbed. ”

Duan Hongyu said curiously: "Where can you snatch so many good ships?"

Tang Ma whispered: "Tenth brother, the sailors are easy to train, but the warship is not so easy to build, and when we build the ship ourselves, I am afraid that the Qing army will go to Guangzhou." Most of the starling's boats were obtained by attacking the Yangtze River water thieves, anyway, they also plagued the people of the Quartet, slaughtered them, and were able to get the boats, killing two birds with one stone. ”

Duan Hongyu nodded and said, "It's reasonable, but I see that there are many big boats on the river, how did you get that?"

Tang Ma said with a smile: "These boats are easier, I spent money to buy some officers of the Daming Water Division Battalion, and they sent someone to take the initiative to send the boat to my dock." ”

Duan Hongyu didn't expect that the government was so corrupt that he would not hesitate to sell ships to the enemy for silver, and he couldn't help but shake his head again and again.

Duan Hongyu and Zuo Hanbing personally watched the naval drills, and saw that although the training time of these naval forces was not long, they were in a strict formation, moved freely, and walked on the boat as if they were on the ground, and they couldn't help but be greatly satisfied. Duan Hongyu immediately appointed Tang Ma as the commander of the Zhentian Army, assisted by Bai Yunyang and Bai Yunyi, who was specifically responsible for the affairs of the navy.