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On the top of the cliff of the wharf, after learning that Lin Jue and the others had come out and destroyed the material transportation ropeway leading to Peach Blossom Island from Big Bird Island, Hai Dongqing's anger was indescribable. In addition to immediately ordering more than 2,000 soldiers and horses to be sent to the east to carry out a dragnet search, he also ordered to divide more than 500 troops to speed up the repair of the ropeway.

However, Hai Dongqing also understands that the restoration of the ropeway is not an easy task. Pulling a thick rope across the two islands on a stormy rope bridge to re-erect the ropeway for supplies to slide is a time-consuming and life-threatening affair. It takes more than 100 people to erect ropes on a calm day, let alone this bad weather at the moment. No one knows whether this thing will succeed or not, even if they can't stand on a rope on a rope that is extremely heavy after being soaked in the rain.

However, the ropeway needed to be rebuilt no matter what, especially after Hai Dongqing looked at the empty quiver of the pirates, and he knew that if he didn't get the arrows in place quickly, the consequences would be extremely serious.

The good news is that in the battle not long ago, Peach Blossom Island showed a fierce defensive ability and gave Ning Haijun a head-on blow. At this moment, the opponent stopped above the sea, and seemed to be frightened and did not dare to attack. Moreover, what Lin Jue and others did on the island was unknown to the officers and soldiers. Therefore, the officers and men are ignorant of the shortage of arrows and the failure of food and supplies to be delivered to the island.

Hai Dongqing hopes that this confrontation will last longer to buy time for himself. Even if it lasts for two or three hours, when it gets dark in the evening, the opponent's attack will have to stop. And delaying time is in any case's beneficial to oneself, not only the replenishment of supplies, but also the sudden increase in wind power by God will also be a nightmare for the officers and soldiers. The longer they stay at sea, the more rough the waves alone will be enough to defeat them.

An hour of trepidation passed quickly, and the good news came that the ropeway was halfway through. Although dozens of pirates fell from the rope bridge and fell into the sea and died, these were no longer in Hai Dongqing's consideration. Not to mention dozens of people, even if a hundred or two hundred died because of this incident, it would be worth it. But the bad thing is that the people who searched for Lin Jue and others have not found Lin Jue, Gao Muqing and the others. Thinking that these three people were still at ease on the island, Hai Dongqing was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood. However, the military advisor Xu Xing was right, these three people could not fly on Peach Blossom Island, and sooner or later they would be caught, as long as they resisted the attack of the officers and soldiers, it would not be too late to catch them later.

Hai Dongqing walked around restlessly on the top of the cliff like a lion trapped in a cage, and the movements of the officers and soldiers on the sea continued to report.

"Holy Father, they seem to be making a U-turn, and it looks like they are going to evacuate." Xu Xing, who was standing on the arrow tower on the left side and had been staring at the movement of officers and soldiers on the sea, shouted loudly and made Hai Dongqing stop.

"What? Seriously? Hai Dongqing raised his head in astonishment and asked.

Xu Xing put his hands on the pergola and stretched his neck to stare at the sea, and soon shouted: "That's right, it's a U-turn." More than a dozen large ships in front of the sudden assault were making a U-turn. The one in the rear also seems to be turning the rudder. ”

Hai Dongqing rushed to the top of the arrow tower in three steps and two steps, frowned and looked carefully in the direction pointed by Xu Xing, and suddenly burst into a burst of piercing laughter.

"Hahaha, these grandsons, are you going to slip away? They were scared. Hahaha, this little skill also came to fight my idea of Peach Blossom Island. If they stay at sea, they will be annihilated. ”

"Congratulations to the Father, congratulations to the Father. The other party finally felt the power of the Holy Father, and retreated timidly. My Peach Blossom Island is going to be famous all over the world again, and the Holy Father's prestige will spread all over the world. Xu Xing bowed and praised.

"Hahaha......" Hai Dongqing laughed loudly, and was about to speak, when suddenly a guard next to him pointed to the sea on the east side of the island and shouted, "Huh? How did a small boat go to sea? Who's that? Looking for death? ”

Hai Dongqing was stunned for a moment, followed the direction he pointed out and looked at the sea below the island to the east, and sure enough, he found a small boat floating in the stormy waves like a leaf. The boat actually raised its sails, and under the encouragement of the huge wind, it sped almost uncontrollably towards the sea. Under such sea conditions, setting up a boat and leaving the island is no different from death. Not to mention daring to raise the sails, it would be even more suicidal, and I don't know who made such a crazy move.

"This guy is trying to escape, isn't he? Think you can't hold the island of flowers? Blind thing, let him fall into the sea to feed the sharks. Can a boat withstand this kind of weather? How far can you escape? Idiot! Hai Dongqing scolded.

It's really nothing. There are tens of thousands of people on the island, and there is no guarantee that all of them are dead set on themselves, and there are not many things to escape while they are in chaos. There were also pirates who fled by boat before, and Hai Dongqing didn't care about these at all.

"That's not right!" Xu Xing frowned and said in a deep voice.

"How?" Hai Dongqing asked in surprise.

"If you want to escape, you shouldn't flee to the north. You can escape from the south, east, and west, but at this moment, the north is gathering heavy troops, why do you want to flee under our noses? Besides, please see, the boat is heading straight for the officers and soldiers, and it doesn't look like an escape, but like a ......."

"What? Surrender to the enemy? So what's there to worry about. What can the officers and soldiers do if they throw themselves into the past? Hai Dongqing interrupted.

"Holy Father, what if you don't go to the enemy? Instead, go ...... What about sending letters? Xu Xing said softly.

"Deliver a letter?"

"What if he told the officers and soldiers that we are now in a predicament where the island is short of arrows and food supplies?" Xu Xing's low voice was tantamount to thunder in Hai Dongqing's ears. He didn't expect this at all, but if Xu Xing's worries were true, then it would be a big trouble. If the officers and soldiers learned about the current situation on the island, things would change dramatically.

"Quick, order someone to go down to the sea to chase him. Be sure to kill. In addition, find out who escaped, cut off his leader, and could not restrain his subordinates, so what to do? Hai Dongqing ordered repeatedly.

……

On the high cliff outside Li Xu to the east of the wharf, half an hour ago, Lin Jue and Gao Muqing Liang Qi and the three of them fled here. They hid in a forest at the top of the cliff and saw the whole battlefield clearly. When they saw more than a dozen large ships stranded on the shallows of the pier, as well as the corpses strewn across the beach, the three of them understood that the officers and men had just experienced a defeat. At this moment, the large ships of the officers and soldiers were staying on the sea hundreds of paces away, and they did not seem to have any intention of attacking, perhaps because they were discussing the strategy of attacking, or they had no idea how to attack Peach Blossom Island.

"Why don't they attack? Although more than a dozen ships were lost, their vitality was not damaged. Why don't you do it all at once? Liang Qi asked softly.

"It's hard, it's too hard. The time and place are extremely unfavorable, and looking at the situation on the beach, this battle just now should have been lost very badly. They must have hesitated. Lin Jue stared at the rolling sea and frowned.

"They were scared. As you said before, they are already not determined to attack, and after they fail, they are afraid that they will suffer even more gains and losses. Lin Lang, do you think they will choose to give up? Gao Muqing frowned.

"Quite possibly. They didn't know what was going on on the island, but if they attacked again, they would know that the bandits' supplies were unsustainable. God forbid, pray they come to their senses and attack quickly. Lin Jue sighed.

The three of them watched the sea and waited, and I don't know how long it took, but suddenly, Gao Muqing lost his voice and whispered: "Are the officers and soldiers turning around and evacuating?" ”

Lin Jueliang Qi looked at it carefully, and his heart was cold after seeing the situation clearly.

"They are about to withdraw, and they still don't dare to attack anymore." Lin Jue gritted his teeth and said.

"These officers and soldiers are simply wretched and cowardly." Liang Qi scolded.

Lin Jue shook his head and said, "I can't blame them all, if I change positions and I lead the army, I may make the same decision." ”

"So what do we do? Once they are gone, there will be no turning back. The war against bandits was abandoned halfway. We are abandoned here. As soon as they withdrew, Hai Dongqing wanted to search for us all over the island. Gao Muqing said gloomily.

Lin Jue reached out and grabbed Gao Muqing's cold palm, squeezed it gently, and said, "I won't let them leave." It seems that we have to take another big risk. I had thought that they would be able to make a tentative attack, and I would know what was going on on the island. But now, it seems that they have to find a way to inform them of the situation on the island. In such a situation, there is only one way to tell them about the situation on the island. That is to sail to them and tell them what is going on. ”

Gao Muqing exclaimed: "Go to sea? Where is the ship? ”

Lin Jue said: "There is a boat under the cliff we came over in the east, just grab one." ”

"But...... At that time, the boat could not withstand the wind and waves. If they can go to sea, how can the pirates be trapped on the island? Gao Muqing said.

Lin Jue said: "I know, so I haven't brought it up." I know the dangers of going out to sea in a small boat. But in the current situation, we can only take risks. Mu Qing, you and Brother Liang are hiding here, I will steal the ship and go to sea, and I will recover the officers and soldiers no matter what. ”

Gao Muqing hugged Lin Jue's arm and shook his head and said, "No, aren't you going to die?" If that's all I can do, I'll go to sea. I'm better at water than you, and I'm better at boating than you. You stay, I'll go. ”

Lin Jue waved his hand and smiled: "Joke, I proposed this risky method, how can I let you take such a risk." I'm not necessarily as watery as you. On the sea these days, I am not inferior to you. Naturally, I went. ”

Gao Muqing resolutely refused, trying his best to take the risk himself. The two argued, so that Lin Jue was furious and shouted in a deep voice: "Women, you should know how to advance and retreat." My Lin family has rules, and I am the one who calls the shots, do you understand? If you insist on arguing, my Lin family will not tolerate you. ”

Gao Muqing was stunned, and then she was both happy and worried in her heart. The joy is that Lin Jue's tone is to reprimand her as a woman of the Lin family, that is, to admit that she is his woman. The worry is that in this way, he can't go against his words, and Lin Jue is determined to take risks. If it weren't for the fact that the trip was too dangerous, he wouldn't have needed to be so persistent. It is precisely because he is angry that it seems that there is no return for this trip.

"Okay, there you go. Anyway, if you're dead, I'm not going to live. Gao Muqing stopped arguing.

Lin Jue sighed and turned his head to find Liang Qi to explain a few words. Suddenly, I found that Liang Qi, who was originally behind the bushes, was gone.

"Brother Liang, Brother Liang." Lin Jue called in a low voice.

"Master of the village, Lin Gongzi doesn't have to argue, Liang Qi will go. In terms of water nature and boating, you are not as good as me. Don't rob me of anyone this time. Liang Qi's voice came from outside the woods to the east.

Lin Jue and Gao Muqing grabbed the edge of the cliff to look, and saw that Liang Qi's figure was already halfway up the cliff, grabbing the crack in the rock and climbing down.

"Brother Liang." Lin Jue shouted.

Liang Qi raised his head and waved his hand upwards and smiled: "Don't worry, I'll come when I go, I hope I can catch up." ”

Lin Jue's heart was moved, and he arched his hand and said, "Be careful." ”

Liang Qi nodded and smiled, using his hands and feet together, and his figure quickly disappeared under the cliff.

Lin Jue turned around and sighed: "I can only see his true colors in times of crisis, if he doesn't die, I will give him this brother." ”

Gao Muqing also nodded and said, "I also underestimated him before. He was originally my father's guard, and my father's eye for people was still good, but except for that person, he caused a catastrophe. ”