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A night of wind and rain, hurricanes and tides resounded through the world like dragons roaring and tigers, and a huge peach blossom island seemed to have become a drop in the ocean, as if it was capsizing at any time in the waves. It is clear that the power of the hurricane is about to reach its peak.

And this night, Lin Jue was also tortured. There were so many things in his head that he didn't sleep comfortably at all, and he always woke up and fell asleep, tossing and turning.

In the early morning, Lin Jue woke up sore and dizzy. Since the night before yesterday, he returned to Peach Blossom Island after fighting the wind and waves, and the crazy experience of experiencing nine deaths still brought a lot of imprints to his body. There were a lot of physical injuries, although they were all traumatic injuries and sprains, and I didn't care about it at the time because of emotional stress. But after a night of sudden relaxation, the scars began to ache sharply. That's not all, I haven't dried my clothes for a day and a night, I sweat and rain for a while, and now I am top-heavy and dizzy, and I am obviously infected with the wind cold.

Gao Muqing got up early, prepared hot water for Lin Jue to wash up, saw that Lin Jue's face was wrong, and learned that Lin Jue was unwell after inquiry, and immediately panicked. She asked Lin Jue to go back and lie down, and wanted to go to Lang Zhong in the army to diagnose Lin Jue, but Lin Jue hurriedly stopped her.

What's wrong with yourself at this time? The wind chill passed as soon as it was strong, and it was not a serious illness. According to last night's decision, the army assembled early this morning and went to the east of the island to see the terrain of Otorishima and come up with a way to attack Otorishima. At this moment, everyone is preparing, how can they lie down because of this little problem.

Gao Muqing couldn't resist him, so he had to get some hot porridge for Lin Jue to eat, and find the best set of rainproof clothes and hats for Lin Jue to wear. At the end of the hour, Guo Kun and Yan Zhengsu, Song Yanping, Lin Jue and others began to set off, and thousands of soldiers and horses searched for the remnants of the enemy on the island while heading towards the east of the island.

Over the night, the island changed. The force of the hurricane swept by, the trees on the island were crooked, and in some places the rocks were crumbling and mud flowing. By all indications, the center of the hurricane has arrived. The wind and rain were heavy, the sky was overcast, and the situation was extremely bad.

Everyone couldn't help but feel a little afraid and happy, fortunately they attacked this island at the last moment yesterday, otherwise, at this moment, the army is afraid that there is only one way to avoid the wind and waves and withdraw the troops. But at this moment, it is a different situation, the island is successful, and more than 10,000 bandits are annihilated. Although Hai Dongqing fled to Big Bird Island, it can basically be said that the bandits were completely victorious this time, and most of the 30,000 sea bandits have been wiped out after the encirclement and suppression in the past few days, and only a very small part is left. This is already a goal that everyone could hardly believe will be achieved before they came. Of course, at the last moment, it was Lin Jue's actions on the island that finally brought all this in exchange, about this, no matter what kind of understanding Lin Jue had, no one denied this.

Because the bandits in the forest needed to sweep the battlefield of yesterday's battle, the speed of the army's advance was slow. In fact, last night's strong wind and rain had exhausted the seven or eight hundred pirates who had fled all over the island. They hid in the woods like frightened rats, clammy and cold, and had no intention of resisting at all. Many people voluntarily chose to come out and surrender when the army swept in.

When they swept to a woodland in the middle of the island, the officers and soldiers found dozens of simple houses hidden in the forest, and found many people imprisoned on the island. When they got there, they were stunned when they saw what was going on in those rooms.

In each room lived a dozen women, disheveled and panicked, huddled in a corner of the room like frightened fawns. Yan Zhengsu called an elderly woman to ask, and when the woman learned that it was the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, tears fell like rain. When the other women learned about this, they also hugged their heads and cried together.

Some of these women were captured by hijacked ships at sea, and some were captured by pirates when they raided coastal fishing villages and market towns, and the number was as high as 100. They were placed here for the bandits to vent. The use of desire. Some of them have been held here for seven or eight years, but most of them have survived less than a year before they are ravaged to death.

In the midst of the earth-shattering crying, Yan Zhengsu's face was solemn and painful. He blamed himself. Under his own rule, the bandits are rampant. The people were deeply afflicted and suffered such evil. And he has been a parent official in Hangzhou for three years, but he has not been able to solve this biggest cancer. He still boasted that he was a good official, and in this case, he was almost ashamed to death.

Seeing the tragic situation of these ravaged women, the generals were also indignant. All this was done by Hai Dongqing, a vicious bandit, who committed a heinous crime and must be captured and severely punished.

Yan Zhengsu was angry in his heart, and ordered to speed up and go to the East Cliff, he hoped to find a way to conquer Big Bird Island as soon as possible, Hai Dongqing was cowering on that island at the moment, he hoped to catch this thief and avenge these people.

However, half an hour later, when Yan Zhengsu Guo Kun and the others arrived at the top of the East Cliff, standing in the wind and rain and looking at the big bird island that was only a few miles wide, everyone's hearts were half cold.

Although they had known the pattern of Big Bird Island for a long time, whether it was from the previous intelligence or the vague shadows they saw in the wind and rain after arriving at Peach Blossom Island, they all knew that it was a precipitous island. But at this moment, when they looked at the dangerous island opposite from the monstrous waves, everyone frowned.

The sea breeze cleans, and the turbid waves emptilate. In the midst of the huge waves, the Big Bird Island stood tall in the wind and rain like a pillar of optimus. Faintly, the high parts of the island are densely packed with holes, like beehives. The figures of the pirates swaying at the entrance of the cave are clearly recognizable. Although the two islands are only miles wide, this narrow strait is a moat. Here is the tuyere, the huge waves surge, when the cliff wall is beaten, there are waves rushing up the cliff dozens of zhang, and the foam of the sea water is scattered with the wind to the place where everyone stands on the top of the cliff.

"Little Prince, Lord Yan, this island ...... I'm afraid I won't be able to attack it. Although it is only a mile apart, it is close to the end of the world, and it is difficult to cross the moat. Under such storms, the warships could not reach the opposite side at all. Song Yanping said in a deep voice.

Yan Zhengsu frowned, very disappointed in his heart. He knew that what Song Yanping said was true, and there was really nothing he could do in this situation.

"It seems that we have to wait, and when the hurricane is over and the sea calms down, we may be able to take this island." Yan Zhengsu nodded.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am afraid that it will be difficult to get hands on after the storm subsides." Lin Jue, who was on the side, covered his mouth and coughed, and said hoarsely. Even though he was wearing a thick coat and a big hat, Lin Jue's body was still soaked. At this moment, his body was cold, but his face was hot, and he was already feverish.

"Oh? What do you mean by that? Yan Zhengsu turned his head and looked.

"Didn't Commander Song and Deputy Envoy Wang report to you? The information I sent out before made it very clear that this island is small, and the inside of the stone pillar in the middle has been hollowed out, and thousands of archers are stationed. On that day, in order to demonstrate and show off to us, Hai Dongqing once demonstrated their means of defending against attack. At tea time, thousands of arrows were fired on the island, shooting hundreds of sharks. The island is forbidden within a hundred paces, and it is impossible to attack the island unless it can break its defenses. ”

Yan Zhengsu glanced at Song Yanping, and Song Yanping hurriedly said: "Lord Yan, the lowly position really didn't report this matter, that's because the lowly position thinks it's not necessary." After all, Lord Yan didn't need to worry about the details of this information. Besides, he also had some doubts about the situation described by Lin Jue that day. But at this moment, I saw it with my own eyes and knew that what I said was true. ”

Yan Zhengsu snorted in annoyance, in fact, to put it bluntly, Song Yanping just didn't want to tell him. After all, I don't understand military affairs, and I don't think it's useful to tell myself this.

"So according to you, this island cannot be attacked? It's just such a small island of Dan Pill, can't you do anything about him? What do you say about destroying its defenses? ”

What Lin Jue meant was that if heavy siege equipment could break through its barriers, it would destroy its strong defenses. But this can only be said. We don't have siege engines or other siege equipment, and even if we do, how can we get here? It is also not available on the return. Song Yanping said.

Lin Jue nodded and said, "That's true, that kind of hammer can only be used on land, unless our ship is equipped with artillery, it can't be done." ”

"Artillery?" Song Yanping frowned and said, "Do you mean firearms?" What's the use of that? It had been mentioned in the Privy Council, but it was stupid and heavy, and it was not very powerful, and it cost a lot of money, and this proposal had long been vetoed by the court. Call me to say that they are not even as useful as the heavy ballistas equipped on my ships. Unfortunately, this time we removed the ballista on the deck in order to withstand the waves, otherwise we might have given it a try. ”

Lin Jue shook his head with a wry smile and said: "The ballista can't be done, at most shoot a few people, the power of artillery lies in destroying defenses and destroying the terrain." It's best to use here. But the stupid and serious problem of the lack of power you mentioned seems to be useless, so you don't need to think about it. ”

Lin Jue actually wants to say that you don't understand the power of gunpowder, the Wang Ba box on my waist can smash people's heads to pieces, how do you know the power of gunpowder after purification? Of course, Lin Jue didn't want to say much about these words. Besides, subject to the ability to smelt, perhaps the problem lies not in gunpowder, but in other aspects.

"So...... Can you send someone to secretly land on the island, like Peach Blossom Island, and deal with it from the inside? Mess them up, just like Lin Jue did. Yan Zhengsu frowned.

Everyone laughed, but they all laughed and laughed bitterly. This Lord Yan really doesn't understand military affairs, and he is completely whimsical.

"Lord Yan, such a small island, the radius is less than a mile, and there are high rocks towering, every move is under their control, who can go to the island? Besides, at this moment, Hai Dongqing will order people to monitor the surroundings of the island day and night, I am afraid that a bird will be shot down, how can he allow people to approach? Lord Yan took this for granted. Guo Kun said without concealing his sarcastic expression.

Yan Zhengsu didn't care, he just put forward various possibilities and tried his best to find a way, and it was not a big deal if he was vetoed.

"So, if we besiege them and trap them after the hurricane is over, I don't know if we can do it?" Yan Zhengsu said again.

"My lord, you can't trap them, under that island is a hollow warehouse, Hai Dongqing personally told us that there are hundreds of thousands of stones, grain, a large amount of water and various materials hidden underneath, they only have three or four thousand people, and it is estimated that they will be safe in three or five years." Lin Jue laughed, suddenly his throat itched, and he coughed violently. Gao Muqing asked in a low voice with concern, Lin Jue stopped coughing and waved his hand to indicate that he was fine.