Chapter 211 Insufficient Success
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Time passes bit by bit, and every moment is a great torment. Just when even Lin Jue was about to lose his breath, suddenly in the distance on the sea, a shining reflection stung Lin Jue's eyes. It was the dazzling brilliance of a white sail shining in the sun, and there was finally movement on the sea.
Everyone's hearts began to pound, and everyone began to swallow and foam. Lin Jue and Gao Muqing's subordinates are not bad, after all, they are not people under Hai Dongqing's jurisdiction. For Jiang Jingui and his two hundred men, this tension almost suffocated them. Under the pressure of the island owner for a long time, he actually wants to ambush this god-like figure at this moment, and he feels timid and almost incontinent, and the bold one is also full of powerlessness.
The air seemed to freeze.
The few ships on the sea were Hai Dongqing, Xu Xing and the ships of a group of guards, seven ships, with less than two hundred people. For Hai Dongqing, patrolling the islands is what he must do. At this time of year, by inspecting the seawalls and islands for preparedness in the face of a hurricane, he would go around the small islands around Peach Blossom Island. But in fact, his purpose is not just to prepare for these winds and waves, he is to see people, not dikes and reserves.
More than 20 years ago, Haidongqing's method of seizing the position of the owner of Peach Blossom Island was to sneak up on Peach Blossom Island from the small island where he was stationed, and killed the original owner Zheng Zicheng in one fell swoop, thus ascending to the position of the owner of the island. Because of this, Hai Dongqing was particularly worried that someone would use the same means against him. Therefore, in addition to stationing heavy troops on several landing docks on Peach Blossom Island and guarding them with his most trusted subordinates, Hai Dongqing will continue to inspect the islands, observe words and feelings, and win people's hearts. If he notices that something is slightly wrong, he will immediately take measures and strike first.
This time, because of the arrival of Gao Muqing, the owner of Guishan Island, the negotiation of reaching an agreement with her was delayed for a lot of time, so when the two sides successfully negotiated, Hai Dongqing couldn't wait to inspect. This kind of psychology is actually very easy to understand, he has stolen the position of the island owner, of course, he must prevent others from taking the position of the island owner in his own way.
The first stop is still the coral island in the south, which is the farthest south of Peach Blossom Island, not only because the distance is uncontrollable, but also because Coral Island has the largest number of people stationed on Coral Island, the largest area among many small islands, and it is the only island in the south of Peach Blossom Island, and the location is extremely important, so a large number of people need to be stationed. The number of bandits on Coral Island exceeded 3,000, and the leader of the garrison was Qin Shouyi, the owner of the three villages of Peach Blossom Island. Although this person is Hai Dongqing's old brother, Hai Dongqing is actually not at ease with everyone, even the closest person around him.
Originally, Hai Dongqing's itinerary was that Pan Heng would not return to Peach Blossom Island until the afternoon, but in the second half of last night, two messengers who delivered the letter risked their lives and rushed to Coral Island at night to report the news that made him jaw-dropping, Hai Dongqing immediately decided to rush back to Peach Blossom Island early this morning to deal with Gao Muqing and Lin Jue. He was very angry and annoyed, it turned out that these two people had actually come to do internal response, and the officers and men of the Ning Navy had already been dispatched to launch a surprise attack on him.
The situation that the person who wrote the secret letter inferred based on various details, Hai Dongqing agreed. Not only can the location of the person who wrote the letter get a lot of real information, but also after the secret letter arrived, Hai Dongqing and Xu Xing connected according to Gao Muqing and Lin Jue's performance on the island during this time, which was highly consistent with what was said in the letter. Originally, Gao Muqing's life and death for Lin Jue for more than ten days were suspicious, and it was even more strange that Gao Muqing didn't leave after the negotiation was completed. Now that I think about it, it is naturally because they want to make trouble on the island, and they must wait for the officers and soldiers to attack as an internal response.
Although they were very angry, in fact, Hai Dongqing didn't feel worried, their identities were revealed, and they were still in the dark. When I return to the island, I will dominate them and it will be over. As for the officers and soldiers who were coming, Hai Dongqing didn't care about it even more. Because the strength of the Ning Navy is so small, they are actually sent to death when they come. Hai Dongqing could take advantage of the fact that they didn't know it to order an ambush and annihilate them at sea after they entered the encirclement.
If this battle can completely annihilate the Ning Navy, it may also give itself an opportunity to counterattack Hangzhou City. All this may be a great opportunity for yourself.
Of course, after returning to the island, Hai Dongqing still has to punish one person, that is, his eldest son Jiang Jinfu. Although he sent a tin boat to send a messenger to Coral Island to deliver the message, so that he could know the news in time. But his act of blackmailing the messenger into handing over the secret letter broke the rules of the cottage. Originally, Hai Dongqing was still a little guilty about beating and scolding Jiang Jinfu that night, but now he felt that this idiot had to be taught another hard lesson. This time, he must not be allowed to pass the test easily, and if he is not at worst, he will be thrown into the seawater prison for ten days, so that he can have a long memory.
Seven boats sailed through the reef beach, and soon Peach Blossom Island was in sight. The four boats lined up towards the dock, they were escort ships, according to the usual practice, they had to go ashore first to be on guard before Hai Dongqing's ship would dock, this is Hai Dongqing's usual practice, to ensure that nothing goes wrong.
Four small boats rode the waves, cruising in the open water in front of the pier for a few moments, and then approached ashore. And this time, because they were in a hurry to land on the island, the ships that Hai Dongqing and Xu Xing were riding were also not far behind them and headed towards the pier under the escort of two escort ships. In fact, when he arrived on Peach Blossom Island, Hai Dongqing was not so careful, after all, this was his own nest. And if there was any danger, the brothers on the towering reef island to the east would have sounded the alarm.
More than a hundred escorts quickly disembarked from four small boats and formed a formation on the pier. After a symbolic patrol around the docks, two small teams of guards signaled that everything was going on. At this time, the boat that Hai Dongqing and Xu Xing were riding also slowly approached the wooden fence of the wharf.
Xu Xing sat in front of the cabin and frowned, "Why didn't Chu Changgui send someone to greet him?" Didn't this kid drink old wine and sleep again? โ
Hai Dongqing stood at the bow of the boat and laughed: "He must have thought that we would come back in the evening, and he guessed that he was lazy." Later, we will go to his camp, and if he is drunk, Lao Tzu will pee on him and sober him up. โ
Xu Xing frowned and said: "It must be dealt with according to the rules of the island, and if the owner of the island sets the rules, he will be punished." โ
Hai Dongqing laughed and said, "Strategist, you're just too serious." How else would you offend so many people? All of them are not happy with you. โ
Xu Xingdao: It doesn't matter if they are unhappy with me, as long as they are respectful to the owner of the island, I hope to be this villain. If the owner of the island wants to make a difference, he must strictly restrain these brothers, and it will not be possible to do it with a plate of loose sand. โ
Hai Dongqing put away his smile and nodded heavily: "What the military advisor said is that I took back my previous words. After seeing Chu Changgui for a while, I want to punish him heavily. โ
The boat approached the shore of the pier, the gangplank was on the stone steps of the pier, and Hai Dongqing walked up the pedal. At this moment, only hearing a whooshing sound, Hai Dongqing subconsciously lowered his head, but when he heard a dull sound from the water next to him, he kept the arrow straight into the water, and floated up after a while.
"What's going on?" Hai Dongqing shouted.
"Someone on the arrow tower has released arrows! Daring! Meng Xiang, the boss of the Eight King Kong guards beside him, shouted.
Hai Dongqing's face turned pale, and he suddenly realized that something was wrong.
In the woods, Lin Jue was also stunned by the situation in front of him. According to the original plan, it was to wait for Hai Dongqing and the others to go ashore before launching the attack, because if they did not go ashore, they would immediately turn the bow of the ship and flee to the sea after the attack, and then they would be out of reach. Only when they launch a surprise attack after they have landed on the shore, and under the rain of arrows, the two hundred or so people will lose at least half. After that, if Hai Dongqing didn't die, he would definitely hide in the mangroves on both sides, and Lin Jue and Gao Muqing were ambushed here to give them a fatal blow. However, this sudden arrow completely shattered the plan.
On a high arrow tower on the cliff on the left, Jiang Jinfu, whose eyes were red, was scolding a soldier. Because of his nervousness, the soldier was weak in his hands, and he shot the feathered arrow that he was pulling and aiming, thus ruining the whole plan.
On the dock, Hai Dongqing shouted: "Get on the boat, get on the boat, and leave here immediately." โ
More than a dozen guards immediately rushed to Hai Dongqing's side, drawing their blades and waving them. Someone raised a wooden shield to cover Hai Dongqing's return to the boat.
Seeing this situation, Jiang Jinfu had no choice but to order loudly: "Release the arrows, release the arrows!" โ
Whizzing, buzzing, and arrows raining down, covering the frantic crowd on the docks. More than 100 archers fired several rounds in a row, and the guards of Shanghai Dongqing at the pier suffered heavy casualties. In the face of condescending arrows, they have little means of defense, and there is no other way to dodge but to run around.
But several rounds of arrows did not stop Hai Dongqing and the others from turning around and boarding the ship. After killing and wounding more than a dozen guards, Hai Dongqing pulled Xu Xing into the cabin and shouted loudly to start the boat. The oarsman began to paddle, and the boat slowly left the dock and headed towards the sea. The rain of arrows on the arrow tower shifted direction, and shot intensively at the boat that Hai Dongqing was riding, and there was a blister on the water around the boat, as if countless raindrops had fallen. There was also a tumult on the hull of the canopy, and the feathered arrows trembled and nailed to the boat, shooting the boat into a hedgehog.
More than a dozen oarsmen were shot, and seven or eight of the ship's guards were shot, but even so, the boat slowly sailed away from the dock and gradually out of the range of the arrows. At the same time, the horn sounded on the boat, and it was the guards who sounded the horn of the alarm.
On the pier, a group of surviving guards took refuge in the mangroves on both sides of the shore, and Lin Jue and Gao Muqing had no choice but to fight. The sudden appearance of more than 100 Guishan Island people surprised these surviving pirates, Gao Muqing led people to slash and kill, plus a hundred pirates who were ambushed above the dock rushed down, and immediately strangled the remaining guards, including the two King Kong Song Mills. However, after the battle on the dock was over, Hai Dongqing's boat had reached the sea hundreds of steps away from the pier, and was desperately moving away from the shore and heading east.