At the same time, on the stone castle on Hengyu Island, on the railing outside the castle tower, the giant Mao Haifeng was standing side by side with Chu Tianshu wearing a bronze mask, his four eyes staring at the camp tents dotted on the continent more than ten miles away, and a group of Ming soldiers patrolling on the beach, with bright armor and high morale, made these two people frown deeply and speechless.

After a long time, Chu Tianshu let out a long sigh: "This Qi Jiguang department really lives up to its reputation, it is much more elite than the guards in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, and it seems that under their winning streak, their morale is high, Leader Mao, I am afraid that this battle is not easy to fight." ”

Mao Haifeng gritted his teeth and said: "I fought with them in Huajie, the Qi family army is indeed much stronger than the ordinary Ming army, and in that battle, they also used a big bamboo called wolf to fight, we were a little caught off guard in that battle, but this is not the most critical, if it is just the Qi family army, I can at least be confident that I can block them on this beach, after all, our water army still has an absolute advantage." ”

A smile flashed in Chu Tianshu's eyes: "Chief Mao, what you are most worried about is the Black Dragon Society's subordinates led by the Heavenly Wolf." ”

Mao Haifeng nodded: "Yes, although the Qi family army is elite and good at fighting, but after all, it is just a group of Yiwu miners who are trained, not a strong martial artist, long in battle formations and organizations, and short in personal martial arts, if there is a one-on-one competition, needless to say that Mr. Chu's Dongting Gang masters, even the swordsmen and ninjas here I have, can also have an advantage, the sand beam connecting Hengyu Island and the mainland is long and narrow, and it is impossible to line up at all, if they want to break through head-on." I think the only way to do this is to let the people of the Black Dragon Society take the lead, and strive to rely on these people with strong martial arts. Fight your way up ahead. ”

Chu Tianshu shook his head: "If I were a heavenly wolf, I would never fight so hard." He is also just beginning to establish his own power, and he is still in the initial stage, at this time, every subordinate is very precious, and if he doesn't get more than half of the casualties in a battle, it will be difficult to recruit so many loyal and martial arts subordinates. ”

Mao Haifeng turned his head to look at Chu Tianshu: "Gang Master Chu, I know that you know the details of this heavenly wolf, I have asked you many times before, and you have said that you must abide by the agreement with this person." Refuse to reveal half a word, now that the enemy is present, the wolf will not show mercy to you and my subordinates, should you also reveal the identity of this person to me, maybe I can think of some ways to deal with him? ”

Chu Tianshu's eyes flashed with coldness, and he said in a deep voice: "Leader Mao, people are in the rivers and lakes, and faith is the foundation, so far." I'm pretty sure that the wolf didn't betray me and reveal my identity to outsiders, and I shouldn't have broken the contract and told anyone else. This person's identity is extraordinary, and it is also a great help to the big things I want to plot, even if this time because of Chief Mao. I want to meet him with a sword, and I don't want to reveal his identity right now. influencing possible future cooperation. ”

Mao Haifeng's unshaven face sank: "Gang Master Chu, what do you mean by this." This battle is either him dies, or we live, there is no third way, do you still want to show mercy to your subordinates? ”

Chu Tianshu's eyes flashed with murder: "No, since I also brought the elite of the gang here when Huguang Province was in a tight situation, I just want to fight the Heavenly Wolf, and it is impossible to release water in this battle." But I know the wolf's ability, he should be able to retreat with his whole body, if he can't attack and loses most of his men, maybe he will retreat. ”

Mao Haifeng shook his head: "I know this person very well, he used to be a dead brain on Shuangyu Island, and he couldn't turn back, even if there was one person left, he must complete his task, this time he joined forces with Qi Jiguang, he must be to destroy us and then quickly, the Qi family army is also fighting for the old book, all the troops of 6,000 people have entered Fujian, if we are not eliminated, there will be no turning back, if the wolf is defeated in this battle, then he will not be able to gain a foothold in the southeast at all, and the big thing you said will naturally not be able to continue." ”

Chu Tianshu smiled slightly: "No, the wolf was indeed very stubborn before, but that was because he was only single, even if he died, it was just his business, but now it is different, he has power, with so many subordinates, he should also taste the benefits of being able to manipulate and control the life and death of thousands of people, I think the current wolf should no longer be like the Leng Touqing ten years ago, impulsively throwing away his own and his subordinates' lives for his own ideals." ”

Mao Haifeng laughed: "Gang Master Chu, just four years ago, when this wolf was on our Shuangyu Island, he still did not hesitate to kill him, and he was willing to fight to the death for a fellow Jinyi Wei who betrayed him, no matter whether this attack wins or loses, he will have a large number of subordinates, or brothers will die in battle, are you so sure that he can let go of his enmity and retreat?" ”

Chu Tianshu's brows furrowed: "It makes sense for you to say this, no matter what, I will do my best to help you this time, and I will not show mercy to my subordinates, if the wolf is acquainted, it is of course best to take the initiative to retreat, if he fights to the death and does not retreat, then he has no choice but to take his life." ”

Mao Haifeng nodded with satisfaction: "Chu Gang Master is right to say this, I will cooperate with you now, and I will cooperate with you for a long time in the future, it is me Mao Haifeng, although I haven't asked about the big things you wanted, but it is expected that it will not be a fair and honest thing, otherwise your old man will not be friends with us sea boys, the wolf is full of benevolence and morality, and he is not a person who is old with you, you just cooperate with him, and it will not be happy in the future." ”

Chu Tianshu smiled slightly: "Leader Mao is reasonable, let's discuss the specific way to play, do you mean that in the recent weather, the low tide will only be during the day?" ”

Mao Haifeng said: "Yes, the time of low tide every day is only three hours, about from dawn to noon in the morning, this time to cross ten miles of beach, this is not an ordinary land, the beach with low tide is extremely muddy, and it is full of corpses of Ming soldiers who died in the previous attacks on the island, and I am afraid that it will not be enough for them to come over at three hours." ”

Chu Tianshu's brows furrowed: "But the masters of the Black Dragon Society are not ordinary Ming troops, they have light skills, and they can lift their qi and leap." In an hour or so, you can run to the front. ”

Mao Haifeng nodded. Stretched out his hand and pointed at the beachhead: "Gang Master Chu, please see, we have already laid an iron nail array on the beachhead." Hundreds of sharp stakes were inserted, and a deep ditch was dug a zhang wide, these tricks were not a problem against the Ming army, but if it was those masters under the Heavenly Wolf, they could naturally leap over, and the best weapon to deal with them was a musket, but it took time to fire and reload the musket, and in my opinion, a shot was fired at a distance of a hundred paces. That is, it is just three or four shots, and after that, you need to stick it up to the master and fight them in close quarters to buy time. ”

Chu Tianshu nodded: "The three hundred subordinates I brought are all old subordinates who have been fighting with me for many years, not only are they strong in martial arts, but they are also good at fighting with the team, even compared to the general altar guard of the Demon Sect." is not inferior, although the wolf is powerful, but the old man is confident that he can deal with him, and there will be a fight when the time comes. You just need to concentrate on attacking the Ming army behind. ”

Mao Haifeng said with a smile: "Gang Leader Chu, the success or failure of the offensive and defensive battle on Hengyu Island will all be handed over to you." ”

Chu Tianshu didn't answer this. His white eyebrows were gently blown by the sea breeze passing through the pavilion, and his eyes fell on the beach in the distance. He muttered to himself, "Sky Wolf, are you really as powerful as the legend?" ”

The next day's dawn. At that time, the beach beachhead of Ningde County, the dense army has been assembled, the fully armed soldiers of the Qi family army, all with a resolute expression, bright eyes, a big flag embroidered with the word "Qi", fluttering high on the beach, and two hundred war drums, have been lined up, four hundred shirtless, sturdy men, holding big drumsticks, standing by the drum, the sea breeze blows their hair, and the bulging muscles are with the sound of heavy breathing, even in this harsh winter season, Nor can it cool the fire in their hearts.

Qi Jiguang rode a snow-white war horse without a single stray hair on his body, stood on the beach with a big armor, and solemnly gave a military salute to Li Cangxing, who was dressed in yellow clothes and masked in a yellow scarf in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "General Lang, this victory or defeat depends on whether your five hundred strong men can open a bloody road for the whole army. ”

Li Cangxing laughed, and ripped off the masked yellow scarf, the angular and heroic face was revealed, today Li Cangxing did not wear a human skin mask, he knew that he would face the best swordsman in the world now, Chu Tianshu, he needed his senses to be extremely sensitive, even if he died on the battlefield, he would not die with a corpse wearing a mask.

Li Cangxing took the liquor brought by a sergeant next to him, tilted his neck, drank it all, his stomach burned like a flame, he threw the bowl to the ground, and said proudly: "I can't imagine that in this place where the folk customs in the south of the Yangtze River are soft, you can drink such a strong liquor, General Qi, you have always strictly abided by military law in the army, and it is forbidden to drink alcohol, but when I went out on the expedition today, I used strong wine, and the wolf did not break the enemy's formation, and I swore not to return it!" ”

Qi Jiguang jumped off the horse and grabbed the wolf's hands: "Wolf, don't be careless, Qi is here to personally beat the drum for you, waiting for your good news!" ”

At this time, there was a sudden excited cry from the seaside: "The tide is low, the tide is low!" ”

Li Cangxing's eyes flashed, he nodded seriously at Qi Jiguang, turned his head and ran to the silt passage that had faintly emerged by the beach, Qi Jiguang shouted: "Order, beat the drum to help the battle!" Ben is going to personally cheer for General Skywolf! ”

Li Cangxing ran to the beach, standing at the front of the entire army, there were five hundred Black Dragon Society disciples dressed in yellow, Qian Guanglai, Pei Wenyuan and the other five people had already led their own hundred subordinates, ready to go, only Liu Sheng Xiongba was dressed as a swordsman, with a high bun, holding the demon sword Muramasa, standing alone on the seaside.

These 500 people are Qian Guanglai and others carefully selected among their subordinates to find out the strong first-class masters, although they know that this is very dangerous, but the great victory in the past few days and the rampant southeast of the robbers, burning and looting caused by the tragic situation has already stimulated these knights into anger, all of them are vying to sign up, 500 people quickly selected to complete, just waiting for today's battle.

Li Cangxing stood at the front of the team, nodded at everyone, turned around, and waved his hand to the Qi family army in the distance.

Qian Guanglai was slightly stunned: "Sky Wolf, aren't we taking the lead, how can we let the sergeants go first?" ”

Li Cangxing smiled. Pointing at the sergeants with his hand: "Fatty, look what they have brought." ”

The crowd looked fixedly. But I saw that in addition to weapons and equipment, these sergeants were each carrying a bunch of straw more than half a person high on their backs. Tightly tied with hemp rope, the soldiers in front walked to the shoal seaway, quickly threw down the straw, and then continued forward.

Pei Wenyuan said with a smile: "It turns out that General Qi has been prepared for a long time, this beach is muddy and inconvenient to walk, so let the sergeants carry these straws and throw them down, and people will not get their feet stuck in the mud when they walk on it." ”

Li Cangxing nodded: "Not bad." I have discussed with General Qi, we will face a fierce battle in the end, and the other party is also a master, waiting for work, if our people rush to the front, not only will they be out of touch with the army behind, but also they will waste a lot of body in this muddy field for no reason, which is not conducive to our final action, so the road ahead. It was filled in by the sergeants, and we rushed to the front for the last mile. ”

As he spoke, hundreds of sergeants had entered the shallows of the sea. More than a mile of muddy pavement had been filled with straw, and the sergeant who had already thrown straw in front of him continued to walk forward. The sergeants carrying straw on their backs used the guò relay method. I passed the straw on my back and sent it to the front. In this way, every time the sergeants who walked in the front took one or two steps, they could just catch the new straw that came from behind, and then throw it into the mud in front of them, and take advantage of the gap between the two bundles of straw, and by the way, step on the straw under their feet a few more times, so as not to slip and be unstable.

At dawn, the sky was already white, the torches on the beach were bright, like a long dragon, and the war drums on the beach shook the sky, and even many of the guards in the city of Ningde County also stood on the head of the city, shouting in unison, cheering for the warriors who crossed the sea expedition.

Ouyang Ke's brows furrowed: "Heavenly wolf, although Ouyang doesn't know the art of war, he also knows that when attacking, he must stop the drums in order to achieve the suddenness of the attack, but now that we are shaking the world and moving forward with such a drum, aren't we clearly telling the Japanese and the Japanese that we are already attacking?" ”

Tie Zhentian also nodded solemnly: "Ouyang is right, Heavenly Wolf, this is not in line with the art of war, isn't it generally necessary to sneak in front of the enemy camp and then attack?" ”

Li Cangxing shook his head: "Concealed engagement with the enemy is the common sense of the art of war, but here, we can't do it at all, it is not feasible to attack at sea, there is only one way to attack Hengyu, and the time of the low tide is these hours, the enemy army has long been in strict formation, we can't approach it covertly, rather than this, it is better to make a big noise, make a dignified formation, and attack in a big way, so as to deter the enemy." ”

The monk smiled and said, "I see, Heavenly Wolf, then when will we leave?" ”

Li Cangxing glanced at the calm sea around him, and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, wait a while, when they are still four miles away from Hengyu, we will set off again, and then everyone will perform light skills and step on the shoulders of the soldiers." ”

Yanagi Xiongba suddenly spoke: "Sky Wolf, are you afraid that there is an ambush underground?" ”

Li Cangxing nodded: "Yes, there are many masters on the other side, Mao Haifeng's subordinates even have some ninjas, proficient in the art of earth walking, before the low tide this passage is below the sea surface, they can't pass through, but after the low tide here it becomes a shallow, when we pave the way here to advance, it is not excluded that there will be some ninjas and earth masters will lurk in these mud in advance, and when we fight the enemy head-on, we will suddenly kill, front and back." Disrupt our formation. ”

Yanagi Xiongba laughed: "So when we are about four miles away from the enemy, let's go over and check if there are any living people in the ground first, right?" ”

Li Cangxing's eyes flashed: "Yes, but the team will wait until there are only two miles left before moving, and when it is four miles away from the enemy, I can go with Liu Sheng, fat man, you lead the team here, as soon as you see me signaling, you will dispatch." ”

Qian Guanglai's fat face trembled: "Then you should be careful." ”

Pei Wenyuan's eyes were like a torch, falling in the distance, at this time, the Qi family army had already spread forward for about three miles, and there were many corpses scattered all over the place on the passage in the sea, which had already rotted into a pile of dry bones, but the armor was still worn on the body, some corpses still had a few bows and arrows inserted in them, and some of the armor had small holes one by one, which were obviously pierced by iron cannons, and the further they went, the more corpses there were, but most of them had their heads facing the mainland.

Pei Guangyuan sighed: "Presumably, these are the officers and soldiers who died in the previous failed attacks on Hengyu." ”

Don't worry about the monk Gao Xuan Buddha's name: "Amitabha, sin, sin." ”

Tie Zhentian looked at these corpses, and the sergeants of the Qi family army now turned over these corpses to both sides of the grass pile passage while walking forward, so as not to block the passage of progress. Perhaps affected by the tragic situation of these corpses, the voices of the sergeants who were still in full swing and full of enthusiasm just now were obviously lowered a lot.

Tie Zhentian suddenly said, "Why are these corpses all facing the direction of the mainland, instead of facing Hengyu?" ”

Li Cangxing's eyes were like lightning, and he said coldly: "Because they were defeated in front and wanted to flee back, but they were chased and killed by the Japanese from behind and at sea, so we can only move forward today, not retreat, otherwise the result will be the same as them." (To be continued......)