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Blackbeard's eyes were red, and his eyes were full of hatred.

In addition to him, the same is true of several other masters. Yellowbeard's fists were clenched tightly, his knuckles were pale from overexertion, and Whitebeard was clenching his teeth, revealing a sky-high killing intent in his eyes. Redbeard sat there, his eyes cloudy, not saying a word.

It was the first time that Li Jing knew that there was such a relationship between these pirates, and it turned out that they were still burdened with a blood feud. The sons of Zhen Sanjiang escaped death twenty years ago, and formed a brotherhood with the pirate Redbeard who rescued them, reorganized the people, and raised the banner again. Zhendonghai, this name is louder than Zhensanjiang, and it also indicates that they are stronger than their fathers to avenge their blood.

It's just that twenty years have passed in a blink of an eye, and although they have always expected complicated expectations, they can only be deterred again and again in the face of Cat Island, which is close to the town of Tori, and the strong fortress on Cat Island. Twenty years later, they are all about to lose their complicated resolve. This time, Li Jing only relied on 2,000 recruits to completely annihilate more than 1,000 pirates in the one-eyed Jiao across the vast sea, which shocked the Zhendonghai, and Li Jing was robbed of the ordnance by his boss Feng Zhang, and after finding out, not only was he not afraid, but he resolutely came. This courage made them wake up even more.

They were all getting old, Whitebeard was about to turn sixty, and the other three were all in their forties, and if they didn't take revenge, maybe they would never get revenge. When a pound of liquor was lowered, the strong liquor finally ignited the hatred in their hearts. strengthened their determination to attack Cat Island.

"We need your help!" Whitebeard's eyes stared at Li Jing like sharp arrows. "We know that you have less than two thousand recruits. There was also a dilapidated fortress that annihilated the 1,800-strong army of the One-Eyed Jiao and the Wang family. That battle was fought too beautifully, and the good defender must be better at attacking. Since you can defend Salmon Island, you should also know how to attack Cat Island. This time, count the four of us brothers please, help us lay down Cat Island, we will not take everything on the island, only seek revenge! ”

"It's you guys who come to help me this time!"

"No, this is about our twenty-year blood feud." Whitebeard said. "You helped me in this matter, and we owe you a favor."

"Then this is a battle for our common goal, everyone is working together!"

Yellowbeard was a little anxious, "Do you think of any good countermeasures?" ”

Li Jing said slowly: "According to the information we have, the defense of Cat Island is very strong, not only have wooden fences, sharp piles, antler traps and other shady things set up along the coast, but also the key is the three hundred guards on the island who are on defense all year round, and the strong mountain and stone fortress with a circumference of two hundred steps and three zhang high. But if that's all there is to it, I think with the two thousand men that we are uniting right now. It's not impossible to take Cat Island. ”

"The key is that Cat Island is not isolated." Whitebeard said as he stroked his white beard. Although they have never attacked Cat Island again over the years, they have never given up on the monitoring of Cat Island. "Cat Island is so difficult. Not because of the defense of the Cat Castle itself, but because the distance between him and the town of Duli was only six miles. As long as Cat Island is in distress, they can immediately call the police to the town of Turato for help. There is a special combined fleet in the town of Duli, which is a powerful fleet of hundreds of large and small warships with 20,000 sailors, and they can be reached in an instant as soon as they receive the alarm. With our strength, we are not enough to fight them. ”

Li Jing nodded, Duli Town is a joint product composed of many maritime merchants in the Tang Dynasty, in fact, it is actually a joint product represented by many wealthy families in the Tang Dynasty, and the Feng family occupies a place in this free city. As soon as the Feng family's Cat Island is attacked, the Combined Fleet will immediately come to reinforce it. There was a precedent for this, when Whitebeard's father and the United Pirates in their town of Sanjiang were defeated by these people.

"So to capture Cat Island, the most crucial step is to find a way to get the Combined Fleet not to rescue Cat Island!" Li Jing said with a smile. When you find a problem, you find a way to solve it.

Redbeard shook his head and said: "This is impossible, the Feng family occupies a key position in Duli Town, although they are not the city lords, but the city lords of Duli Town adopt a rotation system, serving once every three years." There are one hundred and eight seats in the decision-making of the town, of which thirty-six are represented by candidates for the election of the lord of the city. The thirty-six seats represent the thirty-six families, and every three years a family sends a representative to serve as the lord of the city. The Feng family also has a seat among the thirty-six seats. If something happens to Cat Island, the fleet of Duli Town will definitely come to the rescue. ”

"Six nautical miles, say far is not far, say near is not close. All we have to do is surround the island and prevent anyone from escaping. Li Jing tapped the table gently, "What did the Feng family call the police?" ”

"It's useless, the Feng family has a beacon tower on the island, and the land of six miles can be seen directly in Duli Town."

"What if we raid at night?"

"The beacon emits smoke during the day and fires at night, it's useless."

Li Jing was not disappointed, but smiled slightly: "Smoke during the day, set fire at night." If we lock down the island tightly, then the islanders can go to the town of Duli to rescue the islanders and avoid it. And if we use night raids, the smoke on the island during the day will not work. The only thing we have to worry about now is that during the raid, the islanders set fire through the beacon tower. ”

"That's right."

"Hey, hey!" Li Jing smiled a little cunningly, "If we raid Cat Island on a rainy night, we surrounded Cat Island tightly, and didn't let a single fish escape to report the news." Taking advantage of the pouring rain to attack, you said that even if the people on Cat Island found out, how would they set fire to Duli Town and send a message? ”

As long as the rain is heavy enough, not to mention whether the beacon fire on Cat Island can burn, even if they can burn, as long as the rain is heavy enough, in the night, six miles away, Li Jing believes that with the low visibility on a heavy rainy day, Duli Town will definitely not receive their rescue signal.

Yellowbeard slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "yes, why didn't we ever think of this idea before?" It's just that this weather is unpredictable, how do we know which day there is rain or heavy rain? ”

"This shouldn't be difficult, there are usually onmyoji on the fleet, and they will speculate on weather changes. This time, I brought one with me on the boat, and it is said that he speculated that the weather was accurate. And in fact, it doesn't necessarily have to be a rainy night, and it's the same if it's a foggy night. However, it would have to be very foggy, and it would be better to wait for a rainy night. Li Jing said with a smile.

After thinking of a way to solve the reinforcement of the fleet in Duli Town, the only thing standing in front of Li Jing and the others now is Cat Island.

"We only have one night to capture Cat Island and retreat, otherwise even if the town of Duli does not receive a rescue signal, there are special people on the island of Cat who go back and forth between the town of Cat and the island every day, and the patrol boats of the town of Duli will pass by the island of cats every day. Once the war drags on, things can leak. ”

Whitebeard took a few wine glasses and placed them on the table, representing the town of Tori, Cat Island, and the castle.

"The biggest difficulty now is this castle on Cat Island, the city is a hundred paces, the walls are two feet high, the fortress has only one gate, in addition to the three hundred guards stationed all the year round, there are some soldiers' families and a few craftsmen in the workshop. There were also a number of warehouses on the island, with about 200 slaves loading and unloading goods. If the guards were given the opportunity, they would most likely have armed them, and there was no shortage of weapons on the island. If they hide inside the castle, it will be difficult for us to take the castle. ”

"What is the Feng family's castle built on?"

"The mountain is made of rocks, and it is very strong. The only way to enter and exit the fortress is a fort gate on the south side, but this gate is covered with iron sheets, which is very strong, and every time after dark, when the castle is closed, a jack gate made entirely of iron is lowered. The gate had to be wrenched up, and there was no other way to open the castle. ”

Yellowbeard added, "That's right, the castle is built like a tortoise shell." The base is up to one zhang wide, and the base is also built with large square stones. In addition, outside the castle, there is a moat ditch that is three zhang wide and two zhang deep, although there is no water in the ditch, but it is densely covered with sharp piles. At night, once the suspension bridge is closed, it is difficult to fly over with wings. ”

"There is never an impenetrable fortress in the world." Li Jing chuckled, "No matter how strong a fortress is, there will be times when it can be breached. The stronger the fortress of the Feng family, the more lax the guards in the fort must be. They may be thinking that no one will be able to breach this fortress, as you think. But a war is a war, and if the fortress is built very strong, it can really never fall, then everyone will go to repair the castle. ”

It seems that the pirates are still relatively fixed in their thinking, and they are only used to raiding unprotected merchant ships at sea. Or occasionally go ashore and loot unguarded villages. They don't have much experience in attacking fortified battles, or offensive and defensive battles.

"Do you have the ingenuity to break this fortress?"

"Well, you'll have to ask my scout head first." Li Jing turned to Li Wei, who had drunk a pound of wine and still didn't change his face, and asked, "Zijun, you also heard the information on Cat Island just now, is there any way for you to open this fortress?" ”

"The fortress is not strong until it is fought." He said, "I don't dare to make judgments until I see the specific situation, and I make promises." I need to go to the island and scout before I can give an answer. ”

"If so, how many men do you need, and when are you going to get on the island?" Li Jing said, "We are very short on time, and we can't leave Shamen Town for a long time. ”

Levi laughed: "It's just a group of stinky fish and rotten shrimp hiding behind the turtle shell." I'm going to take my two brothers on a trip tonight. We'll find out tomorrow morning! (To be continued.) )