When the fleet entered the port, a row of nine lanterns was raised on the first 1,500-stone sea ship, and nine lanterns were also hung on a lighthouse on the Shimen Wharf.

On the deck of the ship, a burly man carried a two-handed sword in his hand, wearing a turquoise round-necked robe, black leather boots on his feet, and a veil on his head. If it weren't for the fact that one of his eyes was covered with a black blindfold, he would have looked a bit of a dissolute literati.

"It's your own people on the dock, turn on the signal lights, and the fleet enters the port and lands!"

The person who received him at Shikou Wharf was Wang Fu, the head of Wang Jin's family, and he was the one who went to Duli Town in Liaodong to contact One-Eyed Jiao before. However, after he contacted the one-eyed Jiao, he returned to Dengzhou first and sneaked into Salmon Island with a few people. Shikou Wharf was still under the secret control of the Wang family at this time, and since Li Jing took over Shamen Town, he has been busy building the city and training troops, and he has not come to take over the wharf for the time being.

Hearing that the one-eyed Jiao's fleet had arrived, Wang Fu personally rushed to the dock to greet him.

When Wang Fu saw that the one-eyed Jiao had actually brought ten boats this time, and there were three large sea ships weighing 1,500 stones, he was very surprised.

"Zheng Dangjia brought so many boats, how many people did they carry?"

The one-eyed Jiao's surname is Zheng, and he is only about forty years old, which is the time when he is in the prime of life. However, at first he abandoned his post to plunder Dengzhou and was at ease on the sea, until Wang Jin's sailors destroyed his fleet and blinded him in one eye with an arrow, he became much more restrained. Over the years, although he has risen again, he always has a kind face on the surface, and anyone who sees him can hardly believe that he is Zheng Balang, the one-eyed Jiao Jiao who crisscrosses the vast sea.

Zheng Balang chuckled, "How dare you not do your best when you are sent by the prince?" I heard you say earlier that although the soldiers under Li Jing are newly recruited, there are a lot of people after all. If he fights desperately, it will be very troublesome for two or three thousand people to clean up. There is no light in sight, and we only have one night. To be on the safe side, this time, I brought half of my men with me. Eighteen sea vessels. Except for the shipwrights who drove the ship, there were a thousand brothers. ”

As the two spoke, the fleet docked, the bridges were lowered, and the pirates began to disembark. Wang Fu looked at these pirates who got off the ship, and couldn't help but secretly marvel in his heart. These thousand pirates, although they are dressed in a variety of clothes. Colorful, and even some of them are directly wearing women's dresses. But with his experienced eyes, it was clear at a glance that these people were real outlaws. These people are basically young and strong, and they are full of uninhibited fierce smell when they raise their hands and feet.

Wang Fu was taken aback in his heart, Zheng Balang was also an official in Dengzhou with him. Later, Zheng Balang committed an accident and fled to the sea and became a pirate. A few years later, he became famous, and he followed Wang Jin to lead the sailors to encircle and suppress Zheng Balang, and easily wiped out the team he had pulled up in a few years in just one battle. Later, Zheng Balang became a dog of Wang Jin and picked up a life. He didn't expect that in just a few years, Zheng Balang quietly trained such a strong team.

Although there have been some rumors of the one-eyed Jiao in Liaohai in recent years, he and Wang Jin have not taken it to heart, thinking that they are just as vulnerable as when they were in Dengzhou. But now after seeing these pirates with their own eyes. Wang Fuzhi said that he was wrong. This pirate is not the same as the original pirate. The family Ding Du he brought with him was the elite of the elite that Wang Jin's subordinates spent countless money piling up. But if compared with these pirates, the equipment is much stronger, but there is always less outlaw and fierce temperament.

Wang Fu looked at these pirates carefully, the number one thousand pirates, among them there were not many in armor, only those leaders wore iron armor, and the rest were about thirty percent of the leather armor, and the rest were not armored at all. The weapons held by the pirates are also relatively miscellaneous, and they are basically short weapons, with horizontal knives and round shields being the most, basically accounting for half. Many others had long forks, and some had long knives and spears, and some had hammers.

But what surprised him even more was not these, but the fact that these pirates actually had a large number of bows and arrows. He found that basically every pirate leader carried a bow on his back, and the rate of those pirate minions equipped with bows and arrows was also very large, and basically half of the pirates were equipped with bows and arrows. In addition to bows and arrows, they actually have nearly a hundred individual crossbow machines.

This force is too powerful, according to Zheng Balang, this is only half of his people. How strong does all his men have to be? Wang Jin's Dengzhou Sailor Division only has 1,000 soldiers and horses, more than a dozen boats, and Zheng Balang's strength has far surpassed that of the Dengzhou Sailor. Wang Fu was secretly wary in his heart, and when he returned to Dengzhou, he must report to the general, and he had to find a way to get rid of Zheng Balang and change someone to manage this army and horses. Raising a tiger is a problem, and raising a dog is stronger than the owner, which is not a good thing.

The one-eyed Jiao didn't know that his intention to show Wang Jin his strength had already caused Wang Fu's vigilance and murderous intentions. He pointed to the pirates who were lining up with some smugness and said, "With these brothers here, the great task of the world can be obtained." Didn't Li Jing hear that he was still very good at training? This time, I'll see if it's his strength or my brother's bravery. After the fortress is breached, all the property in the city will be owned by General Wang, and all those people on the island Li Jing need to be taken away. ”

Wang Fuzhi said what the one-eyed Jiao meant by taking them away, that is, taking them to Liaodong and selling them as slaves to the Khitan or Bohai people, and even the Goguryeo people who had destroyed the country in Liaodong. Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated, and all ethnic groups are now in great need of manpower, and the slave trade is an extremely hot business. Transporting thousands of people from the island to Liaodong can be sold for a large sum of money in the blink of an eye. This trade is more profitable than selling horses, grain, and salt. No wonder the one-eyed Jiao drove eighteen ships at once, and there were three large sea ships that could hold eight hundred people, so he had already made up his mind.

"Li Jing has to leave it to me, the others, after the sale, the three seven will be opened, and you will be the third general of my family."

The one-eyed Jiao Ha Da laughed and nodded in agreement, but as soon as he turned around, his face was gloomy, and a trace of displeasure flashed in his eyes.

Wang Fu saw the look in his eyes, but pretended not to see it, first he laughed for a while, and then said, "Come, I'll introduce a few friends to Zheng Dangjia." ”

He introduced several people behind him one by one, but they were the two team leaders of Wang Jin's family and Dingdu, and the other was a steward that the Wang family had been arranging on Shamen Island.

Zheng Balang just snorted at the two family heads, but after hearing the introduction of the steward Zhang An, he nodded and said, "Has Steward Zhang been on this island all along?" ”

Zhang An nodded: "I have been on Salmon Island for five years, and I have been managing the affairs of Shikou Wharf. I know Shamen Island very well, but Zheng Dangjia can rest assured, no one on the island knows that I am from the Wang family. ”

Zheng Balang said: "Since you are so familiar with Salmon Island, then tell me how we should take Salmon Island?" ”

As he spoke, he beckoned, and immediately several pirates came over, and those pirates dressed as literati seemed to be his staff. A few people spread out a map on the pier, which was a map of Salmon Island. This map was also given to him by Wang Fu before, and the docks and forts on it were marked in great detail.

Several people gathered around the map, Zheng Balang pointed to the map and said: "Although Shamen Island is not big, there are three mountains and four wharves, and there are four wharf villages, one south and one north, and the original fort under the Phoenix Mountain in the middle. Li Jing is now entrenched in the garrison, I asked about this fort, although it is dilapidated, but it is also complete with four walls, if we can't sneak attack and can't attack, our losses will be very large. ”

Zhang An pointed to the map and said with a smile: "Zheng Dangjia is talking about outdated news, so Li Jing began to toss as soon as he arrived on the island. He had recruited craftsmen just a few days ago and was building a new city. The original east and south walls have been almost stripped away. ”

Wang Fu's eyes lit up: "Then we will bypass the west gate and enter the city from the east gate or the south gate." As long as he can touch the city, no matter how many people Li Jing has, they are just a group of newly recruited farmers. With the 1,000 brothers of Zheng's family, it doesn't take half a day to take the fort. ”

Zheng Balang had been paying attention to Zhang An, and seeing that he didn't agree, he hurriedly asked, "What does Brother Zhang mean?" ”

Zhang An saw that he was asked, thought for a while, and said, "General Wang's proposal is good, but in fact, there is no need to be so troublesome. In the evening, I went to the fort to check on the new city wall, and the foundation of the new city wall was only laid, and although the south and east walls were demolished, only half of them were demolished, and now they are still nearly high. And because these two walls have been demolished, Li Jing has recently sent a lot of people to patrol and check the night every night. If you touch it from that side, you are likely to alarm the people in the city. ”

"Then you said it for a long time, not in vain, why did you say anything about the east wall of Nancheng just now?" Wang Fu glared at Zhang An with some dissatisfaction.

Zhang Xiao smiled flatteringly: "I actually want to say that because the city walls of the south city and the east city are opened, Li Jing focuses on guarding that side, so the garrison on the west side is actually weaker." And what you don't know is that this fort is an old city for many years, and it hasn't been repaired for many years, and it hasn't happened to anything in the past anyway, so it's always been like that. On this side of the western city wall, there are several gaps, the gaps are more than two zhang wide, and the narrow ones are nearly two zhang high, and they are only two or three feet high. Although the west gate will be closed at night, the gap is actually an undefended breakthrough. We only need to touch through those openings, and we can easily enter the fortress. ”

"Are you familiar with the locations of those gaps?" Zheng Balang asked.

"Familiar, I remember it clearly."

"Not bad." Zheng Balang said with a smile: "Since there is such a gap, then we don't have anything to worry about." Let's go, take the fort before dawn. ”

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