Fan Tong looked very confident, Wang Xu looked at him, and asked, "Then your experience, how does the combat power of the pirates compare with ours?" ”

Fan Tong thought for a moment and affirmed: "If you only consider combat strength, and do not consider command and cooperation, then on land, the elite guards of the general's trip can fight ten at a time, although the battle at sea is greatly reduced, but after the real overboard, one-on-one is no problem." ”

"Of course, the premise is to wait for the other party to board the ship, as for the counter-killing, there are dozens of ways to board the ship in naval warfare, and the guard brothers will not know any of them. It's just that these don't matter, when the pirates board our ship, I will tell the general how to defend themselves, and those pirates who are weak in their hands and feet, we will kill as many as they come. ”

With his words, Zhang Hechang breathed a sigh of relief and was obviously relieved.

Wang Xu smiled, turned around and said, "Jun Yi, you go and check, let the brothers prepare bows, arrows and crossbows, and the ships will always shoot before they get closer." ”

"The last general will go now!" Zhang He pressed the sword with his left hand and left in a hurry.

It wasn't until he walked away that Wang Xu looked back at Fan Tong again, smiled and said, "Navy! Your mind is really good and you have a lot of experience, you must go to Jingzhou with me. But before that, let's finish what I haven't said before. ”

"General, the villain's words are finished! What does a general mean? Fan Tong pretended to be confused.

Wang Xu glanced at him, the corners of his mouth drew an elegant arc, and he seemed to be smiling: "The pirates are looking for me for no reason and don't talk about it, when I went south and took the waterway, it was a secret arrangement, and not many people know about it, no matter how powerful the Cao Jun spy is." It can take days or even longer. And to pass the information back. It will take a few more days, and then arrange manpower to go to sea to contact the pirates and bandits, and set up a killing situation, no matter what, the time is not enough. ”

"To kill me through the bandits, the only way to know the news from the beginning and make arrangements quickly. Other words. Only a few people in Hebei can, and if you exclude those who are not influential, or even have nothing to do with me, then the answer is about to come out. You just deliberately said that there are people in the Hebei government who are in contact with the bandits, I'm afraid you have some speculation! ”

"The general really knows everything!" Fan Tong smiled, looking very happy, and his white teeth were exposed: "If the general is still willing to give the villain a place to stay, then the villain will go to Jingzhou to beg for food." ”

"You were testing me before?" Wang Xu said with a smile.

"How dare you test the general!" Fan Tong snorted and wanted to fool the past.

Wang Xu glanced at him and said with a smile: "The test is the test." This shows that you are capable and smart. But I hope that these will be used on the enemy in the future, and since you have agreed, the position of the lieutenant general of the Jingzhou Navy will be reserved for you. ”

"Admiral of the Navy Army!" Fan Tong's eyes widened instantly, and his mouth grew into an "O" shape.

"What? Not satisfied? Wang Xu frowned, hesitated for a moment and said: "It's not that you don't want to give you a big responsibility, it's just that you don't have merit yet, if you are in a high position, I'm afraid that others will not be convinced, and when you show enough ability, you will have the opportunity to be promoted." ”

"Satisfied, satisfied!" Fan Tong reacted, his black face turned red, and he looked extremely excited. "It's the villain, I didn't expect it to be such a high position as Zhonglang, this ...... This...... But the villain will be a little smart, and the art of war battle array will not be able to do it at all, and he is worried that he will not be able to do it. ”

"What? Do you think I'm going to do my best to trick you into being a pawn and imparting experience? Wang Xu couldn't cry or laugh, shook his head and said: "You have enough foundation and special skills, as for the rest, learn more in the future, but you have to work hard and don't slack off." ”

"Hmm!" Fan Tong nodded heavily, his eyes were moist, he had come and gone in the wind and rain in his life, although he had also seen big scenes, he had never been able to get real peace, let alone thought that he could also serve the imperial court as an official, and even a high position like a Zhonglang general.

He also wants to be famous, and he also wants to glorify his ancestors, but he never had the opportunity.

He knows his own ability, martial arts are sparse and ordinary, challenging ten or eight elite warriors, it is already the limit, except for the set at sea, on land, that is, a caretaker, a miscellaneous servant or something, but he has seen the wider world, and he also has the pride of his own sea warriors, and he is unwilling to do it.

However, in this hierarchical society, how could the princes of the Han Dynasty attach importance to such a person for no reason?

Even the so-called navy army is currently mainly fighting against the river, and Fan Tong is at most an extremely powerful soldier, as for other experience and skills, he doesn't know how to deploy the ship, he doesn't know how to use the ship, and he doesn't know how to unify the army in the river, and he doesn't know those tactics.

Therefore, it is impossible for him to be valued by the princes, even if he is hired by the Hebei forces this time, it is only a temporary need, to complete the task, he is still a small leader of seafarers, taking some work, with his pride, running around the sea to survive, struggling in this ancient and backward era!

But, at this moment, Wang Xu gave him a way, an unprecedented road!

"General Wang, contemptible...... The contemptible people will smear their livers and brains to repay the general's kindness! Fan Tong choked, his eyes moistened.

"Still called General?" Wang Xu smiled faintly: "In the future, you will be my retainer, I want you to help my navy, transform on the basis of the present, the battles of rivers, lakes and seas do not need you, I only ask you for one thing, that is, a powerful navy, a real navy, can cross the sea, invincible navy!" ”

"My lord, my subordinates will definitely do their best!" Fan Tong suddenly knelt down and kowtowed heavily.

"Alright, get up!" Wang Xu was also very happy and reached out to help him up. "Work hard in the future, but for now, let's finish what you haven't said before!"

"No!" Fan Tong wiped his eyes, took a deep breath, and quickly calmed down the excitement in his heart: "Lord! To tell the truth, there are a lot of people in the Hebei government who have something to do with the bandits, one of them is even a Japanese people, you know, the Japanese bandits are not so easy to call, this time I saw the Japanese bandits, and combined with other abnormal phenomena, my subordinates feel that there may be some connection between the two, but General Zhang was there before, so it is not good to say much. ”

"Wolver? Who is it? Wang Xu was surprised.

"The cronies of Yuan Xi, the second son of the Yuan family, Hequan!" Fan Tong said with certainty.

"Izumi? How do you know? Wang Xu frowned. The more certain the speculation in my mind.

Fan Tong smiled: "The name of Hequan." People at sea have heard of it more or less. When Yamatai was not unified, there were dozens or hundreds of countries, and Izumi was one of the descendants of the imperial family, in order to restore the country, he had pulled up a huge group of Japanese pirates, and was later defeated by Yamatai, fled to this side to loot everywhere for a living, but also made a name for himself at sea. ”

"But then it was too much. The strength is also getting stronger and stronger, and it was jointly exterminated by the sea forces on our side, and I thought it was dead, but I didn't expect to survive, and I was taken in by the second son of the Yuan family and became the leader of its guards, and there are not many people who know about this. ”

After saying this, Fan Tong stopped to look at Wang Xu's face before he continued: "But my subordinates can't be sure, I just think that this matter should be done by someone over there." As I said before, the possibility of Cao Jun doing it is too small. ”

Wang Xu nodded in agreement: "Among the forces that can do these things." Except for Cao Jun, only Yuan Xi has the most reason to want to kill me, if what you said is true, then so many clues are gathered, and there is a chance that it will be him. ”

The two were silent, quietly staring at the fleet chasing behind, and after a long time, Wang Xu said lightly: "If this is true, find a suitable time to let Zhang He know, I can't say it, you can express it." ”

"No!" Although Fan Tong didn't understand why, he still nodded.

The fleet was still moving at full speed, and although it was slower than Izumi's fleet, it was not a short time for the other party to catch up.

Now is the time of consumption, but fortunately, the fleet has been moving at a reasonable speed until the end, and the seafarers in charge of sailing have plenty of body, so they can maintain full speed for a long time.

Compared to their calmness, Izumi who was chasing closely behind was angry, and he knew very well that the longer he chased, the weaker their combat effectiveness would be.

Unconsciously, several hours passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was already night, and Izumi finally caught up with the range, but unfortunately he didn't have time to rejoice.

"Turn the rudder to the left, the trebuchet and the giant crossbow are aimed at the enemy flagship, shoot!"

"The archers are misplaced, the front row fires a volley, the rear row scatters, the three or four rows throw and shoot!"

The roar resounded throughout the battlefield, and the two sides finally clashed, arrows rained down, and screams came one after another, of course, more from the side of Izumi, in this case, the well-trained elite guards were obviously more powerful.

Although Izumi responded calmly, he still kept urging the crew. "Accelerate approaching, accelerating approaching, the other side is not good at naval warfare, board, board!"

The trebuchet on the ship is small, and in this kind of battle, it can only fire a few rounds, at most it can play a scare role, and if you are lucky, you can also cause some losses to the opponent, but more often it is used to increase the momentum, but the giant crossbow has a good effect, its power is high, the penetration is strong, and even the deck can shoot holes.

However, in the long-distance battle, in the end, the arrows played a decisive role, and the two sides shot at each other, and the losses on the Hequan side were obviously greater, especially the flagship where Wang Xu was located was extremely strong, and due to Zhang He's personal command, it caused greater damage.

Fan Tong didn't care about this, he and Wang Xu stood on the top of the ship, and kept ordering the flag bearer in front of the torch next to him to play the flag and mobilize the ship, the main purpose was to avoid the opponent from boarding the ship quickly, and to take advantage of the high shooting efficiency to cause casualties to the other party as much as possible.

"Rocketeer ready!"

"Shoot!"

Zhang He's roar is also extremely terrifying, don't look at his usual calm and calm, but roaring on the battlefield is really very powerful.

The naval battle was very long, because the ships could not move quickly, and the soldiers had cover, so it was not easy to kill each person.

After a fierce battle for half an hour, the Izumi fleet paid the price of more than 200 people and finally succeeded in connecting the strings.

The huge hook "swished" to the edge of the ship, and the pirates who were familiar with the ship soon boarded the ship in a variety of ways, rowing from ropes, hoisting from masts, jumping from the edge of the ship, and running from hook boards.

But Fan Tong looked at the huge scene in front of him, but the corners of his mouth showed a smile, and said strangely: "Lord, they are really crazy, judging from the agility of many people boarding the ship, it is obvious that they are not supported, how can they completely look like they are here to die?" ”

Wang Xu also smiled: "I don't understand this, but since you said that they came to die, then hurry up and help them with this wish." ”

ps: Second watch, here tonight, the next watch starts tomorrow at noon, and there are five watches. (To be continued......)