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Cat Island was captured by a surprise attack, and from the time of the raid to the retreat after the capture, the combined fleet in the town of Tori did not notice the slightest movement in advance. When a boat from the Feng clan of Duli Town boarded Cat Island, he found a dead island. There was not a single ship on the pier, and the gate of the fortified fortress was open, and the wide ditch two feet deep was almost filled with the clansmen and guards of the Feng clan on the island.

When the news reached Duli Town, the people of the Feng clan were extremely angry and personally rushed to the City Lord's Mansion to question the fleet's dereliction of duty. The lord of the castle immediately gave the combined fleet an order to search for the killer in all directions. The naval soldiers and horses of the combined fleet were reprimanded and reprimanded by the Feng family and the city lord for a long time, and immediately sent half of the fleet out to sea after returning to the fleet, and searched the sea with all their might, intending to break the bodies of the thieves who dared to break the ground on Tai Sui's head.

But the fleet went all the way, but it was like seeing a ghost. They searched the sea for nearly 100 miles around the town of Duli, but they did not find any suspicious ships at all. Pei You, the envoy of the soldiers and horses, personally took people to Cat Island, carefully investigated, and found a line of blood engraved in the castle hall in the castle: "Blood for blood, blood debt for blood!" The son of the Avenger Town Sanjiang, the town of Donghai! ”

Who are Zhensanjiang and Zhendonghai Pei You naturally knows who Lu Dao is, twenty years ago Pei You was just a battleship captain in the United Fleet, a small captain officer. That time, he personally participated in that battle, and the combined fleet surrounded the Zhensanjiang pirates who were attacking Cat Island, but he deliberately let go of an opening. After the most luke, thousands of pirates in Zhensanjiang desperately broke through to that mouth, and then suffered the most fierce attack, and more than 3,000 pirates were wiped out in a battle. Fragments of burning pirate ships covered the sea. The waves swallowed up countless pirates. That war. The warships he led rushed left and right, performed outstandingly, sank three Zhensanjiang pirate warships, killed hundreds of thieves, made great achievements, and was promoted to general after returning.

Zhen Donghai is the remnant of Zhen Sanjiang's escape, and Pei You has been trying to exterminate them all these years. It's just that this gang of pirates is very cunning, and they are cunning. Coming and going like the wind, although they are repeatedly haunted in Duli Town, their lair is far outside the range of Duli Town.

Will Cat Island really be breached by Zhendonghai? Pei You was very skeptical of this result. At the beginning, Zhen Sanjiang gathered more than 3,000 people and did not capture Cat Island, and he knew better than everyone how strong Cat Island was that the Feng clan had operated for so many years. But according to the situation at the scene, the other party not only easily broke through Cat Island and slaughtered all the Feng clansmen and guards on the island, but also calmly emptied all the goods on the island, even those slaves and prostitutes.

He had already asked the Feng family how much cargo had been taken away from Dao Island. Presumably, so much cargo. Without two hundred ships, it is simply impossible to transport them away at once.

A fleet of two hundred ships. And in a silent attack on Cat Island overnight, Pei You would never believe that this was actually done by the group of pirates in the Zhendong Sea. Zhendonghai is to bring all the ships and all the pirates, they only have forty or fifty ships at most, less than three thousand. With that little bit of people, let alone the attack on Cat Island, even after the breakthrough, they will not be able to transport all the goods.

After the end, he judged that it was not Zhendonghai who attacked Cat Island this time, let alone other pirates. Coupled with the fact that the fleet searched in all directions without getting any results, this confirmed his conjecture even more. The murderers who attacked Cat Island have a fleet of at least 100 ships, and the killers also have strong combat effectiveness, and most importantly, they are very close to Cat Island, and they can take advantage of the heavy rain to capture Cat Island overnight, and transport the cargo of hundreds of ships on the island to evacuate in half a day.

In this way, there are only two people who meet this condition, one is the Dengzhou garrison of Wuhu Island south of Duli Town. However, the garrison of Wuhu Island belongs to one of the three major islands under the command of Da Xie Yan, and Da Xie Li's soldiers and horses are Feng Zhang, who is the same family as the owner of Cat Island, and it is impossible for Feng Zhang himself or his subordinates to sneak attack their own private island and slaughter many Feng clan people.

After excluding Da Xie Yan's sealing, the only one left in Baili that met this condition was one goal. That's the sworn enemy of Duli Town for a hundred years, the gang of horse thieves in Qingnipu.

"It must be the thieves of Qingnipu who attacked and ransacked Cat Island, and then deliberately left the name of Zhendonghai!" Pei You's face was confirmed.

Pei You reported the results of his investigation to the city lord and the Feng family, and the city lord and the Feng family of Duli Town also agreed with his speculation. Subsequently, the city lord convened the representatives of the various merchant families of the city lord's meeting, and all the representatives of the 180 seats attended the meeting, at which the representatives of the Feng family strongly expressed their anger at the Qingnipu horse thieves, and claimed that this was a full-scale act of the Qingnipu horse thieves preparing to provoke war against the town of Duli. He demanded that the delegates agree to the combined fleet to launch an attack on Chingnipo.

One of the 36 delegates with the right of veto: "In the past 100 years, we have used countless methods against Qingnipu, but so far none of them have succeeded. Sent troops back and forth more than a dozen times, each time spending a lot of food and grass rewards, but the most unsuccessful return was in vain. Naturally, I am angry at the horse thieves in Qingnipu, and I wish I could get rid of them immediately. They often plundered our Liaodong trade routes, and sometimes even sent their ridiculous small fleet of only 3,000 men to rob the ships of our merchants. ”

Having said this, his words resonated with most of the delegates. The purpose of the merchants was to seek wealth, and many families united to control Duli Town, not to restore control of Liaodong for Li Tang, they just wanted to ask for money. If the Tang army really wants to restore Liaodong, I'm afraid that they will be the first to oppose it. Liaodong under the control of the imperial court, where can it be as strong as the free and easy ship now?

After a pause, the meticulously combed, spirited, and gorgeously dressed old man continued: "However, after so many battles with horse thieves, we should have already understood. Although we have the most powerful fleet in the whole of Liaodong and even the whole north, from Dengju to Liaodong and even Silla, and Cheongnipo has a small fleet of only 3,000 men, it has dozens of broken ships. But don't forget that there is an island chain of more than 40 large and small islands on the periphery of Qingnipu. Although the horse thieves were not good at naval warfare, they built a large number of fortresses and barracks on the islands and along the coast, plus they had a fleet of 3,000 men. Every time we have to attack Cheongnipo. We have to sweep away these island chains that are gateways first. ”

"But the result of the facts is. Every time we tried to breach the fortresses of the islands with all our might, the horse thieves of Qingnipu would send their best cavalry around our backs, raiding our castles, camps, and the back of the town of Tori. Although the city of Duli is strong, we still have many castles and camps on the periphery, and most of those castles are the private castles of all of us, and they are as important and precious as the newly breached Fengjia Cat Island. ”

"What's more critical is that once our two families go to war. Then the land trade route in Liaodong and the Dengzhou into Goryeo Bohai Sea route will also be affected and blocked, and every day the two trade routes of sea and land are blocked, the damage we will suffer will be huge. ”

The representative of the Feng family was also an old man with white hair, he couldn't help but stand up with a soft snort, and shouted loudly: "Then do you mean that my Feng family has to pinch my nose and eat this big loss?" And you haven't thought about it, since they took the initiative to provoke trouble first, even if we back down, will the other party be willing to stop? ”

"Then for the sake of a little personal grudge against your family, you have to drag everyone into the water?"

"Don't make any noise!" Wang Pu, the lord of Duli Town, loudly stopped the two people who were fighting. Wang Pu is in his fifties and has a burly figure. Tiger back bear waist, wide mouth rhinoplasty. The tendrils on his face were born in the Taiyuan Wang family of the five surnames and seven high families in Shandong. When he was young, he served in the Chang'an Army, very brave, and was later sent by his family to Duli Town, and then joined the Waizhen Army in Duli Town, and led the Waizhen Army to fight against many other powerful forces in Liaodong many times, and performed outstandingly. This year, the position of the city lord rotated as usual, and it was the turn of the Wang family, and the Wang family pushed Wang Pu to the front of the stage to take the position of the city lord.

Unlike many other previous city lords, Wang Pu was even tougher as a general, and even tried to change his status as a mere mediator between the many representatives of the alliance. As soon as he took office, he began to propose an increase in military spending, an expansion of troops and horses, and an increase in combat readiness.

Wang Pu glanced at the white-haired old man in the hall of the City Lord's Mansion, and his brows couldn't help frowning. The town of Duli occupies such a good position and has such a strong army, but these old men are all just a group of merchants who only have money in their eyes. One by one, they only think about making money all day long, and as long as no one comes to attack the town of Duli, they will happily spend all day drinking here. In his opinion, with such a powerful army, it is the time to show off the road and sweep Liaodong.

"I heard the controversy between the two just now, and they all have their own merits. Feng Lao's proposal to take the initiative is very reasonable, and Zheng Lao's worry is also right. However, I have an update to tell you, which may be able to dispel Zheng Lao's worries. Wang Pu paused, and said in a louder voice: "Just today, the city lord Li of Beisha City sent an envoy, and he also heard that those horse thieves in Qingnipu actually dared to provoke a war on their own, for the sake of the peace of our land and water, he expressed his willingness to join forces with us to kill the horse thieves in Qingnipu." ”

As soon as the news came out, the entire hall suddenly became chaotic and noisy, and the delegates were talking in whispers.

"Is this news true? Those people in Beisha City are also a bunch of horse thieves, not much better than Qingnipu. We didn't have much of a relationship with them before, so why did they make this proposal and what did they want? The old man surnamed Zheng asked first.

"Good question, people die for money, and birds die for food. Although the horse thieves in Beisha City have no friendship with them, they have no friendship with those pirates in Qingnipu, and they can be called rivals. They are all horse thieves, so naturally they don't like each other for a long time. Beisha City has only one request, to lay down Qingnipu, and he wants the harbor of Qingnipu and the forty or so islands. And all the land territory that the Qingnipu horse thieves originally controlled except for the city where the port is located belongs to us. ”

"The harbor and the islands should be ours, and the land territory can be given to them." The surname Zheng immediately changed his attitude of not supporting sending troops, and immediately put forward his new conditions. A large group of old immortal delegates immediately seconded the proposal, and were already discussing how to distribute these newly acquired islands as private islands after obtaining the harbor and dock.

Wang Pu looked at these greedy old men coldly, and scolded a few times in his heart, but he still had a smile on his face, and said loudly: "Everyone, everyone, in my opinion, we might as well agree to Beisha City first, they have been staying on the Great Black Mountain and watching us earn a lot of wealth by relying on Haidao over the years, and we have long been red-eyed I don't know how many years of Lu Dao." Now, they propose to join forces, and it is also entirely for the harbor of Qingnipu. We can promise them first, and when we defeat the horse thieves in Qingnipu, we will come and talk to the horse thieves in Beisha City about the new division conditions, and I am sure they will understand what we are doing. ”

"This time, I propose that the 20,000 men and horses of the combined fleet be dispatched to attack the outer islands of Qingnipu and pull him out one by one. Didn't Qingnipu send their 3,000 elite horsemen to attack our rear every time we attacked? This time, the horse thieves from Beisha City outflanked the horse thieves from the land route. Beisha City's infantry is in the north, our fleet is in the south, and we are attacking on both sides on land and water, this time we will completely defeat the horse thieves across Qingnipu, and take the largest and best harbor in the entire north in one fell swoop! ”

At the beginning of the voting, 157 of the 180 deputies voted to pass, and in particular, all 36 deputies with veto power passed the vote. More than two-thirds of the people approved the coalition's proposal to send troops, and the resolution finally came into effect. Wang Pu immediately appointed Pei You as the commander of the combined fleet, with full authority and responsible for the attack.

As for Zhen Donghai? From the beginning to the end, no one mentioned it.

On the nameless island in the Liaohai Sea, after the initial cheering frenzy, Li Jing immediately sent several reconnaissance boats to inquire about the movements in the area of Qingnipu and Duli Town. Before dawn, they reported one after another, Duli Town was indeed ready to start a war with Qingnipu, and they also brought back a piece of news, Beisha City on the east side of Qingnipu also sent 5,000 infantry, 3,000 cavalry, plus logistics auxiliaries, and more than 10,000 people, claiming that the 30,000 army had gone out of the Great Black Mountain and was attacking the rear of Qingnipu.

After receiving this news, Whitebeard and the others were very interested in proposing to simply take advantage of the fact that the combined fleet was all on the expedition, and they simply went to attack the other private islands in Duli Town. However, this proposal was immediately rejected by Li Jing, and the loot that was fought last time has not yet arrived and been shipped away, so why do you want to make a move at this time?

During the day that day, Li Jing said that he moved Whitebeard and the others, vetoed their plan to return to the old nest, and asked them to return to Dengzhou with him. The pirates and slave craftsmen on the island and the soldiers of Salmon Town worked together to ship all the supplies on the island in more than a hundred ships.

When it was dark, everyone had a full meal and set off on the ship, and the huge fleet did not return according to the direction they had come from, under the banner of Li Xiao, the king of Zhao. Instead, they headed westward, and after being far away from the three archipelagos of the Great Tse, they turned southeast. In the dark night, I walked slowly, and I was on guard all the way, and finally drove safely into Tangwan more than an hour before dawn. (To be continued.) )