The wind hissed, the horses howled, the clouds covered the sun, and the waves were raging.

"General Qin, the defense of Chongming Island will be handed over to you." Li Ling wore a robe and armor, a sword hanging from his waist, and stood quietly on the shore. He had just finished his final oath and was about to set off now, so he was talking to Qin Muyan about his final work.

Qin Muyan was wearing a silver armor, but he didn't wear a helmet, the wind blew on the top of his head from time to time, and his hair kept swinging with the wind, but his body was standing straight, like a green pine, no matter how the wind blew, he was fixed there, motionless.

"General rest assured, the end will live and die with Chongming Island!"

Seeing that Qin Muyan's expression was firm, and he said this sentence like a rock, at this moment, in a trance, Li Ling actually felt that Qin Muyan's words had overshadowed the wind.

"Good!" Li Ling didn't say anything more, just nodded, and then turned around and got on the boat.

Seeing the big ships leaving, Qin Muyan suddenly turned his head and looked in the other direction, "Whether it is success or failure, it all depends on this battle, but I don't know who will surprise whom......"

……

On the north bank, above the tower of Qidong City.

Now Qidong City has completely become an empty city, and a patrol team temporarily stays on the wall of the east gate of Qidong City, they are specifically responsible for observing this direction, and there are two teams like them.

"No, brothers, do you think the Fuso people will come?" A soldier leaned against the wall, "Ahhhh......h Hiss——! I've been leaning on this for a morning, and my back hurts now, brothers, you can stare at it first, I'll stretch my muscles and bones, or it will be hard to stand up after a while. ”

Another soldier scoffed, "Hey, you're all about." Okay, okay, you move, we'll keep an eye on it. ”

"If anyone else is stiff, hurry up and rest, move, don't worry, I'm not lazy for you. We're in charge of stalking, not sending you to death, and if someone stiffens and can't run for a while, don't blame me for not letting you rest beforehand. The leader of the squad stood up, put his hands together, blew hot air and rubbed his hands, and said as he rubbed, "As for whether the Fuso people will come, no one knows. Anyway, the big guys above said they would come, so let's just take care of the mission. Other things, naturally, have generals they consider. ”

At this moment, a soldier suddenly shouted: "Oops! Look, is that a ship of the Fuso? I remember that the ships of the Fuso people were different from the ships of our Central Plains naval army. ”

Everyone in the team didn't dare to slack off when they heard this, and immediately looked over.

"That's right, it's the ship of the Fuso people!" The captain of the team confirmed the judgment of the team members, "You two, go to the north gate and the south gate respectively, inform them of the situation, let them retreat quickly, and at the same time confirm whether there is any situation on their side." ”

The two soldiers received the order and immediately ran towards the other two doors.

"Those Fusang people have just begun to organize to go ashore, they will definitely not come to our side immediately, at least they will send scouts first to find out if there is any ambush in the surrounding area." The captain of the squad calculated: "In addition, their large army is dispatched this time, and the speed of the march will become much slower. In this way, we still have plenty of time to evacuate. ”

"But......" one soldier hesitated.

"What's wrong? If you have anything, just say it, don't mother-in-law. The chief glanced at the soldier.

"The surrounding area of Qidong City has a wide view, and the nearest woods are nearly three hundred meters away from us, so we still have to count this. Otherwise, once they move forward, if we are not careful, they will be easily discovered by the Fuso. The soldier spoke his mind.

Shi Chang gave him a strange look, "Yo, boy, yes, why didn't you know so much before." Well, what you said makes sense, I overlooked it. Good boy, when this mission is over, I will give you a credit to the above when I go back and promote you to be the captain. ”

"Thank you, Chief." Youth rejoices.

……

On the south bank of the Yangtze River, by the sea.

"How long have those ships been gone?" Mu Xiaojiu, who was hiding in the woods, glanced at the remaining ships on the seashore, the warships of the Fusang people had already been sent out, and most of the remaining ships were grain ships and other ships, and the warships left twenty of them as guards.

"I remember...... After the warships left, it was almost a tea time before General Qin came over. The beggar gang leader Jiang Helm thought for a moment before he said, "Counting it, it's almost half an hour in total." ”

"General Qin, wait for almost half an hour before we act?" Mu Xiaojiu turned his head to look at Qin Muyan and asked.

"Okay, no problem." Qin Muyan nodded, "Later, as soon as you leave, I will ask my subordinates to immediately rush to the rear and call all the five hundred elite soldiers I brought." You can just do it, and we'll take care of everything else. ”

"Speaking of which......" Mu Xiaojiu frowned, "General Qin, I remember that the Central Plains Navy is also very powerful, and the water nature is not much worse than that of the Fusang people, why did I hear before that every time you fight a water war, you will suffer some losses?" ”

Qin Muyan shook his head, "We did suffer a little bit in the water war, but it was not because of the poor water quality, but because there were not enough ships. When we called the ships, we found that many of them had been sabotage, and that only one of the three ships was in good condition. In this case, this battle is naturally not easy to fight. ”

"What? How could there be such a thing? Mu Xiaojiu was a little stunned.

"Well, and I haven't been able to find out who did it." When he said this, Qin Muyan obviously showed an angry face. Seeing this, Mu Xiaojiu didn't ask any more.

……

"How's the North Gate and the South Gate?" On the wall of the east gate of Qidong City, the chief saw that the soldier who had gone to report the situation had returned, and hurriedly asked.

"There are no problems on either side, and we have informed them to retreat." The two soldiers replied together.

Shi Chang nodded, "Alright, in that case, we're going to withdraw—"

"Wait, wait." The soldier who had just been told by the chief that he would be promoted to captain suddenly said, "Come and take a look, we always feel that there is something wrong with those Fuso people. ”

"Huh? Wrong? Shi Chang lay down with some curiosity and looked intently in the direction of the coastline. It's okay not to look at it, but this look made him stunned directly.

"Huh? These warships, aren't they ......" Shi Chang licked his chapped lips "Damn, why does Lao Tzu think that there are fewer ships?" Alas? Did the ship go in the wrong direction? ”

The soldier smiled bitterly, "Chief, you read that right, the number of ships has indeed decreased, and at this moment, it is estimated that more than 30 ships have left one after another." I had wondered why the Fuso had not sent people in any other direction, but had been gathering on the shore, and now it seemed that they might not have wanted to go ashore at all. ”

"Little bunny, don't talk nonsense." Shi Chang slapped the soldier on the neck, "You...... How do you say that? ”

The soldier shrunk his neck, but he still couldn't avoid Shi Chang's slap, fortunately, Shi Chang's shot was not heavy, but the soldier still said with some grievances: "I really think so, if they wanted to land on the shore, they wouldn't have boarded it a long time ago, why did they want to remove the warship again?" ”

Shi Chang swallowed a mouthful of saliva and muttered in a low voice, "Is it really the general, they said it wrong?" ”

The soldier cautiously approached the chief, "Chief, before we set off yesterday, didn't we bring a ringing arrow, saying that it would be fired as soon as there was anything abnormal?" Now is the time to fire the arrows. Isn't it the biggest anomaly that these warships have just withdrawn, and the Fuso people have not landed on a large scale until now? Besides, we all have horses, even if the Fuso people find us and chase us, we can run away. ”

Shi Chang gritted his teeth, "You kid knows a fart, Lao Tzu is not sparing his life, nor is he afraid of being caught by the Fusang people, what Lao Tzu is afraid of is delaying the fighter." What if we disrupt the general's plan because of our arrows? ”

"Chief, the Fuso boats are withdrawing faster and faster, and it is estimated that half of the ships have already left." Another soldier who had been watching the shore said.

Seeing that all the soldiers were about to open their mouths to persuade each other, Shi Chang gritted his teeth and said, "You guys...... Hiss-wait, wait and see, if the Fuso people withdraw ten more ships, Lao Tzu will-"

"Seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven! Chief, eleven more ships were withdrawn. There was not a single Fuso on the shore, and they all got on the boat! The soldier shouted again.

"I-" Shi Changyi pulled out the rattling arrow from his waist, only to hear "Boom! With a bang, an arrow flew into the sky and exploded.

"Did the Fuso people react? Did you disembark? After the chief released the arrow, he immediately asked with some panic. Unexpectedly, the soldier shook his head, "No, they are still evacuating at a very fast pace." ”

"Is there really a problem?" Shi Chang was stunned for a moment.

"That's not right!" The soldier suddenly shouted: "There are several ships back!" ”

At this moment, everyone was stunned, and Shi Chang was even more distracted.

In the distance, Zhang Qi, who had been watching in the direction of Qidong City, suddenly sighed a little dejectedly after seeing the arrow, and muttered to himself: "There is really a problem, there is really a problem...... Unexpectedly, there are spies around me. ”

This "abnormal" arrow did not surprise Zhang Qi, from his inner point of view, he did not want to see this arrow, but also wanted to see this arrow.

I don't want it to be because, if there is an abnormality, it means that what Li Ling said is right, there are spies around him who have mixed in, and told the Fusang people about their plan; The hope is that if there is no abnormality, then Li Ling's plan will be in vain, and the north shore will almost be lost.

In the morning, Li Ling came over, and in front of all the soldiers of the army, they set up defenses together, and then, Li Ling said, his men and horses had been ambushed around. However, when the arrangements were completed, Li Ling told him in private that he had spies under his hands and had already informed the Fusang people of his previous plan. Even Li Ling took out a letter, and Zhang Qi recognized at a glance that the letter was written by him, and the seal was also his own, but there was an extra sentence on the letter.

Although he thought that there could be no spies under him, especially the two people who had come into contact with the letter, the evidence was in front of him, and he could not believe it.

Therefore, in the end, he obeyed Li Ling's arrangement and began to plan a new layout.

"You, go directly to the shore of the south bank, release this ringing arrow, and come back when you are done." Zhang Qi first ordered a soldier, then turned around and said to the generals behind him: "All the soldiers listen to the order, the plan has changed, you have all seen it, there is an abnormality on the shore, so, all the soldiers, follow me to attack!" ”

"General, do you want to send a team first-"

"No, you don't!" Zhang Qi said with a cold face: "Everything is under the control of me and General Li Ling. In addition, come here, arrest Adjutant Lin and the herald Sun Tian for me, and wait for me to come back. ”

After speaking, Zhang Qi didn't even explain a word, and just got on the horse and left. Although the other generals were a little unclear, they still followed Zhang Qi and set off in the direction of Qidong City together.

……

Looking at the thundering arrow that exploded in the sky, Li Ling narrowed his eyes slightly, "Tut-tut, sure enough, it seems that the Fusang people have really changed the target to me Chongming Island." ”

Last night, he discussed with Mu Xiaojiu, Hu Xiaoxian, Yu Yifei and others how to deal with the leakage of information. In the end, they decided to turn the plan into a conspiracy.

However, there is a way to calculate what is calculated.

If you want to make a plan, the most important thing is to find out what the Fuso people will do after learning this information. This may seem like a difficult question, but it's actually very simple.

The crux of the matter lies in the letter.

The real purpose of that letter was not Mu Xiaojiu, in fact, Mu Xiaojiu could only be regarded as a breakthrough at the right time - first, he happened to have just arrived on the battlefield, and secondly, he seemed to be alone, but in fact he was very implicated: first, Mu Xiaojiu, as an envoy of the imperial court, had a problem with him, which would have a certain impact on the soldiers on the island; Second, he has a lot of friends with many sects on the island, and if he has a problem, those sects will also be disordered.

In fact, the spy never thought that he could force Mu Xiaojiu away, what he hoped for was to make the hearts of the people on Chongming Island unstable.

So why did he do it? The answer is almost on the horizon.

The next day, a considerable part of the manpower on Chongming Island will be sent out to support the north shore, forming a coalition with the soldiers on the north shore to encircle the Fusang people, which will make Chongming Island empty. If you add sudden changes, the garrison force on Chongming Island can be imagined.

Therefore, it can almost be concluded that the goal of the Fusang people has been changed from the north shore to Chongming Island - to put it bluntly, a hard bone and a piece of hot meat, the dog knows which piece to eat first, let alone the Fusang people?