Golden Dragon Beach.
Under the blue sky is a blood-red ocean, which is the color of blood.
The Japanese pirates launched another large-scale attack.
The warlord-class ship was moored outside the range of Yunchui's heavy crossbow, and the densely packed small valves were lowered. The Japanese pirates on the ship rowed toward the shore one after another, shouting.
"The first batch of trebuchets, adjust the landing point, one foot south. The second batch is ready!"
"put!"
Whoosh.
In the first round, more than 150 huge trebuchets were raised one after another, and stones as large as millstones and as small as human heads flew across the sea with a roar.
Boom boom boom!
A small part of the stone directly hit the Japanese pirate's valve, causing blood and flesh to fly everywhere.
Most of the stones fell into the sea, but the waves were enough to overturn a nearby boat, and the Japanese pirates on the boat fell into the water like dumplings...
However, many valves still escaped the attack and rowed desperately to the shore.
"The second batch..."
Xiao Zheng put down the telescope, "The enemy will approach the shore immediately, let the brothers in front prepare for battle."
"Yes!" The messengers left one after another.
In fact, without his instructions, the soldiers closest to the seaside had already picked up their bows and arrows, and quietly aimed at the approaching enemy.
Looking around, Xiao Zheng frowned: "Where is His Highness King Qi now?"
In the past, His Highness liked to rush to the front line to kill the enemy from time to time.
He had to ask a few more questions in case there were not enough guards around Chen Xiuzhu.
"Back to the general, His Highness and his staff have been in the camp today and have not come out."
Xiao Zheng nodded and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
Chen Xiuzhu has become much more at ease since his son Xiao Gang brought the Fifth Battalion of Xingluo Forward to Jinlongtan some time ago.
He no longer rushes to the front line and kills the Japanese pirates who have landed. Instead, he spends the whole day in his tent with his staff, planning something.
"General," suddenly a subordinate general stammered, "are we going to stay here at Golden Dragon Beach?"
Xiao Zheng glanced at Wang Lezhang who was speaking, his face slightly gray.
The eastern part of Yunchui is mostly a fertile land, where food, clothing, and money are the main attractions. Therefore, both dignitaries and ordinary people in various counties are popular in listening to music and watching dance.
People who are good at music and dance are very popular among the people.
This Wang Lezhang has great talent in composing music since he was a child.
It's not a problem just to make ends meet, but in the end there will be no future.
So as an adult, he entered the East China Sea Barrier and became a general in charge of troops after more than 20 years.
"What does General Wang want to say?" Xiao Zheng asked in a deep voice.
His Zhongyongbo Mansion actually has a very far-reaching connection with the East China Sea Barrier.
In other words, Yun Chui's navy was originally founded by the Xiao family. The first commander of the East China Sea Barrier was the Xiao family.
But later on, the descendants of the Xiao family became increasingly useless, and their titles were lowered from the Duke's Palace to the current Earl's Palace.
When the title is lowered, the farms, shops and businesses under the Xiao family's name will naturally be reduced accordingly.
This is what is called the tree falling and the hozen scattering.
It can be said that the Xiao family is now in Pinghai County, where the Navy is stationed. The only force left is the Gu family caravan, and the others have lost everything.
This also includes the loss of leadership and command of the East China Sea Barrier.
Three years ago, an emergency occurred in northern Xinjiang. Emperor Changxing thought carefully and asked Xiao Zheng to lead his troops northward.
At that time, for the sake of the old prince, the 30,000 naval officers he brought out did not say anything.
Now the commander of the East China Sea Barrier has also arrived in Baekje, and even brought his warship across the Golden Dragon Beach to launch an attack on the eastern part of Baekje.
The soldiers brought over by Xiao Zheng were somewhat interested in returning to the army.
"General," Wang Lezhang said hesitantly: "Although our East China Sea Barrier can also defend the land, our real strength is at sea."
"Instead of letting the brothers passively wait for the Japanese pirates to come to Jinlong Beach, it is better to take the initiative and go directly to the sea by boat to kill them at sea and turn the world upside down."
Xiao Zheng looked at him deeply again, "Is this General Wang's intention or someone else's intention?"
Wang Lezhang chuckled, "This is what everyone means."
"Didn't the Xingluo Army enter Baekje? They are invincible in land battles. In this case, we should give full play to the strengths of the Xingluo people and let them guard Jinlongtan and Baekje's capital."
Xiao Zheng was noncommittal.
He finally heard the reason: Starfall Legion.
Thirty miles north of Jinlongtan, the Japanese army camp was leveled.
The king of Qi camped.
Chen Xiuzhu paced back and forth in the tent with his hands behind his back.
The weather in Baekje in June is dull, and the tent is even more breathless.
"The Japanese pirates attacked again?"
"Back to Your Highness, the Japanese pirates once again sent 200 warships to attack Jinlongtan an hour ago."
Chen Xiuzhu nodded, but his mind did not fall on the sea to the south.
"Where is Wei Junqian now?"
Several staff members looked at each other for a while before speaking.
"Your Highness, it is said that General Wei is still in Beihaiguan. Most of the Starfall Army is shutting down large-scale shipbuilding. So far, only the forward battalion is active on the Baekje Peninsula."
snort.
Chen Xiuzhu snorted dissatisfied, "I'm afraid you said too much. It was clearly the first five battalions of the forward battalion that entered Baekje."
The staff were speechless.
"Didn't my father order them to help Baekje with all their strength? Why is Wei Junqian still staying in Beiguan, and only sent in a mere forward deputy general with a smooth mouth?"
This is clearly Chi Guoguo's deception.
The more Chen Xiuzhu thought about it, the angrier he became, "This is unreasonable."
It can be said that the Starfall Legion has entered Baekje now, but it can also be said that it has not.
Because Wei Junqian is still staying in Beiguan. In Jinlongtan, only the fifth forward battalion led by Xiao Gang appeared.
But rather than saying that Xiao Gang brought his troops to help out, it would be better to say that he was just passing by.
After leaving some supplies for his father and telling him that he had a child, he hurriedly left with his team.
In particular, Ren Ning, the forward deputy general and one of the eight leading generals of the Starfall Army, hurried to the east despite passing by the Baekje capital not far away, with no intention of making a detour to the south.
This made Chen Xiuzhu, who was waiting eagerly, furious.
"Your Highness, why don't you tell your maternal ancestor Luo Shangshu about Xingluo's situation?"
Then let Luo Ken enter the palace to tell Emperor Changxing.
"No," another staff member quickly stood up, "Your Highness, the Starfall Legion is a banner in the military, and no one can match it. Even if your Highness is angry again, you can't break up with Wei Junqian. Otherwise..."
Otherwise, it will be difficult to win their support when something happens in the future.
This is a huge loss.
"Besides, General Wei also sent a message. He said that the post road in Baekje is too bad, and the forward battalion is repairing it. Maybe when the post road is repaired, they will come in in large numbers."
snort.
The former staff snorted, "What kind of road should be built? It seems to me that Wei Junqian is just looking for any excuse to deal with Xingji City. They don't want to rescue Baekje at all."
"You can't say that. As the saying goes, the army moves forward before the food and grass are used."
"We have all seen the Baekje Post Road, it is indeed in a terrible state."
"It's already June, and in four or five months the peninsula will be snow-capped again. If the road is not repaired, it may be difficult to guarantee logistics. Therefore, General Wei's concerns are quite reasonable..."
Bang bang!
Chen Xiuzhu knocked on the table, "Okay, stop arguing."
He rubbed his swollen forehead, "What's going on with Xiao Zheng now? Has Wang Lezhang told him?"
As long as Xiao Zheng and the navy leave Jinlongtan, Wei Junqian will have no choice but to come over and fill the hole, no matter what his intentions are.
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