When Baihu who came to deliver the letter saw that his general didn't believe it, he quickly said: "General, I really didn't lie to you. If you don't believe me, just go outside and take a look and you will know."
"I would like to see when slaves and thieves can build ships." Sun Youming stood up and walked out.
From the bottom of his heart, he did not believe that slave thieves could build sea ships.
Baihu took him and rushed to the shore of the island one after another.
However, before reaching the shore and walking less than half the way, Sun Youming saw a huge ship floating on the sea at a glance. It was also the largest ship he had ever seen in his life.
Even the largest Fuchuan in Dengzhou is far inferior to this giant ship on the sea.
Seeing Sun Youming stop, Baihu knew that the other party had seen the situation at sea, so he said from the side: "General, I didn't lie to you, it's really a huge ship."
"Damn it, why did such a big monster come to the sea?" Sun Youming's face turned bitter.
He did not think that such a large sea vessel was just a decoration.
The bigger the ship on the sea, the more powerful it is.
Baihu on the side said: "General, what should we do? Should we send someone to ambush on the shore first, and catch the slaves by surprise when they get on the shore and lose their footing?"
After speaking, he looked at Sun Youming beside him.
He was only a member of a hundred households, and at most he could make suggestions. The final decision on how to arrange the battle was still decided by Sun Youming, the governor of Shicheng Island.
"Do you really think these are slaves and thieves?" Sun Youming asked in return.
Hearing this, Baihu said in surprise: "Isn't it? Could it be the ship of Dengzhou Navy?"
Thinking that he was right, he continued: "I didn't expect that the Dengzhou Navy actually had such a huge ship. Why didn't you take it out earlier? With such a huge ship, the navy will not be defeated by the tiger thieves." , it seems that the imperial court has made sufficient preparations to avenge its previous shame."
"Send the order and immediately lead troops to ambush the place where people on the ship may land." Sun Youming told his men.
His bodyguard ran to give orders to the others.
Baihu, who was standing aside, looked puzzled and said: "General, since the person coming is the Dengzhou Navy, we have sent troops to ambush on the shore. If the officials who come ashore know about it, it may not be easy to turn things around."
"You are just a fool. Can Dengzhou build such a giant ship? The tiger thief from Pi Island heard that there is such a giant ship from Thailand." Sun Youming cursed the other party bitterly.
The imperial court couldn't even provide military pay, so how could it possibly build a giant ship for the Dengzhou Navy.
"Ah!" Baihu exclaimed and said, "General, you are saying that those at sea are tiger thieves, but you didn't hear the news from Kashima!"
Although the Tiger Character Banner occupied Pi Island, Dongjiang Town did not do anything. Because Ludao was closer to Pi Island, Ludao was responsible for monitoring the activities on Pi Island.
Sun Youming said with a gloomy face: "If the tiger thief's ship can come to our Shicheng Island, something must have happened on Ludao Island. I just don't know if Shen Shikui has escaped!"
Although he didn't like Shen Shikui and felt that Shen Shikui was a general because he sold his daughter, Ludao was the front line of monitoring Pi Dao, and he didn't want anything to happen to Shen Shikui.
"General, look at the ships on the sea. They have stopped. They have all stopped." Baihu suddenly pointed at the sea and shouted loudly.
Sun Youming looked over.
One after another, the ships were hovering some distance from the shore, and the largest warship among them turned its hull sideways and faced the island with one side of its hull.
"What is the tiger thief going to do?" Baihu said to himself.
In his opinion, even if the tiger thief's ship was worried that the ship would run aground when it docked, it should immediately send people to the island in small boats without giving the island's defenders too much time to prepare.
Sun Youming also looked surprised.
If he were the commander of the navy, he would definitely send his soldiers and horses to rush ashore. If he wanted to capture Shicheng Island, it would be useless to just besiege the coastline around Shicheng Island.
Wangjiashan Island is on one side. Even if Shicheng Island is besieged by the pirate navy, it will not be long before Wangjiashan Island is discovered. By then, the islands and Dengzhou along the way will know the situation of Shicheng Island.
There was food and drink on the island, so even if they were besieged for a year and a half, it would be fine. In his opinion, the pirate navy might not be able to besiege Shicheng Island for a year and a half.
boom! boom! boom!
Just when the two of them were still wondering why the ships at sea didn't attack Shicheng Island, the roar of cannons sounded on the sea.
At the same time, cannonballs flew over from the sea and headed straight for Shicheng Island.
"What kind of cannon is this!" Sun Youming, who was startled by the sound of cannons, first thought that there was something wrong with the sound of cannons. It was different from the cannon sounds he had heard before.
The sound was louder, even on his island, his ears were ringing.
"I'm afraid this is the Hongyi cannon!" Baihu said with a panic look on his face.
The Hongyi Cannon has become famous far and wide since the Battle of Ningyuan. The soldiers in Dongjiang Town have naturally heard of this weapon for city defense.
"Hongyi cannon?" Sun Youming looked at the giant ship on the sea and narrowed his eyes slightly.
He thought again, Ningyuan had the Red Yi cannon and repelled the invading army of slave thieves. If he had a few such red Yi cannons on Shicheng Island, would he be able to defeat the invading tiger thieves?
Baihu said: "It must be the Hongyi cannon. The power of one cannon can be eroded for ten miles. Ordinary cannons definitely don't have such power."
"What do you think it would be like if we had a few Hongyi cannons on our island?" Sun Youming asked the other party.
After hearing this, Baihu was stunned for a moment and said: "Where are we going to get the Hongyi cannon? I heard that one costs a lot of money. It is impossible for the imperial court to give the Hongyi cannon to us on Shicheng Island."
Even if he is a householder on Shicheng Island, he has to admit that the imperial court does not care about islands like Shicheng Island at all. Even if there are Hongyi cannons, the imperial court will only give them to more important places like Ningyuan Jinzhou or Shanhaiguan.
"It's not there." Sun Youming raised his hand and pointed at the giant ship on the sea.
Baihu looked in the direction of the finger, his face suddenly changed, and said: "General, you don't want to plan the tiger thief's giant ship, do you?"
"What's wrong with this? The thieves are targeting Shicheng Island, so why can't I, the general, be targeting the thieves' ships?" Sun Youming said, "Here comes someone!"
Some soldiers came forward.
"Arrange a team of people to take the ships on the island to hide behind the island. Once the thieves take the boat to attack the island, let them bypass the thieves and go directly to deal with the thieves' ships at sea." Sun Youming ordered.
The soldiers ran to deliver the order.
Baihu on the side felt that his general's idea of attacking the pirate ship was simply a fantasy. However, he did not intend to remind him, but said: "What should I do with the people ambushing on the shore?"
"Continue to let them guard the shore. As long as we can seize the tiger thief's boat, everything will be worth it." Sun Youming's heart felt cold at this moment.
At this moment, he just wanted to seize the tiger bandit's ship. As for the casualties among the officers and soldiers ambushing the shore, he didn't care at all. There were many Liao people on the island who were willing to become the island's defenders.
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