The sky was getting brighter, and the pirates had walked for a mile. From a distance, they saw a camp set up on a slightly raised hill on the left side of the slit at the entrance to the sea. The camp was not large, and you could faintly see the surrounding trees. The fence, with some adobe rubble piled up, is only two meters high.
This section where it enters the sea is the narrowest. The river is only seven or eight meters wide. A boat can barely enter, but the speed is not fast. If it is choked by this, anyone passing by will be immediately within the attack range.
A fierce bandit saw clearly, remembered the words of the second leader, and shouted: "Brothers, this is our home, and it is occupied by these thieves and soldiers, kill it!"
"Kill!" This group of pirates remembered their homeland, shouted immediately, and rushed forward.
Seeing the pirates rushing closer and closer, Pei Ziyun said: "Archers, prepare!"
Thirty archers were immediately prepared.
"Fifty steps!"
"Thirty steps!"
"Ten steps!"
After taking ten steps closer, he could see the ferocious face on the other side. Only then did Pei Ziyun say: "Let go!"
"Boohoo!" followed by a sharp whistling sound, a shower of arrows falling, and a splash of blood instantly splashed, and the seven or eight people in front were immediately shot to the ground.
Seeing this, some pirates were filled with fear and hesitated. The gangster shouted encouragement: "Don't be afraid, think about your gold and silver treasures, think about your families!"
"Kill, rush over and kill the officers and soldiers."
The pirate shouted and continued to charge.
"Cum again!"
"Boohoo!"
Another seven or eight people were hit by arrows and fell down. The gangsters reacted very quickly. They were startled when they saw them. As soon as they lowered their heads, an arrow passed by with a turban on them.
The ruthless bandit broke out in a cold sweat. He swung his long knife and shot out an arrow. However, the force of the shot also made his body sway and he became unsteady, leaving an empty door open.
"call out!"
A stream of blood mist shot out from the gangster's shoulders, and he fell out, but he was so strong that he turned around and ran away.
"The captain has escaped, the captain has escaped!" Upon seeing this, the remaining pirates turned and fled.
"Three shots!"
"Boohoo!" The fleeing pirates pounced on five or six more, and were hit by arrows in the back.
"Go out and hit the target!" Pei Ziyun gave it a try and was very satisfied. Then he ordered. Suddenly a group of people came out and stabbed at the looming and moaning people on the ground, making a disgusting muffled sound and red trickling down silently. A trickle.
Chen Jin came up at this time and saw more than a dozen lives lost in the blink of an eye. He didn't lose a single one. He sighed and said, "It's a pity that this camp is simpler. Otherwise, the effect would be better..."
Pei Ziyun shook his head: "I did it on purpose. If the camp was built into a copycat, and the thieves on the opposite side were not idiots, how could they actually bump into him?"
"Only this camp is built in a crude way, and it seems that it can be captured with some human lives, so it can attract the pirates to make a desperate move."
"The leader of the thief just now, I deliberately ordered him to be shot in the shoulder, so that he could go back and keep his faith, saying that my stronghold can be captured and attract the enemy. Try to consume the enemy's vitality here, otherwise thousands of people will escape, even if they are just a mob. , is also a disaster!”
Then he ordered: "After a while, wake up everyone, and some of them will go to the fleet to prepare. Once the enemy suffers huge losses, the battleships will immediately rush out along the mouth - the entry and exit are also slow. The pirates will be attacked by us, but the battleships will not be attacked."
"Yes!" Someone immediately conveyed the order.
This in and out may seem redundant, but it is actually the secret of the art of war. It can effectively mobilize the enemy to attack at your designated position and create opportunities to annihilate it in one fell swoop.
Chen Jin listened to the order and pondered for a long time before he figured it out. His eyes suddenly changed when he looked at Pei Ziyun.
"What if the enemy doesn't fall for the trick?"
"Don't be fooled. Didn't we also say that the enemy has no food or water, and will disperse after a few days. It's just that the finishing procedures are more troublesome, and the remaining troops have to be encircled and suppressed one by one."
"If you are fooled, you can annihilate them in one go."
Chen Jin nodded silently after hearing this, and then said: "It's a pity that the place is peaceful. It would be better if there was a dangerous place to ambush."
"Mr. Chen, you are just a scholar." Before Pei Ziyun could speak, Cai Yuanzhen's voice came from behind. His eyes were full of red threads, showing that he had not slept all night. He came up to report: "Sir, I have already prepared the fleet. With some supervision, once the time is right and given a stick of incense, we can sail out."
After finishing speaking, he didn't move. He turned around and said to Chen Jin: "Students always like to take risks, ambushes, and surprise attacks. But think about it, this island is only a small town. Pirates have lived here for several years. I'm afraid it's just a piece of grass." You know everything, how can you hide the ambush?"
"Only by setting up camps and fighting tough battles on this inevitable road can we be most effective."
"When the emperor was conquering the world, I followed Duke Zhao to fight. He was also so fast, ruthless, and accurate, and his fighting was so smooth."
"If you give orders to a scholar, you will die several times before you are exhausted."
"Soldiers are not afraid of strong enemies. What they fear most is this kind of command." Cai Yuanzhen, with his long face and slightly sunken eye sockets, looked a bit steep. He usually had very few expressions. At this time, he sighed: "Soldiers have long risked their lives. But dying in vain is the most depressing thing.”
Chen Jin was not angry: "I am a scholar, I can't give random orders!"
After saying that, he smiled, but felt a chill in his heart. Cai Yuanzhen and Pei Ziyun had only known each other for a few days, but they were already convinced. This was not just because Pei Ziyun was generous, but tens of thousands of taels of silver were divided at a moment's notice.
What's more, if Pei Ziyun can command properly and understand the secrets of it, there will be indescribable benefits. Soldiers are very sensitive to this, and the reason is very simple - this command means that they will survive and win.
On the contrary, the command is messy and full of errors and omissions. Even if you are rewarded again, why is your own life important
Soldiers are trained to dare to fight, but they are not stupid or hard-hearted, so they instinctively follow those who can bring them survival and victory.
"Hey, now we know the cohesion of real generals and soldiers. It's no wonder that the court and the governor are so suspicious of those generals who are really talented."
"In the past dynasties when a country was founded, few generals ended well."
"If you are a civil servant, even if you are talented, the officialdom is not a battlefield. When life and death are at stake from time to time, it is natural that there will be no cohesion between the soldiers and the generals. You can rest assured."
"No matter how great your abilities and achievements are, even if you become prime minister, you can deal with them with just an edict."
"Therefore the imperial court trusts civil officials."
This idea was a bit chilling and a bit rebellious. Chen Jin immediately retracted the idea and looked into the distance.
"Chief of thieves, are you coming or not?" Chen Jin finally muttered.
Under the early morning sunshine, Pei Ziyun looked peaceful, but tightened his lips and stared at the blue sea without saying a word.
Chen Jin followed his gaze and saw fifty ships on the light blue sea, leaning together, and faint sounds of quarreling.
"Fifty boats, 1,500 people, more than our initial estimate of 1,000 people!"
"The thieves still have a lot of strength left!"
along the coast
At this time, the ships were leaning against each other, and a voice was coming from one of the decks.
The gangster was reporting: "I can see clearly. These officers and soldiers have set up camp. It happens to be on the narrowest hill at the estuary. Our ship will be attacked when we enter."
"The thieves officers and soldiers are really cunning. If they stayed on the ship and we besieged them together, depending on how much strength they still had after fighting three or four times for a day and a night, they would be defeated immediately." Old Sanfangtong clapped his legs and said bitterly. .
Francis stared angrily and continued to ask: "As you get closer to the camp, have you seen clearly how many people are inside?"
"Look clearly, half of them are civilians, and there are no more than 300 people standing up to fight!" In fact, there are only 250 people, but the gangsters cannot be so accurate.
"Second Master, I think it is credible." At this time, a Taoist stood up. This man looked to be forty years old, with a face full of lean meat. He coughed and said: "Although the First Master only has three hundred people left, But we have the samurai team of Shangyue Domain and a team of Jibei Hou faction, which is a complete establishment of fifty people!"
"The stronghold is also in a favorable location. If the enemy wants to win, at least 300 will be killed, 300 will be injured, and the remaining 300 soldiers will be very reasonable."
"Now is when the officers and soldiers are at their weakest. When the wounded soldiers recover in a few days, I'm afraid we will have to add hundreds of more soldiers to fight. Then it will be difficult to fight."
Then he pondered: "But this camp is really cleverly built. If we attack hard, we will suffer heavy losses."
After wandering back and forth on the deck for several times, Fang Ji's face darkened: "If I don't fight, how can I explain to my elder brother, how to explain to Shang Yue Fan, how to explain to the Marquis of Jibei, how to explain to my dead brothers."
"I have made up my mind. Even if I risk my life, I have to capture this camp and kill all the officers and soldiers!"
After a moment, a desolate horn sounded, and all the water thieves knew clearly that this was the leader's desperate call. Suddenly, they approached the shore one by one, and the tide surged onto the beach.
"Here we come!" Hearing the sound of the horn, Pei Ziyun stood on an earthen platform and looked towards the beach. He saw groups of water thieves coming towards the camp. They could not be said to have a neat military appearance, but they still had basic formations, rolling in. , slowly concentrated five hundred meters away from the camp.
"Fifteen hundred people!"
Seeing that there were thousands of water thieves, Pei Ziyun looked calm. Looking carefully, he saw that they might not be in a team formation, but they were basically organized into pieces, exuding a murderous aura.
In the middle stands a tall flag with the word "square" on it, flying in the wind.
"Thieves are the preparation of a king."
"This is really a wonderful thing. The Fang family has been a Japanese pirate for more than ten years and has formed some rules and organizations. In fact, if we go one step further, we will not be dragons."
"It's just that now that Xu has brought peace to the world, there is no chance of changing the world."
"Kill!" At this moment, war drums suddenly came from the bandit formation, and the bandits and soldiers shouted together, shouting and charging forward. Like the officers and soldiers, they had no shields, but held wooden boards.
"Get ready!" Pei Ziyun was shocked. There were thousands of sailors, but only fifty real archers. After losses and injuries, only thirty can draw a bow now.
"Shoot!" This time, you can't get too close. With this command, the bow string vibrated, and with a "shoo" sound, a bunch of arrows flew past, making a sound of breaking through the air, gathering into one, reaching the sky diagonally in an instant, and then He fell straight down with all his strength.
Because the arrow tip is heavy, it automatically accelerates when it falls.
"Raise the board!" Someone among the thieves shouted, and arrows rained down instantly.
The sound of "click, click" continued, and the arrow feathers were nailed to the wooden board and shook, but naturally there was a gap. Only a few muffled groans were heard, but the cover was not in place, and several thieves fell down screaming.
(End of chapter)