Qin Xiao looked at Gu Baiyi and sneered: "Yuan Gaijian wants to take advantage of the situation?"

"You should have this plan." Gu Baiyi said: "It seems that I really underestimated Yuan Gaijian's courage."

Qin Xiao shook his head and said: "He's not brave, he's crazy. His eldest son Yuan Gaiyin said that Yuan Gaiyin has become a little crazy in recent years, and people around him dare not approach him. And it is said that his health is getting worse. It depends on the situation.

I want to be crazy one last time."

Gu Baiyi smiled lightly and said: "Yuan Gaijian spent more than 20 years of hard work, first to unify the Bohai Sea, and then to invade the Black Forest. All of this was for the purpose of wiping out the hatred of a hundred years ago. He must have wanted to seize the four northeastern provinces.

The county has a lifelong wish to have a powerful empire."

"That's right." Qin Xiao said: "He knows that there is civil strife in the Tang Dynasty, and he also knows that two armies are fighting in the Northeast, so he wants to give it a try before he dies and realize his long-cherished wish. Once he succeeds, he can become famous in the Bohai Sea.

He has been left in the annals of history and has been worshiped as a great hero by Bohai people for generations."

Cui Mancheng nodded and said: "What the general said is absolutely true. The whole world knows that Bohai covets the Northeast."

Gu Baiyi pondered for a moment and then said: "It seems that Wang Xing's request for help from the Bohai Sea played into Yuan Gaijian's mind."

"Now it seems that Yuan Gaijian sent out the navy not to reinforce the Liaodong Army." Qin Xiao's eyes were like daggers and he sneered: "Yuan Gaijian wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to plan a bigger plan."

Gu Baiyi said: "Yuan Gaijian is going to attack by land and water, with the navy as the vanguard. If the Bohai Sea Division defeats our army, controls the sea area, and directly poses a threat to the rear of our army, Yuan Gaijian will

Will leave from the land immediately

Soldiers, kill Xuan Tu directly."

Qin Xiao frowned and said: "Xuantu is weakly defended. Yuan Gaijian knows that we are attacking Liaoyang, so the main force of our army will be contained in Liaodong. As long as the Bohai Sea Army wins, Yuan Gaijian will swallow Xuantu in one bite."

"Now it seems that this is the situation." Gu Baiyi said: "But before the navy controls the sea area, Yuan Gaijian does not dare to act rashly. If the navy cannot harass our rear, we do not need to mobilize troops.

Return reinforcements, so that we can resist the Bohai Navy with all our strength. Yuan Gaijian is not sure of victory, but he does not dare to attack with all his strength."

Qin Xiao looked at Cui Mancheng and said: "Master Jiu, please pay attention to the movements of the Bohai Navy. If possible, find out their strength as soon as possible. Also, there are nearly ten thousand Bohai Navy stationed in the Black Forest. You should also send people to pay attention to this force."

The actions of soldiers and horses.”

Cui Mancheng stood up and cupped his hands and said: "The grassroots people will go and make arrangements immediately. General, don't worry, if there is any situation, the grassroots people will send someone to report."

"You have worked hard all the way, eat a meal before leaving."

"Thank you, General. The military situation is urgent and there is no need to delay." Cui Mancheng said, "The civilians will leave first."

After Cui Mancheng left, Gu Baiyi said with a smile: "This Master Cui Jiu has great supernatural powers." After thinking for a while, he said: "I don't know what Yuan Gaiyin's attitude is."

Qin Xiao has great trust in Gu Baiyi. During the last trip to the grassland, he naturally told Gu Baiyi some important things.

Yeon Gae-in wanted to kill his father, so he secretly contacted Eulji Wonban. Naturally, Gu Baek-yi already knew these secrets.

Qin Xiao knew that if Yuan Gaiyin really wanted to kill his father, he would definitely contact Eulji Yuanban, and Eulji Yuanban and others

The group's biggest wish is to kill Yuan Gaijian, so once the two parties come into contact, even if they test each other, they will definitely join forces in the end to get rid of Yuan Gaijian.

It's just that Qin Xiao doesn't know what kind of progress Yuan Gaiyin is making now.

Since Yuan Gaijian wanted to invade the Tang Dynasty with all his troops, the nearly ten thousand people in the Black Forest would naturally take advantage of it.

The Black Forest area controlled by Yuan Gaiyin is just north of Xuantu County. The main force of the Bohai Navy entered Xuantu from Buyeo Mansion. However, the soldiers and horses in Yuan Gaiyin's hands could just go south from the Black Forest, and cooperated with the main force of the Bohai Navy to attack Xuantu in one fell swoop.

Tujun swallowed it.

Qin Xiao knew very well that although Yuan Gaiyin had the intention of killing his father, if Yuan Gaijian really had a military order, Yuan Gaiyin would not dare to disobey it at present and could only go south.

"If he wants to find an opportunity to kill Yuan Gaijian, he must not let Yuan Gaijian have any suspicion." Qin Xiaodao: "As long as Yuan Gaijian issues a military order, he can only act according to the order."

Gu Baiyi nodded slightly, with a rare serious look on his brows, and said: "A battle at sea is of great importance."

"The battle of Liaoyang must be resolved as soon as possible." Qin Xiao also looked solemn and said slowly: "We can only use all our strength in Liaoyang now, and we can only entrust them with the battle at sea!"

The sun sets in the west and the sea breeze is cold.

The north wind blew past the huge Bohai Navy fleet, and the battle flags on the flagpoles were flapping in the wind.

Yuan Gaijia stood on the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back.

For two days in a row, good news came.

When the vanguard Li En advanced to the waters of western Liaoning, he encountered a group of enemy ships on the way. The two sides engaged in a small-scale fierce battle. It took Li En less than half an hour to defeat the enemy ship.

The fleet of five ships was defeated, not only sank three ships on the spot, but also caught up with two other ships trying to escape.

However, not even a single warship in the vanguard fleet was damaged.

Unfortunately, the Liaoxi sailors were very brave. Although they were at an absolute disadvantage, they tried their best to resist, and in the end they were all killed.

Everything shows that the Liaoxi Navy, led by the Taihu Pirates, is indeed vulnerable.

Yuan Gaijia also knew that although the Taihu Pirates were quite famous, they did not belong to the government establishment after all, they were just a group of fishermen from the south of the Yangtze River.

Perhaps these fishermen owned many fishing boats, but of course the Tang Dynasty court could not allow a private fleet to have too much power, otherwise it would definitely pose a great threat to the court.

Moreover, a group of fishermen naturally cannot obtain the method to build a warship.

The craftsmanship of building warships is extraordinary and the cost is huge. It is impossible for civilian forces to bear it.

Everything shows that the navy in western Liaoning is indeed a rabble.

Yuan Gaijia even felt that he was no longer as passionate as before.

If the opponent is just a group of vulnerable people, even if the naval battle is won, it seems that it will not lift people's spirits.

It's like a swordsman with excellent swordsmanship. Killing an ordinary person with one sword is really boring.

Li En's vanguard fleet was originally only half a day away from the main fleet at the rear, but the resistance it encountered at sea was too weak, so it accelerated its advance. When new news came back, Li En was about to arrive in Ninghua

port.

According to Li En, there are indeed many Liaoxi naval forces operating in the western Liaoning waters, but when the enemy discovered the Bohai Pioneer Fleet, they did not dare to engage in battle.

They fled one after another, and it seemed that they were all going to flee back to Ninghua Port and huddle up.

Li En has more than a dozen warships under his command, but Ninghua Naval Port is where the main force of the Western Liaoning Navy is located. If the enemy is really cornered and the Western Liaoning Navy attacks before the main force of the Bohai Navy arrives, Li En may not be able to resist it.

Therefore, Yuan Gaijian issued a military order, instructing Li En not to act rashly. He only needed to explore the surrounding situation in the western Liaoning waters and was never allowed to launch an attack on Ninghua Port.

When Yuan Gaijia led the fleet to arrive outside Ninghua Port, everything was as the intelligence said, and the Liaoxi Navy was actually huddled in the military port.

There is no tit-for-tat confrontation between the two huge fleets originally envisioned by Yun Gaijia.

This military port was built not long ago and looks very crude, and many fortifications have not been completed and are still under construction.

So looking from a distance, the port is in chaos.

However, the ships in the port were densely packed and crowded, and there was no order at all.

At dusk, Yuan Gaijia stood on the highest point of the building ship. Looking from a distance, he could see the figures of people swaying in the port, running around like headless flies. At first glance, it was caused by panic.

"Subordinates, please see the Commander-in-Chief!"

Yuan Gaijia followed the sound and looked over, but it was Li En who had already arrived on a yacht.

"Get up!" Yuan Gaijia said with a smile: "You have won consecutive battles, and your contribution is not small. After this battle, I will reward you well."

Li En stood up and said: "Commander, we have been patrolling around for the past two days. We can confirm that all Liaoxi naval forces have withdrawn. There are no other ships outside the port. All merchant ships and warships!" At this point, he couldn't help laughing.

: "If those are really warships

They have all retreated into the port. My subordinates estimate that they have forty or fifty boats!" He raised his hand and pointed to the port and said: "Almost all of them are modified fishing boats. I heard that these boats were stolen from Hangzhou Bay from Taihu Lake in the south of the Yangtze River.

As they sailed over, my subordinates were all surprised at how they managed to withstand the wind and waves on the sea and get here smoothly."

Yuan Gaijia sighed: "I thought that the decisive battle with the Liaoxi navy would be an unprecedented naval battle, but who would have thought that they would be so weak."

"It seems that Zhou Lie has a false reputation." Li Endao: "My subordinates have been thinking about how such a navy defeated Zhou Lie. In the past, my subordinates always thought that the Liaoxi navy was really capable. Now it seems that

Or Zhou Lie and his Liaodong navy are too incompetent." Xiang Yuan Gaijia cupped his hands and said: "General, the Liaoxi navy is just a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. Should the entire army attack and kill them without leaving a single piece of armor behind?"

In fact, at this moment, everyone in the Bohai Navy is eager to try.

The huge Bohai Sea Division fleet lay across the sea outside Ninghua Port, with a rainbow-like momentum. The Bohai Sea officers and soldiers on board could also see the scene in the port from a distance.

Not only are the number of ships berthed at Jiandu's port smaller than ours, but their scale is even further apart.

The Bohai Sea Navy has many large ships, fighting ships, stern ships, and walking boats, but the enemy forces are all small warships converted from fishing boats. Although the battle has not yet started, anyone with eyes can see that the disparity in strength between the two sides is really huge. In fact,

The winner has been decided.

The officers and soldiers of the Bohai Sea no longer worry about the outcome of this naval battle, because the victory has been determined. Everyone is working hard, hoping to fight and grab a few heads.

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Having someone's head in hand means military merit, and this is a perfect opportunity to be rewarded for meritorious service.
Chapter completed!