The two armies of Daliang and Xiyang faced off for a long time on the front lines. Neither side was willing to give in. They fought numerous battles, large and small. Overall, they were basically evenly matched, and neither side could do anything to the other.

On the 16th day of the first lunar month, a group of Daliang Haijiao warships set out in the early morning and left the port without anyone noticing. When supplies had begun to be tight, they once again separated some of their troops and quietly sailed along the river. .

At that time, the morning light had not yet risen, and Shen Yi said to Gu Yun in the darkness: "It's too risky for you to do this."

Gu Yun ignored it and said nonchalantly: "I'll have someone cook me a bowl of noodles this morning, and I'll have to beat an egg."

Shen Yi was dizzy from being busy and was confused by what he heard. It took him a long time to remember what day it was and muttered: "You are quite leisurely."

He whispered a few instructions to the soldiers next to him, and then continued to chatter: "Didn't you say before that you should at least wait for the railway track to be repaired? If the Ziliujin Line is really opened, our chances of winning will be It's much bigger. If you start now, if there is a slight problem with the cooperation between the two parties, then... this is too risky!"

"Seeking wealth in danger," Gu Yun said without changing his expression, "I am a man in his prime, why should I be as cautious as the old man across from me?"

Shen Yi heard that he didn't speak human words and said angrily: "Gu Zixi!"

Gu Yun sighed and glanced in the north direction. At this time, his eyesight was no longer able to penetrate thousands of mountains and rivers.

"Ji Ping," Gu Yun whispered, "if everything went smoothly in the capital, we would have defeated the enemy without a fight. Do you think this battle is too risky, or should you continue to let them drag it out until the court A medium-sized life turns into a big adventure?”

Shen Yi was stunned and speechless. He was the general in charge of one side. He only had to arrange his troops and formations. He didn't have to think about the layout of the surrounding areas, and he didn't have to worry about whether there would be military disasters in the fifty years before and after Daliang.

"This time we have to conquer the city before the Lord and the faction speak. Once we give them a chance to speak, we don't know how long we will let them delay. They will be exhausted again and again. Even if they recuperate, they will not be able to exceed Three to five years, otherwise the Tianhuang nobles in the northern capital will gradually heal their scars and forget about the pain, and when our generation is all dead, future generations will think that the southern half of the country is born to be ruled by both parties," Gu Yun glanced at Shen Yi glanced at it and said, "It's worth taking a risk. I will leave the Black Iron Tiger Talisman to you when the time comes. Just in case... you can quickly gather the remaining troops. When the time comes, don't panic and immediately mobilize the Black Iron Battalion temporarily." Support, Westerners are only good at water, there is nothing to fear on land, we still have room for maneuver."

Shen Yi's brows were about to wrinkle.

At this time, the cooking soldiers brought the cooked noodles. The person who ordered the noodles cooked them very carefully in the commander's small stove. The longevity noodles were one after another, even in thickness, the eggs were cooked to the right tenderness, and the soup was soupy. It's meat, and there are thin bamboo shoots soaked in broth floating in it.

Gu Yun took it and ate two chopsticks, then suddenly asked: "Why are there no green cabbage leaves?"

Shen Yi asked curiously: "Don't you want to eat?"

"When did I say I wouldn't eat..." Gu Yun muttered, taking a few bites at will, but still felt that there was something missing in this bowl of noodles. He thought about it for a while, and suddenly realized.

It turns out that so-called birthdays and festivals are actually just caused by people. There is a person who is willing to hold a small "ceremony" for him on such a day, which is a different way to express "I take you in my heart."

The taste is actually hidden in the words under the noodle soup, not in these few mouthfuls of food that are neither salty nor bland.

Five days later, Gu Yun officially received the list of the foreign affairs team. After just a glance, he handed it to Shen Yi and said lightly: "You saw it, so we can only prepare to take action."

Shen Yi had no other choice but to obey his orders.

"Just in case, Ji Ping, I want to tell you a few words - if something happens, you can sit in the middle of the army for me. On the ground, you can fight the foreigners, but remember not to go into the water. You can fight in the water." I have too little experience to be a match for that old guy." Gu Yun said, and took out four written letters from the commander's account, "If everything is correct, send the first battle report to the capital. If fate does not favor us, we will If there is an accident, then send the second letter and ask the Military Aircraft Department to fully cooperate with the remedy. Don't forget to include a letter of apology, stamped with the Black Iron Tiger Talisman. I will bear the responsibility alone... The next two letters are private letters, and the third letter is private. Send the first letter to Chang Geng to stabilize him, and when the situation calms down, if there is a chance, you can give him the fourth letter."

Shen Yi said angrily: "Are you going to explain your funeral arrangements to me?"

"Is it okay for me to commit a crime because of a few Western monkeys telling the funeral affairs?" Gu Yun raised his eyebrows nonchalantly and said, "I am called thoughtful, and I won't have to write it again when I have time. The military order is like a mountain, don't talk nonsense to me here, Go back to work!"

The next night, the Daliang Navy suddenly launched an attack without warning and invaded the Western Army's position with great fanfare. Both sides were almost familiar with the fight and immediately became extremely jealous when they met. Although the Western Army was unexpected, they still quickly organized a counterattack. Once you get started, you can feel that the large number of naval forces this time is particularly fierce.

Mr. Ya put on his coat directly over his nightgown. He couldn't figure out what made Gu Yun suddenly want to break the stalemate on the front line. According to the news they got now, there shouldn't be such an opportunity in Daliang.

Gu Yun even skipped the routine testing process this time. He didn't seem to care about the enemy's reserve situation at all. He directly launched the heavy artillery and fired "sea squid" like raindrops. The Western main ship was caught off guard and took several hits. It had just been repaired. The side oar sank again and was almost paralyzed.

The Western main ship was in chaos for a while.

"Don't panic, don't panic!" Mr. Ya grabbed a copper roarer and said, "Stand where you are! The short dragons will gather immediately and stop them... Your Majesty!"

The Pope walked slowly out, came to the deck and looked out with his clairvoyance.

"Calm down." He ordered in a low voice.

The old leader seemed to have a magical power that could soothe people's hearts. With a gentle word, the messy crew members and guards around him immediately fell silent, waiting for him to give orders.

"The size of the opponent's forward ships is only a little more than half of the usual size. Such a powerful charge is not Gu Yun's style," the Pope whispered, "Why?"

Mr. Ya reluctantly suppressed his emotions: "The Liang people are too crazy. I don't think they are charging, but they look like they are the last to die."

While the Pope asked the messenger to adjust the formation of the escort fleet, he shook his head: "This is illogical."

Mr. Ya frowned and thought for a long time, and suddenly said: "By the way! I remember that your Majesty received a message a few days ago that a foreign affairs delegation from the enemy camp was about to arrive at the front line. Could it be related to that?"

Pope: "You mean to say that there are rifts in the Liang people's internal affairs, and some people want to compromise to end this war?"

"There is evidence to support it," Mr. Ya said quickly. "You think, we have estimated the time when the Daliang train will be completed and opened to traffic. His Majesty also said at that time that after the entire line is completed, we will be very passive. Didn't we also design several

Is there a plan to destroy the line? But according to our calculations, this railway line should have been completed before the end of last year anyway, and may even have started trial operation. However, they have not made any movement until now, indicating that it is indeed an internal issue.

Problem!"

The Pope held his hands in front of his chest and rubbed his chin slightly with one finger. At this time, Gu Yun's forward had pierced the defense line of the Western battleship like a sharp knife and came through the waves with murderous intent.

The Western Guards surrounded the main ship into a solid ball, and the stored eagle armor flew out from the main ship, attacking like raindrops from above.

"If it were me," Mr. Ya said to himself, "I would retreat the main ship, quickly create an encirclement, introduce the forward into it, and outflank and annihilate them. Such fierce artillery fire would never last long.

Cut off contact after death, and die here!"

The pope asked quietly: "Do you think Gu Yun would make such a low-level mistake?"

Mr. Ya: "..."

"Before going to the battlefield, the most important thing you have to do is to understand your opponent - give the order, shrink the wings, focus on defense, move to the southeast, and call for reinforcements immediately." The Pope gave orders in an orderly manner while speaking to

Mr. Ya said, "If you have really carefully studied Gu's classic cases of quelling the rebellion in the East China Sea and capturing bandits in the southwest, and carefully reflected on the several times we had dealings with him in the north, you should take a closer look at Gu Yun.

I have a rough understanding that when the resources at his disposal are really at a disadvantage, not only will he not let you see it, but he will also seamlessly pull the neat Xuantie camp in front of you, making you scared to death at the first sight.

... They Liang people call this 'what is virtual is what is real, what is real is what is imaginary'."

Mr. Ya disagreed, but he did not dare to object on his face, so he could only follow the Pope's words and said: "Yes, Your Majesty."

"Look, this is just a bait." The Pope smiled. "We are a little patient and drag his hook farther away. Soon we can really see the chips in his hand."

At this moment, the messenger came to report: "Your Majesty, the fleets of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd armies are not in port and are on a 'far sea mission'. Look..."

The "distant sea mission" is specifically to escort the supply ship to the Holy Land.

The Pope said without looking back: "They should be transferred back immediately before they have gone far. It is very safe along the 'Distant Sea'. You don't need three fleets to escort those supplies. You must have respect and sincerity when dealing with our dear old enemy."

"yes!"

"Return! Fold your wings!"

"The escort fleet adjusts to the southeast, pay attention to speed——"

"Eagle! Withdraw temporarily. All the defensive steel plates of the main ship fall down, and the drainage starts——"

The entire Western fleet quickly gathered into a tight behemoth. The material escort fleet that had just left the port quickly returned to the sea, staring eagerly at the Daliang Navy in front of them, which was rampaging without fear of death, forming a thick defense.

Every time it was Gu Yun who walked the Westerners, but this time the situation suddenly changed, and the Westerners used heavy defense to walk the front of the beam looking for a place to bite.

Two moments later, Daliang's mad-dog-like vanguard finally slowed down, obviously exhausted.

Pope: "Jacques, look."

Before he finished speaking, he saw a large number of support and supply fleets descending from three directions. Daliang's trump card finally couldn't be hidden, and his ferocious fangs were exposed in the night.

Mr. Ya was shocked - if he had followed what he said and immediately surrounded and captured the Liang people's forward, then the two sides of our own side that were missing three fleets would immediately be stretched and weakened by the enemy, and would easily be penetrated and torn by the ambushing Liang people.

crack!

"I said," the Pope gave him a slightly reproachful look, "only if you know your enemy, you will know where your real opportunity is - all fleets are ready to counterattack! Before they can 'stand firm', give them

A slap in the face!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Western artillery fire was pushed out like a tsunami. The main force of Daliang Sanlu suffered heavy losses as soon as they encountered each other. They didn't even have time to fire back, and the Haijiao battleships at the forefront were sunk one after another.

.

At a glance, the effective supply this time almost wiped out nearly a quarter of the main force of the Daliang Navy.

The Western navy fleet was in a state of excitement. Ever since the day Gu Yun took command of Liangjiang, they had never gotten such a big advantage from him!

However, Gu Yun himself was not as angry or distressed as he imagined.

At this time, on an inconspicuous medium-sized sea dragon in the Daliang navy, Gu Yun was just watching a large number of his "battleships" being sunk. He said to the guard beside him without blinking an eyelid: "You

Look, what am I talking about? Know yourself and your enemy, that old guy can prepare for a battle for more than ten years, he must have studied me very carefully."

If it were daytime, it would probably be easier for Westerners to discover the special features of those sunk ships.

The boats are empty, more like another form of "sea squid".

This is still the bad idea of ​​the Lingshu Yuan group - gather the scrapped warships on the front line, and then imitate the power system of the sea squid to completely empty the ships. This kind of superficial warship is very light and uses very little power.

It can make it automatically glide very far on the water surface. Although it is useless, it is a powerful weapon to scare people.

Gu Yun sent out part of his naval force, and if he really went directly to the battlefield, the foreigners would definitely see it and become suspicious, so he simply used this method to fake a shot.

"It would be better if they could be dazzled by the momentary victory," Gu Yun sat aside with his legs crossed, "Spread out and remember, our mission today is to hold off the enemy."

The soldier licked his lips: "Commander, can you catch up 'over there'?"

"I don't dare say that. If I can't catch up, I'll run out of energy," Gu Yun laughed softly, "Be careful and maneuver."

On the Western main ship, Mr. Ya was really overjoyed and fainted. Unfortunately, there was His Majesty the Pope next to him, so he did not dare to get too carried away.

And he soon discovered that the Daliang navy, which was at a disadvantage in attacking, was not that easy to deal with. After the Liang troops stumbled, they quickly made adjustments. Gu Yun's fighting style was like a hob, which made Westerners

The people were so anxious that they turned this battle of annihilation, which was supposed to involve more strikes and fewer strikes, into a situation where the enemy was almost evenly matched.

The main forces of the two armies were entangled from midnight to the next morning——

When the first ray of sunlight pierced the sea, the battlefield pattern that had been fought in chaos all night in the darkness was suddenly exposed to the sunlight.
To be continued...