Chapter 708 The plan to deal with the water bandits
The first brigade began to relax outside and tighten inside. Half of the troops quietly left the military camp at night and moved to Yongsheng Base. During the day, there were more than a dozen fishing boats on the Tongyuan River than usual.
"The water bandits should be handed over to the Chunlu Bay Water Village. After all, the river is their defense area." Liang Chong came from the county town after hearing the news.
"I feel like the navy can't deal with these water bandits." Ding Kui still stayed in Juyang City and showed up in the city every day. "Where did the water bandits come from? Don't you think it's strange?
If the Meng people come to retaliate, they should not only rob our own merchant ships; if they are desperadoes from our country, they must have a place to land; if they are our own people, how can they go so far for a few ships of ordinary goods?"
"Do you suspect that our own people robbed it themselves?" Liang Chong quickly understood the implication of Ding Kui's words.
"The people of our country have big plans. It's not an exaggeration to guess them. Come on, I'll show you a few places." Ding Kui wanted to take Liang Chong to visit the Giant Sheep City.
Li Hao is now a soldier in Feng Liang's second team. Today he pretended to be a fisherman and went out to fish. However, his eyes were looking into the distance and he didn't pay attention to what was going on underwater.
"What is that?" He found a small black spot in the sky in the distance, so he immediately jumped onto the mast and climbed up using his hands and feet.
The rest of the second team noticed Li Hao's movements, stopped what they were doing, and paid careful attention to the situation around the fishing boat.
Li Hao, who climbed up the mast, did not climb to the top, but hid behind the sail and looked around, "Pay attention, there seems to be a magician over there!" His eyesight was well-known in the Second Squadron, and he was often appointed by Feng Liang as the leader. Knife Scout.
The captain of the second squad said in a deep voice: "Everyone, please do your own thing and don't let the other party know that we discovered them."
That night, Ding Kui appeared at the Yongsheng base to listen to the report of the second squadron.
"I can confirm that there is a person flying in the sky and staying in the sky for about half an hour." Li Hao reported to the team leader alone for the first time and felt a little excited.
"How are you sure he is a magician?" Ding Kui himself knew many people who could fly but were not magicians.
"I have seen the magicians of the division and your friends. Their flight trajectories in the air are similar, and that person is also the same; the flight trajectories of your personal soldiers are much more complicated, completely different from those of the magicians. Different, so I infer that the person is a magician." Li Hao was talking about Ao Yu.
"Yes, you are very careful in observing, and you also know how to summarize and sum up. This time I will write down a merit for you. You are still young now. If you work hard for a few years, you will definitely be able to achieve your father's position. Go out and call Commander Liang and Captain Feng to come in. ." Ding Kui did not forget to encourage Li Hao.
When he and Li Qin fought against the beast tide together and met again by chance in Tangxia Village, he did not forget to take care of this old acquaintance's son.
The division's staff officers need to provide guidance to subordinate commanders in emergencies. Liangchong came to supervise the First Brigade's handling of water bandits on behalf of Zhang Jie. Zhang Jie had to treat it with caution because it might involve foreign-related incidents.
"We can rule out that they are from our country. We are the only ones within a few hundred miles who can use magicians to rob." Liangchong said bluntly, "I suggest asking Chunlu Bay Water Village to send troops to arrest the water bandits."
Feng Liang glanced at Ding Kui and saw his junior brother holding his chin in silence, so he said: "It is suspected that water bandits appeared downstream, and they are equipped with magicians. Once the navy warships are dispatched, they will be alerted. The water bandits have discovered themselves. They have been exposed, and 80% of them will disappear temporarily. The navy may not be able to catch them."
Ding Kui nodded, agreeing with his senior brother's statement.
"Hey, I know this. The problem is that even if we catch the water bandits, there will be no benefit at all. Why bother to expend so much effort?" Liang Chong explained.
"Because we can only rob others in the waters of Juyang City, and others are not qualified to rob!" Ding Kui said domineeringly, "Every ghost comes to my territory to cause trouble. Where is the face of the flying general? The water bandits will be caught by me. , hang them all by the river for public display!”
Liang Chong understood that Ding Kui wanted to kill him as a warning to others, "Okay, I shouldn't treat the First Brigade as an ordinary army. To capture the water bandits is nothing more than pretending to be merchants and crushing them with high-level people, so that Ding Yu can take action. It’s definitely within reach.”
"You can't always let Ding Yu solve problems. If you leave Ding Yu's First Brigade, you won't be able to fight in the future. This time, the task of catching the water bandits will be given to Captain Feng. I'll ask Qian You and Tao Mu to assist you. You can choose the other squadrons. , cannot exceed four.”
Liang Chong nodded secretly: Ding Kui is cultivating a successor. He will marry the eldest princess next year, and it is impossible to return to the first brigade after that. He has two properties in Juyang City, so let someone unfamiliar with him become the captain. The captain has a certain influence on him, so it is better to cultivate a familiar person.
"Just Squadrons 3, 4, 5, and 6. I also need five small warships to be renovated from the base." Of course Feng Liang would not miss the opportunity to make meritorious deeds. Regardless of the fact that the water bandits have magicians, in Qianyou and Tao Mu That's not a problem with the help of .
Ding Kui really wanted to fulfill Feng Liang's wishes, and he responded to his senior brother's requests. He also equipped his small warship with an improved telescopic catapult. He proposed the concept of telescopic catapults to craftsmen, mainly to add detachable parts and install them during combat. It is usually disassembled and packed to facilitate carrying on small warships.
The telescopic catapult can throw fireballs and oil cans, and the several small warships it operates can burn down a large warship. This is where Ding Kui's confidence lies in capturing the water bandits at a very small cost.
"Are you going to do something big? The scale of this outpost is a bit unusual." After chatting about business, Liang rushed to chat with Ding Kui about casual matters.
"You have also seen the infiltration of our own people in the city. Just one outpost cannot meet the border defense requirements of Juyang City. I need to prepare in advance. The division commander can upgrade this place to a garrison stronghold at any time." Ding Kui was inconvenient to follow. Liang Chongquan told the truth.
"The garrison base cannot be upgraded casually by Mr. Zhang. After the legion's research and approval, it must be approved by the base camp. Even if there is no base camp in the future, it must be reported to the state pastor. It is not that easy to get approval."
If the Yongsheng base needs to be upgraded, Liangchong must be the person in charge. He knows very well what procedures are required.
"Is there any other way?" Ding Kui was not sure Liang Chong would sincerely help him.
"Well, let's change the name. I can suggest Mr. Zhang to apply to the regiment to add swamp training subjects to the division. The outpost here can be upgraded to a training and supply point for the division."
Playing with names is the job of a staff officer. When Liang Chong deems it necessary, he will do it no worse than other staff officers.
"This way, civilian personnel and the supervision of the Ministry of Military Justice will be stationed at the training and supply point." Ding Kui needed absolute control over the Yongsheng base.
"Well, civilians, they just want to make no mistakes, they won't listen to things they can't, and they won't ignore things they can't, so that it won't affect the operation of this place; the supervision of the Ministry of Military Justice doesn't like remote and poor places the most, and the living environment here is Make it a little worse and find a comfortable place in the city. I believe they will choose a suitable place. People in the Military Law Department are human beings too."
After Liang Chong finished speaking, he raised his eyebrows at Ding Kui, indicating that he had something to say.
"Okay, let me think about it. Brother Liang is really omnipotent, what else can be difficult for you in the army?" Ding Kui did not hesitate to give him a top hat.
"I, Liang Chong, have nothing to say about the staff department. A note from you is much more useful than mine." Liang Chong's hint was obvious.
"We are brothers. If you need anything, tell me directly." How could Ding Kui fail to understand Liang Chong's meaning, "Well, things within the rules are easy to solve. It's not good to have too much brotherhood. make."
"Of course, brothers won't make things difficult for brothers. Oh, by the way, why don't we become sworn brothers? There has never been any sworn brothers in our family's history."
Liang Chong and Ding Kui got on well with each other, and the two of them complemented each other. They were both descendants of the Marquis, and there was no saying that one was taking advantage of the other.
"That makes sense!"
Ding Kui counted his sworn brothers. The first one was Ji Chan, who had been sworn for eight times, and there was no one else. The verbal eldest brother had a lot of secrets, but it turned out that the two were actually related; Ao Yu, the eldest brother, is well known to everyone, but is only called Ding Yu in front of everyone; Yang Mian forced himself to get it, and his identity has the qualifications; others just call him out of politeness, and it is not easy to be the brother of the Prince Consort. .
As for senior brothers, wives and brothers, they cannot be counted together.
Liang Chong actually went out to ask people to find the items needed for the sworn sworn ceremony, and he and Ding Kui became sworn brothers in the meeting hall of Yongsheng Base.
Afterwards, Ao Yu said bitterly: "You and I are not that formal."
"Hey, Brother Yu, who are you? No, you have a noble status, how can you imitate an ant?" Ding Kui pinched Ao Yu's painful leg and removed the ant, and everything could be solved.
The sworn vows between aristocratic children are quite formal. The "Nobles' Ceremony" stipulates that both parties must abide by their oaths. Of course, the sworn vows in the Shenyuan world will not say "die in the same year, the same month, the same day". "We depend on each other" and so on. In short, if you can say it, you must do it.
Not many of Ding Kui's friends were think-tank types, and even fewer fought side by side with him. Liang Chong was the only one with the same status as him. In his opinion, wisdom and force were equally important, so he immediately agreed to Liang Chong's offer of sworn sworn friendship. .
"Now that we have officially become brothers, I will not hide anything from Brother Chong. I want to treat Juyang City as my territory, and the military presence here must protect me."
Liang Chong was very surprised.
How could the prince-in-law covet a small city?
He quickly walked to the military map, carefully studied the location of Giant Sheep City again, and then said seriously to Ding Kui: "It's dangerous, it's very dangerous. If you don't do it, your family may be destroyed. Brothers, you have to think carefully."
"What if this is a city? I know the secret passage in the swamp leading to Port City." Ding Kui pointed at the location on the grassland, and then moved his finger towards Port City, "As long as there are still people around, the family will never be destroyed. ."
When the Ding family was at its worst, there were only two people left, one was Ding Qi, and the other was himself.