The island owners' alliance is not a standing fleet, and Taoist Wutong cannot support such a large fleet. Therefore, in the three months since the victory over the inspection fleet, the alliance has actually been in a dispersed state, each returning to its own island.
After being rejected by the joint meeting, Taoist Wutong had no better way to force Daomen to agree to his terms. It was impossible to go ashore. He could only suppress Daomen by sending people to block the waterway and plunder the coastal state capitals.
However, plundering and blockade are double-edged swords, which hurt both the enemy and ourselves. When there were no more merchant ships from the Ming Dynasty on the waterway, and the coastal state capitals were on alert, Taoist Wutong felt very hurt.
This is a process of testing who can withstand pressure better. Taoist Wutong must find a way to persevere. One way he can come up with is to surrender islands that are unwilling to obey his orders, such as Luoye Island.
However, although Luoye Island is weak, it is as hard to eat as a hedgehog. They have few ships and few people, but they are well-armed. At the same time, they have a lot of connections with some of the island owners under their command. Which islands under their command are the other party connected to?
He himself couldn't figure out the main secret passage, so he could only try one by one in the process of organizing the forces to conquer.
Since the end of July, he has tried to mobilize manpower to encircle and suppress Fallen Leaf Island, but failed twice in a row. Often when it was time to choose the army to set off, certain island owners suddenly told them that they needed to take leave for various strange reasons, so they just
Can be reassigned and delayed again.
After doing this twice, a month has passed. At this time, Taoist Wutong no longer has time to conquer Luoye Island.
The inspection fleet has been rebuilt, and its scale is even greater than the last time. It is now training in full swing at Songjiang Camp. Another unpleasant news is that I heard that the new fleet commander is Tianshi Chen Shandao. At this point, Taoist Wutong has to
A major meeting of the alliance was convened.
"Everyone must know that the joint meeting has rebuilt a fleet, which is now at Songjiang Camp."
Many island owners have solemn expressions. It is said that this inspection fleet is quite large in number. There are more 500 main battle ships than last time. Many island owners have relatively accurate information and know that the number is between 20 and 30.
In addition to the five hundred warships, there are also more small and medium-sized ships, which are also quite difficult to deal with.
Three months ago, everyone set up an ambush on the seaside of Demonic Hell to encircle and annihilate the inspection fleet. Taking advantage of the best time and place, many of them lost several teeth. Many ships under the island owner suffered heavy losses. They are still there today.
I haven't recovered yet, and I still have lingering fears.
I thought that after such a huge defeat, the Daomen should agree to their terms, but who knew that was not the case at all. Not only did they not agree, but they rebuilt a larger fleet in just three months.
Team, who can I talk to to explain this kind of thing?
Seeing everyone's ugly expressions, Taoist Wutong encouraged him: "Don't make things difficult for me. In my opinion, this is an opportunity. The Taoist sect did not agree to the terms of our brothers. It only means one problem. We didn't beat them hard enough last time.
It doesn’t hurt enough! It’s fine this time. Another big meal has been served. As long as we eat this table of food, I don’t believe the door can still be held firm? Dear shopkeepers, let’s work together to save this fleet.
If it is eliminated, the Taoist sect will inevitably surrender to us. This is a great achievement for a thousand years, brothers. It is a battle to lay a solid foundation for our descendants. If we win this battle, the East China Sea will truly belong to our brothers. We can also go to the Central Plains with dignity.
Go and be on an equal footing with those authentic Xuanmen!"
Yin Zhanlong followed up and encouraged everyone: "Although Daomen's fleet is larger than before, you have captured a lot of good things in the last naval battle. Think about it, everyone can capture more this time."
big."
Their encouragement had some effect, rekindling the fighting spirit of the island owners. Some island owners expressed the hope that the alliance leader could send some money to boost the morale of his brothers. To this, Taoist Wutong also generously agreed.
, immediately took out more than 30,000 taels of silver and distributed them to each island owner.
The alliance meeting was quickly decided, and each island immediately went back to raise troops, gathering on Zhongkui Island in the southwest of the Demonic Hell Sea on September 15th.
After the discussion, Zhang Zheng asked: "Leader, won't you tell them about the inspection of the candidate for fleet commander?"
Taoist Wutong shook his head: "If everyone hears that Tianshi Chen is coming, I'm afraid someone will make some secret plans."
"But you will know sooner or later."
"It doesn't matter, I will invite Yafu out this time. When Zhongkui Island makes his appearance, do you still have to be afraid?"
Zhang Zheng asked again: "Are you too nervous to arrive at Zhongkui Island on September 15th? It's only half a month."
Taoist Wutong replied: "Half a month is just right, don't let them think too much."
Luoye Island quickly received the news about such a big movement from the Island Owners Alliance. After knowing that Taoist Wutong’s target was not him, everyone heaved a sigh of relief. At the same time, Taoist Tingfeng also came to Tianfei Empress Temple in person to pay his respects.
Liang Xiaoyou and Lun Daidi from the Taoist sect stationed here reported the news.
Lun Daidi had just held a small fast ceremony for the two islanders who were getting married and sent blessings to them, when she saw Taoist listeners coming in a hurry.
"The island owner is here?"
"I've seen the Lun Temple Zhu. I wonder if Taoist Liang is here?"
"He went to the village school to give sermons to the children. The teacher is ill, so I asked him to teach for a few days. Do you need me to call him back?"
After Lun Daidi and Liang Xiaoyou arrived at Luoye Island, they followed Zhao Ran's instructions and did not go around agitating for propaganda, let alone seizing power. Instead, they held fasting rituals for the islanders and gave guidance on the use of military weapons.
The team's cooperation in operations, treating people when free, and teaching children to read quickly won the admiration of everyone on Luoye Island.
Hearing that Liang Xiaoyou was going to teach children, Tingfeng said: "No need, I'll just go there."
Arriving at the only school on the island, children were reciting in unison: "There is a country in the southern corner of the West Pole. I don't know where the realm is. It is called the ancient and wild country. The qi of yin and yang do not interact, so
There is no distinction between cold and heat; the light of the sun and moon does not shine, so there is no distinction between day and night..."
Taoist Tingfeng waited quietly outside the door for half an hour. He waited for Liang Xiaoyou to announce "a short break" and came out of the hall before he stepped forward and said: "Taoist Liang, there is news from Ling'ao Island. Taoist Wutong yesterday made the alliance with the island master
, let’s discuss the attack together.”
Liang Xiaoyou and Tingfeng walked to the woods in the distance and asked, "Is the news accurate? When will they attack? Where will they attack?"
Tingfeng said: "It shouldn't be wrong. The discussion is about gathering on Kui Island on September 10th. I don't know where to fight."
"Where is Zhongkui Island?"
Tingfeng drew a rough sketch on the sand at his feet, starting from Luoye Island, pointing to the northeast and saying: "It takes six or seven days to get there by boat from here. It's on the edge of the Sea of Demonic Hell, northwest of Songjiang Da
The camp will take seven or eight days to march."
Liang Xiaoyou looked at this point and couldn't help but murmured: "It's really a bit far."