Tian Heng and Tian both encouraged the soldiers on the island to remonstrate with Yongmen Sima, who had lost his spirit, and forced him to agree to a counterattack on the mainland. Ertian seemed to be the actual controller of the four thousand people, but they still had differences on where to attack after the incident.
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They were about to go to sea, but in Tian Heng's cabin, the quarrel continued.
"Ye Yi, the first thing we have to attack is of course Ye Yi!"
Tian Du has always been obsessed with Yeyi, and his suggestion is that he should attack the family's former territory, take her back from the Qin bandits, and then use Yeyi as a banner to sweep across the entire Jiaodong coast...
He said confidently: "My family has been in Yeyi for three generations and has been in power for more than fifty years. It has won the hearts of the people and Lord Anping is still powerful. My father was tricked to death by the black man's son. There are many scholars in Yeyi who want to avenge him.
When I heard that Tiandu was coming back, I would definitely prepare pots of food to welcome him. There were ten thousand households in the city at night, and all the people were soldiers, so we could get six thousand men. Adding all the people under our command, we have a total of ten thousand troops, which is enough to compete with the soldiers of Huang County and Hexian County.
Compete with each other!"
However, Tian Heng looked at Tian Du like an idiot: "The black man has set up nets on both land and water. He wants us to attack Yeyi. Do you know what the situation is like there now?"
Tian Du has not been back since his exile. Of course he doesn't know it, but Tian Heng knows it. Not long ago, he personally led people to attack Yeyi, but returned without success. More than half a year after the fall of the Tian family in Yeyi, their territory has been
a huge change occured.
The land of the Tiandu family was all divided. One part was designated as public land, and the products therein provided food and clothing for the Qin army. The other part was distributed to the landless people, farm laborers, and mediocre people in Jiaodong County in accordance with the "land grant system."
More than a thousand households were obtained.
This group of people has now become supporters of the Qin Dynasty's rule in Jiaodong. In order to keep their newly acquired land, they are willing to work as dogs for the Qin people and receive military training every month. Although there are not many soldiers in Yeyi County, if Yeyi County
The county magistrate opened the arsenal and mobilized this group of people, which was enough to defend Yeyi and withstand the offensive of the pirates.
Tian Heng said pessimistically: "Huang County, Jimo, where Jiaodong County soldiers are stationed, is only more than a hundred miles away from Yeyi. It can be reached in a few days. If we can't conquer Yeyi quickly, we won't be able to get what you said."
"Thousands of people' will be surrounded on three sides... no, plus Captain Ren Xiao who came from Zhifu Port in Hexian County, we will be surrounded on all sides!"
"Are we going to attack Huang County or Xing County? Wouldn't that be more difficult? Or maybe it's the salt fields in Xiami?"
Tian Du expressed his confusion. In his opinion, although Yeyi's anti-Qin power was not as strong as before, it was the best place in Jiaodong.
He knew very well that in a short period of time, the army assembled by Jiaodong County greatly exceeded theirs anyway, and both the county guard Heifu and the county lieutenant Ren Xiao were extremely cunning commanders.
Tian Heng showed a smile. Besides being brave, this young man also had a precise vision unique to Qi Ren.
"If we don't attack Jiaodong, no matter how powerful Hei Fu is, how can he still fail to establish a presence in neighboring counties?"
In his opinion, the most likely help for this incident is still the Zhutian. All the Jiaodong fields have been relocated, and the folk light knights are banned. Even Yongbao Lu Zuo was bought by the black man with a few acres of poor land.
If you continue to resent Qin officials and attack Jiaodong, it is just a hard bone without flesh, and it is not worth it.
"Then where should we go?" Tian Du was curious.
Tian Heng didn't say anything, but went straight up to the deck, facing the strong wind blowing from behind, looking towards the west!
When Tian Du followed him up to the deck, he only heard Tian Heng's laughter: "Fu Qi, there is Langye in the east, Jimo Zhirao, the strength of Mount Tai in the south, the limit of Zhuohe River in the west, and Shaohai in the north.
The land is two thousand miles away, and there are millions of halberds hanging thousands of miles away. The land is so vast, but if you want to do great things, there is only one city that can be called a battleground for military strategists!"
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"Cao Youshi! There is a beacon fire in Tingyi over there in Huang County!"
A few days later, Cao Shen, who was ordered to protect the fields and train county soldiers and militia in Yeyi, received an urgent report from the scouts. He immediately asked: "Is it white smoke or black smoke?"
Black smoke is an emergency and white smoke is a warning. This is the rule set by Heifu at Coastal Pavilion.
Among the pavilions of the Qin Dynasty, the most important building was the pavilion, which was two to three feet high. There was a stove on the second floor, which could light a fire and make smoke. The pavilion relied on this function to convey important military information...
In the past six months, there have been only two similar situations, both of which were large-scale pirates from Salmen Island. After Huang County, which is closest to Salmen Island, noticed it, it lit beacons to spread the message from one booth to another.
This time, white smoke was lit, indicating that a pirate fleet was coming towards Yeyi...
Cao Shen was cautious, but he still sighed: "Okay, as expected by the county governor, the pirates have been in a difficult situation for the past six months, and they heard that the emperor was assassinated. They finally couldn't help it and wanted to do something big, and we happened to be hit."
The plan! Immediately summon the county soldiers and field soldiers to prepare to defend against the enemy!"
Yeyi is the main area visited by pirates. The governors of Heifu and Renxiao have stationed a thousand troops here. If they are in Qin, they can recruit troops temporarily, but the Qi people in Yeyi are unreliable, so the thousand households in Luzuo
, became the only help. Fortunately, after half a year of training, Cao Shen has trained them well.
At this moment, the county soldiers and Lu Zuo who were busy in the fields also saw the white smoke rising in the distance, so they put down their fishing nets and rakes. After gathering, the officials distributed swords and spears, and then gathered outside the county.
Because of his timely response, although the pirates were repulsed for the first two attacks, Cao Shen did not dare to neglect, and immediately put on his armor, picked up his sword, and walked out.
One hand.
Cao Shen gathered two thousand men, leaving half to guard the city to prevent Xiaoxiao from causing chaos. The rest followed him on guard ten miles away from the seaside. If there were few enemies, he would drive them into the sea. If there were many enemies, they would return to the city and wait for reinforcements.
Reinforcements will definitely come. Cao Shen is not worried about this at all. Heifu and Ren Xiao are in Xiami in the north of the county. They have one thousand troops each in Yeyi, two thousand in Huang County, one thousand infantry and two thousand boats in Yixian.
Teacher, a total of seven thousand...
You must know that the combined number of county soldiers in Jimo and other counties is only 3,000. They are really trying to defend the outside. In short, the four counties on the north coast of the county are horns with each other. If something happens in one place, the three parties will support it, and the thieves will
The bandits never got a single advantage.
But this time, things seemed a bit unusual. The sharp-eyed sentry arranged by Cao Shen saw from a distance that there were indeed a large number of boats sailing along the coastline more than ten miles away. Looking from a distance, they looked like several small beans.
Dots, but densely packed and in an endless stream...
Cao Shen took a breath of cold air. Based on his experience, he could tell that all the pirates on Salmon Island were probably out this time!
Obviously, those boats showed no signs of docking, but kept sailing and rode the east wind to continue heading west. Cao Shen guessed that their target was the salt field in Xiami County!
He immediately asked Yeyi Pavilion to pass on the beacon fire to the west. At the same time, he wrote an urgent report and sent someone to notify the governor of Jimo Heifu. At the same time, he brought his soldiers with him, ready to rush to rescue at any time! But he had to beware of the sea pirates who could kill him with their carbines.
"According to the governor's plan, by intercepting it by land and water, we will be able to completely kill it and complete the victory in one battle!" Cao Shen thought.
But one day later, when Cao Shen and his troops were marching on the way to Xiami County, they received an urgent report from Xiami County. Lieutenant Xiami reported the strange thing that the pirates skipped the Xiami Salt Field but did not attack...
"The other generation took advantage of the wind and headed west..."
"west?"
Cao Shen was stunned for a moment, then his expression changed.
"No, the thieves are going to attack not Jiaodong, but...Linzi!"
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At the same time, near the coast to the north of Linzi County, the fishermen in the pavilions on the seaside watched in amazement as hundreds of boats came riding the wind and waves.
The sails of the ship shook, and the "robbers" who had been away from this place for a long time praised the strong wind and laughed.
Tian Hengze stood alone on the bow of the boat. He refused the bamboo hat and raincoat handed to him by his men, and faced the wind and waves, letting the splashing waves wet his beard and hair. His eyes were also itchy and painful from the salt, but he could not
To stop Tian Heng from looking homeward.
In Tian Heng's eyes, to restore the country, of course, the capital must be recovered! Jiaodong, Langya, and Jibei are all small things. If they want to succeed, they must go all out to capture Linzi from the beginning!
However, Linzi City was not close to the sea, so Tian Heng chose Qiancheng County, Linzi County, as the landing place.
Qiancheng County is the choke point of Haidao and the gateway of Qi State. According to the plan of the Tian brothers, Tian Rong has already roped in the young master Tianjia in Qiancheng County and plans to use it as his banner.
Tian Danze planned an uprising in Di County. They were going to kill the Qin officials, and welcomed Tian Heng and four thousand strong men with young knights from two counties. They combined tens of thousands of troops, then crossed the Jishui River and approached Linzi...
"Linzi is a city between Hai and Dai. There are 70,000 households. Even if one man is born in one household, 70,000 people can be obtained. If Linzi can be captured, great things can be accomplished!"
Compared to Linzi, Yeyi, a city with tens of thousands of households, is just a younger brother!
What's even better is that Wang Bi, the general who originally guarded Linzi, is not in Qi at the moment because he is on inspection with Qin Shihuang. Linzi has only one deputy general in charge. With thousands of Guanzhong soldiers and forty officials, he has to control 400,000 people.
How easy is it for the people of Linzi? Among the three hundred villages in Linzi, there are many remnants of light warriors who have friendship with the Tian brothers. It is not difficult to break Linzi and seize it by coordinating the inside and the outside...
If Linzi is lowered, the righteous flag is raised high, letting the world know the news of Qi's revival, and heroes from Guandong will gather to follow him! Tian Heng believes that there are many people in the world who hate the Qin Dynasty as much as he does and long for the restoration of the country.
"Soon……"
Tian Heng wiped the salt grains from his beard and spat out the salty sea water in his mouth. Not only was their mission of rejuvenating the country and revenge coming soon, but the coastline of Qiancheng County was also close before their eyes!
This area was the mouth of the Yellow River in later generations, but now it is just the estuary of Jishui. It has dense mangroves, clear and gentle water, a wide river surface, and is full of unpredictable reefs and sandbars. However, Tian Hengcheng grew up in the lower reaches of Jishui since he was a child.
How could a young man not be familiar with this?
After commanding the fleet to dock one by one, Tian Heng was the first to jump on the boat. Along with the sound of his subordinates' oars, he watched the coastline getting closer and closer to him.
In the past six and a half years, although Tian Heng has been frequently seen along the Jiaodong coast, this is the first time he has returned to Linzi County and Jishuiside...
After getting off the boat, Tian Heng stepped on the sand with one foot deep and one foot shallow toward the shore. When he stepped onto the hard land, he couldn't help but bowed to this familiar land, kissed the earth, and drank from the Ji River.
of water.
He once played in this river with his brothers, catching whitebait in the water. He also stood at the stern of the boat, watching it getting farther and farther away, watching the purple color symbolizing Qi fade away, and black clouds covering the earth...
For a moment, this eight-foot-tall man burst into tears! It was like a wanderer who had left home and returned to the arms of his parents again...