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On the top of the cliff at the pier, Hai Dongqing was indescribably angry after learning that Lin Jue and others were still around and destroyed the material transport cableway from Big Bird Island to Taohua Island. In addition to immediately ordering the dispatch of more than two thousand soldiers
In addition to conducting a dragnet-like search, Ma Xiangdong also ordered more than 500 troops to speed up the repair of the ropeway.
However, Hai Dongqing also understands that the repair of the cableway is not an easy task. Pulling the thick rope between the two islands on the shaky cable bridge and re-erecting the cableway for sliding supplies is a time-consuming and life-threatening task.
It takes more than a hundred people to work together to set up the rope on a calm day, let alone the bad weather at this moment. People can't stand firmly on the rope bridge, let alone carrying it, which is extremely heavy after being soaked by the rain.
There are coils of rope, and no one is sure whether this thing can be successful.
However, the ropeway needed to be rebuilt anyway, especially after Hai Dongqing looked at the empty arrow pots of the pirates, he knew that if the arrows were not transported quickly, the consequences would be extremely serious.
The good news is that in the recent battle, Taohua Island showed strong defensive capabilities and gave Ning Haijun a head-on blow. At this moment, the opponent was stopped on the sea, and it seemed that he was too scared to attack. Moreover, Lin Jue and others
The officers and soldiers have no way of knowing what people are doing on the island. Therefore, the officers and soldiers have no idea about the current shortage of arrows and the failure of food supplies to be delivered to the island.
Hai Dongqing hopes that this confrontation can last longer to buy himself time. Even if he only needs to persist for two or three hours, by the time it gets dark in the evening, the opponent's attack will have to stop. And delaying time will no longer be possible.
It is beneficial to themselves, not only to replenish supplies, but the rapidly increasing wind force will also be a nightmare for the officers and soldiers. The longer they stay at sea, the rough waves alone will be enough to defeat them.
A frightening hour passed quickly, and good news came. The construction of the ropeway was more than half progressed. Although dozens of pirates fell from the rope bridge into the sea and died, these were no longer considered by Hai Dongqing. Let alone the number of pirates.
Ten people, even if one hundred or two hundred died because of this incident, it would still be worth it. But the sad thing is that the manpower searching for Lin Jue and others has never found Lin Jue, Gao Muqing and three others. When I think of these three people
Still carefree on the island, Hai Dongqing was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood. However, military counselor Xu Xing was right. These three people were unable to fly on Peach Blossom Island. They would be caught sooner or later. As long as they could resist the attack of the officers and soldiers, they could be caught later.
It's not too late either.
Haidong Qing was like a lion trapped in a cage, walking around restlessly on the top of the cliff, and reports of the movements of the officers and soldiers' fleet on the sea were constantly coming.
"Holy Duke, they seem to be turning around and about to evacuate." Xu Xing, who was standing on the arrow tower on the left and had been staring at the movements of the officers and soldiers on the sea, yelled loudly, which made Hai Dongqing stop.
"What? Seriously?" Hai Dongqing asked, looking up in shock.
Xu Xing put up a pergola and stretched his neck to stare at the sea. Soon he shouted loudly: "Yes, they are turning around. The dozens of large ships in front are turning around. The ones behind them seem to be turning their rudders as well."
Hai Dongqing rushed to the top of the arrow tower in three or two steps, frowned and looked in the direction pointed by Xu Xing, and suddenly burst out into a burst of ear-piercing laughter.
"Hahaha, are these grandsons trying to run away? They are scared out of their wits. Hahaha, even with this little ability, they are trying to attack my Peach Blossom Island. Assuming they know what they are doing, if they stay at sea, they will all be killed.
The army was destroyed."
"Congratulations to the Holy Duke. Congratulations to the Holy Duke. The other party finally felt the power of the Holy Duke and retreated. Our Taohua Island will once again become famous all over the world. The reputation of the Holy Duke will spread throughout the world." Xu Xing bowed and praised.
"Hahaha..." Hai Dongqing laughed loudly and was about to speak when suddenly a guard beside him pointed at the sea on the east side of the island and shouted: "Huh? Why is there a small boat going into the sea? Who is that? Looking for death?
What?"
Hai Dongqing was stunned, and followed the direction he pointed to look at the sea below the east island. Sure enough, he found a small boat floating in the rough waves like a leaf. The small boat actually raised its sails, and under the huge wind
Under the agitation, he flew towards the sea almost uncontrollably. Leaving the island in a small boat under such sea conditions is no different from committing suicide. Let alone daring to raise the sail, it is simply a kind of suicide.
I don’t know who made such a crazy move.
"This guy wants to escape, right? Do you think Tiaohua Island can't be defended? You blind guy, let him fall into the sea and feed the sharks. Can the boat handle this kind of weather? How far can it escape? Idiot!" Haidong!
Qing cursed.
In fact, this kind of thing is nothing. There are tens of thousands of people on the island, and there is no guarantee that everyone is devoted to him. It is not uncommon to take advantage of the chaos to escape. There have been pirates who escaped by boat before, and Hai Dongqing doesn't care about these at all.
"That's wrong!" Xu Xing frowned and said in a deep voice.
"What?" Hai Dongqing asked in surprise.
"If you want to escape, you shouldn't flee to the north. You can escape from the south, east and west. At this moment, there are heavy troops gathering in the north. Why do you want to escape under our noses? Besides, Holy Duke, please see, the boat is heading straight for the fleet of officers and soldiers.
It doesn't feel like running away, but like..."
"What? Surrendering to the enemy? Then there is nothing to worry about. If you surrender to one person, what will happen to the officers and soldiers?" Hai Dongqing interrupted.
"Holy Duke, what if you don't surrender to the enemy? What if you go... to deliver a message?" Xu Xing said softly.
"Deliver a message?"
"What if he told the officers and soldiers that we are currently in a predicament on the island due to lack of arrows and food supplies?" Xu Xing's low voice was like thunder in Hai Dongqing's ears. He did not expect this at all, but if Xu Xing's
If the worry is true, then the trouble will be big. If the officers and soldiers learn about the current situation on the island, things will change drastically.
"Quickly, order people to go into the sea to chase him. Be sure to kill him. Also, find out who escaped and chop off his leader. You can't even restrain his subordinates. What's the point of keeping him?" Hai Dongqing ordered repeatedly.
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On a high cliff a few miles east of the pier, Lin Jue and Gao Mu Qingliang fled here half an hour ago. They hid in a forest on the top of the cliff and saw the entire battlefield clearly.
.When they saw more than ten large ships stranded on the shoal of the pier and the bodies scattered on the beach, the three of them understood that the officers and soldiers had just experienced a defeat. At this moment, the officers and soldiers' large ship was hundreds of steps away on the sea.
They stayed there and seemed to have no intention of attacking. Perhaps they were discussing an attack strategy, or perhaps they had no way of attacking Peach Blossom Island.
"Why didn't they attack? Although they lost more than ten ships, their vitality was not damaged. Why didn't they go all out?" Liang Qi asked softly.
"It's difficult, it's too difficult. The time and place are extremely unfavorable. Looking at the situation on the beach, they must have lost the battle just now. They must have hesitated a little." Lin Jue frowned as he stared at the rolling sea.
"They are scared. As you said before, they are not determined enough to attack. After the failure, they may be even more worried about gains and losses. Lin Lang, do you think they will choose to give up?" Gao Muqing frowned.
"It's very possible. They don't know the situation on the island. In fact, as long as they launch another attack, they will know that the pirates' supplies are unsustainable. God bless, pray that they wake up and attack quickly." Lin Jue sighed.
The three of them stared at the sea and waited. After an unknown amount of time, suddenly, Gao Muqing whispered softly: "Are the officers and soldiers turning around and evacuating?"
Lin Jue and Liang Qi looked carefully, and felt cold after seeing the situation clearly.
"They are about to withdraw, but they still dare not attack again." Lin Jue gritted his teeth and said. "These officers and soldiers are all cowards and cowards." Liang Qi cursed.
Lin Jue shook his head and said, "It's not entirely their fault. If we were in another position and I was leading the army, I might have made the same decision."
"Then what should we do? Once they leave, they will not look back. This anti-bandit war will be abandoned halfway. We are abandoned here. As soon as they withdraw, Haidongqing will hunt for us across the island." Gao Muqing said sadly.
road.
Lin Jue reached out and took Gao Muqing's cold palm, squeezed it gently and said: "I won't let them leave. It seems that I have to take big risks again. I thought they could attack tentatively, then I knew
The situation on the island. But now it seems that we have to find a way to inform them of the situation on the island. Under such circumstances, there is only one way to tell them the situation on the island. That is to go to them by boat and tell them the situation."
Gao Muqing was surprised: "Going to sea? Where can I find a boat?"
Lin Jue said: "There are boats under the cliff to the east where we came from. We just need to grab one."
"But... small boats at that time couldn't withstand the wind and waves. If they could go out to sea, how could the pirates be trapped on the island?" Gao Muqing said.
Lin Jue said: "I know, that's why I never mentioned this matter. I know the danger of going out to sea in a small boat. But in the current situation, we can only take risks. Mu Qing, you and Brother Liang hide here, I will steal the boat
When we go to sea, we must recover our officers and soldiers no matter what."
Gao Muqing hugged Lin Jue's arm and shook his head: "No, aren't you going to die? If that's all you can do, I'll go to sea. I'm better at water than you, and I'm better at driving a boat than you. You stay.
,I go."
Lin Jue waved his hand and said with a smile: "What a joke, I came up with this risky method, how can I let you take such a risk? My water quality may not be as good as yours. In the past few days, I am not inferior to you on the sea. Of course.
It’s me who will go.”
Gao Muqing resolutely refused and tried his best to take the risk on his own. The two got into an argument, and Lin Jue became furious and shouted in a deep voice: "As a woman, you should know how to advance and retreat. My Lin family has rules, and I am the one who makes the decision. Understand
No? If you insist on arguing, my Lin family will not tolerate you."
Gao Muqing was shocked and stunned, and immediately felt both happy and worried. What was happy was that Lin Jue was scolding her as a woman of the Lin family, which meant he admitted that she was his woman. What was worried was that in this way, he could not violate
According to his words, Lin Jue insisted on taking the risk. If the trip was not too dangerous, he would not need to insist so much. It was precisely because he was angry that it seemed that the trip would never come back.
"Okay, you go ahead. Anyway, if you die, I won't live either." Gao Muqing stopped arguing.
Lin Jue sighed and turned around to ask Liang Qi for a few words. Suddenly, he found that Liang Qi, who was behind the bushes, was missing.
"Brother Liang, Brother Liang." Lin Jue called in a low voice.
"Master of the Dazhai, Mr. Lin, there is no need to argue. Liang Qi will just go. In terms of water properties and boating skills, you are all inferior to me. No one can compete with me on this trip." Liang Qi's voice was heard outside the woods to the east.
Come.
Lin Jue and Gao Muqing rushed out of the edge of the cliff and looked over, only to see Liang Qi's figure already halfway up the cliff, grabbing onto the crack in the rock and climbing down.
"Brother Liang." Lin Jue called.
Liang Qi raised her head, waved her hand upwards and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'll come as soon as I go. I hope I can catch up."
Lin Jue felt moved in his heart, cupped his hands and said, "Be careful."
Liang Qi nodded and smiled, using his hands and feet together, his figure quickly disappeared under the cliff.
Lin Jue turned around and sighed: "You can only see your true colors in times of crisis. If he doesn't die, I will take care of him as my brother."
Gao Muqing also nodded and said: "I underestimated him before. He was my father's bodyguard. My father has a good eye for people. Except for that person, it led to a fatal disaster."
