After a restless night, it was already early in the morning.
Inside the city lord's mansion, there were many people, including Huang Yu, Li Wei, Li Yun, Qin Yi, Yang Weizhong, the heads of the major families in the city, and Miss Xianxian, wearing a gauze scarf, sitting beside him with Old Man Gao and Grandma Li.
With the enemy facing the enemy, the atmosphere in the house was a little depressing, and everyone's face was very serious.
Huang Yu looked around at everyone and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, the current situation is serious. In order to better arrange the action, I asked Mr. Li to come out and preside over this action of Tingchao City to fight against the invasion of foreign enemies!"
Li Yun was startled, and when he was about to refuse, he found that everyone was looking at him expectantly. After thinking about it for a moment, he said: "Since the seniors are so flattering, I'm going to be bold!"
Walking to the main seat, Li Yun said solemnly: "There are powerful enemies watching outside and spies working inside. This is a time of life and death for this city. This is the home of countless of us, and it has been earned through countless years of hard work. We will never
I allow some people to erase it easily, but I ask everyone here to ally with me in blood and unite to fight against foreign aggression!"
After saying that, he took out a small knife beside him, cut his fingers and squeezed out the blood drops, and dropped them into the wine glass. He raised the wine glass and bowed to everyone.
Some words and some actions made everyone present couldn't help but get excited, cheered loudly, and raised their glasses with blood.
"God bless you!" Li Yun drank it all in one gulp.
"Heaven bless you!" Everyone drank it in one gulp.
Li Yun continued: "Thank you, seniors! Now, let me lay out the plan for this operation. The main purpose of this operation is to stabilize the civil strife and delay the time. No matter what, we must wait until the three armies arrive. Qin Yi, you lead the special guards,
Together with Miss Xianxian, we will monitor all the South Vietnamese spies scattered in the city and do not alert them. After the army arrives, we will catch them all and make sure no fish slip through the net."
"Yes! The last general takes the order!" Qin Yi said loudly.
"Yang Weizhong, organize all the masters of Tingchao Academy to assist Lord Huang, and together with the city guards, do a good job in checking personnel and materials, and strictly seal off the captured Xirong spies. At the same time, pay close attention to whether there are any fish in Xirong that have slipped through the net. If
If something is discovered, we must monitor it closely and be on standby to capture him alive!"
"Yes! General, take your orders!" Yang Weizhong and Huang Yu responded at the same time.
"Chen Gangba, responsible for the stabilization of the two animal trainers in the Colosseum, on standby to capture them alive!"
"Yes! The last general takes the order!" Chen Gangba said solemnly.
"Li Kunlun, Lin Ting, and Cai De are responsible for organizing the warriors from the major families in the city. They must be masters at the fourth level of the Mysterious Mountain realm and above. They must be equipped with sophisticated mysterious weapons and form a Mysterious Guard. Follow me to the Coast Defense Army to help guard the coast.
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"Yes!" the three of them responded in unison.
"start!"
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On the vast sea, with strong winds and high waves, there was a huge fleet sailing on the sea, as steady as a rock.
A young man wearing armor and a golden robe was standing on the high platform of a giant ship, looking into the distance with a proud look on his face.
Standing next to him was a dark-faced man with a beard, tall and muscular.
"Your Highness, our army is now becoming increasingly powerful. It will be effortless to destroy that Tianlong grain transport team!" the black-faced man laughed.
"Haha! A small grain transport team is not enough for me! Ruan Dan, this prince will sweep this sea area this time, occupy Tingchao City, and then march northward to attack the Tianlong Imperial Capital!"
"This... I'm afraid our forward team is not strong enough. The emperor asked us to occupy Tingchao City first and wait for the backup troops to land before planning the Northern Expedition." Ruan Dan said.
"Hmph, how ridiculous! My father underestimates my strength as a striker. I naturally want him to know that although I am young, Prince Yingji is not a flower in a greenhouse, but a dragon that crosses rivers and seas! Do you see that?
There is an island ahead. According to the mark on the map, it is Dingzhu Island. Now, no matter what, send people to kill me. If you have anything, grab it for me. The men will be captured to make slaves, and the women will be captured and rewarded to the soldiers.
,Ha ha!"
"Your Highness, we have already spent a lot of time encircling and annihilating the Tianlong grain transport team. If we have to go up and plunder every island we pass now, I'm afraid we won't be able to reach Tingchao City within five days." Ruan Dan said anxiously.
"What are you afraid of? With our military strength, it will only take a few hours to plunder this island. Besides, this plan has been going on for more than ten years since my father. Now is the time for us to pick the fruits. Listen to Chaocheng
It's something in the bag. As soon as our army arrives, we will be invincible! Now, we just want to let them breathe a few more breaths." Prince Yingji said contemptuously.
"It's just that if you miss the time, I'm afraid there will be some internal changes, which will cause some trouble!"
"Even if there is some trouble, it is just trouble. With our strong strength and being prepared to attack the unprepared, isn't it easy to catch us? No need to say more, just give it to me!" Prince Yingji shouted fiercely.
"Yes! General Mo will go make arrangements immediately!" Ruan Dan hurried away.
Soon, cries were heard on Dingzhu Island and a blazing fire was set off.
"Haha, haha! This sea area will leave the illustrious name of Prince Yingji!" Yingji stretched out his hands, embraced the sea, and roared to the sky.
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Listening to the coastal defense army pavilion in Chaocheng, Pingnanhou's face was as sinking as water. He looked at the generals under his tent and shouted: "Zu Qiguang, Zhang Ke, come out!"
The two of them took a step forward and said loudly: "The general is here!"
"Kneel down!"
"Plop" "Plop"
"Do you know your guilt?!"
"The Marquis knows clearly that the generals and others have tried their best, so what's the crime?"
"How outrageous! You two were ordered to guard the coastal defense, but you neglected to supervise it. You actually allowed Xirong thieves to sneak into our border defense and cause chaos in our Tianlong territory, and you dare to say that you don't know the crime?! Take it down! Take it to jail!"
"yes!"
Several soldiers rushed out from both sides, quickly tied up the two men and pushed them out!
When the other generals saw this, their faces were livid with fear and they did not dare to say anything.
"You are the same as these two people. You have some small tricks every day, so I can tolerate it. I don't think you are used to living a comfortable life now, but you don't even bother to manage drills. You are still indulged in eating, drinking and having fun, and the combat power of your soldiers has dropped sharply.
.Now that the enemy is facing you, what should you do?!" Ping Nanhou shouted sharply.
"Plop" "Plop" "Plop"
All the generals knelt down one after another and said loudly: "Please forgive me, Lord Marquis. We are deeply favored by the Emperor. We are faced with a powerful enemy. We should do our best to resist the enemy with death!"
"Hmph! In this case, I believe in you again. From now on, everyone will guard the front line for me, strengthen the defense line, and prepare naval warfare supplies. Everyone will step up training. No laziness, no leave, no escape. Once discovered,
Kill without mercy!"
"yes!"
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A white dove flies in the clouds, shuttling like a sharp arrow, extremely graceful.
Suddenly, it lowered its height, circled a few times, rushed into a tall pavilion below, and landed on the shoulders of a man in gold robes, none other than Marquis Pingnan.
He took off the message tied to the pigeon's leg and read: "Dingzhu Island was raided by Prince Yingji of South Vietnam!"
"Yingji! Damn it! Damn it!" Ping Nanhou tore the paper into pieces and roared angrily!
Li Yun and the members of the family's Xuan Guards were rushing here. When they saw Pingnan Hou making such a big move, they wondered: "Master Hou, why are you so excited?"
"Master Li, are you here?" Ping Nanhou looked at the warriors passing by in the distance and asked in surprise.
"That's right! This is the Xuan Guard Team composed of masters from the major families in Tingchao City. This time they are here to reinforce the coastal defense." Li Yun said.
"Thank you sir, thank you all the heads of the family!"
Ping Nanhou looked at Li Kunlun, Lin Ting and Cai De behind Li Yun and said sincerely.
"Master Hou, seeing how excited you were just now, could it be that you were hit by something?" Li Kunlun said sarcastically.
"You...hey, we are facing a formidable enemy. I don't dare to hide it anymore. I just received a message from Fei Ge. Dingzhu Island, which I have been operating at sea for many years, was destroyed by Prince Yingji of South Vietnam!" Ping Nan
Hou said angrily.
"Dingzhu Island? May I ask, Lord Marquis, how far is it from Dingzhu Island?" Li Yun asked.
"The trip lasted about five or six days. I also found it very strange. The South Vietnamese army said it would arrive within five days. Why are they still showing up at Dingzhu Island now? It is almost half a day later than their original plan."
Li Yun nodded and said thoughtfully: "In this way, the actions of Prince Yingji are indeed a bit unpredictable. However, this is beneficial to us, at least it gives us half a day more preparation time. This is what we need
Thank you Lord Marquis for Dingzhu Island, maybe this half day is the key to the overall situation!"
When everyone heard this, they nodded secretly, and their confidence increased a lot.
Pingnanhou heard this and smiled bitterly: "If I, the loss of Dingzhu Island can reverse the situation, it will not be unfair!"
"Not bad! This half-day is enough for our army to arrive in advance and make arrangements. It seems that my plan can be changed. Let's take a look..."
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In the military affairs pavilion of the Coast Guard, a large map hangs on the wall.
Li Yun held his sword and pointed at some landmarks above to explain.
"Tingchao Port is a pocket port, with peninsulas on both sides extending into the sea, surrounding the waters in the middle. In the original plan, the peninsulas on both sides were abandoned areas, and the entire army retreated to the outer city of Haiphong to hold on. However, if there is an ambush by the army, they can
Forming an encirclement with the outer city."
"Young Master is saying... we are going to fight a battle of siege and annihilation?!" Ping Nanhou said in astonishment.
"Yes, Prince Yingji doesn't know that their original plan of combining inside and outside has failed. When the time comes, he will definitely wait for the signal from the city. At that time, as long as we listen to the tide signal and release the torch signal, he will think that he has succeeded.
, will definitely enter the harbor frantically, board a boat and land to attack the city."
"At this time, our army can wait for it to attack, or even abandon the outer city. But at this time, the ambush troops on both sides must attack quietly, cut off its retreat, and gradually control the ships behind it."
Marquis Pingnan was startled and hesitated: "Young master is saying... let's abandon the outer city?!"
"Yes, if Prince Yingji discovers that our soldiers are defending the outer city of Haiphong, he will definitely not dare to attack. But if he sees his soldiers attacking the outer city, he will definitely think that the plan is successful, so he will abandon the ship and land with all his troops.
Attack. At this time, we will place the main battlefield in the area between the outer city and the inner city. We will set up many traps here, and with the outflanking army attacking from the rear, we can bury them here!" Li Yun said fiercely!
said.
All the masters were dumbfounded and sweating all over.
"Okay! That's it! I must make Prince Yingji pay a heavy price for my Dingzhu Island!" Pingnanhou was the first to come to his senses and shouted excitedly.