Chapter 889 I want to shine on the door

The navy's warships arrived three days later than expected. This situation rarely occurred in the Black Flag Army, which had such strict military laws. Although it was already summer, the rain was not frequent and there were fewer winds and waves on the river. It was expected that the time was quite abundant, but the navy was still late, which was a bit puzzled.

What's even more puzzled is that Fang Jie didn't blame the navy general Zheng Qiu in a word.

The main generals in the Black Flag Army all knew Fang Jie. Fang Jie had no distinction between jokes and chatting with these subordinates on weekdays. Fang Jie had never done anything like this. He had not done anything like squatting with the soldiers holding a bowl to eat. But as long as it was designed for military affairs, Fang Jie had extremely strict requirements on his subordinates. This time, it was abnormal, but it was a little confused.

Moreover, after Zheng Qiu arrived, Fang Jie called him into the study room and stayed there for more than half an hour before coming out. He didn't know what he had been talking about.

Although many people have found this extraordinary thing, Du Dingbei's mind is not at all. At this time, he was either nervous or excited, and unparalleled excitement. It has been too long and too long since there was an example of him like this in the Central Plains world.

More than a hundred years ago, after Emperor Taizong of the Great Sui Dynasty ascended the throne, Li Xiao, a little man from a poor family, was promoted. This person was only in his teens at that time. At that time, the civil and military officials of the court did not understand why Emperor Taizong chose this way. Not only did Li Xiao come from a poor family, he had no glorious aspects in his resume.

At that time, when the Sui Dynasty was first established, there were many talents from the younger generation. Emperor Taizong chose someone who had no excellence to promote it, which caused a huge uproar at that time. Although Taizu Yang killed many heroes at that time, there were still many founding generals alive. The descendants of these people had grown up with the guidance of their fathers and emerged like mushrooms after a rain.

The teenager Li Xiao was entrusted by Emperor Taizong to train the new army with an important task, which was a job that only meritorious veterans received at that time. Moreover, this army was brought in ten years. Li Xiao lived and lived in the military camp for the past ten years, and had never fought a war, and the criticism in the court never stopped in the past ten years. Perhaps in order to shut up the court officials, Emperor Taizong asked Li Xiao, who already had a military position, to participate in the Martial Arts Academy examination and won the championship in one fell swoop. The excellent results of the nine gates really shocked the chin all over the floor.

Ten years later, Li Xiao, who had not made any achievements, was promoted to the third-rank general by Emperor Taizong, which was simply unacceptable to the civil and military officials of the court. How many of the senior generals who had won the military achievements in the first place did not reach this position?

A young man with a low background and no military merits was promoted to one of the generals of the Sixteen Guards at the age of 30. This is simply a dream.

After Emperor Taizong promoted Li Xiao to the general, he asked him to take 100,000 new troops to Fanhu to train the navy and supervise the construction of warships. In another five years, Li Xiao, who had passed the thirty years of his life, brought his troops for fifteen years without hesitation.

On Li Xiao’s 33rd birthday, the court suddenly issued another decree. Emperor Taizong promoted Li Xiao to a first-class marquis, and the whole court was shocked!

But before the court officials could object, Emperor Taizong suddenly issued an order to march south!

Li Xiao was appointed as the general manager of the march in the south, the great marshal of all the troops, commanding the 100,000 new troops in the south and the ten guards who participated in the war. Some veterans were subject to his restraint! Emperor Taizong pointed out very seriously that anyone who opposes Li Xiao is opposing him, and whoever keeps orders is disrespectful to the orders.

Everyone knows what happened next. The 33-year-old Li Xiao led his army south. The navy he built, he defeated the unparalleled Nanchen Navy, which was known as the world's unparalleled. The Yangtze River, which Nanchen regarded as a natural barrier, became the tomb of the Nanchen Navy. After crossing the river, although the new army trained by Li Xiao entered the battlefield for the first time, the sharpness of who else was better than me was immediately revealed.

The 100,000 new troops were wiped out in just one month, and they were close to Jiangdu City.

It was an era when many famous generals emerged. After the founding heroes of the Great Sui Dynasty, dozens of people emerged in this war, shining like stars in the sky. No one of these generals refused to admit defeat in the battle to destroy Chen, and rushed forward with a strong momentum. The Great Sui army crushed the Southern Chen army into pieces. These young generals were amazed in the war.

But, there is no doubt that if there are bright stars behind those generals, then Li Xiao is a bright moon in the sky, and no one can cover his light. Emperor Taizong was the red sun, giving this bright moon light.

Li Xiao spent five years in Jiangnan to conquer more than half of the current Sui Dynasty.

He spent fifteen years hiding and five years shocking!

Although Emperor Taizong had to withdraw him from Jiangnan and sent him to guard the bitter and cold land in the northwest because of Li Xiao's contribution, Li Xiao's experience was undoubtedly an inspiration for all poor disciples.

Du Dingbei's current thoughts are just as similar as Li Xiao's appreciation and trust in Emperor Taizong back then. Before he came to Xinyang City with his army, Du Dingbei never expected that he would be reused like this. The first battle to cross the river was of great significance to the conquest of North Sudao!

Fang Jie doesn't care that he is young and doesn't care that he has no command experience. This kind of trust is not something that anyone can give. Therefore, Du Dingbei's gratitude in his heart is beyond words. He told himself over and over again that he must not be sorry for the trust of his lord!

Fang Jie wanted to use an inexperienced poor family who was only sixteen years old to command the war and was promoted a few days ago. The entire Xinyang City and even the people within a few hundred miles had heard of it. On the day of the war that was decided, hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the distance on the west bank of Luoshui to watch the battle. They all wanted to see how the 16-year-old boy who was used by the Duke of the State defeated Mr. Xishan, who had been successful in North Suzhou.

"Hey!"

An old man stroked his beard and said, "I have experienced two major wars in my life. The first time was the army of the Great Sui Dynasty that destroyed the Shang Dynasty. At that time, I was still young and saw the army of the Great Sui Dynasty being unstoppable. This was the second time. The Great Sui Dynasty was already in chaos, but with the Black Flag Army in the southwest of our country, who dared to make a rash? Only people like the Duke of the Kingdom will use people from poor families. Have you heard of it? The Duke of the Kingdom is also from poor families!"

"Why didn't you hear it?"

A man next to him was proud with his chin raised, as if Fang Jie was his acquaintance and good friend: "Who doesn't know about the matter of the Duke of the Kingdom of China now? He made a big splash when he entered Chang'an as a teenager. Not to mention winning the excellent results of the Wushang Academy in Tongming Nine Sects, it is the small-font calculation method that has been circulated in the world. If the pinyin note is not something that can be thought of? With Duke of the Kingdom of China in the southwest of our country, no monsters dare to come here!"

"In the past, we could hide if we could run away if we could run away. How could we watch from the side with laughter as we are now?"

A middle-aged man said with a pipe in his mouth and said, "I have put down all the work in the field today. I want to see how this young man who was used by the Duke of the Kingdom has given him a face to the Duke of the Kingdom!"

"It's been beating the drum!"

At this time, the sound of drums came from the riverside. The people looked to the riverside from a high place. A man wearing a big red cloak rode his horse to the front of the formation, shouting loudly.

"forward!"

"forward!"

"forward!"

The soldiers of the Black Flag Army who were waiting for battle on the shore burst into deafening roars, like a group of tigers.

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Du Dingbei clenched his fists hard and quietly wiped away the sweat from his hands on his clothes. He quickly climbed up to the high platform built by the river and took over the big flags from the command soldiers. Behind him, thirty-six huge cowhide drums had been beaten, and the soldiers were ready to go to the other side to let the enemy taste the smell of black flags, swords and guns.

"Please ask the navy General Zheng Qiu to clear the river!"

Du Dingbei shouted loudly.

The sound of the horn whimpered, and not long after, the flagship of the navy responded to the horn. Then, dozens of Huanglong warships and two large ships of the marching ships began to move slowly. On the warships, the navy archers were ready to fight. Before crossing the river, the navy had to clean up the northern Jiangsu army fleet on the river and suppress the archers on the other side.

Standing at the bow of the flagship, Zheng Qiu's expression was also very serious. This was the first battle after he led his army to surrender to Fang Jie. He felt apprehensive in his heart. Du Dingbei was thinking. This battle must not be ugly, otherwise his future status would be worrying. If Du Dingbei failed Fang Jie's trust in this battle, he would probably never be able to stand out in the Black Flag Army in the future.

It is related to the future, and no one dares to be careless.

"General"

Deputy General Xu Shubao stood beside Zheng Qiu and pointed at the Subei Army on the other side and said, "The enemy is all small boats, and it seems that he wants to rely on his flexibility to destroy the boat."

Zheng Qiu raised his eyes and looked at it, then sneered: "Water ghost? I have been leading the army for so many years and have not been sank a warship by a water ghost. Let him see what is the difference between a real navy and a pieced together miscellaneous army! Let our water ghost go down from the other side of the ship first, and don't be seen by people on the other side, and use new flag words!"

"Here!"

Xu Shubao turned around and gave a few instructions, and the flag bearer standing on the mast immediately waved the flag.

On the other side, in the northern Jiangsu army.

A middle-aged man holding a thousand-mile eyes frowned and couldn't help but mutter to himself: "What kind of flag language is this? Why is it different from the flag language of the Great Sui Navy?"

Sun Yingdian sat beside him and looked at the middle-aged man: "Mr. Xishan, what did you say?"

The middle-aged man who looked over thirties and had a gentle manner shook his head: "It's nothing, it's just some common tricks. Zheng Qiu's navy thought that a large ship could roam the river without any quadrilateral. I have recruited hundreds of fishermen with excellent water properties to prepare. When the time comes, he will not dare to be so arrogant."

Sun Yingdian nodded and asked after a while: "Mr. Xishan... I can't lose this time! The Black Flag Army is so arrogant and uses a young boy to command the crossing of the river. If they win this battle, not only will you look bad on your face, but I will not be ashamed to see people!"

Mr. Xishan said coldly: "I thought Fang Jie was an amazing person, but from this incident, we can see that he was just a flirtatious person. He just wanted to use this young man to anger us, and also wanted to use this method to force us to fight to the decisive battle by the river. He had a navy and thought he could defeat our team in one battle. It was so beautiful."

"It's all up to you."

Sun Yingdian's face looked a little worried, but at this time there was no other way.

West Bank

Seeing the warships start, the people on the high ground cheered, and the sound even overshadowed the sound of war drums. This scene was the first time even the soldiers of the Black Flag Army experienced it. Never before, the team went on a battle, and hundreds of thousands of people cheered along the coast. The fighting spirit in the soldiers was summoned by the cheers, and everyone was ready to go.

"Dingbei"

Fang Jie walked to Du Dingbei and stood there, pointed to the defense line of the northern Jiangsu army opposite and said, "What is the other side?"

"It's the enemy!"

Du Dingbei answered.

"No"

Fang Jie shook his head: "On the other side is the golden plaque outside the main entrance of your home, an ink pen that can be written on history books, a cheer from your old fellow villagers, and the first stone stairs you climb up the mountain."

"I understand!"
Chapter completed!