Chapter 135
As the fleet entered the port, a row of nine lanterns rose from the 1,500-stone sea boat that led the way, and nine lanterns hung on a lighthouse on this side of the Shimen Pier.
On the deck of the sea boat, a burly man was leaning on a sword with a pair of hands, wearing a green round-necked robe, black leather boots, and a shiny head on his head. If one of his eyes was not covered with a black eye mask, he would have a bit of a dissolute and literary spirit.
"The one on the dock is to enter by yourself, turn on the signal lights, and the fleet enters the port and land on the shore!"
The one who came to Shikou Wharf was Wang Fu, the general of Wang Jin, who had gone to Duli Town, Liaodong to contact the one-eyed dragon. However, after contacting the one-eyed dragon, he returned to Dengzhou and sneaked into Shamen Island with several invasions. Shikou Wharf was still under the secret control of the Wang family. Since Li Jing took over Shamen Town, he has been busy building cities and training troops. He has not yet come to take over the wharf.
Hearing that the one-eyed dragon's fleet had arrived, Wang Fu personally rushed to the dock to greet him.
When Wang Fu saw that the one-eyed dragon had brought ten ships this time, and three sea boats of 1,500 stone, he was very surprised.
"The Zheng family brought so many boats, how many did they load?"
The one-eyed Jiao surnamed Zheng was only about forty years old, and he was at his peak at the age of prosperity. However, when he abandoned his post and robbed Dengzhou sea, he was free and easy until Wang Jin's navy destroyed his fleet and blinded his eyes with one arrow. He became much more introverted. Although he rose again in recent years, he always had a harmonious face on the surface. No matter who saw him, it was hard to believe that he was Zheng Balang, the one-eyed Jiao who was traversing the Liaohai.
Zheng Balang chuckled, "Why don't you do your best to do your best for the prince's dispatch? I heard you said before that Li Jing's soldiers were recruited by a group of newly recruited soldiers, but Bi Zheng had a lot of horses. If he fought to the death, it would be very troublesome to get two or three thousand yuan into the car. This matter is shameless, and we only have one night. For safety reasons, this time, I brought half of my subordinates into the horses, and the eighteen sea boats, apart from the shipworkers who drove the boat, the number one thousand brothers."
While speaking, the fleets of ships docked one after another, and the bridge boards were put down, and the pirates began to get off the ship. Wang Fu looked at the pirates who had gotten off the ship and couldn't help but feel in his heart. Although these thousand pirates were all wearing various and colorful, some even wearing women's dresses. However, with his experienced eyes, he could tell at a glance that these pirates were real desperate people. These pirates were basically young and strong in the past, and they were filled with an unruly and tough smell when they raised their hands and feet.
Wang Fu was shocked. Zheng Balang was also an official in the Dengzhou Navy with him. Later, Zheng Balang fled to the sea and became a pirate. A few years later, he became a great reputation. He followed Wang Jin and led the navy to encircle and suppress Zheng Balang. He easily destroyed the team he had formed over a few years in just one battle. Later, Zheng Balang became a dog of Wang Jin and saved his life. He did not expect that in just a few years, Zheng Balang quietly trained such a fierce horse.
Although there have been rumors of one-eyed dragons in the Liaohai Sea in recent years, he and Wang Jin did not take it seriously, thinking that they were just as vulnerable as they were in Dengzhou. But now after seeing these pirates with their own eyes, Wang Fu knew that he was wrong. This pirate was definitely different from the pirates he had brought. The servants he brought were all from the pirates that Wang Jin spent countless money to pile up. But if compared with these pirates, the equipment was much stronger, but they always lacked some desperate and tough temperament.
Wang Fu looked at these pirates carefully. Among them, there were not many pirates in number one thousand. Only those leaders were wearing iron armor. About 30% were wearing leather armor, and the rest were not wearing armor at all. The weapons the pirates were also quite diverse, basically all of which were short weapons, with horizontal swords and round shields as the most, which basically accounted for half. Many others were long forks, some with long swords, spears, and hammers.
But what surprised him even more was not these, but these pirates actually had a large number of bows and arrows. He found that basically every pirate leader was carrying a bow, and the proportion of those pirate minions equipped with bows and arrows was also very large. Basically half of the pirates were equipped with bows and arrows. In addition to bows and arrows, they actually had nearly a hundred individual crossbow machines.
This power is too powerful. According to what Zheng Balang said, he is only half of his entry into the horse. How powerful is it? Wang Jin's Dengzhou Navy had only one thousand soldiers and more than a dozen ships. Zheng Balang's power was far superior to the Dengzhou Navy. Wang Fu secretly warned himself that when he returned to Dengzhou, he must report to the general that he had to find a way to get rid of Zheng Balang and replace him to manage this army. Raising a tiger is a disaster. It is not a good thing to raise a dog that is stronger than the master.
The one-eyed dragon didn't know that he was determined to show his strength to Wang Jin, which had already aroused Wang Fu's jingling and murderous intent. He pointed to the pirates who were lined up with some pride and said, "With these brothers here, you can go to the great responsibility of your subordinates. Didn't Li Jing hear that he is still very good at training troops? This time I want to see if he is the strong soldier or my brother is brave. After breaking through the castle city, all the property in the city will belong to General Wang. You only need to take away all the Li Jing's entry on the island."
Wang Fu knew what the one-eyed dragon meant to take them away. It was to take them to Liaodong and sell them to Khitan or Bohai, or even Goguryeo, which had already been destroyed in Liaodong. Liaodong is vast and sparse, and all ethnic groups now need to invest in their efforts. Slave trading is a very popular business. Transporting thousands of islands to Liaodong, you can sell a lot of money in a blink of an eye. This transaction is more profitable than selling horses, grain and salt. No wonder the one-eyed dragon drove 18 ships at once, and there were three large sea boats that could accommodate 800. It turned out that they had already made up their minds.
"Li Jing has to leave it to me. If you buy the other ones, you will get 37 after selling them. You will get 70% of your generals."
The one-eyed dragon burst into laughter and nodded in agreement, but when he turned around, his face calmed down, and a hint of displeasure flashed in his eyes.
Wang Fu saw the expression in his eyes, but pretended not to see it. He smiled for a while before saying, "Come on, I will introduce some friends to Zheng Dangjia."
He introduced the few people behind him one by one, but they were two team members of Wang Jin's family, and the other was a manager who had been arranged by the Wang family on Shamen Island.
Zheng Balang just snorted at the two servants, but after hearing the introduction of the manager Zhang An, he nodded and signaled: "Have Manager Zhang been on this island all the time?"
Zhang An nodded: "I have been on Shaman Island for five years and have been managing the Shikou Wharf. I know Shaman Island very well, but Zheng Dang's family is relieved. No one on the island knows that I am the Wang family."
Zheng Balang said: "Since you are so familiar with Shaman Island, how should we take Shaman Island?"
He said as he waved his hand, and immediately several pirates came over. The pirates looked like they were his staff. They spread a map at the dock, which was the map of Shamen Island. This map was also given to him by Wang Fu before, and the docks, castles and other signs were very detailed.
Several shortlisted next to the map. Zheng Balang pointed to the map and said, "Although Shamen Island is not big, it has three mountains and four wharfs, and there are four wharf villages, one south and one north, and two vein villages in the middle. At the foot of Phoenix Mountain in the middle is the original guard fortress. Li Jing is now entrenched in the guard city. I have asked about this guard fortress. Although it is broken, it is also complete with four walls. If we can't attack the attack, our losses will be very large."
Zhang An pointed to the map and smiled: "What Zheng Dangjia is talking about is outdated news. When Li Jing arrived on the island, he started to make trouble. He only recruited craftsmen a few days ago and was building a new city. The original east wall and south wall city had almost been stripped away."
Wang Fu's eyes lit up: "Then let's go around the west gate and touch the city from the east gate or the south gate. As long as we can touch the city, Li Jing's entry would be just a group of newly recruited farmers. With these thousand brothers of Zheng's family, you don't need to take down the castle city at half a day."
Zheng Balang kept paying attention to Zhang An. When he saw him, he had no agreement. He hurriedly asked, "What does Brother Zhang mean?"
When Zhang An saw him asking, he thought for a while and said, "The proposal of Wang Jiangtou is good, but there is no need to be such trouble. In the evening, I went to the fortress city to check. The new city wall was only foundation. Although the south and east walls were demolished, they were only half of them, and now they are still close to the height. Moreover, because these two walls have been demolished, Li Jing has sent a lot of additional patrols and checks every night. Touching them from there is a very likely alarming entry into the city."
"Then you said half of the time, it's not a waste of time. Why did you say that the east wall of the south city was peeled off just now?" Wang Fu glared at Zhang An with some dissatisfaction.
Zhang Xiao smiled flatteringly: "What I mean is that because the city walls of Nancheng and Dongcheng are broken, Li Jing is focusing on guarding there, so the west side is actually weaker. And what you don't know is that this fortress has been old towns for many years and has not been built for many years. Anyway, since we haven't encountered anything in the past, so we have been like that. On the side of the west wall, there are several gaps, which are more than two feet wide, and are nearly two or three feet tall. Although the west gate will be closed at night, the gap is actually an unprepared breakthrough. We only need to touch the gaps through those gaps and easily enter the castle city."
"Are you familiar with those gaps?" Zheng Balang asked.
"I remember it clearly."
Chapter completed!