Li Xiao's warship sailed unscrupulously on the Bohai Sea. After nearly a month of encirclement and suppression by Li Xiu, the Bohai Sea became very calm. Although it was not clean, it was really calm.

Chen Hailong was a pirate, and his family background was the navy. But now, most of his pirate navy have sunk to the bottom of the sea. The remaining ones were captured by the Japanese army that quickly crossed the land and became the spoils of war of the Japanese country.

From now on, even a grasshopper boat can walk sideways in the Bohai Sea. Those guys who were originally protected by Chen Hailong have all disappeared.

Chen Hailong lost miserably in this battle. He never dreamed that Li Xiao, who had to trade ships with him a few years ago, would now have such a strong maritime combat capability.

There is no way to deal with the miserably loss and there is no way to deal with it. Pirates can't be brought to the table. He dare not say anything about killing Chen Hailong. His pirates were beaten by Li Xiao.

Penglai!

The place where Li Xiao had drinks with Chen Fu several times was one of Chen Hailong's most important ports. In order to consolidate this port, Chen Hailong also spent a lot of money.

There are forts built around the harbor, with Fran cannons purchased with a lot of money. There are still a few warships remaining in the harbor, two of which also have cannons. More than 3,000 fierce Haifei, under the command of Chen Hailong's brother Chen Seal

Under the leadership, they resisted stubbornly.

It can be said that the essence of the Chen family is here. In order to protect the last port of the Chen family, Chen Seal vowed to fight the Japanese pirates here to the death.

"Master General, this is the current situation. We attacked several times, but the opponent's artillery was very powerful. We lost more than two hundred men and could not get close to Penglai Port." The person who greeted Li Xiao was Tokugawa Katsuyori.

The leader of the new generation of the Tokugawa family, Tokugawa Ieyasu's most valued grandson. Tokugawa Katsuyori became the commander-in-chief of this "invasion of China"!

"Oh, it's a small thing. I just want to know if your soldiers have harmed the people." Li Xiao still attaches great importance to this bottom line. After all, the reputation of the Japanese people is really bad, and it has not changed much for hundreds of years.

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"Absolutely not. As long as they don't attack our Ming people, we will not attack them." Tokugawa Katsuyori solemnly assured.

"Master, some villagers were bewitched and took the initiative to attack Tokugawa-sama's men, which resulted in a lot of casualties. It was only Tokugawa-sama who ordered the attack! Afterwards, Tokugawa-sama did not go on a killing spree.

Oh, that’s right! The opponent has mortars, and the Japanese soldiers’ attack was frustrated because of the mortars.” Tokugawa Katsuyori, who Ai Husheng took the initiative to help, spoke.

Goryeo Bangzi is just unreliable, and now he is venting his anger on the same nose as the Japanese pirates.

"Let your people guard the existing positions and not enter the place where the Ming people live at will. If your people are found to enter the Ming village at will, they will be killed without mercy!" Li Xiao looked at Tokugawa Katsuyori with a vicious look. This German

The rookie of the Sichuan family immediately bowed his head and remained silent.

When he arrived, Tokugawa Ieyasu had already made it very clear that all arrangements this time would be subject to Li Xiao's orders. It took a granddaughter to ease the relationship with Li Xiao. Tokugawa Ieyasu very much hoped that through this incident, he could get along with Li Xiao.

Xiao Xiao further draws the relationship closer. We can't let the old guy Mouri Terumoto have any chance.

Li Xiao looked at Penglai Port with a telescope, and then looked at the latest survey map.

The maps surveyed and mapped these days don't have a scale, they can only show the approximate location of the forts.

"Brother, what are you afraid of? Let my gunboats rush over and knock open his tortoise box with one shell." Li Xiu, who came from the Yellow Sea to meet Li Xiao, said while looking at the map.

"No! The draft of Penglai Port is very shallow, and the channel is densely covered with reefs. Your ship has a deep draft, and the channel their ship passes through is fine, but your ship may run aground on the rocks. You only have these two treasures at your disposal.

If it sinks, the loss will be huge." Li Xiao shook his head and rejected Li Xiu's suggestion.

"Second Master! The master is right. The draft of Penglai Port is not deep. Moreover, there are indeed many reefs on the waterway. It is very dangerous for our ship to approach rashly." Chen Laohu also advised Li Xiu.

"But it's too far to unload the ship at Yantai Port. Yantai is more than a hundred miles away from Penglai. We have so much luggage, if we can't land at Penglai Port, then everyone will have to walk more than a hundred miles over this broken road in Shandong.

, it’s not even tiring.” Li Xiu looked at the map anxiously.

"Penglai Port must be captured, not only because we have to land here. But also because here is the most elite family of the Chen family. I guess everyone around Chen Hailong who can be captured is here.

I was worried about how to catch them all in one go. Now I have taken the initiative to sneak into an encirclement, which is a good thing." Li Xiao took the coins in his hand, drew a circle around Penglai Port and the surrounding forts, and then made a big cross

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"I do have an idea, slowly beat down the Chen family elites in Penglai Port. If they can't hold on any longer, they will naturally ask for help from Chen Hailong in Jinan. At that time, we will set up an ambush on the road and wait for work. We can easily kill the reinforcements, and then

Kill this Chen Seal again.

The army advanced all the way inland and finally besieged Jinan City." Ao Canghai drew a straight line from the direction of Jinan to Penglai. On this line, there were many places suitable for setting up ambushes.

Li Xiao glanced at Ao Canghai, this is a standard tactic of encirclement and reinforcements. When did this guy learn it? I didn't see it. Master Ao has made a lot of progress during this period.

"What are you looking at? Just tell me if it's okay!" Ao Canghai rolled his eyes at Li Xiao, feeling very smug.

"If you are beating others, this method is not bad. But this time, we are here to seek revenge from Chen Hailong. I don't want the hands of brothers to be stained with too much blood of Ming soldiers. Chen Hailong is now the admiral of Shandong, he will definitely send

The garrison from Shandong came to reinforce.

They are all poor military households and citizens of the Ming Dynasty. If we open fire, there will be a lot of casualties. The Ming Dynasty has shed too much blood. It takes eighteen years for a brick-sized baby to grow into a young man.

The Ming Dynasty cannot afford to lose this kind of internal strife." Li Xiao frowned. This method worked in the Japanese country. It worked in Korea and Liaodong. Because it was a battlefield against foreigners, but now it is a civil war.

They are all citizens of the Ming Dynasty, and Li Xiao really can't do this. All the gadgets tinkered by the fisherman are deadly weapons. If they are really used against those Shandong garrison, rivers of blood will definitely flow.

It is difficult to resolve the hatred forged by blood. Shandong is too important to Li Xiao to form a blood feud here.

"There are no immortals in a war. There is no reason to say that this is a battlefield. If you don't kill them, do you think you will feel at ease if you ask them to kill our soldiers?" Ao Canghai's eyes widened. Killing enemies is not allowed on the battlefield.

, how to fight this battle?

"What I'm talking about is trying not to hurt the military households in Shandong. As for Chen Hailong's soldiers, how can we kill them resolutely? Today is the 15th, there should be a high tide. What time was the high tide yesterday?" Li Xiao looked at the round head above his head.

On the fifteenth day of the moon, there are usually big tides. At high tide, the channel will become deeper. The risk of running aground on the rocks is also much smaller!

"The high tide was at eight o'clock in the evening yesterday. According to the delay of two hours every day, it should be at ten o'clock in the evening." Li Xiu took out his pocket watch. Now Li Xiu is used to saying hours instead of hours.

"The moon is very good tonight. It will be no problem to see the target on the sea."

"No problem, as long as you reach the shooting range, you won't be able to escape." Li Xiu answered very confidently.

"At ten o'clock in the evening, Li Xiu, your gunboats began to advance. Our artillery has the advantage of range, so we hit the outer forts first. At eleven o'clock sharp, one division and one regiment began to land on sampans.

After the first batch of landings, a position must be established quickly, and more grenades must be provided. Some small boats equipped with mortars should be sent for artillery support.

After the landing, the group quickly attacked the interior of the port. You should note that Chen Hailong's men bought our firearms. There are even a few mortars, which according to Ai Husheng should be here. In addition, there are grenades and other things.

Lao Ao, you must be mentally prepared. This battle is not going to be easy for us. Many people may die!" Li Xiao stared at the map and made pre-war arrangements.

"You kid, why did you sell so many arms to Chen Hailong in the first place?" Hearing Li Xiao's words, Ao Canghai also scratched his head. This was his first time fighting against an army with comparable equipment.

"How about we use the arsenal ship?" Ao Canghai suddenly thought of the powerful arsenal ship.

"It's better not to let them know about the arsenal ship for the time being. Maybe it can play a greater role in the future." Li Xiao knew that what the rocket launcher fears most is the enemy's dispersion. It is impossible for this thing to do precise strikes.

It's a coverage shot.

After shooting once, trying to reload is a waste of effort.

Li Xiao also has his own thoughts. An army that often fights against the wind will gradually lose respect for the battlefield. This kind of army will end up badly.

These veterans of the First Division must be allowed to see blood and see how difficult the battle is when the enemy has the same weapons as themselves. Fighting not only relies on the suppression of equipment, but also often relies on the courage of the soldiers.

An army that has truly experienced life and death and dares to face death is the army that can defeat all enemies.

"Okay! The first regiment will go first!" Ao Canghai reluctantly agreed. He single-handedly led the first division. No one has more affection for the soldiers and officers than him.

"Put Huzi into the first echelon!" Li Xiao continued.

"What?"

"What?"

Ao Canghai and Li Xiu were stunned at the same time. The enemy had weapons as powerful as their own. There was no equipment suppression at all in this battle. Think about the terrifying power of mortars. What would happen to the first batch of troops ashore?

casualties.

"Brother Xiao! That's not necessary. After all, Hu Zi has not received formal training for long. The first echelon is really too dangerous!" Ao Canghai realized and hurriedly interceded.

"Brother, the third child can't go up in the first echelon. If something happens, will you be worthy of your parents and your dead eldest sister?" Li Xiu suddenly stood in front of Li Xiao and looked directly at Li Xiao.

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"Other people's brothers can go to the battlefield, why can't I, Li Xiao's brother? Second brother, you have also been through blood and fire. How can you become a man without beatings?

As for whether I am worthy of my parents and eldest sister...!

Look at the soldiers outside, which one is not the son of a father, and which one does not have a sister or brother? They can go to the most dangerous places, why can't Huzi. Is it because he is my brother? Let me tell you, if you want to become a qualified

A soldier, an upright man, must first be known as Li Hu, and then as Li Xiao's younger brother.

Otherwise, Hu Zi will only be a playboy for the rest of his life." Li Xiao's eyes were sharp, and Li Xiu took a step back in fright.

"Uh...! Brother Xiao, you are brothers. We can discuss anything!" Man Gui hurried over and pulled Li Xiu away.

"Li Hu, enter the first echelon and go ashore. This is an order!"

"Brother...!"

"This is an order. What do you mean by the three major disciplines and the eight points of attention? All actions must be obeyed! Obey, obey, do you understand?"

"No!" Li Xiu lowered his head and swore in his heart that he would knock out all the forts within an hour. Then he would provide Li Hu with the most ferocious fire support to help the first echelon to land on the island successfully survive the most difficult hour.

"To collect ships, we need a lot of small sampans. We need to transport more troops to the beach as quickly as possible."

"promise!"

"The Japanese soldiers are responsible for digging trenches and encirclement on land. They must make sure that no one slips through the net. Mr. Man, you should also get some men and horses ashore. Once the enemy troops flee, they still have to have horses to chase them."

"promise!"

Li Xiao issued orders one by one, and the people in the Chinese military tent kept responding. When everyone understood their tasks, Li Xiao saw Li Hu standing outside the door blankly.

"Come in!" Li Xiao waved to Li Hu.
To be continued...