The wind on the sea was neither too strong nor too weak, making people feel comfortable. At this time, Ang Lee had just left Bull Head Island, while the pirates' ten ships had left for a long time. It would take them a whole day to reach White Dragon Island, which meant that they would arrive in the sea area of White Dragon Island at night. Under the cover of darkness, it would be a good time to launch a sneak attack. Therefore, Ang Lee could basically judge that the pirates would launch a sneak attack tonight. In this way, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who set out from Tianguang Port must enter White Dragon Island before nightfall and make all the necessary preparations.
"Can our soldiers reach White Dragon Island before nightfall?"
Ang Lee asked.
Because time was tight, Ang Lee was worried that his soldiers could not reach White Dragon Island before the stipulated time. Once the pirates left, they would miss the opportunity completely.
Chen Long said confidently, "Assistant Minister Li, don't worry. Our soldiers will definitely arrive before the pirates rob. The pirates will certainly go all out to rob, and even some fishermen will go with them. Only a few people will stay on the ships. In this way, it will be difficult for them to discover our soldiers sneaking in. Under the cover of darkness, it should not be a big problem."
"It will be best if there are no accidents. The 30 soldiers who sneaked into the pirate clippers are the key to this battle. Without their sneaking in, our whaling ships and fishing boats will not be able to take advantage of them at all."
Ang Lee said.
This time, in order to intercept the pirates on their way back, Ang Lee dispatched a large number of ships. In addition to Chen Fugui's four whaling ships, there were more than a dozen medium-sized fishing boats. Each medium-sized fishing boat had more than a hundred soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. More than a thousand soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were dispatched, which was half of Ang Lee's escort army. It could be said that he thought highly of these pirates. The more troops he dispatched, the less casualties there would be in the boarding battle. It was even possible that there would be zero casualties. What Ang Lee liked most was zero casualties, so he naturally had to make sufficient preparations.
In order to prevent the 30 soldiers of the Tang Dynasty from being discovered, Ang Lee's main fleet naturally had to collide with the pirate clippers as soon as possible. However, the main fleet had not yet converged. Ang Lee only had Chen Fugui's four whaling ships, more than a dozen medium-sized fishing boats, and more than a thousand soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who were on their way from Tianguang Port. It was estimated that it would take some time for them to converge with the whaling ships. However, the situation at sea was complicated. If they did not reach the agreed location, it would be easy for them to not find each other. After all, there were no satellite phones in this era, so it was impossible to contact each other at any time through such means.
Ang Lee's four whaling ships had already arrived at the agreed location, but he still did not see the dozen medium-sized fishing boats coming to converge with him. This made Ang Lee very anxious.
"We've been waiting for so long. Why haven't they come yet? Don't tell me they're lost!"
Ang Lee said.
Chen Long put down the binoculars in his hand and said, "They shouldn't be lost. It's probably because they sent the message late. The soldiers still need to make some preparations before setting off, so they set off a little late. We can only wait a little longer."
After waiting for another hour, Ang Lee finally saw more than a dozen medium-sized fishing boats through the binoculars. Yes, they were the more than a thousand soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who had come to converge with him. They had finally arrived.
"Let's go. Don't wait for them. Let them catch up with us quickly."
Ang Lee gave the order.
Because the whaling ships set off in the direction of the dozen medium-sized fishing boats, the dozen medium-sized fishing boats could take a shortcut to catch up with them. This could save a lot of time and allow the main fleet to encounter the pirate ships returning from the robbery earlier.
The whaling ships slowed down a little, allowing the dozen medium-sized fishing boats behind them to catch up with them smoothly. After the team had completely converged, Ang Lee arranged the team into a long snake formation. Every two ships were separated by two miles and set off side by side in the direction of White Dragon Island. In this way, they could avoid missing the pirate ships returning from the robbery to the greatest extent and prevent the pirates from escaping due to light and navigation problems.
Just as Li An and the others were preparing to be the oriole, in another part of the sea, the Black Wolf King was smugly imagining that after robbing the White Dragon Island, he would be able to obtain a huge amount of treasures. Not even ten ships would be able to carry enough treasures.
"Tell me, what if there are treasures in the Zhou Family's secret room that can't be filled with ten ships? What should we do?"
The Black Wolf King asked.
The ingrate frowned and said, "Big brother, that's impossible. We have ten ships. No matter how rich the Zhou Family is, they can't have so many treasures! Anyway, I don't believe it. "
The Big Eyed Wolf said, "Big brother, second brother is right. It's already very good that we can rob a ship of treasures. How can we dare to expect so much? The Zhou Family has only been operating here for a few decades. How can they have much accumulation?"
Red Dog said, "Big brother is just giving an example. Let's see what you can do. Whether there are so many treasures or not, can't you think about it? Besides, our big brother brought so many ships here. If we rob only one ship of treasures, wouldn't it be a waste of so many ships?"
The One-Eyed Wolf said with a smile, "Old Five, you are really a fool. Big brother brought ten ships. Who said that they are all used to store treasures? Do you think we only want gold and silver and don't want other ordinary goods? There are thousands of people on White Dragon Island. Food, meat, oil, salt, cloth, and ironware will not be lacking. Are we just going to leave these behind? By the way, there must be beautiful girls on this island. When we rob a few dozen of them back, we can also have some fun.
Hehe! "" Oh, if these ordinary goods are counted, ten ships may not be enough! Why didn't big brother bring more ships? "
The White Dog looked at the Black Wolf King with a curious face and asked.
The Black Wolf King said with a smile, "Bring more? The movement of ten ships is already very big. Do you want everyone in the world to know that we are going to do big business? If the Black Dragon Great Emperor and the three kings of Tiger, Leopard, and Hound know about it, who knows how much benefits they will take from us? For our brothers' good days, of course, we have to keep a low profile as much as possible. Even the people we brought this time must be given hush money to keep their mouths shut. Don't tell anyone about the real harvest, not even our brothers. In this way, even if the Black Dragon Great Emperor and the others know about it, we can just take out some money to show respect to the Great Emperor. We can keep most of the ordinary benefits of the ten ships. "
"Haha! Big brother, you have considered everything thoroughly and thought of all the problems you can think of. Big brother is big brother. We can't help but admire you. "
The Ingrate Wolf flattered.
The White Dog also said, "Big brother is naturally capable to be the boss. We can't go wrong by following big brother. Even if the Black Dragon Great Emperor asks us to go, we won't go. We only admire big brother Black Wolf."
The One-Eyed Wolf looked into the distance with a smile and said, "Big brother, the Rocky Island should be in front. After the Rocky Island, it's only four hours away from the White Dragon Island. After four hours, the sky will be dark. It's just right for us to launch a surprise attack. I believe we can catch them off guard."
The others nodded in agreement when they heard the One-Eyed Wolf's words. They felt that the One-Eyed Wolf's words were very reasonable. They could indeed catch the White Dragon Island off guard.
According to the defense of the White Dragon Island, it needed at least three hundred people to be perfect. Previously, there were three hundred elite fighters, so the island's defense was very good. Even if the pirates sent out a thousand people, they wouldn't be able to gain any advantage. At this time, although the defense was only reduced by two hundred people, there was a very serious loophole in the defense. It was seriously insufficient to defend against the sneak attack of a hundred people. The pirates could completely break through at any time.
In other words, when three hundred people were defending, they could resist a thousand pirates. However, when a hundred people were defending, they couldn't even defend against a hundred pirates. This wasn't a simple reduction in the number of people, but the entire defense system had completely collapsed. The original defense effect was completely lost.
The time when the defense was the weakest was naturally at night. According to the distribution of duty, rest, and vacation, there might be forty people on duty during the day, but at most twenty people at night. The White Dragon Island was very big, so there were many places that needed early warning and defense. This amount of manpower was far from enough. This directly caused the defense of the White Dragon Island to become a sieve that leaked air everywhere. There were loopholes everywhere that could be broken through. For the pirates, as long as they bypassed the towers that were defended by heavy crossbows, they could rush in without any bloodshed. Before the people of the White Dragon Island were ready, they would be completely defeated.
At this time, the greatest advantage of the pirates was that they still had an insider who knew the internal defense situation. This insider had lived on the White Dragon Island for many years and knew the details of the White Dragon Island very well. He knew where the defense was tight and where it was easier to break through. It was precisely because the insider knew everything that the Black Wolf King didn't dare to make a move on the Zhou Family previously. He knew that if he did so, it would be like smashing an egg against a rock. At this time, the insider also told the Black Wolf King that the defense guards of the White Dragon Island had suffered heavy losses, and there was a huge loophole in the defense. This prompted the Black Wolf King to make a move quickly, which strengthened the determination of the Black Wolf King.
The Sea Wolf King and his party were less than two hours away from the White Dragon Island. At this time, on the White Dragon Island, the master of the Zhou Family was counting his belongings in the secret room. Although the Zhou Family suffered heavy losses after the torment of the Seagull Island pirates, the Zhou Family had operated here for many years after all. How could their family property be destroyed so easily? Their real family property had never been known by outsiders.
The real family property was a large number of treasures hidden in the secret room. These treasures were sealed in the secret room 20 years ago in order to prevent a disaster from befalling the Zhou Family. This batch of treasures could be used in time to help the Zhou Family overcome the difficulties and regain the opportunity to rise again. At this time, it was obviously time to use this batch of treasures.
After this blow, many of the business chains of the Zhou Family were on the verge of collapse. If the capital chain could not be connected in time, the entire trading system of the Zhou Family and the reputation built up over so many years would be gone. Once they lost the system and reputation, it would really take a lot of effort to start over. The price they would have to pay would not be ordinary high.
The master of the Zhou Family was obviously unwilling to let the achievements that he had worked so hard for many years be destroyed. Therefore, he had to find a way to maintain his interests so that his interests would not be completely destroyed because of this turmoil. Taking out the treasures that had been sealed for a long time was his only way out. He had to reverse the current unfavorable situation as soon as possible so that the Zhou Family could regain a foothold in the local area. Moreover, he had also made a decision that he would never cooperate with the pirates again. Even if he wanted to do something secretly, he would use his confidants and keep his confidants by his side for a long time to prevent his confidants from being disloyal after being far away from him and bring losses to him.
"Master, the newly recruited 100 guards will arrive at the White Dragon Island in five days. These are all people with clean backgrounds. They can be used by me with a little training."
The newly appointed steward said.
The master of the Zhou Family nodded and said, "Very good. However, 100 people are not enough. We need to recruit another 100 people. Now, we have too few guards on the White Dragon Island. Those who are temporarily put together are not very useful. We still need to recruit people with strong strength."
"Master, don't worry. The next batch of guards is already in progress. They should be ready in half a month. After all, we need to recruit good seedlings. If we do it too quickly, we can't guarantee the quality."
The new steward said.
The master of the Zhou Family nodded and said, "That's the best. At present, the defense of the White Dragon Island is very weak. Let the brothers work hard and prepare double the reward for everyone. Let them be on duty for half the time every day. Plug all the loopholes that can be plugged. After this period of time, everything will be fine."
Perhaps it was because of a premonition, but the master of the Zhou Family always felt a little uneasy. He had a feeling that something was going to happen. In fact, he also wanted to open the secret room where the treasures were hidden after the guards were recruited. However, there was no time to wait. If he couldn't get the funds in time, the Zhou Family's business would be finished. As long as the secret warehouse was opened, it would be impossible to hide it from his subordinates. As for whether his subordinates would be the spies of the pirates, the master of the Zhou Family dared not to make any guarantees.
"By the way, have you checked the situation of those servants who strayed into the vicinity of the secret room recently? Are there any problems with them? Could they be the spies? "
The master of the Zhou Family suddenly asked.
The steward said, "Master, don't worry. I have sent people to keep an eye on them. If there is any situation, they will report it immediately."
Obviously, the master of the Zhou Family had noticed a trace of abnormality. After activating the secret room, many servants inexplicably appeared near the secret room. The location of the secret room was remote. These servants had no reason to stray into it. However, there was no evidence for the time being. They were also worried about alerting the enemy. Therefore, they didn't take any measures. They just sent people to keep an eye on these guys. It wouldn't be too late to make preparations once they found something abnormal.
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