"Is that the Enchanted Bend ahead? It's indeed spectacular! "
Hundreds of ships and the mighty Pacifying Sea Army sailed on the sea for two days and one night. On the evening of the second day, they finally arrived at an area of the sea. As far as the eye could see, it was no longer the dull blue sky and blue sea. Instead, it was a vast expanse of islands, reefs, forests, land, and a huge canyon between two mountains. It was as if he had arrived at another complicated continent.
Hong Yi stood at the bow of the ship and looked at the scenery of the Enchanted Bend from afar under the afterglow of the setting sun. He realized that some of the islands couldn't be seen at a glance. They weren't the kind of small islands that a person could circle around in a day. They were basically pieces of land on the sea.
"The situation of suppressing the bandits is very dangerous. This is no longer an island, but a kingdom on the sea! On these islands, people can farm, raise livestock, and even smelt steel to recuperate … "Hong Yi looked at the terrain and knew that suppressing the bandits wouldn't be an easy task.
The Enchanted Bend islands before him were unbelievably large. According to the records, some of these islands were the size of half a province. They were also rich in resources and even had mineral deposits. If people migrated there, they could simply establish a kingdom on the sea like the Divine Wind and the Yun Nation.
However, the situation in the Enchanted Bend was complicated. Pirates were entrenched there, and they were strictly monitored by the major powers of the various countries. If there were pirates entrenched there, anyone who established a country on the island would be immediately eliminated.
Currently, the Pacification Navy's five armies were suppressing the bandits in order to open up a sea route for the Da Qian Navy and establish a sea supply base. This was to prevent Yun Meng's navy from attacking from the sea again.
This battle was nominally suppressing the bandits, but it was actually a war.
"I'm afraid it won't be easy to suppress the bandits. I have to be extremely careful."
Hong Yi had been studying all sorts of information in the cabin for the past two days. Now that he had seen the situation with his own eyes, he gradually understood the current situation.
Dong, dong, dong, dong …
A series of bell sounds could be heard. It was the loud and clear sound of metal coming from the officer's ship. The sound of the bell meant that the troops were to retreat and stop advancing.
Blowing the horn and beating the drum meant attacking. This was the iron rule of the army. Any soldier who had been in the army knew this.
The sound of a gong sounded from the commander's army, and all the ships slowly stopped. More than ten thousand people and hundreds of ships of different sizes formed a colossus that slowly stopped on the sea.
"All ships, await orders. Rest and recuperate for the night. Tomorrow morning, listen for the bugle to attack Whale Island! Change the formation, the supply ships will be in the middle, all the ships will be connected by iron chains, protect them tightly. " Messenger boats shuttled back and forth, passing on the commander-in-chief's orders to the ears of every battalion.
As soon as the order was issued, the four to five hundred supply ships were surrounded in the middle. The ships drew close together, using iron chains and hooks to link together. Iron anchors were lowered, and it was as if they had become one entity.
Along the way, there were more than ten thousand soldiers in the army. Originally, there were only about two hundred warships. However, with the addition of provisions, horses, fresh water, medicine, and other things, there were about four to five hundred ships.
"This Deng Yuantong is really a veteran of the navy. I have to learn the tactics of war and how to arrange troops. "
Hong Yi watched as the enormous fleet instantly linked together to form a fortress on the water, using iron chains to block the river. It was like a dragon entrenched in a stable position. The provisions, fresh water, and medicine were placed in the middle, firmly protecting them. The various patrol boats floated around the edges.
This naval formation was something that couldn't be learned from any military books.
With this pause, the various warships also began to light fires to cook. At the same time, large amounts of dirty water and excrement were washed into the sea, attracting countless fish to fight over them.
"After resting for the night, the ships carrying provisions and water behind us should be arriving soon. Once the ships carrying provisions and water arrive, morale will be greatly boosted. It's just in time for us to disembark in the morning. This Deng Yuantong is indeed a veteran. "Chi Zhuiyang looked at the fortress on the water and analyzed the order, nodding.
"We still need to transport provisions and water? Look at the center, there are four to five hundred ships of provisions, fresh water, and firewood. Isn't that enough? "Mu The Younger smacked his tongue.
"Ten thousand people eat, drink, and defecate every day. We've already sailed on the sea for two days and one night. Don't be fooled by the amount of food and water we brought, we're actually almost finished." Hong Yi said, "When an army fights, it's better to have rotten provisions than to lack them. Deng Yuantong is a veteran. This waterway brings provisions, meat, firewood, fresh water, and medicine from the Pacification Navy every day. However, I'm afraid that those pirates might have some tricks up their sleeves and intercept the ships carrying provisions midway. "
"Yes, although that Giant Whale Island is large, many places are covered in forests and cliffs. We can't disembark. There will definitely be ambushes on the beaches where we can disembark. If we can't take them down after a long time, and the ships carrying provisions are intercepted, this army will be finished. Fighting on the sea is much more dangerous than on land. "Chi Zhuiyang pointed at the enormous Giant Whale Island in the distance, watching the sun set.
Giant Whale Island was a stretch of dark green. It seemed to be covered entirely in primeval forests. The mountains rose and fell endlessly, and there wasn't a single sign of human habitation.
However, as Hong Yi looked at this uninhabited, enormous island, an indescribable chill welled up in his heart.
"Just what kind of people are there among the pirates on this island?"
The next day, just as the sky brightened, another hundred ships carrying provisions and fresh water arrived. The morale of the entire army was high. Amidst the sounds of bugles and drums, the army of ten thousand advanced bit by bit towards the distant Giant Whale Island!
As the ships sailed in, a white ribbon appeared at the edge of the island. That was a spotlessly white beach. There were only a few flat areas of land on Giant Whale Island.
* Bang! *
Hong Yi leapt off the ship and dived into the water. Then, he sprinted a few dozen steps and finally set his feet on solid ground. Standing on the spotlessly white and soft beach, he felt a sense of security in his heart.
"Assemble!"
At his command, Hong Yi's personal attendants and three hundred soldiers disembarked one after another and assembled on the beach. Only a few trusted personal attendants were left to guard the ships.
At the same time, more than twenty battalions also successively landed on the beach and assembled on their own. In an instant, swords and spears were unsheathed. Murderous intent filled the air. Large flocks of birds fluttered in the distant mountains.
"Brother Hong, look!" While Hong Yi was assembling his troops, Chi Zhuiyang pointed to a place not far away. Wei Lei's eighteen soldiers were also gathered together. From the looks of it, there were five to six hundred of them, double the number of Hong Yi's side.
Furthermore, these soldiers were all clad in the same color of white ox armor. They carried bows, arrows, and sabers. All of them had the backs of a tiger and waists of a bear, displaying their vigor and might. Their quality actually faintly surpassed that of Hong Yi's group of soldiers.
What was most noteworthy was that the thirty or so personal attendants beside Wei Lei were actually clad in python scale armor, black ironwood bone bows, steel-soled mountaineering boots, and Xuangang sabers. They looked imposing and imposing. One look at their appearance and one could tell that they were martial master experts!
Apart from these personal attendants, the most central circle was an old man with a long beard beside Wei Lei. He was also not wearing armor. Instead, he was dressed in black and was empty-handed.
In the impending war in the army, there were only two possibilities for a person who was not wearing armor or holding a weapon. The first was that this person was a fool. The second was that this person's Kung Fu was boundlessly high. He had absolute strength and could defeat a hundred people!
Obviously, this old man with a long beard and narrow face was the second type of person.
"I know this person. His name is Luo Lie. He was a famous martial artist in the south thirty years ago. His nickname was Fierce Training Tycoon. After the south was completely pacified in the thirty years of Da Qian, this person sought refuge with Governor Wei Taicang and became his butler. "
Chi Zhuiyang took a few more glances at the old man and recognized him.
"What about the others?" Hong Yi looked at Wei Lei. Apart from Fierce Training Tycoon Luo Lie's butler, there were a few other people beside Wei Lei. There was a young man in casual clothes who held a spear, and a woman with a heavy sword on her back. There were also four or five people who had their arms crossed in front of their chests. They were looking at the mountains in the distance and enjoying the scenery. They were not wearing armor, and all of them looked different.
"I don't know about the rest, but they're definitely not good people. Wei Taicang has been the governor of the south for thirty years. His influence is extraordinary. He's like a local tyrant, and he has a lot of elites and death warriors under him, "Chi Zhuiyang said.
Just as Hong Yi looked at Wei Lei, Wei Lei, who was far away, seemed to have sensed Hong Yi's gaze. He looked over, and his gaze was clearly malicious.
Hong Yi retracted his gaze, pulled out Shark Cutter, and raised it. "People of the Green Battalion! Follow me! "
When he raised his sword, the bright chrysanthemum patterns on Shark Cutter shone brightly under the sunlight and pierced everyone's eyes.
More than three hundred people walked like cats across the beach and entered the jungle path of Giant Whale Island.
At the same time, the other battalions also entered the area to search. Only three thousand of the most elite soldiers were left to rest and reorganize on the beach. They were ready to move out at any time.
Hong Yi's Green Battalion was the vanguard. They were in charge of searching the area. If they ran into any pirates, they would kill them. If they could not, they would immediately fire rockets into the sky to notify the main army.
This time, the army might know that there were more than one thousand pirates hiding on Whale Island, and they also knew that the pirates' nest was on the central mountain of Whale Island. However, the exact number of people in the pirate nest and their distribution were not that detailed.
However, the army had more than ten thousand people. With ten times the number of soldiers, they could easily crush the pirates.
There was a path in the forest behind the beach that led to the center of the island. It seemed to have been opened up by people, but many places were overgrown with weeds and trees. It was damp and gloomy.
Just as the army entered the forest, a few screams suddenly rang out, as if the soldiers had been attacked. It was hair-raising.
"Everyone, don't panic. They were bitten by snakes!" Roars rose and fell, calming the hearts of the people.
The southern island was hot and humid, and there were many snakes and insects. With so many soldiers searching the island's forest, it was normal for a few to be bitten by snakes.
"This southern island is really troublesome. No wonder there are no results after so many attempts to exterminate the bandits. In this hot and humid forest, the army will suffer many casualties. Look at the clouds of mosquitoes, the mountain leeches on the ground? Poisonous snakes, poisonous spiders? "
As they gradually went deeper into the forest, the surrounding army also split up to search. As they entered the center, the battalions were separated by a great distance. Hong Yi's battalion followed closely behind, gradually going deeper into the city!
With a sword, he cut open the thorns blocking the way in front of him. Hong Yi looked at the forest not far in front of him. There were balls rolling around like black balls and buzzing mosquitoes. There was also the smell of miasma coming from the grass and rotten leaves beside him. There were poisonous spiders, leeches, and occasionally, colorful poisonous snakes crawling around. He felt his scalp go numb.
Fortunately, when they followed, the soldiers had brought plenty of realgar. They had mint leaves in their mouths and applied medicine on their skin. Otherwise, they would be knocked down by the miasma after walking for a while.
The two lion kings also wore armor. Their limbs and feet were tied with thick leather and cotton covers to prevent them from being bitten by insects and pierced by thorns.
These two lion kings were very vigilant. Their noses and ears twitched as they led the people forward. There was no trouble.
The further they walked, the more poisonous insects there were and the slower the team advanced.
Ah! Suddenly, two of the three hundred soldiers were bitten by poisonous spiders that fell from the tree. Their bodies turned black and they immediately fainted. This showed the powerful venom of the spiders in the forest of the southern island.
"Apply the medicine, cut, and squeeze out the venom!"
Hong Yi immediately instructed. He cut the wounds on the two soldiers and squeezed out the black blood. Then, he fed them the antidote and finally saved them.
"Hmph!"
Right at this moment, Jin Xuner jumped out of a big bag on Mu The Younger's back and let out a sharp cry.
Immediately, all sorts of poisonous insects and snakes fled for their lives in the surrounding forest. Even the many black blobs of mosquitoes in front of them dispersed with a bang, as if they had encountered some natural enemy.
"Eh? Golden Spider, you still have such means? "Hong Yi asked in surprise.
"Of course, our Golden Spider is the king of all insects. Once I release my aura, all the poisonous insects have to escape obediently. "Jin Xuner giggled.
"Ah!"
Suddenly, an Arachnida Gigantea jumped out and could speak human language. The rest of the soldiers were shocked. Hong Yi immediately shook the sword in his hand and growled in a low voice, "Don't panic. This is my Golden Spider, a psychic demon immortal that can drive away hundreds of insects. With her here, we will no longer be afraid of poisonous insects and snakes when we move forward! Keep it a secret and don't make a sound. Otherwise, you will be punished according to military law! "
Many of the soldiers also quietened down. When they heard Hong Yi's words, they were overjoyed, and all of them became spirited.
"Wei Lei's team doesn't have a Golden Spider. Even if he is a martial arts master, I'm afraid he will be seriously injured." Shen Tiezhu said in a low voice.
"That's for sure." Jin Xuner said proudly.
At this moment, the two Lion Kings leading the way let out a low roar.
"There is a water source five miles ahead." Chi Zhuiyang understood the growl of the Lion King.
"Map!" Hong Yi stretched out his hand. Mu The Younger took out a map from the bag. Hong Yi looked at it carefully and pointed at a mark on the map. "Since it is a water source, the Giant Whale Island's Serpent Canyon is in front. After the Serpent Canyon, there is a plain about ten miles wide. In the middle of the plain is the pirate's stronghold and fortress."
"Alright, let's go!"
The group continued forward. This time, their speed was much faster. Along the way, the Golden Spider released its aura. Poisonous snakes and spiders were all avoided. It was very smooth.
After walking for about an hour, their eyes suddenly lit up. A huge canyon with a stream appeared in front of them.
Suddenly, all the fur on the Lion King's body stood up!
"Everyone, be careful. There is an ambush in the canyon!" Chi Zhuiyang said in a low voice.
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