Chapter 918

Dawn

The first ray of sunlight brushed away the clouds and sprinkled on the sea, dyeing the sea golden. Along the coastline of Penglai Island, people lie everywhere on the beach. They are not corpses, but too tired. Take a short break. The Scout's ship met the foreigner's advance ship at sea yesterday. We all know that today will not be better. In fact, there is more than today... Maybe every day will not be better for a long time.

Yan Li is a senior general in Mu mansion. Although he is not old enough, he has followed Mu Guangling since he was a teenager and calculated the years, which is older than that of Mu Xianjun.

Toil all night

Yan Li's eyes were bloodshot. He was also very tired, but he opened his eyes very wide at this time and stood at the pirate's height with his thousands of miles' eyes to the East. His mood is very contradictory. He doesn't want to see the arrival of the foreign fleet, but he feels that it's better to come late than early, and he won't be so anxious to wait.

"General Yan"

Mu Xianjun came from a distance and came to Yan Li: "I'm not as good as you in military affairs. Just say what you have to say. Don't be embarrassed to order because I'm Mu Guangling's son. Since I choose to follow you here, I know what I should do."

"Little grandpa..."

Yan Li put down his eyes and felt some emotion in his heart. To tell you the truth, he really didn't like this little grandpa before. Especially after Mu family members attacked Shanhai Pass at night, he was even more dissatisfied with Mu Xianjun. The man guarding the mountain customs had a life-long friendship with him. At the beginning, the two men were generals under Mu Guangling. They fought together in the sea of blood on the battlefield.

Muxianjun instigated those disciples to attack Shanhaiguan at night and kill his friend's family. He couldn't let go of it.

But from yesterday, he suddenly felt that muxianjun was not so hateful.

"Well."

Yan Li has the final say, "the foreign man has guns, and we can not stand the defense that is laid on the coast. At last, we will concentrate the military practitioners in the army and give them to the commander of the little master. We will be the reserve team."

"OK"

Mu Xianjun nodded: "general Yan... Foreigners' firearms are really so powerful?"

Yan Li shook his head: "I heard that it was so. My father always wanted to trade with foreigners and buy their guns, but before we settled with the people of the Principality of Ross in the East, the Principality of Ross was destroyed. Later, my father planned to send someone to contact the Resistance Army of the Principality of Ross, but there was no response. It is said that there were people who cooperated."

"Are you sure?"

Mu Xianjun asked again.

Yan Li smiled bitterly: "To tell you the truth, this is the most uncertain battle that the last general has fought since he followed the Lord. As a general, you should know the time of the day, the place and the people. Even if you can't do this, at least you should know your enemies as much as possible. Only knowing yourself and the enemy can win a hundred battles, but now... We basically know nothing about foreigners. Although Chu Juzheng, the emperor of Eastern Chu, fled We came here, but we didn't understand what he said although we knew it. "

Mu Xianjun understands Yan Li's words.

I know, and understanding are two different things.

"For example, Chu Juzheng said about the power of foreigners' firearms. The artillery has a much longer range than the riprap truck, and its power is much greater than the riprap truck. This is just a concept. We know this concept, but we don't understand it. Therefore, even if we know that we want to find a way to avoid the enemy's edge, it is impossible. We can only fight, only fight."

Yan Li's words made Mu Xianjun feel hot.

Only fight, only fight.

"Last night..."

Mu Xianjun took a long breath and slowly vomited out: "I finally know why Mufu is so respected in Dongjiang. I always thought that people can be respected as long as they have status. When I saw those fishermen driving boats to deliver fishing nets at the risk of being swallowed by the sea last night, I finally figured out... The reason why my father is respected is not only because he is the Duke of the Sui Dynasty, but also because he has taken in three people A thousand door guests, but... Father, he knows better than anyone, what is important and what can be put aside. "

He opened his arms and hugged the sky: "in the past, my vision was too low... Now I understand how far I was from my father. Although my father didn't lead the soldiers into the mountain customs, I'm more sure of one thing now than anyone... If my father really became an emperor, he must be a good emperor."

Yan Li nodded hard: "yes!"

"So..."

Yan Li glanced at Mu Xianjun: "everyone, including me, can't escape this war. Only you can escape. Because you are the only blood of the Duke of the country..."

Mu Xianjun opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

"Coming!"

At the top, the lookout shouted with the loudest voice: "due east! See the mast!"

"How many!"

Yan Li fiercely turned back and asked.

"A lot!"

The voice of the lookout hand trembled a little: "I can't count!"

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Hughes tasted today's rich breakfast. Even on the warship, he would not abuse himself. Because of his age, he knows a truth better... The days he can enjoy life are actually decreasing day by day, and the rest can't be wasted.

This is a kind of enlightenment, but also a kind of sadness.

The waves in the morning were a little big, and the table shook slightly.

On the sterling silver plate, there are sliced ham, fried golden eggs, medium cooked steak and a glass of amber red wine. Relatively speaking, he prefers to drink a glass of milk at breakfast, but he can't save it, so he can only take the second place.

He ate slowly and tasted every food carefully.

"Duke"

A admiral came in from the outside, very straight.

"Penglai Island can already be seen. It seems that the Han people are ready. The lookout found Fortifications on the coast and sunk many boats in the shoal. It seems that they know how to defend."

"Supel"

Hughes swallowed the last bite of food and said with some dissatisfaction: "this is definitely not the first time I told you not to disturb my breakfast. It seems that your memory is worse than that of the elderly. Do you need me to remind you again?"

"No, Duke!"

The Admiral who called supel shook his head quickly: "I will never have another time."

Thurence shrugged his shoulders: "It doesn't matter. My favorite thing is to find young talents in the army. I like to promote young people who know the rules. That's how you were promoted by me, so you should know that I didn't lie. There are so many excellent young people in the army. If no one makes room, how can I meet their desires as much as possible? Isn't it?"

Supel's face was a little white, and the sweat in his palm came out almost in a moment.

"I like sunny mornings. I'm disappointed that you interrupted my breakfast. It's already very annoying, but do you know what's more annoying?"

Asked Hughes.

"I... don't know."

Supel replied.

"If a beautiful day is destroyed by something that disappoints me, I will be very unhappy. However, if someone disappoints me twice a day, I am definitely not just unhappy."

He looked at supel: "I don't care what kind of defense the Han people have, because that's your business. I'll give you 300 ships. If you can't put the eagle flag of the opru Empire at the top of the island before the sun goes down, I'll cut you into 365 pieces for the fish. I promise there will be no less."

"Yes!"

Supel snapped to attention: "I must take Penglai Island before dark!"

"I don't need your guarantee."

Hughes waved his hand: "I only like to see the results. The most distrustful thing in the world is guarantee. Your wife will not believe that you don't go to the pub to get drunk. How can I believe the victory you say? I need to see the enemy bodies everywhere and see the eagle flag of opru flying on the enemy's territory."

"Yes!"

Supel saluted and turned away.

The seagoing ship that shurens took was the largest and flagship of the fleet. The powerful navy of the opru Empire sent the navy of Dongchu to the bottom of the sea in one day, so we can see how powerful this fleet is. There is no doubt that shurens is the person who holds the war machine, and everyone in this fleet knows shurens's absolute power.

At the beginning, when he was appointed the new Archduke of the Principality of Ross, it took him only seven days to sharply reduce the population of the Principality of Ross by one fifth, ten days to make the Principality of Ross have no nobles, and a month to make the people of the Principality of Ross crawl down when they see the eagle flag of the opru empire.

At this age, it is not easy to get the attention of Lyman the great. Because Lyman the great likes to use young people, he often says that young people have an unparalleled determination.

Thurence can always be appreciated by Lehmann, not because he is more determined than young people, but because he does things more thoroughly than young people... Vicious and thorough.

In front of his name, the people of the Principality of Ross added a long prefix: the butcher under the eagle.

"The enemy gave up the naval battle!"

Another fleet general Lei Ze held a thousand mile eye and said, "they are very smart. They know that naval warfare will not take a little advantage. Instead of wasting their troops on the sea, they might as well concentrate on fortifying on the island."

Shurens smiled and said, "although the people in front of you look backward, Reze, don't forget that they also have thousands of years of civilization. Compared with the opru Empire, their existence time is not short... No, this comparison is not appropriate."

Thurence shook his head: "The civilization of the Han people used to be ahead of the world. However, I don't know why their civilization has stagnated and made no progress since thousands of years ago. That's why their army seems backward, but in a civilized place, the soldiers never lack fighting spirit. I bet... Poor little super won't fight easily."

Razer laughed: "I can imagine how ugly supel's face is now. He always thinks he is a very handsome man who can easily capture a woman's heart. However, I don't think he can easily capture the enemy's heart..."

Hughes shrugged his shoulders. "It's not your turn to worry about supel's fate. His success or failure has nothing to do with you. If you have to have something to do with it... Razer, if he can't fight down, you'll be the next person whose face will become ugly."

Rezer's face changed and immediately became submissive. As a direct subordinate of thurence, he knew better than others how vicious the old man who looked like he was in his infancy.

A cloud of smoke rose in the distance, and Hughes raised his eyes and stopped talking.

On the coast of Penglai Island, fire shines one after another.

The sand flew into the sky.