Chen Xi took Xier and Yunliu away, not because he wanted to put it in the room, but just to keep them in the camp for the time being and do some investigation and intelligence.

He wanted to see what intentions Yu Niang left behind two "daughters" around him. With Yu Niang's style of doing things for profit, she must have regarded Xier and Yun Liu as important pawns, which requires him to be careful.

"Sir, I just asked before that it was two years ago that Yu Chengxiang, the pirate leader of Nan'ao Mountain, led his troops to besiege Chenghai County. In the past two years, Chenghai County has remained highly vigilant to prevent the pirates from making a comeback." Jing Yue reported to Chen Xi about the situation he obtained.

Pirates on Nan'ao Island have always been the most rampant existence on the southeast coast. They have now developed to the point of besieging the county town. In a few decades, bandits Zeng Yiben and others have occupied the Nanao Mountains, and have repeatedly captured the county towns and killed soldiers and civilians. Fortunately, famous generals such as Yu Dayou and Li Xi can maintain peace in the southeast coast.

Chen Xi asked: "Is there any news coming from the magistrate of Chenghai?"

Jing Yue bowed and said, "I have never."

"Um."

Chen Xi nodded. According to the situation, even the county town is not safe around Chenghai, let alone the places outside the county town, which are almost all occupied by bandits. But there are many garrisons around Nanao Island, such as Chaozhou garrison, Haimen garrison, Pengzhou garrison, Dacheng garrison, Nanzhao garrison, Tongshan garrison, etc.

Chen Xi had just arrived at Haimen Station, and Qianhu of Haimen Station came to ask for merit, which was also annoying to him.

Now the local garrison office is almost unable to maintain Chenghai County, so there is still the face to come and seek credit?

If you really want to win credit, even if you can't destroy the bandits on Nan'ao Island, you should at least first resolve the bandits in Chenghai County, and it is justified that pirates and Japanese pirates dare not land.

On the evening of March 19, Xu Yang, a thousand households in Haimen, visited again and submitted the situation of bandits around Nan'ao Island requested by Chen Xi. However, Xu Yang was obviously dealing with the official business and did not know any of the situation on the island. Even the bandits around Chenghai County did not mention a single word.

Chen Xi knew that the local garrison was now paralyzed, so he did not force a thousand households to help him, so he simply held a meeting of lieutenant generals and colleges to discuss the strategy of marching in the coming days.

Chen Xi's fleet is considered strong and has enough strength to land on the island to fight. However, I don't know if the bandits on Nan'ao Island have received the information he led the army.

If we can start a landing in one go and raid the island, we may be able to wipe out the island pirates and Japanese pirates in one fell swoop. But now the situation on the island is mostly unknown. The land area of ​​Nan'ao Island is very large, almost 139 square kilometers. In addition, the island is lush and the mountains are crisscrossing. It is easy to fall into a passive position in the battle of landing because of unfamiliarity in the island.

Therefore, Chen Xi decided not to land on the island for the time being, but sent a fleet to make a feint attack, and then temporarily resolved the siege of Chenghai County by land, and first forced the bandits back to Nan'ao Island before carrying out the next battle.

Nanao Island was under the jurisdiction of Shantou City in later generations. Chenxi has been here several times before and is generally familiar with the environment on the island. However, the landforms and landforms have changed a lot over the past few hundred years. Many rivers in northeastern Guangdong are now inconsistent. Even the city of Shantou is now deserted. The military households of Pengzhou Qianhu Station have opened up some fields here, and occasionally there are several earthen forts and beacon towers. Chenxi cannot make plans to send troops based on the terrain and landforms known to later generations.

What Chen Xi is seeking for stability and victory, not blindly sending troops to avoid unnecessary losses.

Chen Xi made a detailed explanation in his heart that the fleet should not rush to launch an island landing battle after arriving near Nan'ao Island in the early stage. It would be better if the sea ships of the bandits on the island could be attracted to the sea battle. However, after all, the fleet has advanced Flang warships, equipped with dozens of Flang cannons, and the fleet is huge, and it has obvious advantages in naval battles.

If the pirates and Japanese pirates cannot be drawn out, just circle the island, burn all the coastal ships, cut off the supply on the island, and then calmly land on the Hanjiangxi River in the south of Chenghai County, and cooperate with the land infantry and cavalry to wipe out the bandits who had been entrenched around Chenghai for two years.

After Chen Xi finished his explanation, many generals in the central army's tent looked unwilling.

The Chenxi plan sounds good, but it seems too "clustery". It has a big ship and a strong military force. It doesn't take the opportunity to flatten Nan'ao Island in one fell swoop, and it's still so roundabout.

The hundred horses stood up carelessly: "Sir, the most important thing in combat is to be morale. They say that one can do one's own strength, and then it will be declining. If you do not attack the island like this, the bandits on the island are prepared. How can you attack the island in the future?"

Chen Xi squinted his eyes and looked at Ma Shi. It was not that Chen Xi didn't want to fight quickly, but the key was that the terrain was not familiar with it.

Perhaps it was because the battle against the bandits was too smooth before the New Year, which made the soldiers of the three armies think that the bandits on the Nan'ao Island were nothing but Er'er, and as long as the troops arrived on the island, they could destroy them.

The lieutenant general praised the Folang machine cannon and explosive pack ejector very high, and felt that with these two respectful weapons, you can level the mountains and land on the island and destroy the island. However, they did not know that these two weapons only had a certain effect in frontal encounters or tough battles, and they should be based on the situation where the other party had no strategic depth.

Once the thief army retreats voluntarily, it will not face you head-on, but will instead strike and attack sneak attacks and guerrilla warfare. With the bulk of the Folang machine cannon, it basically has little effect in a complex and changeable environment like Nan'ao Island.

Even if there were different opinions in the army, they would all be arranged by Chen Xi. Most soldiers had a blind trust in Chen Xi. Of course, the most important thing was that Chen Xi brought his troops to win a great victory before the New Year, allowing almost all the 4,000 soldiers participating in the war to have military achievements and rewards.

Chen Xi said that if you slow down the beating, it must be reasonable. No matter how pertinent your opinion is, you can only confirm it by Governor Chen, otherwise others will only think that you have farted.

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On March 21, early in the morning, the army set out in two groups.

Chenxi had led a large land army before, but this time he was preparing to command the sea route. The land infantry and cavalry worked much harder. Along the way, he had to cross several big rivers such as Rongjiang, Meixi, Hanjiang, etc., and finally arrived near Chenghai County.

Although Chen Xi could not command the infantry and cavalry himself, he explained it very carefully before leaving. First, he was to guard against sneak attacks. When setting up camp, he had to dig two to three trenches around the camp, and set up traps and resist horses. At night, the soldiers of the three armed forces patrol the camp took turns to watch, with bright and dark whistles, and the scouts had to extend from the camp outward to more than ten miles...

All military achievements are based on steady progress, because sometimes hundreds of victories cannot cover up the bad impact of a failure.

This is a battle that can only win but not lose!

What Chen Xi said was all the requirements for the orthodox northern border to fight against the Tatars, and even more harsh than the border troops. As for the setting of scouts and dark posts, it was unheard of for officers and soldiers in Fujian, Guangdong and other places.

While Chen Xi led his troops to combat the bandits, he trained troops and gradually trained a pair of miscellaneous soldiers that were temporarily pieced together into an invincible and invincible ace force on the battlefield.

Unfortunately, there is a long way to go.

After everything was arranged, Chenxi boarded the boat and suddenly got on the boat. Chenxi was a little uncomfortable. He was also tired and was shaking on the boat again, making him feel dizzy.

"It's really a ghost. Are you going to be seasick?" Chen Xi was somewhat helpless.

Jing Yue asked, "What did the sir?"

"It's okay, the boat trip is a day, but you have to speed up. Arrive at the sea outside the Golden Lion Roar before dark!" Chen Xi issued a military order and started sailing.

Chen Xi entered the cabin, and a thin figure immediately followed behind him, which was Liu Ya. Chen Xi arrived on the boat, and no matter where he went, Liu Ya followed him, and no one stopped him. Yun Liu and Xier, who had just been taken by Chen Xi, did not board the boat with Chen Xi, and were ordered to follow the army to Chenghai County by land.

Departing from Haimen Port, it took about three hours to pass Maerjiao and arrived at Shantou Port before the time was... The fleet walked along the coastline and did not go directly to Nan'ao Mountain. This was also the reason Chen Xi considered that time was not enough to launch a deterrent attack on Nan'ao Mountain that day, and was preparing to rest in the offshore for one day. In the future, he would circle around Nan'ao Island, use artillery and tentative landing as feint signals, and then call the gold to withdraw the troops and land from Lianjiang to Chenghai.

The first day of the ship was smooth, and no merchant ships passed by near the sea. The main reason was that the merchant ships knew that pirates and Japanese pirates were rampant around Nan'ao Island. They would rather go around this section of the sea and pass through the outside of the Penghu Islands. However, even so, they would still encounter pirates and Japanese pirates from time to time, and end up with the destruction of the ship.

Chen Xi felt good from time to time when he arrived on the boat. After staying in the cabin for a long time, he felt nauseous and almost vomited. He had to come out to the deck to blow the sea breeze. He was alert in his heart: "I have been studying hard since I was a child and have not exercised much. After winning the top scorer, I became an official again. Although walking to and from get off work every day is barely considered fitness, no one can tell whether it has any effect. Is it really that he can only use conspiracies and tricks to confirm the title of a young man in his twenties?"

Like a cold bird, Chen Xi kept reminding himself that he should exercise well after he went back, otherwise he would really aging before he got old.

At the turn of Shen and You that afternoon, the fleet arrived at Lianjiangkou, north of Jinshihou, which was more than 20 miles away from Nan'ao Island, and would not disturb the bandits in Chenghai County.

The main reason is that Chen Xi considers that he may be alert to the enemy when he drives rashly to Laiwu Island. Even if he is a feint, he must pretend to be a sign of a formal attack, and cannot disclose it in advance. Although Chen Xi knows that his actions to send troops are very high-profile, it is unlikely that the bandits on Nan'ao Island will not not receive the news in advance.

At the second hour of the afternoon, the fleet was sailing at the south port, but did not land on the shore, mainly considering that the subsequent infantry and cavalry would not arrive until the next afternoon, and the risk of hasty landing was very high.

Nowadays, in Chenghai County and Waisha, Xinxi generation has pirates and Japanese pirates, so staying on the ship is the safest.

When mooring on the coast at night, even if soldiers are not stationed on the shore, they will send scouts to the shore to spy on the situation to prevent pirates from attacking at night. Moreover, the scouts are carrying fireworks and signal flares, and can send signals at any time to let the fleet know that there is danger on the shore.
Chapter completed!