At dusk, the second group of people who landed on the island arrived. The large ship could not dock and could still dock more than a mile away from the shore, allowing the officers and soldiers to come with supplies.

The fleet prepared not many small boats, and they had to send a special person back and forth twice. In the end, they had to send a special person to send the boat back to return to the third batch on land transportation.

When the second group of people landed on the island, it happened to be when the stove was opened. The camps on the shore were very lively. After all, it was during the war and there were not many stoves buried. Each officer and soldier could only divide a few hot soup, and the main thing was to rely on dry food to satisfy the hunger.

April has an advantage. It is not cold at night and not very hot during the day. In addition, the weather is sunny these days, so don’t worry about the tent leaking.

Chen Xi had a meal with the soldiers, then entered the Central Army's tent, sorted out the information on hand, and prepared for the war in the future.

That night, the scouts who went out to investigate successively returned and roughly understood the situation on the island. However, because there were very few people who could read, these scouts lacked expression skills and had no primary and secondary speaking. The information was transmitted back was extremely complicated, and Chen Xi needed to peel off the thread and sort out the clues.

This made Chen Xi realize that it takes more effort to cultivate a high-quality combat team.

"Sir, it's a bit cold. You'd better take a break earlier. There are humble duties here and you can't miss it!" After welcoming the last group of officers and soldiers to the island in midnight, Chen Xi held a brief pre-war mobilization meeting. After sending the generals and schools at all levels away, Jing Yue said with concern on the big book.

Chen Xi waved his hand and said, "Lao Jing, you are intent, but I am not sleepy... I have to sleep. It will not be too late to sleep after occupying Tai O tomorrow."

Jing Yue bowed and said, "You and the soldiers should rest well, so as not to lose energy in fighting tomorrow. But when the soldiers who were guarding the night, they would be the most dangerous in the second half of the night. We should strictly guard against the thieves attacking the camp!"

Jing Yue nodded, "As for orders, sir."

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That night, it was calm until the fourth update, but at the end of the fourth update, there was a sudden noise outside, and roars shouting and killing came, and indeed a bandit attacked the camp.

Chen Xi yawned and said, "We're finally here, otherwise I would have thought you were going to be dead!"

Chen Xi didn't sleep, just waiting for the bandits to attack the camp.

The obvious thing was that the official army mobilized nearly 4,000 people in three batches to the island. Now the number of bandits on the island is only 400. There are only three options for bandits. Either they can fly north while the night is in the dark, or attack the camp overnight. Taking advantage of the fact that the official army has not yet established its foothold, they will catch the official army off guard, otherwise they will have to stay in the village and wait for death.

Before Shenxi, a ship was sent to check the island. Although Tai'ao Island is 45 square kilometers, its circumference is only 30 miles long, and there are many signs of burning ships on the shore. This group of bandits' ships are generally not very large, and the possibility of going to sea to escape north is extremely small. Apart from sitting and waiting to die, they can only use the trick of attacking the camp overnight.

But this happened to fall into Chen Xi's plan.

Since Chenxi went to the island to build a camp, it chose easy to defend and difficult to attack, and paid attention to setting up guard posts. In addition to trenches, fences, horse-resistance, etc., Chenxi also instructed digging pits outside the camp, with dead grass covered with branches on it, and officers and soldiers hid in it. If the thief did not come, they would be considered a camping in the wild, and it would be a surprise soldier when they came.

It was the darkest period before dawn, and the bandits could send only 200 troops. With the defense of the government troops, how could they rely on 200 scattered soldiers to launch sneak attacks on more than twenty times the regular army?

How much will you come and ruin it!

There were only a few bonfires in the camp itself, which seemed lonely and desolate. However, after being attacked, the fires in the camp were everywhere, and the soldiers had been greeted long ago, and even if they were resting, they would still be waiting for the battle. They felt that they had won the first prize when they went to war with Chen Xi. I heard that there were bandits attacking the camp, and their legs were more flexible than anyone else, because in their eyes, a thief was a contribution, and if they ran slowly, they could only ask for early next time.

Chen Xi did not go to the front line to fight in person, and stood at the door of the tent. Looking at the situation outside, even the personal soldiers in charge of garrison, including Jing Yue, were eager to try. Knowing that the enemy was not very powerful, these veterans wanted to go to battle and kill the enemy to earn military merits.

"Old Jing, do you want to come out to fight?" Chen Xi asked with a smile.

"Sir, this goes without saying that even a soldier wants to join." Jing Yue said.

Chen Xi asked again: "Now there are bandits with weak combat power outside, and our army is several times more likely to be prepared for it, so we will win this battle. But if there are Tatar cavalry outside, Lao Jing, do you still have the courage?"

Perhaps Chen Xi’s question was too sharp, and Jing Yue was stunned for a moment.

Chen Xi shook his head and sighed, "Forget it, I didn't say it." After that, he turned around and returned to the camp because he found that there were fires everywhere. This was a signal that he had agreed to do so. He was allowed to do so after he had completely controlled the situation.

In addition to conveying news and allowing Chen Xi to understand the advantages and disadvantages of the situation on the battlefield, this move can also paralyze the opponent's bandits, making them think that this is a signal of asking for help, and they are afraid.

Jing Yue hurriedly followed Chen Xi into the central army tent, patted his chest and said, "Sir, I have figured it out. A big scar has fallen on my head. Even if there are heavenly soldiers and generals outside, I will fight with you."

A group of personal soldiers next to him followed and Chen Xi turned around and said with a smile: "I remember what you said today. Don't go back and encounter tough battles, and you will shrink your eggs and become deserters one by one!"

Jing Yue and the monks with two personal soldiers were confused. In their eyes, Chen Xi was a gentle and elegant Confucian official. Although those corrupt officials were afraid of being ruthless, they would not insult their kindness. However, Chen Xi was swearing in front of them today, which was very kind.

But Chen Xi said this as a beating against people and said that they "reduce their eggs and become deserters." They couldn't help but think: "If there is really an adult who says it, even if he meets a strong enemy on the day he is afraid, he will never shrink his eggs, otherwise wouldn't he be told by the adults?"

Chen Xi returned to the central army's tent. Soon after, the shouts of killing outside had subsided. While cleaning the battlefield and cleaning up the mess, the officers and soldiers escorted the captured bandits to the camp to be detained, waiting for Chen Xi to fall.

"Send the order to bring a few thieves to see you!" Chen Xi shouted.

Zhang Qilin, a thousand households who entered the big tent to report, asked strangely: "Sir, shouldn't we take advantage of the victory and attack the bandits' nests on the island?"

Chen Xi smiled and shook his head: "Zhang Qianhu, have you ever thought about how to deal with the attack if the bandits set up an ambush halfway, and the soldiers were attacked?"

Zhang Qilin quickly called himself "negligent", but he was quite distracted. In his opinion, Chen Xi was too cautious and lost his temper at a young age.

Jing Yue was responsible for taking the people, and came back after a while: "Sir, I have captured about seventy or eighty bandits, but I don't know which one is the leader, so I picked a few guys who look like a dog to show you."

Chen Xi nodded: "Pick up the person!"

Jing Yue received the order from the central army's tent, and when he turned around, he took the governor's personal guards to escort the five bandits in. These bandits were old and young, without armor, and were just ordinary civilians.

One of the old men was covered in dust, but his expression showed a slight temperament. Several young people next to him were looking at him, as if they were asking for advice.

"Bold and unruly people."

Chen Xi first made a sensational opening remark, "I am ordered by the emperor to attack Nan'ao Mountain and stationed in Da'ao for one day. Why did I come to the camp?"

When a few thieves heard this, they were stunned!

This is to attack Nan'ao Mountain before stationing in Tai'ao Island. That's... a misunderstanding?

Chen Xi said this very cleverly, and did not characterize the bandits for these people, nor did he say that he was actually leading troops to slaughter the bandits on the island.
Chapter completed!