Chapter 391 Returning with a Full Load, the Battle Situation in Denglai Province
"go!"
"Return to Lingshan Island!"
At noon the next day, the Fuxing Army fleet that had swept the Ye family clean out, loaded with all kinds of wealth and supplies, began to set sail for home at Wan'er's command, heading eastwards for the estuary of the Fuqing River.
At this time, the fleet had more than doubled in size.
Fuqing City is the old nest of the Ye family. It happened that Ye Xianggao was convening an important family meeting. The core members of each branch of the Ye family gathered in the old house of the Ye family in Fuqing City.
At the same time they were wiped out by Li Dingguo and Wan'er, dozens of large treasure ships were left at the large dock outside the south gate of Fuqing City.
Because the Fuqing River has no tributaries, the only river channel flows to the estuary of Zhendongwei City, and only medium-grade treasure ships can sail in the sea, so the lowest-level treasure ship of the Ye family is also a medium-grade treasure ship.
Because of the special situation of the Ye family this time, there were many treasure ships of the Ye family gathered near the big dock of Fuqing City. There was a total of one top-grade treasure ship, six upper-grade treasure ships, and thirty-three mid-grade treasure ships.
With the destruction of Ye Jiafu's old nest in Qingcheng, these large treasure ships naturally fell into the hands of the soldiers of the Fuxing Army.
Even with so many treasure ships of various levels, plus the dozen or so treasure ships brought by the Renaissance Army itself, they were barely able to transport and load all the wealth and supplies looted from the Ye family.
It is conceivable how wealthy the Ye family of Fuqing City is!
You should know that those precious treasures have been collected by Li Dingguo in his natal divine artifact, the cauldron.
The massive wealth accumulated by the Ye family alone is estimated to be equivalent to the wealth of several large Shanxi merchants.
Such a huge harvest made Wan'er, a little money-loving girl, extremely happy.
"Brother, after the two of us escort this large fleet to the seaport, should we just ride on the two golden eagles and go ahead?"
Wan'er stood on the side of the flagship, the Great Treasure Ship, and asked Li Dingguo in high spirits, "Anyway, we have Huang Rong, a top-level general of level 4, accompanying us on this trip, and the Military Intelligence Department has timely intelligence, so there won't be any accidents when our fleet returns to Lingshan Island."
What she said made sense. Such a large fleet, even though it had only more than 10,000 soldiers, was enough to dominate the waters along the southeast coast.
Even the newly rising Zheng Zhilong did not have the courage to attack this large fleet.
According to information gathered by the Military Intelligence Department, although the Zheng family fleet consisted of hundreds of treasure ships of various levels, there were only three top-grade treasure ships and nine high-grade treasure ships among them.
The psychic cannons and psychic crossbow carts equipped on their ships are far inferior to similar equipment of the Restoration Army in performance.
Although the Fuxing Army's large fleet has only dozens of psychic cannons and hundreds of psychic crossbow carts, their speed and psychic cannon range that exceed those of the enemy are enough to defeat Zheng Zhilong's pirate force as long as the soldiers do not act recklessly.
What's more, among the tens of thousands of Renaissance Army soldiers who came on board the ship this time, there were dozens of Qi Refining Realm warriors, all of whom were well-tested naval generals.
Even if there are no level five strong men among them, with the help of the powerful protective formation of the treasure ship, psychic cannons, and spiritual crossbow carts, they cannot be defeated by the pirate forces on the southeast coast.
"Well, that's okay too."
Li Dingguo thought about it, then nodded, agreeing with Wan'er's words, but he had other arrangements, "However, to be on the safe side, you will leave Da Meng in the fleet to escort the fleet."
"With the peak level of Da Meng's fifth level, and having awakened his innate magical power not long ago, he is more than capable of providing early warning and escort for our large fleet."
"After Da Meng returns to Lingshan Island, he can take a post-natal top-grade spiritual fruit and go into seclusion. If nothing goes wrong, he should be able to break through to the sixth level."
In order to maximize profits, Li Dingguo reserved one of the nine top-grade phoenix blood fruits he had harvested for each of the two golden eagles, Da Meng and Xiao Jin.
In addition, Li Dingguo, Wan'er and Dajin each took one pill, and the remaining four pills were distributed to Hongmei, Cao Yongxiang, Wei Jinfan and Chang Liyun.
As for the Dahongpao tea tree with innate superior quality spiritual roots that had just been harvested, the three innate superior quality tea leaves on the tree that could be used had already been selected by Li Dingguo, Wan'er and Hongmei, and no other considerations would be made.
This is what the three of them used to break through the bottleneck in the middle stage of level six.
"Okay, big brother."
"Once we reach the seaport and the fleet has passed the Zhendong Fortress, I will instruct Da Meng to stay in the fleet and escort it."
Wan'er said excitedly, "The two of us will ride the Great Jin back to Lingshan Island first. After understanding the latest battle situation, we will take some time to retreat and drink the innate top-grade spiritual tea, and strive to break through the middle stage of level six in one fell swoop, and at the same time upgrade and transform our acquired spiritual bodies."
"Once we are out of isolation and our strength has greatly increased, we can personally lead the navy officers and soldiers of the Restoration Army to capture the two states of Denglai as soon as possible."
"Oh, right."
Wan'er thought of something and continued, "Sister Liang Liping has already discussed with me that this time we will also clear out all the coastal islands of Denglai and Laizhou."
"I heard that a pirate force with great reputation and strength has appeared on Tianheng Island in Laoshan Bay. This time I will personally lead the team to eliminate them."
"Hum..."
She snorted coldly and said angrily, "They want to cause trouble in our sphere of influence without considering their own strength!"
"Just like the Fuxing Army's jurisdiction in Qin, no other forces will be allowed in our coastal areas from now on. They must be completely eliminated!"
She had long been fed up with the pirate forces along the coast of the Ming Dynasty.
Whenever the opportunity arises, it is imperative to clear them all out.
"Yeah, that's okay."
Li Dingguo nodded in agreement and said, "However, after we take over Denglai and Laizhou, you will still stay here to lead the army and strive to continue to conquer the entire Qilu land."
"I have to return to the Northwest as soon as possible to take charge, so that the soldiers will not be without a backbone when facing the full-scale counterattack of the Ming Dynasty's official army, which may cause some trouble."
Li Dingguo knew very well that the Northwest was the real foundation of the Fuxing Army and no major problems could occur there.
Before the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Tartars are completely defeated, he must take charge personally.
When Da Meng broke through to the sixth level soon, the revival army on the southeast coast would have two sixth-level powerhouses, Wan'er and Da Meng, who were enough to deal with all difficulties.
After the soldiers of the Restoration Army took over the two states of Deng and Lai, they solved the difficulties of small territory and insufficient personnel, and were bound to usher in rapid development.
After a year or so, it would be no problem to increase our strength several times.
Anyway, the established development and growth model of the Fuxing Army has already become a routine, and core senior leaders such as Wan'er and Liang Liping just need to follow it.
After the two finished their discussion, they started chatting.
Time passed unknowingly, and the large fleet returned to the estuary of Fuqing River unimpeded.
Unnoticed, the large fleet bypassed the waters near the Zhendong City Wall and began to accelerate, riding the wind and waves and sailing rapidly towards the north along the northward coastline.
Li Dingguo, who had already informed Huang Rong, the leader of the fleet, of their plan, saw that Wan'er had already instructed Da Meng to escort and guard the fleet, and then he quickly moved to the special saddle on the back of Da Jin, which had been prepared long ago, and sat down.
When Wan'er also jumped to the seat on the other side of the saddle, Li Dingguo ordered Dajin to take off immediately.
“Chirp!”…
Following the sound of an eagle's cry, Da Jin flapped a pair of large wings and instantly flew up from the flagship Dabao Ship. After circling over the fleet for half a circle, it identified the direction, turned into a golden stream of light, and disappeared into the northern sky in the blink of an eye.
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"Commander!"
"Laizhou Prefecture City has been successfully captured!"
At the gate of the City Lord's Mansion of the huge Laizhou City, Liang Dingming, a little stone, held a pair of acquired divine weapons, the Leiguweng Jinchui, and hammered a peak level 4 general to death with one hammer. He then flashed in front of He Lijing, the main general of the army, and reported solemnly.
Although Xiao Shitou has grown up quickly and can be said to be a qualified general, he is not good at strategy after all, and is not suitable to be the commander-in-chief of a force. Therefore, the commander-in-chief of this 100,000-man army was the mature and steady He Lijing.
The Restoration Army launched a large-scale attack on Denglai Prefecture by dividing its troops into three groups.
Each army was composed of 100,000 naval and land forces, and was equipped with 100,000 warrior recruits as reserves.
The commanders of the three armies were Liang Liping, Wei Ying and He Lijing.
Three months ago, these three commanders each received a high-grade acquired spiritual peach and three medium-grade acquired spiritual peaches from Wan'er, which greatly improved their cultivation levels. Recently, they have successfully broken through to the middle stage of level five.
The same was true for the little stone Liang Dingming, who received two grades of acquired great spiritual peaches that Li Dingguo specifically asked Wan'er to give him, and also broke through to the middle stage of the fifth level of cultivation.
Because of the importance of Laizhou City, the team attacking this big city was led by the Central Army led by He Lijing and Xiao Shitou.
At this time, more than two months had passed since Yuetuo's army fled and the Fuxing Army launched the offensive against Denglai and Lai states.
So far, the entire Laizhou has been captured by the Restoration Army.
The battle of Laizhou Prefecture was a decisive battle with the enemy army’s last base in Laizhou.
Originally, the enemies of Laizhou City were not so powerful, but most of the Laizhou aristocratic families, wealthy merchants and tycoons gathered here.
They sent out a large number of servants and guards, forming a ragtag army of 300,000 to fight back, which made it take three days for the 200,000-strong army led by He Lijing and Xiao Shitou to capture them.
This can only be achieved when the Renaissance Army uses surprise attacks.
Otherwise, it would probably take much longer to capture this city.
There is no way. There are more than thirty level five masters gathered in this city alone!
Fortunately, there were two great goshawks with peak level five cultivation, responsible for hunting down the opponent's level five warriors, so that they could successfully obtain the final victory.
Otherwise, even if Xiao Shitou personally led an army of 100,000 to form a military formation to attack, it would be difficult to intercept and destroy the enemy.
After all, a level five warrior is not stupid. Knowing that they are not the enemy of the Renaissance Army's military killing formation, they will certainly not choose to fight head-on. Instead, they will adopt guerrilla tactics of strike and run, trying every means to cause trouble for the Renaissance Army's soldiers.
However, they were scattered and were no match for their two level five peak goshawks. They were successfully hunted down one by one by the two goshawks.
This battle can be regarded as the most difficult battle since the Restoration Army launched the offensive against the two states of Denglai.
Although the enemy was numerous and powerful, they were ultimately no match for the well-trained soldiers of the Restoration Army.
After three days of siege, the Fusion Army finally wiped out all the enemy warriors in the city.
He Lijing was also very tired just now. Fortunately, she had enough third-grade top-grade recovery pills with her, so she did not collapse after a series of battles with the enemy's fifth-grade masters.
In this battle, she personally led a military killing array consisting of 50,000 soldiers, and finally led the soldiers to win the victory of this battle without any danger.
After Xiao Shitou finished speaking, Hongmei immediately ordered, "Xiao Shitou, you can't rest yet. Immediately notify the soldiers to form teams of a thousand people and thoroughly clean up the entire Laizhou city."
"Any gangs, brothels, gambling houses, and enemies that may be hiding in the city must be thoroughly cleared out!"
"Let the two level 5 peak goshawks be responsible for patrolling the enemy situation in the air and hunting down all the spiritual birds of all levels that fly from the city, blocking the hidden enemies from communicating with the outside world, and buying time for our army to launch a surprise attack next."
"According to the date, the commander-in-chief and Wan'er's southward operation should have ended. It won't be long before they return in time. By then, our next military operation will be much easier."
To be honest, without Wan'er and Li Dingguo, two level six warriors, He Lijing felt that fighting the enemy was becoming increasingly difficult, and she felt overwhelmed.
In the past, when the naval officers and soldiers of the Restoration Army fought against the enemy, all the major battles were easily won under the leadership of Li Dingguo or Wan'er.
Without one of these two backbones, both she, Liang Liping and Wei Ying felt tremendous pressure.
This is enough to illustrate the importance of having an invincible backbone who is victorious in every battle in the army.
"Yes!"
Xiao Shitou immediately took the order and left, quickly gathering the soldiers and conveying He Lijing's latest orders.
"Chirp..."
A cry of an eagle was heard, and then a golden light shot out from the sky in the south and landed in front of He Lijing at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion in the blink of an eye.
The visitors were none other than Li Dingguo and Wan'er, who had traveled day and night riding on a golden eagle to return.
"I've met the commander-in-chief!"
"Meet General Wan'er!"
He Lijing was overjoyed and quickly stepped forward and saluted Li Dingguo.
"Sister He Lijing, you and Xiao Shitou ended the battle against Laizhou City so quickly!"
Wan'er said with some surprise, "We met with Sister Liang Liping in Laiyang City last night and learned about the latest battle situation of our Fuxing Army. We learned that you were launching a general attack on Laizhou Prefecture City, so we hurriedly rode on the Dajin to come here, but we didn't expect to be a step late."
"I'm also thinking about killing some of the enemy's level 5 masters with my own hands!"
This girl was becoming more and more belligerent, and there was a hint of regret in her words.
"Ha ha……"
Li Dingguo found it funny and said, "Wan'er, you little girl, are you still afraid that there won't be enemies to attack you in the future?"
"In the upcoming attack on Dengzhou City, there are many more aristocratic families and wealthy merchants there than in Laizhou. There should be no shortage of Level 5 masters among them, and you will have to kill some of them."
He was right. The maritime trade in Dengzhou Prefecture was much more prosperous than that in Laizhou Prefecture, and naturally attracted more aristocratic families and wealthy businessmen.
These medium and large forces all have some Qi Refining Realm masters in charge, and the number of large treasure ships they have is greater than that of Laizhou.
Since He Lijing and Xiao Shitou have led their troops to capture Laizhou City, this is a good thing.
This proves that this Renaissance Army has acquired the ability to fight independently and has basically grown up.
"Commander-in-chief, after this battle, the entire Laizhou has fallen into the hands of our Renaissance Army."
He Lijing said in the report, "The thorough cleanup work in various places has not yet officially started. It will take a long time to restore order and stability."
"At present, our plan is as follows..."
She explained to Li Dingguo the subsequent offensive plan that she had agreed upon with Xiao Shitou.
Later, the three of them strode towards the City Lord's Mansion, preparing to further improve the next battle plan, and then seize the time to launch an offensive against Dengzhou Prefecture.
After taking Laizhou Prefecture, Dengzhou Prefecture had become like an isolated island surrounded by the Restoration Army. The entire territory must be captured as soon as possible to prevent those aristocratic families, wealthy merchants and wealthy people from escaping with large amounts of wealth and supplies.
Otherwise, not only would the Fuxing Army fail to accomplish its mission, but it would also suffer a huge loss of wealth, materials, and natural treasures.
That kind of terrible situation was something that neither Li Dingguo nor Wan'er wanted to see.
(End of this chapter)
