Han ride

Chapter 201
Li Xin, who was struggling in the storm, didn't know that behind him, two women almost had trouble.But even if he knows, it doesn't matter. In this era, a man is incompetent to own a woman. He can own many women openly. Of course, the prerequisite is that he has this ability, but Li Xin has this ability.

"General, there is Xiaozhushan Island ahead." On the side of the boat, Sun Yinglong looked at Li Xin with some surprise. It is not possible for ordinary people to be so calm and composed even when they are likely to be knocked over.

"When we found the pier, we approached it cautiously. It was impossible for them to find out the heavy rain." Li Xin glanced at Xiaozhushan Island in the distance, and seeing that there was no movement on the island, he immediately knew that the other party was not there at this time. When he didn't find it again, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes." Sun Yinglong was also very happy.Although this kind of thing is a bit dangerous, just now, if he hadn't been familiar with the nearby routes, he might have hit the rocks and died.I'm afraid this kind of thing can only be done by a lunatic like Li Xin.If he had to choose again, Sun Yinglong really didn't know how brave he was!

"No, there are people on the pier." After the boat approached, he realized that there was a dim light on the pier, which was so obvious in the darkness.Not only Li Xin found out, but Sun Yinglong and the others also found out at this time.

"General, what should we do?" Sun Yinglong was a little nervous, and said loudly in Li Xin's ear.

Li Xin bowed his head in silence for a while, then looked up at the sky, and said: "You said that we are so close at this time, we have to speak loudly, and he is still so far away from us, can you hear him? " Li Xin gritted his teeth, he was betting that in this case, the guards on the other side would be like blind and deaf.

In fact, it was exactly as Li Xin had imagined, with heavy rain and strong winds and waves at sea, no one would have thought that under such circumstances, there would be people who would risk their lives to attack Xiaozhushan Island and the people stationed on Xiaozhushan Island It is not a celebrity, because it is small in size, only a hundred households lead dozens of people to stand guard there, the place is sparsely populated, and these dozens of people have nothing to do, leaving one person on the pier, and the rest are Go back to sleep in the mountain city.Even if the Shangguan was like this, let alone the people below, that person was asleep in the stone house on the pier. When Li Xin and others attacked the stone house, they found that the enemy had already killed them.His face turned pale from fright, and he knelt on the ground begging for mercy. Li Xin told the situation on Xiaozhushan Island in detail before pressing him, and even volunteered to lead the way and help Li Xin seize the castle on the mountain. In this way, Li Xin captured Xiaozhushan Island in just a cup of tea. During this period, only the soldiers sprained their feet while walking on the mountain road, and there were no casualties.

Sun Yinglong on one side was amazed by such a battle feat.Although this is only the record of facing dozens of people, it is so easy, which is also very rare.

"Now Xiaozhushan Island has also fallen into my hands, which is equivalent to occupying Kong Youde's eastward route." Li Xin stood on the castle, looked around, and said with some pride.Xiaozhushan Island is an important part of Zhushan Island.Zhushan Island has two small islands, Dazhushan Island and Xiaozhushan Island, located in the east of Changshan Island.According to Sun Yinglong, it is located in the Yellow Sea in the north of Shandong Province, at the southern exit of the Bohai Strait, facing Cheyou Island in the north, Changshan Island in the southwest, and Dazhushan Island in the east across the waterway.Although the area is not enough, its location is extremely important.Mastering the big and small Zhushan islands is equivalent to mastering a lifeline on the water.

"General, now that we have all the big and small Zhushan Islands under our control, what should we do next?" Sun Yinglong asked hurriedly, his words were no longer as casual as before, but more respectful. In any era, the strong can gain respect.

"The next step is to let these people go, hehe, we are here to find a foothold, not to kill people, and we will not have conflicts with the generals of the court." Li Xin bared his teeth, showing a trace of kindness He came over with a smile, cupped his hands towards the hundred households, and said, "Dare to ask this general, who is in charge of the Dengzhou navy now?"

"Yes, it's General Mao Chenglu Mao." Seeing Li Xin's appearance, the hundred households breathed a sigh of relief, their expressions changed a lot, and there was a hint of fierceness in their eyes.It would be embarrassing for him to be easily captured by Fang Suo and spread the word.

"It turned out to be him." There was a hint of worry on Li Xin's face, but it fell into the eyes of those hundreds of households, and he felt even more proud. Li Xin quickly said: "Since he is the descendant of General Mao Wenlong, we can't do it." This is too much, we will let you go back tomorrow, but please tell General Mao after you go back, that someone from Womu on Xiaozhushan Island is temporarily borrowing it, and after I defeat Liu Xiang, I will come to the door to apologize in person."

"You, you are so courageous." The hundred households did not expect Li Xin to react like this after he reported Mao Chenglu's name.After capturing Xiaozhushan Island, they decided not to leave, which is not bad.

"Hmph, isn't it just a small Zhushan Island, we also want the Dazhushan Island on the opposite side." Sun Yinglong snorted coldly at the side: "Our general has lost power, but we still have dozens of boats at hand, more than ten of them Brother. Why, can’t we occupy the large and small Zhushan Islands? Hmph, speaking of it, your General Mao is similar to our boss. Why, if he can occupy the large and small Zhushan Islands, our boss can’t?” Sun Yinglong was fierce Mu Wu, with a fierce light in his eyes, stared at Baihu fiercely, as if Baihu would draw his sword to face him if he answered wrongly.

The hundred households themselves are a bullying person. Seeing Sun Yinglong's appearance like this, and his life is under the control of the other party, there was a look of fear on his face, and he shouted in his mouth that he deserved it, which made Sun Yinglong laugh out loud. , with an extremely smug look.Even Li Xin put on a very proud look.

The next day, when the sky was clear and the sea was calm, Li Xin asked Sun Yinglong to release a sampan for the hundreds of households to ride, and asked him to report to Changshan Island.

"General, Shandong is the land of Qilu. There are outstanding people. The general has 10,000+ soldiers. Now Shandong is full of troubles, and the people are in dire straits. The general can occupy Shandong in an instant with a million stones. This is the foundation of the king and hegemony. Seeing the general seems to disdain it." On the stone castle on Dazhushan Island, Li Xin and Xiao Yu stood side by side, looking to the west, Xiao Yu glanced around and saw no one around, so he couldn't help persuading him.

"Although Shandong is the land of Qilu, it can't be regarded as the foundation of a king." Li Xin stared at Xiao Yu until Xiao Yufan's face turned red, then shook his head and sighed: "From ancient times to the present, there has never been a single overlord who is It is based in Shandong. What about Duke Huan of Qi? He has the talent of a prime minister like Guan Zhong, but what happened in the end? It’s not like a passing cloud. The land of Qilu faces the sea on one side, but faces enemies on three sides. One side comes from the north and the other side comes from the west. , the other side is coming from the south. More importantly, there is no defense here. No matter which side the enemy attacks from, it will eventually bring disaster to Shandong. Qilu, you can’t defend it! Xiao Yu, you know where the capital is ?”

"Naturally it's Beijing?" Xiao Yu was curious for a while, not understanding why Li Xin would ask this question.

"Shandong is Zhili after Shandong. Emperor Chongzhen was very afraid of me. I was outside the pass. He thought he had elite soldiers from the Xuanfu and guards from the Great Wall. Although he was afraid, there was no crisis yet. But Shandong is different. I If Shandong is occupied, it will be tantamount to a sharp sword floating above Beijing, and this sharp sword will fall at any time. How could Emperor Chongzhen be willing?" Li Xin shook his head and said.In fact, when he knew that he had a million shi of grain, and when Shandong rebelled, he also thought about occupying Shandong. It can even be said that when Liaodong defeated Jiannu, he also thought about crossing the sea to Shandong, because the population base of Shandong is far above the grasslands and close to Henan, it is much easier to recruit troops.

But in the end he gave up. Although he had an army of [-], he was still very weak compared to the imperial court. Emperor Chongzhen did not exist to let his [-] army stand at his door.He will definitely try to get rid of himself, which is not in his own interest.So he gave up the tempting idea of ​​occupying Shandong without hesitation.

"Since the general doesn't want to take Shandong, why did he distribute the million shi grains to the people in Shandong?" Xiao Yu asked with some doubts: "And even if the general distributes all these grains to the people, the people in Shandong don't necessarily I will receive the kindness of the general, the foundation of the general is in the grasslands, after the general leaves, the Naxi corrupt officials in Shandong will continue to exploit the people, and the people will still suffer from it."

"At this time, these people will think of the benefits of me Li Xin even more." Li Xin said with a little satisfaction: "My million shi of grain is not for Shandong, but actually it is to buy the hearts of the people in Shandong. Think about it, when I lead the army to Shandong in the future, those officials may resist desperately, but the common people will open the city gate. Compared with the whole Shandong, I prefer to win the hearts of the people of Shandong, as long as People's hearts are in my hands, what is a Shandong, if the land is gone, we can take it, but if the people's hearts are gone, I'm afraid it's not something that can be achieved with a million stones of grain and grass."

(End of this chapter)