Chapter 537 Good Weather and Good Rain

Just when the Sihai Navy crossed Dongyang Island, the news of the Sihai Navy's expedition also reached Xingyue Island.

Yang Zhengshan had the Secret Guards watching Xingyue Gate, and Xingyue Gate also arranged people to watch Zhaowu Guard and the Sihai Navy. Even the Xingyue Gate's surveillance of Zhaowu Guard was much clearer. After all, there were complicated people around Zhaowu Guard, and it was too easy to arrange a few surveillance.

When the Sihai Navy was still preparing to go on the expedition, the spies of Xingyue Gate had already taken a speedboat to Xingyue Island. Not long after the Sihai Navy passed Dongyang Island, the spies of Xingyue Gate almost arrived at Xingyue Island.

Xingyue Gate received the news from the spies, and Yue Hongyi immediately summoned a group of senior officials to discuss matters in the main hall again.

Except for Si Yulou who was still in the dungeon, all other senior officials had arrived.

Yue Hongyi said solemnly: "You should also know that the navy of Darong has already set out to sea and is heading straight for us. The next battle is inevitable!"

"Do you have any way to repel the enemy?"

Yan Wushang said: "Master, what are you talking about at this time? Just fight! Darong is strong, but we are not dough that can be kneaded by others!"

Sun Chunhe also said: "That's right, now the only way to repel the enemy is to fight!"

It can be said that Sun Chunhe has some grudges with Yang Zhengshan, no, it should be said that he has some grudges with Luo Jinsong.

Sun Chunhe is Sun Chunsheng's younger brother. In the battle at Ruhe Wharf, Sun Chunsheng tried to kill Yang Zhengshan, but was stabbed in the back by Luo Jinsong.

Later, Luo Jinsong surrendered to Yang Zhengshan, and Sun Chunhe tried many times to avenge his elder brother, but later Xingyuemen broke an ancient cloud sword from Yang Zhengshan, and Xingyuemen did not dare to send people to trouble Yang Zhengshan at will.

Later, Sun Chunhe replaced Sun Chunsheng as the Sword Guardian of Xingyue Sect, and Si Yulou replaced Gu Yunjian as the head of Xingyue Sect's Punishment Hall.

"What about you? Do you think so too?" Yue Hongyi looked at the others.

Nanhai Yan nodded slightly, "We can't escape this battle, so let's go all out!"

"That's right, I just want to see how strong the strong men of Darong are!" Qu Fusheng said.

Yue Hong nodded slightly, and said, "I will ask the two elders to take action, and you should be ready to fight at any time!"

Although he is the leader of Xingyue Sect, the strongest warrior of Xingyue Sect is not him, but the two elders who don't care about worldly affairs.

The so-called elders are the predecessors of Xingyue Sect, which belong to the foundation of Xingyue Sect.

Speaking of it, the strength of Xingyue Sect is actually very strong. With a population of more than 100,000, it can support five innate warriors. In comparison, Darong has tens of millions of people, but it has only more than 40 innate warriors.

However, the number of innate warriors is not calculated in this way. Although there are many ordinary people in Dayong, the proportion of warriors is far lower than that of Xingyuemen. Although the territory of Xingyuemen is small, their sphere of influence covers almost one-fifth of the southeastern sea area.

More importantly, Xingyuemen is backed by Dayong and operates maritime trade. The resources obtained are by no means comparable to those of the sects in Dayong.

At this time, Cheng Wuji suddenly said: "Master, how should those pirates be driven?"

They also gathered nearly 30,000 pirates at this time. These pirates are all peripheral forces of Xingyuemen, but no one expects these pirates to die for Xingyuemen.

These pirates are not even a mob. Once the war goes wrong, these pirates may flee.

"There must be brave men under heavy rewards! You can go to the silver vault to withdraw 3 million silver coins as the reward for this battle!" Yue Hongyi said lightly.

Right now they urgently need pirates to serve as cannon fodder. As for money, now is not the time to be stingy. If Yue Hongyi doesn't even have this awareness, then he is not worthy of being the leader of Xingyuemen.

Yue Hongyi looked at Yan Wushang again and said, "In the battle, try to let the pirates rush to the front!"

He was still thinking about preserving the strength of Xingyuemen.

After all, Xingyuemen has lost two flag armies. If the casualties in this battle are too heavy, the four flag armies will exist in name only.

Yan Wushang grinned and revealed a cruel smile, "Master, don't worry, they will never dare to disobey your orders!"

Facing a powerful enemy, although everyone in Xingyuemen knew that Darong was very powerful, they did not think that they would lose this battle. They even felt that they had a great chance of winning this battle.

And their confidence came from the two elders and the 30,000 pirates.

Although the pirates were a mob, they had the advantage of being numerous. With the remaining two flag armies and the disciples of Xingyuemen, their strength was actually not much worse than that of the four sea navies.

The meeting was over and everyone dispersed.

Yue Hongyi came to the forest in the east of Xingyue Island alone.

There was a courtyard on the forest, where two old men with immortal appearance lived.

These two old men were Yue Minghua and Qu Le, the respected elders of Xingyue Sect.

Yue Hongyi stood in front of the two respectfully and briefly described the situation.

Yue Minghua's eye sockets were sunken, his face was ashen, and he looked very old. "I didn't expect that one day, I would have to fight with Darong's fellow Taoists!"

Qu Le was a Guangmingding, slightly fat, and looked younger, unlike Yue Minghua who looked like a dried corpse.

"I hope I don't run into old friends!"

"Old friends, haha, just old opponents!" Yue Minghua laughed hoarsely.

They are all old antiques who have lived for more than a hundred years. Even if they live in seclusion, they have met many friends and opponents in a hundred years, and many of them are now old antiques like them.

For example, Qu Le, who is more than 110 years old this year, has dealt with An Yuxing. As for whether the two have a friendship, haha, if they had a friendship, An Yuxing would not come to help Yang Zhengshan. .

"Let's go! I haven't done anything in decades, it's time to get active!" Qu Le stood up and said.

The two stood up and followed Yue Hong down the mountain shakily.

On the other side, after Deng Yuehe returned to his home from the main hall, he came to the ancestral temple.

Luo Jinsong has been staying in this ancestral temple these days, and he is living a stable life.

"The war is about to begin, what do you need me to do?" Deng Yuehe asked.

Luo Jinsong shook his head slightly, "I don't know!"

"Don't know?" Deng Yuehe was a little dissatisfied.

Luo Jinsong spread his hands, "I really don't know, the Marquis didn't give me any orders!"

Yang Zhengshan really didn't arrange any tasks for him and Deng Yuehe, because Yang Zhengshan didn't know what tasks to arrange for them.

There are too many things that cannot be predicted in a naval battle. Yang Zhengshan plans to place the arrival of the decisive battle near Full Moon Island, but it is still uncertain whether the Xingyue Sect will act according to his ideas. If the Xingyue Sect plans to have a decisive battle on Xingyue Island, then Yang Zhengshan will also You can only come to Xingyue Island.

The time, location, and specific process of the battle cannot be accurately predicted, so how can Yang Zhengshan arrange tasks for Deng Yuehe in advance.

"Then what should I do?" Deng Yuehe said with a frown.

She didn't feel that Yang Zhengshan was unreliable, but she felt that Yang Zhengshan didn't take her seriously.

She didn't even give him a specific task, which showed that Yang Zhengshan didn't expect her to be of any help at all.

"Maybe you should ask what you can do?" Luo Jinsong said.

Deng Yuehe glared at him, "I know what I should do, so what are you going to do next?"

"Of course I will follow you!" Luo Jinsong laughed.

Deng Yuehe felt that Luo Jinsong was a bit rogue and a bit ungrateful.

However, she had no intention of arguing with Luo Jinsong now, but turned around to prepare for what she wanted to do next.

What can she do?

To be honest, there wasn't much she could do.

Although she is the leader of the Xingyue Sect's auditorium, she actually does not have much real power in the Xingyue Sect, and the number of people she can command is only a hundred or so close associates.

But now she has the opportunity to make meritorious deeds for Yang Zhengshan. With the powerful enemy now, the rejection of her within the Xingyue Sect has become much smaller.

Therefore, she now has a lot of room for maneuver inside the Xingyue Gate.

…

In the fifth year of Yanping, it was the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Yang Zhengshan led the Sihai navy to arrive a hundred miles west of Full Moon Island.

On the flagship, Yang Zhengshan stood on the roof of the ship building, looking at the gloomy sky, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"Good wind and good rain!"

He murmured quietly.

Next to him, An Yuxing was having a drink with Taoist Xuanzhen and Liang Shengze. Not far away, Lu Jin was sitting on the side of the boat, holding a cigarette stick and puffing away at the clouds.

As for Zhou Qing and Haining Marquis Li Chao, they followed Yu Tonghai and Bai Yuanxi to divide their troops.

"What's so good about it?" Liang Shengze asked.

Liang Shengze is Liang Chu's grandfather. In terms of seniority, Yang Zhengshan is three generations below him.

Liang Jinyan and Yang Yunyan are husband and wife. In terms of seniority, Yang Zhengshan is one generation younger than Liang Chu.

However, seniority cannot be discussed in this way. Yang Zhengshan and Liang Chu have always known each other as equals, so he can just call Liang Shengze "senior".

"Junior said that the coming storm is coming!" Yang Zhengshan said.

"Is it beneficial to the battle?" Liang Shengze looked up at the sky and asked in surprise.

"Of course it's beneficial." Yang Zhengshan smiled.

The time he specifically picked was naturally the most advantageous choice.

Liang Shengze didn't care about the weather, he just asked out of curiosity.

He cares more about his next opponent than the weather.

"Leave one of those two old guys from Xingyue Sect for me!" Liang Shengze turned to Taoist Xuanzhen and An Yuxing and said.

An Yuxing took a sip of wine and said, "I can't beat that old guy Yue Minghua, so Taoist Priest Xuanzhen can only deal with him!"

Taoist Xuanzhen shook the fly whisk in his hand, "Is he very strong?"

"I don't know. I asked Senior Zhang before I came here. Yue Minghua is one hundred and thirty-two years old this year!" An Yuxing said.

Taoist Xuanzhen said: "Then it seems that poor Taoists have to be careful when dealing with it!"

"As for Qu Le~" An Yuxing looked at Liang Shengze, "If Mr. Hou is interested, then I will trouble Mr. Hou to take action!"

Liang Shengze chuckled, "I have heard about Qu Le, but I have never met him!"

An Yuxing took another sip of wine and said, "This old guy is not weak. I fought with him about forty years ago. At that time, his cultivation level was still higher than mine!"

The older an innate warrior is, the deeper his innate true energy will be. Of course, this is not absolute. Strength cannot be calculated entirely based on age, and innate true energy is not the only criterion for an innate warrior's strength.

It can only be said that the older the innate warrior is, the more powerful he may be.

But how strong it is will only be known after fighting against it.

Anyway, An Yuxing was no match for Qu Le forty years ago. As for now, An Yuxing doesn't want to show off, so he should leave it to Liang Shengze to deal with it.

Just when the three of them were allocating their opponents, a soldier suddenly came to report: "Reporting to the Marquis, enemy troops have been spotted ahead!"

When Yang Zhengshan heard this, he immediately took out his telescope and looked towards the east, and sure enough he saw many ships appearing on the sea.

"Send an order to send out a sentry ship to investigate the enemy's situation!"

There were not many warships on the sea, and it was unknown how many enemy ships there were.

About two quarters of an hour later, another soldier came to report: "Report, the enemy has more than 800 warships of various sizes ahead!"

"Report, the enemy has been spotted in the south, with about a thousand enemy ships!"

"Report, the enemy has been spotted in the north, with about two thousand enemy ships!"

As the reports rang out, Yang Zhengshan raised his eyebrows, "They are planning to surround us!"

Before, he also wanted to surround the other side, but now the other side actually wants to surround him too.

"Lord!" Xue Changan looked at Yang Zhengshan.

He was a little nervous at this time, and talked about his work as a military officer for nearly 20 years, and this was his first time on the battlefield.

Yang Zhengshan said easily: "Don't worry!"

Then, he looked around, but he couldn't see the enemies on the north and south sides, he could only see the enemies in front!

Because there were too many ships on both sides of the flagship, and they were scattered widely.

"Order, all ships sail northeast, don't engage the enemy!"

The storm has not yet arrived, it's not time for a big battle.

Since the enemy has arrived, this is the place for the battle.

The location has been determined, so the next thing to determine is the time.

As Yang Zhengshan issued the order, the messenger on the upper observation tower immediately waved the flag and began to pass the order.

The order on the flagship will be passed outward layer by layer through the messengers on the surrounding warships until the outermost messenger receives the order.

The order was passed down, and the huge fleet began to sail northeast.

The fleet was too large and it was extremely troublesome to command. Fortunately, it had been trained many times before, so such a simple command could still act according to the order.

Yang Zhengshan began to turn around, and the enemy ships in the east and north also began to adjust their directions, but compared with the four sea navies, their direction adjustment was much more messy.

First, because they had too many warships, and they were still mainly small boats, it was more troublesome to pass orders. Second, because they themselves were composed of multiple pirates. Although they all had a unified command, they actually had their own leaders. The pirates would obey the dispatch of the Xingyue Gate, but the warships would only obey the orders of their own leaders.

Then a strange scene appeared. Some of the warships in the north had already begun to adjust their direction, while others were still sailing south according to the previous order. Unknowingly, they were divided into two fleets.

"Send the order, shrink the formation!" Yang Zhengshan ordered again.

The formation shrinks to prevent the outer warships from being bitten by the enemy. If they are bitten at this time, they will only be swallowed by the enemy.

At this time, the Sihai Navy was almost sailing against the wind. If the Xingyuemen could command the instant speed, they could completely block their way forward. Unfortunately, the command system of the Xingyuemen was too poor.

The tail of the Sihai Navy just passed between the two armies of the Sihai Navy. The closest ships of both sides were only a hundred feet away.

Then the warships of the Xingyuemen followed behind the Sihai Navy.

"Damn, what are these idiots doing? They didn't stop the other side like this?"

On a Dafu ship in the back, Yan Wushang looked at this scene and couldn't help cursing.

"Those pirates can't be deployed in a unified manner!" Deng Yuehe next to him said softly.

That's right, Deng Yuehe was assigned to Yan Wushang's ship, and Yan Wushang was the commander-in-chief of the pirate army in this battle.

Yan Wushang's face was gloomy, "Pass the order, chase them, and never let them escape!"

He had originally arranged a siege, but he never expected that the other party would escape the encirclement so easily, which made him want to vomit blood.