Chapter 630: Island-wide mobilization

Yang Zhengshan stood up and walked to the door. He looked at the officials and servants in the government office and shook his head gently.

The war was about to start, but there was no tense atmosphere on the entire Xingyue Island. Everyone was leisurely, as if the next battle was just a trivial matter.

Perhaps it was because Xingyue Island was too powerful, or perhaps it was because of his protection of Xingyue Island. In short, there was always an arrogant mood on Xingyue Island.

It was the kind of confidence that I was awesome, I was invincible, and whoever dared to mess with me, I would kill him.

This arrogant mood gave Xingyue Island a strong cohesion, but it also brought an impetuous atmosphere to Xingyue Island.

Yang Zhengshan had wanted to kill this trend for a long time, but he had never had the chance. Now it was just right to make everyone nervous and let them know that there were still many forces on this sea that could bring disaster to Xingyue Island.

Yang Mingzhi was stunned for a moment, then he understood Yang Zhengshan's idea and said, "Yes, I will go and recruit warriors to prepare for the battle!"

"Well, go ahead, exaggerate the strength of the Tarot Dynasty, let them know how to be afraid!" Yang Zhengshan said with a smile.

Fear is not entirely a bad thing. In this chaotic world, only by having awe can you live longer.

With Yang Zhengshan's order, the government office immediately took action.

Hundreds of officers and soldiers dispersed out of the city, the villages and towns on the island ahead, and then summoned the young and strong in the villages and towns.

The young and strong on Xingyue Island are not ordinary young and strong. They must be warriors to be qualified to become young and strong.

There is really no accurate number of how many warriors there are on Xingyue Island. Even the government office does not have a specific number, because the government office only registers warriors above the sixth level of the acquired realm, because only warriors above the sixth level of the acquired realm can receive cultivation salaries.

This year is the seventeenth year of Xingyue, which means that the Yang family has moved to Xingyue Island for more than sixteen years.

Those 15- and 16-year-old boys at the beginning are now around 30 years old.

These people have all been to school and received basic training. Perhaps most of them have not made great achievements in cultivation, but most of them are warriors.

There can be so many. On Xingyue Island, most of the young and strong between the ages of 16 and 35 are warriors.

Some of them may just be ordinary people who have just moved to Xingyue Island in recent years.

And the 2,000 boys and girls who migrated from Tenglongwei at the beginning are now all acquired warriors. Among them, those with high cultivation have reached the fifth level of acquired cultivation.

If you encounter an acquired warrior driving cattle to plow the fields on Xingyue Island, don't be surprised. This is normal operation.

If you encounter an ordinary peasant woman jumping ten feet high, don't be surprised. There are many such peasant women on Xingyue Island.

If you encounter two teenagers holding long knives and hacking at each other at the entrance of the village, it is even more unsurprising. They are probably just sparring.

Beihe Nan Village, this is an ordinary village on Xingyue Island.

Why is it called Beihe Nan Village?

Because there are three small rivers on Xingyue Island, namely Beihe, Zhonghe and Nanhe, the three rivers converge and are also called Dahe.

Then the villages on both sides of the river are Beihenan Village, Beihebei Village, Zhonghenan Village, Zhonghedong Village, Nanhebei Village, Dahenan Village, etc.

There are also four towns, Beihe Town, Nanhe Town, Zhonghe Town and Dahe Town. The names are very random, but they make sense, right?

You can tell the general location of the village on the island by the name.

Four or five miles downstream of Beihenan Village, across the river is Beihebei Village, four or five miles upstream is Beihe Town, and there is another village upstream called Beihetan Village.

These names were all given by Jiang He. If you dislike them, you can go to Jiang He.

In the early morning, the villagers of Beihenan Village were busy in the fields. Although the Lantern Festival had just ended, the villagers had already begun to prepare for spring plowing.

Early rice in Xingyue Island is usually planted at the end of January, and rice seedlings are planted in mid-February. Before planting and transplanting, the villagers must first complete the work of ploughing, fertilizing, and storing water, so after the Lantern Festival, the villagers have to prepare for the cultivation of early rice.

Gao Qinghai is 31 years old this year. He is an ordinary villager in Beihenan Village.

He was originally a citizen of Funing Prefecture, Dayong Fuhai Province. Sixteen years ago, in the first year of Xingyue, they were lucky enough to be taken to Xingyue Island and became citizens of Xingyue Island.

At that time, there were eight people in their family. The old father was in his forties. Because he had the title of scholar, he had also been a teacher in a private school. So after moving to Xingyue Island, the old father became a school teacher in Beihenan Village.

At that time, Gao Qinghai was only fourteen years old and still a half-grown boy, but he was luckier, at least luckier than his two brothers.

After coming to Xingyue Island, he not only went to school, but also began to practice.

Although his aptitude is very poor and he has not become a post-natal warrior after more than ten years of practice, he is strong and powerful after practice, and it becomes very easy to cultivate the land. The most important thing is that he is strong and energetic, and he can torment his wife to death every day.

After ten years of marriage, he already has three daughters and two sons, and now his wife is pregnant with another one.

In terms of the ability to have children, he is definitely the best in the Gao family.

Based on this, his parents love him and his wife very much. As long as there are good things in the family, they will give them a share first.

Now his eldest son is thirteen years old. The martial arts instructor in the school said that his eldest son has a good aptitude and there is a high probability that he will become a warrior at the age of fifteen. This makes him even more excited and more energetic.

A promising son is the best motivation for his father.

He hoped that his son could become a warrior at the age of fifteen, because then his son could go to middle school. After entering middle school, as long as he could graduate, he would definitely have a decent job, working as a yamen runner in the government office, a soldier in the navy, or a guard in a business.

Especially joining the navy, this was his dream.

It's a pity that he no longer has the opportunity to realize his dream, but his eldest son has the opportunity to realize his dream.

Thinking of his eldest son joining the navy in the future, Gao Qinghai felt a surge of enthusiasm in his heart and worked harder.

Just when Gao Qinghai was working hard to plow the land, the copper bell in the village suddenly rang urgently.

"Dad, Dad, the bell in the village rang!"

The second son who was helping out nearby shouted to Gao Qinghai when he heard the bell.

Gao Qinghai put down the plow and looked towards the village. Many villagers around him had already put down their farm tools and ran towards the village. He did not dare to delay and shouted to his second son: "You drive the cows back, Dad will go back first!"

"Yes! Dad, go quickly!" The second son was very curious about what happened in the village and urged his father to go back quickly.

Gao Qinghai did not waste any words. He lowered his trouser legs while running. In less than half an hour, he ran back to the village.

At this time, more than 200 strong men, all of whom were in their twenties and thirties, had gathered in the square in front of the village school. The martial arts instructor of the school stood in front of the crowd waiting, and there were many women and children around who were curiously watching.

The bells in the village have many uses. The school will ring the bells when going to school and leaving school, and the village chief will also ring the bells when summoning villagers, but the rhythm and sound of the ringing are different.

The bells for summoning young and strong men are urgent and loud, and they will be continuously knocked for a long time, so it is easy to hear the difference.

However, the bell for recruiting young men has not rung for several years. The last time it was rung was eight years ago, when the Xingyue Island Navy dealt with the Desheng Dynasty. The government organized young men to help transport supplies.

"What happened?" Gao Qinghai came to the square and asked his neighbor.

"Maybe there will be a war. Didn't they say a few days ago that the navy had blocked the northern route?" said the neighbor.

"Really? So we are going to sea again?" Gao Qinghai's eyes lit up.

Joining the navy is his dream, but he certainly can't realize this dream, but if he can go to sea with the navy to fight, it can be regarded as an experience of realizing his dream.

Moreover, he can get a lot of silver rewards by going to sea with the army as a logistics worker. One trip to sea can catch up with his half-year harvest in the field.

"Maybe!" The neighbor said uncertainly.

At this moment, the martial arts instructor standing in front suddenly cleared his throat and shouted: "Stand at attention!"

More than two hundred young men stood up straight as a conditioned reflex after hearing this.

"Look to the right!"

"Look forward!"

"Count!"

"One"

No mistake, it's 6-9!

"Two"

"Three"

Soon all the young men finished counting. The young men in Beihe Nan Village responded that there were 312 people, but there were actually 256 people. Those who didn't come should have gone out to work.

Many jobs at the port require young men, and the young men in the village often go there to work.

The martial arts instructor didn't care and started to lecture directly: "According to the instructions of the government office, there may be foreign enemies invading our Xingyue Island after today. The government office orders all the young men in all villages and towns to prepare for battle!"

"From now on, all villages and towns will be under military control, and all affairs will be handled according to the instructions of the government office. Do you understand?"

"Understood!"

The young men responded loudly.

"Very good! Now go and get your weapons." The martial arts instructor said calmly.

No weapons were banned on Xingyue Island, and every household had one or two weapons, but those weapons were their own. If the government needed them to fight, then their weapons would need to be provided by the government.

The government set up an armory in every village and town, and there were sufficient weapons in the warehouse.

Of course, these weapons were not top-notch weapons, but just common spears and broadswords.

Although Xingyue Island was rich, it was not so extravagant as to equip everyone with a magic weapon.

Gao Qinghai soon received his own weapons, a rattan shield, a waist knife, and four javelins.

He was the rattan shield bearer of their team.

Since Yang Zhengshan wrote a record of military training, he naturally would not forget Marshal Qi's mandarin duck formation.

However, when he led troops in Chongshan Town before, he mainly fought with cavalry, and the power of the mandarin duck formation could not be brought into play.

Later, when he was in Tenglongwei, the battalion soldiers he trained were also mainly cavalry, so he did not use the mandarin duck formation.

After coming from Xingyue Island, Yang Zhengshan promoted the Mandarin Duck Formation and modified it by the way, dividing it into the Three Talents Formation and the Five Elements Formation.

That is, there are rattan shield bearers in the front and spearmen in the back, three-man formation and five-man formation.

The reason for the modification is that the space for boarding battles at sea is generally narrow, which is not suitable for a small team of eleven people to fight together. It is more appropriate to divide it into three or five people.

Whether it is the Mandarin Duck Formation, the Three Talents Formation or the Five Elements Formation, the key lies in the mutual cooperation between the soldiers.

However, the Three Talents Formation and the Five Elements Formation are skills that the navy soldiers and fleet guards need to master. Young and strong people like Gao Qinghai have only been trained in the Mandarin Duck Formation.

After receiving the weapons, Gao Qinghai immediately met with his team members. The team conducted a half-hour recovery training, and then went back to their own homes.

The Gao family has not yet split up. His father and mother are both here, so there is no reason to split up now. However, the three brothers have their own small courtyards. There is no other way. The small courtyards built in the village are all three main rooms and two side rooms, which cannot accommodate such a large family.

So although they have not split up, they actually live in separate courtyards, which is actually almost the same as splitting up.

After saying hello to his parents, Gao Qinghai immediately ran back to his own small courtyard.

"Boss, is there going to be a war?" Gao Qinghai's wife asked hurriedly when she saw him coming back.

"Well, the instructor of the school said that there might be an invasion by foreign enemies, so let's be prepared to meet the enemy!" Gao Qinghai said as he ran to the bedroom and took out two long swords from under the bed.

"You keep it first. If an enemy comes, you can use it to defend yourself."

Mrs. Gao drew out her long knife and chopped twice casually. "Fortunately, I practiced every day and didn't give up martial arts!"

Mrs. Gao also went to school and practiced martial arts. She is also a real martial artist.

There are a large number of women on Xingyue Island who are martial artists, but compared with men, women's cultivation is much weaker. The main reason is that they need to have children after getting married, which takes a year to have children. It is not easy to pick up martial arts after putting them down.

So it is much more difficult for women to practice than men.

Mrs. Gao has been married for ten years and has given birth to five children. It is not easy for her to practice every day.

"Hehe, madam is awesome!" Gao Qinghai praised.

Mrs. Gao rolled her eyes at him, "It's getting late. I'll go cook first!"

She knows her own abilities best. Although she has not given up practicing, her fighting ability is not much different from that of ordinary women.

After all, she has never really seen blood.

Of course, she didn't worry too much. She knew the strength of Xingyue Island very well, and Xingyue Island was protected by the island owner. Those enemies were definitely not the island owner's opponents.

That's right, they had confidence in Yang Zhengshan, and believed that as long as Yang Zhengshan was there, Xingyue Island would not be in danger.

This was also the reason why Yang Zhengshan wanted to mobilize all the young and strong people on the island.

The people on the island had no sense of crisis, probably because the Yang family's protection was too good, causing them to think that the world was already peaceful.

Therefore, Yang Zhengshan really hoped that the navy of Shenmu Island and Tarot Dynasty could attack Xingyue Island to remind these people and let them know that this is a cruel sea.

Only after experiencing blood, they will cherish the peace they have more, and only after experiencing life and death, they will work harder to practice.