The only way out was to seek refuge with Xirong, but several of his brothers also had blood feuds with Xirong. Therefore, they could only choose to loot Gaoting and then abscond, returning to the familiar territory of Northern Qi to do business without capital.

At this time, Zhang Lei seemed to be a one-legged thief. In fact, he only showed up alone during the robbery. He still ambushed people and hunted down the fish that slipped through the net. However, he still had at least dozens of people under his command. If you add his

There are at least one or two hundred brothers who are in contact.

Lin Fengjin was overjoyed when he heard this. He was in charge personally and was not afraid of Zhang Lei and his brothers turning the world upside down. Besides, the main body of this army was composed of the Lin family's escorts and gangsters, not to mention the opponents.

The Sanli Department, which he worshiped as a god, suppressed it? The most important thing, food and wages, was simply impossible for Zhang Lei and others to solve on their own.

Therefore, Lin Fengjin immediately promised Zhang Lei that he could take in many of his brothers and be responsible for helping them clean up their names. However, all their family members had to come to Yedu so that they could be taken care of together, and they could not hide their relatives without them.

Come, otherwise I will kill you as soon as you find out.

How could Zhang Lei not know that Lin Fengjin wanted them to send the hostages out? But it was reasonable for Lin Fengjin to do this. He hesitated and agreed, and Lin Fengjin paid him another fifty thousand taels of silver.

As a settlement fee, he persuaded those companions and then made an appointment.

Lin Fengjin was not worried at all that Zhang Lei would run away, because he had given him hope. People nowadays also attach great importance to the four words "Guangzong Yaozu" in their minds, not to mention what Lin Fengjin said,

It doesn't matter if you are a thief yourself, do you want your wife to be a thief for the rest of her life? Do you want your descendants to be thieves for the rest of their lives?

This is the most fatal weakness of Zhang Lei and his brothers. Everyone has their own weaknesses. If Lin Fengjin grasps their weaknesses, he will not be afraid of them disobeying them.

***

Time flies by, and at this time, the ocean-going fleets of the countries in the East China Sea have once again sailed across the ocean without any danger.

At least twenty or thirty ancient deep-sea behemoths, large and small, have died tragically under the perverted attack of this "Emissary of Soga". The huge bodies of the ancient deep-sea behemoths have now become their biggest weakness.

These "Suwo Messengers" move like flies, their shells are protected by divine power, their front legs are extremely sharp, and their mouthparts can secrete an extremely powerful corrosive substance that can easily corrode into the skin of ancient deep sea beasts, and then

Drilling in, using the flesh and blood of ancient deep-sea beasts as nutrients, laying eggs and hatching at will, such a perverted internal attack, almost no creature can resist.

With the appearance of such a ferocious natural enemy, the other ancient behemoths of the deep sea are definitely not without intelligence. They also have their own communication channels. Those who survived spread the bad news throughout the ocean. The huge ancient behemoth of the deep sea

Faced with such perverted biological pollution, the ethnic group can only give in silently. After being trapped and killed several ancient deep-sea beasts, once they see a ship with the aura of "Emissary of Soga", even one

The sampan is bound to flee in the face of the wind.

It stands to reason that now that there is no obstacle, the fleets of the countries in the East China Sea can sail faster, but that is not necessarily the case. Why? God is not good for it.

No matter how strong the Su Wo envoys were, they could not change the weather conditions, which were cold in winter and hot in summer. When they were sailing on the sea at this time, the wind was completely against them, and their speed was as slow as a turtle crawling.

Fortunately, according to the estimation of experienced boatmen, it is more than enough to sail there before April. And there are almost no typhoons in this season, so this slowness is bearable.

In fact, the countries in the East China Sea had carefully calculated the time to start the war before coming, and they all agreed that it would be difficult to start a war in winter and early spring. There are two disadvantages:

First, if the war starts at this time, in the ice and snow, the logistics pressure will increase by at least three levels.

Second, during this time period, the siege was carried out. The defenders would boil water and pour it on the city wall every night, which would make the siege even more difficult.

Therefore, they chose the time of spring in April, when grass grows and orioles fly, and spring flowers bloom. In this way, after capturing a foothold in the outer areas of the sea, the second phase of the offensive can focus on harvesting and warehousing spring wheat.

Expanding at this point in time can alleviate the logistical pressure to the greatest extent.

This is because transportation is not easy across the vast sea. More importantly, in order to support this expedition, the grain depots of the East China Sea countries have no food at all in their warehouses, and it is almost impossible to provide any further help.

Therefore, if the first-stage strategic goal of the coalition forces of the East China Sea countries is to establish several permanent footholds on the coast or islands of the Central Plains, then their second-stage strategic goal is also very obvious.

Conquering a city isn't about robbing jewels and wealth, it's about robbing food!

Precisely because their second strategic goal can be said to be incredible, the chance of success is at least 80%!

Generally speaking, the coalition attack carried out by the countries in the East China Sea can be said to be quite perfect. First of all, the divine sacrifice allowed them to overcome the dangers of the deep-sea ancient behemoths in the vast ocean. The plan they formulated was also steady and steady. According to the reports from the spies lurking in the Central Plains

, at this time in the Central Plains there was a dispute among the five countries, and no one was aware of their existence at all.

Suddenly, a low horn sounded from the slowly sailing vanguard ship, and then a signal flag was raised. Not long after, the entire fleet slowly began to gather, and then several obviously much larger ships

They began to move closer to each other and gathered together.

Soon, all the heads of the fleets of the East China Sea countries gathered on a large five-toothed ship. There was a special cabin here. A huge chart was placed in the cabin. A man wearing a lion-faced golden helmet

The man stood up and said loudly:

"It has just been confirmed that we have entered the Blackwater Ocean!"

Suddenly, a series of cheers came from the cabin. The man looked around with sharp eyes and said:

"Coming here means that the Central Plains is only half a month away from us. Therefore, starting from tonight, we will split up and launch the first wave of offensive according to the original plan. On the islands of the Central Plains

To lay down our foundation, in order to avoid alerting the enemy, we prohibit everyone from launching attacks on the mainland of the Central Plains before the fifth day of April ----- Well, of course, what is the name of that bandit's den located on the remote grassland, right?

, Wu Zuocheng is not included in this ban!"

Hearing the words "Wu Zuocheng", the three generals wearing golden helmets all had a look in their eyes, and then they said:

"Your Highness Tianlu, we have heard that although Wu Zuocheng is indeed located on the grassland, it is not a desolate and shabby market town. According to the latest report from the spies, Wu Zuocheng seems to have noticed something and is being renovated.

City defense, training soldiers and horses, when we sail over, we will face a tough nut!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation, monthly vote, your support,
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