Chapter 337: The sea Saint Duke’s supervision (1)
The field doctors immediately started the treatment, and Tang Wen unloaded a large amount of medicine and medical equipment.
On the other side, after swallowing the spiritual pills and eating the rations, they took a short break.
A large number of the Tang Army reentered the battlefield. They split up and went into the forts, bombarding the sun Kingdom’s warships.
“Master, we’ve arrived at White Crane Island, and we’re only thirty miles away from the sun nation’s warship. Should we launch an attack?” Li Liao’s men had arrived. Four second – hand warships and two cargo ships, a total of six ships, more than 2000 people.
Tang wenqin led his men to the second – hand gunboat parked at the edge of the island. With the support of artillery fire, they went full throttle.
Li Liao’s men approached at full speed and started to fire at the sun nation.
Instantly, the sun nation’s thieves, who were being attacked from the front and back, were in a panic. They were all in a mess.
The thousands of people from White Crane Island rushed over, and Li Liao’s people surrounded them. Under a series of bombarding, half of the enemies were killed.
The rest of the people quickly rowed their boats to escape, but how could their boats outrun Tang Wen’s warship?
They had been chased and beaten. Moreover, all their powerhouses had been killed by Tang Wen on the island. The most powerful soldier on the ship was only rank -1.
Along the way, they abandoned their armor and destroyed dozens of ships.
The sea was dyed red with blood, and the surface was covered with broken limbs and corpses. In the end, only 40 to 50 ships left with injuries and embarrassment.
After chasing for 200 miles, Tang Wen ordered them to retreat to White Crane Island to rest.
“Amazing, amazing! Vice – Hall Master, you see, I was right, right?” Chu Cong’s eyes had just moved away from the telescope, and he was cheering. Their ship was hiding a few dozen miles away, secretly watching.
“This person is indeed very brave! Originally, the Tang Army was on the verge of collapse, but he came back alone to save the entire Tang Army. In fact, they can even kill tens of thousands of enemies. ” A middle – aged man with a few strands of beard nodded.
His name was Shen Gongyang, and he was a Deputy Hall Master of the secret agents Hall.
“This time, the sun nation has suffered another huge setback. Out of the 15000 troops that came, I reckon only 3000 to 4000 managed to escape. Moreover, we’ve also lost 300 of our warships. ” Chu Cong said.
“It’s a pity that the Black Knights of great Chu can’t compare to a group of miscellaneous troops of the Tang Clan. If everyone was like the Tang Army, the sun nation would have peed their pants from fear. ” Shen Gongyang looked up and sighed.
“Do you want to see Tang Wen?” Chu Cong asked.
“Master, we have lost more than six hundred men.” Wen Jinyuan came in with a sorrowful expression and reported.
“A proper burial will be treated well by the family.
“Also, increase the supply of spirit pills and spirit stones. Give everyone double the amount of spirit pills and spirit stones that they used to have. Recover your strength as soon as possible in case the sun nation retaliates.
In addition, I’ll set up a spirit gathering array in the warehouse later and let them enter the spirit gathering array in batches to cultivate and recover. ” Tang Wen said with a gloomy face.
“It’s a pity that we still have too few Masters. Look, they’re all super – rank this time, thirty to forty of them. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have lost so many people. ” Wen Jin Yuan said.
“Tell Luo Yiwu to purchase a large amount of land as soon as possible. Buying people! Spend a lot of money to buy it!” Tang Wen punched the table.
That was because the most effective way to improve his cultivation was to meet the system’s requirements again.
They gathered popularity and hitchhiked on a bus to help he Tian and Luo kun, who had not yet enjoyed the ‘popularity benefits’, to increase their merits.
People like Luo Yiwu, Ximen taigao, and Wen Jinyuan had already enjoyed it once, and it would not work the next time.
Tang Wen currently needed powerhouses of super – rank and above the most. Rank -1 and rank -2 were not enough to deal with sun sect’s large – scale attack.
That was because Spears and cannons could no longer stop transcendent – grade and inborn experts from landing on the island.
Not long after, the good news reached the military chief’s office, but it was suppressed by the military chief’s office.
However, what the Yamen didn’t know was that there were spies who had already watched Tang Wen’s battle.
Naturally, Chu Cong sent the good news to the sea Saint Duke, Chu Guang, at the first moment.
Two days later, the sacred Duke of the sea, Chu Guang, sat on an Eagle and brought a group of guards to Linghai to supervise the battle. Qiu Zhaohai naturally held a Grand welcome ceremony.
At nine in the morning, the important officials of hailing, as well as a group of famous people, gathered in front of the military office.
Including the commoners who were watching the show, there were no less than 20000 people.
Of course, Wan Hansong, the acting provincial governor, was also invited.
Even the Dean of the Linghai Academy, Gao Qiu, had brought a group of people over.
The chirping of birds could be heard as the twenty or so Eagles hovering in the sky slowly descended.
Not long after, 20 people jumped down from the Eagle. They were Chu Guang, some important officials from the military and government Yamen of ocean Saint City, and a dozen highly skilled guards.
“Greetings, Saint Duke hai!” Qiu Zhaohai led everyone to pay their respects.
“Hehehe, chief Qiu, you’re too polite. Get up.” Chu Guang waved his hand and chuckled.
Although Chu Guang was ranked at the bottom of the eight great Dukes, he was still a great Duke.
He was often ostracized by others, but he was still a state Duke after all, so he still had to show the necessary courtesy.
“Rise!” Qiu Zhaohai shouted, and everyone stood up.
“General Qiu, as one of the seven coastal provinces, Linhai is the frontline against the sun nation.
Recently, we’ve been losing the war time and time again. I heard that the sun sect, which the sun nation’s thieves belong to, has secretly infiltrated the Jiang province’s capital.
The islands that they had taken from them had not been recovered yet, and the sun nation’s thieves had made a profit out of their losses.
You’ve already attacked the coast of my Jiang Prefecture, and your passive response is not effective.
Linghai was in desperate need of a huge victory to boost their morale so that everyone could be a soldier and fight against the sun nation.
Otherwise, if the morale continued to be so low, they would not be able to defend the Jiang Prefecture.
Once the enemy forces tear open a hole, the enemy forces will come in full force and our great Chu’s Southern Territory will be in danger. ”
Chu Guang said seriously.
“I’ve tried my best, but the Linghai Army is lacking in manpower. Many soldiers had died in the consecutive battles.
The horses were not full, the soldiers were lacking warm clothes, the soldiers promised by the court were still missing, and the pay was lacking. How could they fight?
If this continues, I, Qiu Zhaohai, will have to personally lead the Army to the front lines.
At that time, who will command the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Linghai?” Qiu Zhaohai retorted with conviction.
That’s because Qiu Zhaohai has people in the court who aren’t afraid of you, the bottom – ranked hai shengduke.
Since you’re here to slap my face, I’m not going to be outdone.
“You’re blaming this Lord now?” Chu Guang’s face turned serious.
“This subordinate doesn’t dare, I’m just stating the facts. Linghai is almost out of ammunition and supplies, and we need the court to replenish our provisions, horses, and soldiers. ” Qiu Zhaohai cupped his fists.
“Yes, Lord Qiu hasn’t had a full meal or a good sleep these days.
He would personally lead his troops to patrol the front lines along the coast and discuss a strategy to deal with the enemy.
Lord Qiu, it’s too difficult for me to drink without rice. ” Wei yang chimed in.
“Sea Saint Duke is the Supreme Commander of the seven coastal provinces in resisting the enemy, and he has the seal of the Imperial court.
Why don’t you stay here for a while and personally go to the front lines to supervise the battle?
It would definitely boost the morale of the soldiers and give the sun nation’s enemies a heavy blow.
Take back The Lost Islands and cities, and save the people from the fire and water. ” Qiu Zhaohai was actually picking on Chu Guang’s Army.
“You haven’t won a single battle, and you haven’t made any contributions, yet you still have the face to tell me this?
Qiu Zhaohai, this is your dereliction of duty!
If this goes on, I’ll have to take your command and pick someone else. ” Chu Guang snorted and glared at Qiu Zhaohai.
“Who said we didn’t win a single battle?” At this moment, Chu Zhao said loudly.
“There’s a victory, but where is it? If you don ‘t, I’ll behead you on the spot!” Chu Guang stared at Chu Zhao coldly.
“Duke, there was indeed a great victory, but this subordinate did not have the time to report it to you.” When Qiu Zhaohai heard this, it seemed like he couldn’t hide it anymore, so he could only bite the bullet and reply.
After all, Chu Guang was the Marshal, and he did have the power to change the general.
Even if he took down Qiu Zhaohai, he could only watch helplessly. Although his backing in the court would help him take back his official position, it was still quite dangerous.
If it became a reality, then wouldn’t he be unlucky?
At this time, he couldn’t care about anything else.
“Report! I’d like to see if this counts as a victory. If not, both of you will take off your hats and go to jail today. ” Chu Guang asked directly.
“Reporting to Saint Duke hai, what just happened. Just a while ago, the sun nation’s Army of about 20000 had attacked White Crane Island under the lead of dozens of Supreme martial artists from the sun sect.
White Crane Island was surrounded. We were burning with anxiety and sent out an Army to rescue them.
However, they were hindered by the sun nation’s Army and were unable to get close to White Crane Island.
Not long after, the general of guerrilla warfare, Tang Wen, returned from the outside and led the Army in a counterattack. Not only did he kill the sun nation’s thirty Supreme rank powerhouses, but he also managed to kill them.
Furthermore, they had destroyed 500 warships of the sun nation and annihilated 15800 enemies.
This is a great victory for the Linghai military office, a great victory, sacred Duke hai.
I’ve already prepared a report for this matter and am prepared to report it to the high Duke’s public house.
However, you guys came before I even sent it out. ” Qiu Zhaohai had no choice but to reveal it.
“Is it true?” Chu Guang stroked his beard and asked.
“Of course, the truth is there. You can ask Hall Master Feng of the six fan Hall. She sent a vice Hall Master to White Crane Island to help the Tang guerilla attack the enemy. ” Qiu Zhaohai didn’t dare to hide it. He even gave a false number. He had clearly killed about 11000 enemies, but he gave him a false number of 15000.
Instead of destroying 300 warships, he had destroyed 500. Tang Wen’s contribution had been exaggerated.
Of course, this guy was just trying to flatter himself.
“Reporting to Saint Duke hai, there is indeed such a matter. The Vice Hall Master ning Mei I sent has already reported it to me.
Because this is military chief Qiu’s matter, I didn’t report it to Haicheng City.
Vice Tang Ning also said that Lord Tang went on a killing spree and used hidden weapons to succeed.
Half of the 30 Supreme rank powerhouses from sun sect were killed by him using a hidden weapon.
Moreover, Lord Tang was decisive in his decision to counterattack and transfer six ships from somi Island.
Two of them were merchant ships that had mounted black – clothed cannons to attack.
When the sun nation’s soldiers saw that their powerful cultivators had been killed, they panicked.
Our great Chu’s thousands of soldiers fearlessly charged over and annihilated more than 10000 enemies.
However, more than 3000 of Tang Wen’s men had died, so the court should give them compensation.
Otherwise, the Tang family’s servants will be disappointed. ” Feng jiuxue said.
Of course, he also exaggerated the number of casualties, probably to get more pension for Tang Wen.
In any case, this kind of thing was not uncommon in great Chu. They had only killed 1000 people, but they had to give a false number of 1500 to gain battle merits.
At that time, with more battle merits, there would be hope for a promotion.
“I can’t just listen to one side of the story.” Chu Guang said pretentiously.
“Saint Duke hai, I’ve also heard of this. It should be true.” Wan Hansong said.
“I won’t say anymore, it’s useless no matter who talks.” Chu Guang said arrogantly.
“Why don’t we call Lord Tang over and ask him?” Feng jiuxue said.
“Alright, order him to come over immediately.” Chu Guang said.
“I heard that Tang Wen has just returned to the provincial capital and is now at the Mei mansion. Just in time, I’ll immediately send an order to call him over.” Feng jiuxue said. The subordinate immediately rushed to the Mei residence. Soon, Tang Wen came over.
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