Dress up as a sickly person to capture the villain princess!

These were all discussed between His Majesty and himself at the beginning. As soon as Nuo Zimu heard what His Majesty wanted, he already understood what His Majesty was up to.

Although using a trick is not an upright act, it is already a mercy to these pirates who kill people in the dark and windy night without being seen.

"Your Majesty, when two armies are at war, how can we rely on these fantastic ideas? Being good at training and exercising soldiers is what a general should do!"

"What's more, this group of pirates is disorganized and undisciplined. How can they be compared with the regular army of our Liang Dynasty?"

"What's there to be afraid of?"

Zhao Changlin was too lazy to listen to his long speech, so he simply stretched out his hand to stop him and signaled him not to say any more.

"There is no organization and no discipline. General Sima knows that when facing a powerful enemy, underestimating the enemy is the most foolish behavior."

"I hope that General Sima will not make such a stupid mistake in front of me in the future."

Although Zhao Changlin's rebuke was not harsh, it made Nuo Zimu lose face. Although he did not agree with what the current emperor did, he also knew that all is fair in war, and the world has always been about deception.

Therefore, when Nuo Zimu saw that his proposal did not work, he could only return in disappointment and never talk about the matter again.

This is really a curse. Not only is his daughter bewitched by the girl from the Xia family, but why has His Highness also become like this, believing what that witch says, going east and not west, and going west and not east.

His pair of sharp eyes had never misjudged anyone. The Xia family's daughter was so confident and in control of everything that she had a sense of self-confidence and contentment that even an old commander like him who had been marching and fighting for a lifetime did not possess.

The battle between the two armies was extremely dangerous. If he was arbitrary and stubborn in his decision, the day would not be long before his head was cut off by the enemy and hung on the city wall.

Therefore, Nuo Zimu still firmly believes in the rumors among the people until now. The daughter of the Xia family who is beside His Majesty... must have learned the art of witchcraft from somewhere, or she must know the heir from Miao.

He narrowed his eyes and looked at the pale face by the carriage window. Her skin was as white as cream, her eyebrows were as dark as distant mountains, and her lips were slightly pursed. She was indeed pure and innocent, a noble lady in the capital.

How could such a wonderful person be associated with such a sinister witchcraft?

"General, although you command the army, you don't know much about the navy, right?"

"This... The pirates in Xizhou City are good at robbing in the suburbs, but they are even better at killing people and unloading goods on the water."

"General, if you use your spear to fight head-on, I'm afraid it won't be as lethal as the moon-shaped curved sword."

What she said was so reasonable and well-founded that he couldn't find any fault with it. Nuo Zimu was stunned. He really couldn't expect that at his age, he would still be played around by a little girl.

This little girl is probably even more eloquent than my own daughter.

"Little girl, you are right, but who can know if you haven't tried it? Could it be that the elite soldiers under my command can't defeat a small village?"

"You are such a joker."

"Forget it, children speak without restraint. This general will not bother with you."

He reined in his horse and the horseshoe sank into the mud. Nuo Zimu winked at the adjutant beside him. Although Nuo Zimu disdained to use such despicable means, since this was the order of His Majesty, as an old minister, he had to carry out the military order out of both moral and legal necessity.

"The east wind has risen. Tell your men to get the rockets ready."

Looking at the reluctant look of Nuo Zimu in the distance, Xia Zhiyuan felt like laughing, as if doing this would tarnish his innocent reputation.

This old Deng really doesn't understand or is he pretending not to understand? The army under his command is indeed brave and good at fighting, and can fight back and forth with the barbarian cavalry, but amphibious warfare and land forces are two completely different concepts.

If they clash head-on, then the three-army coalition under Your Majesty's command will inevitably end up making the same joke as during the reign of Emperor Wande, where the regular army of the imperial court was unable to defeat the pirates.

However...Emperor Wande and Your Majesty both made the same decision not to call on the court's navy to besiege the pirates in Xizhou City because they were afraid that they would get the news in advance, burn down the village overnight, and escape by boat.

By then, all your efforts will be in vain.

Zhao Changlin closed her eyes and felt the wind blowing from behind her. Her long hair and braids were blown up, and the fluff of the reeds was scattered in the air. The wind at the seaside changed rapidly, and she had to seize this moment and take the lead.

The group of people who were beaten didn't know which direction to take.

……

The pirates standing on the deck had red cheeks, holding their scimitars in their hands, rubbing their shoulders and palms, wishing they could rush forward immediately, chop the running dogs of the opposite court into pieces, and throw them into the sea to feed the fish.

"Wait... did you notice anything wrong?"

“What’s that smell…!”

A man leaned on the railing of the boat, squinting his eyes and looking at the reeds in the distance. They were a vast expanse of white, like waves, rising and falling with the current.

Suddenly, specks of starlight flashed among the dense green grass leaves!

His heart suddenly skipped a beat and he understood what was going on. So he yelled at the top of his lungs, "There's a fire! There's an open fire!"

The burning smell was carried by the east wind to the nose of the blind leader of the water bandit camp. After all, he had seen the world. He was not in a hurry. He looked at the stars in the reeds in the distance and calmly ordered his water bandits: "Bring the cowhide here!"

"The more the merrier!"

The thing that the boatmen fear the most is undoubtedly the uneasy sea, the sudden tsunami, the damage to the hull and the spontaneous combustion of the cabin. In order to prevent someone from setting the boat on fire, they prepared a lot of cowhide in the cabin. Cowhide is both waterproof and can prevent the spread of fire. As long as they use the cowhide to wrap the flying rockets.

If we all work together and throw it into the sea, then we can resolve the situation and make the court's lackeys suffer a huge loss!

"Yes, the boss!"

Several burly men immediately turned around and entered the cabin. In just a moment, they lifted up bundles of cowhide and threw them on the deck. They cut the thick ropes with machetes, and the cowhide spread out. Others immediately stepped forward, grabbed the cowhide with their hands, and surrounded the hull tightly with circle after circle.

Seeing this scene, Nuo Zimu's face suddenly became as hard as a stone in the toilet, and hot air spurted out of his nose. He didn't expect... this was really a clever trick of the mountain people.

"You bastard... you still have this trick waiting for you!"

However, Zhao Changlin on the side remained unmoved. Can this group of people defend for a while, but can they defend for a lifetime?

No matter how much bragging they have, it will all run out one day. If they want to hold on forever, I'm afraid they can't do it.

What's more, the shadow guards sent out should have replied by now.