A Mistaken Marriage Match: A Generation of Military Counselor

Chapter 41 Pirates' Showdown

Under the dim light of the night sky on the eastern shore, the soldiers were cleaning up and repairing the damaged ships. The moonlight was still like before. Bright and sparkling. The ocean waves washed the beach's fine sand ashore but the atmosphere on the beach was somewhat the only thing extraordinary abnormal.Su Ling and Gu Yun glanced at each other. They both had expressions of frustration, helplessness, and uncertainty. Standing on their left-hand side were hundreds of mountain thieves led by Mu Cang. Among them were also Wu Ji and Yan Ge. These men and other bandits were all extremely afraid of her and for a discerning eye, it was clear to see that she was the leader of the bandits. The imperial government wanted nothing but their gold back. No one cared who the genuine bandit leader was. Su Military's mission right now was to extinguish the pirates, therefore, these robbers at present were not for them to manage. Standing on the right-hand side was Ao Tian, now the leader of Ju Ling Island, and together with the assassins. They were all wearing black clothes. Besides their sinister cold eyes, they have grim expressions and austere energy coming out of their body.One side were robbers and the other side were killers. If we have to speak of enmity, both sides have hatred with Su military. If they wanted to revenge, they should also find Su Ling, right? But the current situation was not entirely the case.The leaders of both parties were coldly watching and eyeing each other. Ao Tian was peaceful but the bandit leader looked like she was ready to jump into a fight while Gu Yun was continuously puzzled.Still standing together with the bandits was Mu Yi. Now at this moment to duck out of the way, he went to Su Ling's side, ready to watch excitedly with full enthusiasm. He certainly knew the inside story. Sensing Gu Yun's eyes, Mu Yi fiercely glared towards her direction with one eye. Gu Yun laughed in spite of trying to hold it back. This guy really holds grudges. Yang Ge suddenly stepped forward. Staring at the icy face of Ao Tian, he shouted, "Come hand over the Lingshi!" Lingshi, to outsiders, maybe just an ordinary stone, but to the Shui Mu tribe, it was sacred and precious. Ao Tian would not even give him a glance. He had not one iota of interest, which Yang Ge found annoying. Yang Ge refused to give up, "Don't think that just because we did not talk, we will give up! Hand over the stone." Yang Ge was waving his silver whip toward Ao Tian. When the silver whip was raised, the two men behind Ao Tian swiftly jumped out, one sword fell on the long whip and the other broadsword to cut the hand that held the whip. Gu Yun drew a breath, the hand of Yang Ge that was holding the whip would definitely get cut off! Gu Yun was about to undertake the task of stopping it when a whip of green emerald snake pattern suddenly wrapped around the hand of the man holding a broadsword. The whip was also suffused with a faint green light and the whip was covered in razor-sharp scales. Mu Cang bitterly pulled the long whip. The scales tore the skin of the man's arm exposing the flesh and the broadsword crashed. The green whip's scales were soaked with dark red blood.Ao Tian's icy cold eyes moved and the sinister Ci-Ling sword left the scabbard. Everyone saw only the touch of shadows flashing. He approached Mu Cang simultaneously and entangled the green whip also wrapped in green. The sword edge and the friction of the whip scales gave out a spark and made a sharp piercing sound that was painful to the ear. Gu Yun wanted to go up to dissuade Ao Tian but Su Ling gently discouraged her and held her shoulders. Gu Yun quickly warned him, "Her snake leather whip is very strong!"Su Ling replied in a low voice, "Ao Tian's Ci-Ling is not a conventional weapon either. We'll talk about it later."The two martial arts' skills were not weak. Equally good. No one was better than the other in this soft-sword and snake whip duel showdown. However, Gu Yun thought they should stop fighting and she came forward again."Whack!" Another whip strikes and landed heavily on the solid wooden warship and instantly left a trail of deep slashes. The two people were entertaining themselves. The warship that stopped at the shore suffered from earlier fighting. The whip hit and a sword scar mark staggered down the ship's hull. The ship had been badly damaged earlier and now looked even more miserable.Su Ling's face grew dark. Gu Yun lightly coughed and asked, "Are you sure you want to continue watching this?""That's enough!" Su Ling said with a low boom and pulled out the Chixue sword to separate the two fighters. A strong hot internal force of the sword forced both of them to back away a few steps.Gu Yun also came and stopped in front of Ao Tian. Ao Tian and Mu Cang initially didn't want to stop it themselves but Gu Yun came around to persuade them and she took advantage to restrain his sword.　Mu Cang recovered her long whip, but the bright eyes still full of murderous vibe.　What's the bitter hatred between them? Gu Yun sighed, "I don't know what is the personal gratitude or grudge between you but I am grateful to the two of you that rescued us, however, is there anything that can be settled by discussing about it. If you don't want to talk about it, fight it out again but do it outside the Su military territory."What happened today was something like a written drama. They were besieged by the pirates at sea during the day, in the midst of the crisis the people from Ju Ling Island unexpectedly came and saved them. Finally, after coming back to shore with some difficulty, the two squads were ready to beat it out. Can someone explain to me what the hell is this about?!Apparently, Gu Yun's act to reconcile the two parties had some effect. Wu Ji continued to yell like what Yan Ge's had earlier claimed. He descended saying, "We pursued from the rainforest to the sea for the sole purpose of getting back the clan's Lingshi. Unless they return the Lingshi, there is nothing to discuss."Lingshi, what is it? Gu Yun glared at Ao Tian and he coldly replied, "I don't know anything about that Lingshi."Mu Cang's look gradually relaxed and said in a whisper, "Ten years ago, Ju Ling Island person stole our Lingshi personally from my father; and three years ago your people also killed my father. I knew that Ju Ling Island only received money to collect things. I don't want to pursue the matter because it has been long in the past. I do not want to investigate; I only want to know where the Lingshi is right now? Where is the man who hired you to kill my father?"Low dark voice, did not sound like a woman, especially with her beautiful ethereal face. But listening to her, it let the listeners carry on the creepy feeling.Ao Tian looked behind. A 40-something man respectfully stepped forward to Ao Tian and whispered a few words in his ear. Ao Tian's face didn't change while listening to him. He replied in a whisper, "Why would I tell you?"Bright eyes were looking silently. Standing on the right side next to Su Ling was Gu Yun. Mu Cang replied, "If you tell me where and who it is, I will help them eradicate the pirates."Gu Yun was surprised for a moment, when did the fight with the pirate involve Mu Cang? With a hissing sound, Qiao Lin Feng said, "This girl is declaring something that is not small, how dare you wildly talk that your six boats will eradicate piracy?" Although she did help today so they would have a chance to counterattack, he cannot accept her boasting.Mu Cang was not annoyed. Instead, in a gruff voice, she replied dismissively, "I know where the pirate's nest is. This woman also knows how many ships and how many people they really have. If I do not share that information, you may spend three or five years searching for them and still won't be able to find them." Su military did not find them in three months. Qiao Lin still dubious and asked, "Pirate's nests where is it?"Mu Cang looked at Ao Tian. Her meaning was obvious. If Ao Tian did not answer her questions, she will not disclose the location of the pirates' den.All eyes were now focused on Ao Tian. Gu Yun felt funny inside. Why would Mu Cang think that in order to fight piracy she could ask Ao Tian this question and expect to get an answer to her question? Just when Gu Yun assumed that Ao Tian would not bother, Ao Tian suddenly put an explanation, "The Ju Ling people charge in their dealings and we never betray it. But ... I can also pick up your business if you give me one or two silvers and I will help you get back your Lingshi and also help you kill the killers."Mu Cang's eyebrow slightly shifted. She wanted to personally murder the enemy but it looks like the opposite of this icy man. It was absolutely impossible that he would tell her. In this situation, he was still willing to compromise to the point where it's strictly only because of the young woman, Qing Mo. For a long time, Mu Cang paused, then decided to take the deal, "Good." From her waist, she took out one or two pieces of silver and threw it to Ao Tian.He slightly raised his hand and easily caught the silver. Ao Tian said, "After three months, you will receive the Lingshi and the head of your father's enemy."The tone was calm and cool as if their deal was not a man's life but was a very common thing. Gu Yun was secretly scared. Was this the Ao Tian she knew? They seemed to have reached a consensus, so Qiao Lin excitedly asked, "You can now say where the pirate's nest is, right?" Today, they destroyed five of the pirate's ships. If they could find their lair then they could soon totally eradicate piracy!"Today it's too late. Tomorrow, I will come back to you at noon." Ignoring people's watchful eyes, Mu Cang turned away. "Hey!" Qiao Lin angrily yelled while staring at the figure that was walking away, "What do you mean by this! You played us!"The shout made Mu Cang stopped, but she did not turn back, "Su Yu is in my boat, you'd better find someone to take him away." After leaving the word, Mu Cang went away without looking back.Su Yu was with them?! Su Ling looked to the side of Mu Yi and quickly asked, "Yu, how is he?"Mu Yi put his hand on Su Ling's shoulder and replied, "Rest assured, he is just unconscious." Su Yu, that kid's life was very tough, relying on a broken piece of wood from the old ship to float in the sea for so long. Originally, he thought that Mu Cang would not save him but she eventually rescued him.Just unconscious? This was a comfort? Su Ling ruthlessly took Mu Yi's hands and told Gu Yun, on the side, "I'll go see him, you rest early.""OK."After Su Ling left, Gu Yun went back and saw that Ao Tian had already gone far. She hesitated for a moment then she called him loudly, "Ao Tian, I want to talk to you." From afar, Ao Tian lagged his steps and signaled by waving to the people following behind. The few people quickly left. They left so fast, it left Gu Yun amazed.The two walked side by side on the soft sandy beach. Ao Tian was always indifferent and focused his attention on looking in front. The two were silent for a long time. "Thank you for saving us." Gu Yun took the lead trying to break the awkward silence. Unfortunately, it took a long time for Ao Tian to answer. Gu Yun frowned, what had happened to him? She felt he was a little weird. Gu Yun thought he was going to be silent and would just walk all the way when Ao Tian finally spoke, "You got hurt, have you?""I have completely healed." The last chest injury thing, she knew Ao Tian felt guilty and she wouldn't talk about it.The black Ju Ling Island ships were docked about three or four miles away from the Su military warships docking station. The black ships, during the night, seemed to be integrated into the boundless moonlit night. If you did not carefully look, you may not be able to its presence there.Gu Yun stopped and asked in a low voice, "Are you the spiritual Patriarch of the island?"Ao Tian was reluctant to talk. He would just say, "Ah" then he would no longer say a word."Why?" Gu Yun was puzzled. Was he not trying vigorously to avoid the Ju Ling Island? Now at the moment, how did he become a Patriarch? She thought for a while, Gu Yun exclaimed, "Was it because of Ye Mei? Ten years after the election of a chieftain, as long as you avoid these days, wait until there is a new Patriarch they won't catch Ye Mei to push you."Ao Tian shook his head, "Only the silver-haired person is qualified to become a Patriarch. Ye Mei is my blood sister, she is most likely to give birth to a silver head descendant later and for that, they won't let her off. " Gu Yun would also like to ask more but Ao Tian suddenly turned his back. In a deep cold voice with a touch of helplessness, but with unusual firmness he said, "I have someone I need to protect." His hand slowly clenched and his fingers deeply pierced the wounds in his palm. He had clear keen eyes. The pain would make him remember to be indifferent.Protector, what warm words. He's such a good brother. Gu Yun remembered the night with him drinking wantonly. As Qiong Yue's first-rate bounty hunter after they caught the culprits, this was how they passed the time. At that time, he made Jianghu somewhat pleased, free and unfettered. But at the moment he possessed authority. He could no longer be free and carefree. Now the aloof and arrogant back even revealed a hint of sadness.There were always frustrations and sorrows for people living in this world. Drawing a deep breath, masking her own feelings of grief and sorrow, Gu Yun asked in a whisper, "Is your shifu the Ghost Doctor?"Ao Tian turned back quickly, "Are you feeling unwell?"She shook her head, pointing to the two scars on her cheek, Gu Yun said with a smile,"I would like to ask, whether he can heal this scar on my face?" Scars? Ao Tian's expression suddenly looked cold with dismay, Gu Yun was slightly stunned, why did he become like that?Ao Tian in an icy voice asked, "What is the reason you want to treat your face?"Gu Yun suddenly realized and guessed that he must have misunderstood. She quickly explained, "I did not want a treatment!! It is for my sister. She lives in the palace and it is not easy for her. I want to help her find a doctor to cure her face."Why was everyone like this? Even if she wanted to fix her face, there was no need for such a surprise? The most pathetic was Su Ling. Everyone first thought it was because he repulsed her.Ao Tian stared at Gu Yun for a long time. After he determined that she was not lying and did not see a fake smile, his face slowly calmed and in a deep voice replied, "Let me talk to Shifu." "As long as you help me and do a referral, I will do everything afterward. I will explain it to him." I heard that the expert had his quirks. If he thought she was allowed without sincerity, it is not good. "He doesn't like meeting strangers." Ao Tian apparently refused. Gu Yun did not pursue the matter and replied, "All right, thank you." Su Ling's tall figure was walking towards them. Covering the pain in his eyes, Ao Tian said in a whisper, "Rest early." Without waiting for Gu Yun to respond, he already turned to leave, his footsteps were very fast and the aloof figure gradually faded into the night, only the silver hair could be seen bright in the dark.He—what's wrong with him? 　　Gu Yun absently looked at the back of Ao Tian. Suddenly behind her, a warm, familiar atmosphere surrounded her. "What are you thinking?" His eyes followed her line of sight. Su Ling also saw the fading shadow. Ao Tian as Ju Ling Island patriarch, the endless hunt should also be over right now. The man, if he does not take the initiative to give up, he is his biggest rival with Qing Mo.Gu Yun did not answer and whispered, "How is Su Yu?"He had not seen him since only January but Su Yu was now only skin and bones. Su Ling exclaimed, "I ordered to send him back tonight to Su ancestral home. I hope the Patriarch Qing can save him." Gu Yun turned around and comforted him, "Don't worry, he'll be all right.""Ok"Su Ling held Gu Yun's hand and the couple walked slowly towards the camp. On the road further behind them was a lonely shadow also gradually disappearing. It was late at night. Tireless waves chased the beach. A clear shadow sat alone on the white sand while the howling sea breeze blew her black cloak. A woman caressed a little green snake on her wrist with chilling eyes.In his eyes, there was only one woman and it wasn't her. Even on the ship after he picked up his brother, he did not even look at her. Mu Cang let out a self-deprecating smile. Qing Mo is his only subject of affection. Her lower lip corner smiled. Mu Cang sensed someone's presence and asked in an icy voice, "Why are you following me?"Hands folded over his chest, MuYi chuckled with a smile, "It took only one or two pieces of silver and you can effortlessly find Lingshi, get news for the death of your father. The leader really is clever." "You get lost!" He had the nerve to say! She had spent more than 1200 silver on him to buy news about Lingshi and the enemy that caused his father's death. He told her, the only information he got was that Lingshi and the murderers that caused his father's death is at the Ju Ling Island. The hitman was lethal and was more than a murder weapon. She wanted to know who was behind the scenes but this damned man dared to say he didn't know! He pretended to be kind enough to look for Ju Ling Island together with them but this resulted in drifting off to sea for a month and they still did not find the passage! She just wanted him to get out of her sight! Mu Cang sets out. Mu Yi, instead of leaving, went around to her front to block her way, pretending to laugh pitifully, "Burning bridges so soon? In fact, you want to help Su Ling to extinguish the pirates; after all, the people have given graciousness to you! Hey, I know what Su Ling knew in the serene mountains five years ago. I shouldn't have only appreciated the beauty while taking a bath and forget that a hero should rescue the beauty too.""What did you say?" Mu Cang's face became pale. Her face had always been calm but now a wave of emotions moved across her face. A wave of deep panic.Her panic expression looked pleasing to Mu Yi. He was feeling good and continued to tease, "If I had stepped ahead of Su Ling to give you a cloak, the person that you would be obsessed about right now would be me." That time his drink with Su Ling was arranged to a secluded hill. He was a half-day early and accidentally caught sight of a woman boldly naked in the hot springs alone taking a bath. He was just too happy to appreciate the sight. Subsequently, there were young people coming for a walk and he got ready also prepared for the mayhem, but just like that, Su Ling came to the rescue and left behind her a cloak and gone was his good play.He ... ... He was there! Mu Cang's limbs turned cold and her blood rushed rapidly to her face. Holding the whip with her hand trembling, her eyes were set to kill. Mu Cang exclaimed, "You're dead!"The whip was aiming mercilessly towards Mu Yi's neck. Mu Yi knew she would do it so he immediately took a leap then a stepped to avoid the menacing whip, "My leader, if your temper is as good as your body, I will be more fascinated with you!" Leaving behind a burst of insolent waves of laughter. Mu Yi's figure quickly ran fast towards the city."Mu-Yi!!" Mu Cang chased out for ten miles, but finally let him run. Her chest was tight and hurt. She was clutching her chest, took a step back and was just too overwhelmed with humiliation and anger. Her memories came flooding back into her mind. Mu Yi thought that her first meeting with Su Ling's was five years ago in a quiet mountain springs, but actually, it's not. She met him the first time in Pei Cheng (or Pei City) ten years ago, when she was ten years old, she looked thin and short then. The tribe's Lingshi had just been stolen which angered his father and suffered a heart attack. They thought the deed was committed by Qiong Yue and that Qiong Yue was sending people against them, so they waged war against their garrison commander. Since then any man who was dressed in Shui Mu Zu (water tribe people) entering the Pei Cheng were arrested. She was still too small and did not understand anything. One day, she had snuck out of the rainforest thinking of playing in Pei City, but just as she slipped for the city, she was discovered by soldiers of the city and made her escape. She escaped to a roadway and was cornered in a tunnel, she only felt being carried and immediately fell into the embrace of solid arms. She still hadn't figured out what was going on when she was placed on a horse and was being wrapped tightly in his cloak. Su Ling rescued her at that time when he was just a teenage general. He was bright and uninhibited, and generally quiet. He took her to a rain forest, rode away without saying a word and just left her a haunting silhouette. It seemed like he did not come for someone's help only once, so when they met again at that secluded mountain at that time, she was amazed at the same time panicked and lost her senses when she saw it was him. She was so looking forward to seeing him again, but he did not recognize her and only left his cloak again. Her mind at the time was preoccupied with the pleasing thought of how to meet him again, only to find out that damn Mu Yi was also at the scene. Now, when she remembered the incident, she hated it. It became an unpleasant memory! *( TL note- the word used literally was a tooth that itches, I guessed his fond memories become somewhat unpleasant now because of Mu YI)Mu Yi! You'd better not show in front of me or I will tear you apart!*****The next day inside the main tent. Su Ling was sitting in the main seat. Gu Yun was standing in front of a large table, looking at yesterday's pirate formation drawings. In fact, their formations did not change a lot. Mainly with good understanding and the handling of vessels were very strong. A group of large men, Han Shu and Qiao Lin Feng were beginning to be impatient.Gu Yun looked up to the side and on the left by the door was a black figure. Ao Tian. He was here because he was the only one who could contain Mu Cang, Qiao Lin Feng thought so, and quietly invited him over. Gu Yun, however, thought it was unnecessary. Although she fought against Mu Cang a number of times, Mu Cang's grip wasn't so much and also she found Mu Cang was not the type who was going to renegade on her words.Just a little after noon, from outside the tent, a voice with little irritation, "General, the Shui Mu Zu chief, Mu Cang."Su Ling replied, "Ask her to come in."The light drapery opened welcoming Mu Cang inside the tent. Yan Ge was the only one who followed. Seeing Ao Tian at the door, Yan Ge' s expression was immediately filled with extreme anger. Fearing that they might break out again into another fight, Qiao Lin asked right away, "You can now say where the pirate's nest is, right?" Mu Cang went to the table looked at Gu Yun at the opposite side with her eyes displaying complex emotions. Gu Yun did not have the chance to see it. Mu Cang then covered her eyes with a piece of the leather case and opened it with one of her fingers and whispered,"Here."Gu Yun looked at the drawing of delicate reefs distribution. The map indicated above the size and the coverage location of the reef. She was secretly surprised because the drawn maps are of the submerged rocks. How long has she been in the East Sea?Everyone was attracted to the reef maps Mu Cang had placed at the table and was greatly surprised after seeing it. Qiao Lin asked in surprise, "You–how did you do it?".Mu Cang still expressionless, hoarse voice coldly replied, "Everything is spiritual, the sea is the same."Spirituality? Everyone was doubting. A little green snake slipped right from her sleeve, lazily putting out the spit, languidly and slowly circling around the wrist of Mu Cang. Mu Cang stroked its head. The little green snake obediently stood motionless. Qiao Lin was secretly swallowing a mouthful of saliva and feeling an aura that he did not know, this woman is what kind of evil? "You went on to say?" Gu Yun prompted Mu Cang. She had already seen that damn little green snake earlier but her mind was only on the distribution maps. Since Mu Cang had already been inside, they could now find the pirate's nest and understand the basic situation."The pirates have a total of 15 main battleships and five was sunk yesterday. The remaining ten have 36 skippers*, (smaller boats used to approach the shoreline) divided among the battleships. The main battleships are distributed in this area because the hidden reefs cover are great here and have a natural barrier that makes it easy to escape your search. The boats are mostly concentrated on the ship and between the ships to escape the rising tide wave surge. Pirates like to exit from both sides. One exit is where you were besieged, another is here." In the map, she pointed out an area at the sea. Mu Cang continued, "As long as warships enter into this area of the sea, it is very easy for a pirate to siege.The pirate ships are even more than the Su navy, it's incredible, Han Shu cried out,"Just thinking of the pirates having so many ships! Fortunately, all the boats are less useful.""You are wrong." Gu Yun said with concern, "The boats are sometimes more powerful. These boats, as long as they're hidden behind the ship, they can slowly approach an enemy ship then seize the right opportunity to swarm onto the enemy's ship. Since it has a small hull and is very flexible, the cannon cannot easily hit the boat and if they continue to get close within 20 feet and the cannon has not hit them, the pirates can strike the ship with projectile explosives. Afterward, they can directly climb onboard."So serious. Restlessly patting his back, Han Shu cried, "We now know the pirate's lair now and the reef distribution, while they are unprepared, rush to them and annihilate them in one easy swoop!" "The hidden rock groups are far more complicated than you might think. The map is just a general distribution. Under the rock bed, no one fully knows completely. Su military ships are so big, once they enter the rock group it can easily be discovered. Don't forget that the pirates are already familiar with the terrain. It is not you who will annihilate them but you, in turn, will bring your own destruction and everyone's death," Mu Cang's solemn and calm rationalization completely extinguished Han Shu's imposing zealousness.If this way did not work and now that was out of the question, the naval warfare was really in trouble! Han Shu angrily cried, "Then what are we to do if we cannot enter the lair? The pirates were badly injured yesterday after some venturing out so they might not dare. Even if they come out, it may be only three to five ships and that 35 boats cannot be wiped out in one swoop. They will be endless trouble."Then Su Ling who was silent like a tomb suddenly spoke, "As long as we send the bait, they will come out.""Bait?"Gu Yun was alarmed, "Who do you want to use as bait? "Qiao Lin paled, quickly protested, "General no! no! You–"Su Ling raised his hand, preventing Qiao Lin to say more and continued what he wanted to say, "They have so many large warships and a different battle array of transformations. These pirates are certainly not ordinary robbers and bandits. Since this time, I think they have made so many arrogant provocations. First, they wanted to try the Su military's ability; the second is they flushed me to come. As long as I work as the bait, they will appear in the waters and think they will win. Not only are they going to come out, but also in a full attack." If they want his life, it would be nearly impossible on land, but it was more likely to achieve that at sea. They would not want to miss this opportunity.Youyi cannot help but whisper, "Pirates, what kind of people? Who is behind them?" Otherwise, how could there be so many warships?"This Mu Yi should know." He is known as the world of things as long as willing to spend money on or no he did not know. Han Shu looked left and right but did not find out the red figure, so he asked, "Mu Yi?" Yesterday I had him, how is it that in one night he disappeared? "He's done with!"All the people were surprised at that moment and pretended they did not hear and bowed their head to look at the numerous reef distribution. Because of that dumb voice, there with gnashing resentment, they did not know how Mu Yi offended this beauty of ice. "Well, this consultation is intended to draw out a feasible, practical solution." Su Ling suggested. Gu Yun replied," What do you think about it?" Now that he came up with the idea of using himself as a bait, he must have thought of the battle plan.Su Ling pointed to the area frequented by pirates in a deep voice said, "I will lead six warships and 10 boats into their ambush areas. In addition to six warships, 13 boats will encircle and ambush in two ways." Pointing around the area frequented by the pirates where they normally formed a battalion perimeter, he said, "Wait until they're entirely set out with a battle array formation, then flank them left and right and take their siege."Han Shu was so excited and overjoyed, "This plan is good, there's an inside and outside attack, the pirates have no escape."Gu Yun continued looking at the reef distribution map and her expression did not light up. Instead, her brows became more and more tightly knit. Youyi asked, "Consigliere, what do you think?"Gu Yun said in a low voice, "This converging attack inside and out is a very good one. I just want to make sure this "mantis that stalks the cicada but unaware of the bird behind" works. We must make sure the cicada is not eaten before the bird arrives. While escaping the sight of the pirates, another group of ships must be hiding behind the covers ten li away from the combat area." Gu Yun looked up, looked to Youyi and asked, "Recently, considering the gust of the Northwest wind, in the case of the wind from ten miles away to how long does it take to get into this place?"Mentally calculating it, Youyi replied, "Half an hour."Gu Yun stared at Su Ling, the pair of black eyes saw a touch of helplessness and insistence that he also knew it was risky to do it, but he will still pull forward. He was too confident or he did not take his life seriously! Glancing at Su Ling, Gu Yun bluntly said, "That is such a long time. The oriole has not even arrived yet but the cicadas would have been eaten away by the praying mantis." Gu Yun was upset and Han Shu retorted loudly, "Half an hour, you look down on people, too." Look down upon whom? Su Ling was in a dangerous situation. Gu Yun was irritated and angry, but now Han Shu was saying she was looking down on them. She was finally furious. She responded, "The pirates have 36 boats and ten large vessels with violent gunfire. They are familiar with the sea and are good at the siege. The Su military will deploy six ships and 10 boats to lure them, do you have a few lives! How much longer can you hang?"Gu Yun was roaring, Han Shu not only froze in fear there, everyone was shocked by her sudden anger. Now, inside the big tent, everyone was so quiet that even breathing was very clear. Su Ling took a deep sigh. Her temper was getting worse. He knew she would be so angry and that was entirely for fear of his safety, but if the pirates were not eliminated, the East Coast will not see peace for a day. The pirates were obviously targeting him; he cannot let the people continue to suffer.After she vented out, there were still things that needed to be resolved. Gu Yun took a deep breath and under her dejected heart of restlessness and anxiety, she said in a low voice, "If you have to lure him out, you have to take at least eight warships into the ambush circle, plus six of Mu Cang's ships should be able to withstand it."Yan Ge was sitting away impatiently and when he heard those words that they would go, he stood up, came near and immediately yelled,"Why should we go?" 　　Gu Yun's eyebrow gently rose, "Someone said they will help me destroy the pirates. Now that person has reneged the promise?" Gu Yun's "help me", those two words were said very seriously. Mu Cang dared to take her to say things and how can she not make the best use of it!The beautiful ice beauty with a rare smile, simply said with a smile, "OK, I will be with Su Ling in the pirate ambush."Mu Cang, so eagerly wanted to help. Gu Yun's mood also improved a bit, "You throw the explosives, although not a big power like the cannon, against the boat it is very effective."Qiao Lin displayed a cynical smile, "Su military currently has only a total of 12 ships, and three are broken. To lure the enemy with eight ships, to ambush and sieged with four, but also soldiers have to be distributed in two, our firepower is not enough, I'm afraid."The master tent was quiet again. Yes, the ship was so much; it is easy to take this loss. "I can help you ambush the pirates." A deep male voice still cold, but very resonant was heard in the back of the room. Everyone turned to look at Ao Tian sitting alone on a chair. They did not understand why, as a master of Ju Ling Island, he would want to help the Su military?! Ao Tian's face had very little facial expression and even the dark eyes did not reveal any emotion.Others did not understand but Su Ling understood Ao Tian clearly. His eagle eyes slipped to meet the eyes of the woman on his side and he exclaimed, "Good! Qing Mo, you will be directed with Ao Tian to ambush warships and siege."Gu Yun was stunned. Why did he not let her accompany him to lure the enemy? Gu Yun's face became very unpleasant. Su Ling's heart was not difficult to guess. Even if he added a few more ships and strength, there may be gaps in their understanding of the pirates' ability. The battle would be extremely dangerous. Having her and Ao Tian's external support will be much more secure, besides....Ao Tian would not put her in any danger. Gu Yun snorted. He wanted the results to be really thorough! Somebody had to calm down; Gu Yun will depart separately and although she will no longer be alongside him to fight, she said she must protect him and will do it! Gu Yun's cold eyes slightly squinted and in a whisper, "Now that we know where their main battleships are, before the battle, we can do some other things."What to do? They looked quizzically at Gu Yun. She also did not sell off and replied, "The Pirates' most powerful weapon is the cannon. As long as we can destroy their artillery, even if only partly tampered, our chances for victory will be very big."Qiao Lin insistently asked, "How to destroy?"Gu Yun didn't answer his question but turned to see Mu Cang and asked, "if it is in the evening, your vessels to pirate ship battalion, how close can you camp without being noticed?"There was a silence for a moment, Mu Cang replied, "Two li away." Pirates are highly vigilant, even at night; there will always be people on boat patrol, once the vessel gets close to within two li, even the small boat will be discovered immediately. She thought she wanted to row the boat near. Gu Yun chuckled and asked,"If it is people?""Who? Do you want to swim over?" Mu Cang stared blankly for a moment, then shook her head, "now is the month of January where sea water is icy cold not to mention the sea is not river or streams, no one can swiftly swim in the mighty waves of the sea so far. ""You don't need to worry about that; I just wanted to know if I can avoid the pirates' eyes.""If people can live," She stared at Gu Yun calm and confident eyes for a long time, Mu Cang had doubts, "How do you want to do this? "Mu Cang was not the only one curious; everyone wanted to know 'what kind of drugs or medicinal oil Gu Yun was peddling.'　　"Yesterday I saw the soldiers repairing the ships and they used a special adhesive substance for the cracks." Gu Yun looked to Qiao Lin for explanation and he replied, "that is a characteristic of the East Sea unique plant, the banana tree. If you open the fruit, mixed the stems and leave, you can get a slimy sap or mucus. Local fishermen often use it to fill the bottom of the small holes of their boats. This mixture, after blending for two-quarters of an hour, will become so hard and basically inseparable even with the spray of water."Gu Yun nodded and the elite's eyes flashed with a sly, she whispered, "As long as we pour the mucus mixture into the muzzle of the pirates, they cannot use the cannons." Yes ah! Blocking the pirate's cannon and see how arrogant they are! Qiao Lin excitedly clapped his thighs, but then after thinking for a moment that was unlikely to happen, "the idea is good, but who can do that?""Yu Shijun!"Yu Shijun stepped forward. Gu Yun said in a low voice, "to the Birds of Prey select the best fifty for endurance battle, ready to fight for my command.""Yes." Yu Shijun took the order and left. Qiao Lin was confused. When did the Birds of Prey team replaced the Tiger Camp as the most severe in the Su military? Youyi resided in the city and stayed for a time and heard of the so-called "Birds of Prey" and their prestige. Youyi whispered a few words to Qiao Lin and he looked surprised and then Qiao Lin turned to Gu Yun. Gu Yun, at this moment, was talking with the General privately in whispers. The General turned a little dark, wrinkled his brows but finally nodded. Su Ling in a low voice, "Youyi, send someone to prepare fruit and leaves and stems of the banana tree.""Yes.""Tonight at zishi (11-1 midnight) Mu Cang and I will go to the sneak attack, tomorrow morning is the decisive battle against the pirates." Gu Yun and Mu Cang on her side took one look. She still had an icy face, but Gu Yun saw the spark of anticipation in her eyes. She guessed right, Mu Cang was definitely the kind of person who was excited when met with challenges."This is what I drew yesterday of the pirate ships formation chart. Open warfare on the battlefield neither you have the experience nor have arranged a specific combat plan." Gu Yun passed the blueprints on the table before Su Ling. Her tone was still not very good but agreed to Su Ling's transit arrangements to be with Ao Tian's group. She only wanted to put the siege in a timely manner to solve Su Ling's trap. She wanted to help him win even if she was not the one standing by his side. That was not important.Su Ling did not understand why she suddenly finally figured it out and readily accepted the arrangements. In this battle, this concern was for her to not brave through hardship and dangers."Tonight at zishi, Han Shu and Qiao Lin accompany me to tactic maneuver on the ships and boats of Mu Cang-"In the huge main tent, a group of people revolved in front of the long narrow table where the deployment plan of tomorrow's combat action was. Even from very far away, Ao Tian and Yan Ge also set out to be depended on. The setting of the golden yellow sun in the western sky was captivating. The red sunset with its rays falling on the stillness of the sea; the water was coated with a layer of warm orange light and the waves dazzled some glare. By the seashore, soldiers were busy preparing for tomorrow's battle. A touch of a tall figure stood alone on the beach, black eyes watching the distant sea level, watching the fiery red sun be engulfed bit by bit and the chilled face actually flashed a trace of elusive sadness.The ocean waves pursued the remote sandy beach. Even when waves after waves sprayed at his feet then scattered, he remained focused ahead. The ocean waves carelessly played and wetted the hem of his clothes. Gu Yun sighed, she got up and grabbed Su Ling's sleeve and he pulled back a few steps. She understood Su Ling's pressure of being a leader. Gu Yun stood by his side and laughed heartily, "You have the leisure and carefree mood to enjoy the sunset?"Gu Yun felt a pair of large hands tightly enclosed around her. The next moment she had fallen into familiar arms. There were many soldiers in the distant ships checking the cannons. From time to time, there were people looking over towards their side. Gu Yun felt uneasy and struggled but the hands binding her waist refused to release. His deep voice and warm breath suddenly fell in her ear, "Permit me to properly embrace you."Forceful heartbeat can be felt through the vest and the strong heartbeat was being transmitted to her. Gu Yun ceased the struggle, though she couldn't see his facial expression. Nevertheless, she could feel through his suffocating embrace the waves in his heart. Gu Yun whispered, "How are you?" Su Ling did not answer. He just enclosed his hand on her waist tighter. Tomorrow was the big battle. He knew the odds and he had her "arrangement" with Ao Tian. Was this advance farewell? She was being held tightly around her waist but she did not feel pain. The bouts of tightening felt even worse than the pain. She let him hold her for a long time. Gu Yun with words hiding the emotion, she declared, "Su Ling, I won't let you die. You cannot die, understand?"His cold tone of voice was totally ordered, but with slight trembling. The chest behind her back stiffened and he held her deeper in his arms. A deep male voice firmly left a word, "Hao."**(TL : meaning yes, good or ok but in Chinese this connotes an endearing answer)The sun completely sets into the sea, leaving little rays of light, but this was enough to hold the shadow of the couple in a very long embrace. The sea's scenery at night and day were entirely nothing alike. The soothing clear blue water during the day at this moment turned exceptionally ferocious. Behind every wave seemed to be a dark black hole that will swallow everything next to it, even the sound of the waves on the concealed reef was harrowing. The entire scene tonight was dreadful.Behind a large reef, parked a boat obscured by the shadow of the night. Two women were standing on the bow, quietly watching the battalion of warships floating not far away.Gu Yun exclaimed in a whisper, "Alertness was very high." There were four or five individual inspections on each of the warships; they visit the deck and cabin respectively, and the stern was being guarded by someone. She could only see one side of the situation. According to Mu Cang, two ships were moored and in the middle were boats, where the guard must also be very close.Mu Cang replied also in a whisper, "Plugging all the cannons are out of the question but it will be great if we will be able to plug at least the thirty cannons of the five warships closest to us. It will be remarkable."Gu Yun nodded and said, "Let's get started."Mu Cang instructed the two people behind and said, "Yan Ge, Wu Ji, mixed the fruit and leaves and stems of the banana tree.""Yes."The deck was filled with banana trees with fruits and leaves. Dozens of Shui Mu people were peeling the fruit and blending the stems and leaves. The viscous liquid was filled with prepared big bamboo flasks and finally sealed using hot wax. The sealed tube is open on one side and Yan Ge could not help looking at the fifty fine men standing in front. They had a barrel of water that was being poured on their body spoonful by spoonful. Legend has it, this is because they are afraid they will not be able to stand the low water temperature of the sea that will result in body cramps or heart paralysis. He did not quite understand what cramps and paralysis were but he really admired this group of men.The sea at night was much colder than during the day. He was wrapped with his coat and yet still cold. Little of him was exposed to the outside but his ears and fingers have long been frozen stiff but the fifty men were not complaining. They did not hesitate to pour a spoon of cold water over their heads. Everyone's body raised a touch of white mist. Even so, their faces shared the same expressions of determination. Even Mu Cang cannot help it but be pleased and admire. Su army was really a Su army, such a strict discipline, fortitude, and courage. It is no wonder that they are invincible! No wonder Qing Mo dared to say to do a night tour at sea!Gu Yun came before them; all movements were unified when they put down their spoons and solemnly stood to wait for her order. Gu Yun pointing across the ship, said in a whisper, "There are 30 cannons across the opposite side, your task today is to pour the mucus that is inside the bamboo tube into the pirates' cannons within a time of only two-quarters of an hour, understand clearly or not?""Yes." Neat and simple answers were heard, obeying her without objection. "Get ready, define your goals."In commado training, Gu Yun never gives them a task. She only tells them their duty and she did not teach them how to do it. She needed an all-rounded excellent special force. They must be able to draw up their own tactical plans, communicate mutually with each other, and not only do individual combat but combat as a team also. Besides that, also coordinate all operations together, this time was the same.Gu Yun gave out the command, 50 of them proficiently fell into a file.The bamboo tubes have all been filled and each man was carrying a tube, a bundle of rope and stood in line at the front of the boat waiting for Gu Yun's last command."Remember, only two-quarters of an hour, you must complete the goal.""Yes."Looking at the direction of the young figures, Gu Yun's heart burst in pain. She knew how cold the sea was, how far their targets were, and what was two li away, but failing to sabotage the pirates' cannon, that will make it difficult to have any chances to win tomorrow! As a soldier, they had no choice. She had no choice. She slowly walked up behind them, Gu Yun said in a low voice only so they can hear the sound, "Come back to me alive!"The always-stern voice obviously choked up. The soldiers did not turn their heads; faces were directly looking towards the boundless, serene and cold night. A warm current moved through their heart."Let's begin."Gu Yun gave the order and the dark shadows jumped from the bow without a hint of hesitation as one sunk down into the freezing sea.Yan Ge could not bear it and ran to the bow looking down into the raging waves. He could only faintly see their heads fluctuating up and down furiously and approaching towards the ships in the distance. The cold wind blew on the body cutting like a knife. Yan Ge unconsciously shook for a moment. Whether the men will have the ability to plug the cannon or not, solely this kind of valor and together with perseverance, there can only be respect. Time went by and Gu Yun's heart was full of apprehension. Even though she tried putting all efforts into keeping it steady, she could not hide the worries written on her face.Mu Cang took a spyglass and handed it to her, Gu Yun nodded at her with appreciation. She raised the observation mirror and in the vast ocean, she cannot see any silhouettes, nor any movement near the pirate ships. Soon, it would be for two quarters. Gu Yun was worried about their safety but also worried the mucus would be solidified. If they were unable to get things done on time, then the operation would be a failure and the men would also be affected by this bone-biting cold.Gu Yun was fearfully restless when suddenly she was disturbed by Yan Ge's voice, "Whoa, really good!"Gu Yun looked carefully and saw a section of the rope thrown up from the surface, with a hook on one side firmly on the turret. Followed by a dark shadow along the ropes and all the way to where the shadow was climbing, the shadow climbed onto the turret. With feet hooked to ropes to stabilize the body, immediately he took out the bamboo tube from behind and rapidly searched for the mouth of the cannon and soon pulled out. Then they went down the ropes again, by brute strength shook the rope and it fell into the silent sea. They acted very fast, clean and a total of not more than five minutes. It was calm again around the pirate's ship. The night patrol inspections that went back and forth on the deck did not pay attention to the end of the chamber nor checked down at the bottom cabin.She put down the observation mirror. Gu Yun's face was not expressing happiness yet but her brows were wrinkled. She needed to wait until the task was complete before being happy. She gave them the cold training, endurance training and was confident that they were able to swim past the ships, but the biggest challenge was to swim back. Gu Yun stood on the bow, hands tightly holding the icy fences, eyes without blinking, and vigilantly staring at the surging of the sea surface. Every minute seemed very long! Finally, struggling to swim forward and appearing in front of Gu Yun, at this moment, her heart was more excited to see them rather than seeing their task completed. Standing next to the rope ladder, they climbed up to the bow when Gu Yun reached out her hand to pull them one by one. Her warm palm had cooled almost paralyzing her heart.The soldiers who were already on board were wrapped in a thick blanket, curled up on the ground shaking. Under the night sky, they were pale blue and their breathing was intermittent. Gu Yun's heart throbbed in pain once again, her eyes were hot, and her tears welled up. She threw her head up to hold the tears from falling down, and finally, under the calm mood, she counted them. Gu Yun's face changed and anxiously asked, "Shi Hu and Fang Hong?"Slowly the soldiers recovered but were also at a loss. They had furiously swum back but everywhere else was very dark around. They simply did not know if there was someone nearby. Gu Yun ran back to the bow, wide eyes stared at the stormy sea, cold water. If they still did not come back, I'm afraid –Leng Xiao and Ge Jingyun also came close to her, staring at the sea, trying to find any traces. After a few moments, Leng Xiao pointed not far, whispering in a low voice, "There they are!"Two men were being tossed up and down several times by the waves, to a point they were almost overcome by the waves. Fan Hong seemed to have temporarily lost consciousness and Shi Hu carried him on his back, exhausted, cold, his feet also started to get numb. They were in fact very close to the bow, but by the way, it looked, it was impossible to climb a rope ladder!Leng Xiao threw down his quilt and said, "I'll give them a hand.""I am going to also." Ge Jingyun also followed the rope ladder on the bow. "You don't launch." Two hands were seized by Gu Yun. Their hands were ice-cold and not like a human's hand, even their jaws were shaking now. Dark purple lip color implied that their hearts had been severely deprived of oxygen. Once again, how could she let them go! If they don't get well, four people will be dead! Gu Yun shoved them and climbed down the rope ladder. Two people have left a surprise, "Boss!" Only when experienced by oneself, did one know how cold the sea is! She grabbed two ropes tied to her wrists, then Gu Yun threw them the other end of the rope and said, "You can rest assured that I go down and tie a rope to their waist, you'll pull them up later!"Leng Xiao quickly, "Let me go!" Even so, she would have to also soak in water for a while! "That's an order." Gu Yun said. Time was running out and she needed to get to them. She climbed down the ladder all the way. Seeing Gu Yun, Shi Hu, who had started to slack in the spirit suddenly woke up, sobered while carrying Fang Hong on his back and continued to swim towards the direction of the rope ladders. Seeing Gu Yun climbed down the rope ladders, Mu Cang also went to the side of the ship, and the chilly eyes rose with a touch of admiration. This woman had courage, military strength, strategy, resourceful, scheme, and a kind heart. To subdue the heart of Gray Hawk, the matter will come sooner or later.Mu Cang turned back, facing Wuji she whispered, "Make few pots of fire inside the cabin."Wuji nodded. Yan Ge smiled, "I will go as well." Her favorite dauntless guys, she just thought that the girl had such courage and boldness. Well, about their previous misunderstanding, now he does not care if she cut off her whip at all! Gu Yun went down to the end of a rope ladder, Shi Hu had to swim nearby, Gu Yun said loudly, "You hold, Shi Hu!"Gu Yun jumped into the sea. She found that the sea was colder than she imagined. The surging waves were very difficult to deal with making it hard in approaching Shi Hu. When she finally swam to their side, she tied Fang Hong's body that was temporarily paralyzed then tugged the rope. After motioning that, the top had been tied up, the rope was pulled up slowly carrying Fang Hong with it."Shi Hu, to you." Gu Yun tied the rope on his body, Shi Hu pulled the rope, and said, "I can climb up. You let them pull you up! "If he gets angry now his air will be less, so long-winded. "Cut the crap, don't move, the aging mother is freezing." At the same time fastening ropes, Gu Yun had once again tugged the long rope, Shi Hu was pulled. Gu Yun's hands started to freeze. This meant she can no longer delay, she struggled to swim to the ladder, grabbed the rope with a long sigh and then climbed step by step. On the deck, Gu Yun's whole body was wet, pale white and awkwardly shivering non-stop. Mu Cang grabbed a quilt beside her and threw it at Gu Yun. She coldly said, "I want to return, you go inside the cabin, don't block my way." Gu Yun came into the cabin and a burst of warmth swept her. There were several fire braziers lying on the ground and the warm flame was dancing. Gu Yun smiled slightly. The Patriarch was indeed a patriarch. The way to express her goodwill was also cruel. Gu Yun and Mu Cang went directly onto Ao Tian's ship and did not meet with Su Ling. She did not want Su Ling to see her distressed appearance and her look of embarrassment. In order to avoid letting the pirates discover their ambush, warships must be hiding behind a reef before dawn, so they would have to start in the middle. "Not drinking." Another bowl of ginger tea was passed over. Gu Yun had to refuse; she already drank two bowls! She felt so stupid. She should have gone back to the camp and put on new clothes then find Ao Tian. Now, not Su Ling but Ao Tian was staring at her. Ao Tian did not say a word to her, but this whole evening she would practice her ability to make discerning judgments! Light sneeze. Gu Yun said with a smile "I will sleep, at dawn, you wake me up." She immediately leaned against the couch with her back to Ao Tian; she didn't want to face his distant face all night. There was no sound from behind for a long time. After a while, a mink coat gently covered her body then, the sound of a door closed. Gu Yun slowly turned back. Left alone in the cabin, she wanted to close her eyes to sleep but could not fall asleep. Perhaps the fur was too warm, or was it really hard to fall asleep? After tossing and turning, Gu Yun was finally fell into a deep sleep. When she opened her eyes, the rays of sunshine had penetrated the window blinds into the cabin. Gu Yun hurried over and opened the window. Despite the bright light outside, the sun was just rising from the sea. It was not too late. Gu Yun went out of the cabin to the deck of Black Sail. It was very large, larger than Su military warships of the General but all were built using dark wood with black color giving out a feeling of depression. Ao Tian stood on the bow, towards the direction of the sun. The sunlight in his silver hair looked like it was dyed pale golden yellow, very beautiful. Ao Tian suddenly looked back at her and gently waved. Facing the sun, Gu Yun cannot see his face, but he was laughing.Laughing? As if, she didn't see Ao Tian laugh! Gu Yun moved closer. This face was very indifferent, he was not even smiling perhaps it was her wandering."Su military coming over." Ao Tian's deep voice returned Gu Yun back to her senses and she raises her eyes to see a single team of the fleet.She picks up the spyglass. It was indeed the Su military fleet to lure the pirates. They are sailing very slowly. It was too far away. Even though the scope of a spyglass, Gu Yun could not see the specific situation. Now, they just have to wait for the pirates to take the bait. As soon as the pirates swallow the bait, they can start. Past one hour, the sun began to head. Gu Yun became impatient and anxious. Was the damage to the pirates' cannon discovered so they were not coming out?"Consigliere." The estimation was too long, Youyi was also nervous; he went to Spirit Ship from Su warship looking for her. "If the pirates didn't come out, what do we do then?"Gu Yun pondered for a moment and was about to answer but then from a distance, coming out from the hidden reef group were six warships and dozens of boats slowly moving towards Su Ling's fleets. Youyi laughed excitedly, "The pirates finally came! I will now go back. I will get the sail ready.""Wait! "Gu Yun suddenly stopped him. Her weak expression caused his face to suddenly change, "Why only six warships? Where are the other four? Where are the pirates' other four warships, what they are doing?"Looking at the wistful Gu Yun, Youyi whispered, "Wartime Consigliere is now past?"Gu Yun was speechless for a long time, just Youyi thought that she had no idea when Gu Yu calm voice faint replied, "Wait. Pirates have only six warships, Su Ling should be able to handle it! "Mantis is unaware that who will be used, it depended on who was the praying mantis and who was the sparrow! On Gu Yu's side of the control, they were heated and ready. Su Ling knew that there would be a siege and was prepared but the pirates had only deployed six warships. Even if they matched very well, the battle would not account for many advantages. In particular, two of the pirates' ships had been tampered with and they would not know that until they try firing a shot. When they know this, they would have no choice but to quickly turn around the bow of the ship and the side that was working against Su Military Warships. The passionate hands and feet of pirate ships dispatched the two ships, so the remaining four ships were only single-handed war vessels. Gu Yun was pleased the battle odds were great!The Pirates should not be accounted also as too easy, however, their opponent was the Su Military, thus it will be tragic. Just when Youyi was trying to persuade Gu Yun to support, three miles away from them, suddenly came out another six warships and more than 10 boats. Gu Yun got scared, how were there six?! Mu Cang didn't really figure out the Pirates' number.Seeing the front of the warships, Youyi felt glad but did not dare to act rashly otherwise they would be ambushed by the pirates!This was all a raid. Looking to Ao Tian, Gu Yun said, "Full speed ahead." With so many ships at the same time to the siege of Su military, things could only be worse. Youyi came down from the Black Sail and went back onto the Su military ship. With a clear voice, he ordered, "Full speed ahead."The Su military warship and Black Ju Ling Island ships sailed rapidly toward the fierce battle circle.Two teams were getting closer to war. The Black Sail and pirate ships grew closer than the distance between them would allow the pirate ship to use their cannons against them but they seemed to only ignore their existence and kept rushing to their target, Su Ling.Ao Tian's cold voice said, "They don't intend to defend only to attack and also die doing so."Gu Yun cursed, "Damn it!" The pirates must have been aware of the three ship's cannons being blocked. With the only artillery available, they chose to attack only Su Ling instead of defending and the pirates would rather die to kill Su Ling? Exactly, who were they? If the pirates attacked Su Ling, all firepower would be concentrated on him. He was in a very dangerous situation. Gu Yun quickly ordered, "Catch up, concentrated fire, shelling on both sides of the vessel." As long as you don't let them build a pack, Su Ling would not be under attack from all sides. "The better, "Ao Tian nodded and the Black Sail rolled fast ahead. A wedge of five black ships formed again, like bat wings. Both sides of the ship's cannons on the pirate ships attackedBoom! "General, watch out!" A cannon's centered bow violently shook the whole hull. Han Shu pulled the mast and quickly yelled, "The Pirates fired so hard!""Do whatever it takes and get on with it." Su Ling picked up the spyglass, separated by a layer of smoke after the explosion to see Black Spirit Island ships sailing and Su military warship. If they could just hold on for a quarter of an hour, they should be able to come. Putting down the spyglass, Su Ling was in front of Mu Cang's boats. They had thrown a lot of explosives and were able to sink a lot of the nearby boats. If these explosives could be thrown to the pirates' main battleship, even if they were unable to destroy the ship, they would be able to kill a lot of the pirates.Su Ling says loudly, "Qiao Lin, give the order to approach the pirates closely so we can cover Mu Cang's ship while she throws the explosives directly to discourage the ship from moving forward." "Yes." Qiao Lin stood at the bottom entrance and shouted," Left boat-"Boom! But they were hit in the middle of the mast and a stout pole broke then smashed down onto the deck and bow. Qiao Lin was about to speak but when he looked up it was too late to avoid the falling mast."Ah!" The mast pressed heavily on his chest, but with Su Ling holding Chuxie on the other side of the mast, Qiao Lin was able to breathe.
The pirates fancied this opportunity and aimed their crossbows at Su Ling's vest. Chuxie flashed red reminding Su Ling of the danger but he could not let go. If he was to let go, Qian Lin's life would be gone. "Shew!" Arrows whistled through the air but Su Ling could only tilt his body slightly sideways to avoid them. He was able to manipulate his body to avoid the arrows aimed at his chest but the result was he was heavily pierced above the arm.Mu Cang was not far from him and saw the entire thing. Her heart tightened but saw the pirates continue shooting their arrows nonstop. Mu Cang quickly raised her bow and arrow towards the enemy. With one shot, the arrow struck the middle of the pirate's throat!Bing Lian shook fiercely. Scared, GuYun wondered if Su Ling had an accident? Gu Yun took the spyglass and focused on the smoke-shrouded figure of the ships. Amidst the ruins, she was searching for Su Ling.
"General!" Han Shu yelled, coming from the stern and saw Su Ling holding Chuxie carrying the bulky mast. The mast had drippings of blood under Qiao Lin, the General's left chest ..glu..glu.. blood was flowing out! Su Ling was fighting back the pain and bravely clucked out blood with a deep voice saying, "Pull him out!" Han Shu bowed his head and placed his hands on Qiao Lin shoulders and finally dragged him out. Su Ling wanted to let go the mast but then he heard a roaring in his ears and then the foot deck collapsed. Su Ling's tall figure with the heavy mast violently crashed into the sea."Su Ling!" Gu Yun finally found Su Ling's figure and saw this whole cruel scene. That very moment, Han Shu and Mu Cang immediately jumped into the sea and scrambled to swim to where Su Ling fell but the surging waves quickly swallowed Su Ling.Gu Yun was holding the spyglass gasping and her hand shook uncontrollably. Her mind was engraved with the image of blood on his chest in the biting cold water with the mast crushing over him. She could only place her trust in Han Shu and Mu Cang to save him! After the explosion, smoke-filled the entire circle. Gu Yun only wanted to see clearly whether Han Shu and Mu Cang were throwing themselves into the water to finally make the rescue even if it would be difficult. Her tears were flowing without her knowing and her heart was like 'covered with an invisible hand anxiously grabbing her heart tightly to stop'. Her insanity was going to the extreme. She had been very careful with her emotion but as it turned out, she had already left her heart in his body!
Looking at her eyes silently rolling out with tears and failing to hide her grief, Ao Tian's cold voice said, "I will send you over.""That is of no use." Firmly grabbing the mast, Gu Yun managed to stabilize her body. Mu Cang and Han Shu have to save him. She was useless now. The only thing left for her was to help him win this battle. Those who hurt him, these people, they won't be able to run! She took a deep breath and the cold voice said, "To the flag-officer, order the Su military warships on the left and behind to tighten the encirclement!""Yes." The left Su military ships gradually approaching to the center and surrounded the area. Most of the pirates' ships have already been sunk. Su Ling had been seriously injured and fallen into the vast sea. Seeing their goal has been accomplished, the rest of the pirate ships abandoned attacking their opponents and aimed to retreat by attempting to break out of encirclement into the covered reef area.
Want to escape! It's not that easy! Gu Yun grunted, "The next warship, retreat blocking their return to the hidden reef area." "Yes." The warships quickly responded. The column firmly stood in front of the pirate ships blocking the water inlet going towards the hidden reef. "Pursue!" The Black ships gave a blistering chase and the Su military ships were not allowing the pirate ships to run also. Soon the fleeing four pirate ships were blocked in between the Su Military Warships and the Black Sail. When the pirates had battled Su Ling, they had already lost massive amounts of ammunition and their ship's hull was also dilapidated. The pirates at this time, have already spent their force. Gu Yun, without mercy, declared, "Open fire!" At the order, the Su military ships and Black Sail opened fire at the same time The broken vessels of the four pirate ships were almost ripped apart. Soon, the rest of the wreckage was engulfed by the surge of the waves.
Ao Tian had never seen Gu Yun have such a sinister and vicious facial expression before. The way she was now looking at the pirate ships was as if she wanted to destroy them repeatedly. It was difficult to calm the fury in her heart; perhaps even her sadness."That was great! We won!" The cheers of victory came from the other ships but Gu Yun was not feeling joy. She felt strength had been suck out of her and her heart was going to rupture. Su Ling! What happened to him? Now she desperately wanted to see him! Just to see him! She held Ao Tian's hand and quickly shouted, " "Ao Tian, I want to go back!"Her icy fingers tugged at his hands tightly and her dim eyes were filled with anxious anticipation. Ao Tian's dark eyes masked his pain and whispered, "OK, I'll take you back." The Black Sail turned around heading towards the chaos of a war zone. Looking through the mass of destruction for a long time, Gu Yun was finally able to work out which warship to look for to find Su Ling.She ran onto the deck of the warship to where the bow was surrounded by many soldiers. When they saw her, they let her pass. At the center of the deck, Su Ling lay motionless. A touch of blood was seeping bit by bit from his body and slowly flowing down. Gu Yun's mind went blank. Very slowly, she squatted beside him. His face was pale and his eyes were closed. Gu Yun spoke with a trembling voice, "Su Ling."He would no longer respond to her nor look at her with his grim face. Will not yell at her nor anger her to her wit's end but always compromise to her favor in the end. Her hands gently stroke the pale eyelids and her tears uncontrollably fell down on his forehead.And soon! Gu Yun's hand stiffened. His face is warm! Gu Yun's hand touched the neck artery and discovered the pulse is regular. Her heart that sank to the bottom now had a glimmer of hope, he's not dead! Just then, Su Ling eyelids fluttered a bit and slowly opened his eyes. In fact, the arrow did not hit home but the severe pain made his spirit fell into a trance and down into the icy water. He had regained his consciousness once in the water but his right arm was injured so he could not swim. Luckily, Han Shu and Mu Cang swam to his side in time, pulled him up, and brought him aboard. Han Shu had left to look for a physician and because he had lost too much blood, he was tired and lethargic so he decided to sleep for a moment and now woke up to see Gu Yun crying like that. Seeing her cry, Su Ling was thrown into confusion. She was weeping for him–Su Ling's heart this time is flying to the extreme but his heart is distressed also because she was feeling deeply hurt and it was not good. Struggling to sit up, Su Ling lovingly wiped the tears from her face and softly whispered, "You do not let me die, how dare I die!" [Editor's note: I'm not sure if he's joking with her or if the dialogue was supposed to be "You did not let me die so how could I?" Both still sweet in their own ways]
He is still alive! Gu Yun wanted to punch him; he feigned death and made her so sad, so frightened and so hurt! She grabbed his robe and suddenly the petite body leaned forward and kissed Su Ling's pale lips. Su Ling's eyes stared wide open..she.. she! She actually – The pleasant soft breath slowly spread on his lips and after a brief surprise, his hands wrapped around Gu Yun's slender waist and regained the initiative. Under the watchful eyes of the soldiers surrounding them, the two kissed and hugged each other. The sortie was followed by the deafening cheers, whistles, boos and the sound reverberated through the blue sky.Mu Cang turned and silently left the bow away from the voices and talks like 'bubbling cauldron". She owed him her life ten years ago, today she returned it and now they were even. As she disembarked the ship, Mu Cang saw a dark aloof shadow with the spread of loneliness turning around and walking towards the Black Sail. The ship slowly and quietly left. The pirates were eradicated and the army returned to the coast. Gu Yun helped Su Ling off the boat. As the two people stood, a soldier trotted towards them and gave them the report, " Madam Consigliere, a man claiming to be from the Prime Minister manor wants to see you."
Prime Minister's mansion? Isn't Qing right? Gu Yun said, "Bring him here." Shen Hou waved his hand behind. Standing in the distance, a man wearing common clothes promptly came forward, called respectfully, " To see a young lady." "Are you the one from Madam Lou that has come?" "Yes, the young lady I was waiting nearby. Once the pirates were eradicated, I have to give the young lady the news." Gu Yun frowned and quickly asked," What's going on? " "Third Prince died." "What?!"