The total annihilation of Jiang Tao's troops caused a huge blow to Li Qing. It was even said that this incident completely destroyed Li Qing's confidence and made him unable to find a reason to continue the attack.

In order to occupy Biquan Island unexpectedly, he mobilized all the Julong River naval troops under him. Moreover, in order to cooperate with this operation, he plundered all the boats of all sizes on the Julong River. Even the infantry troops who did not know any water at all, he forced them to train with the navy for more than a month. It was not until he prepared more than 2,000 large and small warships that he had already detected. He went all out along the Taohua Mountain that he had already detected.

In the winding waterway, the gods sneaked into the Mid-Shan Lake without knowing it. Although he lost nearly 500 warships and more than 2,000 soldiers when he forced his crossing Taohua Mountain, he finally allowed him to surround Biquan Island. Although he encountered blockades from the Biquan Island Navy Brigade, compared with his remaining more than 1,000 warships, the opponent's less than 60 warships were simply a mantis arm blocking the car, and was sunk by his fleet in less than a moment.

I thought I could successfully occupy Biquan Island this time, but I didn't expect that Li Ming did the defense of Biquan Island so closely. Under his carelessness, more than 400 warships were sunk by hidden piles at the bottom of the water. Finally, after investigation by his own naval army, he found that the two or three hundred miles of water around Biquan Island were covered with hidden piles, and there were only two docks to dock ships. The scale of this defense was too large, but at the same time, it also made Li Qing more determined to seize Biquan Island. If there was nothing worth defending on the island, Li Ming would not have spent so much effort to arrange such strict defensive measures.

However, the two consecutive days of attack caused him to drop more than 20,000 elite soldiers on the two docks, but he failed to step into Biquan Island. This is absolutely unacceptable for him, who is always arrogant and intelligent. Therefore, after hearing the reports from all day long, he really didn't believe his ears. The defense was like an iron bucket. There was still this loophole in Biquan Island? This made him secretly thank God for his favor.

After sending out the 12,000 elite troops led by Jiang Tao, Li Qing began to restless on his command ship. For the whole night, he closed his eyes and was always calculating where Jiang Tao's troops should go. According to his plan, after Jiang Tao's troops got ashore, they would go straight to the dock here. If the speed was fast enough, they would definitely be able to arrive at the dock before dawn. At that time, his tiger and wolf army launched an attack while the opponent's army was sleeping, which would definitely catch them off guard. His navy took the opportunity to launch a general attack and should be able to easily capture the dock and create the necessary conditions for his large troops to get ashore. Therefore, for one night, Li Qing kept ordering the officers who were waiting to attack near the dock to be vigilant and ready to attack the dock at any time.

However, until it was dawn, there was still no movement on the dock, which made Li Qing, who had high hopes for this action, felt a little bad. However, he had no means to wait, hoping that the miracle would come to his head. Until he saw Jiang Tao being taken to the dock by Li Ming, he had to give up on this action.

At this time, Li Ming and Li Qing were completely opposite. With the strength of a Ranger Battalion and a heavy infantry company, Jiang Tao, who led a 10,000 army, was successfully captured. This made him feel extremely comfortable. Although he knew nothing about military affairs before, he had begun to win since he led the war. Although he used a large part of it to rely on the power of technology, the final result was still very satisfied with him.

In order to make Li Qing give up completely, after letting his troops take the prisoners to the military camp, he and Lin Long rushed Jiang Tao to the dock. He believed that Li Qing would definitely be looking at him on his boat at this moment.

Sure enough, as soon as Li Ming turned around the pine forest, he saw Li Qing's "Zhenwu"-class flagship standing out in the lake. On the wide top deck, Li Qing was restless under the guard's escort.

Li Ming couldn't help laughing. Before he could reach the shore, he opened his voice and shouted loudly to Li Qing on the flagship: "Prince Ming, it's been several months since he left last time. The prince has always been good? Why is he so free this time that he sent so many people to attack my poor island? Haha, if you don't fight for the world, you can see that you can only be a prince and cannot become a great climate. Where is Lord Liu Zhang? Didn't follow me this time?"

Li Qingteng stood up and looked at Jiang Tao beside Li Ming. He almost fainted on the ground. He had been looking forward to the night. In the end, it was this disappointing result. Why didn't he feel frustrated? He heard the thorny words in Li Ming that made him feel even more angry. He couldn't help but point at Li Ming and cursed: "You two-faced Li Ming, you are very good at taking care of you when you were in the imperial city, but you didn't expect you to be such a sweet-mouthed villain. I was really blind at the beginning and didn't see your true face clearly. Today, I am here to attack you, the impermanent villain."

Li Ming couldn't help laughing. He walked to the shore and pointed at Li Qing and accused loudly: "Li Qing, I, Li Ming, asked myself that I didn't do anything wrong with you, but I didn't expect you to come out and attack me in a big way. You are clearly for the sake of having my wealth in Biquan Island that is rich in the world! Speaking of two-faced and three-killing, I think this sentence should be given to you. On the surface, I call you brothers, who knows that I will give this set behind my back! Li Qing patted his chest and asked his conscience, are you worthy of me? Look at the weapons in your soldiers' hands, which one of them was not provided to you free of charge? Now, take the weapons I gave you, turn around and attack me. This is what you said about benevolence, righteousness and morality? Bullshit! Li Qing, today I clearly tell you that I don't want to kill you, so leave as soon as possible before I change my mind.

Here, you have no chance of winning this war. Just because of the remaining 500 warships and more than 30,000 soldiers in your hands, you still want to invade my Biquan Island? Don’t dream, as long as I guard the dock strictly, you will not be able to support it for a few days. This place is far away from your base, so your logistics support is completely unreliable. If you wait for two days, you don’t need to counterattack, your troops will be in chaos. While you can still control the army, it’s better to withdraw as soon as possible. Again, I really don’t want to kill you, nor do I want to destroy your troops. Otherwise, I just need to send my armored warship to block your circuit, and within three days your troops will disappear in this vast mountain lake by themselves. Lord Liu Zhang must be on the ship, discuss with him, and tell him my words, and believe he will give you a clear answer."

Listening to what Li Ming said, Li Qing, who was originally furious, began to calm down slowly. When Li Ming finished speaking, he had become extremely calm. When he heard Li Ming's last suggestion, he didn't say a word, turned around and entered the boat building.

Li Ming smiled proudly, handed Jiang Tao to the soldiers beside him and asked them to escort to the security department. He took Lin Long back to the commander's headquarters by himself.

In the lobby of the commander, the Saint King was discussing the situation in front of him with a group of generals. When he saw Li Ming coming in, everyone hurriedly stood up and gave Li Ming to the head.

Li Ming sat down with a smile, looked at the map in the middle, and said, "Don't discuss it, the situation in front of him is no longer important. If I guess correctly, Li Qing should have started to prepare for retreat now, otherwise he will destroy all his army into the Mid-mountain Lake."

"Really? Then I'll drive the armored ship to chase you!" Wang Tao jumped up excitedly, and volunteered to take the initiative despite his old age and physical weakness.

"Chasing you!" Li Ming couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "If I can chase you, can I not let you chase you? The problem now is that I don't want to kill him. Li Qing can do whatever he wants without paying attention to the overall situation in front of me. I can't. Keep him and let him restrain Li Song. I decided that from now on, except to defend the river and the two states in my hands, I don't plan to continue to expand my territory for the time being. First of all, you also know that I am now the official of Li Song, so all the credits are prepared for him. I don't

I can make wedding dresses for others anymore. Now no matter how big the territory I expand, it may be Li Song's ultimate goal. Why should I take this opportunity to consolidate my power in the Jianghu and the two states, train my troops, and wait until all the officials in Jianghu and the two states have replaced my people, I will consider the next step of development. Secondly, if I expand my territory now, I will easily be suspicious of Li Song. In the current situation where we still cannot live without Li Song, we should not be furious."

"So, don't worry about Li Qing's affairs, let him retreat by himself. The task of your commander in the next few months is: try your best to expand the army. I will see that we have more than 200,000 elite soldiers in half a year. This should not be difficult. We have more than 60,000 soldiers at present. It should be a piece of cake for recruitment in the two states of Jianghu. However, one thing to note is that this matter cannot be done with great fanfare. We must prevent Li Song from becoming suspicious of us. In addition, the commander of the commander is also a piece of cake.

We must do a good job in reserve war preparation materials, such as grain, steel, wood, horses, etc., as much as possible. The commander should set up a special reserve working group to mobilize personnel to buy these things in various regions of the country. Anyway, there is a lot of money on our island, and it is useless to put them here, so let them all be replaced with useful things. In the future war, logistics supply will become the key factor in determining the outcome, and we must prepare sufficiently in advance."

At this time, Li Qing, who had lost any hope, announced his withdrawal after getting Liu Zhang's consent. Standing on the bow of the ship, he looked helplessly at the lush Biquan Island and gradually moved away from his sight. His heart was extremely heavy. He did not expect that the result of his whole family was almost wiped out. Although he was unwilling to admit it, Li Ming's words still made sense. If he wanted to leave himself in Mid-mountain Lake, he would slowly consume his fleet with an iron-armored warship, and he would wipe out his entire army within three days. Li Qing felt very different about Li Ming's decision. He did not expect that Li Ming could let him go so generously. Perhaps as his master said, Li Ming wanted to leave him to restrain Li Song, but no matter what, his life was finally recovered.

From a distance, it seemed that a huge fleet was coming from the north. Is it Li Ming's reinforcements? Or other forces? Li Qing didn't care about exploring in detail. Li Ming was right. His current food and grass were exhausted. If he could not reach the temporary supply point in Taohua Mountain within two days, it would cause a mutiny in the entire army. Therefore, Li Qing was absolutely unwilling to fight with any force now. After giving the order to retreat at full speed, his remaining fleet flew towards the south like a flying flew.

After Li Ming ended the temporary meeting at the command headquarters, he happened to catch Yang Dian's reinforcement fleet and his own guards ashore. After commending Yang Dian, Li Ming ordered him to return to Fenshui Island the next day to continue defending, and he himself led the guards back to Yongyue Villa.

In the yard of the villa, Li Ming could finally reunite with his relatives. After taking Erniu over, the "family" had a rare reunion dinner happily.

After dinner, Lin Lingfeng called Li Ming away alone. He was going to return to Linjiazhuang in a few days. Therefore, before leaving, he had a good talk with his apprentice.

On the dim mountain path, there were rustling sounds coming from the swaying pine forest, adding a strange atmosphere to the dark night. However, the skilled Lin Lingfeng and Li Ming didn't care about this at all. After climbing the Xishan Cliff, Lin Lingfeng and Li Ming sat down by the cliff and looked at the dark lake surface, without saying a word for a long time.

Finally, Lin Lingfeng withdrew his gaze, turned his head to look at Li Ming, smiled slightly, and whispered: "Li Ming, your past six months proves that I did not misunderstand the person at the beginning. You are indeed a talent worth cultivating. In the past six months, you have developed from a fledgling gangster to a powerful general who is intimidating the world. The rapid progress surprised me and made me very happy. At this time, there are very few places I can help you. Apart from being a bodyguard for you, I can no longer catch up with you in other aspects, especially in wars. You are simply a genius. You have never been on the battlefield and you have created so many new tactics. This makes Zhang Meng, who has experienced many battles, feel inferior to you. Therefore, the future path will depend on you to explore yourself, because this is a brand new path, and there is almost no place for us to help you."

Speaking of this, he sighed slightly and said sternly: "When it comes, I reminded me of Zheng Yu. I had high expectations for him before, but I didn't expect that he had developed to this point. Two days ago, your teacher's wife sent a message. Since he has been in a state of mania, your teacher's wife had no choice but to send him to Dubi Peak a month ago, hoping that the spiritual energy there could dissolve his evil spirit. Alas, I always regarded him as my biological son, but I didn't expect that I was very failed?"

Speaking of this, he smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "Okay, let's not talk about my affairs. I have to go back in two days. Since I came back from the Imperial City, I have not been careful to manage the Linjiazhuang business. Long'er is now by your side all day, so Linjiazhuang has almost fallen into the hands of Long'er's second uncle. Although I don't care much about the position of this owner, it was left by my father after all, and I can't let him take it away just like that. Every family has difficult sutras. Although I don't see how glorious I am in the world, I actually have a lot of difficulties. This time when I go back, in addition to rectifying Linjiazhuang, I will also have to stay in seclusion for a while to correct some of my martial arts problems. Next year will be a new round of competition for the No. 1 martial arts masters. I must not miss it."

"I will leave all the things about Long'er. When she wants to marry you, just do it on the island. Your master's wife and I will never object. And Man'er, although there were so many misunderstandings at the beginning, she still had difficulties after all. Now, she insisted on following you as the princess, which is still rare, so you have to treat her well in the future. She is also pitiful when she is alone. As for Yao'er, haha, I don't need to say more. In fact, I have been nagging so much because I am not at ease. Although I know that I can't help much, I am always worried in my heart. Alas! As for elders, this is the problem."

Looking at Lin Lingfeng's smiling face, Li Ming couldn't help but hold his hands tightly, and his eyes suddenly became wet. This kind of fatherly care was a long-lost feeling after he came to this world. Therefore, Lin Lingfeng had already become the incarnation of his father in his heart at this time.

Three days later, Lin Lingfeng left Biquan Island and returned to Linjiazhuang alone. Li Ming took advantage of the brief calm of the world to seize the time to expand his strength. After Gao Wei's full efforts, Jiangzhou has completely become Li Ming's base. All the officials are confidants of Li Ming and are members of the Medical God Cult, which fully guarantees Li Ming's actual dominance. Even if Li Song removes Li Ming's position as the governor of Li Ming at this time, it will definitely not change the situation in Jiangzhou. Gao Wei has a very strong ability at this point.

After Jiangzhou, Li Ming asked Gao Wei to take charge of Huzhou again. He believed that with Gao Wei's ability, with the assistance of Huzhou garrison, it would be only a matter of time before he could fully control Huzhou.

Half a month later, the little Huangmen Fugui, who had returned to the imperial city and had been promoted to the deputy general manager of the Huangmen, once again brought a mighty guard of honor to Biquan Island and passed the imperial edict. In view of Li Ming's outstanding performance in the battle between Jianghu and the two states, he specially appointed Li Ming as the King of Zhongyong and granted fiefs to Jiangzhou, Zezhou and Pingzhou. At the same time, Li Ming was ordered to temporarily put down all his work and follow Xiaofugui back to the imperial city to express his gratitude and report his duties. In this way, Li Ming, who had just settled for a while, began his bumpy and displaced life again.

**********Part 4: Foundation building is completed
Chapter completed!