Chapter 65: Yue Yun's Plan

  "No problem, I can draw a map right away..." Yang Yue said and immediately picked up the brush, starting to paint on the white paper...

  Yue Yun looked at the map drawn by Yang Yuehua and couldn't help but shake her head slightly, because the map was really poorly drawn. She could only barely make out the locations of the main places on Four Seas Island, such as the docks, mountains, armory, houses, and sentry posts.

  Li Yu Rong couldn't help but say: "Young Master Yue, Miss Yang, although I don't understand military affairs, I still know that many people can easily defeat a few. Why didn't you send someone to contact the warship sent to Japan by Miss Yang?"

  "Time is running out!" Yang Yue shook her head and said: "This trip to Japan, the journey is over a thousand miles, and it can't be returned in less than ten days or half a month. And Zhong Ziyi originally planned to go to Qingzhou to join the Jin country three days later. Even if he sees that Zhou Lun hasn't returned, he'll wait for two more days at most, but it's still not enough time. Moreover, since Zhou Lun has been gone for so long, he must have suspicions. At that time, whether he strengthens his defenses or simply leads the crowd to withdraw to Qingzhou, we will be powerless against him!"

  Yang Yue was also somewhat at a loss. Although she had been through many naval battles, she had never encountered such a predicament before, and she was also somewhat at a loss for what to do. In her opinion, she should definitely go back and take revenge on Zhong Ziyi. However, Zhong Ziyi now had two warships in his hands, and he also held some of her subordinates as hostages. Moreover, he occupied the strategic location of Four Seas Island, making it difficult for her to defeat him in a fierce battle.

  Yang Yue saw that Yue Yun was still carefully examining the map, and remembered that he had mentioned an immature plan earlier. She leaned against the railing, and asked softly: "Young Master Yue, can you tell me about that plan?"

  Yue Yun sighed and said, "I originally thought of anchoring the ship in the outer sea near Sihai Island, then using a small boat to transport people to a secluded place on the island. Then take decapitation action against Zhong Ziyi. But looking at where Zhong Ziyi lives, there are so many sentry posts around, I'm afraid it's difficult to implement the sneak attack strategy."

  Li Yurou listened and asked tentatively, "Can we launch a strong attack then? They'll have to leave some people behind to guard Yang's daughter and the Second Master's troops. I suppose they won't be able to deploy many soldiers for battle either."

  "We're not even enough to fill the gaps for others!" Yang Yuetai raised an eyebrow and said with a mix of anger and amusement: "The defense of Four Seas Island is extremely strong, and there are dozens of medium-sized warships on the periphery. Zhong Ziyi's Donghai number is also docked at the pier. With just our one ship, we have no chance at all!"

  "Since a direct attack won't work and there's no chance for a surprise ambush, we can only resort to clever strategy!" Yue Yun muttered. Then her eyes half-closed as she fell into deep thought.

  Yang Yue and Li Yu Rong also furrowed their eyebrows, thinking of a plan.

  After a long time, Yue Yun suddenly slapped his thigh and exclaimed: "I've got it!"

  Everyone was shocked, Yang Yue and Li Yurou were both surprised and delighted, and they asked in unison: "Has Young Master Yue thought of a solution?"

  Yue Yun smiled and said to Yang Yue: "Do you know the king of Jin country, Wanyan Zongmin?"

  Yang Yue gave him a sideways glance and said in an ill-tempered tone, "Are you here to test me? Of course I know, it's the Ninth Prince of Jin Country, enfeoffed as the King of Shu. Why did you suddenly think of asking about this person?"

  Yue Yun's expression was slightly mysterious as he said, "Then you or the master of the house must still be unaware that I killed him?"

  Yang Yue was shocked and exclaimed: "You killed all the princes of the Jin State?"

  Yue Yun nodded with some complacency and said, "Yes! It was indeed what I did three days ago. However, this matter is only known to the high-ranking generals in Chu State and has not been widely publicized yet. I think Jin State should also keep it a secret, after all, it's not something to be proud of. So it's no wonder you didn't know."

  "But... what does this have to do with our attack on Four Seas Island?" Yang Yuetai's brow furrowed, asking in surprise.

  Yue Yun asked calmly: "Miss Yang, if we can capture or kill Zhong Ziyi at once, can you control the situation on the island?"

  "It should be fine now! After all, the four of us have a reputation among the island's crowd that is not comparable to ordinary leaders. Now that Second Brother and Zhou Lun are dead, if we can also take down Zhong Ziyi, I will have confidence in controlling those followers." Yang Yue said after a moment of contemplation.

  She paused for a moment, then continued: "But the best choice is still to capture him alive. Because his loyal followers are not few, and most of the people guarding me and the second master's family members are these people. If they find out that Zhong Ziyi was killed, these people may go crazy and slaughter our family members in revenge. If we can capture Zhong Ziyi, we can use him as a hostage to force his followers to release our people in exchange."

  Yue Yun nodded after hearing this, and Fang smiled slightly: "After I killed Wanyan Zongmin, I seized his seal and letters. We can forge a letter from Wanyan Zongmin, saying that an envoy from the Jin Dynasty has arrived on the island, inviting Zhong Zi-yi to come aboard to discuss the details of surrender. Let's say Wanyan Zongmin is also very interested in him and intends to recommend him as the commander-in-chief of the Jin Dynasty's navy, wanting to have a detailed conversation with him. Given Zhong Zi-yi's personality, he should be greatly moved."

  Yang Yue thought for a moment and nodded slightly: "Zhong Ziyi is now obsessed with the official position of Jin Guo, if he receives this letter, he should be very moved. However, when the Jin Guo envoy arrived at Four Seas Island, he didn't land on the island but instead asked Zhong Ziyi to board the ship for discussion, and Zhou Lun also didn't appear, which is a bit hard to explain."

  Zhao Yao listened and then said, "Fourth Master, this is easy to handle. We can just say that the Jin State envoy wants to keep it a secret for safety reasons and doesn't want more people to know about it. And as for Zhong Ziyi, we don't trust him very much, so we won't go ashore. As for Zhou Lun, we can just say he's on the ship accompanying us. After all, in the past, when we contacted the Jin State people, it was always Zhou Lun and me who went to negotiate. Wei Shi Lie Zhi Ning also had some reservations about our internal opinions. Using this as a reason, being worried that going ashore would be opposed by the Jin State's followers and secretly attacked, Zhong Ziyi shouldn't have any suspicions!"

  Zhao Yao said so, and everyone else also felt relieved.

  Yang Yuethought for a moment and then nodded: "This way of doing things is also feasible. But who will play the role of the Jin State Envoy?"

  As soon as Yang Yue's words fell, everyone's eyes turned to Yue Yun.

  Yue Yun could only bitterly smile and say, "Looks like I'm the only one who can play this role... Fortunately, most of Jin Guo's generals are young, otherwise just by age alone would be enough to blow my cover."

  Now that the plan has been put forward, several people began to discuss the specific details.

  The task of writing the letter was naturally handed over to Li Yurou. After all, among the people here, she had the most ink in her belly. Yue Yun's official position was also known as "Shu Xie Ji Yi Wen Zi", but if he were to hold a brush and write, it would be taking his life, and the characters he wrote would probably be unrecognizable even to himself.

  After Li Yurou finished writing the letter, Yue Yun took it over and read it through, couldn't help but sigh: "Li Niangniang really writes a good hand, making Yue Yun admire her endlessly!"

  Li Yurou heard this and secretly rejoiced, pursing her lips and smiling: "Yurou has only attended a few days of private school with my brother, she can only be said to have a slight understanding of literature. Compared to my brother, Yurou is still far inferior."

  Yang Yue looked at the brushwork written by Li Yu Rong and indeed it was very beautiful, much better than her own rough handwriting. She couldn't help but feel a little unhappy, walked to the side pretending to pour water, and whispered: "A weak woman who can't even truss a chicken, what else can she do besides writing good characters? General Yue is a military general, he should like a female general who can fight on the battlefield!"

  However, Lü Hao happened to be not far away from her and was discussing with Song Zhong how to arrange personnel for an ambush, and he heard her words clearly. He hastily said: "Fourth master, in fact men all like gentle and considerate women, I think Mr. Yue is probably also because of this that he greatly praises Miss Li!"

  Yang Yue listened and became furious, her eyebrows inverted, and she said sternly: "Am I not gentle?"

  Her loud shout was extremely loud, not only did it scare Lv Hao and Song Zhong silly, but also scared Yue Yun and Li Yu Ruo, who were more than ten steps away, greatly.

  Yue Yun and Li Yu Rong exchanged a glance, unknowingly finding it somewhat amusing, but couldn't say anything, so they continued to read the contents of the letter as if nothing was wrong. However, Li Yu Rong was secretly delighted, thinking that even Yang Yue's subordinates thought Yue Yun should like a girl like herself, and it seemed likely that she wasn't mistaken.

  Yue Yun made some changes to the content that did not conform to the actual situation in Jin Guo after reading the letter, and, out of caution, asked Li Yu Rong to write as much as possible according to Wanyan Zongmin's handwriting. Otherwise, with her beautiful and neat Chinese characters, no one would think that Wanyan Zongmin, a military general, could write such characters.

  Yue Yun and Yang Yue had finalized all the details of their plan, and by then, it was already pitch black. Only then did they give the order to set sail for Four Seas Island, embarking on this adventurous gamble.