Chapter 127 Dragon Ju Immortal Island

The fleet sailed in Qinghai for a whole day. At dusk, the northwest wind suddenly broke out on the sea, and the wind and waves suddenly rose, and dark clouds floated from the northwest direction.

The waves slapped the big ship, the masts squeaked loudly, and the hull swayed violently. Except for the Jiangdu soldiers, the Anxi Army was not familiar with water wars. The soldiers began to unable to hold on and squatted in the corner and groaned in pain.

"Bad! Put down the sail quickly, the boat will overturn."

Deputy lieutenant He Yingchuan pointed at several soldiers and cursed that his family had sailed on the Yangtze River for generations and had superb ship driving skills.

Several soldiers were so scared that they quickly retracted their sails. At this time, a shout from the back of the ship saw a mast falling down and falling into the sea. The ship suddenly leaned to the left and rebounded back. Three soldiers standing on the mast fell into the water.

Li Qingan yelled in a hurry, "Hurry! Save people quickly."

A dozen soldiers rushed up, threw the rope into the water, and shouted to several soldiers struggling in the lake: "Catch the rope!"

"Idiot! Go and find the long bamboo pole."

"General, there is no bamboo pole."

The situation was critical. He Yingchuan jumped into the water with a rope in his arms. Two other soldiers with excellent water qualities also jumped down. They swam hard in the water toward the soldiers who fell into the water. As the huge waves swelled, several small black dots finally grabbed the rope. Everyone on the boat tried hard and slowly pulled them onto the boat.

The soldiers on the boat cheered, and Li Qingan wiped his cold sweat and quickly ordered: "Come on to carry them into the cabin."

At this time, He Yingchuan pointed to the rolling black clouds in the north and said worriedly: "General, now it is just a prelude to the storm. The storm is coming soon. I am afraid that all ships will capsize. We must find a way to dock immediately, otherwise everyone will be buried in the sea."

"What should we do? We are in the center of the sea now, so where can we rely on the shore?"

Li Qingan thought to himself, are we not dead at the hands of the Tubo people, but we are going to die at the bottom of the sea?

At this moment, Zhao Lu helped the old slave Zhang Pingbo and shouted at the door of the cabin: "General Li, Mr. Zhang has something to say to you."

Li Qing'an was excited. The old man's gray hair seemed to be the embodiment of experience. Maybe he would have some solutions.

He quickly walked forward and asked, "What's the matter?"

Zhang Pingbo pointed to the rolling black clouds in the distance and said, "General, that is the Qinghai Dragon King going to sea. If it appears, no ships on the lake will be spared. Let's hurry up and dock."

"I know, but we are in the lake, where can we have a shore?"

"General, there is a place to hide."

Li Qingan was overjoyed and asked anxiously: "Where can you hide?"

"General, I went out of the sea with the Tubo master three years ago and met the Qinghai Dragon King going out to the sea. I remember it very clearly that we hid on an island in the middle of the sea. The island was called Longju Island, which covers a large area and we could find this island."

A place name suddenly flashed through Li Qing'an's mind, "Haixinshan", yes! There is Haixinshan in Qinghai Lake, just a little south of the lake.

He hurriedly turned around and shouted to He Yingchuan: "So quickly order all ships to find islands on the sea, hurry!"

"General, don't worry, you should be nearby. Last time I saw the Dragon King of Qinghai get angry here. My master said that you can only see the Dragon King going out to sea in the center of the sea."

As soon as he finished speaking, a Tang army on the mast pointed to the back and shouted: "General, land! I saw land."

Li Qing'an rushed towards the strings of the boat. In the southwest direction, there was indeed a long black strip faintly, and they had already passed.

"Order all ships to turn around!"

When the storm was approaching, they finally discovered Longju Island. At this time, huge waves were rolling on the sea, dark clouds were deserted, and strong winds mixed with heavy rain were pouring over the sky.

More than thirty large ships rushed into a harbor with difficulty, huddled in the narrow harbor, as if a group of lambs were huddled together in the storm.

Zhang Pingbo looked out the dark sky outside the boat window and sighed softly, "The Dragon King is going to sea, blizzard is coming, General Li, the first heavy snow in Qinghai is coming."

Li Qing'an was more concerned about the situation on the island. He asked, "Uncle Zhang, don't you know if there are people on the island?"

"Yes! There is a temple where more than a dozen monks live, and there are several Qiang people on the island who make a living by fishing."

“How big is this island?”

Zhang Pingbo smiled slightly and said, "It's five or six miles in a radius! The trees are lush and the land is fertile. There are a large number of water birds living in it. There are many herbs that are holy medicines for treating injuries, and I know them all."

Li Qing'an let go of his heart and smiled gratefully: "Old man, thank you this time."

"Where! General Li rescued me from the Tubo people, and I am grateful to General Li. If I am twenty years younger, I will definitely join the Tang army."

"Boss Zhang, when will this rainstorm end?" Li Fei Yuanli was very seasick. He was lying in a corner, which was really unbearable.

"It will end at most in the middle of the night. General Lifei doesn't have to worry. However, the Dragon King went to sea and rainstorms came. He could not go to sea in one or two days. Let's wait until the two storms have passed."

Bai Yuanguang, who was lying in another corner, also asked worriedly: "Qilang, I am very worried that the Tubo army will go to sea to intercept us?"

"General Bai doesn't have to worry!"

Zhang Pingbo smiled and said, "Although the Tubo people still have ships, they also know that the Dragon King cannot go into the water when he goes to sea. At least they dare not come over recently. When they go into the water, you have already gone ashore."

Li Qing'an stood up and smiled and said, "Don't think about it all, have a good rest first. We will go to the island as soon as it dawns."

The storm stopped in the middle of the night, and the sea surface returned to its usual calm. Li Qing'an ordered the boat to dock. Everyone led the war horses and carried the wounded to the island. The entire island was a huge piece of granite floating on the water, about two miles wide, six or seven miles long, high in the east and low in the west, and the surface had been weathered into soil. Due to the inhabited by a large number of seabirds, the land on the island was very fertile. The island was lush with trees, the middle terrain was flat, and there was a lot of grass growing. A corner of the northeast was opened into fertile fields, and the wheat waves were golden, and it was the season of harvest.

The environment on the island made Li Qingan very satisfied, especially the large ranch, which was enough for his war horses to grazed. The soldiers cheered and rode their horses toward the ranch. Soon, the ranch was covered with military horses.

"General, look, that's Yinglong Temple."

Zhang Pingbo pointed to Gaogang in the distance, and Li Qing'anshun looked in the direction of his fingers and saw a golden temple on the black cliff. The temple was not big, with at most a dozen rooms, and two monks were running towards him.

After a moment, the soldiers brought two old monks. The old monk clasped his hands and bowed to Li Qing'an and said, "Amitabha, welcome to Longju Island."

Seeing that they were frowning, Li Qingan was obviously insincere, so he smiled and said, "How many people are there on the island, two masters, the two masters?"

"I am a monk, Faming, this is my junior brother, Fahai. There were fourteen monks in the small temple. As the battle between the Tang and the Tibet was approaching, the disciples all left the temple and went to Hexi. There were only two of my brothers in the temple, and there was very little food, which was only enough for us to eat ourselves."

"We have enough food, but can there be fresh water on the island?"

"Yes! There is a hot spring behind our temple. The spring water is endless all year round, steaming hot, and it is completely enough for the army to drink."

"Where are other residents on the island? Didn't you hear that there are still a few Qiang households?"

"Originally, there were seven fishermen on the island. The Tang-Tibet War broke out and basically left, leaving only one family, two grandparents and grandchildren."

"Okay! I understand. We have temporarily requisitioned Yinglong Temple. I will compensate you, which is enough for you to rebuild the temple."

After saying that, Li Qingan didn't care whether the two old monks were willing or not, and turned around and waved his hand and said, "Carry all the injured brothers into the temple and take good care of them."

Everyone agreed and took action together, carrying more than 200 wounded soldiers to the temple on the mountain. More than 20 female guards took medicine and gauze and followed them up the mountain.

The soldiers began to get busy. They brought the food, salt and various substances from the boat to the island, and built more than 100 tents at the foot of the mountain, and began to bury pots and make rice. The island became extremely lively.

In a tent, Li Qing'an was discussing the future arrangements with several generals. Li Qing'an quickly drew a sketch around Qinghai and said to everyone: "The east bank of Qinghai is Chiling, where Tubo heavy army is stationed. Shanzhou where the Tang army stationed is at least 150 miles away from Qinghai. Our only chance is to leave from the valley in the northeast corner. It turned out to be Xihai County of the Han Dynasty, which is the intersection of Datong Mountain and Chiling. There is a canyon about a hundred miles wide. But the problem now is that I cannot be sure whether there are Tubo troops stationed in Xihai County. If there are large troops stationed, things may be a little troublesome."

Li Fei Shouyu pondered for a moment and said, "Qilang, it will take time for the wounded soldiers to recover. If there are heavy Tubo troops guarding Xihai County, no one will survive after a fierce battle. So I suggest that the wounded soldiers be kept on Longju Island for the time being."

"Yuan Guang, what are your thoughts?" Li Qingan asked Bai Yuanguang again.

Bai Yuanguang smiled and said, "I agree with Shouyu's idea. I just asked the old monk that the Tubo army's ships had only passed by the island once at the beginning of the year and did not go to the island. Seeing that winter was coming, they would not come. They temporarily left the wounded soldiers on the island and then make a decision after we investigate the situation in Haixi County."

Li Qing'an's eyes turned to Li Fei Yuanli again. Li Fei Yuanli's head was like a rattle, "Don't ask me Lao Li, I just obey the orders and fight."

"Okay, now I'm talking about my thoughts."

Li Qing'an pointed around Qinghai and said, "Our current location is behind Chiling, north of Dafeichuan. If this island becomes the springboard for the Tang army's advance, then we will insert a knife on the back of Chiling, and it is like holding Dafeichuan's abdomen with a knife. This will become an extremely important surprise weapon."

"What Qiluo means is to occupy Ryuko Island forever?"

"right!"

Li Qing'an nodded affirmatively and said, "At least it is our Anxi Archer and Cavalry Base. I want to build a castle here. When the storm stops, I will go to Shanzhou and make this suggestion to Coach Geshu."

At noon, the second storm in Qinghai came. The sea was windy, the sky was dark like ink, and lightning and thunder suddenly blew, the sky and the earth were dark, as if it had entered the dark night, huge waves surging, strong winds whistling, and storms swept through.

The Tang army was ready. They drove all the horses under the cliff, and the tent was built again against the cliff. There were mountains blocking it here, and it was very little affected by the storm. The soldiers squeezed into the tent, listening to the roar of the Qinghai Dragon King outside, everyone was very nervous, as if the doomsday was coming.

But the next morning, Qinghai completely returned to its tranquility, with a gentle and sunny wind, and the blue sea water was like a huge gem, with no limit at a glance.

Li Qing'an walked to the beach and admired the blue sea water. Flocks of seagulls hovered above his head. In later generations, he once came to Qinghai Lake. At that time, Qinghai Lake was much smaller than now, and the water was not as clear and transparent as it is.

Li Qingan stretched his waist and took a deep breath of the fresh and cool breeze with the fishy sea. He suddenly had a thought and looked around. No one. He quickly took off his clothes, put them on the reef, and pressed them down with a stone to prevent the seagull from taking them away.

"Mermaids, I'm here!"

He jumped out of a graceful figure in the air and threw himself into the clear blue sea naked. The sea water was so cold that it almost made Li Qing'an feel cramped. His hands and feet were struggling in the water. His eyes suddenly lit up and he rushed out of the water.

He wiped the water from his face and realized that he had dived twenty feet away. He suddenly got into the water again, swam in the sea with a beautiful freestyle, and laughed happily.

I don’t know how long he had been swimming, but he was a little tired, so he floated on the water with his back on the sky. Ren Haibo slowly pushed him back, and the sun shone on his dark skin, warm and warm.

Suddenly, he heard the two women's voices, "Sanniang, there are reefs here, which is very convenient!"

Li Qingan was shocked, and a stream of salt water choked into his nose. He suddenly dived into the water. Through the shimmering water surface, he vaguely saw two women walking towards this side with basins.

"Cui'er, let's be here!"

Li Qingan heard their voices, one was named Shi Sanniang and the other was named Miao Cui'er, both of them were young women in their early twenties. They squatted down and poured the things in the basin into the water.

Li Qingan couldn't hold it in any way. He quickly turned around under the water, hid behind a reef, and slowly floated to the surface. He couldn't help but complain secretly, and the two women squatted beside the reef where he was putting his clothes to wash gauze.

‘What should I do? Hit from the side?’

‘No!’ Li Qingan immediately denied this idea. The water was too clear and they would see it. The dignified general of the Central Army swims in the sea with his bare butt. It was too embarrassing to spread it. Li Qingan turned on countless thoughts and felt that it was inappropriate. He was soaking in the sea water at will.

"Look, the water here is so clear!"

"Yes! This water reminds me of washing clothes in the small river at the entrance of the village."

"Sanniang, are you really not going back?"
To be continued...