Chapter 19: The Tiger Fights the Dragon
Meng Baxi mobilized all his forces in this operation, including the ten dragons of his ship's gang. He was joined by Gojo, who was closest to the Ship Gang's base camp. There were two who were in the same boat with him.
The other three, each on the flotilla behind, commanded the rest of the ships.
The other five dragons will each go to the battlefield.
These ten dragons are Meng Baxi's old capital, and they have also earned him a nickname: King Xibaxi. He used these ten dragons to firmly control the upper reaches of the Xijiang River.
Each dragon is equivalent to the helmsman of the ship, but it has a lot more autonomy than the helmsman. Each dragon has a clearly divided territory, and each usually claims to be the king and supremacy in its own territory.
He was accompanied by the first two dragons on which he relied on the most. The people in the gang are used to calling them the big dragon and the second dragon.
The first dragon was the Dingjiang Dragon, Meng Zhong. He is calm and faithful, and he is extremely reliable in all his life and work. He is in charge of the upper reaches of the river, the Xunjiang River. This is the base camp of the Xijiang Boat Gang.
The second dragon is An Jiang Long, Meng Xiao. He was extremely filial and kept filial piety to his elderly widowed mother for a long time. The area under his jurisdiction is the upper reaches of the Xun River, the Qianjiang River. This is his hometown.
Behind the command of the fleet were the three dragons in turn, and their territory was close to the headquarters of the ship, so after a little waiting, they led the fleet to rush over and act at the same time as the gang leader.
The third dragon is the Shoujiang Dragon, Meng Jie. His ancestors were loyal to the whole family, and after falling into the enemy, they would rather die than surrender, and their heads could be broken and their knots remained unchanged. Meng Jie was the eldest son, who was appointed to govern the Yu River, control the Yi River, and the left and right rivers connected to the Yi River. This is the largest tributary of the upper reaches of the river.
The fourth dragon is the dragon of the river, Meng Yi. He was brave and brave, and there was no word back in his head. As long as he thinks it's right, he has to throw his head out and smash the enemy. He managed the Jiu River basin.
The fifth dragon is the cross-river dragon, Meng Ren. He has a benevolent character, has the style of the ancients, and cares for his subordinates and the people in his jurisdiction, so that many people have emigrated. The area under his jurisdiction is the Liujiang River basin, the upper reaches of which directly enter the Yunnan region.
The other five dragons who were far away were also on the road, and they were driving at full speed to concentrate on the boat gang boss. They are going to have a gathering of ten dragons this time to see if Ning Hu is powerful on land or Meng Long is strong in the water.
Even their own hearts are eager to try. Since the Ten Dragons were in place, there has never been such a complete operation, and there has never been an operation of this scale.
The Ten Dragons and the Ten King Kongs previously sent by the Boat Gang to protect Meng Ruofei formed the basic team of the Boat Gang. Relying on this set of people, Meng Baxi is really a bit worthy of the name Baxi.
Don't look at these ten dragons, they are all surnamed Meng, but they are not Meng Baxi's biological sons. They were all his adopted sons. In this way, when choosing a name for them, there is a certain consistency between the person and the name according to their character.
This team was established by Meng Baxi himself. When he took over the Boat Gang from his father's old gang leader, not only did he not have ten dragons, but even the current Ten King Kong only had three.
If it weren't for something in his heart, he couldn't help but be enlightened every time he thought of these glories. Today, I am not in the mood for that.
After more than ten hours of non-stop sailing, near dusk, the fleet finally approached the entrance of the Black Dragon Pond.
I only heard the sound of killing in front of me, and the roar of firearms.
The leader of a boat gang who had arrived in the early stage drove a small boat upriver and came to greet him.
The gang leader knew that he was the deputy helmsman of the Zhaozhou branch of the boat gang, so he ordered him to come on the boat.
As soon as the person came to the spot, he jumped on the boat with a "whoosh".
When he landed, he was silent and steady, and kowtowed to the boss, "My subordinates are late, forgive me!"
"Don't be polite. Tell me how it's going?"
According to the introduction, the battle situation is now in a stalemate. Both ends of this passage were blocked, and they couldn't enter the vicinity of the Black Dragon Pool.
What's worse is that the enemy did not wait for the agreed time to attack the ship that fell into Longtan in advance. I don't know if they can resist it.
"We can't attack now, and no one cares if we want to talk to them. is helpless. Thankfully, the boss came. ”
When Meng Baxi heard this, he was immediately anxious. Don't say much, immediately order all the ships to move in quickly, and be sure to tear the blockade ring as soon as possible and rush in to save people.
People are in a hurry, and in the blink of an eye, they have arrived at the lively place in front of them.
I saw the people of the boat gang driving small boats, against the rain of arrows like flying locusts, taking advantage of the flow of the river, rocking like wheels, shouting like hiss, and rushing towards the boats blocking the way.
The enemy who is blocking there is shot with arrows from afar, speared at close, and the defense is impenetrable.
Some of the attacking boats were capsized halfway, and some were not stopped until they were close.
Finally a few small boats approached the enemy ship, and the sound of collision was loud.
One of them was crushed on the spot, and the people on board fell into the water one after another.
Only one person jumped onto the enemy ship at the moment when the ship was destroyed and killed, and the long knife in his hand swept in a circle, forcing several guys who were leaning out to attack to retreat, creating an opportunity for his own people to board the ship.
Just as he was about to break through the prospects, suddenly a "buzzing" sound came. When I looked up, I saw several thick arrows flying over.
Which of the boat gang warriors who finally attacked the ship made a frightened "ahhhhhh A long arrow "swished" and flew past the soles of his feet.
The warrior who escaped death also lost his courage, and he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, no one could stop this.
The other people on the boat also quickly stopped boarding the ship and fled back along the way, frightened.
What they didn't know was that the crossbows on the ship were very limited, and they were of the kind that could not be moved, and they could only wait until the enemy got on the ship to shoot flat, and their main role was not to kill people, but to deter the enemy.
This was the closest the Boat Gang had come to a successful attack, and they had never been able to get close to the ships that stood in their way. It was also the first time that the enemy was forced to use a crossbow.
Meng Baxi was anxious, and immediately sent several larger ships from the fleet he brought. As a result, just like last time, when approaching the enemy ship, it was repulsed by the defenders.
This time, Meng Baxi found a problem, a very strict problem.
The ship that stood in the way was not as big as the attacking ship. But I don't know why, when the two ships collided, the big ship couldn't bear it and broke two more.
The smaller enemy ships were as steady as Mount Tai, not only did they not break, but they did not even shake much.
The disparity in the performance of such boats is so great that the boat gang is almost invincible.
Therefore, no matter how critical it is, we can only wait patiently first, and then talk about the arrival of the big fleet.
When the boat gang was in a hurry to break through the defensive line, a man on the opposite side of the high hill was watching them and sneering. Especially when he saw Meng Baxi's eyebrows burning and helpless, he felt proud in his heart and accelerated his thoughts.
Seeing that his long-planned plan was about to come true, he was a little fluttering.
Of course, this person is Ning Ling, the third son of the second son of the Ning family.
This time he wants to kill three birds with one stone!
In the first carving, he wants to replace the eldest brother and be the boss of the second room. Although the eldest brother has a similar temperament to him and does things similarly, how can the power be in the hands of others as if he held it himself?
Second, he wants to seize the boat gang and take all the river basins for himself. His snobbery on the water is currently only in the lower reaches of the Xijiang River and the boat gang, if Meng Baxi is taken down, it will be easy to master the boat gang.
The third carving, and the most important, is to seize the position of the head of the Ning family. This operation captured Ning Jingrui, the old guy who was particularly distressed about his granddaughter still didn't obey?
Haha! The dragons of the boat gang really entered my hub! In addition to being proud, he learned a sentence from Li Shimin.
He does have the capital to be proud, because so far, everything has been achieved according to his arrangement, and it seems that he can go all the way to success.
And if he succeeds, his realization of killing three birds with one stone can be said to be a certainty.
In fact, he had wanted to use that waterfall to kill people yesterday. Unexpectedly, the ship was not broken, and the people were not dead, so he had an idea to take this opportunity to realize his long-planned seizure of power.
So on the one hand, he used Meng Ruofei, the princess of the Boat Gang, as a fishing bait, and lured the Boat Gang to do his best to fight them in this unfavorable terrain, and on the other hand, he transferred all the forces he had secretly prepared, prepared a net, and waited for the enemy to drill into it.
This time he concentrated his strength in three parts.
The first is the water power that he has prepared himself. He has long understood that waterways are the lifeblood of the economy and the key to the success or failure of a war, so he has been secretly accumulating strength and forming a large mobile force of 20,000 men and 200 ships.
The second part is his father's strength. The second eldest of the Ning family has been entrenched in Gwangju for many years, facing the sea, with his back to the inland, plus strong strength, especially in recent years, foreign trade has increased, and he needs stronger guards, so the size of his father's fleet is comparable to his.
The third part is the power he borrowed. He deliberately made friends with the three sects and the ninth stream, especially with a big thief. For the sake of this plan, he had already made a plan with him, and asked him to send a hundred large ships to help him.
Of course, the price is not cheap. In addition to paying them a large amount of money for employment, two special ports will be arranged in the future for their exclusive use. And these two ports must be in the middle of the river.
The ship that was blocking in front of you was actually brought by these pirates. The reason why the boats can't hit is because these ships are made of steel. It was taken by the pirates from foreign merchants from the West.
Those boats are really perverted! The wooden boats of the boat gang crashed like eggs against stones.
The only thing that made Ning Ling unhappy was that the boat blocked in Longtan was really a bit difficult to bite. He had a particularly good abacus. As soon as this bait catches the fish, he immediately disposes of them so as not to be distracted by the time.
Who would have thought that after exhausting all means, he didn't gnaw, and he also fell into several martial arts masters.
The boat is now parked on the east side of the water surface of the Black Dragon Pond, next to the mountain.
When you shoot it with arrows, you are caught in the sails and the roof of the shed, and when you hit it with stones, there are not many stones on the top of the mountain, and the few that hit it are also crumbled to the side, as if the material of this boat is particularly hard.
Then they used the most powerful weapon of long-range attacks, rockets. I thought to myself, "Burn you clean up with a fire, and see where you are still hiding?" But before these rockets touched the side of the boat, they were extinguished by a stream of water arrows.
In the end, there was really no way, so he sent a good hand with good martial arts and light skills, and went down with a rope, trying to enter the ship and find out the people inside. This time, even more temperless. When they entered the ship, they were not heard at all, and they were never seen again.
When I've got out of the way, I'll have a good time with you. Ning San was secretly ruthless.
He didn't want to wait any longer. It's time to give that dying old dragon a thunderous blow!