Chapter 123: The Sorrowful Bandit (1)
At this moment, the night is gradually shrouded in the calm lake, and the low air on the lake is filled with thick mist, and Liu Jin is leading more than a dozen boats towards the mouth of Poyang Lake.
In such foggy nights, the fleet sailed only by the huge lanterns hanging from the stern of each ship to maintain its formation, so that the ships would not be left behind. Fortunately, the sailors are all veterans, and this section of the waterway has been walked countless times, and there is no possibility of zĂ i losing its course.
It was not only them who were not left behind, but those who were still following behind Liu Jin's fleet also relied on the huge brown paper lantern at the tail of the ship in front of them to follow all the way, and nearly a million copper coins were gone, and no one would be reconciled.
"Big brother, is it enough to rely on our boats?" asked the bald man to He Laosan beside him.
After He Laosan decided to continue to do it, he took his men out of Wuyue Town, and got a few decent fishing boats in the surrounding small fishing villages.
It's just that the boats in He Laosan's hands are all small fishing boats, which are not only small in size but also not strong, if they really make a hand, I am afraid that as long as the other party collides, He Laosan will go to the lake to feed Wang Ba.
"Our few broken boats are definitely not enough, but don't look at the fact that there is no movement around here, in fact, I don't know how many people are still hidden in the secret! We are not the only ones who are unwilling!" He Laosan turned his one eye to look at the lake shrouded in thick fog around him, and said lightly.
The bald man also looked around with the boss, but he couldn't see anything with his little Taoism, the bald man scratched the shiny bald head with his hand, and asked the boss: "Big brother, when will we do it?"
The one-eyed He Laosan lowered his head and thought for a while, and said: "The boats used by our people are estimated to be fishing boats of this size, so we must do it before the target enters the Yangtze River, otherwise once we enter the Yangtze River, our broken boats will be overturned by the big waves on the river without anyone to fight." â
"Then let's wait for the others to do it before we pick up the leak?" asked the bald man, speculatingly.
"Okay, you kid has learned to use your brain!" He Laosan teased with a smile.
"Hehe, this is all the boss's education! We are all from the old university!" replied the bald man with his hand touching the bald head with a flattering face.
"Okay! don't be damn afraid of sycophants!" He Laosan withdrew his one-eyed eyes that looked at the bald man, turned to look at the looming fleet in front of him, and said calmly: "However, you are right! It is impossible for these people and ships to eat this batch of goods at present, and all we can do is to wait for other people to do it, and then identify a boat to snatch him down." These ships are all newly purchased, and the sailors on the ship are also temporarily gathered together, so it is absolutely impossible to be so agile in response to sudden changes, and there are always more than a dozen ships that cannot be dispatched, as long as we seize the opportunity, we can still have a great chance of grabbing one of them. â
This one-eyed He Laosan is not a mediocre person, and he can see at a glance one of the biggest weaknesses of Liu Jin's fleet. It is true that sailors may be able to travel in normal times, but in the face of unexpected situations, there will be panic and poor command, which is their only hope of success.
He Laosan's prediction was not wrong, or the people who were still following Liu Jin's fleet at the moment were not mediocre people, and they clearly knew that there was a big gap between the two sides in terms of the size of the ship, and only by doing it in Poyang Lake, where the wind and waves were relatively small, could it be successful.
Gradually, a few black shadows popped out of the thick mist and approached the ship at the back of the fleet, these people thought the same as He Laosan, a thousand birds in the forest are not as good as a bird in their hands, if they want to swallow the entire fleet, it is impossible, so they only stare at one of the ships.
"Here, they're doing it!" He Laosan suddenly squinted at the dark shadow in the thick fog in the distance, and said with a hint of playfulness.
But what he didn't know was that the same voice sounded from the ship that was being watched at this moment.
"Fourth brother, they did it!" Liu Jin was on the boat at the back of the fleet, and a thin young man moved his nose and said to Zhou Kang.
"Little dog, your nose is getting smarter and smarter! You can smell it so far away, and it's on the water. Zhou Kang laughed a few words at the young man.
This thin young man was actually the one who followed Hao Dazhi at the beginning, Hao Dazhi gave him all the foundation building medicine on Changshan Island, and spent two months to help him build the foundation successfully, and now according to the original agreement, he sent people to Xu Chen, Xu Chen also abided by the agreement to accept this scout master who built the foundation, and treated him the same as the young man, and this time he was sent out.
After building the foundation, the puppy is actually not much different from before in appearance, but his body shape has become thinner, and his skin and bones are average, and Xu Chen is a little worried after seeing it. It's just that Hao Dazhi said that this is a normal reaction after their sect has built a foundation, and now the puppy's body is still in the process of being reshaped, and it will be able to grow back slowly after a while. Seeing that other masters said so, Xu Chen also let go of his worries.
Today's puppy not only has a more sensitive sense of smell, but also has good skills, after all, he is a master of foundation building, and ordinary fist and foot kung fu can also exert a lot of power in his hands. Not only has the appearance and martial arts changed, but now the little dog has also officially worshiped Hao Dazhi as his teacher, and with the surname Hao, Xu Chen helped him give him a Hao Xin name, which can be regarded as a complete farewell to the previous nameless life.
The name is not just a title in this year, it also contains a strong clan concept, now the little dog has a name, and he has found his home again, and there are Xu Chen's brothers around him, and the little dog who used to be silent is now much more lively.
"Fourth brother, we are also masters of foundation building, how can this little thing stump me?" Hao Xin raised his head arrogantly and smiled proudly at Zhou Kang, except for Shi Lei, the rest of Xu Chen's brothers have long passed the age of foundation building, let alone any talent in martial arts, so they have long since given up the idea of achieving anything in martial arts, so our foundation building master puppy naturally has the capital of his pride, but this kind of pride often has to pay a price.
This point may really be learned from Xu Chen, looking at the puffy appearance of the little dog's tail cocked to the sky, even the honest Zhou Kang couldn't help but reach over and slap Hao Xin's head, look at him viciously, and shout in his mouth: "Proud hair! Hurry up and pay attention to the enemy's dynamics!"
"Oh...... Pat me again! Big brother said, if you always pat your head, you will become stupid!" Hao Xin stretched out his hand and touched the sore head, and he didn't forget to read it in his mouth.
The fish boats in the back quickly approached the ship where Zhou Kang was, and they were just thinking about the tails of the last boat, but they didn't know that this ship that deliberately lagged behind at the end was actually the flagship of this fleet, and there were not many goods left on this ship, but there were many people.
There are too few people Xu Chen can send, and the newly hired sailors can't be used to fight, so Zhou Kang put all the dozen or so teenagers he brought on this ship, in addition to a large number of boatmen and sailors and a large number of water warfare weapons, such a ship and the one at the front of Liu Jin's fleet, while the other ships are only equipped with basic boatmen and sailors to keep the basic driving.
Zhou Kang's idea is also very simple, since it is impossible to achieve a comprehensive defense, then liberate the manpower, concentrate together, attack and defend, ensure the strong attack power of the two ships, in case of attack, let the rest of the cargo ships go first, these two ships stay and break off, if they fall into a melee, with the mobile combat power of these two ships, the final result can also change a lot.
It was in this situation that the two sides started the first round of battle tonight, or it can't be said to be a battle, compared to the battle after tonight, this time can only be regarded as a warm-up at most.
"Fourth brother, it's coming!" accompanied by Hao Xin's rapid low shout, the battle began completely.
It was a gang in Yuzhang City, seeing Xu Chen and they actually got nearly a million copper coins, they had long been fascinated and didn't know what their surname was, and followed them all the way to Wuyue Town, and found that Liu Jin had exchanged a lot of copper coins for useless goods.
The attack went very smoothly, and the gang of people quickly touched the bottom of the double-decker ship, and Zhou Kang did not expose his strength prematurely. The first group of people who were the first to make a move, whether they couldn't stand it themselves, or the spies sent by others, in short, their strength would not be high. In this case, there was no need to throw real power into it, so the boys put down their bows and crossbows, opened their encirclement, and waited quietly on the boat for the group of uncontrollable fellows to throw themselves into the net.
Most of the gangs in the south have had the experience of fighting on the water, and most of them are familiar with some commonly used water fighting techniques.
It stands to reason that even if they deliberately lighten their strength, such a big movement of the hammer will definitely be noticed by the people on the ship, but at this time the people on the boat seem to be asleep, and they turn a deaf ear to the movement at the bottom of the ship. And the men who were busy working at the bottom of the boat didn't even notice these anomalies, and it could only be said that God destined this group of people to be planted here today......
After the nails were nailed, the gang of men and lakes took a long rope, tied iron claws at one end, and hung it up with both hands, and then several agile men grabbed the long rope and climbed all the way up.
After these people got on the boat and stood firm on the deck, before they could say anything, several exclamations rang out from the side, "Who are they?"
"Oops! It's been discovered!" these are the words that the Jianghu men shouted in their hearts at the moment, but the people who came up were all people with sufficient experience in fighting, and the moment they heard the shout, they pulled out the steel knife on their backs and slashed in the direction of the sound.
Then there were a few painful screams of "oops", and then the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground, but the Jianghu men who withdrew the steel knife inadvertently touched the blade and found no trace of blood, and just now ...... I don't have the same touch as when I cut an object!