Chapter 981: Chasing and Suppressing Deserters
Half of the sky seems to be burned red by fire! For the current Dongshui City, tonight is definitely a sleepless night for all the people!
The fire in Donggang did not stop all night, and the terrible howl did not stop, and after a night of fighting, at dawn, it finally came to an end, and nearly 110,000 of the 200,000 town navy surrendered!
A wooden boat that didn't look too small quietly swung out of the reeds, but there were only a dozen people paddling hard, and there was a fat man standing in the middle, with a big belly, wearing a tattered military uniform that didn't fit, a fat man with a black face, staring at a pair of gloomy eyes, looking at the fire-filled barracks, and his teeth were clucking!
"Ning Jiujin, this revenge will not be avenged, and I will not be a man!" the fat man gritted his teeth and said, his face was a little sad after speaking, what he said was mighty, but what could he take to avenge others? After so many years of operation, even the principal and profits have been completely lost!
What to turn over? How to turn over? There is a court to rely on, and he is still a big general, and if he loses this group of soldiers, he can still turn over and levy another 200,000 yuan! But now, the court is not able to protect itself at all, and he may be ousted from power by the Helan people at any time!
Even if he was not defeated by the Helan people, the Xuan soldiers would not let Yin Hu go, so his own general already had no real name! It's just that there were still 200,000 soldiers in the past, but overnight, all of them were gone!
Fortunately, everything was brought out, and looking at the big boxes in the cabin, the fat man's heart was slightly certain.
These are all his savings over the years, of course, not only these, at least forty percent of them have not had time to be transported to the ship! The ships that could carry three or four hundred people are now only a dozen or so, and if they come up again, they may be sunk, which shows the preciousness of these boxes!
With these boxes, he can buy a bunch of private soldiers even if he goes to any country! When the time comes, it will not be an unattainable thing!
"General, there's a boat coming!" a rowing soldier shouted at the fat man in horror. The fat man was so angry that he put a foot on the little soldier's chest and cursed in his mouth: "How many times has Lao Tzu told you, don't call me a general now! What ship will come here, and where is it?"
Following the gesture of the aggrieved little soldier, the fat man turned his head to look, and his face turned pale! Three warships stabbed directly from the side, and quickly outflanked him, judging from the clothes of the soldiers on the bow of the boat, it was undoubtedly the Huilong army!
The fat man turned his head and shouted at a group of soldiers: "Row quickly, hurry up, as long as we can escape, twenty taels of gold each!"
The little soldier who had been kicked just now threw away the oars angrily, and muttered, "Now even if you give me two hundred taels, you don't have that ability!"
Unexpectedly, this little soldier dared to refute him, the fat man was stunned for a moment, and then an angry expression appeared on his face, and he gritted his teeth and said to him: "Bastard! You are so bold, what do you want to do?"
"What are you doing? Surrender!" The little soldier also seemed to be out of the way, kicked the oars, glared at him, and said: "If it weren't for your greed for money, we would have left a long time ago! Everyone has chased you to the door, and you are still asking us to move the treasure, you really don't want to die for money! Now you are competing with other people's 100-man team, I don't have such great ability to compare with others! You have the ability to paddle with you! What are you doing staring at me, do you think you are still the general who holds great power?"
As soon as the soldiers said this, a group of rowing soldiers next to him all threw away the oars in their hands and looked at the fat man indignantly, and one of them scolded: "It's too much of a general to follow you, and even human lives can be cheap for money! Pull less treasure, pull more manpower, we still have the possibility of a war, but now what do you want us to use to fight others? Do you smash it with gold?"
I didn't expect these guys to dare to talk to him in such a tone! The fat man's face turned blue, but looking at the cold eyes of the people in front of him, he felt a chill in his heart!
Just one night ago, Lao Tzu was still the soil emperor of Dongshui, with more than 200,000 people under his command, and even the city lord of Dongshui had to obediently listen to Lao Tzu's mercy!
It's only been one night, and Lao Tzu has become a lost dog, but even the barracks are gone, and even the most inconspicuous soldiers in the past dare to argue with themselves now?
"Damn, you give Lao Tzu to die!" Although the fat man is like a pig, his movements are still very agile, after all, the movements he trained on the battlefield in the early years are all there, although he has been rusty all these years, he will not be able to look at everything!
Two steps forward, he kicked the little soldier who had just spoken back in the chest, kicked him up with just one kick, and then smashed it on the side of the ship, splashing a pool of blood and falling into the sea!
"Lao Tzu can pull out a team anywhere, and you are the master wherever you have money! You follow me, you were originally my personal guard, Lao Tzu will make a comeback, will you lose your benefits? Now Lao Tzu has not really reached a dead end, you grandsons are young and think about falling into the well first, don't think that Lao Tzu doesn't know how to hold a knife after hanging a knife for a few years, I want to argue with Lao Tzu, let's see if you have that kind of ability!"
To be a great general, he must have the ability of the countrymen in terms of intelligence and combat power, even if he usurps power and seizes the throne, he also has a vision and ruthlessness that others do not have, which is not comparable to these small soldiers at all!
At this moment, the fat man's face was full of anger, and he looked at these people in front of him with a hideous face, and when he saw them, his body trembled and lowered his head, snorted coldly, and scolded everyone: "Fucking row for me, if I run away, you will have glory and wealth! If I am caught by them, do you think you can live?"
There was another person next to him, sitting at the stern of the boat, with a depressed face and a look of indifference, as if what happened here had nothing to do with him!
Although this person is wearing the clothes of the Central Plains, he is obviously not from the Central Plains, just looking at his blonde hair and blue eyes, he knows that he is from the area of Ye Nanguo!
Watching those guards honestly go rowing, a trace of pride appeared on the fat man's face, turned around, and looked at the guy sitting at the stern, frowning, but he had to show a smile, walked up to him and said, "Charul, are you really sure that the second prince of your Ye Nanguo can accept us?"
Charul shrugged his shoulders and sighed softly and said, "He is Your Majesty now! If we can give him what he wants, he will definitely take us in!"
This fat man is, of course, Yue Tianpeng. After the Huilong army attacked the camp, seeing that they were overwhelmed and difficult to resist, they immediately recruited personal guards, carried money and jewelry, and even didn't want the wives and children who stayed in the city, and only ran away with these boxes!
If it weren't for the need for coolies to move boxes and rowing boats, it is estimated that this unsympathetic bastard would not even bring a guard, and would have thought about running for his life!
The three boats behind are still far away, and if they really row desperately, there is really a possibility of escaping. It's just that Yue Tianpeng didn't expect that those guys would be so persistent, and they chased so far, and they still chased after them relentlessly!
Originally, there were not many people with me, and rowing was a manual work, but now those guards are all sweating, and if this goes on for a long time, there is no possibility of escaping!
"Put those things down, or we won't be able to run away!" Yue Tianpeng looked at Charul beside him, and the corners of his eyes already showed anxiety that he couldn't hide.
Nacharul shook his head and said to Yue Tianpeng: "Respected General, those weapons are already our last killer weapon, if the distance is too far, it is useless, it must be within a hundred meters!"
100 meters? 100 meters is within the range of other people's bows and arrows! When the time comes, a round of arrows will come over, and you will have a fart killer weapon to use!
Yue Tianpeng gritted his teeth angrily, but there was no way, this Charul was the chief designer of those weapons, if he didn't agree, others wouldn't know how to use those things, once he hurt himself, it would be the most terrifying!
The three boats behind him were already chasing closer and closer, and one of them stood at the bow of the big ship in the middle, with a sneer on his face, it was Ning Qijin, the most resourceful in the Dragon Army!
A guard next to him smiled and said: "The general really has no last resort, this Yue Tianpeng is really a master who wants money and doesn't want his life, he even ignores his wife and children, and quietly escapes, if the general hadn't noticed it, he would have really let him run away!"
Ning Qijin smiled faintly, looked at the several guards behind him, shook his head and said, "You boys, do you really think that the general wants me to pursue me here for that dead fat man who is greedy for money?"
Everyone was stunned, and the guard who spoke just now said strangely: "Isn't it?" The guard's eyes suddenly widened, and he looked at Ning Qijin in surprise and said, "General, could it be Yinhu here..."
A companion next to him slapped him on the head, laughed and scolded, "Little hammer, your brain is in the sea? What are you thinking! The general is talking about that ghost!"
"Well, the slippery head is really smart!" Ning Qijin nodded and said to everyone: "Listen, it doesn't matter whether Yue Tianpeng is dead or alive later, the general wants that ghost guy, so no matter what price you pay, you must bring that ghost guy back unscathed, understand?"
A group of guards immediately nodded neatly, looked at the boat in front of them that was getting closer and closer, their eyes were full of contempt, and they said in unison: "General, please rest assured!"
In their eyes, the people on that small boat have already become a bag! In fact, there is no need to deal with these people at all, there are at least 3,000 people on the three ships, just catching a ghost guy and a fat man, a bit too exciting!
As for the dozen or so people on that small boat, it was simply negligible! The low combat strength of the Zhen Navy was a mess, which was simply beyond the imagination of all the Huilong soldiers, and the troops of nearly 200,000 people were actually defeated in one day and one night, which was simply beyond everyone's expectations!
The tactics that were originally formulated and the methods that were prepared to get out of trouble were completely useless! Except for the fact that they were blocked by the Thunderbolt boat at the beginning, this battle was fought too smoothly!
Actually, it's not that unbelievable. The town navy has been corrupted by money, they are just a group of paper tigers, they are just a group of lazy people in military uniforms, from the inside out, they are no longer real soldiers!
The small boat was in front, and a young general beside Ning Qijin walked to the bow of the boat and shouted at the small boat that was still two or three hundred meters away: "Yue Tianpeng, you can't escape anymore!