Chapter 098: Survival
On the north bank of the Wuzhang River, the camp of the Golden Soldiers and Sailors of Juye County was immersed in darkness. The rain was pouring down, the waves were choppy, and the golden soldiers in the ferry were naturally sleeping with confidence, and even the golden soldiers on guard outside were yawning and listless.
The weather was extremely hot, and the military operations of the Jurchen army basically stopped. These golden soldiers stayed here all day long, doing nothing, gambling and drinking every day, and their vigilance was a little worse than usual.
In addition, it rains heavily and the weather is cool, which is a good time to sleep.
In the dark night, on the edge of the turbulent river, a group of men were carrying a raft in the dark night, rushing forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
"Brother Li Bao, let's go and attack the camp of the Fan Bing Shui Division, what are we doing with these rafts?"
Li Zhuang asked while carrying the raft and running with difficulty.
"There are few of us, and we don't have a guy to take advantage of, so we can't do it hard, so we have to take the waterway."
Li Bao took everyone, one foot deep and one foot shallow, to the outside of the water division camp, everyone was out of breath and tired and couldn't speak.
The sailor's camp was barracks on three sides, and the warships were parked in the ferry, and dozens of people wanted to force their way in, but they didn't even think about it.
"Pull out the fence by the river, paddle over the water, and don't make a noise!"
A few men with good water characteristics went into the water and quickly pulled out a fence, forming a hole of about ten meters. The crowd got into the raft and rowed forward.
In order to avoid the inspection of the Jin soldiers, Li Bao and the others could only take a raft from the river, chop the waves, and quietly row in the direction of the sailor warship.
A huge wave hit, Li Li was caught off guard, he didn't stand firm under his feet, and was suddenly thrown off the raft by the big wave, and disappeared suddenly.
Li Bao was anxious, but he didn't dare to shout, he grabbed the raft, grabbed the plank with one arm, and paddled desperately in the water, moving forward.
When they arrived at the ferry, everyone untied the steel knives tied to the raft and tiptoed onto the shore.
Fortunately, everyone grew up by the Wuzhang River and was skilled in water, otherwise, in this turbulent night, I don't know how many people will die, and I don't know if they can reach the ferry.
The crowd had no time to grieve, wiped a handful of tears, and sneaked in the direction of the ship.
Approaching, by the faint light on the ferry, under the heavy rain, more than a dozen large ships docked side by side at the ferry, let the rain wash away, the ship was empty.
"Be careful that there are people on the boat, don't make a noise, and move quickly, so as not to be noticed by the fan."
Li Bao and the others pulled out their knives, and those without knives were holding sticks in the dark. The crowd dispersed and touched the boats.
Li Bao took people to touch the bow of the ship, and when they arrived outside the cabin, they heard the earth-shaking snoring sound inside, and several people were nervous, and no one dared to make a move.
On the embankment, there is the camp of the Jin soldiers, once discovered by the Jin soldiers, not only the lives of the people will not be guaranteed, but I am afraid that it will also affect the villagers on the other side.
Li Bao took the lead and touched in, and the two men behind followed closely. Li Bao walked a few steps, and saw clearly in the darkness that the two golden soldiers were sleeping on the bed.
Li Bao made a gesture, separated from the other two, walked to the left hand of the Jin soldier, swung his knife and stabbed sharply, and stabbed three or four blood holes in the chest of the Jin soldier in an instant.
The two men on the right were obviously more experienced, one stepped forward to cover Jin Bing's mouth, and the other stabbed Jin Bing in the chest, due to nervousness, the knife was directly stuck in the bone and could not be pulled out.
Jin Bing woke up in pain, kicked his legs violently, and tried to struggle. The man with the knife was frightened, pounced, pressed Jin Bing with his body, and at the same time choked Jin Bing's neck with both hands.
Another man also stepped forward and held down Jin Bing's arms.
Jin Bing kicked his feet indiscriminately and hit the bed board, making a "bangbang" sound. Fortunately, the rain was pouring down and the wind and waves were loud, so there was no big movement.
Jin Binggang
After stomping his feet twice, Li Bao had already come over, and the short knife stabbed Jin Bing in the abdomen several times in a row. Jin Bing's leg never lifted again. Another man took out a short knife and cut Jin Bing's neck.
All three were out of breath, and after a few moments, they continued to touch forward.
On the next few ships, there were a few low muffled snorts one after another, and it seemed that other people were also dealing with the golden soldiers guarding the ships. A few shouts were quite loud, but they were drowned in the sound of wind and rain and waves, and did not alarm the golden soldiers on the shore.
Li Bao and the others carefully inspected and found no other Jin soldiers, so they got off the boat.
The men on the other ships came down one by one, and none of them were bad. It seems that the golden soldiers on the ship have been dealt with and the situation has been brought under control.
"Brother Bao, don't leave yet, you're still waiting here, in case you are discovered by the soldiers, you won't be able to leave!"
In the darkness, a man shouted anxiously, and his voice unconsciously became louder.
"What are you kid yelling at, Li Bao has his own ideas!"
Li Zhuang roared in a low voice in the dark, extremely annoyed.
When life and death were at stake, the anger in everyone's chest came out.
"Don't make any noise, untie the cables, and let all the extra boats go, otherwise the soldiers will find out and catch up, and none of us will be able to escape!!"
Li Bao asked everyone else to gather together and commanded in a low voice.
The crowd dispersed and quietly untied the cables of the eight ships, leaving only three of them.
With the help of the cover of darkness and the force of everyone, the eight ships were quickly pushed into the deep water. One ship after another took advantage of the strong wind and waves, all the way to the east, turning and going with the wind and waves.
"Untie the ropes and get on board!"
Li Bao's heart was pounding, and together with the other people who were in a hurry, he set up the remaining three boats and desperately headed westward.
"Bell! Bell!"
The gongs sounded loudly and the noise sounded in the golden camp. It turned out that Jin Bing came out to relieve him, and finally discovered the situation of the ferry.
The blazing torches lit up, and countless golden soldiers rushed towards the ferry with loud and angry scolding. Many of them were disheveled, with bows and arrows, shooting into the river.
The wind and rain were combined, the rain flowed like a note, and the feather arrows shot out softly, and they fell on the surface of the river one after another, and they were swept away by the huge waves in an instant.
Everyone on the boat worked together, and the boat soon broke away from the Jin people's field of vision and rowed towards the Wuzhang River in the dark.
The boat went all the way to the west, and the people who were still hurrying in the heavy rain boarded the boat one after another. Taking advantage of the night, the crowd rowed westward.
Li Bao was exhausted. He sat in the cabin, gasping for breath, and waited for the ship to move for a while before his heart calmed down.
All around him, there were excited faces, even if they were wet and panting, everyone was refreshed.
I don't know how long I slept, Li Bao suddenly opened his eyes and was awakened by the shouts of the villagers outside.
Li Bao's heart was excited, and he immediately stood up and rushed out of the cabin.
"Li Bao, Li Da and Li Zhuang all went to the bow of the ship and heard that they were outside the city of Tokyo. I don't know what's going on outside. ”
Li Hu's father, Li Erbo, leaned against the bulkhead of the cabin, hugged his two-year-old grandson, who was still asleep, and said weakly.
"Second uncle, don't worry, it will be fine."
Li Bao got out of the cabin, looked up and looked forward, only to see that around the ship, several warships were surrounded, and the bow of the ship was full of sergeants who were ready to shoot with bows, all armed with swords and guns, eyeing each other.
"Where are you people, how can there be a warship of the imperial court? Get off the boat and come with me to the Yamen!"
The naval warships of the Great Song Dynasty were different from the Cao boats and passenger ships, and the Song generals recognized them at a glance, and he greeted the sergeants, with a fierce momentum and ready to move.
The men, women and children on the ship
Trembling, even those sturdy men with knives and guns in their hands were pale at the moment, and no one dared to say a word.
Li Bao snorted coldly in his nose. Nine deaths all the way, but they have to be interrogated by these ghosts.
"General, we are the people of Juye County, taking advantage of the rainy night, we stole the sailor warship of the soldiers of Juye County to go to the Daimyo's Mansion in Hebei, and asked the general to let us go."
Li Bao parted from the crowd, stepped forward, and bowed.
To be honest, he didn't have a good impression of these Great Song officials and soldiers at all. usually bullies and bullies the people, and when they get to the battlefield, they are all soft-footed ghosts.
"With you, you can steal the sailor warship of the soldiers? It's just a mouthful!"
The officer at the head jumped on the bow of Li Bao and the others, looked Li Bao up and down, and then looked at the men, women, and children in tattered clothes.
"Whether it is a bandit or not, I will know when I get to the yamen. Put down your weapons and go ashore, or you will blame my men for being ruthless. ”
The officer ignored it, and his eyes kept looking at the ship.
If these warships are taken, they will definitely be sold for a lot of silver. Even if it is handed over to the army, the reward will definitely be great.
Some things can also be found on these people.
The people on the boat were silent, and some of them wanted to step off the ship, obviously afraid of the obscenity of the officials and soldiers, and did not dare to contend with them.
Li Bao saw that the officer's eyes showed greed, and he always looked at the packages on the villagers' bodies, feeling bad. He suddenly flew forward, and the short knife in his hand instantly landed on the officer's neck.
"If you want to grab the boat and loot, you have to see whether the knife in Lao Tzu's hand agrees!"
Li Bao stopped the officer in front of him and shouted to the other people: "Start the boat immediately, don't stop!"
The short knife rested on his neck, the cold seeped through the people, and the officer's face turned pale, he did not move, and his speech became trembling.
"Hurry... Put your hands down... on the murder weapon, otherwise this officer... With one order, ten thousand arrows will be fired in unison, so that you will all become a hornet's nest!"
"Let go of Commander Sun!"
The Song troops on the ship drew their bows and arrows one after another, aiming at the people on the boat.
"If you want to shoot, shoot us first!"
Li Zhuang and several outlaws came up from the crowd, holding knives and guns in their hands, and protected Li Bao's front.
Song Bing understood that these were poor low-level people who had nothing to do with bandits. They stopped the boat, just to get some autumn wind. Who knew that Commander Sun was even more courageous, and he actually fell in love with the warship.
"What happened, how could there be so many people and officers and soldiers fighting each other?"
A ship rowed over, and a dignified-looking young officer stood at the bow with an ugly face.
"Deputy Commander Yue, Commander Sun suspected that these people were bandits, but he didn't expect to be ...... by the other party"
Before he finished speaking, Yue Fei's cold gaze shot over, and the sergeant hurriedly lowered his head.
"Deputy Commander Yue, please save the lower official!"
Commander Sun's face was pale, but his body did not dare to move.
"This brother, if you let Commander Sun go, this official will let you leave immediately, and you will not be stopped!"
Yue Fei glanced at Commander Sun with disgust, waved his hand, and the officers and soldiers moved away from the warships and sailed towards both sides of the strait.
Li Bao no longer hesitated, immediately let go of Commander Sun, hugged his fists and said, "Thank you, General."
Commander Sun hurriedly jumped onto Yue Fei's boat, his face full of panic and anxiety.
Yue Fei turned to leave, Li Bao shook his head secretly, he couldn't imagine that there were such good officials in Bianjing City.
Everyone left, not far away, several warships in front of them came head-on, and the apricot yellow flag with the word "king" on the ship waved with the wind, so not majestic.
Li Bao's heart moved, walked to the bow of the boat, and shouted loudly.
"General, we are refugees from Juye County, who stole the sailor warship of the soldiers and are going to seek refuge with Wang Xianggong."