Volume 3 The Spring and Autumn of the Pencil Chapter 457 A distance of five hundred steps
"Helper, the three ships in front of us are pulling us apart more and more!" A middle-aged man bowed to Jing Zhe and said.
"It's okay, anyway, just see them, they are all in a hurry to grab the credit, you forget, who caught Jing Zhe first, but there is a reward of 1,000 taels of silver, as for the little minions below, killing one will also cost 10 taels of silver, these are real money, can they not rush to the trip......"
Jing Zhe sat at the table with Erlang's legs crossed, and a sumptuous supper was placed in front of him, he was enjoying himself at this time, extremely comfortable, for him, after tonight, he could completely put his mind at ease, although he had sat down as the leader of the Cao Gang before. But Mu Hong did not die for a day, and he was not at peace for a day.
He was always worried, for fear that Mu Hong would make a comeback, but he knew the ability of this former sworn brother, if he was given time and money, others would really be able to kill back to Xicheng. But now...... There were only more than 70 people on that ship, and he, plus Liu Junmao and Wang Haiqi's men, had a total of more than 500 people.
Such a thing that is nine out of ten, he doesn't believe that it will capsize, the vast river, there is no way to go to the sky, there is no way to enter the ground, and it is not a terrain that is very easy to hide in the deep mountains and old forests, maybe others hide in the mountains and forests There is really a glimmer of life, but now it is ......, the other party seems to be able to resist stubbornly.
The same scene also happened on the ship of Liu Junmao and Wang Haiqi, and Liu Junmao and Wang Haiqi were also leisurely waiting in the cabin for the good news to come ahead. Xiong Li came in and reported that the other ship was getting farther and farther away, and asked if they should speed up and join the other one.
"Did Jing Zhe, who was with us, speed up?" Wang Haiqi asked.
Xiong Li shook his head and said, "No, they are still moving at the same speed as us. ”
"Then don't worry about it, he has two ships in front of him and don't worry at all, we are just one, and I have also told Yelu Servant, let him see the opportunity to act, if there is something to do, then go up and get some credit, if the other party is tricky, then just hide behind, and let Jing Zhe's people bear the risk." Liu Haiqi pondered for a moment and commanded.
"Yes! Master Yelu! Xiong Li bowed in response.
Wang Haiqi and Liu Junmao actually have their own surnames Yelu, but because they are both northerners and southerners, they look very similar to the Han people, so they will send them to Xicheng to plot the Cao Gang, and naturally they will change their names to Han people, but they only change their surnames.
Xiang Wang Haiqi's real name is Yelu Haiqi, and Liu Junmao's real name is Yelu Junmao, there are only two big surnames in the whole country of the Great Liao Kingdom, one is the surname Yelu, the other is the surname Xiao, and the remaining surnames are very niche, and even people with a very low status in the Great Liao, such as Xiong Li, he is actually Liu Junmao, that is, the slave of Yelu Junmao's family, and he was not given the surname Yelu, so he is still called Xiong Li.
Xiong Li is a servant of Yelu Junmao's family, but because Yelu Junmao has always listened to Yelu Haiqi, after Yelu Haiqi finished speaking, Xiong Li did not turn his head to ask Yelu Junmao's opinion, but directly retired.
After the first few times Yelu Haiqi issued orders, Xiong Li did not immediately carry it out, but turned his head to ask Yelu Junmao's opinion, but was severely taught by Yelu Junmao, and slapped a few times on the spot, since then, Xiong Li began to become smart, as long as it was Yelu Haiqi said, he didn't have to ask anything, just execute it directly.
"Brother Haiqi, do you think that the mysterious organization to which the Ink Blade Organization belongs will be super combative, and it will really be surrounded and suppressed by us so easily?" Yelu Junmao asked a little curiously, although he asked this question, but from the tone of his voice, he was not worried at all, but he was just a little curious in his heart.
Yelu Haiqi shook his head when he heard this, and looked thoughtful: "It stands to reason that their combat power should be very strong, but now that they are on the river, the space is so large, he can move around again, where else can he move, and their disguise technique is not carried out at all, on the ship, when our ship is close, rush up, and slash at once, even if each of them can fight with one enemy and three, at most it is comparable to more than two hundred and seventy people, And there are more than 300 people in the first three of us, no matter what, it should be a sure win. ”
"Hehe, I think so too!" Yelu Junmao said with a smile, "No matter how powerful they are, how powerful can they be, and the Ink Blade Organization was all powerful assassins before, and now they are on the ship, just such a little space, where can they hide, head-to-head duel and assassination are not the same, it's hard to say that they are just good at concealment and assassination, just like light cavalry and heavy cavalry!" ”
Yelu Haiqi listened to Yelu Junmao's words and felt that what he said was not unreasonable, people always have what they are good at and what they are not good at, and they can't be good at everything. The Ink Blade Organization is indeed quite capable of hiding and assassinating. I couldn't find it, and after killing people, I left the ink blade order and went quietly, and even the imperial account guards sent by the Great Liao Emperor were useless.
Even the Imperial Ledger guards were assassinated several times, but these dead were all left alone, and I had never heard of an entire squad being kicked by the Ink Blade. That shows that the ink blade has at least never appeared in the form of a squad and fought with the imperial account guards in a multi-person battle, which is not impossible because the opponent is just a surprise assassination, but the head-to-head ability is not good.
Of course, these are just speculations between Yelu Junmao and Yelu Haiqi, as for Yun Qing and how powerful he and those under him are, we will know later. There were only nine people on Mu Hong's side, including Lei Laohu, which Yang Mengdong said before, and when he heard others say that there were more than seventy people on the dock, it showed that there were at least sixty people under Yun Qing's hands. The specific strength of these sixty people can also indirectly reflect the strength and level of the mysterious organization.
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"Boss Wu, the ship in front doesn't seem to realize that we are chasing them behind?" On the ship in the center, the deck was full of people at this time, and the black pressure was huddled together, and everyone had nothing but a knife in their hands, that is, extremely normal and ordinary clothes, no protective gear and shields, but also, they were just members of the Cao Gang, not an army. A knife in each hand is already very good.
As for the ship led by Yelufu, the Liao people on it originally had leather armor, but because they entered Dayan in the name of trade, they naturally would not wear these things that were expressly forbidden by Dayan, so the three ships chasing after did not carry any long-range weapons or any protective equipment.
In this way, Yun Qing's temporarily changed battle plan at night has a great chance of miraculous results. First of all, everyone was huddled on the deck at this time, without any defense, without any protection, and people were huddled together, all thinking that after the ship was connected, they would rush up quickly to seize the credit.
So when Yun Qing and the others were within a hundred paces of each other according to the battle plan, they suddenly burst into a salvo of two rounds of arrows and crossbows, not only did these people have no space to dodge, but even if they wanted to swing their knives and slash arrows, they couldn't. Otherwise, with a swing of the knife, it is very likely to directly cut the people around you.
However, everyone on Mu Hong's ship has crossbow arrows, which the three behind are completely unknown and unguarded, they are now only five hundred steps away from the ship in front, and they can also see the ship in front of them a little, it is no longer just a black spot, and at this time, Yun Qing has ordered that the charcoal braziers on three sides have been lit, so that it is convenient to wait for the fire attack.
As for the person who was called Boss Wu by the people below just now, he sneered at this time, and seemed to be quite disdainful of Mu Hong, Yun Qing and the others, and said in a strange tone: "Hehe, if they really calculate everything so clearly, then Mu Hong will not lose the position of the gang leader, his son seems to be missing, right?" I see, there is not even the scum left of the corpses that have been eaten up by the big fish! ”
"Hahahaha...... What Boss Wu said makes sense, Mu Hong is stupid, Mu Hong's subordinates are even more stupid, their masters can't even keep their own positions, and they are so stupid to talk about loyalty, and they are ruined one by one for the so-called righteousness. My own life and the life of my family are gone, what kind of righteousness are you talking about! The person who asked the question just now took Boss Wu's words and responded, and his tone was also extremely contemptuous of Mu Hong and the people who supported Mu Hong and were loyal to Mu Hong.
"That's right, you see that they are about to be slashed by us one by one, and they haven't even noticed it until now, and they still sleep so soundly, so let them cherish the last bit of enjoyment before they die!" Another Cao Gang member next to him also expressed his opinion, which caused everyone to laugh again.
The same discussion was also going on on the other two ships, and the gang members of the other Cao Gang were also laughing at those who were obsessed with loyalty and righteousness, just like Lei Laohu and the others, who knew that Lei Laohu and the others were with Mu Hong. Before, the others already looked down on Lei Laohu and the others very much, and felt that they were simply the worst in the Cao Gang, and the Cao Gang still had these ten people, so it was really embarrassing to say it.
What's more, now, everyone thinks that Mu Hong is a dead end, and the people who still support Mu Hong and follow Mu Hong are not brain problems? It's incomprehensible to these Cao Gangs that their lives are almost gone, but if they weren't stupid, they wouldn't have been mixed up like before.
As for the Liao people, they were discussing how Mu Hong's ship was so brightly lit, and now it was still five hundred steps away, and it could already see the lights above, and it still looked so big. Because charcoal fires are lit at the back and on the left and right sides, from a distance, it looks like the three bright lights are combined to become a large light.
"Lord Servant, why is there such a bright light on Mu Hong's ship in front of him, isn't he afraid to attract our attention in the dark night?" Thus was asked of the servant of Jerod.
However, as a native of Liao, Yelu naturally didn't know what the other party's reason was, looked at it for a moment, and said seriously: "Maybe the other party collided because he was afraid that other ships wouldn't see it in the dark, but now it won't be bumped!" ”
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