Of course, Liang Shifa will not understand the past and present life of the salt lord, nor will he understand why the bandits are driven by the salt lord. All he was concerned about was the number and general equipment of the bandits in front of him.

After observing for a moment or so, Liang Shifa roughly confirmed that there were more than 600 to 700 bandits in front of him, which could be roughly divided into four shares, each with less than 200 people.

One of them was still an acquaintance, the bonfire was bright, and the faces were quite familiar in the firelight, probably a few of the bandits he saw when he pretended to be a merchant.

The bandit leader is not there, probably with the bandit leaders of the rest of the bandits.

In terms of equipment, most of the bandits use long knives and big guns of different lengths, those big knives are all like goods, scare the people, it is useless to really go into battle, the blades are light and thin, and the folk blacksmiths use pig iron to beat them, which are extremely thin and brittle, and are inlaid on the long poles, looking about five feet long, and it is very scary.

There are also long axes, halberds, iron forks, boring handles, etc., and the most common is spears, because spears only need long rods and spear heads, and they are the easiest to manufacture among the people.

Of course, the head of the spear was hit in a thousand strange ways, and the wooden rod was cut out of hardwood, and the quality was completely different from that of a military spear.

In addition, there are many long and short knives, short axes and the like, weapons are strange, there are everything, and even kitchen knives and the like are also held by many bandits, these people are robbing and protecting the private salt channel, and they are not worried about the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers at all, as long as they have the courage to fall into the grass, ordinary people do not dare to provoke at all, and they can swagger in various villages, and it is not surprising to take a kitchen knife out.

There was no armor, no iron helmets or the like, Liang Shifa paid attention to whether there were firearms and bows, and after looking at it for a long time, he found that there was no archer in the bandit team, even if he was lying on the ground, he sighed softly.

From the bandits, it can be seen that except for a few hunters in the hunting areas of the Ming Dynasty, the people in most places do not practice archery, even among the guards and bandits, there are very few who are good at bowing.

The main reason for this situation is that the Ming army and the people are accustomed to using all kinds of firearms, like the Song people are everywhere bow and arrow clubs, and the people walk with a simple knife and a bow to go around the world, which is no longer seen.

Liang Shifa and the other six people were lying in the muddy water, and the general situation was almost seen, and when they were about to retreat, the chaotic situation among the bandits suddenly stopped, everyone stopped their movements and words, and most of them looked at the sea.

Liang Shifa also turned his head cautiously and looked at the sea.

Five ships of various sizes were anchored at sea, because there was no way to stop them in the shallows, and most of the boats stopped and the people on board jumped or climbed down from the boats and trudged from the waist-length water towards the shore.

Dozens of people came down from each boat one after another, and after everyone got off the boat, Liang Shifa also saw the number of people clearly, about three hundred.

When these people came ashore and arrived all the way to the campfire to dry their clothes, the originally noisy scene became extremely deserted.

The pirates are full of anger, and compared to those bandits, these pirates seem to have a little more bloody on their bodies.

They also look down on the bandits, these pirates are all agile, with big shoulders and round waists, and there is a fierce light in their eyes when they look at them, and most of the weapons in their hands and waists are well-crafted long knives and short axes, as well as throwing guns, flying axes, throwing knives and other things, very few pirates are armed with spears, this kind of worthless road goods, it seems that the bandits are heavily equipped.

What's more, Liang Shifa saw that there were more than ten archers among the pirates, with a longbow inserted in the bow plug, and an arrow plug full of arrows on the other side. The two pirates are quite agile, and they feel extremely elite in their gestures.

At this point, Liang Shifa can be sure that the elite level of these Qinshan bandits of about 300 people is far greater than that of those bandits who are wandering around the place, saying that they are falling into the grass, but they are actually the private soldiers of the salt lords.

Several bandit leaders also got off the boat and walked into the fire with a middle-aged man.

The man, dressed in short brown and half-wet, sat down cross-legged at random in front of a campfire, untied the gourd from his waist, and drank loudly with his neck tilted.

Several bandit capitals stood respectfully, their expressions were quite respectful, and they couldn't see the slightest rebelliousness.

"Third master, it's really hard."

"Let's go back to Haizhou City to play tricks?"

"What kind of coke is there in Haizhou, is it not good to go to Huai'an Mansion?"

"Huai'an Mansion is full of guest soldiers now, be careful, or go to Yangzhou, we can walk sideways in Yangzhou."

The strong man known as the third master didn't pay attention to everyone, and only after half a sound did he slowly open his mouth and said: "Huai'an Mansion is now full of Shandong guest soldiers, those people don't buy the accounts of our Yang brothers, Shida was killed, my eldest brother sent someone to find the guest soldiers, and said that he wanted to ask the guest soldiers to send troops to suppress Dahewei here, but he couldn't find anyone to contact at all. Then Liu Zeqing, give the eldest brother a general, and take away seventy percent of the benefits, really think our brother is a fool? With his tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, Lao Tzu has Qinshan Island, and his Shandong soldiers can fly to the island? Even if my eldest brother is in Yancheng, what can he do if he sends thousands of people, and can he catch my eldest brother? Not to mention anything else, my brother is now in Yangzhou City, Yangzhou, Nanjing and other places at will, see what he can do with Caozhou Liu Neng? You're going to have fun, it's all trivial. Broke Min Yuanqi's hundred households, took a good look at the salt pool, learned, let's also get salt in Yancheng, and the silver will come like water in the future, are you still afraid that you won't have money to have fun? Now everyone listens to Lao Tzu, there are more than 1,000 of us, and the 100 households have killed 2 or 300 people, I heard that when Shuiguan killed my brother Yang Shida, there were more than 100 people! There are so many of us, to fight more and less, all brothers are still used to doing such things, what they do is to lick the blood of the knife to make a living, don't be careless and lose the wind, embarrass Lao Tzu, properly do this errand, my eldest brother and I, will never treat you badly, and I will never spare my business! ”

Liang Shifa only understood when he heard this, the man in short brown in front of him should be Yang Shili's second brother Yang Shiyong, this person is the leader of the Qinshan Island pirates, the three brothers of the Yang family, one is a big salt lord, one is entrenched in Shuiguan, and the other is gathering people on Qinshan Island to be thieves, from Haizhou to Yancheng, to Yangzhou, and even Nanjing has a way, no wonder Yang Shida was so arrogant at the beginning, don't say that he didn't look at Min Yuanqi's trial of 100 households, even if it was a salt ship like Li Kecheng, he said that he would detain it, and he didn't leave the slightest affection for Li Kecheng at all.

Later, it was even more deducted from hundreds of households like Wang Sanyi, Li Kecheng and others had no choice, and now it seems that Yang Shida is also restrained enough, maybe he has an official position, and he is comfortable in the water, and he doesn't want to be like his second brother Yang Shiyong who is a pirate overseas.

"The third child is too comfortable." Yang Shiyong's cold voice sounded again: "Lao Tzu has already persuaded him, Shuiguan is too much of an eyesore, and if you accidentally provoke Qiang Liang's generation, it will be difficult to clean up, but Lao Tzu never thought that someone would really dare to attack our Yang family brothers, and they were so vicious, more than 100 people have not stayed." The boss wants to start from the official face, there is no evidence but there is nothing to do, now only we do it, tomorrow over there, break Min Yuanqi and his subordinates, the wealth in the hundred households, each family divides equally, all men, women and children, regardless of the good and the bad, all of them will be killed by Lao Tzu, this time Lao Tzu wants everyone to know that the people who provoke my Yang family will fall into what kind of fate! ”

Many pirates and bandits all responded to the promise, and all the people in the field were not good people, most of the bandits were originally ruffians, and they did not produce at all, and it was impossible for them to completely stop doing things to rob homes and houses, and they had done a lot of things to kill good and innocent people. The pirates even killed as they plundered, and each of them had a blood debt in their hands.

And breaking the town and slaughtering the village was originally something that these people could do and were willing to do, and after hearing Yang Shiyong's decision, these people not only did not object, but cheered and shouted.

Liang Shifa turned around and made a hand gesture, and everyone slowly retreated in the tidal flat, all of them were covered with mud and solemn faces. After exiting a few miles away, Liang Shifa left a few people to continue to stare at the group of bandits, and he chose to return to report the news in person.

Thousands of bandits and pirates came, and Liang Shifa was so anxious that he couldn't wait.

……

In the early morning of the next day, Liang Shifa, who had been on the road in the middle of the night, finally arrived in front of the hundred villages.

Seeing that the sentry tower more than three feet high is still standing, it is the time of the changing of the guard in the early morning, the sentry on the top and the sentry on duty are handed over by password, and then up and down, the red military robe is particularly conspicuous in the hazy early morning.

Liang Shifa has seen many such scenes, but this time he saw them, but it made him burst into tears, and he could hardly help himself.

When entering the hundred households, Liang Shifa also honestly gave the password, and after the soldiers on the sentry confirmed Liang Shifa's identity, he couldn't help but say: "Deputy Liang Baizong, everyone slept with clothes yesterday, and the weapons were all at hand, just waiting for your news." ”

Of course, Liang Shifa would not leak the news to an ordinary flag army, but just made a powerful hand gesture, just based on this, the sentry grinned on the sentry tower, although the information was confirmed, there was no tension at all!

Passing through many houses along the way, many people in the village have woken up, but many salt workers have just left their duty, and the rotating salt workers take the tools in their hands and walk towards the salt pond.

When I passed the official hall, the clanging sound of the blacksmith's shop was already heard on the craftsman's side, and a little closer, I saw the salt pond and the construction site of Nuoda.

Whether it is the kiln factory and brick factory, the residential area under construction, the barracks dormitory area, and the newly excavated salt pond area, there are people everywhere, although the genius is slightly bright, many people have already eaten breakfast before dawn, and rushed to the construction site early.

Liang Shifa boasted of being shrewd, and at this time he also admired all the news.