Calmly treat the ten big boats sailing on the river, these boats have a very deep draft, and the boat at the front also has a big flag with two big characters "Nangong" written on it.

The ship in front was slightly larger than the one behind, and on the deck stood rows of red-turbaned soldiers, dressed in leather armor and helmets, or carrying spears or bows and arrows.

These ships are Nangong Sui's grain carriers, which go all the way to the southeast from the ferry port in Jishui County, which is to transport grain and grass to Luping.

This time the leader of the team is a cousin of Nangong Sui, named Wang Guiping, who has been living in Jishui County and is very familiar with the situation here, so Nangong Sui has always asked him to transport grain and grass for the front line.

Wang Guiping is a man who knows how to live, before Nangong raised the army, he liked to listen to operas, and he also built a special drama troupe.

When he first started transporting grain, he was cautious, for fear that there would be mountain bandits or river thieves who would come to borrow grain.

But after many successful deliveries of grain and grass, it takes seven or eight days to transport grain back and forth, and if there is no drama, won't he suffocate him?

So, this time, he not only brought his own troupe, but also robbed a few good-looking women in Jishui County for his pastime all the way.

From drawing water to Sunyang, if you take the land route, the time will be at least doubled, after all, the mule chariot will reduce the speed a lot, and the waterway is different, as long as the sail is raised, plus a few boatmen, it will be unimpeded.

However, from Yangyang to Huayin Mountain Canyon, you have to take the land route.

Everything went very smoothly, and he didn't know how many times he had walked this waterway.

The sun hung obliquely in the west, and soon it was about to set, and it was only half of the way to the sun.

Wang Guiping had been in the cabin for too long, so he stepped out of the cabin and breathed some fresh air.

"My lord, what do you command?" The Commander of the Soldiers saluted him respectfully and asked.

"It's nothing, I'll just come out and see, you continue." Wang Guiping said very casually.

"Yes! My lord! ”

Wang Guiping walked to the side of the boat, looked at the environment around the water, and asked, "Is there a temporary wharf ahead?" ”

The soldier replied, "Yes, my lord, there is a village in front of us called Huojia Village, and we have built a temporary wharf over there so that the boatmen can rest and check the condition of the boats. ”

"Well, let's stop at the front later! It's almost dinner time, too. Wang Guiping nodded and said.

"There is still about half an hour to go, and my subordinates are about to ask if you want to anchor!"

"This time the king ordered us to escort 10,000 stones of grain and grass to the front line, pay attention when we are berthed, be vigilant, this batch of grain and grass must not have any problems!"

"Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will definitely make arrangements!"

At this time, Xu Xiang and the four of them were already waiting for the arrival of the grain ship by the water, while Luo Min and Lin Zixiao were hiding in the dark not far away and secretly watching them.

"Xu Changsha, what are you doing? I've been here for almost two hours! Luo Min was puzzled.

"Could it be that Xu Changsha wants to rob grain? Today, there will be a group of grain ships passing by in Nangong. Lin Zixiao guessed.

"He's crazy? Just four people robbing food? Luo Min said incredulously.

At this time, Xu Xiang sat on the ground, looked at the sun in the sky, and said, "It's almost time, it should be almost up, right?" Old Yang, take out the things! ”

Yang nodded and unwrapped a package, which contained some sulfur and charcoal from Hancheng, as well as a lot of saltpeter.

Xu Xiang is preparing to make black-gunpowder-powder on the spot, the reason why he didn't make it in advance is because the weather is very hot now, and if they make it in advance, they will be in a hurry, which will cause squeezing and affect the power of gunpowder.

After Xu Xiang mixed these things, he first wrapped them tightly with oiled paper, then stuffed them into a porcelain jar, and then added gunpowder to it until the porcelain jar was completely filled.

This thing can't be allowed to enter the water, and his plan is to let Qin Zhong and Yang Dianfeng sneak into the river when the grain ship comes, bolt it to an important part of the ship, and then ignite it with a rocket or musket.

This simple version of the explosives pack is complete.

Before leaving, he had secretly tried his power in Hancheng and met his expectations.

In a short time, he had made about forty or fifty of them, and by this time there were already waves on the river.

The grain ship has arrived!

"Go ahead!" Xu Xiang squinted and saw that the grain ship had arrived, so he asked Yang Dianfeng and Qin Chong to place the gunpowder.

Luo Min watched Xu Xiang fiddle with it, not knowing what he was doing, and after the grain ship arrived, he saw Xu Xiang instructing Yang Dianfeng and Qin Chongba to carry those strange jars into the water.

"What is he going to do? It can't really be a hijacking of a grain ship, right? Luo Min's eyes widened in disbelief.

A moment later, Yang and Qin sneaked into the water and swam to the bottom of the cabin.

Because the two of them were good, the whole process of resettlement was not discovered by the soldiers on the ship, and they would not even have thought that someone would attack the grain transportation team of Suiguo in the territory of Suiguo.

The two drenched had returned, and the fleet was still sailing slowly.

Xu Xiang visually measured the distance between the fleet and them, about a hundred meters, such a distance The probability of hitting the musket in his hand is a bit low, he can't shoot now, if the gun is detonated, the grain ship will definitely return fire, or escape.

At this time, the fleet stopped, and just when Xu Xiang was very puzzled, the fleet suddenly lowered its sails and sailed towards the shore.

Following the direction of the fleet, Xu Xiang saw a temporary wharf not far downstream of them.

The flotilla is going to dock!

God help me!

Xu Xiang immediately made a decision and said: "They want to dock, let's quickly go to the dock, find a high position to ambush, and when they enter the range, they will detonate immediately!" When the time comes, you must time all the grain ships to detonate before they reach the docks. ”

Wang Guiping's fleet began to move towards the dock, and he also planned to go to the shore for a walk and rest.

And just when the head ship was only sixty or seventy paces from the pier, a loud bang was suddenly heard, and there was a jolt in the cabin, and then a fierce fire erupted from the side of the ship, and the whole ship was burned.

"What's going on?" Wang Guiping roared angrily.

However, no one answered him, and all the soldiers were confused by the sudden situation, and the fierce fire accompanied by the violent shaking of the hull made some of them unsteady, and the whole deck was in chaos.

This is just the beginning, and immediately after, a continuous loud sound of "Bang Bang~" triggered a series of reactions. Now it was not only the head ship, but the other ships were in a similar situation, but not only that, but the ships were not as big as his own, and the violent shaking and fire caused the whole ship to burn.

The fire was blazing, and the grain and grass were originally combustion-fueling, and they were walking on the river, and they had been exposed to the sun for a day, and the fire was difficult to extinguish.

"My lord! It's on the shore! Someone shoots rockets at us! "Some soldiers saw Xu Xiang holding a musket, and the other three were shooting arrows at them with longbows!

Wang Guiping slapped the back of the soldier's head and scolded loudly: "What are you still doing in a daze!" Hurry up and fight back! ”

"Oh! Oh! The soldier suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly ordered, "All of you, shoot arrows at the thieves on the shore!" ”

Those soldiers all reacted, drew their bows and aimed at the positions of Xu Xiang and the others.

Hundreds of arrows flew at them like flying feathers in the sky.

"Dodge!" Xu Xiang shouted loudly, hid behind the stones, and the rain of arrows pierced the ground where they were just now, if it was a little too late, they would all be pierced into hedgehogs.

A steady stream of arrows rained down, and because I had already found cover, I was not hit by the arrows.

At this time, on the river surface, except for the head boat, which is relatively large and the keel of the boat is relatively solid, the other small boats began to be burned off their keels and slowly sank into the water.

The soldiers on board were either burned to death by fire or jumped into the water, struggling to survive in the water and fire.

The bottom of the boat was blown up, and the water began to enter immediately, and some people were accidentally affected by the explosives, and the whole flesh and blood floated on the surface of the water in a blur, while some people squeezed into the cabin, and the whole big ship was in chaos.

Wang Guiping's face was dark, the sudden attack made him very anxious, and now the water under the cabin had begun to enter, and the three women he had snatched also ran to the deck crying, which made him feel bored in his heart, and he picked up the big knives of the soldiers around him and hacked them to death.

This murderous scene frightened the people around him, and everyone did not dare to approach him anymore, so they could only jump into the river one by one.

If you stay on the ship, you will be killed by him even if you don't get burned to death.

The soldiers saw that many of them were jumping into the water in confusion, and they no longer wanted to continue firing their arrows, but threw themselves into the water one by one screaming.

"Come back! Hurry up and get me back! Wang Guiping shouted at the top of his voice.

At this time, the whole river was in a sea of fire, and the fire became bigger and bigger, painting a red color on the river under the setting sun.

Of the more than 2,000 soldiers and civilians, seven or eight hundred were killed or burned to death, and the rest were struggling in the river.

"My lord, the big ship is about to be burned and will soon sink into the river, so let's jump into the water to escape, shall we?" The soldier loyal to him said weakly.

Wang Guiping saw that the general trend had gone, so he could only look at the shore helplessly and said, "Go!" ”

There was no rain of arrows, and Xu Xiang expected that there was no attack on the other side, so he probed out and looked into the river.

I saw that the river was densely packed with human heads, and these people were swimming towards the opposite bank, they didn't dare to swim to the dock again, who knows how many enemies there would be here, and it was important to flee for their lives at the moment.

"It's a pity! If you bring a thousand archers, there will be so many live targets on the river, you won't be able to escape a single one!" Yang Dianfeng said with a sigh.

"yes, the news will leak out soon, right?" Jiang Shenyu also sighed slightly and said.

Xu Xiang smiled slightly, "There's no need to rush to kill them all!" Our goal is rations, not killing! Besides, if you were the chief general of the grain transport officer, what would you do next? ”

Yang Dianfeng was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Of course, I went to Shenyang to move the rescue soldiers, and then found out the person who robbed the grain!" ”

Xu Xiang shook his head and said, "It's small, the pattern is small." ”