"Young helper, miss, something is wrong! The people of the Xishan Fishing Gang and the Majishan Fishing Gang joined forces to kill, hundreds of people! We want to wipe out our Dongshan fishing gang! Qian Rui and the other Dongshan Fishing Gang members were so angry that they shouted, and subconsciously grabbed their weapons to fight with the hostile fishing gang, Qian Baotong, who was the leader of the young gang, was calmer and shouted: "Don't mess around, Sister Rui, you first take someone to organize the old and weak women and children to take shelter in the mountains for a while, carry your father over, and the others prepare weapons to distribute." ”

"Mr. Wu, Doctor Zhu, and a few others, I'm really sorry, something happened on the island, please go to the top of the East Mountain with my sister to rest for a while, I'll come when I go." Qian Baotong said apologetically to Wu Yuanming and his entourage. The pervert doctor Zhu Fangdan and the scum of the rivers and lakes Jin Dao are both greedy for life and afraid of death, so they naturally can't ask for this, but Wu Yuanming turned to the two fishermen who came to report the news and asked repeatedly: "How many boats are the enemy coming?" How many big ships are there? How many boats? Approximately how many people? What kind of weapons are there? What is their main purpose? Do you want to kill the people on the island? Or do you want to drive the Dongshan fishing gang out of Taihu Lake? ”

The two fishermen had not been trained as scouts, so they naturally answered Wu Yuanming's question quite vaguely, "There are about thirty or forty boats here, I don't know how many people there are, but there must be hundreds of people, all of them are armed with swords and harpoons, and they will fight people on our dock, and burn them when they see boats, and they have already hacked and slashed more than a dozen of our brothers." ”

"It's so stupid, saying it means not saying it." Wu Yuanming muttered in his heart, then turned to Qian Baotong, who was distributing weapons, and asked, "Young Gang Master, according to the information you have learned before, how many strong men from the Xishan Fishing Gang and the Majishan Fishing Gang can go to the battlefield?" In addition to the old and weak women and children who can't go into battle, how many young people can go to the battlefield in your Dongshan Fishing Gang? ”

"In addition to the old, weak, women and children, there are only about 300 people in our Dongshan Fishing Gang who can go to the battlefield." Qian Baotong replied honestly: "According to the information we have before, the number of young and strong people in the Xishan Fishing Gang is about the same as we should be, and the Majishan Fishing Gang has the largest number of people, with nearly five hundred. While speaking, the weapons distribution of the Dongshan Fishing Gang had been completed, and Qian Baotong hurriedly led the gang members of the General Gang to reinforce the dock, and asked his sister Qian Rui to organize the transfer of the Fishing Gang's family. Qian Rui wanted to ask Wu Yuanming and the others to immediately go to Dongshan for temporary refuge, but Wu Yuanming asked her again: "Miss Qian, don't panic first, please tell me why your Dongshan Fishing Gang is in conflict with the other two fishing gangs?" Why did the Xishan Fishermen Gang and the Majishan Fishermen join forces? Led by that fishing gang? ”

Wu Yuanming was very anxious, and he stood very close to Qian Rui, Qian Rui bowed his head with a red face and replied: "We and the other two fishing gangs have always been peaceful, each fishing on their own lakes, and there is rarely any fighting. But a year ago, the Majishan Fishermen Gang changed to a new gang leader named Lin Jiaxiang, and we had more conflicts with the Majishan Fishermen's Gang, and then my father was seriously ill, and Lin Jiaxiang was even more inch-inching, insisting that the population of our Dongshan Fishermen was not as large as their Majishan Fishermen's Gang, and we wanted our Dongshan Fishermen to give them the lake north of Qionglong Mountain, otherwise they would have to rob it. Of course we didn't agree, so there were two big clashes with the Majishan fishing gang, and we were not their opponents, and the lake north of Qionglong Mountain was robbed by Lin Jiaxiang. ”

"Since Lin Jiaxiang has already gotten the territory he wants, why hasn't he stopped yet? Does he want to annex your Dongshan Fishing Gang? Wu Yuanming asked. Qian Rui nodded, her face became even redder, "After Lin Jiaxiang robbed the lake north of Qionglong Mountain, he proposed to join the gang, but my brother and my father did not agree, so Lin Jiaxiang instructed his men to beat and rob the fishing boats of our fishing gang, and also robbed a twelve-year-old girl in our fishing gang and ruined it. My brother was angry, so he went to Suzhou Mansion to beat the drum to complain, but Lin Jiaxiang had a relationship in the capital, and the Suzhou prefect did not dare to accept my brother's case. Half a month ago, our fishing gang was attacked by two of them on Yongtou Island, and my brother was injured that day. ”

"In this way, all this is directed by that Lin Jiaxiang, as long as he kills him, it will be easy to do." Wu Yuanming sneered, and his gaze subconsciously turned to the scum golden knife beside him. Jin Dao was startled, and hurriedly shouted: "Uncle, that Lin Jiaxiang has hundreds of people, I don't have the ability to kill him." Wu Yuanming scolded with a smile: "Idiot, just your few hands, even if you want to kill Lin Jiaxiang, I'm afraid that you will die in vain." After that, Wu Yuanming pushed away the golden knife and instructed Dai Zi, who was standing behind the golden knife: "Dai Zi, take out all the muskets you brought, no matter what kind of muskets you have." ”

Dai Zi is worthy of being the world's number one firearms maniac, and in addition to the five repeating muskets, there are more than 20 long-shot muskets, flintlock muskets and ordinary arquebuses - fortunately, Dai Zi refused to leave the musket anytime and anywhere, and when he went ashore, considering that it was possible to move all the muskets from the boat to the shore overnight in Dongshan Dao, Wu Yuanming and others would not be without resistance. Wu Yuanming asked Qian Rui to find twenty teenage and half-old boys to wait, Qian Rui was surprised: "Wu Gongzi, what are you going to do?" ”

"Of course, I'm going to help your brother fight the enemy." Wu Yuanming inspected the flintlock machine gun that Dai Zi had only reformed today, and said casually: "Since Lin Jiaxiang wants to cut down the grass and eradicate your Dongshan fishing gang, he deliberately chose to do it when you collect fishing, in this way, he Lin Jiaxiang's Majishan Fishing Gang and Xishan Fishing Gang must be out of the nest, and the two fishing gangs of seven or eight hundred people are suddenly attacked, how can your brother's people stop it?" ”

"But what can we do with a few adults, plus twenty and a half children?" Qian Rui knew that Wu Yuanming was reasonable, but Qian Rui also knew that Wu Yuanming's joining the battle group would not play any role. Wu Yuanming smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about this, there are not more wars than people, as long as we use them well, we can still turn the tide of the war." After that, Wu Yuanming took Qian Rui's hand again and said, "Miss Qian, for the safety of your Dongshan Fishing Gang, believe me, do as I tell you." ”

Qian Rui's little hand was pulled by Wu Yuanming, and a wheat-colored pretty face immediately turned into a red cloth, and her whole body trembled like an electric shock, and Qian Rui didn't dare to meet Wu Yuanming's gaze, just muttered: "Okay, I believe in you." After that, Qian Rui quickly ran out to arrange manpower. Wang Ying'er next to her immediately came up and snorted: "Uncle, she is not a few years older than me, don't you plan to let me call her aunt, right?" Wu Yuanming smiled and said casually: "You already have two aunts who are younger than you, and a few more aunts who are two years older than you are nothing, right?" Wang Ying'er was furious and shouted, "You mean that Zhaohui and that Zheng Xin, right?" They don't think about it! Dai Yan is my sister-in-law, they have to call me sister! ”

Qian Rui did things very quickly, and in a short time he led twenty half-children of thirteen or fourteen years old in, Wu Yuanming asked them to each take a single-shot musket, and let Dai Zi, Wang Ying'er, Wu Lu and Jin Dao take the other four repeating muskets, while Zhu Fangdan was only given a single-shot flintlock musket, so angry that Zhu Fangdan shouted, "Wu Gongzi, you are partial, why don't you let me take a repeating musket?" I only have to reload this gun with one shot, what if two enemies kill me? ”

"Don't be wordy, I'm afraid that if there is a beautiful woman on the other side, I'm afraid that this guy of yours will turn against him with a repeating musket, then we will be miserable." Wu Yuanming scolded with a smile, then turned to everyone and ordered: "Follow me to defend the Dongshan Fishing Gang!" Remember, all actions are under command, and you must not shoot without an order! Wu Lu, Dai Zi, you teach these children how to use muskets as you go. ”

When Wu Yuanming and Qian Rui rushed to the high ground near the wharf of Dongshan Island with more than 20 people, the wharf was already in flames, including the civilian boat that Wu Yuanming took and most of the fishing boats on Dongshan Island, which were already surrounded by flames, covering the sky and the sun in the afterglow of the setting sun. Wu Yuanming was secretly glad that he had moved the musket to the island in advance, and was busy observing the battle on the dock. And the situation of the Dongshan Fishing Gang led by Qian Baotong is also the same as their fishing boats, the enemy twice as large as them has completely grasped the initiative on the battlefield, and the Dongshan Fishing Gang has been beaten all over the field, and they are defeated and retreated. If it weren't for the fact that there was only a stone road from the wharf to the island, which was not wide, the Dongshan Fishing Gang could still defend the danger, but I was afraid that the Dongshan Fishing Gang would have already been surrounded by two hostile fishing gangs.

"That one is Lin Jiaxiang?" Wu Yuanming probed his brain to look at the enemy formation, and wanted to play the despicable trick of capturing the thief and capturing the king first. Next to him, Qian Rui pointed to the distance and introduced: "Lin Jiaxiang is by the dock, and the brute holding a little girl is him." Wu Yuanming fixed his eyes, and sure enough, he saw a white and chubby old man in his fifties sitting on the Taishi chair by a group of strong men, and there was a skinny girl in his arms who was disheveled and crying, and Lin Jiaxiang pinched the back of the neck of the girl who was only ten years old with one hand, and the other was rubbing and laughing wildly on the ** body.

Wu Yuanming secretly estimated the distance, and found that the long-range musket with the longest range in his hand could not snipe Lin Jiaxiang, so he could only change his tactics, first called Wu Lu and Jin Dao to the front, explained the action steps in their ears, and then explained to Qian Rui: "Miss Qian, your brother's current position is not good, go and let them retreat to our position, the terrain here is high, and you can use stones to temporarily smash the enemy down." Qian Rui took the order and left, while Wu Lu and Jin Dao next to him commanded the half-grown children to ambush on both sides of the road, crawling on the ground to temporarily hide their figures.

Qian Rui knew some martial arts, carried a lancet and quickly ran into his own team, and told Qian Baotong, who was fighting with the enemy, Wu Yuanming's order, Qian Baotong had never been on the battlefield and did not know the importance of seizing the advantageous terrain, but he was determined to fight hard with the enemy with the determination not to give up an inch of land, and naturally did not understand Wu Yuanming's order, and refused, but asked Qian Rui to go back to protect his father, so anxious that Qian Rui was chopped off. At this time, Lin Jiaxiang on the dock also saw Qian Rui joining the battlefield, so he laughed and ordered: "Pass the order, don't hurt the little beauty of the Qian family, catch her alive, I will marry her as the ninth aunt." ”

"Catch it alive! The little beauty of the Qian family wants to be caught alive! The gang members of the Majishan Fishing Gang laughed and shouted lewdly, and Qian Rui, who was helpless against Brother Niu, had an idea, and while struggling to wave his knife to block the enemy who was approaching with a lewd smile, he yelled at Qian Baotong: "Brother, if you don't retreat up, I will throw down my sword and surrender, I would rather be Lin Jiaxiang's ninth aunt than let the people of our Dongshan Fishing Gang be killed by them!" ”

"Nonsense!" Qian Baotong wanted to scold his sister, but when he saw that Qian Rui had already put down the knife, Qian Baotong had no choice but to order: "Withdraw, withdraw to the island!" The other Dongshan Fishing Gang's gangs had already been killed by the enemy and lost their armor, and when they heard this, they hurriedly fled to the high platform where Wu Yuanming and others were hiding, and Qian Rui, who was relieved, also fought and retreated with Qian Baotong, and slowly retreated to the high platform, followed by the Xishan Gang and the Majishan Gang. And Wu Yuanming ordered the fishermen who fled back from the high platform, "Don't mess up, don't mess up, quickly pick up stones, pick up stones and prepare to smash the enemy back, listen to my orders." Although many fishermen did not hear Wu Yuanming's shouts in the chaos, a considerable number of fishermen picked up large stones according to Wu Yuanming's instructions, and when the Qian brothers and sisters finally retreated to the high platform, Wu Yuanming immediately shouted: "Smash! Smash the dog! ”

"Stoned shit!" The fishermen of the Dongshan Gang who were holding the stones roared angrily, and threw stones at the enemy who was attacking from the back, and under the condescending advantage, the stones smashed the enemy's head and blood, broke tendons and fractures, and the attack was suppressed. In the chaos, the fishermen of the Dongshan Gang saw that the power of smashing stones was so great, and they were busy picking up the boulders and smashing them down, only to smash the enemy's ghosts and wolves, hugging their heads and running away, and soon withdrew from Xu Yuan and fled beyond the range of the rocks. A few enemies who followed the Qian brothers and sisters to attack the high platform were also cut down and defeated by the angry Dongshan fishermen, and all of them were killed alive and dead.

"It turns out that this high platform still has this role, no wonder Dad has never allowed us to build one more road to the island." Seeing the ugly state of the enemy being smashed to pieces, Qian Baotong knew the good intentions of his father Qian Tieyi and Wu Yuanming, and patted his head and regretted it. Qian Rui next to him glanced at his brother and muttered, "Do you think Dad and Brother Wu will be as stupid as you?" Will only fight hard with the enemy? ”

"Brother Qian, Miss Qian, don't be happy yet, the enemy is outnumbered, and he may take a detour to kill him at any time." Wu Yuanming rushed to the Qian family brothers and sisters and warned. At this moment, the brothers and sisters of the Qian family had already admired Wu Yuanming so much that they threw themselves on the ground, and hurriedly asked, "Then what should I do?" Wu Yuanming leaned into the ears of the Qian brothers and sisters and muttered, "You brothers and sisters stand up and trick Lin Jiaxiang over......"

After a while, the Qian brothers and sisters stood together at the intersection of the high platform and shouted to the Xishan Gang and the Majishan Gang who were discussing a detour to attack the mountain: "We are Qian Baotong and Qian Rui of the Dongshan Fishing Gang, please ask Lin Jiaxiang and Li Yang to come out to talk and discuss the armistice." There was a slight commotion at the foot of the mountain, and Qian Baotong shouted again: "Please ask the two gang leaders to come out and talk, we can give you the lake north of the lake hall and west of the east mountain." ”

"No way!" Lin Jiaxiang put down the almost****, stood up with a belly full of fat and stood out of the team - of course, he stood far beyond the range that the stone could smash, pointed at Qian Baotong and shouted: "Qian Baotong, listen to me, you only have two ways now, one is to take your people out of Taihu Lake." The second is to marry your sister to me, and I can listen to your Dongshan Fishing Gang merge into the Majishan Fishing Gang, so that you can continue to eat in Taihu Lake. ”

"Yes, yes." Li Yang, the leader of the thin Xishan Fishing Gang, also stood up, pointed to Qian Baotong and said: "Your Dongshan Island is the closest to Suzhou, and the fish you catch can be sold directly to the Suzhou wharf, but we have to go to Hushu Pass to pay customs duties and enter the city, why do you occupy such a good territory?" Either you will merge into our Xishan Gang and Majishan Gang, or you will get out of Taihu Lake, and the rest will not be discussed. ”

"It's not without discussion to merge into the two of you." Qian Baotong said very happily: "But if I can't marry my sister, my sister is only eighteen, and you Lin Jiaxiang are already in your fifties, you are not worthy!" ”

"Fart!" Lin Jiaxiang jumped three feet high, pointed at Qian Baotong and yelled: "Do you know who I am? I am a serious 800 Han Army bannerman, once served as an official in Beijing, and my rank is as high as that of the prefect of Suzhou! You guys are a piece of? I fell in love with your sister, and it was your sister who was lucky! Say I'm not worthy, how old are you?! ”

Jumping and jumping, Lin Jiaxiang unconsciously took a few steps forward and stepped into the range of the long-shot musket, Wu Yuanming saw that the opportunity could not be missed, and immediately shouted: "Sniper, fight!" Wu Lu and Dai Zi, who were holding a long-shot musket, pulled the trigger at the same time, Dai Zi needless to say, Wu Lu had been in contact with the musket for a long time, and his marksmanship was also extremely proficient, only two gunshots were heard, Lin Jiaxiang's fat face and fat belly had two more blood holes at the same time, Lin Jiaxiang was shocked by his fat body, and then he fell to the ground with a bang, lying on the ground and rolling and convulsing.

"Shoot, kids!" Without waiting for the stunned enemy at the foot of the mountain to react, Wu Yuanming shouted again, and the twenty and a half children who were ambushed on the high platform immediately pulled the trigger, these children only held a few long-shot muskets, and it was the first time they shot again, and the guns of more than twenty guns naturally did not know that they had flown there - but it also played a role in increasing panic. Wu Yuanming took the lead and jumped up again, rushed down with a machine gun in his hand, and shouted: "Kill!" ”

"Bang bang bang!" After rushing to the firing range, Wu Yuanming was the first to pull the trigger one after another, tongues of fire erupted from the pipa-shaped machine guns, and the four machine guns behind did the same, and the chaotic Xishan Gang and the Majishan Gang fell like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, scrambling to flee for their lives. When Wu Yuanming and the others finished their bullets, the Qian sisters took the Dongshan Fishing Gang to kill them, most of their opponents were ordinary fishermen who had not undergone military training, how many times had they seen such a terrifying formation, and they were so frightened by the power of the machine gun that they only cared about running for their lives, so they still had the power to fight back? When Wu Yuanming and others replaced the bullets again, the two groups of fishermen became lambs to be slaughtered and fish on the anvil, and fell in pieces under the fire tongue of the machine gun, almost like a sickle cutting wheat.

"Surrender or kill!" Wu Yuanming is the best at psychological offensive - and he doesn't want to kill ordinary fishermen who are also Han Chinese, Wu Yuanming took the lead in shouting a slogan to surrender, and the Qian sisters who received Wu Yuanming's instructions also ordered the gang to shout the slogan, "Surrender and don't kill!" "The fishermen of Xishan and Majishan, who were frightened, heard that there was a chance to live, so there was a reason to surrender without scrambling to kneel. The Dongshan Fishermen rushed all the way through, reoccupied the wharf with little resistance, and took control of the boats brought by the fishermen of Xishan and Majishan. Li Yang, the leader of the Xishan Fishing Gang, saw that the situation was not good, and quickly knelt in front of Wu Yuanming's black hole and surrendered, as for Lin Jiaxiang, the leader of the Majishan Fishing Gang, who was arrogant just now, he had already been trampled into meat sauce by the angry Dongshan fishermen, and his intestines were dragged out three or four feet away - the fishermen were still angry, and they threw Lin Jiaxiang into the wilderness and let the wild dogs eat him.

Half an hour later, most of the fishermen of Xishan and Majishan who attacked Dongshan Island were captured alive except for those who had already been killed, and only a small number of them grabbed the boats and fled as soon as they saw the opportunity, and the rest were all escorted to the depression under the high platform, trembling and waiting for the Dongshan fishermen to deal with them. The Dongshan Fishermen cheered and cheered, not to mention, Qian Tieyi, who was sick in bed, was also carried to the scene and personally expressed his gratitude to Wu Yuanming. Wu Yuanming smiled and said some polite words, and then pointed to the captured fishermen and said: "Old Qian gang leader, these people are actually very innocent, they were only bewitched by Lin Jiaxiang to attack Dongshan Island, in my opinion, except for those murderers who possess the blood of the fishermen on Dongshan Island, everyone else should be let go and let them go home and reunite with their families." ”

"No, they still have to get out of Taihu Lake, and they are not allowed to fish in Taihu Lake in the future." Qian Baotong, who has been pressed and beaten for the past few months, couldn't help but feel greedy to dominate Taihu Lake when he raised his eyebrows. Wu Yuanming smiled, shook his head and said, "In addition to fishing, what other means do these people have to make a living?" You don't allow them to fish in Taihu Lake, don't you let their whole family starve to death? ”

"Yes, young helper, have mercy on us, we are not allowed to fish, what do we eat?" The two groups of fishermen who were guarded by the fishermen of Dongshan with knives and guns all kowtowed and pleaded, begging Qian Baotong with a handful of snot and tears to leave them a way to live. Li Yang, the leader of the Xishan Fishing Gang who was detained alone, also pleaded: "Young gang leader, we are ghosts who have fallen for Lin Jiaxiang, please spare us." If you want, our Xishan Fishing Gang is willing to merge into the Dongshan Fishing Gang and obey the command of the old gang leader and the young gang leader. ”

"Do you hear that?" Wu Yuanming knew that Qian Baotong wanted to swallow Taihu Lake alone, so he patted Qian Baotong on the shoulder and said: "I heard someone say before I entered Taihu Lake, 'Taihu Lake is eight hundred miles, and there are no fish and shrimp to eat. 'In such a rich place, are you afraid to feed the three of you and a gang of thousands?' Since Gang Leader Li is willing to join your Dongshan Fishing Gang, then I think the people of the Majishan Fishing Gang should also be willing to ....... ”

Before Wu Yuanming's words fell, the captured Majishan fishermen also shouted, "We are willing, we are willing, as long as we are left a way to live, we are willing to join the Dongshan Fishing Gang and hand in the tap according to the rules." In order to show his determination, Li Yang, the leader of the Xishan Fishing Gang, also put his right index finger in his mouth and bit it off, took the severed finger and swore an oath: "From today onwards, the Xishan Fishing Gang will be merged into the Dongshan Fishing Gang, and everything will be under the command of the old gang leader and the young gang leader!" If this covenant is violated, it is so! ”

"See? Gang Leader Li has already set an example, and today he stood up with a human life on Dongshan Island, cut off a finger himself, and then kowtowed to Old Gang Leader Qian to make amends! Whoever dares to cheat, watch out for his head! Those who didn't have any lives in their hands knelt down and swore an oath that they would be loyal to the Dongshan Fishing Gang from now on! Wu Yuanming shouted to the group of captives. As soon as the words fell, there was another big chaos among the captives, or they stood up and bit off their fingers and kowtowed to make amends, or knelt down and swore allegiance to the Dongshan Fishing Gang - hundreds of people swore an oath, and the oaths they made were naturally strange, among which they actually gave birth to a son without ** the most. Seeing this scene, Qian Baotong, who had actually monopolized Taihu Lake, naturally smiled so much that he couldn't close his mouth, "That'...... Then do what Brother Wu wants. ”

Qian Baotong smiled happily, Wu Yuanming actually smiled more happily than Qian Baotong in his heart, thousands of skilled sailors, when Wu Sanguijun formed a navy, these skilled sailors didn't know how much of a role they should play? But when Wu Yuanming was proud of buying so many people's hearts, new troubles came back to him, and Qian Tieyi, who was lying on the sedan chair, called Wu Yuanming to the front, took Wu Yuanming's hand, pointed to Qian Rui, who was as red as an apple, and said: "Wu Gongzi, if it weren't for your righteous help today, our Dongshan Fishing Gang would definitely be wiped out, and the old decay is unrequited, only one daughter, Qian Rui, is thin and beautiful, and is willing to dedicate the son to the broom as a concubine, I don't know if the son dislikes it?" ”

"No! I don't want such a little aunt! ”

"Old Gang Leader Qian, the person who gave you tuberculosis is me! You ought to marry your daughter to me——! ”