On the boat on the lake, there is the big turtle mountain and the second turtle mountain on the side, and the mountain is densely wooded and beautiful.

In fact, both of these mountains are very low, and it is more appropriate to call them "mounds" (hills).

With easy access to water on the shores of Dongting Lake, nearly 100 villages like Erguizhai have emerged, the largest diaspora outside the state capital.

Yuezhou is Zhongzhou, with a population of between 25,000 and 40,000 households, and the Tang Dynasty law stipulates that after marrying a wife, the family must be separated, and the average number of people in a household is four, and only 100,000 to 160,000 people live in this large area of Yueyang, and most of them are concentrated in the state capital and county, and each city is equivalent to the size of a small town in later generations.

In the fifth year of Huichang (845), there were 4,955,151 households in the whole world, with an average of 5 to 6 people in Jingzhao Prefecture, and less in other places, generally 3 to 4 people, with a total population of about 30 million.

Of course, this is the tax-paying free population, not counting the slaves and maids of the tribe, and the four towns of Hebei are in a semi-independent state, and there are also a lot of concealments.

However, even with the underreporting of the population and the slave tribes, the population of the Tang Dynasty is estimated to be less than 40 million, which is lower than the population density of Australia in later generations, and it can be said that the land is vast and sparsely populated, so most of the mountainous areas are primeval forests.

While the fleet was moving, a speedboat galloped in the distance, like a wild horse on the water, and the speed was amazing.

"It's our ship!" He Qiong exclaimed in surprise.

Guo Hong, Cao Shouzhen, and He Qiong waved one after another, and the flying boat of the Hengshan faction quickly approached.

When the two ships met, Lu Chaoyang came over, and they only knew what was going on when they asked.

It turned out that Guo Hong and others went ashore Today, Lu Chaoyang and others have been guarding the flying boat, but the strange shape of this boat still attracted the attention of people who make a living on the water in Dongting Lake.

They first inquired about how to make it, but of course the disciples of Hengshan refused to say that the locals in Yuezhou were still very xenophobic, so they ganged up to snatch the ship and take it back to rebuild it.

The two sides fought twice, and Lu Chaoyang and the others were much stronger in martial arts than ordinary people, and they just beat the boatmen with oars and poles.

The other party also wanted to dive and scuttle the boat, and then salvage it back, but the disciples of Hengshan were also really angry, and they were ruthless, knocking those water ghosts unconscious in the lake, and almost killed people.

Because it was the locals who conspired to seize the ships of outsiders, no one went to the state capital and county to file a complaint, and the government treated it as an ordinary civilian weapon, so naturally it would not be much trouble.

Every year, many people die in armed battles for water sources and land boundaries, and local governments don't care.

Lu Chaoyang and the others were less than ten people, and the other party gathered hundreds of people, but the first two times they were beaten too badly, so they scolded from a distance but did not dare to step forward.

Li Yuan mobilized the navy to go on the expedition, and Shi Zong came to the wharf, wanting to temporarily requisition the boats and let the thieves in the state capital follow the army.

The locals said that the origin of this flying boat was unknown, and Shi Zong asked in the past, but he didn't expect it to be related to the guests of the Assassin Mansion, so he called the little official in charge of the dock and asked him to come forward to disperse the locals.

That person was actually one of the masterminds behind it, and he was unwilling, so he quietly inquired about the familiar thief, only to know that the ship was sent by Nanyue Hengshan, and he suddenly died.

Liu Yuanjing of Hengshan was the emperor of the two dynasties, a household name in Hunan, and had a close relationship with many high-ranking officials and nobles.

So this person hurriedly came forward to apologize, and then Shi Zong brought a few people on the flying boat to chase the army, and the other thieves followed in the boat.

The flying boat was the first to arrive at a fast speed, and the boat behind it had already been thrown away.

Guo Hong whispered a few words to Lu Yu, saying that he was not familiar with this Han general, so it was better to stay away, so as not to make both sides uncomfortable.

Lu Yu confessed to Han Jiyou and got on the flying boat with Guo Hong and others.

They followed the side of the ship and watched the battle as guests.

Although Lu Yu said that he could go into battle, Han Tuanlian obviously thought that he was polite and did not take it to heart.

These people are all heroes of the rivers and lakes, how do they know the thoughts of the generals?

Han Jiyou wants to make contributions alone, if he needs help, wouldn't it make people laugh!

The fleet went north along the shore of the lake, and soon approached Ergui Mountain, and the water village in the distance found that they were immediately in some confusion, and it took a while for a small boat to approach.

Han Jiyou was also not deceitful, and asked the Chinese army to wave the flag and let the other party approach the building ship.

Guo Hong's ears are very good, and he vaguely heard the sound coming from the wind, this small boat is Li Zheng in the nearby area, explaining to Han Jiyou that something happened in the cottage in the morning: at night, Wang Zhongmeng conspired with the two village owners, disguised the official army to attack the village, and scared away the other people in the water village and the disciples of Yizhen.

I only heard what he said: "The old owner of my family was injured by Yizhen back then, and he always wanted to take revenge, but the other party's martial arts were too powerful, so he could only endure it." Now this old devil dares to do something to the daughter of the king, he really doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, he was broken by the heroes of the Hengshan faction, and he stopped martial arts to stop seven, although the monks under him are powerful, but there are only more than 30 people, how can it be the opponent of thousands of heroes in our cottage? If it weren't for the leaders of Dongting Lake to protect him, he would definitely capture this guy and dedicate it to the general! ”

Han Jiyou sneered: "You are still afraid that his master will retaliate, so you let go of the key criminals, and the army will return to both ends of the first rat, I really don't know whether to live or die!" ”

Li Zheng hurriedly said: "Wronged! Our Wang Laozhai master has an old relationship with General Han, please don't stir up the army for the sake of the old people. ”

Han Jiyou shouted: "Go back and tell Wang Zhongmeng, that's what I Han Si said, you can not hold him accountable for taking in the devil in the past, but you must bring a thousand people to take the lead in person and break the Dongting water thieves, otherwise you will be punished as a bandit, don't blame me for slaughtering Ergui Mountain!" ”

Li Zheng couldn't call the shots, so he jumped on the boat and left.

Soon the water village was opened, and thousands of people rowed all kinds of fishing boats to come over, and the Chinese army waved flags to stop them.

Wang Zhong drove a boat over, and when he saw Han Jiyou, he smiled and said, "Nephew Han Xian, you want my life!" Go with the officers and soldiers, and the boats in the stockade will be afraid that it will be difficult to move an inch in Dongting Lake in the future! ”

"Three hundred soldiers!"

"Really? I've handed over this old bone to you today! ”

When Wang Zhongmeng heard that he could be paid for the soldiers, he was overjoyed.

As for the other water villages in Dongting Lake......

Hey.

Han Jiyou laughed and arched his hand: "Second uncle, let's go public before private, just offended, my father asked a certain generation to say hello......"

Guo Hong listened to two sentences and guessed that Han Jiyou's father was also a military general in Yuezhou before, and he worshipped Wang Zhongmeng.

He thought that Wang Zhongmeng had done him a great favor, otherwise Yizhen would have been unpredictable as long as he brought back two followers, so he greeted him from afar when he was about to return.

When Wang Zhongmeng saw Guo Hong, he smiled and said: "It turned out to be Guo Xiaoyou of the Hengshan faction, I didn't expect you to defeat Yizhen, and it was really blue!" ”

Guo Hong arched his hand and said: "The predecessors praised falsely, that old devil is really powerful, and many of us besieged it to win." This is Senior Brother Lu Yu of the Penglai faction in the East China Sea, and next to him is Senior Sister Yun Xuansu, an elder of the Wangwu faction, and my senior brother Lu Zhizhen, the younger generation has only made a little effort. ”

Wang Zhongmeng and Han Jiyou nodded secretly when they heard this, they didn't think that a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy could play much of a role, and most of the main forces were Lu Yu and others.

"I have been looking up for a long time, Lingshi is Han Zhongli who is famous in the Central Plains, and Lu Shaoxia's division is famous, and it is really powerful!" Wang Zhongmeng gave up his hand to Lu Yu from afar.

Lu Yu glanced at Guo Hong, saw that he quietly shook his head to himself, knowing that this kid wanted to hide his strength, so he asked in a low voice, "What kind of fame are you doing?" ”

Guo Hong said: "I don't deal with the emperor, there are all officials and soldiers here, let's come and show this limelight." ”

Lu Yu coughed and said: "Yizhen's martial arts are not weak, and his feet are really slippery and tight, I still haven't caught him after a lot of effort!" ”

Wang Zhongmeng and Han Jiyou listened to it, and they were in awe, listening to this person's tone, they should have been chasing Yizhen all the time, and they couldn't help but look up at him when the other party escaped.

Wang Zhong smiled fiercely and said: "With Lu Shaoxia's help, he will definitely win a big victory, I wonder if you can go first with us?" ”

Han Jiyou shook his head and said: "Li Fujun specially takes care of it, and asks for a certain and Lu Sanlang to be together, and please forgive the second uncle!" ”

Wang Zhong said fiercely: "Since this is the case, then that's it." ”

Han Jiyou asked again: "I don't know where Yizhen escaped and hid?" ”

"I saw that he and his disciples were on the ship of the master of Qingshan Island, Tiebi Lin Shusheng, and they should have gone to Qingtan Village!"

Qingshan Island is the largest island in Dongting Lake, there is Xiangling Temple on the island, it is a great scenic spot in Dongting Lake, after the Tang Dynasty, the islanders are fierce, and the village refuses to pay taxes.

The government has encircled and suppressed many times, but this island is full of reeds, and people can't find it when they hide inside, and if they set fire to the island, they are afraid of things, so it has been postponed, and it is a thorn in the heart of the successive Yuezhou assassins.

Now the owner of Qingtan Village on the island, nicknamed Lin Shusheng, is a ranger who came here half a year ago, subdued the local village man, married Luo Susu, the daughter of Luo Cheng, the owner of the old village, and sat firmly in the top spot.

No one knows his origin and real name, only that this person's martial arts are very high, and a pair of iron pens can rank in the top three among the heroes of Dongting.

The officer and army fleet set off for Qingshan Island.

After a little while, Guo Hong saw countless birds in the distance, flying up to cover half of the sky, and then falling and occupying the water in front of him.

When these birds saw the warship coming, they circled around the flagpole, and it was white!

The navy army is not surprised, there is no military order and no one shoots arrows.

At this time, Guo Hong saw a big crane flying against the water in the distance, which was the one given to him by Qingcheng Chen Taihe, whose name was Xianyin.

This name was given by He Qiong, although Bai He has never let her ride, but she just likes it so much.

Guo Hong whistled, and the white crane flapped its wings and slowly landed on the bow of the boat, grinding with the master affectionately.

He Qiong also ran over and hid behind Guo Hong to sneak around while he was unprepared.

Last night, when he besieged Yoshishin, the white crane was too conspicuous when it was dark, so he let him find the wetland by the lake to rest.

This white crane belongs to a different species unique to Qingcheng Mountain, but it is also a red-crowned crane, but it is nearly half the size of ordinary cranes!

Red-crowned cranes generally live in groups, changing to summer feathers in March and April every year, flying to the northeast to breed, changing to winter feathers in autumn, and flying back to the south for wintering.

Qingcheng white cranes are all means of transportation controlled by veterinary medicine, and they do not migrate.

Cranes can't fly when they change their feathers, and before Chen Taihe was sent to Hengshan, this white crane "Xianyin" had already changed its feathers.

When Guo Hong and He Qiong focused their attention on the crane, Wang Zhongmeng in front had already discovered the enemy.

In fact, when you see the birds in the sky, you are already very close to Qingshan Island.

The gateway to the water village on the island is wide open, gathering countless fishing boats, thousands of sails dancing, and hundreds of flags fluttering.

There was a large ship in the center, with several people standing in the bow, led by a man dressed as a scholar, with a mask on his face and a pair of iron pens in his hands.

He is Lin Shusheng, the owner of Qingtan Village, and behind him are Yizhen and Shi Quanyi.

Yizhen's face was gray, the excessive blood loss had not yet eased, and the strength of the demon skill was broken and was at the bottom, so he didn't dare to take it big at this time, but just stood quietly next to the master of the forest village and was silent.

Seeing that the master did not speak, Shi Quanyi put his hands together and said: "Thank you Lin Tanyue for being so righteous and saving my master and apprentice in danger. ”

Lin Shusheng waved his hand lightly and said: "You're welcome, this village has always been a thorn in the side of the government, even if there is no you, sooner or later you will have to do it!" Now that I have borrowed the fame of the sage master and apprentice, I have gathered the leaders of Dongting Lake to help, and it is better for me to take advantage of it. ”

Shi Quanyi said with a smile: "This time, the leaders of the seventy-two families in Dongting gathered, and these more than 3,000 ships just stayed still and let the officials and soldiers kill them, and they will also be exhausted to death!" ”

The corners of Lin Shusheng's mouth twitched under the mask, and he secretly cursed in his heart What kind of frustrating words are this.

He snorted, and then said: "As the saying goes, ants bite elephants to death, and today these dog thieves from the government will never return!" ”

Although Wang Zhongmeng, who had just arrived, was a famous senior in Dongting Lake, he had never fought so many enemies, so he hurriedly asked his subordinates to stop the boat and sent someone to report back to Han Jiyou.

Han Jiyou was also taken aback, he made a visual inspection, most of the fishing boats on the opposite side were small boats, ranging from three to five people, plus dozens of large merchant ships rebuilt from warships, the number of people was estimated to be 10,000!

And he only had 1,000 sergeants in his headquarters, plus Wang Zhongmeng's 1,000 fishermen, the contrast was too great, and he couldn't help but retreat in his heart.

Guo Hong looked back and saw that Han Jiyou had not given an order, so he guessed that he was a little hesitant, and immediately said to Lu Yu: "We can break the enemy by killing alone!" ”

Lu Yu also asked suspiciously, "How can you see it?" ”

"Senior Brother Lu, you are Li Fujun's quasi-son-in-law, and you are in danger for the sake of Fujun's affairs, as long as we rush, Han Jiyou will have to be saved, and he will definitely be pulled into a decisive battle. As long as we go straight to the enemy's commander's boat and take the head of Qingtan Village and the old demon Yizhen, these rabble will fall apart immediately! Since ancient times, coalition forces have always been able to fight with the wind, and once defeated, they will soon be defeated. ”

Yun Xuansu praised on the side: "Good! Senior Brother Guo is right! The battle of Weishui, the 80,000 people of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the millions of people in the former Qin Dynasty were like this. ”

Thousands of sails were spread out on the lake, and countless ships of all sizes poured towards the officers and soldiers, and the water thieves on them held all kinds of weapons and shouted loudly.

Han Jiyou was just about to give the order to retreat, when his eyes suddenly shrank, and he saw that there was a ship that did not obey the order and rushed forward, it was the flying boat where Lu Yu was.

He hurriedly ordered the Chinese army to raise the flag, and the flying boat immediately responded: No victory, no return!

Han Jiyou smiled helplessly, the prospective son-in-law who had a history of assassination on the ship, he could only save him, otherwise he would not be able to explain to his boss when he went back.

In fact, he still looks down on these water thieves in his heart, but the other party has too many people, and he is afraid that his army will be damaged.

But at this time, he couldn't care about it, and he immediately ordered the whole army to assault!

If the two armies are facing each other, they will definitely release their arrows first, and then they will get close and then engage in short combat.

But today, although these water thieves in Dongting Lake have bows and arrows, they can't shoot far, and Han Jiyou didn't dare to give the order to shoot because Lu Yu was rushing in front, so he could only urge to follow.

Wang Zhongmeng of the front team was still hesitating, but when he saw the ship of the Hengshan faction passing by, he immediately felt that the pride that had been dormant in his heart suddenly burst out, and shouted loudly: "Sons, let them see the strength of my Ergui Mountain back then!" ”

With a wave of his hand, he led the fleet to follow.

Guo Hong stood upright in the bow of the ship like a javelin, his eyes fixed on the front.

He waved his hand slightly, Xianyin shook his wings and walked to the back, and He Qiong also followed like a fart.

The speed of the flying boat is extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, it is approaching the enemy formation!

There were small boats on the way, and when they saw this kind of might, they avoided each other, and they collided with each other and immediately became a mess.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Not far away, a big ship was squeezed by the surrounding small boats, and standing at the bow of the boat was Hu Dayong, the leader of Jizi Mountain, shouting loudly.

Guo Hong was expressionless and said, "Shangjia!" ”

The disciples of Hengshan moved the mechanism, and a layer of protection was raised on both sides of the flying boat, which was covered with giant crow shells and dragon back armor, covering the entire hull and only exposing the shooting holes around it.

Cao Shouzhen and Lu Chaoyang held bows and arrows, but they didn't shoot those water thieves.

The minions down there are all minions, and they won't waste their energy here.

The flying boat is equipped with an iron bow, and the high-speed navigation produces a huge momentum, and the small boats blocking the road in front are all broken and smashed, which is really invincible!

"It's a car ship in the sea! Flash! Flash! The military advisor Lu Jing shouted again and again.

He had once seen the Tang Navy use a kind of warship, which was as fast as a galloping horse even without sails, and there was a displacement wheel on each side, which was discharged backwards like a waterwheel, called a chariot boat.

It is the weapon of the country, invincible in the water war with the White River Estuary of the Japanese State!

And the enemy ship in front of him is also in the same shape, and it is also equipped with an iron bow and upper armor, like a monster in the water!

There were countless capsized boats around, and their main ship turned around in spite of the haste and knocked over many of its men, but it still did not escape its fate.

Under Hu Da's frightened gaze, the flying boat collided with the boat he was on from behind the side.

His ship was a merchant ship, about the size of a flying boat, but it exploded like papier-mâché in front of the tin bow.

The water wheels on both sides of the flying boat turned and retreated, and after leaving, they turned around and collided again, this time directly breaking the merchant ship in two and quickly sank.

Hu Dayong had already jumped out of the boat, and saw the military advisor Lu Jing struggling in the water and calling for help: "I don't know how to water!" ”

He picked up a broken wooden board and dragged Lu Jing up, and the two of them carried it together.

Lu Jing gasped while spitting water: "There was actually a chance just now, when they collided, send someone to scuttle the boat!" ”

Hu Dayong also spat on it, nodded and said, "The military advisor is high!" ”

At this time, the flying boat passed by them, and the water shadows below were heavy, and Lu Jing saw that the shadows of the two giant pythons were stretched long, and he couldn't help but tremble, and he and Hu Dayong looked at each other.