Hanyang County was founded in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and at the end of the Han Dynasty, when the Three Kingdoms fought against each other, it was the place where Jiangxia Taishou Huangzu was entrenched. This is the mouth of the Han River into the Yangtze River, and the Han River enters the Yangtze River through the south of Guishan, just like the green dragon and the yellow dragon meet here. Because it is located in the north and south of the country, it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times.

Since the unification of the Great Sui, it has also built new cities and heavy troops. It's just that the great cause of the Son of Heaven's expedition to Liaodong caused chaos in the world, and the country's situation was not as good as before, and Yu Hanyang's defense was not as good as before. For example, if there is a big chaos of thieves today, the elite of Hanyang's former Yingyang was transferred to Gongwei Jiangdu, and the defense is even more relaxed. The government can only control the city, and the outside of the city has become the world of green forest strongmen.

Located on the water, Parrot Island was once named after the "Parrot Fu" written by You Heng, a famous man of the Three Kingdoms, who wrote "Qiang Qiang Qiang Jin Jade, every sentence wants to fly", and later there were many famous people "Hidden Boat Parrot Continent" looking at the scenery of the river, which is a famous spot outside Hanyang City. It's just that the war is chaotic together, the poetry and writing style are elegant, and the enemy can't fight with swords and guns, and this place of enjoying the scenery has now become a place where the soldiers are hidden.

Parrot Island covers a wide area, can hide 10,000 soldiers, and is located on the river surrounded by water, easy to defend and easy to walk, but not easy to attack, is an ideal hiding place for thieves. In just a few years, this parrot island has also changed its owner several times, and the thieves are in groups of people who are fighting day and day, and the officers and soldiers do not pay attention to it, but they do not see it, and sit back and watch it decide the new master by fighting Gu.

After several battles, those who stand out are naturally not general. Today, the water bandits on Parrot Island are no longer comparable to desperate hungry people or desperate bandits. Just from the fact that it is encamped, it is extraordinary.

There are no more flags or forts on the continent, and there are no minions openly patrolling the ships. If you take a boat from the side of Parrot Island to see the flowers, you can only see the green trees and grass, as if this is still a peaceful world, and it will not arouse suspicion. Only by landing on the boat and navigating through the labyrinth of jungle can one discover the location of its lair.

The houses of the bandits were not tall, but were hidden by trees, grass and even mounds. Unless you look closely, you will never find these houses, and you will never find the thieves hiding in them.

is different from ordinary thieves, and now the people and horses entrenched in Parrot Island rarely rob on weekdays, and they will not take the initiative to harass the people, and even many people don't know that there is such a group of people on Parrot Island. Only when the bandits, who don't know whether they live or die, try to bring this place into their sphere of influence, will they find out what a formidable enemy they are in. Occasionally, it is not a small fight, and it is often an attack on the officers and soldiers of the imperial court to seize the baggage, and then it is an attack on the county government to grab money and grain. Some people even found that this water army hid a five-tooth warship on the island, and the combat power of this warship alone has surpassed that of the Hanyang naval army, and its strength can be seen.

Although there are many bandits in the world, there are very few water robbers who have warships after all, not to mention that the rare five-tooth warships of the imperial court and the army have fallen into the hands of thieves, and this so-called "thief" is naturally not an ordinary man. The local county commander also realized that there must be the support of the family behind this so-called water bandit, and there are many brave and good soldiers among the thieves, whose combat power is still above the officers and soldiers of the water division, and they are not able to defeat them.

Last year, the newly appointed Gong Cao wanted to take the opportunity of defending Jiangdu to sweep away the thieves and transfer the county soldiers to destroy this gang of bandits. However, thousands of county soldiers searched for several days in Parrot Island, but they did not find half a figure at all, so they had to return the same way, and Gong Cao, who insisted on suppressing the thief, was then severely punished. It can also be seen from this incident that the people behind the thieves are not small, and the magistrates do not want to make trouble, so they simply let the thieves not commit crimes, and let them go free.

From the outside, this simple village hidden among the trees is deserted and uninhabited, as if it is a deserted village where no one lives. But if someone tried to get closer, a few spears and bows would pop up in the grass, behind the rocks, or in the trees, or somehow someone would creep out and break the neck of the daredevil.

The whole village is actually built according to the layout of the barracks combined with the topography, and the location of the barracks tent is a large wooden house. In the army, it is where the commanders of the three armies are located, and in the bandits' nest is where the leaders live. However, this leader is quite shabby, and his living and eating are not much different from those of his subordinates, and even inferior.

There was no decent furnishings in the room, there were a few thick bowls on a crime-solving table, and the smell of inferior village wine filled the whole room, mixed with the smell of sweat and body odor, and the smoke made people want to gause. However, a few shirtless men in the room were used to this kind of smell, and they didn't take it seriously at all, and still didn't care about talking while drinking.

A bearded man took a sip of wine and asked, "Li Da, do you think we should do this time?" ”

The man known as Li Da was a man in his early forties, not tall but extremely strong, with a face full of rust, and at first glance he knew that he had been begging for a living on the water all year round. He wore a tattered cloth shirt, revealing the bronzed skin inside. A pair of ringed eyes are full of fierce light, and at first glance, you can see that it is not good.

He glanced at the bearded man and did not speak, but took a sip of his own wine and looked at the others. Seeing that everyone's expressions were about the same, he said: "Is this a should or shouldn't, it can only be done." How did we survive to this day? Is it because everyone's martial arts are invincible in the world? Or is it because God loves us so much that he can't bear to take away our souls? There is no fool who has survived until now, what's going on here, I don't need to say more, right? Not to mention the past, let's just say that last year, our village did not make any money, and seeing that a group of people were about to freeze to death in winter, who sent food to help the emergency? Last time, the officers and soldiers were going to suppress us, who gave us a message and arranged a place for us to hide? Where did all these centaurs come from? After eating people's short mouths and taking other people's short hands, we owe such a big favor, and now people ask us to do something, how can we push back and block? ”

The bearded man said, "Li Da, you can't say that." They're not bad to us, but we're good to them. In the past two years, we have opened so many treasury, but we are still poor, and they are not all cheaper? Even which city to fight, which warehouse to kill, which person is up to them. If nothing else, it's just killing people......"

"That's it!" The man surnamed Li slapped the case, shaking the table and jumping all over the table, scaring the other people into not daring to speak. Li Da's ringed eyes scanned everyone, as if he could breathe flames at any time.

"What are we doing to make sure we don't have any points in our hearts? If you can't kill people, what can you do with us? It's worth talking about killing a few people, are you a gentleman or a little girl? Besides, what is the origin of people, everyone also knows in their hearts, don't toast and don't eat and drink! In the eyes of others, we are just ants. If we can do things, people will give us a few mouthfuls of meat to eat, if we can't do things, people can kill us with a word! I don't want to think about it, how many of them are my brothers out there now? And how many of them are people? ”

By the time he said the last sentence, the leader's voice was already very low, for fear of being heard. The others did not dare to speak, and looked at each other without saying a word. The bearded man said cowardly: "Li Da's words are not bad, but do you have to divide things?" This time, it is Tang Guogong's person who wants to move, and it is the famous Le Langjun, this person's name has spread from north to south, even I have heard of it, and it is by no means a good match. What a trick Yukuluo, all of them lost their lives under him, how can we do this skill? Of course, we can't live if we don't do things, but it's not a way to die! ”

"Nonsense! The people who came out together to ask for wealth and nobility are now only a few of us brothers left, can I let you go to death? I've thought about this, no matter how great Le Langjun's ability is, he is also a hero on land, and when he gets to the water, he must first reduce his majesty by half. What's more, these warriors are talking about swords, fast horses, armor and horse lances, how to use these things on the water? If he wears it on his body, it will save our hands and feet, as long as he gets him into the water and drowns him! Our five-tooth warship is not vegetarian, and it is not a joke to fight a mere merchant ship? When the time comes, sink his ship, and then throw him into the water to make him drink a good drink, and even the gods will still die! ”

Now the bearded man had nothing to say. At first, their gang of water cowards was just seeking wealth and prosperity to survive, but seeing that their accomplices were either captured and beheaded by officers and soldiers, or were burned and killed by other peers, they realized that this bowl of rice was not so delicious. It wasn't until someone came forward to express their willingness to support them that this group of people lived a good life, and they even had treasures such as the five-tooth warship.

It's just that these things naturally have a price, and the main reason why his team is different from other water robbers is that there are not many water robbers in the team. Most of them are the "brothers" introduced by the other party, just looking at their daily life, words and deeds, you know that they belong to the family members of the famous family, and they are not comparable to their own people at all. Even how the whole team acts, and what they should do, is also the family behind it, and their gang is nothing more than pushing to the front to take on the leader's name, and they can't actually command many people.

The order to kill Xu Le came from the family behind the order that could not be resisted, and what several people were worried about was not that so many people could not deal with Xu Le, but that if the Li family settled the account afterwards, whether they would be thrown out. But now that the leader has spoken to death, there is no room for them to refute it.

Everyone also knows that his own leader is by no means a brainless fool, and he can definitely think of anything he can think of. It's not that he's pretending to be confused when he says this now, it's that he can't help it. Presumably, the mastermind behind the scenes ordered people to be extremely polite, the so-called five-tooth warship is not used to strengthen courage, but a threat.

He can help himself get a five-tooth boat, and he can also use the five-tooth boat to kill all his own people. Serving the family is like this, if you are not good at doing things, you will not be able to escape death, and if you are able to do things, you may not be able to live. In the final analysis, in the eyes of the family, these people are not human beings at all, whether they are used to do things or sacrifice afterwards, they have no burden. The saddest thing is that you can see all this, but you are helpless and powerless to resist, even if you know that it is a dead end, you have to carry it on.

The bearded man said: "Since this is the case, then let me bring someone this time, Li Da is waiting for news at home." I haven't commanded a five-tooth ship since I'm so old, and I'm addicted to it this time! ”

The man surnamed Li shook his head and said, "Lu Sanlang, you are confused!" In the eyes of outsiders, what is the difference between you and me? Since you want to go, let's go together, and let us see what that Le Langjun is capable of! ”

Not far from the house, a man in a dark robe stealthily peeked through the gap between the houses, and counted the hours. Although the combat skills of this group of water bandits are not as good as the regular army, they all have some crooked and evil methods, and sometimes they are more useful than the regular water army. That's why they've been left until now. This interception and killing of Xu Le could not leave clues, these people were the substitute ghosts that the head of the family had already chosen.

It's just that thieves are cunning, and these family members must also beware of thieves giving birth to different ambitions. Seeing that they had been meeting secretly for too long, the man who was secretly watching frowned slightly, and his hand gradually tightened the handle of the knife, wondering if he would rush in and kill them cleanly. But at this moment, I saw the door open, and several men walked out of the room. The black-robed man's brows gradually stretched, his hands gradually relaxed, and a disdainful smile appeared on his face.