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An hour ago.

When the sky was just dawning, Chen Xu, who rushed back to Langya from Laoshan Mountain, was taking Xiao He, Liu Bang and others to stand on the Langya platform on the top of Langya Mountain and observe the shipyard by the sea.

When they rushed back, they found that the people who had disappeared from Laoshan Bay yesterday had gathered on the dock outside the shipyard, a total of five large ships, which had been identified by more than a dozen ink disciples, and these ships had been docked in the big bay they had been to yesterday all year round.

And from the mouths of these ink disciples, I learned that yesterday was the last time for Lu Sheng and them to transport coal and iron, and they successively transported nearly 100,000 catties of coal and steel to a desert island overseas.

More than 100,000 catties is not much, only more than 20 tons, but for the current level of industry and mining in Daqin, it is a very huge number, just to prepare these coal and iron Langya County officials have spent huge manpower and material resources, Chen Xu does not know what Huangshi Gong is doing when he goes to sea to get so much coal and iron.

The five big ships have been carrying food and clothing up the dock until the sun rises before setting sail one after another, Chen Xu kept watching the direction of Huangshi Gong's fleet with a telescope.

However, after Huang Shigong led the three big ships that left first and sailed away from the dock for almost twenty miles, they collided with another big ship that was coming from the sea, and then several boats chased each other.

The location of the collision was more than ten miles away from the coast, and this position had exceeded the limit distance that the telescope could observe clearly, and it could only be distinguished that the blocked ship was beginning to sink, and the appearance was tattered, and the people on it looked like a blur, and only a few figures could be seen, and the movements could not be seen clearly.

Chen Xu observed in disbelief for a few minutes, and then handed the telescope to Xiao He, Liu Bang, Jiang Chuxing and others.

"Master Hou, could it be that Huang Shigong and that group of Fang Shi had infighting?" Xiao He said with a strange face after reading it.

"No, this is completely a posture that ends up together......" Chen Xu looked at the blurred situation almost at the end of his sight, pinched his chin and thought for a moment, and then suddenly jumped up and said, "It's not good, maybe it's Brother Yu and Gentle, go down the mountain and go to the shipyard!" ”

Chen Xu didn't have time to explain more, so he turned over and rushed down the mountain, Xiao He and a group of guards also hurriedly got on the horse, more than ten minutes later, Chen Xu rushed to the foot of the mountain, and ordered a group of teenagers who were carrying fire guns to monitor more than ten ink disciples to follow together, and more than 40 people went straight to the shipyard with mighty horses' hooves like thunder.

"Who's coming? Quickly retreat? Seeing a group of disheveled knights riding horses, the soldiers guarding the gate of the shipyard stopped Chen Xu and the others with long swords like facing a great enemy.

"The guard guards are forbidden to do something, get out of the way!" The leader of the guards reached out and took out an orange bronze waist tag from his waist and shouted.

The soldier guarding the door, the commander of the guard, took the waist card and only glanced at it, and suddenly his face changed greatly, and he quickly retreated to the side and ordered the soldiers to drag away the fence, and arched his hand and said: "I don't know if the general is coming, do you need the help of the general?" ”

"Hurry up and gather the boatmen to sail the boat!" Chen Xu said with a cold face.

"Huh?!" Tun Chang was stunned for a moment and stammered, "My lord, there are no big ships that can go to sea at present!" ”

"How dare you shirk it, aren't those new ships already built?" The leader of the guards was furious.

"General, if it's not the last general, those big ships have just been built, and they are still painting......"

"Go and gather the boatmen, as long as you can get into the water, delaying without reason will cut off your dog's head!" The forbidden soldier choked and pulled out the long sword at his waist and put it against the neck of the commander.

"Yes, yes, the last general will do it!" Tun Chang turned around and left with a pale face, while Chen Xu and the others also went straight to a dock.

Soon, the whole shipyard was busy, the gate of the dock was opened, the boiling sea water poured into the dock in an instant, hundreds of shipwrights were driven onto the ship by the soldiers, and Chen Xu and others also dropped their horses and got on the ship, and when the big ship was already floating, a group of guards did not have time to wait for the shipwright to untie the cable, and directly waved the sword to cut off seven or eight fixed cables and then scolded the boatman to paddle out of the dock, with the sound of a neat trumpet, the big ship quickly sailed out of the dock and went to the depths of the sea.

Standing on the top of the hill, you can see the situation more than ten miles away, but you can't see anything at the shipyard, so the shipyard's soldiers, stewards and craftsmen are all at a loss to watch the big ship with the paint not yet dry going to sea.

"Tun Chief, the paint hasn't dried yet, once it enters the water, this ship will be scrapped!" A gray-haired craftsman pounded his chest in pain.

"Hmph, what if it is abolished, you dare to stop the Guard Forbidden Army?" Tun Chang's face twitched and snorted coldly.

"Tun Chief, the glue is not completely dry, I'm afraid it won't go far and it will leak......" said another craftsman, also with a trembling face.

"Then what are you waiting for, tell the fishermen to row the boat quickly to keep up, and if the big boat leaks, hurry up and save people!" Tun Chang's face changed greatly, and the entire shipyard was in chaos again, and many fishermen who helped in the shipyard also got on the boats to copy the oars, and followed the big boats of Chen Xu and others out to sea.

"Tell the boatmen to speed up ......"

"Prepare the Giant Crossbow ......"

"Check the ...... of the fire gun to install ammunition"

"Take out all the Taiyi Divine Thunder you carry, ......"

After Chen Xu got on the boat, there was a series of shouts, and the twenty teenagers who accompanied him hurriedly opened the sackcloth wrap that had never left his body to eat and sleep, took out a firearm about the same height as him, and took out gunpowder and began to load, and the two grenades carried by each person were all gathered and placed on the deck.

A group of guards naturally knew who Chen Xu was talking about Brother Qinghe Yu, so they were naturally extremely anxious, and after seven or eight guards got on the boat, they rushed into the bilge and forced hundreds of boatmen to rock the oars with their swords.

The rest of the guards also began to attach crossbow strings to a large crossbow on the deck of the big ship and check the available crossbow arrows.

On the calm sea, a big ship is in front, and dozens of small fishing boats two or three feet long are behind, facing the rising sun and going straight to the depths of the sea.

"Juzi is not good, there is a new ship coming towards us in the direction of the shipyard!"

The ink disciple who was blocking the broken ship of Yu Wuya and the others on the sea and was close to the battle, found a new ship that was rushing towards him, and someone couldn't help but roar.

Huang Shigong, who was rocking the big boat and pounced on Gai Nie, was suddenly startled, and when he turned around, he saw a big ship coming a few miles away on the wind and waves.

"Poof~~"

Taking advantage of the moment when Huang Shi Gong was stunned, the big sword in Gai Nie's hand carried a shock that tore through the air from Huang Shi Gong's heart, and with a flash of blood, Huang Shi Gong snorted and retreated.

"Haha, Huang Tingjing, I will die with you today, so that you can become a god earlier!" Gaynie laughed and pounced again.

"Gai Nie, since you are looking for death, the old man will fulfill you!" Huang Shigong was furious, not caring about the injury on his chest, his thin hand grabbed forward, and suddenly the air around him tightened, and a cold breath enveloped Fang Circle, Gai Nie's body paused slightly in the air, and the speed of the big sword slowed down significantly.

"Bang~~"

It was too late to say that, before Huang Shigong's voice fell, his palm slammed into Gai Nie's chest, and with a few clicks of broken bones, Gai Nie snorted and flew out upside down, and still spurted blood in the air and fell into the sea.

"Qiong'er, don't want to fight, take those women away!" Huang Shigong slashed Gai Nie with a palm, and then swept out a few steps, his body swept over the deck like an afterimage, and landed behind Yu Wuya.

"Bang~~" Yu Wuya didn't have time to make the slightest resistance, he was also hit on the back with a palm, and with a scream, he flew out of the air with a volley, nearly three feet away, hit the railing, and turned over and fell into the sea.

"Don't hurt my husband~" With a clear click, a woman in Tsing Yi swung her sword and pounced on Huang Shigong.

"The old man sent you to Huangquan for a reunion!" Huang Shi Gong's chest was bloody, and he was angry, like a roaring lion, without the slightest intention of dodging, he turned around and approached the woman in Tsing Yi with a single step, and his thin big hand swept through an afterimage in the air and grabbed the woman's wrist and shook it gently, the woman's long sword fell to the ground, and then Huang Shigong slapped his palm on the woman's shoulder, and the woman screamed and fell into the sea.

"Senior Brother~, Zijin~"

The water softly screamed and threw itself on the side of the boat, but only to hear the rapid sound of breaking the air behind her, and when she turned around, she saw that an old man with gray hair had fallen to her side, and quickly slapped her on the neck.

Huang Shigong's rabbit and stork fell extremely fast, and Yu Wuya and the others had almost no ability to resist.

"Abandon ship, go!" Huang Shigong lifted the unconscious water in one hand and gently turned around and left, and after a few steps, he swept out like a goshawk and crossed the side of the ship and landed on his big boat.

And almost at the same time, Huang Tianqiong and a few ink disciples also brought Gongsun Beiyan and Xiang Jing back to the ship.

"Let's go~~" With a few roars, the three big ships began to turn around quickly, and in the sound of the trumpets one after another, the oars on both sides of the big ship rose and fell like centipedes, rowing through the muddy sea surface of the bubbling blood and water to the depths of the sea in the east.

"Acceleration Acceleration ~~"

Chen Xu, who was standing on the bow of the boat and looking through a telescope, was so anxious that his face turned pale, and he kept roaring loudly.

Although it was only three or four miles away from the point where the ship had hit, and people could be seen falling from the big ship with the naked eye, the scuffle had come to an end, and three of the big ships had already begun to flee.

Sanli ...... Two Miles...... One mile ......

After a full two moments, Chen Xu's big ship reached the location of the collision, but all he saw in front of him was chaos and chaos.

The bow of the two big ships has been smashed, one of the hulls has broken and begun to sink, and by the time Chen Xu arrived, most of it had sunk, leaving only the cabin of the big ship still exposed on the sea, although the other big ship did not sink, but it had also begun to tilt beyond recognition, and the sea was full of scattered planks and corpses, and more boatmen and ink disciples who were floating on the sea and struggling to shout for help, there were two or three hundred people, and the situation was a chaotic mess.

"Let the fishing boat behind save people and catch up!" Chen Xu's face was pale, and he had a hunch that maybe the gentle water had been taken away by the big ship in front.

"Speed up the pursuit!" A group of guards rushed into the cabin and drew their swords and roared, forcing a group of boatmen who had begun to go limp to continue paddling desperately.

The king worries about the ministers, and the king humiliates the ministers to death.

Although a group of guards still have the identity of the forbidden army, they have long lost the status of the forbidden army, and they have become Chen Xu's retainers since the day the emperor assigned them to Chen Xu, and they have almost no relationship with the forbidden army and the emperor.

And after following Chen Xu, eating, drinking, Lasa, and living in the Hou Mansion are of the highest standard, although Chen Xu is the head of the family and the Hou Ye, he has never treated them badly, all the food, drink and accommodation are not much different from Chen Xu himself, this is unique in this era, and their treatment makes Xuanwuwei feel envious.

Although Xuanwuwei is a loyal believer of the emperor, after all, the emperor has too many people to support, and it is not as rich as Chen Xu's when one dollar is broken into two dollars, just the monthly monthly case is hundreds of dollars per person, which is enough to feed a large family to eat and drink without worry, so the guards of the Qinghe Marquis Mansion are all loyal to Chen Xu, and even continue to introduce the forbidden army companions to a certain errand in the Qinghe Marquis Mansion.

Under Chen Xu's pursuit, the three big ships in front of them fled as if they were being chased by dogs, and the boatmen on both sides did not hesitate to use their physical strength to row desperately, and the four big ships were only two or three miles away from each other and sailed farther and farther into the depths of the East China Sea, and soon chased to twenty miles away.

"Master Hou is not good, the cabin is starting to leak!" The leader of the guards ran out of the cabin with a pale face to report it.

"Master Hou, you can't continue to chase, even if Concubine Hou is on the big ship in front, once the big ship sinks, I won't have a chance to return!"

"Master Hou, return to the shipyard for the time being, wait for the interrogation of those ink disciples and boatmen who have fallen into the water, and you will definitely be able to find out the island where Huang Shigong and others are staying overseas, and then summon the soldiers of Langya County to wipe them out."

Xiao He and the others' faces turned pale instantly, and they persuaded Chen Xu together.

Looking at the frightened and panicked expressions of the crowd, Chen Xu could only sigh and order to turn around and return, and then watched Huang Shigong's three big ships sail farther and farther, slowly disappearing into the vast sea at the junction of sea and sky.

Half an hour later, the big ship passed by the collision site again.

One of the boats had sunk completely, the other had skewed into the water, and dozens of fishing boats were rushing back and forth on the surface to rescue them, but there were so many people in the water that many were still floating on the surface with planks, and some of them had drifted miles away as the waves pushed on.

Although the big boat was flooded, Chen Xu was worried about the gentle water and the safety of Yu Wuwu, so he still stopped and ordered the big boat to stop and throw down the ropes, so that the ink disciples and boatmen rescued from the fishing boat could be transferred to the big boat, and at the same time let people carefully search for the person who fell into the water.

Soon another half an hour passed, but he did not find the figure of the gentle and boundless water, the water in the bilge of the big ship was already more than a foot deep, and the drainage could not keep up with the speed of the ingress, Chen Xu could only order Qixing to return to the shipyard.

"Tell the fishing boats to continue the search and rescue, bring back the casualties and bodies, and at the same time quickly go to the shipyard to summon more fishing boats to search and rescue ......"

Chen Xu left a few guards to follow the fishing boat to continue searching for Yu Wuya and Shui Gentle, and ordered the boat to be driven with a blue face.

"Huh~~" Looking at the shipyard that was getting closer and closer, everyone on the ship couldn't help but wipe the sweat rolling down their foreheads with their sleeves.