Subsequently, Song Youliang contacted Xia Minghao, his brother-in-law of the Thousand Households of Dashan, Xia Minghao saw that he was overwhelmed, so he also pulled his own 30 families and 300 military households to join, and more than 1,000 people from the three departments slaughtered the cat's mouth.

Salt owl has been flooded in the Yangtze River and Lianghuai region since ancient times. In the Huaiyang area, there are Shandong and Henan streamers, which gather a lot and sell smuggled salt. Among them, there are leaders, or lead dozens of party members, or lead the party of 1,200 people, and the reason why they are called "salt lords" by officials during the day is because the smugglers are called "smugglers" because they are called smugglers by their smugglers. Selling smuggled salt was a felony at the time, and without enough courage and ruthless iron-blooded methods, you could not eat this bowl of rice.

The name of the salt lord in Xiaoju Maozukou is Liu Chao, a native of Caozhou, Shandong, and the salt lord Huang Chao who rebelled at the end of the Tang Dynasty is a fellow villager, and his background is also very similar. His real name is Liu Sheng, he has studied for several years, and he has also devoted himself to the imperial examination, but he was not admitted after all, and his family's savings were exhausted. Therefore, he followed the example of Huang Chao, changed his name to Liu Chao, and became a salt owl. Although Liu Chao has read books, he practiced martial arts at an early age, practiced martial arts, and his family was ruined, and even after the accident, his temperament was also very ruthless. Before, Zhao Lianli took his family and military households to chase down the fleeing stove household, and met Liu Chao who went to pick him up halfway, and there was a fight, with more than 200 people killed and injured in the inspection department, and only more than 10 people killed and injured in the salt owl.

Liuchao's salt field is located on the west bank of Rushankou Port, because there are long, wide and flat muddy beaches in this area, which is conducive to setting up salt ponds and opening up salt pans; Sufficient sunlight is conducive to the evaporation of seawater; The rainy season is short, the temperature rises quickly in spring, the evaporation is vigorous, and the local people and stove households here have rich experience in salt making, the salt produced is large, the quality is good, the particles are uniform, the color is white, and it is well-known far and near.

Haiyang, Rushan, and Dashan jointly sent troops to suppress the salt village, and the military households who had been bought by Liu Chao had already reported that they had eaten the meal of selling smuggled salt, and each of them was given for nothing. However, Liu Chao obviously disdained this, and when Yusheng suggested that Liu Chao ambush the officers and soldiers, Liu Chao laughed and said: "What are you afraid of, that kid from Haiyang thinks that he will encourage people to farm, so he will also fight?" ”

Yusheng was saved by Liu Chao when he was selling smuggled salt, when Liu Chao's boat passed by a sea, he saw a sampan overturned by a shark, and the left half of a strong man's body was swallowed into the shark's mouth, and his right hand was still holding a dagger to stab him violently, and the blood stained a large area of sea water, Liu Chao immediately ordered someone to shoot the shark with a big speargun and saved Yusheng. However, the left half of Yusheng's body was left with a terrible scar from his shoulder to his ribs. Liu Chao named him Yusheng, which not only means to escape from the mouth of the shark, but also means to live for the rest of his life after the catastrophe.

Yusheng is eight feet tall, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and is the No. 1 fierce general in Tianzi under Liu Chao, making a copper melon hammer. When he intercepted Zhao Lianli that year, he almost killed Zhao Lianli with a hammer. "The owner of the village, there are many officers and soldiers this time, and I heard that the people and horses in Haiyang have also exterminated half of the clouds, so don't take it lightly~"

Liu Chao still disagreed, "Those military households know about farming, even if the officers and soldiers of the Inspection Department see us on weekdays, which time is it not like avoiding the plague?" You wear words, tell the brothers to be on guard~~ Lao Tzu is here and waiting for him to come. You must let this Song boy, who doesn't know the height of the sky, know that the prince of Ma has three eyes~~"

"Then I'll send someone back~?" Yu Sheng asked

"Yes~~" Liu Chao said: "You hurry up and bring your brothers to fill this boat of salt, Fujian is waiting for the goods~~ As for the thousand households, I will personally clean him up~"

"I'll do it~~" As soon as Yusheng's words fell, he suddenly heard the sound of exclamation and screaming from the dock in the distance

"Kormoi Ship~~Kormoi Ship~~"

Liu Chao followed the prestige, and sure enough, he saw a European-style sailing ship appear on the sea, blocking the channel of the salt ship that carried his salt

Pong~~pong~~pong

Without warning, the ship's 24 guns were fired, shells whistled out from the muzzles of the 18-pounder guns, and with a loud bang, a small salt ship was smashed to pieces, and the snow-white salt tumbled into the sea, melting on the water

Liu Chao was stunned by this sudden change, and before he could react, the Yi ship opened fire again, this time several larger salt carriers were beaten to the ground with sawdust flying, and the porters on the deck panicked and fled in all directions

"How can there be a ship?" Liu Chao pulled out his waist knife and shouted angrily: "Quickly move the salt back to the shore~~"

However, it was too late, and two 24-pound shells hit the waterline of the large salt carrier together, and the salt carrier's hold was flooded in large quantities and had begun to sink slowly.

"The owner of the village, the origin of this Yi boat is unknown~~" Yu Sheng shouted: "Quickly set fire to the boat and burn this Yi boat~~"

"Report to the owner of the village~~ A large number of officers and soldiers have killed from the gate of the village~" A salt ding hurriedly ran over, shouting as he ran

"What's the panic?" Liu Chao patted the salt on the head with the back of the knife, "What are you panicking about, the first time you saw officers and soldiers?" ”

Yan Ding was beaten, but calmed down, "Of course not, the officers and soldiers saw one kill the other~~ But this time there are a lot of officers and soldiers~~" Yan Ding's voice did not fall, only to hear a bang, and a lookout was hit by a cannonball from the Yi boat and collapsed

Liu Chao suddenly realized: "This Yichuan must be with the officers and soldiers, block my sea route, and the officers and soldiers will cover up and kill from the land~~" Liu Chao's hand holding the handle of the knife loosened and tightened, "It seems that this time the officers and soldiers are really moving~"

Maozuikou is located at the southernmost tip of this small peninsula, and the officers and men are divided into three teams, left, center, and right, with Zhao Lianli on the left, Song Youliang on the right, and Xia Minghao on the right. Liu Chao climbed a watchtower and saw the officers and soldiers opening a long battle line and digging trenches without hurry.

"The officers and soldiers are going to trap us to death~" Yusheng slapped heavily on the wooden railing, "First block the waterway with a boat, and then dig a ditch to besiege it, this trick is really vicious~"

"~ The boat that went to buy grain in our village hasn't come back yet, and even if it does, it won't be able to defeat the boat. For the sake of today's plan, the only way to rush out is to rush out before the officers and soldiers have dug the trench~" Liu Chao gently knocked the railing with the back of his knife, "Yu Sheng, it seems that it is difficult to retreat completely~~Someone must sacrifice~" Liu Chao looked at Yu Sheng meaningfully

Yusheng's cheekbones jumped slightly, and said: "The owner of the village, my Yusheng's life was saved by you, and my Yusheng can sacrifice for the owner of the village at any time~"

Liu Chao laughed, touched Yusheng's shoulder and smiled: "I didn't mean you, you are the No. 1 cadre of Tianzi under me, where am I willing to let you die?" I'm talking about them~" Liu Chao pointed with his hand, Yu Sheng looked in the direction, and his heart couldn't help but tremble, it was the shack where the families of the salters in the village lived

"They? Those old and weak women and children? "Yusheng can't believe it, although Liu Chao has always been ruthless, but buying and selling with people is always a fair deal, and he has never harmed the people~~

Liu Chao sighed, "Yusheng, you say that I am ruthless?" This salt village is also my hard work for many years~~ We can rush out, and those old people, women and children can also rush? ”

Yu Sheng gritted his teeth, lifted the steel knife upside down, and said loudly: "The owner of the village is worry-free, those guards are just some rabble who farm the land on weekdays, so remember our brothers licking blood every day?" I'll take a hundred brothers to kill him and turn his back on his back~"

"Good brother~~" Liu Chao was overjoyed and slapped Yu Sheng's shoulder, "As long as you open a gap, I will rush out with everyone, how much can I go~"