The autumn water is long, and the anchor is lifted.

Da Chu's warship was finally launched, and Guan Yu, the king of Dingbei, was wearing a white cloak, standing on the bow of the ship, overlooking the island in the middle of the lake. He suddenly remembered Miss Lin'er, and his heart couldn't help but move.

Several tall and mighty warships circled around the lake, except for the sound of the wind blowing the waves on the lake, the lake was unusually quiet, and not a single blueshirt boat dared to come to harass it.

Cui Dakui, who was beside Guan Yu, grinned and said, "Where are these thieves hiding?" Didn't you want to burn the ship late at night today? Why are you all cowardly? ”。

Guan Yu smiled coldly and said, "You are afraid of killing everyone, can you blame them for not daring to show their heads in broad daylight?" The monks couldn't hide from the temple, and the newly formed sailors trained for a while, and directly killed Ben Lake Island and bulldozed their nest! During the training, it is still necessary to strengthen precautions, rabbits are anxious and bite people, and these thieves dare to sneak attack late at night."

He turned his head again and asked Yao Taihe, "How long will it take for all the artillery to be installed in place?" ”。

Yao Taihe, who had a fat head and big ears, said: "Don't worry, the marshal will be in place in less than ten days." Custom-made guns were wheeled and could be used as soon as they arrived. ”

Guan Yu nodded, slowly lowered his head and stopped making a sound.

As the sun sets, in a secluded woods by Hongze Lake, the muscular and sturdy "black panther" looks down boredly and sniffs the aquatic plants on the shore, snorting dissatisfiedly from time to time. It suddenly raised its head in alarm, pricked up its ears, and when it twisted its thick neck to see the person clearly, it lowered its eyelids and turned its head back.

Not far away, next to a low lonely tomb, Guan Yu sat there quietly in a daze with a wine gourd, and the setting sun stretched his figure very long.

After a while, he coughed lightly and said, "Ling'er, since you're here, don't hide, come and sit with me for a while." ”

With a chuckle, Chen Ling'er, dressed in blue clothes and pants, paced out from behind the bushes, still holding the soft whip in one hand.

She walked briskly to Guan Yu and sat down on the grass beside him. Turning his head to look at him with concern, he sighed softly, "Are you still missing Sister Qing'er?" These days you are always depressed and don't care much about people. Who is buried in this tomb? ”。

Guan Yu glanced back at her apologetically, reached out and grabbed the wine gourd next to him and handed it over, Ling'er shook her head gently.

Guan Yu sighed, stretched out his big hand and gently held one of Ling'er's small hands in his palm and said, "Indeed, I've been thinking a lot lately, and I'm really snubbing you!" Speaking of which, I am also the dignified King of Chu Dingbei, with heavy troops, but I can't even protect the people I love! To Qing'er, to Yun Niang, to you, including the girl in this tomb, I owe something. Is it because I am too greedy and God has specially punished me? That punishment should also be inflicted on me, and it has nothing to do with Qing'er! ”。

Ling'er hurriedly said: "Don't let you say that!" In fact, I feel very guilty during this period of time, if I hadn't been in a hurry to visit you with Sister Yun in Hongze Lake, and I still stayed in Pingzhou, no one would have thought of taking Sister Qing'er away from me! ”。

Guan Yu stretched out his hands, put his arms around Ling'er's warm shoulders with pity, took her into his arms, and smiled: "Silly girl." Why should you blame yourself? I think it's really because I'm too greedy and get too much good things that I shouldn't get, so I will invite trouble......."

Ling'er frowned slightly, and quickly stretched out a small hand to cover his mouth.

After a while, she tilted her head, leaned lightly on his chest and whispered: "I don't know why Sister Yun ran away in a bad mood, if you can't rest assured, I am willing to travel through thousands of mountains and rivers to find her back for you." ”

Guan Yu hugged her tightly in his arms, closed his eyes slightly and said, "Don't go anywhere!" I only have you now. Fate cannot be forced, if you come, you will come with him, and if you go, you will go by him. ”

On the island in the middle of the lake, a group of people sat around Zheng Haoran, the regimental training envoy, in a spacious wooden house, shaking their heads and sighing.

Chang Erhu got up and said: "Everyone has also seen it, the warship of Da Chu is tall and mighty, and our small boat will definitely suffer a big loss if it fights against it!" Instead of sitting back and waiting, let's give it a go! Taking advantage of the fact that their sailor training was not successful, we went ashore to fight with them! ”。

Zheng Haoran glared and said, "How to fight?" Our advantage is on the water! The last time we lost 100 brothers in vain, the army of Da Chu was eyeing the shore, and they had already laid a net on the shore, hoping that we would drill into it! Don't forget how many brothers did we kill or wound last time against the four of them? Even Niu Da died in Huangquan! ”。

Chang Erhu blushed and said urgently: "But now that their warship has been completed, how can we still have an advantage on the water?" ”。

Zheng Haoran stood up and paced a few steps with his hands behind his back, and said with a gloomy smile: "The boat is mobile and flexible, if we really fight, we use wolf tactics, and we may not necessarily suffer." Besides, you and I have been crisscrossing this water area for many years, and we are the ancestors. Something on the surface of the water, of course, can sink him to the bottom. ”

Chang Erhu stepped forward and said, "You still want to send someone to burn the boat in the middle of the night?" I'm afraid the thieves have already been prepared! ”。

Zheng Haoran shook his head and said, "I won't be stupid enough to throw myself into the net, select dozens of brothers with good water nature, and take advantage of the dark night to sneak under the enemy warship and scuttle it!" Let the group of landlubbers in Da Chu only sigh and stand by. ”

Everyone in the room pondered for a moment when they heard this, and suddenly banged on the tables and chairs excitedly at the same time, and their emotions rose.

"What a good idea, Brother Zheng, in this way, we can give full play to the advantages of our army and change from passive to active!"

"The regimental training envoy is really talented, we will do it tonight and catch them off guard!"

Chang Erhu took two steps forward and said, "I'll go!" I'm good at water, so I'll pick dozens of brothers and make them look good! ”。

A fat man from a blacksmith shouted, "Don't worry, I'll prepare the chisels, hammers, etc." ”。

Zheng Haoran smiled and said to everyone: "Don't worry, it's not too late for us to set off after discussing the details in detail, anyway, the big ship has been staying in the dock, and it won't take a day or two for them to train sailors." ”

Five days later, in the middle of the night, a dozen ghostly boats rowed out of the reeds and sailed silently in the direction of the dock.

This time they were obviously obedient, and did not dare to get too close to the shore, so they stopped far away.

On a boat, Chang Erhu, who was barebacked, tightened the cloth bag tied to his waist, beckoned more than a dozen other people to gather in front of him, and whispered: "Everyone be careful, don't let the things on your body fall." We're only responsible for scuttling one ship this time, trying not to make too much noise underneath. ”

A muscular Humpty Dumpty man said, "Brother Tiger, these are all iron guys, it is impossible for the clanks to be without a sound, right?" ”。

Chang Erhu waved his hand impatiently and said, "Okay, okay, if there is a sound, there will be a sound." Try to get as close to the bottom of the ship as possible, don't make your head, even if you are spotted by the ship's guards, as long as you don't get shot by the crossbow, they are helpless. Don't move around and delay the work, but dig hard in one place until the bottom of the boat is in the water. ”

The dozen or so people poured a few large mouthfuls of soju, poured some more on their bodies, rubbed their skins, and grabbed the boat gang one by one, submerging into the water little by little, trying not to make a sound.

Chang Erhu was the last to get off the boat, he took a deep breath, lowered his head, and plunged into the water.

The lake water in late autumn was cold and biting, but fortunately it was supported by those few sips of soju just now. Beneath the surface of the water is darker than above, and you can't see your fingers. Chang Erhu desperately opened his eyes under the water, and only a few hundred meters away from the direction of the dock could cast some bright light, and he swung his limbs vigorously and swam in the direction of the bright light.

Swimming and swimming, seeing that it was almost close to the bottom of the warship, a dozen black shadows in front of him suddenly stopped.

Chang Erhu was very puzzled in his heart, and when he swam closer, he found that a huge and slender rope net had hung down from the water in front of him, and the three companions had already hit him headlong because of their blurred vision, and they were getting tighter and tighter.

The rest of the men helped tear the rope nets in an attempt to free their companions as quickly as possible.

The upper end of the rope net, the part that exposes the water, is hung with all kinds of small bells, and the tearing under the water surface pulls the bells and rings indiscriminately, and the sound is unusually crisp and pleasant in the quiet night.

Two groups of soldiers patrolling the dock and the deck of the warship heard the bell at the same time, and one of the soldiers shouted: "Sound the gong, there are bandits coming to attack!" ”。

"Dangdangdang" a gong sounded, countless torches lit up around the dock in an instant, and more than a dozen small boats from the shore quickly rowed towards the rope net, and the soldiers on the boat held torches high, and more people held repeating crossbows, staring at the water with their eyes. There were also shirtless men on each boat, gulping down soju and smearing it on their bodies.

"Puff puff", gathered on top of the rope net, the soldiers on the ship aimlessly fired crossbow bolts towards the water, and the extremely fast hard crossbow penetrated the surface of the water and drilled underwater.

Although the power of the crossbow bolt has weakened a lot due to the resistance of the water, it is still somewhat powerful. The hard crossbow that had been short was impartially stabbed on Chang Erhu's arm. In pain, he opened his mouth and exclaimed, "Goo-du-du" spat out a string of bubbles, which quickly surfaced against the current.

"Puff", "Puff", with a few loud noises, the dozen or so shirtless strong men who came with the boat jumped into the water one after another, each holding a short sharp blade in their mouths.

Chang Erhu raised his head and couldn't help but be surprised: How could these landlubbers in Da Chu have such good water properties? It turned out to be a sneak down.

The strong men took off the sharp blades in their mouths one after another and stabbed each other unceremoniously. Chang Erhu and the others, who were originally staying underwater, were completely defenseless, and in a panic, they had to take out the small hammers and chisels in the cloth bag and desperately wave them to compete with them.

The torches on the water were bright, and the people on board could not see the situation under the water, but could only see a series of blood-colored bubbles floating up in a short time where the water was spinning and stirring.

The people of the dozen or so small boats that were hiding in the darkness and drifting on the lake from afar saw the shining torches and the people coming and going, shouting constantly, but they did not dare to approach.

An anxious leader of the Blue Shirts lay on the gang, his eyes fixed on the deep water. He knew in his heart that the operation had failed, and now he only hoped that his people could return safely as soon as possible, so that they could leave this ghost place immediately!

"Boom", the three wet heads that suddenly emerged from the water scared him half to death, Chang Erhu coughed violently, and shouted in a low voice: "Get on the boat, retreat, we have been discovered!" ”。

The little leader hurriedly asked, "What about the others?" ”。

Chang Erhu climbed up with difficulty, and said: "There are several brothers who have died, and there are those who have been caught, so don't be verbose, take advantage of the fact that you haven't found our ships yet, quickly retreat, it's too late for them to chase after you!" ”。

Finally climbed onto the boat, Chang Erhu endured severe pain, pulled out the crossbow arrow inserted in his arm and threw it into the water, and collapsed weakly on the deck.

Suddenly, there was a shouting sound from far and near behind, but it turned out to be Da Chu's soldiers who finally discovered these dozen small boats. Their small boats quickly lined up and chased after them.