Chapter 6 Sharpening the Knife
In order to prepare for this hijacking and ensure that there would be no rumors, after Xiao Tianjian arrived in the ancient town, when arranging this matter, it was all carried out in strict secrecy from beginning to end, including the selected township soldiers, until this time, I didn't know what Xiao Tianjian was going to do when he gathered them, just told them that from now on, they would be soldiers of the water battalion of the Xingtian Army, and among these people, not to mention the soldiers, they were originally the people of the Xingtian Army. And those township soldiers are all happy, now none of them don't know the power of the Xingtian Army, and they all know that they are soldiers in the Xingtian Army, they eat well and dress well, and after every battle, there are also rich rewards, so quite a lot of township soldiers want to become the regular army of the Xingtian Army one day, and now they are given such an opportunity, who cares what Xiao Tianjian wants them to do!
So more than 100 people followed Yang Kunshan to practice hard by the Yellow River, and in a short period of time, relying on their already good quality, plus the original soldiers were arranged among them to become low-level officers, within a few days, these people asked for a casual style, and had the appearance of being soldiers.
But after all, this is the first time in the history of Xingtianjun to do things on the water, and it is still a big ticket, Xiao Tianjian did not dare to hold it up, in order to ensure success, he even personally followed Yang Kunshan to drive a boat on the nearby Yellow River for dozens of miles of river twice, and finally under the guidance of Yang Kunshan, he chose the best place to do it.
The rivers in the north are far less than those in the south, although the world is in turmoil, but there are not many people on the Yellow River who rely on hijacking boats to beg for food, but the south is a good soil for breeding water thieves because of the rivers and lakes, and compared with the south, the northern river transportation is much safer, so although the south of the Shanxi River has not been quiet in recent years, the boats on the river are not less than before, but because the war in the north has caused a lot of damage to local basic production, Many supplies need to be transported from the south to the north.
In this era, the long-distance transportation of a large number of goods, relying on the landing of the carriage and horse is simply not possible, the transportation of bulk goods can only rely on a variety of ships, through the communication between the north and the south, through the Grand Canal, transfer to the north, and then unload the nearest car and horse to transfer the goods to the destination.
As the most important river in the north, the Yellow River connects Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi, so it also plays an important role in the transportation of goods in this era.
In this way, when Yang Kunshan was nervously training more than 100 of his subordinates, on the fourth day of the fifth month, the news came back from Luoyang, saying that King Fu's grain fleet had arrived in Luoyang, and it would pass through the river around the ancient town in a few days.
After getting the news, Xiao Tianjian immediately summoned Yang Kunshan to the front and informed Yang Kunshan of the news.
Originally, Xiao Tianjian wanted to go down the river with Yang Kunshan this time to rob the grain ships of King Fu, but after having such a veteran as Yang Kunshan, Xiao Tianjian did not need to personally command this ship robbery battle.
But before leaving, he still personally went to the wharf by the river to see off Yang Kunshan's party, and when the new soldiers of the more than 160 elite water battalions lined up on the wharf, Yan Chongxi had already led two sentinels to completely block the entire ancient town wharf.
Xiao Tianjian was dressed in a cyan suit, without armor, standing in front of the open space of the dock like a javelin, glanced at the more than 100 new men in the water camp in different costumes in front of him, and said to them loudly: "Brothers of the water camp, to this day, I am afraid that you brothers still don't know what I, Xiao Mou, want you to do!" So I'm going to tell you today! In today's chaos in Shanxi, the imperial court and government do not think of helping the hungry people! Let the people of Shanxi fend for themselves, but not only that, the Fu King in Luoyang City today, as a relative of the emperor, not only does he not think about the people who are trapped, but wants to take the opportunity to make a windfall! Transferring a batch of grain into Shanxi for sale at a high price, how can our Heavenly Army sit idly by and watch such an act!
Since he is unkind, then we will not be polite to him! This is the food he sent to our door, and we have to collect it!" Instead of letting these grains fall into the hands of those dignitaries and nobles to make a windfall, it is better for us to take it back and help our local people!
So you are going to take it back on behalf of me Xiao and be summoned! I would like to ask you, do you dare to do this? ”
After coming into contact with Xiao Tianjian these days, these people have long known Xiao Tianjian's identity, many of them never dreamed that one day they would be able to do things with characters like Xiao Tianjian, who is like a fairy in their eyes, and was personally mentioned by Xiao Tianjian, and they were all eager to try it and wanted to perform in front of Xiao Tianjian!
Today, Xiao Tianjian was summoned to the dock here, these guys have long been very excited, after listening to Xiao Tianjian's words, everyone was encouraged to boil their blood, and immediately more than 100 people shouted at the top of their voices: "Yes!" We died for the general! ”
Xiao Tianjian glanced at these newcomers to the water camp, nodded slightly with satisfaction, and then said loudly: "Okay! Be ambitious! I, Xiao, respect hot-blooded men like you the most! Come, bring wine! I want to have a drink with all of you! I wish you all a victorious start and success! ”
Saying that, Tietou took some guards and brought several jars of wine and a large basket of coarse porcelain bowls, and sent the big bowls to every sailor present, and poured a bowl of wine for each of them, and also poured a bowl of wine for Xiao Tianjian, and sent it to Xiao Tianjian.
Xiao Tianjian raised the wine bowl high, and after saluting these water pawns, he raised his hand and touched the wine bowl with Yang Kunshan, and drank it with a grunt.
And Yang Kunshan and other newcomers of the water camp didn't say a word, picked up the wine bowl, put it to their lips and drank it, and then Xiao Tianjian threw the wine bowl on the ground of the dock with a loud sound, and Yang Kunshan and more than 100 people under him immediately slammed the wine bowl on the ground under their feet, and one by one they were even more enthusiastic.
"I, Xiao, are waiting here for you to return! It's all up to you, brothers! Let's go! Xiao Tianjian waved his big hand and shouted vigorously.
Yang Kunshan turned around and yelled, "It's all here!" Get on board and go! ”
More than 100 newcomers disguised as fishermen turned around, picked up the weapons they had prepared, and rushed to their respective boats, and after a while, these various fishing boats gathered on the wharf left the wharf one after another, and quickly sailed from the mouth of the Yu River into the wide Yellow River, and the stars scattered to the surface of the Yellow River, leaving only small black spots.
(Today, Monday, the old rule is to ask for a red ticket first!) )