Text Chapter 198 Cangzhou Wharf
In the north of Fengqiu City, on the official road leading to Weizhou, a caravan composed of twenty or thirty people is moving forward rapidly.
This team was dressed up by Gu Haotian, and when they left Tokyo City, because they sent people to escort the relevant personnel back to Liangshan several times, there were few people around Gu Haotian, so the more than 20 people in the Hengdao Battalion who were not injured stayed.
Instead of going back to Liangshan directly, but by Hebei, Gu Haotian mainly had two thoughts, the first of course was the matter of the Great Zhou Mission, Xu Churen and Zhao Ding He would definitely not let them go to Jinguo, and they had to be intercepted on the way. The second is Lin Chong's matter, when Lu Qian and the others set off, he had immediately sent someone to report the news, Lin Chong only had to be a little vigilant, he would not have to worry about his life, he rushed over just in case. In addition, he also wants to take the opportunity to meet the heroes of Hebei, his two senior brothers Lu Junyi and Shi Wengong are in Hebei, if it is possible, they will meet first. As for the seizure of the Jurchen soldiers' armor, he didn't worry about it, if there was no accident, the Jurchen fleet was almost in Cangzhou at this moment. The manor has long been convinced, and it should have been waiting for the rabbit for a long time.
At this moment, in the first carriage, Gu Haotian, Xu Guanzhong, Bian Xiang, Shi Qian, Li Kui, Han Shizhong and other six people were discussing the matter of the Jurchen soldiers' armor.
"The Jurchen soldiers and armor set off more than ten days ago, if you take the waterway from Weizhou, you should go to the Cangzhou beach at this moment." Xu Guanzhong counted the date and said.
"Maybe the brothers have already started, but it's a pity that they can't catch up with the excitement."
Li Kui said in frustration, this guy had just finished a vicious battle, and he was envious of others.
"What's the good thing ahead?"
Han Shizhong is still a guest, he only went to Liangshan to avoid trouble, so he doesn't know much about the past.
"Brother Shizhong, didn't I tell you last time that the imperial court sent more than ten carts of weapons and armor to the Jurchens?" Xu Guanzhong said.
"What! But the petty officials want to take it back, that's really good, I don't know who has encountered such a good thing, I just think about it. Han Shizhong was excited and a little regretful.
"Who? Mr. Xiao must be the first, the battalion commander of the Yusheng battalion couldn't come to Beijing last time, and he is probably indispensable this time. Li Kui said lazily.
Gu Haotian listened to their discussion and did not interject, but the first candidate he thought of to lead the team was also Xiao Jiasui, Wen Huanzhang was going to sit in Liangshan, and he was the first choice in addition to that.
While Li Kui and others were discussing, hundreds of miles away on the beach of Cangzhou, Xiao Jiasui was convening relevant personnel to discuss the matter of seizing the armor.
After receiving the information from Tokyo, due to the urgency of time, Wen Huanzhang immediately dispatched troops after discussing with Xiao Jiasui, and rushed to Cangzhou by boat on the same day.
As Li Kui guessed, it was Xiao Jiasui who led the team, the sailors sent a battalion of men, but it was Li Bao who led the team, the infantry Su Sheng and Ma Xun each brought 30 people, and Pang Wanchun also brought ten archers to accompany him
They arrived off the coast of Cangzhou seven days ago, and then anchored at a small port called Shazhen on the edge of the mouth of the Fuyang River. But he didn't wait for the Jurchens to come, but first ushered in the horses escorted by Sun An and Yang Zaixing. The crowd was busy, hired more than a dozen large ships, and divided ten pikemen and twenty sailors to strengthen the escort force.
As soon as Sun An and the others were sent away, the intelligence officers in Tokyo arrived, saying that the Jurchens would arrive in Cangzhou in about two days, so Xiao Jiasui sent people to keep an eye on the sailor camp in Cangzhou, because the intelligence had been clear, and this group of soldiers was escorted by the sailor. In the morning, the spies came with news that the Jurchen soldiers had arrived and were now unloading their goods at the sailor camp.
Xiao Jiasui judged that it would take some time for the armor to be unloaded and loaded, and maybe the local officials would have to invite them to eat and drink, and they would definitely not go to sea today. So while sending people to watch the prison, he convened people to discuss the plan of action.
"This operation is nothing more than two choices: the dock and the sea, where to start, you can talk about your thoughts."
In the cabin, after Xiao Jiasui finished speaking, he looked at Ji Sheng, Ma Xian, Pang Wanchun, Li Bao and others.
"There were more than 20 Jurchens in total, so they solved the problem of saving more trouble on land, so as not to chase them at sea. That's what to turn off, just leave it to me. ”
This Wanyan is the person who fought with Bian Xiang outside Fengqiu City, and Gu Haotian later inquired about his name, so that day I learned that this person led a team to escort the soldiers, and Gu Haotian specially explained his martial arts when he sent a letter.
When he heard that this person was strong in martial arts, he became excited, but he was very open at sea, so he strongly asked to solve it on land.
"I also agree with the opinion of the battalion commander of the Susheng battalion, if you seize it at sea, it is necessary to jump ship and fight, and it is inevitable that there will be casualties at that time, and if the Jurchens have the intention of ending up together, and only throw the armor into the sea, we will not get anything, if it is feasible, it is better to start on land."
Li Bao participated in the battle in the manor for the first time, but he was not stage frightened and boldly said his thoughts.
Xiao Jiasui nodded secretly when he heard this, thinking that the little official had a good eye and was looking for good talents, so he said:
"Since the battalion commander of the sailors is also in favor of doing it on land, it means that it is more advantageous to do it on land, and everyone will listen to the two battalion commanders, Yu and Li."
Several people laughed when they saw this, and then discussed some details, and then prepared to go.
It is said that the Jurchen soldiers changed their armor to take the waterway in Weizhou, and traveled all the way to Cangzhou for more than ten days, and the local government received the imperial court documents, immediately arranged for them to dock at the Sailor Wharf, and allocated three ships to escort them.
The port of the Cangzhou Navy Division is also in Shazhen, and the scale is not large, and there are only four or five good ships. At this time, it was noon, and on the dock of the sailor, a person who looked like an official was respectfully talking to a Jurchen general, and several other officials were commanding some people to load and unload armor. It wasn't until early afternoon that all the armor was moved to the sailors' ships. I saw that the leader of the Jurchen people gave a few words to an entourage beside him, and then took a few people to get into the carriage with the Cangzhou official.
After that, there was no movement on the dock except for a few sailor sergeants who were lazily watching. In the evening, a carriage came from the road outside the wharf, and when he arrived at the gate of the village, he saw a man dressed as a clerk, shouting to the soldiers guarding it:
"I'm waiting for the prefect's order to bring wine and food to the Jurchen envoy on the ship, let me go in quickly."
The sergeant who was guarding looked up, and saw a servant standing outside the door, and the first two sergeants were driving a carriage, which was full of food, and the smell of wine and food came straight to him.
"Do you have anything to eat?"
The sergeant who guarded the door immediately drooled and asked.
"It's all gluttonous ghosts, the prefect remembers, there will be no shortage of you."
When the sergeant inside heard this, he quickly opened the gate and let them in.
"Go, call the Jurchen messenger from the ship."
The officer gave the order, and a few tables were brought out of the barracks, and immediately the food and wine were full, and in a few moments the people began to eat and drink to their heart's content. Those Jurchens have been waiting diligently from the Zhou State since they arrived in the Zhou State, and they are completely accustomed to it, so what scruples do they have, especially as soon as the wine is on their lips, these Jurchens can no longer let go. Fortunately, the sergeant who delivered the wine was still sober, helped the Jurchens into the boat one by one, and also sent the sailor sergeant into the barracks.
After another half an hour, the sky was already completely dark, only the two lanterns above the gate of the walled gate, leaving a hazy halo around them. At this time, I saw several carriages coming from outside the dock and stopped in front of the walled gate, and the first one jumped out of a person who looked like an official, but saw him shouting a few words in front of the walled gate, and then two sergeants came out and opened the walled gate.
"If you are blind, you can't do it, but the carriage of the mission will come out and see it."
The official scolded twice, then turned to the carriage and nodded and said something, and saw several Jurchen men get down from the carriage, led by a burly and tall one, who was the leader of the Jurchens, Wan Yan and left quickly. The gang seemed to have drunk a lot of wine, and when they staggered into the gate, they saw that in the dark corners on both sides of the dock, two groups of men suddenly rushed out and killed silently, with horizontal knives and spears on the other, and the two walls squeezed towards the middle.
The Jurchen people were drunk and hazy and unprepared to be hit immediately, and the speed of the Jurchen warrior was worthy of the Jurchen warrior, and seeing that he was the first to react, he immediately drew out his long knife, turned around and slashed at the person in front of him. I heard a sharp sound of "dang", but I saw a long knife stretched out from the oblique to hold him steadily.
"What's the speed, your opponent is the old man, and let me see what you have in this way."
Wan Yan saw that he violently went out with a knife, and suddenly suffered a strong rebound, and his heart was shocked, and most of the wine woke up, this was only to see a cold light had arrived in front of him, he had no time to think about it, and hurriedly took out the knife to seal it.
"Yes, you have some real skills, no wonder the little officials look at you differently, come! Come! Let's fight with the old man. ”
After only two rounds of victory, he tried out the skills of this Jurchen, and his competitive heart suddenly rose. Wanyan also knew that the black man on the other side had extraordinary skills, so he naturally didn't dare to slack off. So the two of them fought together on the dock, and the two long knives were like wind wheels. After more than 100 rounds, the other Jurchens on the dock have all been resolved, and the two have not yet decided the winner.
At this time, Xiao Jiasui, who was standing at the door of the barracks, asked Pang Wanchun beside him: "Brother Wanchun, these two people are so entangled, what bow and arrow can they make?" ”
"It's not difficult, I'm afraid that Brother Sheng will be surprised afterwards." Pang Wanchun said confidently.
"It's okay, just do it, and I'll do it when the time comes."
Pang Wanchun saw that Xiao Jiasui insisted, so he pulled out his bow and arrow and aimed at the two figures, and immediately an arrow went away like a star, and immediately one person fell in the battle group.
"What kind of bird thing does it ruin my interest!"
He was fascinated by the fight, and suddenly saw the opponent fall from the arrow, and blurted out and scolded in a hurry.
"I don't look at when and where, is this the place where you compete in martial arts? Everyone hurriedly packed up and boarded the ship and withdrew to the open sea. ”
Xiao Jiasui snorted sternly, and Yu Sheng also came to his senses for a while, and saw him scratching his head, smiled awkwardly at Pang Wanchun, and lifted the end of the face and left the boat as soon as possible.
Then everyone also got on the boat together, and then saw Li Bao coming out of the cabin, Xiao Jiasui asked with a smile:
"Brother Li Bao, are you ready to stop?"
"A bunch of drunks, what kind of effort did it take, all piled up in the back cabin."
It turned out that when those people were immersed in eating and drinking, Li Bao took a few sailors to touch the cargo ship from the water, and then took all the orders from those drunkards without half an effort.
Around midnight, the three sailors quietly left the harbor, then joined Liangshan's fleet and headed straight for the open sea under the cover of night.