Chapter 7 Carelessness
Liu Shaoqing sat comfortably on a big chair in the cabin of a big ship, and a beautiful maid sat on his lap, while laughing with this maid, he said to one of his subordinates: "Tell those boatmen, let them hurry up, this trip, as long as they work hard, the prince will not be able to treat them!" Grandma's more than a month has passed, and Lao Tzu is already fucking tired of being on the boat! It's not fucking human work! It's okay to bother me less! ”
The man under him said flatteringly: "The person in charge said very much, it is really not easy for us to come down this trip, come all the way, and on the way we also met several thieves who called our fleet's ideas, and finally passed Luoyang, and when you get to Pinglu County, you should really have a good rest!" There's nothing going on this road, so the little ones won't bother you! The little one is going to tell the boatmen to speed up! ”
Liu Shaoqing waved his hand and drove his subordinates out of the cabin, and hugged the beautiful maid and moved his hands and feet.
Speaking of the 30 or so boats he took with him this time, it was really not easy to run all the way, there were many bandits along the way, especially after entering Henan, there were many bandits of all kinds, and there were often some people of unknown origin staring at their more than 30 boats, and they encountered four or five raids on the way, and many bandits were fighting their ideas of tens of thousands of stone grain, wanting to rob their fleet.
But fortunately, Liu Shaoqing brought a lot of followers with him this time, and there were more than a dozen guards on each boat, guarding the fleet, and the ship was also equipped with various firearms, bows and crossbows.
After arriving in Luoyang, Liu Shaoqing finally relaxed completely, because according to their habits, when the ship is shipped to Shanxi, under normal circumstances, as long as the Luoyang River is crossed, there will be no more risks on the road for a hundred years, there are many cargo ships coming and going here, and there are many official ships along the way, which can be regarded as within the sphere of influence of their Fuwangfu, ordinary bandits do not dare to attack the ships of their Fuwangfu, even if they are a little bandits, they are all petty thefts, and they will not do anything bad.
So after Liu Shaoqing arrived in Luoyang, he secretly picked up two beautiful maids on the boat and began to enjoy them in the cabin.
This is not Liu Shaoqing's carelessness, but over the years, he has been doing things for King Fu, coming and going on the canal and the Yellow River has run more than a dozen times, the most dangerous distance is mainly concentrated in the canal section before entering the Yellow River, under normal circumstances, as long as you enter the Yellow River, because on the surface of the Yellow River in Henan, there are not as many ships as the canal, and the river is very wide, and there are few water thieves. And the Fuwangfu is the leading royal family in Henan, and the water thieves who are begging for a living on the river will never dare to easily beat the idea of their Fuwangfu fleet.
So not only Liu Shaoqing completely relaxed after passing Luoyang, but even the guards who escorted the fleet had already relaxed by this time, and most of the guards who had been waiting for the day had hid in the cabin, sleeping and drinking.
When it was getting late, Liu Shaoqing walked out of the cabin satisfied, stood on the head boat, glanced at the wide river, and asked the boatman, "Where is this?" ”
The boatman who was driving the boat didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said with a smiling face: "Back to Liu Ye's words!" Now that we have arrived at Yanghu, at the latest, it will be time to Pinglu the night after tomorrow! ”
Liu Shaoqing stretched his waist, and then by the afterglow of the sunset on the river surface scanning, now this period of time the Yellow River water is not large, the river surface is narrower than before, the original Yellow River on both sides of the beach exposed, growing a lot of lush reeds, and on the river surface in addition to seeing a few small fishing boats fishing on the river from afar, is a few merchant ships with them down the river, as soon as they saw their fleet, they quickly got out of the way, showing respect, other than basically did not see any suspicious situationSo he was relieved, and ordered not to stop the boat at night to rest, and to continue to hurry overnight, and ordered to go down, so that all ships hung red air death lanterns, and then hung a large lantern with the word "Fu Wang" on each boat, and let people send a message that after dark, the guards on each ship should be more careful, and after speaking, he asked the cook on the ship to cook a few small dishes for him, and brought them to the cabin for him and the beautiful maid to enjoy.
At this time, on the edge of a reed swing more than a mile away from the fleet, there were a few fishermen squatting on a small boat, but they were staring at the fleet from a distance, and when they saw the lanterns of the Fuwang Mansion rising from the boat, several of them put away their fishing nets, quickly rowed the oars, and disappeared into the reeds in a blink of an eye.
Yang Kunshan stood on a larger fishing boat in the reeds, looking at the river from time to time through the reeds in front of him, what made him proud was that there was actually a clairvoyant hanging on his waist, it turned out that Xiao Tianjian in order to ensure that he succeeded in robbing the ship this time, even his baby's monocular was temporarily lent to Yang Kunshan to use, this thing has not even been mixed with Yan Chongxi yet, it is actually hung on Yang Kunshan's waist, but Yang Kunshan is bubbling beautifully.
Through this little clairvoyance, Yang Kunshan soon saw a small fishing boat coming from the downstream quickly, and plunged into the reeds, so he immediately squatted down, and soon the small boat sailed to his boat, and a capable descendant said to Yang Kunshan: "King Fu's fleet is coming!" When to get your hands on? ”
Yang Kunshan immediately asked, "How long will it take for them to get here?" ”
The junior immediately replied, "Two quarters of an hour at most!" ”
Yang Kunshan frowned and silently calculated: "Grandma's, these bastards actually sailed overnight, and they came a little earlier than expected!" Looks like the plans are going to change! You can't do it now, otherwise if you do it so early, the guards on the ship haven't dozed off yet, and it's not a big deal! Tell the brethren now, don't worry! Let them pass, we will have them in the back, and it will not be too late to get to the old camp above in the middle of the night! ”
The young man nodded, and immediately raised his head and learned a few wild duck calls, and soon the sound of wild ducks came from everywhere in the reeds, one after another, and it came from far away......
Sure enough, two quarters of an hour later, the fleet slowly approached the reeds from the night, the reeds were quiet, but there were many pairs of eyes staring at the fleet, with the help of the lanterns in the fleet, you could see that there were one or two guards walking back and forth on each ship of the fleet, and after nightfall, these guards on the Fuwang grain ship still strengthened their vigilance.
A dozen or so small boats in the reeds were unlit, and they hid in the black reeds, watching the fleet slowly pass in front of them.
In the night, a group of capable young people gently rowed the oars, pushing the boats, slowly embellishing behind the fleet of the big ships, and the eye-catching lanterns on the big boats became their best target instructions, and they didn't have to worry about losing them in such a night.
The reason why Yang Kunshan chose to do it at night is because the strength at hand is still a little weaker, these more than 30 grain ships, according to the news, there are at least more than 200 guards on it, and there are a few to a dozen guards on each boat, plus the boatman, it is estimated that there are nearly 400 people on more than 30 boats, if he leads people to attack during the day, not only can he not be the opponent of the guards on the ship, but also it is easy to alarm the government on the shore, once the government mobilizes a large number of people to rescue, Then their operation is likely to fail this time.
So after thinking about it for a while, Yang Kunshan made the decision to attack at night, but fortunately, the guys who were selected were all very fierce, and there was no night blindness, otherwise he would not dare to pat his chest to guarantee that the sneak attack would be successful.
The guards on the Fuwang grain fleet can be said to know nothing about these small boats that follow them in the darkness behind them, the darkness has become Yang Kunshan's best cover, and the grain fleet has to hang lanterns at night because the ships are relatively large, so they provide the best instructions for Yang Kunshan's group, and they don't have to worry about losing them.
The grain ships are all large boats of more than 1,000 stones, and they go upstream, and the speed of driving on the river is very slow, and after two hours of nightfall, the guards on the boat are once again relaxed, and the whole river is very calm, and they can only hear the cry of some water birds on the river in the distance, so these guards who are bored and bored yawn one by one, and slowly some people return to the cabin, and the people who are not on the sentry in the cabin at this time have already snored loudly.
The wind on the river at night was still a little cold, so some of the guards had to shrink their necks, wrap their clothes and wrap them, and in the middle of the night, finally most of them couldn't hold on anymore and went into the cabin to sleep secretly! Anyway, seeing that they are about to arrive in Pinglu County, this trip is basically over, and seeing that Liu Shaoqing, who was nervous along the way, no longer came out to check his post, these guards didn't have the heart to stick to their respective posts.
But at this moment, more small ships began to dot behind the fleet, and began to slowly accelerate, speeding out of the darkness far away from the fleet, overtaking the fleet, and gradually converging in front of the fleet.
A few wild ducks chirped again, and one by one, the sturdy descendants put their knives on their backs, poured a few sips of spirits, took off their clothes to reveal their bronzed skin, and slid silently like loaches into the early spring, and quickly swam towards the oncoming ships in the cold water.