Chapter 54: Water Ghosts
The cold wind of Dongting Lake blew the banner of clouds with black letters on a red background. The army under Yueyang City was tightly organized, and the villagers with helmets and armor stood like nails. As soon as the rumbling drums stopped, Zhang Shisan stood at the front of the line and reported to Yunxiao.
"Jiangdu Township Yong 1,600 people, the queue is complete. Please check the school. ”
Eight huge horns on both sides beat at the same time, and the trumpeter agitated his cheeks as if to blow all the air in his lungs into a trumpet heavier than his body.
After the horn sounded, Yun Xiao was heavily armored. Wearing the sword of the Son of Heaven at his waist, he walked to the center of the high platform. The nail leaves on his body rattled, and the momentum was indescribable. Coupled with the scarlet cloak, the image of a young general rippling in the wind is extremely windy. Even Zhou Yu hundreds of years later, presumably it is nothing more than that.
"Brothers, I brought your fathers, relatives and friends to this Yueyang City before the tenth month. Yun Xiao's incompetence tired them to stain the city with blood, and there were less than 100 brave survivors in the 3,000 Jiangdu Township. But none of them surrendered to the enemy and treason, and they fought to the death on the walls behind me. Now you are facing this wall, soaked in their blood and possessing their souls. The unyielding soul of my Han warriors would rather die, and the soul of my Han army is forged by these heroic spirits.
The debt of blood can only be paid with blood, and today I will take you to repay this blood debt. The rebel Xiang Sanqiu has been awarded. Now I'm going to lead you to crusade against another culprit, Shi Hu.
Today, I, Yunxiao, cut my hair here and pay tribute to the robes here. For the sake of the soldiers who died, there is no life in this battle, and all the kings should fight bravely. Avenge the death of the robe. Fight for me. If you don't break the stone, you swear not to return to the court. ”
The soldiers in the audience were all stunned, and their bodies were affected by their parents. How can you shave your hair lightly. The general is going to shave his inventions!
In full view of everyone, Yun Xiao took off his helmet. The bright red cherry blossoms swayed in the cold wind. Long black hair fluttered in the air. Dai Yu behind him picked up a shiny dagger and quickly flew over Yun Xiao's head. Strands of hair fluttered in the cold wind, crashing against the walls, hitting the ground, hitting the place where the blood soaked through. It also hit the hearts of the villagers.
The villagers in the audience were red-eyed, and more than 1,000 men cast in copper and iron knelt down together. Zhang 13 drew his saber and made a big cut on his face, and the hot blood dripped on the land where Pao Ze had fought.
"There is death and no life and blood to fight to the end, and if you don't kill Shi Hu, you vow not to return to the court."
The townspeople behind him pulled out their daggers in unison, cut their hair and pierced their faces, and howled like wolves in their mouths. The chopped hair was floating everywhere in the air. There is also a pervasive smell of blood.
"Expedition."
Yun Xiao waved the order flag in his hand and pointed to the Yueyang Wharf not far away.
Sima Shang and Xiahou Ang, who were far away on the dock, listened in amazement to the sound coming from the wind. It wasn't a human voice, it seemed to be the roar of more than a thousand wild beasts. Then they saw a group of maniacs with disheveled hair rolling in.
The two veterans glanced at each other and then got into their own boats. It seems that this is a bloody battle, and they are all thinking about the same sentence in their hearts.
Yun Xiao stared at Dai Yu with resentment, this thing still has the face to say that it is the first swordsman in Jingchu. The skill of shaving the head is not ordinary, and the wound on the head is still aching. He kicked his feet hard and let out his breath, then stepped on his horse and galloped to the docks.
Shi Hu hid in the water village. Hold your head in your hands. The messenger sent out to ask for surrender was hung on the mast, and his neck was hung by a heavy body. He didn't understand that rebellion was a lifelong profession and that he had never quit halfway.
To be a bad guy is also to read more, especially those in the high-risk industry of rebellion.
That strange ship is just too violent. And the soldiers on the ship were even more violent. Shi Hu was very suspicious of their mental state, obviously he could still rush left and right to kill with several arrows in his body, and finally died of exhaustion.
Obviously, the intestines are flowing out. Stuffed back to find a bag of fast linen cloth and slashed people with a knife, and he was still holding a bandit leader when he was dying. Bite off the other person's ear with your teeth. These are not people, they are a bunch of crazy people. It's as if Lao Tzu was their father-killing enemy.
It's a crazy world. On the other side is a bunch of crazy people.
After yesterday's water battle, Shi Hu came to this correct conclusion. In order to end the war, Shi Hu chose to give up, and he sent a well-spoken village owner to negotiate, repeatedly stating that as long as he left one life, he could surrender.
It was obvious that Yun Xiao didn't want to spare his life, so the well-spoken owner of the village was now hanging on the mast, being baptized by the cold wind.
There was no hope for peace, and Shi Hu made a decision in order to survive. Meeting, there is really no way but to have a meeting. But Shi Hu regretted summoning these guys over, these guys are good at robbing houses, let them take the idea that they are blind. Now the noisy Shi Hu of these guys has a lot of pain in their brains, and they can't wait to chop them with a knife.
However, the master is out of the people, and there are still heroes among so many bandits, such as Mr. Bantam Tiger.
"Big boss, let my brother go out at night and scuttle their powerful warships, without those warships, they are not fart."
Bantam's brother was just blown to pieces by the turtle boat today, and now this guy has a heart of revenge and wants to deal a fatal blow to Yunxiao's turtle boat.
"Big boss, I'm willing to go with the bantam tiger brothers."
The one who spoke was a big man with dragons tattooed all over his body, nicknamed the Mixed River Dragon. It is said that it can dive into the water and catch shrimp with bare hands. The brother was so indignant because his son tried to jump onto the turtle boat, but was pierced by an iron anchor with barbs on the side of the turtle boat. I was taken by a turtle boat to play a surfing practice, and I interpreted the beauty of sports with my life.
Great, finally there is something to come out of. Shi Hu looked at the two impassioned brothers, and then looked at the guys who were squatting below with wine bowls, all like rats, and his heart was full of disgust. This is a well-known man, and he must be encouraged.
"It's hard to see people's hearts, as long as the cottage passes this catastrophe, Dongting Lake will be our brother's in the future. This bowl of wine is for the two brothers, dry. ”
The meaning of being able to say such words from Shi Hu's mouth is obvious. As long as you can come back alive. In the future, the two brothers will be the second and third masters. The lure is obvious. Seduction is tempting. The two brothers were apparently impulsive by the official vow, but it turned out that impulsiveness was the devil.
Take advantage of the inky night. Several small boats rowed out of the Dongting Water Village. In the darkness, the turtle ship in the distance was a vague shadow, standing there in pitch black, as if it were a giant reef. Not daring to get too close, when he was eight hundred paces, more than thirty men dived into the water with tools.
Eight hundred steps, they rely only on a thin bamboo tube to maintain their breathing. Swimming towards the turtle boat little by little, the water nature of the mixed river dragon is not covered. Swimming in the water is like a large mermaid, taking a breath and diving dozens of steps underwater. The bandits behind him didn't dare to slack off, especially the bantam tiger felt extremely humiliating to be left behind. is hurrying to try to catch up with the speed of the mixed river dragon.
The mixed river dragon felt as if it had hit something, and it seemed to be a rope that was soft. There was a tingling sensation in the arm, followed by a tingling sensation in the thigh. Mingjiang Long was shocked, not knowing what this thing was. Instinctively want to struggle to surface, who knows that the more you struggle, the more things will be entangled in your body. One thing after another hung on his body, and a tingling sensation filled his body.
The slightly backward bantam had the same trouble, a pair of small short legs constantly pedaling. The short and thick arm didn't know how many openings had been cut, and he opened his mouth to drink a few sips of lake water. The mouth was full of the choking smell of blood, and the bamboo pipe in his mouth that he wanted to breathe fell into the water. After struggling for a stick of incense, he opened his mouth and didn't move, it seemed that he could hold his breath for a stick of incense.
One after another of the bandits were hooked, and nothing unusual was felt on the water. It was only the guards who patrolled the lake that noticed that the water was surging somewhat. There was a hint of blood in his nose, and he was used to it during the day, and he didn't feel anything wrong.
Shi Hu waited in the water village for a night. I hope to hear the news of the triumph of the two brothers. But he didn't wait for anything, and more than thirty men disappeared into the dark Dongting Lake out of thin air. Until the rising sun, there was no appearance of the mixed river dragon and bantam tiger. By the fiery sun. The turtle boats on the water drifted along the lake, as if they had not been affected in the slightest. Did they run away? Shi Hu had a feeling that he had been fooled.
Yun Xiao got up early in the morning. leisurely circled around his boat. The cold air was indescribably fresh, only slightly damp and fishy. Yesterday, the water army of the water bandits was defeated, and now there are no more broken ships left in the Dongting Water Village. Today, we want to go all out and take down Dongting Water Village. Lao Tzu's military salary has not yet been settled, and in order to boost morale, Lao Tzu even shaved his hair. Can't let Lao Tzu lose his money, Yun Xiao touched his scarred head, and began to resent Dai Yu in his heart.
The soldiers were laying a hanging net, which was actually a rope tied to a stone and plunged into the water, with large hooks tied to it. Hundreds of these ropes were laid around the entire tortoise boat. The fish hook alone used several large baskets.
One rope was unusually heavy, and several villagers worked together to lift the thick hemp rope.
"Someone, someone."
A villager shouted with some excitement, as if the child in the ditch had caught a fish.
"It's so heavy, come on, there seems to be one here."
A villager not far away also began to shout, shouting one after another. From this ship to the ship, all the townsmen got up and saw that something was hanging from the bottom, and the side of the boat was so bustling with people that they didn't even go to get breakfast.
The first to come out of the water was the unlucky mixed river dragon, who was hooked by dozens of fish hooks. The barbed hook hung rigidly on his body, and after a night of soaking, the wound was frighteningly white, and somewhat like pork that had been blessed. A pair of eyes were wide open, and they were covered with a layer of mucous membranes like dead fish. The mouth was as big as a fist, and it looked like a water ghost had just been fished out.
Then the bantam tiger and more than 30 water ghosts were salvaged out of the water one after another, and Yun Xiao stood on the bow of the boat to watch. It's a pity that I can't find my family members to ask for money, it seems that if I want to make money, I still have to be ruthless in later generations, and I don't give money or corpses.
The water ghost battle actually appeared so early, and Yun Xiao thought that Chen Youliang had invented it first. I didn't expect it to exist in the Han Dynasty, but fortunately, I learned from Zhu Yuanzhang's wisdom to get such a pirated defense measure. Otherwise, it's really enough to drink a pot by yourself, and it looks like a capable person is among the people.
More than thirty human heads were cut off and hung on the boat with ropes, and the dragon was very close to his son. The corpse kicked into the water to feed the fish, anyway, Lao Tzu never ate the fish in Dongting Lake again, not even the Yangtze River.
"The general is really a clever calculation, this thing is really useful. There were more than 30 people hanging up this night, and if they hung up every day without beating this bandit, it would be all over. ”
A villager Yong expressed his admiration for Yun Xiao to Zhang Shisan.
was slapped on the head, and when he looked back, it was Dai Yu.
"These people are all powerful characters in the water bandits, and it is not ordinary people to be able to dive through the water. It is estimated that there is no such good hand in the water village again. ”
Dai Yu has lived in Jiangnan for a long time, so he naturally knows the mystery here.
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