Since the official army had already made arrangements on the land route, it was naturally impossible for these White Lotus Sect thieves to succeed on this waterway.

In fact, when these two official ships left Nanjing, there were always people behind them to follow and protect them, and in the name of the Duke of Wei, they sent troops and horses along the road to escort them secretly. So don't look at the fact that they only have two official ships along the way, in fact, they have been waiting for a long time on the side.

When the people of the White Lotus Sect lowered the long bamboo upstream to pierce the hull of the ship and block its path, all this was seen by the people on the shore. Immediately afterwards, some people immediately summoned the local officials and soldiers to rush over and attack these thieves who thought they had a plan and went on the boat from both sides of the strait.

If it was in the flat ground, one hundred and ten White Lotus Sect bandits might still be able to confront hundreds or thousands of officers and soldiers head-on, or break out. But now that they are on a ship that can't move, it's only a passive beating left.

A group of thieves who had been guarding the deck were shot one after another, and fell to the ground with dead and wounded. The rest of those who followed Bai Lian to the cabin to search for them had more eyes and hid. Under the cover of the hull doors and windows, they were temporarily safe, but it was difficult to get out.

At this moment, another order was issued on the shore: "Use rockets to force them out!" ”

With this order, the dense rain of arrows first stopped, and then a little red light broke through the air, and continued to shoot all over the ship, and quickly caused a burst of fire. Soon, the whole ship was set on fire, and the smoke was so thick that the people hiding in the cabin could no longer dare not come out.

And the officers and soldiers on the shore also shouted at the right time: "Listen, people on board, you are cornered. If you still want to save your life, drop your weapon, go to the deck and kneel, if not, there is only one way to die! ”

The threat in these words was extremely strong, and the environment in which they were located also made these White Lotus Sectists have to believe in the determination of the official army. Finally, after some struggle, someone abandoned his awe of his lifeless mother, chose to leave his life, threw down his weapon, and ran out with his hands raised.

With the first to give up resistance, it will be easier for those who come after to make the most beneficial choice for themselves. So soon, dozens of White Lotus Sect members on the two ships all threw down their weapons and walked onto the deck with trepidation, shouting to both sides of the river: "We are willing to surrender, don't let go of arrows." ”

When the officers and soldiers on the shore saw them come out, they were relieved, knowing that the credit this time was really not small. This White Lotus Sect has always been a confidant of the imperial court, and it is usually a credit to be able to kill or hold a few sect members, but this time it is necessary to capture more than 100 people at once, and it is not allowed to leave a name in the imperial court?

When the officers and soldiers on the shore threw down the ropes and ordered everyone on the boat to tie themselves up and wait for arrest, Bai Lian, who was on the lower floor, was still thinking about how to get out of here. Now that he knew that all this was a trap set by the government, and that the master was not on the ship, he only had one thought left now, and that was to escape from the ship quickly.

I'm afraid I can't go up, so the only way to get out of here is to walk through the water. Before the officers and soldiers above came down, he took a knife and slashed at the window of a warehouse. After a while, he really cut the window lattice, and then shrank his body, and squeezed out along the small window as hard as he could.

At this time, it showed the power of Bai Lian's practice, don't look at his size, but he was able to get out of this window that only allowed children to pass through. This bone-shrinking kung fu is what he has practiced hard for many years.

When his waist was out of the window, Bai Lian took a deep breath, carefully climbed the window edge with his hand, twisted his waist and pulled out his legs, and then slowly turned around, so that his body was slowly immersed in the water. At this time, there were officers and troops on both sides of the strait, and even at night, they were likely to see him, so he did not dare to be negligent and tried not to make a noise.

Finally, half of his body was already immersed in the water, Bai Lian let go of his hand, and after taking a sharp breath, one of them got into the river. He believes that with his water nature, as long as he moves fast enough, he can swim to the safety of the upstream in one go.

But just as he was exerting his legs and twisting forward, something black suddenly blocked his way in front of him. This made him subconsciously push it, only to find out that it was a corpse.

In this regard, he didn't care too much about it, just now his family and the official army were on a killing spree, and there were naturally corpses in the water. But the accident happened suddenly when he thought it was foolproof, and a pair of hands suddenly grabbed his feet from below, and then pulled him down violently.

This time it came down too suddenly, and in a panic, Bai Lian subconsciously opened his mouth, and immediately drank several sips of water, and also consumed most of the breath he was holding. This made him suddenly startled and quickly struggled. But the other party just hugged his feet and dragged him down, without any intention of fighting with him, which made him don't know how to use his martial arts.

Then, something that frightened him even more happened again, and several black shadows quickly approached and directly grabbed his two hands.

If it was on land, these people wouldn't be able to block Bai Lian's three punches and two kicks together, but in this water, his martial arts couldn't be displayed at all. The more he struggled, the more embarrassing his situation became, and after a while, not only did he fail to hit anyone, but he let his physical strength quickly drain, and he poured a belly of water, completely losing the strength to struggle.

These people were also careful, until he soaked in the water for a while, and after he fainted completely, he dragged him out of the water and whistled to the shore: "Another person who thought he was smart wanted to run from underwater, and was taken down by our brother." ”

"Well done!" The official on the shore nodded at them with great satisfaction: "Bring people up, I want to see what kind of thief this is." ”

At the same time that the unconscious Bai Lian was dragged ashore like a dead dog, the officers and soldiers on both sides of the strait had already sent small boats to escort down the White Lotus Sect bandits who had bound themselves and were about to be injured by the fire.

In the middle of the night, more than a hundred White Lotus Sect bandits, along with their leader, Bai Lian, all fell into the hands of the government. This ploy to lure the snake out of the hole was a complete success!

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Two days later, the city of Nanjing.

Xu Chengzong personally led people to the city gate to greet the officers and soldiers who escorted the White Lotus Sect traitors back, at this time he had long since lost his previous panic, his face was full of joy, and he kept patting the shoulders of those soldiers: "Well done, this time we are getting rid of a big disaster for the court and the people of Nanjing." ”

When he came to Ah Hu, he said with satisfaction: "Well done, I heard that if it weren't for you, those brothers below would have suffered a lot of casualties." ”

"It's nothing, it's all a good strategy laid out by you, Grandpa." Ah Hu just smiled humbly, and then said to himself: "But the subordinates still made a mistake and actually let one of the thieves escape from front of him." ”

In this regard, Xu Chengzong first frowned, and then waved his hand again: "It's just a fish that slipped through the net, don't worry about it." This time, we have taken down so many people from the White Lotus Sect, and we can find out the whereabouts of more thieves from their mouths, and with that sect leader Xu Ziyang in hand, our credit is already big enough, and I will not blame them all. ”

Later, the Nanjing government also acted according to what Xu Chengzong said, and under the torture of Jinyiwei, these White Lotus disciples who were caught finally couldn't hold on, so they confessed all the identities of the White Lotus Sect hidden in the area of Nanzhili.

When Xu Chengzong and the others saw that this name was almost all over the entire territory of Nanzhi, and many people from all walks of life, even the officials and soldiers and the yamen were infiltrated by the White Lotus Sect, they were naturally surprised.

Immediately, they took swift action to take down all these thieves who knew that something was wrong, but had not had time to escape. Subsequently, Xu Chengzong, together with the yamen in Nanjing, played the imperial court, and once again arranged for the officials and soldiers to escort this thief to Beijing to offer victory.

It's just that in this blow to the White Lotus Sect, there were still some accidents in the end.

In the prison of Jinyiwei, there was actually a thief who suddenly attacked, broke free from the shackles and held a hundred households hostage, trying to escape.

Fortunately, there happened to be several Jinyi Wei masters present at this time, and they immediately stepped forward to fight with them. As a result, after a death fight, the man was finally killed on the spot, but Jinyiwei also paid a lot of price, three good players and two hundred households were killed by him, and other captains or something injured more than ten people.

When the incident was reported, Xu Chengzong almost couldn't believe that it was true. Immediately ordered someone to check his identity carefully, and only then did he know that this person was actually a high-ranking protector in the White Lotus Sect, named Bai Lian. And he is also Xu Ziyang's personal disciple.

This result made Xu Chengzong regret it a lot, he knew that this person's status was so high, he should be taken care of, and he was sent to the capital with Xu Ziyang, which naturally looked much better.

However, it can only be covered up slightly, and then its head is cut off and hung at the city gate to show the public.

On the day that Bai Lian's head was hung out for public display, among the people who were watching and understanding the situation, Xu Qinglian, who had been disguised, trembled again and again when she saw it, and her eyes almost wanted to erupt with fire: "Okay!" Wait! Someday, I will avenge this blood vengeance. And this time, my goal will no longer be a small place like Nanjing, I want to do it, I want to make a big move in Beijing! ”

Although Bai Lian and him have always been at odds, they are brothers who grew up together after all. Now that the other party was killed by the government like this, and hung his head on the city gate, how could Xu Qinglian endure it? What's more, his father is still in the hands of the government, and as a son of man, he naturally has to do something.

However, judging from the current results of the White Lotus Sect's vital injury, it is very unrealistic to want to save people and make trouble......