Sang Rong grabbed the little minion with his hand, and shouted angrily: "Nonsense, how can the officials and soldiers know that we are here." The little minion said: "It's true, the bow of the ship is under the banner of the town navy." ”

It is indeed the ships of the town navy that surround Sangrong, there are six in total, and the town navy has a total of 12 ships, and only six can go out to the sea, which is the posture of the whole army.

Sang Rong's face changed in an instant, and he grabbed Li Zhun with his hand and shouted: "Raised by a dog, you play Lao Tzu!" "With a scimitar in his hand, he is going to chop Li Zhun. Li Zhun cried with a sad face and pleaded: "Those who are in distress are too late to escape, what tricks do they dare to play?" By the way, someone must have been followed. Big boss, now we are in the same boat. ”

Sang Rong threw away Li Zhun and shouted: "Prepare to fight." The pirates hurriedly took out their skins and short shields to guard against the crossbows of the officers and soldiers. At this moment, I suddenly heard someone on the opposite warship shouting: "General Sang, I haven't seen you for a long time, has it always been good?" ”

Sang Rongyi frowned, followed the voice, but saw a familiar face: Li Mao, the former envoy of Gushan Town.

Li Mao took Li Zhun's confession that night and released Li Zhun. His reason was that he was afraid of startling the snake and putting himself in danger. In fact, Li Mao also has another intention, Li Zhun buying officials and buying officials is actually not a big problem, his Zhang Luo's business is all lowly officials and small officials below the county level, which has long become a trend in Ziqing, and it can't get into Li Shigu's eyes, Li Shigu really hates him is actually Li Zhun running around for Li Shidao under the guise of buying and selling officials.

This is absolutely intolerable to Li Shigu.

Li Shigu sent him to Dengzhou, which made Li Mao feel a trace of crisis, it was a mistake of his own that made Li Shigu suspicious of him, which made Li Mao feel sad, it is really not an easy thing to wait for such a suspicious master, but at the moment there is no better way out, so he can only be cautious.

He wanted to dig deep into the chapters in it, so as to regain Li Shigu's trust.

Li Mao's wishful thinking was to take the opportunity of investigating Li Zhun to keep himself in Dengzhou.

The business atmosphere in Dengzhou is really very much to his appetite.

Let go of Li Zhun and see what his relationship is in Dengzhou, Li Mao calls this a long-line fishing for big fish, whether the fish can catch him is actually bottomless. Li Zhun, he doesn't know a single big character, but he can go from raising horse slaves to today, this person is not simple, what he wants to do next, Li Mao can't see through.

Li Zhun saw through Li Mao's intentions, he chose to run away, which was also within Li Mao's expectations, Li Mao was a little annoyed, and there was a hint of joy, openly killing Li Zhun in Dengzhou was bound to be unfavorable to him, but Li Zhun himself ran to the sea, that is, he exposed himself, and if he was arrested again, it was justified, even the old guys in the Li clan who were good at picking bones in eggs would not be able to say anything.

Therefore, as soon as Li Zhun got on the ship, Zhang Gu's battleship went to sea.

Li Mao asked Zhang Quan to go out to sea to cruise, but he didn't say what it was for, but Zhang Quan knew very well who Li Mao was going to.

It is the duty of the town navy to go to sea to patrol, and it is also within the scope of the matter to find that the official has fled and arrest him, and Zhang Quan is not afraid that someone will talk to him about this matter in the future.

Although the Zhen Navy could not help those pirates who came and went like the wind at sea, it still maintained a considerable strength in the coastal waters, and the warships equipped in the army were all flat-bottomed ships with shallow draft and fast speed, and the pursuit of pirate ships disguised as ordinary merchant ships had a huge advantage in technology.

As for Li Zhun strayed into Sangrong's thief ship, it was beyond Li Mao's expectations.

A year ago, Li Shigu sent troops to besiege Gushan Town, and Yu Hualong, who felt the huge pressure, sent deputy generals Huang Rengu and Sang Rong to Xuzhou to contact Zhang Jianfeng, making a gesture of fish and death and breaking the net, intending to deter Li Shigu, Huang Rengu was later killed in Caozhou, Zhao Hede identified the murderer as Sang Rong after investigation, but the reason was obviously a bit far-fetched, Li Mao never believed that Sang Rong would kill Huang Rengu because he lost money, but the black clouds overwhelmed the city that day, and no one had the heart to explore the truth of the matter.

As for Sang Rong's transformation into the notorious sea snake, Li Mao was not surprised.

The Qing Navy had already incorporated pirates into an army, and Yu Hualong, Yin Mu and others were not notorious pirate leaders before recruiting An, and Sang Rongzi would not be an exception. It is not easy for pirates to be an official and a soldier, and it is really reasonable for the official army to return to their old profession if they can't do it.

The town navy guards the coast of Ziqing, it can be regarded as well-trained, encountering the enemy's situation, immediately spread out the formation to surround the opponent, dozens of hard crossbows on the ship are on standby, just wait for Zhang Gu to shoot to the thief ship, the crossbow head is a three-claw iron hook, after shooting through the opponent's hull, you can catch the opponent's ship, lock the thief ship by virtue of the tonnage, and then cover the armor with a bow and crossbow to get on the ship, and win in hand-to-hand combat.

The sea is humid, the pirates are afraid that the bowstring can not be used due to moisture, and has never used a bow and crossbow, Zhang Gu is a landlubber born, although he is in charge of the navy, but he has no relationship with the water in his bones, under his auspices, the water military camp in Zhenhai City is equipped with a large number of bows and crossbows, which once became a laughing stock, but at this moment it miraculously came in handy.

Zhang Gu, as the town commander of Zhenhai, commanded the Dengzhou Navy to guard the safety of the town's seaport and offshore routes, and it was not a day or two to deal with the sea snake, but he never knew the true identity of the sea snake. Now that he saw that Li Mao knew the other party, he hurriedly ordered his subordinates not to act rashly.

Sang Rong was a little helpless at the moment, today's wind and sun are beautiful, the sea breeze is not prosperous, and sure enough, the other party will shoot thousands of arrows, and his side will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and if he is not careful, he may get the whole army wiped out.

Sang Rong suppressed the anger in his chest, snorted, and took out his usual hippie smile: "It turned out to be a messenger, when did you change to a water army again." Li Mao smiled: "I haven't seen you for many days, don't you invite an old friend to have a drink?" ”

Sang Rong said: "I have good wine on the ship, but I am afraid that my brother will dislike my ship and refuse to appreciate it." ”

Li Mao said where he came from, and then ordered the ship to be prepared. Zhang Gu picked a few capable sailors to escort Li Mao over, Li Mao's guards were all landlubbers, the sea was stormy, and after getting on the ship, he vomited and diarrhea, dizzy, and difficult to distinguish things.

Li Mao picked two stout sailors as his entourage and climbed the soft ladder to Sang Rong's boat.

Sang Rong greeted the side of the ship politely, courteous and very respectful, but as soon as he entered the cabin, he immediately turned his face, grabbed Li Mao left and right, confiscated his weapons, and the two guards were also captured.

Li Mao always kept smiling, raising his hands, and his demeanor was calm. Li Zhun saw Li Mao and Sang Rong talking and laughing, as if they were friends, his face suddenly changed greatly, and at this moment, he saw the two of them facing each other, and it was difficult to distinguish between good and bad for a while, and looked at it silently. Li Mao glanced at Li Zhun's furniture and wife and concubine piled up in the corner, smiled slightly, and sat down calmly.

Sang Rong knelt opposite Li Mao, still with a cynical smile on his face, and asked, "Who are you going to harm this time?" ”

Li Mao said: "Brother Sang, what are these words, if I have bad intentions, why bother to cross the boat, the sea snake is not a sea dragon after all, even if it is a sea dragon, it is surrounded by people on all sides, I am afraid that it will be difficult to get out at night." Sang Rong laughed and said, "If you have something to say, what do you want?" ”

Li Mao said: "The officers and soldiers know that you are a sea snake, and now you have two ways to go: resist the officers and soldiers to the end, completely destroy the town navy, or be killed by Zhang Gu." Sang Rong said: "The enemy is outnumbered, what is the second way?" ”

"Go to Liaodong and never come back."

Sang Rong said: "Since the Anshi Rebellion, Liaodong has fallen, and now it has become a barbaric land, what should I do there?" Li Mao said: "The wild land is also the land of the borderless. There is a lot to be done. Sang Rong gestured, and the group retreated.

Li Zhun wanted to stay and listen, but was viciously pushed away by Sang Rong's sworn brother.

Sang Rong restrained his smile and asked solemnly, "What do you want to do?" Li Mao said: "Shu Cheng is currently the judge of the camp, presiding over the affairs of reclamation, taking advantage of his position to take in the scattered Qing Navy brothers, and there are no less than two or three thousand people in several granges, how can so many people hide the eyes of Yunzhou?" The Yunzhou side is investigating the matter, and once it is confirmed, it will only be difficult to escape the doom. ”

Since the Qing navy moved inward, its soldiers have been repeatedly compressed, and there are many people who are scattered outside.

During the period when Hualong was in charge of the army, these people could still receive regular assistance, although it was difficult, they still had something to eat. Later, Yu Hualong was placed under house arrest in Yunzhou, and the Qing Navy was dismembered and cut off from aid, and these people had no livelihood and became refugees.

After Li Mao was stripped of the authority of the picket, Shucheng invited himself to the Yingtian shogunate and presided over the recruitment of displaced people to reclaim Xintian, which was a thankless task, but he did a good job, he used his power to recruit a large number of displaced soldiers of the former Qing Navy and organize them to reclaim the wasteland.

This is a win-win situation, but his identity is embarrassing, and it will cause trouble in the long run.

Shucheng sheltered the scattered Qing Navy non-commissioned officers, Sang Rong had heard of this matter a little, but it was far away, and he didn't know it, and when he heard Li Mao mention it today, his heart moved, but he didn't believe it very much, so he smiled and said: "So what, he is now willing to be a pawn of the Li family, if the head of the family suspects him, he only needs to hand over the person, maybe it is still a great achievement." ”

Li Mao said: "Brother Sang said such a thing, could it be that it was really you who assassinated General Huang Rengu?" ”

Sang Rong still smiled and said: "I have been reciting this notoriety for more than a year, and it doesn't hurt to continue to carry it, Sang Rong is dead, and there are only sea snakes in this world." Li Mao brushed his sleeves and said, "Even so, there is nothing to talk about." ”

The person had already reached the hatch, and the two fierce pirates guarded the hatch and did not let Li Mao go. Although Li Mao didn't take these two strong men in his eyes, he shouted: "Get out of the way." The two pirates straightened their chests at the same time, and the knives in their hands had been ejected three inches.

Sang Rongfang coughed and said, "Okay, how did your temper become the same as mine, just a little bit?" ”

Two strong men pressed back their knives and stood on their sides. Li Mao turned around and sat down again. Sang Rong poured a cup of wine and pushed it in front of Li Mao, the sea was stormy, this wine cup had a big belly and a thin waist, and the shape was very strange. The wine is good, but Li Mao has no intention of drinking more. (Dissertation College)