Ma San angrily stretched out his hand and slapped away Xiao Shao's outstretched hand, and then looked around at his companions around him, and said in a very serious tone: "You don't care how unbelievable what I say, you just need to remember that I won't joke with my own life, and I won't think about harming you!" In short, you believe me, I dare to swear to God, what I say is true, do this well, and when you get to the shore, you will believe that what I say is true! ”

When Scarface saw it, he looked serious, and finally nodded first: "Third Brother Ma, I believe you!" ”

"Third Brother Ma, my life is yours, do whatever you say!" Xiao Young also said.

The other people looked at each other, thinking about Ma San's past behavior and performance, and they finally nodded.

When Ma San saw it, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. It is impossible for him to save people alone, but with these seven or eight brothers, he is sure to fight. So, a few of them immediately began to plan to save people.

In winter, the daylight hours are very short, and it is not long before evening, and it will be dark in half an hour. On a remote coast, he suddenly approached a dense number of ships, and these were naturally the pirates that Xu Xiang had carried.

The pirates were noisy, and the big boats landed with small boats, while the small boats sailed to the shore and threw boats of people ashore. All of a sudden, there was an uproar. Even if Xu Xiang had ordered a ban on making sounds, he couldn't suppress the noise.

Not long after, a team of Xu Xiang's henchmen rushed to a nearby hill as soon as they went ashore, and saw that there were two people in the lookout post set up here, who were already dead and couldn't die anymore, so they were relieved.

This is not far from the county seat, and for this reason, the government has sent a lookout post here, and once there is a movement, it will set off fireworks to transmit information to the county seat. As soon as the signal of safety was given, pirates on the coast continued to increase. Xu Xiang looked at these on his flagship, and his mood was extremely happy.

You must know that although there are many others, it is still quite difficult to build the county seat. This time, if he can join forces with the outside to build a county seat, he will not only be able to grab a large amount of property and plunder a large number of people, but also greatly enhance his prestige Liu Xiang. In this way, his strength will definitely get stronger and stronger!

When the sky was about to dark, the pirates who should have gone ashore had already gone ashore, and this coastline was densely packed with pirates with knives and guns, standing at random, and there was no formation. But that's how pirates are, and it's impossible to expect to be able to form an army. Xu Xiang didn't care, looked at the time, and ordered to march to the county seat.

At the same time, on the official road more than ten miles away from the county seat, groups of officers and soldiers were also hurrying away. It can be seen that these officers and soldiers are relatively tall, and a banner headed by them is embroidered with a big "Liu" character. This army is the descendant of Sun Chuanting, Liu Daneng's Northern Army.

"Report, this place is still fifteen miles away from the county seat." One of them returned without retracting his horse at night, and said to Liu Daneng, who was riding on the horse, "There is no trace of pirates in the county seat for the time being. ”

As soon as he heard this, Liu Daneng turned his head to look at the team behind him, frowned slightly, and ordered the whole army to rest for the time being.

"Master, could it be that the pirates didn't come here?" One of his guards guessed. In this way, not to mention that there is no chance of meritorious service, it will run in vain, which is really unlucky!

Liu Daneng listened to it, but he was also a little annoyed. Previously, Sun Zhongcheng estimated that the greatest possibility of the Xu Xiang pirates was to attack this county. Therefore, he was sent over here, and Sun Zhongcheng led other miscellaneous troops to personally supervise the formation and go to rescue another county town that might be attacked.

He looked up at the sky, and it was going to be dark soon. However, the moon is big enough to travel in the dark, but the county seat will definitely not let you in, and you have to camp outside to make do with the night.

He was thinking like this, when suddenly another rider, despite the darkness of the sky, galloped his horse, and as soon as he reached the handsome flag, he rolled the saddle and fell off the horse, and said with a little excitement: "There are traces of pirates three miles away from the county seat, and it is estimated that there are as many as seven or eight thousand!" ”

As soon as they heard this, everyone became excited, and it seemed that this trip was not in vain. Even Liu Daneng's personal guards immediately stood up and prepared to leave.

But who knows, after Liu Daneng was also excited, he did not immediately order the rescue, but continued to sit there without moving, just ordered the night in front of him not to close: "Explore again!" ”

If you don't receive the order at night, you will leave immediately. However, his guards were puzzled, and hurriedly reminded Liu Daneng: "Master, we are still a little way from the county seat, and we have to leave early to arrive in time." ”

When Liu Daneng heard this, he glanced at him and said, "What's the hurry, don't let the brothers rest, how can you start a war with twice as many enemies?" ”

When the guard heard this, he was about to say that the condition of the brothers was okay and he shouldn't be tired, but when he saw Liu Daneng's expression and thought of something, he shut up.

Indeed, in the current state of Liu Daneng's army, there is still room for strength. However, Liu Daneng had a secret order from Sun Chuanting, but he remembered clearly that Sun Zhongcheng had an explanation before leaving, and the county town wanted to be saved, but the focus was to deal a heavy blow to Liu Xiang, a pirate.

That Liu Xiang took advantage of Zheng Zhilong's absence, and the Francophile and the Dutch also went to the South Seas, and no one suppressed him and annexed other small pirates, and his strength grew a lot, becoming the largest pirate along the coast of the Ming Dynasty. Judging from today's events, this Xu Xiang is a ruthless person who will never be recruited by the imperial court, and he is also eyeing the fat after the opening of the sea. If you want to open the sea smoothly and let merchants trade from south to north with confidence, this incense must be removed!

This time he poured out of the nest, which was supposed to be a good opportunity to annihilate him on the shore. How could a ruthless person like Sun Chuanting be satisfied to obediently listen to Emperor Chongzhen's words, just to rescue the county seat. Therefore, he did not send messengers in advance to raise the vigilance of the county seat. Otherwise, the messenger will be quicker, and it will definitely be much faster than the army marches.

After discovering the traces of the pirates, the night of the news has increased a lot, coming and going, and from time to time there is news reported to Liu Daneng. Liu Daneng controlled the marching speed of the army according to the progress of the pirates in the county.

On the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the sound of firecrackers was heard from time to time in the county. On this day, the curfew was also postponed than usual. There are also a lot more lights in the county than in the past. Laughter and laughter sounded from time to time, making the county seat at night a little more popular and peaceful.

At the south gate of the county seat, two lanterns were suddenly hung side by side, and there was a clear difference between hanging one and one from other lanterns at a distance of one or two zhang.