Chapter 69: Zhongba Island

"Wow~"

"Old Qiu, hurry up! We have to row over quickly, if we are slow and caught up by those Manchu Tartars, we will die."

On the bank of the wide river, a 6-meter-long ferry boat is slowly sailing from the shore, there are more than 10 people on the ferry, and a man at the bow of the boat looks back to the shore from time to time with an anxious face. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

On the ferry, an old man of about 60 years old was rocking his oars from side to side, while the rest of the people on the boat kept looking at the shore with anxious expressions.

"Go over there! They ran away by boat! ā€

"Chase!"

"Stop!"

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At this moment, a group of soldiers dressed in cloth clothes and armed with short spears chased after them on the bank of the river, looking at the ferry boats on the river and shouting loudly.

"Row!"

"Hurry, Qiu Lao!"

The man at the bow of the boat was even more anxious when he saw this, and hurriedly said to the old man rowing the boat.

Seeing that there were chasing soldiers, the old man was obviously a little anxious, and hurriedly sped up the speed of shaking the pulp. However, there were too many people on the boat, and the entire boat was already dozens of centimeters deep in the water, and no matter how the old man shook the pulp, the speed could not be increased.

With the defeat of Zhang Xianzhong in Luzhou City, the local defenders who remained in Luzhou fled without a fight, but in just a few days, the entire territory of Luzhou was occupied by the Qing army.

After occupying the entire territory of Luzhou, Haoge immediately sent a slave army to begin to wantonly loot the grain and other materials hidden by the people in the territory, and forcibly pulled strong men into the slave army, and in just ten days, the Qing army's slave army, which was originally only more than 30,000 people, has expanded to 150,000 people.

These slave troops have long been trained by the Qing army to have no humanity at all, and everywhere they pass is scorched earth, all the food in the people's homes has been looted, women have been arbitrarily abducted, young and strong have been forcibly filled into the army, and those who resist the slightest will slaughter villages and townships.

For a time, the people in the entire territory of Luzhou were in dire straits, suffering deeply, and a large number of unbearable people fled one after another.

The people on the ferry in front of him were the people who had fled, and the place where the ferry was sailing was a continent, only five or six miles from the shore.

Zhongba Island, located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, belongs to the most marginal area in the southeast of Luzhou, adjacent to Wanglong County.

Covering an area of more than 500 square kilometers, Zhongba Island is entrenched in the middle of the river like a huge land, with a length of nearly 70 kilometers from west to east and a width of about 8 kilometers. In the northwest of Zhongba Island, there are two affiliated islands covering an area of forty or fifty square kilometers.

The whole Zhongba Island is surrounded by water, 7% of the island is plain, mainly concentrated in the east, and the northwest area is mostly mountainous and hilly.

In the west of Zhongba Island is Wanglong County in Luzhou, Wanglong County is located in the north bank of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, belongs to Hejiang County, Luzhou, Shudi, east of Jinzhou, west of Baisha County, north of Yongzhou, the Yangtze River surrounds Wanglong County on three sides, flows through the east, west and south of Wanglong County, has a unique deep-water wharf.

Most areas in the entire land of Sichuan and Chongqing are in a state of vast land and sparsely populated, and some areas are in a primitive state of undeveloped, and Zhongba Island was an undeveloped land before that.

However, since the Qing army invaded Luzhou, due to the vast plains of Zhongba Island, coupled with the abundant rain on the island, the environment is suitable, and it is very suitable for survival, a large number of Onishi troops fled to the island a few days ago, and many people along the coast also fled to the island.

The Qing army, which had just occupied the entire territory of Luzhou, could not help the Great Western Army and the people on the island for a while because they did not have a naval army in their hands.

"Damn, they want to escape to the island, hurry up and find a boat to stop them and get the woman back"

Looking at the rickety ferry heading towards the big island in the river, Wu Jiang, the leader of this group of soldiers, gritted his teeth with an ugly face.

Wu Jiang was originally a gangster in Luzhou during the Ming Dynasty, and after coming to this world, he relied on that mouth to get into a captain of the Daxi garrison in Wanglong Town.

After the Qing army entered, Wu Jiang quickly took refuge under the command of the Qing army, and dedicated several of the beauties he had stolen to the Zhenglan Banner Niu Lu Zhen Hutu of Wanglong Town.

After successfully confronting Hutu, Wu Jiang was soon promoted to a small leader of the slave army, and his command also commanded the 500 slave army.

Today, Wu Jiang received news that there was a woman with a good appearance in Hongzui Village, so he led his troops to prepare to take her back and sacrifice it to Hutu.

Who knew that the woman who received the news in advance escaped, and Wu Jiang led people to chase after her all the way to the shore.

Originally, if there were people who had fled to Zhongba Island by boat on weekdays, Wujiang would not have chased after them. Because there are still thousands of remnants of the Western Army entrenched on Zhongba Island, it is not enough for him to see this little bit of people.

However, this time, Wu Jiang was unwilling to give up so easily, because he had seen the woman's face, with her appearance and temperament, if he could dedicate it to Hu Tu, Wu Jiang's status would inevitably be able to get greater benefits, the power in his hands would be greater, and he might even become a general who commanded thousands of troops, which Wu Jiang had always dreamed of in his heart.

Perhaps God also wanted to fulfill Wujiang, and his soldiers soon found a small boat hidden in the reeds not far away, which was obviously intended by the people along the coast to escape here.

"Quick, keep up!"

After quickly pushing the boat out, Wu Jiang hurriedly beckoned several soldiers to row to the ferry.

The small boat they were riding in was long and narrow, and it was quickly galloping towards the river under the vigorous shaking of several strong men.

"Hurry, they're catching up!"

The people on the ferry, who had been watching Wujiang's movements, screamed in horror when they saw this.

"Old Qiu, I'll come!"

The man on the bow of the boat was shocked when he saw this, and quickly stood up, snatched the oar from Lao Suo's hand, and shook it vigorously.

"Ah~"

"Geng Ming, the boat is spinning in place!"

However, it was obvious that this man named Geng Ming did not know how to rock the boat, and under his vigorous shaking, the boat not only did not speed forward, but shook even more, and several people were almost directly tossed down. The hull of the ship began to spin in the middle of the river, causing everyone on board to scream.

"It's coming, it's coming, the slave army is coming!"

Looking at Wu Jiang and them, who were getting closer and closer, everyone on the ferry said in horror.

"It's all because of her, if it weren't for her, how could these slave soldiers chase after us, we would have thrown her down"

Finally, a middle-aged woman could not accept the fear in her heart, and pointed to a woman at the stern of the boat, her eyes burning with anger, jealousy, and fear.

As the middle-aged woman's words landed, everyone on the boat looked at the woman at the stern.

I saw that the woman was wearing a set of tight-fitting cloth skirts, her graceful and graceful figure was vividly displayed, with full breasts, straight buttocks, slightly wavy curly hair, and a pair of slender jade legs curled up at the stern, although her face was painted with mud, it was difficult to hide her charm.

"Yes, throw this vixen down, those slaves are coming for her"

Another woman on the boat also hurriedly echoed this, she was already jealous of the young woman at the stern of the boat, the men in the village had been revolving around her before, and even the many men on the boat now looked at her from time to time.

"What's the matter with Yun Ling?"

Geng Ming, who was shaking the pulp, was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly spoke out to stop him.

"Hmph, Geng Ming, do you want to kill us, you are still reluctant to give up this vixen, has she ever looked at you squarely, you defend her like this"

The middle-aged woman who spoke out before was even more jealous when she heard this, and Geng Ming, who looked at the bow of the boat, sneered.

"That's right, Geng Ming, do you want to kill us, let's quickly throw her down"

Looking at Wu Jiang, who was no more than a few tens of meters away, the other men on the boat were also frightened and echoed.

"This ,,,,,,"

Seeing this, the man named Geng Ming also struggled in his heart, and said with a hesitant expression.

Although the beauty is charming, it is not as important as your own life, not to mention that this beauty does not belong to you.

"Poof!"

At this time, the woman curled up in the stern of the boat saw the hesitation in the eyes of Geng Ming, who was usually very attentive to her, her eyes flashed with disappointment, and a self-deprecating smile appeared on her face, and then jumped into the river, her self-esteem made her unwilling to accept the moment of being pushed into the river by everyone.

The woman fell into the river and soon sank underwater, where she lost her sight.

"Damn! Pursue! ā€

Seeing that Wu Jiang, who was about to catch up with the ferry, was furious when he saw this, and he was unwilling to give up, he commanded his soldiers to row the boat and chase in the direction where the woman fell.

Everyone on the ferry was relieved when they saw this, and their faces showed fear and happiness, but the man named Geng Ming was left standing there stunned and looking at the river, with no joy of escape on his face.