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In the early morning of the second day, Chao Chong gathered all the people in the water village, first of all, to stabilize the morale of the army and eliminate internal troubles.

Except for the personnel who were on guard on the arrow tower, they were all there. Ruan Xiaowu, Ruan Xiaoqi, and Huang Xin led everyone to line up outside the wooden village.

Chao Chong stood on top of the wall. When everyone gathered, he said in a loud voice, "Who are we?" ”

Everyone in the audience looked at each other, but no one dared to respond.

Chao Chong continued: "Some of us are traitors to the official army, some are prisoners waiting to be executed, and some are smugglers. In the eyes of the government, we are all damned thieves. Unfortunately, the officers and soldiers will soon get the news and come to exterminate our group of traitors, prisoners, and bandits! ”

There was a sudden panic below, there were more than 1,000 people in the Dengzhou Naval Division, and more than a dozen big ships, which was an unaffordable existence for any smuggling gang.

Ruan Xiaowu, Ruan Xiaoqi and Huang Xin tried their best to suppress and shout, only to suppress everyone's panic.

Chao Chong secretly made a comparison in his heart: Ruan Xiaowu used the method of violent suppression, and the shot was very heavy, and his team was more afraid of him, so it was the fastest to restore quiet.

Ruan Xiaoqi is much smarter, the five chiefs under him are Ruan Xiaoqi as the backbone, he gives an order, and naturally there are chiefs to rectify the team, although it is a little slower than Ruan Xiaowu, it can save a lot of worry and effort;

Huang Xin was born as an officer and has an official authority on his body, which is respectful but not fearful, so when reorganizing the team, the speed is the slowest.

Chao Chong was slightly sure that after half a day of running-in, Ruan Xiaowu, Ruan Xiaoqi, and Huang Xin could basically control their team, and Huang Xin had the worst control over the team, so he needed to send someone to support him.

And the performance of those soldiers was also secretly remembered by Chao Chong, those who were too calm said that they had other plans, and those who were panicked showed that they were timid and afraid of war, and only those who behaved ordinarily were the main force of resistance to the officers and soldiers.

Chao Chong saw that the audience had quieted down, so he said to Li Kui and them by the wall: "Carry things to the front and bring people over!" ”

Li Kui escorted Liu Qi, Zhou Tong and Zhu Gui carried a long box, and Bao Xu and Yu Baosi carried a square box, walked in front of everyone, and stopped by the wall.

Chao Chong was condescending and said loudly: "Open the long box!" ”

Zhou Tong and Zhu Gui opened the long box and took out two long-pole steel guns from it. The preciousness of the spear lies not in the head, but in the barrel. A spear head, a good blacksmith can make many in a day; A good gun takes three months to straighten, polish, polish, and dry.

Therefore, when Zhou Tong and Zhu Gui took out two spears, those soldiers saw at a glance that this spear was extraordinary.

Chao Chong said: "Many people have seen this spear, it is by no means a crude product made by the people, it is all forbidden army standard equipment, and it is also printed with the inscription of the official craftsman camp. These things were all found from Liu Qi's warehouse, and there are thousands of weapons like this! If you didn't have these weapons, you'd be just tax evasion and smuggling bandits. But with these weapons in the army, you are out-and-out thieves! Once the government finds out, you are all thieves who deserve a thousand cuts! ”

The soldiers below were in a panic again, and they all secretly scolded this Liu Qi for not knowing the height of the sky, which affected everyone. Everyone goes to sea to do things, even if they fight against officers and soldiers, they are just to make a living, and they can only be regarded as water thieves. But once you become a thief, you have to connect your family!

Chao Chong said to the bottom again: "Open the square box!" ”

Bao Xu and Yu Baosi opened the box, revealing the silver and silver jewels inside.

Those soldiers had never seen boxes of silver, and their eyes widened to look at them twice. The soldiers in the back row stood on tiptoe and looked ahead.

Chao Chong said in a loud voice: "These gold, silver and jewelry were also moved out of Liu Qi's warehouse. He is so greedy that he has deducted so much money from everyone, but he doesn't want to give a little to his brothers! ”

Those water bandits who used to be in the water village looked at Liu Qi with a bad eye. Even the swordfish sailors who had surrendered earlier looked at the gold, silver and jewels with a greedy look.

Chao Chong said: "Liu Qi and Liu Wu brothers are cowardly and incompetent, greedy for money and stingy, but their hearts are bigger than the sky, and they hoard so many ordnance with the intention of rebelling. Even if you are not killed by me, you will be exterminated by the government sooner or later. Pity the brothers who followed him, but they were all implicated and killed one by one by the government as anti-thieves! ”

Liu Qi's mouth was gagged, and he couldn't speak, but he scolded in his heart: These weapons were obviously brought by you, but I said that I hoarded them! You want to rebel, but you frame my innocence! Those gold, silver and jewels are obviously the savings of our Liu brothers for many years, but you say that they are the income of our subordinates.......

It's a pity that Liu Qi can't defend himself.

Chao Chong saw that everyone's emotions were almost brewing, so he said: "I am different from Liu Qi, I am never stingy with my brothers. Here is a box of gold and silver, all of which is given to the brothers present. But before that, we need to cut this desperate Liu Qiqian to relieve the hatred in our hearts! ”

Under the maintenance of order by the captains of each team and Li Kui and others, the three teams of soldiers stepped forward in turn, and one of them gave Liu Qi a knife, and then received the money.

Each of the 150 soldiers received a dozen taels of silver, which was equivalent to their usual income for a year. Naturally, the heart is happy.

As for Liu Qi, he had already been stabbed into a sieve. Killing Liu Qi is also equivalent to completely offending Liu Wu, who is still alive, and these people have no way to turn back.

Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men. Chao Chong did not believe in the loyalty of these newcomers, but believed in the allure of money.

So he continued: "Yesterday, some small boats escaped, and Liu Wu and the government navy who sold the stolen goods on the shore will definitely get the news." The encirclement and suppression of the government and the navy army is not far off! If the government discovers the weapons on the island, they will inevitably treat us as thieves and kill them all. In order to survive, we can only resist desperately. I won't let my brothers do it in vain, as long as I kill an official soldier, I will reward twenty taels of silver! No repentance! If the government doesn't give us a way to live, we will fight a way out! ”

Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi took the lead and shouted: "Yes, if the government doesn't give us a way to live, we will kill a way out!" ”

"Fight your way out!"

"Fight your way out!"

The soldiers shouted in unison.

This is a group of unfaithless and undisciplined troops, lured by money, with the courage to fight against the officers and soldiers. But that's all, Chao Chong can't ask too much of them.

After that, Chao Chong singled out those who were cowardly and cowardly, formed a search team of twenty, brought a day's worth of dry food, led by Zhu Gui, assisted by Qian Yi, and went into the mountains to continue to search for Chao Wei and others.

Ruan Xiaowu controlled the big ship "Flying Bird", and 40 sailors on board, drove it out of the water village, and hid on the small black mountain island in the east to standby.

Ruan Xiaoqi led forty sailors to stand guard in the water village.

Huang Xin led 50 soldiers to garrison the wooden village, and Chao Chong took some of the ordnance for everyone to use. Spears, steel knives, and armor are of your choice. The fifty soldiers, one of whom put on a pair of iron armor, wrapped himself tightly. Each was armed with a spear and a waist knife from his waist. Although good equipment can't improve their martial arts, good protection and sharp weapons make them much more courageous.

Chao Chongze, Li Kui, Zhou Tong, Bao Xu, and Yu Baosi also had a set of excellent armor and were ready for battle.

Pei Xuan led He Changyan and several of them to prepare sulfur, wolf smoke and other materials in the wooden village in case of emergency.

Soon after noon, a long and narrow pulp boat appeared on the periphery of Daheishan Island, with more than 20 people on board, pulling the oars, and the speed was very fast, and after wandering around the sea outside the water village, they left quickly.

Ruan Xiaoqi reported the situation to Chao Chong, who knew that this was the outpost of the government's naval army, and that the outpost was not close to the water village, and it seemed that it had been used as a target for attack, rather than an object of suspicion.

So he ordered the teams to prepare for the battle.

Sure enough, in just half an hour, twenty swordfish warships appeared on the periphery of the Black Mountain Water Village.

The Dengzhou City Coastal Defense Force is a patrol battalion of 500 people, because it is only an offshore patrol, so the warship is a swordfish warship.

The so-called swordfish warship is a long, narrow boat that resembles a saury. It was eight feet long and one and a half feet wide, and it had no sails and was powered only by oars. A boat of twenty people, rowing together, is very fast.

Because the patrol battalion always enforced the law with swordfish warships, those sailors were also called swordfish sailors.

Dengzhou sailors generally use sailboats, which are large in size and set up with multiple sails, and are powered by sails and oars. Those sea ships can accommodate many soldiers and store daily necessities, ordnance and weapons, etc.

Chao Chong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that all the swordfish warships were coming. Fortunately, the well-trained and well-armed Dengzhou Navy Division did not come, otherwise it would really be impossible to fight with the current morale of the soldiers.

The arrival of these swordfish warships is really related to the sailors who escaped yesterday.

Dengzhou soldiers and horses under the jurisdiction of Sun Li patrolled the city at night and caught a few panicked thieves, who were a few sailors who escaped from the Black Mountain Water Village, and wanted to enter the city to inform Liu Wu of the news.

Sun Li learned a big news from the mouths of these thieves, the supply ship of the government to Shamen Island was robbed, and these robbers also captured the water village of the Liu brothers!

Sun Li, who felt that the matter was urgent, went to the government overnight and told the news to Cheng Tianzhi, the prefect of Dengzhou, who was shocked when he heard it, if this matter was true, he was afraid that he would be condemned by the imperial court, and the demotion of officials would be light. If there is another accident on Salmon Island, it is possible that he will be stabbed.

Governor Cheng hurriedly invited Dengzhou Tongju Zong Ze to discuss countermeasures. This Zong Ze is fifty-five years old, born in Jinshi, because of his upright temperament, offended the powerful in the court, so he has been serving as a minor official in the local area, and later after he was transferred to the prefect of Dengzhou, he was promoted to Dengzhou General Judge, and the official residence was six grades, and he was a trustworthy person.

Governor Cheng asked Zong Ze for advice, how to deal with the current situation?

Zong Ze pondered for a long time and said: "If the adults want to make amends, this matter must not alarm the Dengzhou Sailors. The sailor is the establishment of the forbidden army, and the court must know about the transfer of the sailor. If he is impeached by the imperial history, it will hinder the official reputation of the adult! ”

Governor Cheng said with an open mind: "Brother Rulin, I am also worried about this matter. The patrol battalion belongs to the government and government service, and it is easy to mobilize, but I really can't rest assured of their ability. The surrounding islands of Salmon Island are full of smuggling maritime merchants' dens, each with a large number of pirate ships. If you break in rashly, I am afraid that there is a danger of destruction! ”

Zong Ze also sighed: "In the early years, I suggested that the water thieves on the islands around Salmon Island be wiped out, but I hate that the water master obstructed many times for money, causing the water thieves to become bigger, which is why the tail is now too big to fall!" ”

Governor Cheng's face stiffened, he also received a lot of money from smuggling maritime merchants every month, and maintained a good relationship with them, then Liu Wu was a guest in Dengzhou City, and yesterday he gave him a five-hundred-year-old ginseng.

Governor Cheng quickly returned to normal, pretending to be annoyed, and asked: "I am also very annoyed, but unfortunately the matter has come to this point, and there is nothing to be done." Please teach me good advice! ”

Zong Ze suggested: "For today's plan, the only way to do this is to block the news first. Then the patrol battalion will be dispatched early tomorrow morning to attack the Great Black Mountain Island. He also sent a messenger to send a letter to the thieves' dens on the surrounding islands, stating that the reason for this operation was only aimed at the Great Black Mountain Island, and it had nothing to do with everyone. Guard against their death and sorrow, unite against the officers and soldiers. ”

Cheng Zhifu applauded and laughed: "Brilliant plan! I have little experience, and when I encountered such a problem, I panicked, but fortunately, Brother Ru Lin suggested it, and I immediately arranged it. ”

Zong Ze said: "That's right. ”

After some discussion, Zong Ze got up to say goodbye, and Cheng Zhifu personally sent him out of the house, and when he was leaving, Cheng Zhifu Nuo said: "Brother Rulin, please keep this matter secret for me!" ”

Zong Ze is upright and nods his head should be.

Couldn't Governor Cheng think of such a simple strategy? Of course not, he just needs someone else to make this suggestion for him. In case things are not good, there is also a person who can carry the black pot, leaving three points of leeway for everything, this is Cheng Tianzhi's experience as an official for many years.

Xu Liang, the commander of the Dengzhou patrol battalion, was now furious, and in the middle of the night, the prefect sent someone to find him and admonish him. He stayed in Qinglou at night and was not in the patrol camp, so he did not find that the supply ship carrying supplies on Salmon Island had not returned, and even the fifty-knife sailor who was in charge of guarding the ship had not heard from him.

When something happened to the supply ship he was responsible for, it turned out to be Sun Li, who was in charge of land security, who first discovered that he really had no face. Xu Liang also held a grudge against the nosy Sun Li.

After a scolding call, Governor Cheng asked Xu Liang to reorganize his armament overnight, and board a ship early tomorrow morning to go to Daheishan Island to exterminate the thieves, and it is best to kill them all, leaving no one behind.

When Xu Liang heard this, he was timid in his heart, is it easy to go to the Salmon Islands? There are thieves' dens everywhere!

In order to appease Xu Liang's heart, Governor Cheng brought Liu Wu out and asked Liu Wu to be a guide.

Liu Wu assured that with his mediation in the middle, the thieves' den in the Salmon Islands would never besiege the official army. Liu Wu even took out 3,000 taels of silver as the cost of this operation. Xu Liang mustered up his courage at this time.

Early in the morning, Xu Liang led 20 swordfish boats and 400 swordfish sailors, and first arrived at Dahao Water Village on the west side of Daheishan Island.

Li Hu also had more than 200 people and more than 10 boats, and seeing that the officers and troops were powerful, they did not dare to offend, so they provided some meat and wine as a reward.

Xu Liang first sent a boat to test the reality of the black mountain village on the east side of the island, the sailors on the boat were not fools, knowing the danger, naturally did not dare to get too close, glanced at it from a distance, and found that the water village was lax, so he hurriedly rowed back.

Hearing that the garrison of Shuizhai was lax, Xu Liang put his mind at ease, and secretly thought that after these thieves merged with Liu Lao Qihuo, they would inevitably lose their troops and lose their generals, maybe they could pick up a bargain. Then Liu Wu has a lot of savings, maybe he can make a fortune.

Li Hu also has this kind of thought, Li Hu righteously put forward that he has a very good relationship with Brother Liu, seeing that he is in trouble, he is unable to sit still, and hopes to help the officials and soldiers to send troops to Heishan Shan Zhai to exterminate the thieves!

Peers are enemies, not to mention peers on the same island, and they are enemies among enemies, where does this relationship come from?

Xu Liang naturally refused to share the good things of picking up cheap ones with others, and strongly rejected Li Hu's proposal.

After a full meal, Xu Liang led twenty swordfish boats to the Black Mountain Water Village.