Wang Huan was still bowing his head and introspecting, Li Tingyu beside him had already spoken, this soldier was full of anger, and suddenly opened his mouth after sinking into the dantian, and his voice actually suppressed the noisy shouts around him: "This general is Tuhai, the general under the command of Prince Yu of the Great Qing Dynasty!" Ignorant thief, dare to shake the tree with ants, don't hurry back and listen to the king's decree! ”

The real sound was like a thunderbolt, like thunder, Wang Huan, who was standing close, had a pinprick-like tingling pain in his eardrums, and he almost didn't stand firmly, and hurriedly moved a step under his feet to stabilize the next plate.

The boats around and the crowd standing on the shore were all shocked by the sound of this lion's roar, at this moment the words had fallen, the aftermath was still there, the end of the word "order" was still echoing in the air, except for the echo on the lake, no one dared to make a sound, the scene suddenly quieted down, and the ferocious momentum of the water thieves when they rushed out was simply suppressed by Li Tingyu's roar.

All the water thieves stood still, looking at Li Tingyu who was standing at the bow of the boat like a god, and Li Tingyu raised his head proudly, put on his helmet and armor, held the handle of the knife in his hand, and his eyes showed a fierce light.

On the high part of the island, under the big flag, the two leaders standing in front of everyone looked relaxed at first, and there were twenty official ships in front of them, which were still ships transporting goods rather than warships, and there were only about 500 people on board, and there were no less than 2,000 men on their side, no matter how you look at it, they were all fat sheep sent to the door. But Li Tingyu shouted out in this voice, although the two were far apart, the shout seemed to sound around him, shaking the two of them.

The white dragon king Tao in the waves of the water thief, the sweat on his body came down.

He is nicknamed the white dragon in the waves, of course, the water is excellent, because he has been pampered for a long time, his skin is white and tender, but he has a short and fat figure, a round head and a round face, small eyes and thin eyebrows, a big nose on the top of the mustache, wearing a leather helmet, wearing chain mail, hanging a sword at the waist, and a dress with his figure, how to look at how uncoordinated, like a businessman who insists on being a soldier. However, those who are familiar with him know that this person is ordinary on the outside, but he is extremely tough on the inside, killing people without blinking, and the sharp sword hanging from his waist does not know how many heads he has killed.

Wang Tao stretched out his hand to wipe the cold sweat on his face, and said sideways: "Second brother, the Eight Banners of the Qing Army are really not like the useless waste of the Ming Army. ”

Called the second by him, it is the second master of the water thief, the veteran Zu Tianci who was born in the army, this person has intricate muscles, and the coarse linen clothes on his body are stretched as if they are about to be torn, not tall, similar to Wang Tao, but much more stocky, with a simple face, with a beard like steel needles, looking very much like a blacksmith.

Zu Tianci used a mace, the length was much higher than his height, at this time he put the iron rod on the ground, and the end of the iron rod "fluttered" into the ground three inches, and said in a rude voice: "Boss, no matter whether he is powerful or not, my ancestral family has a blood feud with the Jianzhou Tartars, and if I can't go all the way with them, I will never be recruited by the Qing court!" ”

Wang Tao hurriedly said: "What did the second brother say, I didn't say that I must be recruited by the Qing court, but which Qing court envoy who came a few days ago said this to us, whether it is okay or not is not our three brothers to discuss and decide, now they are going to buy a boat to cross the river, we will deal with them first, and then it will not be too late to talk about the future." ”

Zu Tianci snorted in his nose and stopped talking.

Wang Tao coughed, cleared his throat, took a step forward, secretly lucked his luck, and after feeling the middle qi came up, he opened his mouth and shouted at Li Tingyu on the boat: "I am a hero in the water, I am a good citizen, because the Ming court is mediocre, the tax and servitude are unbearable, and there is no way to live, so I fell into the grass, but I have nothing to do with the Qing army, and I have never hindered the Qing Dynasty for half a point. ”

Li Tingyu snorted and said angrily: "Intentions? The day before yesterday, the general sent an envoy, don't you still understand the general's intentions? ”

This sounds unwelcome, Wang Tao listened to it in his heart, but it was certain, the messenger who came a few days ago, it seems that it was indeed sent by the Qing army, thinking that although the main intention of the messenger was to buy a big boat from them, but intentionally or unintentionally revealed the meaning of wanting to recruit the water thieves of Hongze Lake, he couldn't suppress a burst of excitement in his heart, Zhao'an, it means that his identity is finally going to be whitewashed, hiding in Tibet on this lake for so many years, and finally seeing the hope of recovering the rich life of the past, Money is not enough, more important is identity, think when the development of the year, even the Huai'an prefect has to sell his own three points of face, the feeling of the scenery, finally have the opportunity to get back, now the country seems to change hands, the Ming Dynasty is like the twilight of the West Mountain, it seems to be about to fall, if you rush to the front of the Qing Dynasty, maybe the benefits are more prominent than before in the Ming Dynasty.

I was very happy in my heart, but I turned my head to the side, and saw Zu Tianci with green tendons on his forehead around him, Wang Tao frowned, that day the Qing army envoy arrived, if it wasn't for his desperate stopping, this Zu Tianci was afraid that he would cut off the head of the envoy on the spot, with him, this trick may not be so easy.

Thinking of this, Wang Tao hurriedly shouted: "In this case, please leave the soldiers and horses on the lake and send someone ashore to explain in detail?" ”

Zu Tianci jumped to the side. A black face turned red, and he said angrily: "Big boss! What do you mean? Do you really want to be recruited by his mother? ”

Wang Tao patted him on the shoulder and said unhurriedly: "Second child, I know the grievances between you and the third child and the Jianzhou Tartars, but it's not right to start fighting without talking about it, right?" If we really recruit the brigade of clear soldiers, we will choke enough. Don't worry, I know in my heart, you go down with the third child and take the children to arm, don't let people take advantage of our unpreparedness and wrap our dumplings, and leave the matter here to me. ”

Zu Tianci said sullenly: "The big boss, I and Zu Bian died under the Jianzhou Tartar knife outside the Guan, just my brothers fled from Liaodong alone, it was you who took them in to settle here, of course this life is handed over to you, go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, but if you want to take refuge in Jianzhou, then leave this first, please don't blame my brothers for not going with you when the time comes!" ”

As soon as these words came out, it was clear that they didn't give Wang Tao face, and the water thieves around the two of them suddenly exchanged heads and talked in low voices. Wang Tao's face was red and white for a while, his eyelids jumped, and anger rushed from his abdomen and rushed straight to his head. But he also knew that the current occasion was not the time to talk about this, so he tried to suppress his anger and said coldly: "Second brother, go down first!" We'll take our time to discuss this. ”

Zu Tianci glanced at Wang Tao, clasped his fists at him, bowed his head and said, "Okay!" He turned and strode away.

Wang Tao looked at the back of Zu Tianci leaving, his face turned cold, and the hand holding the hilt of the sword was squeezed tighter.

Although Li Tingyu on the boat was far away and couldn't hear the conversation between the two clearly, he could see the scene clearly, and saw that the two of them were blushing and their necks were swollen and seemed to be arguing, and finally broke up unhappily, the corners of his mouth grinned, and he smiled and looked to the side. Wang Huan was beside him, he also saw it clearly, looked at Li Tingyu and said with a smile: "My lord, it seems that things are simpler than we thought, these water thieves, when it comes to Zhao'an, there are many contradictions, and we haven't made it clear to them yet, so this is infighting." ”

Li Tingyu also said with a smile: "The Senate has a good plan, the bandits and the like are the most loose inside, as long as this divisive plan comes out, maybe we don't need to do it, and we can break the Hongze Lake water thieves that make the officials and soldiers very troubled." ”

Wang Huan smiled and reminded: "Yes, my lord, you haven't taken the white dragon in the waves yet." ”

Li Tingyu slapped his forehead, turned his head and shouted at the shore: "Qing generals, are you still afraid of you?" Okay, you disperse this group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals, I will leave the soldiers and horses on the boat, and come ashore to talk to you! ”

Wang Tao was overjoyed, and hurriedly gave orders, ordered the flags to fly wildly, and withdrew the small boats that were surrounded by the lake and scattered into the reeds on the island, except for twenty boats on the lake, only two or three small sentry boats wandering in the distance.

After a while, a water thief bent down and ran from the shore, bowed profusely and said, "The lake master, the second and third masters refuse to disperse, and stay on the boat with people." ”

Wang Tao stared at the lake, and sure enough, he saw a group of small boats gathered together, leaning far on the side of the island, with many figures on the shore and weapons flashing, as if they were watching this side.

Wang Tao snorted coldly and said: "Let them go, send someone to keep an eye on them, and report to me immediately if there is any abnormality, if they let them alarm the Qing army, it will be bad." ”

The water thief who reported the news was stunned, and subconsciously asked: "Guarding against the second master and the third master?" Shouldn't you be guarding against the Qing army on the lake? ”

Wang Tao was furious, slapped the water thief in the face, turned a strong man in a circle, and scolded: "It's your turn to speak?" If you are told to go, you will go! ”

The water thief was dizzy and ran away in response.

Wang Tao was full of anger, gritted his teeth, and led a group of cronies and water thieves behind him to come down from the small hill and go in the direction of Li Tingyu.

On Li Tingyu's side, he leaned the twenty ships together, called all the officers of the thousand households, and Wang Huan carefully instructed him, and arranged for Ma Quan to stay on the ship, and then Li Tingyu took the lead, taking Wang Huan and Li Yan and other twenty people ashore on the boat.

There is a relatively wide wharf on Mudun Island, Li Tingyu's boat leaned up steadily, and the group of mermaids disembarked from the boat, Wang Huan followed closely by Li Tingyu's side, and Li Yan followed the knife on the other side, protecting Li Tingyu like a second general.

The dock was already full of people, and the white dragon Wang Tao took the lead in standing in front of the waves, he had already seen Li Tingyu's boat docking, his eyes rolled, and he turned his head to the water thieves and said secretly: "Show the knives, raise them high, don't let the people of Jianzhou look down on us." ”

Everyone comprehended, drew their knives out of the sheath one after another, raised their heads in a chaotic manner, and the white swaying cold light flashed, standing in the shadow of the knife Wang Tao suddenly felt a lot more steady, squinted his eyes, and looked at the dock.

As soon as Li Tingyu and the others got off the boat, they saw the movements of the water thieves, and this thought was not worth mentioning in the eyes of veterans who were used to fighting. So everyone looked at each other and smiled, Wang Huan saw that everyone was indifferent to the swords and guns, and his courage also grew, and he smiled at Li Tingyu: "My lord, since the water thieves want to give us a dismount, we can't show weakness." ”