“…… Hey, hey, I forgot, I forgot......" Bo Jiao made Hong Tao stunned, blinked his eyes and thought for a few seconds before turning around and laughing awkwardly. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

That's how the map matter passed, and after dinner, people who had been on the road all day got into their sleeping bags early, and Hong Tao was no exception, but he slept on a recliner. As a prime minister and an oracle, the guards would carry his chaise longue on his back wherever he went, and this one was a lazy man who could sit and never stand, and never sit while lying down.

I don't know how long he slept, Hong Tao suddenly jumped up from the recliner, and at the same time, the two guards in his tent also got out of their sleeping bags. There were gunshots, albeit far away, but none of them could be mistaken, it had to be gunshots.

“…… Turn off the lights at the door! Call our men up and follow me! Hong Tao didn't delay even a second, and got down to the ground while getting dressed, and at the same time gave an order to the guards.

Hong Tao couldn't sleep well on land, and now it's even more unsteady. His tent was the tallest and largest, so he didn't dare to stay here for long, and without waiting for the guards to assemble, he led dozens of people to the stable. No matter what the gun is fired for, it's certainly not wrong to get the tools for escape ready. Although it is said that the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Army is fine, but everything is afraid of what happens.

"Your Excellency, it sounds like the east, could it be that our ships are under attack?" The captain of Hong Tao's guard listened with his ears tilted as he instructed his men to prepare their horses. These Indians have been hunters since childhood, and they are sharp-eyed and sharp-eared, and they quickly give a rough answer.

"Are you sure? How far is it? Gunfire is dense or not? "Hong Tao's own ears are actually not bad, but as he gets older, they are not as good as before.

"About a kilometer or so, when you first came out of the tent, there were more than a dozen consecutive sounds, and now they have basically stopped." The captain of the guard put his hand to his ear again and listened carefully.

"You send someone to watch here first, don't take off the saddle, I'll take someone back to the tent." Since there is still a distance of one kilometer and the gunfire is not intensive, Hong Tao feels that there is no need to make such a fuss. Moreover, there are already gas lights flickering on the east side of the barracks, and it is estimated that Bo Jiao and Kong Pei also know about it, so it is more appropriate to wait for their news.

"Pirates hijack ships!? Where do the pirates come from? In less than half an hour, Bo Jiao rode his horse to deliver the message, but the news he brought made Hong Tao even more confused, this place is at least one hundred and fifty kilometers from the sea, how can there be pirates?

"That's the River Pirates! They are all rowing boats. Now it's fine, most of them have been caught, and a few have been killed. I have sent an order not to bring anyone back, and to execute them on the spot, just to clean up the bandits for you, and there will be no one left. Bo Jiao thought about it, and yes, the pirates in the sea are called pirates, and the ones in the river are naturally river pirates. No matter what it was called, he felt that it didn't matter, this matter was not worth worrying about, and he dared to rob the transport ships of the Imperial Army, he was really looking for death.

"Kill them all! Kill or not, you have to ask me as the master, right? We're not going to rob other countries, this is your uncle and my country! As soon as Hong Tao heard Bo Jiao's words, he began to stare again.

“…… Yes, I forgot again, so what do you mean? Bo Jiao patted his head, and finally remembered that he was not following Hong Tao to fight in the east and west, but to help his uncle govern the country. The people who are killed now are all the people of my uncle, and this order should not be given by myself, and it is up to Hongtao to kill or not.

"Hurry up and send someone to inform them not to kill them yet, you come with me to take a look!" Why did Lao Kong go? Hong Tao actually didn't take these bandits seriously, he just wanted to remind Bo Jiao to change his mind quickly, since he said this, he had to go over and take a look.

"You, hurry to the canal as fast as you can, and tell them not to do it yet. Lao Kong went to the north to inspect the sentry, and he was afraid that there would be more than one of these bandits. Bo Jiao said as he followed Hong Tao out of the tent and walked towards the stable.

"Uncle, you even have the saddle ready, did you know in advance that you were going to see the captive?" Seeing that Hong Tao and the guards' horses were already neatly saddled, Bo Jiao couldn't help but say strange things again.

"What if I say I'm ready to leave you and run away?" What do you mean to be particularly shameless? Hong Tao plans to let Bo Jiao see and understand.

"Then you have to call me to run with Lao Kong, we are from the navy, and the land is not our battlefield. There is an army in the war, Lao Kong and I can't command the army, they have their own commanders, let them break off! Bo Jiao didn't feel that there was anything wrong with what Hong Tao said, and he ran away if he couldn't beat it, which was justified. And he also found a very reasonable reason for himself, the talent is not right.

"You'd better shut up, it's a shame for you, my soldiers, to hear it." Hong Tao squinted and looked at Bo Jiao, this child is no longer the child of the year, he not only learned a sea skill with himself, but also learned his own outlook on life, and he also has a lot of signs of the back waves of the Yangtze River pushing the front waves, and he is shameless, he may not be able to win.

The two men got on their horses with the guards and walked east through the camp, and the rain was already very small, but it had not stopped, and it was not raindrops that rushed to them, but something like water vapor, which fell on their faces and hands, and was cold and cold. The winter here is really uncomfortable, Hong Tao has not tasted this kind of taste for many years, he has spent most of his life wandering around the tropics, it seems that it is the first time to come to the north in winter, to be precise, this is not the north.

The total number of river bandits mentioned by Bo Jiao is less than 100, and there are still sixty or seventy people who can still open their eyes, and the rest are lying in the muddy water. More than a dozen soldiers of the Imperial Army were digging pits near the river bank with shovels, intending to bury the slain bandits, which was also the standard process of the Imperial Army in cleaning the battlefield in wartime, and it was also stipulated by Hong Tao when he established the Imperial Army. This pit is not for burying, but for burning. The corpse was divided into two parts, divided into two parts, and burned to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. The ashes of the enemy naturally served as fertilizer for the earth, and the ashes of their own people were put back.

"These are their weapons?" At this time, the sixty or seventy captives were all kneeling in the mud with their heads in their hands, surrounded by a half circle of soldiers of the Imperial Army with guns in hand. Not far from them, there was a pile of wooden forks, sticks, iron hooks, and other miscellaneous items. Hong Tao rode his horse and looked closer, and the most powerful weapons were a few sickles and a riding bow, which were still broken and reinforced with bamboo chips.

"I guess so...... Who of you is responsible here? Bo Jiao also felt that the armament of these bandits was a little miserable, and he didn't know the specific situation, so he could only ask the officer in charge of guarding the transport ship.

According to one of the Imperial Army lieutenants, the men tried to approach the transport ship from the water in the middle of the night and were spotted by the ship's lookout post. They probably didn't expect this army to set up a guard post on the mast in the middle of the night, braving the rain. At the same time as the siren sounded, the ship's gas lights were also lit, illuminating the canal, and the small boats on the river were also revealed.

If it is changed to the ordinary army of the Great Song Dynasty, there is really no recruitment for these people. Their boats were so fast on the water that they didn't use their bows and arrows on a rainy night. If they encounter the Great Song New Army, these people will not have much loss, the flintlock pistols of the Great Song New Army are still smoothbore, and the firing distance is insufficient.

Unfortunately, they found the wrong target for robbery, and ran into the Imperial Army, which was all armed with rifled guns and Migne bullets. More than 200 rifles were fired at a distance of less than 100 meters, and they were all a big bloody hole in anyone's body. Faced with this situation, even the Great Song Forbidden Army had no choice, and after two rounds of shooting, those who had not been killed had to surrender. This is also the wisest choice, otherwise there will be no more than a few of these hundred and ten people left in the end. If they ran again, they would not be flying behind them, but shotguns from land guns mounted on transport ships.

"Where are you from?" Hong Tao dismounted, walked to the kneeling crowd, and found an old river bandit who looked about his age and squatted down.

"......" and the people nearby with this old man all raised their heads to look at Hong Tao, and no one squeaked.

"Look at my banner clearly, this is the Great Song New Army, sent by the imperial court!" Hong Tao felt that the other party didn't know where he came from, and he should open his mouth if he knew.

“…… Master Jun, I'm not a bandit, I really can't survive, so I came here to find some food, and I ask Master Jun to spare my life. Sure enough, these people looked up at the flag held by the guards behind Hong Tao, and immediately spoke, still crying, hulala lying on the ground.

"Boom!" Hong Tao reached out for the rifle of an Imperial Army soldier next to him and fired a shot into the sky. So many people cry together, how can they still chat?

"Whether it's a bandit or not, whether you say it or not, I have to judge. Tell me where your village is, and when the rain stops, take me to see it. If there are indeed villages, farming, fishing and hunting, I will spare you from death. If you lie to me, if it is only a den of bandits, I warn you, and then I will throw you into it alive and burn you like them! "Whether these people are bandits or not, Hong Tao can't tell clearly. If this is in another country, then it is better to believe it, whether it is a bandit or not, as long as you dare to touch my things, it will all collapse. But not this time, this is our own country, and it can't be too simple to deal with, and we have to ask questions and investigate how much.

"Prepare some hot food for them first, even if they die, they have to be a full ghost, and they can't go hungry." As soon as he turned around, Hong Tao remembered one more thing. These people all look like starving ghosts, even if they are bandits, they are forced by life, unlike habitual bandits who do a lot of evil, and there is still the possibility of saving.

(To be continued.) )