Li Tingyu touched his beard disapprovingly and said, "Don't come to this set of hypocrisy, let's talk about it, what is your plan." I'll tell you first, that gang of water thieves is not easy to deal with, I once mentioned by others, the water thieves in this lake gathered tens of thousands, most of them are fishermen and people around here, all of them are excellent men with excellent water nature, gather them as bandits, scatter them for the people, there are three leaders, the big boss Langli Bailong, surnamed Wang Mingtao, was originally a rich man in Huai'an Fishery, a rich party, but unfortunately because Chongzhen ten years of the dynasty backing down, was targeted by the government, afraid of being killed and plundered, simply went into the water to make a ringing horse. There are also two or three masters, all of whom are Liaodong deserters recruited by him from the rivers and lakes, and they have some military skills, and they have trained a group of water thieves to be decent, and they have been entrenched on the lake for several years, so the officials and troops have encircled and suppressed them several times, but they have returned in vain. We want to beat their ideas, but it's not that easy. ”

Wang Huan listened very carefully, and didn't drop a word, especially when he heard the section of the leader of the water thieves, he was particularly serious, and as soon as Li Tingyu's voice fell, he immediately asked: "That is to say, the water thieves are actually trained and mastered by the second and third masters who were recruited, and the big boss Wang Tao is actually just a wealthy businessman, who fell into the grass because he was afraid that his family property would be taken away by the government?" ”

"Yes, these years, is this kind of thing still rare? All the rich businessmen in the huge room, there is the shadow of the big man in the DPRK and the central government behind him, and the big man falls, no matter how much money you have, it is just fat in the eyes of others. Li Tingyu said with emotion.

Wang Huan frowned, and said with a comfortable face: "In this way, this is really a good time, we can be like this, but please invite Ma Quan over first." ”

Li Tingyu was slightly stunned, then understood, shook his head and smiled: "It turns out that you have this idea, I called you Xiao Zhuge , and it was really not wrong." ”

He turned his head sideways and said hello loudly, Ma Quan, who was standing at the stern of the boat, came over, the three of them formed a circle, Wang Huan whispered in a low voice, and heard Li Tingyu and Ma Quan nodding their heads, and Nuo Nuo continued to speak.

"That's the plan." After saying that, Wang Huan straightened up and let out a long breath: "As long as the water thief shows up and acts accordingly, we can win a complete victory." ”

Li Tingyu and Ma Quan glanced at each other, and said with a smile: "How can there be a reason to be invincible, to discuss this plan, let alone the white dragon Wang Tao in the waves, even if Hong Hengjiu, the governor of the five provinces, comes, I am afraid that he will be fooled." ”

The three of them burst into laughter, and the laughter was indescribably strange and treacherous, echoing in the lake.

After laughing, Li Tingyu slowly asked Ma Quan: "Do you have any objections to what the senator said?" If there is, just say it sooner and I'll think about it. ”

When he said this, Li Tingyu's eyes were not embarrassed to look at Ma Quan, but raised his eyes to the sky, he really felt a little unpassable on his conscience.

When he left Yangzhou, he swore that he would return to Sichuan with a group of subordinates, so he didn't go far, and he wanted Ma Quan to stay in Hongze Lake, which was not related to him, and worked hard for the illusory future, and even had to endure humiliation. He knew that Ma Quan's family also had parents, wives and children, and he was also looking forward to the return of his relatives at home, although he was a Shangguan, he had always been as close as a brother, and there was no way to force Ma Quan to stay, but he really couldn't bear it in his heart.

So he coughed twice, peeked at Wang Huan, who was standing next to him with a poker face, and said slowly: "I really don't want to stay, you can say it directly, let's change the candidate." ”

"No!" Before Ma Quan could speak, Wang Huan spoke, and he said categorically: "If this matter is replaced by someone else, it will be a big deal!" If you want to survive in this place surrounded by tigers and wolves, you must develop and grow, unless you are brave and strategic, and people who are brave and resolute cannot do it. ”

Li Tingyu listened to the slander in his heart: "Then you can just stay." But he knows very well that Wang Huan stays, don't leave himself, leave Wang Huan, the remaining thousands of miles of escape, his own people will be surrounded and suppressed every minute, Wang Huan must follow him. So I could only secretly complain in my stomach and didn't dare to say it.

The two looked at Ma Quan together, Wang Huan's eyes were hopeful, and Li Tingyu's eyes were complicated, looking at Ma Quan fixedly, waiting for his reaction.

This middle-aged officer, with a medium stature and a white face, does not have the same fierce aura as Li Tingyu, but is equally calm and decisive, and his big eyes reveal a perseverance that is better than ordinary people. At this time, he met the eyes of the two, clasped his hands into fists and said: "Senator's military order, Ma Quan dares to disobey his orders!" Just mark the old and young in the family, and ask the adults to take care of it, he can do it as a big day, and he will be thanked for the wine! ”

Li Tingyu's eyes were hot, he grabbed Ma Quan's hands, nodded heavily, and said, "Good brother!" Don't worry, the eldest child in your family is my Li Laosan's family, with me to eat, they won't starve, and with me to wear, they won't let them freeze! Including the families of your soldiers, they will not be wronged in the slightest, if not, teach me that Li Laosan will not die well! ”

Ma Quan hurriedly knelt down on one knee, and said in a panic: "Your Excellency doesn't have to swear so much, mark the next generation of your brothers, thank you for your kindness!" ”

The dialogue between the two made Wang Huan on one side sigh, when can the white pole soldiers be so loyal to themselves, it will be perfect.

At this time, the fleet was close to the island of Mudun, and the scenery on the island was clearly visible, but it was silent, not even a single human figure, and the reeds on the shore that were more than one person tall swayed gently in the breeze, hiding everything on the island.

Wang Huan and the others had stopped laughing and talking, standing on the bow of the boat with their eyes wide open, looking at the silent shore, trying to distinguish whether there were any figures shaking among the shadows of the trees and grass.

"No one." After looking at it for a while, Li Tingyu turned around and said, "Are you really scared away by our Tartar suit?" ”

Before Wang Huan could speak, he heard a loud bang high on the island, the sound of the cannon was almost deafening in the quiet environment, and the green smoke was rising, obviously this was a trumpet.

With the sound of cannons, the reeds that were still swaying with the wind just now shook violently, shouting and killing in all directions, countless small boats and fishing boats came out of them, swarmed out, like countless ants and locusts, and in an instant they were surrounded on all sides in a fan-shaped shape, and twenty boats, like twenty big green insects, were surrounded by countless small boats, and the dense boats filled the water surface within a radius of two miles, and there were three or four sun-tanned men standing on each boat, holding swords, and shouting loudly.

At the same time, on the shore and water's edge, countless human heads appeared like a trick, as if they had come out of the ground, lined up the water's edge, everyone holding long and short weapons, and the blades were shining in the sun, murderous. A big flag was erected high on the island, waving in the wind, with eight characters written on it: "For the heavens, the water is Wang Tao." ”

Under the big flag, there were a bunch of people standing in front of two people, looking coldly at the boat fleet in the lake, looking at it, it should be the leader of the water thieves.

The scene was extremely chaotic for a while, the Cao fleet was firmly surrounded in the middle, unable to advance or retreat, Wang Huan's heart tightened, this kind of face-to-face cold weapon confrontation scene, he was the first time to experience, it was inevitable that he was a little nervous, and he involuntarily clenched the short knife in his hand.

Wang Huan licked his lips and looked at Li Tingyu and Ma Quan beside him, but found that the two of them were not afraid, and their expressions did not even change, they looked indifferent, as if they didn't take the scene of the water thieves to heart at all, but their eyes were fixed on the group of people under the flag on the shore.

"Alas, there is still too little experience, and we must strengthen the response in this area in the future." Wang Huan was ashamed on his face, and sighed in his heart, if he wants to make a difference in this era, such a fighting battle, he must exercise more, otherwise he will panic when he sees blood, and how can he achieve his goal.