Chapter 603: The Price
Zhao Dahu and Wu Xiong rushed to the downtown of the Chinese district as quickly as possible, not far from Fluke's Xiangrui Restaurant.
The 500 brothers led by Wang Dashan have been assembled, and everyone has all kinds of swords, guns, and clubs in their hands. And their opposite is the thugs of the Wu family and the Zhao family who have temporarily assembled a thousand.
The two sides blocked a main street, and the doors of the surrounding shops were closed, and they did not dare to do business early. There are no pedestrians on the street, and unrelated people have already hid far away, for fear of being affected by the pond fish.
Wang Dashan saw that the other party was powerful, so he didn't make a move immediately, and this just gave Zhao Dahu and Wu Xiong time to come.
When the two arrived, they were relieved to see that the two sides had not yet moved.
"Brother Wang, do you have to say no, do you have to make things so stiff?" Zhao Dahu snorted, in order to step forward to ease the tense atmosphere between the two sides.
Unexpectedly, Wang Dashan didn't seem to appreciate it, so he sneered on the spot: "Zhao Dahu, don't fucking nonsense, now Lao Tzu will ask you, are those national treasures divided into half of Lao Tzu?" β
I didn't expect Wang Dashan to be so faceless, even if Zhao Dahu wanted to go crazy. Wu Xiong on the side stopped Zhao Dahu in time, signaled to him, and then said to Wang Dashan: "Wang Da is in charge, everyone has something to say, don't be embarrassed, your pirate can only be majestic on the sea, on this land, who is the leader, I believe you should have a number in your heart." β
Wang Dashan was still very angry, but when Wu Xiong said this, he also restrained a lot, and sneered: "It's still that sentence, is it indistinguishable?" β
Wu Xiong was made by him like this, and his heart was suddenly extremely angry, but he still tried his best to endure it: "The national treasure was bought by the owner from Peter, why should he share half of it, do you think that we Chinese help bully, don't you?" β
Wang Dashan immediately laughed, and then said in a cruel voice: "Lao Tzu bullied you today, what can you do to me?" β
Zhao Dahu and Wu Xiong's faces suddenly changed greatly, so there was nothing to say.
The two of them drew their long knives from the back, and their actions were immediately imitated by all their subordinates, and all of a sudden, more than a thousand people showed their long knives.
The people on Wang Dashan's side were not lagging behind, and when they saw the other party showing their weapons, they did not retreat but advanced, and followed Wang Dashan to take a step forward.
"Kill!"
Zhao Dahu and Wu Xiong raised their swords and shouted, and a thousand subordinates immediately swarmed up, and the scene was quite spectacular.
In Xiangjiang, such a large-scale competition between Chinese people is indeed rare. It can be said that this is the first time. In the past, as long as they were Chinese, if they had a grudge, they would be resolved privately by the parties.
There will never be such a large-scale firefight, because it is not easy for the Chinese to be outside. If there are heavy casualties due to such a large-scale firefight, it will surely invite destruction.
And now it is different, the Chinese have been unified, and Wang Dashan can be regarded as a foreign enemy, so a fight is inevitable.
After all, both sides have already stood on the highest point, and no other force can come to suppress it.
The battle began in an instant, and the pirate brothers led by Wang Dashan, although there were few people, were extremely brave, and they were completely invincible with one enemy and two enemies.
It can be seen that their number one force pirate is indeed worthy of its reputation, as soon as the two sides came into contact, the people on Ye Shaolong's side immediately appeared.
In addition to being brave at the beginning, it has gradually shown a disadvantage, and there is a faint sign of defeat.
At this time, Zhao Dahu and Wu Xiong really realized that Wang Dashan's name as a pirate was not in vain.
Pirates have always been a desperate business, and they have one characteristic, bloody, cruel, and uncompromising. Especially when desperate, completely like a madman.
Zhao Dahu slashed at a pirate who rushed towards him, and with a flash of the knife, one of the pirate's arms fell shoulder to shoulder. I thought that this man would lie on the ground with a severed hand and scream.
To Zhao Dahu's surprise, this pirate did not retreat but advanced, and the long knife in his hand still looked at Zhao Dahu's head.
This caught Zhao Dahu, who was caught off guard, suddenly burst into a cold sweat, fortunately, Wu Xiong arrived at the right time, grabbed his knife with a knife, and then directly cut off his head with a backhand.
Zhao Dahu breathed a sigh of relief and gave Wu Xiong a grateful look, who just smiled and rushed away again to help.
After Zhao Dahu learned this lesson, he no longer dared to be careless, and the long knife in his hand no longer had any mercy, and every time he made a move, he would inevitably go to the point.
Although Wu Xiong and Zhao Dahu were powerful, the general trend was not something that the two of them could recover, and the bravery of the pirates directly made their subordinates feel cold.
A thousand people began to retreat continuously, while the pirates led by Wang Dashan became more and more courageous, and the group chased after the people on Ye Shaolong's side.
However, at this moment, the people gathered by Wu Xiong and Zhao Dahu before finally felt that with their joining, they gradually recovered their disadvantages and began to suppress Wang Dashan and them.
The situation was reversed, and Wang Dashan immediately felt a great pressure. There are more and more people on Ye Shaolong's side, if he fights so blindly, it must be his Wang Dashan's subordinates who will be completely wiped out in the end.
If you can't do anything, you can't hold on, this is not something that a shrewd person like Wang Dashan would do. With a ferocious slash, he slashed at an enemy who lunged at him, then raised his broadsword and shouted, "Retreat, brothers! β
After shouting, Wang Dashan turned around and ran directly, and his subordinates were not satisfied with their movements, and they followed Wang Dashan one by one, running towards the other end of the street.
Zhao Dahu, Wu Xiong, how could he let Wang Dashan leave like this. Before leaving, Ye Shaolong had an explanation that he had to teach Wang Dashan and these pirates a profound lesson.
Therefore, under the greeting of the two of them, nearly four thousand of their men had gathered, all of whom were chasing after Wang Dashan and crushing them all the way.
Wang Dashan had no intention of fighting, and ran away with all his subordinates, without the slightest intention of fighting. This can make Zhao Dahu anxious.
"Damn Wang Dashan, don't run, come back and fight us!" Zhao Dahu saw that the other party was about to flee, and in desperation, he tried to arouse Wang Dashan's anger by insulting.
However, Wang Dashan didn't hear anything, and only cared about escaping, at this time, only fools would stay and fight!
If he, Wang Dashan, was such a fool, he would never have survived today. So, Wang Dashan completely ignored the incessant insults behind him, and still buried his head in running away.
He knew that as long as he got on the warship and left the land, Ye Shaolong would be no matter how good he was, he would have nothing to do with himself. Because he knew that Ye Shaolong didn't even have a warship.
This is why Wang Dashan knows that he is at a disadvantage on land, but he still dares to be so strong.
Zhao Dahu and Wu Xiong, the two also knew this, they saw the direction in which Wang Dashan fled with his men, they realized this, but they couldn't catch up, they were also helpless!
Wang Dashan ran very fast, and after a while he arrived at the seashore, where three warships were docked in the coastal waters, and there were more than 20 small boats on the shore, and there were more than 100 people guarding here.
And all of these hundred or so people were musketeers, Zhao Dahu, and after Wu Xiong found out about this, he immediately shouted to stop and didn't let his subordinates chase after him again.
Wang Dashan ran to the shore and saw that Zhao Dahu and Wu Xiong didn't dare to chase after him anymore, he was very proud, his hands were made into a trumpet shape and brought to his mouth, and he yelled: "Don't you want to kill Lao Tzu, you guys are coming, Lao Tzu is standing here, come on, come on!" β
Such a naΓ―ve approach should never appear in a big boss like Wang Dashan. However, this will really appear, and the only thing that can be explained can only be that Wang Dashan was really angry just now.
After all, running all the way and being abused by people behind him all the way, it is a Buddha who has three points of fire, not to mention Wang Dashan, who is not good-tempered.
Zhao Dahu and Wu Xiong could only watch Wang Dashan and them get on the big boat in a small boat, and then swaggered away.
The most annoying thing is that when Wang Dashan and the others left, they also fired a few cannons demonstratively, blasting several big holes out of the entire beach.
"Show off." Zhao Dahu's face was full of helplessness.
"It's not, if we also have a warship in the future, the first one to clean up is definitely Wang Dashan." Wu Xiong was very itchy.
Both of them were very helpless, and after sighing to each other, they rushed back with their subordinates.
Returned to the downtown area, according to the report of the people who counted the scene, more than 400 people were killed and injured in this battle. About 200 of them died, nearly 100 were seriously injured, and the rest were lightly injured.
In this way, it can be regarded as a heavy casualty, but the corpses of Wang Dashan's pirates counted at the scene are only more than fifty. In other words, in the battle with Wang Dashan, Zhao Dahu and they seemed to win, but they actually lost.
More than 400 people were killed and wounded, and only about 50 people were killed on the other side, and such a result made Zhao Dahu and Wu Xiong unacceptable.
Back in Yejiazhuang, when the two of them faced Ye Shaolong, they lowered their heads and sighed!
Ye Shaolong knew that things were not going well at a glance, and asked with a smile, "What's wrong?" β
Zhao Dahu reluctantly told Ye Shaolong about the battle, but the latter didn't say anything after hearing it. But Tieta and Su Can have a lot of opinions.
Tie Ta laughed on the spot: "Brother Zhao, it's not me who wants to talk about you. But you are too cowardly, nearly 4,000 people beat 500 people, and the result is still like this. β
Su Can also echoed: "Indeed, this situation just exposes your subordinates, and they should need to be gathered and trained strictly." β
Neither Zhao Dahu nor Wu Xiong refuted this. Zhao Dahu even admitted directly: "Yes! They're still too weak, but these are casual people, is it okay to train them as soldiers? β
In the past, this place was completely the land of foreigners, and although the Chinese had a certain amount of power here, it was absolutely impossible to organize a military army. Even if you can't have a musket, you don't have cold weapons when you fight.
Now unlike before, Ye Shaolong has become the master of the Chinese, and Peter must not mind Ye Shaolong training the army.
Ye Shaolong interjected at this time: "Yes, and quickly." β
After a pause, he turned around and ordered Su Can and Tie Ta: "You two will arrest this matter these days, and organize five thousand people to train first." Brother Zhao, Brother Wu, cooperate and select some of the better ones. β
All four of them were anxious, and after receiving the order, they stepped back together to do this.
As soon as the four of them had left, someone came to report that Peter had come to visit. Ye Shaolong knew why Peter came, and he coldly asked his subordinates to bring people to the hall.
Soon after, Peter arrived alone, still the same as before, and greeted him with a smile outside the hall: "Ye, I've come to visit you." β
Ye Shaolong stretched out his hand not to hit the smiling man, and said with a smiling face: "Peter, come here so late, it's not just as simple as visiting me." β
Peter laughed: "Ye, I can't hide anything from you, that's it." Someone in the downtown area has already reported to me that I am here for Wang Dashan. β
Ye Shaolong frowned: "You want me to send half of the national treasure to him?" β
Peter's head shook so much that he explained, "No, no, no, Ye, you shouldn't misunderstand me. Wang Dashan had already been to my place before and asked me for those national treasures, but as you know, the things have already been given to you, so I asked him to talk to you. Who knew that you would actually start to do it later, so I felt the need to come and explain it to you in person. β
Ye Shaolong had a little doubt on his face, but he finally believed what Peter said, nodded and said, "That's how it happened. β
Seeing that Ye Shaolong didn't doubt himself anymore, Peter was overjoyed, but he pretended to be distressed and said, "Ye, why did you fight with Wang Dashan, that guy is an extremely difficult person." At sea, I have to give him three points of face, otherwise I will be in trouble. β
Ye Shaolong shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently: "He wants a national treasure, I don't give it, he is unwilling to fight like this, the matter is very simple." β
"Do you think he's going to give up like that? No, Ye you will have trouble in the future. Peter looked serious.
"Trouble? I, Ye Shaolong, have never been afraid of trouble, just a pirate, and I have nothing to scruple about. Ye Shaolong looked up at Peter, and said with a smile: "Peter, you are too timid, now that you are the boss, you should not be pinched by a little pirate anymore." β
Peter's face changed slightly, he hesitated for a moment, and he said distressedly: "Ye, there are some things that I can't do Lord, you know, I still have bosses above me, and I can't disobey their orders." β
Ye Shaolong nodded in understanding, and then said more. And Peter, who was also very knowledgeable, did not talk any more, and after a few words of warmth, he took his leave.
Ye Shaolong frowned and watched Peter leave, Peter didn't seem to say anything just now, but Ye Shaolong had already learned from his tone.
Peter will not get involved in the matter between Wang Dashan and him, that is, he will break Ye Shaolong's idea of letting Peter send the navy to fight Wang Dashan.
This is undoubtedly cutting off Ye Shaolong's back road, just imagine, Ye Shaolong didn't have a navy in the first place. This piece of the sea is a blank, that is, as Peter just said, Ye Shaolong will be in trouble in the future.