A carriage was speeding down the official road, and a pair of cavalry were chasing closely behind the carriage. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Fortunately, Wu Tan was alert, and as soon as he read the account book that day, Wu Tan felt that Qingzhou Thorn Shi would not let go of those who knew the inside story, so he asked Wu Mei to pack up and immediately follow him on the boat and go to Chang'an to find Di Feng. But as soon as he went out, he was discovered by the people left by Liu Fuping to spy on him. It was a matter of his own life and death, Liu Fuping no longer hesitated after getting the news, he immediately notified Xue Long, the commander of the Qingzhou Dongwei Army, to bring his men and horses to rob and kill Wu Tan and his party. At this time, Wu Mei looked back through the car window from time to time to look at the approaching pursuers, and said to Wu Tan: "Brother is my sister who has affected you, you put your sister down!" ”

"Say what? Put down my sister, am I Wu Tan still human? Besides, even if you let go of your sister, do you think they will let me go? Don't worry sister, it's not far from the dock, we won't be afraid of them as long as we get on the boat. Wu Tan comforted his sister and urged the entourage who was driving, "Ah Zhong is hurrying up!" ”

Don't look at what Wu Tan said lightly, but he was more anxious than anyone else, his carriage couldn't outrun the Yue Qi of the government army, it was only a matter of time before he was caught up, it didn't matter if he died, but he didn't want the sister he just saw to die here with him.

"Deputy Island Master, this can't be done, there is still some distance from the dock...... Let your subordinates stay and drag it out...... You go first! One of his attendants rode up, shouted a few words, turned his horse's head, and met his pursuers behind him.

"Ah Cheng is back, ......" Wu Tan hurriedly shouted out of the car window, but Ah Cheng did not obey the order and rushed back without hesitation.

Ah Cheng is the old man of the Wind and Fire Gang, and he is also one of the first gangsters to follow Lai Wenzhong to join Di Feng, because he can't read and write, so he can only make a personal entourage for Wu Tan, but this is how he is satisfied, now his family has moved to Jeju Island, life is very different from before, he himself followed Di Feng to fight Maitreya, fought Goguryeo, the former gangsters are now the real masters, the people who have killed are not eighty but also a hundred, and the new little guys on Jeju Island have to envy him and call him a master. Ah Cheng enjoys the worship of others very much, and hopes to continue to make meritorious contributions to maintain the respect of others, but now that Jeju Island is peaceful, where can he go to make meritorious contributions? Now that the opportunity has come, Ah Cheng doesn't know what the big truth is, he only knows that it is his duty to protect Wu Tan, and it doesn't hurt to lose his life for this duty.

Ah Cheng clamped the horse's belly tightly, raised the horse's speed to the fastest, and the horizontal knife in his hand saw the gap between the armor and neck of the cavalry chasing after him, and at the moment when the two horses were staggered, the horizontal knife swung out. Poof~~ There was a muffled sound, and a big head flew into the sky with hot blood. Ah Cheng did not stop moving, leaned over to dodge the horse lance stabbed by a cavalryman on the left, the knife reversed, and cut off the opponent's right arm with a knife by the inertia of the horse, the opponent's cavalry screamed, lost his balance, and fell off the horse.

Qingzhou Dongwei has not been on the battlefield for a long time, where have they seen such a fierce method, after being cut down by Ah Cheng, the Qingzhou cavalry was forced to stop.

Xue Long shouted: "Surround him!" ”

Faintly listening to the screams coming from behind him, Wu Tan closed his eyes in pain...... There seemed to be a smell of blood coming from the air.

Di Feng's fleet entered the Baihe River, where Qingzhou and the canal meet, with a steady flow of water in front and endless reeds around it, because it is inaccessible and it is also a frequent place where bandits often rob merchant ships. The breeze rustled the reeds, and from time to time a few frightened waterfowl chirped and flew into the depths of the reeds.

It's so quiet, and it's easy to feel inexplicably frightened in this environment where the water is deep and the reeds obscure the view. Jiang Zhongshi was just about to order the yacht to go out to investigate, when he suddenly heard several screams from the depths of the reeds.

"What's the situation?" Di Feng also heard the scream, and he walked quickly to the bow of the boat to ask Jiang Zhongshi.

"The cry came from the wind, it should be about a stone's throw away, do you want to send someone to take a look?" The river is narrow, the big ship is inconvenient, and the surrounding small waterway is as dense as a spider web, such an environment The big ship is easy to be attacked by fire, Jiang Zhongshi is worried that there will be an ambush, afraid that this scream is a bait set by someone, so he does not dare to be arbitrary but asks Di Feng's opinion.

"Human life is at stake, let's send someone to take a look!" Di Feng replied.

"Order!" Jiang Zhongshi gave a military salute, turned around and ordered the two fighting ships to leave the brigade and probe into the depths of the reeds.

Wu Tan knew that Qingzhou Thorn Shi would not let go of his group, but he was not afraid, because Ah Cheng used his life to buy himself time to get on the ship, although the ship brought by Wu Tan was not a warship, but it was also the latest type of merchant ship developed by Jeju Island, the hull was armoured, the attack and defense were integrated, and the speed was extremely fast, as long as you got to the water and let Qingzhou Thorn Shi cover the sky with one hand, don't want to stop yourself. But he didn't expect that the other party would collude with the bandits, and he didn't expect that because he was not familiar with the route, his ship would be forced into this boundless reed, and the new merchant ships could rampage with the strong armor of the ships in the wide waters, but the narrow channels here are not as flexible as the small boats of the water bandits.

Because he was going to come to the mainland, out of the taboo of the imperial court, Wu Tan unloaded all the heavy weapons originally loaded on the ship, and now he was besieged by the bandits, and Wu Tan and his party were in trouble.

"The deputy island master, we don't have many bows and arrows, and the crew has died two more, and if we continue like this, we will be slowly grinded to death by these bastards. It's really not good, let's let them get on the boat and have a hard fight, it's more enjoyable, it's too bad to be beaten passively like this! Ah Zhong was beaten out of anger, because Tang Law stipulated that private individuals were not allowed to equip strong bows and crossbows, and no one expected to be besieged in the mainland before leaving, except for a few hunting bows, Wu Tan only brought a few horizontal knives to protect themselves. Now he is chased and shot by a small bandit, but he can't do it, so that Ah Zhong, who has been in battle for a long time, still has such a nest.

"Can't let them get on the boat, there are only a dozen of us, even if we have three heads and six arms, we can't fight these hundreds of bandits, and besides, these are not all bandits, don't you see their spears and crossbows? There should be a mix of government troops...... Accelerate and crash into the boat in front, and we rush out......" Wu Tan looked at the crew who were suppressed by the other party and couldn't raise their heads behind the side of the ship, and they couldn't think of any good ideas to break the enemy except for breaking in.

"Our boats are too slow here to hit these boats! These bastards will suffocate their grandfather to death from afar......" Ah Zhong couldn't help but burst out foul language, but he was a little lucky, although these bastards were annoying, but fortunately they didn't know how to attack with fire, if they attacked with rockets, even if their ship was equipped with armor, it would be useless.

Good spirits are not good spirits, before Ah Zhong's words fell, he saw a rocket nailed to the cabin with a bang, and then swished, one rocket after another.

"Fight the fire!" Ah Zhong shouted. The crew rose to the flames.

"Ah......h

Seeing that there was one less crew member, Wu Tan's heart sank, he felt that he had even burdened these brothers who were born and died with him, and he was also sorry for the sister who had just met, he muttered, "Sister, I didn't expect to be buried here with you as soon as we met, this is the will of God!" I hope that Wu Tan will be able to compensate you for your suffering ...... next life. ”

Just when Wu Tan was desperate, he saw a sudden commotion in the boat blocking the water bandits in front of him, and then two fighting ships appeared in the field of vision.

"Ningzhou Fighting Ship!" Wu Tan, the symbol of the hull of this fighting ship, is very familiar, this is the fighting ship of the Ningzhou Naval Division, and the skull painted on the hull is Di Feng's patent.

"There is salvation!" Wu Tan hurriedly shouted at Ah Zhong, "Hit the flag!" ”。

Ah Zhong also saw the appearance of the fighting ship, and before Wu Tan could tell him, he had already crawled to the mast and pulled up the flag of Jeju Island.

As soon as the soldiers on the fighting ship saw that the besieged ship had unexpectedly unfurled the skull flag, they immediately turned the bed crossbow without hesitation, and fired three arrows at the boat in front of them.

Bang bang bang...... There were three muffled sounds, and the arm-thick crossbow bolt shattered the boat into several pieces at such a close distance.

The rest of the boats took refuge in the reeds, and a few of them dared to get close to the boat, but as soon as they got close to range, they were shot into a honeycomb by the crossbowmen on the ship. At the same time, the fighting ship also sent a signal to Jiang Zhongshi's fleet.

The sound of three long and two short horns came, Jiang Zhongshi immediately ordered the other two fighting ships to surround the past, and the fleet slowly changed its formation, the battle formation was opened, and the armor soldiers on the ship entered the combat posts one after another. (To be continued.) )