Zhao Min and his entourage are against the Yishui and go north, in the south of Kaiyang County more than ten miles, the wide river seems to be split in half by the towering Yishan Mountain, the northeast is the upper reaches of Yishui, and the northwest is ? water, forming a "y" shape. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info At present, Zhao Min is at the intersection of the "Y" character, and the fleet of the red scarf is just blocked at the end of the bar on the right side of the "Y".

Theoretically, Zhao Min now has three choices, in fact, it is to drive in the three directions of the "Y" word. But if you go up the river and have to pass through the middle of the Red Turban fleet, the difficulty is ...... Well, in fact, there is no difficulty, close to 1:10 power ratio, or merchant ship vs. armed clipper, basically equivalent to food delivery. What about turning south? Let's not talk about how slow and inconvenient the sailing boat turned around in these years, in terms of speed alone, I'm afraid that Zhao Min's own boat can barely run away, and the other one will be properly made dumplings by the other party.

For the sake of today, the only way to go? Fortunately, the red scarf fleet only blocked the Yishui, and there was no obstruction on the water, and it seemed that there was still a glimmer of life to go there. Zhao Min didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately hissed and shouted: "To? Walking with water, there is a way to live! "The people who were panicked suddenly heard the shouting, and seemed to find a traced direction, under the urging of the guards, sure enough, there were boatmen to turn the rudder, full of sails, and the two ships were more than 100 steps away from the other team's fleet, and turned stiffly. Go in the direction of the water.

Of course, the other side also saw the action on this side, and only vaguely heard bursts of shouting and scolding, and the deck seemed to be in a panic as well. Soon, however, a queue began to form on the deck of the Red Turban Ship.

Zhao Min's attention has been focused on the hull of the opposite ship, and when he saw the other party gathered at the bow of the boat, he didn't even have to guess, he knew what the other party was going to do. The two sides are 100 paces apart, so they must be ready to release arrows! Immediately shouted again: "Raise the shield ......" suddenly remembered that the pro-guards came in civilian clothes, where is the shield? I had to change my words: "Find cover, beware of arrows!" ”

Fortunately, the opposite side was also chaotic, and when Zhao Min and their boats had already turned, they barely regrouped the team. Immediately afterwards, I heard a broken drink, and then the rain of arrows flew into the sky, and then fell, roaring towards Zhao Min's fleet!

In fact, it is too exaggerated to say that the sky is overwhelming, and the rain of arrows that really flew over is only forty or fifty, but in Zhao Min's eyes, it looks overwhelming, but there are really not many. But don't really say it, the kind of iron arrowhead that flashes with cold light, with the sound of breaking the sky, is extremely fierce and gradually amplified in front of the eyes, and people who are not immersed in the scene can't imagine the creepy sense of oppression! Zhao Min is like this now, obviously he has ghostly footwork, and it is not very difficult to dodge this arrow that seems to be extremely fast to outsiders and is no more than Erer in his own eyes. The problem is that the body just doesn't listen to the call, I only feel that my hands and feet are numb, and I can't use any strength, so I can only watch the arrows coming!

Just when Zhao Min was already cold all over his body and almost smelled the breath of death, he suddenly felt that there seemed to be a large shadow in front of him, and he only heard a "clanging" sound, and when he looked at it, it turned out that Zhang Han was blocking in front of Zhao Min, waving the ring head knife in his hand, and easily dropped all the seemingly fierce arrows to the ground! At this time, Zhao Min seemed to come back to his senses, the tension just now was almost suffocating, and now he was gasping for breath, and he quickly opened his mouth and breathed desperately.

Taking advantage of the panting, Zhao Min hurriedly looked around, only to realize that there were not many arrows shot. In addition, because he warned early and turned in time, the distance between the two sides was somewhat remote (the range of the common bow and arrow in this era was about 100 steps, and if the accurate head projectile was not taken into account, it would be 150 steps to the sky), and most of the arrows landed in the water, and only 23 out of 10 really fell on the ship. The two ships were evenly divided, and the ...... that fell to their side It's hard to say whether there are any first-hand numbers.

Zhao Min scolded himself secretly, but at this time, as the main general, he must not be discouraged, at least he must not show frustration, so he had to pretend to be calm at the moment and cheer loudly: "Full speed ahead!" The way to life is in sight! ”

In this rain of arrows, only one of the guards on the ship was slightly injured in the arm, and the other ship did not know the damage, but the difference should not be too big. At this point, the ship has turned to? The water, the sails borrowed the wind, and gradually picked up the speed, and finally opened up the distance from the Red Turban fleet, so that there was no need to worry about any more bows and arrows. Zhao Min breathed a sigh of relief and turned his head to look back. I saw the mess on the red scarf boat, and I didn't know what I was doing. It wasn't until he drove through the narrow corner of the intersection that he was blocked by the protruding cliffs, and he didn't see any signs of starting the ship on the opposite side, presumably because he saw that his side didn't look like a lot of oil and water, and he had no intention of pursuing, that Zhao Min finally put his mind at ease. A gust of river wind blew, and suddenly I felt that my back was soaked in cold sweat.

Seeing that he was temporarily out of danger, Zhao Min turned his head and looked around, full of anger gushing out: "Why are the remnants of the red scarf here, and they are so bold and reckless that they stand in the water?" Could it be that Zhang Dekai turned a blind eye? ”

This is not without purpose. Zhang Tai and Zhang Dekai are the ministers of Langya, and Dangyang County is the old governance of Langya, which is only ten miles away from the place of the incident, and it is almost there. Even Linyi, the current place of governance, is less than thirty miles away from here, this water thief is blatantly blocking the way on the water, and the scale is so huge, and it seems that it has not just begun, which is equivalent to committing a crime in front of the national capital, is it possible that the minister of this country is blind, and he is allowed to do whatever he wants!

Of course, Zhao Min didn't know this Zhang Tai, but he also knew the name of the minister because Jiang Qin was from Langya, and he asked casually. Although he does not know the temperament of the other party, it is the natural duty of a country to send troops to suppress thieves and ensure the safety of one party. Isn't it a dereliction of duty that the thieves are so rampant and the government is indifferent? No wonder Zhao Min was so angry.

The people around them stared at each other, how could they know why! And this matter involves the shepherds of neighboring counties, Zhao Min shouted that it was nothing, how could others dare to take over? It was Shao Qi who accompanied him and carefully interjected: "The thief over there has his own place." But where am I going now? ”

Zhao Min actually asked casually because he had just experienced the great horror between life and death, and he didn't expect to get an answer. Now that he heard Shao Qi's words, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked another cargo ship to come closer and count the casualties and losses. Soon, the two ships were gathered together and sailed broadside. As expected, the Red Turban Army's rain of arrows was really not a big threat, and only two people on the other boat were slightly injured, so there was no major problem. Seeing that there was no loss, Zhao Min didn't want to explore the reason anymore, so he turned to Hu Sanjiang and asked, "Don't know this?" Where does the water lead? Is there any other way around here? ”

Hu Sanjiang's face was embarrassed: "This? The water is in the middle of the mountains, the river is narrow, and it is not the main waterway, and the villain is here for the first time. I heard that this water originates on the top of Mengshan Mountain, but I don't know if there is any other way. ”

Zhao Min smacked his lips, and he didn't know where this waterway leads, but the general direction should still be north, and it is not the opposite of the other. Now I only have two ships and fifty soldiers, and trying to break into Yishui is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg. Don't even dare to stop now, who knows if the Red Turban fleet will chase after it? I had to take a walk along the road first, and at least run away to feel at ease.

Zhao Min thought about it, the road ahead is unpredictable, the strength of his two ships is scattered (in order to watch the fishermen and the newly hired cargo ship, half of the manpower is divided), if there is any emergency, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with it, so simply let all the guards on the opposite side concentrate on his fast boat, untie all the shackles on those fishermen, and inform them of the current situation. Now everyone is a grasshopper on a rope, if you want to die at this time, let him follow, as long as you have a little brain, you will not think about escaping at this time. Release these fishermen, firstly, if there is an accident, at least they still have room for self-protection, although if even Zhao Min's personal guards can't stop it, it is even more unreliable to expect a few fishermen, so they will do their best; Second, I can't say when it can be used as a boost. As for the secret of Dading...... Let's wait until we are out of danger before we think about it!

Fortunately, it was spring at this time, and the south wind was coming, and the sails on the two ships could barely withstand the wind, and the speed was passable. It's a pity for this? The water is not better than Yishui, the river bank is narrow, there are steep mountain walls on both sides, the widest part of the river is only more than 20 zhang, and it is meandering, so although the heart is anxious to get out of danger, the sailors do not dare to steer the boat too fast, so as not to hit the river bank.

After walking like this for several miles, seeing that there was no shadow of the pursuers behind them, everyone couldn't help but be a little relaxed. Zhao Min relaxed at this time, and suddenly remembered that something seemed wrong. All the way north, I didn't encounter the shadow of other boats. The southbound ships were stopped by the Red Turbans who were in the way, or were captured, or fled north, and it was normal that they did not encounter them. But could it be that all the ships going north were captured? It's reasonable that two or three small boats like myself can't escape, but those caravans with several or more than a dozen ships have all been stopped, and none of them can even escape? I just saw that the red scarf fleet was only fifteen or sixteen, so it was so capable?

You must know that surface boating, or combat, is very different from land. The level of science and technology in this era was relatively backward, and surface warfare was nothing more than long-range counter-firing or broadside operations. Not to mention the long-range for the time being, if the number of caravan ships is small, the Red Turban Army can still adopt the wolf pack tactic, relying on the speed of this ship, and force it to surrender after dividing and surrounding. But if you encounter a similar number of opponents, can you guarantee that you will always succeed in a one-on-one situation, and nothing will be missed? The command of this fleet is probably too powerful! But judging from the command I saw just now, even the queue and arrows are a little chaotic, where can I see that it is powerful?

At this time, it was a very steep bend, and the view in front of him was blocked by the cliffs. When he turned to the apex, Zhao Min, who was standing on the bow of the ship, saw at a glance that there were countless ships docked horizontally everywhere in his field of vision.

Zhao Min's surprise was not trivial, and he hurriedly shouted: "Hurry up and slow down!" There's something wrong ahead! He shouted as he continued to observe the ships. As the cliff gradually passed, the view gradually widened, but I saw that it was an extremely steep curve, with a curve of nearly 90 degrees. Perhaps it is the reason for the erosion of the river, there is a tidal flat at the turning point of the bend, and there are countless ships docked on one side of the tidal flat. But these ships do not look like normal mooring, because most of them are crooked, and even the masts are broken. The point is, at this time, Zhao Min finally saw clearly, these ships were completely different from the red turban ships he saw earlier, but they were similar to the ships on his side - these were clearly caravan cargo ships!

I said why I didn't see all the way, it turned out that I came here! Could this place be a gateway out of the area? No, how could a merchant abandon a cargo ship and run away by himself if he valued his goods as his life? Obviously doesn't make sense!

Just as he was wondering, he suddenly heard a loud noise, and then the hull of the ship shook, and a huge force came from under his feet. Zhao Min was already standing at the front of the boat, and immediately stood unsteadily, and fell forward with a stumble, and he was about to fall into the river!

At this moment, a powerful arm seemed to fall from the sky, grabbed Zhao Min's arm bend suddenly, and helped him regain his body with a light lift. It turned out that it was Zhang Han, who was standing by Zhao Min's side, who was inseparable, with quick eyes and quick hands, and at the same time as he suddenly changed, he was alarmed, and caught Zhao Min who was about to fall into the water in time.

This violent vibration was not only Zhao Min's clipper, but the other one was the same, fortunately no one was as close to Zhao Min as he was, so no one fell into the water, but it was inevitable that two ships were full of rolling hoists.

Zhao Minshang was shocked, and suddenly the miserable voice of the boatman came from the lower floor: "The bottom of the ship is broken, and the cabin is flooded!" There is a barrage under the water! ”

Before Zhao Min could react, Hu Sanjiang was already so anxious that he stomped his feet and shouted: "What are you still doing in a daze!" Hurry up and get ashore! ”