Updated: 2013-10-02

In the early morning, Linhu Town on the east bank of Taihu Lake is shrouded in a layer of water vapor, and the faint morning light makes the grass and wood houses in Siye appear quiet and indifferent, with a sense of tranquility. The latest free chapters of the book can be found here. Located in the southwest of Wu County, it is an ordinary waterfront town.

In this town, most of the people who originally lived here were fishermen. After all, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and relying on the water to draft the water. Adjacent to the waters of Taihu Lake, it is natural to make a living from fishing. It stands to reason that such an area is not bad for the people, after all, the waters of the lake are vast on this day, and there is no problem in feeding these fishermen.

However, in the past ten years, the taxes of the old Dayan dynasty have become more and more onerous, and local bandits have been repeated, so that the burden on the people has become increasingly heavier. Therefore, in order to avoid the heavy and unbearable taxes, the people around the waters of Taihu Lake have taken refuge in the waters of Taihu Lake and become a tributary Koushui bandits.

Originally, this Linhu Town was the same, but now this Linhu Town has become the camp of the Jieyi Army's sailors. In its southwest, it is the station of the Jieyi Army's water division, half of the camp city and half of the water village, in the water village lake lane, dozens of warships of different sizes and hundreds of small fishing boats are quietly displayed.

Since then, the lakeside bandits have been accepted by the Flying Eagle Guard and incorporated into the Jieyi Army, and the position of captain of the water division has not been held by Hu Le, the leader of the lakeside bandits. After the training, he collected four posts and 800 sailors from his command, and arranged 200 sailors from the Zhao army to form a battalion.

The reason why there is only one battalion of people is not that there is no one under Hu Le, nor is it that there are young people who can't find water in the lakeside waters around Wu County. It's that they don't have warships in their hands, you know, warships are not the same as fishing boats, and although there are many fishermen, there are not many who can be called sailors now. Therefore, the sailors of the Jieyi Army now only have one battalion of men. Of course, the Jie Yi Army is also continuing to recruit and train the Shui Qingzhuang.

"Huh? It's General Gu! How did General Gu have time to come here today? Is the war in Wu County over? "Hu Le, the commander of the water division, Du Linjiang, Qin Shouyi, and Xue Mingran, the deputy captains, were all a little surprised when they saw Gu Shan, who was in the area of Wuxian County, so far. At this moment, Shen Tuxiong led the army to attack, and Gu Shan should be in the Wu County region.

Gu Shan said with a smile: "The war is not over yet, but we have already caused heavy losses to Shen Tuxiong's department. Now, his siege equipment has been damaged, and his soldiers have also suffered a lot of damage. At this moment, Shen Tuxiong is preparing siege equipment. I'm here today to see how your sailors are doing. ”

Hu Le said in a deep voice: "The last general has reorganized my people and horses in Linhu Water Village in the past few days, gathered 800 soldiers, plus the generals sent them, and now there are 1,000 men and horses. In addition, the last general also went to the waters of Taihu Lake to explore, and the entire southeast of Taihu Lake has almost been occupied by various bandits. According to the merchants who traveled from south to north through the waters, everywhere they went, they had to pay a lot of transit fees to the bandits. It is also true that there are now fewer merchants who transport by water. That is, the merchant ships of the Qi Military Mansion, these bandits will not easily move their ideas, and the others ......"

"In addition, according to the general's meaning, I have already greeted those who have performed well on weekdays, among them, the four small bandits have promised to submit to us, and the rest of the bandits have not given a direct reply, to the effect that they do not believe us, or rather, they are not optimistic about us."

Gu Shan said in a deep voice: "It seems that the water bandits in the waters of Taihu Lake are going to clean up well." I can't care about the rest now, but we need to clean up the bandits on Dongshan Island and its eastern waters, only in this way, we have been here Jiaxing County has been completely trained into a piece, the waterway is common, even if the Qi army is coming, we are not afraid. ”

Hu Le said: "Everything else is easy to say, but this Dongshan Island, I'm afraid it will not be easy to solve." Dongshan Island Water Kou, there are tens of thousands of people. It is one of the people who can fight. There are also nearly 10,000. I'm afraid that we are not their opponents now. ”

Gu Shan smiled: "Of course, we are not their opponents now, and it will be different in the future." In the past few years, what has the water of Dongshan Island done? It is nothing more than standing on the advantage of the waters, harming the surroundings, and dividing one side. If it weren't for the fact that they didn't affect the Qi army, and the Qi army was also busy with the outside world. This is the water bandit on the front line of Taihu Lake, I am afraid that it will be eliminated by the Qi army long ago. ”

Hu Le nodded and said, "This is true, this is also the ship that our various bandits have not touched to fly the official flag." Although the Qi army did not have a naval army in Taihu Lake, the Qi army was in the East China Sea, in the Yangtze River, Qinhuai River and other large river basins, it was a naval division. In addition, in the waters of Taihu Lake, there are also people from the Qi army. At the beginning, the Qi army and sailors were also ready to attack us, but later, they were defeated and Yan and Xu, and then suffered a joint attack by the princes, so they did not invest their 'essence' in the area of Taihu Lake. ”

What Hu Le said, Gu Shan is also clear. Jingzhou, Jiangzhou, Yangzhou are on the waters, and the sailors here are kings. It's just that because after the Zhao army changed the naval division to the naval area, in order to suppress the Zhao army's navy, the Qi army also changed many sailor soldiers to naval non-commissioned officers, and the naval division is now mostly arranged on the Yangtze River. Therefore, in the rear of Yangzhou, the sailor gradually came to an end.

Wu County, Jiaxing County and even Songjiang Prefecture are covered with dense waters, and if the Jieyi Army can build a naval division, in this line, the Jieyi Army will occupy a great advantage. In particular, the original inspection of the waters of the Qi army on this line suffered in this natural disaster. Therefore, the water force of the Qi army on the eastern front line can be said to have ceased to exist. If the Jieyi army can occupy the defense line of the waters of Taihu Lake and the waters in the east, then the Jieyi army can protect the western defense line of the entire occupied area and keep the enemy out.

This time, Gu Shan came over in order to let this water division play a role in the short peace of Wu County, and he had already controlled the waters of the eastern part of Taihu Lake, so that the Jieyi army had already gained the upper hand in defense and had already gained a firm foothold in the eastern part of Yangzhou.

As far as the immediate situation is concerned, the eastern waters will be occupied, not to mention the waters of Taihu Lake. It is to make Songjiang Mansion and Wu County more closely connected, transport materials from the rear faster, and also reach direct contact with Yuhang Mansion in the south, so that the connection between the north and the south is closer, faster and more convenient. Even if Shen Tuxiong has reinforcements to arrive, even if the border of Liyang Prefecture blocks the eastern part of Wu County, the materials in the rear can be transported through the western waters of Wu County, and Wu County will not become an isolated city.

In other words, the Jieyi Army can completely splice Wu County, the northernmost city located in the jurisdiction of the Jieyi Army, and intercept the Qi army outside the Jieyi Army's sphere of influence.

"Captain Hu, caught in our war with the Qi army, the merchant ships in the eastern waters have long been blocked by the Qi army's local governments, so where do the daily needs of the bandits in the eastern waters come from? Even if they swallow the supplies themselves, they can't consume them like this for a long time. Gu Shan asked with a smile.

Hu Le said in a deep voice: "Naturally, it won't work, but although the Qi army and the local government block the flow of merchant ships in the waters. However, in the face of interests, it is impossible for these governments to block them all. Even these bandits also have deep ties with the local governments along the shores of Taihu Lake, and some merchant ships that have a relationship with the bandits can still continue to come and go. In addition, there are also some merchants who specialize in selling goods with these bandits. After all, no matter how much money the bandits intercepted, if they can't use it, it will become waste. And some businessmen are specialized in 'trading' for these bandits and obtaining benefits. ”

Hearing what Hu Le said, Gu Shan couldn't help but shake his head secretly. These water bandits have been here for so many years, and if the local government is not involved, it will naturally be impossible. According to Hu Le, the strategy set by Jieyijun and others can also be implemented.

"Hu Duwei, according to what you said, the water bandits from all walks of life in the east are still in urgent need of some daily supplies."

Hu Le nodded and said, "That's true, especially food, salt, cloth and other materials, which are urgently needed by all kinds of bandits now." If it weren't for the great battle with the Qi army here in Wu County, I am afraid that there would already be some merchants in Wu County who sold supplies to these bandits through merchant ships. Of course, I am also one of them. However, now that we have become part of the Righteous Army, we naturally don't need these anymore. ”

Gu Shan nodded and said in a deep voice: "If this is the case, this time it will be an opportunity for the water bandits in the eastern waters of Taihu Lake, especially in the waters east of Dongshan Island. However, this requires the cooperation of those fishermen under Hu Duwei's command. ”

"Oh? Do it now? Although our soldiers here have been trained and rectified, they are stronger than the bandits, but our strength is only 1,000 people, is it ....... As soon as Hu Le heard this, he knew that Gu Shan was going to attack these bandits.

Gu Shan said in a condensed voice: "The sooner we start, the better, in addition, although we have few troops, but after selection, training and rectification, our soldiers are more than a little bit stronger than those water bandits." In addition, our warship has a 'bed' crossbow and a small catapult, and in addition, it will be equipped with a sky-shaking thunderbolt. Even in the face of tens of thousands of water bandits fighting separately, we are not afraid. In addition, we are not trying to do anything to all the bandits east of Dongshan Island, the main purpose of this time is the Songxi bandits. Coupled with the strength of those bandits who are willing to submit to us, it is not a problem to take them down. As long as the Songxi bandits are taken down by us, the water bandits east of Dongshan Island, we can directly send people to persuade them to surrender, presumably, at that time, at least more than half of the water bandits are willing to surrender to our righteous army. ”

Hu Le said in a deep voice: "I don't know how the general is going to act?" ”

Gu Shan said in a deep voice: "This time in Wu County, we have seized a lot of armor and equipment, grain and grass materials, especially from many big families and powerful families, a large amount of money has been confiscated, and we need to transport these to the rear. Therefore, we will organize a group of merchant ships to transport these materials to Zhenze in the west of Jiaxing County, and then transport them to Songjiang County. ”

Hu Le was stunned for a moment and said, "The general's intention is to transport these materials south at this moment and let the water bandits in Songling Town know?" ”

Gu Shan nodded and said, "That's right!" Of course, we also have to let you know the ways to persuade them, so that they can pull the water bandits in Songling Town to act together, and we will also send the army to raid the lair of the water bandits in Songling Town on land. ”

Hu Le thought about it, nodded and said, "It's okay, this matter will be arranged by the general!" Dozens of merchant ships and personnel will be properly arranged. ”

Gu Shan said with a smile: "Hu Duwei can rest assured, this operation, we will definitely succeed." The strength of the water bandits in Songling Town is the same as your original. Now, with the righteous army of our festival acting together, how can they not be destroyed? In addition, these ships will not really transport large quantities of supplies. Saying that, Gu Shan informed Hu Le of the action plan formulated by himself and others.

"The general is going to lure the snake out of the 'hole'?" Hu Le listened to Gu Shan's plan and couldn't help but say in a deep voice.

"That's right!" Gu Shan nodded and said, "This Songlin Water Bandit is located between Wu County and Jiaxing County, if we don't get rid of them, they will become a threat to us after all, and they will exist all the time." Especially now that we are fighting against the Qi army, who knows if they will one day be used by the Qi army? ”

"Moreover, they are still the largest water bandits in the waters east of Dongshan Island, if they are eliminated, who else will dare to be hostile to us if they are eliminated? And the remaining cross-stream bandits of the three major water bandits in the eastern part of Dongshan Island will also become surrounded by us. In other words, the water bandits east of Dongshan Island will either surrender or perish. Therefore, this time we must attract the combat strength of the Songling water bandits to be eliminated, and as for the old nest of the water village, it was captured by us at the same time, and the Songling water bandits were defeated in a battle. ”

"Good! This matter will be taken over by the last general, and this time it will be settled in the eastern waters of Dongshan Island, so as to expand the strength of our Jie Yi Army's sailors. Hu Le replied in a loud voice.

At the moment, the Jieyi Army is making preparations to transport some materials to Zhenze in Wu County, and the Jieyi Military Officer's Office has also purchased a large number of materials to be transported to the rear, including rice, salt tea, sugar, cloth, wound 'medicine', iron and other materials, and there are seventeen or eighteen items of 'chaos' mess, and then they buy them from various shops in the city on a large scale, and the momentum is huge.

In addition, the Jieyi Army will also take out the cargo ships confiscated by the families of the great clans, and let the Hu Lesuo bandits who surrendered to the Jieyi Army form a transport fleet and prepare to transport them to the rear. Although many people in Wu County knew that Hu Le, a water bandit in Linhu, had surrendered to the Jieyi Army, they did not know that Hu Le organized the 'elite' elite under his command and formed a water division under the rule of the Jieyi Army. They didn't know that the Jieyi Army had incorporated the large merchant ships confiscated by the powerful families of the great clans into the sailors and became the sailors of the Jieyi Army.

At dusk that day, the Jieyi Army began to load goods on the ship at the mouth of the Wu River in the southwest of Wu County, preparing to sail south. In the twilight, countless young men began to load goods and wear them, and some guards also boarded the ship one after another.

On the west side of the Wu River estuary, among the reeds with 'flowers', a Wupeng boat is drifting in the smoke and rain, and several fishing boats are scattered around the left. Since the occupation of Wu County by the Jieyi Army, as the rule of the Jieyi Army in Wu County and its surrounding towns gradually stabilized, the fishing boats near Shuize gradually began to 'wander' in the waters and began to fish normally.

Looking at the dozens of large ships with hundreds of stones and several thousands of stones at the mouth of the Wu River, the canopy boat looked at the details of these ships with hideous faces for several days.

"These big ships used to belong to my Wu family. I hate this festival of the rebels killing my whole people and taking away my possessions. Leader He, you have also seen the situation, are you taking action against them? According to our investigations, the materials transported by the rebels this time this time were hundreds of stones, and the money was countless, as well as salt, tea, sugar, cloth and some armor and equipment. This operation is enough to greatly increase your strength. Even these dozens of big ships, if they are taken, can also make you the overlord of the eastern waters of Taihu Lake. A young man said to a middle-aged man with a hideous face.

The middle-aged man was strong and dark-skinned, and at a glance, he knew that these people had lived in the water for a long time, and there was a scar on his face, which seemed to have been cut by a sharp weapon. After listening to what the young man said, the middle-aged man said lightly: "Most of these sailors and ships are people from the water bandits near the lake. They serve the Righteous Army, and it is not easy for us to act. Besides, how could the Jie Yi army be unprepared for transporting so many supplies? I don't think about it for now, and I can't make a decision. ”

"But ......"

"I know that you have a grudge against the Jieyi Army, and I know that you have taken revenge on your brothers who have relied on me in Songling! However, if we do something against the Jieyi Army, we must make an enmity with the Jieyi Army, and this matter is very relevant and cannot be decided hastily. Therefore, I cannot give you an answer to what you say. ”

The young man sneered: "I can't think of the people in the dignified Songling Water Village, and I am also afraid of the Jieyi Army without the strength of the Water Division. They are a 'rebellious' army, and they are refugees, don't you Songling have the idea of replacing them......"

"Alright, you can go!" The middle-aged man interrupted the young man's words lightly and said in a cold voice.

When the young man left with his subordinates with an angry face, a person next to the middle-aged man said in a deep voice: "Three leaders, do we really want to give up?" These are dozens of big ships, and the cargo on them. As the man just said, the righteous army is a righteous army, why can't we also become the ...... of the dominant side?"

"Who says we're going to give up? They are the people of the Qi army, and we do things, and it is not the turn of the Qi army to 'intervene'. They just want to use us to deal with the rebels, and even if we want to do something, we can only be enemies with them. Alright, go back and tell the Grand Leader about the information here. ”

After entering July, the night in the waters of Taihu Lake is unusually hot, and at dusk it is about to rain but no raindrops fall, and there are unusually sticky strands in the air, which makes people look forward to the storm coming soon.

In the fleet under the banner of the Jieyi Army, Hu Le quietly looked at the reeds in the distance, quietly waiting for something. After driving in the lake for two days, the wind has been calm and calm, and there has been no water banditry. However, Hu Le knew that this was just the calm before the storm. The small island in the lake where the reeds are located in front of us is the purpose of this operation. Hu Le now knows that a total of eight water bandits, led by Songling Water Village, are ready to carry out operations here. Because there are reeds 'dang' for miles around here, it is suitable for raids.

But these people didn't know that three of the eight water bandits had already surrendered to the Jieyi Army, and among them, the sailors and soldiers who had been 'inserted' into the Jieyi Army.

Dozens of convoys gradually sailed into the small island, ready to rest here. This is also the only place where dozens of miles around can rest, and it is also the third resting place for the transport fleet of the Jieyi Army, and it is also the last resting place near Zhenze. In other words, if the bandits do not take action, the supplies of the Jieyi Army will be safely transported to the rear.