Chapter Seventy-One: The Heavenly River Master (II)
There was no warning of the change, and the noisy officers and soldiers of the sailors suddenly fell silent, and there was still any idea of hijacking ships and making windfalls and robbing girls in their minds. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
It wasn't until all the officers and soldiers of the sailor division who jumped onto the boat were killed that someone woke up, waved the weapon in his hand, and shouted: "It's the water thief, rush up and kill them all!"
The officers and men of the Navy Division were shocked, but the officers and men were not afraid of the opponent's precise and fierce shot just now, but under the stimulation of blood, all of them rushed over with a roar, like a group of hungry beasts.
At this time, both the boat and the ship stopped, and there was only half a step between the two sides, and it only took one step to jump onto the other's ship.
As long as they could fight in close combat, the archers on the painting boat would no longer be able to form an effective threat, and it was precisely because the officers and men of the Sailor Division understood this that they dared to charge and were full of confidence in this battle.
But compared to the confidence of his subordinates, Captain Qian had a cold face, he hid behind the pole, his eyes flickered, and they were full of suspicion.
The archers on the painting boat are holding hard bows and crossbows, these sharp weapons are not easy for water thieves to obtain, and water thieves make a fortune by plundering merchant ships, and it is not fun to fight against warships that have no oil and water to scrape?
Captain Qian couldn't figure it out, but the screams in his ears didn't allow him to think about it too much, the officers and men of the Navy Division were very fierce, but almost every officer and soldier of the Navy Division who jumped on the painting boat would be shot to the ground by sharp arrows before they could find someone to cut it.
In the blink of an eye, most of the officers and soldiers of the sailor division died, and under this one-sided slaughter, someone finally realized that something was wrong, and shouted in panic: "This gang of water thieves is not easy to deal with, everyone retreat!" As soon as he finished shouting, two sharp arrows were shot, and the officers and soldiers of the sailor division who shouted were each hit by an arrow in the lower abdomen, and they twisted twice before falling down.
Captain Qian looked at the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division who were lying in a pool of blood, his expression gradually changed from surprise to shock, and he was now very sure that he was not a water thief.
Even if the water thieves used all kinds of means to get a hard bow and a strong crossbow, it was impossible for them to have such sharp archery skills, and what was even more frightening was the calmness of the archers on the painting boat, so calm that the interval between archery was almost the same.
This is no longer simply calm and composed, but cold-blooded and ruthless, an instinct to kill, and a disregard for life.
A few officers and men of the sailor division, who were lucky enough not to be shot to death, did not dare to attack again, and clung to the sides of the hatch, which was the blind spot of the archers, who could dodge the merciless arrows.
One of the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division, who had been hit by an arrow in the shoulder, gasped for breath, gritted his teeth with a pale face, and said: "Window, go in through the window, go around to the back and cut them down."
Someone suggested that the rest of the people instinctively chose to obey, and tried to pry the window open with knives, but before they could pry the window, several cold iron spears came out of the window, and the officers and men of the sailor division had no time to dodge, and they had no heavy armor on their bodies, and they were all stabbed in the face.
After a moment's effort, none of the officers and men of the sailor who jumped on the painting boat were spared.
Captain Qian and the officers and soldiers of the living sailors on the warship were all terrified, looking at the corpses all over the ground on the painting boat, where were the delicate girls in their minds, and the only thought was to leave here.
However, the waterway was narrow, and the two ships had already joined each other, but just now in order to prevent the painting boat from escaping, they used iron hooks to connect the war ship and the painting boat, and now they have undoubtedly become cocooned and bound themselves.
Captain Qian was at a loss, and suddenly there was a strange sound behind him, and when he looked back, he saw a young man with a war knife in his hand, wet and drenched, and saw Captain Qian turn around and look surprised, the young man smiled with a gloomy face: "Dog thief, traitor to glory, take your life!" The war knife slashed horizontally, splitting Captain Qian's face with a shocked expression in half.
Wan Xiaodao kicked the corpse of Captain Qian, and said boringly: "Die with a knife, what a coward!"
The officers and men of the naval division on the warship found that Captain Qian was dead, and suddenly found that an enemy had climbed onto the warship from the water, and they no longer had the courage to resist, so they all discarded their blades and knelt on the ground to save spare.
Wan Xiaodao couldn't get used to these rats, and shouted: "Shut up all for the master, whoever dares to shout again, there will be no forgiveness!"
As soon as these words came out, there was an instant silence on the deck, Wan Xiaodao's face softened slightly, and suddenly there was a soft sound in his ears, and his hand holding the knife tightened, and when he followed the reputation, he saw a strong man come out of the cabin.
Wan Xiaodao's eyes froze, and he saw that the strong man was holding the knife in his right hand, and in his left hand he was carrying a bloody one-eyed human head, and the owner of the human head was none other than the blind man Chen who was called to the cabin by Captain Qian.
After a while, four or five more men emerged from the cabin, all of them in tattered clothes, their exposed skin covered with scars, and one of them, a red-faced man who could not even stand on his feet, could barely collapse with the support of the two beside him.
Wan Xiaodao was about to step forward and ask, when a figure accompanied by a sad cry rushed past him, knelt down in front of the weak red-faced man, and cried excitedly: "Father! If you're alive, the child knows you're alive! ”
The red-faced man also showed excitement, and said in a lost voice: "Zhen'er!" He looked the young man in front of him up and down, and saw that he was unharmed, and his eyes were extremely happy, but when he noticed the officers and soldiers of the sailor division who were kneeling on the ground with their heads in their hands, and the dozen or so strangers who were holding their hands and standing with a strong attitude, his face changed slightly: "Zhen'er, who are they?"
The young man glanced back and said gratefully, "Father, they are all righteous men, if they hadn't appeared in time, the child would have died on the riverbank."
A strange color flashed in the red-faced man's eyes, he slowly took a few steps forward, and arched his hands: "May I ask who is the leader, can you come out and say something?"
Wan Xiaodao looked back at Xuanyuan Chen, who had already boarded the warship, but Xuanyuan Chen did not move, he was only a member of the Li Zhuang Township soldiers now, if it was not necessary, it was best not to easily attract attention.
Li Zongwang saw that Xuanyuan Chen was unmoved, but a pair of eyes inadvertently stayed on him, and immediately understood, strode in front of the red-faced man, and said loudly: "You are the commander of the Tianhe Water Division, General Peng Yue!"
Peng Yue did not deny it, nodded and said: "This will be Peng Yue, thank you for your help!" He paused, looked at Li Zongwang with burning eyes, and said, "I don't know the old hero's name?"
Li Zongwang laughed and said, "Old man Li Zongwang, I don't dare to call him a hero, at most he is just a rich man in the mountains and wilderness."
As soon as Peng Yue heard Li Zongwang's name, he felt very familiar, thought for a moment, and said with a sudden surprise on his face: "You are the owner of Li Zhuang who expanded Zhuangzi, organized and trained village soldiers, accepted refugees, and fought against thieves, Li Zongwang?"
Li Zongwang stroked his beard and said with a smile: "General Peng praised it falsely, the old man just did some things."
Peng Yue was in awe and said: "Old heroes don't need to be modest, thieves and bandits have been messing with Jiannan Dao for many years, ordinary people are either evading or following thieves, I am afraid there are few people like you who can adhere to the right path in the world."
Li Zongwang was reserved, and after a while, his eyes suddenly flashed, and he said lightly: "General Peng, do you know that the old man will go to Antai City in a few days to participate in the covenant of the Great Qin Thief."
Peng Yue suddenly changed color, and his eyes glared angrily: "You want to surrender to the thief!" The people around him glared angrily, and the strong man with the head of the blind man suddenly jumped to Peng Yue's side, and pointed at Li Zongwang with a single knife and said: "If you dare to surrender to the thief, I will take your head now." After speaking, he threw the head of the blind man Chen at Li Zongwang's feet.
When Chen Blind was in charge of guarding Peng Yue and others, he was disturbed by the screams outside the cabin, and one was accidentally killed by Peng Yue's subordinate Sun Desheng, Sun Desheng hated him for rebellion, and angrily cut off his head.
Li Zongwang glanced down at the human head that slowly rolled over, and then lightly glanced at Sun Desheng, who was full of murderous intent, a pair of old eyes narrowed into a slit, and said with an undiminished smile: "Who said that if you go to the alliance, you must be a thief?" He was very satisfied with the reaction of Peng Yue and his subordinates, although his tone was ridiculous, his eyes were full of respect.
Peng Yue was stunned when he heard this, and when he understood, a burst of light suddenly broke out in his eyes, and he said with a tremor in his voice: "Could it be ...... Are you going to ......?"