Chapter 154: Stabilizing the Water Master
"What is the strength of the Sailor Battalion, and who is the current Commander of the Sailor?" Li Rong asked as he walked.
The four of them urged the horses to gallop, and the wind whistled past their ears, splashing dust, provoking pedestrians and merchants to avoid both sides of the road.
Li Rong's voice didn't seem to be affected at all, and it sounded clearly in Gu Qin's ears.
"The sailor battalion has three warships, eight boats, more than 20 boats, and 3,000 soldiers, which is one of the largest water battalions in Huaishui and the entire Huainan Road." Gu Qin said with a little pride, "The current commander of the water division, Zhang Ning, is said to be a relative of the king of Yue, and I also served as a deputy general in the water division, but I was at odds with Zhang Ning, and was later transferred to the city. ”
"I see," Mr. Li said.
More than 20 miles away, the four of them ran in two quarters of an hour.
In the distance, the naked eye can see that the surging water is like a white practice, and the sound of water bursts away, driving away the summer heat.
"The sailor's camp is less than a mile to the east," Gu Qin said, stopping his horses and pointing to the rows of houses looming in the distance.
"Okay, let's go." Li Rong said.
After a while, the people came to the gate of the camp and dismounted.
Gu Qin walked to the gate of the camp, took out a token from his arms, said a few words to the guards, and waved his hand to take Li Rong and the three into the camp.
The gatekeeper already knew Gu Qin, not to mention the token of the Assassin's Mansion, so he hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the four horses and lead them to the camp.
"This way, the barracks are built on the east side, and there is a wharf in front of which the ships of the navy are docked." Gu Qin pointed to the big boat by the dock and said.
"Gu Xiao, do you still have the face to come to the Sailor Camp?" A young man dressed as an officer looked at Gu Qin with a wicked smile on his face, and he was accompanied by several soldiers who looked sleek.
"His name is Zhao Bingqian, the distant nephew of Yue Thorn Shi, and the confidant of Captain Zhang Ning, but he doesn't learn and has no skills, and he eats here purely by mixing rice." Gu Qin whispered, "It was he who took my place." ”
"Zhao Bingqian, today I was ordered by Lord Shi to assassinate Shi, and I came to Captain Zhang for something, so I don't have time to talk to you." Gu Qin replied without showing weakness.
Zhao Bingqian is called a deputy general, but in fact, his prestige in the army is not high, so he can't be angry with him at this time, so it is better to deal with Zhang Ning as soon as possible.
"My uncle called you, how did I not know?" Zhao Bingqian stared at Li Rong and the three of them and asked suspiciously, "Who are the three of them?" ”
"How can you know that you are not in the mansion, they were specially sent by Lord Assassin Shi to assist Captain Zhang." Gu Qin said, "If you have any questions, go back and ask Lord Thorn Shi!" ”
Zhao Bingqian wanted to speak and stopped, remembering Zhao Gui's advice a few days ago, his heart moved, and flashed aside. As Zhao Gui's cronies, he still knows a little about King Yue, which is also one of the reasons why he was placed in the water division camp, and it is of great significance to master a water division with 3,000 elites at a critical moment, but it is strange why his uncle sent Gu Qin, a native of Jiangdong, to the water camp to convey instructions.
Gu Qin laughed, lined up everyone, and led Li Rong and the three to the barracks of Captain Zhang Ning.
"Hurry up and report to Captain Zhang, Lord Zhao has an urgent need to convey." Gu Qin said to the soldiers guarding the door.
A personal guard glanced at Gu Qin in surprise, Gu Qin and Zhang Ning were a little incompatible before, but now they are back again, but they still don't dare to delay, so they went in to report.
"Lord Lieutenant let you in." The guard said when he returned.
Gu Qin and the four of them walked into the hall.
In the hall, Zhang Ning sat behind the bookcase, dressed in a single shirt, with a calm face, dealing with the accumulated documents on the case.
"Who are you?" Zhang Ning is not a gentleman like Zhao Bingqian, he has no knowledge, seeing the fierce appearance of Li Rong and the others, especially the powerful aura exuded by Li Rong, he is definitely a rare master, how can this kind of person be used to pass orders.
"I am Li Rong, the commander of the thousand cavalry of the imperial court, and I was ordered to come to Jiangnan to assist Di Renjie Di Gong to patrol Jiangnan and investigate the rebellion of King Yue. Li Rong said proudly.
"Guards, take down the thieves who broke into the camp." Zhang Ning's face changed suddenly, and he shouted loudly.
"Zhang Ning, do you dare to disobey?" Gu Qin was taken aback, pulled out the horizontal knife in his waist, and pointed at Zhang Ning.
"The three thousand soldiers here are all my henchmen, and the four of you are throwing yourself into the net, and you are not tied up?" Zhang Ning said with a hideous face.
Zhang Ning is also a first-class master, and his voice is full of true qi, so loud and abnormal, that it can be heard outside the room.
As the internal response of Li Zhen, the king of Yue, in the army, how could he put Gu Qin in his eyes, if he didn't care about Li Rong's identity and force, he would have drawn a knife and chopped Gu Qin into minced meat.
Li Rong smiled coldly and let Zhang Ning summon the soldiers.
The two thousand knights immediately unsheathed their swords and looked at Zhang Ning vigilantly, guarding Li Rong's side on the left and on the right.
As soon as the words fell, more than a dozen soldiers rushed in under the leadership of Zhao Bingqian, surrounding Li Rong and the others in a half-moon shape.
"So you're a fake order!" Zhao Bingqian smiled at Gu Qin, holding a long sword in his hand, pointing and pointing.
"Take it!" Zhang Ning shouted.
The soldiers who rushed in were all Zhang Ning's personal guards, who were usually fed with silver money, and were loyal to Zhang Ning and obeyed his orders, which was also where Zhang Ning's confidence in controlling the sailor camp lies.
"Hah!" Li Rong yelled at the sword-wielding soldiers who rushed forward.
A thunderous sound sounded in the hall, and the thunder echoed in the ears of the soldiers who rushed up, and they were shocked to the point that their mouths and noses were bleeding, and they immediately fell to the ground, moaning incessantly.
Zhao Bingqian was even more incompetent, and was actually stunned all of a sudden.
The other people in the hall, Gu Qin, like the two thousand knights, were not spared, but they were not hit head-on, they were just pale and unsteady on their feet.
Zhang Ning also suffered a lot of impact, he was also a first-class master, he was frightened, and looked at Li Rong in horror.
"Tied up, spare your life." Li Rong turned to Zhang Ning and said.
"Die," Zhang Ning shouted angrily, his tone full of murderous intent.
Since boarding the chariot of Li Zhen, the king of Yue, Zhang Ning knows that his net worth and life have been tied to Li Zhen, one is prosperous, and one is lost, and now that he is rebellious, he has the opportunity to surrender and live.
Zhang Ning drank the bookcase in front of him with one foot, shrank down, hid behind the bookcase, covered his figure, and slashed towards Li Rong with a horizontal knife.
Zhang Ning knew Li Rong's strength very well, he had heard the news of Li Rong from Li Gui before, and he also sent a sailor to check Li Rong's whereabouts, and when he saw that Li Rong didn't even have a knife, he easily knocked down more than a dozen soldiers, and he was even more depressed.
Facing the bookcase flying in the air, Li Rong's body turned, bringing a whirlwind of energy, and then slapped it out with one palm, and for a while, the golden light was prosperous.
The bookcase collided with the whirlwind and involuntarily slid to the side, and the golden true qi penetrated through the bookcase, shattering it in all directions.
Zhang Ning's horizontal blade slammed into the huge palm shaped like a Buddha's hand, like Sun Wukong who fell into the Buddha's Five Fingers Mountain, and suddenly there was a feeling that he couldn't move, the sharp knife became sluggish, and then dissipated, and time and space were all solidified by the golden giant palm.
In an instant, the golden giant palm slapped Zhang Ning's sword rays, and the true qi as thick as the substance shook on the blade, and the fierce and domineering Vajra Demon True Qi passed into Zhang Ning's body through the blade, knocking him away and crashing into the wall behind him.
With a bang, Zhang Ning's body hit the wall, and he slid down against the wall, a stream of blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth, and he couldn't help coughing a few times, obviously his internal organs were injured, and the injury was not light.
Li Rong actually didn't go all out, otherwise, a strong Vajra palm would definitely be able to break Zhang Ning's heart.
"Gather the naval division and battalion fire captain and above, and the non-commissioned officers will come to the hall to discuss matters, guard the ships moored at the dock, and not one of them will be allowed to leave the port." Li Rong commanded.
Gu Qin saw that Li Rong knocked down Zhang Ning and the soldiers in three or two strokes, he couldn't hide the surprise in his heart, listened to Li Rong's words, and hurriedly went out of the hall with two thousand knights to gather the soldiers in the camp.
The "dong dong" drum beat endlessly.
The horn sounded again.
In less than a moment, the soldiers of the sailor battalion gathered in the open space in the camp, in front of Zhang Ning's office amid the sound of drums and horns.
Gu Qin once served as the deputy general of the Navy Division, and all the soldiers were familiar with him, not to mention that Gu Qin still had the official documents and tokens of the Assassin's Mansion in his hands, and the soldiers would be suspicious. Zhang Ning, Zhao Bingqian and other Li Zhen's henchmen mostly fell in the hall, so that Gu Qin successfully controlled the sailor camp.
"On the order of Lord Shi, the sailor ships moved to the city of Shouzhou to protect the safety of the city, and the captain Zhang Ning secretly colluded with the thieves on the river, fishermen and merchants, and brought them back to the palace for interrogation, and I took over the post of commander for the time being." Gu Qin said to the soldiers with a smile.
"Buzz," the soldiers whispered to each other, and no one dared to question them.
"Thanks to Master Li's action, he captured Zhang Ning and other rebels in one fell swoop, and ensured that the sailor was thorough." Gu Qin said respectfully.
It took half a day for Gu Qin to arrange the affairs of the sailor, and the next morning he led the sailor's ship back to Shouzhou City.