Yang Chao's transportation business has never been interrupted, and even more and more prosperous, after cooking, he runs at least twice a day, sometimes even three times.

The freight rate is getting higher and higher, and now Yang Chao transports more than 1,000 loads of goods across the river, and he can already receive fifteen taels of silver, and a round trip is thirty taels.

But he has never met the river bandits, and even Yang Chao is a little careless, thinking that the river bandits on this river are just a legend, and they are an excuse made up by some boatmen to raise prices.

But after walking through the mountains, many tigers eventually met tigers, and a few days later there was a heavy fog on the river.

Not long after Yang Chao's big ship sailed out of the dock, suddenly there was a faint shadow floating in front of him.

Boredom, Yang Chao was in the cabin, reading with a lamp, when suddenly a figure staggered down.

"My lord, it's not good, there's a situation!"

The person who came was Li Wuliu, Yang Chao led two teams to rotate each time, and now Li Wuliu is also the captain, this kid was pulled out by Yang Chao to practice bow and arrow, and soon mastered good archery skills, plus the body is burly, the arm has strength, archery is very suitable for him, Yang Chao finally simply picked out a person from each team to hand it over to him, plus he has a total of eight people, forming an archer team.

Today is his team, and Wang Pu's team takes turns on the ship.

"What's the situation?"

Yang Chao asked, faintly looking forward to it, could it be that he had met Jiang bandits, and after training for so long, it was time to pull them out for inspection.

"Back to my lordship, there is a shadow that has been dangling in front of us for a long time. The old pole said that he was afraid that he had encountered Jiang bandits. ”

Old Pole is the nickname of Zhang Dawei, he is the oldest of all the middle grades, he is forty-two years old this year, and the name has the word mast 'mast', and those soldiers who don't know how to be polite give him the nickname Old Pole.

As soon as he heard that it was a Jiang bandit, Yang Chao immediately got up, and he couldn't even hide his excitement, and his body trembled slightly.

But this excitement made Yang Chao feel that his body seemed to be a little out of control, and he trembled when he walked, and he couldn't exert his strength.

Step by step, they climbed onto the deck, and now all the soldiers gathered around the gang to watch and point.

These young people glanced at Yang Chao, nervous and excited, but they were not afraid, and they seemed to have a feeling of not knowing the height of the sky.

Only the old and solemn Zhang Dawei had a dignified expression.

"Lao Zhang, is it a Jiang bandit?"

Yang Chao felt that his body was tense, and he was a little uncomfortable to speak, so he immediately asked.

Zhang Dawei, who was at the helm in his hand, said: "I don't know, I've been in that direction, and I've appeared several times, and it's not quite right." ”

Yang Chao looked at the black shadows that appeared from time to time in the river mist, and suddenly pointed out: "Lao Zhang, drive the boat over!" ”

Zhang Dawei frowned: "My lord, it's better not to make extraneous branches." Maybe when the fog clears, it'll be fine. ”

Yang Chao saw that Zhang Dawei didn't move, and immediately said angrily: "Zhang Dawei, have you forgotten military discipline?" ”

Zhang Dawei said to him: "Forgive me, my lord, the villain was confused for a while, maybe it wasn't a river bandit, just an ordinary boat." ”

Yang Chao snorted: "An ordinary ship? ”

Zhang Dawei said: "Maybe it's like us, maybe the ship that pulls the cargo is also possible." walked a way, so bumped into. ”

Yang Chao snorted coldly: "Then I have to go over and take a look, it's been so long, maybe something happened." If the ship breaks down, we can help it, and saving people's lives is better than building a seventh-level floating slaughter. ”

Zhang Dawei sighed that there was really no excuse, so he had to beckon people to start turning the rudder, and at the same time beckoning people to lower the sails.

The boat gradually tilted to the right, and the bow slowly turned to the northeast.

The black shadow was still looming from time to time, and Yang Chao's big ship seemed to be unable to catch up with it.

After chasing for two quarters of an hour, it was almost in the center of the river at this time, and if he chased it further, he missed the route, Yang Chao decided to give up, and suddenly the ship appeared, and this time it sailed directly towards Yang Chao's big ship.

As I got closer, I saw that it was also a sailing ship, with only a very high mast, and it was only a much smaller ship, but it was fast.

Take the boat and go straight to Yang Chao's boat, although the sail is oblique, but the speed is extremely fast, almost in an instant, Yang Chao saw that there were people on the boat, about ten people, and they couldn't see their faces clearly, but they could basically be judged to be bandits.

Because this kind of small boat is basically impossible to pull goods, it is too small to pull goods, even a cargo ship does not need ten people, in order to pull more cargo, this kind of ship may only have three or four pilots, or even only two people are enough.

Yang Chao lay on the boat and watched, feeling that his body was tight, and even faintly hot.

"These people are Jiang bandits, outlaws, I kill them rightly, if I don't kill them, they will endanger others. I am a soldier, he is a thief, and it is not only justified for me to kill him, but also to be rewarded for meritorious service. On the side of justice, I have a reason to kill them, on the side of law, I have a reason to kill them, and from a private point of view, I have a reason to kill them. ”

Yang Chao's thoughts were chaotic, but he was actually mentally preparing for the upcoming battle.

When ordinary people do something special, they need psychological construction, especially major things.

The same is true for criminals, even the most vicious criminals, before killing, they also need psychological construction, and the most common thing is to find a suitable reason for themselves.

Suddenly found that he was too nervous, the first battle was inevitable, Yang Chao did not blame himself, and at the same time found that other people were the same, but this made Yang Chao suddenly break out in a cold sweat, in such a state, if the thief is a Jiangyang thief, wouldn't it be a sheep into the mouth of a tiger.

Yang Chao immediately shouted: "What are you doing in a daze, pick up the weapon for Lao Tzu!" ”

Yang Chao couldn't help but swear up, and found that after staying with these soldiers for a long time, it still worked directly.

Sure enough, Yang Chao's scolding sounded, and many people found themselves nervous, so they didn't even pick up their weapons, and hurriedly picked up their weapons.

By this time the boat was very close, no more than a hundred paces away, and the people on it could almost see clearly.

They all wore short clothes, like ordinary fishermen.

But all of them were carrying weapons, giggling and haggling in different postures, looking at Yang Chao's big ship as if looking at a fat sheep.

This is not what else can Jiang Bandit be.

The boat continued to approach, Yang Chao pulled out his waist knife, secreted a lot of saliva from his mouth, and swallowed fiercely.

It was quiet at this time, and no one spoke on board.

The little boat had come to a halt about thirty paces and suddenly lowered its sails, and the anchored ship fell noticeably before stopping.

At this time, one of the leaders of the boat began to speak.

"Lao Tzu is a good man who specializes in trading without capital in the waves, and his grandfather is nicknamed Qianjiang Dragon, who knows each other, and leaves people behind."

Sure enough, it was a Jiang bandit.

Yang Chao took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "What if Lao Tzu doesn't agree? ”

The Jiang bandit, who called himself Qianjiang Dragon, laughed: "I promised that the goods would stay, and the people would live." If you don't agree, the goods will have to stay, and people will die! ”

Yang Chao laughed and responded: "What if I don't want to leave the goods and people don't want to die?" ”

Qianjianglong snorted: "Interesting and interesting, Lao Tzu has changed his mind, the goods are left, others can go, and you can't go." ”

Yang Chao said deliberately: "Then why is this?" ”

Qianjiang Long said: "Keep you, it's okay to relieve grandpa's boredom!" ”

Yang Chao didn't chat with Jiang bandits for no reason, while constantly giving Li Wuliu a look.

Li Wuliu took seven archers at this time, all of whom were hiding under the boat gang, and their heads were not exposed.

But at this time, several people held the bow in their hands but trembled nervously, and after trying a few times, they found that they couldn't pull the bow at all.

"Li Wuliu! Shoot him. ”

Yang Chao couldn't wait, so he simply ordered.

Li Wuliu shouted, stood up violently, and really pulled the bow away in one breath, and then shot an arrow suddenly.

But where was the arrow still on target, it was already far away, and flew over the river bandit's boat, higher than the mast.

Didn't shoot the opponent, but disturbed the opponent.

Qianjiang Long suddenly shouted angrily: "Boy, you are dead!" Believe it or not, Lao Tzu will get on your ship, and there will be no one left to dominate! ”

Yang Chao glared at Li Wuliu, this kid usually shoots targets, and there is no case of missing a shot within a hundred steps, but today he shot a Jiang bandit thirty steps away, and he missed so much.

This made Yang Chao feel very bad, and his recruits seemed to be in too bad condition.

But Yang Chao did not show weakness: "If you have the ability, come up, believe it or not, Lao Tzu will let you have no return." ”

Qianjiang Long laughed: "Boy, you wait." ”

Then Yang Chao saw that Qianjiang Dragon actually took out a crossbow and shot an arrow according to his side, Qianjiang Dragon's crossbow arrow was more accurate, and flew over the top of Yang Chao's head, if Yang Chao hadn't seen the opportunity to bury his head in the boat gang earlier, this arrow would have killed him.

Then the bolt flew over and landed on the other side of the boat, making a thud and the shaft of the arrow buzzed a few times.

Yang Chao had palpitations, and he was in danger.

Taking a few deep breaths, he ventured to raise his head again, this time he didn't see the Qianjiang Dragon shoot an arrow, but he saw the Qianjiang Dragon's boat move again, this time directly towards the big boat.

The other party is about to attack.

All the soldiers were still cowering under the boat gang, not only Yang Chao was frightened by the crossbow arrows, but everyone was startled by the crossbow arrows at this time.

"Get up, get up, pick up your weapons!"

Yang Chao immediately scolded, and the soldiers stood up tremblingly, holding the gun in their hands but feeling their arms stiff.

"Li Wuliu, ** shoot him!"

"Wang Pu, didn't you say that you are not a coward when you see a thief, you greet Lao Tzu with your soldiers!"

After looking at Qianjiang Dragon and seeing him aim with his crossbow bolt again, Yang Chao suddenly bowed his head nervously.

The crossbow bolt flew again, this time slightly off, flying away from a very high place, the other party had already opened the boat, the ship was originally unstable, and now it was even more moving, it is strange to have an accurate head.

Thinking of this, Yang Chao couldn't help but become bold.

Li Wuliu's side seemed to have finally recovered, and some soldiers began to shoot back with bows and arrows.

Qianjiang Dragon finally didn't dare to make a big appearance, none of them took out a shield, so they were not afraid of arrows, but they couldn't shoot arrows, but they were still very persistent in driving the boat closer.

Ten paces away, a few claws finally flew over, and a few of them grabbed the boat.

One is not far from Yang Chao.

Yang Chao immediately cut the rope with a knife and watched the rope fall into the water.

"Cut the rope, you can't let them come up. Li Wuliu continued to shoot, not letting them get close to the boat. ”

Yang Chao continued to shout, as if he had forgotten his nervousness at this time, and his brain was not so flustered.

The other party kept throwing the flying claws, and Yang Chao kept cutting them here, or directly picked up the flying claws and threw them away, always trying to stop the other party by all means.

The other party was not in a hurry, as if they had decided to board the ship with flying claws, and the two sides faced each other strangely for a quarter of an hour.

Suddenly, there were three sounds behind him, followed by a loud laugh: "Boys, you want money!" ”

It turned out that there were three big men who took advantage of Yang Chao's inattention and touched the back of the boat.

Qianjianglong and the others who threw flying claws in front turned out to be a disguise, and Yang Chao was actually played by Jiang bandits.

Yang Chao couldn't help but hate and scolded 'Damn', and then smiled and said to the Jiang bandits who got on the boat: "We want to die!" ”