Chapter 10: Rushing out of the barracks
This is the addition of 480 monthly passes - the people who stayed in the warehouse did find something in the warehouse, it was a weapon, hidden in a few large wooden boxes in the corner of the warehouse, there were dozens of swords, and more than a dozen shields, it seems that General Zhao was indeed a caring person, and he actually hid the weapons in the warehouse for them in advance.
"I think he must be the prince's man."
Wei Ming pondered for a moment and said to everyone: "Master Su told me that the prince also arranged to answer him on the road, it is likely that it is him, only in this way can it be explained, why should he help us." ”
During this period of Wu Jin's absence, Chen Zhu deliberately made contact with Wei Ming, Wei Ming also knew that they were using a legal dart game identity, and there were no flaws, his heart was put down, and he no longer refused people, and began to talk to everyone, after all, the Chen family focused on protecting him, so everyone respected him, and gradually everyone began to become familiar with him.
Chen Zhu also smiled: "The eldest prince is reasonable, he can only be the prince's person, but he may not be arranged by the prince to pick us up, he should have decided to help us after seeing the prince's gold medal, obviously, he doesn't know that we are transporting the East Palace tax silver." ”
Wei Ming nodded, he admitted that Chen Zhu's addition was reasonable, in the dark, he quickly glanced at Yu Hailan, and when he saw that she had a sword, he smiled and said: "I also learned swords for a few days when I was studying before, so I will take a sword too!" ”
Wu Jin saw that the eldest brother and the Chen brothers began to come into contact, and he was really relieved in his heart, so he picked a slightly lighter thin sword and threw it over with a smile, "Big brother next!" ”
Wei Ming caught the sword in a hurry, and he glared at his brother complainingly, and everyone laughed when they saw that he looked embarrassed.
That's when 'Whoosh! An arrow entered through the hole in the wall, and the warehouse fell silent, and everyone turned their heads to look at the arrow.
"There seems to be a letter on the arrow!" Yu Hailan was closest to the arrow, she bent down to pick it up, took a letter from the arrow, and handed it to Wu Jin.
Although Wu Jin was the youngest of all the people, everyone regarded him as the leader, and he was not humble, so he took the letter and read it again, laughing, "He has already arranged it!" ”
Wu Jin said to everyone: "General Zhao said that a boat was arranged at the second pier for us to escape by that boat, and the letter said that there are still weapons, and we have found them." ”
"But... Did he say where the second pier is? Chen Zhu asked hesitantly.
This is also a problem, it was not mentioned in the letter, Wujin is also a little embarrassed, the dock is so big, there are hundreds of warships parked, where can they find it? Yu Hailan next to him suddenly said: "It seems that our boat is parked at the first pier, and when I got off the boat, I saw a 'one' word written on the ground in white paint, and it was the easternmost side, so the second pier should be not far from the west, as if it was separated by a long water trestle bridge." ”
When she said this, everyone remembered that there was indeed a long trestle bridge, and Wu Jin immediately decided, "Then without further ado, we are ready to act, and everyone packs up their things." ”
Everyone began to pack up their things, Wu Jin discussed with the Chen brothers to break through, although Wu Jin also had little experience, but he watched a lot of movies in later generations, came into contact with all kinds of information, and knew a thing or two.
"Break through or walk from the river....."
"Wu Jin, your eldest brother doesn't know how to water, I just asked, and neither can the Qi brothers!" Chen Zhu interrupted him.
"I know!" Wu Jin pointed to some wooden boxes in the corner, "You can use those boxes to make a simple boat, they can lie on the boxes, they can go out from the river, and our things can also be put in the boxes." ”
"That's a good idea!" Chen Biao high-fived and praised: "Then what? ”
"Then we don't have to go far, I have already observed, not far from the warehouse there is a small ditch, it is a dry ditch, we can run along this ditch to the dock, as long as we are careful, we will not be detected."
"Let's do it!"
Chen Hu speaks most concisely, and he usually only says three words.
Everyone worked together to form three simple wooden box boats from more than a dozen wooden boxes, while the brothers Chen Biao and Chen Hu enlarged the hole in the wall and slowly pushed the wooden box boats down the river.
The Chen brothers and their subordinates are all pirates who grew up in the water, like a fish in water, they connected Weiming and the Qi brothers to the wooden box boat, the three of them lay flat on the wooden box, Yu Hailan was inconvenient to go into the water, and also stayed on a wooden box boat, and the back several wooden boxes were full of items, obviously, these wooden boxes were also specially prepared for them by Zhao Xun, which was very practical.
Someone in the water dragged the wooden box, a string of people like a school of fish, silently swam forward, under the cover of the night and the artemisia grass on both sides, they were not found, about three hundred paces, and then came to the dry ditch, between the small river and the dry ditch a ridge two zhang wide.
"Everyone, move fast!"
Wu Jin gave a low order, Chen Ying swept over the ridge like a phantom, and then Yu Hailan floated over the ridge like a white cloud, and the people behind jumped over one after another, Wu Jin took Wei Ming's arm, bent over and ran over, only a moment later, everyone entered the dry ditch.
The dry ditch is about six feet deep, four feet wide, it is an abandoned water channel, there are more than a dozen low shrubs and small trees growing on the ditch ridge on both sides, there is a little shallow water in the water channel, the water surface is full of aquatic plants, it is the height of summer, the aquatic plants are extraordinarily lush, the waist and abdomen of Qi people, from time to time people trip down, everyone walks hard, Wu Jin and Chen Zhu walk in front, chop the aquatic plants left and right with knives, try to open up a road.
Wei Ming and the Qi brothers walked in the middle, from the beginning of the encounter with the Baisha Club pirates, the Qi brothers knew that they were on the thief ship, and almost lost their lives several times, which made them regret it in their hearts, the elder brother Qi Pei also took care of Wei Ming's face, restrained himself and did not say anything, but the second Qi Sheng was resentful in his heart, complaining all the way, at this time he was a little afraid of the two pirates with a full face around him, and he didn't dare to make a sound, but he still couldn't help but mutter.
At last he walked a little tired, straightened up and wiped the sweat from his forehead, and at this moment, a white mass appeared on the small bush next to him. He was stunned for a moment, and in the cold moonlight, his eyes widened suddenly, and he saw a hideous snake head open its mouth wide and bite his nose.
"Ahh
"Run!"
Wu Jin was taken aback, knowing that it was not good, and he couldn't care about opening the way, he ran forward violently, Chen Ying grabbed the snake around Qi Sheng's neck and pulled him, "You idiot, run!" ”
Qi Sheng's shout alarmed the defenders in front of the warehouse, and they found a group of black shadows running in the ditch, and immediately shouted loudly, running towards this side, and the post on the hill raised an alarm, 'Dang! While! The shrill bells rang through the bay, and countless soldiers swarmed out of the barracks, shouting and swearing that made the whole bay boil.
A group of people no longer ran the ditch, they rushed up the ditch along the mud flat all the way, rushed to the dock three miles away, Chen Ying ran at the rear, it was not that she was running slowly, but she was waiting for an opportunity, the first pursuer had rushed to the opposite side of the ditch, this person was very tall, with long legs, fast pace, and meritorious service.
"Stop!"
He yelled and was about to rush down the ditch, but Chen Ying saw that the distance was about the same, and shook his hand, 'Whoosh! The pursuer was shot by the crossbow arrow, rolled and fell to the ground, and the pursuers behind realized the danger, and stopped and fell to the ground, raising their crossbows to shoot here, and no one dared to chase forward.
Chen Ying's arrow widened the distance between them and their pursuers to three hundred paces, and they ran all the way like the wind, and finally ran to the dock.
A group of more than a dozen patrols blocked their way, Chen Hu and Chen Biao roared, and led thirty of his men to pounce on them, like a mad tiger, killing the soldiers to retreat again and again, and in a moment there were five or six soldiers lying on the ground, and the others saw that the situation was not good, and turned around and fled.
"There it is!"
Wu Jin had already found the second pier, he pointed ahead, only to see a lone medium-sized warship docked on the dock, only dozens of steps away from them, they ran up, Chen Ying jumped lightly, like a milk swallow lightly turned onto the warship.
Zhao Xun thought very carefully, and prepared a medium-sized vehicle ship of 300 stones, equipped with wooden impellers on both sides, trampled by twenty people in the cabin, the vehicle and ship can also walk like flying in the water, and there are also three masts, which can also pull the sail to help when the wind is downwind, and more importantly, this kind of ship can start at the fastest speed.
"Everyone, get on board!"
Wu Jin shouted loudly, everyone turned over on the boat, he saw a mile away has been overwhelming soldiers rushing in, under the moonlight, the figure is dense like an ant colony, the sword light and gun shadow, shouting and killing shook the sky, an officer rode on a horse and shouted loudly, it was the commander Wu Huazhen, Wu Jin cut off the cable tied to the shore with a knife, and climbed onto the car and boat with an arrow step, with the fierce water waves rolling, the car and boat began to turn around and sail outside the inlet.
Wu Huazhen was so angry that he screamed like thunder, he was drinking and eating with Liu Sijun, and suddenly heard that the prisoners had escaped, which made him lose face, and he swore that he must chase them back, and he would cut them with a thousand knives!
"All on board!"
He waved his knife and shouted, "Chase them back to Lao Tzu!" ”
Countless sailors rushed onto the boats, and dozens of warships began to turn around and chase after the fleeing cars and ships...... Liu Sijun also arrived, and he said to Wu Huazhen in a strange manner: "General Wu, let go of the prisoner, how can you explain to His Highness?" ”
Wu Huazhen's face was swollen and red, and he roared and asked the guards, "How did they escape?" The team of soldiers replied tremblingly: "General Huiwu, they dug a hole in the back wall of the warehouse and ran away from the back river. ”
The river breeze blew, Wu Huazhen's mind gradually cleared up, and he also felt strange, how to lock people up in that place?
He scolded again: "Which idiot did it? Keep the prisoners in the warehouse! ”
"It's General Zhao's order, and... The prisoners still have weapons in their hands. ”
Wu Hua Zhenhuo turned his head to look at Zhao Xun not far away, Zhao Xun was also looking at him coldly, he suddenly understood that this Deputy General Zhao was the crown prince's person.
He had nowhere to vent the fire in his heart, and pointed a knife at dozens of guarding soldiers, "Pull me down, and each of you will be beaten with a hundred military sticks!" ”
"General Wu, the key is whether you can catch people back!" Liu Sijun once again had a strange aura of yin and yang.
"I will definitely be able to catch it back, but if I can't catch it, take me.... I'll go and explain to Your Highness! ”
Wu Huazhen was so anxious that his eyes were red, "You idiots, get on the boat and chase after you!" ”
"Humph!"
Liu Sijun snorted heavily, and said in a lengthened voice: "General Wu, now I am very suspicious of those silvers, please take me to check!" ”
....... On the ship, Chen Biao and Chen Hu brothers are debugging the stone cannon at the stern, there is no tubular weapon in this era, and gunpowder is also in the original application, so the main weapon on the military ship is the stone cannon, the principle is the same as the bed crossbow, but it fires not a three-foot-long arrow, but a granite stone the size of a grapefruit, polished to an extremely smooth finish, with a shooting distance of thirty steps, which can smash the opponent's ship wall.
Stone cannons were not allowed to be installed on the merchant ships of the Daning Dynasty, but because almost every ship of the Phoenix Society had this kind of stone cannon, the Chen brothers had long been proficient, and they were even more experts in making stone cannons.
"Hit the right!"
Chen Hu gave another concise command, and they turned slightly to the right, aiming at the sidewall of a large ship chasing behind, they were experienced, and knew that if the angle was not right, the cannon would slide away even if it hit the ship.
The chasing ship behind is also a car ship, it is a two-thousand-stone building ship, the speed is extremely fast, it is outflanked from the side, has gradually approached their small boat, the big ship arrows rained down, the people of the small boat have drilled into the cabin, Wei Ming was a step slower, was shot in the left leg by an arrow, pounced and fell, Chen Zhu was quick to see his hands, and dragged him into the cabin.
Chen Biao held a shield in each hand to cover, turned his head and yelled at his brother: "You fucking fast shooting!" ”
"Don't rush him!"
Wu Jin rushed out with two shields, covered Chen Hu with his body, and shouted: "Don't worry, you can do it!" ”
Wu Jin's rushing guards greatly reduced the pressure on the Chen Biao and Chen Hu brothers, and the arrows on the ship rained down, which were firmly covered by their shields on all sides.
Chen Hu bit his lip tightly, he didn't launch, he had to wait for the best time, at this time, the building boat passed sideways from their stern, the bow of the boat was only a dozen zhang away from the Shuizhai Gate, and it was slowly turning around, this is the best opportunity, Chen Hu saw it very clearly, he pulled the hanging knife suddenly, 'Click! With a bang, the stone cannon fired.
A white cannon the size of a small watermelon whistled out and struck the building ship more than a dozen paces away. There was a loud bang, which hit the crack in the wall of the ship below the water level, and several planks shattered at the same time, and a large black hole appeared, and the river water poured in, and the soldiers who trampled on the impeller in the bilge immediately panicked, and all of them shouted, and fled to the deck, 'Boom! There was another loud bang on the ground, this is the big ship hit the gate of the water village, there is no power, the boat can not turn around, the boat is getting farther and farther away from it, only to see the big ship began to sink, the sailors jumped off the boat one after another, scrambling to flee for their lives.
What's even worse is that the building boat happened to be at the gate of the water village, blocking the channel, so that the ships behind could not chase it out, and watched the boat disappear into the night.
(To be continued)