"What does Brother Gao mean by this?" Xiang Broadcom asked cooperatively.

"I don't know what to do," Gao Trance explained, "The Twelfth Master has been doing things elsewhere before, and has never had anything to do with our 'Flying Dragon Army'. It was said that he was an ordinary soldier below, even if it was the battalion commander of each battalion, he had no impression of him. Now, in order to do business on the sea, the fifth and seventh masters specially transferred him to the 'Flying Dragon Army' in order to do business at sea.

When the Twelfth Master first arrived, he naturally had to establish his prestige in the shortest possible time, otherwise, he would not be an official for long. Since it is necessary to establish authority, then killing people is of course the easiest and most effective method. Now that the Boyuan brothers have made a mistake for a while, they have sent the opportunity to him, how can he not seize it. ”

Speaking of this, Gao Jing smiled bitterly before continuing: "If you want to blame, you can only blame us for being unlucky for eight consecutive years, and we were selected to follow this master who is eager to stand up for his authority to go out on an errand." If you just go back and forth like this, and nothing happens, then with the status of our Eighth Company in the 'Flying Dragon Army', he may not be able to look down on us, but will let us go. But this time not only did it happen, but it was also a big event, and the scene of thousands of pirates besieging me may only be compared with the confrontation between our 'Flying Dragon Army' and tens of thousands of Han troops in Dabao some time ago. It's just that, in this way, our reputation is gained, but the Twelfth Master is afraid that it is because of this that he decided to realize his plan to establish his prestige through us.

Hehe, as the saying goes, 'blessings and misfortunes are relied on, and misfortunes and blessings are lurking', our eight companies became famous because of the first battle of the salt field, and now it seems that I am afraid that it will also be torn apart by the first battle of the salt field and no longer exist. ”

If Xiang Botong's previous remarks were more sympathetic to other officers, then Gao Jing's remarks hit the heart of these people. Soldiers value honor very much, and sometimes they can even do anything for it. As Gao said earlier, before coming to the beach, the Eighth Company was just a very ordinary company in the "Flying Dragon Army". In the third battalion, the main company is seven instead of eight, while in the "Flying Dragon Army" the main battalion is one battalion instead of three. That is to say, the Eighth Company belongs to the non-main force company in the non-main force battalion, and this company not only has many recruits, but even those veterans who serve as officers and backbones at all levels, most of them are worse than the officers and backbones of other companies, and it is basically a role of standing and cheering in the "Flying Dragon Army".

Some time ago, when the "No. 2 Operation" was carried out, the 1st and 2nd Battalions were fully dispatched, but the 3rd Battalion only dispatched 17 companies, and the 8th and 9th companies were arranged to guard the "Feilong Village." It is said that it is the place where the base camp is guarded, but in the eyes of all the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Company, this is actually the role of a caretaker. After the conclusion of the "Tempering No. 2 Operation," not only those officers and men who had made various meritorious contributions and created various achievements were honored and rewarded, but also all the officers and men of the "Flying Dragon Army" who participated in the operation received a commemorative medal of "Tempering the Twenty Operation" specially created for this operation. When they saw those comrades-in-arms who were not much different from themselves in all aspects, walking in front of them with their heads held high because they had such a medal on their chests, I am afraid that only they knew what kind of feeling the officers and men of the Eighth Company had in their hearts.

Moreover, after the second expansion began, the Seventh Company of the First Battalion, the Second Battalion, and the Third Battalion all transferred many veterans to the newly formed Second and Third Regiments to serve as squad leaders, platoon commanders, and even company commanders, and the Eighth Company became one of the only two companies that had not been transferred personnel -- the other being the Ninth Company, which was even worse than the Eighth Company.

However, what the officers and men of the Eighth Company did not expect was that it was precisely because they were not transferred to replenish the new troops that they had the opportunity to escort Huang Hai and others to the beach for inspection, and to repel thousands of pirates and protect the salt works, which was an opportunity to show their abilities. Moreover, they also participated in the subsequent battle to eliminate pirates, and the two credits before and after were added together, and in the future, the Eighth Company could finally raise its head and be a man in front of other companies. This is a good opportunity for the Eighth Company, which has been pressed by other companies for a long time, to be reborn and reinvented. ,

However, the words of Deputy Company Commander Gao just now made everyone's hearts feel cold. If it is really as Gao Trance said, the Huang Hai Huang Twelfth Master, who he is not familiar with at all, wants to take the Eighth Company as the object of his new official's "three fires" to burn, and wants to use Xiang Boyuan's matter to knock the Eighth Company to the ground again, so as to establish his prestige in the "Flying Dragon Army", then all the previous efforts of his own people will be in vain. When the time comes, the Eighth Company will not only remain a "caretaker company", but will also have to bear the infamy of "lax military discipline", and he will not be able to raise his head in front of other companies.

In a sense, if this is the case, the Eighth Company may be able to change the impression in the minds of other companies by fighting bravely and actively in future battles. But judging from Gao Trance's analysis, it is only difficult for Balian not to be split this time. And once the Eighth Company is split, it will become a rootless water and a tree without roots, and when it comes to other companies, it will definitely be looked down upon, and it will completely become a joke in the eyes of others, and there will be no more future.

Such a result was absolutely unacceptable to several officers of the Eighth Company who were still looking forward to returning to the "Flying Dragon Village" and being able to reward their meritorious deeds and vent the depression in their hearts. Therefore, although what Gao said in his remarks was his own speculation and speculation, and did not come up with any real evidence, the so-called "authorities are confused", especially when the matter is related to their own vital interests and their own future prospects, several officers who later entered the house, including Shen Chong, another deputy company commander, could no longer sit still, and asked Xiang Botong to go to Huanghai Huang Twelve Ye to reason and ask for an explanation, and the room suddenly became lively.

This effect is exactly what Xiang Botong, Gao Trance and others want to see the most, only by mobilizing the emotions of Shen Chong and others can they continue to make the next move.

However, Xiang Botong, Gao Trance and others did not act immediately, but waited for a while, and when Shen Chong and the others were dissatisfied in their hearts, their words became more and more intense, and they became more and more unscrupulous, and even when some people began to curse Huang Hai by name, Xiang Botong glanced at Cao Bao next to him and signaled him to take action.

Cao Bao got the hint to Broadcom, and immediately joined the ranks of the officers accusing Huang Hai, and repeatedly emphasized in his words how the brothers of the Eighth Company were united, how they were like brothers, and how pitiful and inferior they would be after being dismantled.

In this way, the dissatisfaction of Shen Chong and others was stimulated more and more, and some people even began to claim that they would go to Huang Hai to theorize face to face, asking him to release Xiang Boyuan immediately, and not to hold the Eighth Company accountable, otherwise they would exchange their lives for his life, and they would not risk their own lives, but also kill Huang Hai, an enemy who did not share the sky.

Things have come to this point, but it is the best time to look forward to Broadcom and Gao Trance. So, Gao Trance coughed, taking advantage of the fact that everyone's attention was attracted by him, and the voice of discussion stopped for a while, and said to everyone with a righteous and awe-inspiring look: "Brothers are right, now that our Eighth Company has reached the time of life and death, if we don't do anything, then we will have no future days." For the sake of today's plan, we can only work together to go to the Yellow Sea to reason face to face, ask him to release Brother Boyuan, and swear a poisonous oath that in the future, we will not trouble my Balian brothers for this matter, and we will not break up my Balian brothers. ”

"What if he doesn't promise us?" Cao Bao answered on the side.

"What should I do?" Gao said compassionately, "Since he is unkind, then no wonder we are unjust." If he refuses to give our brother a way to live, then he is our enemy. In addition to fighting to the death, there is no second way to deal with the enemy. ”

As soon as Gao said this, the room immediately fell silent. For Shen Chong and other officers, they would not have any scruples about accusing Huang Hai behind their backs, cursing Huang Hai, or even claiming that they would cut Huang Hai's body to pieces and cut them with a thousand knives. But if they really want to confront Huang Hai face to face, or even let them put Huang Hai and several other masters to death, they are still hesitant and hesitant - although they have almost no contact with Huang Hai before, but after all, the other party is the leader and the master, after many years of training by Qian Yuanshan, Zeng Zhilin and other members of the military department, the authority of the crossing people in the eyes of the officers and soldiers of the "Flying Dragon Army" is quite high, and they are suddenly asked to resist and murder at this time, and they really can't muster up the courage for a while. ,

Shen Chong, the deputy company commander, said a little timidly: "This matter shouldn't be out of control, right?" In my opinion, Huang ......, the Twelfth Master should not be such an unreasonable person. We can go and talk to him, maybe he's not as unsentimental as we think. Besides, even if the Twelfth Master doesn't give in, we can go to the Twenty-sixth Master, or go to the Eleventh Master after returning to the 'Flying Dragon Village', or even go to the 'Qingyuan' to find the Fifth Master and the Seventh Master. I think as long as we have a 'reason' word, you will always agree to our request. ”

"Ridiculous," Gao said disdainfully, "Not to mention that Huang Hai is the righteous brother of the Twenty-sixth Master, it is impossible for the Twenty-sixth Master to accuse Huang Hai of his mistakes." According to what Deputy Company Commander Shen said, let's go back and go to the Eleventh, Fifth, and Seventh Masters to evaluate them. So in the opinion of Deputy Company Commander Shen, is it Huang Hai, the righteous brother, who speaks effectively in front of those masters, or is it effective for us little people who they don't know at all and can't even call their names. To put it mildly, I'm afraid that not only will we not be able to get justice for Brother Boyuan at that time, but even we will be punished. When the time comes, it will be light for us to be dismissed from office and the Eighth Company to be broken up, so we will all go to the hard labor camp to be friends with those bandits and grass prisoners. ”

"What the second brother said is right," Cao Bao echoed, "Instead of being the meat on someone else's chopping board, it is better to take the opportunity to be alone and kill the villain who specializes in opposing us, and pull the flag and be the master yourself, wouldn't it be much more comfortable and happy than being a minion under others." ”

As soon as Cao Bao said this, it immediately aroused everyone's interest. These officers here are either from the original minions of the "Five Tiger Village", or from the Northern Han Dynasty refugees who followed Zhou Tian to attack the "Jingyuan" at night, and they have all fought-for-tat with the traversers, and basically all of their relatives or friends have died at the hands of the traversers. It's just that because the traversers are too powerful, they need to find a place to settle down and support their families, so they surrender to the traversers and become a member of the "Flying Dragon Army".

Now, in the face of such an imminent "tragic end", especially in this situation where they are far away from the range of crossing the Shili and their own side has an advantage, the courage of these people has suddenly increased, and even Shen Chong, the deputy company commander who is the most forward-looking, has begun to consider the feasibility of this idea.

Shen Chong thought for a moment, and then asked: "Even if, as Brother Gao said, we have the advantage in strength in our hands, and we are completely sure that we will kill the twelve ......, kill Huang Hai and several other masters and their guards, what will happen after killing them?" ”

"After killing them, it is natural that we will pull the team, occupy the mountain, and be the leader." Cao Bao replied nonchalantly.

Shen Chong snorted lightly when he heard this, and said: "Brother Cao said it easily, does Brother Cao think that everything will be fine if he kills the Yellow Sea, he can eat fragrant food and drink spicy food, and he is addicted to the king of the mountain?" ”

"Isn't it possible?" Cao Bao asked rhetorically.

"Of course not," Shen Chong replied, "Huang Hai was killed, not to mention how the few masters in the 'Flying Dragon Village' and 'Qing Yuan' would react, I am afraid that the twenty-sixth master who is still stationed next to the salt field will immediately lead a large team of men and horses to kill here, cut us people with a thousand knives, and avenge his twelve brothers." Could it be that Brother Cao thinks that with our company of soldiers and horses, we can fight against the battalion of soldiers and horses outside the salt field? ”

"This ......" Cao Bao was speechless for a while, not knowing how to answer, and quickly turned his head to look at Gao Trance and Xiang Botong - in the secret discussion between the three of them just now, Cao Bao was just a pawn role, and the main forces to persuade everyone were Gao Trance and Xiang Botong.

Seeing this, Gao quickly answered: "Brother Shen doesn't have to worry, Brother Shen has already thought of this matter." ”

As he spoke, he explained: "Yes, as Brother Shen said, once we kill Huang Hai and the others, the 'Flying Dragon Army' will naturally not give up with us, but I am afraid that before we find a cottage where we can stand on, we will be driven out by the team." ”

"Even if we can find a mountain where we can stand on it, with the strength of the 'Flying Dragon Army', I'm afraid we will not be able to escape the fate of the original 'Baihua Village' and other three villages." Shen Chong said disappreciatively.

Gao Jing listened but didn't care, but nodded and said: "Brother Shen is right, the 'Flying Dragon Army' on this land is indeed the overlord and a behemoth, and it is our people, even if the tens of thousands of troops of any court in the world are enemies of them, there is only one way to die." But what if it's in the water? ”,

"Into the water?" Shen Chong asked puzzled.

"Yes, get into the water," Gao replied proudly, "no matter how strong the 'Flying Dragon Army' is, it is also a 'landlubber', and he is also helpless in the face of the sea. Otherwise, the fifth master would not have sent Huang Hai to take these many people to the beach to inspect, and was ready to invest a large amount of money to build a wharf and a shipyard. But the problem is that neither the wharf nor the shipyard can be built overnight. Even if you have a dock and a boat, you can't go to sea without a handlebar and a sailor. And the haode handlebar style and sailors are not something that can be trained in a year or two. Even if you have practiced the handlebar style and sailors, if you want to find us on the vast sea, you have to rely on God's help. In this case, why don't we take advantage of the opportunity of the 'Flying Dragon Army' not being able to go to the sea and go to sea to be the king of the sea? ”

"The 'Flying Dragon Army' is a 'landlubber', aren't we also 'landlubbers', how can we be the king of the sea?" Shen Chong still didn't understand what Gao Trance meant.

Gao Jingyan pointed to the northwest direction of the room and said, "We are naturally 'landlubbers', but the thousands of people over there are all living on the sea all year round. As long as we negotiate the terms with them, with the force in our hands, we are not afraid that they will not contribute to us and work hard. ”

"Brother Boyuan wanted to forcibly occupy other girls, can they be willing?" Shen Chong still asked with some concern, "Besides, even if they are willing to help, where are we going to settle down in this vast sea?" ”

Gao Jing said with great confidence: "A matter is man-made, and my brother believes that as long as they are given enough benefits, someone will naturally be willing to help." Second, we only have more than 100 people, and it is difficult to control the many pirate families we have taken away. We can completely avoid those families who have clashed with the Boyuan brothers, and just choose some outlaws who are strong and dare to fight for their lives to go to sea with us. As for the place to stay, hehe, the island that this group of pirates used to occupy is the most haode place. ”

"If you can successfully rescue Xiang's younger brother this time, Brother Shen will be the great benefactor of my Xiang family, and the seat of the owner of this island is Brother Shen, you will sit." Xiang Botong saw that Shen Chong's attitude had loosened, and took advantage of the situation to throw out a condition of Zuihou.

Shen Chong had no worries when he heard this, he first looked at the several platoon commanders and deputy platoon commanders who came with him, and saw that everyone had an expression of approval and support, and then hugged his fists to Xiang Botong and Gao Zhen, and said: "Everyone is a brother, naturally we should share blessings and difficulties, for the sake of the future of more than 100 brothers in the Eighth Company, the brothers will hand over more than 100 catties to Brother Xiang." Moreover, the brothers, Brother Xiang and Brother Gao conspired together to achieve great things, which was completely for the sake of the brothers of the Eight Companies, and was not for their own selfish interests, so the position of the owner of the island was naturally to be sat by Brother Xiang, and the brother was willing to lead the horse for Brother Xiang. ”

Seeing that Shen Chong was so knowledgeable, Xiang Botong naturally wanted to be polite to him again, but in the end, at Shen Chong's insistence, Xiang Botong still sat in the position of the future island owner - Shen Chong knew very well in his heart, don't look at what Xiang Botong said so politely, but he tried his best to plan this matter, how could he give the benefits to himself so easily. If he really takes over the position of the owner of this island, I am afraid that after the matter is completed, it will be the time for him to die. Therefore, the seat of the owner of the island himself cannot be sat in any way.

After Xiang Botong sat on the position of the island owner with a false name, he naturally couldn't forget Gao Trance and Cao Bao, who contributed to himself, as well as Shen Chong, who was the head of other officers. Therefore, after some "humility", Shen Chong sat in the second position, Gao Jing and Cao Bao ranked third and fourth, and everyone else was also in order.

After finishing the order, everyone made a blood alliance together and worshiped as brothers. Then, the group of guys who decided to take the risk began to carefully plan their next course of action.