The brothers met, and after a few words of greeting, they came to the core of the salt field and the most solid place - the salt depot, under the guidance of Xie Tian.

Despite its name, the area is actually home to a number of other buildings in addition to a number of large warehouses for finished salt. These include the residences of Xie Tian when he came here to inspect here, the residences of the stewards at all levels of the salt works, the residences of the high-ranking supervisors of the salt works, and the residences of the 500 members of the security team who are responsible for guarding the safety of the salt works and maintaining the internal security of the salt works. And the most important of these are probably the silver vaults that were used to temporarily store the money obtained from the sale of salt. It is precisely because of the existence of these silver vaults that a wall was built around this area that was much higher than the outer village wall, and a wide and deep trench was dug. In addition, there are several watchtowers behind the wall, which also function as arrow towers, and the security team is basically not equipped with firearms, and long-range attacks can only rely on bows and arrows.

Although this arrangement made it difficult for everyone to enter and exit the salt storehouse, in order to ensure the safety of the salt and silver in stock, there was no complaint about it - it was precisely because of this protective measure that only a few salt workers' homes suffered a small loss in the previous pirate raids, and the salt store was unharmed.

After everyone entered the salt reservoir area, the accompanying family members, subordinates, and the company of the "Flying Dragon Army" were taken to the corresponding place by Ding Xianding's steward to settle down, and Xie Tian took Huang Hai and other brothers and everyone's personal guards to his residence here to rest. Although there were nearly twenty people in the Huang Hai and other crossers, plus the accompanying guards, Xie Tian's residence here was a courtyard that was not too small, and these people did not feel crowded when they lived in.

After dinner, the brothers first set up a radio station and sent a telegram to the "Qingyuan" side, explaining that everything was going well here, that they had arrived at the Tanggu Salt Farm, and that they were about to start the next step. After that, everyone gathered in a side hall to chat. As the "host", Xie Tian first introduced the general situation of the Tanggu Salt Farm to the brothers, and then according to the request of Huang Hai and others, he roughly talked about the situation of other fishing villages around the salt field and the nearby coast, so that Huang Hai and others could have a preliminary understanding of the surrounding terrain, so that when they found local people who were familiar with the nearby coast and tide conditions to come over and tell in detail the next day, everyone could communicate more quickly.

Because it is a simple introduction, it is not very long, that is, half an hour. However, Rao was like this, and Huang Hai and the others, who had been on the road for a day -- ten days since they left Liangxiang City -- still looked tired. Especially Huangshan, who has not learned martial arts, is already sleepy and can't open his eyes.

Seeing this, Xie Tian hurriedly got to the point of conversation, suggesting that everyone go to rest first, and talk about other things tomorrow. In this regard, Huang Hai and the others naturally had no objections, and after saying good night to Xie Tian, they rested in the accommodation prepared for them under the service of the subordinates.

The brothers were sent away, but thankfully they couldn't go to rest right away. As the person in charge of the salt factory, he has many things to deal with every time he comes to the salt factory, such as auditing, inventory, meeting with big dealers, and so on. Therefore, Xie Tian, who returned to his room, ordered the servant to make himself tea, and at the same time picked up the accounts of the salt pan and examined them carefully. This saw that it was nearly an hour and a half, and it was not until the end of the second half of the night that Xie put down the account book, rubbed his sour eyes, and prepared to go to bed.

Just as Xie Tian had just taken off an outer coat and was about to take off his inner middle coat, three short screams suddenly came from outside the courtyard. In the quiet of the night, these three screams were unusually clear, so Xie Tian, who often patrolled the salt works, immediately judged that the whistles came from the south of the salt works, which was an alarm issued by the security guards patrolling at night, indicating that there was an invasion of foreign enemies.

Almost as soon as the three screams stopped, a similar whistling came from the west and north directions of the salt pan. The successive whistling sounds made Xie Tian immediately make a judgment - except for the direction near the sea, there were enemies attacking in the other three directions, and this time the enemy's momentum was not small.

After making such a judgment, Xie Tian did not dare to slack off at all, he put on the coat he had taken off as quickly as possible, took a long knife from the wall of the bedroom and hung it on his waist, and picked up a Type 95 pistol and two spare magazines that he had received before leaving Liangxiang from the table next to the bed, and hurried out of his room. ,

Xie Tian came to the main hall of the courtyard, and while instructing the family members and guards who had gathered here to be on guard, he ordered someone to greet Huang Hai and the others, and invited them to come to the main hall to defend against the enemy together.

There was not much time, and Huang Hai and the others came to the main hall under the protection of their personal guards. Everyone has experienced more than one thief attack since the crossing, so everyone just gestured to each other with their eyes after meeting, and they already determined that this was just another robber adventure that was not enough to measure.

If before Huang Hai and the others came, in the face of such a large-scale attack by thieves, Xie Tian might have made nervous arrangements and ordered the stewards and supervisors to organize the salt workers to participate in the confrontation accompanied by the security team members - after all, the number of thieves who can attack the salt works from three directions at the same time will not be small, and the security team with only cold weapons may not be able to protect all the places in the salt works. But tonight's Xie Tian was much more relaxed, because now he had a strong Liliang in his hand—a company of "Flying Dragon Army". With his understanding of the combat effectiveness of the "Flying Dragon Army", with the high walls and deep fortresses outside the salt field, this company was fully capable of fighting against two or three thousand bandits.

Huang Hai and the others actually had the same idea as Xie Tian, so after confirming from Xie Tian that there was a robber attack, Huang Hai immediately sent one of his personal guards to the place where the brigade guards lived, and ordered Xiang Botong, the company commander of the third battalion and eight companies of the first regiment of the "Flying Dragon Army" who came with them this time, to immediately bring people to assist the security team in guarding the salt works, and to be sure to repel the thieves who came to attack and harass.

After a short time of being there, Qin Wei and Ding Xian returned to the main hall with a communication soldier of the eighth company. After saluting Huang Hai, Xie Tian and others, the signal soldier reported: "My lords, the company commander has divided the whole company into three routes to support the three directions of the salt field. Xiang Xiang the company commander himself went to the south, because judging by the sound, there were the most thieves there. Tell the company commander to tell you that you can rest assured that as long as there is a 'Flying Dragon Army', you will never let a robber step into the salt field. ”

After listening to the report of the communication soldiers, Huang Hai, Xie Tian and the others nodded, while letting the communication soldiers follow everyone, so that they could contact Xiang Botong in front at any time, and at the same time ordered the guards and family members in the courtyard to prepare in case there was danger in a certain direction of the salt field, so that they could provide support in time.

However, it turned out that the worries of Huang Hai, Xie Tian and others were unnecessary. Soon after the communications corps arrived, a dense burst of gunfire and loud explosions rang out around the salt works. As gunshots and explosions rang out, the chaotic and noisy sounds around the saltworks quickly ceased, and in addition to the bursts of gunfire, the faintly audible screams of people were heard.

The sound of gunfire and explosions did not last long, and in less than a single pillar of incense, the explosions ceased to appear, and the sound of gunfire became more and more sparse until it was completely inaudible. Just when Huang Hai, Xie Tian and others were wondering if the "Flying Dragon Army" was running out of bullets, Steward Ding brought a communication soldier from the Eighth Company. After seeing Huang Hai and the others, the signal soldier saluted first as usual, and then reported: "My lords, I will report to you that the robbers who harassed the salt works have been repulsed, and it is estimated that they will not come again tonight, so you can sleep soundly." ”

Hearing that the robbers had been repulsed, the people in the courtyard naturally breathed a sigh of relief. Huang Hai ordered the later messenger to go back and send a message to Xiang Botong, ordering him to be vigilant to prevent the robbers from coming back, and after discussing with Xie Tian, he beckoned all the brothers to go to sleep, and talk about it tomorrow.

When the brothers heard this, they naturally had no objections, and everyone went back to their rooms to rest - there was a company of "Flying Dragon Army" there, and everyone was still very down-to-earth, so they were naturally happy to go back and continue sleeping.

Of course, before confirming that the robbers had indeed gone away, Huang Hai and Xie Tian still couldn't sleep peacefully. The two of them returned to the side hall where everyone had chatted before, drinking strong tea to refresh themselves, while patiently waiting for dawn in order to send someone out of the salt field to find out the news.

Sitting there and waiting for dawn was an extremely boring thing, and despite the strong tea served, Huang Hai and Xie Tian still kept it very hard, and their eyelids would fight from time to time. The two of them easily survived until dawn, and hurriedly sent the steward Ding Xian out to inquire about the situation.

There was not much time, and Ding Xian, who was sent out, led Xiang Botong to the company commander back. After Xiang Botong greeted Huang Hai and Xie Tian, he reported: "The two masters, their subordinates have already consulted with Steward Ding and the Yanchang security team, and interrogated several captured robbers. According to the information of all parties and the results of the interrogation, the subordinates unanimously agreed that it was a group of pirates who had been in a private port south of the salt works last night. The strength of this group of pirates is not small, and there are more than 2,000 people and nearly 3,000 people who attacked Zhuang last night alone. ,

According to the captured pirates, they almost came out of the nest this time, with less than 500 men left behind in the nest. The reason why they are so desperate is mainly because they heard from the informant that the salt works have just received a large amount of money from a large salt merchant, and the leaders want to make a fortune before the New Year, so that the brothers can have a comfortable New Year.

In addition, in last night's battle, only 11 people were wounded in our army, including the security team, and none of them were too seriously injured. Nearly 400 corpses were found on the pirate side alone, and others who were injured and could still move, and those who were not caught were not counted. ”

Huang and Xie nodded when they heard this, and Xie Tian said: "No wonder, it seems that this robber leader wants to hit with one blow this time, but it is the goods that the brother received a few days ago that tens of thousands of yuan of money provoked." ”

Huang Hai continued: "This is called 'man is not as good as the sky'. The pirates thought they had a plan, and they learned through the grapevine that there was a large amount of cash and salt in the salt works, so they sent a large group of men to plunder it. As a result, before they could get close to the Zhuang wall, they were hit hard by three battalions and eight companies, and after leaving hundreds of corpses behind, the whole army had to retreat,"

After listening to the report to the company commander, Huang Zhi and Xie Tian's originally relaxed mood became a little nervous again - this group of pirates numbered more than 3,000 people, although they were very uncomfortable with the loss of troops in last night's battle, and they might not dare to attack again in a short time. But the pirates were actually killed by no more than 400 people, and the remaining nearly 3,000 are likely to return. The task of the Eighth Company is to protect the safety of Huang Hai and others, and when Huang Hai and others return to Liangxiang after completing their investigation here, the Eighth Company will follow back. Without the support of the Wyverns, the security situation at the salt works will remain grim in the face of thousands of pirates.

Thinking of this, the two of them came up with an idea almost at the same time, that is, to leave this company of "Flying Dragon Army" behind until the pirates who came last night were completely annihilated, and then return to their original station.

With an idea, Huang and Xie naturally had to start implementing it. On the morning of the same day, Huang Hai and Xie Tian sent a joint proposal to the committee through the radio, suggesting that effective "Flying Dragon Army" troops should be dispatched to be stationed in the salt works in companies, so that in the event of a large number of pirates attacking the salt works like last night, the salt works would have enough strength and confidence to defeat the incoming pirates.