Chapter 31 The Yangtze River Water Thieves
On the river, cargo ships are flowing down the river.
Even if many of the families in Jiangdong and Huainan are in the business of Caoyun, the scale is really amazing at the moment!
However, outsiders did not know that the merchant ships were not filled with goods, but battle-hardened soldiers and horses......
Bai Tu also learned not long ago that why the cavalry in this world does not need pack horses and servants, it turns out that here, the cavalry itself needs to consume two to three times the manpower of normal soldiers before it can be trained.
It also required the inclusion of manpower collected from the stables, so that in addition to combat, these cavalrymen were also proficient in motorcycle repair...... No, it's the maintenance of war horses.
For example, the "war horse" ridden by the wolf in Bingzhou requires two to three times the horsepower of the basic war horse, at least one of which is the horsepower collected from superior military horses, and the other can use the horsepower of mules and horses.
In this way, the "synthetic" war horse, like a black technology motorcycle, has the function of "shifting gears", and when marching with heavy loads, it is all in low gear, which does not affect the high-end horsepower when the battle is charged!
With the assistance of the Chen family, Lu Bu took a thousand of the most elite Bingzhou iron horsemen to Jiangdong together.
There are also Chen Gong and Kong Rong together, at this time it has passed the dangerous time, everyone has already crossed Huainan and arrived on the Yangtze River, just waiting to reach the destination.
In the cabin of the ship at the head, Bai Tu was drinking and eating crabs with Lu Bu, and at the same time, Lu Bu also complained that the crabs were not very fat at this time......
Even so, Lu Bu was still slightly drunk, and Bai Tu wanted to remind him that he was prone to gout.
"Don't look at Guan Yu's three moves and two styles, he killed Hua Xiong...... When he was in the Tiger Prison, he and Zhang Fei joined forces, and they couldn't help me...... Belch...... Liu Bei? Hehe, if you don't say it, I don't even feel like it's three people besieging me...... But if you want to talk about thrilling, it was still in Bingzhou that year, it was cold that winter, Qianghu was hungry, and there were six ...... among the top ten warriors."
Lu Bu chattered, telling Bai Tu about his heroic deeds, Bai Tu nodded and listened until Lu Bu fell asleep snoring.
But at this moment, I saw a group of boats with ramming horns on the river in the distance, and Hengjiang had the intention of stopping Bai Tu and his party!
The steward of the Chen family, who was in charge of this "business", hurriedly came over and said, "Bai Envoy Jun, General Lu, we have met a water thief!" Looks like...... Or the biggest water thief on the Yangtze River, the Jinfan thieves! ”
"Then you're not going to negotiate?" Bai Tu looked at the steward speechlessly.
Bai Tu didn't believe in the Chen family's caravan, and he would have no experience in dealing with Yangtze River water thieves......
When the steward heard this, he was also slightly relieved.
He was not afraid of encountering the Jinfan thief, but he was worried that Bai Tu and Lu Bu were very self-conscious - after all, one was a state pastor and the other was a famous general in the world, so it was hard to guarantee that he would not make peace with the Jinfan thief out of self-esteem.
However, Bai Tu didn't have so many ideas, and Bai Tu only knew when he got on the boat that the soldiers who were trained would also have seasickness reactions because of the problem of soldier sources!
The wolf rider from Bingzhou is now full of negative buffs, and he really lost his front hooves on the river, and Bai Tu must not be distressed to death?
Bai Tu was also a little lucky, fortunately Lu Bu fell asleep, otherwise Lu Bu, who had just been blowing for a long time with wine, was now afraid that he would have to copy the knife......
Seeing such a large fleet, these water thieves dare to come over, and I am afraid it is not easy for them.
"Sail thief?" After the steward left, Bai Tu muttered, obviously feeling that the name was familiar.
I went out of the warehouse to the deck and took a look, only to see that the ship of the thieves, on the mast and sail, were hung with gorgeous Shu brocade, and many plain sails were outlined with dyes, as if they were abstract paintings......
What a gorgeous and rich ...... Bells and whistles!
Sails hang brocade and brush dyes? Do water thieves have to show off their wealth these days?
I saw that on the Chen family's side, there was already a small boat approaching the pirate fleet, as if it was going to say something.
Bai Tu was still urging "hurry up" in his heart, worried that if Lu Bu woke up in a while, this matter would not be over!
However, at this moment, a crimson mecha with a thief head more than two meters tall flew up from one of the most gorgeous ships......
Bai Tu's eyes have been much better recently, I don't know if it's because of his mental power, just looking at the facial features of this thief's head is also dignified, but the overall temperament has a demonic aura - not a feminine "demon", but an evil "demon"!
He holds a halberd in his right hand and a flying claw hook in his left hand, and there is an iron chain between the two, and he also carries a long-bladed single knife behind his back.
The most striking feature is that for some unknown purpose, there are many bells hanging on this mecha, which jingle with his movements, which is very ...... Riot!
Bai Tu also understood at this time and wanted to come to this person...... It is the Jinfan thief Gan Ning, and he is also the famous general of Eastern Wu and the tiger minister of Jiangbiao, Sun Quan even compared him to "Zhang Liao of Eastern Wu" - at that time, Sun Quan was just in Xiaoyaojin, and was beaten by Zhang Liao so faceless that he almost lost his life!
But now Gan Ning, whose main profession is still a water thief, saw that as soon as he made a move, he flew his claws to hook the boat, and then the engine on his calf squirted, and he quickly glided on the water, circled the boat for most of the time, and overturned the boat.
A group of thieves watched the people of the Chen family fall into the water in embarrassment, and laughed "haha", fortunately, these people are also water-free, and the volley location chosen by the other party is also relatively slow. So you can swim back.
Bai Tu frowned when he saw it - is the Jinfan thief so natural? Can't pay tolls?
Could it be ...... Is it entrusted by others to ride against himself and the wolf of the state?
I saw Gan Ning on the river again, deliberately showed off, flew two laps against the river, and then came to the main ship where Bai Tu was, and specially flew to a height of more than ten meters and condescending - according to Bai Tu's common sense, this is already the height that only top generals can fly!
"Phew! Chen family children, don't think that this king doesn't know, your Caoyun business is doing one and one less...... Yo he, this time I came back and forth? Hahaha, the king laughed at it! It's still the old rule, everything is left for this king, and a few boats are left for you to get out! Gan Ning said arrogantly.
Bai Tu admired his eyesight a little, although he was still just a water thief, Gan Ning already had a good view of the overall situation - he could see that the Chen family was about to be blocked by Yuan Shu!
Coupled with the fact that the Chen family's caravan was so large this time, Gan Ning judged that this was the last time the Chen family had a fortune......
In that case, what protection fees are charged? Anyway, it's the last hammer deal, of course, to grab it clean!
It's just that this last trip to business is not about goods, but about people, and I don't blame Gan Ning for not expecting it......
Bai Tu was already thinking in his heart, would he have time to wake up Lu Bu, and take advantage of Gan Ning's squandering here, and directly capture him first?
But at this moment, another voice came from the side......
"In broad daylight, there are such shameless people! Hands and feet, but robbery...... What's more, the business owner has already agreed to accept it, but he still wants to take advantage of the fire to rob? ”
I saw a young man in white armor, who flew up from the passenger boat on the side at this time, and even reached a height similar to Gan Ning, and ...... Bai Tu doesn't know this man!
The steward of the Chen family explained at this time: "It was a passenger who paid the fare and crossed the river together, but I didn't know he was so powerful before." ”
The Caoyun caravan sometimes brings some ship passengers for a fee, which is also a ballast.
Bai Tu looked at this "boat passenger" and was a little dazed - where are you the protagonist? Set off with the fleet and stand up when you encounter robbers...... Is this section not outdated?
"Shameless? Tsk, you are a layman, naturally you don't understand the beauty of plunder......" Gan Ning said disgustedly, and specially concave as he spoke, bent his back back, and looked at each other with his chin.
"Donglai Tai Shi Ci is here! Thieves are all names! As he spoke, the white armor raised his spear and pointed it at Gan Ning.