Chapter 390: The Fleet
Seventh uncle Wang Ze, since he was a child to leave home to study, at the age of thirty-two home, claiming to be studying in Qingzhou Langya Qingshi Academy, soon after returning home, he married the daughter of the Yecheng Duan family, doing nothing every day, and taking his wife to play around the river, so for three years.
Wang Zezi is handsome, good at painting, sex likes to play, returned home for three years, almost no day at home, traveled all over the famous mountains and Taoist temples in Jizhou, his paintings are famous all over the world, Mr. Zhizhen tasted and said, his paintings have a rhyme, can wash people's hearts.
Such a noble and indifferent person actually experienced a mystery, and even the internal guards couldn't find out.
Wang Fen didn't know what to say, Liu Han sighed softly: "Brother Wang, you are studying in the Qinghe Academy between the rivers, and you are also worshiping under the Immortal Sect, that yellow ginseng can actually be counted as your senior brother, but you don't have much talent in martial arts, you have practiced for more than ten years, and you have cultivated to reach the four grades of martial arts, your second brother focuses on literature, and the fifth brother focuses on martial arts, only you, both civil and military. ”
Liu Han told the story, Wang Fen sighed heavily, he still didn't come out of the shock, this shock is not that the ancestor will pass on the position of the head of the family to Wang Ze, but Wang Ze's mystery, for the previous point, he faintly felt, otherwise he would not ask Liu Han to make a move.
Liu Han said so much to tell him that Wang Ze's background was mysterious, and he had to be cautious to deal with him.
After a while, Wang Fen took a deep breath and smiled at Liu Han, this smile was a little bitter: "Thank you," paused, and added: "The Huangsha Gang has gone south, and the ancestor has decided to give up the action in the imperial capital and start against the Cao Boat instead, and the Cao Boat will do it after entering Jingzhao Mansion." ”
Liu Han was slightly stunned, frowned and asked, "Why?"
Wang Fen smiled bitterly: "After Tian Ning lost Duzhi Cao, no one in Jizhou spoke in the court, the ancestor meant to overthrow Chen Xuan and be taken over by the scholars of Jizhou, preferably from the Xu family or the Duan family, if not, at least the scholars from Jizhou." ”
Liu Han fell silent, the teacup spun in his hand, and the white cup was pushed by his inner breath, turning quickly between a few fingers, and his heart was full of doubts.
"Jingzhao Mansion, Chen Xuan," Liu Han sighed: "Ling Zun's heart is big enough, I said Brother Wang, in my opinion, this matter may not be possible." ”
"Why?" Wang Fen asked with interest, Liu Han also smiled, looked at him meaningfully and asked, "What do you don't understand about this, with Brother Wang's intelligence, I still can't understand it." ”
Wang Fen smiled bitterly in his heart, it was precisely because he saw that this thing was unlikely, so he kept not moving, otherwise, even if he exchanged a few grandmasters, it would be fine, but unfortunately, the emperor would not change Chen Xuan, otherwise Chen Xuan would have left last time.
Unexpectedly, Liu Han also saw it, Liu Han showed a smile: "Brother Wang, I have inquired, many people think that Ling Zun is a master, scheming, not to mention the current emperor, even if the first emperor, Emperor Taiding, is deeply jealous of his old man, Brother Wang, you and I can see it, his old man can't see it? I'm afraid not, so, I'm wondering, Ling Zun has another purpose." ”
Wang Fen's heart was shocked, and the doubts in his heart increased sharply, and he couldn't help but think deeply.
Liu Han sighed in his heart, this is not too much, but it is a good thing or a bad thing for the Wang family,
Both the military and the Jianghu people like to use the bird to deliver messages.
The reason why this is so is because of its fast speed, after a day, Du Niao can fly 400 to 500 miles, from the imperial capital to Dongping, more than 1,000 li, less than three days to arrive, what news does the imperial capital have, can be sent to the ship in the shortest possible time; the second reason is that Du Niao is very flexible, can avoid most of the air birds of prey, use it to transmit messages, and ensure safety.
Chu Fei took off the small bamboo tube from the bird's leg, stroked the bird's feathers, the bird cooed, the bird's beak poked lightly twice in his palm, the palm was empty, the bird raised its head dissatisfied, cooing in protest, Chu Fei handed it to the man next to him, and the man took a jar of rice grains, these rice grains were fried in oil, the grains were full, and they exuded wisps of fragrance.
Chu Fei didn't leave, after a while, two more birds fell, Chu Fei took off the small bamboo tubes from above, and after collecting the three small bamboo tubes, Chu Fei picked up the three bamboo tubes and walked into the cabin. Xiao Yu sat in the cabin, reading with a book in his hand.
Chu Fei didn't speak, put the three bamboo tubes in front of Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu put down the book, took out three notes from the bamboo tubes, and combined the strips of paper according to the number on the notes, Chu Fei took the inkstone, and Xiao Yu took the pen to transcribe the news onto the paper.
"Looks like we can rest easy for the time being. Chu Fei said with a smile after reading it, and the intelligence said that the Wang family decided to attack the Cao boat after entering Jingzhao Mansion.
Xiao Yu shook his head slightly, closed the paper, and tore the paper to shreds and threw it out of the window.
"Don't spread the news, tell the people below to be vigilant and stay vigilant. ”
Chu Fei was stunned for a moment, then nodded, the fleet set off from Pengcheng for three days, and after passing through Dongping, Liu Tie took five or six people from the Hanhai Trading Company on board.
Xiao Yu personally led the team on board, and all the remaining elite forces of the wind and rain building were on board, and all the rudders along the way were mobilized, on high alert, and vigilant against all strangers and strange fleets.
There were also more than 20 people from the Hanhai Trading Company, in addition to the six people brought by Liu Tie, there were also 22 people on the ship in Pengcheng, and they protected a boat for every five people, however, in Xiao Yu's opinion, the cultivation of the twenty-two people on the ship in Pengcheng was generally low, while the elite of the fleet brought by Dongping Liu Tie, everyone's cultivation was above the martial artist, and Liu Tie was naturally the top.
The Fallen Horse Water Village is even more elite, and the twelve main warships are fully armed to protect along the way, and each warship is equipped with water weapons: stone throwers and strong crossbows, and He Dong personally commands the Chinese army.
And Reina is sitting in Pengcheng under the protection of Shen Chen, in addition to monitoring the Cao Gang in Jiangnan, he is also responsible for delivering news, and today's news is from Pengcheng.
"The owner of Xiao Mansion has sent a message, let you strengthen your vigilance and be careful of the enemy's surprise attack!"
He Dong sat on a Taishi chair, he was not a grain ship but a warship from the Fallen Horse Water Village, twelve main warships that could hold eighty people each were all dispatched, and there were more than ten small ships cruising around the fleet, and the entire fleet was commanded by him.
This time, the three families sent troops, specifically in the march of the fleet, He Dong was in the front, responsible for reconnoitring and meeting the enemy's first wave of attacks; Xiao Yu was on the grain ship in the middle, responsible for mobilizing and commanding the masters on the ship, and dealing with the opponent's masters; Liu Tie was responsible for breaking the rear, and if the enemy chased from behind, Liu Tie would be responsible for dealing with the enemy's masters.
In addition, all warships and shipwrights were ordered to sacrifice themselves if necessary in order to protect the grain ships from onslaught.
In Dongping, Liu Tie boarded the ship and brought information that the Huangsha Gang had left Gaotang and entered the Yellow River waterway five days earlier. He Dong deduced from this that the fleet of the Huangsha Gang had already passed Yecheng and walked in front of them, which also explained clearly that they had to go ahead of them if they wanted to attack Jingzhao Mansion.
The Grand Canal passes through Lok Ma Lake, enters the canal channel in Dongping, crosses the Yanzhou Plain, and enters the Yellow River in Yecheng.
What surprised Xiao Yu and He Dong a little was that the intelligence brought by Liu Tie also included the troops and equipment of the Huangsha Gang going south this time, and the Huangsha Gang warships could also be said to be armed to the teeth, with stone throwers and strong crossbows on the warships, and each boat carried more than 30 people.
He Dong knows the preciousness of this kind of information, this is not ordinary information, this is a core secret, only the high-level of the Huangsha Gang has it, Hanhai Trading Company can actually get such information, he can't help but look at Hanhai Trading Company with admiration.
However, He Dong was a little unimpressed by Xiao Yu's suggestion, starting to be vigilant now, it would be too fast, there were still thousands of miles to the imperial capital, and starting to be vigilant now would make the brothers tired, and when they really needed it, the brothers would have no strength.
"Report back to Lord Xiao, it's still early, just maintain an ordinary vigilance. He Dong commanded.
A man from the water village turned around and went to issue a flag, and the swarthy black-bearded man on the side of He Dong muttered with some dissatisfaction: "Didn't you say that the eldest brother commanded, why did this Xiao Yu come to point fingers again! Will you fight a water war!"
He Dong smiled, his smile was very confident, maybe compared with the Cao Gang, the strength of the Luoma Water Village was slightly weaker, but in terms of water warfare, he did not lose to anyone, including Fang Jie, the rising star of the Cao Gang, as for the Huangsha Gang, it was not in his eyes at all.
"I can't say that, second, Lord Xiao Lou doesn't know how to fight in water, but he has a lot of experience in fighting the enemy, and this luck is not trivial," He Dong said: "If we fail, Fengyulou and Hanhai Trading Company will certainly be convicted for this, can we escape from the water village? We are in the same boat." ”
The black-bearded man is the second master of the Fallen Horse Water Village, the second master of the Fallen Horse Water Village was Chang Meng, after the disappearance of Chang Meng, the third master of the battle was naturally promoted to the second master, the new third master is the original four masters of the water snake Nankui, the fourth master is the original five masters of the river carp Zhanghe, and the fifth master is the newly mentioned double hook Chongqi.
This time, the elite of the fallen horse water village was exhausted, but some of the people were still left at home, and the four masters turned over the river carp Zhanghe left, and Zhang He was originally in charge of the sentry in the water village, and he was responsible for the intelligence system of the water village, and his own cultivation was not very high.
Zhan Heng just heyed, turned his head to look at the fleet, this boat is not in the front, the front is the three masters Nankui, the whole fleet is driving according to the speed stipulated by He Dong, the long fleet is dozens of miles out of the river, looking at it from a distance, a white sail, magnificent!
Zhan Heng is not good at water warfare, he is good at riding warfare, but this time it is a water battle, which makes him feel like he is shrinking and difficult to express.
The river breeze in late spring was still a little cool, but Zhan Heng only wore a simple gown, revealing two thick arms, and his well-developed muscles bulged high even if he didn't use force, full of explosive power.
"Is there any news from Youzhou?" Zhan Heng asked, He Dong shook his head, and there was a hint of worry in his eyes.
The Huangsha Gang is going south, and the main forces of Wang and Xu will also go south, and the allies of the Luoma Water Village who retreat to Youzhou Tianye Racecourse can take the opportunity to go south and regain the lost territory in one fell swoop, but so far, there is no news from Jizhou.
"Damn, one day I caught that old thing, and I had to sacrifice my second brother alive with him!"
Chang Meng's disappearance was determined to be dead, there was no news at first, and now Luoma Shuizhai thinks that Wang Xu and the two families are the biggest suspects, I am afraid that at that time, they are plotting their luck, and only they have the strength to kill Chang Meng without showing the slightest trace, so now Luoma Shuizhai hates Wang and Xu's two families.
After Xiao Yu received He Dong's summons, he passed it to Liu Tie without objection.
Liu Tie took a grain ship, the grain was piled up on the deck, the cabin was in the middle of the grain, and there were only three people on this boat except for the boatmen, in addition to him, there were two others, both of whom were members of the escort team who came from the imperial capital.
Liu Tie did not pass on Xiao Yu's order, so there was no such thing as canceling the order, he knew more than Xiao Yu He Dong, Liu Han sent all the information to him, but ordered not to give it all at once, but to give it in batches according to the ship's itinerary.
Therefore, Liu Tie knew that the Huangsha Gang would attack there, and he also knew how many masters the Wang and Xu families had dispatched, the Huangsha Gang was not terrible, but the masters of the Wang and Xu families were terrible. >