readx;? The two men who walked into the hall, the first one was lean, a Northwest Army officer uniform did not fit so well on the body, a pair of slightly cloudy eyeballs were more white and less black, but there was a trace of fine light inadvertently between the opening and closing, and the latter one had dark skin, sparse hair on the top of his head, a pair of goldfish eyes, hanging eyebrows, wide mouth and buckteeth, and his sturdy body tightened a close suit. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Released "He Zicai and Luda have met two adults. I saw a young man in civilian clothes sitting above the main seat, and a middle-aged man sitting next to him was probably a staff member. The two of them knew that this young man was probably the current master, and he was also the hope of his own people, as the elite selected from the Changfeng Society to train the Northwest Water Army, they were not only the top water workers selected from a hundred miles, but also all of them were bloody men who could sacrifice their lives for the clan.

Before coming to the northwest, the head of the meeting had also given them a special explanation, ordering and prohibiting them, and completely obeying the arrangements of the northwest side. Fortunately, after coming to the northwest, there was no other special work, except for training those soldiers who could not pass through water, but there was nothing else, and it was not until a few days ago that they received an order to rush to Hanzhong to prepare to board the ship to accept the task.

Release Wufeng looked at the two people in front of him carefully, to be honest, except for feeling that the two of them were stronger, he couldn't see any other ways, but since he was an expert selected by the Changfeng Society, it would not be worse than that, and he was also not water-permeable.

Posting: "You two are seated. Although he had already joined the Northwest Army, considering the special status of the two, Wu Feng was also very polite, raised his right hand falsely, and motioned for the two to take their seats.

Publish "Humble do not dare. The two of them obeyed the order and did not dare to be presumptuous.

"Sit down, since the adults let you sit, you can sit down." Wang Yu also saw the restraint of the two, and said widely, "Two, we will board the ship tomorrow, I wonder how the two of you will check the condition of the ship?"

Release: "Back to my lord, everything on the ship has been checked, and there is no mistake, but tonight the ship guard is still in charge of the Hanzhong garrison, and the two of them are a little uneasy, if someone deliberately destroys, one night is enough to do a lot of things." The lean man called He Zicai bowed down.

"Hmm, you mean you're worried about someone sabotaging tonight?" Wu Feng asked in surprise.

Released "No, my lord, you misunderstood, just be careful to sail a 10,000-year-old ship, especially from this Hanzhong through Jincheng to Huanggang, there are a lot of dangerous shoals and gorges in the middle, the water is turbulent, the ship is not easy to control, the slightest carelessness will break the ship, the adult is noble, and the humble duty has to be careful." The lean man hurriedly explained, "Many of the objects on the ship are very special, and if they are deliberately damaged and cleverly disguised, they will be difficult to find, and when they encounter rapids and rapids, they will cause irreparable disasters." ”

"Well, that being the case, you can get on the ship first tonight, and you need to be familiar with the ship, although the sailors who will be in charge of driving tomorrow are sent by Hanzhong, but you are in charge of important positions." Wu Feng nodded in agreement with the other party's point of view, "How many of you came?"

"We have two hundred people, of which eighty are our old brothers from the Changfeng Society, and the remaining one hundred and twenty are also selected from the Northwest Naval Army, which is fully qualified to drive these ships. He Zicai saw that Wu Feng agreed with his opinion, his spirits perked up, and he immediately said.

"That's not necessary, after all, this ship is still from the Hanzhong Navy, and our magpie's nest dove is too obvious, not very good, but we can strengthen surveillance, as long as the other party has any abnormal movements, we can deal with it mercilessly." Although it was not clear what means were used, the tone between Wu Feng's words had clearly expressed the meaning.

"Got it, please rest assured. A hint of murder crossed the thin man's face, "There will be no surprises." ”

This is a fleet composed of two medium-sized passenger ships and three medium-sized warships, because the waterways from Hanzhong to Jiangnan are all within the control of the imperial inland water army, so there is no big water war, even if there is, there are only small groups of water bandits, like this kind of fleet escorted by warships, at a glance, you can know that they are not ordinary characters, these water bandits with a keen sense of smell and vicious eyes do not dare to provoke casually.

Naturally, Wufeng and his entourage took a passenger ship in the center, which was a three-masted sailing ship, because it was smooth from the east of Handong, and it was the autumn rising season, so the sails on the mast became ornaments. The hull of the passenger ship is quite spacious, the middle of the hull of more than fifteen meters is enough to accommodate thirty or fifty people to rest, but now it is divided into three cabins, the middle one is naturally Yum Gong's bedroom, the back one is Yum Fair's living room, and the front one is the duty room of the personal guards.

In the living room, a book bank is next to the porthole, and the wooden window supported by the wooden pole welcomes the warm sunlight in, and Wu Feng sits by the window and looks at the riverbank scenery. The flotilla down the river moved fast, especially after entering the narrow mountains, and the helmsmen were attentively watching the bells of the lookout posts ahead, ready to change direction. Although the scale of the first two warships is not large, it is already quite good in the inland river, each carrying 150 sergeants, plus 50 sailors, plus dozens of northwest naval forces and escorts responsible for command and monitoring, each warship has more than 200 combat strength, and there is also a medium-sized catapult in front of the bow and on the left and right sides as a long-range attack weapon, this kind of combat power is far from being provoked by ordinary bandits and water thieves.

He Zicai stood in the shadow of the cabin on the bow of the ship with a gloomy face, staring motionlessly ahead, and down the river from Hanzhong, Wu Feng boldly handed over the control of the entire fleet to him, which made him feel a little excited, but more nervous and worried. Although only five ships are just a trivial matter for him, most of the people on board do not know how to be water-based, especially their own masters and their family guards, it is estimated that they are not water-based or water-based, once something goes wrong, it is not as easy as his own brothers, and getting into the water is, once there are three long and two short, this is not something he can afford.

In fact, on the surface, there seems to be nothing to doubt along the way, the sailors on the ship also behaved decently, and the soldiers also behaved very honestly, but it was precisely because of these normal performances that He Zicai always had a strange premonition in his heart, and this journey did not seem to be so simple. In the words of the adult's consciousness, the person who assassinated him would definitely choose to do it on the water, after all, his own strength on the water is weaker, and when he is on land, he is afraid that no one will be able to control it, so if he wants to do it, he can only choose to do it on this waterway.

Although He Zicai is from the Great Eastern Ocean, as a core figure of the water bandit gang, he is very clear about the situation of the water thieves who are active in the Han River, Jinjiang River and Yajiang River sections, it should be said that there are not too many famous water thieves on this waterway, only the Qutang Club at the junction of Hanzhong and Jincheng and the Flying Fish Gang on the Xiling Gorge between Jincheng and Huanggang are slightly famous, but if they want to compete with the imperial navy, they are still too far away, He Zicai does not believe that they have this strength.

Under He Zicai's suggestion, the fleet did not even stop halfway to sharpen the time, and went straight down the boat, and there was still no fork in the sight after passing the Qutang Gorge, everything seemed very calm, even Luda, who was in charge of the warship in front, felt that his sworn brother was a little oversensitive, but the bad premonition in He Zicai's heart was getting heavier and heavier, but at this time he ordered the sailors and soldiers on the ship to strengthen their precautions, and only the old brothers under his own supervision were doubly vigilant。

In addition to the mouth of Qutang Gorge, the narrow and turbulent waterway suddenly widens here, and the water flow is also stable and soothing, but at this time the sky has darkened, and this is the first wharf on the waterway in Jincheng - Huaikou. There are still eighty miles ahead of Jincheng Mansion City, this night the fleet only stopped here, stay overnight, originally He Zicai advocated taking advantage of the night to go east, seeing that Jincheng Mansion has already stationed a wing of soldiers in Huaikou to meet Wufeng, so he had to stay.

After the release ushered in the send-off, it was easy to send away a boring businessman gentry, Wufeng and Situ Yutang breathed a sigh of relief almost at the same time, and returned to their respective boats, it was already time to hold the lights, some soldiers had already gone ashore and were stationed on the shore with the troops sent by Jincheng Mansion to be responsible for the guarding tasks on the shore, and the five ships were docked, and everything seemed very quiet.

But He Zicai doesn't think so, behind the calm often hides murderous intentions, which is a lesson from experience. The other party did not invite Wufeng and his party to go ashore to rest, the reason was that Huaikou was too small and there was no suitable place to rest, which made He Zicai even more uneasy, and the defensive task on the ship at night was even more arduous, in addition to arranging sailors to be on duty at night, he divided the two hundred people he brought with him into three shifts, all of which were concentrated on Wufeng and Situ Yutang's boat, and he even suggested that Situ Yutang and Wufeng share a boat at night to facilitate prevention, but Situ Yutang resolutely refused. The guards without a blade were also divided into two shifts, guarding this without a blade in the boat.

The release of the boat did not make Wu Feng feel much tired, but it was the day of seeing and hearing on the water that made Wu Feng feel relaxed, and the bright fish candles reflected the figure of the guard on the side of the boat on the river through the window lattice, and the night was like water.

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