Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Five Years of Wancheng: Nine Dragons
After Xu Yixian and the others left, Qi Shangyou hurriedly rode to the east gate, and then went up to the city wall.
At this time, Xu Yixian and Liu Jinfu had already sent Wang Ziyu and the other three out of the suspension bridge.
The spring is cold, and the north wind, which is unwilling to recede, is howling in the night, making the last rage.
Out of the left banner camp city, directly to the east is the endless mountain, the road is either to the north, or to the south, all according to the Han River and repair, Xu Yixian is about to say a few words, only to see Wang Ziyu, Wang Dingguo The other person suddenly took out a thing from his arms.
Drill the Monkey!
Yes, this is a firecracker that has already appeared in the Ming Dynasty.
The man handed the Drill Monkey to Wang Ziyu, and then took out the fire sickle, flint, and velvet from a cloth bag hanging from his belt, and after lighting the velvet, Wang Ziyu stretched out the Drill Monkey.
"Whew......"
After a soft whistle, the Drill Monkey climbed into the sky.
In the middle of the night, a plum blossom appeared in the night sky.
Not long after, the plum blossoms of the Drill Monkey also appeared in the sky above the mountains to the east, and then there was a flash of fire, and gradually, the fire got closer and closer, and finally it was clear that it was the light of a large torch.
About 100 horses came out of the mountains!
"Dadada......"
The cavalry quickly rushed to the vicinity of the east gate, and a tall white horse led by it flew down and a man flew down.
About seventeen or eighteen years old, and his body was extremely stout, that is, slightly smaller than that Tao Wanjun, the man saw these three people and ran over in three steps and two steps.
After he walked in front of Wang Dingguo, he knelt down on one knee and said, "Big boss, I'm worried about death!"
There was a faint hint of crying in his voice.
"Big boss?" , Xu Yixian was shocked, "When did this Wang Harrier Wang Dingguo become a big boss? Could it be that this person is the leader of Wang Dingguo's department, and there are no regulations in the ranks of thieves, and they are all commensurate with the head of the family?"
Just when he was puzzled, he saw that Wang Dingguo helped the young strong man up with one hand, and then introduced Xu Yixian: "Mr. Xu, this is the commander of our Seventh Brigade, Bai Wenxuan."
"The Seventh Brigade? Bai Wenxuan?"
Xu Yixian suddenly realized something, and at this time, the young man who had just set off the fireworks smiled: "Mr. Xu, my name is Long Xiaoshi, and this is the big boss of our department."
The man also smiled and said, "It's a little ashamed to say that for the first time in my life, Long Thirteen has used someone else's name."
As soon as these words came out, Xu Yixian and Liu Jinfu were shocked.
If it weren't for the city gates, the two would have almost fallen to their knees.
Long 13 smiled: "After all, it is a little smaller, remembering that when I was in Wucheng before, Xiao Shi and I dared to enter the city to deal with Sun Chuanting, and successfully captured the city, this team is getting bigger and bigger, and the courage is getting smaller and smaller."
Xu Yixian was excited, and hurriedly whispered: "Big boss, don't talk about it, I have heard of Wu Cheng's deeds below, and I can't imagine that today's old tricks will be repeated, so that I can open my eyes."
Long 13 smiled and said, "Mr. will ...... henceforth."
Xu Yixian said: "Today's big boss has shown his hand, which is bound to make Qi Shangyou and Xu Qianhe reassess the strength of the small strong brigade, and knock on the side again, presumably it will be effective soon."
Long 13 nodded, "This is also the purpose of my personal visit, by the way, I am not interested in Qi Shangyou's troops, I am interested in Xu Qianhe's sailors, in my opinion, as long as Xu Qianhe surrenders, Qi Shangyou has no ships, and he can't go to the other side of the Han River, there is no other way but to surrender."
"The big boss", I saw that Liu Jinfu said, "You are interested in his ships, not his sailors."
Long 13 said, "What you said is good, but I am also a layman when it comes to water warfare, and if some of the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division join, it will naturally be better."
Liu Jinfu said: "I am also from Shaanxi, and I have been here in Hanshui for three or four years, and I have a general understanding of the boats running on the Hanshui."
"On this Han River, the boats running include cao boats, yellow boats, red boats, Mingtang boats, horse boats, lottery boats, large caravan boats, sand boats, patrol boats, sentinel boats, etc."
"That's it
The boat is used to carry grain, the yellow boat is used to carry tribute, the red boat is used to save lives, the horse boat is used to carry large tribute, the Mingtang boat is used for the boat gang, and the draw boat is the special ship for the ambassador of the warehouse and the inspection department to draw money."
"All kinds of ships have their own regulations, and they cannot be usurped"
"The caravan is a special ship for officials, the sand boat is similar to the cao boat, which is mainly used to carry timber and sand and gravel, the patrol ship is a war ship, and the sentinel ship is a fast ship to and fro to report information."
"Among them, the patrol ships are taller and have a deeper draft, and correspondingly, the yellow boats, horse boats, and some cao boats are similar, and they can become warships as long as they are slightly changed, and the rest of the ships are flat-bottomed ships and cannot be warships."
Long Thirteen's eyes lit up, "Can the patrol ships of the official army be equipped with artillery?"
Liu Jinfu shook his head, "How can it? Even if it is a patrol ship, its deck and boat gang are only about an inch thickest, how can they eat the toss of cannons? Looking at the surface of the Han River, the strongest weapon is to carry a spear, and it is common to see firearms and bows and arrows."
Long Thirteen nodded, and asked again, "How many people can you bring in a ship like you?"
Liu Jinfu thought for a while and said: "On this Han River, the boat gang is divided into three major factions, one is Hanzhong Mansion, which belongs there, one is Xiangyang Mansion, and the other is Wuchang Mansion, all of which have their own dragon heads, and in Xiabucai, in addition to the ten Mingtang boats here, they can also attract some yellow boats and horse boats that can be changed into warships, but they are ......
Long Thirteen smiled and said, "Can you buy it?"
Liu Jinfu nodded, "That's naturally good, the best way to use a combat boat is naturally a horse boat, which has the deepest draft, and a good horse boat at the moment, second-hand, at least two lines of silver, but it may not be able to be bought."
Long 13 said, "Wang Heizi's silver ticket is good?"
Liu Jinfu nodded, "Wang Heizi's silver ticket is not a good one, but the best one!"
Long 13 said to Long Xiaoshi, "Give him 10,000 taels of silver tickets and let him buy ten horse boats, by the way, can the horse boats have oars?"
"Naturally, Hanzhong relies on Gongchang Mansion and Minzhou, the horse-producing areas in the northwest, and after buying horses from the Hu people, they can first be transported from the Jialing River to Luoyang County, and then rushed to Mian County by land, from where they can get on the boat and go straight to Nanyang Mansion!"
"Then how many people do you have on a Mingtang ship?"
"Twenty or thirty"
"Well, in addition to buying ships, recruit more people."
This is already Liu Jinfu as his own person, Xu Yixian saw it, and hurriedly said: "Big boss, I will try my best to persuade Xu Qianhe to surrender to your department."
Long 13 smiled, "Don't worry, I'm building a new warship in Neixiang County and Xinye County, I'm afraid the tactics are very different from the official army, it's good that he is willing to take refuge, if he is unwilling and not reluctant, Mr. Xu, I am satisfied if you have this heart."
"In the Left Banner Camp, what I care about most is you, Mr. Xu, and then there are nine dragons, whether there is Xu Qianhe or Qi Shangyou, it doesn't matter."
This is the heart-wrenching, Xu Yixian and Liu Jinfu were very moved when they heard it, and they bent down to give a salute with gratitude.
Long 13 looked at the city gate tower and said, "It is estimated that Qi Shangyou and Xu Qianhe are also watching from above, and it is not too early, you must be careful after the two of you go back, remember, Qi Shangyou and Xu Qianhe's people, money and food are not important to me, you two are the most important, don't put yourself in danger for the sake of something outside your body."
"Remember, remember"
As he spoke, he stepped on a war horse, waved his hand at the two, and then waved at the city gatehouse, and then walked away.
Just now, at the beginning, Long Thirteen spoke loudly, the width of the moat of the Zuoqiying was only more than ten meters, and this place was not far from the city gate tower, presumably Qi Shangyou and Xu Qianhe on the city gate tower already knew that he was Long Thirteen, but then he lowered his voice, and the two of them probably did not hear his words.
Sure enough, when Xu Yixian and Liu Jinfu returned to the city, Qi Shangyou and Xu Qianhe also hurried over.
"Is that really Dragon Thirteen?"
Xu Yixian sighed: "It is estimated that yes, this person once took Wu Cheng with his own strength, and he also killed Xu Yanqi, who was no less powerful than Tao Wanjun and could dance a hundred and twenty catties of broadsword
Who else but the Dragon Thirteen?"
Just when Qi Shangyou and Xu Qianhe were still sighing, Xu Yixian persuaded: "General, you have also heard of the battle in Wucheng, after that dragon thirteen killed Xu Yanqi, he easily controlled Sun Chuanting, you know, although Sun Chuanting is a jinshi, the long sword in his hand is all over the Jinzhong area."
His subtext was: "With the power of the Dragon Thirteen, you can not only defeat Tao Wanjun within a few moves, but also kill him, and you can take down Qi Shangyou!"
Qi Shangyou soon woke up, and slowly did not regret it, but was a little afraid.
And Xu Qianhe was a little silent.
Unlike Qi Shangyou, a native Qianhu, he has always grown up in the "Deep Mu Emperor's Grace", and when he thinks of Long Thirteen's amazing strength and unpredictable methods, what he thinks of is not fear, but a burst of discouragement.
"Da Ming, is it really going to be over?"
When he ran to his mansion accompanied by Liu Jinfu, his steps couldn't help but stumble a little, and his mouth kept muttering to himself, and finally walked to the door of the house, and a cold wind blew him to completely sober up.
He grabbed Liu Jinfu, "You, good thief, are you going to take refuge in thieves?"
Liu Jinfu smiled: "Mr. Qian, where do you want to go?"
"Why should I believe you?"
"Mr. Qian, don't forget, in the evening, all the serious officers and soldiers returned to the city, and those who stayed on the dock outside the city were my people."
As he spoke, he broke free of Xu Qianhe and walked towards the water gate without looking back.
Halfway through, he ran into Yu Dahai and dozens of his men.
Xu Qianhe stood under the gate of his mansion in a daze, looking at the figures of those people, his expression was extremely complicated.
And after Liu Jinfu and Yu Dahai walked to the Water Gate, because they were the leaders of the sailors who were resident in the Water Gate, naturally no one stopped them.
When they entered the water gate, Liu Jinfu said in a deep voice: "The sea, seal the water gate!"
"Why is that?"
"Don't worry about it for now, let's talk about it after it's sealed."
When they returned to the boat, Liu Jinfu called all his own.
"Brothers, do you know who I saw at Qi Shangyou's house today?"
"Who?"
"Dragon Thirteen!"
"Huh?!"
"Hehe, that Dragon Thirteen is really powerful, both bold and powerful, and he won the ordinary Tao Wanjun in a few rounds."
Just when the crowd was excited, Liu Jinfu said, "Still stunned, start the boat"
Yu Dahai asked, "Where are you going?"
"Needless to say, go down the river and go to Fancheng!"