The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, Zhao and the three got up, and after eating something briefly, they took fishing nets and other tools and wanted to go out.

As soon as he walked to the door, Zhao Ta turned around and looked at the few people who were tied up next to the stove, and said, "General Yan Zongwang has instructed that everyone who has seen us will be killed, but I think these few are quite honest, and let them go." ”

Huang Gu said: "The general is benevolent, and his subordinates admire him." ”

Watching a few people walk out of the door, the brothers tied up by the stove looked at each other, showing a relieved and immortal expression.

The three of them took fishing nets, tools, and weapons hidden under their clothes, and walked along the shadows of the roadside towards the shore.

Not every fisherman on the beach has a boat, and some are fishermen who work for those who have a boat, but the brothers have a small fishing boat, which is now docked at the berth by the sea.

The so-called Botou is a sand cabin, which can store some small fishing boats, and the fishing village itself sends people to take care of it, which is also a job.

In these days, although the pirates are showing off their might, they have not really gone ashore, nor have they robbed anything, and this kind of sand cabin is also not looked down upon, so the boats in the fishing village have always been safe, but no one dares to go out to sea to fish.

Zhao Ta and a few people took fishing nets and other things just to make a pretext, in case they encountered the Liao soldiers to investigate, on the edge of Jinzhou City, if they can, they don't do it, so as to avoid startling the snake.

They walked all the way until they were far away from the seashore and could already see the sea, when suddenly a group of Liao soldiers came from the direction of Jinzhou.

There were dozens of Liao soldiers up and down, led by horseback, and shouted from afar: "Where did you guys come from?" Stop and don't go! ”

Zhao Ta and the three of them stopped and looked, only to see that the group of Liao soldiers came to the front for a moment, and the leader of the horse pointed with a whip: "Where are you going?" ”

Huang Gu hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "This general, we are going to the beach to fish." ”

When the chief heard this, he said angrily: "You don't want to die, there are pirates on the seaside, what kind of fish do you catch!" ”

Huang Gu smiled bitterly: "General, if you don't catch and sell again, your family will be cut off from eating and drinking, and the three of you will see that it is early today, and you will come back after a few nets, and you may not be able to meet pirates." ”

The leader said with a gloomy face: "You said that if you can't touch it, you can't touch it?" Pirates are coming and going frequently these days, so if you don't hurry back sooner or later, don't make a mess here! ”

Huang Gu said: "General, if you don't fish again, your family will stop cooking, and you will starve to death!" ”

The leader sneered: "It's my business to starve to death or not, Lord Assassin Shi has long ordered that no one is allowed to approach the beach, could it be that you didn't see the notice?" ”

Huang Gu was slightly stunned when he heard this, they touched the fishing village in the middle of the night, it was dark and the moon was dark, where had they seen any notices.

The leader's eyes swept over the faces of Zhao Ta and the others, and he said suspiciously: "Haven't you really read the notice?" Which fishing village are you from? What is the last name? ”

When Zhao Ta heard this, he secretly said that it was bad in his heart, and he glanced at Ouyang Bei, Ouyang Bei hurriedly stepped forward and said: "General, we are from Xiaoting Village, my name is Ding Da, and their names are Zhang Xiaowu and Zhou Xiaoqi. ”

"Xiaoting Village?" The leader sneered, "What is the name of Baozheng in Xiaoting Village?" ”

Ouyang Beidao: "General, the Baozheng of our village is naturally Wu Suilao, and the first one in the east of the village is." ”

"How many people are in Wu Sui's hometown, can chickens, ducks, geese and dogs be raised in the courtyard?" The leader quietly rested a hand on the hilt of the sword.

"General, the Baozheng family is a family of five, chickens, ducks and geese are all raised, this dog ......" Ouyang Bei didn't know if the Baozheng family had a dog, when they asked the brothers, they also specifically asked about the situation of the Baozheng family, but they would never ask what livestock were raised in the yard.

"This dog has two dogs, one black one is called Da Hei, and the other flower one is called Xiaocao!" Ouyang Bei had no choice but to talk nonsense at the moment.

"Hey, hey!" The leader sneered: "Big black grass? I don't think you're from Xiaoting Village at all, you're spies sent by pirates! ”

"General, we are really fishermen from Xiaoting Village, not spies!" Ouyang Bei hurriedly shook his head.

"Baozheng Wu of Xiaoting Village was bitten by a dog when he was a child, and he was most afraid of dogs in his life, how could he raise a dog!" The leader sneered: "His son is on an errand in the camp, he has already said this, you guys are sneaky and talking nonsense, it must be the work of pirates, come and take them down for me!" ”

Huang Gu and the two looked at Zhao Ta together when they heard this, Zhao Ta sighed in his heart, he wanted to go to the beach quietly, but he didn't expect it to be a sideshow, but at this moment there was no other way to do it, so he could only do it.

He nodded, and Huang Gu in front of him suddenly pulled out his sword, and it was a sword that pointed at Huashan and stabbed at the leader.

The leader had already taken precautions in his heart at this time, and drew his sword in his hand to the side, but unexpectedly, Huang Gu's sword was extremely heavy, and his knife did not move at all, and the leader couldn't help but panic in his heart, and it was too late to dodge at this time, and he was stabbed in the throat by a sword in the blink of an eye, and fell off the horse.

The soldiers behind were all shocked when they saw this, and hurriedly rushed up to attack the three of them, but in a blink of an eye, more than a dozen fell down, and then there was a "hula" sound, and the crying father ran away.

The three of them went to chase separately, where were these ordinary soldiers the opponents of the three of them, almost one at a time, even if they ran farther, they were also caught up and killed.

After dealing with these soldiers, Zhao Ta put away his short sword and said: "This place is too close to Jinzhou, it is estimated that it will not be long before someone will find out about the situation here, so we should hurry to the beach." ”

Huang Gu and the two also collected their blades when they heard this, and hurriedly walked to the beach, but they came early, and there was not a single ship on the sea, Zhao Ta said: "Find a place to hide first, and wait." ”

Huang Gu said: "Childe, in case Jinzhou City sends chasing soldiers......

Zhao Ta glanced at the direction of the sun, shook his head and said: "I have made an appointment with Lei Laohu in the morning and evening, and it will arrive in about a quarter of an hour. ”

Huang Gu smiled: "I always took a boat a while ago, but I haven't rowed it for a long time. ”

Ouyang Bei looked at him and said: "I'm afraid that the Lord of the Yellow Mansion often rows in the Tokyo River, and this sea is not as good as the river, but I went to the South China Sea when I was a teenager, and I rowed a few times there, and now I can get started." ”

Zhao Ta said: "You two must not fight, there is a sand cabin over there, go and see the movement first, don't make a show outside." ”

The three of them walked towards a sand cabin not far away, but it turned out to be just a long windy tent built by broken reeds and rotten wood at the four corners, and there were more than a dozen boats in it, arranged in the direction of the sea.

As soon as the fishermen need to go out to sea, the boats are pulled into the sea along the sand channel and then into the sand tanks when they return.

Zhao Ta took a look and saw that there was only one old man wearing a straw hat in the sand cabin, leaning against the ship and dozing, and there was no one else.

He thought for a few breaths in his heart and said: "This is not a place to hide, it is better to drag a boat to the sea first, and save the time when you are in a hurry." ”

Huang Gu immediately went over and tied up the old man and gaged him, and then went to see the boat, there are sand roads under the boat, but even so, the boat is not something that three or two people can drag, and the fishermen go to sea to make the boat probably need seven or eight strong men to work together every time to pull the boat into the sea.

However, the three of them were very manpowered, and they were unusual, and it didn't take much effort to pull a boat into the sea.

At this time, the morning sun gradually rose, the sea breeze rippled, blowing on their faces, and the three of them couldn't help but feel relaxed.

Zhao Ta said with a smile: "Get on the boat and watch the scenery." ”

When the boat entered the shallow water, Ouyang Bei took off his boots, rolled up his trousers, and pushed a few more pushes in the water, and the boat moved, and then he jumped up and said, "Childe, let's see what I do." ”

Zhao Ta didn't say anything, just watched the two of them fiddle with the fishing boat, at first a little rushed, but it didn't take long for him to become proficient, and then the boat moved slowly along the direction of the wind.

Although the ship was moving, it did not go deep, but it was slowly wandering along the coast, but there was not a single ship of the Liao State Water Camp left and right, because the Liao State Water Camp had already figured out the law of pirates, and knew that it would come today, so they all hid in the front line of Laizhou.

But at this time, a group of people and horses galloped in the distance on the shore, obviously found the corpses of those Liao soldiers before, and then they chased after the traces, and at this moment they saw a small boat near the sea, three people on board, and the appearance was quite suspicious, so there were small soldiers who put their hands together and shouted: "Who is on the boat, quickly dock and report the history." ”

Zhao Ta and the three ignored it, and the leader couldn't help but scold the water camp in his heart, and at this moment he couldn't even see the figure of a water camp, and they didn't have a boat, where could they go to the water, not to mention that the water affairs were not under their control, and there were even more pirates who were ferocious, and their scalps were numb when they thought about it.

At this time, a small soldier came to report, saying that someone in the sand cabin on the side was tied up by bandits, and robbed a fishing boat, the leader heard this, his face changed, and his heart estimated that it must have been done by three people...... When the leader thought of this, his face sank.

"Don't act rashly, that ship may be a pirate!" The leader took a few steps back.

"Where are all the water battalion soldiers? Let them be in charge of the affairs of the seas. The minions looked at the ship and began to chatter.

The leader looked at these little soldiers, and a disloyal thought suddenly rose in his heart, why didn't those pirate ships come? If you come, just take this opportunity to retreat, anyway, the people on the pirate ship basically don't get off the ship, just wave the flag and shout, and intimidate the disgusting people.

At this moment, the leader's expression suddenly relaxed a little bit, and even a little happy in his expression, I saw that on the sea line, dozens of large sea ships slowly appeared, and a flag was hung above the one headed by him, and the flag was painted with a big tiger head, hideous and vicious!

The leader coughed lightly and said lightly: "Those pirates are here again, retreat two arrows, and the banner soldiers will quickly return to the city to report the assassination......

After a while, Zhao Ta boarded the Hutou Banner sea boat, and Lei Laohu turned around and bowed: "Lord, my subordinates are late, and I ask the prince to surrender...... That prince is really a god and a man, coming and going to the enemy country as if entering a no-man's land, so that his subordinates are so impressed that they throw themselves to the ground! ”

Zhao Ta glanced at him: "How about Ma Zheng and Hu Yanqing?" ”

Lei Laohu said: "The two adults are okay, they are both locked up in the cave on the island, and they haven't seen the sun for a few months, and even their faces are three points white." ”

Zhao Ta nodded: "Get up, you did a good job this time, and you are worthy of the king's trust." ”

Lei Laohu suddenly smiled when he heard this, and said, "Lord Wang, are you withdrawing to Peach Blossom Island now?" ”

Zhao Ta looked at him and suddenly smiled: "This time I went north with the ship, and I lost a lot, right?" ”

Lei Laohu hurriedly said: "Where is it, it is a subordinate blessing to do things for the prince, and there is no loss." ”

Zhao Ta moved his gaze back, looked at the wide sea, and said slowly: "A few months in the north, it will naturally delay your maritime business, and with so many sea vessels, it is to eat and drink every day and scatter the silver money like flowing water......"

Lei Laohu bent down and said: "They all rely on the sea to eat the sea, the prince is too much, not to mention that the subordinates are willing to go to the soup for the prince, and stick knives in both ribs." ”

Zhao Tan smiled: "I am happy to hear this, but the truth is not so, this king is not such a stingy person, but this time I went to Liao Country and did not make these preparations, but ......"

Lei Laohu immediately listened with his ears pricked up, and Zhao Ta said: "But you can't come in vain, this Liao State Water Camp is weak, and there are no siege crossbows from my Great Song Dynasty, but you can go back with some autumn winds." ”

When Lei Laohu heard this, his two mung bean eyes flashed, looked in the direction of Jinzhou City in the distance, and said in a low voice: "What does the prince mean ......"

Zhao Ta looked at him and shook his head, and said, "What do you see Jinzhou doing, what does this king mean...... Call the state! ”

Lei Laohu's body immediately shook up when he heard this, Jinzhou is naturally not easy to fight, the city is thick and far from the sea, once the attack will stretch the battle line too long, for the pirates, there is no advantage.

But Laizhou is different, Laizhou City is very close to the sea, and there are few beaches, many reef bends, even big ships can get close to the past, whether it is robbing or attacking the city, there is a basis for advance and retreat.

Zhao Ta said: "What kind of sharp weapons are there on the ship?" ”

Lei Laohu said: "Except for the kind of ballista that the prince delivered to Huang Dashuai, there is nothing else, and the ballista was only made in the past few months. ”

"Ballista ......" Zhao Ta nodded, this is one of the top priorities that Zhao Ta gave him after Huang Jue went to Fujian to take up his post, and the ballista was definitely a killing weapon.

However, although the ballista is very powerful, it is much more complex and expensive to manufacture than a bed crossbow, and it is extremely difficult to mass-produce the most powerful one.

Zhao Ta wrote to Huang Jue several times and drew drawings, and in this way, only five frames were built in a few years.

And what Lei Laohu said right now is naturally not the most powerful, but a weakened version made by Zhao Ta and Huang Jue after the secret conversation on Peach Blossom Island.

Of course, Huang Jue's five ballistas are not a complete version, but they are just the extreme of what Huang Jue's manpower and material resources can achieve, which can be regarded as a rough version.

Zhao Ta said: "How many ballistas do you have in your hands now?" ”

Lei Laohu said: "Lord Wang, there are only seven or eight." ”

Zhao Ta smiled when he heard this: "It's enough, and I don't want to use this thing to attack the city, if this king takes you to attack Laizhou, is it still called fighting the autumn wind?" Isn't that called a siege and a seizure of the land? ”

Lei Laohu looked puzzled when he heard this: "Lord Wang, call the autumn wind of the state...... Don't you have to siege the city? ”

Zhao Ta said: "You come here with your ears." ”

Lei Laohu probed his brain, Zhao Ta said a few words, only to see Lei Laohu's small eyes getting brighter and brighter, and finally fell directly to the ground and said: "The prince is clever, and he belongs to 10,000 ...... No, no, it's not as good as 100,000! ”

(End of chapter)