Everyone was supposed to follow the Xunshui River and go straight to Ansi Lake, but the intersection of the two was inexplicably blocked by a piece of silt.

Although there was still water passing through, their ships were now full of heavy loads, and as soon as they went up, they would inevitably sink into it, and they could not move from side to side.

When the water bandits saw this situation, they were shocked.

It was still good when it came, but why did it take only a few days for the river to be silted up?

This is tantamount to blocking their passage back to Ansi Lake, and cutting off their foundation for survival.

Originally, a few days ago, the loss of food and grass overnight made them suspect that the gods had done it. Combined with the various abnormalities in the past few days, the excitement of all the bandits seizing the property suddenly dissipated, and the morale of each one plummeted.

If they can't go back to Ansi Lake, they can't deal with the imperial court's naval army, and when the imperial court comes to their senses, they can only wander around, panicking all day long.

The young man's face turned pale, even if he boasted of being full of wisdom, at this moment he seemed to feel targeted by the will of heaven, and there was a black hand arranging all this.

"Let's dig a hole, just let the ship pass."

The boy clenched his fists, his joints turned white, and despite his situation, he still refused to give up.

He has been preparing for a long time, and he is not willing to fall short.

Luckily, their ships were long and narrow, and they should have been able to pass through a ditch if they had dug a trench.

"Order, from now on everyone go down to dig a ditch, as long as you can dig through this place in one day, each person will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver."

The young man took a deep breath, and now that the morale of the people had fallen, he could only boost his morale with a heavy reward.

Sure enough, as he agreed to reward him, everyone's mood was a little higher.

Under the command of the sturdy man at the head, the boats approached the silt, and they jumped into the water, staggering on the mud, and dug with their blades without the tools they had.

It's just that the mud clogged the ground is also tricky, half of it is underwater, and everyone can't make their strength underwater, and it takes half a day of effort, but with little effect.

"I heard that the reincarnation of [Lian Zhenxing] has always been paranoid and will not look back after hitting the south wall, but I didn't expect this rumor to be true."

Qiu Ping watched this scene from afar, and subconsciously touched the flesh on his lips.

"However, I still expect you to make me a knife, don't collapse so quickly, come on."

Qiu Ping smiled on his face, then stretched out his hand and waved, and a gust of wind rose out of thin air around him.

The bandits were still digging through the mud before watching their ships drift off into the distance.

"Alas, Childe is still on the boat!"

"And the money and food, all on board!"

The bandits watched as the boat, boosted by the wind, slowly left the shore and kept moving towards the distance, and chased after them.

They hurriedly plunged into the water and pursued the boat.

Thanks to the long string of sheepskin rafts dragged behind the backs of these boats, they did not move quickly, and they quickly caught up.

But at this moment, the speed of the river seems to have suddenly become much faster, and even if they hold on to the penny to slow down, these boats continue to move forward.

These ships went all the way forward, and the water bandits could not control them, so they had to watch the ships drift south for hundreds of miles, and they actually came to the boundary of Xunjiang Mansion.

This is no longer their sphere of influence, and they rarely reach out here.

After these encounters, everyone has long suspected that they and others are being targeted by ghosts and gods, where is the fighting spirit at this moment, and they don't even want the food on the ship, they just want to divide the money and disperse.

But there are so many people in this vast area, but they are also frightened of the chaos here, and at the moment, from the officials in charge to the inspection officers below, they have abandoned the government and fled.

After all, the reputation of the [Heavenly Alliance] is outside, they have robbed several banknotes, how can these officials of the imperial court dare to confront them?

"Childe, I see that this matter is quite strange, let's go ashore."

Everyone stood on the boat, looking at the yamen that had escaped in a hurry, and was also a little silent.

They felt that there were too many strange things in the past few days, and the name of the [Generalissimo of the General Department of Supervising the World of Transportation] had spread very widely recently, and their hearts were becoming more and more bottomless.

And that boy is also at a loss in his eyes at the moment, no matter what he does now, it seems that there is always a hand against them in the dark.

"Good...... We'll go ashore and make plans. ”

After repeated blows, even the reincarnation of this [Lian Zhenxing] has no charter.

Even if he is the reincarnation of Xingjun and is burdened with great luck, there is no way to solve his difficulties in the face of a shameless immortal.

But just as they were about to go ashore, a gust of wind blew again, and they continued south with the boat.

"Again...... Not again! ”

Everyone's courage is lost, this kind of wind blows so deliberately, is this too lazy to cover it?

There are some people who have poor psychological quality and are unwilling to toss like this anymore, so they plunge headlong into the water.

"Bang."

Obviously it was a soft and rippling water, and their heads seemed to hit a hard ice mound, and the blood flowed directly, and their facial features were displaced.

"Ah...... Grandpa River God spares his life, and I will never dare to run amok against the law anymore. ”

This scene seemed to be the last straw that overwhelmed everyone, and most of them knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

But the ship ignored them and continued to move into the distance.

Along the Xunshui road to the south, there are nearly ten banknote passes.

But fortunately, these banknotes have long been decayed, and they have already encountered so many water bandits who are running down the river and running faster than anyone else.

Although the water bandits of the [Heavenly Alliance] were panicked to death, they became famous, and in the more and more mysterious news, this group of water bandits became a huge force with tens of thousands of people, rampaging through several Cao rivers, and breaking through more than a dozen banknote gates.

The court was furious, the people panicked, and for a while, the thirteen Cao rivers under the Bashui system were stormy, and the negative atmosphere grew wildly.

Even if Qiu Ping's divine fire burned more and more, there were some signs that it could not be supported.

After all, he had made a bold statement, saying that he wanted to protect Caoyun, and now that the water bandits were rampant, if he didn't deal with it quickly, it would be a huge blow to his prestige.

And Qiu Ping has been playing with this group of people for so long, and now he knows that it is time to harvest.

That's just right, it's time for a big wave.

……

"Gong ...... Childe, why don't you eat some grain. "The bandits had been floating on the water for three days, and although they were only a few feet from the shore, the distance was like a moat, and they had exhausted all means for the past few days, but they could not reach the shore.

For this reason, they all lost more than a dozen people.

The crowd was in despair.

Sometimes when they saw someone on the shore, they all shouted for help, but when the people on the shore saw so many fierce and evil people, where did they dare to stay, they ran faster than the monkeys.

If you are just trapped on a ship, you will be nothing but lose your freedom.

But their ships are too small to make a fire. A group of water bandits came out to plunder, and their bodies were naked, and they couldn't hold fire folds.

Although they dragged a large amount of grain, these grains that had not yet been ground up, not to mention eating them, were also backlogged and uncomfortable in their stomachs, and everyone's stomachs were swollen, but they could not digest them.

"No need."

Although the young man had been hungry for a long time, and had barely drunk some river water for three days, he really couldn't eat a single bite of these coarse grains.

He is from a big family, and he has been clothed and fed since he was a child, where can he endure such hardship.

Pity him for his self-proclaimed incomparable wisdom and scheming, and when he encountered a storm, he turned into a dragon and took off, but when he failed to succeed, he suffered setbacks again and again, which dealt a great blow to his self-confidence.

After the tossing of the sturdy man in the past few days, his spirit has also weakened a lot at the moment, and he can only sigh when he looks like this.

"Ahead are the heroes of the [Heavenly Alliance]."

Just when they were at a loss, a heroic voice suddenly came from behind them.

Everyone on the boat looked up suddenly, but saw more than a dozen boats rushing out of the waterways in all directions, and about 100 people stood on them, each holding a sword, and the leader was a strong figure, and he was full of oppression when he looked at it.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are the people of Shuizhai [Qianjiang Jiao], I heard that you heroes have a great reputation, and we are here to take refuge today!"

The people on the shore performed a river and lake etiquette and reported their names.

How could everyone in the Heavenly Alliance be in the mood to take in the little brother at this moment, and they were silent one by one.

The people of [Qianjiang Jiao] secretly disliked it in their hearts, how could these people be so arrogant, although we are not as big as your [for Tianmeng] family, but there are countless good hands, how can they be so contemptuous of us?

"You ...... Can you take food with you? We bartered silver and gold and grain for you. ”

After a long silence, the young man spoke slowly.

[Qianjiang Jiao] Everyone looked at each other, what kind of requirement is this, everyone is discussing the merger, you and we want to eat?

"Thinking that in the past few days, in order to break through the imperial court money pass as quickly as possible, they have marched rapidly for several days, and the dry food on their bodies has been exhausted, and the looted food cannot be eaten directly, so I have this to say."

At the side of the rough man, a shriveled old man dressed as a fortune teller said.

"It is worthy of being the elite of the world, in the past three days, they have traveled hundreds of miles in the water, experienced several battles, but the team has never collapsed, even when they are at the peak of the Daqian Dynasty, they can be regarded as elite."

When the rough man heard this, his face turned bright, but he admired it more and more in his heart.

If his men and horses were so called, I am afraid that the people below would have mutinied and dissatisfied.

"Hurry up and send food to all the heroes, we have also heard of the name of [for the Heavenly Alliance], and these foods can be regarded as gifts from us to you."

The rough man was also atmospheric, and said loudly.

After a short time, a few people supported the bamboo raft and delivered some dry food to the [Heavenly Alliance] people.

In the past few days, the bandits of the [Heavenly Alliance] have all relied on eating grains to survive, even in the face of these dry foods that they are not very interested in on weekdays, their eyes are shining, and they are devouring them one by one.

"Childe, you can eat some too."

A bandit handed a piece of dry cake to the young man and whispered.

The young man nodded, then broke open a flatbread mixed with some wheat bran, put it in his mouth and chewed it.

Maybe he was so hungry that he choked on food.

It was only after drinking a few large sips of river water that he regained his strength.

"Thank you for your gift of food today, here is three thousand taels of silver, please accept it. As for the words of refuge, how can I delay you to wait for the water anymore? ”

The young man regained some strength, and he and the people of [Qianjiang Jiao] arched their hands and said.

The rough man's face changed slightly, they really took refuge, but they didn't expect people to look down on them.

"Village master, although I, Chen Banxian, don't know how to practice, but these eyes are never bad at seeing people. This person is as lucky as a tide, brilliant as a star, and he will be a big man who will shake the world in the future. ”

"I think that although he has the intention of falling and expanding at the moment, as long as he breaks this level, he will inevitably rise to the top and turn into a dragon."

The fortune teller tugged at his sleeve and whispered.

Ordinary people like them, if they want to do a great cause, they must attach the tail of a hero, borrow their luck, and use their momentum.

Hearing Chen Banxian say this, the rough man finally paid attention in his heart.

"I know that you are a little wary of us, in this case, we will follow from a distance, if we encounter the encirclement and suppression of the imperial court, we are willing to fight the enemy together with all the heroes."

The ancient holy kings of the people had to look at the thatched house in the face of the sages, as long as they stalked and stalked, they would definitely be able to open the gold and stone.

"Idiot."

The corners of the young man's mouth twitched, it's really a good word to persuade the damned ghost, since you want to die yourself, then follow it.

As they spoke, their ship went down the river for more than ten miles.

The water bandits of [Qianjiang Jiao] really followed as they said and followed far behind.

And so, a few more days passed.

However, behind them, the sailors of the imperial court finally followed after some tossing.

The Great Qian Imperial Court learned the lesson of the demise of the previous dynasty and has always implemented the strategy of strengthening the cadres and weakening the branches. The Beijing camp of the imperial court, the soldiers and horses of the five directions, and the border army are all quite elite.

However, in these local state capitals and counties, there are very few troops.

Although there were many bandits in various places and various small-scale uprisings emerged one after another, as long as the imperial army arrived, it could always be pacified.

Originally, they thought that these water bandits were just mustard diseases, so they transferred some people from all over the country to temporarily form an army to suppress bandits.

But as the situation intensified, they did not dare to encircle and suppress it easily, so they could only continue to transfer troops from all over the place.

It wasn't until more than 10,000 people were gathered that the troops were dispatched.

But it is precisely because of the large number of people in the imperial court, and the Cao River is not so spacious in comparison, and now that the wind is not smooth, the speed of their movement is simply touching.

But even if all the officers and soldiers were anxious, they could never catch up with the slippery bandits, and they received the documents urging them every day, and their hearts were impatient.

If these bandits are allowed to run rampant, the prestige of the imperial court will gradually decrease.

"Damn, how did these bandits run so fast! Raise the sails to the highest for me, if we can't stop the bandits, none of us can run!" ”

(End of chapter)