Chapter 143. Expand the navy,
Yang Peng saw that they were about to lose their support, and raised his voice: "Don't hurt them, catch them alive!" The four guards immediately got out of the battle circle, untied the rope hanging from their waists and threw them out, and the four of them were trapped, and the hands of the four were immediately restrained, and the other guards quickly stepped forward and put their long swords around their necks, and the four of them were captured.
The big man struggled and said angrily: "You don't talk about the morality of the rivers and lakes, and you use tricks to win many people!" Yang Peng smiled. Zhao Jinxi smiled: "This person is really interesting!" The big man looked behind Yang Peng, and saw a few beautiful women with slender figures, picturesque eyebrows, and different styles, and was immediately stunned, and couldn't help muttering: "What a beautiful girl!" Only then did he notice several women standing behind Yang Peng.
A female guard next to him slapped him hard and scolded, "Keep your mouth clean!" The big man was furious, glared and shouted: "Where is Lao Tzu's mouth not clean!" "The female guard still has to fight. Yang Peng raised his voice and said: "Calm down, calm down, this man is just praising my wife." Dahan looked at Yang Peng, "You are an understanding person!" ”
Yang Peng smiled and asked, "Brother, what's your name?" Even if Dahan was about to answer, the goatee behind him hurriedly kicked Dahan, and Dahan glared angrily: "Second brother, did you take the wrong medicine?" Why are you kicking me? Goatee glanced at Yang Peng, who was smiling, and whispered to Dahan: "Don't talk nonsense." Dahan didn't understand what it meant at all, and he didn't take it to heart, so he turned his head to Yang Peng and said: "Lao Tzu Xing doesn't change his name, he doesn't change his surname, his surname is Wang Minghai!" Goatee shook his head and sighed, "It's over, it's over!" We're dead! Wang Hai asked angrily, "What do you mean?" ”
Yang Peng laughed and said: "What he means is that you are a big pirate with a great reputation, and no one will know it as soon as you say it!" Yang Peng smiled: "You have a bit of knowledge." Yang Peng raised his voice and said, "Take them back." The secret guards immediately escorted the four pirates towards the Stay-behind Mansion, while Yang Peng and the others followed. Entering the gate of the Left-behind Mansion, Goatee frowned and said, "This kid seems to be an important person under the command of the general!" Then complained to Wang Hai: "I said big brother, can't you be so sincere?" Now that we have fallen into the hands of the government, I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape! Wang Hai glared and said: "It's a big deal, what is there to be afraid of!" Second child, can you stop being so cowardly? The goatee just sighed.
The four of them were escorted into the lobby, and after waiting for a while, Yang Peng walked in, and at this time his fairy-like wives and concubines were gone. Four men stared at him. Yang Peng stood in front of the four of them, looked at them, and asked with a smile, "Do you know what punishment you will be punished for being a pirate?" The female pirate glared and said, "If you want to kill, kill it, what are you doing with so much nonsense?" ”
Yang Peng smiled, "Your woman's temper is really choking!" Goatee hurriedly asked, "Is Your Excellency a member of the General's command?" Jiang Li, the female guard captain standing aside, shouted: "You are talking to the general!" The four of them were taken aback, and the female pirate asked loudly in an unbelievable tone, "You are the general of Yulin who fought the Liao people and recovered Yanyun Bazhou?!" ”
Yang Peng smiled and nodded, "Yes." The female pirate looked Yang Peng up and down, feeling incredible.
Goatee came back to his senses and hurriedly said, "Since he is a famous general, he must not be unreasonable, right?" Yang Peng retreated to the top of the steps, sat down on the steps, and asked with a smile, "What do you want to reason with me?" The goatee immediately said: "Although we are pirates, we have never plundered the merchant ships of these eight states since the general recovered the Yanyun Eight Prefectures, so it stands to reason that the general should not punish us!" Wang Hai said angrily: "Why is the eldest husband afraid of death, why do you ask for mercy!" The goatee said, "Big brother, reasoning is not begging for mercy!" If the general is unreasonable and wants to kill us, it will only be death, and it will not damage our prestige! Wang Hai felt that what he said made sense, nodded, looked at Yang Peng, and said loudly: "That's the truth, how do you want to deal with us?" ”
Yang Peng didn't answer and asked: "Why did you venture to Beijing?" Wang Hai arrived without thinking about it: "There is a shortage of food in the water village, we are here to buy grain!" The goatee tugged at Wang Hai's sleeve behind him, Wang Hai shook it off, and glared, "What are you doing?" The goatee sighed.
Yang Peng smiled, "How many people are there in your water village?" Wang Haigang wanted to answer, but suddenly realized something, puffed out his eyes and asked, "Why are you asking this?" Yang Peng smiled: "If you don't tell me how many people there are, how can I prepare food for you?" The four of them looked surprised, thinking that they had heard it wrong, and Wang Hai asked loudly, "You want to give us food?" ”
Yang Peng said: "I heard that most of the members of your water village are from the sixteen states of Yanyun, and as Yanyun, I have the responsibility to take care of them. The four of them looked at Yang Peng in disbelief, and Wang Hai stammered: "You, what you said is true?" Yang Peng stood up and smiled: "Do I look like I'm joking?" After a pause, "According to my information, your water village is on Changshan Island, and there are more than 10,000 people living on Changshan Island, of which five or six thousand are pirates, and the rest are your family members, all of whom are old and weak women and children. I will give you 50,000 stone of grain, which is enough for you for half a year. ”
Poof! Wang Hai suddenly knelt down, and the other three also knelt down. Wang Hai said gratefully: "General, I, I thank you!" Yang Peng helped the four of them up, "It doesn't have to be like this, this is what I should do!" Glancing at the four of them, "Being a pirate is not a long-term solution!" Do you want to go on like this? ”
The four of them showed helplessness, and Wang Hai said: "General, we are not born thieves, if we can be good people, who will be robbers!" There's really no way, you can't live without being a robber! ”
Yang Peng nodded, "I can understand." Glancing at the four of them, "If I invite you to join me, would you be willing?" The four of them were stunned, and the female pirate asked in disbelief, "Are you willing to accept us pirates as subordinates?" "Of course I do! In my eyes, you are much more admirable than those officials in the officialdom! ”
The Wang Hai brothers and sisters were excited, and the sixth brother was also eager to try, while the goatee asked cautiously, "What if, if we don't agree?" Yang Peng laughed, "If you don't want to, you can leave now!" As for food, tell me a location and I'll send someone to deliver it! You only need to promise me one condition, that is, you will not kill innocents indiscriminately and will not plunder the merchant ships of the Central Plains. ”
The four of them were impressed by Yang Peng's mind, Wang Hai hugged his fists and said: "The general is really a man, and the villain is willing to give this life to the general!" The sixth and the female pirate also clasped their fists and said, "We are also willing!" Only Goatee didn't say anything, the three of them looked at him, and Wang Hai said angrily: "Second brother, don't you want to?" ”
Goatee hurriedly said: "The general is so open-minded, the villain is naturally willing to serve!" It's just, it's just ......" the goatee looked worried. Yang Peng felt a little hidden, and smiled: "If you have something to say, it doesn't hurt to say it." ”
"Yes. The villain is not worried about anything else, but is worried about the third and fourth. Unbeknownst to the Admiral, the two men were originally the leaders of another group of pirates. A year ago, we fought with us, and we defeated and merged into it, and the big and second masters of the pirates became the current third and fourth masters. ”
Yang Peng nodded, "I've heard about this." Goatee continued: "The two of them, unlike us, are fierce and greedy by nature, and they are unruly, and the villain fears that they will not be willing to serve the general. ”
The female pirate said angrily: "I said at the beginning that I would kill them all to avoid future troubles, but you just didn't listen!" As a result, how much trouble they have caused me in the past year or so, and the island is not in peace! Wang Hai frowned and said: "At that time, they were so pitiful and begging for mercy, and they couldn't do it!" The female pirate snorted.
Yang Peng pondered for a moment, "In other words, except for the two of them, there is no problem, right?" Goatee nodded. Yang Peng said: "That's it, you go back and tell me about it, it's good if they are willing, if they don't want to, let them leave." The four of them nodded, and the goatee said, "That's all I can do." ”
Yang Peng said: "But you have to prepare for the worst, if they try to take drastic actions, you must not be soft." Goatee hurriedly said to Wang Hai: "What the general said is extremely true, the so-called heart of harming people must not be had, and the heart of preventing people must be indispensable!" If we can say that it is good to disperse, it is naturally good, if the two of them want to jump, we can't be soft! Wang Hai frowned and nodded.
Yang Peng said to a few secret guards next to him: "Give them back their weapons." Several of the guards immediately returned their weapons to the four of them. The four men were very happy to get their weapons back. Yang Peng glanced at the four of them, "I only know the name of Wang Hai in your group, what are the names of the others?" ”
Wang Hai hurriedly pointed to the goatee, "This is our military advisor, Wang Gu, who was originally a poor and sour talent in Zhuozhou." Wang Gu hugged his fists and bowed: "The villain Wang Gu greets the general." Yang Peng nodded. Wang Hai pointed to the big man he called the sixth man, "That's the sixth master of our water village, Sun Chao." Sun Chao also met with Yang Peng, and Yang Peng also nodded in response. Wang Hai finally pointed to his sister and said with a smile: "This is my sister-in-law, the seventh master of Shuizhai, Wang Rong." Wang Rong hugged Yang Peng, and Yang Peng smiled slightly.
Wang Haidao: "We have a total of seven masters in Shuizhai, the third is called Li Shark, the fourth is called Fang Tai, and the fifth is called Cao Jin. Lao Wu is also our good brother. Yang Peng nodded and said to the four: "After you come over, you will become my navy, my navy commander is Lu Hu, and the deputy commander of the navy is Guan Shan, Wang Hai, you are another deputy commander of the navy, and the others are all generals in the navy." The four of them thanked each other for their joy.
At this moment, there was the sound of footsteps at the door. The four of them turned their heads to look at the door, and saw two big men with strong temperaments walking in from outside, and they couldn't help but guess in their hearts. Before entering the door just now, Yang Peng sent someone to call them. The man clasped his fists together and bowed, "The eldest brother summoned the younger brother and I don't know what to order?" ”
Yang Peng pointed to Wang Hai and the four of them and asked, "Do you know who they are?" The two of them glanced at Wang Hai and the four of them, and a feeling of kindness rose in their hearts for no reason, and they shook their heads. Yang Peng said with a smile: "The big man at the head is the very famous Wang Hai on the sea!" When the two heard that it was Wang Hai, their eyes widened in surprise, and Lu Hu hurriedly asked, "Could it be that he is the big boss of the Sea Shark Gang?" Yang Peng smiled: "It's not him!" ”
Lu Hu was overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "I have heard the prestige of the master for a long time, and I have never had the opportunity to see it, but I didn't expect to see it today!" Wang Haihao smiled heartily, hugged his fists and asked, "I don't know what the two brothers call yet?" The two reported their names, Wang Hai's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Could it be that the two brothers are the commanders of the general's naval army?" Lu Hu nodded. Wang Hai was very happy.
Yang Peng said to Lu Hu: "Wang Hai is now also the deputy commander of the navy, and his brothers are the generals in the navy. Lu Hu was very happy. Yang Peng smiled and said: "You are all experts on the water, you must have a lot to say, it is better to find a restaurant to talk while eating and drinking." Everyone was very moved, and Lu Hu hugged his fists and said, "The little brother will retire." Wang Hai and the others also hugged their fists and said: "The villain retreats." Yang Peng nodded. The group of them hooked their shoulders and walked outside while talking enthusiastically.
Yang Peng looked at their backs and smiled slightly, turned around and left the hall from behind the screen in the hall. The next morning, Wang Hai and several people came to see Yang Peng again, expressing the idea of going back to end the water village immediately. Yang Peng said: "The location of Changshan Island is very important, don't give up, just adapt it on the spot." I think Changshan Island will become an important base for our navy in the future. Wang Hai and the others were very happy, after all, Changshan Island had lived for so long, and they were really reluctant to leave.
Yang Peng said: "Fifty thousand stone grain and fifty thousand taels of reward silver are ready. In addition to this, there are 5,000 sets of military uniforms and weapons, and since you are a naval army, you will not be equipped with armor. Wang Hai and the others were very moved, Wang Hai hugged his fists excitedly and said: "The general treats us so well, we have nothing to say, we can only repay the general with this life!" The others nodded vigorously.
Yang Peng pointed to the iron general's plate armor draped on the seven dummies next to him, "This is your armor." The four of them glanced at it, their eyes lit up, and they were a little eager to try. Chen Xiao pointed to the seven female guards holding swords on the other side, "These seven swords are also for you." The four of them hurriedly looked over and saw the four well-made swords in the hands of the seven female guards, and they were all very excited.
Yang Peng smiled and said, "Let's put it all on." The four of them responded, quickly took off their coats and weapons, put on their armor with the help of the four female guards, and then took the sword. The four of them kept looking at themselves, so excited that Wang Hai's smile was a little silly.
Yang Peng smiled and pointed to the seven books on the case: "This is your official certificate." The four of them hurriedly stepped forward to pick it up, and when Wang Hai saw the seven big characters written on the official certificate of the deputy commander of the Yanyun Water Army, he smirked. Yang Peng pointed to Qian Letian who was standing aside, "This is our chief executive of Yanyun, Qian Letian." The four of them hurriedly clasped their fists in salute, and Qian Letian smiled and returned the salute.
Yang Peng said: "Later, you will follow him to get food, military uniforms and weapons." Then he pointed at Zhang Daniu, "This is one of my guard captains, and he will follow you back to Changshan Island." He can help you if something unexpected happens. Zhang Daniu clenched his fists and said: "I will be sent by the general, I will wait for the deputy commander to send me!" Wang Hai hurriedly returned the salute, and said to Chen Xiao with some embarrassment: "He is the captain of the general's guard, how dare the last general call!" ”
Yang Peng smiled and said: "This is my order, you can rest assured." They won't stay on Changshan Island forever, and when Changshan Island stabilizes, they will come back. Okay, is there anything else you guys need or don't understand? ”
Wang Hai looked at Wang Gu, who shook his head. Wang Hai hugged his fist at Yang Peng and said: "No, the last general will retire!" Yang Peng nodded, so Wang Hai and Zhang Daniu and Qian Letian left the hall, and a few secret guards followed behind with a few pieces of armor. Before the evening of the same day, a secret guard came to report that Wang Hai and his party and the fleet carrying food supplies had set off.
The next morning, Yang Peng, who was fully clothed, led several secret guards to a military camp outside the city. Located in a hidden valley southwest of Kamikyo, this military camp is small in size, but it is more heavily guarded than the others. At the mouth of the valley there are sentinels on guard, and no one can enter the valley without the order of the general.
Yang Peng ascended to the platform, the war drums on the side rumbled, and the silent military camp immediately resounded with the roar of iron hooves, and countless cavalry in black clothes, black armor and black cloaks quickly gathered from all directions! Like a hundred rivers and a sea, there is no noise except for the roar of iron hooves.
The two thousand horsemen quickly assembled and lined up neatly in front of the point general's platform. These two thousand horsemen were very different, compared to the other cavalry, the horses were taller, and the knights were more majestic; A black special soft armor protects the torso, the shoulders are hideous Pixiu shoulder pads, and a black cloak embroidered with a white roaring Pixiu head hangs behind it, and a Pixiu helmet is worn on the head, and his face is almost covered by a black scarf, revealing only a pair of cold eyes that make people feel cold; Holding a black iron horse lance in his hand, a waist knife straddling his waist, and a special cavalry crossbow and arrow bag hung on the side of the saddle, it was a steel crossbow specially made for cavalry, small in size, and could be quickly wound by relying on stirrups, and its arrow track was not above the crossbow, but in the middle, there was a circular tunnel, which could ensure that the crossbow bolt would not fall off the bumpy horse's back.
This unique war horse, like a group of blue wolves sharpening their minions, exudes a terrifying aura that makes people's hearts palpitate. Yang Peng looked at the war horse in front of him, nodded involuntarily, and glanced at the officer next to him, who immediately raised his right hand and clenched his fist violently. Two thousand horsemen quickly started and rushed out of the barracks. Under the guidance of the officer, Yang Peng quickly climbed to the high watchtower next to the Dianjiang platform.
I saw that the two thousand war horsemen were like a dark cloud galloping towards the hundreds of scarecrows in the north of the valley, and the distance of five hundred meters was actually instantaneous, which was much faster than the light cavalry! The hundreds of horsemen at the front quickly pulled out the crossbow strings, skillfully loaded the crossbow arrows, and shot at the scarecrow, only to see a black shadow fly out, the scarecrow was hit head-on, and many scarecrows were shot to the ground by powerful arrows.
The hundreds of horsemen who finished shooting quickly turned to the left, and the war horses behind immediately followed and continued to shoot, and so on, and after the two thousand war horses all finished shooting, the scarecrow actually turned into hedgehogs! In a very short period of time, the two thousand war horsemen quickly gathered into a wedge-shaped charging formation within a very small radius, raised their iron horses, let out an earth-shattering roar, and surged towards the scarecrow. When the smoke and dust cleared, the hundreds of scarecrows that were originally standing were all trampled into a piece of straw spread on the ground. The power of such an impact almost caught up with the ironclad heavy cavalry!
Yang Peng nodded with satisfaction, "Okay!" This is the army I want! As fast as the wind, as swift as fire! ”
What kind of army is this? It turned out that these two thousand war horses were the Xuanjia army that Yang Peng had secretly trained for a long time by combining ancient and modern methods. At this moment, no one could have imagined that in the years to come, this Xuanjia army would make everyone tremble, and the black cloud that suddenly appeared would become a nightmare for all the forces that dared to confront the Yanyun army! The clouds are rising, and the iron hoof mountains and rivers are shocked! This horse is destined to become a legend!
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.