In the early morning, the sun shines through the mist on the surface of the Moyang River, sparkling, as if the whole world has been plated with a layer of gold.

The mountain peaks loom in the distance, reflecting each other with the river, forming a picturesque picture.

The breeze blew by, and the river gently rippled, rippling in circles, and at the same time blowing the sails of the water bandits and the imperial warships.

Shao Xingyue stood on the deck of the main ship of the imperial warship.

The warship was called "Ocean-going".

It is about fifty meters long and nearly twenty meters wide, and its mast is tall and stout, like a huge sea beast, floating silently on the water, exuding a majestic aura.

The ocean-going hull is made of sturdy ironwood and covered with a thick layer of lacquer, which both protects against seawater erosion and adds to the sturdiness of the hull.

The bow of the ship is a sharp triangle, like a sharp blade, which can easily split the waves and lead the ship forward through the waves.

The Ocean was flanked by a row of cannons, the muzzles of which shimmered with cold light.

After Shao Xingyue arrived in Chunfeng City, he had been in contact with Tang Zongjiu unilaterally, so he knew about this hostage exchange.

He once asked Tang Zongjiu, why did an undercover agent need them to work so hard to save them?

"Between monarchs and ministers, if this can't be done, how can people continue to sacrifice for the country?" Tang Zongjiu said.

Shao Xing understood more and more.

Therefore, he offered to help, and Tang Zongjiu did not refuse.

They really don't have enough manpower on their side.

"Is that your brother?" Shao Xingyue asked Lu Mingze on the side.

Lu Mingze's eyesight is very good, and after forty days, Lu Minghao has been tortured to the point that he can't look like it.

The bloodshot in his eyes crawled out in an instant.

The more Shao Xing saw Lu Mingze's reaction, he knew it in his heart.

And there is a hint of similarity between the brothers' eyebrows.

Ahead, the pattern on the sails of the bandits is the same as the tattoo on the bandits' waists, which looks like a skull.

It seems that such a fierce and vicious bone can show the formation of the southern water bandits.

The main ship of the Bandit is slightly smaller than that of the Ocean, and unlike the Ocean, the main ship of the Bandit is a two-headed ship.

"What's so good about their main ship?" Shao Xingyue asked.

Lu Mingze explained to Shao Xingyue on the side.

"That kind of ship is known for its agility and speed.

"Not only that, but it's also a kind of chain boat. This kind of hull is four feet long and is divided into two sections, the front interception occupies 1/3, which is loaded with explosive firearms, and the rear interception occupies 2/3, which is carried by soldiers.

When they rammed the enemy ship, they hooked the enemy ship in front of them, and the firearm exploded and destroyed with the enemy ship.

At the same time of impact, the iron rings connecting the front and rear interceptions dissolve themselves, and the rear interception can return before the explosion, which we call the mother and son ship. ”

"Do we have this?" Shao Xingyue asked.

"Of course!"

At the mention of this, Lu Mingze was resentful in his heart.

"We made it all the time! Sold to water bandits by traitors! ”

Hearing this, Shao Xingyue's gaze continued to cast on the bandit boat.

"Don't worry, I will definitely help you rescue your brother." Shao Xing crossed the road.

Lu Mingze didn't speak, his gaze always stayed on Lu Minghao.

The two sailors stopped on the Moyang River, with a width of about ten zhang in the middle, as if there was a Chu River Han boundary on it.

Liu Qiongying stood on her own warship, facing the ships of the imperial court.

Lu Minghao was bound and knelt beside her, even when facing the imperial court ships that came to rescue him, he was always expressionless.

"Aren't you happy that someone has come to save you?" Liu Qiongying glanced at Lu Minghao.

Lu Minghao was still silent.

Liu Qiongying sometimes even wonders if Lu Minghao is dumb.

She seemed to be used to Lu Minghao's silence, and she was very patient with him.

Liu Qiongying specially tied Lu Minghao to her side today, just to let Lu Minghao watch the people who came to save him die under the Moyang River one by one.

At this time, Liu Qiongying suddenly shouted at Shao Xingyue.

"Where's Chai Dashan?"

Hearing this, Shao Xingyue gestured to the people on the side.

Between the pushes, Chai Dashan was taken out.

At this moment, Chai Dashan is no longer a "big mountain", and the whole person seems to have been stripped of a layer of skin and completely turned into a "small mountain".

Obviously, Shao Xingyue's people did not torture Chai Dashan less.

The corners of Liu Qiongying's eyes jumped.

I don't know how many secrets Chai Dashan spit out to the people in the imperial court.

She unconsciously glanced at Lu Minghao, not everyone can be as hard as Lu Minghao.

If Chai Dashan really said a lot of things, then there was no need to exchange this hostage at all.

Before the exchange began, Liu Qiongying was thinking about how to retreat.

In fact, similar to what Liu Qiongying thought, after Chai Dashan was arrested, under torture, he said everything he could say.

It's just that Chai Dashan is a simple-minded guy with developed limbs, and he has a strong martial arts, but he has no IQ at all.

He didn't even have the brains to understand what Liu Qiongying said to him, let alone something else.

Therefore, Shao Xingyue didn't have many words from Chai Dashan's mouth.

And Liu Qiongying didn't know anything about it.

There is another thing that Liu Qiongying doesn't know, that is, Liu Changpeng fell ill and transferred more than half of the support that Tong Jiu promised her to arrest people.

However, she herself is fully prepared, even if there is no Tong Jiu, she plans to have a fight with the sailors of the imperial court.

Shao Xingyue narrowed his eyes.

Since the other party is here, he can't leave.

He wants to save his own undercover agent, and he also wants to fight the other party's sailor.

This time he came to the south, but he received his father's military order.

What people can do when Tang indulges in wine, he Shao Xingyue can also do it!

Therefore, the exchange of hostages has turned into a "decisive battle" with a wordless tacit understanding between the two sides.

At this time, the sailors of both sides had already finished lining up,

The soldiers' eyes were like burning flames, bright and blazing, and they stood there in rows, like a solid stone monument, and their whole bodies exuded an air of rigor and vigilance.

Under Shao Xingyue's fingers, the instruction of "about to fight" spread through the minds of every soldier in the imperial army.

Everyone was on standby.

Shao Xingyue raised his feet and took a step forward, shouting at Liu Qiongying: "How to change?" ”

Liu Qiongying naturally took a step: "One person, one boat!" River Center Change! ”

Liu Qiongying said as she conveyed to the bandits behind her that she was ready to fight at any time.

"Okay!"

After Shao Xingyue finished speaking, he turned his head to Lu Mingze and said, "I'll change the hostages, you will look at the situation on the ship, and you will be in charge." ”

Lu Mingze bowed his head and said he understood.

Today's Moyang River weather is sunny, sunny and cloudless, and the day is neither hot nor cold, which is a good day for the whole family to travel and enjoy life.

Under the warm sunshine, Shao Xingyue and Liu Qiongying jumped off their respective warships, and stepped on the boat with a few subordinates and "hostages" by their side.

Then I saw two small boats approaching the middle.

Every time they got closer, the soldiers on both sides tensed up.

Finally, the two boats collided, and the two sides immediately fell into a sense of tension.

Shao Xingyue and Liu Qiongying took a few steps forward at the same time, and behind them stood Lu Minghao and Chai Dashan, who were tied up by ropes, respectively, and there was a guard beside them to control them.

Shao Xingyue's eyes were sharp, Liu Qiongying's expression was grim, and the eyes of the two collided in the air, invisibly sparkling.

After a moment of silence, Shao Xingyue and Liu Qiongying spoke up at the same time.

"Change."

So, the guards of the two sides took Lu Minghao and Chai Dashan to each other's boat step by step, and the two sides reached a temporary balance at this delicate moment.

Even though it was just a few steps, the time became very slow every minute and second, and everyone's movements seemed to be slowed down several times.

Everyone's eyes were focused on the two boats, and even their breathing slowed down several beats.

Finally, the hostages on both sides reached the point of facing each other.

The guards on both sides stopped.

Now it's the hostages' turn to move on their own.

Lu Minghao's expression, which had been like death, finally changed slightly.

His face tensed slightly, and his steps slowed inadvertently.

He and Chai Dashan raised their feet over the edge of the ship at the same time and stepped onto our ship.

When Chai Dashan stepped on the water bandit boat at his feet, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

And the moment Lu Minghao touched the imperial ship, he suddenly retracted and shouted at our ship.

"Kill ——!"

After speaking, his figure was as fast as lightning, and he rushed towards Liu Qiongying.

At the moment when Lu Minghao turned around, Lu Mingze and Lu Minghao's brothers joined hands and shouted at the bow of the boat: "Kill——! ”

Shao Xingyue jumped up in an instant, and attacked Liu Qiongying at the same time as Lu Minghao.

And Liu Qiongying's attention has always been on Lu Minghao, when Lu Minghao retracted her feet, she immediately took a defensive posture, and shouted in her mouth: "Kill——! ”

Several other people on the boat also fought together at the same time.

Only Chai Dashan was still stunned, and he didn't figure out the battle situation.

The ships behind both sides fired at each other at the same time!

"Woo——!"

As the horn sounded, the artillery fire roared, deafening.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Mingze shouted in front of him: "Release the arrow——! ”

Suddenly, arrows rained down and pierced the sky.

"Rush ——!" Lu Mingze gave an order.

The ships of both sides headed for each other in unison.

The next moment, "Boom——! The two warships slammed into each other, and with a loud crash, sawdust flew up.

"Kill——!"

The soldiers and bandits who had been standing at the bow of the ship with spears in their hands rushed towards each other at this moment, and the two sides clashed fiercely, and the spears and shields collided with each other, making a crisp metallic sound.

At this time, the two sides also went down one after another, bombarding each other with a boatload of explosives.

Soon, as the sound of "boom boom boom" resounded in the sky, the sea surface was full of artillery fire, and the entire Moyang River fell into chaos.

For a time, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, covering the sky and the sun, as if the whole world was shrouded in the shadow of war.

"Bang bang-"

Lu Minghao's killing intent in the face of death made him burst out with unprecedented bravery, and he smashed his fists into Liu Qiongying's body, and Liu Qiongying fell into passivity because of the time of one enemy and two one.

"Idiot, what are you looking at?!" Liu Qiongying shouted at Chai Dashan.

Chai Dashan only reacted at this time, he reacted immediately, kicked with one foot, and rushed towards Lu Minghao.

Lu Minghao didn't pay attention to Chai Dashan, who was about to rush to him, and all his goals were focused on Liu Qiongying.

"Do you love me so much?! Lu Minghao! Liu Qiongying shouted.

Shao Xingyue wanted to turn to Chai Dashan, but was shouted by Lu Minghao: "No matter!" ”

Shao Xingyue was more heartfelt and continued to attack Liu Qiongying.

"Then let's die together——!" Liu Qiongying doesn't care about Shao Xingyue, she only has Lu Minghao in her eyes.

At this point, Chai Dashan and Liu Qiongying aimed at Lu Minghao, and Lu Minghao and Shao Xingyue killed Liu Qiongying.

The rain of arrows pierced through each other, artillery and artillery bombarded, soldiers and bandits slashed, swords and lights intertwined, and the sound of artillery fire and explosions became the background of the four people.

At the same time that Lu Minghao was pierced through the heart by Liu Qiongying at the same time, and was concentrated in the chest by Chai Dashan, Liu Qiongying was cut by Shao Xingyue, and her heart was broken by Lu Minghao's palm.

Lu Minghao and Liu Qiongying fell to the ground at the same time.

Shao Xingyue immediately raised his sword and turned to Chai Dashan.

Chai Dashan had no weapons, and he was wounded, and he was not as desperate as Lu Minghao in his bones, and he was soon knocked to the ground by Shao Xingyue in his heyday.

Shao Xingyue had to admit that Lu Minghao's choice just now was right, Liu Qiongying and Chai Dashan must take Liu Qiongying first.

Often, victory or defeat is in a split second.

Liu Qiongying's neck was pierced, her heart was broken, and it seemed that she was at the end of her crossbow at this time.

Her eyes widened, and her face showed a hint of madness similar to that of Changpeng Liu.

"Let's die together! Lu Minghao! She laughed maniacally, "Death we will die together!" Hahahaha! ”

However, in the next second, Liu Qiongying couldn't laugh anymore, because there was an unbelievable scene for her.

Lu Minghao's cold eyes swept over Liu Qiongying, looking at her as if he was looking at a fool, and then, he propped up the hull with one arm.

Under Liu Qiongying's stunned, Lu Minghao actually sat up little by little!

Liu Qiongying's sword was still interspersed in his chest, and he was able to sit up!

Liu Qiongying was stunned, motionless as if she were a statue.

Seeing this, Shao Xingyue immediately stepped forward to support Lu Minghao.

"For ...... Why ...... "Liu Qiong is as heroic as a gossamer," and ...... together? Dead ......"

In the end, Liu Qiongying closed her eyes.

Until she died, she didn't know why Lu Minghao was alive.

"Who is going to die with you."

Lu Minghao said the first sentence in a month to Liu Qiongying.

It's a pity that Liu Qiongying can't hear it.

Shao Xingyue was also very curious, as far as he knew, Lu Minghao had been tortured for more than a full month, and in such a situation, he could not only maintain the most sober judgment at a critical moment, but even be pierced through the heart and not die.

No wonder even Emperor Wanzhen wants to save this person.

Immediately afterwards, after Shao Xingyue helped other officers and soldiers kill the other bandits on the small boat, several people took Shao Xingyue back to the big boat.

From the moment of Liu Qiongying's death, the sailors of the imperial court were like a bamboo, smashing the water bandit warship Huanglong.

And the water bandit warship died as one of the cottage owners!

This wave of morale was instantly hit to the freezing point.

The bandits were suddenly leaderless, and soon lost the will to fight.

The remaining bandits completely lost the idea of continuing the fight and began to flee with all their might.

And Lu Mingze didn't give them a chance at all, and rescued Lu Minghao, he had nothing to ask for, and he even had the belief in cutting the grass and eradicating the roots of the water bandits.

Until the deputy shouted beside him: "Poor Kou Mo chase, my lord!" ”

Lu Mingze stopped the pursuit.

Ahead is the territory of the bandits, and they are only a main warship, but just after a fierce battle, the ocean has been seriously damaged, and rushing into the territory of the bandits at this time is no different from sending them to death.

Lu Mingze eased the killing intent that he couldn't stop because of the surge of qi and blood.

"Return ——!"

Eventually, he ordered a return to the territory of our sailors.

In this battle, there were thousands of water bandits, but only a few dozen survived in the end, and two-thirds of the river area controlled by the water bandits was taken away by the imperial court at once.

No matter how you look at it, it ended in a complete victory for the imperial court.

In the room on the first floor of the main warship of the imperial court.

After many years, the brothers are obviously in the same place, obviously only separated by a Moyang River, but they have never seen each other.

Now, if they can see each other alive, no matter how cold and cold-blooded Lu Minghao is, he can't be indifferent.

And Lu Mingze was even more excited to see his younger brother.

But at this time, Lu Minghao was all wounded, and there was a sword in his chest, he wanted to step forward to give Lu Minghao a hug, but he stood in place and didn't dare to move.

"Brother." Lu Minghao fought against Liu Qiongying just now, and he had exhausted all his strength, and when he spoke at this moment, he was almost angry.

"Minghao, Minghao!" Lu Mingze called with red eyes.

"I'm back, brother." Lu Minghao barely squeezed out a smile that was not a smile.

"It's good to be back, it's good to be back." Lu Mingze nodded.

"It's coming, it's coming!" Shao Xingyue pushed open the door of the room at this time, "The doctor is here." ”

When Lu Mingze heard this, he immediately gave up a position.

The doctor hurriedly walked up to see him, and he was not shocked to see Lu Minghao like this.

After the fright, the doctor regained his composure, after all, he had been marching with the sailor, and the doctor had seen more large and small external injuries.

"Hold back." The doctor said calmly.

At such times, the calmer the doctor, the more confident the patient will be in surviving.

"Come on." Lu Minghao nodded.

The doctor stretched out his hand and put a strip of cloth on his hand to prevent the blade from cutting his palm when he drew his sword.

He held the blade firmly, and after glancing at Lu Minghao, he pulled it out suddenly.

As the tip of the sword detached, blood gushed out from Lu Minghao's chest.

The assistant on the side quickly took out the gauze prepared in advance and pressed it on Lu Minghao's bleeding mouth.

Lu Minghao was so painful that his eyes became blind for a moment.

When he saw again, he was already lying on the bed.

"How's Minghao?" Lu Mingze's anxious voice appeared on the side.

"Lord Lu, don't worry," the doctor wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, "Brother Ling's heart is in a different position than others, that sword only pierced Brother Ling's shoulder blades, and Brother Ling's body tilted slightly at the moment of the sword, thus avoiding the vital point." ”

Lu Mingze knows that his younger brother's heart is on the right side, and this is also Lu Minghao's biggest reliance on saving his life among the bandits.

Now that this secret has been revealed, it is obvious that Lu Minghao will not go deep into the enemy's belly again.

"That's good, that's good." Lu Mingze's heart that had been hanging was finally on the ground after listening to the doctor's words.

"Brother Ling has suffered a lot of torture, his body is very empty, and he has received this sword again, and most of his feet have stepped into the ghost gate, although he is not dead, he can no longer be as alive as usual."

"I know, I know, it's good to be alive!" Lu Mingze echoed again and again.

There is hope only if you are alive.

Shao Xingyue also felt incredible when he listened to it, after such an ordeal, Lu Minghao could still survive, what a strong will to support.

Lu Minghao, who was lying on the bed, listened to the doctor's words all the way.

What has supported him until now is nothing else, but from the sea of blood in his bones.

It is the tragic situation of parents before death, and the pain of wife and children when they are dying.

These people who walked into his dream tonight should no longer shed blood and tears.