Chapter 49: Banditry
In the evening, Jade Lake.
"My lord, the water gate in the rear has been occupied by the brothers at this time, and the other party's garrison is empty, and we hardly feel resistance. Lord Ye said that you can start attacking. From the sound of the horn in the distance, the soldiers who heard the message in it lowered their heads and reported to the general with a cold face in front of them.
Liu Li stood at the bow of the boat, looked at the water village that had begun to make noise in the distance, and nodded. He gestured to the herald behind him, and the other party immediately raised a flag and waved it according to a certain pattern.
"Banner Order! The whole army is attacking!" After seeing the signal of their flagship, the warships next to and behind slowly began to accelerate, bypassing the reeds, appearing in the emptied waterway, and rushing towards the water village in front. At the same time, a small boat full of sergeants spread out evenly and followed the ship.
"Jumping and jumping", almost at the same time, the giant crossbow on the bow of each warship made a sound, shooting huge crossbow arrows into the walls and lookouts of the water village. The tremendous kinetic energy of the bolts is completely beyond the reach of these wooden fences. The lookouts on both sides of the gate were destroyed almost instantly, and the water bandits on them didn't have time to come down before they screamed and fell to the ground.
And after withstanding a round of attacks, the walled gate and the walled wall also showed a huge crack. The dinghys behind the warship sped forward and pounced towards the village. The huge warships could not enter the wall, so they had to rely on small boats to land on the beach. Originally, if the bandits attacked from inside at this time, it would cause great casualties to the sergeants. But now there is a serious shortage of manpower in the village, looking at the dense sergeants in front of them, the sporadic few bandits are frightened, and they dare not resist at all.
"Heh, what are you talking about the biggest water bandit nest in Yunzhou, so vulnerable, the former state lord is really a waste!" Liu Li sneered as he walked towards the side of the boat. He also had to enter the water village by boat, and it was easy to occupy this place, but this raid was in the hope of digging something out of the water village, so he needed to lead the deputy commander of the team to go in and command.
In fact, what he said is right, no matter how powerful the water bandits are, they can't be able to defeat the water army with the support of the imperial court, and now Daxuan is in its heyday, even if it is as remote as Yunzhou, the strength of the army is not something that this kind of mountain and grass bandits can resist. It's just that Yuhuzhai is the lackey of the Tinghe Gang, and the previous governor has long been fed by the Tinghe Gang. Coupled with some of the military's ideas of self-respect, Yuhu Village has been stable so far.
And when Liu Liang first took office, he didn't have the idea of directly defeating Yuhu Village, but when he first arrived, he couldn't control both the military and the political side at all, and his orders were blocked by all kinds of yang and yin violations, and he had no ability to cut off the wings of the Tinghe Gang.
But this time is different, first of all, after more than a year of hard work, the largest and most elite battalion of the three water military camps in Yunzhou has been completely controlled by his people, the commander Xie Wuyan is his henchman, and Liu Li, one of the deputy commanders, is his nephew. Ye Xin, another deputy commander, had also surrendered to him, so that Liu Liang finally grasped the power of the water all the time.
You must know that ninety percent of Yunzhou relies on water transportation, and only by mastering enough water power can Liu Liang really have the confidence to argue with the Tinghe Gang.
On the other hand, the death of a secret agent of the Martial Arts Division also made Sun Lixing, a thousand households of the Martial Arts Division, lean towards him in the position of exterminating the water bandits. You must know that the Control of Martial Arts is directly under the emperor, and even the face of many court officials is not sold, which has caused the arrogant attitude of the Control of Martial Arts. Some weak state owners are not taken seriously by the local thousands of households at all. But this time, a group of water bandits dared to wantonly murder their secret agents, although they were not from the Yunzhou Martial Arts Division, which also made Sun Qianhu very annoyed. After all, it is very common for people in the Martial Arts Division to die in the rivers and lakes, but it would be too much of a slap in the face to be killed by a group of bandits who were not on the stage of yours.
Therefore, when Liu Liang received Bai Huiye's message for help, he directly sent the entire first battalion out with great fanfare, so that others thought that he was cautious, and all the ships were going to rescue and inspect the team. also made many people slander him for making a fuss, thinking that he was impatient to show his control of the navy. But halfway through, most of the ships turned the other way.
After the analysis of Liu Liang and his think tanks, the Tinghe Gang would never dare to attack the imperial court's team at the risk of the world, so the only thing they could use was the Yuhu Village water bandits. Therefore, these fifteen ships went directly to Yuhu Lake, preparing to uproot Yuhu Village.
Speaking of which, Yuhu is close to the eastern swamps, with a dense water network and many islands, making it a good place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If the bandits are well-manned, the harassment on the road alone is enough for the water army to drink. Coupled with the hot and humid climate, the water is full of various plants, making it easy to hide the boat. If you use fire to attack, it is enough to make the navy scramble, which is also the reason why the previous state lord is reluctant to attack here.
But now most of the bandits have confessed to the nameless port, and the three masters have also died silently. After two days of rapid travel, they arrived at Yuhu Lake in the evening. Due to the lack of manpower, the eyeliner that usually covered the lake was also reduced a lot, and it was quickly removed by the elite sailors. And Liu Li did not waste time, and directly led the team to Yuhu Village. In order to prevent the water bandits in the village from escaping, he also specially asked Ye Xin to take five warships to intercept the other party's back road.
Sure enough, the water bandits in the water village who had no main business were lazy and lazy, and they didn't react until they were hit by the water army, but at this time they were powerless to return to the sky.
"Report to your lordship, we have intercepted a congenital in the back village! Commander Ye is dragging him, hoping that the lord will hurry up to support!" Just when Liu Li had just entered the main village, a group of sergeants who had broken through from the rear were also picked up by the soldiers at the front door, and one of the heralds rushed to Liu Li to report to him the situation in the rear.
Liu Li's eyes narrowed, this team of sergeants was only a dozen people, and they were able to break from the back village to the front village all the way unimpeded, which showed the emptiness in the Yuhu village. But at noon, I had already received the news that the three masters had all died outside, so why did this Yuhu Village still exist? Not to mention that if someone commanded it, how could they let them break the village back and forth almost without any hindrance?
However, these questions can be answered after catching the other party, Ye Xin is only a congenital sky, since he can drag the enemy down, then the other party must only be a congenital beginner. As long as you join the battle with this innate triple heaven, you should be able to easily take down the opponent.
Thinking of this, Liu Li no longer hesitated, he looked at the sergeants who were like bamboos, and ordered his lieutenant general to command the army to clear out the remnants of the bandits, and flew towards the back village.
On the way, he encountered several waves of panicked and fleeing water bandits, and even saw him alone and wanted to turn around and commit murder. However, a congenital group of people who are only rough and reckless in martial arts can match, and when they encounter a small number of people, they will kill them casually, and the team with a large number of people will quickly leave with light skills, anyway, the army behind will clean them all up.
All the way to Houzhai unhindered, he could already see his sergeant chasing and killing the bandits. Liu Li grabbed a Wu Chang casually, asked Ye Xin's location and went straight away.
From a distance, I saw a flat ground near the water gate, and several teams of soldiers faintly surrounded the middle. Ye Xin, who was wearing armor inside, was attacking continuously with an iron spear, forcing a bald fat man to retreat continuously, obviously gaining the upper hand.
"Zhong Qi?" Liu Li, who had long been familiar with the various characters of the Tinghe Gang, recognized the fat man at a glance, it was the 'Laughing Maitreya' Zhong Qi who besieged Bai Huiye with the 'Yin Soul Hand' Li Yue that day, but was scared away by Zhang Qing's explosives. Liu Li couldn't help but wonder, although Zhong Qi was only the third elder of the Tinghe Gang, he also had the realm of the Innate Triple Heaven, and he was especially good at fighting hard.
And Liu Xin learned martial arts in the army, and he is also used to facing the enemy head-on, and he can play a greater role in the military array. However, due to the simplicity of the moves, it is slightly inferior in the battle of the rivers and lakes. In addition, the realm is two heavens lower than Zhong Qi, and it is just restrained by Zhong Qi's martial arts, it should be very difficult, but how can he suppress Zhong Qi now?
However, Liu Li didn't think about the reason, anyway, he could understand everything after catching Zhong Qi. What's more, the place where they are now is Yuhu Village, as long as the elders of the Tinghe Gang are captured here, it is definitely a more heavyweight weight, and it will not be a problem to crush the Tinghe Gang in one fell swoop. Therefore, he immediately drew his saber, did not speak, and directly rushed to Zhong Qi's back to split Huashan with one move.
The fighting in the army does not pay attention to the morality of the rivers and lakes, and Liu Li's sneak attack directly slashed Zhong Qi's back, making him stumble forward. Fortunately, the bell was covered, and although the wound was very long, it was only a superficial opening. However, he was already forced into chaos by Ye Xin, and at this time, he even met the opponent's iron spear, and was stabbed in the waist and eye by a shot, which made him scream in pain.
The two commanders were unforgiving, Liu Li kicked Zhong Qi's left leg crooked, making Xiao Maitreya fall to the ground half-kneeling all of a sudden, he barely raised his weapon to block Ye Xin's spear, but Ye Xin cooperated with the tacit understanding to pick up his demon pestle. Liu Li followed a move with double peaks, hitting Zhong Qi's temple, only hitting him with a black eye.
After that, Ye Xin's spear came out like a dragon, and quickly clicked all over Zhong Qi's chest acupoint, although he didn't find his cover door, but the soldier's true qi still invaded Xiao Maitreya's body without reservation, disrupting the operation of his true qi. Liu Li finally slashed Zhong Qi on the back of the neck with the back of his knife, making him roll his eyes and faint.