Chapter 34: Night Battle
Several ships close to the shore had already appeared with escorts and began to support this side, after all, they were well-trained elites, and they did not panic when they were warned. But the cabins of the three boats on the other side were silent, except for the constant movement of enemies from that side approaching the ships on this side, and it was evident that the people inside had been killed in their sleep.
Bai Huiye couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that Zhang Qing was safe and sound, and he swept away the enemy in front of him with a foot, and began to observe the surrounding situation.
These enemies should have dived from the bottom of the water, all naked, wearing a set of water support, the weapon is either an Emei thorn or a short gun, it is estimated that they want to quietly touch the boat from the periphery, and solve most of the guards with minimal losses, but unfortunately they didn't expect to be drunk by Zhang Qing, so they had to change to a strong attack.
By this time, twenty or thirty people had already come up to the ship, most of them in the three outer boats, trying to make contact with the ships where the guards were located, so as to open the gap. There are also many small boats and bamboo rows approaching in the distance, it is estimated that they are the reinforcements of the other side, and they will no longer hide when they see that there is a fight here.
Although there were a lot of people who came, as far as these enemies on the ship were concerned, their martial arts were not high, and they were basically just rough fists and kicks. It's okay to deal with ordinary people, but these elite guards can easily deal with it, and even Zhang Qing easily cut down two.
"It's the Tinghe Gang! How did they think of attacking here?" Zhang Qing was a little puzzled, it stands to reason that the best way is to surround them in the center of the river, and then use the advantage of the water to exterminate everyone, the Tinghe Gang dominates the water, and there are countless gangs with good water nature, and they will definitely not let anyone go. It's better than attacking on this shore, and if the patrol team can't beat it, it's easy to go ashore and dodge.
"It's not the Tinghe Gang, it's Yuhu Village! Look at their faces. At this time, Lu Mingyue also came to the boat, kicked a water bandit down, and said to Zhang Qing.
Zhang Qing took a closer look at a water bandit who fell at his feet, and sure enough, there were two long rusts on his face, and he looked like he had been in the water all day. The Tinghe Gang is just a water freight, and most of the thugs at the bottom live on land and don't grow this kind of thing. Only the water bandits living in the Jade Lake can have water rust.
"So they're going to kill us in the name of Yuhu Village, so that the state lord can't fight the Tinghe Gang?" Bai Huiye frowned on the side.
"That's right, as long as we all are killed and the evidence is destroyed, the Tinghe Gang can die and not admit it, and the state lord will at most exterminate Yuhu Village, and he will not and cannot do anything to the legal gang Tinghe Gang, which is really calculating. Lu Mingyue nodded in agreement.
"Hmph, if the Tinghe Gang doesn't show up, I don't care about the rest of the people, let everyone gather the boats together, concentrate on resistance, and when our reinforcements arrive at dawn, we can let them die without a place to die!"
"Okay, I'll arrange it. After Lu Mingyue finished speaking, she turned around and jumped onto the boat behind her and began to arrange defense.
After all, they are just water bandits, and they are no match for the guards when they are prepared. The other party did not have an innate master, and the leader was at most the peak of the day after tomorrow, and they were all repelled by Bai Huiye. After the bandits who had come up to this side were killed and wounded, the rest of the men rowed away from the fleet, only roaming around to keep an eye on them. The six boats were also close to each other, and at the same time close to the shore to prevent the enemy water ghosts from coming to scuttle the boats.
Repelled two waves of attacks in a row, and the guards felt that the other side was nothing more than that. However, Bai Huiye was not optimistic, because compared to the previous six days, the strength gathered by the enemy was too small, even if the Jade Lake where the Jade Lake Village was located was still downstream of Yunzhong Mansion, it should not be rushed over without even a congenital haste. At least as far as he knew, the owner of Yuhu Village was an innate cultivator. Therefore, the opponent's master must still be hiding on the side and waiting for an opportunity, and the current few attacks are just to drain their own physical strength.
After repelling another attack, it was already the fourth watch, and at the same time, there was already rain falling in the sky, and it was estimated that heavy rain would come down in a while. It's not good news for the defense, but there's no way around, and they can't control when it rains.
Sure enough, when the rain gradually increased, another small boat sailed towards the fleet, and Bai Huiye was just about to organize everyone to prepare for defense, when a lightning bolt swept through the sky, allowing him to see what was behind the boat.
Bai Huiye's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly shouted: "Everyone! all abandon the ship and go ashore! immediately!"
Zhang Qing also saw something behind him, which were two large ships more than three feet high! At the same time, under the flash of lightning, he also saw the giant crossbow on the bow of the ship. A large ship of this size, even without long-range weapons, could easily smash the flat-bottomed boat they were sitting on with a mere collision. So the first time he saw the other party, Zhang Qing turned around and ran directly to the rear.
Taking advantage of the fact that the enemy had not yet been engaged, the men quickly moved the boats in the rear and connected them to form a bridge. The outermost ship even ran ashore directly, just to allow everyone to go ashore as quickly as possible.
Just as the last man left the ship in front of him, two crossbow arrows shot up with the wind and rain, only two loud noises were heard, and the crossbow arrows directly opened the boat with two large openings, and the river water continued to pour into the cabin, and the flat-bottomed boat sank into the water almost instantly.
"Damn!" Bai Hui looked angry at the night, "This kind of ship, this kind of bow and crossbow, it's definitely a military item." How did these water thieves get it! Are the Yunzhou army and officialdom rotten to this point?"
Indeed, warships and passenger and cargo ships are two forms, and he can see clearly that the other side is driving a Daxuan-style warship. Although it was only the lowest-level warship, it was impossible for Yuhu Village to build such a thing without a large dock and a military factory. And these are all contraband, even if the Tinghe Gang is the dominant family in Yunzhou, they are not allowed to have it, and once it is discovered, it is a major crime of rebellion. So it can only be that the military was infiltrated and allowed them to obtain such warships.
"Hahahaha, you are the leader of this gang of eagle dogs, what do you think of my giant ship in Yuhu Village!" Just as everyone was moving towards the woods on the shore to prevent the giant crossbow from attacking, they suddenly heard a rough voice from the front. At the same time, there were sudden figures around him, and there were already many people in ambush in the dense forest. At this time, it is kind of semi-encircled, blocking the way out of the shore.
At the beginning of the moment was a tall bearded man holding a steel fork in his hand, and he was just talking.
"Jiang Dacheng!" Bai Huiye knew that this person was Jiang Dacheng, the big boss of Yuhu Village, the realm of the innate double heaven, to be honest, it was not in his heart, although the realm was the same, but he was confident that he would defeat it within thirty moves. The focus was on the two people standing on either side of him, one was dressed as a scholar in his thirties, with an ordinary appearance, holding an iron folding fan in his hand, and the other was close to the body, carrying a cooked copper rod, and his eyes were bright.
The two of them were two Innate Realm masters, and Bai Huiye had never heard of their information.
Jiang Dacheng saw Bai Huiye looking at the people around him, so he was not in a hurry to make a move, but said with a smile: "You know me? But you don't seem to know these two yet, so I'll introduce you to them. ”
He first pointed to the bronze stick man and said: "This is Zhou Tong, the second master of my village, the 'Dragon Descending Stick', who is unstoppable in martial arts. He also introduced the scholar, "This is Wang Wenhuai, the third master and military advisor 'Iron Fan Scholar', and he came up with the idea of attacking you tonight." is definitely a talented man with high talents, both civil and military, much stronger than a big old man like me. ”
Wang Wenhuai smiled, made a gesture towards Jiang Dacheng, expressed his praise, and said at the same time: "How dare you, the little brother just read a few more broken books." The big master is not only strong in martial arts, but also knows how to make good use of people and uses people without suspicion, which gives the younger brother the opportunity to display his talents. And he didn't do his best tonight, but he was discovered by them halfway, and he lost a lot of brothers, and the younger brother was not thoughtful. ”
Bai Huiye didn't care about their mutual praise, but there were two more innate people at once, even if the exercises were not advanced enough, it was very difficult to deal with. However, seeing that there were no people from the Tinghe Gang at the scene, he couldn't help but think a little and said: "We are a patrol team directly under the jurisdiction of the state lord, and you dare to attack a small water bandit, are you really not afraid that the state lord will destroy you in anger?
Unexpectedly, Jiang Dacheng didn't pick up this stubble at all: "Hahaha, Tinghe Gang? What is the Tinghe Gang? We have nothing to do with them, Lao Tzu has robbed a few times." I just heard that you have looted a lot of gold and silver treasures along the way, so I have come to do the right thing for heaven. As for the encirclement and suppression, Lao Tzu has not been surrounded and suppressed by officers and soldiers once or twice, why don't I talk to you here?"