Chapter 148: Encountering Evil Heroes on the Obstructive River
The Five Elements Banner Elite Camp has set off at night, and before dawn, Zhao Yu also set off with Zhou Zhiruo and met with everyone in Ganzhou.
For Chuzhou, Zhao Yu is not very worried, even if the king of Ruyang is invincible, but in the Central Plains, Liu Futong has raised the Northern Expedition of the Third Route Army, pushing the front to Shandong in one fell swoop, and the distance from Dadu is already close at hand. The gains and losses of the celebration are not important compared to the crisis in the capital. The rest of Zhang Shicheng's generation is not enough to worry about.
The six factions conspired to attack Guangming Ding, if on weekdays, it was not enough to make Zhao Yu lose his ground, but he chose to attack Jiqing in Chuzhou with all his might, and the weakest force in his hands was indeed a big trouble. The majority of the captives were composed of Ming believers, and in their minds, the Bright Peak was not stingy with a holy place, and if it was desecrated, their morale would fall sharply. At that time, with the confusing situation in the south of the Yangtze River, if you are a little careless, let alone occupy Jiqing, even if you maintain the current situation in Chuzhou, I am afraid that you will not be able to catch it.
This time, the Five Elements Banner realized it later, and Zhao Yu didn't know whether the remedy was timely, and even had prepared for the worst, if the Guangming Peak once it fell, he would lead the Five Elements Banner to break the six major factions besieging the Guangming Peak, and wipe them all out in the Western Regions, so that the impact must be minimized. Although this will inevitably lead to turmoil in the rivers and lakes, and Chuzhou's anti-Yuan cause will have twists and turns, in order to maintain the current good situation in Chuzhou, there is nothing else to take care of.
Of course, this is the next policy, and the choice is made in desperation. There is also a good result, from Chuzhou to the Western Regions for nearly half a year, if Xu Da is more able to capture Jiqing in this half a year, give himself a big surprise, then there will be more choices, not necessarily blood splashed in the Western Regions.
From Wuhu to Jiujiang, the information obtained by the secret camp of the Five Elements Banner was sent along the road. Regarding the siege of Guangming Ding by the six major factions, Zhao Yu also gradually sorted out a context. The Wudang faction came forward to mediate the dispute between Shaolin and Kongtong and Huashan, and Shaolin's prestige plummeted, and he proposed a large-scale counterattack against the Demon Sect.
Although Mingjiao is divided, the development of various departments is deep-rooted, but Guangmingding, which is located in the west, is the biggest weakness. This move by the six factions can be said to be a deed to take advantage of the advantages. Zhao Yu even thought maliciously that the various departments of the Ming Sect were not subordinate to each other in the past, and this time they gathered in Guangmingding, but they were afraid that there would be entanglements. For example, Zhao Yu is very suspicious of the Heavenly Eagle Sect now, he is not deliberately belittling Yin Tianzheng's personality, but because the Heavenly Eagle Sect's reaction this time is too abnormal, it seems to have been agreed, almost at the beginning of the agreement of the six factions, he went straight to the Western Regions.
When the ship approached the Jiujiang wharf, when it was about to dock, the hull of the ship shook suddenly, everyone was caught off guard, and they all stood unsteadily, and many of the goods fell into the river water. It turned out that two small boats had crashed into the hull.
Before the people of the Five Elements Banner could get angry, several big men on the boat had already stood up and scolded: "Blind dog-eyed thing, I didn't see our Poyang Gang waiting to dock!"
When Zhao Yu heard this, he stood up and walked out of the cabin, stopped the people of the Five Elements Banner who were about to go back angrily, and ordered, "Let them pass first." ”
In fact, the river is open, as long as the bow of the boat is turned slightly, the two small boats have enough space to sail through, so rampage, you can see how you usually behave.
When the big man on the small boat saw that the big boat had retreated, his attitude became more and more arrogant, and he was not in a hurry to dock, so he used bamboo poles and fishing nets to salvage the cargo bags that the big boat had fallen on the river. The boat was already small, and each of them was full of big men with blades, and they could not fit a few bags of goods, so a man who looked like a leader stood up and shouted at the big ship: "Where is your proprietor? Call him out, I have a business to discuss!"
Zhao Yu stood on the board and said, "I am the proprietor, what else do you have?"
The big man glanced at Zhao Yu, and said in a mockery: "It turns out that such a young proprietor is Liu Jiang, the leader of the Poyang Gang. As the saying goes, when you go out, be kind to others. We picked up some goods on the river, but there was nowhere to put them right now. I simply gave you a bargain, and I sold these goods to you for five hundred taels of silver, and the two profits were really wonderful. ”
Zhao Yu heard this shameless tone, and said with a smile: "I haven't even thought about you knocking my goods down the river, how can they become yours? Besides, you haven't even opened the bag to see what it is, why do you think that five hundred taels is a big bargain? Since you have already made a price, in this way, you give me five hundred taels of silver, and these goods will be yours." ”
That Liu Jiangzheng had the intention of blackmailing, and when he heard this, he immediately became angry, took out the big knife between the ribs, slashed it on the wooden stake on the side of the ship, and shouted: "What an idiot boy, since you dare to come to Jiujiang to do business, do you know who is in charge here?"
Zhao Yu nodded and said, "Naturally, I know, it is Xu Shouhui, the leader of the Red Turban Army, who is in charge here." ”
Liu Jiang glared at him and sneered: "To tell you the truth, Lao Tzu is now about to exterminate the demon sect's lair, Xu Shouhui, the devil, will survive for a few days, and Jiujiang City will sooner or later be the master of the Poyang Gang! If you still want to do business in peace, pay the money honestly! Otherwise, I will let your corpse sink to the bottom of the river!"
Hearing this, Zhao Yu turned his mind around, turned his head and ordered: "Go and get him the silver." ”
At this time, Zhou Zhiruo heard movement in the cabin, and hurriedly walked out and stood behind Zhao Yu.
When Liu Jiang saw Zhou Zhiruo, he was immediately shocked, and an obscene smile was already hanging on the corner of his mouth. When his subordinates saw the opportunity, they clamored: "It's still five hundred taels of silver, but now the price has risen! Send that little lady over honestly, and we will let you go!"
Zhao Yu originally planned to make a false deal with these people and inquire about some things, but when he saw that their words and deeds were becoming more and more unbearable, his heart became angry, and he picked up a big bow with horns from the waist of the guards beside him, pulled the full moon, and shot through the chest of the most noisy Poyang Gang man!
Everyone on the boat was laughing insolently, and when they saw the blood arrows on their companions, they were stunned, and before they could react, they heard Zhao Yu shouting: "Capture them all!"
The big boat threw out the zipline iron hook, hooked the boat so that it could not escape, the five elements flag elite camp is a hundred battles elite with a strong foundation in martial arts, it didn't take a stick of incense time, and the two small boats seventy or eighty people were all captured, and the rest of some of the fish that jumped into the river were also shot in the water. For a time, the river was red, there was chaos on the wharf, and the people's merchant ships were scattered.
After going ashore, Zhao Yu saw that Jiujiang was such an important thoroughfare, and that no one came to inquire about such a major incident on the wharf! This can be seen from the lax garrison of Xu Shouhui's territory.
Liu Jiang, the leader of the Poyang Gang, was caught up in a fishing net after jumping into the river, and now he is drenched in water, his face is blue from the cold, and he is trembling. After being pressed ashore, he grabbed Zhao Yu's feet and said in a trembling voice: "The little blind and blind dog's eyes provoke the uncle, beg for ...... Uncle let go of the little one!"
Seeing that there was no one else on the dock, Zhao Yu asked directly here, that Liu Jiang had become a prisoner under the stairs, and he would answer any questions. It turned out that he was a registered disciple of the Kongtong faction, and he received a message from the Kongtong faction a month ago, so he gathered his subordinates to prepare to help the master attack Guangmingding. He squatted in front of Liu Jiang and said curiously: "What do you think you want to go to this troubled water? Poyang Gang has the kung fu of these three-legged cats, and they dare to go thousands of miles away to attack the Guangming Peak?"
That Liu Jiang still didn't know Zhao Yu's identity, and after hearing this, he said stubbornly: "The proprietor doesn't want to look at the things that the little ones are doing today, it's because it's a long way to go to the Western Regions, and they want to get some entanglements." When it comes to eliminating demons and defending the road, for the great cause of good martial arts, the heroes of our Poyang Gang are not left behind!"
Hearing these impassioned words, Zhao Yu frowned, waved his hand and said, "Teach him to speak human words." ”
A few people from the Five Elements Banner stepped forward immediately, and greeted them with an old fist, then Liu Jiang wailed non-stop, how dare he speak wildly, so he had to honestly explain: "Since we have eliminated the old nest of the Demon Sect, the demons who are now raging in various places naturally cannot let go." As long as they are in chaos, they will attack them in groups, and seize their territory as much as possible! I have already set my sights on the majestic city of Jiujiang, and if I don't take my brothers to the Western Regions, how can I have the confidence to sit firmly......
Hearing this, Zhao Yu was dumbfounded. With the siege of Guangming Ding by the six factions, these gang leaders also dreamed of dominating the world, as if the Mengyuan court was really papery. No matter what the six factions have in mind, this move can be said to have wiped out the shock that Zhao Yu caused to the people in the rivers and lakes by besieging Shaolin! It is foreseeable that if the rescue of Guangming Ding is lost this time, the Red Turban Army from all walks of life, which is carried away by anger, will inevitably fall into a chaotic situation of constant attacks and killings with martial arts people of all factions!
With the elite of the Chuzhou captive army, although he was not afraid of these rabble martial arts people, Zhao Yu never wanted to fall into the internal friction of mutual attack with the Han people when the army's morale was turbulent, and ignore the great cause of opposing the Yuan! Although he was not afraid of killing, he still kept the bottom line in his heart, even if he defeated the Shaolin temple army in Dengfeng, it was only for the purpose of dispersal, and he did not kill too many lives.
Thinking of this, Zhao Yu's mood became heavier and heavier, and he said in a condensed voice: "Take this guy, let's change horses and hurry!" (To be continued.) )