The waves are surging and the rain is stormy.

The sky was overcast, dark clouds gathered, pouring rain poured down, and the wind swept the waves onto the beach, and the turbid waters lapped against the sand, creating layers of foam.

Wuyuan Castle is close to the bay, the terrain is flat, the seashore is wide, and the salt pans face each other.

Most of the Jiangdong scholars boiled salt around the sea to prosper their families. The salt industry is profitable, and the fierce competition can be imagined, but anyone who can stand out from this fierce competition and rise in the process of doing everything possible.

Under the salt crystals of the white flowers, to put it bluntly, there are a lot of white bones......

The Gu family was originally a wealthy family in Jiangdong, but the world was divided and merged, and the world rose and fell, and the original hairpin family gradually disappeared in the long river of time. It was not until the Sui Dynasty dominated the world that the Gu family took advantage of the benefits of sea salt and sea trade to gather a large amount of wealth, which slowly rose, and the glory of the past can still be seen vaguely.

The Sui Dynasty fell, the Tang Dynasty rose, the Central Plains was in turmoil, but the corner of Jiangdong was calm, whether it was agriculture, salt industry or sea trade, all of them were prosperous for a while. As a result, the Gu family has become even more prominent for a while, and now it can be called a heroic martial arts, looking at the sea, and the view is the Gu family's salt field!

In the midst of the storm, the reeds along the coast sway like waves.

The sailor ship rushed to the shore and anchored halfway up the water, and a group of soldiers jumped into the water from the boat, wading waist-high in the water in the pouring rain. As far as the eye can see, this bay is full of sailors' warships, and between the rolling and undulating waves, dense soldiers seem to be floating and sinking with the waves......

Su Dingfang changed boats, and commanded the soldiers to directly wash the boats onto the beach and run aground. The original ship has been taken back to Huating Town by Fang Jun first, and this time there are a lot of seizures on Huojiao Island, although they have not yet been counted, but it is expected to be at least several times more than the last time when they destroyed the sea.

Such a huge amount of goods must be brought back as soon as possible, so as not to cause trouble. And Fang Jun thought that he had no comparison with Su Dingfang when it came to marching and arranging the army, so he simply returned first, completely handing over the command of this place to Su Dingfang, and he was in charge of the overall situation.

The soldiers landed on the beach and did not act immediately, but quickly assembled according to their respective brigades.

Su Dingfang summoned Liu Renliang, Liu Renyuan, Xue Rengui and other generals and assigned their own tasks. In fact, the detailed steps have been laid out at the time of departure, and at this time it is nothing more than to emphasize the echo and cooperation between each other again. When marching and fighting, it is not too much to be reminded repeatedly, otherwise it will often lead to an unmanageable end because of an inadvertent mistake.

"Do you know what your tasks are?"

"Don't worry, it's all clearly remembered."

"Ben will have no other requirements, except for one thing that must be observed, everyone in the dock must be controlled. Those who resist and flee can be killed on the spot according to the situation, but they are absolutely not allowed to run away! ”

"No!"

The generals agreed.

Su Dingfang wiped the rain on his face and waved his hand: "Let's act!" ”

The generals ran back to their respective brigades, and one last time they checked their weapons and crossbows, and with the help of heavy rain and strong winds, the teams drilled into the dense reeds and marched straight to a dock fort standing in the distance.

Xue Rengui became famous in a battle and won the water master with his bravery, so he got the errand of the pioneer this time, and his heart was extremely excited.

He rushed to the front, followed closely by the soldiers of this brigade, and galloped through the muddy path in the reeds. The trail was probably built for the convenience of harvesting reeds, and although it was muddy, it was still walkable.

Beyond a hill a little above the flat ground, a series of reed felt huts appeared in the depths of the reed pond, and even the wind and rain could not cover the stench.

Xue Rengui was startled, hurriedly stopped, and wanted to wave behind him, so that the soldiers of this brigade would pay attention to Xingzang.

When he set out from Huating Town, he planned this operation to accompany after the extermination of pirates. In order to prevent accidents, the "General Staff" of the chief manager even drew a detailed map of Wuyuan Town, as small as a trail and a well.

But how can there be so many shacks here? Look at this continuous and chaotic posture, I'm afraid there are hundreds of them! If there are people hiding here, I'm afraid there must be thousands!

Xue Rengui was a little flustered, could it be that this was the dead soldier hidden by the Gu family? Thousands of dead soldiers, why do you want to rebel?

Suddenly, a man popped out of a shack.

This man was in rags, probably wanting convenience, but as soon as he came out of the shack, he was shocked to see the dense and fully armored soldiers next to the earthen hill...... He screamed and shouted: "There are officers and soldiers, there are officers and soldiers!" ”

The sound was not small, but the rain was wild, and it was already fluttering in Xue Rengui's ears.

Even so, Xue Rengui scolded secretly and waved his big hand: "Rush down!" ”

No matter who is hiding here, they must be annihilated as soon as possible, otherwise once someone escapes and goes to Gu's Dock Fort to report the news, this well-planned operation will have to end without a hitch.

The soldiers each drew their horizontal swords and rushed down the earth hill with Xue Rengui.

There were people in the leaky shack, and before Xue Rengui rushed closer, countless people walked out of the shack one after another.

These people are all unkempt, unclothed, and look like ghosts! The tattered clothes don't look good, just the important part of your body that covers you.

The wind carried the raindrops the size of beans on their bodies, but these people didn't care, their eyes were empty and indifferent without a ripple, they just quietly looked at Xue Rengui and these uninvited guests, and there was no reaction.

Xue Rengui was stunned.

These people are slaves who were imprisoned by the Gu family to look at the reeds, right?

The person who first noticed the officers and soldiers was shouting at the moment.

"Rush up and kill them! You guinea dog ant people, the head of the house provides you with food, and now is the time for you to repay your loyalty! What are you doing stupidly? Rush, kill, these officers and soldiers are slaughtered! ”

The man yelled and punched and kicked the slave laborers around him. Many of them, old or disabled, did not resist when this man kicked and struck, but turned their bodies with difficulty, and lay lifeless in the cold and wet reed pond, letting their fists, kicks and torrential rain fall on them, motionless.

The man was still clamoring, trying to drive the slaves to rush and kill the officers and soldiers. Xue Rengui snatched the strong bow from the hands of the soldiers around him, and opened his bow to shoot arrows.

The bowstring was soaked with rain and made a dull "puff" sound, and the wolf's tooth arrow pierced through the rain curtain and drove into the man's chest.

"Ahh

The man let out a terrible scream and fell to the ground.

Putting down the bow and arrow, Xue Rengui shook the handle of the knife, not knowing what to do.

The soldiers around him also looked at each other.

According to the plan, everyone you meet along the way will be killed on the spot to prevent the news from leaking. But these ragged slaves like ghosts in front of them overwhelmed everyone.

They are all ordinary people who have been harmed by the Gu family, and they have been tortured to the point of not recognizing ghosts or ghosts, do they still want to kill them?

This subordinate is not going......

"Captain, this ...... To kill or not to kill? ”

The soldiers couldn't make up their minds, so they had to ask Xue Rengui.

If you don't kill these slaves, you are ignoring the military order, and it is possible to kill your head! But if you take it seriously, how unbearable it is.

Xue Rengui shook his head, these slaves in front of him looked at the swollen and white faces covered with scars, the exposed skin was almost disgusting ringworm, and his stomach was squirming, and he almost vomited.

These people must have lived in the reed pond for many years, where the hot flashes in the summer, the mosquito bites, the cold in the winter, the frost are continuous, where is the place where the living can stay?

The people who live in it have long been tortured to the point that no one is a ghost......

Xue Rengui's eyes flashed, and he made up his mind in his heart, and ordered: "Leave twenty people behind, and put the neatly dressed people here." Those who are in good spirits and those who are in good health are all killed, and the rest are carefully guarded, and when the governor comes, he will ask for instructions. ”

"Captain Xue, no!"

An old soldier was startled and hurriedly stopped Xue Rengui: "Captain Xue, I know that you are kind-hearted, and I can't bear to slaughter all these hard-working people." But the military order is like a mountain, and the military order is to kill a living person as soon as you meet it, you are disobeying the military order! ”

The treatment of the royal sailors was excellent, and the military orders were also extremely strict.

The consequences of disobedience to military orders...... I shudder to think about it.

Xue Rengui pursed his lips, looked at these slaves in front of him with pity, and said in a deep voice: "Act according to orders, don't make noise!" Military discipline punishment will be borne by myself, and the rest will move forward immediately with me! ”