In the backyard of Baofeng Restaurant, Aunt Gongsun told Guo Song the latest information.

"Thirty warships have entered the Yellow River, and in terms of time, they will pass through Qizhou tomorrow night, so get ready on your side! What else is needed, can you tell me. ”

"I don't need anything, but I want to know, how do the people of the Hidden Sword Hall act?"

Aunt Gongsun sighed and said: "Our original plan was to control Lu Sigong and force him to order the fleet to dock in Puzhou, but Lu Sigong has more than a dozen extremely powerful guards around him, and my subordinates do not have the ability to control the situation, so the Tibetan Sword Hall will assist you in your actions, and several masters will accompany you on the ship." ”

Guo Song shook his head without hesitation and said: "I don't need anyone's assistance, they can't help me, but they will become a burden to me, and they will startle the snake, causing the operation to fail." ”

Aunt Gongsun is right to think about it, with Guo Song's skills, the people she sent really can't keep up, Twelve Niang's martial arts are a little stronger, but her personality is too strong, she will definitely rush to take the lead, which will cause Guo Song to turn against her, it is better to stay away from him.

"I know, I'll arrange it, besides, I heard that you know a naval patrol brigade commander, do you think he has a role?"

Guo Song nodded, "His role is very important, and he will help me in key details." ”

"But..... Will he denounce you? Aunt Gongsun said with some concern.

"What's in it for him to denounce me?"

Guo Song smiled faintly: "In order to pay off gambling debts, this person even sold his wife to a brothel, as long as this kind of person gives him money, he can kneel down and call me grandpa, I am not worried that he will denounce me at all." ”

Aunt Gongsun said angrily: "This kind of despicable and shameless person will rarely have dealings with him in the future." ”

"I didn't deal with him, I was taking advantage of him, and in the same way, he wanted my money, that's all!"

Guo Song discussed all the details with Aunt Gongsun again, and then he returned to the inn.

As soon as he arrived at the inn, he found that the inn was very lively, and he saw more than a dozen of his own men, and then saw Liang Wu, who rushed to Licheng County with the second batch of forty soldiers.

Guo Song was overjoyed and hurriedly asked Liang Wu, "How is the situation in the capital?" ”

Liang Wu said with a smile: "The day after Changshi left, His Royal Highness King Lu personally came to our camp, he apologized to us, and at the same time brought the latest order of the Ministry of War, we are no longer disbanded, and every soldier has been awarded the rank of Yun Cavalry Captain, including the fallen soldiers, and can be inherited, and then each soldier will be rewarded with 300 acres of land, Li Duwei was promoted to Zhonglang General, named Baron, and given ten hectares of land, and I was also promoted to captain, and awarded Captain Commander, and gave three hectares of land. ”

Guo Song nodded, "King Lu should have seen the Son of Heaven before he began to make amends, so what good do I have?" ”

"His Royal Highness the Supervisor didn't mention you, but Li Ji specially asked about it, and His Royal Highness King Lu replied very vaguely, just saying that your appointment is special, and he can't ask."

Even the prison country can't ask about it, it can only be decided by the Son of Heaven.

Guo Song didn't ask any more, so he said to Liang Wu: "There is a task handed over to you, you come with me!" ”

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In the evening of the next day, ten patrol ships were cruising on the Yellow River, and the brigade commander Ma Ying was full of interest, and he received five hundred taels of silver from Guo Song, so that he could pay off his gambling debts, and the wine money owed to Baofeng Restaurant was also written off, and all he needed to pay was to intercept a merchant fleet and collect debts for Guo Song.

This transaction made Ma Ying's heart flutter, he always thought that Guo Song was a businessman, who came to Qizhou to ask for debts, and had to rely on the power of the local snake to get back the arrears.

"Brother Guo, the turtle grandsons who owe you money, will they come tonight?"

Guo Song nodded, "They will definitely come, maybe a little later." ”

Guo Song was dressed in black, carrying a suitcase, looking at the water with deep eyes, there were no boats on the water, but Aunt Gongsun was sure that Lu Sigong's fleet would definitely pass through Li Zhengji's territory at night and would never stop at the shore, Guo Song also thought so.

Ma Ying was secretly peeking at Guo Song from the corner of his eye, but a vicious thought quietly rose in his heart, Guo Song is a foreigner, if he wants to repay the debt, it must be a lot of money, can he swallow this money?

"Brother Guo, why didn't a few of your friends come?" Ma Ying asked with concern.

"They've gone to Qingzhou, and they'll come back to me again."

"Then aren't you alone in Qizhou?"

"I'm the only one at the moment."

Ma Ying was secretly proud in her heart, and when she got the money, she would kill this businessman surnamed Guo, and she would make it herself.

The time gradually came to a watch, the night sky was cloudless, and a round of bright full moon hung in the sky, sprinkling the Yellow River and the earth with a layer of silver and sparkling.

The soldiers of the patrol ship yawned impatiently, and Ma Ying was also a little impatient, and asked Guo Song, "Could it be a mistake?" ”

Guo Song shook his head lightly, looked at the river and said, "No mistake, they should be here!" ”

Ma Ying and the soldiers were in good spirits, and they looked into the distance on the river together, and after a while, a soldier shouted: "It seems to be a fleet!" ”

In a short time, a huge fleet appeared, with sails full, sailing at high speed by the east wind of the night, each of which was a warship of three thousand stones, and the soldiers exclaimed in low voices, "Oh my God! ”

Ma Ying swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said in a trembling voice: "Brother, you're not joking!" ”

"It's them, you stop them for me, and I'll share half of the money you want back, at least 10,000 taels of silver!" Guo Song continued to give him courage.

Ma Ying was finally carried away by greed, and he shouted, "Brothers, follow me!" ”

He rushed up with ten sentinel ships, closely following the first big ship, they were very experienced, and did not scatter, only staring at the first big ship.

"We are a patrol army, stop the ship and check!" Ma Ying shouted.

Guo Song looked at the mast of the big ship, at this time, two red lights were lit on the mast of the head of the big ship, Guo Song specially asked, during the day the contact between the fleet depends on the flag, and at night the contact depends on the light, and the lights have a deep meaning, such as two red lights on, it means that it is a little troublesome, and the degree of trouble is medium.

But Guo Song is not concerned about whether the other party will stop, but about which ship issued the order, this is the key, he must know which the other party's main ship is, even if he climbs on the boat to ask, the average soldier may not know, and this is a very critical detail, Ma Ying's role is this.

At this time, two green lights lit up on the mast of the third ship, which indicated a direct rush.

The big ship led by Ma Ying did not stop, and rushed directly to the sentry ship intercepted in front, Ma Ying's ship could not turn around, was hit by the waist, and was knocked over, and more than a dozen soldiers on the ship, including Ma Ying, fell into the water one after another.

The rest of the sentinel ships were frightened and dodged, and the huge fleet rode the wind and waves, and continued to sail without stopping, and in a short time thirty large ships gradually drifted away.

The patrol boat then began to look for the person who fell into the water, the wind was high and the waves were urgent, and the water situation could not be seen, the soldiers fished all night, and finally only five surviving soldiers were fished, and the remaining ten soldiers, including Ma Ying, were missing, and nine out of ten died in the belly of the fish.

Someone suddenly remembered that the young businessman had also fallen into the water, and it was estimated that he had also suffered misfortune.......

Of course, Guo Song also fell into the water, but he was not knocked into the water, but after he was sure that the third boat was the main ship, he jumped directly into the Yellow River, he clinged to the side of the third boat, took off his coat, wore only a pair of shorts, and carried the wooden box behind him, his wooden box was specially made, it would not seep into the water, and there were belts on both sides, which could be carried directly on his shoulders.

Guo Song still relied on two sharp chisels to get on the ship, which was very difficult, and the board was not easy to pierce, so he could only pierce into the gap between the planks, which was very fine, and required extremely high eyesight and accuracy.

But for Guo Song, it is not a big problem, 'Knock! With a bang, a chisel was inserted into the plank, followed by a second chisel into the plank.

Guo Song climbed up step by step at the stern, and finally grabbed the anchor and slowly probed up.

The line of sight is very good, the deck is unobstructed, there are more than a dozen soldiers sleeping on each side of the ship, everyone wrapped in blankets, and there are several soldiers patrolling at the front of the deck, it is estimated that the lights just now alarmed them.

There were three floors above deck, and at the top of the staircase sat two guards, wrapped in blankets, sleeping soundly.

There was no one around the stern, Guo Song observed for a moment, lightly jumped onto the boat, opened a small door at the stern, which was full of brooms and wipes, he closed the small door, opened the box and put on a set of tight black clothes, carried the black sword and bow and arrows behind his back, and carried a few necessary equipment into his arms.

Guo Song finished dressing, looked outside, there was still no one outside, it was very quiet, he dodged out of the hut, threw the box into the Yellow River, and climbed to the second floor.