The scorching orange sun hung high in the air, illuminating people's hearts.

"Whew...... Whew......"

Wearing a green military uniform and light armor on his upper body, Boss Zhao walked through the rugged mountains with a Mini rifle on his back, and behind him were dozens of people who were also dressed in the same costume.

I took off an aluminum kettle from my waist, unscrewed the lid and poured a large mouthful of water into my mouth, feeling the cool sensation flow from my throat to my stomach, and then I burped with satisfaction.

Put the kettle back down, Zhao Boss looked up at the sun that was still hanging high in the sky and scolded helplessly, now it is late October, if it is in Liaodong or the grassland, I am afraid that it will have already snowed goose feathers, but in Fujian it is still the scorching sun, which makes Zhao Boss, who is used to the climate of Liaodong, very uncomfortable.

Turning his head to look at the strings of nights behind him, Boss Zhao shouted: "Keep up, don't fall behind!" ”

There were a few sparse responses behind him, and after a while, there was a heavy footstep behind him, and Niu Ben's humble voice sounded behind him: "Zhao Tou, this ghost weather is too hot, let the brothers rest, otherwise I'm afraid the brothers won't be able to stand it." ”

Boss Zhao let out a long breath and said to the visitor angrily: "Okay, tell the brothers to rest for two quarters of an hour, and you must rush to Liujiatun outside Fuzhou before dark." ”

"Understood!" Niu Ben agreed, and shouted loudly to the back: "All of them, rest for two quarters of an hour!" ”

As soon as Niu Ben's words fell, he heard that the night was not collected and all sat on the ground like an amnesty, some people took out the kettle and poured it fiercely, and put salt water to replace the lost water and salt, while some people simply lay on the ground and took advantage of the short time to take a nap.

Boss Zhao also sat down cross-legged, took out a topographic map from his arms and compared it with the surrounding terrain, he looked at the map and looked at the surrounding environment, his brows furrowed slightly from time to time, he thought about it, took out a pencil and drew on the map for a while, and then put the map back in his arms.

In fact, the topographic map in Boss Zhao's arms is the topographic map of Fuzhou City downloaded by Yang Feng from the Internet in later generations, but due to the topography and changes in later generations, the downloaded topographic map is naturally different from Fuzhou in this time and space, which has to be modified by not collecting it at night like Boss Zhao.

As the captain of the night brigade in the Jiangning Army, today's Boss Zhao is an official to a thousand generals, this position is equivalent to a deputy regimental level or even a regimental cadre in later generations, if it weren't for Boss Zhao's reluctance to leave the night brigade, I'm afraid he would have been the deputy commander of an infantry battalion or even a cavalry battalion by now.

Zheng Zhilong led the fleet out of Fuzhou to attack Xiamen, and the actions of more than 10,000 people on hundreds of ships naturally could not be concealed by Geng Bingyi who was sent to investigate outside Fuzhou City, which was also the reason why Geng Bingyi was able to immediately send someone to inform Yang Feng.

But what made Geng Bingyi feel distressed was that it stands to reason that after Zheng Zhilong led the main force to leave, the entire Fuzhou City was only defended by 5,000 old, weak, sick and disabled pirates, and this time should be the best time to seize Fuzhou, but because there were no ships, Geng Bingyi and more than 10,000 troops could only stand by the Min River and watch the Fuzhou City close at hand.

Geng Bingyi knew that he couldn't wait any longer, if he continued like this, they would not be able to take Fuzhou City after Zheng Zhilong returned. So Geng Bingyi gave another order to Zhao Boss on the other side of the Min River, asking him to collect enough ships and sailors within three days to transport the Jiangning army across the Min River.

Boss Zhao, who received the order, could only take the night guards around to collect ships, but it was not easy to collect enough ships. A few days ago, the reason why Boss Zhao was able to cross the Min River was because there was very little equipment that was not collected at night, at best, it was only a Mini rifle, some ammunition and dry food, so he could bother to find some small boats and even sampans to sneak across the river at night.

However, it is too difficult to transport a large army led by Geng Bingyi across the river, not to mention anything else, just transporting hundreds of eight-pound and twelve-pound guns from the artillery battalion across the river is a very big problem, and it is not easy to move these artillery pieces weighing thousands of pounds at every turn, and it can also be carried by horse-drawn people on land, but it is different on the water, if you want to transport artillery across the river, you have to use big boats, but the big ships in the Fuzhou area have long been collected by Zheng Zhilong and them, where can they find big ships.

Just when Boss Zhao frowned, Niu Ben walked next to him and sat down, and said angrily: "Zhao Tou, I think our task this time is a little hanging." Time is so tight, where are we going to find the big ship? And not one or two, at least a dozen, otherwise they won't be able to carry those guns at all. ”

"Of course I do." Boss Zhao said with a calm face: "But General Geng is also in a hurry now, that Zheng Zhilong has been out for two days, and I don't know how the battle situation in Xiamen is going now, and the thieves may come to reinforcements at any time, and every day of delay here will be more dangerous, but we can't wait any longer." ”

"That being said, but we are not immortals, and we can't conjure a boat out of thin air." Niu Ben was very unconvinced and complained: "General Geng will give us a problem." ”

"!" Boss Zhao said with a straight face: "If it's easy to do, will it be our turn to do it, have you forgotten who we are?" We don't collect it at night, we are the most elite and the most capable of fighting in the Jiangning Army, and we can do what others can't do, otherwise why would the uncle give us the highest salary, the most well-equipped firecrackers and armor? Are you too much money to be an uncle? ”

was scolded by Boss Zhao like this, Niu Ben lowered his head and remained silent.

Boss Zhao is right, in the Jiangning Army, the salary that is not collected at night is the highest in the whole army, and the most ordinary soldiers who do not collect money at night are paid three taels of silver and one stone of food every month, and their equipment is also the best, even the Mini rifle that was originally only equipped by the family is also equipped.

Since they don't collect money at night, whether it is equipment, salary, or even training, they are the highest and hardest, and the tasks they undertake are naturally the heaviest, so what Boss Zhao said is really fine, since people have given you the highest treatment, you have to be worthy of this generous salary, otherwise people will support you at such a big price.

After resting for a while, Boss Zhao took out a pocket watch from his arms, glanced at it and said, "It's three quarters of Shen Shi (3:45), and you must rush to Liujiatun before dark." After saying that, Boss Zhao stood up and patted the dust on his buttocks.

Niu Ben raised his voice and said, "Zhao Tou, what if Liujiatun doesn't have the boat we want?" ”

Boss Zhao said categorically: "Then let's continue to look for it until we find it!" ”

"Okay!" Although he had long known that Boss Zhao was a character who would not hit the south wall and would not look back, Niu Ben still sighed helplessly and followed.

In a hurry, the team finally arrived at their destination before dark.

Liujiatun is a gathering place of fishermen on the side of the Min River, as the name suggests, most of the people who live here are surnamed Liu, and the people in this place have always been known for being good at shipbuilding, many shipyards in many places like to come to them to dig people, this time Zhao Boss they came to try their luck and see if they can find some boats from here.

When Boss Zhao and the others came to Liujiatun, they happened to see that Liujiatun was full of cooking smoke, and the people in Liujiatun were preparing dinner, and from time to time there were children's laughter and women's scolding, which was a woman calling her children to go home for dinner.

When Boss Zhao and the others slowly searched and came to the edge of the village, they saw a row of huge boats quietly docked on the dock by the river near the village.

"Zhao Tou...... Boat...... Boat, ......"

Niu Ben, who felt that his voice was trembling a little, pointed to the ship in front of him and couldn't believe his eyes, the ship that he had been looking for for several days was in front of him, which made Niu Ben jump up with joy.

"I saw it!"

Boss Zhao's voice also sounded, if you listen carefully, you can hear that his mood is too excited at this moment.

"What are we waiting for, hurry up and grab the boat." Niu Benyi grasped the long knife in his hand tightly, his eyes were excited, and he rushed to the dock to grab those boats when Zhao Boss gave an order.

"What's the hurry!" Boss Zhao casually gave Niu Ben a violent shudder, and scolded in a low voice: "You are a pig, don't you see that there are guards on the ship?" ”

"Of course I saw it, what is this, if anyone dares to stop us, they will be done directly!" Niu Ben's eyes showed a killing intent.

"Fool, can't you see that those people are not ordinary craftsmen and common people?" Boss Zhao looked at this guy who was about to move for a while, since he took seven or eight brothers under his command to defect to the Jiangning Army, due to repeated military exploits, not only Boss Zhao, but even the people he brought such as Boss Ka, Karma Er, Lao Wangtou, Black Skin and others were promoted, some of them went to the infantry battalion, some went to the cavalry battalion, but only Niu Ben still followed Boss Zhao to stay in the night and did not collect the brigade, so Boss Zhao also felt very helpless.

In fact, it was not that the boss didn't think about promoting Niu Ben, but this Niu Ben was a dead brain, and he refused to leave Boss Zhao's side for anything, so in desperation, Boss Zhao had to keep him by his side and take it himself.

Being scolded by Boss Zhao like this, Niu Ben also came back to his senses, he took out a telescope and looked at it carefully, and immediately gasped, "Zhao Tou, they are those pirates!" ”

"If only you knew!"

Boss Zhao glared at Niu Ben and said lightly: "Let's go to the boat later, slaughter the pirates on the ship, catch a few tongues by the way, and see what's going on?" ”