This section of the waterway will suddenly become turbulent, because it has come to the junction of Nanzhi and Shandong, the terrain has become more and more distinct, coupled with the sudden contraction of both banks, from the original three or five miles of the river surface suddenly narrowed to more than two miles, the two compartments are superimposed, the water flow speed becomes fast, so that the bamboo rod is like a galloping arrow straight towards the official ship.

Because it was dark, the people on the ship didn't notice that there were such variables at all, and they only heard a thud and the hull of the ship shook, and they knew that something was wrong. But before they could light the torches and shine on the water, a series of thuds rang out below, and the ship was distracted from its original course by the impact.

"What's wrong?" Finding that the hull of the ship was hit one after another, Mr. Jing Qian, who was resting in the cabin, had already rushed out with his own soldiers and roared: "But did you hit the reef?" ”

At this time, the sailor, who was shining a torch overboard, exclaimed: "What a lot of bamboo...... It's all stabbed into our hull! ”

"What?" Jing Qian's expression changed even more when he heard this, and he hurriedly strode to the side of the boat, leaned over and looked out, and saw a large number of bamboos that were still floating on the water, as well as those that had been inserted into the hull like nails. This abrupt scene made him lose his mind for a while, and he didn't know how to deal with it.

But then, the exclamation from the cabin made him quickly come back to his senses: "It's not good, the ship is broken!" It's flooding! "But it was the bamboos that pierced directly under the official boat and brought the river water in.

At the same time, there was a burst of exclamations from the ship in the rear. However, some bamboo, which was not next to the ship in front, had already gone down the river and pierced the boat, so that the two official ships were almost treated in the same way.

"Oh no, there's fraud in this!" Jing Qian quickly came back to his senses, roared, and pulled out the saber on his waist: "Tell everyone to be careful, raise fire to contact the shore...... "There have always been many families living on both sides of the canal, as long as you contact these people, you can think of going ashore safely."

But he was only halfway through his words, when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in the back of his waist, and then he heard Lao Fang whisper softly in his ear: "General Jing, I won't bother you in the future!" As he spoke, he took a knife and pierced the short knife at Jing Qianzong's waist and eye with a sharp twist, strangling his internal organs. He could only let out a scream, and then fell limply.

And beside him, the fate of those pro-soldiers was the same as that of his own general, and just as he was about to draw his sword, the sailors standing behind him suddenly took out their knives from their sleeves or arms, and without saying a word, they directly sank into their backs or waists.

If these soldiers talk about their personal martial arts, they are actually far above the ordinary Cao Gang sailors and gangs, but they have no sense of defense, and they are all attacked by others, and they are not blind.

The screams on the deck quickly woke up the men who had remained in the cabin to rest, and many of them had not even had time to put on their armor before they had time to throw on their swords and swords, but when they rushed to the deck, they only had time to see the sailors and boatmen jumping into the river, and they could not catch up at all.

"This ...... How so? "After seeing the dozen or so corpses lying on the ground, especially among them, all the soldiers froze in place like headless flies, and they didn't know what to do.

And just as the hundreds of officers and soldiers on the two boats came out in a daze, not knowing what to do, on the dark river in front of them, suddenly dozens of small boats came against the wind and waves, and at the bow of the first boat, there was Bai Lian with murderous eyes.

After seeing that the two official ships were completely destroyed by the bamboo array, not only was it difficult to move forward, but it was even possible that they would capsize in a period of time, Bai Lian's spirit was even more lifted, knowing that his plan was a complete success.

In order to rescue his master, this time he spent a lot of effort to finally convince several helmsmen of the Cao Gang in this section, relying on his name as the White Lotus Sect, coupled with the dissatisfaction that the Cao Gang has accumulated with the imperial court in recent years, they finally agreed to help from the side and did this game.

It's ridiculous that those people in the government still think that the Cao Gang will always obey them. But I don't know that in the past few years, because the government in the southeast, Shandong and other places has opened the sea ban, it has seriously affected the status of the canal, and it has also made the life of the Cao Gang extremely difficult.

For a once-glorious gang, this is equivalent to a catastrophe. As long as it continues to deteriorate like this, maybe the entire Cao Gang will fall apart at some point. So they also have resentment towards the government and the court, but they have never found a chance to retaliate. And Bai Lian grasped their mentality, and after making good use of it, he let these rivers and lakes be reckless for his own use.

At this time, seeing that the two official ships had been completely stopped, Bai Lian immediately drew his knife in his hand, pointed forward, and shouted: "Kill the past, take the ship, and save the sect leader!" ”

"Kill the officers and soldiers, save the sect master!" All the White Lotus disciples responded one after another, completely ignoring the threat of the boat rushing forward on the rushing river, and after standing up, they threw out ropes and hooks, hung up the official boat that had long been unable to move, and then climbed along the rope towards the high official boat.

Bai Lian didn't need these external objects to help him at all, but with a long roar, his feet were a little on the bow of the boat, and the man had already jumped high, and then pounced like a big eagle on the bow of the official ship in front of him.

At this time, the officers and soldiers on the official ship were completely confused. Being on the ship, the unfamiliarity with the water war, the danger that the ship is about to sink when the ship keeps entering the water, the chaos of their own generals being killed and unable to command, coupled with the panic of suddenly encountering the enemy, made them lose all their consciousness as military generals, and can only rely on instinct to draw their swords to protect themselves, and they cannot cooperate with each other to resist the enemy at all.

This gave the White Lotus Sect a great opportunity, especially Bai Lian, who was the first to get on the boat, and slashed like a tiger like a flock of sheep, quickly killing more than a dozen soldiers, and also made the others fearful, seeing him rushing over, he would only scream and flash to the side.

In this way, those White Lotus Sect members who climbed along the rope were completely safe, they didn't have to risk being cut by someone, they capsized on the boat in just a few clicks, and then they also shouted and waved their knives to join the battle group, suppressing the officials and soldiers, and constantly harvesting human lives.

Although in terms of numbers, the officers and troops still have a certain advantage, but they are already scattered, and they can't even organize a decent defense, and in the end they can only become cattle and sheep to be slaughtered. There was a clever man, after seeing this situation, he simply stopped struggling, and when he saw the enemy coming, he turned around and jumped into the river to flee for his life. Of course, there were soldiers who couldn't do water at this time, so they could only resist hard, and were finally killed by the White Lotus Sect one by one on the boat.

Knowing that the overall situation had been decided, Bai Lian no longer pursued and killed those officers and soldiers who had no power to fight back, but instead got into the cabin on the side and searched around along the ladder. Soon, he saw two nervous-looking soldiers in front of one of the innermost barns.

There was such a big commotion outside, and these two people were still here, so there was no need to say much about what it meant. The look of surprise on Bai Lian's face flashed, and he already rushed forward with a knife: "Master, I'm here to save you!" ”

The two officers and soldiers also let out a low shout and greeted each other with bright swords. It's a pity that no matter how brave these two people are, they are just ordinary battle formations after all, and they are too far behind Bai Lian, Xu Ziyang's master. No sooner had they swung their swords than they saw the enemy disappear from sight.

While they were still in a moment of surprise, a sudden cold flash flashed in front of them, and the cold blade had already sliced their throats so quickly that they didn't even have time to scream before they fell headlong, and blood poured out and soaked their bodies.

After Bai Lian killed the two of them with a knife, his body did not slow down, and as soon as he sank his shoulders, he directly smashed through the hatch of the cabin in front of him, and then he saw the man who was unkempt and locked on the wall by chains, which made him can't help but let out another sad cry: "Master, the apprentice is late, and you have suffered!" ”

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Nanjing City. The Mansion of the Duke of Wei.

Xu Chengzong paced back and forth in the study with some uneasiness, and it wasn't until Lu Zhen opened his mouth that he stopped: "Brother Xu, things have come to this point, why are you still so nervous?" It's all dazzling to me. ”

"After all, this is related to the life and death of hundreds of people in my Xu family, how can I rest assured?" After Xu Chengzong stopped, he sighed again. At this time, he really regretted his previous decision. Of course, the most hateful thing is the white lotus demon Xu Ziyang, if it weren't for him, how could he have such a rebellious thought?

"Don't worry, since that Xu Ziyang is in our hands, then we are not afraid that they will not be tricked. As long as you can catch all these White Lotus traitors, you will naturally have an explanation in the imperial court. Lu Jin hurriedly comforted.

"That's the way it is, but ...... It's been seven or eight days, and there has been no relevant news coming back before, do you think it could be that those traitors saw the flaw and didn't fall for this? Xu Chengzong still looked worried: "Or, although they fell for the trick, they let them retreat in the end." ”

Lu Zhen shook his head with confidence: "This is impossible." In the final analysis, they are just a group of reckless rivers and lakes, even if they have the ability, they cannot be the elite opponents of the imperial court. What's more, all this is in our calculations, if they don't move, as long as they dare to attack, there is only one ending, that is, we will take them all. As for the fear that they will not be fooled, it is even more unlikely. After all, Xu Ziyang has a respected position in the White Lotus Sect, how can he say that he can give up if he gives up? ”

Just when Xu Chengzong wanted to say something, a general suddenly ran to the door quickly: "Guogong, there is a flying pigeon in front of you to send ......."

"Quick, bring it in and I'll see." Xu Chengzong immediately turned around and walked over, snatched the letter from the other party's hand and read it......