"The big boss, the ten big guys!" The big man was pale and sweaty on his forehead. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The red viper raised two thick eyebrows, "What's the panic, follow me to take a look." ”

Snake Island Wharf, at this time, is like a great enemy.

Outside their dock, ten big gashi have surrounded them, Snake Island is not big, the dock is blocked, and their ship is also blocked.

Looking at the ten majestic big worlds, the heart of the red viper's heart also sank to the bottom. After all, it was still a step too late, did the imperial court strike first?

However, seeing that the boat that came was the family crest of Li Chengcui, Zheng and Lu, instead of the sea dragon flag in the Shuicheng military village opposite, she settled down a little. It's not the Sea Dragon Banner, it's not the sailors of the imperial court. Perhaps, things are not yet the worst.

"What are you waiting for, rush up,!" Cheng Yanjin was carrying two large plate axes in his hands, and the ship was not suitable for immediate soldiers, so he replaced them with two large steel plate axes, which were made of steel with double blades, but they were not heavy.

Melee combat, even if you wear iron armor with an axe, you can't stop it.

Li Chao had several flintlock handcuffs hanging on his body, and he was carrying a big dog's leg in his hand. Although the Datang horizontal knife is sharp, the straight-edged blade is not very easy to chop up. However, Li Chao was not used to carrying two double-edged axes like Lao Cheng, so he chose a dog-legged knife.

The shape of the dogleg knife is more peculiar, it is a recurve knife.

The belly of the knife is wide, and the blade of the knife is bent forward, like a dog's leg, so it is called a dog's leg knife, and there is a V-shaped blood groove at the junction of the blade and the handle, which can be used to direct blood in actual combat, so as not to stain the handle.

Li Chao's knife is made of cow bone handle, and the steel of the blade is made of stainless steel produced by Li Ji Iron and Steel Factory, which is characterized by good toughness, and the scabbard is made of raw cowhide and wooden sheath.

A good dogleg knife with two auxiliary knives, one with a sharp edge for cutting and one with no edge for sharpening. The three knives are slightly different in length and shape, but they are definitely expensive and sharp.

A good big dog leg can cut the neck of a big bull with one sword.

The biggest advantage of this knife is that it has a very strong chopping ability and can be used as an axe, but it is much lighter than an axe. However, this kind of knife is extremely demanding on steel, otherwise it is fragile.

Only now there are so many good steels in Li Kee Steel Factory that can make this kind of treasure knife.

Carrying a treasure knife in his hand, Li Chao was cutting his nails.

"Don't worry, it's better if you can surrender without a fight."

Li Chao had already found out about the smugglers and pirates on the islands, and knew that the leader of the Red Viper Pirates was a woman. She was still a young woman, and it is said that she was very beautiful when she was young, but then she was injured, and the wound broke on her face, because the scar was like a snake, and later the red viper became the woman's nickname.

"I heard that the leader of the Red Viper is called the Red Viper, and she is still a beautiful woman, you won't beat her, right?"

Lao Cheng said with a smile.

Li Chao looked at the pirates who were gathering in a hurry on the dock on the island, and just shook his head and smiled.

"I don't have any illusions about a female pirate, it's just that this red viper has been doing something kind in the past two years, and if I can, I don't want to kill in vain."

"I don't care, but I listen to you."

From the end of the Sui Dynasty to the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Cheng Biting Jin fought hundreds of battles, I don't know how many people he has killed, of course he will not have any pity for a female pirate, but he will not be the master of Li Chao.

"It's a nice day, so it's a good idea to take two fishing rods and fish here, or dive into the sea to catch some fresh shells and oysters or something." Li Chao said with a smile.

"Aren't you afraid that this red viper dog will jump off the wall?" Cheng Yanjin held two axes and swung them left and right.

"Looking at the actions of the Red Viper Pirates in recent years, they are not the kind of murderous people, and they have not done any evil acts of robbing ships and killing people since they came to this island, you see this island, but she is running like a quiet town. There are their own fields and vegetable gardens, water village docks, and warehouse workshops, if you put aside their pirate status, this place is like a paradise. ”

"You admire this beautiful snake?"

"In troubled times, such a capable woman is rare."

Cui Jin waited for a few to come over in a small boat, "What are San Lang waiting for?" ”

Li Chao said to a few brothers-in-law, "I'm giving the other party a chance, and it's up to them whether they can grasp it." ”

He didn't give the other party any ultimatums, it was up to them.

The captain of the Marine Corps on the ship, however, was already doing combat mobilization.

Li Chao's ship was divided into two parts, one was the crew sailors and the other was the marines. A boat has a crew of about thirty or so, who are responsible for steering the ship and being responsible for the sail cable anchor rudder. The remaining 100 people are combat team members.

Generally, if it is an ordinary merchant ship, there are only twenty or thirty crew members on a ship, or a small team of guards. But Li Chao's ship was not an ordinary merchant ship, they were originally there to rob, so there was also a marine company on board, with three marine platoons.

The officers of the Marine Corps are all from the active military attachés of the imperial court, and the active government soldiers in the company serve as non-commissioned officers, leading the young rookies recruited by Li Chao.

Check the guns, prepare the ammunition, and light the arquebus.

Check bows, crossbows, swords.

The veterans looked calm, dealing with a group of pirates, and they didn't feel that there was anything to worry about.

The rookie who has just entered the battlefield is nervous and excited.

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On the wharf, more than 1,000 men, women, and children, some carrying knives and guns, and others holding shields, and women, children, old people, and children behind them also held a variety of weapons.

The red viper looked behind him, and then at the ten big boats opposite.

Finally sighed.

"Uncle Shan, I'll go to the meeting, if I can't come back, you can take everyone down. If we return to the Tang Dynasty today and the four seas are peaceful, we will have no future if we are adrift on the sea like this. ”

"Hongying, you can't go, if you want to go, you should go with me, an old immortal."

is known as Uncle Shan, who is the second master, one is old, only one arm, and one eye is missing. Such a cripple is actually the second master.

"There are ten big ships on the other side, but they have only stopped there so far, and the other party has no intention of attacking, so I will talk about it in person to have sincerity."

Uncle Shan hesitated.

"Hongying, why don't we run."

"Where to run, the dock is blocked, our boat can't rush out with Ben, what should we do with so many people on the island?" The red viper shook his head. "Besides, it's not necessarily an opportunity. I've thought about it a long time ago, if we continue like this, sooner or later the court will not tolerate us. It's better to plan ahead, now may be the opportunity. ”

Ba Shang No.

Several of Li Chao's brothers-in-law persuaded Li Chao to attack, in their opinion, more than 1,000 people on this island are more than 1,000 slaves. What's more, the island seems to be quite rich, so it's good to grab one by the way.

"The Red Viper Pirates don't have any big evil deeds, this kind of thing can be pacified and fought for. For the enemy, we naturally have to be as fierce as the cold, but for these Han people who escaped from the Sui Rebellion, we have to be as warm as spring. ”

Li Chao does not lack so many thousand slaves, and these are not Goguryeo people, they are also Han people, why should they be killed without too many evil deeds.

Now it's not the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, it's the Tang Dynasty Zhenguan.

"Wen Yuan, there are quite some people on the other side, you see, they came over in a small boat with a white flag."

There was only a dinghy and only two people.

One man rocks a dinghy.

One person was holding a white flag.

"It seems like it's still two women, maybe the red viper is on it."

The dinghy came to the side of the Bashang, and the boat threw down the rope ladder and picked up the man.

As soon as the two women came up, everyone knew who the red viper was, because the scar on the face of one of the women was very special, a hideous scar, and then the scar was mainly tattooed, making this scar a bright red viper.

A beautiful woman.

There was a hideous scar on his face, and this scar was tattooed into a red poisonous snake.

"You are the red viper Du Hongying?" Li Chao asked.

Du Hongying looked at Li Chao in surprise, this young man had a special temperament, although he stood there casually and spoke very plainly, it made her feel nervous.

There are many people who know her name as Red Viper, and it is not surprising that they can recognize her, after all, the scars and tattoos on her face are there, but even on Snake Island, there are few people who know her surname Du.

"In Xia Du Hongying, I don't know the name of the honorable surname?"

"Li Chao!"

As soon as these two words came out, Du Hongying's pupils suddenly dilated a lot.

Li Chao, no one in the world knows this name, and no one knows it. She knew that Li Chao was in Dengzhou, but she didn't expect that Li Chao would come to visit her island in person today.

"Hongying meets Zhao Guogong!" The red viper bowed.

Li Chao smiled and looked at the woman in front of him, probably younger than he was. But this woman is by no means simple, after all, it is not simple to have a scar on her face, let alone tattoo the scar into a poisonous snake.

Li Chao knows the details of this person.

Du Fuwei's sister-in-law, the wife of Ximen Junyi, the general of the Jianghuai Army. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Du Fuwei competed for power in Jianghuai, and he was defeated many times and escaped death. Once, Du Fuwei was defeated and seriously injured, and at a critical time, it was Ximen Junyi's wife who fled with Du Fuwei on his back, and Du Fuwei's son Wang Xiongdan and his general Ximen Junyi fought to the death to save him.

Afterwards, in order to thank Ximen Junyi and his wife for saving their lives, Du Fuwei married Du Hongying, who had the same surname as him, as a brother and sister. Du Hongying also commanded a team of female soldiers.

It's just that later Du Fuwei descended to the Tang Dynasty and received the edict to enter the court, but he died violently in Chang'an. Fu Gongyou raised an army against the Tang Dynasty, and finally the army was defeated, Ximen Junyi was killed in battle, Du Hongying fled with some Jianghuai army families, and finally came to this small island.

How did Du Fuwei die in Chang'an back then, Li Chao didn't want to mention it again, after all, the Jianghuai Army was in the past. Now it is Datang, and it is Zhenguan for three years.

And this is Dengzhou.

"Are you willing to accept the court's invitation and submit to the court?" Li Chao asked.

The red viper looked at Li Chao, he first called out his name, and then said that he was Li Chao, and she knew that this person must know his details.

"I am willing to lead the people of the island to submit to the court and ask for forgiveness from the court."

Li Chao nodded with satisfaction.

"The past is gone, and one should not dwell on the past all the time, but look to the future. There are more than 1,000 people on your island, all of whom are displaced people from the Sui Dynasty. Now that the Central Plains is stable and the world is peaceful, there is no need for you to be exiles anymore. Let him pass the past! ”

"Hongying thanked Zhao Guogong!"

Du Hongying didn't expect things to turn around so much, and the biggest worry that had always been resolved was resolved in this way. The people on the island finally have a home.