In the eighth section, Yang Xiong's original intention was just to let the two soldiers not take the danger lightly, and now the shortage of soldiers in the Guards Battalion is really serious. Hearing Wu Ming say this at this time, Deng Shi knew that he had done it, and quickly closed his mouth.

Wu Ming is naturally not the kind of person with a small belly, so he didn't say much, just continued to bow his head and hurry.

Nanning in May is a good season for the evening breeze to get drunk. In normal times, the north gate must be full of boats and boats at this time, and it is very lively. But by this time, the boats beside the sluice had long since disappeared, and the whole river was empty, like ghosts.

The four of them rushed all the way, and soon arrived at the north gate. I heard a lot of noise on the city wall from afar, and now that Nanning has been banned from night, it is so late and it is so noisy, then something must have happened. The four of them rushed to the bottom of the city wall, and from the messy torches above, they divided into a small group of people to come down. One of them shouted viciously from afar: "It's so late, who is still running around?" Grab it and throw it to the yamen of the forbidden army. ”

The Nanning Forbidden Army Yamen is a public security agency that has only recently been established. Since it is called the forbidden army yamen, it naturally refers to the place where the capital of a country maintains law and order, and in the past, there was this department in Kyoto. Zhu Huai did this, and his intention of division and rule was already clearly revealed. After the establishment of the forbidden army yamen, in order to show that he had saved zài, he cracked several old cases. But it is rumored that the methods are bloody, and there is a tendency to stop children's night crying. This ** is angry, so the words are very polite.

Wu Ming waved his hand, and the four of them suddenly stopped. He said loudly: "Wu Ming of the Guards Battalion, there is something to trouble you. ”

The shouter walked down from the city wall with a small group of people and heard Wu Ming's answer. A face turned into a bitter gourd, and he clenched his fists and said respectfully: "It turned out to be Lord Wu, and the villain was Wei Hu, the envoy of the Sanlu Guard of the Yamen of the Forbidden Army." There are many offenses, please bear with me. ”

Wu Ming didn't have time to talk to him, so he asked directly, "What's wrong?" Has anyone been out lately? ”

"Your Excellency came just in time, just now Lord Tian kidnapped two sailor soldiers to operate the oars for him, and he has already broken out."

"How long has it been?"

"Just leaving, are the adults going to chase after you?"

"Then trouble Lord Wei to prepare another clipper for us, I have this intention."

When Wei Hu heard this, he thought about it in his stomach. Today was originally his responsibility for guarding the North Gate Sluice, and if something like this happens, losing his official position is a trivial matter, if it makes a big fuss, something is happening to the White Tigers, and if he doesn't do it, he will suffer. At this time, when I heard that Wu Ming was going back to chase it back, I was naturally overjoyed. Once the commander of the Guards Battalion takes over this burden, he can carry it clean if something happens. rescued the drunken Tian Hong, and he could form a good relationship with the guard camp, which is really a good deal for two ends. His thoughts turned sharply, and he replied without a mouth: "This is very good, the young general will immediately prepare a clipper for a few adults." ”

He gave the order, and one of the soldiers went down. A little leaning came a small boat out of the darkness. Wu Ming and the other four jumped up. Wei Hu thought for a while and said, "This fast boat is a test of the oarsman's wrist strength and proficiency, so I'll find four more oarsmen for a few adults." ”

He is very good at being a man, Wu Ming naturally will not refuse, nodded and said, "So there is Lord Lao Wei." ”

Wei Hu waved his hand and named four people. Four soldiers came down from the city walls at once. He probably also knew that Wu Ming and the others were in a hurry, so he didn't be verbose, and after a few orders, he told a few people to hurry up and start the boat. The clipper is not very big, but it is just right to sit on these four people. As soon as he drove out of the gate, the slightly fishy smell of Jiang Feng suddenly cleared the minds of several people. When I was on the shore, I didn't feel anything when I heard the sound of the river, and when I reached the surface of the water, I realized that the sound of the river was very loud, almost like a golden drum.

After Wu Ming arrived at the eighth stage, his eyesight was excellent. In the distance, I only saw a small boat with a little spark on its head, faintly in the night wind, heading straight to the north. Who is still running around in a small boat at this time? It must be Tian Hong's boat. Wu Ming was suddenly in a hurry, and shouted in a line: "Brother Tian, come back quickly, there is something to discuss." He knew that the boat heard him cry, and it ran faster.

He was so angry that he stomped his feet and said, "Hurry up and catch up." "Fortunately, those four soldiers are very skilled in handling the oars, even if Wu Ming and the others are full. The Clipper was also much faster than the Ye boat in front. Wu Ming looked at the boat that was getting closer and closer, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. The two sides chased after each other, and before they knew it, they had reached the heart of the river. At this time, it became more and more clear on the north shore that the head of Hanshui City was densely packed with torches. There are not all kinds of boats carrying timber in and out of the locks. Zhu Huai said that the north is actively building ships, and it seems that it is true.

Wood is naturally needed for shipbuilding, and there are ready-made trees in Fenglin Mountain on the outskirts of Hanshui. Due to the long-term closure of the mountain, the trees in the mountain also grow very tall. The last time he went to the adult Xuan to rescue the princess, Wu Ming had seen many pine fir trees with the thickness of hugging, which was a good material for shipbuilding.

Yang Xiong helped paddle a few times, and saw that he was helping more and more. had to stop, accompanied Wu Ming to stand on the bow of the boat, and said: "My lord, we can't chase anymore, if we chase again, we will be discovered by the people on the other side, once this happens, it's not a joke." ”

He was right, but Wu Ming now only wanted to chase Tian Hong back, and he could listen there. just hurriedly said: "I'll catch up immediately, row quickly, and catch up with that kid first." ”

Yang Xiong said worriedly: "If you get closer, it will be too close to Hanshui City......"

His worries were not unreasonable, once he passed the heart of the river. The chance of being spotted by the opposite side is greatly increased. Because the way back has become longer, the difficulty of escaping has also increased. The dense torches in Hanshui City make people's scalps tingle when they look at it. Just send a few big boats to catch up, in Jiang Xinxin, a small boat like them can only look for death. Wu Ming put his hand on the pergola and looked at it, and said with a smile: "It's okay, after eight paragraphs, I can see it farther and farther away." If there is something really going on on the other side, I'm sure I'll be the first to find out. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Tian Hong's boat stop. He wondered in his heart, and tried to look into the distance. I was taken aback. Not far from the small boat, the silhouettes of three large ships appeared ghostly, and these ships did not light torches, and almost outflanked the boss in an arc in the night. Just now, Wu Ming's attention had been at the head of Hanshui City, and he was negligent here.

Wu Ming only felt that his heart was cold to the bottom, and he said dejectedly: "It's over, it's over." Yang Xiong looked at him like this, his heart became more and more uneasy, and he turned his head and asked, "My lord, what's wrong with you?" As he spoke, he tried to look into the distance. At this time, he also realized that something was wrong on the other side. When I saw it clearly, I couldn't help but gasp. Hurriedly said: "My lord, row back quickly, once we are surrounded by these big boats, we will definitely have to die in the belly of the fish, as for Lord Tian, let's find another chance to rescue him." ”

The three big ships combined, there were at least hundreds of people. Wu Ming, plus Tian Hong, there are only seven people in total. And in the water, personal force is also very limited. Naturally, he would not be naïve to think that with such a small broken ship, he would be able to fight the other party to the death. He gritted his teeth, raised his hand and said, "Everyone......"

He paused in the middle of his sentence. I saw that Tian Hong's small boat turned around and rowed towards them hurriedly.

There is a chance.

If Tian Hong was still stupid and continued to rush forward, it would naturally have no chance at all, but now the other party actually retreated backwards. Then you can find a way to get them back.

Their clipper is a naval reconnaissance vessel, and the hull is extremely narrow, so it can rush quickly. Above is a six-person sculls. If all six people are fully equipped, and the force is exerted at the same time, the boat is on the big river, it is really as fast as a sharp arrow. Wei Hu also put a lot of thought into configuring this ship just now. Four soldiers plus two Guards battalion fighters, exactly six people. Naturally, you can bring out the fastest speed of this clipper. There was a knowledge that Wu Ming and the other four couldn't operate the oars at all, so there were two people missing. But even so, the ship was still extremely fast, catching up with Tian Hong, who had fled.

There were originally two soldiers on Tian Hong's boat, and with them, there were exactly six people. If it really converges. Although the enemy's ships are huge, it is not so easy to catch up with them. Thinking of this, he hurriedly said: "Everyone quickly row up to pick it up, and strive to bring Lord Tian to our boat." ”

Yang Xiong frowned, but thinking of Wu Ming's temperament, he knew that it was useless to admonish now, so he urged again and again: "Okay, everyone do your best to play the oars, and rush over to pick up Lord Yingtian." The four soldiers were still a little cowering, but when they heard Yang Xiong say this, they had to turn the bow of the boat and head towards the enemy ship in the distance.

"Feel your weapons out and be ready to fight." Yang Xiong's tone was rare and solemn. Before the words fell, Tian Hong's scolding voice came from the night wind: "You two boys don't want to live, don't you, row Lao Tzu to the opposite side, bastard." ”

At this time, the distance between the two sides was getting closer, and Tian Hong's words were not leaked, and all of them reached everyone's ears.

Although Tian Hong is usually very arrogant, he is very principled in doing things. He would never do anything to his own soldiers. Although he scolded fiercely in his mouth, he definitely didn't dare to mess around with his hands. The two soldiers were still listening to him there. As soon as he finished scolding, the small boat suddenly fled faster towards Wu Ming's side.

The two sides are not very far apart. After such a rush. In just a moment, the two ships were getting closer. Wu Ming stood on the bow of the boat and couldn't help but scold: "Tian Hong, you kid don't want to die?" What's crazy about it so late? Tian Hong shouted at the bow of the boat: "My lord, leave me alone, I'll go and save Miss Xiaobi now." ”

Wu Ming suddenly became half angry and scolded: "You are not going to save people like this, you are simply going to die." I X. "Scolding and scolding, but it is impossible to really ignore Tian Hong. At the moment when the two were talking, the two boats were almost equal, and the two soldiers on Tian Hong's small boat threw away the oars very tacitly, and then jumped over. Wu Ming grabbed Tian Hong's left shoulder and pulled it, and the latter suddenly flew up from the boat with a mouth full of nonsense, drew an arc, and then fell into the clipper.

At this time, the three big ships were getting closer and closer to them, and suddenly the fire was blazing on the opposite side, and when several people looked up, they saw that the three big ships were lit up with countless torches at the same time.