Chapter 19: The Prisoners
Three black cluster arrows and four featherless crossbow arrows were shot from the hatch, and the five soldiers who were just in the hatch could not avoid it and shot them fiercely. This change was beyond everyone's expectations, and the noisy bow of the ship fell silent, and the officers and soldiers who wanted to rob the ship and make a windfall and rob the girls were stunned there, until the soldier who shot the crossbow arrow through his neck covered his neck in disbelief, let out a desperate scream and fell, and the silence was suddenly broken.
"thieves, dare to kill officers and soldiers, you are rebelling!" Someone hadn't woken up yet, watching the five companions fall to the ground without exception, their hearts were full of blood, and they picked up their weapons and grabbed them, "Kill it!" β
"Kill or kill!"
"They're water thief hooks!" Someone came to his senses and shouted to remind his companions, "They have a hard bow and a crossbow!" "How could an ordinary rich man's boat escort carry such sharp weapons as a strong bow and a crossbow? Just as he was reminding, two more sharp arrows were fired, and the officer and soldier who was at the forefront were hit with one arrow in the chest and one in the lower abdomen, and he fell down with a bang after two twists.
The other officers and soldiers did not dare to storm and stuck to both sides of the hatch, and some people shouted: "Window, window!" Get in through the window! He beckoned his companion to pry the window and kill him, and the window was pried open, but he was stabbed by several bamboo spears with cold iron spears; When I opened my eyes, the people with bamboo spears and spears were all young men who were standing in the bow of the boat just now, and I thought it was a servant boy, and the side of the boat on the left side had no place to dodge at all, and I was careless and did not wear armor, and watched the tips of the three bamboo spears pierce into my chest and abdomen.
In the blink of an eye, eight of his subordinates died in Huangquan, and the leading lieutenant was so angry that he went crazy, but he also knew that the attack would not work, so he shouted for people to retreat, let people go into the cabin to get bows and crossbows, and let the people around him take spears to stab the boat. It was useless for him to order to attack with fire, just when he asked people to get the bow and crossbow, there was a strange sound behind him, and when he looked back, Zhou Pu was jumping onto the boat with a short knife in his mouth and a Mo knife in his hand. Zhou Pu's clothes and armor were dripping with water, and when he saw the leading captain looking back in shock, he smiled with a gloomy face: "Zhang Biao, I can't imagine that I have today!" The Mo knife slashed horizontally, splitting the face of the leading captain Zhang Biao, who still had a shocked expression, in half.
The officers and men suddenly found that more than 10 enemies had climbed onto the official boat from the water on the other side, and they crowded on the bow of the boat to rush onto the boat, but they were attacked by the enemy on their backs. At this moment, some people on the other side got into the roof of the boat to shoot arrows with strong bows and crossbows, and they were crammed into a small space, trying to kneel on the ground to save Rao, but they stabbed them head-on, and in less time than a stick of incense, nearly 30 officers and men on the official boat and in the water were killed.
Lin Tie was carrying a waist knife, he had already cut off the hem of his silk shirt for the convenience of his movements, and there were blood stains sticking to the deck, he didn't mind, he stood there and talked to Qin Chengzu: "Annoyed Mr. Qin asked the brothers to pack up the corpses into the cabin, and then drag the official ship until the reeds are chiseled and sinked, so that the official government can be aware of it a few days later, which is always a good thing, and then you can notify the sentry Wupeng ship to come back......"
Lin Lian's plan was thorough, and Qin Chengzu couldn't add anything, so he ordered people to do so; At this time, Zhou Pu came out of the cabin with the four people who were imprisoned, and the man led by him was tortured to the point that he was not human, and he barely fell down when he was held by the two brothers, he was originally happy to save his brother and regain his life, and when he saw Fu Qinghe standing at the bow of the boat, his face changed slightly: "What are you doing here without a coward?" β
"Ziang, without Master Gao, we can't save you." Qin Chengzu said.
"I haven't seen you for ten years, does Brother Cao still hate me for not saying goodbye back then?" Fu Qinghe walked over and carried the man on the boat.
Cao Ziang didn't know the details, so he was inconvenienced, so he asked Fu Qinghe to carry him to the boat with an awkward expression.
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The reeds that scuttled the official ship in the shallow water were very shallow, and the cabins above the deck were almost exposed on the water, cutting off the mainmast, and the reeds here were very deep, and if no one broke in, I was afraid that it would be found out that there was an official ship scuttled here after spring. More than 20 corpses were stripped naked and thrown into the cabin, not to mention the leather armor, chain mail, spears, waist knives and other armor, the military uniforms and military attache uniforms of the anti-theft department were sometimes very useful, and even the sails used by the official ships were removed.
Qin Chengzu and they have been licking the blood of the knife all these years, and robbing the official mansion have always paid attention to a clean one, and now they realize that they are really small in front of Lin Bin, if they are not afraid of lack of time, Lin Jian even wants to remove the plank of the official ship and transport it away.
Most of this gang of Liumakou are Fu Qinghe's ancestors, and they are led by Qin Chengzu, Zhou Pu, Wu Qi, and Cao Ziang and Feng Peipei, among the four people rescued from today's robbery.
In the night, they did not rush to move, but hid in the reeds, with a candle in the cabin, and surrounded several people, discussing the way out.
Cao Ziang was tortured enough, coughing desperately for a while from time to time, with a sickly flush on his face, he didn't go to rest, and let people carry him in. He already knew the process of the hijacking of the ship to save people, and when he came in, he first gave Lin Jian a fist salute: "Don't thank you for your great kindness, if you need Ziang in the future, Tan Ye, please speak." β
Lin Lian stood up and returned the salute, sat down and said: "Tan Zong is my pseudonym, I don't want private matters to involve the family, I hope Mr. Qin and Cao Ye can understand, I am from Shiliang County, Dongyang, in private, everyone can call me Lin Lian......"
"Ziang's name is Cao Erdan when he is at home, he is not afraid of involving his family, he thinks that the name 'Cao Erdan' is too ugly, and it is embarrassing enough to show off those two eggs all day long." Zhou Pu said with a smile.
Everyone laughed, not minding Lin Tie's previous use of a pseudonym, and they also knew that Lin Tie meant that he wanted his identity to be known only to everyone here.
Cao Ziang couldn't take Zhou Pu, coughed twice, and ignored Zhou Pu, he had a prejudice against Fu Qinghe ten years ago, but this time in order to save him, Fu Qinghe also made a big effort, he sat down and nodded to Fu Qinghe, although it was a little stiff, it could be regarded as revealing the previous grievances.
After Cao Ziang sat down, he asked Qin Chengzu, "What are we going to do next?" β
"Go back to Huaishang and kill Chen Hansan!" Feng Peipei didn't hesitate to say it, her eyes were resolute, it seemed that Chen Hansan would pounce on him when she stood in front of her.
In the mountains and mountains of the upper reaches of Huaishui, there are many active horse thieves, some of whom raid the people for a living, and some who regard themselves as the Qing High Commissioner for the way of heaven. Qin Chengzu's gang of rogue horses is more special, at first glance it seems that it is purely not a bird of the government, does not disturb the people, and does not erect the flag of Tianxingdao, for more than ten years, it has been wandering and sweeping Huaishang, and the government is the enemy, although the number is not much, but the fame is great.
Lin Jian now knew that Chen Hansan was originally the leader of another group of Huaishang horse thieves, and in the twilight of spring, Chen Hansan led his troops to join the government and became the deputy lieutenant of the Huaishang anti-theft battalion (from the sixth rank military attachΓ©). It was Chen Hansan's defection that caused a drastic change in the situation of the struggle between the Huaishang Liumakou and the government, and in just a few months, many of the famous Huaishang Liumakou were exterminated one after another. Chen Hansan, with the help of the heads of other rogue horses, has been promoted to the commander of the left battalion of the anti-theft department, the captain of the Xiao cavalry, and the military attache of the official residence.
Feng Peipei is the fourth lady of the young woman in the red jacket, Chen Hansan recited a point of incense that was also a high-class Ma Kou, and did not let his subordinates spoil her, among the four people who were arrested, she was almost tortured, and after being rescued from the cage, she rested for a while and recovered a little bit of energy. Even so, Feng Peipei's hatred for Chen Hansan did not quench, her husband, Zhang Hengjiang, the leader of the three Liuma Kousan, was killed in battle in Jiangling, and now she is only twenty-two years old, and she has become a widow.
"Chen Hansan, it is bound to be killed," Qin Chengzu said, "The timing is not right now, and the brothers cannot be sacrificed in vain." β
Chen Hansan restrained his troops of nearly 2,000 people, and it is conceivable that he will lead his troops to continue to exterminate the Liumakou in the Huaishang Prefectures for a long time in the future. How easy is it to kill him? Even if the people were rescued, the situation in front of them was still difficult, and only more than 40 of the more than 200 brothers in the heyday were encircled and suppressed, half of whom were disabled, and there were still those family members hiding in the deep mountains and old forests to be taken out and found a place to resettle...... Thinking of this, Qin Chengzu felt pain, remorse and hatred in his heart, bit his lip and said: "The most important thing now is to find a stable place, so that the brothers can recover from their injuries and take revenge, it is not too late for ten years to ......."
"Now that all localities are taking advantage of the severe bandit situation to form a new army, where is there a stable place?" Cao Ziang said, "I could have gone to join the Jin'an luxury family, but now it is rumored that the luxury family wants to return to the imperial court, and it seems that I can't vote." β
Lin Jian and Fu Qinghe glanced at each other, the second son of the luxury family did not forget to send someone to rob him when he was on an important business, it was not enough to treat him, but there were some things, and it was inconvenient for them to say it to Qin Chengzu.
"When I was in Huaishang, I heard that someone was going to raise an incident in Shaanzhou, or should we go to Shaanzhou?" Zhou Pu said.
"The eighth child is hiding in Xinpu, from Xinpu to Shaanzhou, twisting thousands of miles, where to borrow the road to bypass?" Qin Chengzu thought of the difficulty, his brows furrowed, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were much deeper, if it was just them, it would be convenient to go to Shaanzhou, but with more than 20 old and weak people, if one is not careful, it will be too late to regret it.
Lin Jian heard Shaanzhou at first glance, and thought that it was referring to Shaanxi Province in later generations, but after careful thought, he knew that Shaanzhou was the hinterland of the Central Plains between Kunshan Pass and Tongguan, and it was the junction of Jin, Shaanxi and Henan.
Lin Jian looked at Qin Chengzu's expression carefully, thinking that he should be worried that Shaanzhou would not be able to succeed and that he didn't want to break Zhou Pu's spirit.
Lin Jian knew that he was an outsider, and he was already very trusting that they could let him sit in on their deliberations, and he was also careful not to interject and talk too much. Fu Qinghe frowned and pondered, seeing that everyone sighed and sighed, he hesitated, and finally said, "Don't go down to the sea!" β
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