At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 389 Kill the Faint Lord and Enjoy Peace
Although Yang Guang's dragon boat is big, it is a restricted area for foreign ministers. Except for boarding the boat to worship and discuss affairs, foreign ministers are not allowed to stay on the dragon boat, let alone sleep overnight on the dragon boat. Except for the emperor and the guards on duty, one Male flies are not allowed to appear, and even the eunuchs who are gone below can only live on the bottom floor of the dragon boat, and the middle two floors are the residences of the harem concubines and maids.

Naturally, Gao Bufan was no exception, so after boarding the boat to worship Yang Guang every day, he returned to the shore and rode on horseback. At night, he camped and slept by the canal with a group of soldiers.Pei Xingyan, Su Dingyue and other Qianniuwei would disembark from the boat and go ashore when they were not on duty, and accompanied Gao Bufan on horseback rides, chatting and spanking, learning martial arts and so on.

Gao Bufan and Pei Xingyan are close friends. They are not brothers, they are brothers. They haven't seen each other for more than a year. Naturally, there are endless things to talk about. The two chatted about their experiences in the past year. I don't feel bored on the road.

It is said that Pei Xingyan's father, Pei Renji, was dismissed at the beginning, and later Pei Xingyan used his own merits to cover his father's crimes. Pei Renji was able to return to his post and accompanied Yang Guang to the second expedition. This time, Pei Renji made contributions and won several battles, so After receiving the award, he was promoted from Doctor Zuo Guanglu to Doctor Guanglu. He is currently ordered to guard Hulao Pass. It is estimated that Pei Xingyan will also be transferred to Hulao Pass to assist his father in guarding the pass in a while.

On this day, the imperial fleet entered the boundary of Guantao County. Gao Bufan boarded the boat to participate in the morning court as usual. After the morning court, the officials were about to disembark and leave when the dragon boat suddenly shook slightly and stopped.

All the ministers in the court could not help but look at each other, what happened?Did you hit the boat?Which blind eye dares to hit the dragon boat?

Yang Guang, who was sitting on the throne, looked down and asked, "What happened?"

Pei Xingyan, who was on duty outside, stepped in quickly to report: "Your Majesty, there seems to be a big ship sinking in the river ahead."

Yang Guang frowned, stood up from the dragon seat, walked out of the court hall, and went straight to the deck at the bow. All the guards and eunuchs hurriedly followed, and the courtiers also followed out suspiciously, including Gao Bufan.

The autumn rain has been falling for seven or eight days in a row, and it has stopped now. The weather this morning is fine, the sun is shining, the cool breeze is blowing, and it is very comfortable.

Let's say that Yang Guang led the crowd to the bow of the boat and asked condescendingly, "Why did you stop the boat suddenly?"

After a while, an official in charge of sailing ran up the stairs, knelt down on the ground and reported: "Return to the emperor, a three-story ship on the river ahead has sunk, blocking the river, and ships cannot pass through. , Salvage is time-consuming, I'm afraid it will delay Sheng Jia for half a day."

Yang Guang's face darkened and he said coldly: "Which house's building boat is it? Don't you know that my royal boat will pass by Biri, and they didn't give way in advance? Is the magistrate in Guantao County getting impatient?"

The official was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak out, and said in a trembling voice: "Return to the emperor, it is still unclear who's ship is. I have sent someone to find the county magistrate of Guantao to find out the situation."

Yang Guang said coldly: "No need, the magistrate of Guantao neglected Sheng Jia, dismissed him from his post immediately to investigate, and sent someone to clear the sunken ship immediately, and finish it within noon, otherwise I will take your head off."

"I obey!" The official ship should be a director of the Ministry of Industry, and he left the dragon boat with his ass on fire. He must have mobilized people to clean up the sunken ship.

Gao Bufan's eyesight is excellent, standing on the big boat and looking as far as the eye can see, he saw a forecastle boat overturned in the middle of the river, the bow of the boat was raised high, it can be seen that it is a three-story boat on the first floor, it is estimated that there are five It is six meters high and the hull is about 20 meters long, occupying nearly half of the waterway horizontally. Yang Guang's dragon boat must be salvaged in order to pass smoothly.

Gao Bufan couldn't help secretly wondering, the forecastle ship was so huge, and the water surface of the canal was smooth, and there were no stormy waves, why did it capsize?Moreover, the hull looks very new, it should be a new boat, and it is unlikely to leak water, right?

Weird!
At this time, several small boats responsible for clearing the way had sailed to the side of the capsized ship for investigation, and the leader was a captain of the Xiaoguo Army.

The Xiaoguo Army is the Xiaowei Yulin Army newly recruited by Yang Guang. The soldiers are all from Guanzhong. They are strong and brave, so they are named Xiaoguo, which means brave and determined. General Zhechonglang and General Guoyilang, these six are Yang Guang's confidantes, and they do not belong to each other, they only obey Yang Guang.Therefore, the Xiaoguo army is the forbidden army of the forbidden army, that is, Yang Guang's private army, and no one can mobilize it except himself.

"It's strange, there is no one on board, and there are no dead bodies on the river. Could it be that the boatmen died under the cabin?" The Xiaoguo military captain took a small boat around the building and found no living people or dead bodies. , couldn't help but secretly wondered, waved his hand and said: "Both of you get on the boat to see what's going on."

Captain Xiaoguo gave an order, and two nimble scouts climbed onto the tilting building. Before they could enter the cabin to check, they smelled a pungent sulfur smell, followed by a loud bang. There was a sudden loud explosion on the building, and two scouts were blown to pieces on the spot. The small boats around the big ship were also overturned by the violent explosion shock wave, and everyone fell into the water. It turned blood red.

Although the dragon boat was relatively far away, the loud noise was still deafening, and the air wave hit within a few seconds, setting off a strong storm. Empress Xiao, who was next to Yang Guang, was so frightened that she turned pale with fright, screamed, and fell down on her buttocks. On the ground, Yang Guang was so frightened that he hurriedly got down, and the ministers were stumbling around in a panic!

"Escort!" Pei Xingyan yelled, and Qian Niuwei rushed up bravely to guard Yang Guang and Empress Xiao in the middle, and hurriedly evacuated from the deck.

However, at this moment, the dragon boat suddenly shook several times continuously, and the hull unexpectedly tilted slowly, and then someone from the lower floor yelled in panic: "No, the dragon boat is flooded, the dragon boat is flooded!"

This yell was like a ghost howling at midnight. All the ministers were frightened out of their wits, and the order on the ship was in chaos. Jumping to the river from a high place, making a mess of porridge.

Gao Bufan is the calmest person on the boat at the moment, because he is the out-and-out king in the water. I saw his feet standing on the deck as if they had taken root, staring at the water with keen eyes, and said in a low voice. He shouted: "Everyone, don't panic. The dragon boat is huge and not easy to sink. The water in the canal is too shallow to reach the upper floors. Everyone, be careful of sneak attacks from underwater thieves."

Gao Bufan's voice seemed to be able to pierce gold and crack rocks. Despite the chaos and noise on the ship, it was still clearly heard by everyone. The guards calmed down first and ran to the upper floor, and all the veterans were used to it. The stormy old fritters also calmed down.

Although Yang Guang was a little panicked, he was still calm on the whole. The soldiers and guards planned to protect him and rushed off the boat. After hearing Gao Bufan's words, Yang Guang said decisively: "Go back to the main hall!"

Pei Xingyan and the others had already run to the stairs, but when they heard the words, they protected Yang Guang and went to the main hall. All the ministers followed Yang Guang to the main hall cleverly, and only the maids and eunuchs were left on board. Like jumping up and screaming.

At this moment, bang bang bang, countless black-clothed men popped up like cannonballs from the water around the dragon boat. These black-clothed men are very good at water, and everyone bites their sharp knives, and they climbed onto the dragon boat very vigorously, heading towards the dragon boat. The top level is coming, the goal is very clear.

"Cang Tian is dead, Huang Tian should stand up, kill the faint king, and enjoy peace!"

"Kill the faint king and enjoy peace!"

"Kill the faint king and enjoy peace!"

The men in black roared a unified slogan and dashed left and right on the dragon boat, cutting down on anyone they saw. The first to suffer were the eunuchs and boatmen at the bottom. After reaching the second and third floors, facing those charming court ladies and concubines, these people have no mercy at all.

Finally, these men in black were resisted by Ouchi guards on the stairs between the third and fourth floors. The two parties fought fiercely in the narrow space, and the flexible men in black directly bypassed the stairs. Climbed to the top floor from the outer edge of the dragon boat, leading the battle to the top deck.

bang bang bang...

Under the water, men in black kept popping up, climbing up to the dragon boat like mutated zombies in movies. Some even used the flying claws that thieves needed for home travel, directly hooked on the ship's plank and quickly climbed up to the upper floors. Jump over, one step in place.

At this time, the accompanying Xiaoguo soldiers on both sides of the strait realized that they wanted to get on the boat to rescue him, but unfortunately the dragon boat stopped in the river again, let's shoot arrows, and worried that they would hurt their own people.

Fortunately, there were also Xiaoguo soldiers in the accompanying fleet, and they approached the dragon boat one after another, trying to board the boat to rescue him, but those men in black seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and left some people on the lower floor to prevent the rescue soldiers from boarding the boat. At this time, the dragon boat was still sinking into the water a little bit, and the situation was extremely critical.

(End of this chapter)