Water Margin people

Bohai Sea.

"I didn't expect it to be foggy these days, which slowed down our schedule."

Looking at the white fog, Ruan Xiaoqi became agitated for a while. Since they entered the Bohai Sea, it was only a few days before they encountered a foggy day, and the visibility was less than three miles.

"Xiaoqi, don't be impatient. The heavy fog has helped us, otherwise such a large fleet might have been discovered in Laizhou."

Xu Guanzhong said with a smile.

"Moreover, let the soldiers adapt to the wind and waves at sea."

Xu Guanzhong felt the giant ship swaying with the waves, and it was his first time to go out to sea. Although he had made sufficient preparations before coming, after the giant ship, which was originally as stable as Mount Tai, entered the sea, its insignificance could no longer be described by a flat boat. The helplessness of not being able to resist made him tremble a little.

In the first few days of entering the sea, many soldiers on board had some symptoms of seasickness. Fortunately, they are all elites who have been trained for a long time, and they will be fine after a few days of getting used to it.

"Military Master, I'm in a hurry, we have to pass the good news back as soon as possible, we can't keep my brother waiting for too long!"

Ruan Xiaoqi said with a bitter face, he knew that no matter how anxious he was, it would be useless, the sea fog was beyond his control.

"Complain less, do more! The fleet is now sailing along the coast. If you have nothing to do, go ahead and lead the way with a chart!"

Ruan Xiaoer glared at Ruan Xiaoqi. Because of the heavy fog, their fleet did not dare to move away from the coast. They were afraid of getting lost in the sea, so they could only approach the coast slowly.

But the biggest danger near the coast is not to be discovered, but to be easily stranded on the rocks, so during this time they are all day and night, and the leaders take turns driving the boat to explore the way ahead.

"Second brother, am I in a hurry! I'll change shifts later!"

Ruan Xiaoqi replied.

"There is no rush in this matter. The most important thing is for us to fight steadily."

Xu Guanzhong said with a smile.

"Military division, there are fishing boats ahead! There are about a dozen of them, all of which are small boats, casting nets for fishing."

Bu Qing climbed the cable and jumped onto the boat to report.

"A dozen fishing boats?"

Ruan Xiaoer kept frowning. This is also a big trouble when sailing along the coast. Fishermen on the seaside rely on it for food, but because the boat is small, they generally dare not go too far from the sea, and it is easy to bump into it near the coastline.

Liang Shan's current style of acting is more like a knight-errant in the rivers and lakes. When encountering injustice, he will take care of it, and when encountering villains, he will deal with it. However, he has no habit of killing ordinary people casually.

These dozens of fishermen can't all be killed, but letting them go around will delay the trip and even risk exposure.

"The distance here has already reached the territory of Dengzhou, surround those fishermen, capture them all alive and bring them onto the boat!"

Xu Guanzhong looked at Bu Qing and said, the fleet in front today is Fei Bao's fourth fleet, and it shouldn't be a problem to take down more than a dozen fishing boats.

"Military division, what do you want these fishermen to do?"

Ruan Xiaoqi asked suspiciously, isn't this an active exposure?

"Fishing at sea is a hundred times more dangerous than in rivers and lakes. It has only been a few days since the fog, and these fishermen have ventured into the sea to fish, which shows the embarrassment of life."

Xu Guanzhong said with a smile that fishing at sea is inherently dangerous, and this kind of foggy weather is even more desperate to go to sea. This shows that these fishermen are struggling and have no food left.

Fei Bao, Bu Qing, and Di Cheng each took their ships and scattered them in a fan shape to surround the fishermen ahead.

In the white fog, more than a dozen dilapidated small fishing boats are fishing with nets. Fishing at sea requires large nets, and one or two people can't pull them at all, and it is extremely unsafe for several boats to go to sea in a foggy day, so this The second heavy fog caused the boats in the whole small fishing village to move out.

The huge ship broke through the fog and slowly appeared around the fishing boat. The fishermen who were still fishing turned pale with fright and were so frightened that they couldn't move. They didn't know where the ship came from.

"Don't move around, just be obedient, I won't kill you!"

Di Cheng looked at the stunned fishermen and shouted that soldiers had already surrounded them with small boats and did not allow the fishermen to say anything.

Fei Bao and the others led the fishermen to the flagship.

"Are you local fishermen? Why do you go fishing in the foggy weather!"

At this time, Xu Guanzhong was wearing pirate clothes, and Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaoqi beside him looked like bandits at sea.

"You are... pirates!"

Only then did the fishermen notice the skeleton flag on the mast. Although they had never seen it before, the gloomy murderous look made the fishermen shudder.

"Yes, we are pirates from the south, answer my question!"

Xu Guanzhong asked in a cold voice, he originally wanted to say that he came from the outer seas, but when he mentioned the outer seas, it would become Koryo and Japan, and it is easy to pretend to be a foreigner, so it is better to pretend to be a pirate from the south.

"The villain is a local fisherman who has been fishing by the sea all year round. These days there has been heavy fog, and the villains have no food when they go out to sea. The greater the fog, the more expensive the fish, so they ventured out to Dengzhou to catch some fresh fish. Sell."

The leading fisherman said that they had to venture out to sea in order to make a living.

"How far is it from Dengzhou?"

Xu Guanzhong continued to ask.

"This is Huang County, about 50 miles away from Dengzhou!"

A fisherman points along the coast.

"I heard there is a navy in Dengzhou?"

Xu Guanzhong asked again, since he was pretending to be a pirate, he naturally wanted to inquire about the situation of the troops stationed in Dengzhou, the largest port in the north.

"Yes, yes, there are more than 2000 people in the east of Dengzhou, all in the sword fish village!"

The fishermen replied that they were familiar with the Dengzhou Navy.

"Sword fish village? Tell me what you know."

Xu Guanzhong asked.

"There are quite a few big ships, there are five of these big ships, and there are more than a dozen smaller ones!"

The fisherman pointed to the loach warship next to him and said.

"Are you very clear?"

Xu Guanzhong was a little surprised to see that these fishermen answered without hesitation. These fishermen seemed to know the Daoyu Village where the Dengzhou Navy was located.

"I am a local fisherman who can repair boats and go to Dengzhou every year to serve in repairing boats."

the fishermen answered.

Xu Guanzhong nodded, this is to serve as corvee to repair the ship, no wonder he is so familiar.

"What about the islands of Salmonella?"

Xu Guanzhong asked again with a smile, it is impossible for the local fishermen not to know the islands of Salmon Island.

"Back to your Majesty, it is a group of islands. There are countless islands stretching for hundreds of miles. The largest of them are Salmonella, Yuanji, Morning Glory, Dazhu, and Xiaozhu. Among them, Salmon Island is the closest to Dengzhou, only ten miles away. , is the place where criminals are distributed.”

The fishermen replied that they have also been to that island group, and it is very good to go fishing there when the weather is good.

"Except for Salmon Island, are there any residents on other islands?"

Xu Guanzhong continued to ask.

"My lord, those are deserted islands, far away from the state capital, and the islands are full of rocks and miscellaneous trees, where can people live!"

The fishermen shook their heads and said that it is difficult to be self-sufficient on those islands, and it must be more comfortable to rely on the coastal state capital to survive.

"I'll let you go back, but you'd better act as if you didn't meet us. We remember this place, and I hope you don't let us come again!"

Xu Guanzhong nodded in satisfaction, and then frightened the fishermen. They were pirates, and the fishermen who depended on the sea for their food did not dare to offend them.

"Yes Yes Yes!"

A group of fishermen quickly pointed to the sea and swore.

"Take them off the ship!"

As soon as Xu Guanzhong waved his hand, the soldiers took the fishermen off the boat.