Water Margin people

"Brother Sun Lei, I heard your name a long time ago, and seeing you today, my little sister is lucky!"

Mrs. Gu saw that everyone on her side was a bit cautious, she smiled and clasped her fists at Sun Lei.

"I've heard the name of Mrs. Gu's boldness for a long time."

Sun Lei said with a smile, Mrs. Gu is the most forthright among all the people in Dengzhou. All the men are too reserved to speak, but she is the only woman who is generous.

"Don't get me wrong, I invite you here today for no other purpose, I just heard that Mrs. Gu is going to save two brothers, and I'm going to help."

Seeing that everyone was still a little cautious, Sun Lei said with a smile.

"Thank you brother Sun Lei!"

After hearing this, Mrs. Gu was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed to Sun Lei.

"Since the two brothers Jie Zhen and Jie Bao were wronged, I naturally want to save them. This is what should be done."

Sun Lei smiled and said.

"Brother Sun Lei, my two brothers are the most honest, but they are a little impulsive, and they are by no means the villains who commit crimes."

Mrs. Gu quickly said that he knew the rules of Liangshanbo, and he only associates with good men, and will never tolerate evil people.

"To be too impulsive is sometimes not a good thing. You, the sister-in-law, should take care of it."

Sun Lei nodded and said, in the Dengzhou School, Mrs. Gu, Xie Zhen, Xie Bao, Zou Yuan, and Zou Run are all more impulsive.

"Follow my brother's instruction!"

Mrs. Gu clasped her fists and said.

"Let's not talk about that today. Brother Xie will definitely save him. Let's have a drink today."

Sun Lei looked at the crowd with a smile and said.

The most important time has come for the Matsu Temple Fair. Wang Shizhong of Zhizhou, Tongpan Zongze, and a host of rich and powerful families are offering incense.

"Beacon! Enemy!"

The beacon fire ignited on the coast of Dengzhou, puffs of black smoke rose, and the piercing sound of gongs on the city wall spread throughout the city.

"Woooooo!"

After a while, a melodious and thick horn sounded from the sea.

Sun Li, Luan Tingyu and others were sitting by the window, and they could see dozens of warships and hundreds of small boats on the sea from one side, heading towards Dengzhou City in darkness.

"Skull flag!"

Sun Li's face changed greatly, the enemy at sea finally appeared, and the number of ships alone far surpassed the Ping Navy.

"So many ships!"

Sun Xin was also surprised. Although he was not in the army, his ancestors were from military households. He used to live in Qiongzhou. He had a concept of warships. The ships that appeared, let alone Dengzhou, the entire Bohai Sea, The East China Sea can be vertical and horizontal.

The people in the Mazu Temple who had just finished offering incense all turned pale when they heard the warning sound.

"Go, go and see!"

Wang Shizhong's face was gloomy, because the Daoyu village was destroyed, and there was no news of Ping Haijun's going to sea. People in the city were panicked. .

"The thieves know so much about things in the city, could it be that they have spies coming in?"

Wang Shizhong looked at Zongze and asked, Zongze has been arranging the defense of the city for the past few days.

"There are more than tens of thousands of people entering and leaving Dengzhou City every day. We have banned the sea. If we seal the city again, wouldn't there be chaos?"

Zong Ze shook his head and said, nearly one-third of the people in Dengzhou rely on the sea to eat. After the ban on the sea, many people cut off their source of income and could only go to the city to sell their labor to make a living. If the city is sealed off again, they will be desperate The common people are afraid not to rebel.

"But the thief spies are in the city, and the thief knows everything we do!"

Wang Shizhong frowned and said, Zong Ze is right, but he can't let the spies of the thieves spy on the information.

"Wang Zhizhou, the Ping Navy is gone, and the coastline is so long, how can I prevent the spies of the thieves from going ashore?"

Zong Ze looked at Wang Shizhong and said.

"Then you still recruit fishermen and build beacon towers by the sea!"

Wang Shizhong looked at Zong Ze, these things cost the state government a lot of money.

"This is all to paralyze the thieves. After all, the thieves are just thieves. As long as you find out the details, it's only a matter of time before you kill them!"

Zong Ze looked at Wang Shizhong and said, thieves are nothing in front of the entire court, what he is most worried about is that the thieves will not show up, and the enemy in the dark is the most terrifying.

"That's right, when the imperial court sends an army, some thieves will not be wiped out!"

Wang Shizhong said with a smile, he felt very comfortable hearing Zong Ze's words.

But when the two climbed up the city wall and looked at the densely packed fleet, their calm expressions collapsed again. The number of ships was far beyond their imagination.

"Giant loach ship! Loach warship! How is that possible! This is what happens to officers and soldiers!"

Zong Ze looked at those boats and said in a low voice, he is from Yiwu, Wuzhou, the south of the Yangtze River has a well-developed water system, [-]% of the navy in the Song Dynasty was in the south, and the shipbuilding skills are also the best in the south, and the most advanced ones are giant sea-loach ships and sea-loach warships. This is a military weapon that only the imperial court allows.

"What kind of banner is that, skull! It looks like a thief!"

Wang Shizhong looked at the flags fluttering in the wind on the masts of those ships and became puzzled. He had never seen any people using such flags in Dengzhou for so many years.

"What kind of thieves, how can thieves own this ship! This kind of ship can only be manufactured in a government-run shipyard, and each one is counted. If you check it, you will know which thieves it is."

Zong Ze looked at the warships stopping on the coast with a gloomy face and said.

The Dasong shipyard is divided into government-run and private-run. The government-run shipyard mainly produces water ships (also known as gang ships), seat ships, warships and horse ships (troop ships).Private shipyards mainly produce tank ships of various sizes.

"Lord Zhizhou, my subordinates lead the troops to kill the thieves!"

Team trainer Pan Shanyu challenged Wang Shizhong.

"Confused, we don't have any boats, how can we go to war, and the thieves won't go ashore!"

Wang Shizhong looked at Pan Shanyu and scolded, now is not the time to show off, the Ping Navy has been wiped out, and now there are less than [-] soldiers in Dengzhou. If something happens again, what will Dengzhou City do?
"The thieves did this on purpose. They showed off their force just to make us panic and show our flaws so that they can capture the city."

Zong Ze said.

"The thieves really dare to attack Dengzhou Prefecture?"

Some of Wang Shizhong didn't believe it. Where are the thieves so bold that they dared to capture the city?This is the bottom line of the imperial court. Once such thieves appear, the imperial court will definitely mobilize an army to kill them completely.

"They even dare to fight against the navy, and now the fleet is showing off outside the city, so why not dare?"

Zong Ze squinted his eyes and said, he had seen many thieves, but he had never heard of such a bold one.

"Master Zhizhou, Lord Tongju, you have to find a way, this... this..."

Those local wealthy families pointed to the ships that were still on board and said to Wang Shizhong and Zong Ze that they all rely on sea transportation to make money, and they have countless caravans and sailors under their hands. Now that there is such a big force on the sea, the sea route is cut off, and their family Their fundamental interests were directly cut off. If this was not resolved, their losses would be immeasurable.

Wang Shizhong couldn't think of a way, so he could only look at Zong Ze.

"Wait a minute, thieves will not show up for no reason, stay in the sea, show off their force, there must be other purposes."

Zong Ze looked at those warships and said.