Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 73 Chaos

The small sampan headed towards the official ship, and everyone was waiting eagerly.

Lin Huaisheng also saw this lonely little sampan and guessed that it was a messenger sent by water bandits.

"Drop the rope and let him come up."

An enemy, it doesn't hurt to listen to what he has to say.

Even if he is the reincarnation of Lu Bu, you still have to tell him, Bu, get down here.

As the negotiating messenger, the former boss of Aoki Hall climbed onto the ship by climbing the cable.

Brush, a dozen muskets were aimed at him.

"Military lords, don't be impulsive. It's not worth fighting for just 2 taels of silver a month."

"What are you here for?"

"I'm here to talk about buying~"

Halfway through his words, he froze.

Because he saw a familiar figure, Liu Akun.

He has a bear-like body and his official clothes don't fit him perfectly, as if they were stolen clothes.

When he was hired by the Fan family to fight for 3000 acres of mulberry fields, this guy broke through the circle.

Moreover, this guy also picked up an iron whip and chased it all over the place to smash people's kneecaps.

In an instant, his hair stood on end.

My life is over!

And this weird reaction also caught Lin Huaisheng's eyes.

In a flash, the two understood.

"Aokido!"

"Cunjutang!"

……

Bang, Lin Huaisheng raised his hand and shot.

The boss of Qingmudang was shot in the arm and was bleeding.

But not in the torso position, so he still has the ability to move.

He knocked away a green soldier and jumped into the lake from the side of the boat.

Plop, causing huge water waves.

The water bandits on Gongshan Island were stunned and didn't know what was happening.

As soon as we boarded the boat, we jumped into the water.

Could it be that these officers and soldiers like Lord Rabbit?

Scared a powerful accomplice into committing suicide by throwing himself into a lake?
However, they soon figured it out.

Because, one after another the sound of musket shooting sounded.

Everyone on the boat was shooting wildly at the shadows on the water.

Blood welled up in the water, one after another.

A corpse also floated up.

Guys from the northwest have poor water quality and cannot dive deep enough.

If the water monkey were replaced, he would probably dive to the bottom of the lake and slowly escape.

No matter how many dozens of muskets you fire together, you can't even think of hurting yourself.

The density of water is eight hundred times that of air.

The bullet can reach up to 1 meter underwater, and its kinetic energy is completely lost.

……

Lin Huaisheng was still worried and picked up a harpoon.

He threw it hard at the corpse, poof.

Now I am finally relieved.

Mr. Hu ran to the side of the ship and took a look.

Order loudly:

"Reload, ship over."

Everyone was busy reloading. It was too chaotic just now, so they started shooting without knowing what was going on.

The big ship rushed towards Gongshan Island Pier.

Only then did the Water Monkeys and the gang realize that the officers and soldiers had no intention of letting them go.

He drew out his sword and roared angrily:
"Brothers, get on the boat, let's fight with the officers and soldiers."

A group of people boarded the ship in a chaotic manner, pushing all kinds of obstructive cargo into the water.

The sails also began to rise.

Mr. Hu walked up to Lin Huaisheng and asked:
"what happened?"

"I'm an old enemy of the military advisor. I didn't expect to meet him here."

"Oh, that's fine."

After loading, a group of people squatted behind the side of the ship, waiting to enter the shooting range.

Mr. Hu Ba shouted loudly:

"From now on, no shooting is allowed."

"Anyone who shoots without an order will be killed."

"Get your fingers off the trigger and outside the guard."

……

Some people who were overly nervous did as they were told.

Fighting and training are two different things, and the psychological feelings are completely different.

Familiar actions in daily life can also go wrong during combat.

There is only one way to overcome this, which is to smell more smoke and kill more people.

Two pirate boats came over one after the other.

The moment they passed each other, Mr. Hu yelled and fired.

The water bandits were in bad luck.

Sawdust flew across the ship, and blood splattered everywhere.

At such a close distance, the power of the musket is somewhat excessive.

If hit, there will be a big hole, and the person will immediately lose combat effectiveness.

The musketeers were busy loading, and a few had a second gun firing continuously.

The water bandits on the second boat finally got their chance.

Four water bandits armed with long knives joined forces to fight.

But the courage is commendable, but the effect is extremely crotch-lifting.

The two men were knocked down by muskets as soon as they landed on the deck.

One person made a mistake while jumping gangs and got stuck between two boats, squeezed into a two-dimensional person.

Another person fell behind the deck, rolled over, and ran towards the empty stern of the ship.

I happened to meet Xiao Wu.

There was a flash of fire and the man fell straight down.

Xiao Wu stuffed it with iron sand, so don't aim even when hitting people at close range.

……

Mr. Hu came over to take a look, dragged the body and threw it into the lake.

The big ship turned around and continued to pursue the enemy ship.

Musket shots were fired one after another.

From time to time there were screams and begging for mercy.

Eventually, the Water Monkeys surrendered.

They tied up the boss, knelt on the deck and cut the sails in a standard surrender gesture.

Hu Ba sent someone from the General Administration to take over the lowered boat and dragged it to the beach.

Let the two ships run aground, just in case.

The prisoners were then brought to the shore and interrogated slowly.

The subjects of the interrogation are two points:

Money, and secrets!

The screams scared the birds on the island and flew away.

A search on the ship found more than 3000 taels of broken silver and some jewelry.

The houses on the island are full of worthless and cumbersome household items.

Unfortunately, there is no legendary treasure cave.

Of the five prisoners, there were soon only four left.

Liu Akun is a guy who always strikes lightly.

He said he was knocking someone's kneecap, but he got hit with a stick.

It was bent 90 degrees in the opposite direction and died on the spot.

So, I was rushed to be responsible for moving things.

……

The water monkey has turned into a blood monkey.

He vomited out everything he knew one by one.

Half of the 48 islands in Taihu Lake are bandit nests.

In the states and counties along the lake, there are dens for water bandits to sell stolen goods everywhere.

Behind the scenes are mostly aristocratic families, officials, gentry and old officials.

Mr. Hu was frightened when he heard this, and felt like he had stabbed a hornet's nest.

He glanced at Lin Huaisheng guiltily, only to find that the man was eating braised pig's trotters calmly.

It seemed that he had brought it with him before boarding the ship.

"Is it tasty?"

"It's delicious." Lin Huaisheng said as he took out the second pig's trotter.

Mr. Hu was depressed. If you don't give me a taste, how can I believe that the pig's trotters are really delicious?

He asked unhappily:
"Are these confessions to be handed over directly to the prefect?"

Huang Si was on the side and suddenly interrupted: "Can't hand it over."

They both looked at him.

"What I mean is that you should quickly send someone to ask Mr. Li Daguan. What should be deleted? You can't just hand it over like this."

"it is good."

So Lin Huaisheng sent someone to row a small sampan ashore and went to ask Li Yu for instructions.

Gongshan Island is only 5 miles away from the nearest land.

However, after landing, there are still dozens of miles to return to Lijiapu.

……

Huang Si has been in the Yamen for a long time and knows that things in the world cannot be black and white.

Be sure to leave yourself room for change.

At critical moments, it can be used for exchange of benefits.

After all, it doesn't sound good to talk about banditry, and it violates the taboos of the government.

However, this person cannot be kept alive.

Water monkeys, indeed, cannot go ashore.

Buried beside the beach of Gongshan Island, another undead soul in Taihu Lake has been added.

Sanshan Island a hundred miles away.

At this time, the sound of killing was loud and the guns were fired.

More than 30 warships of officers and soldiers started a fierce battle with Sea Dragon King's fleet.

What Shi Linglun didn't expect was that Sea Dragon King would react so quickly.

The lookout post on the top of the mountain spotted the officers and soldiers' warships more than ten miles away, and sounded the alarm with three cannon blasts.

Afterwards, the water bandits who had been waiting quickly boarded the ship and raised the sail.

Out of the harbor, he started a water battle with himself.

Bows, arrows, and javelins were used to fight soundly and vividly.

However, there is only one bronze cannon, which is the Crouching Tiger Cannon.

The two main gunboats of the Taihu Association rushed into the enemy's position.

"fire."

This kind of warship equipped with 15 guns is already the overlord of inland water warfare.

With a single volley, the two water bandit ships burst into flames.

Only then did a small smile appear on Shi Linglun's gloomy face.

"Pass my general's order to let the boys from the right camp land ashore and dig out his lair."

"Brothers from the left camp and the middle camp, follow me and slowly kill these water rats."

……

Shi Linglun's boat quickly conveyed military orders through flag language.

The five warships of the right battalion began to leave the formation.

They walked around the side of the battlefield and started to dock.

Obviously, the Taihu Association has already received information that it is possible to dock here.

The big ship did not run aground and docked only 2 meters away from the shore.

Then, the cable was lowered and the soldiers began to land.

After wading for a few steps, we stepped onto the beach.

The right battalion guerrilla took off his boots, drew his saber, and shouted:
"Brothers, follow me and dig out their lairs."

"Grab money, rob food, rob women." There was cheering, and there was bloodthirst in the howling.

Everyone knows that this is fat.

The bandit's lair contains gold, silver, bandits' relatives, and women.

In short, there is little danger and many benefits.

Everyone is the reincarnation of Lu Bu, charging forward for fear of falling behind and not being able to drink the soup.

Soon, black smoke billowed from the village.

There were screams for mercy and women's desperate screams everywhere.

The Qing army suppressed bandits indiscriminately.

Kill everyone you meet, even common people.

……

Black smoke from Sanshan Island.

Soon, the morale of the troops under the Sea Dragon King, who was fighting fiercely, was unstable.

People with families want to return the favor.

Anyone with a little sense knows that they can only bite the bullet and fight out.

Some ships began to have chaos.

Sea Dragon King also discovered something was wrong, the gap between the enemy and ourselves was too big.

Although he was a deserter from the Taihu Association, he didn't know that water battles could be fought like this?

The two gunboats of the old club were on a rampage.

It interrupted his many attempts to jump into a gang and fight.

If you fight with long-range weapons, you will suffer too much.

There are far fewer bows, arrows, muskets, and artillery than there are officers and soldiers.

What he relied on was that his brothers were not afraid of death and dared to lean on him and join him in hand-to-hand combat.

But so far, I have only succeeded in jumping into a gang once.

More than 30 officials from Zhenze County were killed and injured, and the mast was cut off.

The hand-to-hand combat on the deck relies on blood bravery.

The men of the Sea Dragon King used daggers, short spears, throwing axes, and lime powder to beat the officers on the ship and jump into the lake one after another.

You may not drown if you jump into the lake.

Surrounded by your own people, you have a high chance of survival.

But if you stay on the boat and fight with these crazy water bandits, you will never survive.

……

Shi Linglun saw everything in the telescope.

He lost patience and wanted a quick victory.

He kept firing, and all he got was money.

Gunpowder is very expensive, and so are iron balls.

"Catch the thief first to capture the king."

"Get on the arson ship."

Sea Dragon King's boat is not big, only 200 materials.

But it is very strong. The keels and ribs are made of giant wood that is hundreds of years old.

When the artillery hits it, it's just a hole.

It's not like other ships that rock violently after being shot.

After two more shots, it almost fell apart.

The difference between civilian ships and warships is still very big.

Shi Linglun was too lazy to pay attention to those useless snacks and commanded the main warship in his hands to surround the bandit leader.

Two small sampans, loaded with fire-kindling materials, sailed out to windward.

There is a green camp soldier at each stern of the boat, holding a torch.

They are dead soldiers, the kind who will be brave enough to be rewarded heavily.

If you board the ship, you will get 5 taels, and if you die, you will get 50 taels. If you successfully burn down the enemy ship, you will be rewarded 100 taels regardless of life or death.

Life is not good for the Green Camp soldiers, so many people are willing to take a gamble.

Anyway, it’s a humble life, but if you die, you will benefit your family.

Lived and drunk for three days.

The courage of the Qing army was also "Schrödinger" style.

Be brave and dare to stare at Lu Bu when you meet him.

If you get scared, one man will take the lead and ten thousand men will race.

Shi Linglun looked at the arson boats indifferently. One of them had yawed and people were shot dead.

Another one, carrying a large fire, hit the stern of the enemy ship.

The Qing army shouted in unison and the cheers were deafening.

The front end of the arson boat is a sharp iron spike.

Once it hits an enemy ship, it won't separate again.

……

The fire slowly ignited the enemy ship.

Knowing that the situation was over, the water bandits jumped into the water one after another.

"Kill the bandits and leave no one alive."

"Capture the bandit leader, life or death, reward 40 taels."

Qing troops swarmed up and turned the lake water into light red.

Spears, bows, arrows, and muskets were constantly attacking the people who fell into the water.

Phew, Shi Linglun breathed a sigh of relief.

Ma Zhongyi, who was watching the battle from a distance, also breathed a sigh of relief and took off his helmet.

Wearing a pair of cotton armor in this weather makes me sweat non-stop.

Li Yu, who was a hundred miles away, also breathed a sigh of relief.

Because he could finally feel at ease.

From then on, there was no more Aoki Hall in the world.

The remaining three people all became fertilizer for the fish and shrimps in Taihu Lake.

As for the confession, he hastily picked it up.

He crossed out some confessions that he felt should not be published.

Have someone rewrite it.

As for fingerprints, just find a few people to press them.

Anyway, our Qing Dynasty has a clear judicial system and never unjustly accuses a bad person.

"You have a hard time, ride back quickly."

"Tell Lin Huaisheng to move closer to the main fleet and look for opportunities to make black shots."

……

Li Yu felt that his murderous intention became more and more serious, and he wanted to destroy the whole family at the slightest disagreement.

Fang Captou is an old acquaintance and an old enemy.

After much thought, he felt it would be safer to kill him.

Zhang Youdao joked that he was Cao Cao, so he should learn from Prime Minister Cao's style.

According to an insider in the government office, Fang Baotou was summoned by Ma Zhongyi the day before dispatching troops.

The secret conversation lasted for half an hour, and no third person was present.

That night, Capt. Fang bought 30 large boxes and arrived at Xukou Town in advance.

A covered boat was also hired.

Li Yu speculated that he helped Magistrate Ma transport the property seized on the battlefield.

Although Ma Zhongyi was loyal to the Qing Dynasty, it did not affect his greed for money.

There is no contradiction between the two!

In the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty, this system of welcoming and sending people was inseparable.

Since he wants to make money, he will definitely get rid of it in advance.

Otherwise, going with the main fleet may cause unnecessary trouble.

Before leaving, Li Yu repeatedly warned Lin Huaisheng.

Choose an opportunity to kill Fang Captou's ship.

The people and the boat all sank into Taihu Lake.

……

By the way, I would like to take this opportunity to ask everyone to submit a petition.

At sunset, the sun sets in the west.

Sanshan Island is also quiet.

The water near the dock was littered with bodies.

Washed by the waves, it swayed rhythmically.

Ma Zhongyi's boat arrived, and the sailors used bamboo poles to push the corpse away and dock it.

He is a civil servant, so he must have the reserve of a civil servant.

He waited until all the bandit relatives on the island were dead before he went ashore.

In this way, it will not be easy to be impeached on some strange charges.

The results can be accepted, but the process cannot be accepted.

Those people in the Hanlin Academy all have severe split personalities.

"Sir, General Shi's subordinates are all tigers and wolves." The servant Liu Lu supported him carefully.

"Well, that's how brave soldiers should be."

Ma Zhongyi only took two steps ashore when he saw a body.

After turning the corner and walking a few steps further, there was another corpse on the stone steps, still that of a little baby.

He felt disgusted and summoned a green camp soldier:

"Go and tell Vice General Shi to get rid of all the bodies."

"It's hot in the summer, and it will stink to death tomorrow."

"Whoo."

The green battalion soldiers ran away quickly, leaving behind a series of bloody footprints.

……

The sun was setting, and there was a flash of torches.

Sanshan Island is far away from the land. If there is no moonlight at night, it will be completely dark and you will not be able to see your fingers.

around the campfire,

The soldiers were in groups, chatting happily.

It's nothing more than how much reward money can be divided in this trip, and how many people have been killed.

Unfortunately, there are too few bandit relatives on the island, less than 20 young women.

A wounded man with his head wrapped in a cloth was happily talking about his experience.

"I knew there must be someone hiding in the haystack."

"They all went to the house to look for someone, and I stabbed the haystacks one by one with a spear."

"There really is a gangster hiding inside, she's a woman, she's not bad looking."

A group of Qiu Ba suddenly became extremely happy and urged him to speak quickly and not to show off.

Qiu Ba, who had a head injury, was about to speak, but someone next to him exposed him first.

"He threw his spear to catch someone, but was slapped on the head with a brick by the female gangster's family member, making him bloody."

"and after?"

"The woman wanted to run away, but our General Shi happened to be passing by and shot her to death with one arrow."

"Hey."

A group of people shook their heads and said it was a pity.

Shi Linglun and Ma Zhongyi agreed in advance.

Sanshan Island was divided into two halves, each sending troops to collect property.

As for the bandit village, it is divided equally.

Ma Zhongyi had no objection to this. After all, he had to rely on Qiu Ba from the Taihu Association to rush ahead.

If we don't give enough money, we may have to waste money in the next battle.

Early the next morning, a ship quietly left the dock.

On the boat was Captain Fang and several of his closest confidants.

Under the awning, the heavy wooden boxes were filled with gold, silver and jewelry.

According to Ma Zhongyi's instructions, send these to a bank and deposit them.

Capt. Fang was very happy to be able to do some personal things for his immediate boss.

This shows that your boss trusts you and does not treat you as an outsider.

The future is expected!

The lake is calm with almost no waves.

The boat sailed very smoothly and it was very comfortable to stand on the bow.

"Boss, we won't encounter water bandits on this trip, right?"

"Crow mouth, get out."

Fang Baotou cursed angrily, but his eyelids also twitched a little.

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(End of this chapter)