Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 106 Killing the Bandits

"Kill him!" Leader Kurai waved his hand behind him.

A figure moved in the shadows, then disappeared.

Jia Qiang was very interested in this Western-style gunboat. It was the most advanced ship he had ever seen in this era.

Although artillery can be installed on Daqian's battleships, they are installed on the deck.

This method of opening gun positions on the side of the hull has not been used by Daqian. Only the West has this design.

It's not that Daqian's ship design is poor, but it is determined by the usage environment of both parties.

Western-style gunboats were designed in the West to fight other ships on the sea.

In Daqian, the opponents of the navy were never powerful enemies. They were all smuggling ships. Their weapons were only bows and arrows at most. If they only had a few muskets, they were already tough bandits.

In this case, there is no need for the Daqian navy to be equipped with too strong firepower.

Jia Qiang thought in her mind that he had arrived at the Western-style gunboat.

Taking advantage of his momentum, he stepped on the hull of the ship twice, grabbed the edge of a gun emplacement with one hand, and then flipped his whole body in the air and landed on the deck.

On the deck, ten Japanese pirates holding firecrackers lined up in a row. As soon as he appeared, the firecrackers fired in unison.

Jia Qiang did not rely on the defense of his armor. He reacted very quickly. Just when the fire guns were fired, he dwarfed and slid over the ground.

Then the 'Qingfeng Sword' appeared in his hand, and heads flew up one after another.

When he passed ten Japanese pirates with fire guns, blood spurted out from behind him, forming a blood mist.

Jia Qiang frowned. There were not many Japanese pirates on this Western-style gunboat. After he killed ten Japanese pirates with gunfire, there were only a few sailors holding long knives left on the deck.

Large ships like Western-style gunboats were the headquarters of Chief Kurai, and his main men, a total of eight hundred swordsmen from the Kurai family, were originally arranged here.

Like the rest of the ships, they were surrounded by Kurai's forces.

It's just that all the eight hundred Kurai swordsmen came ashore. The leader of Kurai can only be relieved by sending his most loyal subordinates to rob wealth.

But in this way, there will not be many Japanese pirates on the entire Western-style gunboat.

Leader Kurai thought differently. Western-style gunboats did not rely on swordsmen on the water, but on sharp artillery.

Leader Kurai did not expect that someone could break through the artillery blockade and get to the ship.

Jia Qiang casually killed the sailors who rushed up. He knew that there were still some gunners in the cabin, but he didn't know whether the leader of this group of Japanese pirates was on board.

He killed all the sailors on the deck and opened the cabin door.

Just as he opened the door, the door panel suddenly moved, and a short figure in tight black clothes stabbed Jia Qiang with a dagger.

The place where the short figure chose to pierce was the gap in the armor.

The dagger was shining with a faint blue light, and one could tell at a glance that it was quenched with poison.

"It's a ninja!" Although Jia Qiang was a little surprised, she didn't look frightened at all.

The main reason is that his reaction speed is too fast. Even if the ninja attacks first, he still has enough reaction time.

His counterattack was the most direct, without any fancy moves. A finger wearing an iron glove pointed at the ninja's throat, and the terrifying force shattered the ninja's neck bones.

Jia Qiang looked at the door panel where the ninja appeared just now. There was a cloth of the same color as the door panel sliding down.

The so-called ninjutsu is nothing more than a shielding method. Before the ninja activates, he uses the shielding method to hide himself. He has no breathing and reduces his vitality. He just waits for the enemy to get close and launch a fatal blow.

Jia Qiang glanced at it and saw the clue.

In later generations, there were many videos and analyzes of so-called ninjutsu. The combination of the two made ninjutsu no longer mysterious to him.

He walked into the cabin, and four ninjas appeared on the walls at the four corners of the cabin at the same time. They threw the things in their hands to the ground beside Jia Qiang.

When the thing hit the ground, it immediately spewed out a large amount of smoke. The smoke was highly poisonous, and armor could not stop the poisonous smoke.

It's just that the ninja doesn't know that since practicing the 'Poison Technique', Jia Qiang has become almost immune to the poisons in this world. This is partly due to his strong physique and the 'Poison Technique [Intermediate]' additional effects.

Unable to see the enemy with his eyes, Jia Qiang's ear power took effect at this moment.

The 'Green Edge Sword' in his hand was pointed out continuously, and each sword would take away the life of a ninja.

He left this cabin and entered the next cabin.

This time the ninja did not hide, but made preparations. As soon as he entered the room, the ninja kept throwing flying needles one after another.

The main target of the flying needle is Jia Qiang's eyes. The mask has two holes at the eyes.

In addition, the armor has some unnoticed gaps throughout the body, which can prevent attacks from weapons as large as arrows, but cannot prevent attacks from flying needles.

Jia Qiang moved faster. On one side of her body, most of the flying needles missed. Even if there were flying needles hitting the armor, they could not cause any damage.

When he was on his side, he thrust out a sword and then retracted it.

The Flying Needle Ninja felt something was wrong. He wanted to turn his head, but his head slipped from his neck.

Jia Qiang was extremely cautious in every cabin.

Ninjas are indeed not very powerful, but they are very disgusting. If an ordinary warrior is not careful, he may really fall into the trap of ninjas.

Of course, the premise is that the warriors must be in a small space and on the battlefield. Even if there are hundreds or thousands of ninjas, they are just delivering food.

Walking down a wooden ladder, we came to the cabin where the artillery was located. This level was a large room, from bow to stern.

After seeing Jia Qiang, more than a dozen artillery gunners rushed over with long knives in hand.

Jia Qiang casually waved the 'Qingfeng Sword' in her hand and killed all the gunners.

His attention was on a Japanese pirate on the other side. The Japanese pirate held a torch in his hand and a pile of gunpowder barrels at his feet.

"You are very powerful. I am no match for you, but you are dead!" This person was the leader of Cangjing, and he said in pure Dagan language.

Leader Kurai is guarding here, and if all the clan ninjas fail to kill the monster, he will be destroyed together with the monster.

"You speak good Daganyu!" Jia Qiang said lightly, and then he continued: "Have you ever heard of a sentence?"

"What words?" Leader Kurai wanted to say a few more words before he died, so he asked.

"The villain dies because he talks too much!" Jia Qiang replied with a smile. As soon as he met, he used the 'Poison Technique [Intermediate]' and put the 'gray powder' on the leader of Kurai.

Although Leader Kurai is quite strong, his physique is only slightly stronger than that of ordinary people, and his lifespan is not that much.

Jia Qiang's 'Poisoning Technique [Intermediate]' and 'Gray Powder' will deduct 18 points of the target's life every second for 15 seconds.

He first picked up a dozen gunners, and then chatted with leader Kurai. By this time, leader Kurai's life bar had bottomed out.

Just when Leader Cangjing was still thinking about what Jia Qiang meant, he felt his whole body go weak and all his strength disappeared.

The torch in his hand couldn't help but fall to the ground.

The torch was really going to fall and a lot of gunpowder barrels exploded together. Jia Qiang didn't even dare to say she could survive.

Jia Qiang's speed was so fast that she appeared next to the leader of Cangjing in a flash, grabbing the fallen torch with one hand.

"I don't know if they are afraid of death or if they want to negotiate terms with me, but they still have the heart to talk when we die together!" Jia Qiang put the torch away and murmured.

To be honest, it was really dangerous just now.

Leader Cangjing hesitated. Faced with a life-or-death situation, he did not immediately detonate the gunpowder when he saw Jia Qiang appear.

Otherwise, Jia Qiang will be in big trouble, and it is very likely that this pile of gunpowder will be able to obliterate him.

"We can't take such risks again!" He secretly warned himself.

This time, he was greedy and wanted to keep this Western-style gunboat, so he entered the cabin.

If he really didn't care, he could use arrows to kill all the living things in sight, and then shoot a rocket to detonate the gunpowder next to the cannon.

Jia Qiang put away all the gunpowder barrels, and also put away a leather purse on the waist of Chief Cangjing. Something that Chief Cangjing could carry with him at this time must be very precious.

He didn't have time to inspect it carefully. When he checked the cabin just now, he didn't find many valuable items, except for some nice decorations in the boat.

As for this kind of artillery, let's keep it. This kind of artillery is a bit big, and this Western-style gunboat has other uses.

Jia Qiang returned to the deck, took off his treasure bow, and entered the massacre state again.

This time we were delayed for some time in the cabin of the Western-style gunboat. Some of the ships escaped to the pier and joined the Japanese pirates on the pier.

Originally, the Japanese pirates on the dock planned to loot Huishan, but when they saw the fighting on the canal, they wanted to return for help. They were unable to help for the time being due to the fighting on the water surface, so they waited here.

Jia Qiang also saw the Japanese pirates on the dock. The Japanese pirates' costumes were too obvious.

He was also secretly shocked. If he hadn't passed by this time, there would have been more than 2,000 Japanese pirates here, and even Huishan would be empty.

He stepped on the river and rushed towards the dock.

Among the Japanese pirates on the dock, eight hundred Cangjing swordsmen were the main force, so they were not confused by seeing such an inhuman scene.

When Jia Qiang was three hundred steps closer to the dock, she held the treasure bow in her hand.

The Japanese pirates on the dock did not know how terrifying his treasured bow was. The Japanese pirates were in a dense formation, and it seemed that doing so would enhance their courage.

This also brought convenience to Jia Qiang. Without the need to aim, he increased the rate of fire to seven arrows per second.

He shot out small screens of arrows all by himself. What was even more frightening was the penetrating power of these arrows. They did not stop after killing just one Japanese pirate.

He chose three hundred steps to make the arrows shot by the bow more powerful.

Each arrow can penetrate a row of Japanese pirates. The arrow that penetrated the most killed almost ten Japanese pirates.

Screams, weird prayers, begging for mercy, yelling and cursing, all kinds of sounds echoed at the dock.

They had never thought that the archers could have such terrifying attack power.

Some Japanese pirates wanted to dive, but unfortunately they were taken care of by arrows in the air. Some Japanese pirates wanted to escape into Huishan, but as soon as they left the dock area, they were shot first.

You must know that the attack range of Jia Qiang's treasured bow is 500 steps. He is only 300 steps away from the dock, and it is getting closer and closer as he keeps running.

No Japanese pirate could run more than two hundred steps in a short time, and the Japanese pirates were too crowded, causing them to push each other.

Among them, the eight hundred Kurai swordsmen were useless.

No matter how sharp their swords are, no matter how superb their swordsmanship is, they have no means of dealing with the sharp archer three hundred steps away.

When Jia Qiang stood on the dock, the entire dock was covered with fallen Japanese pirates.

He began to check on the ground, and would trample to death any one alive.

His ear power allowed him to hear the breathing and heartbeat of living people. There were no ninjas among these Japanese pirates, but there was no way to fake death. Those who were lucky enough to survive were killed by him.

Ninjas are not that easy to practice. The fact that leader Kurai can bring a few accompanying people is already a very high status for him.

Jia Qiang then cleaned up the Japanese pirate ships docked at the dock one by one, trying his best to leave no survivors alive. Anyway, the confessions of these ordinary Japanese pirates were not important.

Lin Ruhai saw clearly that the battle here was over, and he ordered the battleship to sail to the dock.

Thirty saltmen got off the boat and began to clean up the bodies of the Japanese pirates, and collected all the weapons together.

Jia Qiang took some sailors and drove a small boat onto the Western-style gunboat floating on the water. He closed all the open gun positions, making the Western-style gunboat not look so special.

Then he asked the sailors to sail the Western-style gunboat to the battleship and wait for the arrival of the officers and soldiers.

As for the next thing, Lin Ruhai's identity is easier to deal with. Anyway, he has expressed his intention to keep the Western-style gunboats. It is up to Lin Ruhai to negotiate how to operate it.

In fact, regardless of the outcome of Lin Ruhai's negotiation, it would not be difficult for Jia Qiang to take away his share of the spoils and a ship as long as he took out the imperial gold medal.

That is to say, he did not want to reveal his identity in advance. During his stay in Yangzhou, he saw the complexity of Jiangnan salt affairs.

There are too many interests involved, which can amount to tens of millions of taels of silver. With such a large-scale money-driven network, it is difficult for him to find a clue to the interests he wants to get involved in.

Lin Ruhai agreed to help, and Jia Qiang's identity as an imperial envoy was the last layer of guarantee, which could have the final say at a critical moment.

Exposing his identity as an imperial envoy in advance will only make big salt merchants and related interest groups more vigilant.

Jia Qiang returned to the second floor of the battleship and saw Lin Daiyu who greeted him.

"So you are daddy's guard!" Lin Daiyu said in surprise and worry.

Lin Daiyu looked around Jia Qiang carefully and found that there was no damage on the armor, which meant that Jia Qiang was not injured, so she felt relieved.

(End of this chapter)