Horse on the World

Chapter 872 Water Bandits
It has been several months since Pang arrived in Xiantao County. Not long after he parted from his uncle, he heard the news that the Southern Army Fleet was completely destroyed on Heishuiyang. At that time, he still had a little hope in his heart. He died at this point, but the news that came later made him completely give up. His uncle sank into the ocean with the Dengzhou, which was a heroic sacrifice.
Immediately afterwards, the Dingzhou Army rushed into Ningzhou like a tide. When Pang Da arrived at Xiantao, the Dingzhou Army also marched into Xiantao almost at the same time. Uncle was right, King Ning really regarded the fleet as a delay A victim of the time when the Dingzhou Army marched.
Fortunately, my uncle has done a lot of preparations in this village by Xiantaojian Lake. Even Pang Da's identity has already been prepared. Thanks to changing his name and surname, after the Dingzhou army took over Xiantao, Pang Da crossed the pass without any danger.Become a person with a new identity.

Zhuangzi is not big, but the site chosen is ingenious. The whole building is built on the bank of Jianhu Lake. The nearest place to Jianhu Lake is only tens of feet away. Standing on the height of Zhuangzi, looking forward The large paddy fields extend into the distance, and the vision is extremely wide.These hundreds of acres of rice fields are also the source of life that Pang Jun prepared for his nephew, and the tenant farmers who are responsible for farming are all veterans who Pang Jun arranges to retire from the navy every year.The homes of these tenants are scattered around the rice fields, just indistinctly enclosing the village. When outsiders want to enter the village, no matter which direction they go, they will pass through the homes of these tenants.

Pang Da has made up his mind to forget his past self and start a new life again. The details of his uncle's defeat have been coming in one after another these days. The Dingzhou Navy is equipped with a brand new weapon. It was like a thunderbolt, invincible, and it was called a mighty cannon. It was no secret. At this time, Pang Da finally understood his uncle's painstaking efforts.
Taking off his armor, putting on casual clothes, throwing away his sword, and picking up a hoe, Pang Da started his new life. Although he did not need to cultivate these fields himself, he would still pick up the hoe and go to the fields to work with the tenant farmers , or drive a fishing boat out of the lake, cast a net, and pick up a net of fish with his own hands. He is exhausted every day, so as to numb his nerves. After several months of hard work, Pang Da gradually began to adapt to this A new life.

A small boat quietly rowed out from the night, looking at the dark Zhuangzi on the far shore, Xu Siyu's eyes showed admiration, Pang Jun has always been meticulous, just looking at the location of this Zhuangzi can be seen.
"My lord, it's that Zhuangzi!" A man pointed to Zhuangzi in the distance and whispered.
"Okay, you guys just wait here for me!" Xu Siyu nodded, "I'm going to see General Pang." He jumped up, slid into the water like a fish, and swam towards Zhuangzi in the distance.
Pang Da has already gone to bed. In the past few months, he has developed the habit of going to bed early and getting up early. The fatigue of the day made him hastily eat two bowls of rice, drink a large bowl of wine, and then fall asleep.

Today was no exception. Pang Da was already sleeping soundly and snoring loudly. He easily found where Pang Da was, and stood quietly outside the door. A slight smile.

The door was not fastened, so Xu Siyu pushed open the door, and just walked in like this. To his surprise, Pang Da was still lying high, and he still didn't realize that someone had invaded his room. It is not the reaction that a general who has been leading troops should have.
Sitting at the table in front of the bed, Xu Siyu looked at the sleeping Pang Da's face, frowned, stretched out a finger, dipped a drop of residual water in a teacup on the table, flicked his fingers, and the drop of water fell lightly It flew up and landed on Pang Da's face accurately.
Pang Dahuo opened his eyes, and the first thing that came into his eyes was a black figure sitting on the table in front of the bed. Shocked, Pang Da flinched and rolled into the bed, and a ball of cotton wool flew away first. He came out, covered his face with the black shadow, and at the same time pulled out a steel knife from there, followed the flying cotton wool, and stabbed it straight forward.
The cotton wool suddenly rolled back, and with a loud shout, Pang Da pierced the blade with a sound like cracking silk, and cut the cotton wool in two. A cold light flashed in front of his eyes, and there was a hard object in his throat. Pang Da stood stiffly holding the long knife high. , The martial arts skills of the visitor are beyond his imagination.

The hard object stuck in his throat retracted bit by bit, and with a choke sound, the opponent put the knife back into its sheath, reached out and tapped the edge of the table, motioning Pang Da to sit down.
"Who are you?" Pang Da wondered.

"General Pang, people who don't recognize me, can't even hear my voice?" The visitor said with a chuckle, and with a bang, the oil lamp on the table was lit, and an old man with a strange face appeared in front of Pang Da.

The voice was indeed familiar, but the face was never seen before. "Who are you?"
"I'm Xu Siyu!" Xu Siyu said lightly.

"General Xu, you, you..." Pang Da was shocked, "How do you know I'm here?"
Xu Siyu smiled and said: "Of course I will know what I want to know. General Pang, you are so happy to be the owner of the villa here."
Pang Da stared at Xu Siyu, "General Xu, Pang Da is dead, now I am Long Guangda, and I am just a small landowner with a little Susukida in the countryside. What do you want from me?"

Xu Siyu sneered, "Under the overturned nest, there are no eggs. General Pang, if you want to be a country man, I'm afraid you can't do it. Even if you can hide for a while, how can you keep your name incognito forever?"

"Of course Pang Da can't do it, but what's wrong with Long Guangda?" Pang Da threw the saber in his hand to the corner with a choke, sat opposite Xu Siyu, and said coldly: "My Pang family can be regarded as bowing to His Royal Highness King Ning." , now there are almost no casualties, General Xu, just treat me like a fart, and don't bother me anymore."
Stretch out your hand and point out the door, and the order to evict guests has been issued.
Xu Siyu was taken aback, "Pang Da, have you forgotten how your uncle died? You forgot how many of your Pang's children died in the Blackwater Ocean during the naval battles with Dingzhou over the years, don't you want to revenge?"
"I don't want to!" Pang Da said simply and directly, "The two armies are at war, and each has his own destiny. We are out of luck, our skills are not as good as others, and we will die when we die. There is nothing to complain about. Even my uncle is convinced."

Xu Siyu stared blankly at Pang Da for a moment, "So you are resentful towards His Royal Highness King Ning for ordering General Pang Jun to fight to the death? Is that so?"

Pang Da burst out suddenly, "Yes, we clearly know that if we go out to fight, we will die and there is no hope of winning, but why did King Ning forcefully order us to fight? Is it just to delay him for so few days? Is this the fate of my Pang family?"

Xu Siyu looked at Pang Da, and said word by word: "General Pang Jun doesn't know what it means to go to war, but he went anyway, Pang Da, you are right, this is our fate, not only your Pang family , and me, and many others, we are all on this big ship, sometimes in order to keep this big ship from sinking, someone has to sacrifice, this time it is your Pang family, next time it might be your turn In Weizhou, General Hu Zequan abandoned me and Lan Yu without hesitation, but we have no complaints, because this is the only way to take care of the overall situation."
"Even with so many sacrifices, this big ship will sink!" Pang Da said, "I want to get off the ship and find another way of life."

"Now this big ship is about to sink!" Xu Siyu sat down and said, "There are many people on board, and some people may jump ship to find another way of life, but Pang Da, among these people, it is absolutely impossible to include you. Yes. We have only one way to go, and that is to try our best to save this big ship and keep it from sinking."
"Do you think it's still possible now?" Pang Da sneered, "King Ning has been driven into the mountains to become King of the Mountain. Can this boat continue to sail?"

"Why not?" Xu Sichen said passionately: "Emperor Yingwu was only a province in the past, and he rose up to overthrow the Zhou Dynasty and establish the Great Chu. Now when Li Qing raised his troops, he was only a district school lieutenant and a county. Now, there is such a situation, and now King Ning still has hundreds of thousands of people, and there are hundreds of thousands of mountains and other dangerous places, why can't they rise again?"

"Pang Da, you want to get off the boat, can you get off the boat? Your Pang family has shared weal and woe with this big boat, honor and disgrace. Do you think that if you pretend to be an old farmer and a fisherman, Dingzhou will not find you?" ? Will you let you spend the rest of your life in such a carefree way?"

Pang Da's face was gloomy.

"You hate King Ning, but did you ever know that King Ning gave up many people during his great retreat, but he specially sent people to evacuate your Pang family women, children and children to Shiwan Dashan first? You want to give up, but you won't do it for you." Do you think about the family members among the [-] mountains? The boat really sank, what should they do?"

"Enough, stop talking!" Pang Da said angrily, "Are you threatening me?"

Xu Siyu looked at Pang Da, "Do I need to threaten you? As long as you think about it, you can figure it out. Pang Da, you are a general who leads troops to fight!"
The candlelight flickered, Pang Da lowered his head, his face changed, and after a while, he said: "General Xu, I know something about your situation, aren't you also trapped here now, even if I promise you to go back, how can I go back?" I can go back to Shiwan Dashan, and I am a general of the navy, what can I do when I go back to Shiwan Dashan?"

Xu Siyu smiled slightly, "You're wrong, we won't go back, and a better stage is waiting for us here!" Standing up, opening the window, looking at the sparkling Jianhu Lake outside the window, "Jianhu Lake is [-] miles away , Pang Da, you are the general of the navy, and your skills are well-informed by your uncle, this water is where you dance!"
"You want me to be a water bandit?" Pang Da said.

"Eight hundred miles away, Jianhu Lake has complicated water conditions, criss-cross ditches, intertwined tributaries, and densely covered small islands. A group of troops can be gathered and hidden inside. Let the Dingzhou army have thousands of troops, what can I do?"

(End of this chapter)