The waves are rolling, the rain is blowing and the wind is blowing.

The sky was gloomy, dark clouds were gathering, heavy rain was pouring down, strong winds were rolling the waves onto the beach, and the turbid sea water was lapping at the beach, creating layers of foam.

Wuyuan City is close to the bay, with flat terrain, wide seashore and salt fields facing each other.

Most of the Jiangdong nobles built their families by boiling salt around the sea. The salt industry was extremely profitable and the competition was fierce. As you can imagine, anyone who could stand out from this fierce competition would do anything in the process of rising.

Under the white salt crystals, there are many bones...

The Gu family was originally a wealthy family in Jiangdong. However, the world was divided and reunited, and the world rose and fell. The original hairpin family gradually disappeared in the long river of time. It was not until the Sui Dynasty unified the world that the Gu family took advantage of the benefits of sea salt to engage in sea trade.

As a result, a large amount of wealth was gathered, and it gradually rose to prominence, with its former glory still vaguely visible.

The Sui Dynasty fell, the Tang Dynasty rose, and the Central Plains was in chaos. However, things were calm in the east corner of the Yangtze River. Agriculture, salt industry, and maritime trade were all prosperous for a while. As a result, the Gu family became even more famous, and now it can be called

It's Haoba Wuyuan, facing the sea, and all you can see is Gu's Salt Fields!

During the storm, the reeds along the coast swayed like waves in the wind.

The naval warship rushed to the coast and anchored in the water about half way up. Groups of soldiers jumped from the ship into the water, braved the pouring rain, and rushed to the shore through waist-high water. Looking around, in this bay

They are all naval warships. As the waves roll up and down, densely packed soldiers seem to be floating and sinking with the waves...

Su Dingfang changed a boat and ordered his soldiers to wash the boat directly onto the beach and then stranded it. The original boat had been taken by Fang Jun and returned to Huating Town. There were a lot of seizures on Huojiao Island this time. Although they have not yet been counted,

But it is expected that there will be at least several times more than when Gai Dahai was killed last time.

Such a huge amount of goods must be transported back as soon as possible to avoid unnecessary complications. Fang Jun believed that there was no comparison between himself and Su Dingfang when it came to setting up troops, so he simply returned first and completely handed over the command of this place.

Su Dingfang, he will take charge of the overall situation.

When the soldiers landed on the beach, they did not act immediately, but quickly assembled according to their respective brigades.

Su Dingfang summoned Liu Rengui, Liu Renyuan, Xue Rengui and other generals and assigned tasks to each. The detailed steps had actually been laid out before setting off. At this time, it was nothing more than emphasizing the coordination between each other. Marching and fighting, and then repeating

It’s not too much to remind you, otherwise an unintentional mistake will often lead to an unmanageable outcome.

"Do you all know your respective tasks?"

"Don't worry, I remember everything clearly."

"This general has no other requirements, only one thing must be paid attention to. Everyone in the Wubao must be controlled. Resistors and escapees can be killed on the spot depending on the situation, but no one is allowed to escape!"

"promise!"

The generals agreed with a roar.

Su Dingfang wiped the rain off his face and waved his hand: "Let's take action!"

The generals ran back to their respective brigades and checked their weapons and crossbows for the last time. With the heavy rain and strong wind, groups got into the dense reed swamps and advanced straight towards a standing dock in the distance.

Xue Rengui became famous in the first battle and surpassed the navy with his bravery, so he was extremely excited to be assigned as a vanguard this time.

He rushed to the front, followed closely by the soldiers of the brigade, running fast on the muddy path in the reed swamp. This path was probably specially built for the convenience of harvesting reeds. Although it was full of mud, it was still passable.

After crossing a hillock slightly higher than the flat ground, a series of reed felt shacks appeared deep in the reed pond. Even the strong wind and rain could not cover up the stench.

Xue Rengui was startled, stopped hurriedly, and wanted to wave behind him to tell the soldiers in his brigade to pay attention to their hiding places.

When setting off from Huating Town, they planned this operation after wiping out the pirates. In order to prevent accidents, the General Manager's "Staff Department" even drew a detailed map of Wuyuan Town, as small as a trail and a well.

All are clearly marked.

But why are there so many shacks here? Look at this chaotic arrangement, there must be hundreds of them! If there are people hiding here, there must be thousands of them!

Xue Rengui was a little flustered. Could it be that these were the dead soldiers hidden by the Gu family? Thousands of dead soldiers, were they going to rebel?

Suddenly, a man came out of a shack.

This man was dressed in ragged clothes, probably for convenience, but as soon as he got out of the shack, he was shocked to see the densely packed soldiers in armor beside the hillock... He screamed and shouted: "There are officers and soldiers, there are officers and soldiers!

"

The sound was not quiet, but the rain was strong and the wind was strong, and it was already unclear to Xue Rengui's ears.

Even so, Xue Rengui cursed secretly and waved his hand: "Go down!"

No matter who is hiding here, they must be eliminated as soon as possible, otherwise once someone escapes and goes to Gu's Wubao to report, this carefully planned operation will have to end in vain.

The soldiers each drew their swords and followed Xue Rengui down the hillock.

There were a lot of people in the leaky shack. Before Xue Rengui could rush closer, countless people walked out of the shack one after another.

All of these people were disheveled and disheveled, and looked like ghosts! The tattered clothes only covered important parts of the body.

The strong wind carried heavy raindrops and hit them, but these people didn't care. Their eyes were empty and indifferent without a ripple. They just looked at Xue Rengui and these uninvited guests quietly without any reaction.

Xue Rengui was stunned.

Are these people the slaves imprisoned by the Gu family?

The person who first noticed the officers and soldiers was making a lot of noise at the moment.

"Hurry up and kill them! You bunch of ant people, the master of the house provides you with food, now is the time for you to repay your loyalty! What are you doing stupidly? Charge, kill, kill all these officers and soldiers

Got it!"

This man was yelling and punching and kicking the slave laborers around him. Many of them were old or disabled. They did not resist when this man kicked and beat them. They just turned their bodies with difficulty and lay down lifelessly.

In the wet and cold reed pond, despite the fists, kicks and heavy rain falling on me, I remained motionless.

The man was still shouting, wanting to drive the slaves to charge and kill the officers and soldiers. Xue Rengui snatched the strong bow from the hands of the soldiers around him, opened the bow and set an arrow.

The bowstring was soaked by the rain and made a dull "peng" sound. The wolf-fang arrow penetrated the rain curtain and nailed the man's chest fiercely.

"ah"

The man let out a shrill scream and fell to the ground.

Putting down the bow and arrow, Xue Rengui held the handle of the knife, not knowing what to do.

The soldiers around him also looked at each other.

According to the plan, everyone they met along the way would be killed on the spot to prevent the news from leaking out. However, these slaves in ragged clothes who looked like ghosts in front of them made everyone at a loss.

They are all ordinary people who have been harmed by the Gu family. They have been tortured to the point where they do not recognize ghosts or ghosts. Are they still going to kill them ruthlessly?

I can't get rid of this guy...

"Sir Captain, should I kill this...?"

The soldiers could not make up their minds, so they had to ask Xue Rengui for instructions.

The military orders are like mountains. If you don't kill these slaves, you are ignoring the military orders and you may be beheaded! But if you do it seriously, how unbearable it is.

Xue Rengui shook his head. Looking at the slaves in front of him, looking at the swollen and pale scarred faces, and the exposed skin was almost full of disgusting ringworm, his stomach wriggled and he almost vomited.

These people must have been living in the reed pond for many years. The summer here is hot and mosquito bites, and the winter is cold and frosty. Where is the place where a living person can stay?

The people living inside have been tortured to the point where they are no longer human beings nor ghosts...

Xue Rengui's eyes flashed, and he made up his mind, and ordered: "Leave twenty people, kill all the neatly dressed, healthy, and physically strong people here, and keep an eye on the rest until the governor arrives.

Please ask for instructions."

"Captain Xue, no!"

An old soldier was startled and quickly stopped Xue Rengui: "Captain Xue, I know that you are kind-hearted and can't bear to kill all these miserable people. But the military order is like a mountain. The military order is to kill any living person immediately if you encounter it. You are so kind."

But you are disobeying military orders!"

The treatment in the Royal Navy is excellent, and military orders are also very strict.

The consequences of disobeying military orders... I shudder just thinking about it.
Chapter completed!