After the big ship passed through Bozhou, there was no apparent danger. Although there were many grassroots bandits in the areas it passed along the way, those people would not take the initiative to provoke a dozen official ships armed to the teeth. Especially, on the big ship
With the fluttering flaming red flying dragon war flag making a hunting sound, even those grassroots bandits would not dare to do anything extraordinary even if they took advantage of the ambition of the leopard.
After passing Bozhou, we will go to Dezhou by water. This is a big city. What is rare is that in such troubled times, Dezhou is still quite prosperous. But the people on the boat are not in the mood to see the scenery and people, and they are getting closer and closer to Cangzhou.
, the heaviness in everyone's hearts became stronger and stronger. It is undeniable that there are no men under Liu Ling who are afraid of death. They are heavy-hearted, not because they are afraid of death, but because they are worried about the war situation and Liu Ling's safety.
A dozen large ships, carrying more than a thousand soldiers, do not look so empty, because they are not only loaded with people, but also a lot of equipment. Not to mention that Liu Ling is the founder of the Supervisory Yuan, let’s talk about Zhao Da, the Supervisory Yuan
The commander naturally carries with him a lot of equipment developed by the fifth branch of the Overwatch Council. Of course, there are also a dozen trebuchets that look like wild beasts. After replenishing the gunpowder bags, these dozen large ships,
It is already a veritable battleship.
After passing through Texas, no one expected that there would actually be a group of water thieves who were looking for money or life. From a distance, the soldiers on the lookout discovered that the river in front of them was blocked by hundreds of small boats. On the small boats
It was covered with water thieves, and it looked like there were about 3,000 people there. The public security in Texas was pretty good, and the emergence of such a large group of water thieves was probably the largest group of bandits in Texas.
There used to be a garrison in Dezhou, and the Zuo Guards were one of the Twelve Guards of Great Zhou Dynasty. The Zuo Guards were annexed by Zhao Tieguai just two years ago. When the Zuo Guards army was in Dezhou, they would cover a hundred-mile radius.
The grass bandits inside were all killed. These water thieves must have appeared recently, and it seems that they are very ignorant of current affairs.
Zhao Da knelt at the stern of the boat all night, and it was not until early in the morning that Liu Ling went over to wake him up. After kneeling for so long, Zhao Da's whole body became a little stiff. Especially his knees, which had poor blood circulation, and it took a long time before he could stand firm. He looked carefully.
Liu Ling's expression revealed that the prince was looking at him with a half-smile.
"Go and eat. If word gets out that I starved to death a Commander of the Overwatch Council, my reputation will be ruined."
Zhao Da felt calm when he saw that there was no anger on the prince's face. To be honest, the prince really frightened him yesterday. He thought that the prince would not know about the matter that he arranged without knowing it.
.Who knew, it turned out that the prince had known about it for a long time, but he never said anything. Zhao Da knew that the main reason why the prince was disappointed with him was that he did not confess the matter to the prince. He was in a high position and was actually completely dependent on Liu Ling.
Trust in him. He also understood that if there was a crack in the prince's trust in him, it would be difficult to make up for it. It would be even harder than it was for Empress Nuwa to mend the hole in the sky. At any rate, Empress Nuwa could still find it.
To the colorful stone, what did he use to fill the crack?
So Zhao Da was very frightened, and his fear was not pretended. Admittedly, he had thought that even if the prince knew about this, he would not attack him just because dozens of Xie Jun's family members died. He knew that the prince
He is extremely protective of his shortcomings and never allows his subordinates to be wronged. But he also knows that protecting his shortcomings does not mean he can tolerate deception. The prince does not need to kill him, as long as he is removed from his position as the commander of the Supervisory Council, it is better than killing him.
It makes him feel even worse.
Zhao Da did not go to eat, but instead stood beside Liu Ling with all his strength. And he was surprised to find that a handsome man in white clothes was sitting at the table eating breakfast, and... he seemed to be interested in
Liu Ling didn't have much respect. Because he didn't wait for Liu Ling to sit down and started eating by himself. White rice porridge and a few exquisite side dishes were very light, but very delicious.
"You still say you are poor? The expedition ship also brought the most famous cook in the Zhou Dynasty, and he cooked such an exquisite breakfast. I really doubt how much your words are true."
Nie She drank the rice porridge and seemed to reminisce about the faint aroma of the rice porridge.
Liu Ling said with a smile: "Having a cook doesn't prove anything. The first thing I want to tell you is that Chef Su's salary is very low, and he can always make ordinary dishes delicious."
"This also fully proves that you are a wicked person."
Nie She glanced at Liu Ling and said: "Chef Su is so famous that even the old man of the Pei family used a carriage to invite him to cook for his birthday. But you kidnapped him. From then on.
It can be seen that although those people in the Pei family are vicious, they are still much worse than you."
Liu Ling spread his hands and said, "So the Pei family is finished, but I'm still fine."
Liu Ling sat down to eat and pointed to the chair in front of him to signal Zhao Da to sit down too. However, Zhao Da, who had just recovered a little from the shock and had been worrying about gains and losses all night, did not dare to actually sit down. He knew that although the prince looked very handsome, he did not dare to sit down.
He was kind and had a faint smile on his lips, but the prince was still angry. The smiling prince was more terrifying than the sullen prince.
When Liu Ling saw that Zhao Da refused and didn't bother to say anything, he chatted with Nie She while eating. Before the meal was finished, he suddenly heard the soldiers on the lookout shouting: "Someone is blocking the river in front. There are more than a hundred small boats and three thousand people."
Everyone has weapons in their hands, but they don’t have uniforms. They must be water thieves."
Liu Ling waved his hand to Zhao Da to deal with it. He asked Nie She: "I told you about the big and beautiful fireworks last time. Do you still remember them?"
Nie She nodded and said: "I am still doubting that you are lying to me again when you said that fireworks can bloom two to three feet in size, are colorful, and can bloom in various forms."
Liu Ling said with a smile: "Absolutely not, that is a very simple thing. Today you can see that although they are not colorful, there is still no problem in exploding two or three feet of fireworks."
Nie She put down the bowl and chopsticks, frowned and said, "Why do I have a premonition that a group of water thieves are going to be in trouble?"
Liu Ling said with a smile: "Women's premonitions are often very accurate."
Nie She ignored Liu Ling's joke and walked to the side of the boat to stand. He was silent for a while and when Liu Ling didn't speak, he turned around and said, "I'm waiting for the fireworks."
Liu Ling smiled, lowered his head and continued eating: "Then just wait."
Zhao Da walked to the bow of the ship and looked at the situation in front with his clairvoyance. He found that those blocking the waterway did not look like official soldiers. Not only did those people not have uniforms, but they even had various weapons. He even saw that there were
The weapon used by a water thief is actually a frying spoon. Of course, it is a big and powerful frying spoon. Most of the people are holding sharpened wooden sticks, and the number of people holding knives is less than one-fifth of the total number of people.
. It can be seen that this group of people had no choice but to rob the ship. Since they occupied the waterway, they naturally relied on this to make a fortune. In particular, the sophisticated equipment of the Han soldiers on the big ship was definitely a luxury for a group of grass bandits.
Taste.
When it comes to equipment, Liu Ling has always wondered about one thing. Today's smelting technology has become very advanced. Although a knife made of hundreds of refined steel cannot be said to cut through iron like mud, a qualified soldier can cut off a piece of steel with enough strength.
There is still no problem with trees as thick as a bowl. But in later generations, for example, the knives used by the Boxer Rebellion warriors in the late Qing Dynasty were mostly made of iron pieces. Not to mention hard and sharp, they can be bent with just a little force of the hand. Liu
Ling also knew one thing that was even more confusing. Gou Jian, the overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period, had a bronze sword that was very difficult to perfectly replicate in modern times. The cast bronze sword, hilt and body
The deviation is only a few hundredths of a millimeter. With current casting technology, it is completely impossible to replicate.
Being able to gather a team of thousands of people shows that the leader of the water pirates is also a very capable person. But unfortunately, he chose the wrong opponent today.
Zhao Dayin looked at the water thieves with a sullen face, and the fear in his heart was gradually replaced by anger. A group of petty thieves dared to block the official ship of the big man. These people were really impatient and just wanted to die.
He waved his hand violently, and a trebuchet shot out a gunpowder packet.
Those water pirates were still waiting for the big ship to approach, but they found that the big ship with the flaming red flag had stopped, and a big ship was slowly turning around, apparently trying to escape?
Then, not long after, they saw a black dot suddenly flying over from the leading ship. The black dot became bigger and bigger, and when the gunpowder bag happened to fly over the water pirates' boats, the gunpowder bag's
The fuse has just finished burning.
boom!
Amidst the huge roar, countless iron nails were blown up and flew around. Because the boats were too close, this gunpowder bag exploded on the boat, overturning the four or five boats. At least two of them were injured.
Three hundred people were injured by the nails. The nails were flying like bullets and were unstoppable.
Just like the mushroom cloud of a nuclear bomb explosion, after a loud noise, several small boats were overturned by the explosion, and then gradually expanded. There was not a single living person within ten meters, and so many small boats were sunk. For a time, the water
The thieves immediately became panicked. They had never seen such a weapon before, and the power of the explosion was like the anger of a god. It was absolutely irresistible.
Before one wave subsided, another wave struck again.
The second gunpowder packet flew over slowly, and then exploded again with unusual precision two meters away from the wound of the boat. As the huge fireball rose, countless water thieves were killed and injured. Only two gunpowder packets were projected.
, clearing out some of the boats blocking the river, and with just one more shot, a passage will be blasted out among the more than a hundred boats.
"How's it going? It's two to three feet big, right? How does it feel?"
Nie She nodded and said, "It's barely two or three feet in size. It looks very beautiful and very poisonous."
Liu Ling laughed like a landlord: "There are more poisonous ones, do you want to see them?"
Nie Sheng snorted and said, "It's always good to have some knowledge. I heard that there is a kind of repeating fire ballistae that is amazingly powerful and unstoppable. Do you have it on board?"
Liu Ling smiled and said: "Of course I will bring it, but there is only one.
Nie She smiled: "I can't imagine how many killing weapons there are on the ship. What are you not bringing with you?"
Liu Ling was very serious, very solemn, and replied seriously: "My lovely wife and beautiful concubine, I didn't bring her with me." (To be continued)
