It was late at night, and most of the people at the river mouth, except those on guard duty, had gone to sleep peacefully.
The glazed lamp on the turret emits bright light, illuminating the area three to four hundred steps to the left and right like a full moon night. The turret is about four feet above the ground, and the outer earth wall is as steep as a cliff. It is difficult for people to climb up without tools.
"Whoosh whoosh..." There were three strange sounds, and three iron cluster arrows shot from the darkness toward the glass cover of the turret lamp. With a clang, the first iron cluster arrow smashed the glass cover into pieces, and the fragments fell from the sky.
The turret shed light. The turret was high up and the walls were ventilated. The lights were exposed to the wind and swayed a few times. They were extinguished before the enemy in the dark could take another shot.
Sun Wenwan was restless tonight. She had been sitting in the yard enjoying the cool weather without feeling tired at all. When she saw the lights in the corner tower were suddenly extinguished, she knew that this moment had come. Since she was completely unclear about the Qu family's arrangements, she did not dare to act rashly.
He picked up his protective silver knife and went to find his father.
Sun Jingxuan put on armor and walked in. He shouted loudly and ordered people to turn off the lights in the courtyard. He evacuated the nearly forty congregants who had stayed at the mouth of the river to the courtyard. He issued single swords, bamboo spears and other simple weapons to injure them.
They split up to block the front and rear gates, while he took a ladder and climbed to the roof to inspect the situation.
"The Qu family's plan was very detailed. With so many people landing from the Jiang'an Pier, they would first cut off the Lin family's access to the enclosed house." Sun Wenwan also climbed up to the roof. Although the lights in the turret were extinguished, there were still people on the pier and the North-South Street.
With the scattered lights, you can vaguely see dozens of boats swarming to the riverside pier. The dozens of people who landed first are holding swords and rushing towards the north and south like tigers. As long as more than 300 boats are blocked,
The length of the North-South Street will prevent the Lin family, who live in the new house on the east side of the North-South Street, from evacuating to the enclosed house on the west side. "There is no boat at the river embankment pier. They want to force the Lin family to
Evacuate from the river pier to Prison Island..."
Sun Jingxuan turned his head and looked at the river pier behind him. There were no pirate ships landing there. It was pitch dark outside the river mouth, with only a faint water light, like the gaping mouth of a giant beast. No one knew how many ambushes the Qu family had ambushed at the river mouth.
He was worried that Fu Qinghe, the others, and the Lin family would panic and evacuate to the prison island in a hurry. However, they could not evacuate to the gated house. The defense capabilities of the Lin family's new house and thatched cottage were quite limited, and they would certainly not be able to hold on until dawn.
Along the back street, trees such as elms and poplars were planted, and a wind lantern was hung every few feet. The alarm bell at the mouth of the river was ringing, and the bandits had not yet entered the back street, so the back street was still bright.
Sun Jingxuan saw Fu Qinghe, who was wearing a suit of green armor, and two military guards ascending to the roof of the thatched cottage to have a look at the enemy. Liu Yue'er, Xiao Man and other female family members were retreating from the thatched cottage into the Lin family's new house, surrounded by dozens of military guards.
Compared with the thatched cottage, the Lin family's new house is more suitable for defense. Sun Jingxuan knows that Fu Qinghe and the others will not evacuate to Prison Island in a hurry, but how long can they hold on to the Lin family's new house?
"They want to lure the guards to leave the island to rescue the mouth of the river." Sun Wenwan saw that the direction of the river mouth was unusually quiet. "Whether it was the attack on the mouth of the river or the prison island, Lin Fu could not escape the outcome of leaving his post without authorization and being imprisoned for questioning...
"
There is an abandoned shack area on the south side of North-South Long Street.
After the reduction of the number of Xiangyong in Lin's hometown, the Lin family specially arranged two large houses as barracks on both sides of the new house for the remaining Xiangyong. The Xiangyong who were reduced were all incorporated into Lin Fu's military guards. Previously, the Xiangyong were temporarily placed in the surrounding houses.
The camp to the west has not been dismantled, but some refugees have been moved in in the past few days, leaving the shack area on the south side of the long street abandoned, with only a few people still staying in it.
The thieves who came ashore first set fire to the shack, and soon the fire was several times brighter than the lights in the turret. There were still many people staying in this shantytown. After the contiguous shacks were lit, they
Naturally, he ran away in panic.
"Donghuamen is on fire!"
Sun Wenwan only stared at the river mouth. Hearing his father's exclamation, he raised his eyes and saw that there was a fire in the direction of Donghua Gate.
The Qu family must stop Zhang Yubo. Liu Xilin leads Dongcheng Lieutenant's horse infantry to rescue Hekou. He sets fire to Dongcheng to create chaos. It is inevitable that Zhang Yubo, Liu Xilin and others will be held back. It is even possible that the Qu family ambush Dongcheng Lieutenant's reinforcements halfway.
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In order to pursue their own selfish desires, the wealthy and powerful family killed people and set fires so blatantly and without any scruples; Sun Wenwan broke out in a thin sweat, and she really didn't know whether Xihehui could survive in such a world.
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At the east end of Jiuweng Bridge on Donghuamen Official Road, where the Quyang River merges into the fork of the Jinchuan River, there are three fast paddle boats parked, like beasts dormant in the night, sniffing the smell of blood in the air.
There were no lights on the boat. On the fast paddle boat in front, the Quyang Town Inspection Department was inspecting. Qu Wuming, the second master of the Qu family, was neatly dressed and clutching his saber tightly. His eyes were fixed on the direction of the river mouth. Several piles of fire had already been burned there.
There was a fire, but no one came to report that the Lin family's new house had been captured.
It was only about twelve miles from Jiuweng Bridge to the river mouth, and he could arrive there in half an hour by sailing down the boat. Qu Wuyang first had to confirm that Dongcheng Wei's troops and horses were restrained and unable to leave the city.
Although the combat effectiveness of the Dongcheng Weima infantry is very poor, Zhang Yubo and Liu Xilin are both Gu Wuchen's confidants. They will not sit idly by and ignore the attack at Hekou. It is still a big trouble for them to forcefully lead the Dongcheng Weima infantry to come to rescue; delaying them
It's best if you can't live outside the city.
Behind Qu Wuming, there are more than a hundred sword archers of the Inspection Department, all armed with single swords, and more than a hundred private soldiers of the Qu family, all wearing uniforms of the Inspection Department and holding sharp weapons such as Mo Dao, Dahuan Dao, and infantry bows. They cannot move out yet.
It would be bad for the Qu family's own people to show up too early. At least they have to wait until the Qu family sends people to gather bandits from all over the country to break into the Lin family's new house or lure the prison island guards out of the island and kill them. Then they can go there with great arrogance.
Rescue".
Although an attack on the river mouth or prison island would make Lin Fu and Gu Wuchen unable to clean their butts, it would be better to collect conclusive evidence that Lin Fu and Gu Wuchen violated the law and committed suicide.
No matter what, they must be made to taste the consequences of offending the Qu family in Jiangning. Even if someone may point the finger at the Qu family afterwards, Qu Wuming doesn't think there is anything wrong with this kind of quarrel when Chen Xiyan is around.
So worried.
Anyway, no evidence will fall into the hands of others. The people sent by the Qu family to invite the bandits to attack Hekou and Jiyunshe's fleet are confidants who can be absolutely trusted.
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She Feihu's back was dripping with cold sweat, and the three sharp arrows stuck in the wall panel behind his back seemed to be buzzing. It was easy for Lin Fu to kill him just now.
Du Rong, Song Jia and the young counselor Qin Zitan were all stunned for a moment. Qin Zitan could guess that Lin Fu might have sneaked back to Jiangning, but he never thought that Lin Fu could mobilize so many elite combat forces to plot Qu.
Home.
Seeing the six oars in front of them, all of which were filled with armed men, there were no less than four to five hundred people. Du Rong, Song Jia and Qin Zitan all broke into cold sweats. In the blink of an eye, they thought that these people were Gu Wuchen's bodyguards.
Gu Wuchen went to Dongyang to supervise the battle, and there were as many as 400 people accompanying him.
Jiyunshe's fleet was stranded at the mouth of Yuxi River with a strength of 200, and Lin Fu had four to five hundred people around him at this time. It could only be that Gu Wuchen's escort team was transferred back to him.
The reconnaissance capabilities of any force in this world are limited. Who would have thought that Gu Wuchen would transfer his bodyguards to Lin Fu to set up a scheme against the Qu family?
Du Rong attaches great importance to the safety of She Feihu's trip, but there are only more than 60 elite guards on board their ship, and there are more than a hundred elite people hiding in Chaotiandang. But if Lin Fu really wants to do something against them, those more than a hundred people
Even the elite could not rescue him.
"Master Lin is really surprising." Song Jia was not worried that Lin Fu would be harmful to them. She smiled sweetly, "I am still worried that the Qu family will be harmful to Master Lin. It turns out that Master Lin has been plotting against the Qu family for a long time. It is really harmful to me.
I'm worried about my body."
At this time, a wind lantern was raised on the paddle boat, and the dim and flickering light reflected Lin Fu's body.
Lin Fu was wearing scale armor, holding a sword on his waist, and said in a cold voice: "Thank you, Madam, for your concern. What happened tonight is dangerous and unprovoked, and the scene is very chaotic. There is no need for the Young Marquis. The Young Madam is in danger. The Young Marquis
Master, please come back, young lady."
She Feihu saw the bearded man who assassinated him twice wearing a red helmet and blue armor holding a pair of halberds standing directly behind Lin Fu. He gritted his teeth and thought about Lin Fu's character, who he was half a year ago.
He could be easily crushed to death like an ant, but today he was threatened by him. How could he bear it?
Song Jia quietly grabbed her husband's hand. She knew that Lin Fu didn't want to keep them, but Lin Fu's first target tonight was the Qu family, and he would not delay the fierce fighting here and alert the Qu family. However, there was really no need for them to be here.
At this time, Lin Fu was angered and ordered Du Rong: "Since there is nothing to see, let's go back. People are trapped to death, and there are many mosquitoes on the river."
The flat boat She Feihu was riding on began to retreat, and Lin Fu did not waste any time and directed the oarsmen to row the fast oar boat towards the mouth of the river quickly.
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After the turret lanterns at the nearest riverside pier at the mouth of the river were broken and blown out, although the shanty towns and several houses on the south side of the North-South Street were set on fire by the bandits who came ashore, the water between Prison Island and the mouth of the river was hidden.
In the darkness, only faint shadows on the river can be seen.
Four armed vehicles and boats with cocked heads and slender bodies filed out of the aquatic bushes at the east end of Prison Island. The four Taihu wing boats lying in wait in the reeds on the east coast of Prison Island seemed to have finally lured their prey out, and they were excited and wanted to
Yelled.
The middle-aged man standing on the bow of the Taihu wing boat is also dressed as a Taihu pirate, but his real identity is the steward of the Qu family.
Quyang Town is still the most important rice market outside the east city of Jiangning. In order to monopolize the rice grain trade shipped to Jiangning from the Taihu prefectures, the Qu family has secretly colluded with the Taihu pirate forces for decades. Under normal circumstances, the Qu family will not directly invite
The Taihu Pirates came to Jiangning to do business, but this time the matter was particularly special and important. The Qu family could not directly send private soldiers to give people a clue, so they could only spend a lot of money to invite the Taihu Pirates and other forces to come to Jiangning to do this.
In addition to the Qu family giving out 100,000 taels of silver to the other families, whatever the families robbed at the mouth of the river was put into each family's pocket, and the Qu family would never raise a hand.
The defense force at the mouth of the river is limited, and the most tabooed thing is the guards on Prison Island. Lin Fu and his Dongyang were able to escape safely in the water battle in Luoyang Lake. The combat power of the guards on Prison Island should not be underestimated, at least.
It should be much stronger than the rogue water thieves in Taihu Lake.
Seeing the guards taking four boats to lure them away from the island, the middle-aged man waved his hand, causing the four Taihuyi boats to quietly follow them out of the reed swamp. They did not go directly to intercept the cars and boats; the cars and boats were traveling very fast, and the Taihuyi boats were moving very fast.
Although the boat was traveling very fast, it was difficult to pursue the car and boat in a short distance. They expected that the car and boat would come ashore from the river embankment and pier to aid the river mouth, so they headed directly to the river mouth.
Zhao Hu, who was squatting on the bow of the armed vehicle and boat, also saw four Taihu winged boats following from behind, and thought to himself: The Qu family is indeed secretly colluding with the Taihu pirates.
The Taihu wing boat is not what is commonly called a wing boat. Its shape is different from ordinary wooden boats. The sides of the boat extend like wings, which is very convenient for boarding battles. It is a unique warship for the water village forces in the Taihu Lake Basin. The Qu family is used to deal with the river mouth.
What a waste of money.
Zhao Hu ignored the four Taihu-winged boats heading to the river mouth to intercept them. Instead, he ordered four vehicles and boats carrying 180 newly recruited soldiers to rush straight to the Jiang'an Pier.
The bandits invited by the Qu family to attack the river mouth abandoned the river embankment wharf, which was more convenient for small and medium-sized boats to dock, and all disembarked from the river bank wharf. There were almost seventy or eighty pirate boats crowded there.
The berths at Jiang'an Wharf are limited, and a maximum of four or five ships can be docked at the same time. More bandit ships parked directly on the river beach. The bandits, who were as numerous as ants, jumped off the ship with knives in their mouths, and dripped into the shallow water up to their chests.
On the river beach, however, the river bank here is steep, and you still have to climb up the stone steps from the pier.
The Lin family's 400,000 taels of silver at the mouth of the river aroused people's excitement. Some people advocated that all the families unite to go to Jiangning to vote. Almost no one objected. They were thinking: in the worst case, after the failure, they even took the boat and people to Hongzepu to join Liu An'er.
Ask a general to do it.
Even with this idea, the Taihu bandits and Poyang Lake bandits, who were usually quite peaceful, became more and more careless. In the past few days, more than a thousand bandits secretly gathered in Chaotiandang.
At this time, there were four to five hundred bandits disembarking from the pier, and most of the ships were gathered in front of the pier waiting to disembark. At this time, they also saw Zhao Hu leading four vehicles and ships to attack. Although the bandits were all temporarily united,
But there are also people in the middle who are dispatching, and eight ships are immediately sent out to intercept, so as not to cause the vehicles and ships to take a back road.
At this time, there was a loud sound of gongs and drums on the chariots and ships. The thieves' ships were carrying soldiers as chariots and ships, and they were about to launch a charge. Four more ships were sent to intercept them.
Unexpectedly, four bright beams of light were suddenly projected from the shore of Prison Island, illuminating the water outside Jiang'an Pier as bright as day. All the bandits thought that breaking the turret glass lantern closest to Jiang'an Pier would be enough to destroy them.
The ships were hidden in darkness. Who would have thought that there were four large glazed lanterns at the mouth of the river, and a larger glazed lantern on the prison island. What frightened the pirates the most was that they paddled out from the dark water on the west side.
Six fast-operated warships arrived. On the suddenly bright water, these six warships were filled with black soldiers. They raised their hands to draw the long bows, and hundreds of arrow clusters shone with a cold light.
At the moment when the light turns on, the light comes off the string.
The bandits instantly understood: they were the prey.