On the river, one cargo ship after another went down the river.
Even though many aristocratic families in Jiangdong and Huainan are engaged in water transport business, the current scale is really amazing!
However, outsiders don’t know that what’s inside these merchant ships is not cargo, but battle-hardened soldiers and war horses…
Bai Tu also learned not long ago why the cavalry in this world does not need pack horses and servants. It turns out that here, the cavalry itself requires two to three times the manpower of normal soldiers to be trained.
It is also necessary to mix in the manpower collected from horse herders, so that in addition to fighting, these cavalry are also proficient in motorcycle repair... No, it is war horse maintenance.
As for the "war horses" of the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, they require two to three times the horsepower of the basic war horses, at least one of which is collected from superior military horses, and the rest can use the horsepower of mules, horses, and horses.
The war horse thus "synthesized" looks like a black-tech motorcycle. It has the function of "changing gears". When marching with a heavy load, it always switches to low gear, which affects the high-end horsepower when charging in battle!
With the help of the Chen family, Lu Bu brought a thousand of the most elite Bingzhou cavalry to Jiangdong.
Accompanying them were Chen Gong and Kong Rong. By this time, the danger had passed. Everyone had passed Huainan and reached the Yangtze River. They were just waiting to reach their destination.
In the cabin of the leading ship, Bai Tu was drinking and eating crabs with Lu Bu. At the same time, Lu Bu also complained that the crabs were not very fat at this time...
Even so, Lu Bu was still drunk a little bit, and Bai Tu wanted to remind him that this was prone to gout.
"Don't look at Guan Yu who killed Hua Xiong with three moves and two moves... At Hulao Pass, he and Zhang Fei teamed up, but there was nothing they could do to me... burp... Liu Bei? Haha, if you don't say it, I won't feel it.
It was three people who besieged me... But to say it was thrilling, it was still in Bingzhou. That winter was so cold, the Qiang and Hu were hungry, and there were six out of the ten warriors..."
Lu Bu rambled and told Bai Tu about his heroic deeds. Bai Tu nodded and listened until Lu Bu snored and fell asleep.
But at this moment, I saw a fleet of ships with a collision angle on the river in the distance. Hengjiang wanted to stop Bai Tu and his party!
The steward of the Chen family who was in charge of this "business" came over quickly and said: "Mr. Bai, General Lu, we have met water thieves! It seems... the biggest water thieves on the Yangtze River, the Jinfan Thieves!"
"Then you won't negotiate?" Bai Tu looked at the steward speechlessly.
Bai Tu didn't believe that the Chen family's caravan had no experience in dealing with Yangtze River water thieves...
When the steward heard the words, he also breathed a sigh of relief.
He was not afraid of the Jinfan thief, but he was worried that Bai Tu and Lu Bu were overly conceited - after all, one was a state pastor and the other was a famous general in the world, so there was no guarantee that he would not be willing to make peace with the Jinfan thief out of pride.
However, Bai Tu didn't have so many ideas. It wasn't until Bai Tu got on the boat that he realized that the trained soldiers would also suffer from seasickness due to the problem of soldier supply!
The Wolf Cavalry whose troops came from Bingzhou are now full of negative buffs. If they really stumble on the river, Bai Tu will be heartbroken?
Bai Tu was also a little lucky. Fortunately, Lu Bu fell asleep. Otherwise, Lu Bu, who had just been enjoying himself for a long time while drinking, would probably be beaten with a knife now...
Seeing such a large fleet, these water thieves dared to approach, I am afraid they are not easy people.
"Jinfan thief?" Bai Tu muttered after the steward left, obviously feeling that the name sounded familiar.
After leaving the warehouse and taking a look on the deck, I saw the thieves' ship. The masts and sails were all hung with gorgeous Sichuan brocade. Many of the plainer sails also had patterns outlined with dye, as if they were abstract paintings. …
How gorgeous and wealthy...all the bells and whistles!
The sails are hung with Sichuan brocade and painted with dyes? Do water thieves have to show off their wealth these days?
I saw a small boat approaching the water pirate fleet from the Chen family's side, seemingly going to talk to Xiang.
Bai Tu was still urging "hurry up" in his heart, worried that if Lu Bu woke up soon, this matter would not be able to go through!
However, at this moment, a red mecha with a thief head more than two meters high flew up from the most gorgeous ship...
Bai Tu's eyesight has improved a lot recently. I don't know if it's due to his mental strength. Just looking at the thief's head and facial features, he can be considered handsome, but his overall temperament has a demonic air - not a feminine "demon", but an evil one. The "demon"!
He holds a short halberd in his right hand and a flying claw hook in his left hand. The two are connected by an iron chain, and he also carries a long-edged single sword on his back.
The most striking feature is that for unknown purposes, there are many bells hanging on this mecha, which jingle with his movements, making it look very... arrogant!
Bai Tu also understood at this time, thinking that this person... was Gan Ning, the thief of Jinfan, who was also a famous general of Soochow later and a fierce minister of Jiang Biao. Sun Quan even compared him to "Zhang Liao of Soochow" - at that time When Sun Quan was in Xiaoyaojin, he was beaten so shamelessly by Zhang Liao that he almost lost his life!
But now Gan Ning's main profession is still a water thief. As soon as he made a move, he hooked the boat with his flying claws, then the engine on his calf started to spurt, and he quickly glided on the water, circling the boat for most of the circle, and completely destroyed the boat. overturned.
A group of thieves watched the Chen family fall into the water in a panic, and laughed "haha". Fortunately, these people were also able to swim, and the interception site chosen by the opponent also had a relatively slow flow of water, so they could still swim back.
Bai Tu frowned when he saw it - is the Jinfan thief such a natural? It's not even possible to pay the toll?
Could it be that... he was entrusted by someone to target himself and Bingzhou Langqi?
I saw Gan Ning flamboyantly flying on the river again, deliberately showing off, and flew two circles close to the river before arriving in front of the main ship where Bai Tu was. He even flew to a height of more than ten meters to be condescending - according to Bai Tu's common sense , this is the height that only top military generals can fly to!
"Hey! Children of the Chen family, don't think that this king doesn't know that your water transport business is for a small sum... Hey, this time you came here specially to visit the big one? Hahaha, that king is right I'll accept it! It's still the old rule, leave everything to me, leave everything to me, and leave you a few boats to get out!" Gan Ning said arrogantly.
Bai Tu was somewhat impressed by his eyesight. Although he was still just a water thief, Gan Ning already had a good view of the overall situation - he could see that the Chen family was about to be blocked by Yuan Shu!
In addition, the scale of the Chen family's caravan was so large that Gan Ning judged that this was the Chen family's last water transport...
If that's the case, then why should we charge protection fees? It's the last deal anyway, so of course we have to get it all!
It's just that in this last business trip, it was not goods, but people. I don't blame Gan Ning for not expecting...
Bai Tu was already thinking in his mind, could he wake up Lu Bu in time and capture Gan Ning first while he was here before his eyes?
But at this moment, another voice came from the side...
"In broad daylight, in the clear sky, there is such a shameless person! He has hands and feet, but he is robbing... What's more, the business owner has already agreed to pay, but he still wants to take advantage of it?"
I saw a young man in white armor, flying up from the passenger ship on the side, reaching a height similar to Gan Ning, and... Bai Tu didn't recognize this person!
The steward of the Chen family explained at the side: "He is a boat passenger who paid the boat fare and crossed the river together, but I didn't know he was so powerful before."
Water transport caravans sometimes bring some ship passengers for a fee, which is considered as a way to reduce their positions.
Bai Tu looked at this "boat passenger" and was a little confused - where did you come from as the protagonist? Set off with the fleet, stand up when encountering robbers... Isn't this plot outdated?
"Shameless? Tsk, tsk, you ordinary people certainly don't understand the beauty of robbery..." Gan Ning said with disgust. As he spoke, he made a special dent, bent his back, and looked at the other person with his chin.
"Tai Shi Ci of Donglai is here! The thieves all have names!" said the white-armored general, raising his spear and pointing it at Gan Ning.