Different from the shabby appearance on the outside, the interior of the small fishing village is well defended. Not only the damaged and semi-collapsed houses have been repaired, but the exterior walls of many houses are even several feet higher than before, and there are water channels connecting each house. , just like a water military camp extending in all directions.
In a courtyard located in the deepest part of the village, several burly men were guarding the door of the main hall, and among them were two men dressed as scholars. Although one of them was dressed like a scholar, he exuded the aura of a scholar. With a strong sense of recklessness, at this time, he was placing a white stone on the chessboard, so that the opponent's black stone was completely divided and surrounded, and the killing was completed. This made him reveal a proud smile: "Brother Cheng, this I won another round.”
The middle-aged scholar sitting opposite him had an uneasy look on his face. Seeing this, he just forced a smile and said, "The second leader is indeed very skilled in chess and his layout is exquisite. I am convinced that I lost." After saying that, he threw the black stone in his hand onto the chessboard. He signaled that he would surrender and admit defeat: "I think this battle against the Jiangzhou army must be part of your plan, the second leader."
"My plan is certainly important, but if you hadn't brought the news earlier, we wouldn't have won as easily as before. So in terms of merit, Brother Cheng is the first. Just wait for my brother to return in triumph, I I will send Brother Cheng off as a gift..." Jiang Shihu, the second leader of Jijiao's group of water bandits, is Jiang Dalong's brother. However, unlike brother Nai, who is fierce and dares to fight, he is better at using tricks. It can be said that Jijiao is the first The fact that we are in today's situation is mostly due to his planning behind the scenes.
But just when Jiang Shihu said this, there was a sudden exclamation from outside, with a hint of panic and crying in his tone: "The second leader is in trouble. The big leader was seriously injured by the army. We lost..." Before he finished speaking, several people had already carried Jiang Dalong and stumbled to the door, and then bumped in head first.
"Crash..." With a flick of Jiang Shihu's hand, the chessboard in front of him fell to the ground. But at this time, he could no longer care about such details. He hurriedly rushed to his brother and yelled: "What on earth is going on? How could my brother be so seriously injured?" When he said this, he had already seen Clearly seeing the short spear that penetrated deeply into Jiang Dalong's body, he broke into a cold sweat and shouted to his subordinates in a hurry: "Why don't you help the leader pull out the spear to stop the bleeding?"
At this time, a subordinate with some experience in treating injuries was also called over. He was shocked when he saw this situation. After hearing Jiang Shihu's words, he quickly shouted: "Don't pull it out in a hurry. Use a short spear, otherwise the big leader’s injuries will only become more serious, and you must wrap up the surrounding wounds before you can pull out the spear.”
Only then did Jiang Shihu nod his head: "I'll leave it to you to make the decision here. Tell me, what's going on? But the officers and soldiers were already on guard and broke our arrangement?" The latter sentence was naturally meant for bringing Jiang Dalong back. What those men said was that while they were talking, his eyes had already fallen on the man named Cheng very unkindly.
This person didn't react until this moment, and defended himself hurriedly: "Second leader, I dare to swear that this must have nothing to do with our cooperation. Over the past year, we have cooperated seamlessly, and it is impossible to suddenly go back on it this time. Moreover, I Haven’t you always stayed here?”
Jiang Shihu took a deep breath.
She paid no attention to his excuse, but continued to stare at his already silent subordinates, and shouted in a low voice: "Speak!"
On the surface, the leader of this fierce water bandit is Jiang Dalong, but in fact, their backbone, and the one who awes his subordinates is Jiang Shihu, the second-in-command who has low martial arts skills but is far-sighted. So when he opened his mouth, everyone present was shocked. The few men he was staring at woke up from a dream and hurriedly gave a rough explanation of the battle that took place near the island.
After saying this, Jiang Shihu's face became even more ugly: "In just a few months, Jiangzhou's officers and soldiers have turned out to be completely different. They were able to win despite defeat in such an unfavorable situation, and they were able to defeat us." Brother kills..." After his eyes flickered several times, he quickly made a judgment: "I'm afraid this is not only because the opponent is well-trained, but also because someone has guessed that they will encounter such an unfavorable situation, so they will calm down and deal with it calmly. !”
"This... this is impossible..." The man surnamed Cheng had always been worried. Now when he heard this, he immediately objected: "We will never leak the news... It's Sun Tu, he must be the new team coach Sun. During the past few months, he has been training his rural soldiers, and this time he also brought the rural soldiers with him. This is the only difference from the past... "Obviously, he is trying his best for himself. He argued, otherwise if these water bandits really suspected that he had set up a trap to harm them, I'm afraid his end would be tragic.
Jiang Shihu frowned deeply, but ignored the other party and continued to ask his men: "Since you have fallen into such a desperate situation, why can you get out so easily?"
"The officers and soldiers are still trapped by the trap we set, so they can't catch up. This gives us a chance to escape."
"No, based on the situation at that time, they would still pursue them even if they could no longer move. After all, this is a great opportunity for them to catch us all." Jiang Shihu murmured to himself, and after a moment, his face turned pale. Change: "No, this is a hard-to-get strategy. I'm afraid this is the result they want, just to find this place... We can't wait any longer, and immediately give the order for everyone to get on the boat and leave here immediately!"
"Ah?" Everyone present was stunned by his words, because in everyone's eyes, this fishing village was an extremely secretive place. How could it be found by the government
"If you don't hurry up and deliver the order, I'm afraid it will be too late. We only have half a day at most." Jiang Shihu knew that this place is not too far from Jiangzhou City. Once the army attacks again, his brother is seriously injured and the general will be lost. Under such circumstances, it is really impossible to defend this nest.
Seeing that he was really angry, the water bandits didn't dare to say anything anymore. Someone immediately ran out in a hurry to convey the order to evacuate this place, but the man named Cheng was completely stunned: "Second leader, what are you... "
"I have two speculations. One is that your people have betrayed us in order to protect themselves, so this is the result; the other is that the regiment coach named Sun Tu is indeed smart enough, and he has already noticed that the government has Some people colluded with us, so they used the trick. But no matter which way it is, we can't stay here for a long time, and you, I won't let you live!" Jiang Shihu said.
Waved his hand: "Get him for me, and when we leave, we will drown him here, so that the Jiangzhou government will know about my ferocious methods!"
Before the other party could react, several water bandits quickly pounced on him, grabbed him with his backhand, and dragged him outside regardless of his struggles and shouts. At the same time, a scream suddenly came from the side. Jiang Shihu hurriedly turned his head and saw the subordinate pulling out the short spear from Jiang Dalong's body. A stream of blood spurted out, causing the pain that had already fallen into his body. The unconscious Jiang Dalong let out a shrill scream.
Seeing this, Jiang Shihu also trembled, but he quickly calmed down and ordered: "Quickly stop the bleeding of the big leader, and we will leave here right now."
But at this moment, a loud sound of drums and trumpets suddenly came from outside, and then two men ran over in panic. When they came to the door, they shouted: "The second-in-command is not good, the officers and soldiers are in trouble." ... The officers and soldiers suddenly came and blocked our way out of the village... "
"What? It came so fast?" Even Jiang Shihu was a little dumbfounded at this moment. Although he guessed that he had been plotted by the officers and soldiers, he did not expect that the other party would come so quickly. After a moment, he thought: "How many people are coming?"
"There are more than a dozen small ships, and their strength should be comparable to ours."
"If we are not the main force of the army, we still have a chance." Jiang Shihu gritted his teeth and said: "We charge hard. As long as we break through the defense line of the army, we will have a chance to escape!" As he said that, he looked at his brother who was still worried. Several men who were bandaging said: "Bring the big leader, we will break out of the encirclement now!" Then they took the lead and walked out, looking particularly determined.
But just when these people gathered together and wanted to rush out, there was suddenly a whizzing sound of arrows piercing the sky in front of the village. When they subconsciously looked up, they saw the sky full of rockets streaking across the sky. Arc after arc, flying towards all the buildings in this fishing village.
Most of the houses in this village are made of grass and trees. Although they are by the water, due to the recent hot and dry weather, they will quickly catch fire when encountering an open fire, and quickly spread to the front, back, left and right. When the water bandits saw this scene, they were even more shocked and exclaimed.
"What a cruel method, they are going to kill us all here at all costs!" Jiang Shihu's heart sank to the bottom, but soon he raised his head again: "Brothers, life and death This is it, we have no way out, follow me and fight out!" As he said that, he completely ignored the rockets flying in front of him and rushed forward.
The other water bandits also knew that they had no other choice, and immediately followed their second leader, howling and rushing towards the front of the village. Some people even jumped directly onto the village boat and drove forward.
At this time, outside the fishing village, on top of a row of small boats, Yang Zhizheng, who was wearing armor, kept pointing his knife at the fishing village in front of him and shouted loudly: "Fire arrows for me, shoot all the arrows to the thieves' lair." Get in!"
With his roar, more rockets flew towards the fishing village in batches. At this time, each of the two hundred rural soldiers had turned into crossbowmen, fully demonstrating the results of their training in the past two months. come out…