Two warships appeared on the water. They were small ships, about 2,000 stones each. One of them was an ordinary warship, while the other was a chariot ship with external waterwheel paddles, which relied entirely on the pedaling of the soldiers inside the ship.
A large flag was erected on the vehicle and boat, with a big Chinese character "Yang" written on it.
Behind the two warships, there were also more than a dozen sentinel ships. Today, Dongzhu Chen was really unlucky and happened to meet Yang Yao patrolling the river.
Boss Chen suddenly turned pale and said, "Plop!" He knelt on the deck and cried loudly, "My goods! Now I'm going to lose everything."
His goods were worth nearly 20,000 guan, and he could earn 5,000 guan by transporting them to Chengdu and selling them. If they were robbed by water thieves, he would not be left with any fur.
Chen Qing has put on an iron armor and an iron helmet, carries a pot of arrows and a Dingyuan bow on his back, and carries a Fangtian painted halberd. Yang Zaixing, like Chen Qing, wears silver armor, carries a bright silver gun, and carries a bow and arrow on his back.
The man standing on the deck looked majestic and unusual.
"How is the leader's water quality?"
Chen Qing smiled and said: "The water quality is very ordinary. I can only swim at most. What about you?"
Yang Zaixing smiled and said: "My water skills are pretty good. I have practiced it specially. If there is anything adventurous later, I will do it."
Chen Qing was not polite to him, nodded and said: "I'll cover you!"
Dongzhu Chen knelt on the deck, staring blankly at Chen Qing and Yang Zaixing. The fat on his cheeks trembled, and suddenly he had a strong feeling that these two people were probably extraordinary. It could be seen from their weapons that they were very good.
Can it be saved?
At this time, a general came up on a sentinel ship and shouted, "Lower the sails and weapons, or kill everyone on the ship without leaving any one behind!"
As soon as he finished speaking, an arrow shot out with a whoosh, hitting the general's throat. The general covered his throat and fell into the river.
This arrow was beyond everyone's expectation. The generals on the ship suddenly became furious, brandishing their swords and shouting: "Kill them on board, leaving no one behind!"
The guards and crew members on the cargo ship were so frightened that their faces turned pale. Didn't they say that they would not take action when encountering a tooth ship?
The archer is Yang Zaixing. His archery skills are on the same level as Liu Qiong and Zhang Xian, and only half as good as Chen Qing. The main reason is that his strength is not as good as Chen Qing's, but he is already very superb.
Chen Qing patted him on the shoulder, "When they get on the boat later, you will be responsible for shooting, and I will be responsible for killing!"
Yang Zaixing chuckled, "It's a deal!"
Chen Qing turned around and shouted: "The guy and the owner are going to the cargo ship, the guards are staying behind, and the boatman is also going to the cargo hold!"
Chen Qing was no longer the former guard. He showed his true colors as the commander of the Song Army. His orders contained a murderous aura and majesty that made everyone dare not disobey. Several clerks and boatmen took the proprietor down to the cargo hold.
Already.
Chen Qing then said to the eight guards: "I am Chen Qing, the commander of the Western Army. If you don't want to die, follow me and kill the enemy!"
The eight guards had all served in the army. Since they dared to serve as guards on the Yangtze River, they were all people who were not afraid of death. As if they had returned to the army, the eight immediately agreed.
Chen Qing immediately deployed for battle. The eight guards were divided into four groups, with two people in each group. One person used a sword and shield, and the other person used a spear. They were deployed in eight directions of the ship. Yang Zaixing jumped on the top of the cabin and used a shield and mast.
Take cover and shoot the enemies with bows and arrows.
Chen Qingze is responsible for the overall support. Even if there is a tight situation, he will support whichever side.
"Old Yang, shoot the horse first if you shoot the man, and capture the king first if you capture the thief!"
"I know!" Yang Zaixing agreed from the top of the boat. He had already shot an arrow, and the head of a sentry ship thief fell into the river at the sound.
More than a dozen sentry ships surrounded them from all directions. These soldiers were actually river thieves. They were all very skilled and capable of killing people. Their world was dominated by the river. This was the first time anyone dared to challenge them.
The thieves on the sentinel ship became angry. They hooked the big ship with flying claws and quickly climbed up. The eight guards cut with knives and stabbed with spears, and fought fiercely with the river thieves.
Yang Zaixing's arrows were all right, and he shot eight arrows in a row. He killed eight small bosses with one arrow. The thieves on the sentinel boat noticed his power and raised their bows and arrows to shoot at him.
Chen Qing controlled the bow of the ship, and a dozen thieves from two sentry boats climbed up from both sides of the bow. Unfortunately, they were unlucky and met Chen Qing.
Chen Qing went on a killing spree, wielding Fang Tian's painted halberd, killing more than a dozen thieves with blood and flesh flying everywhere. Their heads fell to the ground, screams continued, corpses piled up on the deck, and there were stumps, broken arms, and rolling heads everywhere.
The last two thieves were frightened and turned around and jumped into the Yangtze River to escape.
At this time, guard Lao Wu was shot in the face by a cold arrow and fell to the ground screaming. His partner was a young guard with little experience. Seeing the thieves swarming him, he was so frightened that he shouted, "I can't stop him."
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A figure fell from the sky, Chen Qing roared, swept his halberd, three heads flew up, stabbed the other person's chest with his backhand, and a bandit behind him slashed at the back of Chen Qing's neck with a knife, 'Pfft!'
An arrow shot through his neck, and the soldier fell down.
Chen Qing killed two more people and gave a thumbs up to the cabin roof.
"There are no more thieves here, go and support Guard Xu!"
Chen Qing pushed the young guard to the other side. He roared, waved Fang Tian's painted halberd, and killed the bandit soldiers coming up from the opposite side...
Standing on the chariot and boat in the distance was a general wearing a golden helmet. He was also very young, with dark skin, a broad waist, a fleshy face, a very fierce appearance, and a pair of triangular eyes full of violence.
This man was Yang Yao, the leader of the Dongting Lake thieves. He admired Gan Ning, the famous general of the Three Kingdoms, and nicknamed himself Little Gan Ning. He also wielded a pair of short halberds.
He united with water thieves from all walks of life in the Yangtze River and Dongting Lake and was elected as the leader. He had tens of thousands of soldiers under his command and attacked cities and plundered villages around Dongting Lake with great momentum.
At the beginning of the year, Yang Yao defeated the 20,000 troops of Cheng Changyu, the governor of Lizhou, and captured the famous shipbuilder Gao Xuan. Gao Xuan joined Yang Yao and built extremely fast vehicles and ships for him, making Yang Yao's navy even more powerful.
Today, Yang Yao happened to take a medium-sized vehicle and ship to test the ship and patrol the Yangtze River at the same time. Unexpectedly, he happened to intercept the cargo ship where Chen Qing was.
Yang Yao squinted at the incomparably brave Chen Qing on the cargo ship. Everywhere he passed was devastated, killing people like mowing grass. Not a single soldier survived. The death was so brutal that it really frightened him. This man was like a god of death descending from the earth. He
Neither he nor his men have such martial arts, nor such murderous intent.
The archer hiding on the top of the cabin was also a powerful figure. Yang Yao had never seen him miss a shot. At least twenty or thirty people were shot by him, and almost all the leaders of the sentinel ship died under his arrows.
"Send my order and the Yachuan presses forward!"
Suddenly, drums sounded loudly on the river, signal flags flew, and the ship accelerated towards the cargo ship.
There were eighty bandit troops on the tooth boat, led by General Xia Fei. Xia Fei was tall and mighty, holding an iron sword in his hand. He was the commander of Yang Yao's personal soldiers, and his eighty men were also elite soldiers who were good at fighting.