Jin Feng sighed and handed the note to Yuan Caiwei.
Yuan Caiwei quickly took it.
As he looked at it, his brows furrowed.
The note said that the escort fleet chased the bandit all the way to the sea, but could not catch up with the water bandits.
But according to inquiries along the way, the water bandits did go out to sea.
So the escort company commander who led the team decided to go to sea to search.
But the sea is too big and there are few people on the sea. I searched for several days and found no news at all.
The water bandits seemed to be swallowed by the sea and disappeared without a trace.
Just when the company commander of the escort division was at a loss what to do, the water bandits appeared on their own - in the middle of the night, they attacked the escort division's fleet in the dark.
Most of the escorts are from Sichuan and Sichuan. They are good at land warfare and don't have many opportunities to take ships.
Even if you sometimes go on missions by boat, you can still get off the boat and do some activities every day.
On the rough sea, more and more escorts began to feel uncomfortable.
The water bandits deliberately chose a stormy night to launch a sneak attack, and the escort, who was not good at water fighting, was immediately caught off guard.
The person responsible for the pursuit was a company of escorts, numbering more than a hundred people.
There were more than a thousand water bandits, and the combined number of large and small ships was dozens of times that of the Escorts. They surrounded the Escorts' fleet from all directions.
If it is on the Yangtze River or other inland rivers, the escorts have catapults and heavy crossbows, so they are not afraid of the opponent.
However, the sea was very windy and rough, and the cargo ship was tossed up and down, making it impossible to aim.
When the escort company commander saw that the situation was not good, he immediately called for four escorts who had grown up by the water and were familiar with the water. He ordered them to jump into the sea with homing pigeons and pig urine soaks, escape in the dark, and pass the news back ashore.
Only one of the four escorts successfully landed ashore, and it was he who sent the news back.
According to the escort's description, more than thirty merchant boatmen and more than twenty escorts were captured that night, and all the remaining escorts died in the battle.
The captured bodyguards and chamber of commerce men were hung by water bandits on an isolated island in the East China Sea, leaving them to be beaten by wind and rain.
The water bandits also made provocative remarks at various docks along the coast, saying, "The Zhenyuan Escort Bureau is nothing more than that" and "If you have the ability, come to the sea to rescue people."
"Ms. sir, what should we do now?"
Tang Xiaobei asked with a frown.
Yuan Caiwei, the bodyguard, and the chamber of commerce clerk all also raised their heads and looked at Jin Feng.
"Didn't they ask us to save people? Then let's go and save them!"
Jin Feng answered without thinking.
"But...but sir, this is obviously a trap!"
Tang Xiaobei became anxious when he heard this.
"I know it's a trap, but even if it's a trap, we have to get through it!"
Jin Feng said: "I will go rescue people myself and see what the water bandits can do!"
Tang Xiaobei wanted to say something else, but in the end he didn't speak.
In order to save her, Jin Feng mobilized all his troops and even ran from Xichuan to Jiangnan himself.
She, Tang Xiaobei, is a human being, and so are the captured bodyguards and assistants.
What's more, there are many bodyguards and chamber of commerce guys watching, so she can't persuade Jin Feng not to save people.
Tang Xiaobei couldn't tell, but Yuan Caiwei could.
"Sir, I know you are anxious, but you are the rock of the Escort Bureau and the Chamber of Commerce, so you must not be impulsive."
Yuan Caiwei said: "If you rashly go to the East China Sea and... fall into the trap of the water bandits, what will happen to the escort agency and the chamber of commerce? What will happen to the thousands of men and female workers who are counting on you for their livelihood?"
Tang Xiaobei couldn't help but look at Yuan Caiwei with admiration, and then said: "Ms. sir, what Caiwei said makes sense. You can save people, but you can't go!"
"Yes sir, you can't go!"
Da Liu, Han Feng, Hou Hou and others also spoke to dissuade him.
"Don't worry. When I get to the beach, I won't go out to sea. I'll just stay at the shore camp."
Jin Feng said: "In this case, if anything happens, I can make the decision, so I don't have to go back and forth to ask for instructions and delay the war."
In fact, Jin Feng also knew that he should not take risks at this time.
But this time someone was obviously targeting the Escort Bureau and the Chamber of Commerce and sent others there. Jin Feng was really worried.
The situation on the battlefield changes at any time, and apart from Zhang Liang, Jin Feng's men do not have any good generals.
This is also the reason why he worked hard to cultivate Da Zhuang, Monkey and others.
There really is no one available.
If Zhang Liang wants to take charge of Xichuan, he will definitely not be able to come. After all calculations, he can only play in person.
"Ms. sir, do you really want to go?" Tang Xiaobei raised his head and asked.
“Must go!”
Jin Feng said firmly: "When the Escort Bureau was first established, I told Brother Liang that our Escort Agency will never abandon or give up any of our comrades! Now it's time to fulfill this promise!"
The surrounding bodyguards and chamber of commerce guys all looked pleased when they heard this.
No matter whether Jin Feng went or not in the end, at least he did not regard the captured bodyguards and chamber of commerce men as a burden, nor did he forget them.
He has not forgotten the promise he made when he established the escort agency.
"Okay, I'll try to mobilize as many people and ships as possible."
Tang Xiaobei saw that Jin Feng had made up his mind and knew that he could not be persuaded, so he stopped trying to persuade him and started to help.
In order to search Tang Xiaobei, Yuan Caiwei transferred almost all the people Jiangnan could mobilize.
Now that Tang Xiaobei had been found, Yuan Caiwei ordered the people to be recruited back and follow Jin Feng to the East China Sea.
At noon the next day, more than twenty boats of various sizes gathered on the river at the ferry.
The black flag of Zhenyuan Escort Bureau was blown in the cold wind.
In the open space on the shore, there were hundreds of male and female escorts dressed in black.
Among them are three hundred black-armored bodyguards.
Jin Feng held an iron trumpet and climbed onto a huge stone under the watchful eye of his bodyguard.
"Brothers, the water bandits not only attacked our fleet here, but also captured our brothers in the East China Sea, hung them on an isolated island in the wind and rain, and threatened us to go to the sea to rescue people if we dared!"
Jin Feng held up a tin trumpet and shouted: "Do you want to go rescue me?"
"save!"
All the escorts raised their arms and roared.
"Water bandits generally grow up soaking in the water. They may not be worth mentioning on land, but when they go to the sea, that is their territory. We are not necessarily the opponents of the water bandits. You will probably die at sea.
!
And even if we go, we may not be able to rescue our brothers, the enemy will probably kill them when we are about to rush through!"
Jin Feng said again: "You have to think about it carefully. It is still too late to regret now. No one will laugh at you!"
"Sir, you don't need to test us anymore, our Zhenyuan Escort Agency is not a coward!"
The monkey smiled and said: "Besides, our Zhenyuan Escort Bureau's promise is not to abandon or give up. This time it was Lao Liang and the others who were captured. What if it is us who are captured next time?"
As for whether we can save the person, we will do our best and obey fate. Being stripped naked and hung on a pillar will be more uncomfortable than death. Even if we can't save Lao Liang, I still want to give them a happy life!"