In an instant, there was a sea of fire on the water.
The cargo ships that the water bandits snatched from Lao Liang were all set on fire.
Only then did the water bandits finally realize that the enemy was coming!
In the water bandit's lair, the boss was sleeping soundly with his girl in his arms, when he was suddenly woken up by a knock on the door.
There was a lot of noise outside the window.
The boss kicked the girl next to him out of bed and rushed out of the house.
At a glance, he could see the direction of the parked ship in the distance, and the flames were shooting into the sky.
"what happened?"
"Master, it's bad, someone is coming to break into the gate!"
The second leader of the water bandits said anxiously: "They burned all the boats of the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau."
"Didn't we have someone keep a vigil? Why didn't we notice that we were touched on the island?"
While getting dressed, the eldest boss asked angrily: "Is the kid who was watching the night lazy to sleep again?"
"I don't know either!" The second master patted his legs and asked, "First master, please come up with an idea. What should we do now?"
"Go and call Mr. Liu!" the boss shouted.
"Mr. Liu went ashore for business the day before yesterday and hasn't come back yet!" the second master replied.
"You haven't come back yet?" The boss glared.
In fact, the Mangdang River water bandits used to be ordinary water bandits who made a living by extorting nearby fishermen and robbing passing ships.
Fleets that dare to walk on the river usually have a large number of guards, and they dare not rob them.
Unescorted ships are generally short-distance and have little oil and water.
Therefore, the water bandits in the Mangdang River had always lived in a mediocre way, with few decent boats, and they could only survive under the protection of the local gentry.
The wealthy gentry didn't even look at them, they just regarded them as thugs, who came and went when they called them.
Until they met Mr. Liu, everything changed.
Mr. Liu was resourceful and under his command, the Mangdang River water bandits successfully robbed a large fleet.
Not only did they harvest several large ships, they also tied up the wealthy merchants who were on board the ships, and then blackmailed the wealthy merchants severely.
That income was more than what the Mangdang River water bandits usually earn in a year.
Mr. Liu was also completely recognized by the water bandits.
Next, the Mangdang River water bandits with money and boats developed rapidly.
Mr. Liu's status among the water bandits is also getting higher and higher.
Subsequently, Mr. Liu planned a plan to rob Tang Xiaobei.
At that time, the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau had already gained quite a reputation in Jiangnan. The leader of the water bandits did not agree with the plan at first. However, water jade beads have been very popular in Jiangnan recently, and each one is worth a lot of money.
And Tang Xiaobei is the big shopkeeper of the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce, so he definitely has more than one on him.
Although robbing Tang Xiaobei would bring about revenge from the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau, after doing this, they would not have to worry about it for the rest of their lives.
The boss finally couldn't resist Mr. Liu's temptation and decided to take action.
However, the escort's reaction speed was far beyond their expectations, and one ship escaped the rockfall area in time.
There were heavy crossbows and catapults on board this ship, so the water bandits didn't dare go down to grab the jade beads.
In order to prevent the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau from retaliating, the water bandits could only follow Mr. Liu's advice and choose to escape.
Before escaping, in order to avenge the tycoon's humiliation over the years, the eldest boss led people to kill the entire gentry's family.
They thought they would be safe if they ran to the East China Sea, but who knew that the people from the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau also followed them to the East China Sea.
The water bandits were also desperadoes who licked blood with their swords. Incited by Mr. Liu, the boss directly led his men to attack the escort fleet at night.
The escorts had few manpower and were not adapted to sea battles, so the water bandits won again.
Two consecutive successes made the boss feel arrogant and felt that Zhenyuan Escort Agency was nothing more than that.
So he started provoking Zhenyuan Escort Agency.
He originally thought that Mr. Liu would dissuade him, but instead of stopping him, Mr. Liu even gave strong support.
Saying that he can build his reputation by doing this is the most correct choice.
The boss is even more proud to have been recognized by Mr. Liu.
Even if he learned that Jin Feng was coming in person, he didn't take it to heart.
In his opinion, Jin Feng, like the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau, was not worthy of its name.
It was only now that he vaguely realized that he was wrong.
At this time, the navy's ships all lit up with torches.
The light of the torch stretched like a dragon for miles, blocking all the way out.
The dull sound of war drums pierced the night sky, like a hammer hammering on the heart of the great master.
Not to mention fighting, the momentum alone is countless times stronger than that of the water bandits.
The boss, who had been so proud before, finally panicked and sweat broke out on his forehead.
Unfortunately, at this time, Mr. Liu, who was the backbone, was not here yet.
"Master, please make up your mind quickly, they are getting closer!"
The second master urged anxiously.
"How to do how to do?"
The first master also spun around anxiously, then suddenly remembered something, grabbed the second master's arm and said: "Quick, go to the back mountain and bring those bodyguards here!"
"Why bring them here?" the second master asked in confusion.
"Jin Feng came to attack Crab Claw Island just to save them. As long as these people are in our hands, he will not dare to act rashly!" the boss said quickly.
"Yeah, why didn't I think of that?"
The second master's eyes lit up, he turned around and ran away.
While running, he shouted: "Sangouzi, take your people with me to the back mountain!"
The water bandits were at a loss when they noticed someone taking the lead and immediately followed them.
The second master led more than two hundred water bandits and went straight to the back mountain.
Finally, when we reached the mountain pass path, two black things were suddenly thrown down from the top of the mountain.
Boom! Boom!
With two violent explosions, flames rose!
The grenade used this time was modified by Jin Feng on the ship and was mixed with iron sand.
After the explosion, the iron sand will scatter in all directions.
Being hit at close range has consequences more terrible than being hit by an arrow.
Although it is not easy to cause death on the spot, the iron sand is too dense and small in size, so it can easily penetrate deep into the body.
With the water bandit's medical condition, it would be a fool's errand to take it out.
The water bandits were completely unprepared and were blown up by two grenades.
The ground was full of water bandits wailing in pain.
The second master held the battle from behind and thus escaped the disaster.
Through the light of the torches on the top of the mountain, I could vaguely see several men in black armor standing at the other end of the mountain road.
"Why are there people from the Zhenyuan Escort Agency here?"
The second master recognized the bodyguard's armor at a glance.
But he couldn't figure out how the escort passed through his own lair and went around to the rear.
Just as confused as the second master was Zheng Chiyuan on the ship.
He also saw the flames rising from the mountain behind.
Not only that, when the eagle threw the oil altar, he had already led the naval fleet to block the exit of Crab Claw Island.
I saw with my own eyes a ball of fire falling from the sky and landing on the wooden boat below.
However, the hot-air balloon was made of thick black fireproof cloth, and the eagle flew too high with the hot-air balloon. When he threw the oil jar, he only opened the curtain a crack, and the crack was also facing the Crab Claw Island, in the water.
The division fleet cannot be seen in this direction at all.
Therefore, in the eyes of Zheng Chiyuan and the navy soldiers, the fireball appeared out of thin air.