Zhu Kui, who had been called to his senses, smiled to cover up his rudeness. When he came to his senses, he remembered the question Ma Jun had just asked him, and hurriedly replied: "Oh, I am not a descendant of the Mohist family. I don't know why Mr. Ma has such a problem."
ask."
"Then the young man is a descendant of the father-in-law?" Ma Jun muttered no in his heart, thought about it again, and asked again. His two questions made people wonder what he wanted to know.
Only Zhu Kui, with the hand crossbow he had just given to Shu Shu'er flashing through his mind, combined with the names of Mozi and Gongshu Ban, understood the meaning of Ma Jun's question. He smiled, shook his head and answered.
"No! No! Mr. Ma, Zhu Kui is neither a member of the Mohist family nor has he ever read the "Secret Records of Lu Gong". I guess you want to know where this crossbow came from."
This hand crossbow was not a secret to him, so he roughly told the process of how he and the Wu brothers designed and built it bit by bit. He found that Ma Jun had a lot of experience in strange tricks.
, maybe the two of them can communicate with each other when they have free time in the future and make progress together.
"I didn't expect that the storyteller was also proficient in the art of Molu." Unfortunately, Ma Jun only praised him and said nothing more, as if he suddenly lost interest.
At this time, Shu Shu'er interrupted. She pointed at Zhu Kui and told Kaohsiung: "Father, in fact, Brother Zhu is the black-faced brother who saved Uncle Wei and I eight years ago."
"What? Are you serious?" Kaohsiung asked with certainty.
Zhu Kui nodded and replied with a smile: "I was reckless when I was young. I just accidentally saved Miss Gao. Now I say it to make you laugh." This is right. He knew early on that the four gangsters at the ferry were going to
He committed murder and kidnapping, but did not report the news immediately, and had the intention of staying out of it. In the end, Uncle Wei took Shu Shu'er and escaped to his fishing boat as fate would have it. Only then did he have no choice but to rescue him. Looking back, he always felt
Ashamed.
"It seems that Mr. Young Master has been kind to my Gao family for saving lives three times. I really don't know how to repay him."
Regardless of whether Zhu Kui rescued him intentionally or out of necessity at the ferry crossing, he saved his daughter's life anyway. Kaohsiung's face was full of gratitude. For saving his life three times, he didn't have three lives to repay it, and he didn't know it for a moment.
What words should I say to thank you.
Sighing, Kao Xiong said: "Before Brother Wei died of illness, he still thought about your kindness to Xiao Langjun. He also reminded me that Han Cheng had a rebellious heart. He was the one behind the attack on Shu Shuer's opponent eight years ago."
, I wish I had made up my mind earlier. I only hate the old woman’s kindness, which is why today’s chaos is happening. If Xiao Langjun hadn’t taken action twice this time, hey..."
"Master Gao is different from what he said. Han Cheng is unkind and unjust and will definitely fail. Master Gao, don't worry about it. Master Gao said so, but he thinks that the boy is a person who takes advantage of kindness to seek retribution?" Zhu Kui comforted him while pretending to be angry.
"Okay, okay, the young man is chivalrous and repays his kindness with open and closed mouths, but he has joined the lower class. From now on, the young man will be our friend in Gaojiazhai and my Ma Jun's friend. From now on, no matter what the request, go through fire and water, I will wait for you."
There will be no two words in the village!" The military advisor Ma Jun made an oath on behalf of everyone.
When Han Cheng died, some of his men originally belonged to Gaojiazhai, and some of the people who secretly snare him were not die-hard loyalists. It was logical for Kaohsiung to be merged and incorporated. As for Han Cheng's body, he still ordered people to restrain themselves. In the Han Dynasty, filial piety was emphasized, and filial piety was emphasized.
He was buried in peace. After all, Han Cheng was his sworn brother. If his body was not collected, the world would call Kaohsiung unjust.
While several people were discussing the matter of returning home, enemy news came again from the outer sentinel ship.
"Report, another fleet has appeared hundreds of miles away. The flag is the Qinjiazhai fleet, please make a decision." The same water bandit, the same warning sound, but this time the tone was obviously much trembling.
Kaohsiung quickly took everyone to the outer building boat, climbed up and looked far away, and saw a total of thirty building boats on the river in the distance, coming in a mighty force, not very fast, as if they were also watching...
"No, boss, Qinshan should have gotten the news a long time ago. We know that there is internal strife in our Gaojiazhai. Fortunately, we did not attack Qinjiazhai, otherwise we would have fallen into his ambush. Then Han Cheng thought he had the pearl of wisdom, so he thought
He wants to kill someone with a borrowed knife, but Qin Shan has already known about his conspiracy."
"Now we are bringing in thirty ships. These are the most elite members of Qinjiazhai. They want to take the initiative and annex us in one fell swoop while our civil strife is still unstable."
Ma Jun hit the nail on the head and explained Qinshan's intentions. The two water bandits lived next to each other, and both wanted to annex each other. It was normal for them to interfere with each other.
Gan Ning was born with an impatient nature. When he heard the report from the sentry, he immediately jumped up and yelled: "Damn Qin Shan, you dare to take advantage of the situation and rob others. You are going too far."
Suddenly Zhu Kui patted him on the shoulder with a hand, signaling him not to be impulsive.
"Brother Gan Ning, don't be impulsive. From what I see, it's better to take a step back to open up the world. Your internal strife will stop now. Although there won't be many casualties, it's better not to fight if you can."
"The storyteller is right, I mean the same thing. Now let's head upstream first to avoid the Qin family's fleet and show it's weakness. Let's see if he wants to fight to the death with us today. As for this hatred for us,
It’s not too late to report back tomorrow.”
At the end of his words, "I will report back to you tomorrow," Ma Jun's four-character words exuded a bit of murderous intent. Zhu Kui could detect it. It seemed that this frail old scholar was not simple.
Han Cheng's plan was actually very safe in Zhu Kui's opinion, and was not as unbearable as Ma Jun said.
It doesn't matter whether Qinjiazhai knows that Kaohsiung will lead his brothers to attack. Even if it is an ambush, as long as Kaohsiung and Qinshan fight, Han Cheng's plan of borrowing a knife will be considered successful. Because even if Kaohsiung is defeated in an ambush, Qinjiazhai can be destroyed.
With three thousand nails, if Zhao An is willing to come, he will have an absolute advantage in wiping out Qin's village.
The key to Han Cheng's failure was Zhu Kui's unintentional intervention twice, which resulted in County Lieutenant Zhao An not being coaxed into coming by Han Cheng as planned.
But now everyone in Gaojiazhai doesn't know that Qinjiazhai has undergone great changes. If Zhu Kui hadn't unexpectedly disrupted the situation this time, even if Han Cheng got Zhao An's help and defeated Kaohsiung, he would still be defeated. In the end, it was just like in history.
Only Zhou Tai and Gan Ning escaped, and there were no more Qinjiazhai and Gaojiazhai on the Yangtze River, replaced by Jinfan thieves and Jiujiang thieves.
Two hours later, the Qinjiazhai fleet was still hanging behind them, their ghosts still lingering.
Kaohsiung sighed and said: "It seems that Qinshan is determined to fight with me. Is there any strategy for defeating the enemy?"
The eyes of several people were all focused on Ma Jun, who seemed to be the most scheming, but they didn't know that Ma Jun was also very anxious at the moment. He was not a vegetarian when fighting Qinshan on the river. As for the strategy to defeat the enemy, even in a moment,
I also have some ideas, but none of them are the best solution.
Ma Jun raised his eyelids slightly and saw Zhu Kui among the crowd smiling, as if he was confident. He thought with a thought: "Jun knows that Xiaolangjun is a man who knows military strategies. He must have a plan to defeat the enemy. The boss can ask him."
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Ma Jun had read Zhu Kui's "The Heroes of the Warring States Period" and "The Heroes of the Late Qin Dynasty", and he knew that they contain the art of war. At this moment, Zhu Kui was smiling. No wonder Ma Jun said this.
Zhu Kui's eyes flashed with something that was not befitting his age. This Ma Jun was really smarter than that Wu Yong. With his keen observation, he noticed that he had a countermeasure. Without any pretense, he pulled out the dragon scale dagger behind him and started drawing on the wooden board.
, and soon a simple map of the nearby water domain was displayed, and the explanation started with foam flying everywhere.
Zhu Kui had been a fisherman since he was a child. Naturally, he was very familiar with the waterways around the Changchang River and the Huaihe River, and the map was stored in his mind.
After hearing this plan, Ma Jun nodded repeatedly, and Kaohsiung, Gan Ning, and Zhou Tai also thought with understanding, but Shu Shu'er was still confused...
In the end, Kaohsiung felt that it was feasible and decided to act on this plan. In addition to Shu Shu'er, others also formally admired this storyteller who was quick-thinking and strategic. He could not only write books, but also put the strategies in the books into practice.
Application. If nothing unexpected happens, the Qin family stronghold will suffer heavy losses even if it does not surrender. After that, among the Changhuai River thieves, the Gao family should be respected.
Shu Shu'er grabbed Zhu Kui's hand again, shook it and said, "I'll be with you later, let's see how you command."
Little did he know that when Kaohsiung saw the fight between the two, a deep light flashed in his eyes. Only Ma Jun noticed it and thought for a moment.
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The Yangtze River Basin in Moling County has a terrain that is high in the south and low in the north. The upper reaches are mostly mountainous, followed by hills. The Qingshui River is one of the major tributaries of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
On the Yangtze River, the thirty-strong ship fleet led by Qin Jiazhai was hanging on the other side from a distance, but suddenly stopped when it arrived here. Then, the Qin Jiazhai's fleet surged in again two hundred miles away.
There were so many high-rise ships, and one of them was a 15-foot-long high-rise ship with a white flag with the word "strict" written on it.
After a while, the two fleets merged together. A big man in his early forties, with a fat body and a broad back, and several of his men boarded the fifteen-foot-long building ship vigorously. This man was the Qin Shan in Kaohsiung's mouth.
, two giant bandits in the Changhuai waters.
On the bow of the building ship, a man wearing a white tiger skin stood quietly looking at the direction in which the Gao family's fleet was escaping. He held a large porcelain bowl in his hand, which was filled with sake, and he drank it in big gulps.
, beside the soles of his feet, there were two wine jars, with the word "Zhao" written on the walls of the jars in thick black ink.
The strong man felt the movement behind him and turned around. He had a square face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a long claw mark on his chest against the tiger skin, which was shocking. When he saw that the person coming was Qin Shan, he opened his mouth and asked: "
You are here. Someone just reported to me that the Gaojiazhai fleet did not suffer any major casualties. It seems that Han Cheng failed in internal strife. Do you know what happened specifically?"
Qin Shan replied calmly with an expressionless face: "Why was Han Cheng defeated? What exactly happened on the Gao family fleet? My subordinates don't know." He first shook his head and answered, and then said: "We got it beforehand.
The intelligence seems to have changed, and now the people from Gaojiazhai have fled along the Qingshui River into Shijiu Lake."
"The water of Shijiu Lake is shallow, which is not conducive to the deployment of building ships. It is shaped like a gourd. If there is an ambush, we will not be able to retreat. Mr. Yan, please see if we should stop our troops and return to the stronghold first. We will plan the next day."
"Master Qin is too timid." The tiger-skinned man changed the subject. Hearing the voice, he stared at Qin Shan coldly and his words became harsh.
"This time, I, Baihu Village, have brought a thousand warriors, plus the original team of your Qinjiazhai and the powerful ships. Now there are 4,000 elite people here. The total number of men, women, and children in Gaojiazhai is only two thousand.
People, we are twice as big as them, and integrating Gaojiazhai is just a matter of raising our hands. Do you want me to retreat now?"
"Master, this water battle is no better than a land battle, and the number of people is not the main factor. In the past, three times the government's troops came to suppress the two water villages of Gao and Qin, but we were repulsed. Why? Blindly chase after the impassable terrain, lead into dangerous waters, and use small boats
The sneak attack caused nuisance, and the sailors entered the river to build boats, which wasted the time and the officers and soldiers had to retreat. In Gaojiazhai, there were more battleships. The water in Shijiu Lake was shallow, which was good for small boats but not large ones. So Han Cheng from Kaohsiung came out with more than a thousand sailors.
, Although we have a large number of people, the thousand people you brought with us, Master, are not good at water fighting, and we may lose both sides."
Qinshan didn't know that Zhu Kui had already arrived with all the old, weak, women and children. It was no longer more than a thousand people, but two thousand people, which was the strength of the village.