Chapter 1913: Shoot Xue Jiao
"It's not like Governor Zhou Yu found remnants of the pseudo-Hans there." Zhang Liang said calmly.
"What?"
Ye Qingmei was suddenly startled and said with some uncertainty: "Didn't you go south? Did you go north?"
Zhang Liang smiled calmly, then shook his head and said: "If Huo Guang and others go north, it is impossible to bypass Tianjin Port. Besides, if they go south, they can seek refuge with Liu Xiu or Liu Ji. Who can they go with if they go north? Nurhachi or Wang Mang?"
Ye Qingmei thought about the grievances between Liu Che, Manqing, and Wang Mang, and immediately affirmed: "It's impossible. Even if they die, they will not take refuge in these two people."
"Um."
Zhang Liang also nodded in agreement. After all, these people were die-hard loyalists to the Han Dynasty. It would be more painful for them to abandon the Han Dynasty than to kill them.
"In this case, Huo Guang and others neither went south nor north, and it is even more impossible to go east into the open sea. Could it be that they went ashore?" Ye Qingmei analyzed.
After Zhang Liang pondered for a while, he shook his head and said: "This possibility is not high. After all, the two states of Youji have surrendered. Even if Huo Guang and others go ashore, they are still under the rule of our army. It is impossible to cross Youji and be caught. It’s a matter of time.”
Ye Qingmei suddenly showed a distressed look: "It's not the southeast, northwest, or northwest, so where can Huo Guang and others escape to?"
"If what I have predicted is correct, Huo Guang and others will probably be extremely frightened after learning that they were exposed. They dare not go ashore or go to sea, let alone go south or north. They should be hiding on a small island in the Youji Sea now. Come on, you want to use this to delay the pursuit and avoid being hunted."
"What? There are hundreds of islands in the Youji Sea. If we search for them one by one, we may not be able to find them all in a month or two. How long will this be delayed?"
Ye Qingmei was a little anxious. She also wanted to capture Huo Guang and others so that they could atone for their crimes, but she couldn't wait too long for such a few people.
"Madam, don't worry, it won't take that long at all. Although there are many islands in the Youji Sea, most of them are in the outer sea, and the number of islands close to the coastline is not very large."
A glint flashed in Zhang Liang's eyes and he said with a smile: "Besides, we don't need to search one by one. The place where the ship is is their hiding place, so we just need to find the ship."
"Yes."
Ye Qingmei suddenly slapped her head and thought to herself that she was confused, how could she forget this matter. If so, it would take less than three days to find the hiding place of Huo Guang and others.
Zhang Liang then ordered Zhou Yu to blockade the land and sea in the south, and dispatch naval troops to search the islands near the coast from south to north. Zhang Liang himself led Huo Qubing, Xue Rengui, Lu Bu and other generals to search the islands from north to south. .
Zhang Liang and Zhou Yu searched areas one by one, and there was absolutely no chance of anything being missed.
Zhou Yu searched for three days in a row, and was about to finish searching the area he was responsible for, when he suddenly received news that the navy of Qi State was dispatched in large numbers.
"Grand Governor, Tianzi No. 1 secret agent sent important information. At noon today, Qi State's Donglai navy came out in full force, suspected of attacking Beihai." A secret agent reported.
"What?"
Zhou Yu looked surprised. He really couldn't understand how Qi Jun came so suddenly. He climbed the building without any warning before. This is obviously unreasonable.
After the two countries of Ming and Qi joined forces, they still haven't decided the winner with Wei and Song. How could they suddenly attack at this time?
In addition, the Qi State has not yet recovered from the trauma of the Beihai War, but the Qin Army's strength in Qingbei is getting stronger and stronger. At this time, a sudden attack by 20,000 navy troops cannot shake the Qin Army in the slightest.
Regarding the attack by the navy of Qi State, Zhou Yu felt that everything was weird, but military affairs were greater than the sky, so he naturally did not dare to be careless in the slightest.
Zhou Yu led most of the warships back to the North Sea, ready to fight the Qi navy at any time, but he also left Jintai to lead several warships to block the land and sea to prevent Huo Guang and others from taking this opportunity to escape.
Although Zhou Yu stopped the search for Huo Guang and others, Zhang Liang's search continued, but the search speed was much slower without Zhou Yu's troops.
"The navy of Qi State was suddenly mobilized without any recruitment. Something is very wrong here. I suspect that the navy of Qi State is coming for Huo Guang. We must hurry up and find Huo Guang and others as soon as possible." Zhang Liang said solemnly.
"How can this be?"
Ye Qingmei exclaimed and asked with a puzzled look on his face: "How can Huo Guang and the remnants of the Northern Han Dynasty have such great dignity that they can send out all the Qi navy to rescue them, risking a war with our army?"
"I don't know about this yet, but there must be a relationship between the two." Zhang Liang said firmly.
Three more days passed, and the navies of Qin and Qi did not move forward. They were just in a state of confrontation. Both sides were very restrained and forbearing.
On the other side, people who searched for six days finally found the warship Huo Guang and others were riding on outside a small island near the Bohai Sea, and found traces of a fire on the beach.
Huo Qubing pointed at the island and shouted with great excitement: "Military advisor, we finally found it."
Huo Qubing was a cavalryman and did not understand the nature of water. The six days spent on the boat were like years for him, so he was so excited to find the whereabouts of Huo Guang and others.
"Okay, block this island immediately. Three generals, Xue Li, Huo Bing, and Lu Bu, will each lead a hundred naval troops and go to the island to search for the whereabouts of Xue Gang and others. If there is resistance, they will be killed without mercy. Zifu, Liu Ju, mother and son must be captured alive." Zhang Liang ordered.
"promise."
The three generals shouted in unison, and then each led a hundred people to the island. The main reason why they did not bring more was that Zhang Liang only had 500 sailors in total.
After all, they only captured a mere 20 fugitives, and two of them were women and children. There was no need to dispatch too many troops. Lu Bu and other generals and 500 naval troops were more than enough.
This small island is not that big, with an area of only a dozen miles. If 300 people search it, it won't take long to complete the search.
Xue Jiao and Xue Kui, who were out fishing, happened to bump into Lu Bu's men.
When he saw Lu Bu, Xue Jiao almost couldn't hold it back and rushed out to fight Lu Bu, but he still held it back with his strong willpower.
"No, the Qin army discovered it." Xue Jiao gritted his teeth.
"We must go back quickly and tell dad and the others." Xue Kui said calmly.
"who?"
Before the two of them could run away, they were discovered by Lu Bu, who had excellent hearing. He raised his hand and shot three arrows at the same time.
[Ding dong, Lu Bu's skill 'Arrow God' is activated, the force is instantly +6, the basic force is 106, Fang Tian's painted halberd, dragon tongue bow +1, red rabbit horse +1, the current force has increased to 114. 】
Among the three arrows fired, two were aimed at Xue Kui, and only one was aimed at Xue Jiao.
Xue Kui avoided an arrow and blocked another with a swing of his hammer. However, although Xue Jiao tried his best, he still failed to block Lu Bu's arrow and was shot directly through the throat.
"Ajiao."
The good brother was shot to death in front of him. Seeing this, Xue Gang looked at Lu Bu with red eyes and roared: "Lu Bu, Lu Bu."
