About half an hour later, under the moonlight, Wang Jing saw several ships floating on the shore in the distance.
Further away, there was a faint sound of fighting.
Wang Jing pressed the hilt of the sword at his waist and looked toward the shore. There were only seven or eight water thieves responsible for guarding the ship.
He did not hide his figure, and the clattering sound of the boat cutting through the lake water had already attracted the attention of the water thieves on several ships in the distance.
"who?"
The only people who could freely drive boats back and forth on the East Lake were the water thieves who were also members of Liangshan Water Village, so the water thieves in the distance did not immediately realize that they were enemies.
They thought it was the leader who sent someone to deliver the order.
However, when the figures of Wang Jing and a dozen of his men on the ship were clearly revealed in the moonlight, their expressions suddenly changed.
Wang Jing stretched out his hand, and the men next to him immediately handed over a hunting bow.
He bent his bow and drew the arrow, and with a swish sound, the arrow shot through the air and knocked over a water thief.
Wang Jing's archery skills have not been practiced for a long time, but the affinity with bows and arrows inherited from Zhao Yun still makes his basic archery skills beyond ordinary people.
Shooting a few water thieves is easy.
"It's the enemy! Send the signal quickly!"
The remaining six or seven people screamed, and someone immediately blew a whistle. In an instant, the sharp sound broke through the night sky and spread for several miles.
When the whistle sounded, Jiang Zhixiong rushed up with his boat. Wang Jing bent his bow again and fired three arrows, knocking the three people over again. Then he drew his sword and killed the remaining water thieves in a moment. Kill them all.
Subsequently.
Wang Jing kept moving, leading a dozen of his men who had disembarked from the boat towards the direction of the sound of fighting.
…
East Hunan Village!
Team leader Fan Yin kept shouting and commanded his men to fight hard against the water thieves. Most of the hundreds of refugees behind him had dispersed, and there were still some old and weak people who could not escape, huddled and shivering in a haphazardly built house.
The fire was blazing, and the camp fence built of wood had been set on fire by water thieves. The more than ten acres of cultivated fields not far away were also affected by the flames.
The rice that was about to mature burned quickly in the fire and turned into ashes.
He had expected that the camp would be attacked, but he did not expect that the water thieves would come so quickly and with so many people.
It almost collapsed at the first touch.
If the group of men he led had not relied on the wall of sheep and horses in front of the camp and the well-coordinated spear formation, they would have been attacked by the water thieves long ago.
Fan Yin has fallen into despair. If he had known that East Lake was so dangerous, he would rather serve as the commander of the Hebian Village than come here to work in the fields.
At this time, a sharp whistle sounded in the distance.
"An enemy is coming from behind!"
The faces of the many water thieves who were besieging Fei Yin with evil looks on their faces all changed, as if the offensive of raging fire was fading visibly to the naked eye.
Immediately afterwards, Fein saw a dozen figures running towards him in the distance.
Swish!
Two arrows broke through the wind and shot into the chests of the two water thieves. The powerful force forced their bodies to fly upwards.
"There are reinforcements! It's Wang Jing from Donghu Village!"
Fan Yin was pleasantly surprised when he saw this scene.
Of course he knew who Wang Jing was. The three captains who came to East Lake to eat in the fields had met each other in the past few days and discussed jointly responding to the water thieves' attack.
When Donghu Nanzhai was facing a crisis, Wang Jing came!
"Go straight up!"
Wang Jing held a spear and personally led a dozen of his men into the group of water thieves. The spear was like lightning and stabbed three or four water thieves to death in the blink of an eye.
The gap between his strength and ordinary water thieves is really huge.
Just like an eagle fighting a rabbit, a tiger fighting a flock of sheep.
Under the spear, there was not a single move against the enemy. The dozen or so soldiers following Wang Jing, also under his leadership, were like tigers and wolves, and in a matter of seconds, they smashed into pieces the nearly a hundred water thieves.
Fan Yin also took the opportunity to rush out with his men, attacking from both sides.
In less than a stick of incense, the powerful enemy facing East Lake South Village was completely defeated by Wang Jing.
"Thank you, brother, for saving your life! I'm very grateful, little brother!"
Fan Yin was obviously older than Wang Jing, but at this time, he acted like a big brother, with a face full of happiness and fear, and kept his attitude very low.
It can be seen that he is extremely grateful to Wang Jing for this rescue.
"Brother Fan, you're welcome. I just heard the news from the water thieves who attacked Donghu Village. I didn't expect that these water thieves were so bold and actually attacked three of our military villages at the same time!"
"Liangshanshui thieves have many men, and our three military villages can only gain a foothold here if we join forces. It is our duty to come to support!"
Wang Jing said.
"What, attack our three military strongholds at the same time?"
Fan Yin exclaimed in shock. He thought that only East Lake and South Village were attacked by water thieves. Unexpectedly, East Lake Village and Bei Village were also attacked.
"Now that the water thieves in the South Village have been defeated, I have to rush to the North Village. Brother Fan should put out the fire and clean up the camp first. If it doesn't work, you can take people to my place to rest first!"
Wang Jing said a few words to the other party briefly, then boarded the boat again and sailed north along the lake shore.
The waterway is swift.
But I wasted some time in Nanzhai.
By the time Wang Jing arrived at Beizhai, the camp had been breached by water thieves, and the Beizhai team died on the spot.
Half of the team was killed, and the remaining twenty or thirty people were captured by the water thieves. The people of Beizhai also fell into the hands of the water thieves.
Screams, wails, and women's moans were intertwined in the burning fire of the camp.
Seeing this scene, more than a dozen of Wang Jing's men were filled with anger.
Burning with rage, their fighting power was even higher than before, and their tired bodies were filled with strength.
No surprises.
Wang Jing personally took action. Many water thieves who were killing people, setting fires, and insulting women were all killed to avenge the dead soldiers and the tragic deaths of the people.
Since Beizhai's team was dying in battle, no one was in charge of the overall situation.
Wang Jing could only send Jiang Zhixiong back and ask him to find a dozen more people who could drive boats and bring the surviving soldiers and people of Beizhai back to Donghu Village in batches.
Beizhai has been burned down, and the troops are dying in the battle. It is feared that it will not be restored to its original state in a short time.
…
One day later.
The beggar army camp on the mound by the river has not changed much from before. Along the perimeter of the camp, there is a half-person-high earth wall protecting the camp and the land several miles below the mound.
Hebian Village already has the prototype of a city.
A lot of farmland was reclaimed on the land within the earthen wall and between the camps, and many simple houses were built.
At this time, two teams of elite beggars were leading hundreds of men, constantly thickening the earth walls and strengthening the defense of the riverside village as much as possible. There seemed to be a sense of urgency in their actions.
In the big tent of the camp.
Several people were sitting at the top and on the left and right sides respectively. They looked surprised and were listening to the report of the person who was half kneeling on the ground in front of them.
"You mean... Wang Jing, the leader of the East Lake Village, wiped out the three hundred water thieves who came ashore, beheaded the leader of the Liangshan water thieves, and then took boats to support the northern and southern villages overnight, and then broke through the two rivers. thief?"
Ran Liang sat at the top, his eyes lit up as he listened to the battle report sent from Donghu Village.
"Yes! This is a military report sent by the team leader's subordinates!"
The messenger who was half kneeling on the ground reported respectfully, then took out the official military report from his sleeve and presented it with both hands raised.
Ran Liang stood up and picked up the general newspaper himself.
Open the military newspaper.
Wang Jing described in great detail how he discovered the water thief spies, ambushed them halfway, beheaded the enemy leader and won a great victory, and then learned from the prisoners that the northern and southern villages were being attacked, so he immediately went to support them.
At the end of the military report, Wang Jing also mentioned that he planned to escort the captured water thieves and the ten captured ships to Hebian Village.
