Two days later, on the wide canal, grain transport ships were seen unloading their anchors and preparing to set sail. On the pier, there were still a large number of men, women, and children escorted by Liangshan soldiers, with scared and uneasy faces. After boarding a few of these ships, what was a bit surprising was that their clothes and appearance did not seem to be children of rich and noble families. On the contrary, all the men had rough skin, and the women were all ordinary women.
"Brother Shen, it's okay." I saw a soldier standing on the boat. Looking at some rough men who were unwilling to get on the boat, he immediately said with concern.
"Brother Chu, you?" The rough man looked at it and was a little surprised.
"We have decided to submit to that adult."
"What?" Shen Cong said in surprise.
"The imperial court has not paid any salary to us water transport soldiers for half a year, but that gentleman gave me a year's salary at once," the soldier said with excitement.
When Shen Cong heard this, he frowned and said, "But this is rebellion after all! Once caught, the nine tribes will be killed."
"Brother Shen, we'll talk about the annihilation of the nine tribes later. Things have come to this point. If you don't get on the boat, what will happen to my sister-in-law and nephew?" the soldier reminded, pointing to the woman and child behind Shen Cong.
After looking at it, Shen Cong still hesitated.
"What's going on??" At this time, a Liangshan leader came over.
"It's okay, it's okay. We know each other, so we chatted for a few words." The soldier said quickly, then pulled Shen Cong directly and said seriously: "Brother Shen, get on the boat quickly!!"
Shen Cong looked at the indifferent leader of Liangshan, feeling frightened in his heart, so he could only board the deck.
At this time, not far away, Yang Xiong looked at Gongsun Sheng and said with some distress: "Military advisor, there are still a lot of jewels in the treasury of Yangzhou City, don't you take them all with you?"
"Jewelry and jade are nothing, we have already taken away the most precious ones," Gongsun Sheng said with a smile.
"These blacksmiths?" Yang Xiong was a little confused.
"What blacksmiths? They are all talents from gunpowder workshops."
"Is there any difference?" Yang Xiong said blankly.
Gongsun Sheng was stunned and said with a wry smile: "With these people, Brother Ling Zhen will play a big role."
"Brother Ling Zhen?"
"You will know this later. Brother Liu Tang has been gone for two days. Calculating the time, he should have entered the Jingdong boundary. I hope he can rush back to Liangshan as soon as possible and let my brother send someone to pick us up!!"
"Military advisor, please rest assured. Brother Liu Tang is riding a thousand-mile horse back, and he has official documents from Yangzhou Zhizhou Prefecture and Dongping Prefecture, so he will not miss anything," Yang Xiong said.
Gongsun Sheng nodded.
"Military advisor, it's almost time to board the ship." At this time, Shi Xiu ran over.
After Gongsun Sheng took a look, he waved his hand and a bound general was brought over.
"Hero, please spare my life!!"
Looking at the scared expression, Gongsun Sheng smiled slightly, holding a letter and saying: "Don't be nervous, I won't kill you. At this moment, Commander Zhang is probably making great military exploits. Please give him this letter. Remember, don’t look, otherwise you will die.”
"Oh, I know, I know."
"Haha, brothers, let's go." Gongsun Sheng smiled with some anticipation before turning around and boarding the boat.
"yes!!"
"sail!!"
When everyone got on the boat, Gongsun Sheng stood on the deck, looking at the prosperous Yangzhou, and murmured: "Sooner or later, we will really occupy this place!!"
. . .
One day later, when Gongsun Sheng had already left Yangzhou, in a long valley about four or five miles away from the middle section of the Bianhe River, a killing that would shock everyone in the future broke out.
Looking down from the sky, I saw that at both ends of the valley, densely packed imperial troops, at least tens of thousands of people, had surrounded this place, and they rushed into the valley one by one with fierce faces.
At this time, in the central area of the valley, a large number of bandits were fighting bloody battles with the surrounding officers and soldiers. No one took a second look at the thousands of grain trucks next to them.
"Brothers, fight out!" Zhang Tong, who was covered in blood, held a big knife and fought crazily.
Not far away, Liu Meng held a mace in his hand. Between opening and closing, officers and soldiers were thrown out one by one.
"Master of the Village, get out of the way!" Suddenly there was a sound of breaking through the air, and a shower of arrows suddenly shot down from the sky. The two brothers from the Wolf Village immediately pushed Liu Meng away, and were hit by countless arrow feathers in an instant.
"Brother!!" Liu Meng's eyes suddenly turned red. He looked around at the officers and soldiers who were coming to kill him again. He jumped up suddenly, holding the mace and started killing more bloodthirstyly.
"puff!!"
At this time, not far behind, Han Lun, a romantic man who had insulted Hu Sanniang, was directly pierced through the chest by three steel guns.
When "Han Lun" saw this scene, Wang You next to him jumped up and killed several people with one sword.
"Yes, someone betrayed us," Han Lun said reluctantly, then fell to the ground.
"Who betrayed us!!"
When he heard the miserable wails from all directions and the falling figures one by one, Wang You seemed to have thought of something. After a moment of pain in his eyes, he started to rush around frantically.
At this time, above the valley, I saw Zhang Shuye and several people, looking coldly at everything below. When he turned around, he saw a brave and handsome man standing next to him. At this time, he clenched his fists. He was so ashamed that he didn't dare to look down.
"Bo Fen, you have to remember your identity. The so-called hatred and the so-called kindness are all fake. You are not the second master of Siping Village and Wang You's most trusted brother. You are the son of Zhang Shuye, the son of Song Dynasty. General, after this, all thieves in Huainan and even the surrounding areas will be wiped out," Zhang Shuye said seriously.
"Yes, I understand!!" The man was Zhang Bofen, Zhang Shuye's eldest son, the second in charge of Siping Village, and Wang You's brother-in-law. He had been lurking for this plan of annihilation.
As time went by, the casualties of bandits from Huainan and other places became more and more severe. The blood had stained the entire valley red, and corpses were everywhere. It was unspeakably miserable.
"Father, do you want to surrender?" Seeing this scene, Zhang Bofen still couldn't bear it. After all, they had some feelings for each other during this time together. In addition, in his opinion, Wang You was also forced back then.
"It seems that you still don't understand your position. As a father, I have put an end to your evil thoughts. I will pass on the order and leave no one behind. I will use this blood to tell everyone that anyone who dares to disobey the imperial court will betray me." Song, there is only one way to die!!" Zhang Shuye said coldly.
"This!!" Zhang Bofen trembled.
Soon, as the order was issued, the attacking officers and soldiers immediately became even more crazy.
"Wang You, get out of the way." When Zhang Tong pushed him, Wang You fell to the ground. He turned around and saw that a sharp spear had pierced Zhang Tong's chest.
"Zhang Village Master"
"Fortress Master!!"
The people beside him said anxiously, Zhang Tongyi gritted his teeth, shouted angrily, and chopped the soldier in front of him with his knife. Blood was flowing from his mouth, and he couldn't help but kneel on the ground.
"Zhang Zhaizhu" Wang You immediately ran over with tears in his eyes.
Seeing this scene, just when the bandits with less than a thousand people left were desperate, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came, and then a arrogant shout came, "Kill!!!"
