Yangtze.
After half a month of marching south, Lu Su and Tai Shici had left Guangyang County and successfully arrived in the south, entering the inland from the Yangtze River estuary.
"Sir, the big ship is too ostentatious. Please sir, please get off the ship and take the fighting ship."
"it is good."
In addition to Taishi Ci, Lu Su returned home this time with two large ships, which could accommodate 4000 people. They sailed upstream from the estuary. Taking into account Lu Su's belongings and servants, a total of 500 people came. There are 500 people on board the fighting ship, another 500 people are on duty to buy supplies, and another 500 people are on standby on the building ship.
Everyone docked and headed straight to Lu Su's hometown.
"Zijing, are you back?"
"Mother."
Lu Su was a filial son, and Taishi Ci was also a filial son, so the two talked quite harmoniously along the way.
"they are?"
"Hello, old lady, I am Tai Shici, the general under the command of the King of Hejian. Today, by order of His Highness, I will pick you up to go north."
Lu's mother looked at Lu Su with a puzzled look on her face, and Lu Su explained: "Don't worry, mother, the child is already working under His Highness' account."
After hearing this, Lu's mother nodded and said, "Your Highness is a great man and a true hero. My son works under His Highness, and he lives up to his talent."
"The orderer can simply clean up, and what should be sold will be sold in time."
"Here."
# After a few days, the belongings were almost packed, and suddenly a man came to visit, "Zijing, Zijing, I heard you are back!"
When Lu Su heard the sound, he knew who was coming, "Gong Jin!"
The person who came was none other than Zhou Yu, the son of the Zhou family in Lujiang.
"Zijing, what are you doing?"
Zhou Yu was confused. Is Lu Su demolishing the house? "Gong Jin, I'm going north."
Lu Su and Zhou Yu were good friends, so they did not hide that he was going to work under the King of Hejian.
Zhou Yu naturally knew what Lu Su meant by the north, and showed displeasure on his face. He also knew what this person had done in the three counties of Hedong, Hanoi, and Henan Yin during this period. The Zhou family of Lujiang was also the second and third prince after all, so he would definitely not accept it, but In Lujiang, Zhou could not find a spokesperson.
"Zijing, what is it about that person that impresses you?"
Zhou Yu was puzzled. Lu Su was considered powerful, and Liu Han's policies could be said to be extremely unfriendly to powerful nobles. In the past, his subordinates were asking for trouble.
"Gongjin, there are some things we did wrong."
Lu Su had a clear view of the general trend of the world, but he was not in Luoyang or in the court, so he did not know many internal secrets. However, from the King of Hejian, he knew that the Han Dynasty had been corrupted to this point, and the nobles had an unshirkable responsibility. The King of Hejian treated the nobles like this Anger is not an accident.
Lu Su's eyes were gloomy, which made Zhou Yu even more puzzled. This was not the high-spirited Lu Su and Lu Zijing in his impression.
"Zijing, you."
"Gong Jin, His Highness has done many things right. If you have been to the north, you will know that that is the peaceful and prosperous era we want to create throughout our lives."
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Zhou Yu didn't know what method King Hejian used to make his friend die devotedly to him, but he knew that if Lu Su left, it would be very detrimental to him. The friend who knew him best would become an enemy, and it would become quite difficult to deal with him.
I don't know who spread Liu Han's words of "Behead someone for a treat, and treat him like a dog". It was known to all the powerful nobles of the Han Dynasty. From his cleansing of the three counties, it can be seen that this man did indeed carry out his original words thoroughly, but he didn't. The only way to treat him was to behead him or to be treated like a dog. The centuries-old family would be destroyed at any time and demolished at any time. He was merciless and his methods were too iron-blooded and ruthless. It was impossible for the big Lujiang Zhou family to compromise with him.
Lu Su wants to leave, can he stop him? "Yes! There are them!"
Zhou Yu came up with a plan, "It seems that Zi Jing wants to go north by water."
Lu Su did not doubt that he was there, and replied: "Exactly, the King of Hejian is afraid that the princes of the Central Plains will make things difficult for me, so he happens to have a few ships under his command, so they go south for me."
Zhou Yu said nothing, "Then I congratulate Zijing on meeting the Master of the Ming Dynasty!" Then he left, knowing that when the two met in the future, they would definitely be tit for tat.
Lu Su bowed in return, and he also knew what would happen in the future, "We don't agree with each other, see you next time."
Tai Shici then came out and said, "Zijing, I think that person's face is not very good."
Lu Su nodded, "Brother Ziyi, it seems we need to tighten our grip."
# After spending a few days packing everything up and sending away those who didn't want to go north with him, Lu Su took his mother and dozens of remaining servants and set off.
The four fighting ships formed a long snake formation and headed towards the seaport. Halfway through, several Mengchong ships suddenly emerged from the reeds on both sides. Each ship had dozens to hundreds of people, and they surrounded Taishi Ci and the others. .
"General, I'm afraid it's a water bandit."
Taishi Ci said calmly: "Don't panic, order the fighting ships behind to speed up and join me. The archers are ready! The siege crossbows are ready!"
"Here."
Although one fighting ship was only equipped with five siege crossbows, four fighting ships launched together, there were twenty of them.
"Brother Ziyi, this"
Lu Su was caught off guard by the sudden change.
"Don't worry, Zijing. I guess we didn't raise any flags on our trip this time. These water bandits thought they were the fat sheep of the merchants. This time they will kick the iron plate."
Lu Su finally calmed down. If it were normal times, Lu Su would not have such a big reaction. The main reason was that his old mother was still on the boat and Lu Su was afraid that something might happen to his mother.
"Order the fleet to break out of the encirclement in battle formation and quickly join the army!"
"Here."
This area of water is relatively narrow and can only accommodate three fighting ships in parallel. "It seems that these water bandits are habitual criminals."
On the other side, the leader of the water bandits ordered his men to rush towards the fighting ship quickly.
“I really caught a big fat fish this time!”
Zhou Tai didn't know where he received the news, saying that a wealthy family from Linhuai would pass by here in the near future. It just so happened that the brothers had been hungry for a long time. If they intercepted this batch of goods, they would be worry-free for several months!
(Zhou Tai, courtesy name Youping, was born in Xiacai, Jiujiang.) Of course, Jiang Qin, the leader of the water bandits opposite, also thinks so. He and Zhou Tai have known each other in their early years. Now that the world is in chaos, it is their stage. From the sixth year of Zhongping to the present, the two men have nearly 3000 men under their command. They can be said to be water bandits. A considerable armed force.
(Jiang Qin, courtesy name Gongyi, was born in Shouchun, Jiujiang.) "Quick! Rush over!"
During the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, water warfare was very simple. Relying on Meng Chong's shortness and flexibility, he rushed towards the opponent and got close to the opponent. Then the archers fired arrows to suppress the opponent. Of course, some fired rockets. Finally, they used hooks to iron the opponent's ship. Hook Hook over, jump onto the opponent's boat and start fighting again.
Although the water bandits had weapons, they did not have many bows and arrows. They could only hold shields and rely on the flexibility of the warships to rush towards Taishi Ci.
Of course, Taishi Ci didn't give them a chance. When they entered the shooting range, he immediately ordered: "Fire the arrows!"
In an instant, the fierce offensive overwhelmed the water bandits and caused casualties.
"Damn it! I was cheated!"
Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin realized that what they saw in front of them was by no means a simple merchant, but an elite army! (End of chapter)