The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 158

The next day, just after dawn, the three of Zhao Tun got up, ate some food, grabbed fishing nets and other tools, and wanted to go out.

As soon as he walked to the door, Zhao Tang turned around and glanced at the few people who were tied up by the stove, and said, "General Wanyan Zongwang has ordered that anyone who sees us will be killed, but I think these people are not bad. Honestly, just let them go."

Huang Gu said: "The general is benevolent, and the subordinates admire him."

Watching several people walk out the door, the two brothers who were tied up by the stove looked at each other, showing an expression of relief.

The three of them took fishing nets and tools, and hid their weapons under their clothes, and walked towards the coast along the shadow of the road.

Not every fisherman by the sea has a boat, some are fishermen and work for those who have a boat, but the two brothers have a small fishing boat, which is now moored at the berth by the sea.

The so-called berth is a sand cabin, which can store some small fishing boats, and the fishing village sends people to guard it, which is also a job.

And the pirates these days, although they are showing off their might, have never really been on the shore, nor have they robbed anything. This kind of sand cabin is also despised, so the boats in the fishing village have always been safe, but no one dares to go Go fishing.

Zhao Tang and the others took the fishing nets and other things just as a pretext, in case they would be interrogated by the Liao soldiers. On the edge of Jinzhou City, if they can't do it without doing it, they don't want to startle the snake.

They walked all the way until they were far away from the sea where they could already see the sea, when suddenly a group of Liao soldiers came from the direction of Jinzhou.

This team of Liao soldiers consisted of dozens of people, and the leader rode a horse and shouted from a distance: "Where did you guys come from? Stop and don't leave!"

Zhao Tong and the others stopped to look around, and saw the Liao soldiers approaching for a while, and the immediate leader pointed with a whip, "Where are you guys going?"

Huang Gu hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said, "General, we are going to the beach to go fishing."

The leader said angrily: "You don't want to die, there are pirates on the beach, what kind of fish are you catching!"

Huang Gu smiled wryly and said: "General, if we don't catch and sell fish anymore, we won't be able to eat and drink at home. The younger three see that it's early in the day, so we won't be able to meet pirates when we come back after a few nets."

The leader said with a gloomy face, "You guys say you won't see it if you can't touch it? Pirates have been coming and going frequently these days, no matter how soon it is, why don't you go back quickly, don't make trouble here!"

Huang Gu said: "General, if you don't fish anymore, if you stop cooking at home, you may starve to death!"

The leader sneered and said, "It's none of my business whether you starve to death or not. The governor has already ordered that no one is allowed to approach the seaside. Could it be that you didn't see the notice?"

Huang Gu was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, they entered the fishing village in the middle of the night, the sky was dark and the moon was dark, where did they see any notices.

The leader glanced at the faces of the three of Zhao Tun, and asked suspiciously, "Have you guys really never read the notice? Which fishing village are you from? What's your name?"

Hearing this, Zhao Tun secretly thought something was wrong, and gave Ouyang Bei a wink. Ouyang Bei hurried forward and said, "General, we are from Xiaoting Village. My name is Ding Da, and their names are Zhang Xiaowu and Zhou Xiaoqi."

"Xiaoting Village?" The leader sneered, "What's the name of Baozheng in Xiaoting Village?"

Ouyang Beidao: "General, the Baozheng of our village is naturally Wu Suilao, the first one in the east of the village."

"How many people are there in Wu Sui's hometown, can chickens, ducks, geese and dogs be raised in the courtyard?" The leader quietly placed a hand on the handle of the knife.

"General, there are five members of Baozheng's family. They all have chickens, ducks and geese. This dog..." Ouyang Bei didn't know if Baozheng's family had a dog. When they asked the brothers, they also asked Baozheng specifically. However, he would never ask what kind of livestock were raised in the yard.

"This dog has two, one is black named Dahei, and the other is flowery named Xiaocao!" Ouyang Bei could only talk nonsense at this moment.

"Hey!" The leader sneered: "Dahei Xiaocao? I don't think you are from Xiaoting Village at all. You are spies sent by pirates!"

"General, we are really fishermen from Xiaoting Village, not spies!" Ouyang Bei shook his head hastily.

"Old Baozheng Wu Sui of Xiaoting Village was bitten by a dog when he was a child, and he is most afraid of dogs in his life. How could he keep a dog!" The leader sneered and said, "His son works in the camp, and he has already said about it. Sneaky, nonsense, must be the secret work of pirates, come here, let me take them all!"

Huang Gu and Huang Gu looked at Zhao Tun together when they heard the words, Zhao Tun sighed in his heart, he wanted to go to the seaside quietly, but he didn't expect it to be a side issue, but at the moment there is no other way but to do it.

He nodded, Huang Gu in front of him suddenly drew out his sword, and stabbed Huashan at the leader with one move.

At this moment, the leader was already on guard, he drew the sword in his hand and moved the sword aside, but unexpectedly, Huang Gu's sword was so powerful that his sword didn't move at all, the leader couldn't help panicking, it was too late to dodge , was stabbed in the throat by a sword in the blink of an eye, and fell off the horse.

The soldiers behind were shocked when they saw this, and rushed up to attack the three of them together, but in a blink of an eye, about ten more fell down, and then ran away crying with a sound of "hula".

The three split up to chase, these ordinary soldiers were no match for the three, almost one at a time, even if they ran farther, they were chased and killed.

After dealing with these soldiers, Zhao Tang put away his dagger and said, "This place is too close to Jinzhou. It won't be long before someone will find out what's going on here. We should hurry to the beach."

Huang Gu and the two also put away their weapons when they heard the words, and hurried to the sea, but they came a bit early, there was no boat on the sea, Zhao Tuo said: "Find a place to hide first, just wait."

Huang Gu said: "My lord, what if Jinzhou City sends chasing troops..."

Zhao Tang glanced at the direction of the sun, shook his head and said: "I made an appointment with Leihuo sooner or later, and I will arrive in about a quarter of an hour. If it is really too late, at worst, I will go to the sand cabin to find a boat and sail across the sea."

Huang Gu smiled and said: "A while ago I always took a boat, but I haven't been on a boat for a long time."

Ouyang Bei looked at him and said: "I'm afraid the owner of Huang has often paddled in the Tokyo River. This sea is not comparable to rivers. However, I have been to the South China Sea when I was young, and I have paddled a few times there. Now I can do it."

Zhao Tong said: "You two must not fight, there is a sand cabin over there, go and see what's going on first, don't make a show outside."

After talking, the three of them walked towards a sand cabin not far away, but it turned out to be just a broken reed mat, a long airy awning built with rotten wood at the four corners, and there were a dozen boats inside, lined up along the direction of the sea.

Once fishermen need to go out to sea, these boats will be pulled into the sea along the sand road, and then pulled into the sand cabin after returning.

Zhao Tang took a look, and saw that there was only one old man wearing a straw hat in the sand cabin, leaning against the hull and dozing off, and there was no one else.

He pondered for a while and said, "This is not a place to hide. It's better to drag a boat into the sea first, so as not to be in a hurry."

Huang Gu immediately went over and tied the old man to stop his mouth, and then went to look at the boat. There was a sandy road under the boat, but even so, the boat could not be moved by three or two people. Fishermen usually needed to move the boat every time they went out to sea. Seven or eight strong men worked together to pull the boat into the sea.

However, the three of them were strong, and they were no ordinary people, so they pulled a boat into the sea without much effort.

At this time, the morning sun was gradually rising, and the sea breeze was rippling, blowing on their faces, and the three of them couldn't help feeling refreshed.

Zhao Tong laughed and said, "Get on the boat and enjoy the scenery."

When the boat entered shallow water, Ouyang Bei took off his boots, rolled up his trousers, and pushed a few more times in the water, the boat started to move, and then he jumped up and said, "Young master, let's see what I can do."

Zhao Tang didn't say a word, just watched the two of them playing with the fishing boat. At first, they were a little flustered, but it didn't take long before they became proficient, and then the boat started to sail slowly along the direction of the wind.

Although the boat sailed, it didn't go deep. It just wandered slowly along the coast, but didn't see a boat from the Liao Kingdom's water battalion. They must come today, and they all hid in the front line of Laizhou.

But at this moment, a group of men and horses galloped from far away from the shore, obviously found the corpses of the Liao soldiers before, and then followed them after looking for traces. At this moment, they saw a small boat near the sea, with three people on board, their appearance was quite suspicious. Then, a small soldier raised his horn with both hands and shouted: "Who is on the boat, come to the shore quickly, and report the history."

Zhao Tun and the others ignored him, the leader couldn't help cursing at the water battalion, until now he couldn't even see a single person in the water battalion, and these soldiers didn't have a boat, so they couldn't go down to the water, not to mention that they didn't care about the water affairs. There are even more vicious pirates, and the scalp tingles just thinking about it.

At this time, a small soldier came to report that someone in the sand cabin on that side was tied up by bandits and a fishing boat was robbed. Hearing this, the leader's expression changed, and he guessed in his heart that the three people must have done it. The Chengliao soldiers must also be these three people, but there were only three of them on the other side, but they killed dozens of patrolling soldiers... The leader's face darkened when he thought of this.

"Don't act rashly, the one on the boat might be a spy!" The leader took a few steps back with his horse.

"Where are all the soldiers from the water battalion? They should take care of the sea affairs." The soldiers glanced at the sea boat and began to chatter.

The leader looked at these little soldiers, and suddenly an unfaithful thought arose in his heart, why haven't those pirate ships come yet?If they came, they would take advantage of this opportunity to retreat. Anyway, the people on the pirate ship basically didn't disembark, they just waved their flags and shouted to intimidate the disgusting people.

At this moment, the leader's expression suddenly relaxed a little bit, and even a little joy appeared in his expression. Just on the sea line, dozens of large ships slowly appeared, and the leading one had a flag hanging on it. , the flag is painted with a big tiger head, ferocious and ferocious!
The leader coughed lightly, and said flatly: "Those goddamn pirates are here again, retreat two arrows, and the banner soldiers quickly return to the city to report to the governor..."

A moment later, Zhao Tun boarded the big boat with the Hutou Banner, and Leihu turned around and bowed: "My lord, I am coming down late, and please forgive me... That lord is really a man of gods, coming and going to an enemy country is like entering an uninhabited land." , let the subordinates admire him!"

Zhao Tang glanced at him: "How about Ma Zheng and Hu Yanqing?"

Lei Hu said: "The two adults are alright, they are locked up in the cave on the island, they haven't seen the sun for a few months, and even their skins have turned three points pale."

Zhao Tong nodded: "Get up, you have done a good job this time, you have not lost my trust."

Lei Huo immediately beamed with joy when he heard the words, and said, "My lord, are you going to withdraw to Peach Blossom Island now?"

Zhao Tong looked at him, and suddenly smiled: "I've lost a lot with the boat going north this time, right?"

Lei Huhu hurriedly said: "Where is it, it is a blessing for the subordinates to serve the prince, so there is no loss."

Zhao Tong turned his eyes back, looked at the broad sea, and said slowly: "Your sea business has been delayed for a few months in the north, and with so many sea boats and manpower, even if you eat and drink, you spend money like running water every day..."

Lei Huo bent down and said: "They all rely on the sea to eat the sea, the prince is too much, not to mention that the subordinates are willing to go through fire and water for the prince."

Zhao Tong smiled: "I am happy to hear this, but the truth is not the case. I am not such a stingy person. It's just that I didn't make these preparations when I went to Liao Kingdom this time, but..."

Lei Hu immediately listened, and Zhao Tuo said: "But it can't be in vain. The Liao Kingdom's water battalion is weak, and it doesn't have the siege crossbows of my Great Song Dynasty. Instead, we can go back with some autumn wind."

When Leihuo heard this, his mung bean eyes flashed, he looked in the direction of Jinzhou City in the distance, and said in a low voice: "My lord means..."

Zhao Tong looked at him and shook his head, and said, "What do you think Jinzhou is doing, what this king means is... call to come to Jinzhou!"

Leihuo immediately perked up when he heard the words, Jinzhou is naturally not easy to fight, the city is strong and the walls are thick, and it is far away from the sea, once the attack will stretch the front line too long, there is no advantage for the pirates.

But Laizhou is different. The city of Laizhou is very close to the sea, and there are few beaches and many reefs. Even large ships can approach it. Whether it is robbing or attacking the city, there is a basis for advancing and retreating.

Zhao Tong said: "Is there any sharp weapon on board?"

Lei Hu said: "Except for the ballista that the prince delivered to Marshal Huang, there is nothing else. The ballista was only made in the past few months. It doesn't have the tendons of a big whale, so I found others, which are less powerful."

"Calista..." Zhao Tuo nodded. This was one of the most important things that Zhao Tuo entrusted to Huang Jue after he went to Fujian to work. The ballista was definitely a killer weapon when it was built.

However, although the ballista is powerful, it is much more complicated and costly to manufacture than a bed crossbow, and it is extremely difficult to mass-produce the most powerful one.

Zhao Tang wrote letters to Huang Jue several times, and drew blueprints. That's it, only five frames were built in a few years.

And what Lei Huo said right now is naturally not the most powerful one, but the weakened version made of ordinary whale tendons after Zhao Tun and Huang Jue's secret talks on Peach Blossom Island.

Of course, Huang Jue's five ballistas are not the complete version of the ballista, they are just the extreme that Huang Jue's manpower and material resources can achieve, which can be regarded as a rough version.

Zhao Tong said: "How many ballistas do you have now?"

Lei Hu said: "My lord, there are only seven or eight."

Zhao Tang laughed and said: "That's enough, it's not like you want to use this thing to attack the city. If the king leads you to attack Laizhou, is it still called fighting the autumn wind? Isn't that called attacking the city and plundering the land!"

Lei Huhu was puzzled when he heard the words: "My lord, the autumn wind coming to the state...doesn't it need to attack the city?"

Zhao Tong said, "Come here with your ears."

Leihuo poked his head, and Zhao Tun said a few words, only to see Leihuo's small eyes getting brighter and brighter, and finally he fell down on the tunnel and said: "My lord has a great plan, 1 subordinates... no, no, it's [-]!" Not as good as any!"

(End of this chapter)