Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 31 Yangtze River Water Thief
On the river, one cargo ship after another went down the river.

Even though many of the aristocratic families in Jiangdong and Huainan are in the business of water transportation, the current scale is really astonishing!
However, outsiders don’t know that what’s inside these merchant ships is not cargo, but battle-hardened soldiers and war horses…

Bai Tu also learned not long ago why the cavalry in this world does not need pack horses or followers. It turns out that here, the cavalry itself requires two to three times the manpower of normal soldiers to be trained.

It is also necessary to mix in the manpower collected from horse herders, so that in addition to fighting, these cavalry are also proficient in motorcycle repair... No, it is war horse maintenance.

The "war horses" of the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry require two to three times the horsepower of a basic war horse, at least one of which is collected from superior military horses, and the rest can use the horsepower of mules, horses, and horses.

The "synthesized" war horse, which looks like a black-tech motorcycle, has the function of "shifting gears". When marching with a heavy load, it always switches to a low gear, which does not affect the high-end horsepower when charging in battle!
With the help of the Chen family, Lu Bu brought a thousand of the most elite Bingzhou cavalry to Jiangdong.

Accompanying them were Chen Gong and Kong Rong. The dangerous period had passed at this time. Everyone had already passed Huainan and reached the Yangtze River. They were just waiting to reach their destination.

In the cabin of the leading ship, Bai Tu was drinking and eating crabs with Lu Bu. At the same time, Lu Bu also complained that the crabs were not very fat at this time...

Even so, Lu Bu was still drunk, and Bai Tu wanted to remind him that this was prone to gout.

"Don't look at Guan Yu who killed Hua Xiong with three moves and two... When we were at Hulao Pass, he and Zhang Fei teamed up, but there was nothing they could do to me... burp... Liu Bei? Haha, I wouldn't have felt it if I hadn't said anything. It was three people who besieged me... But to be more thrilling, it was back in Bingzhou. That winter was so cold, the Qiang and Hu were hungry, and there were six out of the ten warriors..."

Lu Bu rambled on, telling Bai Tu his heroic deeds. Bai Tu nodded and listened until Lu Bu himself snored and fell asleep.

But at this moment, I saw a fleet of ships with horns on the river in the distance. Hengjiang wanted to stop Bai Tu and his party!
The steward of the Chen family, who was in charge of this "business", quickly came over and said: "Mr. Bai, General Lu, we have met a water thief! It seems... the biggest water thief on the Yangtze River, the Jinfan Thief!"

"Then you're not going to negotiate?" Bai Tu looked at the steward speechlessly.

Bai Tu didn't believe that the Chen family's caravan had no experience in dealing with Yangtze River water thieves...

The steward was slightly relieved when he heard the words.

He was not afraid of encountering the Jinfan thief, but he was worried that Bai Tu and Lu Bu would hold their own very high - after all, one is a state shepherd and the other is a famous general in the world.

However, Bai Tu didn't have so many ideas. It was only after he got on the boat that he realized that the trained soldiers would also suffer from seasickness due to the problem of soldier supply!
The Wolf Cavalry, whose troops came from Bingzhou, are now full of negative buffs. Is it really true that they have lost their way on the river? Is Baitu going to be heartbroken?

Bai Tu was also a little lucky. Fortunately, Lu Bu fell asleep. Otherwise, Lu Bu, who had just been drunk for a long time, would probably have to kill him with a knife...

Seeing such a large fleet, these water thieves dared to approach, I am afraid they are not easy people.

"Jinfan thief?" Bai Tu muttered after the manager left, obviously feeling that the name sounded familiar.

After leaving the warehouse and taking a look on the deck, I saw the thieves' ship. The masts and sails were all hung with gorgeous Sichuan brocade. Many of the plainer sails also had patterns outlined with dye, as if they were abstract paintings. …

How gorgeous and wealthy...all the bells and whistles!
The sail is hung with Sichuan brocade and dyed?Do water thieves have to show off their wealth these days?
I saw a small boat approaching the water pirate fleet from the Chen family's side, seemingly going to talk to Xiang.

Bai Tu was still urging "hurry up" in his heart, worried that Lu Bu would wake up soon and this matter would not be able to go through!

However, at this moment, a red mecha with a thief head more than two meters high flew up from the most gorgeous ship...

Bai Tu's eyesight has improved a lot recently. I don't know if it's due to his mental strength. Just looking at the thief's head and facial features, he can be considered handsome, but his overall temperament has a demonic air - not a feminine "demon", but an evil one. The "demon"!
He holds a short halberd in his right hand and a flying claw hook in his left hand. The two are connected by an iron chain, and there is a long-edged single sword on his back.

The most striking feature is that for unknown purposes, there are many bells hanging on this mecha, which jingle with his movements, making it look very... arrogant!
Bai Tu also understood at this time, thinking that this person... was Gan Ning, the thief of Jinfan, who was also a famous general in Soochow and a fierce minister of Jiang Biao. Sun Quan even compared him to "Zhang Liao of Soochow" - at that time When Sun Quan was in Xiaoyaojin, he was beaten so shamelessly by Zhang Liao that he almost lost his life!

But now Gan Ning's main profession is still a water pirate. As soon as he made a move, he hooked the boat with his flying claws, then the engine on his calf started to spurt, he quickly glide on the water, circled the boat for most of the circle, and completely destroyed the boat. Overturned.

A group of thieves looked at the Chen family's people falling into the water, and laughed "haha". Fortunately, these people are also able to access water, and the interception location chosen by the opponent is also a relatively slow flow.So I can still swim back.

Bai Tu frowned when he saw it - is the Jinfan thief such a natural?Not even paying tolls?
Could it be that... he was entrusted by someone to target himself and Bingzhou Langqi?
I saw Gan Ning flamboyantly flamboyantly on the river again, deliberately showing off, and flew close to the river for two laps before arriving in front of the main boat where Baitu was, and even flew to a height of more than ten meters, condescending—according to Baitu's common sense , this is already the height that only top military generals can fly to!

"Hey! Children of the Chen family, don't think that this king doesn't know that your water transport business is a big deal... Oh, you came here specially this time? Hahaha, then this king is I'll accept it! It's still the old rule, leave everything to me, I'll leave you a few boats and get out!" Gan Ning said arrogantly.

Bai Tu admired his eyesight. Although he was still just a water thief, Gan Ning already had a good view of the overall situation - he could see that the Chen family was about to be blocked by Yuan Shu!
In addition, the scale of the Chen family's caravan was so large that Gan Ning judged that this was the Chen family's last water transport...

If that's the case, what kind of protection fee should be charged?It’s the last deal anyway, so of course I want to get it all!

It's just that in this last business trip, it was not goods but people. I don't blame Gan Ning for not expecting...

Bai Tu was already thinking in his mind, could he wake up Lu Bu in time and capture Gan Ning first while he was here before his eyes?

But at this moment, another voice came from the side...

"In broad daylight, there is such a shameless person! He has hands and feet, but he is robbing... What's more, the business owner has already agreed to pay, but he still wants to take advantage of it?"

I saw a young man in white armor, flying up from the passenger ship on the side, reaching a height similar to Gan Ning, and... Bai Tu didn't recognize this person!

The steward of the Chen family explained at the side: "He is a boat passenger who paid the boat fare and crossed the river together, but I didn't know he was so powerful before."

Water transport caravans sometimes bring some ship passengers for a fee, which is considered as a way to reduce their positions.

Bai Tu looked at this "boat passenger" and was a little confused - where did you come from as the protagonist?Setting off with the fleet and standing up when encountering robbers... Isn't this plot outdated?

"Shameless? Tsk, tsk, ordinary people like you naturally don't understand the beauty of robbery..." Gan Ning said in disgust, and even made a special dent as he spoke, bending his back and looking at the other person with his chin.

"Tai Shi Ci of Donglai is here! The thieves and bandits are all known!" the white-armored general said, raising his spear and pointing it at Gan Ning.

(End of this chapter)