A certain person is the Heavenly Killer Li Gui.

Chapter 170
These landlords are so rich!

These three families in Dulonggang alone confiscated a large amount of wealth.

It took a full day to bring back these gold, silver, grain, cattle and sheep... and so on, which was far longer than the time it took to destroy the village.

In the past few days, Li Gui led his men and horses to attack each village one by one. At first, there was occasional resistance, but later all the villages were nothing but empty shells. All the village owners brought their families with their families, young and old, and brought gold and silver. , wanting to escape into Dongpingfu City.

But it was already too late at this time. Only the fastest one or two families ran away first. But when Liangshan found out, he sent his minions to set up traps everywhere. Those who were hesitant and slow could not escape.

It was close to the autumn harvest. If the captured land was divided, the farmers would not only get a piece of land in vain, but also get an extra piece of food out of thin air.

Before those tenants cultivated the land, they never thought that the land was actually cultivated for their own families.

In addition to a large number of wealthy women, Liangshan also captured a large number of craftsmen.

These days, the life of craftsmen is relatively prosperous, and ordinary people cannot afford it, so most of them are under the control of powerful locals.

With these craftsmen, large-scale construction can begin on Liangshan.

Whether it's the new Juyi Hall, Tang Long's blacksmith shop, or even Meng Kang's shipyard, they can all be included in the schedule.

Li Gui doesn't even look down on the so-called warships in Liangshan now. They are all just a bunch of fishing boats and sampans.

Later in the book Water Margin, when Song Jiang was conquering Fangla, he divided his forces to attack Jiangyin and Taicang. There is a text that says, "All the war ships were assigned to the leaders of the navy to attack Jiangyin and Taicang."

How big is the warship here?

"There are ten generals and assistants, five thousand elite naval troops, and one hundred warships."

On average, there are 50 people on a boat, which is already a big battle ship.

And what's the situation with the navy in Fang La?
There is also a text that says, "There are also five hundred warships stationed in the village, and there are five thousand sailors on board."

In other words, a dozen people on a boat.

What level of warship is this?

In other words, does this deserve to be called a warship?

It is not known what the level of Liangshan's navy is now, but the level of the "warships" will definitely not be better than that of Fang La at that time!
Shipbuilding is a technical job, especially large ships. The larger the ship, the more difficult it is to build, especially sea-going ships.

This place in Shandong is only close to the sea in Dengzhou, and here in Dongping Prefecture, there is only a little water for [-] miles, and the rest is all land. It is already remarkable that someone can build a fishing boat.

That's why Li Gui asked Xu Ning and Song Wan to go to Jiangnan to invite people. Not only were they great craftsmen, but they also needed a large number of ordinary shipwrights.

Xu Ning and Xu Ning haven't come back yet, but Master Lu has brought back Meng Kang, the "Jade Pangan", which is a complete surprise.

Li Gui asked Meng Kang to pick out the people first, pick out all the ones that could be used, build the dock first, and then consider shipbuilding.

While Liangshan was busy allocating land and loot to people, the navy on the Songjiang side was finally ready.

Said to be a water army, in fact, it is just a few men selected from the Xiang army who understand the nature of water and can move and fight on the boat. There is still some technical content in sailing a boat, so you have to find some fishermen to come over.

However, it only takes one sentence for the government to requisition fishermen, which has great advantages.

Looking at the "big ship" that Huafang has modified, it is already far better than those sampans in Liangshan.

Wu Yong was well aware of the depth of the stronghold. After all the men and ships were prepared, he did not waste any time and immediately launched an attack, intending to send all the thieves on Liangshan Mountain to the water to feed the fish.

In order to prevent the ship from being robbed by Liangshan, Wu Yong specifically asked Song Jiang to ask Cheng Wanli to report to the court and place the place where the ship was renovated upstream of Liangshanbo. The whole process was kept secret. Even the brothers around him only knew that they were building the ship and did not know where the dock was. .

Once launched, dozens of warships flew down the Jishui River and entered the Liangshan berth overnight.

The officers and soldiers came well prepared this time and caught Liangshan off guard.

The Ruan brothers are still leading their naval forces to train in Bozhong today.Speaking of training, they are just fishermen, so what advanced water fighting skills do they know?

But just learning to read flags and being able to simply cooperate in combat on the ship is already the limit.

As for those advanced skills such as joining the boat, jumping gangs, swinging ropes, seizing the windward position, etc., there is no way to train them.

The most common method used in water battles in rivers and lakes is actually to jump underwater and build a boat. When the enemy falls into the water, he will feed the enemy to fish by virtue of his superior water properties.

The officer's ship was large and a sailing ship. It came with the wind and was as fast as an arrow leaving the string.

When the Liang Shanshui Army discovered it, it was already too late to escape. In just a moment, the fleet was already in front of them.

However, Liangshan's ship was small and relied solely on small sails and oars. It was an overwhelming defeat and could not escape the entanglement of the officers and soldiers.

The leader of the official and naval forces was Zhang Heng. He also knew the "wonderful methods of water warfare" in the rivers and lakes, so he did not let the boats come forward, but shot arrows from a distance.

The water is wet, and bows and arrows are afraid of tides, so Liang Shanshui Army rarely brings bows and arrows to the boat during training on weekdays. Only on specific training days, water archery is specially trained.

This training time is decided by the three men of the Ruan family and is not a fixed number.

Although Wu Yong went down to Liangshan, there were still people watching carefully on Liangshan. He specially found a day when he had just finished training on bows and arrows, and launched an attack. As expected, the Liangshan navy did not bring arrows to the ship today.

As a result, the battle immediately became one-sided. Liangshan didn't even have a chance to counterattack and could only hide in the cabin and passively borrow arrows.

At first, San Ruan planned to get close to the boat and fight, but it was obvious that the boat was very tall. Even if he got close, there was no way to board the boat.

As for getting off the boat and swimming over to chisel it, that also requires professional tools.

The resistance under water is very high. It's not just a knife that can be used to cut open the bottom of the ship. Most of the time, a special drill is used.

Who has nothing to do with carrying this thing with them?
Furthermore, just looking at the crossbow next to the big boat and the fishing nets dragged behind it, we can tell that they must have been prepared for San Ruan.

San Ruan is not a fool, but he wants to throw himself into a trap.

With no choice, San Ruan had no choice but to give the order to withdraw to the shore.

If Wu Yong hadn't deliberately lured Li Gui from Liangshan to the water and drowned him, and deliberately allowed these fishing boats to escape, I am afraid that this wave alone would have wiped out the entire Liangshan navy.

But even so, when we reached the shore, we saw that half of the navy, including its men and ships, had been damaged.

I just don’t know if those who jumped into the water and escaped can swim back safely.

After the Ruan brothers fled back to Liangshan, they hurriedly summoned all the brothers to discuss matters and at the same time apologized to Li Gui.

Unexpectedly, when Li Gui heard that there were many and big ships, he immediately slapped his thigh and shouted excitedly:
"Straight thief!"

"This officer and army are so considerate!"

"A certain family was worried that the ship was being built too slowly, so the officers and soldiers sent the warship down the mountain!"

"When it comes to construction, one family knows nothing about it, but when it comes to robbery, we are the experts!"

　The climax of all novels must be at the end of the volume, and most of the things before that are foreshadowing.

　　If your brother thinks it's too dull, you might as well raise it for two weeks.

　　If you still feel boring after seeing the end of this volume, then let me go.

　　Because after reading this third volume, everyone knows where this book will go in the future. Whether it is to your liking or not, you don’t have to ask yourself.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)