Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 12
"With the special village building order, I plan to build the village by the Dongting Lake, what do you think?" Cheng Huang asked.

"Brother obviously thought it through carefully," Wang Ping replied: "Dongting Lake is boundless, and it is the waterway hub in the middle of the Han Dynasty. It can reach Bashu from the top, and Yangzhou from the bottom. It is the best place to build a navy. But the Dongting Water Bandits There are so many that it may be difficult to eliminate them all!"

"Zijun is too worried. Let's choose a good place and concentrate on developing it in the early stage. When it develops, we will slowly deal with those water bandits."

While the two were talking, the passenger ship had traveled hundreds of kilometers smoothly.

This is an official passenger ship, about 50 meters long, and can accommodate more than 100 passengers.Due to rampant water thieves, more than ten officers and soldiers were sent to protect the ship.

Of course, such a passenger ship is not affordable for ordinary people. It costs one hundred gold from Yuanling to Changsha, which is equivalent to the annual income of ordinary people!
In addition to Cheng Huang and Wang Ping, there were also some merchants traveling the rivers and lakes on board, and another group of people occupied the largest cabin of the big ship.When Cheng Huang and Wang Ping boarded the boat, they had already entered the cabin, so they had no chance to see each other.

The speed of the passenger ship was not slow. In the afternoon, the passenger ship had already approached Dongting Lake.

The sun slanted over and reflected on the sparkling river, forming a beautiful picture.

Standing on the deck, Cheng Huang and Wang Ping gazed into the distance, admiring the wonderful sunset.According to the itinerary, we will arrive at Baqiu before dark, rest in Baqiu for one night, and depart tomorrow along the Xiangjiang River upstream to Xiangxian County (now Changsha), the seat of Changsha County.

"Look, brother," Wang Ping shouted suddenly, pointing at the river.

Without Wang Ping's reminder, Cheng Huang had already seen several fast boats galloping across the river in the distance.

When those boats got closer, Cheng Huang could see clearly that they were small wooden boats, and there were seven or eight strong men with weapons standing on each boat.

"There are water bandits," at this time, other people on the boat also noticed the situation ahead and shouted one after another.

"Water bandits" Cheng Huang and Wang Ping looked at each other. It was the first time they traveled, and they encountered water bandits.

The shouts of the passengers alarmed several officers and soldiers guarding the passenger ship, and they immediately went to the deck with longbows in their arms and a knife in their hands.In those rooms with closed doors, more than a dozen strong men with swords walked out.

The sailors paddling had obviously encountered this situation more than once, and immediately put down their oars and hid in the cabin.According to the rules, water bandits generally would not deal with sailors.

The water bandits had already surrounded the passenger ship, cheering continuously.

"Heroes, everyone is out here to have a meal. Please do Liu Sandao a face and don't embarrass the passengers on the ship." A man who looked like a leader among the officers and soldiers on the ship immediately stepped forward to confront him.

On the water bandit boat, a middle-aged man with a beard and a ferocious appearance said: "It turns out that it is the famous Liu Sandao Liu Ye! I didn't expect Liu San Ye to join the imperial court. Since Liu San Ye is here, I won't make things difficult for you." , give me three thousand gold to buy the road, and I will let you go and ensure that you pass through Dongting Lake safely, how about it?"

Hearing the words of the leader of the water bandits, Liu Sandao's face darkened, "Brother, you are a lion! My annual salary, Liu Sandao, is only one hundred gold, and you ask for three thousand gold. Isn't it difficult for you to do so?"

The leader of the pirates was obviously impatient, "Don't talk nonsense, I only want three thousand gold to give you the face of Mr. Liu, don't be ignorant. If it were someone else, I would have sent someone up to kill the whole boat .You don’t, it doesn’t mean that other people on the boat don’t, it seems that there are more than 100 people on your boat, and each person pays [-] gold, is that a lot?”

"This," Liu Sandao hesitated with a look of embarrassment on his face.

Just as he was hesitating, the leader of the pirates drew his bow and shot an arrow in the throat of a merchant, who fell on his back and died unexpectedly.

Cheng Huang and Wang Ping looked at each other, and they both saw that the water bandit leader was very skilled.

The enemy suddenly fired arrows, and the already frightened merchants became even more frightened.

Liu Sandao made a bitter face, bowed to the guests, and apologized: "Guest officers, I'm really sorry, the enemy is powerful, I think you should give up your money to avoid disaster! Thirty gold is not a lot, It won't be worthwhile if you lose your head."

The merchants were trembling and expressed their willingness to pay for their lives.

Seeing that everyone was willing to pay, Liu Sandao shouted to the leader of the water bandits: "Hero, wait a minute, we will raise money for you right away." Then, he ordered his men to collect money from merchants.

The merchants all handed over thirty gold to the officers and soldiers who came to collect the money.However, when the officers and soldiers stretched out their hands in front of the dozen or so people who walked out of the cabin, those ten or so people stood proudly, as if they didn't see it at all.

When Liu Sandao saw it, he immediately walked over with a smile on his face, "Masters, I know you have skills, but the enemy is a water bandit who kills without blinking an eye! Thirty gold is small, and losing your head is not worth it." gone."

Unexpectedly, these ten people seemed to have not listened at all, and no one paid attention to Liu Sandao.

At this time, a loud voice came from the cabin. "Liu Sandao, Liu Wuming, it should be you who should lose his head."

As soon as the words fell, two people walked out from the cabin, both of them were dressed as scribes.Both were in their twenties, with handsome faces, and one of them was full of heroism, wearing a light-colored robe with a long sword hanging from his waist.

The other person is relatively weak, but there is an air of elegance between his eyebrows.He was dressed in a white robe, and what was strange was that his eyebrows were also white.

The green-robed man walked out, and said to Liu Sandao: "Liu Wuming, the bandits in Wuling Mountain used to cut the trail, but unexpectedly they got in among the officers and soldiers, and became the internal counter of the water bandits."

Cheng Huang and Wang Ping were quite surprised after hearing what the man in green robe said, and the merchants also cast their resentful eyes on Liu Sandao.

Liu Sandao's expression flickered for a moment of panic, but he calmed down immediately, and shouted loudly: "Bold, I was personally appointed by Mr. Cao Yincao, the prefect of Wuling. How dare you slander the official appointed by the court. What crime should you deserve?"

"Hehe," the man in Tsing Yi chuckled, "Will Mr. Cao personally appoint a small official to escort the boat? As soon as the water bandits appear, you should register yourself, let the water bandits know that you are one of them, and you will hold a longbow in your arms." , but the arrow did not come out, who are you showing off to show off! Obviously, you have no intention of resisting at all, you are just helping the water bandits to blackmail the passengers."

When the conspiracy was exposed, Liu Sandao immediately became angry and let out a scream.At the same time, the steel knife in his hand slashed straight at the face of the scribe in Tsing Yi.

Cheng Huang was shocked, and there was no rush to rescue him.But I saw that the scribe was not in a hurry, he drew his sword and drew his sword, all in one go.Cheng Huang saw a flash of sword light, and Liu Sandao's forward momentum stopped, and then he fell down slowly, clutching his throat.

At the same time, the dozen or so swordsmen who were motionless suddenly struck out, knocking several officers and soldiers to the ground.

"Master!"

Cheng Huang never expected that the man in Tsing Yi, who looked like a scribe, turned out to be a master of swords.

PS: During the Three Kingdoms period, Dongting Lake had not yet formed.Dongting Lake was originally a part of Yunmeng Lake, and it was slowly formed between 400 and 500 AD, but it is not what it is now.However, Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the game world have Dongting Lake, so let’s regard it as the setting of the game company!

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