Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 21 Dongting Water Bandits
"Hehe," Cheng Huang said with a smile, "I have no virtue or ability, but I have a heart for the people and benefit the people, and that's enough."

Then the conversation changed: "I'm telling you this, I guess you don't understand." Then he turned to Jiang Qin and said, "Gongyi, how about this? Those who are willing to go with you, we will take them away, and those who are not willing to go, we will take them away." Not too much, how about it?"

Jiang Qin cupped his hands and said, "But according to my lord's orders!"

Seeing that Jiang Qin listened to Cheng Huang's words like this, Xue Ba felt uncomfortable, but he didn't say anything else.

"It is estimated that the people outside have almost arrived, let's go out!" Cheng Huang said, and walked out of the conference hall first, Jiang and Xue quickly followed out.

On the training ground of the Shuizhai, about a thousand water bandits had already arrived, and they were standing messily in the open space, discussing a lot.

Cheng Huang, Jiang Qin, and Xue Ba walked out, and the water bandits stopped discussing immediately.

The three of them walked up to the counting platform of the training ground. Jiang Qin took a step forward and cleared his throat.

"Everyone, I, Jiang Qin, have been favored by everyone and have taken the position of the head of the family. Here, I want to say thank you to everyone."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of echoing from the audience.

"No matter what the head of the family said, you also took the top spot by your own ability. Who would refuse to accept it!"

"When did the head of the family become such a mother-in-law! Did something happen?"

……

Jiang Qin raised his hand to stop the discussion in the audience.

"Brothers, we got together that day because we were forced by life to rob houses. We drank wine together, shared money together, and lived a very happy life. But have you ever thought about it? We are happy, but our What about our son? What about our descendants? Do you have the heart to let them live on this water for the rest of their lives, and be called water bandits by others?"

"I, Jiang Qin, have had enough of this kind of life. Now, I have recognized this young man as my lord. I will leave Jiangxin Island with him to create a great career. If we succeed, we will even win the title of wife Yinzi, Guangzong Yaozu. If I fail, I have tried my best, and I will not regret it."

"Anyone who wants to go to the world with Jiang Qin, I, Jiang Qin, welcome, if you don't want to go, we don't force you, you can stay and do it with Commander Xue Er!"

"Boom..." The audience immediately exploded.

"Master, you are abandoning me,"

"Okay, master, I will spend six catties to work with you?"

……

Immediately, various discussions in the audience erupted one after another.

Cheng Huang took two steps forward and said loudly: "Everyone, listen to me. You are all bloody men, and you should be able to distinguish right from wrong. Being a pirate is definitely not the right path. Have you ever thought about it? The merchants you robbed also have wives and children, maybe what you robbed was their harvest for one year, so how will they live in the next year?"

"Okay, let's ignore these for now. If you rob the merchants in the past, one day you will attract the attention of the imperial court. Once the imperial court's army of bandits arrives, how will you resist? Well, you are willing to do it together with the master and me. Stand to the left, those who want to stay, stand to the right."

After a while, the audience divided into two camps. There were about 600 people on the left who were willing to follow Jiang Qin, and about 400 people who were willing to stay.

"Brothers, no matter whether you are willing to leave or stay, you are all good brothers of my Jiang Qin. Here, I thank you for your support." After Jiang Qin finished speaking, he bowed deeply to the audience, scaring the audience A group of water bandits even said they didn't dare.

The next thing is easy.Those who are willing to go with Jiang Qin go back to pack up and salute.And Jiang Qin and Xue Ba began to divide the family property.

There are four warships in the entire water village, two for each side, and five for the rest of the wooden boats, split in half.

Cheng Huang was also excited that there were docks, blacksmith shops and carpentry workshops in this water village, and Jiang Qin was assigned half of the skilled workers.

Technician!Talents that are scarce in all territories now belong to their own names.Especially shipbuilders, don't forget that the ships built in their own territory have the attribute of adding quality.If the shipyard in the territory is built, then the warships produced - thinking about Cheng Huang will be excited.

In a short while, the luggage of the pirates who were willing to go with Jiang Qin was packed, and the two warships that could hold 120 people had already been filled, and another forty or fifty wooden boats, large and small, had been loaded.

The pirates who went and stayed bid farewell, and the comrades who fought together will be separated, which is inevitably sad.However, Xue Ba didn't come to see him off, and he didn't know where he was hiding.

Cheng Huang and Jiang Qin stood on the bow of a warship, looking at this parting scene, not without some sadness.

"Order to set sail!" Cheng Huang pursed his lips that were chapped by the river wind, and ordered.

Jiang Qin took a deep breath and let out a loud shout: "Start... Hang..."

Soon, the two warships were in front, and the wooden boat was behind, dragging a long team, heading for the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

The fleet departed from Jiujiang, passed through Shouchun, Xiakou, and Chibi, and finally arrived at the Sanjiangkou of Dongting Lake one day later.

I encountered several waves of water bandits along the way, and after hearing Jiang Qin's name, I retreated wisely.Of course, there were water bandits who wanted to try, and they also fled in a hurry after being attacked by the thunderbolt car on the battleship.

Sanjiangkou is the confluence of Yuanjiang River, Xiangjiang River and Jingjiang River, and it is also the waterway where Dongting Lake flows into the Yangtze River.

Cheng Huang raised his eyes and saw the Jingjiang River rolling westward, the Xiangjiang River flowing northward and merging into the Yangtze River for thousands of miles, flowing eastward in a majestic and magnificent way.

The fleet slowly headed towards Dongting Lake.

Standing at the bow of the boat, Cheng Huang took out the crystal pendant rewarded by the system for subduing Jiang Qinshi from the system package, and checked the attributes.

Detection crystal pendant: special item, when a historical figure approaches the wearer for the first time, the crystal will automatically warn.

Good stuff!Cheng Huang quickly hung the pendant around his neck and stuffed it into the armor.In the game "Emperor Map", there is no name on the top of the character's head, and the player does not have detection skills. Even if a famous historical general passes you by, you will not know.

With this detection crystal, many historical celebrities will not be easily missed. Even if they can't recover, it's good to have a good relationship!
Just after putting on the pendant, Cheng Huang saw several ships coming from Dongting Lake. He thought it was a passing caravan, so he didn't pay much attention.

When the fleet got closer, Jiang Qin said loudly: "No, my lord, that seems to be a water bandit."

"Water Bandits," Cheng Huang noticed at this moment that on the fleet stood a group of soldiers in armor holding bows and arrows against each other.

There were about seven or eight ships in that fleet, all of which were large wooden ships of the same color. Although they were not as large as Jiang Qin's warships, they were not small in scale.

"Brothers, get ready for the battle," Cheng Huang's fleet immediately changed their formation following Jiang Qin's loud shout.The two warships were in front, and the other wooden ships were behind, spreading out in battle formation.

After seeing the size of the enemy clearly, Cheng Huang couldn't help becoming nervous.The seven or eight ships of the water bandits were all soldiers of the same color, and the number of them was no less than 500.

And in his own fleet, there are only a hundred or so soldiers who can really fight.The rest are either the family members of the soldiers, or the skilled workers in the water village.

These are all my babies!Xingyue Village has just been established, and what is lacking is population and technical personnel.If these people were injured in the battle, I'm afraid I didn't even have to cry.

(End of this chapter)