Zhou Lang Zhou Lang

Before the end of the song, suddenly there was a rush of horns from the boat in the front group, which instantly overshadowed the quiet and distant piano music, and suddenly hit the eardrums, shocking people's hearts.

"Fight again?" Even though he had experienced several battles, Li Mu could tell that this was the sound of the warning horn for the enemy ahead.

I thought that Zhou Yu was winning a big victory in Xunyang, Liu Xun fled north, and there was no strong army in the Jianghuai area. They brought another 3000 troops on this trip, which is quite impressive. The two hundred miles of waterway should be peaceful.But I didn't want to have only walked for half a day before encountering an enemy who dared to fight with them.

In this chaotic world, it is really rare to have a moment of peace!

Seeing Li Mu's expression of being disturbed and impatient, but showing no signs of panic, Zhou Yu immediately waved his hands: "Then let them fight, and I'll immediately make people hang up the battle card on the bow of the boat. I won't fight today, I'll just listen to the piano with you Enjoy the scenery, okay?" As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows and smiled, and made a gesture to continue playing the piano.

Li Mu was so amused by him that he didn't feel disappointed all of a sudden. He shook his head and stood up, shaking his slightly wrinkled cloak: "It's better to avoid it. If someone beats you on board, wouldn't it be a joke? You, Zhou Lang, have a false name?"

"Why is it just a false name?" Zhou Yu naturally didn't really want to continue playing the piano, so she stood up and straightened her clothes, "At most, she is addicted to women and doesn't think about fighting."

Li Mu laughed loudly, and pushed him on the arm: "You want to be addicted to women and slowly sink, I don't want to be that troublesome beauty. Hurry up, let me go with you to see where it came from You don't have eyes, how dare you stop Zhou Gongjin on the river."

Zhou Yu led 3000 men and horses, all of which were small boats with dozens of people and a fleet of more than a hundred sailboats. The sound was heard, but so far there is no urgent report of the start of the war, which shows that the enemy is still far away.She went out to take a look at this time and showed her face, which would not affect the soldiers' preparations for battle.

What's more, Zhou Yu is a famous navy general, with him on board, Li Mu didn't believe that someone could actually get on board.

Walking out of the cabin, the rain outside did not know when it had stopped.On the surface of the Haohao River, there is a vast expanse of smoke and waves, and there are dozens of sailboats about the same size as them, lying horizontally on the river, like a chain of long chains, cutting off the entire river.A large ship was in the center, its multicolored brocade sails half-raised, facing them far away.

And a fleet of about three large ships was besieged on one side, the sails on the masts were broken, and a large black hole was burned on the plain blue cloud pattern flag hanging on it, and broken wood and iron were scattered on the bow. There was no one to be seen.

"The Jinfan Bandit!" Li Mu squinted at the colorful Jinfan that looked like a peacock's tail hair, looking again and again, and couldn't help getting excited, "Could it be the Jinfan Bandit Gan Ning! Gan Ning!"

She vaguely remembered that Gan Ning had voted for Sun Quan, and now she did have Sun Quan on board, but Sun Ce had just decided on the land of Wu, and counting the time, when he met Gan Ning at this time, he probably didn't come to vote for it on purpose.

Zhou Yu was pulled by her, and she clasped her hand firmly, and raised her eyebrows lightly: "Do you know him?"

Gan Ning had a great reputation in Jingxiang and Bashu. He became a bandit when he was young, plundered property, was righteous and ruthless.If people respect him one foot, he will return ten feet, and if he does not respect him, he will return ten times.

But Li Mu and Tai Shici were from Donglai, Qingzhou.

He held Li Mu's hand, subconsciously struggled for a moment, looked around, saw the soldiers on the boat unfurl their bows and set up their arrows, hundreds of arrows were aimed at the brocade sailing boat, no one noticed them, so he He didn't move, and replied casually: "I heard people say that the Jinfan bandit has high martial arts skills, is brave and good at planning, especially good at water warfare, and can come and go freely on the river without anyone being able to stop him. hero."

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw the brocade sailing boat slowly hoisting its colorful sails, and galloping towards them with enough wind.

The distant sound of the horn suddenly became louder and louder—this was a military order to form an army on the spot in case of a sudden enemy attack.

"The front army changes, get out of the way, and beat the drums!" Zhou Yu stared at the figure standing at the bow, wearing a gorgeous brocade robe, holding a halberd in both hands, a bow behind his back, and a long knife at his waist, but he couldn't see clearly. On the face, the fierce fighting spirit has come like a mountain.

For a moment, Zhou Yu was also excited by him. He reached out to take the bow and arrow from the nearest soldier, stepped onto the bow, and raised his head towards the big ship that was getting closer and closer.

The figure at the bow suddenly threw the two halberds in his hands onto the deck, took off the longbow on his back with his backhand, and raised it up too.

At this moment, shouts suddenly sounded in unison on the Jinfan boat. Amidst the rumbling drums, dozens of strong and strong men shouted loudly, like a bugle to the beat of the drums, a lone boat marched neatly in line. Among the fleet, the momentum is not weak at all.

Seeing the boat traveling nearly a hundred paces, Zhou Yu and the figure on the boat suddenly drew their bows at the same time, so fast that Li Mu didn't even see him take the arrow and string it.There was a clang sound, and the two feathered arrows left the string at the same time, shooting out like two starbursts.

The two arcs intersected in mid-air, and when the sound of vibrating strings piercing through the air exploded in my ears, a gust of wind rushed in, and the tip of the arrow pierced into the bow of the boat with a sound of "Duo", only inches away from Zhou Yu's toes. Xu Zhiyao, the tail of the arrow trembled violently, causing the pierced deck to make a piercing creaking sound.

Almost at the same time, a burst of exclamation suddenly burst out in front.Looking up again, I saw that the huge multicolored brocade sail crashed down with the arrows on the brocade sailing boat in front of them, and the big boat that had lost its wind suddenly slowed down and slowly stopped in front of them.

Only then did Li Mu realize that the man at the bow of the boat was also in his early twenties. He was tall and broad-shouldered, and the gorgeous brocade robe was casually loose, revealing the bronze-colored chest muscles. .

Surprised, he looked back at the broken sail rope, then grinned, showing his white teeth, and saluted them with clasped fists: "I am Gan Ning Gan Xingba. I don't know who is blocking the way of my boat, preventing me from sailing on the river?"

"I have heard that General Gan, a heroic man, served under Liu Jingzhou's command. He has long since done the looting and murder. Why do you want to stop my fleet today?"

Just as Gan Ning finished speaking, he suddenly heard a clear voice coming from the other side.However, as his lone boat approached, the fleets of the two sides changed accordingly. The three large ships surrounded by his boats were unknowingly caught in front of Zhou Yu's flanks, but they were closer to Gan Ning's boat. up.And at that moment, there was no one on the board of the main ship, which was empty before, at some point, a thin and thin young man was only fifteen or sixteen years old, with dark skin, dark clothes and long robes, a scarf on his head, a pair of Scholar dress up.

As soon as this remark came out, Li Mu came to his senses—no wonder the horn sounded once and then there was no movement. It turned out that he didn't see the enemy's trace, but just bumped into the looting scene.

The three big ships were all high-masted and deep-drought, with a deep draft, and were obviously full of cargo.But just now Gan Ning was besieged on the river, the people on the boat knew they were invincible, lowered the sails and oars, and hid in the cabin, begging him to leave immediately after looting the cargo, so as not to hurt anyone.

However, Zhou Yu's sudden appearance made them see a turning point.The fleet composed of more than a hundred ships marched neatly and formed its own formation. It was obvious at first sight that it was a well-trained army. However, Gan Ning's men were far behind in terms of both the number and the size of the ships, especially Zhou Yu. With the power of breaking the sail with one arrow, if he can intervene, they can completely retreat.

Gan Ning couldn't help sneering when he heard the words, he is not a young boy, so he can naturally hear the intention behind the boy's words.Although he still doesn't know who Zhou Yu is, but judging from his fleet's behavior, orders and prohibitions, and unruffled banners, he is obviously quite capable of managing the army. In addition, the arrow that was just equal to him, if placed in normal times, Even if he doesn't want these goods, it's all right to make friends.It's just that this time, unfortunately, he is going to order the goods on these three ships!

With a faint smile, Gan Ning turned the longbow in the other direction: "Who said I was a robbery? I just want to ask you, have you ever recorded in the official office the [-] military slaves you want to sell to the Cai family?" no?"

"A military slave? Why did I ever..." The young man was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously turned his head to look in the direction of the cabin, as if suddenly realizing something, his face sank.

In this era, population is the productive force. Often after a battle is over, in addition to military equipment, money and food, the enemy's captives are also important spoils of war.And many generals either falsely reported the money and food of the captured armaments and sold them, or falsely reported the number of prisoners who had been beheaded, and resold those prisoners who had been beheaded on the surface but were actually still alive to make a profit.

Originally, buying and selling slaves was also a common occurrence, but if the private slave trade was not registered with the county and county governments in various places in advance, it could be considered a crime.Especially for the smuggling of military slaves, for the two hostile parties, if these military slaves are originally from the enemy's land, it is very likely that they will be labeled as collaborators.

"I remember that General Gan didn't pay taxes before suppressing bandits, nor was he a tax collector. Why did Hengjiang intercept him?" Instead, he pointed at Gan Ning's overreach, "If General Gan decides to bully others with power today, I will not hesitate to sink the boat and splatter five steps of blood!"

The second half of the sentence was addressed to Zhou Yu and Li Mu, and after finishing speaking, he bowed his hands and saluted them, as if his five steps of blood spattering were forced out by them.

Following his words, dozens of servants rushed out from the cabin, drew their bows and set up arrows, aiming at Gan Ning's direction together.When Gan Ning's subordinates saw this, they also shouted and picked up their bows, arrows and long knives, and quickly leaned against the boat.