Originally, they were sitting on one side of the carriage, but Gong Lianxue quickly jumped to the other side.
Both parties looked at each other and made sure that there was no problem with the clothes, then they breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Qingcha lifted the carriage curtain,
"Cousin Nanyu, what's wrong?"
"Just now, Lord Ao received news that... Hey... Cousin, why is your face so red?"
The girl's face was full of suspicion.
Li Qingcha was embarrassed.
"Bozhou is too hot."
"Indeed...you are sweating...eh...are your earlobes red from sweating?"
"hiss……"
Li Qingcha quickly reached out and wiped the strawberry juice off his earlobe.
She forced herself to change the subject.
"What did you want to say just now? Is it something serious?"
When it comes to business, Xiang Nanyu also becomes serious.
She nodded seriously.
"Lord Ao just received news that Qu Yi has returned from the sea and brought back a box of gold and silver treasures. According to him, the smugglers from Golden Eagle Island asked him to pay to bribe the officials of Bozhou Prefecture. In addition, there are some rare treasures, such as black pearls and corals, which are given to the Seventh Prince."
Li Qingcha understood,
Now that we have reached this stage, it means that Gu She's tactical arrangements have been completed.
Before long, pirates will appear in the coastal areas of Bozhou.
"There's going to be a war soon."
Chapter 242 Moonless Night
Gu She finally decided to attack in Liulin Village, Tongshui County.
Tongshui had just fought a battle, and the officers and soldiers of the garrison had behaved very poorly. From top to bottom, they were all afraid of fighting, and they were easy to take advantage of.
Besides, there were only militias in the village;
The militia is more powerful than the garrisons. Pirates fighting the militia is like professionals fighting amateurs.
As for matters outside the battlefield, Gu She had done everything he could.
Stuff money, pretend to pay tribute, show weakness to the enemy...
These smoke bombs should be enough to confuse the Seventh Prince. He firmly believes that not every person in Da Xia is as insidious and cunning as Jian Zengren.
After making up your mind, the next thing to do is to execute it.
The night before the signing of the tribute treaty, three smuggling ships set out together, with the flagship Snow Flower taking the lead and rushing towards the coast of Tongshui County.
Five miles from the shore, the pirates switched to sea eels.
The sea eel is a small warship that can accommodate about 25 people, including the rowers.
So, a total of 250 elite pirates were divided into ten sea loaches and advanced towards the coast under the cover of night.
The valley is set up at the bow.
In the past, he had never looked down upon such military actions.
But for some reason, he felt a sense of pride today, especially when he saw the Tongshui coastline getting closer and closer, his heart couldn't help but beat fast.
Hu Mugen beside him sighed: "The sea has always been like this. You can't see anything. There are no stars or moon in the water, and even the fishing fires can't be seen..."
Gu She laughed loudly.
He pointed to the sky.
"That's because there's no moon tonight."
"moon……"
"Oh, you've been living on the sea for so long, are you still not used to it?"
Togenki remained silent.
He looked into the distance, where there seemed to be a fishing boat, but there was no light at all.
I just said “not even the fishing lights could be seen” because of this boat.
Gu She looked over and frowned anxiously.
"What's going on... Fishermen in Daxia shouldn't..."
The voice has not fallen,
boom--
A dazzling red light burst out from above the fishing boat.
The red light illuminated the outline of the boat, which was indeed a civilian single-pole boat. However, the people on it were government soldiers wearing shark clad uniforms, clearly the elite troops selected from a hundred miles away from the Bozhou Navy.
Gu She was stunned.
"not good!"
As soon as the two words were spoken, a huge wave caused by the shells rolled over like an overwhelming force.
The cold sea water that surged up from under the boat soaked the two of them in an instant.
A shout came from behind: "Enemy attack!"
Gu She turned around and found that several pirates who were rowing had fallen to the ground and were motionless, obviously knocked unconscious by the impact just now.
Hugenmu jumped over lightly and slapped those people on the face one by one, but only woke up two of them.
Gu She reacted.
"fire!"
The voice just fell,
boom--
Another column of water rose up beside the sea eel he was riding.
Valley Design: ￣□￣｜｜
He ran over and kicked the gunner.
"I told you to fire, not the Bozhou navy!"
The gunner felt very aggrieved.
"Gu Jun, if you ask me to fire, who should I hit? Stop it, Gu Jun, there are only our ships outside!"
Gu She was stunned. He realized that he did not see any firing points of the Bozhou navy in the vast sea.
He squinted his eyes towards the distant coast.
Half a second later,
boom--
Another round of bombardment.
At the same time, a bright light flashed on the coastline.
This is clearly a shore-based cannon!
Gu She finally realized that he had been tricked.
The Seventh Prince seemed harmless on the surface, talking about paying tribute like a little white rabbit, but in fact he was always on guard against himself. When the three smuggling ships left the port, they might have been followed.
You know, according to intelligence, there are no artillery around Liulin Village.
Even if there were artillery, they were just childish toys. It was impossible to shoot at the water surface from the shore two miles away.
These shore-based artillery were transferred from Bozhou City.
Gu She looked around.
Without moonlight, I can only see what is near.
The sea eel on his left hand side had been hit, a big hole was punched in one side of the ship, the mainsail and mast were blown to pieces, the hull was tilted, and flames were burning on the deck.
It seems that sinking is only a matter of time.
The strong sea breeze blowing on his body made Gu She feel bone-chilled.
Hugenmu suddenly spoke: "They are coming."
Gu She didn't understand.
"them……"
"The Daxia people want to seize the ship!"
"Wha...what!?"
Gu She's first reaction was his Snow Flower.
He turned around and found that there was no Bozhou navy next to the three smuggling ships. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and looked around again.
I saw a few small fishing boats carrying officers and soldiers slowly approaching this side.
Judging from the speed at which these ships were moving, they probably did not want to pursue the living forces that had not been hit, but just wanted to clean up the battlefield.
Sure enough, there was a sea loach that was about to sink to Gu She’s left.
In the light of the fire, one could see that the eight Yingsang men who were still able to fight on the sea eel were already ready for battle, holding samurai swords and spears in their hands, with extremely heroic expressions on their faces.
Gu She forced himself to remain calm.
Given the cunningness of the Daxia people, they must have let them get close before attacking.
In other words, if they turned and ran away immediately, they would certainly be exposed to the fire range of shore-based artillery for a long time.
At that time, the Bozhou navy can come and harvest wheat at will.
It is even more impossible to charge towards the coast...
Is this a dead end?
Gu She gritted his teeth and looked at Togenki.
The latter sighed deeply,
In an instant, the whole person seemed to disappear out of thin air.
Then,
Clang——
The sound of swords being drawn was heard in the air.
Gu She looked at the darkness in confusion.
After what seemed like a long wait, the mast of the approaching fishing boat suddenly tilted to one side a hundred meters away.
Then, the mast collapsed with the sail pulled down, and even the hull began to shake.
The fishing boat has no jib and it is very slow to adjust the angle by paddling alone.
It veered off course and slowed down.
Gu She was completely stunned.
He knew that the Sixth Rank was powerful, but he had never seen Togenki take action, because usually, the Nineth Rank under his command and Togenki's apprentice Minami Ichi Ryuto could easily deal with it.
Unexpectedly, sending a sixth-grade warrior into the battlefield could instantly turn the tide of the battle...
The Yingsang people on the sinking sea eel were also quite surprised.
"Success...success!"
"Let's go!"
