Nanming Engineer

Chapter 26 Mudun Island

One chief touched his neck and shouted: "Lord Su Le, you mean, the group of soldiers who surrendered had a plan long ago, even if we were in the camp last night, they would still launch a rebellion? When did the Nanman have such courage? ?”

Several generals also echoed the sound: "That's right, since our Jianzhou Eight Banners soldiers entered the customs, we have never met a general who dared to fight, or a soldier who has never met a battle. The banners, the Nanmans all fled. The military prestige is famous all over the world, and there is a Nanman who dares to feign a surrender before rebelling, this is unheard of."

Suler glanced at everyone coldly and said, "But today, we met. Everyone, where should we go now?"

Suffocating the boss, I wanted to talk about chasing him, killing him without leaving any traces, and grabbing the silver car back. But look at the vast Hongze Lake, and think about how many of my brothers can swim. Everyone suddenly stopped and didn't dare to say anything.

"I checked this group of surrendered troops. They are all owned by the First Army. The leader is Li Tingyu, a general from Sichuan. We didn’t change, it has to be said that it was our miscalculation, our Qing army won many battles, and the Nanman were weak, so we lost our vigilance against them.” Seeing that everyone was at a loss, Su Le said coldly: “This is a plan. Regarding Zuo Ling's problem, when we report it, we must make it clear."

As soon as the general manager heard this, he immediately understood that this was to put aside the responsibility of everyone as subordinates, and try to push the responsibility for the loss of the silver car to the dead man Tuhai. Now the silver car can no longer be retrieved, because Hongze Lake To the west, as long as you go ashore, you will enter the territory of Anhui. That place has just been captured by Prince Azig. The remnants of Li Zicheng of the Dashun Army have fled the whole province. Some remnants of Nanming are also active there. It is a mess. It is not them. Hundreds of people can go.

Since the silver car can't be found, you have to find a way to evade your own crimes. When Su Le said this, everyone's eyes lit up: dead people don't shirk their crimes. , Give it to the brothers.So everyone immediately responded: "Of course, of course, today I will enter Huai'an City, and send someone to report clearly to Prince Yu, explain the whole story, and clarify the right and wrong."

Su Le nodded coldly and said, "That should be the case, my lords, let's not delay here, let's go quickly."

A general manager blurted out: "That group of southern barbarians surrendered and killed Master Tu and more than 100 brothers. Why don't we pursue them?"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he regretted it, so how to chase after him?Are you going for a swim?From Huai'an to transfer water and warships?How much time will it take? By the time the ship arrives, everyone may have arrived in Anhui.

The other generals rolled their eyes and squinted, and the one who spoke also opened his mouth and didn't know what to say. He was embarrassed when he heard Su Le say: "Chasing, of course I have to chase!"

Su Le's complexion was ashen, his eyes were red, his fists were clenched to the point of dripping water, and he said in a hateful voice: "Su Le has been greatly favored by Tuzuo, he follows around, teaches by precept and example, he is Su Le's superior officer, and also a good teacher of Su Le, Now he is suffering a tragic death, but he did not die on the battlefield, but died as a young man. If Suler cannot avenge such a great hatred, he is in vain!"

The bosses all looked at him. The relationship between Suler and Tuhai was indeed very close. He became Tuhai's deputy at a young age. If Tuhai had not deliberately cultivated Suler, Suler would not have reached his current status anyway, because Suler Le's origin is not that of a mature woman, but that of a born woman.

When other people said this, they might have said it out of a moment of anger, but it was inevitable for Su Le to say this, and no one would doubt his determination.

Su Le got on his horse, gritted his teeth, and said, "Let's go back to take care of the funeral. After the affairs here are over, I, Su Le, swear on my life and wealth that I will cut off Li Tingyu's head to sacrifice to the heroic spirit in heaven led by Tu Zuo!"

After saying that, Sule waved his horsewhip, and led the cavalry to gallop towards the way they came.Hundreds of people followed the way they came, turned onto the main road, and divided into two teams. One team returned to Huxiao Valley and led the transport camp, while the other team rushed towards Huai'an City.

Wang Huan and others on the lake were completely unaware of the storm on the shore. They were leisurely heading west by boat with the cool lake breeze blowing.

Twenty tank boats sailed heavily with the wind, and the water and sky on the lake were the same color. Occasionally, a fishing boat floated on the water line, and a small black spot appeared in the sun. When the fleet approached, it immediately disappeared.

The fleet seemed to be sailing on the sea. After walking for more than an hour, apart from seeing the shadows of a few fishing boats in the distance, all I could see was an empty lake, where water birds were flying, chasing fish to eat, and even flying Tired, he directly stopped on the mast of the tank boat to rest. In such an environment, a group of people sitting on the boat couldn't help feeling open-minded and ambitious.

"How is it? Master Tu, isn't this Hongze Lake pleasant?" Li Wancai stood at the bow of the boat with a smile, and said to Li Tingyu who was enjoying the lake view in front of him.

Li Tingyu stroked his beard and said with emotion: "It is indeed beautiful. I would grow up in the mountains and I have seen big rivers, but it is the first time in my life that a lake as vast as Hongze Lake is so peaceful and comfortable. See you."

Li Wancai snorted unnoticed in his nostrils, a hint of joking flashed through his eyes, and said in his heart: Country bumpkin, you have never seen the Jianzhou yam eggs in the world, just the white mountains and black waters of your Jianzhou, where are you? To see such a spectacular and beautiful lake and mountains?But he kept a smile on his face and echoed in his mouth: "What you are seeing is a vast and smoke-like scenery. No wonder you are so generous. It's a pity that there is no wine here. Otherwise, wouldn't it be fun to sit across from you and drink while enjoying the beautiful scenery!"

Li Tingyu turned around and said with a smile: "Master Li, don't worry about it. You and I hit it off right away. If there is wine or not, what does it matter?"

These words were like a pot of strong wine in the middle of winter. Li Wancai's heart felt hot when he said it, and he immediately became excited. The contempt in his heart was instantly thrown out of the sky, regardless of the fact that he was still secretly mocking the other party for being a country bumpkin who has never seen the world. , bowed to Li Tingyu and said tremblingly: "Yes, yes, Master Tu said that there is no wine here, but it is better than countless fine wines. Being able to become friends with Master Tu will make the subordinates as drunk as drinking nectar."

Li Tingyu held Li Wancai's shoulder affectionately, and said earnestly, "Master Li said nothing, he went to great lengths to lead the tank boats from Huai'an to the lake, this loyalty to the Qing Dynasty, Li... oh, picture I will keep this in my mind and will report the truth to the court. From now on, as we serve as officials in the same court, we should take care of each other."

Li Wancai felt like a young bird flying into the sky. He was so pleasantly surprised. He didn't expect that this trip was really not in vain. He had established a friendship with Tuhai so smoothly. In the future, with Duduo's close followers and bannermen to communicate and coordinate, he would be able to do more. The capital bribery management will definitely be able to rely on the big tree of Duduo. When the time comes, let alone the governor of water transportation, he may be able to sit in a larger position.

Thinking of this, Li Wancai became even more excited, and hurriedly took the opportunity to introduce his job to Li Tingyu, eloquently, as if the entire Huai'an Water Transport Yamen was maintained entirely by him.

Li Tingyu nodded again and again, and seemed to be listening very seriously. Li Wancai was so excited that he didn't even have time to drink water. He kept talking nonchalantly, unaware that the fleet had been sailing on the lake for a long time, far beyond the boundaries of Huai'an.

He brought a group of entourages with him and boarded the boat with him. At this time, they also looked at each other in blank dismay. When is Master Li going to send it? Are you going to accompany him to Hongze Lake?Moreover, the Qing army escorted the goods to the north, but the ship kept sailing westward, without any sign of turning. The Qing army leader who had been patrolling and chatting with his own Li Wancai seemed to have a lot of fun. Did he also forget to turn this direction? Stubble?
Finally, a trusted follower felt that it was necessary to remind his master, lest the two get too involved in the conversation and miss the business.

"Sir, the fleet is already far away from the shore. If we go further, we will reach Mudun Island." The attendant cautiously approached Li Wancai and spoke softly.

Li Wancai was talking happily, and his saliva was splashing all over the place. When he was interrupted by his attendant, he immediately became angry. Damn, are you blind?I didn't see that I finally ran into an easy-going leader of the Eight Banners and was trying to build a relationship. Why the hell are you bothering?
With his eyes wide open, Li Wancai raised his hand and was about to slap his face a few times, cursing, "I don't have eyesight! I didn't see..."

But when he saw his followers winking and looking anxious, his mind exploded and he immediately realized: Ah, how could I have forgotten this!
We are about to arrive at Mudun Island. Where is Mudun Island?The lair of Hongze Lake water thieves. Since the early years of Chongzhen, Hongze Lake water thieves have never stopped. They have robbed passing ships on the lake every now and then. They have committed many major crimes. Even the tank boats escorted by officers and soldiers dared to rob food. Since I took office, I have been dealing with this gang of water thieves. The Water Transport Yamen commanded the local guards to often send troops to clean up the water thieves, but the water thieves were very cunning and hid in the vast lake. Just gathering people to kill soldiers and behead generals is a headache.Tian Yang, the last governor of water transport in the Ming Dynasty, once spent a lot of effort and money to buy a water thief insider, set up an ambush and surrounded the water thief leader Langli Bailong, shot thousands of arrows, and shot countless water thieves to death, but it is a pity I still let him dive and run away, all the efforts were in vain.In recent years, Langlilong has recruited a lot of refugees, and its momentum has become even bigger. If the water transport yamen didn't have a fleet of more than 500 ships and dispatched more than [-] soldiers, they would not have dared to go to the lake.

How many people do you have now?As soon as Li Wancai's mind turned around, he started to sweat. The hand he was fanning stopped in mid-air. He quickly turned to Li Tingyu and said: "Sir, the official document says that the goods on this ship are going north along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal. Now the ship We have reached the center of the lake, if we don’t turn around, our journey will be delayed.”

Li Tingyu stood like a pine, waved his hands leisurely, and said slowly: "It doesn't matter, this lake is so beautiful, just walk a little longer and enjoy it again."

Li Wancai was very anxious. Just now he was only talking and didn't pay attention to the direction of the fleet. He actually sailed westward like this. This place has already entered the range of activities of water thieves. , but this underwater kung fu might not be very proficient, and if there is a mistake, the responsibility will be great.

He was about to try to persuade him again, but he heard Li Tingyu stretch out a hand, pointing to the front, and said strangely: "Hey, there is such a big island over there!"

Li Wancai stared intently, and his heart skipped a beat, screaming inwardly that it's not good!

Mudun Island has arrived.

(End of this chapter)