1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1966
Rural life in this era is often unchanging day after day, especially at night, when there are basically no outdoor activities.The same is true for Yangyue Village. Today is no different from the usual days. After the night falls, the farmers who have been busy all day return home, take a rest after dinner, and prepare to wash and go to bed.

Feng Agui drank a few more glasses at dinner today, so he fell asleep earlier than usual.Lying on the bed, he thought that the good wine produced in Sanya was really good, and after drinking less than half a catty, he was already a little dizzy.He usually has at least a catty of it, but he is reluctant to buy this kind of "Sanya special wine" which costs two yuan a bottle. He can only drink the self-brewed bulk liquor sold by the country wine seller. Of course, the taste is not as good as this high-end product.

Yesterday, Feng Agui just made a deal. He sold more than 2000 catties of new rice that he had newly harvested at a very good price to a group of grain merchants from other places. I paid [-]% deposit to Feng Agui.This amount of money was no small amount to Feng Agui, so he took the opportunity of going to the town to buy grain seeds today, and bought a bottle of good wine that he had coveted for a long time as a reward for himself.

Feng Agui thought it was strange for those grain merchants, who obviously worked so hard to come to the countryside to collect grain, the purpose was not just to get a cheap price, but the price they offered was higher than the purchase price at the grain market in the north of Danzhou city. And you have to pay for the freight yourself, so it's better to go directly to the grain market to buy it. Isn't this a mess?Moreover, this group of people seemed to be more interested in the pond outside the village than food, and asked him a lot about that pond.

Feng Agui felt that these people were not like grain merchants, but more like those literati masters in the city who like to feed mosquitoes by the pond at night when they are full and have nothing to do.But this is not a problem for him, anyway, the banknotes issued by Haihan Bank are already in his pocket, regardless of whether they are here to buy food or to see the scenery.

After sleeping for a while, Feng Agui felt that the room was a little hot and uncomfortable, so he got up and opened the window to breathe.Unexpectedly, after he opened the window, he saw that there seemed to be figures not far away outside.His house is located on the edge of the village, and he can see the fields outside the village through the window, but at this time, there are many people marching silently on the field path.

At this time, the harvest of autumn grains has long been finished, and most of the fields are still barren, so these people who are active outside are particularly conspicuous, and it seems that everyone is carrying a thin and long thing on their backs.

"Damn it, I'm hallucinating from this wine!" Feng Agui lowered his head and rubbed his eyes, feeling that what he saw at first sight should not be the real influence.

However, when he looked up again, he found that it was not an illusion, there were really many people walking in the field.By the light of the moon, he finally saw clearly that what these people were carrying on their backs were rifles.Although Feng Agui had never been a soldier and touched a gun before, he had also watched the excitement during the militia training in the town, and he recognized this most common individual weapon in the Haihan Army.Obviously, these people who are currently active outside the village should be the army.

In a rural place like Yangyue Village, why would there be a large group of soldiers moving here at night? Feng Agui didn't understand and couldn't find anyone to ask, and he didn't dare to ask his family to get up and watch this spectacle—if they were discovered , Maybe he will be charged with "spying on military aircraft" or something like that.When I was listening to books in the town, the storyteller specifically said that you must never inquire about the military affairs privately, especially when you are marching and fighting. felony.

Feng Agui noticed one thing. These soldiers who were moving in the fields did not light torches or other lighting objects. According to his understanding, it was very likely that they were performing some kind of special mission——Last month, the county Inspector Chen quickly led a team to the next village to catch the perpetrator of a wounding incident. It is said that he got in while the lights were dark.

Feng Agui didn't think that there could be any gangsters in Yangyue Village that the government would dispatch troops to arrest, so even though he found a plausible reason for the behavior of these soldiers outside, he himself was not too Believe in the possibility.

Feng Agui was about to go to bed when he suddenly remembered that those grain merchants seemed to be temporarily staying not far outside the village, and he was afraid that he would be shocked by this battle.But at this time, he didn't dare to go out to remind those grain merchants, so as not to cause trouble to his upper body. If those people are still outside the village, they can only ask for blessings. I just hope that they will not be delayed to transport grain to the village in two days. That's good, after all, the other party only paid a deposit, and more than half of the money has not been received.

But what Feng Agui didn't expect was that he would never receive the rest of the money for selling grain, but the other party would never come back to get back the deposit, so he still made a pure profit in the end.

Xue Zheng didn't sleep at this time, he took some of his best men and hid in the forest only ten zhang away from Yantang Yangyue's pond.From here, you can even see a few tents set up by the pond, and seven or eight officials who are busy setting up the venue.

Xue Zheng has repeatedly calculated the distance from the hiding place to the tent in his mind, the time required to cross this distance when launching an attack, and the attack route he can choose. He must try his best to complete this surprise attack in the shortest possible time. , and then evacuate here as soon as possible.It is very important that the less time is spent in the course of action, the more time they can spend evacuating.

Although at this moment, someone should have prepared a sailboat for their evacuation on the seashore more than 20 miles away, but considering the terrible speed of the Haihan Navy warship, it is theoretically possible that they could escape before they reach the other side of the strait. was intercepted and killed, so the sooner the operation is completed and evacuated here, the greater the possibility of escape.

Although Xue Zheng thought that he was well concealed in Danzhou, the official investigation was too loud and rainy. A few days ago, he conducted a rigorous investigation in Danzhou Port for a few days without any results, and there seemed to be no follow-up measures. However, Xue Zheng He still didn't dare to take it seriously, he knew that once he made a move, his whereabouts would be exposed, and no one dared to underestimate the Haihan Eagle Dog's hunting ability. In the territory of Daming, it may not be possible to completely get rid of the opponent's tracking.

Xue Zheng silently counted the time, counting from the time when his subordinates came back to report that the North Koreans had crossed the Beimen River, considering the relatively slow speed of traveling on the country road at night, it is estimated that they would arrive about an hour later than the subordinates who rushed back quickly here.If there are no accidents on the road, it should be almost here.

Xue Zheng checked the equipment on his body again, short gun, long knife, dagger, heart armor, sleeve arrow... and a poison hidden in the chest pendant.Yes, if the operation failed and he did not succeed in getting out, then the poison might have to come in handy.And this kind of thing, everyone who participated in this mission has it, and it has been distributed to everyone through him when they set off from Sanya.The meaning of this is also very clear, if the mission fails and it is really impossible to leave, then you have to end it yourself, so as not to leak the secret.

Whether this kind of measure will have the desired effect is actually a test of human nature. Although these people who participated in this mission are all outlaws, it is not an exaggeration to describe them as brave and fearless, but the ruthlessness of these people All the strength is to be cruel to others. If you want them to take their own lives decisively, it is not something that can be done by just being cruel.

Since he came from several different forces, Xue Zheng actually didn't know much about other people's mentality, but as far as he was concerned, if he wanted to commit suicide, he knew that he would definitely hesitate when things came to an end.This has nothing to do with greed for life and fear of death, but the desire to survive. It is not an easy task to overcome this nature. In Xue Zheng's view, this is even more difficult than performing the task itself.And he didn't want to think about other people's views on this matter. If it was someone who didn't want to die, let alone sending poison to make him commit suicide, he would still resist even if he put a knife on his neck.

But right now is not the time to think about such complicated issues, Xue Zheng brushed the pendant with his hand, paused for a while, and went on to check the next piece of equipment.He knew that as long as he could complete the task here and settle the matter thoroughly, he would not have to think about such annoying problems anymore.

After finishing the work at hand, the seven or eight officials who were in charge of arranging the venue seemed to be squatting by the pond very bored, chatting in low voices.At this moment, Xue Zheng even had an impulse to kill this group of people first, and then pretend to be an official, and do it as soon as the North Koreans arrive.

But he quickly put this thought back to his heart, because the risk of doing so was too great. If someone called out and alarmed people in the distance, it would most likely be in vain.

After chatting for a while, those few people actually returned to the tent. It seemed that they planned to take the time to rest for a while before the North Koreans arrived.The accomplice next to Xue Zheng muttered a few words in his throat. Presumably, he was scolding these government officials. After all, the woods are humid and hot, and there are mosquitoes around. It is really not a comfortable place. Resting in a dry and ventilated tent, there will naturally be resentment.

After waiting for a while, Xue Zheng suddenly felt that something was wrong. Since these officials didn't pay much attention to the North Koreans, they went into the tent to rest at this time, so why didn't they light up the lights in the tent? Save the oil money, or simply sleep in the tent?
This was of course an unlikely situation, but Xue Zheng had a bad thought in his mind—the reason why those people didn't light the lights in the tent was probably because they didn't want the outside world to notice their actions in the tent.

Xue Zheng listened for a while, and there was no voice in that direction, so he patted the two people on the left and right, signaling them to follow him.

Xue Zheng slowly moved forward, and there was silence around the big tents, only a few feet away from the tents, there was a fire, and at this time, because there was no firewood for a long time, the flames were already very small. It will be turned off after a while.

Whenever he heard a little movement from the tent at this time, Xue Zheng would immediately stop, but that direction was still very quiet, only the rhythmic chirping of insects could be heard in the night.

The closer Xue Zheng got, the more he felt something was wrong. There were several people in the tent, so how could there be no sound at all.These tents formed an angle, and no matter which direction they looked at, they blocked the view. Xue Zheng felt that this was probably not a coincidence, but a terrible situation that he didn't dare to think about.

The few people walked unimpededly to the outside of the tent they saw the government officials entering. Even though these people had all slept in the tent, they should be able to hear the sound of breathing at such a close distance, but there was still no sound inside. any movement.

Xue Zheng slowly drew out the long knife, and showed the fire pocket in the other hand, and the subordinates around him understood and drew out their weapons.The tent door was wide open facing the direction of the pond, and the crowd rushed in immediately, intending to restrain the people in the tent in the shortest possible time, but under the light of the fire, they suddenly found that the tent was empty, there was no Not even a single person.

Everyone felt chills in their backs. They all saw with their own eyes that those government officials had been busy here for a long time, and finally they all entered the tent and disappeared out of thin air. Isn't this place some scenic spot? Is it a haunted unclean place?

Xue Zheng glanced left and right, walked straight to the direction where the gate was facing, and with a flick of a knife, the piece of tent cloth was lifted away. He stretched out the torch to take a look outside, and it was less than five feet away. It is the woods, and on the left and right are two other tents, which can just block the vision on both sides.To put it bluntly, this is not surprising at all. After those people entered the tent, they should have slipped directly into the woods behind through this exit.

Will government officials be too busy to panic and play hide-and-seek with themselves?This is obviously impossible. The only conclusion that Xue Zheng can think of is that this place is extremely dangerous, not because the government personnel disappeared out of thin air, but because he realizes that this is very likely to be a trap—the North Koreans probably won’t It has appeared here, and the only people who will show up here at this time are the assassins themselves!
"No, it's a trap! Get out!" Xue Zheng immediately gave the order to evacuate here. Although he knew it might be too late, his desire to survive still made him try to escape from this trap.

At this time, on the outskirts of this dense forest, hundreds of Haihan soldiers have completed the encirclement, and there is a lit torch for every five people, and there is a fire pile every twenty feet. Several roads connecting this area Barricades have been set up.As for Xue Zheng's two subordinates who stayed nearby to guard the horses, they had already been captured by both men and horses.

(End of this chapter)