People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 614

Amidst the sound of "quack", the East Water Gate was slowly pulled up.

Under the dim light of the fire, one after another fast boats rushed in from outside the city.

The ragged Zhoushan pirates, with their red eyes shining like red lights, brandished long and short knives and crossbows, and roared excitedly and inexplicably, and rushed directly into Hangzhou City.

The bustling and prosperous Hangzhou instantly appeared in front of these pirates like a beauty with fragrance.

"Come on, kill, brothers, treasures, and beauties are all in front of you, go!" A Zhoushan pirate just shouted the slogan, and the next moment, a big hand slapped him hard on the back of the forehead .

A one-eyed dragon wearing a black eyepatch instantly appeared in the eyes of all the pirates. His tall and burly figure was extremely oppressive.

One-eyed dragon looked coldly at the previous subordinate, and then shouted to the others: "Brothers, there will be treasures and beauties, but first we must take Hangzhou City completely, rush into the governor's mansion, and capture alive The new governor, Hangzhou is ours, beauty, money, wealth, everything is up to us.”

"Rush into the governor's mansion and capture the new governor alive." The clever pirate has already shouted loudly.

Cyclops glanced sideways at Wen Yi, the commander of the black pawns in black brocade, and the black pawns on several ships behind him, and asked in a low voice, "Mr. Wen, do you have any other suggestions?"

Wen Yi looked up at the one-eyed dragon, and said softly, "Take down the city gate first, and don't change at that time, and become a turtle in the urn instead."

"I heard Mr. Wen's words, fourth brother, take someone to take down the city gate..." Amidst the shouts of Cyclops, more and more clippers rushed into Hangzhou City, and the bustling atmosphere of Hangzhou City dazzled them At the same time, it is difficult to move the footsteps.

"Fourth, do you hear that? Hurry up..." Cyclops just shouted halfway, at this moment, there was a "swish" sound of an arrow in the air, and a long arrow had been inserted into Cyclops' throat, straight from the back of his head. come out.

Blood dripped directly from the tip of the arrow onto the boat, and Cyclops' mouth made a "cluck" sound. He firmly held down the long arrow with one hand, but the look in his eyes completely disappeared in an instant.

At this moment, without any hesitation at all, Wen Yi threw himself into the ditch below.

With a "plop", there was a bright splash.

Before anyone else could react, at this moment, countless "whoosh, whoosh" sounds resounded through the air.

High above the sky, countless rockets fell directly, ruthlessly piercing the clippers.

The pirates on the ship didn't react at all, and were directly penetrated.

Not only that, at this moment, countless rockets were also shot out at the same time on the city wall that should have been in chaos.

In and out of the city, almost all the Clippers were on fire immediately, and howls were everywhere.

Before the pirates could recover from the impact of the rockets, in the canal in front of them, thick bumper logs had already slammed into the fast boat with the water of the canal.

Some alert pirates have already jumped out of the water at this time.

Some tried to rush ashore, while others tried to swim out of Hangzhou City along the current.

Any fool can see that everything today shows that the entire city of Hangzhou is a trap.

Hangzhou City has long been prepared for the attack of these people, and even plans to wipe them all out.

……

Amidst the sound of "bang bang bang", a Kuaiji government soldier rushed out from the shops on both sides.

In the blink of an eye, the long lance in his hand pierced through the corpses of pirates and black pawns rushing up, and blood soon filled the entire canal.

Massacres, massacres of Chiguoguo were staged in the city of Hangzhou.

Not only that, in the Qiantang River outside Hangzhou, large ships are already turning rapidly.

He didn't care about his companions who were already trapped in the city, and he was about to turn around and run away.

Lai Sui, who was standing on the East Water City Gate, felt speechless after seeing this scene. He looked at Hangzhou Sima Yuan Yi beside him, and asked in a low voice, "Sima, are these people so courageous?"

Lai Sui originally expected a fierce naval siege battle, but now he saw that these pirates escaped faster than mice.

Yuan Yi shook his head slightly and said, "If they really had the guts, they would have been wiped out by the navy long ago."

Although the Zhoushan pirates have some strength, they can't compare with the Hangzhou Navy. If they hadn't fled back and forth like mice, the Hangzhou Navy would have completely wiped out these pirates long ago.

"Why hasn't the king of Nanchang come back now? If these pirates escape, it will be troublesome." Lai Sui suddenly felt a little restless for no reason.

Yuan Yi knew what he was thinking, shook his head, and said: "Yuanwailang, don't worry, even if these pirates escape, the black pawns and pirates in the city alone are enough for me to wait for the promotion after hard work." gone."

"After all, it's hard to be consummated." Lai Sui smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Don't be afraid." Yuan Yi looked up at the pirate ship that was gradually moving away, and said softly: "The boat left by the Hangzhou navy will follow them in secret, and it is very likely that they will follow them all the way to their lair. Even if they can run now , can't run away..."

Before Yuan Yi could finish his words, at the end of the dark river bend in the distance, countless fire lights lit up instantly.

Three-masted ships appeared under the light of the fire, and then slammed into the big pirate ships with the ram angle of the bow towards those pirate ships that could not even get up to speed.

The pirate ship suddenly became chaotic.

The Hangzhou Navy is back.

……

Li Xuan stood on the bow of the four-masted ship, looking at the sunk and surrendered pirate ships under the firelight, his eyes were indifferent and calm.

Many sailors began to salvage the pirates who fell into the water.

Almost all of them had happy smiles on their faces. Not only did they get the credit this time, but the most important thing was that they didn't have to go on an expedition to Silla.

Not everyone likes war, especially in unfamiliar territory.

Veterans who have actually been to Silla know in their hearts that the expedition to Silla this time is definitely hard work.

There is only one reason, and that is the weather.

It is already October, and it may be the end of October when they arrive in Silla.

The weather in the Northeast is extremely cold, especially since they are from the south, the cold weather alone can kill less than half of them.

Not only did they not have to go to Silla now, but they would also be able to get the exploits of the pirates as soon as they came back. These people were going crazy with joy.

Li Xuan rested her hand on the eight-faced Han sword, and calmly looked at more than a dozen pirate warships. Some of them were already on fire, while others completely surrendered.

The big ship moved forward slowly, and finally docked on the pier.

As soon as Li Xuan got off the boat, she saw Lai Sui and Yuan Yi who were already waiting on the pier.

Lai Sui stepped forward, gave Li Xuan a hug, and said with a wry smile, "You were almost late."

Li Xuan smiled and said, "We just came out of the Zhoushan bandit's lair just now."

"What?" Lai Sui and Yuan Yi's eyes widened, and they blurted out subconsciously, "You took the Zhoushan bandit's lair?"

"Of course." Li Xuan nodded calmly, and said, "Someone from the Zhoushan bandits has been watching the sea, as if they knew we were coming back, but we came back too early, and they didn't react at all. Followed into the lair of the Zhoushan pirates."

After finishing speaking, Li Xuan looked behind him. The soldiers who came back with him all held their heads high.

Searching and killing the lairs of pirates in Zhoushan was a lucrative job. Although most of them had to be handed over to the imperial court, many of them fell into the hands of the soldiers. Now, even this year can be very fat.

Of course, they took a lot, and the king of Nanchang took more.

At this time, Yu Ze came quickly, cupped his hands to Li Xuan and said, "My lord, in this battle, more than [-] pirates from Zhoushan were captured, more than [-] people were killed, and nearly a hundred black people were killed. The pawn was captured and killed, what will happen next, please show me the prince."

"Wu Sheng Hei Zu, indeed, they should be called Wu Sheng Hei Zu from now on." Li Xuan sneered, turned to look at Xiang Lai Sui and Yuan Yi, nodded and said: "Come on, let's take a look, the results of tonight's battle how."

"Here!" Lai Sui and Yuan Yi immediately headed towards the city of Hangzhou without any hesitation.

……

Li Xuan stepped on the bow of the fast boat, and the soldiers on both sides were already salvaging the bodies in the river.

The canals in Hangzhou City are very important transportation channels and cannot be easily blocked.

There are even many people who fetch water from the canal for drinking. If they see the canal full of corpses tomorrow morning, they may not draw water from the canal for three months.

Li Xuan looked at both sides of a quiet river, and asked in a deep voice, "How about the losses in the east city and west city?"

"The east city is safe, although the west city has suffered some losses, but it is not big. In the south city, a few rich merchants were burnt down by the remnants of the sky, but those are not too important properties for them. It is not a big deal if people are not dead." Yuan Yi said it lightly, and it was true in reality.

In the entire Yangzhou City, the most important places are Dongcheng and Beicheng.

The governor's mansion in Hangzhou is in the east of the city, and most of the Yiying officials live near the governor's mansion.

As for the north of the city, it is where most aristocratic families live in Hangzhou, especially on both sides of the canal.

Most of the west of the city are the other courtyards of officials and local aristocratic families, especially near the West Lake.

Moreover, most of the mansions and other courtyards of these official families and local aristocratic families have a large number of guards.

In particular, Li Xuan had deliberately reminded Lu Yuanming that if Lu Yuanming couldn't handle it, no one would be able to blame him.

As for Nancheng, most of the places in Nancheng are local weaving households, as well as the owners of weaving households.

During Yuan Jiazuo's several years in Hangzhou, the people's livelihood was quite good. Although the people could not be said to be rich, they were much better than other states. With the ability of Tianyin Sect, they were not even able to spread the word in Yangzhou. This is a clear proof.

But even so, there are still many poor families, many of whom are exploited by various means by local aristocratic families and businessmen.

Most of these families are common people and weaving households living in and outside Nancheng.

Among these people, although there are few, there are still many followers of Tianyin Sect.

In order to avoid being attacked on both sides, Lai Jingye decisively gave up the South Gate and the West Gate.

Although Li Xuan disagreed, there was nothing he could do. Firstly, he was not an official in Hangzhou, and secondly, when the accident happened, he was not in Hangzhou.

Moreover, the facts have proved that the loss is indeed not large.

Moreover, those merchants who are rich and unkind, if something happens, it will happen, and no one will look down on them.

……

Near the southeast watchtower, Li Xuan went ashore calmly.

There were already piles of corpses lying on the ground, and blood flowed into the ditch piece by piece.

Yan Tao quickly walked out of the crowd, and when he saw Li Xuan, he quickly cupped his hands and said, "Your official, Zhechong School Lieutenant Yan Tao of Kuaiji Mansion, met the king."

Li Xuan nodded in satisfaction, and walked forward while asking: "Tonight, Captain Yan, how did you get?"

"More than [-] Wusheng black soldiers were beheaded on the spot, but a team of less than [-] people fled into the West Lake in Xicheng, and then fled from the West Lake into the mountains. The subordinates have already sent people to chase them. I can catch up with the enemy." Yan Tao's eyes were serious, although they captured and killed many people today, the real leader was still escaped.

"It doesn't matter." Li Xuan waved his hand slightly, and said: "They attacked Hangzhou this time because they wanted something else, and they didn't get what they wanted. Naturally, they are restrained everywhere. It will be easy to capture them later."

Raising his head, Li Xuan looked up into the sky, where a red-bellied eagle was flying in the night sky, and his eyes fell on the entire city of Hangzhou.

(End of this chapter)