Changsheng: My experience in patrolling the liver

Chapter 99: Destroy the pirates and sink the river

The Dinghai Water Gang, which had been driven away by Xiao Jingchuan before, made a comeback after Xiao Jingchuan fled, trying to re-occupy the port and monopolize the maritime trade of Donglai County.

After the newly appointed county magistrate learned about this, he naturally did not want to give the benefits back to the gang.

This is why today has come about. The Director General was asked to bring people to deal with it.

Soon, the team arrived at the port.

Looking around, you can see many docks.

There were a lot of people gathered near each pier, and many large and small ships were docked.

There are merchant ships for transport and fishing boats for fishing.

There are several fishing villages surrounding the port.

Most of the villagers make a living from fishing and have stayed near this port all their lives.

The arrival of this group of people alarmed many people inside and outside the dock.

"Where is the supervisor of the Caoyunsi? How come there is not even a minor official?" The patrol chief Zheng Qiushan looked around and frowned.

The Caoyunsi was actually a new department established by Xiao Jingchuan in the later period of his administration, which was specifically responsible for port maintenance and water transportation related matters.

They had received a signal to go ahead before they set out, but no officials were seen, which made everyone feel that something was wrong.

"Go check!" Zhuang Ren said slowly, and the patrol guards quickly dispersed.

Song Changming's eyes fell on the ships at the dock, and soon he noticed that there was not a single official ship to be seen.

Suddenly he noticed two figures walking hurriedly. After seeing their official uniforms, they turned around and walked away, as if they were going to leave by boat.

"Call the dragon." Song Changming signaled with his eyes.

Liang Zhaolong beside him understood immediately, squeezed his legs together, and rode towards the pier.

When the two men saw Liang Zhaolong coming straight towards them, they drew their swords without hesitation, with ferocious looks on their faces.

Liang Zhaolong didn't waste any words. He just jumped off his horse and slashed out with his long sword.

Now Liang Zhaolong has already reached the third level of body refining as a warrior, and his strength is not weak.

Although the opponent was also a warrior, he was only at the first level of body training. Liang Zhaolong easily subdued him and carried him back to Song Changming by the neck.

"But are they from the Dinghai Shui Gang?" Song Changming asked.

At first, both of them were silent and looked stern.

But after a little torture, he gave in.

As expected, these two people were the two members of the Dinghai Shui Gang who stayed at this dock.

They are not the core members of the gang, but just two people responsible for surveillance.

After seeing Song Changming and others arriving, he planned to go back and report, but he lost his composure and walked in a hurry, which was noticed by Song Changming.

"Where are the officials and messengers in charge of the grain transport?" Zhuang Ren asked.

The two were overwhelmed by Zhuang Ren's aura and said stumblingly: "They were all sunk into the river."

As soon as these words came out, Zhuang Ren's face instantly showed a bit of annoyance.

"How dare you!" Zhuang Ren shouted.

This director general, who had only been in office for a few months, finally realized how tough the people in these places far away from the imperial power were.

Local officials kill people at will and have no regard for the law. They are extremely rampant.

This is simply unimaginable in the imperial capital.

Song Changming had guessed some of the results when he came here, so he was not too surprised by the result.

If the Dinghai Sea Gang had not been so fierce, Xiao Jingchuan would not have had to spend so much time and effort and send out the army to drive away the Dinghai Sea Gang.

Just as Song Changming was about to continue asking about the location of the Dinghai Shui Gang's stronghold, a patrol guard suddenly released a signal smoke in the distance.

"Go!" Zhuang Ren ordered in a deep voice.

A group of people rode away, passed through the fishing market near the port, and arrived at the location of the signal smoke.

I saw a few patrol guards fighting with a group of people wearing the same headscarf.

"It's the Dinghai Shui Gang!" Zheng Qiushan recognized the headscarf at a glance and shouted.

"Kill!" Zhuang Ren gave the order immediately after hearing it.

The sixteen personal guards behind him jumped off their horses and charged into the crowd like tigers descending from the mountains, causing a huge uproar.

Each of the personal guards has extremely strong combat capability and cooperates with each other. Even Song Changming has to treat them with caution when he sees them.

Afterwards, the patrol captain also led his patrol team to charge, and in an instant, the Dinghai Shui Gang members were defeated and no one escaped.

Among them, there was a leader of the Dinghai Shui Gang who was quite powerful and was still resisting stubbornly. Even the personal guards of several generals could not take him down.

Song Changming didn't want to waste time. He took a step forward, dragged the dragon-patterned knife on the ground, and slashed upwards from bottom to top.

The leader hastily used his sword to block, but the terrifying force chopped him and his sword into the air.

Song Changming swung his arm and turned over, smashing it into the ground again with the back of the knife!
In an instant, the leader's brain went blank. Song Changming beat him to the point of causing his computer to crash and his heart to stop.

His face turned red in an instant, and large amounts of blood spurted out.

It was only after a while that I breathed a sigh of relief. I felt pain all over my body. I lay on the ground without even the strength to struggle.

"Drag him away and interrogate him strictly." Song Changming put away his knife and said calmly. The two patrol guards immediately took the seriously injured leader away.

Interrogation and torture are the patrol guards' old tricks. They have plenty of tricks and Song Changming is not afraid that the other party will not give in.

"This place was once the stronghold of the Dinghai Shui Gang. It was destroyed twice by the previous county governor Xiao. Now it seems that they have occupied it again." Zheng Qiushan said, pointing to a row of docks not far away.

The reason why he was chosen among all the patrol captains was because he had dealt with the Dinghai Shui Gang many times before and knew them quite well.

In this shipyard, Song Changming spotted several large official merchant ships at a glance.

Of course, these official merchant ships actually belonged to the Dinghai Sea Gang in the past, but were later requisitioned by Xiao Jingchuan, and after a slight makeover, they became official ships.

And now, it has apparently been snatched back by the Dinghai Shui Gang.

These ships are only a part of them. The other official ships may have been taken away by the Dinghai Sea Gang.

"This matter may be a bit tricky." Song Changming said to Zhuang Ren.

"The Dinghai Water Gang will not give up this place easily. They have a large number of people and can mobilize coastal gangs from other counties. At the beginning, County Magistrate Xiao had to send out troops to suppress these water gangs."

Song Changming was worried that if the news of their arrival got out, they would soon be flooded with bandits all over the mountains.

The reality is not playing a game. No matter how strong a martial arts master is, he is afraid of an endless sea of ​​people. Even if he can use his sword to harvest heads, his physical strength will eventually run out.

Besides, there are also experts in the Dinghai Shui Gang.

Zhuang Ren nodded. Although he looked down on these gangs, he still sent people back to the county town to inform the county governor of the situation for the sake of caution.

In fact, Xiao Jingchuan took away almost all the troops in the county. The new county magistrate had only been in office for a few months. Although he had been actively recruiting and training soldiers, it would still take more time for these new recruits to form combat effectiveness.

Zhuang Ren knew that although the troops brought by the new county magistrate from the imperial capital were elite, their number was not large.

This elite force is also the new county magistrate's basic base and cannot be easily mobilized.

The Dinghai Sea Gang may have known that the armed forces under the new county magistrate were weak, so they dared to act so unscrupulously. The government officials stationed here said to sink the ship into the river.

After a while, the patrol guards had basically explored the port clearly.

All government officials have disappeared.

According to local fishermen, there have been more than one clashes between Dinghai Shui Gang members and port officials.

Just a few days ago, the fishermen suddenly discovered that all the officials had disappeared overnight, even the police officers who were supposed to patrol every day were gone.

Instead, members of the Dinghai Shui Gang arrived at the port.

These fishermen were not unfamiliar with the Dinghai Sea Gang. After all, it was a well-known underworld force that dominated the sea area for many years.

It is no exaggeration to say that in the past, in this port area, the four words "Dinghai Shui Gang" were more intimidating than the county government.

The Dinghai Water Gang is the ruler of the sea and river areas, and no one dares to challenge them!
Therefore, they were not surprised at all that the Dinghai Sea Gang was able to make a sweeping comeback.

After all, they are indeed strong enough and have been the dominant force here for a long time.

The information Song Changming and others obtained from these fishermen further confirmed the crimes of the Dinghai Sea Gang.

At dusk, an official ship slowly approached the dock from the river.

As expected, the people who got off the official ship were another group of Dinghai Shui Gang members.

They would come to take over the shift at this time.

"Why is there no one to greet us today?" After entering the dock, several gang members stretched lazily and asked in confusion.

"Something is not right. It seems too quiet here." One of the gang members who followed behind frowned and said cautiously.

As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of crossbow arrows were suddenly shot out from several ships docked in the dock and from hidden corners around.

"not good!"

By the time the gang members reacted, twenty or thirty people had already been shot to the ground by crossbow arrows.

Then another round of volleys continued to kill and wound the gang members, forcing them to retreat back to the boat.

At this time, a group of patrol guards rushed out from the left and right sides and cut off their retreat.

"It's someone from the government!"

By the time the gang members realized what was happening, it was already too late. Soon, dozens of Dinghai Shui gang members who had gotten off the boat were lying on the ground.

By the way, a lost official ship was also seized.

This move soon caused trouble.

That night, everyone stayed at the dock to rest, while waiting for the next order from the county magistrate.

Early the next morning, a fleet appeared on the river.

There were seven ships in total, all of which were unique to the Dinghai Gang, and not the official ships that had been seized.

The ship stopped near the dock, and a large number of Dinghai Shui Gang members got off, all with ferocious looks, and their number was at least over five hundred!
The leaders among them looked extraordinary just from a distance.

As soon as one of them raised his hand, the gang members behind him rushed into the dock like hungry wolves and surrounded him.

"Have the government officials left?" Seeing that there was no one at the dock, the leader took a glance and said lightly.

The other leader's nose twitched, as if he smelled the remaining bloody smell here, and said with a slightly regretful look: "What a pity, I was thinking of having a chance to kill a lot of people this time.

Especially killing these guys in official uniforms is really fun."

(End of this chapter)