EBE Chapter 478 Raid
Chapter 478 Raid
Shuibo County borders Qinghe County and Heishan County, and the contrast between the two is simply too stark. Heishan County is home to many monsters, and the people there are not quite normal. Although this place isn't as rife with bandits as Shuibo County, where their actions carry a certain whiff of banditry, the bandits still have a sense of dignity and value the empty reputations of "righteousness" and "morality."
The Black Mountain County was completely shameless and drew their swords at the slightest disagreement.
It is said that poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people. The land in Heishan County is barren, there is a lot of miasma in the forest, and there are many monsters in the mountains. The people who make a living by farming have starved to death long ago, and the rest are all cruel and ruthless people.
This place is a mixed crowd, with scum who have rebelled against the sect, criminals exiled by the court, prostitutes everywhere, and countless evil people. The most developed industries are nothing more than opium, gambling houses, brothels and the like. It is the most chaotic lawless area.
"Those extraordinary people in Black Mountain County acted extremely erratically. They even dared to rob the river bandits. If they discovered the magical power of the river god, it is indeed possible that they would kidnap or kill him." Han Liuniang murmured.
"But this is a bit unlike the Black Mountain County's style. If they took action, it would definitely cause an uproar in the city. How could they quietly kidnap the river god and save those children?" Lu Zhiyao felt something was amiss.
This really didn't make sense, and everyone was scratching their heads again.
"Could it be from Qinghe County? If we go upstream along the waterway, they might really be able to find us." Lu Zhiyao made a guess.
Everyone basically concluded that it was Black Mountain County at the beginning, but after Lu Zhiyao's reminder, they suddenly became hesitant again.
Judging from the crime route, Qinghe County is indeed a suspect, but its motive is not as strong as that of Heishan County.
"The internal strife in Qinghe County just ended not long ago. They are probably still competing for territory and dividing up the profits. Do they still have the energy to cause trouble here?"
"Who did it? It's so troublesome to keep guessing!" Zhu Gang scratched his head vigorously.
"How about this, I suggest sending spies to Qinghe County and Shuibo County to gather intelligence." Gongsun Qiu took everyone's opinions into consideration and gave orders.
"Of course, it's not just about searching for the whereabouts of the river god, it's more about obtaining the other side's defense map and naval power, which will be of great use to us." Long Er added.
The Shuibo County navy is powerful and has long had the idea of starting a war. Now that the river god is lost, everyone is even more eager to further expand their influence.
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Time flies and three days have passed.
In the middle of August, when the sun was rising in the early morning and the summer heat had not yet set in, one could still feel the cool breeze coming from the river at the sentry post of Longwan Guard Station.
Several soldiers who looked like sentinels were in high spirits, looking at the river in the distance.
"There's a boat!"
"They're probably the bastards from Shuibo County. Go and ask Master Zhang to come over!"
When the sentinels saw the pirate Wu Peng from Shuibo County, they immediately became eager to fight and wanted to jump onto the enemy's boat and kill them at close range.
Since the establishment of the defense post, these water bandits have often come to harass, and sentries or craftsmen are often shot to death or injured by spears or arrows thrown by the water bandits. However, these black boats are extremely agile. Whenever they organize a counterattack, they dodge like a group of ducks and then leave arrogantly.
After a few encounters, the sentries hated the pirates so much that they wanted to eat them alive every time they saw them. They had become enemies with each other.
"Master Zhang is an exceptional archer. Let's shoot the leader, Toad, first!"
"Du Toad is an ugly man who has done many evil things. He has killed many of our brothers. He deserves to be the first to die!"
The sentries shouted and surrounded an English man who came out of the guard post.
Zhang Yi still looked sleepy and even a little grumpy after waking up. He wanted to get angry, but seeing these men looking at him with admiration, he couldn't bear to blame them.
He was sent to the Longwan Guard Station to supervise the mine experiments and deployment. However, he witnessed several attacks and provocations of the guards by the pirates, who even injured people repeatedly. The young sentries were so angry that their faces turned red, but they were still helpless against the pirates.
He was not a garrison officer here, so he was not advised to act rashly. Until one time, when a young sentry was shot in the throat by an arrow and died on the spot, he could not help but take action and shot the pirate to death with an arrow.
At that time, the pirates had already fled far away on their boats, and were more than two hundred steps away from him, but he was still pierced through the heart by an arrow, winning the cheers of the soldiers.
Since then, Zhang Yi has been dubbed the "sharpshooter" and is highly respected.
It has to be said that it feels good to be respected by friendly forces. Zhang Yi was secretly happy while vaguely wondering how good it would be for his master to show off in front of the five alliance leaders.
"Don't blame me, Sir Zhang. The pirates who came this time are no small matter. If they were not so troublesome, we would not dare to ask you to come out." The sentry bowed.
Zhang Yi waved his hand, indicating that they should not care about these conventional etiquette. The Shuibo County bandits were their common enemy, so it would be good to kill as many of them as possible.
"Master Zhang, look at that arrogant, toad-faced guy in the lead. He's a deputy hall master under the Sixth Master of Shuibo County. His name is Du Dagui. He's already reached the transcendental realm. Not only is he invulnerable to ordinary weapons, but every time he attacks, we always lose a few of our brothers."
"This is the Du Toad you are talking about, right?" Zhang Yi often heard the sentries cursing that Du Toad these days. He was notorious.
I just met the real owner today, and he really lives up to his name.
The man was short and fat, with a face full of scabies and a pair of cross-eyed eyes that gave off a clear gaze. He really looked like a human-shaped toad.
Du Dagui stood at the bow, his voice like a broken gong, shouting, "Hurry up and open the gate and let us go. I'm here just to look for someone. If you don't open the gate, I'll kill you today!"
"Looking for someone? Looking for your mother or your father?"
"Your father is right here, kneel down now!"
The sentries in the garrison refused to believe Du Toad's lies and immediately shouted back at him, while at the same time greeting Du Toad's relatives warmly.
"You new recruits are looking for death!" Du Hema's face, covered with scabies, trembled, making him look even uglier.
He actually came here to look for someone.
His most beloved concubine Caiju had been missing for several days, and rumors were spreading in the gang that his concubine had an affair with someone and fled Shuibo County overnight. He even fought with those rumormongers for this.
His concubine obviously loved him deeply, and was not satisfied with their affectionate love every day. How could she find some strange man and elope with him?
"I'll ask again, have you ever seen a young and beautiful woman passing by? Her name is..."
Before he finished speaking, Du Toad suddenly swung his arm and threw the short spear hidden behind his back, pointing it directly at an archer on the arrow tower.
At the same time, the pirates on the other black-sailed boats also attacked together, shooting spears and arrows at the sentries of the garrison at tricky and vicious angles, making it difficult to defend against them.
Zhang Yi's eyes suddenly turned cold.
This was not a routine provocation, but a premeditated raid.