Great Song Pirate

Chapter 473 Water Cat
Xu Yi had just arrived at Danshui Village for two days, and before he had read all the preparations for the battle, Kong Qingxi's fleet arrived at Danshui Village.

Xu Yi, who happened to be checking the construction and refurbishment of the ships here, left the shipyard and walked to the pier after hearing the sound of the horn.

As soon as I arrived at the pier, I saw more than 20 boats slowly sailing into the port from the direction of the river mouth. These boats were rebuilt from Guangzhou Shipyard. In addition, the several boats in front were all black. You don't need to ask to know that Kong Qingxi is back. Of course Xu Yi is very happy. The Cantonese boats that Kong Qingxi got are also good guys. The hulls are very strong and very suitable for sailing. Both Fuchuan and Fuchuan are the best among ancient Chinese ships. type of ship.

Kong Qingxi strode down from the diving board with a face full of excitement. When he saw Xu Yi was here to greet him, he quickly bowed his head and bowed, shouting: "The humble Kong Qingxi sees the lord!"

Xu Yi stretched out his hand to support Kong Qingxi, thanked him for his hard work, and then asked him, "Have you settled everything in Guangzhou?"

Kong Qingxi bowed his head and replied: "The humble officer has gathered the ships and brothers there, withdrew from the sea outside Guangzhou, and went south to occupy Chuanshan Island. It is a distance from Guangzhou. The imperial navy usually does not go there, but not at all. Worried about meeting them any more, I handed over the place to my subordinates to take care of, picked 21 good boats and rushed back, I don’t know if there was a delay!”

"No delay, no delay! It's just in time, Diao Bin's fleet hasn't arrived yet, we can set off after his fleet arrives!" Xu Yi smiled to Kong Qingxi.

At this time, the leaders of Kong Qingxi's subordinates on the ships also began to land, and they came to see Xu Yi one after another. It was necessary to greet them with a hard voice, and then Xu Yi ordered them to disembark and rest, and check the condition of the ships as soon as possible. He sailed into the shipyard for repairs, took Kong Qingxi and found a nearby room to sit down.

"How is your preparation this time?" Xu Yi continued to ask Kong Qingxi after serving tea.

"Reporting to my lord, I basically brought about half of the ships and brothers with me this time. The ships are all new ships recently acquired. There is no problem with traveling long distances. These brothers are also veterans, and they have no trouble sailing and fighting. Question, and I also brought some supplies along with the ship, which is enough to guarantee the needs of these ship brothers! By the way, I also brought a ship of copper and tin to Jilongzhai for the casting of cannons in Jilongzhai!" Kong Qingxi replied road.

"Yes, I have seen some of your ships just now, and they are all good, but the weapons on board are still a little lacking. At present, the shipyard here has a lot of thunder guns and crossbows brought from Jilongzhai, as well as There are also bows and crossbows in the treasury, so you immediately order the ships under your command to start refitting, and replace the broken bows and crossbows of your brothers. It’s all right to organize the fleet into the big fleet and wait for departure! After arranging these things, it’s not easy for you to come back. You can go back to Jilongzhai to visit your family first, and wait for departure there!” Xu Yi simply said to him Confess to.

"Thank you, my lord, for your concern. If you don't want to leave immediately, then after the humble job arrangement is made, go back to Jilong Village and take a look!" Kong Qingxi agreed.

So far, hundreds of boats of various colors have gathered at the wharves of Danshui Village, with flags and flags unfurled, masts and sculls like clouds, which shocked the businessmen who arrived here, and couldn't help but re-evaluate the strength of the Fubo army. strength.

In the next few days, Danshui Village received a steady stream of supplies from various places, especially the winter clothes and bedding of the soldiers, and they were transported to Danshui Village in large quantities, and distributed to the soldiers, ships The refurbishment and transformation of the shipyard were basically completed, and even the new warships on the berth were launched for sea trials, and Danshui village was filled with a tense atmosphere.

And Diao Bin's fleet finally appeared at the mouth of the Tamsui River in the anticipation of everyone, and finally announced that all the ships and soldiers participating in this expedition will be in Danshui Village, only Li Bo has not yet appeared.

In the hall, Water Cat knelt in front of Xu Yi, with a face full of shame and a dull look, with an empty sleeve hanging by his side, Xu Yi and everyone could hardly recognize him, Shuimao's face was as dry as wormwood, so thin that he almost lost his human shape, as if a gust of wind could blow him away, his face was sallow, his cheeks were withered, his forehead was still covered with bandages, his beard was burnt yellow, and his hair was even more messy Xu Yi's heart ached, and everyone in the hall was full of anger.

They didn't expect the water cat to become like this, and they felt distressed and pitiful in their hearts. Since the water cat was brought into the hall, it knelt in the middle of the hall, kept kowtowing to Xu Yi, and kept talking to Xu Yi with a hoarse voice. Yi pleaded guilty, no matter how Xu Yi and the others tried to persuade him, he refused to get up.

Diao Bin knelt beside Shuimao and said to Xu Yi with tears in his voice: "Brother Shuimao heard that I was coming here, he would come with me no matter what he said, and he would not listen to anyone's persuasion. Locked in the room, he slammed his head against the door, causing blood all over his head and face. I had no choice but to ask Brother Qian to come with me. If I hadn't been on the road every day Feed him some rice soup, I don’t even know if brother Shuimao can come here!”

Xu Yi looked down at the ghost-like water cat, feeling so distressed that he was about to bleed, the water cat kowtowed to him dully, muttering that he was guilty, and asked Xu Yi to punish him.

"Lift up your head!" Xu Yi gritted his teeth and snarled at the water cat.

The dull water cat's body shook slightly, so he stopped kowtowing, slowly raised his head, and looked at Xu Yi with his cloudy eyes.

With a crisp sound of "Pa!", Xu Yi suddenly raised his hand, and slapped the water cat's cheek heavily. The water cat had no defense at all, and with his weak body, even if he was hit by Xu Yi's This big slap knocked him over in the hall.

All the generals in the hall turned pale with fright, Diao Bin immediately rushed over and hugged Xu Yi's arm tightly, crying immediately, trying to persuade: "My lord, calm down, my lord, calm down! Brother Shui Mao is like this! , you can’t hit him anymore! If you want to hit you, hit me!”

The friendship between Wang Feng and the water cat is also quite good, so he immediately rushed over and knelt in front of Xu Yi and shouted: "My lord, calm down, you can't hit me! If you are angry, you might as well slap me a few times! You can't beat me!" "

Following their cries and persuasion, many people who knew the water cat in the hall knelt down and shouted: "Please calm down, my lord!..." In the end, even Xiao Jianfeng and Zhi Zhi, who had just joined the Fubo Army and didn't know the water cat, Peng also knelt down together.

The water cat lay on the ground with a trace of blood flowing from the corner of its mouth, half of its face suddenly swelled up, and said with a wry smile: "Thank you all! My lord, you fought well! The fight was right! The death of the water cat is not a pity, and a few hits are nothing. ?” When he said this, he finally brought out some anger.

Xu Yi threw away Diao Bin who was hanging on his arm, and shouted at the generals in the hall: "Get up! Get up!"

Everyone was shocked again, it was the first time that everyone saw Xu Yi so furious, and they couldn't help but feel a little cold, so everyone had to stand up one after another, looking worriedly at the water cat lying on the ground.

Diao Bin and Wang Feng didn't stand up, they still knelt in front of Xu Yi with their necks stuck, Xu Yi ignored the two of them and walked up to the water cat. Diao Bin still wanted to pull Xu Yi, afraid that he would continue to attack The water cat was frightened by Xu Yi's fierce stare, and knelt down on the ground again.

Xu Yi looked at the water cat struggling to remember on the ground, with a face full of anger, he asked the water cat loudly, "Do you know why I beat you?"

The water cat struggled to get up, and knelt down in front of Xu Yi again, letting the blood drip from the corner of its mouth, not even interested in wiping it, and replied in a hoarse voice: "I know! The lord blames the incompetence! Thousands of brothers, Hundreds of ships were destroyed in my hands just like that, my lord is right, I deserve to be hit! Even if my lord kills me, I will never complain!"

"Fart!" Xu Yi raised his hand fiercely, as if he wanted to slap the water cat, and everyone exclaimed: "My lord, calm down..." Xu Yi raised his arm a few times, but in the end he didn't hit it anymore. He waved his hand heavily and put it down. Slap, and cursed at the water cat: "Do you think I'm angry because of this? Wrong! You are very wrong!"

The water cat seemed a little surprised when he heard Xu Yi's words, so he looked up at Xu Yi, Xu Yi stared at him, fixed his eyes on the water cat's eyes, and then scolded him: "You are wrong! I I am not angry because you lost the battle, but because of your performance. As a general, no one can say that life will be smooth sailing. There are not many generals in the world who do not lose battles. People who can’t defeat battles are called gods. You No, I'm not, everybody's not! Isn't it just a lost battle? What's the big deal? Is it just lost an arm? What's the big deal? Are you a man? I'm for the brothers who died We feel ashamed for you! It’s true that they died in battle, but what about you? What’s the difference between you being alive and dead now? You look like a walking dead, isn’t this what a man did?” At this point, Xu Yi stopped and calmed down. Get angry.

A look of shame suddenly appeared on the water cat's face, trying to avoid Xu Yi's gaze, and lowered his head.

"Raise your head and look at me!" Xu Yi shouted at the water cat again.

The water cat shook slightly, then quickly raised its head again, and looked at Xu Yi with some fear, Xu Yi continued to scold: "The man can bend and stretch, it's true that you lost a battle, but what I hate is not this, After we came out of this line of work, we have long been conscious of killing and benevolent, and we may die at sea at any time. No one will blame you for those brothers, and we will not let them die in vain! But what about you? ...?"

(End of this chapter)