Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

Wu Yun was furious. He thought Kou's army would not dare to catch up, but he underestimated the opponent. Looking at the direction of the thick smoke, he didn't dare to delay for a moment, and summoned the soldiers to rush over immediately.

Without a boat, they would have no way of retreat. No matter how much they robbed on the shore, and no matter how well they lived, there would be a day when they would be besieged. Therefore, the boat must not be lost.

This group of pirates came and went quickly. The people detained in the square watched them go away numbly, not feeling happy at all. How are you doing?

The crying became louder and louder. No matter men, women or children, they all cried indulgently over this matter. After venting, they untied each other. Some immediately rushed to the corpse of their relatives, and some immediately went to look for the daughter who had been dragged away. At the moment when their relatives were in distress, they wished they could swallow the flesh of those pirates alive.

"My poor girl...the group of thieves who killed thousands of knives, I will fight with you!" An old lady rushed into the house and took a kitchen knife, and then went after the pirates. At this time, her daughter was hanging under the eaves, naked, and the scars on her body stimulated the last bit of reason in this mother.

There are many people who rushed out like her. Before their relatives died, they were afraid of the pirate's force and did not dare to resist. When their hands and feet were bound, they couldn't resist if they wanted to. Now, anger and hatred are filling their hearts. Brain, as long as the pirates are present, they will definitely dare to step forward and do their best.

Jia Ping sent a team of a hundred people to sneak into the town, intending to lead the people to retreat. Unexpectedly, before entering the town, they encountered a group of red-eyed people, all of whom charged forward with kitchen knives, like a rainbow.

Seeing the strangely dressed South Vietnamese soldiers, at first the common people thought it was the pirates who had returned, and raised their knives angrily and rushed over, looking desperate.

"Stop! We are soldiers of Dayan, specially here to rescue you."

I don't know which word touched the hearts of this group of people, but they paused, then dropped their weapons and squatted on the ground, crying loudly, like a group of abandoned children suddenly found their parents.

The South Vietnamese soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay, but still sent someone to comfort them: "Don't be so busy crying, the pirates haven't gone far yet, go back and pack up your things and run away with me."

"What about our dead family members?"

The South Vietnamese soldier smiled coldly when he heard this, as if he had heard a big joke, "If the pirates are not eliminated for a day, they will naturally die. I am the only brother left in my family, and the rest are killed by the pirates." In the hands, what can we do? The living people live well and strive to avenge them."

Hearing what he said, the common people immediately felt that their lives were connected, and they stopped crying, turned around and ran back. The disaster was imminent, and there was nothing to do. They took their meager property and followed the soldiers to retreat westward.

Xiao Ruier heard a familiar accent outside, and guessed that the pirate might have left, she shouted for help, but unfortunately the well in his house was in the backyard, far away from the front street, so the noise outside could not be heard at all.

Some neighbors also came in to take a look, and seeing three corpses lying on the ground, they did not dare to go in, and left weeping.

The leader of this [-]-man team is Zhong Wen. He performed outstandingly in the last two battles and was quickly promoted. He originally wanted to go to sea with General Kou, but his immediate boss Cao Ji was left behind. , he can only stay.

Looking at the town that had been mopped up, Zhong Wen's anger grew even higher. He is the son of Zhangyi county magistrate, and he has experienced such things since he was a child, but his eyes are still red when he sees the unrestrained corpses on the street.

"These damned beasts!" Zhong Wen took off his coat and put it on a naked female corpse, ordering his subordinates to quickly organize the people to carry the corpse to Yizhuang. Out of the plague.

"But captain, the pirates may come back at any time, we are running out of time."

"The fight over there can't be finished for a while. Hurry up and gather the corpses in one place, burn them forcibly, and tell the villagers that it is very difficult to deal with them in extraordinary times. I hope they will understand."

"promise."

Zhong Wen was also helping to collect the corpses. He stepped into a house and saw the corpse of an adult male lying in the yard. The man was holding a wooden stick in his hand. He obviously wanted to fight against the pirates. Unfortunately, he was not a pirate. Walking in, there was a group of middle-aged couples lying in the main hall, with expressions of shock and anger on their faces, and the woman among them was still staring straight at the backyard.

Xiao Rui'er yelled for a long time but no one answered, she knew she might not be able to get out, and she didn't have the strength to yell anymore, she was hungry and cold, so she could only cry softly.

The little soldier who came in with Zhong Wen rubbed his arms and asked, "It's not dark yet, and you started crying?" He bowed into the house, "This... fellow , We are soldiers from South Vietnam, we are here to save you, not bad guys, please seek revenge from those pirates.”

Zhong Wen heard something was wrong, and walked in following the sound, and the little soldier behind him hurriedly followed after seeing it. He didn't want to stand alone in the courtyard where ghosts were crying.

When he came to the backyard, the cry became clearer. Zhong Wen ran to the top of the well to have a look, and saw a little girl hanging in the well, and hurriedly pulled her up.

Seeing that someone finally came to save her, Xiao Ruier cried even more uncontrollably. When the bucket fell to the ground, she found that she couldn't stand up at all, her legs were swollen badly, and it hurt like needles when she moved.

"How long have you been hiding here?" Zhong Wen asked.

"Three...Three days, you are...?"

"We are government soldiers, and we came here to suppress the bandits when we heard that there were pirates making trouble."

Xiao Ruier looked at him sobbing, tears still flowing, she asked with a little hope: "My parents and elder brother...are they...are they still there?"

Zhong Wen pursed his lips and dared not answer. The three corpses in this house knew who they belonged to without thinking.

Xiao Rui'er's eyelids twitched, she passed out, Zhong Wen had no choice but to carry her out, and then ran out in big strides.

They didn't bring a doctor, and everyone in this town couldn't find anyone to take care of this little girl. In the end, a woman recognized Rui'er and took her from Zhong Wen's hand.

Hearing that her parents and elder brother had passed away, the woman thought of her dead son and suppressed her grief and said, "The two families originally planned to discuss marriage, but I never thought... let her be my daughter in the future."

Zhong Wen would definitely not intervene in this kind of matter, he took the rest of the people with him after the corpse was disposed of.

Qiao An didn't close his eyes for two days. Early this morning, he received a letter from King Shun. In the letter, he said that a group of pirates failed to attack South Vietnam, and they probably fled north. He asked him to pay close attention to the movement along the coast and prepare emergency measures. Prepare for battle.

He rubbed his brows, and said to his master: "When I left South Vietnam, there were only a few thousand Kou's troops left. I didn't expect to be able to resist the invasion of tens of thousands of enemy troops now. The prince is indeed very capable."

Those refugees who came to Yuhang that year were rescued by King Shun. Now most of them live in Yuhang. Master has a good friend who is one of them. He is very grateful to King Shun for what he did back then.

"My lord was raised as a crown prince since he was a child. It is no problem to manage a mere Nanyue. I don't know what Nanyue has become now."

Qiao An looked slightly startled, Nanyue, that place is just like that, what else can it become?Although he grew up in South Vietnam, he was not from South Vietnam, so he didn't have deep feelings, but thinking that the prince was in South Vietnam now, he actually wanted to go back and have a look.

It's a pity, he probably has no chance, if the pirates attack, he will surely die together with the city.

"Is the person who delivered the letter still there?" Joan suddenly asked while pinching the letter paper.

"Here I am."

"Go ask him in."

Soon, a casually dressed young man came in with his head down, saluted Qiao An, and asked neither humble nor humble, "I wonder what Master Qiao wants?"

"Are you a servant of the palace?" Qiao An looked at the person in front of him, but he didn't recognize him.

"No, the villain is a servant of the Sheriff's Mansion, and he was ordered to deliver a letter to Master Qiao."

"Oh, then... can you take a letter back for me and hand it to King Shun?"

The young man nodded with a smile: "Of course it is possible, the prince is probably just waiting for your reply."

Qiao Anduo glanced at the young man. He didn't expect such an ordinary young man to be eloquent. He stood in front of him without restraint. He also spoke of King Shun in a friendly tone. He obviously had seen the world and didn't look like a Little servant.

"Please wait for a moment." Qiao An immediately wrote a reply letter, and handed it to the servant along with a package of pastries and rewards, and the other party accepted it generously. Let the villain bring it to you, he said, if you don't like this place, you can always change it."

Qiao An was in a complicated mood. He didn't expect that King Shun would remember him and remind him in times of crisis. A gleam flashed in his eyes, and he secretly decided: If he can get through the difficulties this time, he must thank King Shun.

Unexpectedly, that night, he saw the little guard again. The county town was under martial law, and the city was deserted. Everyone stood guard at the gate of the city to prevent the pirates from attacking in time.

The little guard was covered in dust, and when he saw Qiao An, he said anxiously: "The pirates are now in a small town a hundred miles away from the county seat, and there are a lot of them, my lord, run away."

Qiao An didn't expect that he went back to tell the news, "Thank you for reminding me, but I already know, and the people in the city have already evacuated, so I must not leave."

The little guard asked Qiao An to retreat to the left and right, and whispered: "My lord wants to send troops to suppress the bandits, but this place does not belong to South Vietnam. I hope Master Qiao can write a letter for help, and I will take it back with me."

Qiao An only needs to think about it for a while to know the serious relationship between them. It is absolutely impossible for the South Vietnamese soldiers to cross the border and enter the Yangzhou Prefecture. The letter to Yangzhou Mansion must have arrived, as long as it lasts for two or three days, the rescuers from Yangzhou Mansion will arrive, but what if they don't come in time?

He looked at the other party seriously, and asked: "Although Nanyue and Yuhang are connected, they are separated by mountains and mountains. Even if I write a distress letter, how soon can you get there?"

"To be honest, the Nanyue navy chased these pirates to the border of the sea area. It only needs one instruction, and it can arrive in half a day. The speed is definitely faster than the Yangzhou government soldiers."

Qiao An's heart beat faster, "Navy? Is there a navy fleet in South Vietnam?"

"Yes, the prince has built a navy team and has been building new ships."

Qiao An immediately turned around to write a letter, signed a few pens, stamped the official seal and handed it to the servant, "Please, please deliver it to the lord as soon as possible. If this matter happens, I will never forget the lord." kindness."

After the little guard left, Qiao An called the master over and had a secret conversation in the room for a long time. When they came out, their faces looked much better, and they were not as worried as before.

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Ming Qiyi burned five pirate boats in a row. He threw all the enemies on the boat into the sea and fed them to the fish. After igniting the boats, he quickly withdrew, took the remaining dead soldiers ashore, and quietly touched the pirates' rear .

Wu Yun led the people back to the beach, saw the burning boats, and gave a savage mouthful, "I didn't expect the South Vietnamese soldiers to have the courage to chase after them. Go and see if there are people on the other boats."

Dozens of large ships spread out, blocking their sight. When they boarded the ship, they saw the South Vietnamese warships encircling them in the distance. There were no more in number than them, but each one was bigger than them.

Wu Yun learned from Qin Zuxin that Nanyue has been building ships for the past year, and his father is the most valued craftsman, who built about twenty ships in a year.

This number is not too much in Wu Yun's eyes, and the Nanyue Navy has just been built, a group of recruits are not their opponents at all, and the only thing he has scruples about is Kou's army.

At this moment, seeing the Nanyue warship lying across from them, Wu Yun sneered and said, "It's just in time, and it just hit them so that they cry for their father and mother."

He thought that if he lost to Kou Xiao on land, he would definitely win back at sea, and they urgently needed a victory to inspire people.

"Young master, after checking, they only managed to burn five boats, and the rest are all good, but the other party moved too fast, and they ran away."

"It's nothing to burn five ships. If you don't have enough, go grab them. I'll take down all the twenty new ships on the opposite side."

The pirates cheered, beat the drums, and chased after the Nanyue navy.

Jia Ping saw their movement with a telescope, determined Wu Yun's location, ordered to retreat, and did not intend to confront the opponent.

Seeing that they started to retreat, Wu Yun naturally refused to let them go, "Hurry up, catch up with them! Now I know I'm afraid, it's too late! Hehe!"

He ordered someone to stand on the deck and shout loudly: "Kou Xiao, you're just a coward, don't run away if you have the guts, hahaha... If you're afraid of death, surrender!"

Over and over again, the shouts blew into the ears of the South Vietnamese soldiers along the sea breeze, making them very angry, especially Cao Ji's Kou Jiajun, who showed their weapons and wanted to fight to the death.

Cao Ji ordered them to be safe and calm, General Kou was not here, no matter how loud the other party shouted, it was for the deaf to hear, and when they knew Kou Xiao was going to destroy their lair, see if they could still laugh.

Jia Ping caressed the telescope in his hand. It was a miracle that he could see people and things farther away. If the other party also had this in his hand, he would soon find that Kou Xiao was not on board, and even the generals around Kou Xiao They weren't there either, and the person standing at the bow commanding was a stranger.

But he didn't know anything about it, and he chased the Nanyue boat farther and farther until Wu Yun realized that no matter how fast they speeded up, they couldn't catch up with the Nanyue boat. close, but do not move.

He frowned and asked, "What are they trying to do? The sea is no different from the land, and it is impossible to set up an ambush at sea. Where can they go?"

A subordinate had an idea and replied: "Maybe they just want to lure us out to save those ordinary people."

"Hey, that's not the people of South Vietnam. What kind of business do they care about? No matter, catch up first, change formation, outflank the past, as long as they can stop one or two ships, I don't believe they dare to abandon their companions and run away. "

"General, the wind is favorable now, and the opponent's ship will soon catch up." The helmsman of the ship came to report.

Jia Ping raised his head, and the sea breeze blew the military flag fluttering. The advantage of their sea-going ships was that they ran against the wind faster than other ships. The advantage of going with the wind was not obvious. When he saw that the opponent changed his formation, he knew that running alone would not be enough.

The subordinate asked loudly: "General, let's fight. We have plenty of weapons and high morale. If we don't fight once, how will we know that we will lose?"

Jia Ping reprimanded: "Is your life worthless as these soldiers? We have elected and re-elected these people, and sent them to the battlefield without even carrying out the most basic training. Do you think they can win?"

The subordinate lowered his head and didn't dare to answer. A group of recruits who have never been on the battlefield really have a lot of morale, because they are fearless and fearless. They only want to kill the enemy and earn military merits. How could they know that the well-trained pirates on the opposite side are all brave and good at fighting? , Let alone one-on-one, even two-on-one may not be an opponent.

"But they are about to catch up," said the subordinate eagerly.

Jia Ping calmly gave the flagman an order, "Tell No. [-] ship and No. [-] ship to turn around, and the other ships speed up to retreat southward. When the other party approaches, the No. [-] and No. [-] ships will directly collide with each other. After the collision, run away and run separately."

The fronts of their ships are covered with iron, pointed and warped. Most of the pirate ships are old ships, and they are smaller than their ships. If the hatchbacks collide, they will definitely win. In this way, they can also win a little bit. Take some time.

Wu Yun saw that the other party left two ships to fight against them, and escaped with the remaining ships, and said with a sneer, "It's really righteous, then destroy these two ships first and then chase after them. At sea, we are the overlords!"

"Ho Ho! Destroy them!"

Hearing the high morale, Wu Yun's depression dissipated, he thought: Kou Xiao is really stupid, to dare to confront him at sea, isn't this courting death?

Just when Wu Yun gave the order to encircle the two ships, the other party suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the two outermost ships, and slammed into them fiercely. This scene was actually very slow, but it is difficult for a large ship to turn around quickly at sea. direction, everyone could only watch the four ships collide two by two.

With two loud bangs of "touch", the Nanyue ship was pushed back hundreds of meters, while the pirate's ship was knocked out with a big hole. The hull swayed for a long time but did not roll over.

"No, the boat is flooded...the boat is sinking!"

"Diving! Quick!"

Like dumpling, the pirates on the boat jumped into the water one after another, and then climbed onto the surrounding boats. They had lost five boats before, and now they sank two more. Although it wasn't much, it still made Wu Yun furious.

"Young master, are you chasing me?"

"Of course we chased. We were careless just now. I didn't expect them to adopt such a suicidal collision method. Hurry up and don't let them have a chance to turn around!"

"Young master, those two ships have gone in other directions." Someone pointed to the two ships, one east and one north.

"Leave them alone, catch the big fish first! If anyone can take Kou Xiao's head, this young master will definitely reward you!"

"Ho Ho! Chase!"