mynovelweb Chapter 873 What is their purpose?
Chapter 873 What is their purpose?
Jing Zhaoheng seemed to be lost in thought.
"I heard that Lin Feng has some conflicts with these high-ranking officials of the imperial court. He shouldn't be here to rescue them."
"That's inevitable. They're just about to fight to the death."
Qiu Jie said firmly.
The two of them immediately gathered at the riverside to discuss the issue of the warship.
The team behind him set up camp on the spot.
Crossing the river for tens of thousands of troops is not a matter of one or two days. It requires slowly setting up a stable camp, mobilizing boats, arranging the order of escort, etc. There are many things to do and it is very complicated.
After careful analysis and discussion, Qiu Jie and Jing Zhaoheng concluded that the ships of the Zhenxi Army were just there to watch and would not go to war with the Taisho Army.
If they wanted to start a war, why would they only send one warship?
"Come on, send someone to visit them and ask about their purpose."
Qiu Jie ordered.
Someone from his guards immediately went to convey the order.
The officer in charge of administrative affairs in the army hurriedly rode his warhorse and came to the shore where Zhenxi No. 2 was anchored with only a dozen soldiers.
The two sides were more than ten feet apart, and the officer of the Taisho Imperial Army was very polite.
"Excuse me, could you please have a word with the steward?"
Everyone on the boat went to see Lin Feng, who was sitting at the bow fishing.
Lin Feng didn't even turn his head, but Pei Qiyin waved at Wen Jian.
Wen Jian walked to the side of the boat and nodded to the officer.
"What's the matter?"
"Oh, haha, I wonder what your army is doing here?"
Wen Jian shook his head: "No action, didn't you see, I was fishing."
The officer was stunned and his eyes shifted from the fishing rod in Lin Feng's hand to Lin Feng himself.
It was obvious that this person was the leader, but he just ignored him.
"Fishing is good. We are the Taisho Imperial Army and would like to cross the river from here. I wonder if it will hinder you?"
Facing the Zhenxi Army, the officer also lowered his posture to the lowest level.
Wen Jian waved his hand: "Go ahead, go ahead, it won't hinder us."
"Thank you so much."
The officer was very happy to receive such an answer. After bowing, he turned his horse around and left with his men.
After hearing the report, Qiu Jie immediately gave orders to mobilize ships and start crossing the river.
He also didn't believe that just one boat could threaten his 30,000 troops.
Officials in charge of administrative affairs began to look for boats to cross the river.
Generally, these ferries are under the jurisdiction of the local Cao Gang.
Normally, there are more than a dozen boats parked at the ferry waiting for passengers to cross the river. Now, seeing a large number of people crossing the river, everyone is very excited.
Some hurriedly drove their boats over to negotiate the price, while others went back to call people and continue to mobilize ships here, as a big deal was coming.
A leader of the Cao Gang sailed across the river and came to the imperial guards. He began to negotiate prices and calculate the number of people and boats.
While they were busy here, two other small warships of the Zhenxi Army also came cruising from a distance. They didn't go far away, but circled around nearby.
The boats that came over were all powered by oars and moved very slowly in the river. The river here was very wide, so their boats took a long time to sail on the river.
When a dozen small boats reached the middle of the river, the two warships came back from a distance. Due to their fast speed, the two warships were sailing side by side again.
The small boat in the middle of the river was unable to dodge and cried out in panic.
"Hey, there's a collision, there's a collision!"
Unfortunately, even though it was a small warship from Zhenxi, it was much larger than those ferry boats. The tall hull crushed over like a small mountain.
Those boatmen who were unable to escape in time immediately abandoned their boats and jumped into the water.
There was a loud noise, and several small boats were smashed into scattered pieces of wood, floating downstream.
The small boat following behind was immediately dumbfounded.
What the fuck is going on?
They have never encountered such a domineering ship. How dare it bully the people of their Cao Gang? Do they still want to survive in Jinjiang?
Although I dare not provoke your Zhenxi Army, a strong dragon still cannot defeat a local snake.
They don't interact with each other or interfere with each other on weekdays.
Seeing their food being smashed into pieces, the boatmen were immediately furious. They started shouting and cursing at the riverside and on the boat.
The leader of the Cao Gang, who was in charge of a group of boatmen, immediately sent someone to notify the gang leader, mobilized people, and prepared to seek justice.
Others thought it was a joke, but Qiu Jie smelled something bad.
With a gloomy face, he stood on the other side of the river, his eyes following the movement of the two warships.
If it was an accident, how could they not be seen on such a wide river with a dozen small boats being obvious targets?
Moreover, the ship was not traveling particularly fast, so it was not impossible to avoid it.
It is obvious that the warships of the Zhenxi Army did it on purpose.
What is their purpose?
As a veteran military commander, Jing Zhaoheng also knew that things were not that simple.
"General Qiu, what are the Zhenxi Army going to do?"
Qiu Jie turned his head and looked at the crowd behind him. The prisoners who had been captured were all sitting on the ground with miserable expressions.
These people are the families of the royal guards or the families of the princes and nobles.
So, will the Zhenxi Army come for them?
The conflicts between Lin Feng and these court ministers were not fake, so why would he come to save these people?
"General Qiu, the Zhenxi Army's ship isn't coming to rescue these people, is it?"
Seeing that Qiu Jie didn't say anything, Jing Zhaoheng asked again.
"How can they rescue them? With just these few boats?"
"I don't think so, but the collision just now was obviously intentional. Why?"
"They want to destroy the Cao Gang?"
"Haha, the Cao Gang is all over the world, it's not that easy to destroy them."
"Even if you want to destroy the Cao Gang, shouldn't you send troops to surround and suppress them?"
The two of them made wild guesses, but neither of them could figure out what the Zhenxi Army meant.
Seeing that more and more members of the Cao Gang were gathering on the other side of the river, various boats were also gathering at the dock from two directions.
In less than half an hour, four to five hundred people had gathered on the entire dock.
It can be seen that the Cao Gang is a very powerful gang in the local area.
There are also hundreds of ships of various types.
Those people were shouting and very excited. There were four or five people on one boat, holding knives, guns, sticks and other weapons in their hands, and they were rowing towards the river while shouting.
When the boats were about to reach the center of the river, the two warships turned back from the north and continued to sail downstream at a leisurely pace.
The leader of the Cao Gang called on everyone to gather in the center of the river, trying to stop the two warships.
Unexpectedly, the size ratio of the two sides was too great. When the two warships were still dozens of feet away from the small boats, they suddenly began to accelerate.
The boatmen raised their swords and guns and shouted loudly, which not only did not scare the warship, but made it go faster.
Seeing that the situation was not good, many people hurriedly began to turn their boats around to avoid being hit by the warship again.
The water is different from the land. You can't hide just because you want to.
In particular, hundreds of small boats were concentrated on the river, and the boats in the center had no space to move at all.
They could only watch helplessly as the two behemoths crashed into their boat again.