Everyone was in an uproar when they heard it, word of mouth, and quickly reported the news to the county government case, and when the county order that was called out from Gentle Township was reluctantly heard, the hangover was more than half awake, and they hurriedly called the county lieutenant to organize people to meet the bandits.The county lieutenant's surname is Fan Danming, a person from Haizhou near the capital, Jin Shi and the first, originally in this county lieutenant for a few years, he can be promoted, but this person has a resolute and upright personality, and is not good at greeting, and has been in the post of county lieutenant for nearly ten years, and there has been no change, and he is not impatient.As soon as I heard about someone's life, I hurriedly asked people to gather and go straight to the dock.When he arrived at the dock, the person who asked for help saw that he had brought seven or eight people, and couldn't help but say urgently: "How can such a small number of people fight those dozens of tough bandits, how can they save people back!"
”Fan Zhao, the county lieutenant, stepped forward and asked, "Since it is the ship of the Xuanzhou family, can there be guards on the ship to go with me to rescue?"
”The man also replied loudly: "The first time we encountered a merchant ship being robbed, we saw that there was an old acquaintance of my wife on the ship, and the eldest prince had already brought some guards to fight with the water bandits, so I asked the first guard to come to ask for help, otherwise, just waiting for this time, I am afraid that the county lieutenant will have to collect the body with them." ”Fan Zhao frowned, thinking about how to deal with it.The water bandits are strong, and these people they bring are good at going to the countryside to collect taxes and bully the villagers on weekdays, but they can't count on taking them to fight the water bandits.Fan Zhao pretended not to see the officials who came with him shaking their legs, and looked around, showing their majesty."
The river is rampant with bandits, endangering passing ships, but are there righteous people who are willing to go with me to save people?"
The onlookers were restless, and at this time, a person came out of the crowd, hugged his fists and said: "I am willing to go with the county lieutenant to exterminate the bandits." ”Fan Zhao saw that this person had a strong physique, and he seemed to have kung fu in his actions, and couldn't help asking, "Dare to ask the strong man's surname?"
Can you recognize water?
This water battle is no worse than flat ground, and it is really dangerous. ”The man said: "My lord, don't worry, the villain's name is Lu Fanghai, who has served under General Wu Wenzhen for many years, and only returned home at the beginning of last year. ”Hearing Lu Fanghai say this, Fan Zhao put his mind at ease, General Wu is famous, the soldiers under his command are brave and strategic, they have quelled rebellions everywhere, and they have fought in land and water wars.So, he first ordered the official ship next to Lu Fanghai on the sea, and saw that someone took the lead, and there were many porter traders who signed up, and the county lieutenant also asked if it was watery, and there was a fight, so he let him get on the boat.The messenger was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, constantly urging the county lieutenant to speed up.It was only after finally getting together a boatload of people that they sailed to the waters where the bandits committed crimes under the guidance of the informant.After a while, I saw the sound of fighting in front of me from a distance, and it was really a person from the Xuanzhou Tongju family in front of me, escorting the merchant ship to fight with the water bandits, and he was wounded and bloody.The frightened people on the merchant ships were gathered in the middle and shivered, and fierce water bandits kept climbing up in all directions, waving broadswords and weapons and screaming, which made people tremble.There were many light boats around the merchant ships, and many bandits cheered on the boats for the bandits who climbed aboard.Not far away, there was a sailboat, on which seemed to stand a few figures, watching the battle on this side.Seeing the official ship coming, the water bandits rushed to retreat, and the bandits who committed murder on the merchant ship did not have time to get off the boat, so they jumped into the river with a "poof".The officer ship sped up and slammed into the sailing ship, but the sailing ship could not avoid it, and when it landed, it tilted, and the man above stood unsteadily, and fell on the deck.When they could get up, the people on the official ship had already boarded the ship, and the strange thing was that there were only a few officials with knives, and more strong men in the clothes of the flat-headed people rushed over with a flat pole waving it.Their movements were swift and powerful, their weapons were connected, and they fought against a large number of people, and several people beat one person, suppressing the water bandits on the boat to death.The sailors on the small boat did not care about the merchant ships, and hurriedly retreated to rescue the leader, but they could not even reach the side of the sailboat.Lu Fanghai snatched a water bandit's big knife, threw the flat shoulder, and attacked fiercely, picking on the water bandits' hands and feet to attack, tossing and turning in the crowd, so that it was not easy to ask.In the fierce fight, out of the corner of his eye, he saw that a person who came from the same boat also snatched the weapons of the bandits, and his body was flexible and free, shuttling constantly in the attacks of the bandits, and everywhere he passed, there was a wail.Lu Fanghai couldn't help but look at him twice, and when the knife flashed, someone slashed head-on, and hurriedly picked up the weapon in his hand, and had a relationship with the bearded man who was suspected of being the leader of the water bandits, and he didn't fall behind at all, and the person also saw the situation here at this time, and hurriedly came over with a weapon to help.Under the joint efforts of the two, the leader of the water bandits was even more stretched, and he was captured by the two of them after a short time.After tying up the leader and pushing him onto the official boat, the bandits on the surrounding boats saw that the leader had been caught, and scattered in an uproar, and each fled for his life.Seeing the great victory of the officers and soldiers, the guards of Xuanzhou Tongju became even more courageous, and soon subdued the bandits on the merchant ship and tied them to the official ship together.I thought that everyone on the merchant ship had escaped death, counted their losses, and sighed that it would be best to save their lives.kept saying words of gratitude, thanking the son of Xuanzhou Tongju and Fan Zhao, the lieutenant of Dongxing County, who came to save people.Back at the Dongxing County Wharf, there was cheering on the shore.It turns out that the waterway of Dongxing County needs to pass through the Yuanshui River, the water bandits in the river are rampant, and they are not picky eaters, more or less, anyway, let them keep an eye on them, and take away everything that is left is the best result.If you don't take the water route and take the land route, it will take at least two more days to get around.On weekdays, if the locals are not in a hurry, they will not take the waterway to ask for trouble.If it is a foreign passenger ship, those who have been on the waterway for a long time will know that this area is dangerous, and those who don't know have not waited to call for help, and have already been cleaned up by the water bandits and covered their tracks, and they have gone away.The manpower allocation in the county government was originally small, and many people did not listen to the command of the county lieutenant, so they couldn't take those water bandits all along.This time, with the help of Xuanzhou's general judgment, he summoned some strong men with porters, which caused the water bandits to hurt their vitality and captured their leader Guo Jianglong, which is really a great achievement.Because of Lu Fang Hai's brave performance in the anti-bandit operation this time, the county lieutenant was quite appreciative, and carefully asked his address before letting him go.After returning to the county government and reporting to the county order, Fan Zhao mentioned that dock porters were used in this trip, and several of them were extraordinary, so it was better to recruit them into the capture team, which would be of great use.The county order is noncommittal about this, and Fan Zhao is in charge.It's just that he proposed to tell the process of suppressing the bandits in detail, so that he can report to the peak, and maybe he will get some praise.Fan Zhao had no choice but to explain everything about the scene at that time, so as to teach the county order to praise it.