Chapter 13 Long Shiyang

There were three crisp sounds in a row, the sound of the colorful locust stone being smashed by the dancing sword and gun.From the force and angle of the blade in the locust stone's beating hand, Li Longkai felt that the opponent's hidden weapon was powerful and ruthless.As a result, Li Longkai sank immediately, intending to step on the ship's side.In this way, you can stabilize your figure, readjust your whereabouts, and then make a detour, so that your opponent can't catch the target and attack the locust stone. Li Longkai should be a rare master, but in a moment of vertical leap, he was able to judge the situation, change his mind continuously, and immediately move his body with his thoughts, trying to reverse the established state as much as possible.

But Zhang Jin'ao is also a rare master, and hitting locust rocks is his best stunt.In actual combat, Zhang Jin'ao has encountered countless powerful opponents, and has experienced various possible situations, so all of Li Longkai's reactions and changes were within his expectations. Pebbles are worthless, even if they were, Zhang Jin'ao would not save money in this situation.After he sent out three stones to block Li Longkai's attack, he sent out three more.These three have no specific targets, and only hit three possible targets.If Li Longkai didn't change his original attack, then these three stones would all be in vain.The problem is that a master like Li Longkai will change, and this change will send a certain part of his body to a position where the locust stone can accurately hit.

Of the three flying locust stones, two missed, and only one hit Li Longkai's instep bone.The injury is not very serious, and it is not a vital part of the body.But the bad thing was that Li Longkai was about to step on the side of the boat with this foot.After being hit hard by the locust stone, not only was the whole foot left with pain and numbness, but the force of the stone pushed the foot away from the stepping position.So the foot was empty, and it was changed to knees and landed on the ship's side.Originally, he wanted to stabilize his body shape, but unexpectedly, he fell out half-turned and half-thumped.

Li Longkai fell in a very bad position, his head was next to Zhao Kuangyin's dragon tail, and his neck was just in front of the tip of Zhang Jin'ao's three-section bamboo gun.A slight movement by either of these two people will kill Li Longkai in an instant. Tong Gangzheng shook the fishing net in his hand, intending to rescue Li Longkai.And Zheng Shang's hand holding the iron brick was also behind his back. This is the initial state where he is really ready to attack.This posture can not only spread out the arms and throw them vigorously, but also prevent the opponent from seeing which angle and height the attack is from.

But these two people just made a gesture and stopped.People's subconscious actions in a hurry are generally somewhat impulsive and blind, but in fact, it is easy to think of some things in an instant, but it is difficult to achieve the conscious goal.Just like in Li Longkai's current situation, it is the right intention to save him, but if it is really done, it is the wrong way.Rescuing him at this time is tantamount to forcing the other party to kill him. The tides around the peak and crest tides are no longer as violent as before, and there are very few large-scale high waves and low troughs.However, the color of the water began to become cloudy, because the sediment underneath was churned up.Fortunately, there is a "curved water turning the sky" arranged in reed slops underwater here to hold back the tide and drive the undercurrent at the bottom of the water to circle.Only by using its strength to unload its strength can the water potential quickly calm down.However, the gradually calming water surface still appeared some eddies and strange currents from time to time, which drove the boats to drift randomly. This was because the situation of "turning the water and turning the sky" was broken by Zhao Kuangyin and the others, so although the momentum was flat, sudden changes continued to appear.

Tong Gangzheng's expression was ugly, like the surface of water with churning mud and sand and whirlpools.Because one of his most important assistants was restrained by the other party, because there were not a few ships in his gang left on the water that had calmed down.This is a doomed failure, a failure that has severely damaged the gang and made him lose his prestige.He was angry, frustrated, and didn't know what to do. Zhao Kuangyin didn't pay attention to Tong Gangzheng's face, because he felt that this was a person who didn't need or deserve to observe his face.To be honest, the feeling in his heart at this time was just like the tide just now. In the ebb and flow of the tide, he suddenly felt that it was very difficult for anyone in this world who needed him to look at his face, including Chai Shizong.What can be left in one's eyes should be the sky and clouds, the tidal waves and beautiful mountains, and what can be seen in one's heart should be the majestic mountains and mountains and the fertile fields.Just like now, the only thing that can attract his attention and shock him is the crest tide that continues to rush forward, because it is about to collide with the mountain tide on the other side.

"Look, this is the general trend!" Just when the tides were about to collide, Zhao Kuangyin said something loudly. Hearing his words, everyone turned their heads involuntarily.The two tides collided, and the surging water splashed straight into the sky, as if to build a ladder between the sky and the earth.Zhao Kuangyin and the others had never seen such a shocking scene, and Tong Gangzheng and the others had never watched such a scene as seriously as they are now. In the past, they were always hiding in the cabin.So their feelings are the same, and the wonder and regret in their hearts are also the same.

"Under this situation, who will fight for the front?" Zhao Kuangyin yelled again, his chest was open, and he was full of pride not to lose the turbulent tide. "It seems that your Excellency is immortal and I will not give up." Tong Gangzheng's tone was obviously timid. Hearing this, Zhao Kuangyin raised the Panlong stick in his hand, and Panlong closed it back on the stick with a "cang clang".Then he used a stick to block Zhang Jin'ao's gun head, allowing Li Long to get out of the restraint state. This action made Tong Gangzheng and the others look puzzled, wondering what exactly Zhao Kuangyin was planning.

"Why do you think that I will be disadvantageous to you?" Zhao Kuangyin asked. "Two armored three-masted ships are stationed on the other side of the river. They are warships of the Great Zhou Donghai Battalion. Last time, such a ship was stolen into Lutou Port, and your eagle wolf team sneaked directly to our main rudder. Fortunately, there were Liang Da was in charge of the bureau, and your surprise attack failed. Since then, the port has been washed away by sand and the reeds have become denser, and you can no longer find the river for boats. So you sent people to the island to find the way, and wanted to attack my boss again. Rudder. But although the force of our gang is not as strong as before, the vigilance and defense are much stronger than before, how can you easily succeed!" Tong Gang is not a person who can speak, and his words keep revealing his cowardice.In fact, it's no wonder that when Liang Tieqiao left One River, Three Lakes and Eighteen Mountains, he took away most of the masters. At this time, the strength of the gang really can't be compared with that at the beginning.

"Hehe, there are so many doubts in the world, and you can survive by being careful. There is nothing wrong with the prudent actions of the masters. But at this time and at that time, the last time was to cut off the way of life, but this time it is a source of wealth. Yesterday was an enemy, and today we are both seeking to survive. It is also a good story that often happens in Jianghu." Zhao Kuangyin replied. "did you mean……" "Food for me, and I will be rich with you!" The impact of the crest tide and the Shanping tide was overwhelming, but these two waves were all single waves with no follow-up.Therefore, the force of the collision is actually the force of mutual reduction. Although the momentum is high, it subsides quickly.The turbulent spray did not rush up to the sky, and the ladder to the sky quickly slid down, turning into several rounds of slow waves, gradually receding in the direction of the tide.

There is a record in the "Yangtze Hydrological View Record" written by Dong Shining in the Northern Song Dynasty: "When the sea tide rises, it is the most prosperous at the end of spring and autumn. It just meets the river flood in Jiangzhongzhou. The road on the south side is narrow, and the tidal potential is like a wall. The peak, the two tides approach each other." At that time, the estuary of the Yangtze River was only a short distance to the east of Huainan, which is now the area of ​​Jingjiang and Rugao, and beyond that there were disjointed blocks of tidal flats.This area belonged to the later Yangzhou Prefecture.Because the estuary is inland, the high tide of sea water has a great impact on the flood season of the Yangtze River.At the end of spring and autumn, both rivers and seas are in the period of spring tide and flood.The upwelling tide pushes the downstream river water to flow backwards and back, while the upstream river water is rushing down during the heavy flood, and the water potentials on both sides meet at Jiangzhongzhou.Due to the narrowness of the waterways on both sides, there are two different forms of spring tides.Because Jiang Zhongzhou was formed not long ago and the terrain was not high enough, the entire island would be submerged every two times of high tide. In the unofficial history "Miracle of Emperor Zhao", there is a legend that "a real dragon leads the tide to rush into the bandit's lair". It is said that Zhao Kuangyin directed the dragon in the Yangtze River to roll the tide and destroy the bandit's lair on the island. This may be a misrepresentation of the story we are telling here. .At that time, most of the people living in such a dangerous place as Jiang Zhongzhou were forced by the government, and of course there were some fleeing villains among them.Otherwise, who would want to live in a place like this?Not even a house can be built, and all the facilities on the island are swept away by the tide every year.It is really possible that Zhao Kuangyin has been to this kind of place many times, because it is recorded that he encountered a special Jiang Chao in the battle of Huainan against the Southern Tang Dynasty. Zhao Kuangyin bravely ventured into Jiangzhongzhou, one river, three lakes and eighteen mountains. Although there were many dangers, he finally reached an agreement with Tong Gangzheng to smuggle grain.However, his greatest success in this adventure is not to achieve the goal of smuggling food. Although the One River, Three Lakes and Eighteen Mountains have strong transportation capabilities in secret routes, the food they smuggle cannot solve the food shortage in the Great Zhou Dynasty and the price of food is so high. high condition.It can only be to store some military rations for Zhao Kuangyin at the border between Dazhou and Southern Tang.Moreover, this kind of private transportation did not last for too long, because the members of the gang were complicated and had their own thoughts. Not long after, someone secretly reported to the Southern Tang government that Tong Gang was smuggling grain for Da Zhou.Southern Tang sent six masters to capture Tong Gangzheng. Fortunately, Liang Tieqiao was able to deal with it, which allowed Tong Gangzheng to escape with his family.Since then, the One River, Three Lakes and Eighteen Mountains have been disbanded and divided into many hills and gangs, most of which are distributed in the Dazhou and Southern Tang territories, so that they were later reorganized into several reckless organizations that can compete with the government. Zhao Kuangyin's bigger gain from this trip should be knowing that there are two big tides here every year, which has laid the foundation for his later big victory.In addition, in the process of cooperating with One River, Three Lakes and Eighteen Mountains, I knew a few secret secret passages, and then I was able to stand out in the battle of Huainan and break through many key guards in the Southern Tang Dynasty. In addition, there are two special products here, which are also firmly remembered by some people.Later, it was mentioned by chance, and it was overheard by a special person.So he used these two special products in his killing skills and successfully completed two wonderful assassination rounds. Although Zhao Kuangyin's affairs in Jiang Zhongzhou were difficult and dangerous, the final result was his wish.And Zhao Pu and Wang Ce's trip to Shu Kingdom was full of scenery, and they were warmly received wherever they went.But for some reason, they always feel a strange feeling, as if there are invisible ghosts around them all the time, making them hard to feel at ease for a moment, and they always maintain 120,000 points of vigilance.Or maybe they went to the Kingdom of Shu this time to face danger and pull out their beards, so it is inevitable that they will have such apprehension in their hearts.

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