Slowly, the warship once again moved towards Luokou Ferry. When they were near Luokou Ferry, there were fewer boats and fewer people on both sides of the river. Although Jia Xu had been pulled into the cabin by Liu Mang, he still paid attention to the movements on the water.
After sailing for a few more li, the number of reeds increased. Jia Xu became even more vigilant. He had to leave this place as soon as possible.
"Your Highness King Of Shu, Luokou Ferry is just ahead. Sit tight. The current at Luokou Ferry is turbulent, so it might be bumpy!" The boatman explained to Liu Mang.
"The current is turbulent? Can we cross it quickly? "Jia Xu asked.
"Yes, we can cross Luokou Ferry in the time it takes to burn a stick of incense. After another half an hour, we will reach the main official road of the Yangtze River," the boatman replied to Jia Xu.
"That's good!" Jia Xu hoped that they could cross the reeds quickly, so he added, "If you can go faster, go faster."
"Understood!" The boatman nodded, and the sails of the warship were raised. Although the warship was big, its speed was much faster than the small boats. Soon, the small boats were left behind, and gradually, their silhouettes could no longer be seen.
Jia Xu breathed a sigh of relief. As a poisonous snake, he had always been watching others. When had he ever been watched by others? This feeling was very uncomfortable.
"After crossing Luokou Ferry, we will enter the main road. Basically, we will enter the territory of Xiangyang!" Jia Xu's caution was good, but too much caution could become trouble. Liu Mang patted Jia Xu's shoulder, hoping to appease this poisonous snake.
"I hope so!" Before Jia Xu could finish his words, the warship suddenly shook violently with a boom. Jia Xu and Liu Mang were almost thrown off the deck and into the river.
"What's going on? What's going on?" Jia Xu and Liu Mang were shaken and staggered. Fortunately, Liu Mang had a foundation in martial arts. He pulled Jia Xu in time, so the two of them were not injured.
"Reporting, Your Highness, the King Of Shu. The ferry in front has been locked with iron chains!" A soldier stepped forward and reported to Liu Mang.
"Locked with iron chains?!" Liu Mang's eyes widened as he hurriedly walked to the bow of the ship. It turned out that the place where the current was the most turbulent was blocked by several arm-thick iron chains. The warship was originally moving downstream with its sails raised, but now it directly hit the iron chains. The lower half of the warship's hull was directly lifted by the iron chains. The thick planks were directly broken, revealing more than half of the cabin. Fortunately, the warship was strong enough to not be directly cut in half by the iron chains. But now, there wasn't much difference between being cut in half and being cut in half. Luo Kou Du could no longer move forward.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! "Just as Liu Mang and the others were paying attention to the warship's situation, the sound of gongs and drums suddenly rang out from the reeds.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!" Dozens of small boats roared as they rushed out from the reeds. Each boat carried no less than five or six people. Altogether, there were more than a hundred people here.
"Not good, we've been ambushed!" The entire warship panicked. Being ambushed at such a small ferry, it would be a lie to say that they were not panicking.
"All troops on alert, get ready for battle!" Liu Mang roared loudly and all the soldiers pulled out their swords. The enemy is more than a hundred people. Fortunately, Liu Mang's twenty strong soldiers are not the only ones on the warship. There are also the boatmen who were originally on the warship. Although these people are auxiliary soldiers, they can still contribute a bit in order to survive.
"My Lord, look at that boat over there!" Jia Xu suddenly pointed to a boat on the river and said to Liu Mang.
"It's the boat we searched!" Liu Mang also recognized it. Isn't that small boat the one that Liu Mang ordered his subordinates to search? When he searched that small boat, he was ridiculed by the boatman. However, he did not expect that this small boat was actually filled with bandits.
If it wasn't bandits, how could they dare to get so close to the warship and the people who were ambushing them?
"Sigh!" Jia Xu regretted. He noticed that this boat was strange. He thought that this boat was prepared to ambush his warship, but after the inspection, he didn't find any weapons. This made him subconsciously think that this boat was harmless. Who knew that this was actually a disguise. The more harmless it was, the more threatening it was. His purpose was not to stop Liu Mang's warship, but to monitor it. It was the same feeling that made Pang Tong feel uncomfortable. He monitored Liu Mang's warship all the way to Luokou Ferry.
On the dozens of small boats, the bandits picked up their bows and began to shoot arrows toward Liu Mang's warship. Liu Mang's warship was not the only one. Liu Mang's warship was not the only one.
"Not good, it's fire arrows!" Liu Mang saw the flames in the sky. These were all fire arrows. These fire arrows could fall into the cabin or the hull, but if they fell on the deck and landed on the sails, it would be terrible. These sails were originally washed with tung oil to prevent them from being corroded. Now, once the fire arrows came into contact with them, they immediately burned. The fire began to burn the entire warship from top to bottom.
"Put out the fire, put out the fire!" Liu Mang ordered the soldiers to put out the fire first. If they were burned by this fire, even a true immortal wouldn't be able to save them. Everyone should prepare to fall into the Yangtze River and be fed to the turtles.
Liu Mang's order had just been issued when he found that there were too many things to do. The warship was already damaged, but suddenly there were crashing sounds. In the midst of the splashing sound, hooks were pulled onto the warship. The boats also gathered towards the warship.
"Not good, there's a water ghost!" The boatman on the side heard the commotion and naturally knew what it was. Although he was only a second-rate navy in Jingzhou, he had many years of experience and knew that the crashing sounds were caused by a water ghost pecking at the bottom of the ship.
"Kill, kill, kill!" Finally, the boats rushed towards Liu Mang's warship like a pack of wolves. The hooks were filled with bandits, and they began to board the ship. Liu Mang was completely surrounded.
These bandits were a pack of wolves, but Liu Mang wasn't a sheep either. Liu Mang was a tiger.
"Who ambushed us?!"
Liu Mang directly pulled out the sword at his waist. "There's no time to think about this now. Prepare for battle. Boatman, bring your men to put out the fire. You. You, protect Mr. Wen He. The rest, follow me! " Liu Mang could only let the auxiliary soldiers from Jingzhou help to put out the fire. He couldn't lose any of the remaining twenty soldiers. The enemy's numbers were too many.
"Kill, kill, kill!" It could be said that this was the first time the two sides met in such close proximity. Liu Mang's soldiers were carefully selected by Yang Hong. Every one of them was an elite. Some of them were even trained by Yang Hong for Yuan Shao. These people were very vicious and wanted to kill. Liu Mang was angry that he was ambushed, so he naturally didn't hold back. The sword in his hand instantly drank the blood of the three bandits. Jia Xu and Liu Mang really underestimated Jia Xu. They didn't expect that not only did Jia Xu not let the two soldiers protect him, but he also charged together with Liu Mang. This Jia Xu came from Wuwei. He was already used to fighting with swords. After the chaos in Chang 'an and Luoyang, if Jia Xu only relied on his mouth, he would have died long ago.
Although Jia Xu wasn't a general, he was still a veteran. The sword in his hand quickly sank into the chest of a bandit. Blood splashed out. Jia Xu didn't even bother to wipe it off and went to the next bandit.
"This old fox!" Liu Mang really underestimated Jia Xu. Originally, Liu Mang thought that this old fox was the most afraid of death and would hide at the back of the team. Similarly, Liu Mang wouldn't let Jia Xu die and would certainly protect him. However, who knew that this old fox was also a person who could fight. Before coming to Jingzhou, this Jia Xu had complained to Liu Mang that he was old and couldn't run anymore. These were all nonsense.
Liu Mang really praised Jia Xu for nothing. Jia Xu was fighting so hard not because he was brave, but because he wanted to protect himself. He also knew that if Liu Mang and the others died in battle, how could he, Jia Xu, survive alone? Instead of wasting soldiers to protect himself, it was better for him to fight together. This way, there would be three more fighting forces.
One after another, small boats crashed into Liu Mang's warship. More and more enemies swarmed onto the warship. Under the leadership of Liu Mang, Guan Hai, and Zhou Cang, Liu Mang's Army charged ferociously. However, there were too many enemies. It was inevitable that Liu Mang's Army also suffered casualties. A soldier of Liu Mang's Army didn't pay attention and was chopped in the arm by a bandit's battle axe. Suddenly, half of his arm flew out and blood splashed out. This kind of pain was very unbearable. The soldier roared loudly as if he wanted to vent all the pain. He used his remaining hand to plunge his saber into the enemy's body. However, one hand couldn't block the enemy's attack and soon died.
"Wen He, be careful!" Jia Xu was still charging forward. In just a moment, Jia Xu had already killed two or three people. Just as Jia Xu was about to withdraw his sword, a killing intent suddenly sounded from beside Jia Xu.
Jia Xu was quick-witted and didn't care much. He directly threw out the sword in his hand and rolled like a carp. He didn't care about his identity as a scholar and used all kinds of postures. On this battlefield, his speed was surprisingly fast.
Sure enough, Jia Xu's quick-wittedness and sensitivity to danger saved his life. A snake spear swept across the sky and directly hit the area around Jia Xu. The two soldiers who were protecting Jia Xu were cut in half by the snake spear on the spot. Not only Liu Mang's Army but also the bandits also died under the snake spear. Jia Xu was the only one who survived.
"Hmph!" The owner of the spear coldly snorted, as if he wasn't satisfied that he couldn't kill the scholar. However, he still walked out. "Military Advisor is really smart. I knew that you, the fake King Liu Mang, would use Luo Kou Du Yao!"
Liu Mang finally saw the person clearly. The owner of the snake spear was Liu Bei's third brother, Zhang Fei.
"Zhang Fei, Zhang Yide!" Liu Mang calmly called out this person's name.
"Haha, it really is me! Little Gigolo, this time I am under Military Advisor's orders to take your life. I heard that you are the son-in-law of Slave of Three Surnames. Slave of Three Surnames killed my brother Chen Dao. I haven't settled the score with him yet, so I'll kill you first to collect interest! "Zhang Fei's spear swept across the sky. He didn't put Liu Mang in his eyes at all.
After seeing Zhang Fei, Liu Mang finally knew who was scheming against him. It turned out to be Little Fire Chicken, Pang Tong. Liu Mang was too careless. Although he knew that Liu Biao's messenger, Tang Yun's death, he also guessed that it might be Pang Tong's doing. Besides Pang Tong, the other people who wanted to frame Liu Mang were the Huang Family and Cai Mao. However, he didn't expect that Pang Tong would dare to make a move on him. One must know that if it was Tang Yun alone, the evidence could be covered up. But if it was Liu Mang, it would be impossible to cover it up.
Pang Tong naturally knew that he couldn't cover it up. What he wanted was not to cover it up, but to kill Liu Mang. As long as Liu Mang died, regardless of whether Liu Biao was involved or not, he would be an accomplice. Jingzhou couldn't escape Lü Bu's anger. In the end, they could only start a war with the Lvbu's Army. In any case, Liu Bei's Army and Liu Mang's Army were enemies. Even if Pang Tong knew that Liu Mang had ambushed him, so what? If he killed Pang Tong, he could stop the war between Jingzhou and Yangzhou. If he couldn't kill Pang Tong, he would only make Pang Tong jealous.
Liu Mang was now thinking about who leaked their whereabouts. In fact, he didn't need to think too much about it. How could Pang Tong not know that Yangzhou lacked provisions? Pang Tong had already calculated that it would take half a month to transport provisions from Jingzhou to Yangzhou. Therefore, Liu Mang couldn't afford to waste time, so he naturally took the faster route. The small boat behind him was used to monitor Liu Mang. As for how to accurately know when Liu Mang left, with the Huang family's ability in Jingzhou, it wasn't a small matter.
"Kill me? With just you, Zhang Fei? " Liu Mang was also angered. Zhang Fei's face was filled with confidence. Did he really think that he was the God of War? Liu Mang was furious. Even a god of war might not be able to kill him.
"I, alone, am enough to kill you!" Zhang Fei licked his lips. Pang Tong had really suffocated Zhang Fei. In other words, Zhang Fei's spear was starving. Ever since they arrived in Jingzhou, Zhang Fei had been restricted by Pang Tong. If it wasn't for Pang Tong's ban on alcohol, Zhang Fei would have already quit serving Pang Tong. Now that Pang Tong had given Zhang Fei a chance to show off, how could Zhang Fei give it up? Therefore, he must kill this Liu Mang.
"Then you can try!" Liu Mang and Zhang Fei instantly collided. Sparks flew from their weapons. This was caused by the violent friction between the weapons.
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