On the tenth day of the winter moon, the cold winter has arrived in the south of the Yangtze River.

The bitter north wind whistled, not only lowering the temperature, but also affecting all the ships heading north, causing the speed of the ship that was already traveling against the current to slow down a little.

Affected by this, there were even fewer ships heading north from the Caohe River. On this section of the river at the junction of the two Huaihe River and Jiangnan, there were only a long fleet of more than ten freight ships still facing the wind in the evening, and other ships were no longer visible.

Seeing the sun setting in the west, Qiu Feng, dressed in short clothes, came to Ding Yunhai, who had been standing at the bow of the big ship in front, and said with a smile: "General Ding, it's getting late, and it's windy outside. It's better to go to the cabin to have some wine and meals first to warm up your body."

Ding Yunhai then retracted his eyes and smiled, "No need, just ask someone to bring you food and drinks. I have to stare here just in case."

Qiu Feng secretly curled his lips, and had never seen such a careful military officer, but he still praised: "The general is really cautious and admires him little. By the way, going forward will be smooth. It is better to stop there for the time being today, otherwise, the river will tighten and the water will become larger, and sailing at night may be dangerous."

"No, we've been on the road all night and stopped. We have been delayed for a long time, and it may take another twenty days to arrive at the capital. If we are afraid of danger, we'll have to go slower at night. Isn't your Cao Gang a usual boat ride here? This difficulty shouldn't be a problem, right?" As he said, Ding Yunhai looked back at the other party.

Qiu Feng was a little uneasy at this glance, and he quickly lowered his head and responded: "The young man will make arrangements, and he will bring you food later." After holding his fists, he hurried away. After a while, the others had already arrived at the lower deck and ordered: "Tonight, all the brothers on the boat will be served silver carp soup."

When the brother beside him heard the word "silk carp", a light flashed in his eyes. He immediately agreed and quickly went to the arrangement. At the same time, he also conveyed the relevant decisions to the back ship, reposted them one by one, and implemented the entire fleet. Shortly after Qiu Feng was placed in the cabin below, a white pigeon flew out from the small window, flapped his wings a few times, and disappeared into the gradually darkening sky.

The winter is short, and after a while, it is completely dark. Many guards who were still moving on the deck of the ships returned to the cabin. In the end, only a few boatmen were still busy staring at the water surface and guarding against changes during the night. The only exception is Ding Yunhai, who was still standing at the bow of the first large ship after dinner, was still standing like a javelin after dinner, and still standing in place, staring at the darkness ahead.

The farther he was away from Jiangnan, the less he dared to relax at all, because his responsibilities were too heavy. These more than ten cargo ships were equipped with more than half of the tax, grain and silk from Jiangnan this year. The silver alone was tens of millions of taels. If something really happened, killing his whole family would not be enough to be punished.

Moreover, because of the shirking relationship this time, the ships requisitioned were civil cargo ships from the Cao Gang, and their safety guarantees were far from being compared with the warships of the shirking department. If you really encounter unsightly water bandits, you have to move as soon as possible.

So in the past few days, he has been in front of the boat almost every day until midnight, so that he can feel at ease, and today is naturally no exception. However, I don’t know if it was because of the hard work for a while, Ding Yunhai felt a sense of distress coming, as if he was about to be unable to open his eyes, so he could only rely on perseverance to hold on.

Just when he was about to hold on, a familiar voice sounded from behind him again: "General Ding is still here? You are so sleepy. Why not go back to the cabin to rest first, just have a few of us here to watch."

Ding Yunhai turned his head and saw Qiu Fengxiao and brought a few people over. I wonder if it was affected by the fire on the bow of the ship. At this time, his humble smile seemed a little ferocious. He shook his head hard to keep himself awake as much as possible. Ding Yunhai snorted, "No need to worry, I will ask my brothers to help stare at it."

"How can we do it? This is what our brothers should do. How can we do it? "Qiu Feng said as he moved two steps closer, leaving Ding Yunhai with less than one meter.

Although his mind was drowsy, Ding Yunhai's vigilance had not completely dissipated. At this time, he watched the other party leaning forward, pressed the knife with one hand and shouted, "What are you doing?"

"I didn't do anything, I just worried that you have something to do, General, and your feet are unsteady and fall into the water..." As he said that, he took two steps forward, and then his face changed slightly, and he pointed to the front, "Then, what is that!"

Ding Yunhai subconsciously followed his guidance to look back at the water surface, and then his heart was filled with warnings. Is the other party trying to divide his heart and attack? But this thought quickly dissipated when he looked forward, and replaced by intense panic. An extremely thick iron chain actually spanned both sides of the Caohe River, blocking the ship's direction of progress.

The iron chain crosses the river!

Although he did not have much experience in sailing, he knew very well how dangerous it would be for his ship to block such a large iron rope across the river. Once he really bumped into it, it would probably be the result of the ship being destroyed. There were more than a dozen ships loaded with cargo behind them. If one of them was not prevented from crashing into it, the consequences would be really unimaginable.

At this moment, Ding Yunhai didn't even bother to think about why iron ropes appeared here, nor did he care about Qiu Feng and others who were obviously malicious behind him, and immediately shouted: "Stop the ship!"

With his shouting, there was a rumbling sound behind him, but the sails fell and the mast was quickly rolled down. As he turned back in surprise, he saw a few flares waving between the ships. It was someone who was urgently sending messages that made all the ships stop.

All this went too smoothly. Even if these guys from the Cao Gang had experience, they would not have the ability to react. It was as if they knew that this change had occurred early in the morning, so they had prepared a solution to it early!

Just as Ding Yunhai suddenly turned his scent and became alert, he had one hand on his shoulder, and then a knife sounded at the same time, and two short blades had pierced the vital points of his waist.

Since Ding Yunhai was given such an important task, his martial arts were naturally quite good. He shouted at the moment, twisted his body and wanted to dodge and counterattack. However, he had only done half of his movements, but his strength could no longer be reached. The sword that he had to pull out was only half out of the sheath, and he stopped depressed, and his head was even more dizzy and his feet were unstable.

It was not until this time that he truly realized that he was poisoned! The drowsiness and dizziness just now were the reaction of poisoning, so he was slowed down by people's close reactions and was completely at a disadvantage.

However, it was too late to realize at this time. As his strength was released, two short blades had already pierced into his waist and ribs. Just as he was about to scream, Qiu Feng, who was putting one hand on his shoulder to prevent him from rising, moved again. With a swell, he hit his jaw and dislocated his entire chin and his body rose in the air.

Without a moment of pause, he fell a few punches and slashes, and he was greeted by Ding Yunhai, who had no defense ability, instantly spilled blood on the bow of the ship, lost consciousness, and finally fell into the river with a thud. Without two ups and downs, he completely disappeared on the Caohe River in the dark.

It was not until then that Qiu Feng breathed a sigh of relief and immediately ordered: "Eliminate everyone without leaving any living habits!"

As the order was issued, one-sided killing began on these more than a dozen cargo ships that had suddenly stopped.

There were only three or four hundred guards on more than ten ships, and only more than twenty were assigned to each ship. However, the ship workers and servants responsible for the daily necessities were more than twice as many as theirs. Most of the soldiers and generals of the court were drugged. Not to mention resisting at this time, they could not even stand up and fight with the enemy. Therefore, when these respectful ship workers showed their fangs a few days ago, they could only wait for death.

Screams and curses kept ringing from every jump ship, connecting them into a group, spreading and spreading on the quiet water of the Caohe River. However, this place was too remote, and there were no residents on both sides of the shore, which led to the killing not attracting the attention of any outsiders.

Qiu Feng looked at everything that was happening in front of him, his eyes were full of enthusiasm, tens of millions of taels of silver, plus a larger amount of grain and silk. As long as it was operated well, it would be enough to make his entire gang unimaginable improvement and become a major force and gang that could truly dominate the entire Jiangnan area.

"Ah...you...you...will you be afraid that the court will pursue it at that time? Your Cao Gang will become a great enemy in the world in the future and will be destroyed not far away!" An official who had never been poisoned was about to come out of the cabin in a mess, but when he saw someone else coming around with a knife outside, he roared in despair.

Hearing this, Qiu Feng's smile became even stronger: "So what? Just go and ask the Cao Bang for trouble, it's best to uproot them all." As he said that, he had already come to the other party's side and raised the knife in his hand.

"You... are not Cao Gang..." The man had no time to scream, and died under Qiu Feng's sword with deep fear and doubt.

However, in just a short meal, all the officials and troops of all ships were slaughtered. But unexpectedly, Qiu Feng and others did not turn the bow of the ship and leave, and even many of the bodies on the ship were not thrown into the water, but were quietly waiting for something.

After a while, another movement came from the water behind. This time there were dozens of small boats, with only two or three people on the boat, but the space of these ships was quite large, and they were used to load the money, grain, silk and silk that had been snatched.

When Qiu Feng saw his own boat coming, he was even more energetic and shouted: "Brothers, please bring the things up to me quickly. After today's Day, our Dajiang Gang can replace it!"
Chapter completed!