Chapter 720 Human life is both precious and cheap.
Li Dalang and Twenty-Nine stood side by side at the bow of the warship, facing the chilly night wind. Li Dalang looked to both sides of the warship.
Not far away, on the left and right, there was another warship following. Li Dalang silently calculated the number of people on the three warships and thought about the deployment that Zheng Xiaowei had just mentioned.
What are you thinking about?
Your brows look like they're all furrowed brows.
As he spoke, Twenty-Nine handed over the wine gourd from his waist. Seeing that Li Dalang looked puzzled, Twenty-Nine explained to Li Dalang, "It's good wine, try it, I'm not lying to you."
Li Dalang felt it would be impolite to refuse Twenty-Nine's kindness, so he accepted it, opened the stopper, and took a sniff. A wine aroma with the fragrance of grapes filled his nostrils.
Li Dalang looked at Twenty-Nine in great surprise. Seeing Li Dalang's expression, Twenty-Nine proudly raised his head and said, "How about it? I told you it's good wine."
Li Dalang tilted his head back, took two sips from the wine gourd, and then returned the gourd to Twenty-Nine.
"You actually managed to get your hands on some wine from the Western Regions; that's quite impressive."
"Haha, if you like it, you can have the whole gourd."
As he spoke, Twenty-Nine handed over the wine gourd again, but Li Dalang waved his hand and declined, saying, "The wine is good, but I don't like it."
Good wine should be reserved for connoisseurs.
Upon hearing this, Twenty-Nine put away his wine gourd and began drinking from its mouth.
After two breaths, Li Dalang used his internal energy to digest the two sips of wine that had little alcohol content, and then looked at the darkness in front of him to answer the question that Twenty-Nine had asked earlier.
"I was just thinking that these three warships should have between 150 and 200 soldiers on board. With the 18 of us, such a large force should be able to wipe out those foreigners in one fell swoop."
"Don't worry, the Bad Guys have been hiding in the shadows watching us for a long time. I don't know about the Du Family Army, but if we are in danger, someone will definitely come to our rescue."
Li Dalang shook his head; that was not what he meant.
However, after shaking his head, Li Dalang didn't say anything more.
After the boat had been sailing for about half an hour, a soldier came to inform them that they would arrive at their destination in about 25 minutes and that Li Dalang and the Bad Guys should get ready.
The three warships directly surrounded the calm section of the river, and a quarter of an hour later, a long whistle sounded.
Li Dalang, along with Wang Dadan, Gao Haiping, and more than ten others, followed behind Twenty-Nine and his two companions, moving away from the largest Fujian ship and heading towards a warship moored behind the enemy's Fujian ship.
Because when they were on the Du family's warship, Twenty-Nine had said to Li Dalang, "Our spies have already found the location of that foreigner."
Indeed, just as General Du said, the foreigners were indeed hiding on a boat in this gentle stream. It was only when the Shen family's small boats came to deliver supplies that our people discovered the clues.
However, what Captain Zheng just said about focusing on investigating the largest Fujian ship was wrong. There was only one man from the Shen family on board. The real mastermind, the foreigner, was hiding on the warship behind the Fujian ship.
Li Dalang thought for a moment, looked at Twenty-Nine's eyes, nodded, and thanked Twenty-Nine for his kindness.
Since that was the case, by the time the scouts sent out by Captain Zheng had boarded the ship, killed the enemy's whistleblower, and sounded the whistle for action, Li Dalang and Twenty-Nine had already rowed their small boats toward the warship.
In that moment of contemplation, Li Dalang was wondering whether he should tell Captain Zheng about the foreigners' situation on the warship, since Captain Zheng had been very honest in telling them about his plans.
However, in just a moment, Li Dalang decided not to tell Zheng Xiaowei.
Earlier in the main hall, General Du deliberately made things difficult for them and the Bad People. Since Twenty-Nine said that the Bad People had already discovered that the foreigners were on that warship, he did not tell General Du.
That proves that it's a competitive relationship, and it's about who gets the great credit for being the first to capture the foreigners.
So, since you looked down on us first, it's only right that we don't provide you with any information later.
Anyway, as long as Li Dalang and the Bad Guys work together to capture that foreigner, that's all that matters.
Li Dalang and his men arrived just in time; the people on the warship were about to start the ship and escape after hearing the whistle.
Li Dalang leaped onto the boat using the gunwale, while the others displayed their individual skills.
The moment he stepped onto the deck of the warship, a man's knife came slashing at Li Dalang's face.
Li Dalang was quite skilled. He drew his knife and slashed at the man, blocking the blow and kicking him from behind. Before the man could react, Li Dalang slashed his neck with his knife, and blood spurted out, killing him instantly.
Human life is precious, yet it is also cheap.
Human life is precious, and Li San Niang has to pay a heavy price to save one person;
Human life is cheap, and in a short time, Li Dalang killed two people in succession.
"Brother, over here!"
The pressure on Twenty-Nine is less than that on Li Dalang, because Twenty-One and Twenty are really formidable fighters!
Especially the pair of crescent scythes on the 20th are really powerful; they can be used for both close-range and long-range attacks!
The two experts protected the Twenty-Nine perfectly.
When Wang Dadan and Gao Haiping saw that Twenty-Nine was calling for Li Dalang, the two of them walked over to Li Dalang's side. While they were hacking away, Gao Haiping shouted to Li Dalang, "Boss, Lao Qi and I will hold them off. Let Dadan go with you."
Li Dalang knew that Gao Haiping's method was the best, so under the cover of Lao Qi and Gao Haiping, he followed in the footsteps of Twenty-Nine and the two went directly into the cabin of the warship.
Once inside the cabin, they searched the small space and, apart from a few enemies who looked like Tang people, they didn't see any foreigners who looked very different from the Tang people.
"That's impossible!"
Could it be that person took advantage of the chaos to escape in a sampan?
Looking at the few henchmen lying on the ground, Twenty-Nine was truly unwilling. He spat on the ground and turned around to quickly head towards the stern of the ship.
Li Dalang was not to be outdone; he followed behind Twenty-Nine to the stern of the boat.
Standing at the stern, looking into the distance in the dim moonlight, there was indeed a blurry boat silhouette, but Li Dalang wasn't sure whether that dark shape was a fleeing foreigner in a small boat, or just weeds in the river.
Suddenly remembering something, Li Dalang reached out towards the edge of the ship. By this time, the enemies on the warship had been mostly dealt with by Li Dalang and the Bad Guys.
When Gao Haiping and Lao Qi came over, they saw Li Dalang standing by the edge of the boat, fiddling around. Gao Haiping, with great insight, took out a tinderbox from his pocket.
Using Gao Haiping's tinderbox, Li Dalang indeed saw marks on the hemp rope he had just touched, indicating that it had been cut with a knife.
Having confirmed his suspicions, Li Dalang turned to Twenty-Nine with a dark face and said, "They must have taken advantage of the chaos to cut off the small boat tied to the stern and escaped in advance."
"It should be possible to catch up now."
Twenty-Nine had already guessed what Li Dalang meant, and was about to say, "Then let's go after him!"
"wrong!
wrong!
wrong!
I was wrong, the person is still in the cabin!
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