"But when should we choose?"
"How about tonight? The sooner we can finish it, the sooner we can head south."
"Okay, I'll have someone prepare the pine resin and kerosene."
"This plan is so quick, so quick, why didn't I think of it? What a great plan..."
Wu San Tong was immersed in Liu Feng's boldness and carefulness.
Liu Feng added, "Captain, if you come across items like sulfur and saltpeter while escorting outside, you must buy them back for me."
"The price doesn't matter, I'll take it if I see it."
Wu San Tong didn't know Liu Feng's intention, but nodded anyway.
………………
The place where the water bandits are entrenched is in a special location with numerous waterways, making it difficult to break through.
But Liu Feng had her own plans. Although there were many waterways, she had to leave her nest to escape, so she planned to set up an interception downstream.
Then pour kerosene and pine resin upstream along the converging river. After ignition, the entire water surface will be covered with raging flames, and Xiashuizhai will be completely surrounded.
At this time, Xiashuizhai's excellent geographical location became their Achilles' heel and a prison that trapped them to death.
After seeing Wu Santong off, Liu Feng gathered the nine people together. They trained according to the three-three system and achieved some results.
Although they couldn't hit the target from a hundred paces away, his three registered disciples were already able to do so, and even the six people behind him could do so without missing a beat.
These nine people have their own characteristics. Wang Dianshan is strategic and is responsible for the overall command and assault. Zhang Hongda is fast and has good eyesight and is responsible for reconnaissance and support, as well as assaults on both wings. Li Long's greatest advantage is his attentiveness, so the task of guarding the rear and shooting sudden enemies is his. He is equivalent to a sniper and is responsible for sniping with two other people.
In the three-person team, the three disciples of Liu Feng are not only the team leaders, but also the main combat force, while the other two play a supporting and auxiliary role.
By the time they were attacked by the powerful flames, the bandits who were busy putting out the fire and escaping would be exhausted. Then he would lead nine people to secretly break into Xiashui Village and start a one-sided massacre.
It's easy to wipe them out.
"How are the arrows prepared?"
"Six hundred, and there are more than five hundred semi-finished products."
"That's enough."
"Wang Dian, go get Tian Laoba. We'll set out immediately and be ready to fight at any time."
A few hours later.
Near the pirates' lair.
By evening, several small boats approached Xiashu Village one after another. It seemed that many pirates were intercepting the passing ships and returning home.
Liu Feng led everyone to hide in a patch of yellow reeds. Seeing that the time was almost right, he waved his hand and Tian Lao Ba immediately understood.
"action……."
Tian Laoba brought a few people and walked over quietly.
After Liu Feng and others came here to ambush, they had already prepared the interception cableway downstream, which was made entirely of wet wood that was difficult to burn.
Just waiting for the right time to let it go.
Wu Santong was even more timely, gathering all the kerosene and rosin in the entire Wenhuang County together. In order to prevent a shortage, he even found a way to take out thirty jars of military kerosene from the county government's reserves.
It cost more than a hundred carts of silver to transport so many things, and when they finally arrived at the destination, they filled two large carts.
Wu San Tong didn't leave after he came.
Although Liu Feng asked him to go back and recuperate, due to the warlike nature of warriors, he insisted on waiting to watch the battle.
In addition, Liu Feng also prepared several small boats and a large number of torches. These were all the equipment he had to deal with the pirates.
"You three, get into the water with the kerosene. Remember, there's only one thing going on: destroy the ship."
"Remember, when destroying a boat, make sure you make little noise and keep it a suitable distance above the waterline to ensure they are aboard before it leaks."
Wu San Tong gave orders to several bodyguards behind him who were good at swimming. These bodyguards were all fishermen and could move freely underwater like fish.
After receiving the order, several bodyguards jumped into the water and headed towards the bandits' lair.
The pirates had no big ships, only small speedboats. These ships were all looted or made by themselves, and they were both new and old. There were about forty of them, and they were all docked in the wooden dock outside the water fort.
Liu Feng quietly went ashore under the cover of night, calmly reached out to the guard, and slashed his neck with the dagger in his hand that could cut through iron like mud.
Without waiting for the guard to say anything, he fell down, pinching his bleeding neck.
Before the guard on the other side could react, Liu Feng threw a flying knife and was also killed.
"Go ahead, remember, pour kerosene first, then destroy the boats. If the kerosene burns on the shore, the entire water fort will be engulfed in flames."
"Also, the dock can't be burned. This will be our water fortress from now on, so we have to take care of our things."
Looking at the three bodyguards appearing on the water, Liu Feng gave orders.
Afterwards, Liu Feng got on a small boat, dagger in hand, and in a few seconds he chiseled a small hole.
Several people acted separately, and in less than a quarter of an hour, all forty small boats were pierced.
At this time, several people with faint torches walked out of the water fort, probably to deliver food to the guards or to change shifts.
"Walk……."
Liu Feng packed up his dagger and immediately retreated with his three bodyguards.
As soon as a few people hid on the shore, they saw the place where the guard was dead. They panicked and started shouting.
Liu Feng touched his wet clothes and smiled knowingly.
Now, the time has come.
"Tian Laoba, release the intercepting ropes, and the rest of you pour oil and light the fire."
This is when the fun really begins.
As we are ready.
Hundreds of torches suddenly lit up on the entire surface of the water, as if thousands of troops were surrounding the pirates.
The torch was placed on the kerosene on the water, making a crackling sound.
“Bang, bang, bang…”
The firelight illuminated the entire surface of the water in no time.
Kerosene was still being poured into the water.
The kerosene must be spread over the entire water surface and the shore where the water fort is located. This is a time-consuming process. Depending on the water flow rate, it will take at least five minutes.
During this gap, Liu Feng had already called over his confidants. All nine of them carried large bows on their backs and were fully armed, with small daggers tied to their legs.
"Fire the rocket."
The area of this water area is extremely large, and conventional operations will inevitably fail to achieve the desired results.
But the interception lock was used, so the entire water surface was compressed by about sixty or seventy meters.
In this case, the bows and arrows in their hands can easily make the rockets reach the right location.
All Liu Feng wanted was to light the kerosene.
When the kerosene is ignited, the dense reeds around the water fort will also burn.
The reeds in this season have already dried up and are extremely easy to burn. As long as these reeds burn, the bandits will have no way to retreat.
The guards of the water fort saw dense flames in the distance. As the news of the guards' death had been reported to their superiors, torches also appeared in the water fort, and there were more and more of them.
All rushed towards the small boat in the dock.
Liu Feng chuckled.
He loaded an arrow onto the crossbow in his hand and aimed at a running pirate.
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