Chapter 276: Bandit Alliance Plans Counterattack
After roughly observing the terrain and environment on the island, Li Rui found that it is actually pretty good. Although there is a shortage of water, he can find a way to make a set of seawater desalination equipment, which is surrounded by sea water and can also get some salt. The only regret is that the soil on the island seems to be too barren to grow crops, and it is difficult for food to be self-sufficient.
"This island is pretty good. I didn't cheat my old man too hard, so I can still live there after developing it." Li Rui said: "By the way, you have to find a few people for me at that time. I can't defend it alone. You must have more people to station."
"Oh by the way, get me a few more cannons. If the bandits dare to come, they will be honest."
Li Dongjiang looked at Li Rui in amazement, his mouth twitching.
"I said, brother, you have too much appetite? Just forget it if you want people, you also need weapons and equipment. Do you think my family runs a military factory?"
Li Rui waved his hand and said, "What method do you use is your business. In short, you must get me these things, otherwise I will ask your sister to go."
Li Dongjiang glared and said, "Hey, you're sure you're going to eat me, right? I know that my sister scares me. If I don't agree, what can you do to me? Although my sister married you, I broke the bones and the tendons with her. If I can't do it, she will follow you in everything."
"Then you can wait and see."
Just as Li Rui and Li Dongjiang were discussing how to build the island in the future, the group of bandits who were beaten away sneaked back to an island that was almost hundreds of nautical miles away from Erhe Mountain Island.
Haizhou is located on the coast, Dongjun, Tongxin City has long-distance coastlines, and there are many small islands along the line. As early as the First Empire, bandits in Haizhou had frequent attacks, which was extremely harmful to the coastal people. These bandits were mostly the failed parties in the fight between local tyrants. As the saying goes, the kings and the losers were the bandits. In order to avoid encirclement and killing, the failed party had to become bandits. The coastal areas were mostly plains, and it was unrealistic to occupy mountains and be kings. Therefore, these bandits mostly occupied islands and became kings and made a living by robbing passing merchant ships.
Of course, robbing merchant ships is just a small fuss. These bandits ultimately want to make a comeback. Therefore, there are often many invisible places hidden behind a bandit den: collusion between officials and bandits, collusion between interests, etc. In order to make a comeback, these bandits rely on some wealthy families and act as thugs, and do things that cannot be seen for them. Therefore, every time the official organization suppresses bandits, they will end up fruitlessly. If they want to completely wipe them out, they will need to spend a lot of financial, manpower and material resources.
The island is full of tall houses made of wood, like a place where a group of indigenous people live.
But their weapons and equipment are really quite large, stacked on one side of the island, and installed in two specialized giant wooden houses.
The two bandits on the boat who ran back fled from the boat in a panic and fled to the island. It turned out that the island was the base camp of these bandits.
Deep in the island, inside a wooden building that is obviously more luxurious than other houses on the island.
Two disheveled bandits knelt on the ground, their bodies trembling. In front of them, a tall man stood quietly with his hands behind his back, with a little anger on his face.
"What's the use of you? You took seven or eight boats out, but the other party had just one speedboat, but he had never fought? It was just a bucket!"
The man turned his head and shouted loudly at the two bandits on the ground. He was burly, 1.9 meters tall, with a scar on his face, which looked extremely terrifying, but he was wearing a very inconsistent suit, and he could still see a hint of noble temperament.
When the two men on the ground were naturally trembling and they didn't dare to speak at all.
This scarfaced man is the bandit leader. The real boss on this island has more than ten thousand bandits under his command. It can be said that as long as he is on this small island, he is the well-deserved emperor.
In this sea area, there are almost signs of bandit activity on islands of all sizes. Scarface is the strongest among them. Relying on his strong strength, he annexed several nearby bandits and formed a bandit alliance.
He looked at the trembling two people on the ground, with a hint of disdain and disgust on his face.
"You are under Su Zhenchang's command. Where are others? Are you afraid of being scolded by my brother and dare not come to see me?" The bandit leader said, walked to a wooden chair beside him and sat down, took a cigar from the table, cut it open, lit it, and took a deep breath.
The two people who were already trembling on the ground showed a look of fear and fear on their faces. They lowered their heads and fought with their teeth in their mouths, but they didn't dare to speak at all.
Seeing this scene, the bandit leader who had just recovered from the cigar's spirit finally realized something was wrong.
Looking at the two people on the ground, he raised his eyebrows: "What happened to Su Zhenchang? Did he be arrested?"
The two on the ground shook their heads.
The bandit leader's face changed and he suddenly stood up. The cigar in his mouth was bitten off by him and fell to the ground!
He stared at the two people on the ground, suddenly roared and asked, "Is Su Zhenchang dead?"
The two of them immediately cried loudly and lay on the ground and kowtowed wildly.
Li Rui naturally didn't know that there was an isolated island in the sea area not too far away from him, and naturally he didn't know that the island was also the territory of bandits.
Just as he was thinking about how to build Erhe Mountain Island in the future, a whistle sound suddenly came from a distance.
The whistle sounds were from their speedboats.
Li Rui and Li Dongjiang both frowned.
"What's going on? Did the bandits call again?"
Li Dongjiang couldn't help but shake his head and said, "No, don't these bandits want to live anymore? They are so anxious to reincarnate."
"What's wrong, hurry up, hurry up and go back to the boat!"
When they arrived on the boat and observed through the telescope, they realized that there were indeed many ships coming from the sea ahead.
However, this time the number of ships was obviously much higher than the last time. At first glance, there were about twenty ships, which could be called a fleet.
"It's bad, this is not a bandit, it's clearly a well-trained fleet." Li Rui said.
Li Dongjiang's face also changed slightly, and he said, "I have called the old man just now and asked him to transport a batch of supplies, but it will definitely not arrive in a while. Our shells are only a few. There are too many bandits, so I'm afraid..."
Li Rui frowned and couldn't help asking: "How come there are so many bandits? Is the public security in Haizhou so bad?"
"This is not a question of whether the public security is good or not. Since ancient times, they have been successful, kings and defeated bandits. These bandits were once powerful figures." Li Dongjiang said contemptuously: "Once the emperor and the ministers, they will only be called bandits if they fail."
"Is there any bandits on Erheshan Island, but there are also other islands?" Li Rui asked.
"Haha, Li Rui, you are so naive. These bandits are all relatives, and they used to be from a big family."
"My goodness, your dad is playing with my life. I thought it would be over to capture this island, but I didn't expect..."
In fact, what he didn't know was that Erhe Mountain Island was indeed a place where bandits occupied, but because the houses on Erhe Mountain Island had not been built yet, the bandits' headquarters was temporarily placed on another island and were preparing to move here after a while.
"Or why we retreat temporarily and come over when we are ready next time?" Li Dongjiang frowned.
However, Li Rui shook his head, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes. He glanced at Li Dongjiang and said, "Is there any motorboat?"
"What are you going to do?" Li Dongjiang was stunned. He guessed Li Rui's thoughts in his heart, but he was not sure. This was too risky.
"These bandits are too arrogant. I want them to know how powerful I am!"
When Li Rui said this, Li Dongjiang felt a sense of pride in his heart. He said I would go with you and I would say it, but doing this is really too risky. After all, this sentence was not said.
He just said, "Be careful." Then he asked someone to prepare a small boat.
Their speedboat carries a small motorboat as a tool to escape when the speedboat is damaged.
Li Rui sat on the motorboat, looked at the waves splashing around him, and pulled out the unparalleled sword from his waist, making the cold air.
He looked at the ships that were getting closer and closer in the distance with his eyes, and his face became serious.
On the bandit's boat, the bandit leader Su Zhenxiao sat on the deck, with a bottle of fine wine placed on the table next to him, holding a woman with a charming figure in her arms, wearing exposed clothes and a charming face.
"Master Xiao, there is a small boat in front of us approaching our ship!" A bandit hurriedly ran over from the bow of the ship and said.
Su Zhenxiao took a sip of wine, pinched the butt of the woman in his arms, and showed a hideous smile on his face, and said contemptuously: "Is that so? This man can't wait to come over and die? Don't rush to kill him first, let the people in front of him not fire and catch him on the boat. I will torture him slowly!"
When Su Zhenxiao said this, a scar flashed on his face, looking extremely ferocious.
The woman in her arms was pinched by Su Zhenxiao's force, and her body couldn't help but move in his arms. She lowered her body charmingly, kissed Su Zhenxiao's face, and said, "Master Xiao, I want to see you take off his skin."
Su Zhenxiao smiled again, suddenly picked up the woman's body, and made her sit on his lap. He grinned, revealing his yellow teeth, his eyes gloomy, and said, "Zhenchang, look okay, I will strip this kid's skin to pay tribute to you."
Li Rui stood up with a motorboat and moved forward, getting closer and closer to the bandits' ship, but these bandits did not fire at him, which made Li Rui secretly surprised.
"It seems that these bandits think they are here to surrender or die, so they want to catch the alive." Li Rui thought to himself.
That was just right. Without the influence of shells, Li Rui approached the bandits' ships more easily, and even the several guard ships next to the command ship made way and took the initiative to let him in.
When the motorboat arrived below the command ship, the bandits sent several assault boats over and monitored him slowly approaching the command ship.
However, what the bandits never expected was that Li Rui was not here to surrender at all, and of course he was even more unlikely to come to die.
Li Rui suddenly jumped up, and he flew three meters high from the motorboat. He reached out and grabbed the protruding hull on the edge of the ship, and then took the force to lever up again and jumped directly onto the deck.
This series of actions was completed in an instant. Several bandits were about to step forward to catch Li Rui, but when they saw him jumping up, their faces changed and they were stunned.
Li Rui didn't say nonsense, and waved the unparalleled sword in his hand, and in an instant he cut the bandits in front of him into half.
Every time he took a step forward, a bandit would fall into a pool of blood. After taking ten steps, he would have killed most of the bandits on the ship.
Chapter completed!