Chapter 27

  "Bite the goose, you go inform the village's elderly, weak, sick and disabled, let Li Zhang lead them to Da Fushan to avoid it" Yang Bo thought for a moment and asked: "How many people can this sand boat usually carry?"

  Han Bite couldn't quite grasp Yang Bo's meaning, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "This three-masted sand ship isn't very big, generally it can hold less than a hundred people at most. If it were five-masted, then it could probably carry one or two hundred people."

  "Alright, let the villagers of Lichang Village go first, remember to bring Bi Lao Ye and Liu Lao Lu with you. The others will distribute the weapons at the entrance of Haijing House." Yang Bo waved his hand decisively, now even he could feel that the black shadow on the sea surface was getting bigger and bigger.

  "Weapons are not enough..." Han Xiaoer suddenly understood Yang Bo's determination, and said with some difficulty. To be honest, he did not agree with the idea of confronting the pirates head-on, knowing that these powerful pirates who roamed the seas were not only exceptionally skilled in martial arts, but also extremely ruthless, and a group of five or six ordinary soldiers might not even be able to get close to them.

  "If there are not enough weapons, take sharp bamboo sticks. If all else fails, take a kitchen knife. What's to be afraid of?" Yang Bo gave Han Xiaoer a glance and added another sentence: "To kill people, what can't you use? Let everyone in the village between 16 and 60 years old bring their own weapons and gather here!"

  Han Xiao'er responded with a "yes" and ran off like flying...

  "Damn it, just thinking of finding someone to vent my anger on, and here comes a blind fool ready to crash into the muzzle of my gun?" Yang Bo had his hands behind his back, suppressing the inexplicable excitement in his heart.

  I heard that this boat can't carry many people, Yang Bo's confidence grew, the salt protection team alone had more than 100 people, plus other villagers who could hold weapons, two against one would be fine, right?

  Soon, Tie Niu and the others arrived with the salt escort team. Yang Bo slapped Da Niu, who was trying to jump over, out of the door, telling him to continue watching at Jun Dun.

  The scholar's face was pale and dispirited, apparently everyone already knew that the ship was heading towards Ma Family Village.

  "Xiucai, you don't have the strength to even grasp a chicken, take the jade pendant and go with them to Da Fushan first to avoid this." Yang Bo saw Xiucai's appearance and knew he was very afraid.

  The scholar's face was pale and he sat on one side, but he shook his head resolutely.

  Yang Bo was slightly surprised, but now he had a lot on his plate and didn't have time to care about where the scholar's courage came from. He shouted to Tie Niu, "Are all the salt escort team members present?"

  Tie Niu nodded.

  The salt protection team had already formed a formation at the door of the sea-view room, and when they saw Yang Bo walking out, they stood even straighter.

  Seeing this momentum, Yang Bo's heart calmed down, and he was about to say a few words of encouragement when he saw Bi Fangji rushing over here in a hurry.

  "Father, how did you come too?" Yang Bo furrowed his brow, wasn't it arranged for you to avoid going to Da Fushan?

  Bi Fang rushed over, panting: "I heard that you were attacked by pirates. I thought you might need someone here, so I hurried over."

  "Are you going to scare those pirates to death?" Yang Bo muttered to himself, looking at Bi Fangji and saying: "Father, it's better for you to hide for now, it will be chaotic here soon, I'm afraid we won't have time to take care of you."

  Bi Fangji shook his head firmly. "I share the honor and shame with Zhi Xian, how can I leave alone in this critical moment? There's no need for Zhi Xian to say more."

  Yang Bo looked at his sincere gaze and sighed: "Alright, wait for a while until Han Xiaoer and the others arrive, then we'll discuss it together."

  Xiao Yulan also ran out, insisting on following Yang Bo, and no matter how everyone advised her, she refused to leave first. Just then, the soldier brought over the horse that Yang Bo had just bought, and Yang Bo told the soldier to take Xiao Yulan away on horseback. The little girl knew that all of Yang Bo's family property was with her, so she could only reluctantly follow the soldier.

  After a while, Han Yao and Mao Zirong led a group of soldiers carrying various weapons, and the craftsmen rushed over. Everyone was present, but these people did not know what the hundred officials thought, each discussing it in an uproar, but the salt protection team's young men did not say a word.

  The big ox rushed over again with a rolling and crawling report, that ship is less than half a mile away from here...

  Yang Bo waved his hand, and the noisy hall suddenly fell silent. Yang Bo looked around at everyone and said: "Time is pressing, I won't say much, there are only two things. First, as long as these pirates dare to come to our Miao Family Village, we will deal with them. Second, not only will we deal with them, but also we will knock them all down. Third... uh, there is no third. Do you have any questions?"

  Yang Bo looked around at the crowd again, Dogzi was silent, Chouzi was smiling foolishly, Xiuciai was trembling, Jiao E's eyes were darting back and forth, Mao Zirong opened his mouth to speak but then stopped, while Bi Fangji had a calm expression on his face, as if he had already known what Yang Bo was thinking.

  "Since you don't have any questions, let's get started then." Yang Bo suddenly raised his voice.

  Yang Bo's plan was simple, he would lead the miscellaneous troops to lure the enemy, Tie Niu and Gou Er each led half of the salt protection team to ambush under a small hill at the village entrance, waiting for the pirates to enter the pocket, when the time came, a loud bell rang out, three sides surrounded, and they could definitely kill the pirates off guard.

  The plan was not bad, but how it would be executed in the end, Yang Bo also had no bottom line. Fortunately, those young and strong salt protection teams had been trained for several days and were already eager to try out their skills. With Dogzi's encouragement, these people would become Yang Bo's main force.

  Ambush is ready, Big Cow rushes over to report that the ship has almost arrived and he can even see people moving on the deck...

  When they heard the words of Da Niu, all the soldiers gripped their weapons tightly and crouched behind the slope, not daring to move. They were waiting for a fierce battle! This was a real fight with swords and guns, something they had never thought would happen - facing pirates face-to-face in combat...

  Many people were slightly nervous, but when they saw that calm figure, they slowly relaxed. With Lord Hyodo leading them, what was there to fear?

  Yang Bo attaches great importance to their brainwashing. During the training, Xiū Cái and Gǒu ér took turns to come on stage, and when they heard about the cruel things those pirates did to people, their eyes turned red.

  However, after waiting for a long time, Da Niu reported twice again, but those pirates still hadn't appeared...

  "What the hell, even if I crawled, I'd have made it?" Yang Bo muttered to himself. He got up and took a sneak peek at the sea surface. The ship was quietly anchored about fifty meters away from the beach, but he had no idea what those pirates were doing.

  Just then, another sound of horseshoes came from afar, and the people hiding on both sides of the mountain ridge didn't know what had happened, they just stared blankly at the knight who was rushing over.

  "It's Big Brother Xiao, Big Brother Xiao is back......" The calf saw him and shouted.

  Xiao Mo Anxiously got off his horse and saw that the military households were already prepared, seemingly relieved, he directly rushed towards Yang Bo's place.

  "Master, what's going on?" Xiao Mo Xiang was startled by this big scene.

  "Get ready for a fight with pirates, come quickly!" Yang Bo beckoned to him and motioned for him to crouch down.

  Xiao Mo leaned in close to Yang Bo's ear and lowered his voice: "General Yao Qi and Zhou Guangbi have arrived at Maojia Village, they'll be here soon..."

  Yang Bo's heart sank, what were they doing here at such a critical moment?