Chapter 80: Menacing water bandits

"Five thousand?"
Not only Xie Linlang, but the entire workshop was stunned! The tongs in Xie Linlang's hand fell to the ground, but it's really not the time to engage in crafts...
The several masters and workers in the workshop all surrounded them. If the news that the rebels went south was only a little nervous for them, then the news of the water bandits attacked them completely!
Water bandit, that's water bandit! Water bandits slaughtered villages and murdered people and set fires were common in Liangjiang. They originally thought that water bandits would not come to them, but they suddenly came, and so many people came! Aren't they all dispatched by a hundred people before? !
The noise gradually grew outside the workshop, and it was clear that the news of the water bandits had leaked out.
Xie Linlang settled down, sitting on the bench in the workshop and asked, "Where do those people come from?"
Xiangcheng is surrounded by water on both sides, mountains on one side, and land on the other. In the southeast surrounded by water, only the east side has a gate, but the south gate does not.
If the water bandits want to enter through the door, they must enter the Heishui River. Then the method of burning the water bandits last time can be used again. After all, the river is narrow and easy to burn.
But the reporter said tremblingly, "The water bandits are coming from the south! Their boats are so big that they haven't entered the river!"
Xie Linlang nodded, her expression was not panic.
The south of Xiangcheng faces the Wanjiang River, the city wall is very high, there are no entrances and exits, the river beach is very shallow, and the big ships are not suitable for docking.
In this way, things still have room for reversal!
She suddenly got up, took everyone out, and then walked.
"Don't worry, the southern city wall is very high, and the river beach is too shallow to stop the big boats. They want to attack the city not so easily. I will go over to see the situation first, everyone, don't panic."
She said that she turned on horseback. Everyone was originally six gods and no masters, but when she saw her calm down, they all calmed down, as if the sky would not collapse as long as she was there... This thought penetrated into people's hearts unconsciously, so Right now Xiangcheng didn't feel confused after hearing this news, but was panicked.
Xie Linlang ran towards the southern city gate with Ru Nian Kuai Ma. Everyone on the road stood on both sides of the street, looking at them with complicated expressions. There was no way. Xiangcheng had no troops. If a large number of water bandits really came in, they Is there a way to survive?
But seeing Xie Linlang riding a horse hurriedly, his expression was not flustered, and the onlookers gradually gained some confidence.
Master Xie didn't panic, thinking that there was a solution, then they didn't need to panic.
Upon seeing this, Mr. Huang stood on the street and shouted, "Don’t look at it, everyone, keep working! Master Xie won’t let the water bandits have a chance to enter the city! The only thing we need to do right now is to not delay thanking adults. Legs, continue doing what you should do, don’t stop, we, have to believe him!"
Mr. Huang's voice was not loud, but he used his internal force to spread it far. Everyone heard it and felt at ease!
Also, Master Xie didn't say anything, what are they doing so nervously? It's better to do what you have at hand quickly and don't cause trouble to Master Xie at this time.
By the time Xie Linlang rushed to the southern city wall, the soldiers on the wall were almost crazy!
God knows how scared they are when they see so many water bandits coming across the river? !
Fortunately, the water bandits seemed to be scrupulous about something, and they did not attack the city as soon as they came, but as long as they did not walk on the surface of the river, they would not be at ease!
Xie Linlang glanced at the surface of the river and asked the soldiers on the wall.
"Are they approaching very slowly, or are they always moving in that position?"
The officer said nervously, "My lord! The water bandits have been wandering in that position, neither approaching nor far away!"
Xie Linlang nodded, and then looked into the distance. There were indeed a lot of ships on the other side, and they were all large ships. They did not approach directly. I thought about the shallow water on the river and could not dock, but maybe there are other reasons.
It’s just that the current situation is a bit difficult. As we all know, Xiangcheng has no boats, or not at all, but they are all small boats that carry passengers. There are two medium ships and none of the big ones. Otherwise, Xie Linlang will not let it. People went to shipbuilding.
It's just that shipbuilding is not cooking utensils. You can make it casually. Right now, her big ship doesn't even have a shadow, but the other party has the most advanced ship.
So water battles are definitely not good. She doesn't have a boat and can't use a boat to fight, so she can only defend?
This makes Xie Linlang a little uncomfortable, like a water bandit, you must either cooperate with him, or beat him all at once, or he will look at Xiang Cheng and harass every day, so she can't make any money?
Seeing Xie Linlang frown, the Confucian scholar beside him whispered, "Actually, there are three boats on the Red River Valley, and the adults can move them with the token in his hand..."
Xie Linlang stretched out his hand to stop him, "Ordinary ships can't beat them. As you said, their ships are even more advanced than those of Ze Guo's maritime hegemon."
Confucianism suddenly stopped talking. If it were troops, fighters, and weapons, they could still think of a way, but the ship really couldn't change it.
"Then... let's prepare a little more oil boulder to guard the city wall?"
Xie Linlang squinted and said, "...Compared to those, I now want to know what the real purpose of this group is."
Originally, she thought that since these people came, they would definitely be caught off guard, and that they should go ashore, thinking about how to attack the city.
As a result, they didn't do anything and stared from a distance. Didn't this give them enough time to prepare the tools to defend the city?
This kind of behavior was so weird that she couldn't help but wonder what other purpose the other party had, or what they were waiting for...
But these are all things, Xie Linlang asked the officers and soldiers on the side.
"Is there enough rolling wood boulders on the wall?"
As a very cautious and meticulous person in some aspects, Xie Linlang even had to lead the river into the city. She had already perfected this basic preparation, so she was so calm when she heard the news before, because even if the water bandits came With these defensive tools, the people on the wall can also resist the siege.
The officers and soldiers next to her replied, "My lord, the rolling wood and boulders have always been prepared, do you need to burn the oil now?"
Xie Linlang shook his head, "No, let's see what they are going to do first. You can mobilize a hundred officers and soldiers and divide them into two groups to defend day and night. When will they start attacking the city, and when will they be notified."
"This..." Seeing Xie Linlang who was about to leave after speaking, the people on the wall were stunned. Is this Master Xie too relieved? There are five thousand water bandits over there! Just transfer a hundred people to guard it?
Seeing their doubts, Xie Linlang smiled comfortingly at them.
"Don't worry, they won't be able to attack. As for me, there are other preparations to do."
It is not her style to come and not to be indecent, and to guard the city honestly.