Chapter 251 Zheng He captured the pirates
The waves were pushed away by the big ship in circles, splitting on both sides.
The old sails were billowing in the sea breeze, and more than a dozen seabirds were neighing around two large ships approaching from the northwest sea. A burly man stood on the bow of the ship and raised his tomahawk.
The powerful and high-pitched war song suddenly stopped.
"The warships of the Eastern Kingdoms challenged the heroic Vetna people!" The man on the bow of the ship, wearing a horn helmet and holding a battle ax, turned back, his thick and yellow beard floating in the sea breeze Touching it, blue dye was smeared on his face to draw special lines. There were small iron rings on his ears and nostrils. There were spikes protruding from the armor under the leather jacket. There were iron chains and strange iron rings hanging around his waist. system decoration.
"They failed once. Their crew and soldiers were beheaded by us and hung high on the sails. The bodies were thrown into the cold sea and sacrificed to the sea god!"
The man pressed down the battle ax and pointed at it The warship approaching them from the front, "Heroic Vetna warriors, pick up the weapons in your hands, defeat the enemies in front of you, plunder their wealth and ships, and sacrifice them to the great Poseidon Otto!"
< br>Phew!
Phew!
On the decks of the two large ships, dozens of yellow-haired Venat people in leather jackets and iron armor shouted excitedly. The two large ships sailing on the sea began to separate and approach the four warships on the opposite side.
At this moment, the four warships that were approaching with great momentum made the same deployment, and the two ships separated into a group.
"On this warship, the few Kurna bastards who escaped before must be commanding and changing tactics!" The leading Venat man asked his deputy to blow the horn.
The two Venat warships that sailed separately gradually merged together and approached the two ships on the right side, which was Zheng He's flagship, probably for a side-to-side connection.
On the ship's deck, Zheng He's feet were turned inwards. On his smooth cheeks, his eyes were different from the gentle ones in the past, cold and sinister.
“When our family went to Southeast Asia, we never saw any pirates or naval battles. Even trivial things came to show our shame.”
He raised his hand again, and a eunuch carrying a sword behind him raised his flag and waved it.
This has been practiced for several months. The first thing to practice is semaphores, which are more convenient than horns and drums at sea, unless there is heavy fog at sea, thick smoke on the battlefield blocks the view, or the battle The distance between ships is too great.
At this time, two Venat warships were approaching Zheng He's side. The crew on the deck were ready. Their hands and feet were quick and deft. This was the result of Zheng He's training. He was next In Nanyang, he tried his best to make his soldiers and crew fully prepared for any war.
As the barbarian battlefield over there approached, several ghost gate crossbows installed on the sides were already aimed at the ship planks below the opponent.
The freckled red-haired woman stood by the guardrail of the ship building. She raised her round and slender thighs and stepped on the guardrail. She held the rope hanging from the mast and stared at the approaching Venat warship.
She was ready to fight against the boarding.
Besides, her brother also wrapped his hand on the rope, holding a sharp ax in his hand, ready to dance.
As the warship gradually closed the distance, several ghost crossbows on the side of the ship vibrated with strings, and the banging crossbow arrows flew out, causing the side of the ship to tilt and shake slightly.
The crossbow arrows flew out and slammed into the wooden board under the side of the opposite ship. The archers waiting on the ship here lit the rockets and observed the sea breeze. After a moment of pause, dense arrows flew towards the opponent's deck with sparks. and mast.
“The Eastern warships seem to be well prepared this time.”
The Venat leader licked his lips and glanced at the burning sail, but rarely landed on the deck. "Don't let me get close? The ship's speed is enough to pick up the ship..."
At this time , he found that a thick rope was trailing behind the crossbow bolt fired from the opposite side. He hurriedly rushed to the guardrail on the opposite side and looked down. The crossbow bolt nailed into the ship's plank seemed to have an underhook, piercing deeply into the hull, and the rope was taut. Pulling his warship.
“What do they want to do?!”
In his field of vision, on the high ship building over there, a cold gaze seemed to be looking at him, and then, the battlefield beneath his feet suddenly shook. , he saw that the approaching Dongfang warship was deviating away. The tight rope pulled his ship to tilt on the sea, and he followed little by little.
At this time, his other warship was also lured by the enemy, pulled by the crossbow bolts, and the sails were burned with rockets!
The other two warships of the opponent circled around and formed a siege, using crossbow arrows to threaten the sides of their warships.
"This...this..." The barbarian leader blinked and was stunned. What the hell does this mean?
What about the promised naval battle? We came here to fight and plunder, so what does that mean now?
The Vinat warship was swaying, being pulled by Zheng He's two large ships. The Feiyungang warship on one side was escorting at any time, ready to fire crossbow bolts to take over.
"Despicable Easterners, where are you dragging us to?!" The barbarian leader was obviously anxious. He rushed to the guardrail and yelled crazily at Zheng He's ship building.
On the upper deck of the ship, Zheng He half-closed his eyes, gently took the tea and took a sip: "What is that barbarian yelling about?"
The person who asked this question was the red-haired brother and sister over there. .
"Go back to the Governor, they are unwilling to accept it and are angrily scolding you for using despicable tactics."
"A soldier is not afraid of deceit, it's just that he is stupid."
Zheng He put down the tea cup, raised one leg and hooked his fingers: "Go back to Feiyungang, get off the boat and push all these barbarians to Yanjing, put them in prison, and wait for the Xia King to return to the court to decide whether they will live or die."
He glanced outside the ship building. On the barbarian ship that was being pulled diagonally and sailing diagonally, the barbarian leader was angrily shouting and cursing back and forth on the deck.
“Go ahead and scold me, our family won’t understand anyway.”
Old God Zheng He was leaning back on his chair, blowing the sea breeze. At this moment, he seemed to have returned to the next world. It feels like Nanyang time.
On the ferry bridge of Feiyun Port, various ships gathered, and they were filled with officials and servants of the Shipping Department, holding fishing nets, nooses, and long forks in their hands. On the merchant ships, the guards of the traders were gearing up. Waiting for the imperial warship to drag the barbarians back.
When the four large ships of the imperial court returned with two barbarian warships hung with leather felts and shields, and whose masts were scorched black, a cheer broke out from the surrounding merchant ships undulating on the sea.
"Who is this person newly appointed by the imperial court?"
"I heard that he is the eunuch appointed by King Xia, or the governor of some factory, taking care of all the warships in Feiyun Port ."
"Eunuch?"
"What's wrong with the eunuch? It's enough to defeat the pirates who have been tormenting them for several months."
Soon, the imperial warship docked, and the surrounding merchant ships swarmed up and blocked the barbarian ships. The guards, the Jianghu people, and the officers of the Shipping Department frantically threw all kinds of things on the other side's ships.
Zheng He stood up slowly, stroking his hands. He stood on the ship's deck, raised his hands, looked at the group of barbarians surrounded by merchant ships with an expressionless face, and said coldly: "What if our family, There are firearms on this ship, so why bother?”
As he looked, these barbarians were gradually captured by the numerous merchant guards and the people from the shipping department using various restraints. Those that are too ferocious are directly pushed into the water with a long fork, and then caught with a fishing net.
Seeing that the matter was over, Zheng He stopped looking any further, turned around and got off the boat. After getting into a carriage, he raised the curtain and gave instructions.
“Back to Yanjing.”
The wheels turned, and the carriage slowly drove away from the bustling port. A team of eunuchs from the palace, or masters of the embroidery department, followed closely behind and left Feiyungang.
At this time, the north was still reeling from the shocking news that the Wei State had been destroyed, but thousands of miles away in Luyang, three armies had made final preparations and had rested for more than a month to attack the three states.
At the same time.
The men of Luyang Embroidery Department have already gone south to a small place on the border between Yue and Wu.
Implement the strategy of an old man named Jia Xu.
(End of this chapter)