My Chinese ancestors

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 rolling in the sea breeze, and more than a dozen seabirds were neighing around the 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 Kingdom have challenged the heroic Vetna people!" The man on the bow of the ship, wearing a horn helmet and holding a battle ax, turned his head, his thick and yellow beard stroking in the sea breeze, his face Blue dye was applied to draw special patterns, there were small iron rings on the ears and nostrils, spikes protruded from the armor under the leather jacket, and iron chains and strange iron decorations were hung around the waist.

"They failed once. Their crew members and soldiers were beheaded by us and hung high on the sails of the ship. Their bodies were thrown into the cold sea and sacrificed to the sea god!"

The man lowered his battle ax and pointed at the warship approaching them. "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 One." Poseidon Otto!”

call!
call!
On the decks of the two large ships, dozens of yellow-haired Venat people wearing 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, those Kurna bastards who escaped before must be commanding them to change their 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 encounter.

On the ship's deck, Zheng He's feet were turned inwards. On his smooth cheeks, his eyes were different from the gentle ones before, and were 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 disgrace."

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 distance between warships is too far. .

At this time, the two Venat warships over there approached 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. When he went to Southeast Asia, any battle For war, he tried his best to prepare his soldiers and crew as fully as possible.

When the barbarian battlefield over there approached, several ghost-door 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 for a counter-boarding fight.

Beside her, her brother also had his hand wrapped around the rope, holding a sharp ax in his hand, ready to swing.

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 plank 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, densely packed arrows flew towards the opponent's deck and mast with sparks.

"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 discovered 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 stretched. Tight, pulling on his warship.

"What are they trying to do?!"

In his field of vision, a cold gaze seemed to be looking at him from the high ship building over there. Then, the battlefield under his feet suddenly shook, and he saw that the Eastern warship that had been approaching was drifting away, and the tight rope pulled He tilted his boat on the sea and followed him 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 and being pulled by Zheng He's two large ships. The Feiyun Port warship on one side was escorting the ship, 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 shouting about?"

This question was asked by the red-haired brother and sister over there.

"Back to the Governor, they are unwilling to give in and are angrily scolding you for using despicable tactics."

"A soldier never tires of deceit. It's just that he's stupid."

Zheng He put down the tea cup, raised one leg, and raised his fingers: "Go back to Feiyungang, get off the boat, and push all these barbarians to Yanjing and put them in prison until King Xia returns 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 it anyway."

Old God Zheng He was leaning back on his chair, blowing the sea breeze. At this moment, he seemed to feel like he was back in Nanyang.

On the ferry bridge of Feiyun Port, all kinds of 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 merchants were gearing up, waiting for the imperial warships. Drag the barbarians back.

When the four large ships of the imperial court came back 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, and is responsible for all the warships in Feiyun Port."

"eunuch?"

"What happened to the eunuch?! As long as he can defeat the pirates who have been tormenting him 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: "If our family has firearms on this ship, where can they go?" It takes so much trouble.”

In the eyes, these barbarians were gradually captured by the numerous merchant guards and the people from the shipping department using various restrictive methods. Those who were too cruel were pushed directly into the water with long forks, and then caught with fishing nets. .

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.

"Go 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 of the destruction of Wei State, 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 the 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)