My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 633: Confidence between the Two Emperors
White clouds floated across the blue sky. Above the rolling blue waves, more than twenty large ships were lined up in a row. On the palm-fringed beach, a group of red-haired barbarians gathered together, looking at the group of uninvited guests in the distance, and among them was a warship of such hugeness that it was unimaginable.

This was a huge ship they had never seen before.

At this moment, at the port near the island of Marendi, twelve sailing warships responded to the news and lined up in a row in front of the fleet of unknown origin.

These warships were streamlined, with a narrow hull and two masts. In addition to the two main sails pulled by the mast on the front deck, there were also several small sails connected by ropes to the ram at the bow.

In contrast, the unidentified fleet on the other side were all large ships, with more trading vessels than warships.

Dress Fraser looked at the opposing fleet for a while, but did not launch an attack rashly. Instead, he sent an envoy to inquire about the other party's origins.

After all, these fleets don't look easy to mess with.

Moreover, he belonged to one of the northern fleets of the Sakprut Empire. After conquering Marendi several years ago, he was appointed governor of the area by the emperor. The Second Northern Fleet was stationed on this large island of 10,000 square kilometers.

It was surrounded by the sea, had a pleasant climate, and there were many red-haired natives available for enslavement. There were also several small islands nearby, and occasionally he would take a boat there for vacation.

In recent years, in addition to extortion from maritime trade, the local Sumut people have also been his biggest source of income. Every year, a group of adult Sumut women are sold to Ophir and even further to the Mediterranean region.

These women on the island have a different style from those on land.

"Why hasn't the messenger returned yet?"

Dress Fraser stood on his ship, looking at the fleets in the distance and muttering to himself.

However, what he didn't know was that the envoy he sent was kneeling in front of a figure who was sitting on a big chair, wearing a phoenix-wing crown on his head and a robe with python pattern on the collar.

The robe had a wide collar and sleeves, and reached down to the feet. It had a hem on each side and was embroidered with python patterns all over. It was obvious that it was not something that ordinary people could wear.

"Elsa, you said these people have a grudge against your family?"

Under the parasol, Zheng He raised his index finger, slightly tilted his face, and glanced at the red-haired female general who was clenching her fists and gritting her teeth, and her brother Barry.

Both of them stared at the kneeling envoy from Marendi Island.

Elsa nodded. She didn't look away. She just whispered in Chinese: "Yes, respected Lord Governor, they were the ones who occupied our homeland. My brother and I had to leave by ship. We drifted on the sea for two years before we were chased by the Venat pirate Rafar until we got lost and came to the Eastern Feiyun Port."

Everyone had heard about what had happened to the brother and sister several years ago, but being so far away across an ocean, everyone could only offer a few words of comfort.

Now the fleet has arrived at Elsa's hometown. When facing his enemies, Zheng He always has to remember the friendship.

A disabled person like him also misses this kind of feeling the most.

"In that case, then let's not talk to them."

Zheng He pursed his lips and chuckled, and his feet suddenly moved inwards. The Dongchang men on his left and right grabbed the kneeling barbarian envoy without saying a word, and dragged him off the deck regardless of his struggles and shouts. They killed him with a single sword, and ordered the archers on the side of the ship to shoot the small boat that was carrying the barbarian envoy below, along with the barbarians on the boat, into hedgehogs.

"We are never stingy when it comes to our own people. Elsa has followed His Majesty for many years. Even if her contribution is not great, she has worked very hard."

Zheng He closed his eyes and listened to the screams of the barbarians dying miserably. He shook his robe and stood up from the chair. "Today, I will reward you on behalf of His Majesty so that you and your brother can return home in glory and bring honor to your fellow villagers and the emperor."

He walked to the front fence with his hands behind his back and slightly raised his palms.

The two flag bearers waved flags at the left and right corners to the ships on both sides. In a moment, the ships at the front of the two fleets received the order and moved, slowly turning their rudders while sailing forward and lying across the sea.

"Elsa, you and your brother should go down and get ready." Zheng He said with a smile, "Remember to dress elegantly and don't bring down the dignity of our Great Xia."

"Here!"

Elsa and Barry excitedly raised their hands and bowed, performing an impeccable Chinese etiquette, then turned and went down the deck, went down the side of the ship, boarded the docked boat, and returned to their respective warships, the 'Elsa' and Barry's 'Pearl'.

……

Dress Fraser, who was wearing a butterfly-collared governor's uniform, was frowning and muttering when he vaguely heard screams coming from afar on the sea breeze.

Without waiting for him to doubt.

The fleet in the distance suddenly moved. Ten ships sailed towards this side from the left and right, and then lay across his sight.

"It's so far away that even if we shoot arrows we can't reach it... What do they want to do?"

Just as Dress Fraser finished his last word, three flashes of fire suddenly lit up on each of the ten unidentified warships in his sight, followed by several "boom" explosions, which really startled him.

Then, everyone saw thirty black objects being fired from a distance. One of them was only two meters away from the ship where Dress Fraser was sitting. There was a loud bang, and water splashed five meters high. Countless water droplets rushed up and drenched Dress Fraser.

next moment.

Among the sailing warships lined up on the left and right, seven were blown up with their hulls swaying and holes pierced through the decks, which fell into the lower cabins. The moment the crew members inside gathered around, the burning fuses on them also burned out at that moment.

Flames and explosions shot up into the sky in an instant, and warships shook, shattered, and disintegrated.

Dress Fraser's eyes widened in shock for a few moments, and he slowly reacted. He immediately ordered his crew to signal the surviving warships to dock.

They had never seen such firepower before. If they rushed forward rashly, they would surely be wiped out.

Naturally, we have to adopt the most conservative approach and carefully observe the details of the opposing fleet. Once we have figured it out, it will not be too late to counterattack.

Before becoming governor, Dress Fraser was also a general in command. As the five surviving warships were sailing and turning, he drew the hilt of the sword at his waist.

Secret Technique: Full Speed ​​Sailing!
As his own secret technique was activated, the five sailing warships that were originally turning slowly suddenly accelerated, and their sails swelled in an instant.

In the distant Eastern Fleet, two warships rushed past the gunboats lying in front. Elsa was wearing beautiful, slim-fitting scale armor and standing on the mast with a scimitar in her hand.

"Don't let them get away!"

"Elsa, look over there, someone's already chasing after them!"

A red-haired crew member rushed to the railing and pointed to the sea on the right. Three Qinglong warships had already separated from the right wing fleet.

The three warships were within the sight of Elsa and the others, and a thin layer of mist was rising.

"It's General Lu!" the crew member shouted.

The General Lu mentioned by the other party is naturally Lu Meng. When he came to this world, he was promoted as a naval general first. Not only can this be reflected in his personal performance, but his secret techniques can also be used on the ships under his command.

When the five barbarian warships began to move, he sensed the possibility that they might try to escape, and so he followed suit.

Just as Dress Fraser used the secret technique, Lu Meng also used it at the same time.

The five sailing warships sailed rapidly toward the southwest, hoping to use secret techniques to distance themselves from the huge fleet on the opposite side, and then bypass Marendi and dock at the port on the west coast.

However, Dress Fraser soon discovered that they were shrouded in a thin mist that blocked their way forward. Only two warships broke through quickly, and the rest, including himself, were shrouded in the mist.

"Never mind, just keep sailing!"

Just as he finished his words, the ship beneath him made a loud bang, as if it was hit from behind.

Dress Fraser turned his head suddenly and saw through the thin mist that an Eastern ship that was larger than his had hit his stern. On the bow, an Oriental man wearing armor and holding a Han sword was looking down at him.

Then, he slowly opened his mouth and revealed a creepy smile.

At the same time, Elsa, who was rushing over, saw two Marendi warships escaped, and immediately asked the helmsman to turn. After all, she didn't know that the enemy general was on that warship.

What's more, these people were the soldiers who had persecuted her hometown, so there was no reason to let them go.

She gritted her teeth and looked at the direction where a dozen black spots suddenly appeared on the horizon in front of the two warships.

Could it be the enemy’s reinforcement fleet?

After all, the other party fled in that direction, and it is very likely that the Northern Fleet warships on the nearby islands received the news and rushed over.

"Don't let the barbarians go!"

In the distance, there was a familiar voice coming from a distant ship.

The sudden sound of the Chinese language, penetrating through the sea breeze and waves, frightened the Sakpruit soldiers on the two fleeing sailing warships so much that their faces turned pale.

In the sight, a man stood with one foot on the bow, with a knife slung over his waist and another knife raised in his hand, and he was wearing a slanting robe made of colorful silk.

"You all, do you know Gan Xingba?"

Among the thirteen warships in the rear, Zhou Yu stood on the ship's deck, with his fingers on his forehead, feeling quite helpless and embarrassed. Then, he gave the order.

"Capture those two barbarian warships, and leave no one alive on board!"

Thirteen warships, following Gan Ning's Jiangdong Tiger Tooth ship, deployed and maneuvered at lightning speed, forming a U-shape and surrounding the two sailing warships that were trying to turn.

Crossbows fired one after another, hitting the shield hanging on the hull on the opposite side. The thick crossbow arrows nailed the iron shield and exploded with a bang, and the people behind the shield flew backwards and crashed into the crowd. The Sakpruit soldiers on the deck were instantly thrown to the ground.

More arrows followed, piercing through the crowd directly—

Soon, all the twelve warships of Sakprut on the sea outside Marendi were destroyed, and several cargo ships rushed towards the coast.

The moment the hatch opened.

There is a loud and clear voice.

"It's our turn!"

The warhorse rushed out of the cabin door, jumped into the shallow water, stirred up the sea water and galloped away.

Riding on the galloping horse, with his cloak fluttering and his beard flying under his red tasseled iron helmet, Zhang Liao hung a yellow dragon hook sickle on his body, and drew his bow and arrows, shooting at the Sakprut soldiers who were rushing around.

People only know that his former master and good friend Lu Bu is unparalleled in archery skills, but few know that he is also an excellent bowman.

The bowstrings kept ringing, one, two, four times... until twenty people were shot down and the quiver hanging on the side of the horse was emptied. He then drew his bow and took out his knife. The moment he rushed onto the beach, he raised his hand and chopped off the head of a centurion wearing an iron helmet with a horizontal mane in front of him.

"Men of Bingzhou, let our fellow sailors see how brave we are in land battles!"

Five hundred light cavalry, one thousand Bingzhou army infantry and archers came on the water, holding shields and swords, and led by Gao Shun, they directly crashed into the coastal defense line.

After drifting on the sea for half a year, even if we stopped at land during the journey, it was only a short stay.

Thinking about the war in the south, many of their comrades might have already made many contributions, and they were always holding a grudge in their hearts.

Now, we can finally fight.

The moment they stepped on the sea water and hit the shields on the opposite side, the Bingzhou soldiers who had been holding their breath for a long time rushed over like a torrent and directly broke through the defense line. The shields only stopped their steps for a short time, and then they were all knocked over. The Sakpruit soldiers were immediately squeezed to the ground by this huge force.

More warships rushed to the coast.

Elsa pulled the rope and lowered the deck, looking at her hometown in her dreams.

He shouted to his red-haired compatriots: "Sumut people, after years of wandering outside, we can finally go home!"

She raised the blade in her hand.

"Drive out the Sakpruits and take back our homeland!"

Over the years, they followed Su Chen to resist the invasion of the Western Rong and to conquer the Japanese pirates in the East China Sea. Of the dozen or so compatriots, only nine are left.

Apart from the four people around her brother, even if there were only five Sumut people around her, she still showed the momentum of leading an army to fight.

The Feiyun Port crew members and fleet soldiers on board the ship were also excited by the female general they were with day and night, and they all took up their weapons and disembarked.

Following the Bingzhou army, they rushed to the coastline and passed by the corpses of Sakpruit soldiers. They kept shouting loudly in the Sumut language, calling on the red-haired compatriots around them not to panic and join the battle to drive out the Sakpruit people.

"That voice just now..."

"It's Elsa!"

"She's still alive?!"

"I thought she had died at sea."

"Sumuts, pick up everything you can. Elsa has returned with many troops. Help her to drive out the Sakpruits!"

"Drive out Sakpruit!!"

After a moment of confusion and panic, some of the fleeing Sumut people still remembered Elsa, or knew this woman.

Immediately, he joined the call and called on any Sumut people he could see to take up arms.

The eastern coast stretched all the way to several small towns on the island, and the bodies of the Sakpruits, including their families, were scattered everywhere. They were beaten to death with sticks by the Sumut people who had oppressed them for a long time, and their bodies were piled up and burned.

Black smoke rose across the entire 10,000 square kilometer island, shouts of killing, screams of fighting, the indigenous people who rose up to resist, and the army from the east were all spreading killing across the entire island at this moment.

Soon, this largest island located in the northwest of Europe fell into the hands of Zheng He. He and Zhou Yu took advantage of the Sumut people's hatred of the Sakpruits and encouraged these indigenous people to help their army, repair the hull and build a larger port.

As well as mapping the nearby sea areas and the various shipping routes west of Ophelia.

This is commonplace for the indigenous people who grew up here.

The news that the huge fleet from the east had captured the northern island of Marendi could not be concealed.

After learning the news, the outpost on the nearest island immediately fled by boat and quickly spread this horrific information to Martin on the west coast of Europe.

This was once the place where King Sakpruit rose to power. After he ascended the throne, this small coastal town became a major trading center far away from war and famine within a few years.

Even though they knew that the monsters from the East had defeated the emperor's 230,000 troops, it did not cause people here to fall into anxiety or panic.

However, from the western sea came the bad news that the Eastern Fleet had occupied the Marendi Islands and cut off the northern sea trade route.

This important city finally showed unprecedented helplessness.

……

On August 11, the weather entered a hotter phase.

"…The Paka County in the eastern border of the Analiya Province was captured by the Seris people and the entire city was massacred. On the morning of the third day, a sweep was launched in the Cilicia region 300 miles away.

On the same day, the Celis army of Miranter Province divided into two groups and broke through the Pegasus City in the middle of Miranter. Three local lords led 60,000 people to resist. Two days later, the entire army was annihilated, and the Pegasus City was also breached by the Celis people, and then... the city was massacred. "

"Your Majesty, there is new news from Martin, saying that a large Eastern Fleet appeared at sea, and the Second Northern Fleet has already destroyed Marendi Island and has been occupied by the enemy."

The night was peaceful and quiet. Insects fluttered their wings and hovered on the torches on the wall. Maids carrying tableware walked quietly along the red-carpeted corridor with their heads lowered.

Sakprut, wearing a red cloak, sat on the throne, with his chin on one hand, quietly listening to the battle reports.

The expression on his face looked quite strange, and his other hand kept knocking on the golden armrest.

The attendant who was reading the battle report took a sneak peek. According to recent rumors, His Majesty's appearance seemed to have changed a little. Now he looked at him secretly, and he was indeed a little different from before.

"Your Majesty?" the servant called softly.

The emperor on the throne blinked, a smile appeared on his face, and he waved his hand calmly, asking the servant to leave. As for the other party's act of secretly looking at him, he did not take it to heart.

After everyone leaves.

He slowly stood up and looked outside the hall along the red carpet. "Attack from several directions. From the beginning, they have been determined to destroy this empire. What a courage. An opponent worthy of your all. Don't you agree, Merlin?"

"Indeed." Merlin walked over from the side hall on the red carpet amid the lights on one side of the hall.

"An enemy like this is really comforting."

Sakpruit, or rather the legendary King Arthur, said with an approachable smile, "Then let's fight with him with all our strength."

There is a confident smile on his face.

……

Under the distant sky, it was already late at night.

Su Chen stood at the entrance of the tent, looking at the starry sky, and said almost the same words.

"So, has anything changed? I would like to compete with that legendary king."

Zhang Jue followed behind in silence.

(End of this chapter)