The bad emperor of Tang Dynasty

After camping by the lake for one night, according to the local plan, everyone secretly landed on the coast when the sky was just dawning, boarded the Apis, and then fled the island.However, looking around the vast sea, the view is very wide. Guo Nuan and the others have been fighting with the Wuxiang Pirates on the island for half a month, and they have already formed a bridge at this moment. Moreover, they used traps to hit Wudoumi hard two days ago. For the Pirates, as long as the Abis sails out of the sea at that time, Wu Xiang and the others will definitely be able to find out. Then it will be the beginning of the sea chase between the two sides. Whether they can escape or not will depend on this competition.

According to the plan, if the Abis is lucky enough to escape the pursuit of the pirate ship, the merchant ship will sail northwest along the coast of the continental shelf. After arriving at the Chenla transit port in Southeast Asia, Guo Nuan, Pei Pei, Fatty, and Ah Fu will bid farewell Abis and Abbas led the sailors through the Tianzhu Ocean, and they will eventually return to their hometown, the Persian Gulf. As for Guo Nuan, they transferred to the Chenla Port to and from the Middle-earth Tang Maritime Merchant Ship and returned in half a month. To Leizhou Peninsula.

"Let's set off! After boarding the ship, we must set sail as fast as possible, remember! We must completely throw the pirate ship far away!"

Everyone was still in the jungle. Before departure, Abbas stood in front of everyone and gave instructions on actions. Everyone listened solemnly. When the time to leave came, everyone couldn’t bear the excitement and excitement, but getting rid of the enemy’s pursuit was the most important thing. of.

Covered by the dense branches of the cliffs on the west coast, the Abis was still safely hidden in it. Everyone quietly boarded the merchant ship during the ebb tide, and divided their duties. The sailors inspired great enthusiasm and worked very hard. With the morning wind and the gray dawn, everyone quickly adjusted the wind direction of the canvas, pulled up two anchors, the size of the stern, and the hull was slowly moved to the northwest, breaking through the sparkling waves and gradually accelerating.

There are wooden impellers on both sides of the hull, which can be driven by manpower and livestock. At the moment, Guo Nuan, Fatty and Ah Fu are not familiar with the operation of sea ships, and they can't help the sailors, so they use full horsepower to step on the wood. The impeller pedals, the paddle wheels on both sides are rolling and splashing the water, and the V-shaped bottom of the boat rides the wind and waves faster and faster.

Late yesterday night, Wu Xiang and his group searched for Guo Nuan in the valley and they never found any trace, so he led the rest of more than 100 pirates back to Crescent Harbor. He encountered a trap in the jungle and lost troops all the way. He was so angry that he almost vomited blood. Now when I returned to my lair, I found that the dozen or so pirates I stayed behind had also been attacked, and a book boy slave and two sailors had slipped away. What was even more depressing was that the spoils of the Abis Merchant Ship had been snatched back by Guo Nuan and the others. .

The pirate leader suffered a heavy loss and became anxious for a while, so angry that he stayed up all night.It was just dawn, and the watchmen on the high watchtower of the ship reported that the ship was gradually moving away about ten nautical miles ahead.Wu Xiang hurriedly boarded the watchtower and took a closer look. The area was hundreds of miles away from the shipping lanes. Apart from the merchant ship Abis that had just been captured, there were no other ships appearing in this sea area. Wu Xiang knew it was Guo Warm up the guys.

"Set sail! Go after them with all your might, don't let them get away! I'm going to kill them and sacrifice the flag to the dead pirates!"

With a wave of Wu Xiang's hand, the pirates set sail and sailed. After a while, a fleet of four ships set off, leaving the port of Crescent Bay and heading for the Abis.

"Captain, it's not good. The pirate fleet was found at seven or eight nautical miles away, and they are already chasing and killing them!" A sailor came down from the platform and ran to the captain's cab in a panic to report.

"Back off, tell everyone to work harder and throw the pirates far away."

Abbas had expected that the sea trip would not be so smooth, and he still commanded the Abis ship calmly and calmly.

Since the Apis sea ship is much smaller than the pirate ship, Wu Xiang's large-scale warship, especially the largest ship, has a large hull and is equipped with 22 impellers, [-] cloth sails, and the crew is absolutely With a large number, the human drive undoubtedly has a clear advantage in speed, and soon Wu Xiang's pirate ship chased after the Abis's ass all the way through the waves, and the distance was getting closer and closer.

"Report! Wu Xiang's ship is still five nautical miles away from us!" The sailor broke into Abbas's captain's room again with cold sweat on his forehead.

"Order, you must persevere no matter what, quickly, throw all the ballast items on the ship into the sea!" Abbas roared: "You must persevere for two days!"

"There are at least seven or eight days' voyage to Chenla, let alone two days, two hours is a problem according to the situation!" The sailor reported truthfully, stuttering in cold sweat.

"Go...you must stick to it no matter what, until the last moment, and let Allah bless the rest." Abbas waved his hand lightly and retreated from the sailor.

Everyone saw the pirate ship chasing after them murderously, and they desperately put the items in the cabin, such as tea, silk, spices and other commodities purchased by Datang, into sacks and threw them into the sea. After working for half an hour, everyone threw Nearly more than 6000 catties of goods were dropped, which Abbas bought with a lot of money, and every time he dropped a bag, he felt a pain in his heart.

However, the strategy of lightening the burden on the Apis quickly achieved results, and the pirate team's fleet was gradually pulled apart, and then the distance between the two groups reached ten nautical miles.

"Quick! Quick!" Seeing that the cooked duck was about to run away, Wu Xiang jumped into a rage, dancing around on the deck with a bright scimitar in one hand, driving the pirates to sail hard. Gradually in a stalemate in the rally station.

"Report! The pirates are catching up again! It's seven nautical miles away from us!" The sailor watched the pirates approaching and moving away from him, and his mood was stimulated one after another. At this moment, he panicked again.

"Throw away all the goods?" Abbas asked indifferently.

"Throw it away as you ordered," replied the sailor hastily.

"Cut off the ropes of the two heavy anchors at the stern, keep food and fresh water for five days, and throw away the rest." Abbas frowned, and racked his brains to think of items that could reduce the burden: "Well, The wooden boards of the cabin compartments were also dismantled and thrown away."

"Obey!" The sailor immediately conveyed Abbas' order, and everyone was busy again, doing the work of porters and dismantlers.

"Do you want to throw away these three [-]-jin iron-pillar cannons too?" A sailor asked Guo Nuan, because these three were loaded by Guo Nuan on the Leizhou Peninsula, and he newly invented firearms.

"No, if the pirate ship really catches up, this earth cannon will be our secret weapon to die with them!"

Guo Nuan is well aware of the power of his own earthen cannon. Because the earthen artillery was invented in a hurry, the range is not too far. However, because the artillery pellets are mixed with many iron nails and broken blades, when the gunpowder is ignited and explodes, it will form a powerful shotgun, which can shell more than 150 meters. With an effective range of [-] centimeters, a wooden hull of [-] centimeters can blast a big hole.

But Guo Nuan didn't want to see the moment when it was used. If it really happened, it would mean that everyone would die together, because there were only three shells, and the opponent had four ships.