Merry Xianggong Ximen Qing

"There are boats!" The sailor on the observation deck suddenly shouted: "There are so many boats!"

Hun Jianglong Li Jun's face sank, as the temporary bow, he certainly knew what he meant.

"What's so strange about the boat?" Shiqian stroked the dog's beard with a flea on the side: "Don't we have a lot of boats... I'll go up and have a look!"

Before Li Jun could explain, Shi Qian had already quickly climbed up to the observation deck.

Shi Qian went out to sea for the first time, so of course he didn't know what it really meant if he saw many ships coming from his direction at sea.

The sea is vast and boundless, unlike driving on a land official road, sooner or later you will encounter other carriages head-on.

Although everyone was sailing almost on the same route, the fleet still kept some distance from the fleet. One was to prevent misunderstandings, and the other was to prevent accidental collisions.

There are only two types of ships that approach you actively. The former ones come to ask for help or move closer to seek shelter when something goes wrong, while the latter ones are simply pirates coming to your own fleet.

Now it takes less than a day to leave Mingzhou Port. The former situation is absolutely rare, while the possibility of the latter situation is quite high.

Estimating the distance away from Mingzhou Port, Li Jun couldn't help frowning. There are indeed many pirates entrenched in the archipelago on the right front, but his fleet's route has been deliberately circled. Why are these pirates attacking uncharacteristically?

"Could it be that they deviated from the planned course?" Li Jun also suspected this, but if this is the case, then the shadow of the Zhoushan Islands should be seen.

Moreover, the Zhoushan Islands are shrouded in clouds and fog all year round, which is very easy to identify. Li Jun doesn't think he will be wrong.

At this moment, Shi Qian had already slipped down from the mainmast. With yesterday's experience, Shi Qian deliberately slowed down the speed of his descent this time, and finally the heat between his legs was not so hot anymore.

"There are dozens of large and small ships." Shi Qian lowered his voice: "It seems that the visitor is not friendly...the other party has no banner."

Dozens?

Li Jun rubbed his chin. This number is no longer the size of ordinary pirates, but more like two or three groups of pirates combined into one place.

No wonder, without this level of quantity, it is simply not enough to surround the fleet.

Taking the big ship under Li Jun's feet as an example, ordinary small boats can be completely ignored, and it will be smashed if it hits directly, but the opponent is a pirate, and the ship is flexible, so he will not just wait for him to load it.

It is precisely because of this wolf pack tactics that pirates are also called sea wolves.

As a last resort, Li Jun quickly walked to Ximenqing's room. It is likely that someone in Mingzhou released the news of the envoy's fleet, which attracted the sea wolves.

Without interests, sea wolves will not act together, but guard against each other. At sea, there are no eternal enemies, nor eternal friends, only eternal interests.

Li Jun took a deep breath and began to knock on the door. He heard that Sir Ximen and a maid were inside. If this did not happen, Li Jun would not dare to disturb him.

I heard that the maid has been in this room since last night.

The door of the room opened in response, to Li Jun's surprise, Ximen Qing was well dressed, and there was no scene as imagined... and the maid disappeared, only a woman in a plain cotton robe sat At the table, the bearing is extraordinary.

"San Niang, you rest here now."

Seeing the appearance of Hunjianglong Li Jun, Ximenqing knew that something was wrong, so he came out after talking to Sang Sanniang, and closed the door behind him.

"what happened?"

Ximenqing didn't talk nonsense and asked directly; Li Jun also briefly talked about the situation before him. After hearing this, Ximenqing immediately said: "Notify the other ships, and surround Sun Junming and Zheng Qing's boats by the way, don't let them have any trouble. An opportunity to slip away."

Hun Jianglong Li Jun's expression was serious. He didn't expect that the lord of Ximen's coordinator would locate the suspect who leaked the news so quickly... In fact, there was a lot of movement in the envoy's fleet at the port, and there were many people who could pass on the news. Come.

The sea wolves also have some spies in Mingzhou Port.

"The official fleet would not dare to be provoked by ordinary people, even if it is, it will not come so fast. After all, it is not possible to gather several groups of sea wolves together in such a short time."

Ximenqing seemed to see Li Jun's doubts, and quickly explained a few words: "Go and inform."

Li Jun nodded, turned around and left. Naturally, it is most convenient for the ships to communicate through semaphore. Each ship has a sailor in charge of observing the news from the main ship.

Ximen Qing walked quickly to the deck, where a lot of people had already gathered, Ximen Qing swept his eyes and shouted, "Where is the scarred tiger!"

"To!"

Liu Renzhong raised his right hand and walked out from the crowd: "What are your orders?"

"All the blood-blowing soldiers are ready to fight." Ximen Qing ordered: "Listen to Li Jun's command and concentrate their strength."

"Yes!" Liu Renzhong was shocked, and straightened his back.

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"There is a situation."

Although Sun Junming and Zheng Qing's ships were relatively low, it didn't take long for them to discover the situation.

"So many ships have come!" Sun Junming was indescribably happy: "At least three sea overlords in this area have come! Brother, send the order down, let's retreat!"

At this time, the sailor in charge of liaison hurried over and whispered something in Zheng Qing's ear, which made Zheng Qing's complexion change greatly.

"What?" Sun Junming yelled, "Whatever his order is, let's turn the rudder and get out of this sea!"

Zheng Qing said anxiously: "Brother Sun! Their order is to surround our boat!"

"what!"

Sun Junming was also dumbfounded for a moment, the sea wolf just appeared, how could Ximen Qing guess so accurately, and ordered the siege?

"Rush out! Rush out from the side!"

Up to now, Sun Junming and Zheng Qing didn't have too many choices. If they didn't act immediately, they would be surrounded to death in less than half a stick of incense, and they would never go out.

The boat started to get busy up and down, Zheng Qing grabbed the rudder, ignored the warning of the sailor at the helm, and moved to the side with all his strength. This kind of moment really cannot be delayed.

The other ships were not surprised by this order. Sun Junming and Zheng Qing were envoys in name at least, and Master Ximen's order was to protect them. Who would have known that Sun Junming and Zheng Qing complained about this "protection" Not enough.

The fleet started to move, and Banzhuxiang Kung Fu had already set up a posture to meet the enemy. Li Jun turned the main ship across his body and stood in the forefront. Everyone on board was already fully armed, even the cooks raised their hands. kitchen knife.

In the era of cold weapons, water combat, except for bows and arrows, means hand-to-hand combat, and victory is won at the cost of flesh and blood.

Facing the posture put on by the envoys, the other party did not react at all. They still greeted them with the posture of encircling, and the boats went back and forth, forming a thin encirclement circle within a short time.

The entire fleet of the envoys was surrounded by wolves like a slow-moving giant.

Ximen Qing could already see very clearly the appearance of the other party leading the big ship. The pirates on board who were wielding poker knives were shouting something, while the five big ships were slowly raising black flags to show their identities.

The leading ship put down a small boat at the same time, and sailed towards Ximen Qing's boat. There were three or five people standing on it, of different heights, fat and thin, but their expressions were arrogant and defiant, as if they had already regarded the fleet of the envoys as a big piece of meat. , what to do is nothing more than how to divide it.

"I'm here to negotiate terms." Li Jun explained from the side.

Ximen Qing was relieved. Sea wolves robbed passing ships, seeking gold and silver treasures. If the goods were suitable, they would take away a lot. If the goal could be achieved without much effort, of course anyone would be willing to try it.

If it was an ordinary merchant ship, they would have to agree to their conditions. Cutting flesh is better than losing their lives; but Ximen Qing is not an ordinary merchant, and this fleet is not an ordinary merchant ship. They are probably going to mention the iron plate this time.

"These people who came here are probably the leaders of the sea wolves?" Ximen Qing pointed casually, without any sign of panic, but extremely calm, as if the other party came to drink and have a banquet on the boat.

"Yes, judging from the number of people, the sea wolves gathered temporarily in two or three groups." Li Jun replied: "But even if we capture them all, those sea wolves will still attack. Once the leader dies, a new one will be elected immediately." The leader of the army came out to command."

Ximen Qing sighed slightly: "It is worthy of the title of sea wolf, it really has a bit of a wolf."

Then he smiled slightly and said: "I'm afraid these leaders can be regarded as the overlords of this side, and it's okay to see them first."

The opponent's boat rowed as fast as an arrow, and it didn't take long for it to approach Ximen Qing's boat.

"Put the ladder and the table." Ximen Qing ordered: "Get ready to welcome the guests."

While the leader of the sea wolf was about to board the ship, Sun Junming and Zheng Qing were about to abandon the ship and escape, because their ship had been heavily surrounded and they could not get out at all.

"Saving your life is the most important thing." Sun Junming said decisively: "Brother, let's take some sailors, put down the boat and escape. Although it is a little far away from Zhoushan Islands, we will definitely be able to row before sunset."

Zheng Qing was dumbfounded: "Brother Sun! Then what about our plan? What about this full ship? What about our ship?"

Sun Junming patted the railing and sighed: "When the plan reaches this point, it has long been a dead end. The goods are gone, the ship is gone, as long as there is life, there is still a comeback. If life is gone, then there is nothing left." ..."

Zheng Qing was a little reconciled, but looking at it, some sailors seemed to have shown hesitation in their eyes. He knew this group of bastards too well. If he continued to stay, he might have the heart to tie the two of them together.

Fortunately, there were still a dozen or twenty confidants, Sun Junming and Zheng Qing ordered the two boats to be put down, and hurriedly rowed out of the encirclement.

Such changes fell into the eyes of other ships, so it was difficult to intercept them, because Master Ximen only ordered the ships to be besieged, and did not issue any further orders.

Seeing that he had already broken out of the encirclement, Sun Junming was overjoyed, and finally escaped no matter what...

At this moment, several whistles were heard in their ears, and five or six small boats came out from nowhere, blocking their way.