Horse on the World

Chapter 363

The sky was getting brighter, and the Izumo, which anchored at the original place and waited for the return of the ship, waited until it was three poles in the sun, and did not wait for a rice boat to return. It shines brightly.The waterfowl flying from nowhere stopped on the top of the bare mast, looking curiously at the sailors who were watching in Diao Douli.

Zheng Zhiyuan's face is extremely ugly, everything can be predicted, everything can be guarded against, but God can't predict, a sudden storm, all the plans of the advance team of the Navy were shattered, looking at the Izumo who was alone , Zheng Zhiyuan wanted to cry a lot.

"What should I do, big brother?" Zheng Zhiqiang walked up to the big brother, looked at the big brother who was gritting his teeth and couldn't stop cursing the weather, and asked in a low voice.

Hearing Zheng Zhiqiang's words, Zheng Zhiyuan suddenly realized that he was not in the Fuzhou Navy. No matter what happened, General Deng Peng would support him. Now, he is the backbone of this fleet. Showing a dejected look, I'm afraid it will spread to all the officers and soldiers on the entire Izumo.

"What should I do?" Zheng Zhiyuan suddenly smiled, which startled Zheng Zhiqiang, and thought to himself, could it be that his elder brother has lost his mind after being hit by this, how can he still laugh at this time.

"Are you okay? Brother?" Zheng Zhiqiang asked cautiously.

"What can I do?" Zheng Zhiyuan stretched out his hand and knocked him violently, saying: "There is nothing to worry about, although the fleet is lost, but with their water skills, they will not capsize in the sea, they are only temporarily separated Forget it, let's walk forward slowly, explore the road while walking, and wait for them, maybe we can run into them or find them before we go far."

Seeing that his elder brother was sane and analyzing things in an orderly manner, Zheng Zhiqiang felt relieved, nodded and said, "That's right."

"All soldiers are at their positions, and the Izumo will set sail." Zheng Zhiyuan gave an order with a strong spirit.Looking at the blue sea, Zheng Zhiyuan felt worried. If these ships had not been overturned by the wind and waves, then according to the direction of yesterday's storm, these ships would only be blown deeper into the sea. He was most afraid of these ships If there is a ship capsizing in the middle of the sea, then along with the ocean currents, there will definitely be shipwrecks and soldiers' corpses flowing to the coast. Once these wreckages are discovered by the south, Dingzhou's strategic intention to support the Zeng family by going around the sea will be completely exposed.

"God bless!" Back in the command room, Zheng Zhiyuan put his hands together and sincerely prayed to God who was still scolding just now.

Although the mood of hundreds of soldiers on the ship improved under the influence of Zheng Zhiyuan, the disappearance of thousands of comrades and several warships still cast a shadow over the hearts of the soldiers. A five-thousand-material ship like the Izumo is like a toy. It is conceivable that the crisis of those thousand-material small ships is even worse.

The Izumo moved forward slowly in a depressed mood. On the diaodou, the soldiers on the lookout opened their eyes wide, hoping to see a few sails where the water and the sky meet, but until noon, they were still disappointed.Wherever you look, nothing but water is water.

It was time for dinner, the cook finished the meal and sent it to the deck, but no one was in the mood to eat. Zheng Zhiyuan came out from the command room, took a pair of bowls and chopsticks, walked to the cook, and asked the cook to scoop himself a spoonful of food. He picked up the bowl with big mouthfuls, and said vaguely while picking it up: "Eat, eat, brothers, how can you have the strength to go on the road if you don't eat, how can you have the strength to find your comrades, eat, come and eat."

Zheng Zhiqiang was the first to go up, and then the marines lined up and went up one by one.

Although the food was hard to swallow, the soldiers still stuffed it into their mouths desperately. The general was right, only when they were full would they have the strength to go to the brothers.

"Boat, I see a ship."

Above the Diao Dou, the watching soldiers suddenly shouted in surprise. At the point where the water and the sky meet, several sail shadows appeared in his field of vision. There were about two ships. Judging by the size of the ships, they were probably separated. Those two ships were three thousand warships.

Hearing the shouts of surprise from the watchmen, the soldiers cheered, threw away their rice bowls, and threw themselves on the deck. Sure enough, several black spots appeared in their field of vision.

"It must be them. There should be no other ships in the depths of the Blackwater Ocean." Zheng Zhiqiang said excitedly. Zheng Zhiyuan nodded, suppressing the excitement in his heart, and put the rice into his mouth one by one. , but Zheng Zhiqiang admired it.

"No, not ours!" Above Diao Dou, the soldier yelled again.

Zheng Zhiyuan's heart sank, his hands shook, and he almost dropped his job on the deck.Raising his head suddenly, he shouted: "Who is it, have you seen it clearly?"

"It's a pirate, a pirate!" cried the soldier.

Zheng Zhiyuan, who was sitting on the deck, jumped up, threw away his job, and shouted: "Get ready to fight!"

The soldiers quickly threw away their jobs, and several chefs cleaned up quickly. They looked up at the Izumo, and Zheng Zhiyuan suddenly showed a smile on his face. The ship looked like a merchant ship. At this time, the two pirate ships were clearly visible. It seemed that the other party misunderstood that it was a merchant ship and was about to come up to rob. On the Blackwater Ocean, sailor ships often Xiang Xianhe was an expert in smuggling. Perhaps these pirates had robbed ships of this type before, so they sailed here confidently.

It is true that the navy of the general army will not come out to patrol with a single ship, and it will go so far into the Blackwater Ocean, and only smuggling ships will detour so far in order to avoid the attack of the navy officers and soldiers.

"Forgive you for being a ghost, and have a good meal of my footwashing water today." Zheng Zhiyuan sneered, stretched out his hand to recruit several officers, and gave orders in a low voice.

Several officers showed smiles on their faces, nodded knowingly, and quickly split up to make arrangements.

In the distance, the two pirate ships with a black eagle on them are a bandit named Lianshan Island entrenched in the Black Water Ocean. One or two hundred miles of waterway, but today they are fully mobilized, but unexpectedly, they found a smuggled building boat.

The leader of this group of pirates was named Black Eagle, because he kept a black eagle, so the ship was discovered today thanks to this well-trained black eagle.Looking at the big ship that was getting closer and closer to his own ship, Hei Ying couldn't help showing a ferocious smile. Since being driven into the depths of the Black Water Ocean by the Southern Navy, life has been very difficult, and he can only sneak around occasionally. If you are lucky, you can meet a few merchant ships. If you are not lucky, you will have to go hungry. It is no different from those large-scale pirate gangs. You can sail to the other side of the Blackwater Ocean, doing business and With no money in business, life is very enjoyable, but they can only eat bran and swallow vegetables, the pirates are really depressed.

"Brothers, did you see that the mountains of things on the opposite ship will take advantage of us this time, and we will send them out." Black Eagle laughed and said.

A group of pirates all showed excitement. They haven’t eaten meat for a long time, and today they can finally make a fortune. The ship is huge, and there are mountains of supplies on the deck. They are all licking their lips, roaring and shouted, adjusted the sails, and aimed straight at the Izumo.At this time, they had already seen many merchant-like people running around in a panic on the opposite ship, as if they were yelling something.

"Fat sheep, grandpa is here!" Hei Ying laughed loudly, brandished a steel knife, and roared: "Attack, attack! Nearside attack." Two pirate ships, one on the left and one on the right, approached the port and starboard sides of the Izumo .

In the command room, Zheng Zhiyuan had a sneer on his face. Under the raincloth, several hundred-shot crossbows and eight-ox crossbows were arranged on both sides. The soldiers are ready to go.

"Come on, come on, let you have a taste of what arrows are like raining down." Zheng Zhiyuan was overjoyed. The Izumo was separated from other ships, and even the logistical supplies became a problem. Pillow, since these pirates have come here, it means that they are not far from here. I just went to the bandit's den to add, "I don't know who is robbing whom?"

There were about [-] pirates on each of the two pirate ships. At this time, except for the necessary ship operators, the rest of the pirates were holding spears, axes, hook guns, and big knives. Looking at the few desperate businessmen on the top of the building, leaning on their plates.

A few powerful pirates held the anchor in their hands and waved it in a circle. Seeing the right time, they shouted and swung it violently. A few black shadows crossed the gap between the two ships and landed on the side with a clang. On the deck, the iron chain between the anchors was quickly tightened, and the two ships were connected together. The pirates screamed and waited for the two ships to meet, then climbed onto the opposite big ship, plundered wantonly, and set out The Cloud was much taller than the opponent's ship, and the pirates crowded around the side of the ship on the second floor, waiting for the two ships to join the ship before jumping over to feast on it.

With a bang, the ship on the left bumped into it first, and with a loud noise, the two ships squeezed together, and the Izumo swung violently to the right, just at this time the pirate ship on the right also squeezed over, and the Izumo was immediately caught In the middle, the hull of the boat shook violently, Zheng Zhiyuan held on tightly to the side of the boat, and knocked on the opposite side intently, seeing that the time had come, he shouted: "Do it!"

The covered rain cloth was suddenly lifted, and what was displayed in front of the pirates was a series of hundred-shot crossbows. Before the pirates could react, there was a buzzing sound, and a rain of black arrows shot over the sky. Suddenly, the pirates saw nothing but crossbows and arrows.

On the pirate ship, the Black Hawk, who was about to roar and start robbing, opened his mouth wide enough to stuff an egg into his mouth, but he didn't make a sound because he was completely shocked.He witnessed with his own eyes that the Fat Sheep boat on the opposite side revealed strange weapons. With just one volley, the brothers crowded on the side of the boat fell down in unison like cutting leeks.

(End of this chapter)