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Chapter 494 The Sound of the Sea (3)

"Uncle Tiger, the Food Fleet is coming!"

As soon as the food fleet moved, Wang Yuanzheng, who was standing on the tall mast, immediately sensed that something was wrong, and he didn't dare to neglect it, so he roared hastily.

"Ok?"

When Lin Hu heard this, he couldn't help shaking his body slightly, he hurriedly moved his hands, and took the binoculars from his waist in his hand, raised it to his eyes, and carefully inspected the troops of the Food Fleet. After a while, seeing the tense situation of his fleet, his face became a little gloomy in an instant.

hit?It may not be impossible to fight, despite the large number of ships in the Great Food Fleet, most of them are small boats that can only accommodate dozens of people, and their weapons and equipment are also very poor, except for more than 350 medium-sized warships equipped with large ballistas and a few Except for the trebuchet, the rest of the small boats are for boarding battles, and they are not at the same level as the Tang army's warships. These six Tang army warships are not ordinary goods. Each ship is divided into three layers, except for the bottom layer under the water surface. In addition to storing fresh water, food and other sundries, the other two floors have ten shooting holes each. Behind each shooting hole is a medium-sized ballista. As for the front and rear decks, each has a large ballista, which has a long effective range. Up to [-] steps away, one arrow passed by, but if it hits, it can definitely tear the small battleships of the Great Food Fleet into pieces. If a few giant arrows hit, it is enough to destroy the medium-sized battleships of the Great Food Fleet. Even if the battleships and the Datang Fleet are invincible, self-protection is nothing to worry about, not to mention that the warriors on each ship are all good water fighters, and they are not afraid of the cannibal boarding tactics at all. I'm afraid I can't do it anymore, and this is obviously not the result Lin Hu wants to face.

"Heading orders, each ship stays on guard, and no battle is allowed without an order!"

Lin Hu's mind was running fast, and after a moment of hesitation, he gave the order without looking back, but he never put down the telescope in his hand. He was silently estimating the distance between the two sides. Once the food fleet really overwhelmed If the middle line between the two parties is broken, then Lin Hu doesn't intend to be very polite to him, and he will definitely talk about the rest after the fight!
"Stop, stop!"

Mu'a Weiya Aben, the director of Alexandria's harbor affairs department, his sister is the eldest son of the current Caliph Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufuyan, the governor of Egypt, Yazid ibn Abu, among many concubines One, or one of the most favored ones, by virtue of this relationship, Mua Via Aben just got such a fat job as the Director of Harbor Affairs, and he didn't want to die in the chaos of war. He moved forward, but the small boat he was on had not yet passed the center line between the two armies. He was afraid of being affected by the flames of war, so he was impatient. Flapping his arms, he roared wildly.

On the front deck of the flagship "Rose" of the Cathar Fleet, a bearded general was standing on the bow surrounded by a large group of attendants. This person was Tari ibn Abi, the commander of the Cathar Fleet. The distant nephew of the Caliph is also the founder of the Cathar Fleet. Ten years ago, when he accompanied the current Caliphate to fight against the Byzantine Empire, he used the Byzantine shipyard to build the first navy of the Cathar Empire. Fang Yicheng defeated a large fleet. Not a small attack by the Byzantine navy, and then repeatedly defeated the Byzantine fleet, but he is a well-known naval commander on the Red Sea.

"Order: stop moving forward, pick up that fat pig!"

Tari ibn Abi was famous in the Red Sea for his militant nature. This time, he was alarmed by the great momentum of the Datang Fleet, and hurriedly led the whole army to intercept him. Some people were annoyed. While adjusting the formation, I mistakenly thought that the Tang fleet was about to go to war, so I dared not neglect it, so I commanded the whole fleet to press forward together, but after walking for a while, I saw that the Tang army never raised the half-fallen ship. Fan, the doubts in his heart were reduced by more than half, so he stopped pressing forward, and planned to wait until he found out the reason before making a fuss.

Now that Tari ibn Abi had given the order, the subordinates dared not disobey. The whole fleet soon stopped at a distance of less than [-] steps from the Datang Fleet. The center line defined by Lin Hu is only a few tens of steps away. In view of this, Lin Hu's raised hand slowly fell back to his waist, and the order to start the war that is about to exit is temporarily closed. Pressed down.

"I'm reporting to the Commander, it's Datang, this is the fleet from Datang! It's here for business, by Allah, so many ships, how much gold coins are they worth, this is a big deal, a big deal what……"

Mua Via Aben was obviously very excited. Just now he was brought to the front deck of the "Rose", he danced and yelled nonsense. It must be full of valuables such as silk and porcelain. Mua Via Aben has worked as the director of the Harbor Affairs Department for three years, and has also received Tang Dynasty ships several times, but those They were all medium-sized cargo ships, and they all arrived by one ship alone. I had never seen so many giant ships arrive together. Not to mention, the boldness of the merchants of the Tang Dynasty, he Mua Via Ah Ben can earn a lot of money from the boss just for the benefit fee, not to mention that once he gets some private goods and resells them, the profit will be gone. Just thinking about it is enough to make Mua Via · Aben was drooling.

"enough!"

Tari ibn Abi has always looked down on Mua Via Aben, a guy who climbed to a high position through nepotism, otherwise, he would not force him to go to the Datang Fleet to find out the truth. As soon as Mua Via Aben got on the boat, he babbled nonsense, and the nausea in his heart inevitably became stronger. Ya Aben's nonsense.

"Ah, Commander, I'm an official, I'm an official..."

Being drunk by Tari ibn Abi, Mua Via Aben's face inevitably turned ugly, and when he thought about the fact that he forced himself to inquire about the news before, the anger in his heart inevitably increased. He was a little bit full, but he didn't have the guts to get mad in front of Tari ibn Aibi, so he could only stammer resentfully.

"Let's start from the beginning and talk about it in detail!"

Tari ibn Abi obviously disliked Mu'a Weah Aben's cowardly appearance, so he glanced impatiently and squeezed out a sentence through his teeth.

"Ah, yes, to the Commander-in-Chief, this matter is like this..."

Although Mua Via Aben was annoyed by Tari ibn Aibi's rudeness, he didn't have the guts to fight against this murderous guy, so he could only smile and negotiate with the Datang Fleet One by one detailed out.

"What? Don't accept the inspection? How dare you!"

Hearing that the Datang Fleet refused to accept the inspection of his own fleet, Tali ibn Abi's eyes immediately widened, and he roared angrily, "Ah, no, Grand Commander, aren't they not?" I am willing to accept the inspection, but I just say that the soldiers cannot board the ship, but the officials of my Harbor Affairs Department can..."

Mua Weah Aben was talking vigorously, when he was suddenly taken aback by Tari ibn Abi's roar, and hurriedly explained.

"Fart! No matter how big or small he is, when he arrives in Alexandria, he has to obey the command of my empire. This is the will of Allah. How can these heretics be allowed to run rampant like this? Come, raise the battle flag, everyone If the Tang people don't listen to the order, we will beat him until he listens!"

Tari ibn Abi has always been used to running rampant in the Red Sea, how could he accept the conditions proposed by the Datang Fleet, let alone listen to Mua Via Aben's explanation, and issued a combat order with a roar .

"Commander, you can't do this, you can't go to war without the order of the governor, my officer..."

Mua Via Aben had already calculated that he should get enough benefits from the Datang Fleet, so he didn't want to see the war happen, not because of the safety of the Datang Fleet, but because once the Datang Fleet With the destruction of the fleet, all the benefits have to go to Tari ibn Abi, since it is impossible for him to have anything to do with Mu'a Via Aben, besides, he is still on the ship at the moment In fact, if there is a mistake in the naval battle, wouldn't it be over? In view of this, Mu'a Via Aben ignored his fear of Tari ibn Aibi and insisted on With a scalp, he objected.

"Come here, send the chief executive off the ship!"

Although Tari ibn Abi is the distant cousin of Yazid ibn Abu, the governor of Egypt, and the favorite general of the current caliphate, but there is no relationship between him and Yazid ibn Abu. They are not from the same faction, and their relationship with each other is very ordinary. At this time, when they heard that Governor Mua Via Abena came to suppress him, his heart became very angry, and he would not give Mu'a at all. When A. Via Aben finished speaking, he unceremoniously ordered his attendants to drag him down.

"Tali, you bastard, a bastard who is ungrateful for profit, you will die, you wait, the manager will find the governor to come to justice, you wait..."

Mu'a Via Aben didn't expect Tari ibn Abi to turn his face when he said that he turned his face, and he was so angry that his eyes were filled with gold stars, but he didn't dare to mess around in front of Tari ibn Aibi until After being escorted to the small boat in the turning port, he beat his chest and cursed, ordering his subordinates to row towards the port quickly... "Uncle Tiger, the food fleet is charging!"

The more than a hundred warships of the Dashi Fleet rushed up one after another, and Wang Yuanzheng on the watchtower immediately shouted and sounded the alarm.

"Order: All the frigates immediately set sail, look at our ship, meet them, kill the thieves, and the rest of the ships gather to protect themselves!"

Lin Hu has been paying attention to every move of the Food Fleet, and there is no need for Wang Yuanzheng to yell. He has already seen that the situation is wrong, and he dare not be negligent, so he waved his hand and gave the order to prepare for battle. , the ships of the Tang Dynasty that had been quietly parked immediately responded to orders, and the six frigates headed by the brand name "Wei" quickly raised their sails, quickly adjusted their formation, and formed a long snake As for the flagship "Shunyuan" of the Merchant Fleet, under the command of Wang Haibin, it formed a dense formation to defend itself. A sea battle has arrived Touch the edge.

(End of this chapter)