My servant in the Tang Dynasty is Li Shimin

Chapter 297 "Meeting" a Pirate

"Old Li, I know!"

Wang Yuan's voice echoed, resounding through Yongtong Qu.

"Hahaha!"

Li Shimin stopped and laughed loudly, extremely happy.

The same was true for Fang Xuanling and the others, who laughed one after another, and the tears of laughter fell down, and even turned into crying.

Just like that, amidst laughter, the giant ship slowly sailed away, disappeared into the distance, and left the sight of the five people.

And not long after the warships started to set off, seven days later, there were also ten warships in the Bohai Bay, thousands of miles away, with their sails raised, and they were about to set sail.

They are the largest ships in Datang, a circle larger than the surrounding ships. Although the displacement is not even half that of the artillery sail warships, they are still nearly 1000 to [-] tons.

These ten warships were all led by the Duke of Meteor State Zhang Liang, with a total of [-] soldiers. They were prepared in Bohai Bay a month ago and have been on standby all the time.

The Bohai Bay at this time can be said to be the safest outlet for the Tang Dynasty, because it is surrounded by Silla, Baekje, some small countries, and some pirates.

When the Tang army captured Goguryeo, all these small countries surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and were monitored by the Tang troops stationed in the territory.

It can be said that compared with the South China Sea, Bohai Bay has almost become the back garden of Datang.

Ten warships have been docked here for a month, and they have not encountered any pirates or plunder from the country.

Of course, seeing such a terrifying fleet, whether any pirates would dare to plunder is also a big question.

Now receiving Li Shimin's order, Zhang Liang did not hesitate any longer, and the ten warships began to arrange in a long snake formation, slowly left Bohai Bay, and headed towards the open sea.

On the flagship deck, Zhang Liang stood facing the wind holding the imperial decree, frowning, as if he was thinking about some difficult places.

"Brother Zhang, I don't know what His Majesty's specific order is?"

"Let's go now. Could it be that the Protector has already appeared?"

"Where is he now?"

Seeing that Zhang Liang did not speak, Gao Shilian turned his eyes, and immediately stepped forward to ask.

Behind him, there were dozens of people, basically representatives of the great families in the imperial court, who followed him at this time, all to witness the supreme demeanor of Duke Hu.

Whether they are benevolent or malicious in their hearts, their purpose is the same.

They all want to take a good look at whether this young man who has created countless miracles and pushed Datang to such an extent by himself is really superhuman.

"Why should Shi Lian praise me? His Majesty's imperial decree is actually very general, nothing special, just let us keep secret and go to the country of Wa with a very special ship."

"Then you can't interfere with anything in the whole process, and you don't need to do anything."

"Only when the ship has an accident and is about to retreat can it take cover."

Zhang Liang put away the imperial decree. Although he did not hand over the imperial decree, he did not hide it from Gao Shilian.

In the court, even though Gao Shilian and His Majesty had fought against each other many times.

But after all, Gao Shilian is a foreign relative, the uncle of Empress Changsun, as long as this status is still here, Zhang Liang dare not show the slightest disrespect.

At this time, Zhang Liang was still at the peak of his life and was deeply trusted by Li Shimin. He was not old-fashioned, he did not listen to slander, and he did not have any rebellious intentions.

Hearing Zhang Liang's words, Gao Shilian was taken aback.

Just these orders?
Endless?

Still secretly tracking?Why do you feel like waiting for someone like a voyeur?
Could it be that His Majesty already knew the identity of Duke Protector, but Duke Protector didn't?

Or, is this a smoke deliberately released by His Majesty and the Duke Protector?

He frowned for a moment, then continued to ask:

"Did Your Majesty say that there is something special about the ship we are following?"

"Brother Zhang, what do you mean by being very special?"

"That's what I'm wondering about!"

Zhang Liang couldn't help twitching the corner of his mouth, recalling bad memories: "Your Majesty didn't describe that ship at all, just a description you just heard."

"Very special!"

Gao Shilian: "???"

The heads of many families who quietly gathered around to eavesdrop: "???"

What is this?
Very special?

Why is His Majesty so sure that he and others can understand this vague word?

"Brother Zhang, are you really not joking?" Gao Shilian was dumbfounded.

Your Majesty's description is also distracting, right?
Zhang Liang covered his mouth and said in mourning, "Do you look like I'm lying?"

Just for a moment, everyone was dumbfounded. Just like Zhang Liang just now, they all stood in the cool breeze, doubting themselves.

The wind is very noisy today
Fortunately, their confusion did not last long.

Because the next day, they saw a "very special" ship appearing on the side of the fleet. Go beyond "slowly".

It's special, it's just like the hair on the top of Gao Shilian's head - it's a lot if you grab it.

Not only big, but also big, even extra big!
In short, it is very very very big!
Zhang Liang and the others were all in a daze. They all thought that there was a hallucination in front of them, and they were stunned, thinking that they were dreaming.

special!
How can there be such a big ship in the world?
They were just going crazy.

If such a big ship is to be built, I am afraid that it will have to be built from the founding of the Sui Dynasty to the present, and it may not be successful.

How did this monster-level ship appear!
"Is this what His Majesty said is very special?"

Gao Shilian's heart twitched, his fingers trembled, he pointed at the big ship, and his speech was stammering.

"I'm afraid. Yes"

Zhang Liang wiped the sweat from his forehead, his tone was also trembling.

I thought His Majesty's was very special, it was a vague adjective.

And now, they finally understand that using this adjective is simply too appropriate!

In this sea, it is estimated that there is no second ship more special than it.

"My lord, what should we do now?"

A soldier came forward and asked Zhang Liang for his opinion.

Zhang Liang shook his head, forced himself to stay awake, and immediately ordered: "Follow up! Keep up!"

Under his order, the fleet immediately began to slow down, hanging far behind the "Yuan" battleship.

Naturally, Gao Shilian and others would not have any objections. They looked at the huge ship with horror in their eyes.

Is this the new miracle created by the Lord Protector who created countless miracles?

And this situation was soon known to Wang Yuan. He was stunned at first, but then excited.

Could it be that this is the legendary pirate?
The more Wang Yuan thought about it, the more he felt it was possible. Datang's naval forces were basically in Jianghe, and rarely came to the ocean.

Especially in places like Bohai Bay, there are basically nothing except fishing boats.

Now a fleet of ten large ships suddenly appeared. If it wasn't a pirate, what could it be?
"Come on! Turn around!"

"Prepare the cannon, fill the shells, and let's fight pirates!"

"Go on!"

Wang Yuan came to the deck, very excited!
Although the reason for equipping a large number of cannons at the beginning was to be handsome.

But now, there is a live target sent up, Wang Yuan naturally wants to have a good time!
Pooh!
Get justice!

He hasn't tried what it's like to fire a cannon at sea!
Uncle Ming, Zhou He and others: "."

The corners of their mouths twitched, they were very speechless, completely unable to understand Wang Yuan's behavior.

It's not that I'm worried about any accidents in fighting pirates. After all, there are more than 30 cannons on the "Yuan" warship, not to mention hot air balloons and iron armor.

Now the naval battles in the Tang Dynasty are mainly ship-to-ship hand-to-hand combat, and the two sides of the battle must be in close contact with each other.

And with their absolute long-range firepower, it is not easy for them to fight ten small boats.

Hand in hand?

You have already been sunk by us before you even got close!

It's just that Wang Gongzi is too casual, and he is planning to fight the Japanese country, but he wants to turn around and fight pirates.

But as servants, they naturally would not refute Wang Yuan's order.

After a wry smile, he turned the bow of the ship and headed towards the "pirate" behind him.

When the latter entered the firing range, all the cannons were instantly ignited and aimed at them!

"My lord, the ship ahead is coming towards us!"

Zhang Liang, who had already returned to the cabin and was about to rest, was surprised when he heard the news.

What's going on here?

Could it be that Duke Protector wants to meet them?

Before he could come up with a reason, Gao Shilian and others who heard the news walked in excitedly.

"Brother Zhang, could it be the Lord Protector who wants to meet us?"

Gao Shilian couldn't wait, and so did the other patriarchs. They all thought that the giant ship had discovered them, so they wanted to come forward to communicate.

"This"

Zhang Liang hesitated: "But Your Majesty said that we should follow in secret."

"Things are different now!"

Gao Shilian was in a hurry, now that the giant ships were approaching on their own initiative, could it be possible that he and the others had to take the initiative to escape?

"Not to mention that our purpose is to meet the Duke Hu, let's talk about the dignity of the country!"

"Brother Zhang, we represent Datang, how can we take the initiative to escape?"

"Yes! Brother Zhang, we can't escape!"

"Let's go and meet each other, aren't you curious!"

"There is nothing to be afraid of, this is an unexpected situation!"

The heads of other aristocratic families are also fanning the flames, and everyone wants to meet the mysterious Lord Protector in person.

"This"

Zhang Liang fell into hesitation again, but it was obvious that his hesitant attitude and eager eyes had betrayed his true thoughts.

"OK then……"

Zhang Liang was about to agree, when suddenly the splint under his feet shook violently!
boom!
"what!?"

"How is this going?"

"Has there been a pirate attack?"

Everyone present was panicked and completely unable to understand what happened.

Even if there is a pirate attack, shouldn't the deck shake?

Just when everyone was terrified, another shaking came suddenly.

But fortunately, this time finally the soldiers came to report in a hurry.

"My lord, it's bad! It's shelling!"

"We're under shelling!"

The sergeant trembled with fear.

"The shell missed, but the waves generated by hitting the water caused all the ships to shake violently!"

"What!?"

Everyone was completely dumbfounded!

If there is no accident, such things as artillery are only owned by Datang in the whole world. How do pirates own them?
And that is also a weapon on land, so why are they being bombarded even though they are in the sea?
This is too outrageous!
"Why do those pirates have artillery?"

Zhang Liang forcibly calmed down, panting heavily and asked, "What's going on? Please explain clearly!"

"My lord, that's not a pirate!"

The soldier shook his head tremblingly: "All the artillery came from the giant ship that came out of the Huguogong, and it is still approaching us quickly!"

"My God!"

"Is the Lord Protector crazy?"

"Does he want to kill us all?"

Hearing this news, everyone was shocked!
Unexpectedly, Duke Protector's giant ship suddenly turned around, with the purpose of bombarding them?

What kind of confusing operation is this?
"This Lord Protector is too much!"

"Rebellion! He is rebelling!"

The crowd was still excited, but the next moment, violent shaking came again.

Boom boom boom!
The water waves were monstrous, and the fleet was smashed to pieces.

"Escape! Run away!"

No one dared to reprimand anymore, everyone was trembling with fright, and some even got their pants wet.

The same was true for Gao Shilian, his feet were shaking like a sieve.

"Brother Zhang, let's escape first!"

Even though he was very unwilling, he also understood that staying here would only lead to death.

"it is good!"

Without any hesitation, Zhang Liang immediately ordered all the ships to retreat at full speed.

"Retreat, all retreat, stay away from that giant ship!"

Amidst Zhang Liang's hoarse roar, all the ships began to retreat immediately, escaping from the bombardment range of the giant ship.

The giant ship originally wanted to pursue it, but encountered turbulent currents and could not catch up at all.

"It's really a bunch of cowards, so I'm afraid, can you be a little bloody?"

After learning the news that the pirate fleet was retreating crazily and the warship Yuanzi could not keep up, Wang Yuan rolled his eyes helplessly, with a gloomy expression on his face, very unwilling.

"Obviously we haven't even hit a single shell, what are they afraid of!"

"Do you have the guts?"

Hearing this, Zhou He and the others had no idea what to say.

He could only look at Wang Yuan in embarrassment, his heart twitching silently.

Although none of the cannons hit, the roar of thirty cannons fired together was still earth-shattering enough.

Are those pirates cowards?
Come on, sneaking away in this situation is the normal choice for a normal person.

If they put themselves in the same place, I am afraid they will also escape.

Staying as a target is simply a dead end.

"It's the same with you guys, I tell you to practice more and not listen!"

After scolding the pirates, Wang Yuan started scolding Uncle Ming, Zhou He and others.

"We've fired dozens of cannonballs. After a full round, we didn't even hit a single shot?"

"You guys are too good at it!"

Wang Yuan slapped his head and covered his face, Uncle Ming and the others didn't dare to respond at all, they could only roll their eyes silently in their hearts.

At this time, Wang Yuan didn't know that even though he didn't get hit by a single shot, he had already left the shadow of the devil in the hearts of thousands of people.

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(End of this chapter)