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Chapter 285 Encountering Pirates on the Road
On the Yellow River, the turbid waves are surging.

The ten large ships sailed forward like huge mountains.

Standing on the deck of the lead ship, Zhao Yan was in a particularly comfortable mood. As the king of a country, there were very few opportunities to make waves like this.

Such a huge ship is naturally slower than ordinary ships. To go to Liuhai, it needs to go out of the Yellow River and enter the East China Sea. It will take at least [-] days to reach Liuhai Island.

Fortunately, Liu Dazhong was thoughtful, and there was enough food, grass and drinking water on the big ship, so he didn't need to go ashore to buy it, which saved a lot of time.

Thirteen days later, the giant ship finally sailed into the East China Sea.

When the giant ship enters the sea, it immediately has room to display its power. Riding the wind and breaking through the waves, it looks like a sea monster, very mighty.

The three of Yang Hong, Xiao Zijie and Kong Ze looked into the distance excitedly. With such a huge ship and a bunch of firearms and artillery, they are confident to conquer the whole world.

But in less than half an hour, the three of them became a little uncomfortable, and even some soldiers began to get seasick.

The turbulence on the sea far surpassed that of the Yellow River, and Zhao Yan also felt like retching, so he immediately slowed down the giant ship. After everyone got used to the turbulence, they would be fine!

After a while, when the giant wheel slowed down, everyone felt much more comfortable.

At this moment, Hei Wa suddenly pointed forward and shouted: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, someone seems to want to rob us?"

Zhao Yan was taken aback, while Yang Hong, Xiao Zijie and Kong Ze beside him couldn't help laughing.

With their size, who would dare to rob them.

"Hei Wa, you didn't wake up, did you rob us..."

Before Kong Ze finished speaking, he stopped speaking.

Because he saw a broken fishing boat not far ahead, and there were six big men standing on the fishing boat, all with dark complexions and holding big knives.

These six big men waved their swords and kept pointing at Zhao Yan's big boat.

An anxious and frantic look appeared on his face.

It seems to stop the giant ship.

It really looks like a robbery.

But no one would believe that six people wanted to rob 2 people.

After all, if the giant ship turns at any angle, it can overturn that small fishing boat.

"They seem to have encountered some urgent matter, so they brought him aboard!" Zhao Yan said.

"Obey!" A lieutenant on the side immediately did it.

Soon, the six people were brought onto the big ship.

Of course, all the long knives in their hands were removed.

"Your Majesty, they are fishermen on the border of our Great Zhou. Because there were not many fish this year, they moved more than 100 people from the village to an unnamed island. But just this morning, a group of drifting sea pirates from Sancun Bay rushed to the island to loot When they entered their village, all adult men were killed, and the children and women were taken to Sancun Bay. The six escaped because they went out to fish. After seeing the sign of our Da Zhou military ship, I came to ask for help!" Xiao Zijie reported to Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan frowned slightly.

"Liuhai Pirates? How dare you bully the people of Da Zhou? Today, let's practice our hands and wipe them all out!"

Zhao Yan looked at Yang Hong, and said loudly: "Yang Hong, order the big ship to enter Sancun Bay, we will take that pirate den!"

Yang Hong clasped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I have seen the map before. Sancun Bay is an extremely narrow bay mouth. Our big ships can't enter it at all. If we want to enter Sancun Bay, we can only use small boats."

"How many people are there in that group of pirates?"

Xiao Zijie cupped his hands and said, "There are about 200 people."

Zhao Yan thought for a while and said, "Quickly put down five small boats from the big boat, and let's take a hundred soldiers and rescue the group of women and children!"

After all, Zhao Yan was ready to go in person.

Yang Hong was taken aback for a moment, worried that something might go wrong if Zhao Yan went in person, and was about to speak to stop Zhao Yan from going, but before he could speak, Kong Ze grabbed him and shook his head at him.

Yang Hong looked puzzled, not knowing what it meant.

Xiao Zijie on the side whispered: "Uncle Yang, there are only two hundred pirates. Our one hundred soldiers armed with firearms can solve the battle unscathed in a quarter of an hour. Your Majesty will definitely not be in any danger if you go. Our Majesty likes it." Curious and adventurous, you stopped him, didn't you make His Majesty unhappy?"

Yang Hong scratched his head, and it suddenly dawned on him that he finally understood why Xiao Zijie and Kong Ze were so trusted and favored by Zhao Yan.

Let the emperor do whatever he wants, and the responsibility of the courtiers is to make the emperor happy, not to add trouble to the emperor.

Learning to let the emperor show off is also a way of a courtier.

A moment later, Zhao Yan was wearing a strong suit and holding a firearm in his hand. He led a hundred Dragon Guard soldiers holding firearms, and together with Xiao Zijie and Kong Ze, they headed towards Sancun Bay in a small boat. .

Soon, five small boats sailed into Sancun Bay under the guidance of the fishing boat, and then slowly headed inside.

Sancun Bay presents a triangular shape, the further inward it becomes, the narrower it becomes, until the extreme point is the coast.

At this moment, there are more than a dozen broken boats parked in the innermost place. These boats are slightly newer than fishing boats. There are various weapons on them, and they emit a strong stench.

When Zhao Yan and others were nearly 200 meters away from the coast, they were discovered by three patrolling pirates.

The division of labor between the three pirates was very detailed. One went back to report the letter, and the other two drove a small boat with weapons in their hands. They sailed towards Zhao Yan and the six ships. When they were about 20 meters away from Zhao Yan, A man shouted in dry Chinese: "Hey, what do you do?"

Xiao Zijie stood on the bow of the boat and shouted: "Let your leaders come to greet you, we are sending you good things!"

"What good stuff?" A pirate asked suspiciously.

Xiao Zijie and Kong Ze looked at each other and raised their firearms at the same time.

boom!boom!
A red spot appeared between the eyebrows of the two of them almost at the same time, and then fell into the water.

The six fishermen carrying big knives on the fishing boat were stunned. They didn't know what a firearm was.

At this time, Zhao Yan stood up and spoke.

"For pirates, we don't keep any of them, but for others, we must not accidentally injure any one!" Zhao Yan said while loading the firearm in his hand.

He also wanted to experience the joy of killing pirates.

And Xiao Zijie, Kong Ze and two soldiers from the Dragon Guard stayed by Zhao Yan's side to ensure that he would not be in any danger.

Soon, Zhao Yan and a hundred people went ashore.

The coast here can also be regarded as an island, and there are many houses built with simple trees behind it, and there is a stench coming from it.

At the same time, Zhao Yan saw a group of pirates rushing over with weapons in their hands.

The outfits of these people are very different from Da Zhou's, and they can be seen at a glance as Liuhai people.

Seeing that there were hundreds of Dazhou soldiers in armor in front of them, those Liuhai people couldn't help being stunned for a moment, but after being dazed, they didn't have the slightest fear, but walked towards Zhao Yan and the others with excitement on their faces.

(End of this chapter)