Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 353 Trapping Pirates
Li Yun said: "Why is shopkeeper Du so well-informed? How do you know?"

Du Xing said: "There are more than a dozen sharp-bottomed large-scale ships on the berth, soaring into the sky, so much higher than sand ships. Aren't they big blessing ships that run in the open sea."

"Hahaha, I really made you guess right. Our Cangzhou Thirteen Bank can't always stick to this small business to earn pocket money. We can't always buy and sell in Song Dynasty. We have to go to Dongying and Korea. Now, I will go to Nanyang after I get familiar with it." Li Yun said.

Du Xing's heart was pounding, and the loading capacity of the Dafu ship was at least five or six hundred tons, which was equivalent to the carrying capacity of thousands of camels.If this is fine goods, it will be terrible, and the profit will be high. The general maritime trade fleet will have at least five or six blessing ships. All caravans advance and retreat together, and the profit will be quite huge.The goods in a small warehouse are enough to make a person the richest man in a village or a town, and foreign trade is ten times the profit.

In fact, we all know that doing overseas trade makes money, so why not do it? If you don’t have a ship, a sea ship costs tens of thousands of dollars. Generally, you need three or five ships to resist the risk.

Two pirates are infested, very dangerous.The third is that you are not familiar with the place of life and are easy to be deceived.

Cangzhou Shisanhang was born under such circumstances. Chailin has funds, a fleet, and sources of goods, but relying on the Chaijiazhuang family alone, the goods are not rich enough, and the business is difficult to expand.Therefore, Chailin invited more than a dozen commercial firms to do sea trade together. In this way, the small commercial firms that were originally scattered and fragmented became bigger and stronger.

In terms of scale, if a commercial firm in the north has 10,000 to [-] guan, it is considered a big commercial bank. If it is driven by Suzhou and Hangzhou, a large commercial bank with [-]+ guan is incomparable. Therefore, it is more necessary to unite and twist into one. Ropes have strength. In the past, no one has the ability to unite the business. After all, this is a mess, but Chaijiazhuang is strong. In addition to advanced steamships, it also has powerful naval escorts. Aren't you a pirate, come and try my artillery.

Chai Lin came to the Second Battalion of the Navy secretly, without any publicity.

Lu Da, Chai Yong, Xie Zhen, and Shi Jin were already waiting in the camp.

Chai Lin came in, and everyone finished saluting.

Chailin opened the big map, pointed to a small bay in the easternmost part of Dengzhou with a small stick, and said, "This is a natural bay in the southeast of Dengzhou, rich in various fish and shrimp. Our caravan is called shore slipper. You must pass through here to the coastal port on Jingdong East Road. Since this summer, a group of pirates, known as the Black Shark King, have been entrenched here. Our merchant ships have been attacked and threatened many times. We lost a centipede ship and more than [-] sailors were killed. the sea."

Everyone was surprised, Lu Da said: "Brother, why didn't you tell the Sa family about such a big matter."

"At that time, we had just set foot on Yangma Island, and we were fighting with Koreans and Dongying people. With our strength, how could we be able to fight on two fronts, and our territory was small, so we couldn't stand a war of attrition, so we had to fight quickly. So this matter It has been dragging on, and every time the navy escorts the caravan, which is a serious waste of manpower and material resources. The Thirteen Chambers of Commerce reported the matter to the Dengzhou government office, but the government office had an ambiguous attitude, saying that it was unable to suppress the pirates, and let them encircle and suppress them themselves." Chai Lin Say.

Chai Yong said: "After several times of reconnaissance, we found that there were no more than a thousand pirates, and they were entrenched on Shidao Mountain."

Lu Da touched his big bald head and said: "Tigers don't show their power and treat us as sick cats. Thousands of people dare to provoke us. Can you see that the east of the bay where the Sajia found pirates is Koryo, a distance from Jeju The island ratio is also very close, won’t we gain another port by taking this place?”

Chai Lin was overjoyed and said: "Brother Lu Da has a good strategic vision. This place is indeed a good natural port. The harbor is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the wind and waves are very small. However, we have a port in Dengyun Mountain. This port is not used for the time being. It is mainly in Dengzhou. The government office lion opened his mouth wide, asking for too high a price, some couldn't bear it."

Shi Jin said, "Brother, when shall we call there?"

"Tomorrow morning, the main force of the Second Battalion of the Navy will be dispatched, with four lucky boats and six centipede boats. Lu Da and Shi Jin will lead the troops to land on the caravan's sandboats to cooperate with the navy. In this battle, the enemy must be wiped out in one battle." Chai forest road.

"No." All the generals responded and dispersed.

Three days later, four centipede boats loaded with cargo sailed past the pirate-infested area off the coast of Dengzhou Shidao.These are four merchant ships loaded with bacon and ham. They set off from Dengzhou Port and rushed to Qiantang to deliver goods to the merchants in Qiantang.

Suddenly, more than a dozen pirate ships with triangle sails appeared. These captains were only a dozen meters long, but there were more than a dozen people rowing the oars. With the sails and manpower, the speed of the ships was very fast.

The master Black Shark King held a ghost-head knife in his hand, stood viciously at the bow, and said with a fierce face: "Brothers, come on, catch the fat sheep for the New Year. It is full of bacon and ham, and everyone has meat." eat."

"Okay, don't worry, the masters, they can't escape." The pirates laughed.

Pirates don't just blindly see the ship, they'd all be dead long ago.

Their eyes were on these four ships from Dengzhou Port. The ships were filled with bacon, ham, etc., which were transshipped from Cangzhou. The four ships were full of hundreds of thousands of catties.

The sea area from Dengzhou Port to Shidao is nothing more than a big arc-shaped bend. It takes only more than 100 miles by sea and only a few dozen miles by land.

The four centipede ships also spotted more than a dozen pirate ships, and they started spraying black smoke.

The second master said: "Brother, the situation is not right. Among the ships in the sea, there is a ship from Chaijiazhuang that emits black smoke. Those people are black. Is there any trap?"

The Black Shark King curled his mouth and said with a smile: "In the summer, I did them a lot of votes. If it weren't for the large number of them, maybe I would have a boat to play with. How about the black smoke, and the black smoke can still fly. Brothers , work harder, and go up smoothly."

The pirates swung their oars vigorously and rushed upwards. What they didn't expect was that suddenly four big luck boats rushed over obliquely and blocked their way back. cigarette.

Chai Lin and Chai Yong are watching with a telescope on the flagship of Fuchuan. This is an eight-fold mirror made by a glass factory.

Chailin was at a loss as he looked at the bewildered pirate ships in the mirror, "There are fifteen pirate ships in total, and each ship has 50 people. It seems that the main force has been dispatched, and all the cannons are ready. Egg, get closer and beat it."

"The guns are already in place," Chai Yong said.

Four lucky boats, each with 28 cannons.There are two [-]-caliber General Cannons at the bow and stern, and twelve Crouching Tiger Cannons on each side.

"Alright, order the centipede ship to attack."

"Yes."

Horns and signal flags are not easy to use when the distance is too far. At this time, the universal second kicker is used.

Two kicks sounded in the air, and the four centipede boats that were fleeing suddenly lowered their sails and turned back.

The Black Shark King slapped his thigh angrily, and said: "I was fooled, brothers, go back, their boat is small, don't be afraid. No matter how big the lucky boat is, it is not as flexible as our boat."

This group of pirates didn't know about artillery, let alone how powerful it was. They were still holding fantasies, thinking that since the enemy was prepared, I would just take them back.

But their dreams came to an end. The four light-hulled centipede boats approached two hundred meters and started to fire.

The Centipede ships used crouching tiger cannons, with small calibers, and shot iron sand, buzzing like bees blasting a nest. The four pirate ships that fell behind were unlucky, almost as if they were hit by frost. The sailors became sieves in an instant, and except for a very few lucky ones, all others had already fallen on board.

The four pirate ships lost control and drifted with the current.The centipede boat from the water army camp caught up, and instead of jumping into the gang to join the battle, they unscrewed the small melons and threw a dozen of them over together.

With a few bangs, the pirate ship turned into slag.

The Black Shark King looked back, the secret path was not good, but there was nothing he could do, so he had to shout: "Brothers, charge forward, rush over and return to the camp, they won't be able to attack."

The pirate ship went up to meet the four lucky boats, 1000 meters, 500 meters, and 400 meters.When the distance is 300 meters.

What greeted them was a head-on blow, the general's cannon roared, eight cannons fired at the same time, the solid iron egg was fired at close range, and the accuracy was very high. The three pirate ships were flooded and sank.

"Turn the rudder, You Xuan."

"Turn the rudder, You Xuan."

Following the command, the four Fuchuan turned slightly, and lit the small cannons on the right-hand turn.

The guns were fired at a distance of more than 100 meters, and there were 48 crouching tiger cannons in one shot. The firepower was so fierce that the masts and sails on the pirate ship were messed up.

Chai Lin shook his head, and Chai Yong asked, "Brother seems not satisfied with the effect of the artillery?"

"Well, the Crouching Tiger cannon is a small field cannon, and it is too small for warships. The main reason is that the pirate ship is small and has no armor. If it is a Fuchuan of the same level, the Crouching Tiger is almost useless." Chailin said.

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