Under the cover of night, Luoshui flows eastward, a white sailboat quietly to the west, the speed of the ship is not fast, the stern of the ship is broken, the black hole is hollow, there is no light in sight, many holes are faintly visible on the half-fallen sail, and the air is filled with a smell of burning......

In the darkness, the sound of slight footsteps sounded. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

"Atai, how's it going?" Zhou Kang jumped over and hurriedly hid with his back against the side of the boat.

Zheng Tai took the telescope back from the lookout hole, shook his head and said, "I can't see it, but it should be hidden behind it......"

"Why is there no sound at all?" Zhou Kang frowned and said, "The river boat shouldn't even have a sound of oars!"

"God knows!" Zheng Tai was also very depressed, and said indignantly: "Who knows where these ships came from...... The performance is so good!"

"It's good that you're here this time, otherwise you'd really be here......" Zhou Kang said with palpitations.

"I'm sorry to say, if I let you change the warship earlier, it won't be like this!" Zheng Tai glared at Zhou Kang, and he didn't have a good breath.

"The warship is too conspicuous!" Zhou Kang smiled helplessly: "It's not good to come to Chang'an, it's too public......"

"My life is almost gone, so I don't care about this!"

"Who knew something like this would happen?"

The two were whispering when a loud bang rang out, and the hull of the ship shook suddenly.

"Damn, it's here again!" Zheng Tai then opened his throat and shouted, "The lights are on!"

A headlight lit up on the observation deck on the mast, and a teenager quickly turned the condenser made of glass in the direction where the stone was flying.

The beam of light pierced through the mist on the surface of the river, and several buildings and boats appeared.

"Ballista follow!" Zheng Tai's order was given.

The sound of ballistas winding up sounded on the deck, and a moment later a sea of stones flew towards the ship in the mist.

"Turn off the lights, change directions!"

The lights on the lookout went out instantly, the rudder creaked, and the sailboat quickly veered away from its original direction and plunged into another thick mist.

After the sound of rain hitting the plantains, on the deck of the largest building ship, a swarthy bald man pushed away the giant shield in front of him, spat and scolded: "It's good that Lao Tzu has ...... hands and feet."

Looking around, there were holes smashed out of the stones everywhere, but fortunately, the wood used by the building and the ship was strong, so it did not become a large-scale collapse.

However, the rain of rocks and flying wood chips caused many injuries to the sailors on board.

"Chief, the ship is running again!" said a sailor, who came running to report to the bald man.

"You won't catch up if you run away!" The bald man roared and waved his hand impatiently: "It's okay to go up and keep an eye on it, don't bother Lao Tzu!"

After sending his men, the bald man looked back into the cabin, the lights were still there, but there was no new order.

"Damn, three boats have sunk, and I have to follow ......"

In the cabin, the lights were bright, and a middle-aged man in brocade clothes bowed down to the young man sitting next to him and said: "Although our trebuchet is powerful, the firing speed is too slow, and the weapon on the opposite side is not only fast, but also powerful......

"Although we have made a lot of improvements in terms of ship type, the building ship looks scary and cannot withstand the wind and waves......"

"There are also shipwrights, although they have dug some people from the Yuzhang shipyard, they are not masters, as for the sailors, ......"

"Childe, you also saw it, it's just a rabble!" The middle-aged man smiled bitterly: "After fighting for so long, three boats were sunk, in exchange for a few painless holes on the opposite boat, alas, ......"

The young man seemed to be silent for a while, turned his head to look at the middle-aged man, and then seemed to think for a moment before he put on a polite smile very unskillfully: "One step...... Let's take a step!"

"You also said that the ship on the other side is better than Wanjia's, and it is good to be able to have this level in the first battle!"

The middle-aged man seemed to sigh a sigh of relief, and hurriedly asked again, "That...... Are you still chasing?"

"Chase!" The young man did not hesitate and said: "If you can chase, don't give up, won't there be a ready-made template for taking that ship!"

"Good!" the middle-aged man nodded, then turned and walked away.

Another young man who had been sitting quietly next to him opened his closed eyes and turned his indifferent gaze: "Are you idle to spend so much time on this kind of thing?"

"Come out to do things, naturally you have to be foolproof!"

"The head of the house asked us to go outside, not to waste time on these little things!"

"Anything related to Wanjia is not a trivial matter!"

“…… I don't believe it! It's just a bunch of wild men, with the sword in my hand, I don't believe ......."

"This is also the opinion of the head of the family, do you have any other opinions?"

“…… In short, I don't believe it!"

"When you arrive in Chang'an, if you want to try, I won't stop you......"

The sailboat that had been buried in the fog finally had a rare respite.

"There are still thirty miles to Chang'an!" Zheng Tai leaned on the side of the ship, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Where the hell did these people come from?"

Zhou Kang was full of doubts, since he had beaten Luoyang, he had been followed by these building boats, and he didn't think there was anything at first, after all, similar building boats abound on Luoshui, but white sailing ships like them are unique.

However, they didn't expect that these guys would have launched a brazen attack just after night, if it weren't for the superior performance of the boats, and the coincidence of dense fog, the tigers could not fight the wolves, maybe they would really have to explain to this Luoshui.

In the dark night, the white sailboat is very conspicuous, but the whole body of the dark building ship is like a ghost, there is always an end to the dense fog, if the dense fog still fails to reach the suburbs of Chang'an, this group of unscrupulous guys behind him will not stop......

"What about the person sent by the eldest brother to pick it up?" asked Zheng Tai.

"Today is the day of the second brother's wedding, shouldn't anyone come?" Zhou Kang thought for a while and shook his head: "Even if there is really someone who answers, at most they will wait at the dock, and they can't come out to find us by boat, right?"

"Damn! The main sail was destroyed in the first place, and I don't know if they came specifically against us, or if they are really experienced in water warfare...... Zheng Tai said indignantly: "Now I can't run away, I can't fight and die, I've been in the water for so many years, and it's the first time I've been so aggrieved!"

"Hehe, it would be nice if it were a warship!" Zhou Kang smiled.

Zheng Tai gave him a blank look and said nothing.

"Captain, the fog has cleared ahead!"

As he was talking, the voice of a young man warning suddenly came from the lookout.

"No matter how much, raise the sails and rush directly!" Zheng Tai stood up suddenly, roared, and was not ready to hide anymore: "Concentrate all the ballistas and cannons, those who dare to follow, bombard him!"

"Yes!"

The sailors, who had been light-hearted, began to get busy without hiding.

"Approach the river bank on the right, and aim the crossbow and cannon at the left rear!"

The mist on the river thinned out, visibility grew, and three pitch-black ships were approaching the white sailboat like behemoths.

The stone thrower on the building ship was already ready, and seeing that the sailboat was no longer hidden, the sailors on the building ship naturally stopped whispering.

Countless oars stretched out from both sides began to row rapidly, and there were loud trumpets from the bottom of the building.

The horn was fierce and the speed of the ship was getting faster and faster.

The main sail of the sailboat has been scrapped, can only barely be raised half, the auxiliary sail is trying to catch the wind, but tonight the wind direction is not right, although the scissor sailing ship has the most advanced sail system, can make full use of the wind from all directions, but the Luoshui River surface is limited after all, in the case of the course is roughly unchanged, the sail system of the sailboat in the case of the main sail has been abolished is not even as good as the oar.

Seeing that the enemy ship was getting closer and closer, Zheng Tai gritted his teeth and said: "If you can go back, you must Lao Jiang load the boat back!"

Zheng Tai's range of activities has long been far away from rivers and lakes, and there will be no waste of space on ocean-going sailing ships to install useless oars, not to mention that as the volume of sailing ships becomes larger and larger, if the oars are loaded, the number must be amazing, and at the same time, more sailors must be equipped.

In terms of Ryukyu sailors, sailors and sailors have been recruiting and training, and a qualified sailor or sailor takes a long time, and even fewer can fight in actual combat.

The practice of the Southeast Maritime Merchants for decades is that no matter what else, as long as anyone who understands the nature of the water can get on the ship, and if they can come back alive on a voyage, they will be considered qualified.

This approach is naturally impossible for Xu Chen, who is short of labor resources.

It was easy to give up on the plan to install the oars.

Coupled with the frequent maritime trade, there were fewer and fewer ships of other common types in the production plan of the Ryukyu shipyard.

Naturally, there is nothing wrong with such a decision, it can only be said that Zheng Tai was unlucky this time and was limited in his ability to maneuver in a specific environment.

Complaining is just to vent the depression in my heart, and naturally it has not reached the point of exhaustion and dying struggle.

"If it doesn't work, use firearms!" Zhou Kang muttered.

"It's going to Chang'an!" Zheng Tai said angrily.

"No matter......" Zhou Kang smiled: "Of course, life is the most important!"

Zhou Kang spent most of his time in the cottage of Wuyi Mountain, facing the old monster who had lived for an unknown number of years, and his originally cautious became more and more profound.

However, Zheng Tai, now he has fulfilled his dream of crisscrossing the world, not only to the Australian continent in the south, but also to the Indian Ocean, and has fought countless battles on the boundless sea, but has never met a decent opponent, and arrogance is naturally indispensable.

This time I came back to Chang'an to congratulate the second brother, of course, it was also sincere, but since I entered the Yellow River, compared to the vast ocean of the sea and sky, my heart is always not very happy, and now I am being chased and beaten again, where are I happy?

Before the two could react, three huge rocks whizzed from behind.

Finally, he was chased into the range of the trebuchet.

"Disperse quickly!" Zheng Tai only had time to roar before Zhou Kang threw himself down.

Two loud bangs followed, the sailboat shook violently, and the falling stones smashed into the water and splashed into the sky.

"Damn!" Zheng Tai got up, looked at Zhou Kang's blood-stained back, and roared: "Give Lao Tzu a direct hand.lei!"

The crew quickly unloaded the loaded stones and replaced them with the hand grenades that had been loaded in the baskets.

But just before the launch, there was a clear explosion in the distance.

The colorful light in the sky is circulating, and Chang'an is close at hand.