Chapter 991: Pirates
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"Bold pirate, you dare to kick me, you are so bold." Hong Xiuquan, who landed on the ground, climbed from the ground and roared angrily in his mouth.
Thinking that he is the dignified King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, how noble and supreme, today he was kicked in the face by a pirate, it is simply a great humiliation, extremely humiliating.
"Lao Tzu is the one who kicked you!"
The pirate was even more angry than Hong Xiuquan, rushed forward in a few steps, punched and kicked Hong Xiuquan, and in a blink of an eye, he was beaten with a blue nose and swollen face, lying on the ground holding his head with both hands and screaming in pain.
This scene directly made Yu Ji next to him stupid.
He could never have imagined that this king of his would be humiliated and trampled on by a little pirate, like a dog, without any dignity.
Looking at this scene, Yu Ji suddenly had a sense of sadness that the rabbit died and the fox died, and he felt that he was in such an unbearable situation like Hong Xiuquan, and he really wanted to die.
"This hero, his subordinates are merciful, his subordinates are merciful." Yu Ji really couldn't stand it, so he had to step forward and want to intercede for Hong Xiuquan.
"Old god stick, you're not a good thing either, get out of here!" The pirate leader slapped his backhand and pulled it out hard.
Syllable!
The slap was impartial, and it slapped Yu Ji's old face hard, and directly knocked him to the ground, and the whole person was pumped to the point that he was dizzy, and before he could react, a bright red slap blood mark had already soaked out of his face.
Yu Ji was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses, he was angry and ashamed, and his face was about to explode, he finally realized what it means to ask for hardship.
Although he had all the shame in his heart, he no longer dared to show affection for Hong Xiu, so he could only sit there in embarrassment, watching his heavenly king continue to be beaten by that humble pirate leader.
Bang bang bang!
The sound of fists echoed above the warship, and in a moment, Hong Xiuquan was hit until his face was doubled and swollen, and he couldn't even recognize himself in the mirror.
"A good man spares his life, a good man spares his lifeβ"
Hong Xiuquan finally couldn't bear it anymore, so he had to kneel on the ground, giving up the last trace of dignity, and begging for mercy.
The leader of the pirates finally kicked him again, and then he withdrew his hand in relief, turned his eyes to the side of Haiphong Port, and shouted with his hands: "Send an order to the brothers, turn the bow of the ship and sail to Haiphong Port, and dedicate Hong Xiuquan, a dog thief, to the Emperor of Great Wei as a gift for our defection." β
Woo woo woo -
Above the sea, the sound of the pirates' conch horns sounded, and more than 30 pirate ships fell into a mess and sailed in the direction of Haiphong Port.
In the southeast, the main fleet led by Zhao Kuangyin has already thrown off the range of two or three miles and is speeding up.
Zhao Kuangyin, Sima Hui, Xu Shu and Ma Liang stood on the deck, with a secretly smug expression, watching Hong Xiuquan's ship being captured, and the holy flag symbolizing the "Heavenly King" was cut off with a knife and fell into the vast sea.
They sat back and watched the victorious pirates, and instead of pursuing them, they headed for the port of Haiphong.
Everyone smiled, looked at each other, and invariably smiled with relief.
"It seems that this group of pirates is planning to go to the Wei Kingdom, so we can sit back and relax." Sima Hui said with a smile.
Ma Liang was worried: "I don't know if Hong Xiu is dead or alive." β
"It doesn't matter whether he dies or not." Xu Shu sneered, "Even if the pirates didn't kill him on the spot, they would have kidnapped him to defect to the Wei State and fall into the hands of a brutal monarch like the pottery merchants, do you think he still has any hope of survival?" β
On the boat, there was a burst of relaxed laughter, and Ma Liangsui was no longer worried.
At this time, Sima Hui turned around, his old body bowed to Zhao Kuangyin, and said: "Today, the king has been killed by pirates, and we and thousands of soldiers have no leader. β
As soon as Sima Hui took the lead, the rest of Xu Shu and Ma Liang, and even other civil and military soldiers on the ship, bowed down to Zhao Kuangyin one after another, and shouted "Meet the lord" in unison.
Zhao Kuangyin stood in the center of the deck, standing tall, sweeping around the kneeling crowd, listening to their support, and the heroic face gradually emerged with ambition.
He smiled.
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Haiphong Port, shore.
At this moment, the five thousand Great Wei iron horsemen have swept the entire sea camp, and the battle flag of the Great Wei and the general flag of the word "horse" are flying proudly in the sea breeze.
It's just that next, the 5,000 soldiers could only rein in their horses on the shore, looking at the sea and sighing.
"Damn, Hong Xiuquan, this old dog, escaped faster than a rabbit, I hurried and hurried, but I was still a step too late, and let this turtle grandson slip away!"
Ma Chao on the shore of Lerma, looking at the enemy ships that were gradually moving away, was angry and annoyed in his heart, but he could only grit his teeth and curse.
On the same day, he was ordered by the potter, and on the day of the breakthrough of Tianjing, he led a light cavalry south, all the way to Haiphong, and pursued Hong Xiuquan, who escaped from Tianjing City through the tunnel.
He was running wild day and night, asking himself if he was fast enough, but he didn't expect that Hong Xiuquan, under the urging of his will to survive, escaped faster than him, the Xiliang Iron Horse, and fled to Haiphong half a day earlier than himself.
He didn't expect that the port of Haiphong had already gathered Zhao Kuangyin and his gang to escape from the mainland, and they had already prepared to go to sea in advance.
That's Hong Xiuquan, the head of the traitors of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, if he can be captured alive, he Ma Chao will win the greatest credit for this counterinsurgency war!
It's a pity that the credit in his hands slipped away from under his nose and between his fingers, which made Ma Chaoyan not feel painful and annoyed.
"Look, General, it seems that another group of ships has suddenly been killed on the sea, as if they are fighting with the ships of the Taiping thieves." Suddenly, the screams of sharp-eyed soldiers rang in my ears.
Ma Chao was disappointed, suddenly shocked, anxious to look up, sure enough, on the sea, dozens of warships with black sails magically appeared, quickly like a wind crashed into the tail of the enemy fleet, for a time it was a fierce battle.
"What's the matter, where did another team of people come out of here, and they are fighting with the Taiping thieves, this is new."
Ma Chao's eyes swelled up with hope again, and with excitement and curiosity, he looked at the unexpected confrontation on the sea.
The black sailing ship came and went like the wind, and the attack was extremely fierce, and in a moment it killed the Taiping thief and collapsed, and in addition to discarding nearly a dozen ships, he took the road and fled.
Just when Ma Chao was puzzled about the origin of those black sailing ships, he was surprised to find that the more than 30 black sailing ships that had won the victory were actually rushing towards Haiphong Port.
"What's the situation, these guys still want to attack Haiphong Port?"
Ma Chao's heart was more and more surprised, and at the same time, his vigilance was also suddenly born, and he immediately ordered five thousand iron horsemen to dismount and prepare to meet the enemy's attack.
It's just that he didn't capture Hong Xiuquan alive, and he finally captured Haiphong Port, which can be regarded as a more or less meritorious service, if even Haiphong Port was captured by a group of guys whose origin is unknown, who looks like pirates, where is his Ma Chao's face going, and how can he have the face to go back to see the Son of Heaven.
When the order was given, 5,000 iron horsemen immediately dismounted, lined up on the shore, raised shields and bows, and waited for them.
Fortunately, the cavalry led by Ma Chao is the most powerful Xiliang shield cavalry, proficient in various forms of combat, although dismounting and foot combat is not their strong point, but it is not weak.
Ma Chao didn't believe it, just a bunch of pirates could still break through his 5,000-elite guarded sea camp.
In a matter of moments, the thirty or so black sailing ships had approached the sea camp, but they unexpectedly slowed down and did not attack.
Immediately afterwards, Ma Chao saw that most of the sea ships were moored at sea, and one of the enemy ships, which looked like a flagship, actually went out alone, hoisting the flag and sailing towards the sea camp.
"Lowering the flag, these pirates actually hung up the flag and came by boat, do they really want to surrender?" The curiosity on Ma Chao's face grew.
At that moment, he was vigilant, and ordered the crossbowmen not to let go of their arrows for the time being, and to allow the black galleon to enter the harbor to see what he was doing.
A moment later, the black sailing ship calmly sailed into the harbor and stopped at the trestle under the aim of more than a thousand sharp arrows.
With a clang, the plank was lowered, and a sturdy and heroic young man calmly stepped down from the boat and walked towards the shore alone.
Moreover, in the hands of the young man, there was also a person who was tied up by five flowers.
Ma Chao's eyes flashed, and he suddenly guessed seven or eight points, and his mood immediately became excited, and he waved his hand and ordered the crossbowman to put down the sharp arrow.
That young man was the leader of the pirates.
The leader of the pirates walked to the end of the trestle, stopped, took a deep breath, and said in a loud voice: "Dare to ask the general who leads the army, but the legendary Xiliang Jin Ma Chao, General Ma Mengqi." β
Although the leader of the pirates is young, he is obviously very knowledgeable, from the word "horse" general, and then from the scale of the Wei army, which is dominated by cavalry, it is judged that the general of the army is Ma Chao.
The other party has nothing to fear, of course, Ma Chao will not have anything to fear, immediately set the horse out of the battle, boarded the trestle, and said loudly: "This will be Ma Chao, who are you, what do you want to do?" β
Bang bang!
The leader of the pirates threw the two people he was carrying in front of Ma Chao, and said in a loud voice: "One of these two people is Hong Xiuquan and the other is Yu Ji, who have just been captured alive by me, and I made a special trip to dedicate them to the Emperor of Great Wei as a gift to me and my brothers to the Imperial Court. β
Really!
Ma Chao's eyes suddenly flashed with surprise, but he didn't move at first, so he ordered the subordinates who knew Hong Xiuquan and Yu Ji to go and recognize people.
"General Hui, these two people are indeed the Hong thief and Yu Ji, that's right!" The subordinate shouted excitedly.
Ma Chao was overjoyed in an instant, and he was so excited that he almost laughed on the spot.
He was still annoyed that he had escaped Hong Xiuquan and missed a great achievement, but he never thought that his luck would be so good, Hong Xiuquan was robbed by a group of pirates in a blink of an eye, and these pirates even brought Hong Xiuquan to return to Shun.
His luck is really not ordinarily good!
Surprised, Ma Chao couldn't help laughing, and asked the young pirate: "Little brother, if you make such a miraculous feat, the Son of Heaven will be rewarded, tell the general, what is your name, and the general will recommend you to the Son of Heaven and show you merit." β
The young pirate arched his hand and said lightly: "Thank you, General Ma, my name is ......."