On a certain day in September of the second year of Song Chongning, Quanzhou

In the early hours of the morning, two huge passenger boats on the southwest sea of Quanzhou were riding the wind and waves in the calm water.

Two passenger boats from the Great Food Country, one for the ordinary passenger boat to transport goods, the other for the armed merchant ship, responsible for escorting the passenger boat to Quanzhou to do business, the armed merchant ship has dozens of martial artists, and some rudimentary naval weapons, such as slap poles, ramming angles, trebuchets and so on.

As soon as the sky was bright, a thick layer of fog rose above the sea, and the visibility was extremely poor.

Lu Zhihua is a merchant from the Great Food Country, formerly known as Wuxi Hu Lu Hua, because he has been doing business in the Song Dynasty for a long time, and even lives in Guangzhou on Guangnan East Road, Quanzhou on Fujian Road and other places, and even married a wife and had children in the Song Dynasty, so he took a Han name, Lu Zhihua.

At this time, after a long voyage, he finally arrived in Quanzhou, and when he arrived in Quanzhou, he first sold the goods on the ship, and then due to the influence of the trade winds, he had to live in Quanzhou until winter before he could return to the Great Food Country.

At this time, Lu Zhihua stood on the wide deck of the passenger boat, looking at the foggy sea worriedly.

Lu Zhihua has been doing business at sea for a long time and has very rich sailing experience, at this time Lu Zhihua suddenly felt a fluster, and had some bad premonitions in his heart.

Seeing that he was about to arrive at Quanzhou Port, but don't have an accident, Lu Zhihua kept praying in his heart.

"Speed up, tell them to hurry up, and when we get to Quanzhou, I have a heavy reward." Lu Zhihua then instructed his men to sail the way.

"Yes, Lu Gangshou." A miscellaneous clerk answered.

The passenger boat is more than 20 zhang long, with a draft of 4 zhang and a width of more than 4 zhang, which can carry 4,000 huhu millets and can accommodate hundreds of sailors.

There are five cabins in the boat, the largest of which is more than a foot tall and has windows on all four walls.

The passenger boat was a ship of the Quanzhou government, which was rented by Lu Zhihua and other maritime merchants.

The passenger boat is larger, more masted, more oars, and can also paddle on the water, and can safely ride through the headwinds and waves, the only drawback is that it is slower, especially after loading goods.

At this moment, a miscellaneous officer suddenly pointed to the thick fog and shouted: "Gangtou, Gangtou, there are boats in front, there are two." ”

Hearing this, Lu Zhihua hurriedly opened his eyes and looked at the sea in front of him, only to see two huge objects gradually revealed from the dense fog, and gradually leaned towards the passenger boat of Lu Zhihua and others, as the distance narrowed, these two huge objects became clearer and clearer, they were two huge ships, the bronze collision angle of the bow and the huge deck also gradually emerged from the dense fog, and countless oars on both sides of the ship slapped the water, stirring up countless splashes.

The dark green flag hoisted high above the ship was so far away that it was impossible to tell where it was.

"Not two, many."

"Oh my God, where did you get so many ships?"

"Hundreds of boats, I'm afraid?"

At this moment, except for the two ships that seemed to be warships, the rest of the ships also came out of the dense fog one after another, black and pressing, and soon covered the entire sea in front of them.

"After guarding the ship, he threw the goods into the sea and fled to Quanzhou as quickly as possible." After Lu Zhihua carefully observed the other party's ship, he ordered his subordinates loudly with a panicked expression.

"Tsunado, why is that? It's really not easy to sell goods all the way here, just dump it into the sea? Several of Lu Zhihua's subordinates were puzzled, so they asked one after another.

"The other party is a pirate, do you think life is important or cargo is important at this moment?" Lu Zhihua was so anxious that he said again and again: "What are you still doing in a daze?" Why don't you go soon? ”

"Pirates... In case it is a government ship... Isn't it a discount? The crowd was still skeptical.

In the past, pirates plundered, at most, more than a dozen ships were dispatched, but this time there were hundreds of them, which made it

At this moment, several horns suddenly sounded in the distance, and then several large ships rushed out of the ship formation and went straight to the ships of Lu Zhihua and others.

"Where is there so many warships in the Quanzhou government? Run for your life! Lu Zhihua was so frightened that he shouted loudly.

Only then did everyone notice that these warships were completely different from the warships of the Quanzhou Boat Division, looking extremely dilapidated, but they looked hideous and terrifying.

"It's a pirate, it's a pirate! Run for your life! Several of the sailors in charge of the lookout finally saw the opposing ship and its flag clearly, so they shouted loudly.

The miscellaneous men, the subordinates, the captains, and the sailors on the passenger boat were frightened and scattered, and everyone shouted in horror and was at a loss.

Although Lu Zhihua was also frightened, Lu Zhihua has been doing business at sea all the year round, is very experienced, and at the same time well-informed, so after trying to calm down, he roared loudly: "Throw away the goods, Yang Fan, Yang Fan, hurry, hurry, flee to Jinmen, hurry." ”

Lu Zhihua shouted with a crying tone, and his voice was hoarse.

The passenger boat sailed to Quanzhou because of the headwind, and did not raise the sails, and at this time it was planned to flee to Kinmen, which was a tailwind, so it was possible to escape by raising the sails.

After hearing Lu Zhihua's shouting, the sailors on the passenger boat desperately pulled the huge winch on the ship, and the three huge sails slowly rose to the mast.

"Throw the goods into the water." Lu Zhihua saw that the situation was critical, so he loudly ordered his subordinates to give up the goods.

The murderous people of the pirates have heard of it for a long time, and at this time, it is important to save their lives, where can they take care of the goods and make money?

When all the sailors heard this, they rushed to the cabin and struggled to carry the goods, but how could the passenger boat be in a rapid motion, swaying, and unstable on its feet, and it was extremely difficult to carry the goods? In the process of moving cargo, many sailors were injured as a result.

The sails, oars, and treadmills started together at this time, and the speed of the passenger boat was obviously much faster, and it sailed towards Kinmen Island.

The escort merchant ship was hired by Lu Zhihua, and the same was true of the martial artists on board, the so-called taking people's money to eliminate disasters for others, so the escort merchant ships disregarded their own safety, turned the bow of the ship, and greeted several pirates who rushed over, wanting to slow down the pursuit of the pirate ships so that Lu Zhihua and others could escape.

"Whirlpool, whirlpool... One of the captains guarding the merchant ship suddenly shouted in horror.

At this moment, a huge whirlpool appeared on the surface of the sea, and the sea water continued to rotate in it, like a giant opening its bloody mouth above the sea, devouring everything around it.

The escort merchant ship suddenly let out an exclamation, and the pursuing pirate ships were also shocked when they saw the whirlpool, and hurriedly steered their ships to dodge.

The sailors, captains and others who escorted the merchant ship were very experienced, and struggled to turn the rudder and row their oars on the edge of the whirlpool, struggling to leave the whirlpool, the ship was tilted, and two sailors stood unsteadily, screaming and falling into the sea, and were swallowed up by the whirlpool in an instant.

The pirate ships chasing behind him were not so lucky, and one of the pirate ships rushed directly into the whirlpool, spun and gradually submerged into the sea, and soon disappeared.

The remaining pirate ship was so frightened that it hurriedly hid far away, and it didn't care about chasing the passenger boat.

At this moment, two more pirate ships rushed out, extremely fast and close, and one of them rushed directly towards the middle of the escort merchant ship.

There is no way to escape, and the collision of the two ships is inevitable!

With a loud bang, the bronze wrap and huge ramming horns of the pirate ship slammed into the escort merchant ship, sawdust flying, and broken wood flew everywhere.

The escort merchant ship was knocked into a circle on the sea, and a huge wave was stirred up between the two ships, which splashed on the ship and poured it on the crowd of people rolling on the ship.

Another pirate ship also rushed over, and two huge hanging logs smashed down from the ship to the passenger boat, each with a huge beak-shaped iron hook at the top of the hanging log, which smashed into the ship and hooked the escort merchant ship, hooking the two ships tightly together.

"Dog thief, I lost a boat, kill it, kill it all."

"Where are you going? Kill! ”

Countless pirates on the pirate ship threw hooks, hooks, etc., and some even jumped directly from the side of the ship to the escort merchant ship, brandishing various weapons to kill the passenger boat.

There are dozens of martial artists guarding the merchant ships, and there is no way back at this moment, surrendering is death, not surrendering is death, even if it is not dead, falling into the hands of brutal pirates, it is better to live than to die.

Therefore, at this time, the warriors were not afraid, and fought with the pirates with various weapons, and there were also fierce people among the warriors, cutting down the pirates who rushed on the ship into the sea.

In an instant, the sound of killing on the sea shook the sky, and the two sides were entangled together, fighting desperately.

"Let's go!" Lu Zhihua watched all this blankly, and then left crying.

Fortunately, thanks to the blocking of the merchant ships, and at the same time, the pirate ships seemed to have no intention of fighting and did not want to chase Lu Zhihua's merchant ships to the death, so Lu Zhihua and the others escaped alive and fled towards Kinmen Island, an island near Quanzhou.

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"Light the beacon!"

Qiu Chengxiang, the magistrate of Changtai County, Zhangzhou County, Fujian Road, hoarsely commanded his subordinates.

Heping Township is located in the southernmost part of Changtai County, with more than 300 households and a population of more than 1,000 people.

The people here live a quiet life on weekdays farming, tea or fishing, but at this time the quiet life has been broken, Heping Township is full of fleeing people, helping the old and the young, carrying the poor belongings of their own families on their shoulders, crying and fleeing to the north.

At this time, there was thick smoke and flames everywhere in Heping Township, and the people were panicking and looking for a place to hide.

"Feng Dutou, how many thieves are there?" After Qiu Chengxiang ordered his subordinates to light the beacon fire, he asked Xiang Xiang, a person surnamed Feng, in the county office, in a hoarse voice.

When it was dark, Heping Township, Changtai County, was suddenly attacked by pirates, so after Qiu Chengxiang received the report, he asked for help from Zhangzhou and other places, and rushed to Heping Township with a small number of officials, catchers, and archers above the county government.

"Qiu Zhixian, it's too chaotic, and it's dark, so I don't know how many thieves there are." Feng Dutou replied loudly.

"Probe!" Qiu Chengxiang lowered his face and said: "Come on, evacuate the people, and let the people go to the county seat along the road." ”

As long as you enter the county seat of Changtai County, it is relatively safe.

The thieves are crazy? Actually attacked Song Di with great fanfare? Qiu Chengxiang then looked at the beacon tower that had been billowing out of smoke and Heping Township, which was in chaos, and said secretly in his heart.