Chapter 179: We Come from Great Rome
It has been ten days since Cao Feng received Li Lin's letter, and the tail of May is almost unable to catch it, the content of the letter made him breathe a sigh of relief, this month's emergency training has made the soldiers' nerves tense, if there is enough time for them to take a rest, he asked the messenger about his time on the road, and estimated in his heart, if everything goes well, they should now set off.
The letter said that the ship was loaded with goods, but he just thought about it for a while and filtered it out, how big should the three ships described by Xiucai be! He found Pei Peipei and said to him, "Today I will ask the soldiers to clean up the ship, and tomorrow you can load it." ”
Pepe skimmed through the letter and said, "Then what about the guards we brought with us on Zhuangzi?" Do they stay on the building ship or? ”
Cao Feng said: "Those three ships can only be loaded with soldiers in the imperial court, these thousand soldiers did not send a supervisor army during training, now that they have become an army, the imperial court will definitely send a supervisor army over, the guards on Zhuangzi are not suitable to go on the warship, it will bring gossip to Xiucai, you can't load the five building ships, just let them stay on the building ship with the goods!" ”
Pepe said: "This is up to you, I will use the people brought by the Zhuangzi to load the goods tomorrow, and I want to trouble you to help with martial law, some of the things in it cannot be exposed yet." ”
"It's incumbent on me to have a share of these? The caravan needs my cooperation with you, but you should first consider me to let the soldiers dock the ship and wash it with water. ”
Scar Qiang and Yao Tang were drinking a little wine on a small boat, it was a bottle of Xifeng wine, Scar Qiang said: "Brother Tang, the tributary caravan has arrived in Hong Kong today, and those little cubs of the inspection army have stopped a lot in the past half a month, let's do it!" ”
Yao Tang said: "Their ships don't have to be small for the inspection army, and our lucky ships are not easy to chase them, so we have to find a place with a reef for them to stop, and our people go up to fight quickly, and don't give them time to react." ”
"I also looked out at the harbor, and the armor on their soldiers even protected their faces, which is not funny! Many of our brothers don't have a decent weapon in their hands, stealing chickens and killing rice, that old guy doesn't want to do it, he has a lot of good hands in his hands, the five building ships of the patrol army are really good things, they are all hot to look at, we have one and we are afraid of him a bird. Scar said enviously.
Yao Tang said: "It's you who want to rob them, why don't you retreat before you make a move, strengthen the ambition of others, destroy your own prestige, the whole body iron armor is invincible on foot, this is the sea, the hull of the ship shakes and wears that thing and can't stand steadily, what are you afraid of, after robbing them, we will drive their boat back to Sansha Island, Chaozhou is so far away from Sansha Island, who knows what we did." ”
Scar Qiang said: "Foggy tonight, the sky is beautiful, drinking this bowl of wine our brothers have become a big thing, this Xifeng wine is too little, damn, I have money to buy hundreds of thousands of bottles of him and drink it slowly at home." ”
Yao Tang said: "After tonight, you will have it, you have to taste the good wine slowly, what kind of taste can you drink this cow drink."
"Sir, this is the bay of the Great Song Dynasty, similar to ours, seeing that their warriors are not as strong as ours, why did Augustus send us to negotiate with them, like them, his subordinates can bring 50,000 warriors to turn them all into the territory and slaves of the high priest."
This prefect is Octavian-Augustus's deputy prefect of the Praetorian Guard, Antony, this official position is the deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard in the Great Song Dynasty, the difference is that the Roman Empire is still in a slave society, and the power of the military commander is generally very large, not to mention this kind of person around the emperor, Octavian sent Antony to see if there is any possibility of replacing this ancient Eastern kingdom itself.
Anthony said: "Baron Moore, this sleeping dragon of the East is not as simple as you think, their inheritance is older than ours, in the last expedition to the Seljuk Kingdom, I found some historical records, they are a great people, only by respecting the opponent, we can find the advantages and disadvantages of us and the other party, please remember this." ”
Baron Moore said, "Yes, sir, I remember, the climate here is still warm, not as cold as on the island of Great Britain, and it is strange that they eat without knives and forks, and with two sticks. ”
"It has something to do with their customs, they use it very well, they don't eat bread, the pastries are more elaborate than we Romans, I like the fish and cooked meat they make, it's really delicious, it's delicious. You see that their commerce is much more developed than ours, there are a lot of people doing business, people come and go, if you look closely, you will see that their civilians are not armed, the order in the city is better than that of Constantinople, these are all places that we should learn, you don't smell the smell of feces and drunks all over the streets, this place is much better than I imagined. ”
Moore said, "The guide said that this is the southernmost point of this huge country, that we will have to walk for a month to meet their consuls, and that there is another powerful country to the north of this country, and that we should go and see it." ”
"Baron, I know the country you are talking about, they border the Seljuk country, I heard that their cavalry is very powerful, I really want to see it if I have the opportunity, let them compete with our cavalry, the cavalry of the Arabs has never met an opponent in the desert, the strong should fight with the strong, what is the point of bullying those weak."
Not far from the Roman ship, Scar said to his men: "You go down to five water ghosts at night, let their boat leak, don't completely damage me, the ship will belong to Lao Tzu in the future, and the rest of the people will take advantage of the chaos to take down the people on the boat for me." ”
"Boss, what if they resist? Our people may not be able to beat them. ”
Scar Qiang said: "This time the fat sheep is too fat, our family can't eat it, I also contacted the smiling tiger, you all give me a heart, don't be sold by someone and help the money." ”
"If this ship is not destroyed, our victory will only be a miserable victory, and they are also an army!"
"Seeing that their posture is not a regular navy, they stand like cavalry, and some people are left below, and after the water ghosts have dug through the bottom of the boat, these people let me use hooks to make the boat move, I don't believe that they can compare with those of us who have lived on the water for many years."
On the other side, Yao Tang explained to his subordinates that there was a difference between Scar Qiang, he said: "He Ajiu is unreliable, he thinks I can't see it, he took refuge in the people of Yamen, I also have to think about the future for my brothers, after this vote, we will leave Chaozhou, and we will come back after three or five years after him, Scar Qiang He also has the intention of annexing us, all our belongings are brought, robbed the fat sheep, killed Scar Qiang, this sea area is the only one." ”
The pirate's mind is simple, he hasn't thought about the truth of cold lips and teeth, the scar is strong enough to at least help him block the knife, if he dies, he will not be the only one left, the court will not look for him to find anyone, one second he still shouted win-win cooperation in his mouth, and the next moment he turned his face and did not recognize people.
At four o'clock in the evening, a bright fireworks lit up on the sea surface of Chaozhou, and the two parties secretly approached the Roman ship, and a head that came up from under the water said to Scar: "The hole in the bottom of the ship has been chiseled, several small boats are completely abandoned, the big ship is not in danger for the time being, and the king is entangled on the ship for too long and is estimated to be unable to drive." ”
"Didn't I tell you not to dig too big, this ship is the most valuable thing in the whole fat sheep, idiot."
"The whole ship is made of good wood, if the chisel is too small, they can quickly plug it, and if they chisel, it won't help, if the king is faster, we will still have a way to drive back."
At this point, Scar's entanglement was a waste of time, he turned to the hundreds of people behind him and said: "I will go up and kill the sentry first, make the movement a little smaller, let them react that any one of us may die, the first team will go first, and the back will follow." ”
The guard on duty on the Roman ship at night felt that the ship was moving again, and he came to the control room and asked, "What's the matter, do you hear any other sounds, I seem to hear the sound of water?" ”
"If there's any sound there, you must have heard it wrong, you're too tired and your ears are hallucinating, and someone will come to change shifts if you hold on."
The guards think about it, no matter who wears a piece of iron and does not move in this station for so long will be dizzy, it is better at night, it is almost the same as rain in the iron armor during the day, ordinary pirates, thieves will hide far away when they see such a big ship and the soldiers on board, no one will dislike their long life, hit the stone with an egg, or return to the post and squint secretly for a while, don't let the Marquis find out.
Scar Qiang and Yao Tang got on the boat and had a tacit understanding of one person who chose one side, leaving a few people to fight with the guards, and the others rushed straight to the sleeping people in the cabin, the sound of fighting on the deck made many soldiers think of the enemy attack for a moment, they wanted to get up and resist when the enemy densely broke into the bedroom, individual soldiers still wanted to resist, and before they got the samurai sword and weapon, they were shot into hedgehogs by the ruthless archers, and the rest of the people saw this, raised their hands and surrendered.
A small leader under Scar Qiang shouted happily: "King, there is a big fish here, this guy sleeps in a room alone, there is a kiln sister on the bed, there is a lot of gold and silver in the room, come and take a look." ”
Thinking that it was a tough battle, in fact, it was effortless, hearing gold and silver, Scar Qiang and Yao Tang walked into the room together, three boxes of gold, three boxes of silver, and one box of jewelry, clearly placed in front of them, you may have a silver ticket worth a million yuan, but when a million yuan worth of gold and silver are placed in front of you, they are two completely different concepts, and it will directly hit the greed and desire in the deepest part of people's hearts.
Scar Qiang picked up a gold coin and bit it with his teeth and said, "Ask them who they are and where they come from." ”
Moore struggled to mumble what he said, and no one could understand it, and Yao Tang said to the captive, "Can any of you understand what he's saying." ”
A Han man with long hair trembled and said, "I know what he said, he said that we are from the holy great Roman Empire, and your souls will not be forgiven by God, and you pirates will be punished. ”