Section IV
Old Travers stared for a long time, pointed ahead and said to Murong Parrot, "Those ships are the Moorish slurry boats, and at this distance, a ship as deep as ours will not be able to escape their pursuit. β
"Pursuit! Looks like we need to hide! The corners of Murong Parrot's mouth lifted and replied lightly. At the same time, he ordered loudly: "Listen to the order on the port side, turn the rudder!" Direction southeast! β
After staying in China for so long, Old Travers learned more than just Chinese, he looked at Murong Parrot and asked tentatively, "'Want' to capture the old man?!" β
Murong Parrot clenched the saber that never left his body, rubbed his right hand against the beard that had grown on his 'lips' and said: "These pirates are not similar to the horse thieves we have there, they run when they see officers and soldiers, and chase after merchants when they see them, and they have a very smart nose, so they don't do anything if something is wrong." Lao Tzu just wants to let them take the bait. β
The movements of the three warships strengthened the pirates' minds. The ships are full of old thieves, and at a glance, the size of the ships and the depth of the draft can immediately tell the weight and quality of the cargoβor the size of their harvest. Looking at the routes, the three big ships in front of them are very likely to come from the far Far East, and looking at the draft, there will definitely be no shortage of things in the ship. Under this kind of stinging 'agitation', the already high-speed pulp discharge boats shouted louder and louder, and there was a situation of chasing and competing with each other.
In order not to arouse the suspicion of the pirates, all the expeditionary forces took refuge in the cabins. There were only Old Traver's men left on the deck, and under Old Traver's instructions, there were also crew members who were terrified and ran around the deck in panic. Even the '' sailman slipped down, abandoning his duty, and the boat was getting slower and slower.
Now even with the 'flesh' eyes, Murong Parrot could see that although there was still a distance of hundreds of yards between the two ships, the pirates on the pirate ship were already flying the anchor ropes and scimitars in their hands, waiting for the two ships to get closer to each other before they were ready to jump up.
The corners of Murong Parrot's mouth twitched slightly, revealing a mocking smile, he was a little glad that he was facing the pirate first. If it were against a British battleship like the one they had encountered in the Indian Ocean, perhaps these three ships would not be able to resist even a salvo. But now, the descendants of Genghis Khan have been defeated, and the descendants of Wanyan Aguta and Nurhachi have also been defeated, so what can a few white-skinned monkeys do?
The distance of several hundred yards, for one to chase hard, and the other to deliberately release the water, soon close close, and soon the two ships staggered, and the pirate ship let out an earth-shattering cheer, and the air was like a flying locust covering the sun, and for a time countless anchor ropes took the return of the queen of the palace.
Spices from the East, smooth silk, 'fine' porcelain. The pirates trembled with excitement at the thought of this, and with their scimitars in their hands, they slid down the lasso path towards the Return.
Murong Parrot looked left and right, suddenly raised his long knife, and shouted, "Copper wall!" - Array!! β
The officers and soldiers of the Han Dynasty echoed loudly: "Array!" βββ
The first thing that greeted the pirates was a row of black 'holes' and 'holes' muzzles. As the 'elite' expeditionary force of the Han Empire, they carried enough firearms. "......Boom" There was a loud bang, and the deck guns at the rudder and stern were the first to fire, and the shotguns were full of "excited" and "shot", and then the muskets roared, and the white smoke filled everywhere, flooding the entire deck, and after a burst of gunfire, the pirates who rushed to the front "revealed" a trace of disbelief, some covered their eyes, some covered their "chests", and the cheers that covered the sky and the earth at the right time all turned into wails all over the ground at this moment.
The heavy casualties could not stop the pirates' fanatical greed, and the wounded were soon ruthlessly pushed aside, and the leading pirate shouted loudly, flying up and kicking the corpse of his companion down. The dense firepower is only temporary, and in the eyes of the pirates, those who are like burning sticks can only make one shot in the broadside battle, and after being close to them, they are not allowed to ravage?! This means that after this round of salvo 'shooting', there is not much resistance left on the ship, how can this not be mad.
Murong Parrot stood at the front of the queue with his sword crossed, and at this time, the long knife was raised again, and he shouted loudly, "Strong and invincible!" - Forced!! β
"Forced!! ββ" The Han army 'straightened' their bayonets together, moved forward, and echoed loudly, "Force!! - Forced!! βββ
Nearly 100 bayonets stabbed out at the same time, and stabbed several of the most ferocious pirates in front of them to a thousand holes, several soldiers shouted loudly, and pierced several tattered corpses on the bayonets, and then they all used their strength to pick it up, and it was actually split in the air, and the tattered internal organs 'meat' pieces flew sideways like rain, falling all over the ship, and the follow-up pirate momentum froze, looking around in fear, and for a while, no one dared to step forward.
Murong Parrot brandished his long knife and pointed at the handful of pirates who were the first to board the ship and shouted, "Invincible!" - Drive!! β
"Drive! - Drive! - Drive! β¦β¦β
The queue kept moving forward, bayonets were like a forest, 'forced' the pirates to keep retreating, after the array, a large number of corpses were left on the deck, under the tragic death and injury, the pirates finally couldn't support it, I don't know who suddenly screamed, threw down the scimitar and turned to flee, the sound came out, the pirates immediately collapsed, and they all turned around and jumped into the sea.
However, the battle was not over, and several pirate ships chased after them, and the sea was full of mist, and no one except the pirates who jumped into the sea knew what the battle was like on the Return. Murong Parrot raised his eyes and looked over, only to see that the pirate ships that followed were densely populated, and the pirates in ragged clothes were like ants, hugging the entire deck, and at this time, everyone was holding hooks and ropes, looking eagerly at their ships.
Although he has enough confidence in himself, but this trip is a heavy responsibility, Murong Parrot does not dare to have half a contempt, the art of war: "The soldiers are fierce, invincible", as a brigadier general of the Han Dynasty, Murong Parrot naturally will not be ignorant of this truth. Along the way, they are constantly practicing the tactics of receiving the port, and now is the time to test the results.
Old Travers shrank back and shouted to Murong Parrot, "God forbid!" - You've been training for so long, you should have faith in those kids! β
If Old Travers had been exposed to so many North African pirates before setting sail, he would have been terrified. But now, by his side is Murong Parrot. Although Murong Parrot is not a person who likes to show off his military exploits, Old Traver still learned about his military exploits from various sources, and for this fierce general who dared to carry the 'elite' cavalry of the Yellow Peril nation in Europe hundreds of years ago, Old Travers did not think that these pirates had any chance of winning. Everything that would happen in the future would end with the total annihilation of these pirates, even though they were several times more numerous than originally anticipated.
Murong Parrot ignored Captain Travert and ordered loudly, "Wind Forest Volcano!" - Retreat! β
Hearing the order, the Han army immediately scattered in all directions and hid in various cabins.
The towering side of the ship was not an obstacle at all under the pirates' skillful climbing skills, and some of the pirates who were excellent behind them even grabbed the rope on the mast and 'swung' from the mast. At this time, there was almost nothing on the deck of the Return except for a 'mess' of corpses, and the pirates seemed to have expected this situation, which had been more often hijacked in the past, and it seemed to them that the cowardly crew was hiding in that corner and shivering. The pirates grinned, searched the deck with sailors' knives, and stabbed around in the barrels, all of which were the favorite places for seafarers to hide.
To the pirates' slightly strange thing, they didn't have anything to gain this time. This made the pirates eager to vent a little uncomfortable, and a few of them rushed into the captain's room at the stern of the ship.
But the pirates who rushed in it were as if they had rushed into the void. As soon as he entered the captain's room, even the cursing just now stopped abruptly. After that, there was no sound in the room.
This unusual situation stopped the pirates who were about to rush in. In the sea to make a living, all kinds of strange legends are the most invarient, from the distant and mysterious Far East ships, as well as the strangeness of the captain's room. Together, these two points are enough for them to have too many associations.
Their actions quickly affected the other pirates, and at the same time, the situation was still on the pirates who opened the 'door' of the bottom warehouse, one companion after another, but there was no response at all. What about the people, the crew who just 'shot' them on the ship? As the pirates who rushed to the front, they were also a few of them who were known for their bravery, but they disappeared without even making a sound, and the pirates gradually became uneasy. Death is not afraid, pirates were born in the sea, died in the waves, and since they started doing this, they have the consciousness of death. But such an unexplained death really makes people can't help but be terrified.
And just when the pirates hesitated, the other two warships also inadvertently changed their formation. At this time, if you look down from a height of several hundred meters above sea level, you will see three ships in a triangular shape, which not only surrounds most of the pirate ships, but also cuts off their way home. On the horizon, I faintly saw a few small black dots approaching rapidly.
"Tarzan is overwhelming!! - Suddenly! β
Before the voice fell, the silent deck was suddenly full of Han troops, and everyone shouted: "Suddenly! - Suddenly!! - Sudden !! "Swarming towards the pirates in all directions.
Murong Parrot let out a loud shout and rushed out of the captain's room. The so-called strange events just now are naturally his masterpieces. The 'door' of the captain's room is small, and only one person can enter at a time, for Murong Parrot, who is experienced in battlefield fighting, although these pirates are tall, they are still easily pinched to death one by one. It's just that this kind of killing makes Murong Parrot feel very unhappy, especially when he has to hide in this small captain's room, what he likes is the kind of pleasure of opening and closing and risking his life. But in order to completely fall into the trap of these pirates, he also had to hold back his grievances, and now as soon as he received the report that Old Trafford was ready, his repression immediately exploded violently.
Murong Parrot's roar also kicked off the counteroffensive of the expeditionary force. The two bottom compartment 'doors' in the bow and stern of the ship suddenly opened. The subsequent expeditionary force was covered in armor and held high a thick Chinese-style thick-backed saber, and fished out of it. is very different from the emotionally 'excited' musketeers of Shicai, these men who fought on the battlefield had no slogans or expressions, but just formed a battle formation, indifferently and silently bullying themselves in 'hand-to-hand' combat.
Looking at these soldiers who seemed to come out of thin air, from the armor they had never seen before, the neat movements, the skillful formation, the momentum of slaughter, and the momentum of slaughter, they forgot to resist for a while, there is no doubt that this is a trap, the opponent is an army that has been baptized by countless blood rains, and at the same time, it also announced one thing, kicked to the iron plate, and it is a very hard kind.
The pirates are willing to do things that cost their lives, but the problem is that they must be able to fight in front of them. In terms of individual combat ability, the bandits who went before them have given them an obvious hint, about cooperation..... There is hardly anything comparable to each other, and the army and bandits are more than cooperative, which is obviously not so realistic. Even the weapons and armor, the Damascus scimitars in their hands are worthy of a tie with each other. In front of me, these soldiers rushed out of hell, and they were 'pressing' towards them step by step, and the blood of pirates was under their feet. And those soldiers, not even a single loss.
This scene broke down the pirates present, who had not fought with the army. But I have never seen such an army, so brave that it is not like a human being. I don't know which one was the first to cry out, "Allah is above!" - Oh the devil!! ......" The other pirates responded, shouting loudly for the devil, discarding their blades, turning around and running.
The opponent's escape from the battlefield, Murong Parrot was disdainful from the bottom of his heart. Having accepted the influence of thousands of years of Chinese tradition, the most intolerable thing for him was the rout of the soldiers, although the bandits in front of him did not have the qualifications to be called soldiers at all. He wiped the blood-stained saber on the side of the ship, and ordered coldly without looking back: "Leave no mouth alive!" β
The gun windows on both sides of the battleship were all opened, and the already loaded cannons let out their roars. At such close range, the cannons were loaded with shotguns, and the slurry boats, which were on freeboard compared to the ground of the battleship, had no resistance at all, and the pirates who had just escaped to the ship, thinking that they would be able to escape, fell on the deck in batches.
Falling into the well and killing all these things, Murong Parrot likes it very much. The soldiers, who had just been armed with sabers, were now armed with bows and crossbows, and they were taking a roll call on the pirates who had escaped under the cannon bombardment. These men are all men who ride and 'shoot' freely on horseback, and they are even more successful at this time. After a while, this book is reprinted in the book Ξ±Ρ.(1)(6)ΞΊ.ΡΞ Around the three battleships, there are few that can breathe.
And those who are slightly away from the origin, the wounded is not counting the pirate ship in the eyes, seeing this tragic situation, where is there no reason not to smear oil on the soles of their feet, they hurriedly drove their ships to escape, but at the beginning, everyone chased after me, and they were all 'chaotic', everyone was entangled with each other, and it was so easy to leave where they wanted. The two warships of the expeditionary fleet were more direct, and the sails directly blocked the space that could empty them for maneuvering. Desperately venting their firepower. Pity these slurry boats, they also had plenty of guns on board, enough to sink three battleships when everyone was well prepared. But now, with heavy casualties, several ships can't even get the sailors to 'operate' the sails, and where are there still people to be gunners.
What frightened the pirates even more was that they were probably 'getting angry', and even the wind had changed, and they could see that behind the Return, six ships with the same flag as the Return were flying their white sails and moving quickly.
This situation also became the last straw that crushed the pirates, after stubborn resistance, the escape path was blocked. Many pirates threw their weapons into the sea, kneeling on the ground and prostrate on all fours. Although the cultures of the East and the West are different, this action is a global commonality. Before Murong Parrot gave the order, the bows and arrows of the expeditionary force spared this part of the pirates.
With the first example, there are many followers. After a while, the remaining few pulp rows were kneeling with heads bowed and bowed.
Murong Parrot narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the captives. After getting along with him for so long, Murong Parrot's 'sex' Ge Lao Travo also knew most of it, so he roughly guessed what Murong Parrot was thinking now, and he coughed lightly and said: "Dear General Mo Ruo, in our west, when the war situation is unfavorable, surrender is considered an understandable behavior. Of course, he didn't say a word later, for pirates, even in the most lax countries, there is only one way for them to be caught, and that is to be hanged in the square! This kind of rule is repeatedly mentioned in the daily chats with Old Tefo, Murong Parrot is not very unfamiliar, but he can hear it and see it with his own eyes, and it is indeed two different feelings. He thought about it, his troops were about to enter the West, and it seemed that there would be a lot of such situations, and now they had to start getting used to it.
Murong Parrot groaned for a moment, then turned his head to the staff officer behind him and said, "Send someone to contain them first, and then make plans after the remaining remnants of the enemy are destroyed!" β
And the six battleships behind did not stop at all after seeing that the flagship had already controlled the situation, and pounced directly on the remaining pirates. Seeing such a big movement here, the pirates had already been in full battle, and when they saw the Han fleet approaching, they immediately reacted.