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Tang Zhangwei said to Papaste, a merchant from the Eastern Roman Empire: "These Arabs are very arrogant, and we can only outwit them, not defeat them." ”

Papaste, a merchant from the Eastern Roman Empire, said: "You have a point, these Arabs are usually in business, and when the opportunity arises they become pirates again, these people are much more cunning than those Southeast Asian pirates." ”

Tang Zhangwei said: "No matter how cunning the fox is, it can't fight a good hunter, we must break through their blockade." ”

Papaste, a merchant from the Eastern Roman Empire, said: "On the coast of Yemen, there is a colony of Arabian leopards, ferocious beasts that live only on the small amount of precipitation off the coast of Yemen. However, compared to the arid Arabian Peninsula, Yemen is a relatively humid place. ”

Tang Zhangwei said: "You mean, we don't care, rush over, directly from the coast of Yemen. ”

Papaste, a merchant from the Eastern Roman Empire, said: "Yes, in this Indian Ocean, we should not be afraid of these damned Arabs, because the Persian navy is too weak to let the Arab pirates run so rampant." ”

Tang Zhangwei said: "Actually, we can also take advantage of the situation Anyway, the power of the Tang Navy is very large, and in the entire Indian Ocean, there is no place that they cannot control." ”

Papaste, a merchant from the Eastern Roman Empire, said: "We just don't know how much they want us to pay, and if we spend too much money, we can't afford it." ”

Tang Zhangwei said: "The escort of the Datang Navy does not cost money. ”

Papaste, a merchant from the Eastern Roman Empire, said: "It is impossible, there is no naval escort in the whole of Europe and Asia Minor that does not cost money, and in Southeast Asia it is impossible to buy a naval escort for money." I don't believe that in the Indian Ocean, Datang's army can provide free naval escort. ”

Tang Zhangwei said: "Whether you believe it or not, I believe it anyway." ”

Papaste, a merchant from the Eastern Roman Empire, said: "Since you swear by this, I will believe you again." ”

Tang Zhangwei said: "You really should believe me. ”

Following Tang Zhangwei's suggestion, Papaste, a merchant from the Eastern Roman Empire, brought gifts and made contact with the Tang Navy cruising nearby.

At Tang Zhangwei's suggestion, Tang Zhangwei took Bai Cunxiao and Princess Suining to board a small boat.

Tang Zhangwei got on a Tang Dynasty naval sailboat, and as soon as he got on the boat, Tang Zhangwei took out the general token and returned the naval admiral token.

Zhou Fucheng, the captain of the ship, immediately stood up and said to Tang Zhangwei: "Your Excellency, General, please give an order. ”

Zhou Fucheng was the captain of the Yingzhou sailing ship, and they got in touch with Shang Bo, the captain of the Xiangzhou sailing ship, Guo Run, the captain of the Dongdu, Xu Rufa, the captain of the Jizhou, and Yu Dongla, the captain of the Guizhou, and other five warships, and they used flag language to inform each other together.

The commander of this fleet, Hu Ziyi, arrived at the Yingzhou where Tang Zhangwei was, and he stood next to Tang Zhangwei.

Tang Zhangwei opened a chart of the Indian Ocean, and they explained to the officers one by one about the dangers and advantages here.

The six naval officers unanimously agreed to wipe out the damned Arabian pirates from the sea.

There were probably more than 1,000 people in the five Tang warships, but the Arab pirates they faced were as many as 10,000.

The Arabian pirates have countless allies in this ocean.

However, the navy of the Tang Dynasty is not vegetarian, they have made a plan to meet the pirates, according to the plan in advance, all the Arab pirates, as long as they are caught, will be killed.

The Arabs on the other side laughed arrogantly, expecting to kill all the merchants in the Eastern Roman merchant ship.

Xenawi, the leader of these Arab pirates, stared at the Datang armored fleet opposite, and said: "The Datang army has always been arrogant, but they have never fought with us at sea, but we can't help it!" ”

Gabel, the deputy leader of the Arab pirates, said: "Those damned Tang troops, they defeated us Crescentists on land, do they also want to make us suffer at sea?" ”

At sea, there were more than 300 Arab pirate ships, but they were small.

The warships of the Tang Dynasty are all prepared with iron armor, and they are all well-trained.

When the Eastern Roman merchant ships approached the Tang Dynasty warships, the Tang Dynasty warships immediately formed a formation to protect the Eastern Roman merchant ships.

Papaste, a merchant from the Eastern Roman Empire, was very happy, while the Arab pirates were almost mad.

Those Arab pirates tried to take advantage of their numerical superiority to launch an attack on the ironclad warships of the Tang Dynasty, and the two sides fought a great war at sea.

When the ironclad warships of the Tang Dynasty launched an attack on the warships of the Arab pirates, relying only on the ironclad devices of their own warships, the Datang warships easily smashed the warship of Gaber, the deputy leader of the Arab pirates.

On this ship, more than a hundred seamen fell into the sea, and they desperately cried out for help, but there was no one in the sea to save them.

On the contrary, the warships of the Tang Dynasty spewed out Greek fire, and the warships of those Arab pirates caught fire, and they jumped down one after another.

These Arabs rolled in the sea one after another, trying to extinguish the fire on their bodies, but unfortunately they could not extinguish it.

The Arabs lost more than 40 warships before they could fight with the Tang Dynasty warships, and more than 1,000 people were killed or missing on the Arab pirate ships, and the number of wounded accounted for 30% of the total number of pirates.

The Tang warships were unharmed, and the merchant ships of the Eastern Roman Empire were also unscathed.

After this war, those Arab pirates did not dare to intercept the Tang Dynasty's warships anymore. At the same time, many sea ships of the Eastern Roman Empire asked the navy of the Tang Dynasty to help escort them.

Papaste, a merchant from the Eastern Roman Empire, finally approached the shores of ancient Egypt with his own ship.

In the most glorious years of the Eastern Roman Empire, they once occupied Egypt.

However, when the Crescent religion arose in the Arabian Peninsula, it was occupied by the Arabs.

The Arabs dredged the canal built by the pharaohs of ancient Egypt, where crocodiles from the Nile and sea water from the ocean mingled.

Tang Zhangwei felt great reverence for this canal, and Princess Suining was full of longing for the scenery ahead.

Bai Cunxiao and Princess Suining recorded in detail the human environment and wildlife here.

Papaste, a merchant from the Eastern Roman Empire, said to Tang Zhangwei: "This is beautiful land, beautiful canals, but it is a pity that the Eastern Roman Empire no longer owns it." ”

Tang Zhangwei said: "I believe we can build a villa here." ”

Papaste, a merchant from the Eastern Roman Empire, said: "Don't build a villa, it's easy to make those officials jealous." ”

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