"It's exciting......"

Xiong Taibai held back for a long time and finally came out with such a sentence, and the sweat had already soaked his back.

Fang Cai's scene finally made him realize what a terrible species feline is, even Zhu Dazhao, who is said to have served in the regular army for many years, almost suffered a big loss, but fortunately, it was only a bad one.

"The young man did a good job, much better than your brother." Xiong Taibai patted Wu Da on the shoulder and joked, if there was no latter sentence, everyone would feel that they really cared. But with the footnotes behind, even though they haven't seen "Water Margin", the students who have heard the story of Wu Song's fight against the tiger will burst into laughter.

Holding the name of Wuda to make up jokes is nothing new in military schools, and the well-known good temper can't withstand such praise from the chief, and in embarrassment, it was Zhu Dazhao who came out to relieve him.

"People have big names." He smiled at Wu Da when he spoke, "This time it's a good job, Xiangyu." ”

An adult tiger rushed out of the forest, although they heard Zhu Dazhao's order, less than half of the students were able to stand in place to complete the defensive formation, and there were many who were paralyzed to the ground in fright just by hearing the whistling. There are only three or four people left who can react and deal with it, Wu Hao is one of them, and Xiangyu is his new cousin.

The white-fronted tiger pounced, but in an instant, it had already rushed to Zhu Dazhao's body, Zhu Dazhao relied on his experience in Africa when he was on a mission, firmly took the rifle and aimed, and accurately hit the tiger's eyebrows in more than ten steps, but under inertia, the tiger still rushed all the way, and was dodged by Zhu Dazhao's sliding step, but it was always a step slower, and his right leg was hit the knee by the tiger.

Although he was not injured, he also lost the opportunity and fell to the ground with a stumble. The tiger didn't seem to be dying immediately, and he was about to greet Zhu Dazhao at the door with a wave of his claws, but at the last moment, he was nailed to the ground by a spear sent from the sky, and the one holding the other end of the spear was the boss of the martial family, Wu Hao.

Wu Hao, who is in the seventh class and one house, is the best among the current students, not only has a high level of understanding, but also has an excellent popularity, and has a good reputation among his classmates, and he was also listed early in Zhu Dazhao.

Different from Zhu Daizhen's diligence, Wu Hao's talent is more manifested in organization and coordination, and the military academy agrees that this son should be the best among his peers in the future, so he has always tried his best to cultivate in the recent period, and because of this, he can always follow Zhu Dazhao's side, and he can also get a big credit for this day.

It is necessary to know that since the chiefs landed in Borneo, they have always been invincible, whether it is to the Shangtu, Hongyi or pirates, or even the nobles in the royal capital, they are full of confidence.

However, the so-called miss is compared to the usual actions of the chiefs, but what fell at the feet of Principal Zhu was a real adult tiger, just looking at the weight of three hundred catties, although it was finally put down by Wu Hao's supplementary gun, but the scholars could see that the Lianzhu gun in the principal's hand was not a vegetarian, this time it still had to rely on the chief, otherwise what could be done with just a spear?

Adult tigers, and not the nobles who have been raised in cages since childhood, what it means, the students naturally understand.

The nobles of the Nanyang countries have always liked to watch the fighting beasts, it has long become a trend, the ordinary rich family cockfights and dogs are common, the nobles have to play polo once in a while, but if you want to ask what is the most popular, it is still a fighting beast. Slaves and lions and tigers fight, this is the reserved project of the Nanyang countries, when the banquet of VIPs have to perform, although the city of Brunei is close to the sea, there are not many tigers, but it is not without similar activities, Wu Hao still remembers that when he was young, he had seen a fight outside the city on the mountain.

At that time, it was still the old lord Hashan who sat in the center of the stands, but what left a deeper impression on the young man was the protagonist of that time, a tiger that was not much smaller than today. The tiger was surrounded by a high wooden cage, and a dozen slaves who were also driven into the cage were armed with knives and guns but could not get close, and after killing and injuring several slaves in a row, they put in another elephant soldier, but the tiger jumped directly on the elephant's head, dragging the elephant soldier down and biting it to pieces. Such a bloody memory is really unforgettable, and it is the scene of today that also reminds him of the horrors of that day.

But after the chief's continuous ringing sounded, Wu Hao felt unprecedented peace of mind, and the sudden fall of the tiger that pounced confirmed his feelings, and also stimulated his fighting spirit.

The trust in the chiefs, which had been established soon after entering the military academy, became stronger and stronger, and they took over their minds, and according to the usual training subjects for assassination, they steadily sent the head of the gun made of stainless steel into the tiger's claws, without even shaking it from resistance.

Two hours later, a fresh tiger skin was hung on the flagpole at the head, but the team that had been delayed was much faster than before, and no one in the team knew whether it was because they were afraid of missing the time limit, or because they were excited after killing a tiger. In short, when the sun began to sink in front of him and the sight became more dazzling, Sburan, who had been scouting ahead with four cadets, reported that he was less than five miles away from the walled city of Tanjung Maya.

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The eastern sun shines from the end of the seafront, shining on the city of Tanjung Maya and on the rich land of central Sarawak with a long stretch of coast. Heading inland, several small rivers meander all the way to the distant mountains and forests, and the rivers that pass through the forests are like a golden belt, shining from time to time in the afterglow of the setting sun, making people feel refreshed and happy, and finally converge outside the walls of Tanjung Maya.

The Tutong River, which flows from outside the Tanjung Mayan Walled City, converges with the two largest tributaries and turns a sharp bay in the northeast corner of the village, and continues to the west, marking a long peninsula close to the coast, which is ten miles long. The wide river between the peninsula and the southern shore is flanked by lush mangrove forests and saline tidal flats, which are the source of the region's wealth, the salt pans.

I have to say that God has its own favor, if you talk about the process of drying salt, even if it is only compared with the Ming Dynasty, the Baba Nyonya in Nanyang is far inferior. Most of the local Baba Nyonya people came to avoid the chaos at the end of the Song Dynasty, and the method of cultivating furrow and making salt taught by their ancestors has been passed down for many generations, but there is no motivation for technological innovation.

There is no other, just because the local natives are more backward, compared with the natives who boil the sea for salt, the cost and light saving of salt are not much more advanced. With the wealth that comes easily, not many families will have the motivation to innovate in technology, and the matter of fighting with the left hand and the right hand, except for boredom, no one will really do it.

There are two large islands in the middle of the river near the mouth of the sea, which are the main salt works, there are relatively few mangroves near the river bank on the island, and there will be no beasts ashore, and there is no need to worry too much about the invasion of the pig dragon near the sea.

In recent years, as the port of Bago in Burma has declined, the kings of the Nanyang kingdoms have begun to order ships in Borneo and Java, and the teak trees that have grown for an unknown number of years along the banks of the Tudong River have become a trade again.

Every morning, the harbour lord has to inspect all the places outside the city as usual, and the small Tanjung Maya does not have many buildings worth inspecting, but the wealth in the village is famous far and wide, and it is not slightly worse than the capital in the east. The wild men in the mountains to the south were always coveted, and the timber boatmen and slaves would die a few a year in such battles.

The daily city defense patrol is still learned from the Han shipwrights who came from the Ming Dynasty, from the root, I feel that I am also half a Han people, the same customs and food, so that this side has attracted a lot of craftsmen from the Ming Dynasty and Fujian, because of the lack of livelihood, so they fled from the mainland, and also because of the lack of livelihood, chose to take refuge in Tanjung Maya's port lord.

Bearing the safety of the old and young in a village, he is extremely careful in his daily inspections, which is not only to demonstrate his special status among the hundreds of people in this district, but also his unshirkable responsibility, the relationship between rights and obligations Hong Kong lord can not say, but he knows better than anyone else.

The wooden wall may not be able to block all the attacks, whether it is a beast or a wild man, if it leaks in, most of the hundreds of old and weak people in the village will have to explain a lot, after a patrol, there is nothing wrong, so that the Hong Kong lord is a little relieved, as long as there is no way to break through the wall, relying on advanced firearms, there is nothing to make the Tanjung Mayan people feel afraid in the local area.

Now is no more than a few decades ago, the arquebus from Hongyi is no longer a rare object, maybe in the Ming Dynasty, sharp firearms are not widespread among the people. But in the South Seas, which city-state with a little more decent, which one doesn't have some firearms that can be used? It's just that after all, they can't fight Hongyi, because the natives can't understand that the reason why the army can win is not just the equipment.

But when it comes to equipment, Qi Ran has to think of an incident brought by a fleet of salt sellers in the port not long ago, which is a small gang that is used to trading in North Borneo, and is very familiar with Qi Ran.

It was only that day when these merchants were in the harbor, they suddenly became cramped and uneasy, and it turned out that a group of shorthairs who claimed to be Song people came to the eastern capital and occupied the harbor. Originally, in the South Seas, such things were common, and the Spanish raid on Borneo had only passed for more than 20 years, and everyone still did what they had to do, and it had no impact.

But this time it was quite worrying, because whether it was friend or foe was not to be said first, and the iron ship in the mouth of the merchants alone shocked Qiran.

How can iron be able to build ships? Qi Ran had never thought about it, and now he couldn't think of it, but the businessmen were all old relationships for many years, and he didn't think that these local businessmen who did business on weekdays were sworn by God, and they couldn't even write a contract would easily deceive him, and it didn't seem to be a fake when they looked like they spoke.

If this is the case, and I heard that those short-haired firearms who claim to be Song people are also sharp, then they must have a purpose when they come here, at this time, energy saving is not good at begging for a living at sea, otherwise he, the lord of the port, would not lead the people to plant thorn bamboo on the seashores all along the coast, and also spent a lot of money to equip the young people in the clan with bows and knives, and even bought more than 30 Hongyi's latest arquebuses from the Francophone man, all of which are the latest goods in the military factory in Manraka City. Even compared to the most powerful powers on the island of Java, the quality of the weapons alone is not inferior. Several bandits in the Northeast Sea have been beaten back several times, and this is also the foundation of being able to sustain themselves.

It is gratifying that Tanjung Maya is not too far from the royal capital, but the Dudong River is not deep, and only a small boat that runs gently on weekdays, I heard that the iron boat of the Song people is very tall, so if you want to rely on a strong boat to attack the river is obviously not possible, no matter how powerful the ship is on the seat of the shallow talk, it will lose its effect, and the basic principle of navigation is still understood.

The weather is getting hotter these days, and every day the workers who go to the south and east to cut wood go out early, take advantage of the cool morning breeze to work, and sleep in the forest at noon.

Shrimp was the leader of these workers, but it was still early, and he ran back alone with a dejected look.

"Is this a tiger encounter?"

I didn't believe it when I asked this, there are many tigers in the forests of Borneo, but they are not as diligent as coming out early in the morning to eat people.

"Yes...... I met my old ...... Tiger, though...... It's only dead. ”