Just as the pirates defeated by Liu Renliang fled back to Long Island, the pirates on the island flocked to the beach to welcome the warriors who had returned triumphantly. It is no wonder that for more than half a year, the pirates have won all the expeditions, especially after annihilating the main force of the Dengzhou Naval Division, the pirates have returned with a full load every time they go out to plunder.

Not long ago, the pirates suffered a small setback in Qingshui Town, killing more than a dozen pirates, this time the pirate leader personally led General Tiger Head and others to a large-scale revenge, and the pirates who stayed on Long Island thought that they would be able to win a big victory.

Among the pirates who came to greet her, there was a girl dressed in white, wearing a long white tunic dress that was popular among the noble women of the Japanese slave kingdom during the Asuka period, and her shoulder-length hair was parted on both sides and draped behind her head, revealing her fair and full forehead.

This woman is about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a small figure, melon seed face, a pair of almond eyes, eyes that are not very big but very energetic, fair and delicate skin, a beautiful nose, a small mouth and a pointed chin, and she is a very beautiful aristocratic woman of the Japanese slave country. This charming woman is holding a sheathed knife in her hand very incongruously. It seems that she is not only a Japanese slave woman, but also a female pirate.

Her name is Kumiko Takahashi, the daughter of the Kyushu nobleman Takahashi Kazuki, and she is the one who came to greet her brother, the pirate leader Takahashi Taro.

The pirate ship docked, and Takahashi, accompanied by General Torano, got on the sampan and came to the shore.

Kumiko Takahashi stepped forward to greet her brother with a smile, and she said kindly, "Brother, you're back." ”

Takahashi Taro didn't greet her with a high spirit, as before, but pulled his face and looked tired.

Kumiko Takahashi asked with concern, "Brother, what's wrong?" At this time, she noticed that there were only about 30 ships moored on the sea. She asked, "Brother, why did you come back with these warships and the other warships?" ”

General Tiger Head said with a dejected face: "Miss Kumiko, today we met the sailors of the Tang Army, we were defeated, and the other ships sank. ”

As soon as General Tigerhead's words fell, the pirates who came to greet him were in an uproar.

Kumiko Takahashi asked in disbelief: "Hasn't the Tang Army's sailors been wiped out?" ”

Takahashi Taro said weakly: "Kumiko, I'm tired, let's go back and talk about it." ”

The tiger head general said to a dark and thin pirate leader who came to greet them: "Sato, you and Kawasaki stay here to deal with the aftermath, and settle the wounded first." "The tall young general who followed them was called Ayumi Kawasaki, and he and Sato were all retainers of the Takahashi family, just like General Torano.

"Yes, General." Kawasaki Ayuki.

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Before the establishment of Liu Renliang's Offshore Naval Division, the Tang Dynasty's navy mainly had two fleets, one was the Guangzhou Naval Division and the other was the Dengzhou Naval Division, each with 175 ships of various types. However, in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court mainly dealt with the wars in the grasslands and northwest places, and did not pay much attention to the construction of the naval division, many warships were still received from the Sui Dynasty, and there were very few new warships, and the two fleets were seriously lacking, before the last naval battle, the Dengzhou naval division, including the warships under repair, all the ships added up to a total of only 103. The navy is seriously underfunded, and there is a serious shortage of soldiers.

However, it was in this situation that the performance of the Dengzhou Sailor was also very good.

Dengzhou Shui Governor Wang Guoxiang is 37 years old this year, born in the former Sui Dynasty Sailor, at the age of 6 he followed his father to live in the barracks, and joined the Sui Dynasty Sailor at the age of 12, with nearly 30 years of sailor career, but it is said that he is the oldest qualified in the sailor. Over the years, he has dealt with pirates countless times, and the crackdown on pirates is very severe, and the pirates are very afraid when they see him, and they can only hide.

More than a month ago, he led the main force of the Dengzhou Navy Division in the northeast waters of Long Island and engaged in a large-scale naval battle with the main force of the pirates. At that time, he received information that there were about 120 pirate ships to transport a large number of pirates to occupy Long Island, so he led the main force of the Dengzhou Navy Division to exterminate the pirates.

However, when the battle began, he realized that his intelligence was seriously wrong, and the pirates had not only 120 warships, but as many as 500. Although these warships were all under the banner of pirates, he saw the shadow of the Japanese slave kingdom and the Baekje sailors.

The pirate fleet was prepared to ambush in advance in the upper hand, and also ambushed suspicious soldiers in other directions or used them to intercept ambushes. After this battle, although Wang Guoxiang commanded strongly, the soldiers were brave and good at fighting, but their warships were old and outnumbered, and in the end they were defeated, Wang Guoxiang brought 65 warships, only 6 warships broke out, and he himself was slightly injured.

Now, the positions of the officers and soldiers and the pirates are reversed, the pirates show off their might, and Wang Guoxiang only has 11 warships left in his hands that can be used to fight, so he can only retreat in the harbor and dare not fight.

This morning, Wang Guoxiang received a report from the Dengzhou Assassin's Mansion that there was a group of pirates attacking Qingshui Town. The salt field of Qingshui Town is under the jurisdiction of the salt administration of His Royal Highness the Prince, and it is one of the key protection objects, and Dongmu Shouzhu has sent troops to reinforce him, and asked his Dengzhou water division if he also went to reinforce. He thought about the little family foundation in his hand, but he could only sigh and sigh, and he couldn't help it.

He had long heard that a new naval division had been trained in the Yangzhou Imperial Court, called the Offshore Fleet, and he and the Dengzhou Assassin Mansion had jointly reported to the Imperial Court, requesting that this navy come for reinforcements. Before reinforcements arrived, he could only plug his ears with cotton and not listen to what was happening outside.

On the same day that the pirates returned to Long Island, Dengzhou Sailor Wharf.

In the evening of that day, he and several of his sailors were drinking when suddenly the sentry came to report that a large number of warships had come from the south, and the distance was too far to make out the flag.

Wang Guoxiang couldn't help but be furious when he heard that the pirates had hit his lair, and he dropped the wine glass in his hand. He scolded: "These damn pirates are too deceitful. ”

His generals also demanded to fight. Wang Guoxiang immediately ordered to board the ship to fight, and then he picked up the Tang knife and walked out.

Wang Guoxiang came to the dock, and before he boarded the ship, he heard the sentry shouting: "My lord, those ships have raised the light signal, they are the warships of our Tang Army." ”

Wang Guoxiang hurriedly boarded the ship, boarded the shipbuilding, and took the telescope to observe in the direction of the warship. Sure enough, there were signal lights hanging on the masts of those warships, which were the signals of the Tang army. Wang Guoxiang thought that it might be the arrival of the offshore fleet in Yangzhou. However, he didn't dare to believe it easily, so he sent people to take a yacht (a large sampan, six pairs of oars, used as a traffic boat and a reconnaissance boat) to reconnoiter first, and if it was confirmed that it was Tang Jun, he would lead them into the harbor.

Soon after, Liu Renliang's "Yangzhou" was the first to sail into the military port, and then a large number of ships entered the military port.

Looking at the tall and mighty "Yangzhou" battleship, as well as the battleships of almost the same size behind them, the generals of the Dengzhou Navy Division were excited, and Wang Guoxiang shed tears of excitement.

He said to Liu Renliang: "Lord Liu, I have already arranged a reception banquet, but there is still a period of time before the banquet begins, can you take us to visit your warship first?" ”

Liu Renliang understood their feelings, and when he saw the sail battleship for the first time, he was also excited. He smiled and said, "Okay, please come with me." ”

Wang Guoxiang and others got on the "Yangzhou" and visited everywhere, from the command room to the cabin below. For the weapons on the ship, I also personally fiddled with them for a while.

He had enough of it, so he asked, "Lord Liu, did you meet pirates when you came from the south and passed by the waters of Qingshui Town?" ”

Liu Renliang said: "Just those pirates, I met them, and I also fought. ”

Wang Guoxiang saw Liu Renliang standing in front of him well, and knew that he must have won. He still couldn't help but ask, "How is it?" The result? ”