Although the maritime trade of the Great Song Dynasty was very chaotic, some default rules were formed at sea, such as each maritime merchant had its own flag to facilitate identification at sea, and the shipbuilding styles and techniques of various countries were also very different, and experienced sailors could tell the origin of the ship at a glance.

However, what Dong Qing encountered at the east entrance of the Buddha Strait was an unknown fleet, this fleet did not show a flag, and secondly, the ships had different styles, like a fleet composed of ships from various countries, and it was impossible to tell where the other party came from.

"Here, tell the hell and get everyone ready to fight!" Dong Qing saw the fleet without any flag in the distance, and immediately cheered up and ordered loudly, because only pirates would not fly flags, and their ships were also stolen from caravans from various countries, so the one in front was probably the pirate they were looking for.

Sure enough, just after the opponent's fleet approached Dong Qing's fleet, a blood-red flag was suddenly raised, which is also the flag of the Nanyang pirates, the blood-red flag represents the threat of pirates, that is, if they dare to resist, they will be bloodied by the pirate ship, and if they cooperate, then the pirates will generally only take away their property and will not hurt people.

"Fly the white flag!" Dong Qing immediately smiled and ordered, the so-called white flag means to give up resistance, but the people on the ship have long been ready for battle, he plans to trick the other party over and launch a surprise attack.

As the white flag was raised, the pirate ship on the opposite side also sped up, but these pirates were not stupid, because Dong Qing's fleet was very large, and if they resisted, they would not be able to take advantage at all, but the other party unexpectedly played the white flag to give up resistance at this time, which made the pirate leader also a little suspicious, so he also ordered the pirates to prepare at this time.

Although artillery has appeared on the battlefield, and has even begun to be installed on the warships of the Great Song Navy, Dong Qing's merchant ships are not qualified to install artillery, not to mention these pirates, so the naval warfare in this era is mainly based on broadside battles, and it is difficult to have any effect if you only rely on long-range attacks such as bows and arrows.

After a while, the pirate's ship was connected with Dong Qing's merchant ship, and then the ropes were thrown over, and with the pirate's strength, one pirate ship after another also came over, most of these pirate ships were not big, but they were very flexible and fast, and it was difficult for ordinary merchant ships to escape their pursuit.

"It's up to you next!" Dong Qing looked at Brother Zhou, who was still drinking next to him, and said, the previous tasks have been assigned, he is responsible for transporting Brother Zhou, and when he encounters danger, he naturally has Brother Zhou and these people to deal with.

I saw that Brother Zhou did not speak at this time, but directly took out a pair of bows and arrows from the side, and as he opened his bow and set up the arrow, a long arrow made a sharp whistling sound and was shot out by him.

As this resounding arrow was fired, the people on other merchant ships also seemed to have received an order, only to see a group of fierce men rushing out of the cabin, and at this time, many pirates climbed onto the merchant ship along the rope, but they were greeted by countless butcher knives, and even the people on the merchant ship actually killed directly on the pirate ship, and for a time the whole sea shouted and killed.

"Hit the mark!" The pirate leader saw those enemies who fought back, and immediately roared angrily, and began to scold these cunning Song people in his heart, before he received the news, he thought he had encountered a fat sheep, but he didn't expect that the other party turned out to be a wolf in sheep's clothing, and in the blink of an eye, there were already more than a dozen of his own ships controlled by the other party.

"Withdraw!" The pirate leader was also very decisive, and when he saw that the situation was unfavorable, he immediately ordered a retreat, this deal could not be done, otherwise the team he had managed to pull up would all be folded here.

"Catch up!" Dong Qing saw that the pirate ship was about to retreat, and immediately ordered, in fact, he did not plan to eliminate the pirates here, and brought out these people for a greater purpose later.

Both sides have their own thoughts, the pirate ship quickly left the battlefield after losing more than a dozen ships, but Dong Qing in the back controlled the merchant ship and chased after it, although the pirate ship was fast, but Dong Qing and their ships were not slow, and they had been biting tightly behind each other's buttocks.

The pirates have been fleeing to the west, and most of the sides of the strait are wasteland, don't look at this strait belongs to the golden waterway, but because there are too many pirates, so ordinary people do not dare to live on the shore, especially on the south coast of the Buddha Island, there are many silt places, it is impossible to let the ships dock, and the north shore is sparsely populated, so the entire strait actually has only two important ports, which are controlled by the Buddha Kingdom and the Chola Kingdom respectively.

After chasing forward for a while, a port of considerable scale finally appeared on the south bank of the waterway in front of it, which is the port of Gandali controlled by the Buddha Kingdom, this port appeared very early, it is said that it used to belong to the Ganduri Kingdom, but later the Buddha Kingdom rose and destroyed the Ganduri Kingdom, and this port also fell into the hands of the Buddha and the Buddha, but the name was retained.

Ordinary pirates didn't dare to approach the harbor at all, but the pirates that Dong Qing chased were completely different, instead of avoiding the harbor after seeing it, they sped up and rushed towards the harbor, and the harbor did not send ships to intercept it, but allowed the other party to rush into a special dock next to the harbor.

"Sure enough, it's them!" Dong Qing watched the group of pirates rush into the port, not only did he not get angry, but he sneered and said, he had already inquired clearly before he came, the Buddha of Gandhili Harbor raised a group of pirates, to be precise, the sailors of the Buddha and the Buddha pretended to be pirates, and when they encountered maritime merchants with oil and water, they would disguise themselves as pirates to attack, and many merchants had been ruined by them.

In fact, not only the Buddha died, the Zhuluo people also had the same behavior, and more bold, these Nanyang natives have no faith at all, in their eyes only money is the most important, for money they can kill people and goods, and they can also tear off all the disguises, in fact, this kind of thing is almost semi-public in Nanyang, but the profits of sea trade are too tempting, plus everyone has a fluke mentality, so there are so many people risking their lives to do sea trade business.

Dong Qing's target this time was not a pirate, the other party was just a bait he used to fish, so after he saw the pirate entering the port, he immediately ordered: "Notify the Buddha in the port and let them hand over the pirates, otherwise they will bear the consequences!" ”