"Light the lantern and hang it in the stern."

As soon as the sun sets, it gets dark very quickly. The originally blue sea was plunged into boundless darkness in a short time.

"Lower the mainsail and slow down."

The sails on the mainmast were lowered and the speed of the ship slowed down in a short time.

Looking out to sea from the warship escorting the ship, a long series of red points of light stretched out into the distance that could not be seen in front and behind. A faint red dot is a 2,000-gauge ship, and the red dot seems to be extinguished at any moment in the dark.

The sky was completely dark, and the front ship within three miles was a dark shadow, and further away was hazy and dim.

The fleet is huge, in order to prevent the ships from being separated at night, the rear ship must closely follow the front ship, and the front and rear can not meet more than two miles, and the rear ship must immediately lower the sail and slow down when it sees the lantern hanging on the stern of the front ship, and at the same time hang a lighted lantern on the stern.

Successively, starting with the first ship lighting the lantern and ending with the last ship, all the hundred ships could hang up their lanterns and lower their sails in two quarters of an hour at the earliest.

At night, the rear ship follows the faint light of the stern of the front boat, and the light is not extinguished and the direction is not deviated. If the direction is not deviated, a hundred ships can be strung together, even if it is cloudy, there are no stars, there is no moon, and no ship will be left behind in the dark.

After three days at sea, I don't know where the fleet is sailing now.

Yang Congyi wrapped his cotton clothes tightly and sat on the deck of the warship, looking up at the starry sky and the bright moon.

The sea breeze blows, bringing a faint fishy smell.

A few sergeants were left on the deck to stand guard, and the rest had gone back to their cabins to rest, and as soon as the sun set, it was cold at sea.

In the silence of the night, the sound of the waves crashing against the warship was unusually clear, and the sound of the ship cleaving the waves was also clearly audible.

With the sound of rushing water, everyone is getting farther and farther away from their loved ones. Such a night is suitable for missing distant relatives.

At night, everything is quiet, the oil on the ship is limited, and the palm lamp is also very dangerous, so if you don't stand guard, then sleep well.

Since going to sea, Yang Congyi has not had the habit of going to bed early, he is the captain of this warship, and this warship is in the middle of the entire fleet, and the safety of dozens of sea ships in front and behind is borne by him.

Now the fleet is still in the Great Song Dynasty, only more than 100 miles away from the mainland coast, the sea conditions are good, as long as you pay attention to the wind speed, always pay attention to adjust the sails, maintain a constant speed, and do not collide with other sea vessels, there will be no big danger.

But when it comes to the back, entering unfamiliar waters, everything is difficult to say. The biological clock needs to be adjusted slowly, the sight is good during the day, the sergeant is on the deck, they can also find out if there is a situation, and when the situation is unknown at night, he has to be on duty himself.

I got up and looked at the ships around me, and the lanterns were still lit on all the boats as far as my eye could see. If you have nothing to do at night, you can practice Taoist internal skills, and you can also pass the long night.

Boat, sailing at a constant speed.

Night, silent.

At some point, a dark cloud drifted by, and the bright moon in the sky gradually disappeared, and the sea fell into darkness.

The moon disappeared, and the lanterns in the distance seemed to brighten.

The sergeant on duty saw that the sky was darkening, and there were black holes all around, and he had some bad premonitions in his heart.

"Have you ever heard of water ghosts?" One sergeant asked another sergeant next to him.

"What water ghosts?" The other sergeant yawned.

"Water ghosts are people who die in the water and can't get ashore, they are lonely, and when they encounter someone falling into the water, they will catch him with their lives. They dare not come out during the day, but they will come out at night to harm people. ”

"How can anyone go into the water at night, the black pressure is pressed, and going into the water is not looking for death."

"That's not necessarily, do you think that if you don't go into the water, the water ghost can't do anything? I've heard that water ghosts like light, whether it's moonlight or lights, they like it, and I heard that he himself has seen it with his own eyes, and countless water ghosts are jumping around against the moon. ”

The other sergeant was a little frightened by what was said, looked around, and did not answer.

"Guess what happens to the water ghosts when there is no moon?"

"I don't know, I haven't seen it. Don't talk about it at night, it's a bit infiltrating. ”

The sergeant ignored it and said to himself: "At night they chase the light, as long as there is a light, they can chase all night, and climb the boat, and after climbing the boat, they will pull the boat into the water, and wait for them to be companions, they are too lonely in the water." ”

"Okay, don't say it, I'm a little scared when I hear it."

The deck was quiet again.

"Do you think there are any water ghosts in the sea?"

"Aren't you talking nonsense, the sea is not water, there are more water ghosts in the sea, and when the ship capsizes, there are dozens or hundreds of water ghosts, tell me how many people have died in the sea? More than you've ever met. ”

The sergeant was so frightened that he didn't speak, and he didn't ask if he knew it, so that now when he raised his eyes, he felt that there was a water ghost hidden in the sea in front of him.

"Help me get the gun, I'll pee." The frightened sergeant gradually became a little urgent.

"You have the courage to join the army at such a young age." The other sergeant said this, but he took the spear and took it.

The sergeant stepped up to the bow of the boat and peed into the wind.

As soon as he was halfway through, his body shook and he almost fell into the sea. Then I saw him crawl back to the deck, pointing to the bow of the boat, his face full of horror, and the boss with his mouth open, but he could not speak.

When the other sergeant saw his strange appearance, he couldn't help but ask, "What's the matter, what the hell?" ”

"Ghost ...... Ghost...... There are water ghosts following us! The sergeant struggled several times before he could get the words utter, and his finger was still shaking at the bow of the ship.

"You kid tricked me, you can see ghosts when you pee, do you still pee on ghosts?" The other sergeant obviously didn't believe it, as soon as he said the ghost, the ghost came, how could there be such an evil thing, it must be this kid playing with him and scaring him.

"Really, a lot!" The sergeant calmed his mind a little, and pointed to the bow of the boat, but his eyes did not dare to look that way.

"If I believe you, there are really ghosts. Stand guard. The sergeant returned the gun to him.

As soon as the sergeant took the gun, he immediately turned around and pointed it in the direction of the bow, as if there was an enemy on the bow of the ship, and as if there was an enemy hiding in the bow.

This appearance of confrontation with the enemy made the sergeant next to him nervous, and he couldn't help clenching the spear in his hand, but said: "It's a pity that you kid doesn't go to be a show......

"Boom."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a muffled sound nearby.

The sergeant immediately shut his mouth and turned his head to look around, but there was nothing unusual.

Just as he was about to laugh at himself and relieve his embarrassment, his mouth had just opened and he hadn't spoken, and a few dull "dong dong" sounds came into his ears.

In the silence of the night, these strange noises are particularly clear in the sound of the waves.

With a spear, he stepped forward to stand side by side with another sergeant.

"What to do? Call someone. The other sergeant asked in an inaudible whisper.

"Let's see." The sergeant thought about it, in the middle of the night, the black light was blinding, and his throat howled, whether there are ghosts or ghosts, something will happen, for the sake of safety, it is better to confirm it first.

"Hold for me." The sergeant commanded, and walked slowly and step by step towards the bow of the ship.

The sound of "knock knock" is intermittent, sometimes there is and sometimes there is none, and there is no regularity.

The sergeant finally walked to the bow of the boat, looked at the dark sea, took a few deep breaths, and jerked his head to look under the boat.

I saw that it was dark under the boat, as if something was jumping on the sea, hitting the hull of the ship one by one, and I vaguely saw that the black thing was desperately climbing towards the boat.

Even if the sergeant was bold, this surprise was not trivial, and he suddenly became dizzy, his legs weakened, and he fell overboard.

At this moment, the sergeant behind him saw that the sergeant who was investigating in front of him was different, and immediately threw away the spear in his hand, stepped forward with an arrow, reached out between the lightning and flint, grabbed the sergeant's neck armor, pulled him back with all his strength, and pulled his leaning body back into the boat, and the two fell to the bow of the boat together.

At this fall, the sergeant was thrown to his senses, and he turned over and got up, and picked up the spear that had fallen on the bow of the ship, and pointed it at the outside of the bow.

Seeing this, the sergeant who rescued him did not care to ask anything, turned around and picked up his spear, and pointed it at the other side of the bow.

The two of them were back to back, spears in hand, and they were defending the bow of the boat, their eyes wide, staring at the side of the boat, and as long as the ghost thing climbed up, they would not hesitate to shoot it.

After a few breaths of vigilance, the two of them moved away from the bow of the ship and retreated to the deck.

The bow of the ship was too narrow to be used, and once the ghost thing climbed up, they would be pulled directly into the sea, and they were not afraid to retreat, but they just wanted to resist, and they didn't want to die without the power to fight back.

If you want to ask them why they are retreating, this should be what the two of them are thinking.

As soon as they retreated to the deck, the two men stood side by side with spears forward.

"Do you see clearly? What is it? The sergeant who rescued the man stared at the bow of the ship, his eyes did not dare to turn a moment, and the hand holding the gun was still shaking.

"I don't know, it's so dark, I want to jump from the sea to the boat." The sergeant stared ahead, not daring to look away for a moment.

"Yes..... Isn't it water...... Ghost...... Yes...... Come up? The sergeant who rescued the man had his teeth chattering and could barely utter a complete sentence.

"I don't know, our ship is so tall that we shouldn't be able to climb up." The sergeant saw with his own eyes that the thing jumped more than three feet high, and although it was still a long way from the side of the ship, it was hard to guarantee that it could not climb up, but he did not dare to say that the thing could climb up, otherwise there would be chaos on the ship if he screamed, so he had to take a look first.

"Our boat is high, so it's good if we can't get on the boat." When the sergeant who rescued the man heard that the thing couldn't come up, his heart relaxed a little, and his hand holding the gun gradually stabilized.

"Knock knock knock......" The dull crashing sound of the ship came up from time to time, like a heavy hammer, hammering into their hearts.

"Do you want to wake them up?"

"No, that thing shouldn't be able to come up, it should disappear as soon as it dawns."

Not far away, there was a hazy red cage, which was a lantern hanging at the stern of the sea ship, and the red light suddenly flickered and flickered, and it jumped a few times between light and off.

The two sergeants were particularly sensitive at this time, and at a glance they noticed the abnormality of the lantern on the ship.

When they turned their heads, they saw that the lantern had dimmed before their eyes, and it had gone out, and it had never been lit again.

Got something on that ship?

The two were shocked, looked at each other, and then issued a loud warning.

"There is a situation!"