Chapter 135: The First Battle at Sea

The guards continued to wind the bed crossbow and fired it. Four more rounds were fired, and finally a crossbow bolt hit the pirate ship, and the huge arrow slammed into the deck, piercing the pirate ship's deck with a large hole.

The pirates became even more panicked and ran to avoid the blows of the arrows.

An Dalang shouted happily: "Good job, just shoot like this!" Let's go for it, keep shooting these pirates. I'll go back and invite everyone to drink! ”

The guards agreed and continued to operate the bed crossbow and fire at the pirate ship.

Guo Jintao asked, "Da Lang, should we board the ship?" ”

Boris shook his head and said, "We don't have to jump to fight, we just keep our distance, mainly to practice with these pirates." The boss has explained that there can be no casualties. It's not cost-effective to jump to the gang. ”

"Yes, yes, it's a very enjoyable thing to abuse them like this, hahaha!" An Dalang laughed heartlessly.

The three warships kept firing huge arrows at the pirate ship, hitting more and more crossbow arrows. Several pirates were hit by the arrows and died miserably, and the other pirates were terrified, some of them shivering by the side of the ship, and some of them jumped into the sea.

The three warships were like cats and mice, firing crossbow arrows around the pirate ship, but they didn't get closer.

After a while, the pirate ship began to lower its sails and slowed down. Several pirates shook their clothes and shouted loudly.

Guo Jintao said: "They have surrendered, should we board the ship?" ”

Boris said: "It's better to be careful in case pirates cheat you. ”

Guo Jintao suggested: "Let's get closer, let the pirates jump into the sea, and then catch up, and then it's no problem." ”

An Dalang said with a smile: "Lao Guo, you are very cunning! But it's a good idea, I like it. ”

The three of them burst into laughter, smug and proud.

An Dalang told the guards to stop firing, and many of them were so tired that they sat down on the deck. Guo Jintao ordered the sailors to wave flags at the other two ships, telling them to stop firing and stay vigilant.

As the ship slowly approached the pirate ship, Guo Jintao shouted loudly and ordered the pirates to lay down their weapons and jump into the sea. Guarantee not to hurt their lives.

After a while, a pirate jumped into the sea and swam towards the warship. The guards threw down the ropes and dragged the pirates up. When the pirate came up, the guards tied him up and made him sit on the deck.

Seeing this, the other pirates jumped into the sea and swam towards the warship. One by one, the guards pulled them up and tied them all up.

Guo Jintao walked over and asked, "Who is the leader of you?" ”

A middle-aged man stood up and said fearfully, "I am." ”

Look at him, this man is about forty years old, very muscular, his face is black and red, and the clothes on his body are greasy, I don't know how long he hasn't washed them.

Guo Jintao asked, "What's your name?" ”

The middle-aged man replied, "My name is Zhang Liulang." ”

"What did you do before?"

"It's fishing."

"Why are you a pirate? How long have you been doing it? ”

"Back to my uncle, my former family was in a village by the sea in Mingzhou, and I made a living from fishing. Eight years ago, a rich man from a neighboring village took my daughter away and killed him. I couldn't get angry, so I found a few friends from the same village and killed the rich man. When the government found out, they came to arrest us. Everyone had to take their families and go to sea to find a small island to live in. Later, we didn't dare to fish, so we could only grab some merchant ships at sea and eat with our mouths. ”

An Dalang asked again: "How many of you are there?" Where is the nest? ”

"Uncle, there are more than 20 of our men, and there are more than 30 family members. Now lives on a small island to the northeast. ”

Boris said: "Dalang, what do we do with them? ”

An Dalang thought about it and said: "We will arrest them and their families back to Qishan Island, interrogate them, and hand over those who are guilty to the government." ”

"What about the others?"

"Let's worry about these things, the boss, we're only responsible for catching pirates."

The two of them had made a decision, and An Dalang asked Guo Jintao to go up to search the pirate ship.

Guo Jintao commanded the sailors to approach the pirate ship, and Ding Shuisheng asked a squad of guards to be fully armed and board the ship to search.

The guards carefully jumped into the pirate ship with their weapons in hand and began to look for them. The ship was empty, and there was no one. A few guards cautiously entered the cabin, and soon came up.

One of the guards shouted, "Report, there's nothing in the cabin, just a small amount of grain and salted fish." ”

Boris looked curiously around the pirate ship, which had been a former fishing boat, full of patchwork and tattered marks.

Guo Jintao also checked it, shook his head and said, "This boat is too broken, it may not leak one day." ”

An Dalang said: "Then we don't want it, take the grain with us, and sink the ship." ”

The guards carried several sacks of grain onto the ship and began to scuttle. After a while, several holes were dug into the bottom of the cabin. The sea rushed in, and the guards ran back to the ship.

The pirate ship began to sink slowly, and several of the pirates began to cry and look sad. Several of the guards rushed up, pulled out the crying pirate, and beat him up. The other pirates were honest and didn't dare to cry.

An Dalang said to Guo Jintao: "Old Guo, you send a warship back to bring the merchant ship back to Qishan Island." We might be able to make a fortune by going to the pirate's lair together with two ships. ”

Guo Jintao pouted and said: "I've seen enough, these people are poor ghosts at first glance, and they shouldn't have much oil and water." ”

A warship returned, and Ding Shuisheng began to interrogate the pirates. Guided by the pirates, the ship headed northeast.

The ship had been walking for more than two hours, and it was almost dark before it saw a small island. When they got closer to the island, they saw some shacks built on the beach, and some people came in and out, mostly women and children.

An Dalang walked up to Zhang Liulang, the leader of the bandits, stared at him and said, "We don't want to kill people, you let the people on the island surrender." ”

Zhang Liulang hurriedly said: "Okay, let's surrender, please let the women and children on the island go to the uncle." ”

An Dalang nodded, "We won't kill women and children, you find someone, let him go to the island, and bring everyone." ”

Zhang Liulang thought about it and said loudly: "Li Gouzi, you go and bring everyone here." ”

A young man stood up and looked at An Dalang in fear.

The guards untied the ropes from him, and the young man carefully grasped the rope on the side of the ship, jumped into the sea, and swam towards the island.

Guo Jintao, a native of Andalang, put down a few small boats and prepared to bring all the people on the island with him. After a while, everyone saw more than thirty people, mostly women and children, but also a few old people, led by young people, walking towards the beach. Several women were crying, and the children were chasing and playing heartlessly.

Guo Jintao looked at the sky, "Dalang, it's going to be dark soon, it's not safe to sail at night, let's stay here today." ”

An Dalang thought about it and said, "Then stay, get these women and children on another ship, and separate them from the pirates." Feed them and don't abuse them. ”

The pirates next to him were relieved when they heard An Dalang's words. Guo Jintao went to pass the order, and the guards got busy, bringing the pirate's family members to another warship. Then Ding Shuisheng sent a team, landed on the island with weapons, and began to search.

After more than half an hour, it was completely dark, and the guards came back to report that they had not found anyone, and that there were only some grain and food such as salted fish and pickles in the shack, as well as a small amount of copper coins.

Guo Jintao said: "Pirates must have a place to hide money, and it is impossible to just have this copper coin. ”

An Dalang thought about it and said: "After dawn tomorrow, we will search again, and if we can't find it, we will interrogate these pirates." Now let's cook, everyone is hungry. ”

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After a night of silence, the guards got up in the morning and searched the island, and in a small cave, they found some gold, silver, copper coins, and some supplies, most of which were grain, cloth, porcelain, and the like.

After counting, the money and supplies were worth about a few hundred copper coins. The guards carried everything to the ship and tossed it until noon.

The pirates on deck were depressed, and many began to cry.

An Dalang ordered to return, and the two warships sailed south. After about three hours, the warship returned to Qishan Island. The ship docked, and the guards escorted the pirates off the ship and towards the camp.

The second ship was also stopped, and the pirates' families came down, and the guards led them to the camp. Guo Jintao found the person in charge of the warehouse next to the wharf and asked him to send someone to transport the seized materials to the warehouse.

Seeing that things were in order, Antaro and Boris went to the camp. Back at the camp, An Dalang said, "Old Bao, I'm going home." Tell the boss what happened. Then he ran away in a hurry.

Boris shook his head, he really forgot his brother when he married his daughter-in-law! He walked slowly towards the cafeteria.

On the way, he saw Cui Zhaorong, he greeted Boris with a smile, and then asked, "I heard that you have captured some pirates?" How's it going, is there a catch? ”

Boris said helplessly: "Lao Cui, have you fallen into the eyes of money?" Why don't you ask about the battle? ”

Cui Zhaorong said indifferently: "Do you still need to ask?" Those turtles are certainly not our opponents. ”

Boris had no choice but to say: "The harvest is not big, it is estimated that it is only a few hundred." These pirates were poor people, fishermen and farmers. It's not a vicious bandit, and the robbery methods are not professional, and there is no oil and water. Everything is put into the warehouse at the dock, let Ding Shuisheng hand it over to you tomorrow. ”

"I saw the relatives of those pirates, what did they arrange?"

Boris shook his head and said, "I don't know, let's lock it up first." Wait until we ask the boss and let him decide. ”