Chapter 44: Murder at Sea (Part II)

In the cabin of the merchant ship, several people poked their heads out, watching Chao Chong train with them, a little confused, and a scarred face asked the strong man next to him: "Compete with each other, I can understand this, what do they mean by yelling?" Is it possible to increase your strength by falling from a height? ”

The strong man shook his head and said, "It's hard to say, these people reveal a strangeness, and they are all very powerful. www.biquge.info I don't know where to find the outlaws! ”

Another big man said: "Brother Chen, why do you say that they are outlaws? Could it be the family of the family surnamed Chao? ”

The strong man named Brother Chen shook his head and said, "Those people are very arrogant and easily refuse to bow their heads, so these people will definitely not be the dealers of the Chao family." Moreover, when those people look at people, their eyes are sharp, which is the indifference that only those who are used to killing people. Especially the big man who made the double knife, his eyes were cold and scary! That's why I said that they should be outlaws who are used to seeing life and death! ”

Scarface glanced at the strong man appreciatively and said, "What Lao Chen said makes sense. Among these people, the thin man who played with a short knife, and another tall man with two knives, should be newcomers who have just joined, and they don't have that kind of bloody murderous aura on them. And it's babbling, it's very active, and it actually wants to attract attention and blend in with everyone, which is the most common mentality of newcomers who have just joined. ”

The strong man surnamed Chen was worried: "I'm afraid that these people will cause obstacles to our plans." ”

Scarface said: "Hmph, no matter how powerful it is, it's just reckless." And we are all the elite of the forbidden army, and it is not easy to kill them. ”

While the cargo owners were observing Chao Chong and them, several pirate clippers were also observing the merchant ship and rapidly approaching.

"Mr. Xiao, are you sure it's this merchant ship?" Standing at the bow of the boat, Li Guangtou was a little puzzled and said, "It's nothing special." ”

The brocade-clothed young man snorted coldly and said, "If you question it, I don't want to hear it a second time!" All you have to do is kill everyone on it. Your belongings are at your disposal. ”

The corners of Li Guangtou's mouth twitched, and he lowered his head and said, "Just follow Mr.'s orders!" Then he shouted at the pirates: "Harder boys, rob this merchant ship, let's drink a lot of wine and eat a lot of meat!" ”

With the sails full and some long-handled oars, the pirate minions were a little faster.

Li Guangtou was really a little afraid of this brocade-clothed young man, so he used the excuse to cheer up the minions and wanted to leave. The young man in brocade said disapprehantly: "Whoever wears a robe, go and bring me a cup of tea!" ”

Zhang Xiucai originally wanted to follow Li Guangtou to leave, but he didn't expect that a big man like a young man in brocade would call himself, and he was in a daze for a while and didn't react. Li Guangtou saw that Zhang Xiucai had neglected the young man in brocade, and said casually: "Fool, you dare to be lazy with Mr. Xiao's orders, see if I don't kill you!" ”

The young man in brocade didn't even look back, continued to look at the merchant ship in the distance, and said casually: "Tea! ”

Li Guangtou didn't dare to be careless, and hurriedly urged Zhang Xiucai: "Why don't you go and bring a cup of herbal tea!" ”。 After saying that, he confessed a crime, and hurriedly left the side of this character who made his heart tremble.

In order to be an official on land, in order to be able to get together with my son, I endured it! Li Guangtou gritted his teeth and thought so.

Soon, Zhang Xiucai cautiously brought a cup of herbal tea to the young man in brocade, held it in both hands and handed it over, and said, "Uncle Xiao, please use tea!" ”

The young man in brocade showed a rare smile, looked at Zhang Xiucai with interest, looked up and down twice, and then took the teacup and took a sip gently. At this time, Zhang Xiucai breathed a sigh of relief, if the young man in brocade said that the tea was cold, or the taste was not good, he would have to be beaten, and unconsciously, he was sweating.

The young man in brocade took two sips, handed the teacup back to Zhang Xiucai and said, "Your surname is Zhang?" ”

Zhang Xiucai hurriedly bowed down and said, "Yes, the villain's ancestral surname is Zhang, and the bow is long Zhang." ”

The young man in brocade said with a smile: "You are still a showman? ”

Zhang Xiucai's face flushed and said, "I'm ashamed, it's insulting." ”

The brocade-clothed young man smiled: "You mean to look down on the profession of pirates?" I wonder what will happen to Li Guangtou when he hears it? ”

Zhang Xiucai hurriedly waved his hands and said in a panic: "Don't, don't, it's a small slip of the tongue, you should fight, you should fight!" As he spoke, he slapped himself twice.

The young man in brocade said: "Your bald head is very individual and interesting. After saying that, he touched it a few times, Zhang Xiucai naturally didn't dare to move, lowered his head, took it and grabbed it, and didn't dare to make a sound.

The brocade-clothed young man laughed, turned his head, looked at the merchant ship in front of him, and said to himself, "Interesting, interesting." ”

Zhang Xiucai was inexplicable, but he didn't dare to say much.

The sailor in charge of the lookout on the merchant ship soon spotted the approach of the unknown ship and shouted down from the mast: "Chao Master, five ships are approaching!" Three on the left and two on the right, the ship is fast! ”

The sailor's voice on the mast was heard by the people on the boat, and hurriedly approached the edge of the ship to take a look, and sure enough, Chao Wei immediately ordered the whole ship to be on guard, and armed the banker to take the equipment to the side of the ship to guard.

Chao Chong didn't dare to be careless, Chao Chong said: "Chao Yang protects Uncle Quan to get out of the cabin, no matter what, to ensure his safety." ”

Although Chao Yang was a little regretful, he didn't say much, hugged his fists and said: "Yes!" ”

Uncle Quan said embarrassedly: "I also know some swordsmanship, it's still okay to protect myself." ”

Chao Chong shook his head and said, "You are the key person in this trip, and you can't afford to make a mistake." The sword has no eyes, the arrows are merciless, I don't dare to take this risk. ”

After Chao Yang escorted Uncle Quan out of the cabin, Chao Chong found Chao Wei and said: "Uncle Wei, you are the owner of the ship, and several of us have some courage, but we are not proficient in water warfare, so we don't dare to hold it up, please ask Uncle Wei to tell us how to deal with it!" ”

It is much more effective to unite all the forces that can be united, and to hand over the strength to those who are better at it, rather than to be aimless and go their own way.

Chao Weixi said: "With the help of the young owner and a few strong men, I have a greater grasp in my heart." Then he frowned slightly and said: "There are many taboos on sailing on the sea, so those who approach quickly without flagging are pirates." Their ships were mostly between three hundred and five hundred stones, light and fast, and they were divided into two groups, the right and the left, and they must have wanted to cut off our retreat, and then outflank us on the left and right, and then forward to block our way and surround us. ”

Chao Chong said: "What is the force of the two sides? ”

Chao Wei said: "The three hundred stone thief ships generally carry forty or fifty people, and the other party has five ships, so I am afraid that there are more than two hundred people." And we have fifty swordsmen and thirty sailors with bows and arrows, and the situation is worrying. It will inevitably be a four-way siege battle for a while, and there are several brothers from Lao Shaodong's family divided into several groups to protect the left and right sides of the ship's side to help us! ”

Chao Chong saw that what Chao Wei said was the way, so he nodded in agreement, and asked Thunder and Dongfang Xiao to guard the left side of the boat with those villagers; Let Wu Song and Shen Tulie follow those Zhuang guests to guard the right side of the ship; Chao Sheng and Shi Qian followed him to the stern of the ship to guard. Nguyen Thi Thi Thiong and Li Kui saw the opportunity.

Chao Wei and his right-hand men methodically distributed their forces and prepared to deal with the attack of the pirates. Although you have to encounter one or two pirates every time you sail a ship, it is usually a single pirate ship, and it is very rare to see five pirate ships like the current one. Remembering the personal experience of being ambushed by pirates three years ago and losing five sand boats at once, Chao Wei couldn't help but shudder, could it be that the disaster would happen again?

Fifty armed villagers, most of them are holding long-handled swords, there are only twenty old people who have experienced the First World War three years ago, and the remaining thirty are all newcomers who have been trained in the past two years, can they withstand this postgraduate examination and survive?

The pirate ship approached quickly, and as Chao Wei expected, they adopted an encirclement strategy, and the five pirate ships surrounded the 4,000-stone sand ship in the middle like a teacup. The battle is on the verge of breaking out.