Chapter 162: The Great Chase at Sea
The gold, silver and jewelry on the shore were piled up, but Zhu Houzhao didn't have any intentions. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
He didn't have to think about it to know that the rest of them were just a drop in the bucket of the Mo family's savings for many years, and more gold, silver and jewelry were all transported onto the ship by the Mo family.
After two or three months of hard work, in the end he only got some leftovers, how could Zhu Houzhao accept it?
"Leave two thousand men and horses to clean up the battlefield and clear the remnants of the enemy, and the others will immediately board the ship and pursue the Mo family's fleet!"
Zhu Houzhao kicked open a box, and the gold inside was scattered all over the ground, and he shouted without looking.
At this time, the butt of the Mo family's fleet has disappeared from view, and if you don't pursue it again, the losses will be great.
After waiting for all the sailors to board the ship, Zhu Houzhao led several huge ships on the left and several small boats of Shang Er and began to pursue hard.
Originally, the Ming army had large ships and slow speeds, which were not enough to catch up with the Mo family's fleet.
However, the old man of the Mo family was not greedy enough, and the fleeing fleet was loaded with a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, and the load was too large, so he did not run fast.
Shoji's pirate ship has taken the lead, but it's useless. They are all grasshopper boats, and they are helpless against the Mo family's fleet when they catch up.
The Ming army's giant ships have strong firepower, but the disadvantage of slow speed has made Zhu Houzhao only eat farts at the back of the Mo family's fleet.
But there is no difference between the two compartments, so that the two sides always remain on the same equivalent, facing each other across the water.
The so-called upper person moves his mouth, and the lower person runs and breaks his leg. Under Zhu Houzhao's repeated roars, all the Ming soldiers and soldiers also rushed towards Jinshan with all their strength.
So a rather awkward situation arose at sea.
The old man of the Mo family also discovered this situation.
The old man was now in the bow of the ship, and laughed as he looked at the small broken ships in the vicinity and the hazy giant ships in the distance.
"You chase me, if you chase me, I'll let you ...... Hey, hey, hey. ”
Zhu Houzhao saw the mouth shape of the old man of the Mo family through the monoculars, and couldn't help but curse secretly.
This old man is too old to be ashamed to say such a thing. Hmph, when Lao Tzu catches up with someone, I'll let you know what the real hehehey is.
Zhu Houzhao shook off the cloak on his body and sneered: "There are thousands of people under Lao Tzu's command, not only people, but also boats!" ”
This pursuit continued from daylight until dark, and the distance between the two sides was not even closer.
One of the people on both sides fled with money and tried their best to save their lives, and the other chased and killed gold, and they fought hard to catch up in order to be able to ask for a few more little wives in the future.
Without mercy to each other, they ran a hundred miles in half a day.
At night, the exhausted sailors on both sides involuntarily stopped.
Zhu Houzhao did not force it, the manpower was finally exhausted, and there was no steamer to chase and kill the enemy, only to watch the ship and the sky.
After nightfall, the flotillas on both sides were brightly lit. The Mo family also gradually realized that the giant ships of the imperial court were not capable of catching up with them at all. So they all relaxed and celebrated by eating and drinking on deck.
The Ming army is also like a bird, and a day's fighting consumes a lot of physical strength, and after eating a good meal of meat, they are all rowing boats from time to time.
After taking turns to rest, the speed of the boat slowed down a lot. However, the Mo family's fleet has always been in sight.
This thrilling and ridiculous situation lasted for three days, until the vast sea water was in sight, and the two sides still could not get closer.
If you look down from directly above, you will definitely have the strange illusion that the two fleets are completely stationary and that nothing but water is flowing.
"General, it's not a way to chase down like this, should we give up the pursuit?"
What Zhu Houzhao cared about was not the remnants of the Mo family, but the gold, silver and jewelry of the entire dozen ships.
Even if the lost dog is a howling dog, it is destined to not be able to make a comeback.
How can you fight a war without loot? Taking Dawan Island is useful to the imperial court, but it is of little use to the general public.
It is said that there are tens of thousands of square kilometers of land, and it cannot be shown to the people, where are the boxes of real money and silver swaggering through the market to shock them more?
"Wait for the wind!" Looking at the calm sea, Zhu Houzhao turned around and went back to the room.
However, his soldiers also completely understood that the general was ready to chase and kill to the end, and he would not stop until he saw the treasure.
After another day, the waves were much bigger. There are no winds and waves, which means that they have completely entered the deep sea.
The resistance of small boats is obviously not as good as that of large ships, although there are gold and silver mountains of ballast, but the problem of turbulence has not improved much.
Seeing that the two sides were approaching, Zhu Houzhao ordered: "Open the cannon, boom!" ”
"General, we don't have that far range."
Zhu Houzhao smiled: "I know, give them a little mental pressure and tell them that we are about to catch up with them." ”
On the other side, a young man of the Mo family named Mo Donghai on the Mo family's ship was wandering on the stern.
"Grandpa, we will definitely be caught up in this way, and when they open fire, we will have no way to go to the sky and have a door to the sea."
Old Man Mo smiled faintly, patted the chair and said, "Don't worry, they will never fire!" ”
"Why?"
"How much is our head worth? In the end, the old man's head was cut off by them, and it was just a light stroke on the battle book.
But the gold and silver treasures under our butts are our talismans! With them, the Ming army was absolutely reluctant to open fire. ”
The old man was convincing and looked very sure.
However, the voice did not fall, boom, bang! A cannonball landed a mile behind them, exploding more than two meters high.
Mo Donghai was frightened and muttered, "Grandpa, you miscalculated again!" ”
Bang bang countless splashes exploded behind them, and the old man fell out of his chair in shock, and shouted, "Don't they want this silver?" Row fast and pull the sails! ”
Zhu Houzhao laughed and ordered the fleet to pull up the sails. The wind had changed, and he was confident that he would catch up with the enemy ship.
The strong wind is the driving force of Brother Zheng's treasure ship!
Half a day later, a soldier suddenly exclaimed: "General, the big thing is not good, the people of the Mo family are throwing things into the sea!" ”
Zhu Houzhao saw it, and couldn't help but scold, the old man of the Mo family really made a decision, and even threw boxes of gold and silver into the water, and his wealth was very tight.
"Stop shooting!"
After Zhu Houzhao gave the order, he immediately sent a small team to approach it in a small boat, and at the same time marked an armistice on the big ship.
The old man of the Mo family calmed down again and said with a smile: "Gold and silver treasures are our talismans!" ”
The envoy quickly caught up with the Mo family's big ship by speedboat, looked up and said, "The general orders you to stop the ship quickly, and the imperial court can accept your surrender." If you are still obsessed, you will be chased to the ends of the earth and killed. ”
The old man of the Mo family sneered: "If you chase again, we will keep throwing the gold and silver into the sea, and at that time, although you lose the gold and silver, you will not be as happy as the old man." ”
"Are you not afraid of our artillery?" The messenger said angrily.
"Hmph, after losing them all, will your ship be able to catch up?" (To be continued.) )