"You guys?" Zhu Youzhen suddenly realized, Fu Xiaojian, these guards and guards, are a top and one martial arts masters, although they have not undergone professional training, but climbing the cliff, must be much stronger than ordinary soldiers, as long as the guards can land, they will definitely be able to come up with a way to help the soldiers climb the cliff, and launch the most fatal blow to the Aceh people from the north, "Zhilong, immediately send a cruise ship to find the best landing place in the Aceh waters, Xiaojian, Mu Jiu, let's discuss the specific method while drinking tea!" ”

When Zheng Zhilong returned to the room, he saw Zhu Youzhen with a smile in his eyes, and it was estimated that the discussion was almost over, "Master, how is it?" ”

"Zhilong, we have discussed, and now we need the South China Sea Fleet to provide personnel and equipment. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info" Zhu Youzhen handed a piece of white paper full of black characters to Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong took it and took a look, and saw that in addition to a number of marines written on the paper, various thick and thin ropes, wooden frames, iron rods, compasses, and maps of the Three Buddhas were still needed, not only laughed: "Master, these artifacts can be obtained when they arrive at Malacca City, and a thousand marines have been assembled in the city, and in addition, his subordinates have sent Cangshan ships to find the landing site." ”

When passing through Malacca City, Zhu Youzhen did not go ashore with Zheng Zhilong, he stayed on the ship, and when all the personnel and materials were on the transport ship, the ship immediately set off and sailed northwest.

The fleet crossed the Malacca waterway and stopped at the northernmost part of the island, far from the western entrance to the Malacca waterway, which generally goes unnoticed by passing merchant ships.

The two Cangshan boats were wandering on the sea not far ahead, and when they saw the Ming fleet flying the Sun and Moon military flag, they immediately waved the flag, and Zheng Zhilong also ordered the flag-bearers on the ship to respond.

After a while, the two Cangshan ships approached the flagship of the "Nanhai", and a herald, under the guidance of Zheng Zhilong's own soldiers, climbed the gangway, entered Zheng Zhilong's command room, and knelt on the ground: "Knock on Commander Zheng!" ”

"Get up!" Zheng Zhilong sat on the wooden chair, his body did not move, "How is the topographic survey?" Did it cause alarm on the island? ”

"Commander Hui, we sail around the island, this is a common thing, there are only two Cangshan ships now, and the island should not have attracted their attention," the herald stood up and stood in front of Zheng Zhilong's seat with his hands down, "According to our inspection, there are three possible landing sites......

"Which landing site has the shortest terrain?" Zhu Youzhen asked.

"Back to this lord, this place in the northeast corner has the shortest vertical height, according to our visual measurements, less than eighty steps," the herald did not know Zhu Youzhen, but Zhu Youzhen was with Zheng Zhilong, and it was estimated that he was a commander, "But this place is facing the current, the wind and waves are strong, and the ship may have ups and downs." ”

"Then choose this place!" Zhu Youzhen looked at Zheng Zhilong, he was most concerned about the vertical distance, the soldiers of the Marine Corps had not received formal climbing training, their physical strength and arm strength were unknown, the shorter the distance, the greater the possibility of successful landing, as for the wind and waves, once the soldiers left the ship, the wind and waves did not hinder the climbing.

"Yes, sir." Zheng Zhilong left the command room and personally directed the ship to sail towards its destination.

At noon, the ship arrived at the predetermined sea area, which was the time discussed in advance, Wang Mujiu was originally planning to land at night, so that he could completely avoid the possible spies on the island, but Zhu Youzhen denied it, it was dark at night, although it was easy to sneak attack, but the Ming army was not familiar with the terrain on the island, and the soldiers of the Marine Corps were not professional special combat teams, so the safety factor of climbing at night would be greatly reduced.

In case there is an ambush on the island, there is no way to escape.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen chose to start landing at noon, if everything went well, by the time it was dark, most of the soldiers of the Marine Corps should have already landed on the island, and it should be possible to establish a defensive formation on the island.

The ships were scattered on the sea, and the ships far from the coastline had already aimed their guns at the place where the soldiers were about to land, and in case there was an ambush by the Acehnese, the South China Sea Fleet could not make a sneak attack, and at least they could receive the soldiers back.

"Master, it's down!" Fu Xiaojian bowed to Zhu Youzhen.

"Little sword, be careful, everything is about safety!" Zhu Youjian patted Fu Xiaojian's shoulder, "You are the master's guard!" ”

"Yes, master, your subordinates must be careful!" Fu Xiaojian turned around and left the command room, got off the ramp of the "Nanhai", and climbed onto another nearby Guangzhou ship.

The ship immediately approached the shore slowly, stopping at the closest point to the shoreline.

Fu Xiaojian stood on the deck of the second floor, carefully observed for a while, he untied a pentagonal flying claw from his waist, grabbed the rope behind the flying claw with both hands, let the flying claw turn around in the air a few times, and threw it upwards suddenly, the flying claw flew up quickly with the rope, ran dozens of steps in the air, and landed on the cliff, which happened to hook at the root of a small tree.

Half of the flying claw was embedded in the dirt of the rock, Fu Xiaojian was worried that it was not reliable, he pulled hard, the flying claw did not move at all, and pulled it several times in a row, the result was the same, it should be firm, and then he took the rope that was clumped together on the deck, put it on his left shoulder, grabbed the rope at the lower end of the flying claw with both hands, and suspended his body in the air.

When the Guangzhou boat below moved out of the shoreline, Fu Xiaojian jumped over, and immediately ran up a few steps like a tanuki, and then changed to pedaling on the rocks with his feet and climbing up along the rope.

Zhu Youzhen was on the deck a hundred steps away, and when he saw Fu Xiaojian walking easily, he felt a little relieved.

Fu Xiaojian climbed steadily upwards for dozens of steps, and was about to approach the position of the flying claw, suddenly, a stone under his feet was loosened, and he stepped on the air, his body swung downward, floating in the air like a swing, and the loose stone slid down sharply along the cliff, and with a "bang", the waves smashed out of a hole.

Zhu Youzhen's heart sank suddenly!

If Fu Xiaojian fell down from the cliff, the height of these dozens of steps, coupled with the collision on the cliff, even if he had a special skill, even if the Guangzhou boat below had moved away, he would only fall to the surface of the water, and Fu Xiaojian would be hit and dizzy, it would be light, that is, he was physically disabled, and even gave his life, it was not impossible.

After all, Fu Xiaojian has never practiced alpine diving.

Fortunately, Fu Xiaojian's arm strength was amazing, when his body slid down, he firmly grasped the rope with both hands, barely holding the downward trend, and after swinging his body, with the rebound of the rope, his feet were attached to the rock again.

This time, Fu Xiaojian was extra careful, and every time he dared to move his other foot after the footsteps were implemented.

After climbing to the place where the flying claw was fixed, Fu Xiaojian wrapped the rope around his left wrist to fix his body, and his free right hand took off the second flying claw from his waist, connected the rope of the flying claw, and tied the end to his right wrist.

He wheeled the second claw and waited for the speed of the claw to reach its limit. Throwing it upwards suddenly, the flying claw flew in the direction of the top of his head by inertia, because he had to avoid the miscellaneous trees and thorns on the cliff, and Fu Xiaojian's body was suspended in the air, it was difficult to fully exert his strength, and the flying claw only flew upwards for more than ten steps.

Fu Xiaojian tried to pull, and when the flying claw was firmly on the rock, he untied the first flying claw, hung it on his waist, grabbed the rope on the second flying claw with both hands, and continued to climb up.

This is repeated several times until you get closer to the top of the cliff.

Zhu Youzhen could only see from a distance that a small black dot on the cliff was moving slowly, like a spider man, and in the blink of an eye, Fu Xiaojian had already sunk into the forest and could no longer be seen.

"Master, has Xiaojian reached the top?" Zheng Zhilong's gaze never left the cliff for a moment, Fu Xiaojian didn't enter the forest, he was a little worried, but more expectant.

"Zhilong, don't worry!" Zhu Youjian was calm and relaxed on the surface, but he was even more nervous than Zheng Zhilong in his heart, after all, Fu Xiaojian was his personal bodyguard, the chief of the palace guard, but Fu Xiaojian did not enter the forest, he should have reached the top, at least he had climbed the trees on the cliff, and his body was stable.

If there were Aceh's ambushes on land, with the skill of Fu Xiaojian, it would never be quietly attacked, at least he would send a warning to the fleet.

Sure enough, just when Zheng Zhilong was about to see through, a thin rope hung down from the trees, and a small bluestone was tied in front of the thin rope, which was slowly descending along the cliff.

"It worked!" The stone in Zhu Youzhen's heart also fell, Zheng Zhilong and Wang Mujiu both clenched their fists, and the light in their eyes was like a flower blooming, if it weren't for the fear of disturbing the Aceh people, the two of them were afraid that they would have to come to a pas de deux.

The rope fell slowly, and the Canton ship that had just left began to approach the shore, and when the rope was completely lowered, there were soldiers on the deck who hooked the rope with a long penny, untied the stones, and replaced them with two thick ropes.

The thin rope dragged two thick ropes, sliding upwards at a uniform speed like a python, and in the blink of an eye of Zheng Zhilong, it had already sunk into the woods on the top of the cliff.

A thick rope, pulled by the stones, pierced through the forest and fell to the deck of the Canton ship, and one of the guards pulled it hard, found that it was more secure, and immediately turned over and climbed along the rope to the top of the cliff.

When he was halfway up, another thick rope hung down from the top of the cliff, and the guard's confidence increased, and the speed of the climb increased.

More and more thick ropes hung down from the top of the cliff, and Zhu Youzhen's twenty guards had all climbed the cliff, Zheng Zhilong's old eyes looked particularly bright, "These guards of the master are really ......"

Zhu Youzhen smiled: "Haha, Zhilong, it will depend on you as a soldier in a while, they won't be afraid of heights, right?" ”

"These bunnies, if you drop the chain, I'll cut them down!" Zheng Zhilong turned his palm into a knife and made a gesture of chopping off his head, "Don't worry, the navy of the Ming Dynasty has no bad seeds!" ”

Twenty or thirty thick ropes have hung down on the top of the cliff, each thick rope edge, there is also a thin rope, which is specially explained by Zhu Youzhen, the thick rope is to let the soldiers climb with their hands, the thin rope is tied to the armpit of the soldier, and the top is pulled by the guards, which is equivalent to a safety belt, in case the soldier misses in the climbing, with the protection of this thin rope, he will never fall down from the top of the cliff.

Zheng Zhilong looked at the neat rope hanging from the top of the cliff, and then looked at Zhu Youzhen, and saw Zhu Youzhen nodding, so he waved his hand to the herald: "Immediately give the order and start landing!" ”