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Because his kennel has been occupied by Xue Zhidie, Zhang Zhun has been sleeping in the barracks since then. The training of the escort team is very strict, he is buried in it, he is tired to death every day, and the ** of men and women gradually subsided. To be honest, now is not the time to indulge, he still has a lot of self-control.

The Red Rock Beach barracks was very quiet late at night, and all you could hear was the sound of the waves crashing against the sand. There is also the sound of frogs coming from the rice fields in the distance. Summer is coming, and the croaking of frogs is also coming alive. It's a pity that these rice fields don't belong to anyone in Yangjiatun.

Suddenly, there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside.

Zhang Zhun immediately sat up vigilantly.

"Captain, there's a strange ship at sea!"

Zou Mingjia's voice came from outside, and he was the one who led the whistle tonight.

Since that night, Zhang Zhun ordered the installation of a swimming post on the beach, and the guard team has one more post, so that they can observe the movement of the sea at any time. However, the sentry post by the sea has not found anything unusual in the past few days. Today is the first time that the seaside post has reported the situation.

The escort team has just been established, and many things have not been encountered, so Zhang Zhun specially stipulates that if he finds something strange or something that he can't handle, he can report it to him anytime and anywhere, even if he is asleep. That's why Zou Mingjia came in a hurry in the middle of the night.

Zhang Zhun turned over and got up and followed Zou Mingjia to the shore.

Sure enough, in the faint light, a ship could be seen moored on the sea surface for three or four kilometers. Because the light is very bad and the visibility is very low, it is impossible to accurately judge what kind of ship it is.

There were lights on that ship, and they didn't shy away from their presence. Judging by the lights, the ship has been docked there and has not moved. It's not that it doesn't want to dock, it's that it can't dock, because there is no pier nearby, and there are many reefs in the sea, and if you sail in the middle of the night and hit the reef all at once, the consequences will be unimaginable.

At the same time, this shows that this ship should not be a local ship, and it does not know the two natural ports of Black Dragon Bay and Partridge Bay. In fact, they only need to move westward and enter through the entrance of Mawan, which has many natural harbors and can be docked.

An alien ship, anchored outside the red stone in the middle of the night, I don't know what the purpose is? No matter how you look at it, it seems to have a bit of a weird taste, no wonder Zou Mingjia wants to report to Zhang Zhun. If it is a legendary pirate ship, it is very likely to cause a battle.

"Captain, are you a pirate?" Zou Mingjia asked in a low voice.

"Not sure." Zhang Zhun said slowly.

Since Xue Zhidie and Xue Ningying were rescued that day, the soldiers of the escort team all believed that there might really be pirates in the sea near Fushan. Otherwise, Zhang Zhun would not have set up a special sentry post on the seaside. However, no one has ever seen a real pirate and doesn't know what a pirate is like.

Suddenly, there seemed to be the sound of water.

Zhang Zhun listened carefully, and it was the sound of someone rowing the sampan, and it seemed that someone was preparing to row ashore. Such a scene reminded Zhang Zhun of the scene of the Marines quietly landing late at night. Could it really be that there were pirates trying to land in the middle of the night and plunder?

What the hell, what is the purpose of the pirates choosing to land at this time? Could it be that it is for the refined salt of Yangjiatun? Thinking of Yangjiatun's refined salt business, Zhang Zhun immediately felt a thrill. Wang Shixin's methods won't be so powerful, right? Even pirates instigated the dispatch?

"Wake everyone up quietly!"

"Prepare for battle!"

Zhang Zhun didn't have time to think about it, so he immediately ordered.

Zou Mingjia turned around and went.

Soon, the sleeping guards were woken up one by one.

The fighters immediately got up, got dressed and prepared their weapons. Because Zhang Zhun had already conducted several training sessions for emergency gatherings in the middle of the night before, the fighters' reactions were still very fast. Soon, the convoy was in place, except for the necessary guards.

Yang Zhiyuan, Hao Linyong and other officers quickly came to Zhang Zhun's side and waited for the arrangement. They also thought it was a pirate landing. If you are a normal person, why not choose to land during the day, but sneakily climb up at night? As for the purpose of the pirate landing, it must be for Yangjiatun's private salt.

Yang Zixuan said in a low voice: "Captain, could it be a widow?" ”

Zhang Zhun shook his head, noncommittal.

The light was so faint that they couldn't see clearly who was trying to climb up. However, one thing is certain, and that is that the other party's purpose is not pure. As for the possible surnames of the widows, they are not very big. After the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the political situation was relatively stable in the Tokugawa shogunate era, and there were very few people running around. The pirates who were active along the coast of the Ming Dynasty were actually natives.

"Whether it is a widow or not, when you receive the order to do it, you will be beaten to death."

Zhang Zhun ordered all the fighters to hide behind the rocks and wait for his attack order. No matter who is preparing to go ashore, if they find something wrong, they will be annihilated on the spot. However, no one is allowed to expose until the order to fight is given. He wants to give the other party a big surprise. So, the soldiers of the escort team clenched their weapons and quietly waited for the unknown figure to come to the shore.

As the sound of the water gets closer, the sampan gradually appears. There were three sampans in total, and on top of each sampan, there should be about ten people, a total of thirty people. The weather is now in April, and the temperature is still very suitable in early summer, and the people on the sampan are basically dressed in water, and there is no other costume.

The so-called water support is actually a waterproof short coat, which is made of linen, which is very cool and dries quickly after soaking. People who are often active on the water like to wear such water supports. Many southerners even wear it as a regular attire.

The distance is closer, and the people on the sampan can almost see clearly. Yes, these people were pirates, most of them skinheads, with all sorts of tattoos on their bare arms. The bronze skin is the most characteristic of sailors, and the skin of some pirates is even black as if it came from Africa. When the water droplets fall on such skin, they can't stay at all, and they fall off in a slippery way.

At the same time, the weapons in the hands of these people are mostly javelins and the like, as well as various axes. The thick cables of the warship, as well as other rigging, could not be cut at all by ordinary sharp weapons, only heavy and sharp axes. Therefore, warships were generally equipped with a large number of axes. The axe is both an essential tool for navigation and a commonly used weapon.

Zhang Zhun didn't understand the sound of their voices, and it was speculated that it should be a southerner accent, a bit like the Hokkien language of later generations. Of course, Zhang Zhun is not an expert in language, so he can't accurately determine where these people are from. But one thing is for sure, these people are definitely not locals.

"Muskets."

"Pirates have muskets."

"Be careful, the pirates are carrying muskets."

When the pirate's sampan was getting closer and closer to the shore, Zhang Zhun suddenly found that these pirates were actually carrying muskets, and there were quite a few of them, at least ten or more. Muskets, for the convoy, are a novelty, and they cannot be guarded against.

"Tell the warriors that there is nothing remarkable about muskets, and that in a melee they are not as good as our triangular thorns. The key to dealing with muskets is to be close to the body and then to the body. When you attack for a while, don't distance yourself from the pirates. As long as we scuffle with the pirates, the pirates' muskets will not be fully effective. ”

"If you find a musket pointed at you, either lie down immediately, or cover yourself with a pirate, and never rush towards the musket. Such an action is not bravery, but recklessness, suicide. The musket is slow to reload, and after the shot, it is his fatal point, and it is necessary to attack in time and decisively. ”

Zhang Zhun temporarily explained some techniques for dealing with muskets, and asked Yang Zhiyuan and Hao Linyong to convey them to each soldier to relieve the psychological pressure of the soldiers. However, Zhang Zhun also knew that it was the first time for the escort team to face the musket, and it was absolutely impossible not to be nervous. Because Wang Shixin's family is equipped with muskets, the psychological pressure on the escort team is quite large.

The pirates landed with muskets, just in time to give the convoy a chance to exercise. If the convoy wins this battle and defeats the pirates armed with muskets, then the next time the convoy faces the muskets, the psychological pressure will not be so great. Wang Shixin's family has no equipment advantage to block the escort team.

"Come on!"

Zhang Zhun quietly cheered himself up in his heart.

The pirates on the sampan obviously didn't expect that someone had already laid an ambush on the beach, waiting for them to drill their pockets, so they didn't seem very nervous on the sampan, as if they had just come up to play. However, Zhang Zhun still felt the unique fierceness and cold-bloodedness of pirates. If these people were well prepared, the battle would have been very hard.

Three sampans docked one after another, and the pirates came ashore one after another. It seems that they are really unguarded, and after going ashore, they did not check the surrounding environment much. A group of people just stood on the beach, looking east and west, as if to identify the location. However, in the middle of the night, they should not be able to accurately judge the location. The pirates who took the lead didn't know what to say to each other, beckoned, and continued with the other pirates.

Zhang Zhun suddenly came out from behind the rocks and stood in front of the pirates.

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