Chapter 549: Catching Thieves at Sea Bullying the Small with the Big
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The wind was not strong at sea, the sun was rising, and the six ships were all anchored, but the sails were only half raised, basically stopping in the sea, while the two ships were full sails and headed for Incheon. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Now the fastest way to run on the sea is the Canton ship, and the pirates can't catch up, so they will lead this way when they encounter it."
Tang Shan opened his mouth and said that Wang Tong did not know more about the naval battle than Tang Shan, the former pirate leader, and only asked them to explain the actions step by step.
"This ship is no longer here, why do you still want to go to the sea!"
"If you go back to your lordship, park the boat according to the direction of the wind, and wait for the thieves' boats to be lured over, and the sails will be raised in the direction of the wind, but they will be faster than the thieves!"
Set up a set for people to drill, which is quite wonderful afterwards, but it is very boring at the right time, Wang Tong and they can still concentrate on the boat at first, and then they are bored.
Because of today's battle, Wang Tong was wearing armor, and the humidity was too heavy at sea, and the sun was high at noon, and he was very uncomfortable with stickiness, but he couldn't get rid of it.
At lunchtime, everyone sat on the deck, noodles, cakes, dried meat and pickles, and boiling water was a meal, Sun Xin slept late last night, and now he is in good spirits, put down the small boat on the big boat, he went to several other ships to inspect a circle before coming back, came back to get lunch, and sat next to Wang Tong to eat.
"My lord, the soldiers preparing for battle on the ships everywhere are in good spirits, and they have also ordered the sailors and crews to keep an eye on these people, so as not to make any mistakes!"
It is not my race, and it is a temporary requisition of warships, so far away from Tianjin Wei, we must be careful everywhere, and we must not lose our vigilance because of the other party's respect.
Wang Tong took a sip of water, handed the skin water bladder to Sun Xin, and asked:
"Have you checked the banner armor or anything?"
"If you go back to your words, I've read them all, and there's nothing wrong!"
Incheon is the port of Goryeo, Goryeo is now a subject country of the Ming Dynasty, and the king of Goryeo is equivalent to the king of the county in the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Wang Tong had ordered in advance that all the armor and banners that showed the identity of the Ming army should not be used, so as not to cause disputes afterwards and let those people in the court and China catch the handle.
"There are several brothers in your family, I only know that you have an eldest brother who inherits your father's position in one hundred households."
As soon as the topic changed, Wang Tong asked this question, Sun Xin swallowed the food in his mouth, and said:
"Back to adults, there are five brothers in total."
"Now there are people everywhere here, if your brother is willing to come, call over, than in the home bathroom......"
Before he could finish speaking, he heard a man who had been hanging on the mast shouting:
"The ship is back, the ship is back!!"
The man was Wang Tong's subordinate, but some of the sailors on the deck could understand Chinese, so they translated these words and shouted.
Everyone on the deck immediately became busy, Wang Tong leaned on the side of the ship and looked over, and could see that the Guangzhou ship was heading towards this side, and whether there was a boat behind him did not see clearly, but saw the bow of the ship holding a red flag and dancing desperately, the color was very conspicuous, and this flag showed that it attracted pirates.
Behind him there was a loud shout, and the sailors shouted to raise the sails with wooden winchs, and this side was just following the direction of the wind, and the ship moved forward.
Wang Tong looked back, several sails on the ship were raised and full, and he could feel that the degree of the ship was slowly accelerating, and the same was true of the boats behind him.
If the route of the two ships that were used as bait to return to the sea was considered to be a straight line, the ambushed ship would be inserted in a diagonal downward direction.
The two sides got closer and closer, the sea had a wide view, and the Canton kept moving forward without turning, and the pirate ships chasing behind him saw these large ships of Franc.
No one would have thought that the Canton ship was used as bait, and the Francophone was ambushed, and the pirates on the pirate ship at first thought that it was just a chance encounter, and the well water on both sides did not interfere with the river water, so they didn't need to pay attention, but they quickly reacted, and these five Galen ships were coming at them.
"The pirates are also Canton ships!"
Wang Tong saw on the side of the ship that the pirates pursuing were also three Canton ships, but the regulations were smaller than Liang Daocheng's ships, and Tang Shan explained:
"The Fu ship transports freight people, but the Guangzhou ship runs fast, and there are many times when pirates need to pursue, mainly using this ship."
Wang Tong said with a smile:
"If it was normal, our two ships would have been caught up by them, but last night we docked to unload all the supplies, and now the ship has big sails, so it will naturally run faster!"
Wang Tong's galleons were in the wind, while the pirates' ships were at an oblique angle, unable to fully utilize the wind, and naturally could not get up in a hurry, so they hurriedly adjusted the sail course there.
Hearing a sailor shouting loudly behind him, Tang Shan took his finger and dipped some saliva and lifted it, was blown by the sea breeze, tried the sea trial, and said:
"My lord, I'll be able to catch up in more than half an hour!"
The pursuit at sea naturally cannot be compared with the pursuit of fast horses on land, and it can only be patiently waited slowly.
"The eldest master will go to the cabin to take shelter for a while, and he will be engaged in battle soon."
Abagun trotted over and pleaded, looking out as he spoke, and the ship at the front was about to stagger past the pirate ship.
Wang Tong put his hand on the pergola and looked ahead, and said:
"You go down and hide, and the officer is watching from above."
Orders sounded everywhere on the ship, and many of the sailors and crew members who were busy on the deck also ran off the deck, Abagon's face turned pale, and he didn't care about the request, so he followed directly, Wang Tong and several guards around him were holding big shields in their hands, they were wearing plate armor, and they were holding big shields in their hands, but they were not worried.
Wang Tong looked at it a few times just now, there seemed to be no artillery on the pirate's ship, otherwise he wouldn't be so big, the front ship of Wang Tong's fleet had already gone hand in hand with the last ship of the pirates.
Tang Shan looked at the opposite side for a while, and looked at his own ship for a while, Wang Tong assigned him an errand, which was to explain in detail the actions during the naval battle.
Someone on the ship shouted again, and although he could see several sailors running to the winch, lowering the sails like madness, he narrowed his eyes and said:
"My lord, lower the sails and keep the two ships parallel, this foreign ship is about to fire!"
And the Guangzhou ship on the opposite side also moved, the sail changed direction, the ship actually leaned towards this side, the distance between the two ships was less than two hundred steps, Wang Tong could clearly see the appearance of the pirate on the opposite ship behind the shield, Tang Shan said again:
"My lord, the pirates are going to fight, the small boat is against the big ship, just come up and jump to help hand-to-hand combat, but this ......"
Before he finished speaking, Wang Tong heard some small noises on the side of the ship he was in, "The cannon window is open..." Tang Shan hurriedly said, no one could hear the following words clearly, and the whole boat shook violently.
The sailors on the ship were experienced, and they grabbed the things around them in time, but Wang Tong and the others were caught off guard, staggered to the side, and sat directly on the ground.
The artillery on the side of the ship fired, the ship sailed, the smoke was quickly left behind, Wang Tong and the others stood up and looked again, but saw that the pirate ship on the opposite side was being thrown away, Wang Tong was stunned before he reacted, not the ship was thrown away, but the ship he was on continued to move forward, but the bombarded pirate ship had stopped, lying on the side of the ship and looking over, the mast on the pirate ship was broken, and the hull was also opened a few holes.
"My lord, our ship is full sail again, and it will take time to load the shells, so let's give up this vacant space to the ships behind to continue bombarding!!"
A sailor ran out of the cabin to turn the winch to raise the sails, and at such a close distance, with the direction of the wind, the soft sails of the Galen could make full use of the wind, while the hard sails of the Cantonese were a little worse.
The first ship, the second ship moved forward, the first two ships saw that they had been overtaken, and saw their companions fall, the ship that ran in front was ruthless, the sails turned the rudder, and they approached directly towards Wang Tong's ship, and they could see that the pirates on the pirate ship were standing on the deck with their blades, leaning on the side of the ship.
"General, the artillery here will have to wait before it can be installed!"
A stiff Chinese sentence sounded behind Wang Tong, this title must be the person on the ship, Wang Tong glanced at Tang Shan, Tang Shan looked at it twice, and hurriedly said:
"Pirates are fifty percent sure."
Wang Tong nodded and said:
"Dispatch the fire and the soldiers come up to fight, and the pro-soldier team will fight with the white blade of the official!!"
Hearing Wang Tong's order, one of the soldiers threw away his shield and ran towards the deck hatch, and when he heard Wang Tong's order, the sailor who came to ask turned around and signaled.
Wang Tong's ship also changed the rudder, adjusted the sails, and began to get up, at this time, he could hear a loud bang behind him, and a dying scream, and another pirate ship was knocked out.
The hatch was wide open, and the soldiers with firearms rushed out, and Sun Xin shouted:
"The direction of the enemy ship, two steps from the side of the ship, four rows, half squatting, standby!!"
Looking at the soldiers lined up, Tang Shan suddenly spoke:
"Your Excellency takes a few steps back, the pirate is about to throw the hook and climb the ship."
The Galen ship was much higher than the broadside of the Canton ship, and the two ships were so close that the guns could no longer fire, and Wang Tong could hear the loud howls of the pirates below, and the iron claws and hooks attached to the ropes were thrown up, and they clasped the edge of the ship's side.
Close enough, Wang Tong slashed down, and Sun Xin shouted:
"Fire!!"
The pirates, who thought they could jump on board, had just caught the rope when they saw dozens of iron rods stretching out of the side of the ship above their heads, and then hanging down.
The sparks burst out, the smoke of gunpowder filled the air, and in a distance of less than twenty paces, the hit rate of the fire gun was terrifyingly high, and there were screams below, but some people shouted:
"Hurry up, climb up and they won't have time to pretend to be ......"
While he was shouting, the second row of guns on the side of the boat poked out again, lowered the muzzle of the guns and opened fire in unison, screaming again, and the third row followed......