Chapter Twenty-Six: The Dragon Spits Water
Wang Pu's subordinates are all Datong people, these guys are tigers on land, but when they get to sea, they become sick cats, and within two hours of going to sea, their faces are pale and they vomit uncontrollably, but fortunately, the Korean sailors on the ship are as docile as sheep, so they don't cause any trouble.
It was only after two days that the family gradually got used to the shaking of the boat, and the situation improved.
Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to Daming, his subordinates were all overjoyed, but Wang Pu did not dare to relax at all, he knew that the closer he was to success, the more vigilant he been! As a precaution, Wang Pu detained Huang Taiji, Dai Shan, Bu Mu Butai, and Hai Lanzhu in four small rooms in the bottom compartment of his ship, and then sent people to monitor them around the clock.
But something went wrong.
In the afternoon of this day, when the sea was calm and calm, and Wang Pu was lying on the deck napping, Wang Xiaoqi, a close confidant, suddenly ran out of breath to report: "General, the Jiannu woman refuses to eat. ”
Wang Pu frowned and asked, "Which Jiannu woman?" ”
Xiao Qi said: "What is that called cloth." ”
"You mean Bumu Butai?"
"Yes, it's her, it's been three days, and she hasn't eaten a bite of food since she went to sea."
"Is there such a thing?" Wang Pu said, "Let's go, take a look." ”
Xiao Qi led Wang Pu to the bottom cabin, opened the hatch where Bumu Butai was imprisoned, the cabin was a little dim, only an oil lamp emitted a dim light, Bumu Butai was tied hands and feet, helplessly curled up in the corner of the cabin, in front of Bumu Butai placed a bowl of rice, the rice was already cold, but not a single chopstick moved.
Wang Pu said: "Help her up." ”
In response, the two family members stepped forward and helped Bumu Butai to sit up.
Wang Pu asked, "Why don't you eat?" ”
Bumu Butai turned her head and didn't say anything, although she was a Mongolian woman, she married to Jianzhou at the age of twelve, and was deeply influenced by Manchu and Han cultures, and was proficient in Manchu, Mongolian and Han languages.
Wang Pu said: "Do you want to commit suicide on a hunger strike? ”
Bumu Butai still didn't say a word.
"Got it." Wang Pu nodded, and said to Xiao Qi and the two family members, "You go out first." ”
Xiao Qi and the two family members walked out of the cabin and closed the hatch again.
Wang Pu took two steps forward and squatted down in front of Bumu Butai, stretched out his hand and gently lifted her chin, Bumu Butai instinctively turned his head sideways, unwilling to face Wang Pu's eyes, Wang Pu smiled indifferently and asked, "You really don't eat?" ”
Bumu Butai still didn't say a word.
"Okay."
Wang Pu nodded, suddenly stretched out his hands and grabbed Bumu Butai's placket and tore it hard, only to hear a cracking sound, Bumu Butai's cheongsam placket had been torn entirely, and the pink bust inside was suddenly exposed, Bumu Butai screamed and quickly protected his chest, and exclaimed: "You, what do you want to do?" ”
"I don't want to do anything." Wang Pu smiled and said, "I just want you to eat well, if you are willing to eat obediently, there will be nothing, if you are not willing to eat well, hehe, then I will strip all your clothes, and then tie you to the deck, let my brothers come to see, if you still refuse to eat, then I will let the brothers take turns to ...... one by one."
"No, don't." Bumu Butai screamed and shook his head vigorously, "You are not a man, you are a devil, you are a beast!" ”
"Beasts? Yes, I'm a beast. Wang Pu said indifferently, "But you Mongolians are more beasts, when you ruled the Central Plains more than 300 years ago, how many Han women did you Mongolians spoil?" There are also Jurchens, a good Liaodong more than two million Han people, how many are left now? ”
With tears in his eyes, Bumu Butai asked, "So you want to return all the humiliation that the Han people have suffered to the descendants of the Mongols, and to the wives and daughters of the Jurchens, right?" ”
"Even if it's it." Wang Pu said coldly, "Let me ask you again, to eat or not to eat?" ”
Bumu Butai sobbed in a low voice and replied, "I'll eat." ”
"That's right." Wang Pu reached out again and picked up Bu Mu Butai's chin, and said with a smile, "Since you have fallen into my hands, don't think about committing suicide, even if you commit suicide, I will have people strip you and tie you to the deck, and let my soldiers you, if you don't want to be stripped naked, then be obedient, and the consequences of resisting are very serious, understand?" ”
Bumu Butai Xiang shrugged his shoulders and sobbed silently.
Wang Pu stood up and said loudly: "Come on, feed her." ”
This side had just settled Bumu Butai, and Scarface hurried out of the bilge again, shouting, "General, a small boat has been found on the sea, and the people on board are asking us for help. ”
"Boat, help?" Wang Pu said in a deep voice, "Let's go, go up and have a look." ”
Wang Pu followed Scar's face to the deck, and sure enough, he saw a small boat rowing on the sea to the south, and there were two people on board, and as the distance approached, Wang Pu gradually saw that they were two Western missionaries.
Scarface shouted, "General, it seems to be two ghosts." ”
By the 17th century, it was not uncommon for missionaries from the Western world to travel across the sea to preach in the East. By this time the boat had rowed near the big boat, and the missionaries in the small boat were gesturing to put down the ladder to help them get on board.
Scarface asked, "General, to save or not to save?" ”
Wang Pu felt that the two missionaries would not be any threat, so he nodded and said, "Put the soft ladder and help them up." ”
Scarface took the order and threw the soft ladder down with the two family members, and the two Western missionaries were overjoyed, and quickly grabbed a suitcase from the small boat and climbed up the soft ladder along the big boat.
Wang Pu was surprised to hear that the two Western missionaries were actually speaking English, so he stepped forward and asked in English, "Are you from England?" ”
Although Wang Pu only graduated from a third-rate university in his previous life, his English was very slippery.
"Oh God, can you speak English?" The two Western missionaries were overjoyed, and one of them, the bearded missionary, stepped forward excitedly to hold Wang Pu's hands and introduced himself, "Your Excellency General, my name is John, he is my squire Philip, we were kidnapped by pirates, we just escaped yesterday, and we floated on the sea for a day and a night, and we were lucky to meet the fleet of Your Excellency the General here." ”
"It's really lucky." Wang Pu shrugged his shoulders and said, "Now you are safe." ”
John opened the suitcase he was carrying, took out a musket from it, and solemnly handed it to Wang Pudao: "Your Excellency, General, in order to thank you for saving your life, I dedicate this latest musket to you. ”
Wang Pu's eyes suddenly brightened, the musket offered by John was a short-handled musket, especially what made Wang Pu overjoyed was that it was still a flintlock musket, and the structure was exquisite, the weight was very light, and compared with the bulky and heavy arquebuses equipped with a large number of Ming troops, it had obvious advantages, because the flintlock musket could not be affected by bad weather, while the arquebus could not.
"Thank you very much." Wang Pu took the musket and said, "This gift of yours is very valuable. ”
Wang Pu turned back to Scarface and said, "Scarface, take them down to rest, get them something to eat first, and then send a few brothers to watch them, don't let them run around." ”
"Yes."
Scarface agreed, and made a gesture of invitation to the two ghosts.
Wang Pu said something to them in English again, and the two ghosts happily followed Scarface, Wang Pu played with the short-handled musket in his hand, like a treasure, although the firearms of the Ming Dynasty were quite advanced, but compared with the Western world at the same time, they were still much behind.
Because the Western world was fighting at that time, the lords of various countries were hollowing out their minds to improve weapons and equipment, but the Ming Dynasty had been peaceful for a long time, not only did not think about improving weapons and equipment, but tried every means to abolish their martial arts, and even the powerful navy that was rampant in the ocean disappeared.
When Wang Pu was playing with the musket, Zhen Youcai suddenly pointed to the north and shouted: "General, look, dragon, dragon spit water!" ”
"Hmm."
Wang Pu heard Zhen Youcai's voice trembling, and couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and looked back to see that a large area of black and oppressive clouds had risen in the northern sky, which was sweeping towards this side at an astonishing speed, and the most surprising thing was that there was a column of water across the sky and the sea, spinning, twisting and rolling forward.
The North Korean sailors on the deck shook their heads, their eyes showed fear one by one, knelt on the deck and bowed to the sky, and even many Ming soldiers knelt on the deck and kowtowed, for the humans of this era, this strange natural phenomenon has been beyond their cognition.
Of course, Wang Pu knew that this was not a dragon spitting water at all, but a tornado.
Wang Pu also knew that this tornado was actually more terrifying than a dragon, it could uproot a thousand-year-old tree, tear the strongest house to pieces, and stir up wind and waves that could easily overturn a thousand-ton ship! They are the most irresistible super-killers of humans in this world.
In less than a moment, the wind and waves gradually began to rise on the sea, and the sails hanging on the mast were gradually filled, urging the big ship to sail south at great speed, and the high-speed spinning tornado was approaching at an alarming speed, and the sea water was churning as if it had been boiled, and the big ship began to shake violently, as if it might capsize at any moment.
The big ship that fell behind was soon caught up by the spinning column of water, which was like the sickle of death mercilessly running through the middle of the big ship, and the sturdy big ship disintegrated in an instant, shattered into countless pieces in the hurricane, and the more than 200 soldiers of the Ming army, more than 100 Korean sailors, and all the miscellaneous goods on board flew into the sky.
Another large ship also capsized in the hurricane, and was immediately swallowed by the raging waves, and all the Ming soldiers on board, as well as the North Korean sailors, were buried at the bottom of the sea.
"Oh no." Wang Pu instinctively took two steps back, and then shouted with all his might, "Quick, hide below the deck!" ”
The soldiers of the Ming army hesitated for a moment and retreated to the deck, but those North Korean sailors turned a deaf ear and still knelt on the deck and kowtowed.
"Whew......"
As soon as Wang Park rushed into the cabin, a swift hurricane whistled over the deck, and the North Korean sailors who were worshipping on the deck floated up like leaves, swirled, howled, tumbled and rolled into the distance, and everything that had been placed on the deck flew up and flew all over the sky.
"Click, boom!"
Wang Pu looked out through the hatch above his head, and almost one person hugged the thick main mast that had broken into two, and the broken one, together with the sail on the mast, spun higher and higher, and gradually disappeared into the dark clouds, but the big ship that was about to capsize began to stabilize down.
After a few more moments, the dark clouds dispersed, the sun appeared again, and the sea became calm again, the terrible scene just now was like a nightmare, and there was nothing left when you woke up, but this was not a dream at all, because there was only one of the three big ships left, and more than 500 elite family members disappeared along with the big ships.
The only thing to be thankful for is that because Wang Pu's ship is the largest tonnage of the three ships, a large amount of wealth snatched from Korea and Shengjing, as well as Huang Taiji and Daishan These Jiannu captives are all on this big ship, but the more than 1,000 families who followed Wang Pu out of the customs are now less than 300 people left.
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