The moon is in the sky, the breeze is light, the cliff gate is as sparkling as silver, the waves are gently beating the reef, rattling, the boat is swaying back and forth in the water, the gentle rhythm makes people easily think of the cradle, and unconsciously lazy. A few fish jumped out of the water, and a waterfowl shot out of the trees on the shore like an arrow, ready to catch a fish, and disappeared into the vast night sky in a blink of an eye, leaving only the branches it had just perched on were still gently shaking.

The headhunter squatted on the stone, a pair of big feet were tickled by the seawater, he held his knees in one hand, and a stalk of fine grass in the other, picking out a trace of fish meat from between his teeth, he looked at it, licked it back, chewed it slowly for a while, and swallowed it tastefully, and then spit out the grass stalks with a "bah", and said in a muffled voice: "It's really ten boats?" ”

"Ten of them, absolutely only ten." The military advisor with a knife-faced face said with certainty: "They are flying Cui Qian's flag, but I can see that the boat is the sailor's boat, although it is covered up, but there are still flaws, I can see it really, there will be no mistake." ”

The headhunter is one of the largest pirates near Yawang Island, with more than 100 ships and more than 2,300 people, which can be counted in the entire South China Sea. He was originally a yellow scarf, first followed Zhang Jiao, after Zhang Jiao died, he followed Zhang Niujiao, fought a lot of vicious battles, not a hundred but eighty lives on his hands, killing people is no different from killing chickens. He also likes to cut off people's heads, every time he robs, he doesn't see a little blood, he is uncomfortable, which is different from other pirates whose main purpose is to rob money, people call him the headhunter, the child is disobedient, as long as he says that the headhunter is coming, shut up immediately.

The surname of the dried fish is fish, the original name is Gan, but the pirates are not educated, and they are not in the mood to distinguish, shouting and shouting will become dried fish, anyway, he is thin and thin, like salted fish that has been salted for more than ten years. He has read books for a few days, he is considered to be knowledgeable among pirates, and he also knows a little about the art of war, and the headhunter who is good at killing the surname is both literate and martial, but it also complements each other, and the headhunter can have today's scale, which has a lot to do with him.

"Who's in charge?" The headhunter reached out and picked out the feet that were whitened by the water, pulled off a piece of dead skin, put it on the end of his nose and smelled it, and then threw it into the water, not long after, a fish swam over, just about to swallow the piece of dead skin, the headhunter copied it, and fished the fish in his hand, which was a few points faster than the water bird, he stroked his fingers, the thick nails cut the soft fish belly, took out the internal organs, and then shook it twice in his hand, and sent the fish that was still jumping to his mouth, took a bite, and ate it with relish.

He watched such things every day, and he was a little disgusting at first, but now he is used to it.

"It seems to be the new Henghai general, named Sun Shao." The dried fish pursed his lips, a little disdainful. According to the news, Jiaozhou Thorn Shi Buqiu with more than 300 boats, three days ago from the cliff gate to the sea, to the west, Dinghai Zhonglang General Shiwei with the rest of the boat, arrived at Tunshan Gate two days ago, and now there is still no nest. This Sun Shao came out early this morning, and he hung Cui Qian's flag, so scared that some small miscellaneous fish along the way didn't dare to pull aside. He laughed strangely: "No, this big deal has been delivered to the king's mouth, more than 300 boats, hehe, it's really fat." ”

"You've figured it out." The headhunter threw the fish head into his mouth, chewed it a few times, and then spit it out again, wiped his mouth with his hand, and washed it in the water, "Don't make a mistake, if Cui Qian's people are moved, we can't fight him." ”

"Don't worry, there will be no mistakes." The dried fish chattered and laughed twice: "If it is really Cui Qian's person, he dares to spend the night in Yamen Port?" Wei Jing went to sea and was not his opponent, but it wouldn't let him stop at Yamen Harbor openly, right? ”

"That's just as well." The headhunter stood up, took one last look at the pitch-black Yamen Port in the distance, and looked up at the moon: "At the end of the third watch, beckon the brothers to get up and go fishing." ”

"Whoa." The dried fish answered, turned and gave the order, and then jumped into the tall boat after the headhunter. The sailors shook the huge oars, the big ship creaked, slowly sailed out of the inlet where they were hiding, and quietly sailed towards the cliff gate along the shadow of the mountain on the shore, and the large and small warships followed closely behind, like ghosts in the dark, quietly and rapidly advancing.

The boat was getting faster and faster, and the sound of the water was getting louder and louder, and soon it was approaching the cliff gate. The cliff gate is just like its name, the two sides are straight up and down the cliff, like a huge stone gate, the nearest place is one hundred and twenty places apart, both sides are stationed in the soldiers of the Jiaozhou water division, set up a three-stone city crossbow, the power is enough to shoot the opposite mountain stone out of a big pit. If you want to talk about danger, the cliff gate is the most dangerous here, rushed through this pass, inside is three or five hundred steps wide of the water, with the Jiaozhou Navy Division those pus and bookish Du Wei Jing, do not dare to fight against the headhunter at all, although the Jiaozhou Navy Division also has more than eighty boats, but in the face of the headhunter king, they do not dare to fight.

Although the crossbow defending the city was very strong, the rate of fire was too slow, and after shooting two arrows, the headhunter rushed over. And two crossbows, four arrows, it is possible to hit the ship, but to sink the ship is delusional. So the only way they can deal with the headhunter is not the crossbow, but the iron chain, the iron chain in the water, as long as the iron chain is lifted up and stopped on the river, the headhunter has no choice, he can't stop the boat there to be a target for the city guarding crossbow.

Today, the headhunter is confident, he is sure enough to rush through the cliff gate before the officers and soldiers pull up the iron chain, the iron chain thicker than the arm wants to pull up, but it is not so easy, nor can it be so fast, I am afraid that by the time they pull up, he has already rushed in and slashed and killed.

The warship of the headhunter king was a hundred steps away from the cliff gate, and finally the frightened cries of the officers and soldiers came from the cliff gate, and the rapid warning drum broke the silence in an instant, and one after another the torches were lit, and the huge crossbow of the city guard turned the direction and aimed at the warship of the headhunter king who took the lead.

"Be careful, my lord." Dried fish cried eagerly. He had seen the power of the crossbow guarding the city, and the last time he went to the cliff gate to rob, he saw with his own eyes that the crossbow arrows like spears came with the sound of the wind, piercing one of the soldiers and then shooting through the thick plank.

"How can it be so fast." The headhunter didn't think so, he knew the pros and cons of the city's crossbow, if the officers and soldiers had such a fast reaction speed, his headhunter king's head would have been hunted away by them. "Hurry up and shake it, rush over!"

"Shake hard." Dried fish shouted. Since it has been discovered by the officers and soldiers, there is no need to hide the traces, the pirates shouted in unison, swaying the huge oars vigorously, the warship accelerated suddenly, and the pirates behind also shouted loudly, fan-shaped scattered, rushing to the cliff gate, whoever rushed in first, who could grab the favorite ship first, this is the rule on the road. Today, there are more than 300 ships in the harbor, and the oil and water are so thick that anyone will go crazy.

The headhunter successfully rushed through the cliff gate and came to the wide water, as he expected, only then did the officers and soldiers shoot the first crossbow, the crossbow arrow shot through the bottom of a warship, and killed one of the oarmen on the spot, the scene was very bloody, but in the eyes of these pirates who were accustomed to seeing blood, this was nothing at all, they turned a blind eye and rocked the oars more hard.

The calm in the harbor had disappeared without a trace, and everywhere there were cries, and most of the merchants had gone ashore to rest, and the people who remained on the ship to guard looked helplessly at the approaching pirates, but there was nothing they could do, some of them were like ashes, and their bodies were like chaff, and some were curled up in the boat, holding their heads in their hands, asking for the blessing of the sea goddess, not anything else, to be able to live.

In the barracks of officers and men on the shore, one torch after another formed a fire dragon, and under the light of the fire, the officers and men of the naval division were running rapidly to their posts, some were turning the crossbows guarding the city on the crossbow platform, some were running to their warships, and some of the fast-moving warships had untied their cables and started to start.

The headhunter sneered, he didn't have a big heart, he just wanted to grab the outermost dozens of ships, these ships were at the edge of the effective range of the crossbow guarding the city, and he could leave quickly after he succeeded, after all, if he was sealed in the port by the officers and soldiers, the loss would be greatly increased. And an increase in losses means a decrease in strength, and a decrease in strength means that more people will regard him as a target.

The headhunter never does such a loss-making business, he started like this, and of course he will not let others step on his corpse, so his principle has always been to exchange the minimum loss for the maximum benefit, and not to do loss-making business.

Everything went smoothly, the pirates were like a pack of hungry wolves, sailing the warship close to the outermost merchant ship, the pirates with quick hands and feet were already standing in the bow of the ship, just waiting to jump on the merchant ship, and then with a wave of the knife, the ship was theirs, of course, no one on the ship did not have to work hard, even if there were people, usually did not dare to resist, only kowtowed and begged for mercy. So as long as you jump on the boat, it is equivalent to taking possession of a ship, and the next thing is to tie the ship to the back of your own warship and tow it away.

The headhunter looked at the merchant ships that were getting closer and closer, sniffed his nose, and became a little excited, he rubbed his hands, considering whether to rush up and cut two people in person, the last time he cut people seemed to be two months ago, these days he is so tired that even the sleeping woman feels angry.

"Ahh ”

Dried fish nodded again and again, although he had no power to restrain the chicken, but the heart of killing was not inferior to the headhunter king, smelling blood, hearing the screams was happier than anything else, he sneered: "Disobedient, always kill two, otherwise the others are not honest, these ...... who are not long-eyed"

Halfway through his words, he suddenly looked like a chicken stuck in the neck, and there was no follow-up.

The headhunter was looking at the pirates who jumped onto the merchant ship one after another, watching them untie the ropes with their hands and feet, watching them take the ship away as if they were going home to get something, and he didn't pay attention to the abnormality of the dried fish for a while, until the dried fish desperately pulled his arm, he impatiently broke free of the dried fish: "What's wrong with the military advisor?" ”

"Big ...... Your ......, Your Majesty You...... You see. The sound of the dried fish seemed to have been blown off by the wind, and he could not hear it clearly, and he grasped the headhunter's arm with one hand and pointed ahead with the other, and his body trembled so much that one feared that he would fall into the water. The headhunter looked at him in surprise, and then looked forward along his hand, and at this glance, he immediately choked the words that had come to his lips.

The merchant ship suddenly shot a shower of arrows, shot down several pirates head-on, and then rushed out countless officers and soldiers, they rushed to jump on the merchant ship and were happily harvesting the pirates with a slash, the pirates did not expect this situation at all, caught off guard, one after another fell into the water, followed by the pirates on the warship did not wait for the pirates on the ship to come to their senses, the officers and soldiers had already rushed onto the warship, like chopping melons and vegetables to kill the pirates, and in a moment the blood flowed like a river.

"This ...... What's going on? The headhunter was shocked, and without waiting for the dried fish to answer, he pulled out the war knife at his waist and roared: "Kill!" Kill all these bitches and snatch all the boats. ”

"Big ...... Swift ...... King, Evacuate! The dried fish grabbed the rampaging headhunter and pointed to the direction of the cliff gate: "If you don't leave, you will ...... It's too late. ”

The furious headhunter looked at it, and was immediately shocked, the water on both sides of the cliff gate was shining, and a thick iron chain loomed, gradually revealing his face, only the water surface in the middle was still very calm, and the iron chain was not completely in place, but it was also fast.

"Oh no, I got the trick today." The headhunter's head buzzed, and cold sweat trickled down. After a moment, he raised his knife and shouted, "Pierce your hand—ruffle—"

The rapid sound of the gong sounded, and the pirates who had not yet understood it knew that something was wrong in front of them, so they turned around and left without saying a word.

"Whew-" A little firelight flew up from the shore, jumped over a distance of more than a hundred steps in the blink of an eye, the firelight quickly amplified, and with a "bang" sounded on a pirate warship, sparks flew everywhere, and soon ignited the bamboo cabin roof, and the fire broke out, illuminating the frightened faces of the pirates clearly visible. Some pirates reacted quickly, rushed to pull out the rockets and threw them into the water, and then scooped up what was within reach and slapped the roof of the cabin that was lit, but they immediately found that the fire was burning very violently, and they could faintly smell oil, and the slapping did not help at all, and they could only watch the fire grow bigger and bigger.

"Retreat, retreat to the heart of the river." The headhunter shouted loudly, directing the pirates to retreat, their current position is the maximum effective distance of the crossbow, as long as they take a few dozen steps back and withdraw from the effective range of the crossbow, the damage of the crossbow can be minimized.

The pirates have been in battle for a long time, although this is the first time they have encountered this situation, but it is not the first time that Yamen Port has come, and they have been ambushed by officers and soldiers before, and after a short period of panic, they quickly calmed down, turned the bow of the ship, and fled desperately to the north. The chains at the cliff pass had been pulled up, and it was too late to turn back, so the only way to go north at this time was to go north, make a bend, and escape from somewhere else. They believe that even if there is an ambush, the officers and men will not dare to chase after them by boat, and they are not afraid of the officers and men chasing them, but hope that they will chase them, so that they will have a chance to defeat the officers and men on the water and regain the initiative.

"Bujing, who was raised by a son of a bitch, actually dared to dig a pit for Lao Tzu, if Lao Tzu was allowed to escape, sooner or later one day he would pick his skin and cut off his head as a urinal." As far as the eye could see, at least ten boats caught fire, and seven or eight boats were controlled by officers and men. The headhunter gritted his teeth in hatred, and his big feet stomped on the ship's plank.

Yamen Duwei Wei Jing can't hear the curse of the headhunter king, he is now smiling like a flower on his face, he has been a captain in Yamen for five years, it is the first time to be so happy as today, the headhunter has been here a few times before, he also wanted to ambush the headhunter at the beginning, but either he prepared for a long time and the headhunter did not come, or he was not ready for the headhunter but he was uninvited, burned and killed and then walked away, and the chain at his cliff gate was just half pulled up, otherwise it was although the headhunter was blocked, However, the officers and men of the naval division only shouted on the shore, but they did not dare to come forward to engage in the battle, and finally watched the headhunter leave unharmed, and he was able to shoot a few boats with the crossbow of the city, which was good luck, and it was a great achievement worthy of special mention.

Today, Sun Shao brought 300 merchant ships into Yamen Port, he knew that the opportunity had come, and was thinking about how to coerce the officers and men of the Temporal Division to stop working as before, and only to be a cheerleader, Sun Shao took the initiative to propose that he could send people to ambush the pirates on the merchant ships.

Wei Jing is in the middle of it. Sun Shao has seven or eight hundred people under him, and the ten military marquis are murderous as soon as they stand up, and they are definitely the kind of soldiers who can fight tough battles, and when he heard that it was Guan Yu's subordinates, he was even more relieved, and even persuaded his subordinates to fight. With these seven or eight hundred people, it is a little delusional to annihilate the headhunter king, but it is definitely not a problem to hit him hard.

As expected, the ten military marquis under Sun Shao led people to ambush on the outermost merchant ships, caught the pirates by surprise, and captured more than a dozen pirate ships at once. Even if he doesn't play later, this record is the most brilliant since Wei Jing took office.

How could he not be happy.

"General Sun, this time it's really thanks to you." Wei Jing said to Sun Shao with a smile: "As soon as the general made a move, he won a big battle, Wei Jing admired. ”

Sun Shao touched his chin and said with a smile: "Wei Jun, where is this, the headhunter hasn't caught it yet, what a great achievement." You see, they are now gathered in the center of the river, it is the opportunity to release the arrows, the rocket, as long as you shoot it, you can ignite it, this doesn't seem to be difficult. ”

Wei Jing suddenly realized, patted his head, and ordered all the crossbows not to leave their hands behind, and launch all the prepared rockets, the pirates are now crowded together, and they don't even need to aim, as long as they are not too outrageous, they can basically shoot. In the past, the use of a strong crossbow was to shoot the enemy, so not only did it need to be shot, but it also needed enough strength, Jiang Xin seemed too far, but now there is no need for strength, just send the torch up, and one more torch is completely two uses.

The drums were beating loudly, and the officers and men of the sailors, who had rarely won a battle, knew that they had made a lot of money this time, and the rewards would definitely not be less, and they were a hundred times more energetic at the moment, and one by one they were like having been beaten with chicken blood, and their morale was unprecedentedly high, and their eyes were red with excitement.

The burst of fire rained down on the pirates like a meteor shower, and the reflection on the surface of the river was spectacular. The pirate ships gathered in the center of the river were on fire one after another, and the bright light illuminated the river red.

"Gentlemen, don't you want to go with me to beat the water dog and cut off the head of the headhunter?" Sun Shao turned around and said to the envious sailor general: "If you cripple the headhunter this time, Bufujun will definitely reward you." ”

The generals under Wei Jing looked at each other, and there was some hesitation, but Wei Jing shouted: "General Sun is so noble, he has to go into battle in person, what else do you have to hesitate?" Fight immediately, those who have merit will be rewarded, and if you don't cower, slash! ”

Wei Jing, who had won the battle, had a fierce voice, and burst out with unprecedented might, and the generals were shocked and agreed with a bang.

(To be continued)