Pirates, this is a very ancient profession, since the beginning of human voyages, there have been piracy, especially in the commercially developed areas, piracy is very rampant, sometimes even the local government has no way to deal with them.

Of course, it is not completely impossible to eliminate pirates, for example, when the government has a navy that is several times stronger than the pirates, and then spends a lot of effort to clean it up, then within a few years, the local pirates will disappear, and even if there is, it will not be able to form any climate, and can only survive under the navy's suppression.

For example, in the coastal areas of Datang and the South Seas, most of the pirates have lost their living space under the blows of the Qi Wangfu Navy, and they either whitewash their foundations and become obedient people, or they flee to farther seas to drink the west wind. At present, only the Java Sea in the southern part of the South China Sea and the vicinity of Australia are still sporadic pirates, but they now mainly rely on the natives who plunder the pirates, and generally rarely dare to attack the idea of merchant ships, otherwise they will be frantically eliminated by the navy.

However, if you go out of the Strait of Malacca to the west, the situation is completely different, there is a sea area belonging to Tianzhu, and the Tianzhu continent is already in turmoil, and the sea is even more chaotic, before Li Su and Li Zhen and Li Yun's forces entered this area, Tianzhu Sea is a paradise infested by pirates, not only local pirates in Tianzhu, but also pirates from Persia, Dashi and other places to come here, and even some Han pirates mixed in, Lu Qing They have been here.

Moreover, the pirates in this sea area have a characteristic, that is, there are no people like overlords among them, and each pirate does its own thing, without the slightest organization. There is no need to talk about any rules, as long as the merchant ship is intercepted by them. Then in the end, it is basically the result of people dying and emptying goods.

It is precisely this style of behavior of the pirates of the Tianzhu Sea that makes them notorious among maritime merchants. Formerly on a par with the pirates with official backgrounds in Malacca, he was one of the most hated by all maritime merchants. However, since the Malacca pirates were wiped out by Li Su's navy, the forces behind them were also subsequently destroyed, so now only one Tianzhu pirate still exists in the world.

However, since Li Zhen and Li Yun arrived on Ceylon Island and gave it to Li Su, the route from Malacca to Ceylon has been highly valued by Li Su, and some navies have been specially sent to suppress pirates. At first, the pirates of Tianzhu Sea didn't care much about this external force, but as the pirates were wiped out one by one, they finally realized it. The good old days are finally over.

Especially after the discovery of a lot of gem mines in Ceylon, it has attracted Taiwan's attention, so from time to time it will send warships to sweep the route from Malacca to Ceylon, and sometimes when encountering a large fleet sailing, it will also send warships to escort it, which makes the pirates along the way can only hold back in the pirate's den and drool after seeing it.

Li Su traveled secretly this time, and all the warships he took were disguised as merchant ships, but he and everyone on the warship did not expect it. Is there really a pirate who dares to attack their fleet? You must know that they have fifteen warships disguised as giant merchant ships, and there are also some real merchant ships, adding up to more than thirty large ships, not to mention pirates for a fleet of this size. Even the naval armies of some countries in Tianzhu did not dare to fight their ideas.

But the reality is so wonderful, there would never be a fleet of pirates who would dare to make up their minds, but they were targeted by several pirate boats behind them. And this time the person in charge of escorting Li Su was Li Jingye, who was entrusted with a heavy responsibility by Lu Qingwei, and now Li Jingye has studied at the Taiwan Military Academy. And then during this time there was a real naval battle, and it was already possible to command a fleet alone. In addition, he is one of Li Su's most trusted people, so it is naturally most suitable for him to escort him.

"Dedicated, if I'm not mistaken, this is the first time you've led a fleet alone, right? But now you're being targeted by this group of pirates, and it seems that they look down on you! Li Su held a telescope and said to Li Jingye next to him with a smile while observing the pirate ship in the distance.

And Li Jingye also touched his nose a little depressed, originally he thought that this time he would just accompany Li Su out to play, but he didn't expect him to hit the luck and really meet the pirates of Tianzhu Sea. But then he felt a burst of excitement, after all, this was the first time he could command a fleet, and he could take this opportunity to test the results of his hard work during this time.

On the fifth day after their fleet left Malacca, the pirate boat that was following them in the rear finally disappeared, but this was not a good thing, because early the next morning, a large number of pirates had gathered around their fleet, and it was clear from the jurate's messy banners that these pirates certainly did not belong to the same group, but were probably composed of several groups of pirates.

However, for this large number of pirate ships, Li Su and Li Jingye both seemed very relaxed, and even secretly pitied each other in their hearts, if they were really ordinary giant merchant ships, then so many pirates gathered together, there was indeed a great possibility to eat the fleet, but they were very unlucky to encounter Li Jingye's camouflage warship, it seems that this group of pirates really didn't look at the yellow calendar before going out.

What happened next was very boring, it was nothing more than a pirate stabbing up, and then fifteen camouflaged warships were in a daze, first with a cannon and bed crossbow to beat each other dizzy, and then fifteen warships changed their tricks to toss these pirate ships that were less than a third of the size of the warships, and as a result, the relatively large pirate ships that rushed to the front were all sunk, and the other small ships saw that the situation was not good, and immediately scattered in a hurry. And Li Jingye's mission this time was mainly to protect Li Su's safety, so he didn't let people chase him, so most of the pirates who escaped were killed.

"One, two, three! Throw~" On the various warships, there were bursts of neat slogans, accompanied by the laughter of many navies, as well as the sound of heavy objects falling into the water. This is the man of the flotilla who disposes of the pirate captives, tying them up and throwing them into the sea like rice dumplings, in which case there is no possibility of survival at all.

For these vicious pirates, whether they are government or private businessmen, as long as they are caught, there is absolutely only one end, and that is to kill. And in order to deter those pirates, Li Su set up many pillars outside various ports in the South Seas, and on each pillar hung the executed pirates. Originally, this time the pirate captives could also be sent to the port to be hanged, but for the sake of secrecy, they were finally ordered to be executed on the spot by Li Jingye, so the current scene appeared.

Don't blame the lads in the navy for their cruelty, compared to the way these pirates dealt with the merchants they captured, their direct reclamation was much gentler, at least they could leave them with a whole corpse, and they did not suffer much torture during their lifetime, even the pirates who were executed were satisfied with this way of death.

In addition, before executing these pirates, Li Yu also learned from the pirates where the old nests of these pirates were, and after they were sorted out, they were stored in the archives and may be used in the future to exterminate these pirates. As for the captured pirate ships, Li Yu and they didn't look down on them at all, so they sent people to the ship to search for them, but they were all scuttled.

This pirate attack was just a small episode in Li Su's journey, but he saw one thing that made him a little worried, that is, the pirates of Tianzhu Sea under his blow, they had begun to have a tendency to unite, although the alliance between this kind of pirates and pirates is very fragile, and there may even be internal firefights, but it also has to be guarded against, in case someone really twists the pirates of Tianzhu Sea into a rope, it is definitely not a good thing for him.

"Rokuro, have you thought of it too, it seems that we are going to get rid of the pirates in this sea area as soon as possible." Just as Li Jing was frowning and standing on the side of the boat looking at the sea view, suddenly Li Jingye walked over from the side and said.

"Well, I originally wanted to concentrate on solving Jinzhou first, and then completely control the Strait of Malacca, but looking at the current situation, the only way to put the pirates here in the first place is to put them first!" Li Su said lightly. Fortunately, today's pirates are doing it to their fleet, if they are replaced by another large fleet, they will definitely be looted, and they don't know how many of their subjects will die at that time, and as their Royal Highness the King of Qi, they naturally want to remove this hidden danger.

Li Jingye is familiar with Li Su's temperament, so he is not surprised by his words at all. I saw that he suddenly showed a bright smile and asked: "By the way, I heard that Uncle Cheng and Uncle Qin have resigned from the military positions of the Tang Dynasty and are preparing to come to Taiwan, but I don't know how long it will take to see them again?" ”

And Li Su also showed a smile when he heard this: "That's right, Huailiang and Huaiyu are indeed coming soon, and this time they are directly moving their families to Taiwan, so it may take a little longer, but I estimate that they will be able to reach Taiwan in three or five months at most, and then we should also go back, and we must have a non-stop drunk with them!" ”

"Hahaha~, that's natural, but speaking of which, I'm Uncle Cheng's junior, but now I'm the first to enter Taiwan's army, that is to say, I'm Uncle Cheng's senior, and I may even be their boss in the future, it's exciting to think about." Li Jingye suddenly laughed proudly, but Li Jingye pouted when he heard it, with Cheng Huailiang's temper, even if Li Jingye really became their boss, I am afraid he would not give Li Jingye a good look.

Li Su's fleet headed westward, aiming at Ceylon, the destination of the trip, but before reaching the island of Ceylon, they went to a very interesting place. (To be continued......)

PS: It's too busy to have a Mid-Autumn Festival, and today's second chapter is a little late, I hope you can understand.