Chapter 175: The War of Two Ships
"I don't know where the chick popped up, but I actually sailed in the Hong Kong Sea, and I have never heard of the name of Hong Kong Bazheng!"
Zheng Yong laughed, this simple man in his thirties and forties was originally an ordinary fisherman. At this moment, he was carrying a long knife at his waist, his eyes were fierce, and his momentum was very compelling. When the hull of the ship was bumpy, his feet seemed to be nailed to the deck, and he could see that he was old at sea.
"Greet the people of the Wuzheng family, be careful not to hit the cannons on the boat, just provoke them to chase after you."
As soon as Zheng Yong greeted, his men waved their flags towards the other boats in the distance.
"What a good boat, is the boat being rowed as a bamboo raft, it's really been abused......"
Looking at the shadow of the approaching ship, the fire burning in the heart of the pirate leader was as hot as the fire that a woman had stirred up beneath him.
"With this ship, the merchant ships of foreigners dare to touch them, and even if they only rob one foreign ship, they will never have to worry about eating and drinking in this life!"
Zheng Yong looked at this ship with a sharp appearance, as if he couldn't see a piece of beauty. He could see at a glance the bottom of the ship: it was very light to break the waves and lift the bottom, and it was not loaded with any goods. The rudder sails are clumsy, and the official flag has not yet been hoisted, and it is by no means a foreigner's ship. As long as it's not a foreigner's ship, the foreign guns and foreign cannons are sharp, and these native guns can't deal with them. This boat is fast, as long as it is fast, just like a wild wolf pounces on a cow, there is always a chance to take a bite, and if you bite too much, the wild bull will fall to the ground.
Zheng Yongben is not surnamed Zheng, his father's generation is the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division under Liu Guoxuan of the Zheng family in Taiwan. In the twenty-second year of Kangxi, Shi Lang marched into Penghu, defeated Liu Guoxuan, and scattered and fled. Their fathers fled to Xin'an by boat, and in order to show their loyalty and cover up, they collectively changed their surname to Zheng. According to the earlier camp ranking, from one to eight, which left the name of Hong Kong Bazheng, and he Zheng Yong is the second generation of the head Zheng family, and faintly has the status of the head of Hong Kong Bazheng.
But after all, they are not pure bandits, and this leader is just a false name. For more than 30 years, the Eight Zheng families have been scattered on Hong Kong Island, where the elderly, weak, women and children have farmed and planted guanxiang trees, and these men have gone to the sea to fish. When he encounters the right target, he transforms from a fisherman into a pirate. Most of the prey is a merchant ship that goes alone to save trouble. The pirates led by their Bazheng are not the kind of pirates from the outside world, and they have to rely on the shore to get by, and they have already established rules. When and how much can be robbed, they are all particular, in short, they must not harm the people on the shore. Therefore, those merchant ships were hijacked, and the proprietor only regarded it as a sinking wave, and rarely called officers and soldiers to this area to investigate, and he could not find out what was going on.
But right now, this strange ship is not among the rules, even if the rules are broken, Zheng Yong will admit it, who made him see the benefits of this ship at a glance? Not to mention that the level of the people on the boat is outrageously smelly, as long as you can get up, this boat is in the bag.
Zheng Yong is this thought, and Zheng Yun, the five Zheng family who went to sea with him, also had this thought, two groups of people and five bird boats, and they fired cannons at this strange boat, and sure enough, it chased after it.
"Five boats, more than 200 people, how can I clean you up!"
Seeing that the strange ship was already half a mile away, Zheng Yong gritted his teeth and beckoned his subordinates to hang the grasping hook holding the rope on the bed crossbow.
"Turn the rudder! Turn the sails! Hurry up! β
As a result, his plan fell through, and the slender and elegant strange ship rowed in a circle dozens of feet away, setting off a white arc wave that swept in front of their ship. And whether it was Zheng Yong or Zheng Yun, their tattered bird boat was swayed by the waves, as if it was fixed on the sea, and there was no way to get close, let alone launch a grappling hook.
"So fast!?"
Zheng Yong's actions on this boat didn't work at all, he followed his subordinates to see his eyes straight, he didn't think before, the two boats intersected, only to find that people were just like flying on the sea.
"Don't let it go!"
Zheng Yong howled in his heart.
"It's too fast! Why don't you slow down when you're going to go in circles! β
On the Silver Carp, Hu Hanshan was also complaining loudly that the speed of the ship was too fast, and he had just turned to a suitable position for firing the cannon, and before he could even open the cannon door, the ship flew out in an instant, and the target was thrown behind the buttocks.
"My gang of people can only use hard sails, this soft sail can be fiddled with is not used to it, it is slow and simple, just drop the sail directly, but if you want to move again, it will be troublesome."
Lao Jin's forehead was sweaty, and it was really troublesome to this loach boat.
There were a few more bangs, and the bird boats fired again, looking at the pirates who were already behind their butts, Hu Hanshan was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Turn back!" Turn back! β
"Didn't we just run, and the pirates couldn't catch up, so why bother with them?"
Lao Jin was also furious, and shouted out the words in his heart.
"The Director-General said that this ship was built to fight! Now the pirates are right under their noses, and they are still firing cannons to scare people, if we really run away, don't talk about me, even you, Lao Jin, don't want to touch the ship again in this life! β
Hu Hanshan said in a deep voice, Lao Jin's heart trembled, only to feel that this short young man was not as stunned as he imagined.
"Can't touch the boat? But my life is also important......"
Swallowing his saliva, Lao Jin still wanted to distinguish again, and was even thinking about turning the rudder straight, but Hu Hanshan's warning sank into his heart, and he suddenly felt that this matter was more terrible than losing his life.
"Mother...... It's a fight! Anyway, the bonus earned last year, and what kind of subsidies are there for going to sea, not only enough for his son to marry a daughter-in-law, but also enough for him to eat for half his life. β
Lao Jin gritted his teeth, his arms turned, and the Silver Carp lightly pulled out a white arc wave on the surface of the sea, and turned back towards the fishing boat behind him.
Thousands of miles away, in Xinggang, Min'an, Fuzhou, the slender figure of the Golden Carp slid out of the port.
"I don't actually have much thought about it in this life, I just hope to help the fourth brother do something, and ...... Some things also want to calm down and seek justice. β
On the helm, Xiao Sheng said to Jia Hao.
"Look at Boss Xiao's depressed face before, was he bullied? Who is so bold? β
Jia Hao asked curiously.
"Hey...... There are many people who can bully me, but others will admit it, but those foreigners can't swallow that breath! β
Xiao Sheng grinded his teeth, and the green tendons on his forehead burst out again.
"On the previous sea patrol, I encountered Yangyi's ship again and colluded with merchants to smuggle goods. We chased after us to investigate, but we were carried by the foreign ship so high and fast that the board was still thick, and it hit the head boat directly, injuring more than a dozen people. β
Liang Deguang sighed softly and explained the reason to Jia Hao.
"Candid Man! I remember! I've seen it more than once, and it escaped last year. β
Xiao Sheng smashed his fist on the side of the ship.
"That's not an honest man...... Boss, are we really going to provoke? The relationship of the foreign ship is connected to the governor. β
Liang Deguang hesitated to persuade.
"Whatever business it is! This sea is always our sea! I've never seen such a domineering villain! β
Xiao Sheng gasped, as if there was a fire burning in his chest.
"Kicked the door into someone else's house, petty theft is secondary, and he also set up his own royal law!"
Jia Hao still didn't understand, and Liang Deguang leaned into his ear.
"Before the collision, the captain of the foreign ship scolded Boss Xiao with our words, what a yellow-skinned monkey, what a chaina pig, it can make people angry to death! Boss Xiao almost pulled out his gun and shot the foreign monkey, but he barely endured it when he saw the governor's family on the boat receiving the ceremony. β
After listening to Liang Deguang's words, Jia Hao's eyes widened: "The governor's family is listening to it?" β
Liang Deguang cut off: "That bastard is still laughing with him." β
Jia Hao also gritted his teeth and said: "If I change it, even that guy will be killed!" β
Liang Deguang then shook his head: "After hitting the boat, a few soldiers who fell into the water were also fished out by them, and asked the foreigners to ask for it, but the foreigners didn't return it, and they had to judge it, and this was the most infuriating." β
Jia Hao looked at Xiao Sheng: "Boss Xiao, are you going to teach that foreign ship a lesson!?" Just sink it! The guns on our ship are no ordinary guys. β
Xiao Sheng's eyes also lit up, but then they dimmed again, and he shook his head helplessly: "It's just to go to them and ask for someone, it's really going to be sunk, I guess I don't want to do it as an official." β
Liang Deguang also hurriedly persuaded: "Even if you want to fight, it is not necessarily the opponent of the foreign ship, people can have twenty or thirty cannons." β
Jia Hao pursed his lips and snorted, but he didn't open his mouth again.
The sails were blowing, the hull of the ship was breaking the waves and hurrying, Xiao Sheng, Liang Deguang and the others were speechless, and they and dozens of soldiers under them were all frightened by the speed of the ship.
"This ...... It's like galloping on the sea......"
Xiao Sheng's face was also pale, and it took a while to get used to it.
"But...... It's so cool...... Refreshing! β
Then he laughed.
Xiao Sheng was shuang, Hu Hanshan and the others thousands of miles away were scolded by the galloping horses on the sea, circling one by one, the boatmen never cooperated in place, and the suitable firing position was never grabbed, and they always swept over with a stab. The pirates watched as the strange ship swirled back and forth in front of them.
Originally, it was possible not to go around this small circle, but to go around the big circle to pick up the fishing boat and open fire, but the other side was five boats, all of which were scattered in the far downwind, and they were afraid of getting too close to each other if they went downward, and accidentally hit it for a while, even if Li Xian was not heartbroken, Hu Hanshan would vomit blood.
"I guess those pirates are going to laugh us to death!"
Hu Hanshan looked at the boatmen who were also sweating under the mast, and laughed at himself helplessly, he finally understood why Li Xian only said one word "play" when he handed over the boat to him.
Aren't they just playing now? There was no way to control this fiery horse, let alone open fire, and it would be difficult to get close to those pirates safely.
"Why don't you just stop? When they send it to the door, I'll blast them off one by one! β
Zhao Hanxiang was even more depressed than him, and after holding back for a long time, he still wanted to shoot but couldn't, so he simply had a bad idea.
"Stop!? Do you think they're stupid enough to shoot straight at your muzzle? Climb up from the front and back of the boat, you can bang ......"
Hu Hanshan subconsciously scolded, but when he said the back, his eyes began to flash, right...... "Stop!" β
He gave an order to Lao Jin.
"Hey...... What are you? β
Zhao Hanxiang was also scolded by him and woke up, but when he heard that he really wanted to do this, he was anxious again.
"You bomb yours, I'll bomb mine!"
Hu Hanshan has a plan.
Seeing that the strange boat stopped a mile or two away, Zheng Yongcai turned from sadness to joy at this time, just now I saw this strange boat spinning, and thought it was teasing them, although the level of the other party's boat was poor, it was not so bad that it would only make circles.
"Hurry up!"
He beckoned his subordinates, and on the boat in the distance, the flags were repeated, and Zheng Yong scolded without waiting for the flag bearer on his ship to translate.
"It doesn't matter if they cheat or not! Let's win! β
Under Zheng Yong's strict order, the five bird boats crawled towards the silver carp that had fallen sail like a sleeping beauty like five wolves.
Originally, he thought that his boat was not slow, and it would arrive in a moment or two, but at this moment, Zheng Yong felt like he was crawling as a snail. Finally approached within half a mile, seeing that Zheng Yun's ship had also caught up and was walking side by side with him, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said in his heart, Could it be that the people on this strange boat had collapsed just now, and now they were all paralyzed on the deck?
"Cannon!"
Then the exclamation of his subordinates made Zheng Yong almost paralyzed.
I saw that on the hull of the strange ship, the four cannon doors suddenly rose, and the cannon muzzles were sent out, and the black and swarthy gun chamber could be faintly seen.
Bang bang ...... A loud noise, much lower and heavier than the sound of his own cannon, rang out again and again, and then Zheng Yong's vision was dim, and a thick column of water rose in front of the ship, obscuring most of his vision.
Zheng Yong's boat was smashed and swayed by this wave, but he didn't have the heart to look at the situation of his ship, so he looked in horror at more than ten zhang away, Zheng Yun's boat was broken into two like papier-mΓ’chΓ©, and the fragments were mixed with the water column, and Zheng Yun and the twenty or thirty people on the boat also flew in the air like pieces of paper.
"Circumambulation...... Go around to the bow and stern! β
He hissed, just four columns of water, but he felt like he was in an endless whirlpool.
(To be continued)