Chapter 29 The Praying Mantis Catches the Cicada 3
Yan Siqi's subordinate who sent the escort ship this time was another of his most trusted people, named Chen Xinji, Chen Xinji is loyal, steady, and has always been very trusted by Yan Siqi, many things in Yan Siqi's hands have been handed over to Chen Xinji to take care of, and Chen Xinji has never lived up to Yan Siqi's trust, and has always done things very well.
This time, he wanted to transport so much silver to Nanri Island at once, Yan Siqi was not at ease to hand over this matter to others, so he asked Chen Xinji to personally run and take these three boats to Nanri Island.
Originally, 40,000 taels of silver, converted into modern tons, that is, the weight of more than a ton, can easily be loaded on one boat, but Yan Siqi still decided to be more careful, and loaded the silver separately on three boats, once one of these three boats has an accident, there will still be most of the silver left, that is, don't put your eggs in one basket.
In addition, this time, Yan Siqi also selected more than 100 subordinates from his subordinates to go to Nanri Island with the boat, and one boat could not fit so many people, so he sent three boats to travel together, which could increase some safety factor.
But they didn't expect that as soon as they left Bengang, they would be targeted, even if Chen Xinji was sophisticated and cautious, they didn't find that Zheng Python's fleet was already sharpening their knives not far from them and waiting to attack them.
Chen Xinji stood at the stern of the ship, directing the three boats to slowly sail against the wind on the sea, sailing to Nanri Island, and after gradually losing sight of Taiyuan Island, Chen Xinji ordered everyone on the ship to enter a state of alert in case of accidents.
"Master Chen, where is the sea wolf's fleet to pick us up?" The head of a boat that followed the boat asked Chen Xinji, in order to keep it secret, before they came out this time, these people didn't know their detailed plans, but they only knew a little about it, and after arriving here, the head of the boat asked Chen Xinji.
"Don't worry, it's not long since we came out, it's not yet noon, according to the agreement, Chen Xun asked Yu to send a boat to pick us up, there is still a little way, I guess after noon, we can meet them." Chen Xinji looked at the sea and replied to his subordinates.
"Then rest assured! After all, we have shipped so many hard goods this time, it is better to meet them as soon as possible! The captain said.
"Yes! But this is not far from us, Zheng Yiguan's ship often appears in this area, this time our deal with the sea wolf, the big boss didn't want people to know, so they didn't ask them to send a fleet to pick us up, but waited for us halfway, in case Zheng Yiguan's gang was on guard! Don't worry, if they come, we should run into them in a little further way! Chen Xinji comforted his subordinates.
"This Zheng Yiguan is really a bastard, the big boss is so good to him, as soon as this guy is developed, he immediately changed his face, and he doesn't take the big boss and us in his eyes! It's a bastard! I knew that this guy was this kind of person, so it was better to kill him and pull him down earlier! The captain of the ship said hatefully.
"Knowing people and knowing faces but not knowing hearts, Lu Yao knows horsepower! Zheng Yiguan was not such a person at the beginning, and the big guys didn't realize that he would become what he is now! This is probably what people say about the same scorpion does not sting! Now that this guy is full-fledged, our temple can't accommodate him anymore! Chen Xinji used to have a very good relationship with Zheng Yiguan, and always treated Zheng Yiguan as a brother, but after Zheng Yiguan came back this time, he became arrogant and domineering, and he was also very disappointed, so he also had a lot of complaints about Zheng Yiguan.
As they spoke, they walked a distance on the sea, and suddenly the upper bucket on the mast pointed to the position in front of them on the left, and shouted to Chen Xinji and the people on the boat: "Qi Qi Chen is in charge, there seem to be a few boats on the left in front of us!" ”
After hearing this, Chen Xinji immediately walked to the left side of the ship and looked at the sea in front of him, but he didn't see the boat, so he said, "Look carefully, is it the ship of the sea wolf!" ”
Shangdou shook his head on the mast and said, "It's too far away, I can't see the flag on their ship clearly, huh?" A few more, and they're coming towards us! There are ten...... Eleven or two! "This Shangdou must not have learned the math very well, and it took me two counts to count the number of these ships.
Chen Xinji was a little nervous for a moment, but he was relieved that the coming ship might be the ship of the sea wolf, so he looked up at the sky, the weather was not too sunny today, there was a thin layer of clouds in the sky, the visibility on the sea was not as good as when it was sunny, the sun was blocked by thin clouds, but he could still distinguish the position of the sun.
At this time, it was close to noon, but it was not yet the agreed time, and according to Yan Siqi's instructions to Chen Xun, the sea wolf's fleet should be a little farther away.
But Chen Xinji thought that it was the sea wolf's fleet that couldn't wait for them, so he came over here, so he ran into them in advance.
So Chen Xinji turned around and ordered all the ship's personnel to strengthen their vigilance, make precautions, and uncover the tarpaulin on the ship, expose the cannon underneath, and make all preparations.
"Smoke! Let's see if they're a fleet of sea wolves! Chen Xinji instructed his men on the ship.
According to the agreement, when Chen Xinji and their ship arrived at the predetermined sea area, if they could not find the fleet of the sea wolf, so as not to miss it, they could set off smoke, as long as the fleet of sea wolves was nearby, they could see the smoke they put out, and rushed to meet them, and if they met the fleet, they could also release smoke to confirm the identity of the other party.
So Chen Xinji's boat soon emitted a thick wolf smoke, and the black smoke billowed into the sky, condensed but not dispersed, and rose very high, before it was gradually blown away by the sea breeze.
Shangdou has been staring at the dozen or so boats that are gradually approaching at this time, and he feels a little uneasy, because the more than a dozen boats that are coming over are a little wrong, and after getting closer, he can't see any flags or numbers on the ship, and he can't determine their identity, and the formation of these boats doesn't look like they came to greet them, but like a big net, they shine towards them.
So Shangdou hurriedly reported the situation he observed to Chen Xinji below, Chen Xinji had already seen more than a dozen boats at this time, and at this time he had ordered someone to set off a cigarette, but he did not see the other party's boat put smoke in response, Chen Xinji's face suddenly changed.
"Turn the rudder! Adjust the sails and run towards our house, these boats are coming for us! Chen Xinji shouted loudly.
Yan Siqi's subordinates on the three boats suddenly became nervous, a little panicked, they all did this, their experience was old, and they immediately realized that they were afraid of trouble today.
The other party came with more than a dozen boats, and they only had three boats, although each boat had a lot of men, but it was impossible to have more enemies than these enemies, and they definitely didn't even have the slightest chance of winning, and these dozen or so ships suddenly appeared here, basically it was certain that they came with the silver on their ships.
That is to say, someone has revealed their rumors, and has caused someone to come here and wait for them, and want to rob them of the silver from their ship, so who is this person, and immediately everyone on the ship thought of a person, and immediately cursed.
The three boats quickly turned their rudder and turned their sails, and turned their bows again, towards the Ben Harbor where they had come out, and all three boats raised their full sails at the same time, and ate enough of the wind, intending to turn around and flee back to Ben Harbor.
But they were still a little slower, and these three boats came out this time, carrying more people, and they were also loaded with a lot of silver and some local products that Yan Siqi gave Yu Xiaotian for gratitude, and the three boats were all in a heavy-duty state, although the full sails were raised, but it still took a while for the sailboats to speed up.
The dozen or so boats were now like a big net, covering their buttocks, and two more boats appeared in front of these three boats and blocked them as well.
Zheng Python can be said to be a hit this time, and when he led the fleet to grab the front, he had already prevented these three boats from turning around and fleeing after discovering them, so he left two boats behind in advance to block their way.
This time, the three boats led by Chen Xinji were in big trouble, there were blocked roads in front and chasing soldiers in the back, leaving them no chance.
Chen Xinji also realized that he was afraid that they would not be able to escape back to Bengang today, so he pulled out his waist knife from his waist and shouted at the people on the three boats: "Brothers! Now it seems that we can't do it if we don't fight! We haven't seen it yet, but you can probably guess who it is!
You all know what our three boats are loading! Since these people are blocking us here, they are going to rob us of our silver!
But don't leave anything to chance, these people will never leave them alive for you to reveal their identities! So now we have no choice but to fight with them to break the net!
Copy the guys, fight with them! All the ships immediately let off smoke, and if we don't know that the fleet of the masters is not far from here, we may not be finished! ”
Chen Xinji's reaction speed was not slow, when he figured out why these ships would block them here, and immediately thought about the consequences, he was worried that once these people started to fight for a while, they would not fight hard in order to survive, so he immediately informed these subordinates of the consequences.
When Yan Siqi's subordinates on these three boats heard it, they felt that what Chen Xinji said made sense, there is a great possibility that these people who came here are Zheng Yiguan's people, Zheng Yiguan has not torn his face with their big boss Yan Siqi now, so he will use such means to block them here, if he is allowed to succeed, he will never leave a living mouth, leaving people with a handle and a solid mouth.
Therefore, as long as they fall into the hands of these people, even if they surrender at the end, these people will never be left alive, and they will definitely be slaughtered in the end and thrown into the sea to feed the fish, and even their boats will probably not be left behind, and they will definitely be dragged to the deep water where no one has passed.
So if you don't work hard today, you can't do it, even if it's for your own life, you have to fight, if you fight, there is still a chance of life, if you don't fight, then you will die!
Yan Siqi's subordinates on the three boats scolded one by one, grabbed their weapons one after another, and prepared a posture to fight to the end.