In the boxing ring.

It is impossible for opponents of different levels to meet together, and in the real battlefield, there is no such rule, but in this encounter in the Peloponnese, the pirate Pisius against the sailor Aris, such two inconspicuous characters, inadvertently became the fuse of a naval battle.

Greel's jealousy forced Pisius to venture closer to the merchant ship, and when the paddle boat trembled and leaned on the merchant ship, Aris on the mast finally gave up, and he decided not to rely on anyone else.

"That fat dead man of Dikar doesn't even believe me, this time, I'll prove it once, show you stupid people!"

After struggling to break free of the rope tied to his legs, Aris shook the rope with a short blade in one hand and leaned on the plank of the cabin with the other, his eyes fixed on the place where the slight sound had just come from. With the unwillingness to despise his companions, the thin sailor had a cold spirit in his chest at this moment.

The outer edge of a merchant ship.

A dark shadow was slowly rising.

Pishua the pirate struggled to climb a few steps along the outer edge of the merchant ship, but the hull wet by the waves was so slippery that it nearly caused him to fall overboard. Due to his emaciated body, Pisius always had a natural advantage over such errands as reconnaissance sneak attacks, which was why Grell gave him the first task.

The strings of the merchant ship are in front of him, as long as he exerts more force, he can turn onto the merchant ship, Pisius took a long breath, and with a violent swing, his body swept sideways to the deck of the merchant ship.

"Boom!"

A muffled cry rang out.

Pisius's body fell heavily on the armor, but before he could be surprised, he felt a chill in his chest, and then a sharp pain came.

"Uh, I got a knife. Damn Greer, I'm fooled. Pisius's eyes widened, through the hazy moonlight in the sky. He saw a thin fellow like a monkey, clinging to the shadow of the side of the ship, and in his hand he was holding a short blade that flickered.

"Die, bastard. When you get there, remember the man who killed you, whose name is Aris, the great hero, the invincible Aris. As Pisius's sanity faded, Aris's hoarse screams gradually subdued.

Just now. When Pisius fell, he pressed on Alis's body, and under the collision of hard bones, Aris's chest immediately broke more than three ribs, and now he felt the huge dizziness caused by blood loss, but at this time, Dicar's and others, who heard the wrong sound, finally got up.

"Pirates, there are pirates, light the torches quickly." Merchant ships. Shouts rang out, lighting fires in the dark sea, revealing their whereabouts, but now that the pirates have touched them. The merchant fleet knew exactly where the pirates were, and it would be useless to cover them up, but it would be better to light up the nearby sea and discover where the pirates were as early as possible.

The remaining three pirates in the paddle boat were waiting for Pisius to lower the ropes. But to their disappointment, it was not the rope that was waiting for them, but the barrels that fell down one by one. The waves swept the oared boat and capsized, and the three of them struggled in the sea for a while before being seen again.

Compared to the ruthlessness of the sea, the pirates are just clowns, and although the few pathfinder pieces sent by Greer have not been able to achieve any great results, they are all enough for the pirates who are determined to seize the ship.

In the firelight, the pirate skeleton ship was only half a nautical mile away from the merchant ship, and the speed of the two sides was much faster than that of the heavy merchant ship.

Although it will not explode, for a wooden boat moving at high speed, every collision may cause the bottom of the ship to leak, and it may bring serious effects on the submersion of the sea.

Grell was furious.

The Greeks' strong man who wanted his life and didn't want money broke his wrist, which made him anxious and heartbroken. The pirate group is no better than the army, there is no strict discipline, he is the boss only because his strength is stronger than the other forces, every barrel of wine floating in the sea is worth a lot of gold coins, and Grell can't stop the thieves in his hands from thirsting for money.

Chase and flee all the way.

When the merchant ships of Dicar's ships had quickened and given up the shackles of possessions, the sailors, who had burst out of their desire to survive, exerted their strength to feed, and what motivated them even more was Aris, their despised companion, the thin man whom they had laughed at during the day, now lying quietly on the deck, his eyes wide open, as if he had been alive.

"Aris, brother, don't worry, this time we believe it, if you really speak, we must believe it is true?" The big man William was full of tears, and he couldn't stop crying as he paddled hard.

Aris and he came out of Athens together, over the years, William with his height and strength repeatedly bullied this weak partner, but today he found that he has been thinking of the smart and clever Aris as a brother in his heart all these years.

――。

Crete.

In the reflection of the morning sun, it is emitting a golden light. This large island in the middle of the Aegean Sea is now a free trading port, frequented not only by caravans but also by pirates, and of course, it is certainly impossible to blatantly sail a skull-flag ship into the port.

The chase had been going on for an hour, and there was only a distance of two hulls between Greer's pirate ship and Dikar's merchant ship.

"Damn it, brothers, drop anchor, hook them." Grell roared angrily, the chase lasted too long, and he felt a little uneasy while exhausted.

weishenme？

Or the process is too smooth.

This night battle took place in the sea near Greece, if it was normal, at least the local search ship responsible for guarding along the coastline would come to take a look at the situation, but in retrospect, Grell did not notice even a fishing boat around it, the reason for this, of course, is likely to be that the fishing boat was afraid to run away after seeing the skull flag, but maybe there is another possibility. That's when things change.

The heavy iron anchor hangs with the sound of whirring wind, falling in a parabolic line, this special iron anchor on the pirate ship itself is not large, and its main function is to be used by pirates to hook the target ship at close range, creating conditions for the next string battle.

However, due to the difference in speed, the pirates were unable to pull the merchant ship after several attempts in succession, and Grell was even more anxious as he saw the port getting closer and closer.

"I can't care about it, after this transaction. Lao Tzu will return to the Roman fleet, who likes to take this skull flag? "The ruthless Greer is desperate, although the life of the pirate leader is free, but after all, it is unseemly, and only returning to the fleet of the Great Rome is what Grell hopes for the most.

――。

In the shadows of the harbor.

Five three-oared warships are lined up, and the tallest ship in the central protrusion is the Qin general Gan Yong's ship, the head of this kind of three-oared boat. Equipped with an iron ram, the ram can quickly ram the side of an enemy ship with its speed and maneuverability, while the flank of an enemy ship with a weak hull can be quickly rammed. There is almost no power to fight back in front of the iron gas.

The appearance of the three-oared boat was invented by the Romans during the Second Punic War between Carthage and Rome, and subsequently, this kind of three-oared boat had more than 170 oarsmen. There were about 20 sailors, sailmen, and helmsmen, as well as archers and pikemen who specialized in battle. Of course, at least the commander of the ship is the commander and the deputy.

When the Qin army formed a new naval fleet, the Greek craftsmen built this classic naval warship based on their own experience, for this kind of warship that is very different from the Dongfang building ship, it effectively avoids the problem of insufficient stability of the upper hull, and the position of the lower oarsman is only a little above the waterline.

Although the soldiers of the Qin army could not understand it at first, as their training deepened, they also had a deeper understanding of the advanced nature of this kind of warship.

Crash.

Equivalent to ramming, it can tear through the fragile hull of an enemy ship in an instant.

The Mediterranean Sea is not as good as China's East China Sea, the Yellow Sea, which is an inland sea, and hurricanes appear only in a fixed season every year, and more often the ship sails to rely on manpower to propulse, and the more oarsmen there are, the faster the boat is.

However, in these five sea ships, it is still possible to find different traces from the East, first of all, the iron gas represents the bronze gas, this change directly saves a lot of money, compared to the high cost of bronze, the Great Qin soldiers, who are in the leading position in the wrought iron process, naturally prefer the iron lump.

In terms of the protection of the flanking body, the craftsmen of the Qin State replaced the olive oil with layers of iron sheets, although this change slightly increased the weight of the ship, but there was a fundamental change in the protection against impact. In the same collision, the Qin warship was more resilient than the shirtless wooden ship.

In addition, the biggest change actually comes from the difference in combat arms, the heavenly thunder soldiers of a team of ten people, the machine crossbow soldiers of the second team of twenty people, and the thirty powerful melee sword and shield soldiers constitute the main force of the Qin army's warships.

――。

The pirate ship enters the port.

As the pursuit route lengthened, Greer's fleet stretched a distance of more than a nautical mile, and when his flagship tail chased the merchant ship into the port of Crete, the pirate ship towed on the Zuihou side was still unhurriedly salvaging the wine barrels.

"Attack!"

In the shouts of Gan Yong, the officers and men of the Great Qin Navy, who had been suppressed for a full year, shouted in unison, this year, they have eaten and slept in the open air, endured the drenching of the sea breeze, and the exposure of the sun, for what? In order to come to the day of the expedition.

"Kill!"

The war drums thundered in an instant, and the strict discipline of the Great Qin Army ensured that the drums were neat, and at the same time as the main fleet of Gan Yong attacked, the two detachments of Hufu and Luanbu, which detoured to both ends of the island, blocked the gap in the harbor that was no more than three ships running side by side, one on the left and one on the right, in the shape of scissors.

In this volley, seven of Greer's pirate fleets followed into the harbor, and six remained in the open sea, and the whole was divided into two parts. If the pirate group was a well-disciplined regular army, the six peripheral warships behind would have made no effort to open the gap and rescue their comrades who were besieged in the harbor, but this possibility was basically impossible in Greer's opinion.

The so-called pirates are just a combination of interests of groups of people, and the reason why they recognize Grell as the boss is only because he is the most powerful, and at the same time has the support of the Romans in selling stolen goods, which is more convenient and credible than other groups. Gan Yong obviously saw this point, so he started at the most critical node.

The Qin army's three-oared boat rushed straight at a fast speed, and the iron was aimed at the flank of Greer's flagship, which made Greer, an experienced pirate, break out in a cold sweat.

"Quick, stop the enemy ship." Grell waved the flag at his companion ship.

Seeing the flagship's order, the pirate single-decker paddle boat that followed behind reluctantly turned around, trying to meet it to help the boss block the Qin warship.

"Peng!"

A loud bang sounded in the collision of the two ships, and after a creaking and crisp sound, the pirate ship was like paper paste, and was torn in two by the Qin army's iron waist, and the thieves on the ship staggered one by one, and fell into the sea without even standing still.

This time it hits.

Let Greer, who saw this scene not far away, his face changed greatly, the Qin army's warship has three layers of oars, and its hull is taller, he has seen it, but he didn't take this seriously, although the key to naval warfare is a warship, but having experienced sailors is the most important thing.

At this point, Grell did not believe that the Qin people could outperform the elites of the sea under his command with just a few flutters in the port of Troy. But the scene in front of them could not help but have any suspicions among the thieves, and the shouts of their companions struggling in the sea made them come to their senses and hurriedly put down the small oars to rescue.

"Avoid the other party's collision angle, lean in, and rob their boat." Grell roared and threw a javelin with all his might, the powerful body of the spear with the whistling wind pointing diagonally at the general on the enemy flagship.

"The boss is mighty."

The power of a gun makes Greer proud, the head of this javelin is a copper head wrapped in bronze, under the action of afterburner, it can pierce the wooden plank of the ship at once, and the human body can not resist, Greer is excited, and he has imagined in his mind that the javelin strings the body of the general of the Qin army.

On the flagship of the Qin army, beside Gan Yong, two close guards took a step forward and raised the iron shield high, trying to block the sharp momentum of the javelin. The jishu of the craftsmen of the Qin State and the brute force of the Westerners, which one is powerful, Greer is very confident, and on the Qin army's side, Gan Yong is also full of confidence. (To be continued......)

PS: I don't recommend it next week, so I ask for the comfort of counting tickets.