The hooked crescent moon is submerged in the clouds. Having lost the source of light, the sea is even darker. The waves, which used to appear to have white lines embedded in the margins, have become a combination of black and deeper black. Without light, the sound of the waves seemed to become more quiet.

Yuelian sat cross-legged on the edge of the podium, her hands gently stroking a pair of scimitars on her lap. Feel the ups and downs of the boats, listen to the sound of the waves crashing against the boats, and breathe in the air mixed with a hint of saltiness. Yuelian finally yawned comfortably, and then perked up.

Hanging the double knives around her waist, Yuelian walked around the deck. The visible distance on the surrounding sea was very low, and even with all her eyesight, Yuelian couldn't see anything unusual. Holding on to the railing, Yuelian yawned again. This time she felt a wave of sleepiness. But Yuelian shook her head and tried her best to expel sleepiness, she was arranged to keep vigil tonight, judging by the amount of incense that had been replaced, it had just reached midnight. The thought of those bastards sleeping in the cabin made her feel uncomfortable in her heart, but she felt a little more energetic.

As soon as she arrived in Quanzhou during the day and learned that Qi Ye's perfume shop had been burned, Yuelian felt that something was very wrong, and she suggested returning to the ship immediately and telling Zhao Jiaren the news as soon as possible. However, these useless men actually made an extremely miraculous suggestion, that is, to sue the official. After hearing this, Yuelian almost wanted to faint, saying that there were no weak soldiers under the strong generals, and Zhao Jiaren was such a smart and capable person who knew that it was an unwise choice to use official means to deal with the Pu family. On the contrary, Zhao Jiaren's subordinates felt that it was useful to sue the official.

Fortunately, Qi Ye was very reasonable, and he firmly asked the ship to leave Quanzhou, which could be regarded as letting this group of guys sail. The next discussion quickly blew up the moon lotus. The stupid group of guys thought that the attack that Zhao Jiaren had predicted was very likely, and they stopped near the port of Quanzhou instead of sailing farther into the open sea first. The gang thought that by the time of daylight tomorrow, they would be able to attract pirate ships to follow them, and they would be able to work at ease.

Yuelian couldn't help it, she rarely spoke, and she told these people bluntly that the Pu family was a pirate, or a big pirate who lived at the apex of the pirate system with Quanzhou as the core. The best thing to do now is to drive farther first and back tomorrow. Staying here, waiting for the Pu family's fleet.

Just as she couldn't help but think about the events of the day, Yuelian heard someone shouting in a drowsy way in front of the stairs from the cabin to the deck: "Who put out the torch?" This voice reminded Yuelian of the face of the owner of the voice. It was Chen Chip, the leader of Class 7, a very young guy with very good academic performance. and a self-righteous personality that is very annoying in the eyes of Moon Lian.

"I'll destroy it!" Yuelian walked to the entrance of the passage and reminded coldly.

In the footsteps, Chen Chip staggered onto the deck, and said dissatisfiedly: "If you extinguish, you won't be able to see the road clearly." Hurry up and order again. ”

"Our ship will be seen on the spot." Yuelian reminded.

Chen Chip wanted to say something, but went straight to the toilet on the bow of the boat. Solved the personal problem, and pulled the rope of the flushing toilet to flush the water. After finishing the matter, he walked back to the deck, and Chen Chip said to the other sailors on night duty except Yuelian, "Light the torches." ”

"You'll be seen at sea." Yuelian hurriedly persuaded again.

"The torch is not facing the window, where can it be so powerful as you say, and you can see the light of the torch from dozens of miles away?" I can hear that Chen Chip has already sobered up a little.

Yuelian cared about it in her heart, but she couldn't really be sure, she could only use other reasons, "I often walk on the boat, where will I fall down if I am discredited?" ”

"We have a lot of trainee sailors on board this time, and this is a new ship, and they can't go away. If you break someone, no one can bear it. Chen Chip talked about his opinion, and in order to prove that his opinion was correct, Chen Chip found a reason, "I went to the north in the previous paragraph, and there were as many people who were injured in the war as they were in the fall. ”

"I'm not going to let the torches be lit." Yuelian insisted on her opinion, and Chen Chip's gang did not participate in the operation to fight the Mongols in the north.

"You!" After a while, Chen Chip shouted to the sailor, "Light the torch and tie me a hammock." I'll sleep on the deck and watch the night with you! ”

Captain Chen Chou gave such an order, and the sailors did not dare to insist anymore. It wasn't long before the hammocks on deck were tied, the torches were lit, and Chen Chip wrapped himself in a quilt and fell asleep in the sea breeze of the July night.

Time gradually passed, and with the change of incense, Yuelian judged that at most another hour would be over, and the sky would be bright. She suddenly felt that she might be overly worried, and that from her experience as a pirate, no ship could compete with Zhao Jiaren's fleet in the daytime. It was so difficult to find a ship in the vast sea, if it weren't for Yuelian's racking her brains with her father and others to find the lone Pu family ship when she was a pirate, she wouldn't have so many ideas.

As long as the sky is bright, you can change shifts, and Yuelian also feels sleepy. She walked around the boat again, waking up the lethargic ones. They were in the second half of the night, and they had slept in the first half of the night. Yuelian herself stayed awake all night.

"Wake up! Wake up! Watch carefully, and after a while you can sleep as much as you want! Yuelian shouted to the bastards who looked completely unguarded. When she encounters those bastards who obviously don't want to obey, Yuelian has to beat them with her scabbard.

When she walked back to the back shipbuilding, Yuelian heard Chen Chip yawn, and then asked, "You really haven't slept all night." ”

"Humph!" Yuelian snorted, but didn't answer.

With the sound of getting out of the hammock, Chen Chip yawned and walked to the deck beside Yuelian to sit down, and he asked in a low voice, "Commissioner Hu, I heard that you used to ...... Begging for food at sea? ”

Yuelian knew that many students were very interested in her background, and this Chen Chip was already very polite when he spoke, and of course, his intention to try to get Yuelian's words was also very obvious. This kind of self-righteous bastard is the kind that Yuelian hates the most.

Just when Yuelian was thinking about how to get Chen Chip, a bastard, to get out of here, a fire suddenly lit up outside. A rocket is set up in mid-air, and although the fire is faint, it is enough to illuminate the situation below in such a pitch black environment. Yue Lian could see everything on the deck through the light of the fire, including Chen Chip's face with a surprised expression.

Jumping up from the deck like a rabbit, Yuelian rushed to the alarm bell in three steps and two steps, and grabbed the rope from which the bell hammer was hung. The bell rang at the same time as Yuelian's scream, "Dangdang! Dangdang! "There are enemies! Enemy attack! ”

It was not easy to get from a state of confusion to a state of battle, and although the whole ship was alarmed, most of them failed to get into it. However, the enemy who came to attack was completely in a state of flux, and Yuelian found that the enemy might not have fired rockets, but fireballs. Looking at the trajectory, it is possible that it was fired into the air with a torsion ballista.

In addition to these, the enemy is also firing something else at Yuelian's ship. The side of the ship was hit by several things, and when finally someone rushed to the deck, several things flew onto the deck and landed. Yuelian was about to pull someone to replace her and continue to ring the alarm bell, but she saw the direction of the fireball fired by the enemy fleet change, and the fireball went straight to the deck of the ship. It didn't take long for the fireball that landed on the deck to ignite the flames.

Only then did Yuelian understand that the enemy had just launched an oil tank, and they knew what kind of combat power Zhao Jiaren's ship had, so the enemy wisely chose fire attack instead of melee combat. Before Yuelian had time to observe the enemy, she stopped ringing the alarm bell and went straight to the anchor at the bow of the ship. At the same time, he shouted: "Cut the ropes, let's rush out!" ”

"Don't panic! Extinguish the fire with sand! The voice of the squad leader Chen Chip finally sounded, and after a while, the loud voice of the propaganda committee also shook the whole ship, "Don't panic! Extinguish the fire with sand! ”

With command in place, the crew quickly restored some order. The sandbags on the deck were untied, and the sand inside was dumped on the spot where the fire was fired, and the fire was extinguished in an instant.

Seeing that the fire was successfully extinguished, Chen Chip gave the second order, "The first squad, open fire on the enemy." Second Squad, Anchor! ”

At this moment, the fireball thrown by the enemy hit the sails, and several oil canisters burst on the sails, and when the two touched, the sails were lit with light blue flames. Yue Lian's brows furrowed slightly, the color of this flame was so familiar. It's not uncommon to see it in the perfume extraction workshop.

Captain Chen Chip also seemed to notice the problem, and he shouted: "Drop the sail!" Extinguish the fire with sand! ”

Yuelian felt that the battlefield was like a year, and she didn't know how long it was, but she heard the sound of cannons finally sounding on the ship. It was not the sound of a pound of guns, but the dull roar of a three-pound gun in the shelling cabin. Although she knew that she was far from being able to solve the enemy at this time, Yuelian immediately felt a great deal of peace in her heart, and felt that she finally had a backbone.

Dawn came sooner than expected, and the sky was lit up as far as I could see. Although it will not bring the world back to light, it is enough to prove that the balance of victory is tilting in favor of Zhao Jiaren's fleet. Presumably the same opinion was felt by the enemy, who extinguished all the torches on their ships and began to retreat.

The sea was still dark, and the ship had only observed that there were seven or eight small boats of the enemy, and now they were leaving the battlefield in the morning breeze. Yuelian's mind suddenly remembered the nautical course taught in the class before departure. It says that every morning, because of the temperature difference between the land and the sea, there is often a morning breeze blowing inland. The enemy who can take advantage of this natural phenomenon is not a waste without seafaring ability. Looking back at the ship, in the dim light of dawn, I could only see that the mainsail had been lowered, and now even if the sail was raised, it would not be able to catch up with the enemy in a short time.

After a while, it was getting brighter. Yuelian looked at it and saw that the enemy ships fleeing from the sea in the distance not only raised their sails, but also used oars. This time Yuelian completely lost the mood to pursue. Zhao Jiaren's boat is excellent, as long as there is a hint of wind, it can sail, and even when there is no wind, it can be pushed forward by the current. So the Zhao family's boat did not have oars.

Needless to say, Yuelian is sure that the enemy must be the Pu family. With the exception of the Pu family's ships, there were no more such trained sailors in Fujian. Retracting her gaze, Yuelian saw Captain Chen Chip with a relieved expression. For such a boss, Yuelian's already strong dissatisfaction was strengthened several times.