Chapter 102. The careful thinking of the captives of the water thieves
The gentle breeze blew gently across the sea, rolling up and down the waves, and then hitting the reef and shattering into countless pieces, but still hitting one after another, as if to smash the reef to pieces. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
There are more reefs around Cape Mountain, and the birds are hovering on the top of this reef, flapping their wings and flying freely like the elves of the sky, but the alert little eyes are staring at the sea below, and from time to time they swoop down like fighters, and there is a fat sea fish between their claws.
But most of the birds did not dare to rush down easily, because not far from the reef, a light Garry warship was slowly rowing its oars towards the docks of Cape Town.
The midday sun was strong and fierce, but the sea breeze was also a little cool, and I don't know where there was a storm, so that the sailors on the deck, who were half shirtless, were happily carrying fishing rods, and at the same time carrying the fish baskets in their hands and dancing and laughing.
The east coast of the island is full of turbulent currents, dark tides, and many reefs, so it has never been a favorite place for pirates and alien marauders to visit, after all, if you can't control the speed here, it will be life-threatening if you hit the reef.
However, in the area of a few hundred meters offshore, the current is relatively gentle due to the Cape Mountain, which extends into the sea, and it is a good place for boat fishing.
After all, those schools of fish also like to hide in the area where the current is gentle and gather, as if to rest or wait, and in the end, it is also cheaper for many sailors on the light Galie warship, just fishing for more than ten seconds, you can harvest an arm-long sea fish, it is really easy.
They were preparing for a feast, so most of the sailors were busy, and even though their stomachs were rumbling, they were all more energetic at the thought of the delicious food at the feast.
Although the preparation of the banquet was somewhat hasty, there were many ingredients that were prepared to achieve it, and other ingredients could be adapted to local conditions, such as the fatty fish of the sea, and several edible mushrooms common in the woodland, which were collected by the sailors and piled up on the table.
The long tables and benches that had been brought in advance also played a big role at this time, and the fresh ingredients that had not yet been made were neatly stacked, and there were also sailors with daggers who were carefully cutting and processing.
In the next few earthen stoves, the flames have been blazing, two soup pots are on it, with the flame **** thick black pot bottom, a hot smell with a rich cheese fragrance began to spread, and the whole camp seemed to fall into a sweet smell.
The sailors who are still busy have excited looks on their faces, and now the time is close to one o'clock, but looking at the delicious food that is about to come out of the pot, most of them can't bear it, and with the deep inhalation, saliva involuntarily begins to secrete, so that they can't stop swallowing saliva.
After the cheese melts, mushrooms and fish pieces are added to make delicious cheese fish pieces, which are piled up on both sides of the long table on wooden plates, filling up tempting appetites.
At the same time, the grilled fish, the sliced white bread, the cheese cut into small pieces, the fresh apples, the sweet and sour little red fruits found in the woods, were all laid out on the table, and even many unknown birds shot down with flintlock pistols, and their fat appearance was also placed on them as roast chickens.
Of course, the few barrels of rum that had been brought in advance in the outer harbor of the Grey Mist had been lifted by the sailors and set aside, allowing the amber liquor to sway slightly, exuding a charming aroma.
The banquet began immediately, except for the artillerymen and flintlock sailors stationed on the top of the hill of the Yuqiao River, as well as the sentries in charge of the temporary fortress guard, basically more than 300 people were already sitting on both sides of the long tables, and began to eat and drink with excitement on their faces.
There are not many fancy speeches, and there is no so-called post-war nostalgia, the complete crushing of the enemy's troops with zero casualties, what else can prove their victory?
Only the food and wine, and the rude companions around them, while grabbing food and drink, also the boasting that rings in their ears at any time!
But most of them have joined in the boasting, gathering around patting their chests and talking about all kinds of topics, but that topic is always inseparable from women and wine, and bragging about their cowhides to show their strength and bravery.
Levi didn't say much, just tasted the food on the wooden plate in front of him, occasionally looking at the unbridled laughter of the sailors in front of him, and shook his head without paying too much attention.
After a fierce battle, they mostly started with this kind of topic, and the fierce sailors who directly joined the battlefield one by one also raised their wine glasses and boasted about their fearlessness at that time, and loudly laughed at the cowering of their companions, but it attracted greater justification and ridicule.
The banquet was held in a hurry, but the sailors, who had been nervous for nearly a week, also enjoyed this hard-won moment of relaxation.
Most of them danced and described their bravery at that time, as if they were alone, and completely killed the group of water thieves, regardless of the Ketuf river thieves who were squatting behind the low wall not far behind them.
The corner of the city wall of the temporary fortress, a low wall already made of sand, also surrounded an area of more than 300 square meters, like a temporary concentration camp, and locked up more than 100 thieves of the Ketuf River who were tied with their hands tied and had a sad face.
Most of the thieves still had a look of trepidation on their faces, especially those who had experienced the artillery, and they still felt fear of Levi's sailors. But some of the water thieves who had not seen the power of the guns in the warship, or who were extremely loyal to their boss, the Marsh Baron, also had a little more strange expressions on their faces.
They carefully looked at the surrounding walls, and the humble city wall that was only four meters high also made them slightly disdainful in their eyes, as long as a few people worked together, they could even easily jump on the four-meter-high wall.
This was not difficult for the thieves of the Ketuf River, who also liked to plunder the farms and villages outside Sama, especially when they looked at the apparently shoddy walls, and even the hemp ropes that bound the log walls were a little crooked, and they seemed to know that they were not built by professional craftsmen.
Just inside this group of captives, several water thieves seemed to have a relatively high status, and they swept over the low wall more than half a person high with cold faces together, and the noisy sound in their ears also made them angry in their hearts.
How often did they become captives? Even the river patrol of Sama City could not treat them so proudly on the Ketuf River, and it was almost humiliating for their group of leaders who thought they had a head and a face.
They gave each other a few looks, and the tacit understanding they had developed in their careers as water thieves also played a role at this moment, and they both knew that the suppressed emotions in each other's hearts had risen now, especially in the face of this humble fortress wall, and they were ready to move.
But they didn't dare to make too many movements, because there were still sentinels on the city wall, staring at them expressionlessly, just watching the movements between them intently.
The banquet continued, and at least forty Spanish sailors armed with flintlock pistols were standing around the city walls, vigilantly scanning the outside and the movements of the captives inside.
Outside the low wall, thirty Barbary pirates, armed with rounded arced Arabian scimitars, also looked at them expressionlessly, as if they were angry that they could not participate in the banquet, and there was a certain bloodthirsty Sen in their eyes, so that even those water thieves did not dare to look directly into their eyes.
But even so, they were on the move, and even though the tantalizing smell of food had reached their nostrils, they were all patient, as if looking for an opportunity.
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