Chapter 117: The Pursuit (Part II)
The white mist like a cow spread smoothly on the sea, and there was a quiet all around, only the faint sound of the water waves moving not far away, the sound became clearer and clearer, and the three warships broke through the fog like ghosts, gradually revealing the entire body of the black sè hull.
Xu Maocai stood at the bow of the ship and whispered something to his officers. The three boats were ordered to pursue the three ships north along the coastline, and it did not take long to reach the designated position. It was still about twelve miles away from Shanzhou, and the white-sailed ship of the Supervision Yuan was parked on the dock in the south of Shanzhou.
Covered by a thick fog, the three warships were able to approach the Inspectorate's ships unnoticed, but this also caused unknowable trouble for their search. At this time, the soldiers of the Navy Division already knew that the black-clothed man who escaped from Dadong Mountain at night was the target of this trip, the Supervision Yuan Ti Si Fan Xian. They didn't know why their bosses sent their people to the south of Shanzhou, because they didn't know that Yan Xiaoyi would definitely get in touch with the cronies on the white sailing boat as soon as possible after Fan Xian got out of trouble.
Fan Xian wore a somewhat wide personal soldier uniform, wrapping the black sè's night clothes and equipment. He hid in the front compartment of the warship and was not afraid of being discovered by the people on board. His eyes peered through the cracks in the lattice, squinting slightly, worried about the ship on the other side of the fog.
The three boats were heading north on the sea, keeping an excellent distance from the coastline, Xu Maocai tried to get the boats closer to the coast several times, and he was worried that the movement would be too big and arouse the suspicion of the pursuers, so Fan Xian had no way to go ashore at this hour.
Fan Xian also thought about escaping alone, but he didn't worry about staying in the subordinates in the south of Shanzhou, there was still a team left on the ship in the Qi Nian group, and Hong Changqing, whom he liked very much, was still in charge of the affairs of that ship, and the three sailor warships that were being pursued at this time were besieged, if he ran away, what would happen to the life and death of those subordinates?
He didn't know if Yan Xiaoyi was in these three ships, and a wave of anger and helplessness surged in his heart, he always thought that his luck was extremely good, and at this time he realized that luck was originally a double-edged sword.
If he didn't show up, the ship of the Inspectorate would definitely become the primary target of the sailors, and none of the people on board would survive.
If all these three warships were controlled by Xu Maocai, Fan Xian would certainly have a better way to deal with them. The problem was that Admiral Qin Yi did not make such a mistake, and the three warships were transferred from the three generals.
What's more, Fan Xian didn't think that Yan Xiaoyi would be so negligent, if the other party thought that he was going to find the subordinates of the Supervision Institute in the south of Lanzhou after escaping, how could he not follow him?
He sat on the chair by the window, regulating his breathing, knowing that he was about to face a dilemma - Yan Xiaoyi transferred troops to attack Nanzhou, which was using the lives of his subordinates to force himself to show up - I was afraid that Yan Xiaoyi had already guessed that he was hiding on the boat, but he didn't know which ship he was on, and it was inconvenient not to give the Jiaozhou sailors face to search.
The problem is that Fan Xian doesn't know which ship Yan Xiaoyi is on at this time, if only he knew.
The ———————————————— the thicker the white fog, the stronger the sea breeze, gradually blowing the fog like mountain clouds to both sides, through the window, you can faintly see the cliffs and those green trees on the shore, and quietly moored on the seaside, there is a beautiful and lovely white sè sailboat, which has accompanied Fan Xian for a long time, and gradually came into everyone's eyes.
Fan Xian's heart tightened, the temptation of the cliffs and green trees on the shore was too great for him, if he gave up the ship and landed directly, even if Yan Xiaoyi was on the boat at this time and went ashore to chase him, he was confident that there was a sixty percent chance of escaping, blending into the sea of people, and arriving in Kyoto.
But...... That ship was even more tempting to Fan Xian, and the life and death of the subordinates on that ship were also very important to Fan Xian, in the final analysis, he had been a human being for two lives, and he still hadn't cultivated to the level of Chen Pingping - he had to board that ship, and he had to remind his subordinates who were still asleep before the Navy rebels launched an offensive.
The sound of the noose crumbling gradually sounded on the three naval division warships, and Fan Xian's heart was tight, knowing that the catapult on the ship was preparing. And the people on the white sè sailboat in the distance, obviously because they were deep in the belly of the Qing country, and there were no big people to protect, they seemed a little relaxed and did not notice the abnormal movement on the sea.
Fan Xian's pupils shrank, and with a flick of his fingertips, he summoned Xu Maocai back into the cabin, whispered a few times, and was ready to gamble.
............ The three warships slowly surrounded the ship of the Supervision Yuan along the zigzag, and when there was still some distance, Xu Maocai's warship suddenly seemed to be stirred by the waves, and there was a slight problem with the helmsman's cāo, and the angle of the bow of the ship was somewhat deviated.
The rebel generals on the other two ships frowned slightly, thinking that General Xu had made such a mistake after a long time of not being in battle, but seeing that he did not alarm the target on the shore, he didn't take it to heart.
It was this momentary oversight.
There was a muffled crack, it seemed to be the sound of some kind of heavy instrument pulling, and then there was a mournful whistling sound on the shore of a white mist!
Several sharp prisms flew out from the trebuchet of Xu Maocai's warship, and the huge weight flew over the sky above the water at a terrifying speed, ignoring the gentle fog wrapping, and smashed down towards the sailor warship closest to the sea without warning!
Boom a few loud bangs!
A prismatic stone struck the side of the ship's wall, striking just above the waterline, making a big black hole.
A prismatic stone hit the main mast of the battleship, only a click was heard, and the thick mainmast broke from it, revealing sharp and towering wooden stubble, and the sail fell down with a bang, I don't know how many sailor officers and soldiers were knocked down, and those nooses connected to the canvas also became ropes for the soul at this moment, and were driven by the mast to sweep across the ship, hissing through the air, sweeping past those demented and standing sailor officers and soldiers, and cutting off their waists and abdomen...... It can only be said that the luck of this stone is very good, just in an instant, it caused a tragic death on that warship, and countless flesh and blood red water sprayed out like that.
............ These were three warships that were ready to sneak attack, so when they were attacked by their own people from the inside, all of them seemed so sudden that they didn't have time to take precautions, as if at this moment, the three warships in the shape of Pinjia all stopped at the same time, and time stopped, and only the terrifying sound of the boulder breaking through the sky could be heard.
"Shoot the arrow!" Xu Maocai blushed and shouted in a low voice. With his order, countless rockets took off at the same time, heading towards the already battered warship...... The rocket rained down on the battered warship, and the generals on the ship didn't know whether they were dead or alive at this time, and no one organized a counterattack at all, let alone rescue, but in an instant, the whole ship burned, especially the canvas covered on the ship, which became the biggest driving force for combustion.
Xu Maocai's face was extremely complicated, the ship was all his colleagues in battle, and if it wasn't for the most dangerous moment, he wouldn't choose to sneak attack in this way. And in a very short period of time, he was able to organize the offensive of the whole ship, if he had not operated in the Jiaozhou Navy Division for 20 years, if it were not for the fact that all the officers and men on this ship were his cronies, he would not have dared to imagine such good results.
He frowned and looked at the white sailboat on the shore, and found from the abnormal movement on the ship that the people of the Supervision Institute should have reacted, and what he promised the young master to do was also done.
He clenched his right fist slightly and gestured behind him.
............ On the right side of the warship that suddenly launched a despicable sneak attack, the crossbow machine used for close attack at sea suddenly moved, and with a muffled sound, the whole warship shook slightly, and quickly shè with the crossbow arrows hooked to the anchor, and directly shè on the warship of the Supervision Institute on the shore.
Between the two ships, the ropes pulled by the huge crossbow arrows were connected.
The men of the Qinian team on the Supervision Yuan rushed to the side of the ship, intending to cut the rope, but when they heard an arrow from the sea fog, they couldn't help but be stunned, and then turned around and ran, abandoning the ship extremely quickly, and landing along the gangway on the back of the sea, like countless yīn shadows, disappeared into the fog on the shore, and the speed of the action was really jaw-dropping.
This is the reason why the Supervision Yuan is strong, all the officials and secret agents of the Eight Divisions, the reaction to the sound of the arrow has been rooted in the depths of their hearts, and they don't need to ask why, they just need to do it.
A ship burned at sea, and from time to time there were miserable cries. The ship that launched the attack came to rest at sea and joined the white sè sailing ship on the shore, and the people on the white sè sailing boat fled at an astonishing speed, leaving behind a dead ship, and the last one .................. Hasten!
A flash of fear flashed in Xu Maocai's eyes, and he watched the intact naval warship suddenly accelerate, and at a very fast speed, it rushed forward from the bottom left, directly entering the sea area where the Pin family was headed, and it was between his ship and the coastline, and he could clearly see that the ship was also ready to launch an offensive.
Previously, Xu Maocai had already thrown the prism and rockets on the ship in exchange for such a result, and at this time, seeing that the other party was preparing to launch an offensive, his first reaction was to ...... "Return to the rudder......!"
Before the word "return oar" could be spoken, Xu Maocai's mouth was open, but he couldn't say a word—because a gust of wind forced it into his lips, making it difficult for him to speak!
Arrow Wind!
............ A foot kicked Xu Maocai's hip bone, and the powerful force directly kicked him away, hitting the side of the ship, shaking up several pieces of wood.
It was precisely because of this that he was lucky enough to avoid the oncoming arrow wind!
When Xu Maocai's body was just slightly deviated by that kick, the arrow wind flew out of his cheek, and the arrow wind was as strong as a pine in the mountains, but there was no big sound, blindly yīn quiet.
A soft whoosh!
Xu Maocai lay in the broken wood, looking at the scene in front of him and began to be in a daze, his frightened body trembled.
A total of five officers and soldiers of the Sailor Division, with delicate holes in their bodies, still maintaining the last expression of life and death, stood dumbfounded, but there was no breath, and blood flowed desperately down their throats, chests and abdomen, and those delicate holes on their heads.
A delicate black sè small arrow was nailed to the front plank of the warship, the arrow feathers trembled at high speed, making a buzzing sound, and the blood stained the arrow feathers, ticking, and a drop of blood dripped downward.
A drop of blood.
Dead people in one place.
What kind of arrow is this?
——————————————————— retracting the kick that was kicked on Xu Maocai, Fan Xian knew that he had lost the bet, Yan Xiaoyi was indeed on the boat, but not on the fireboat that Xu Maocai desperately attacked. He knew that his traces had fallen into Yan Xiaoyi's eyes, and it was useless to cover them up again.
His eyes narrowed slightly, looking at the warship that was still maintaining an extremely fast speed and crashing into the official ship on the shore, and at the bow of the ship, the governor of Yanda, who was wearing black sè light armor and holding a bow indifferently like a god, lifted his backhand and put the shallow side of the official uniform of the Supervision Yuan on his body.
He looked back at Xu Maocai, who had lost a single ear with half of his face in a pool of blood, and his right foot, which was wearing calfskin boots, had stepped on the rope that connected his ship to the white sailboat.
With a shake of his body, Fan Xian, who was disguised, slid along the rope in the fog towards that side. His body arched slightly, like a tanuki, silently retreating into the white mist.
An arrow did not shè towards Fan Xian's body that disappeared into the fog, but shè towards the crossbow rope tied to the right side of the warship, and the tip of the arrow instantly twisted the knot into pieces!
The rope between the two boats hung limply into the sea, but no one was heard falling overboard.
............ Yan Xiaoyi indifferently withdrew his longbow and watched the ship under his feet crash towards the official ship of the Supervision Yuan at an extremely fast speed.
On the other side of the fog, Fan Xian was already like a ghost, holding the broken rope with one hand, and floated into the cabin he was familiar with, he didn't have time to see if any of his subordinates were injured, and he didn't care about the fact that there was less than a stone's throw behind him, and the huge sailor warship was crashing into his ass.
He directly kicked on a box in the cabin, with a crisp sound, and the sturdy hard wooden box was splashed by the wood chips that he had kicked with infinite domineering true qi, and the silver light was all four.
Yes, silver light four shè.
130,000 taels of snowflake silver poured out of the cracked box, like ripe pomegranates that had been torn open in the belly.
A corner of the long and narrow black sè box was revealed.