Chapter 102: Broadboard
The sea ship hired by Ning He is twelve zhang long, three and a half zhang wide, the bow tip is wide, and the two ends are slightly upturned, but the deck as a whole is still straight, and there are three-story shipyards in the middle and rear parts, which is the mainstream style of merchant ships on the Daqin Sea, and the shape is called "Fulou".
In fact, the Fulou ship can be regarded as both commercial and combat, and it is not only used for hoarding and transportation.
At the moment, in the face of the attack of the two huge warships without saying a word, involving the lives of all the people, the people of the Xinyuan Dart Bureau no longer hesitated, and the dart head Lin Jie also stopped Ning He who ran over after arranging the lowering of the sails.
"Brother, this is the juncture, brother doesn't talk nonsense, your people have to move, or we all have to throw it here."
Listening to Lin Jie's eager voice, Ning He also nodded very neatly, "Most of us don't know how to fight water wars, you can arrange it." ”
Lin Jie was not polite, and responded, and then hurriedly said to Ning He: "Don't need you for anything else, lend me forty people, I need them to sail." ”
Ning He was about to ask Wan Fei to arrange it, but he saw Shi Zheng, the leader of the more than 20 Shuoshuo people, running over, and immediately turned to him: "Shi Zheng, you take two people, pick forty people out, go with Lin Dart's people, and listen to them." ”
"What about the others?" Shi Zheng was also a little anxious.
All of their abilities, which were all on horseback, are now thrown on the boat, and they are really a bit blind.
"Let Papa Ke take your men to the deck and join me. The rest of the Sufu people let Liu Qu and Zhang Fang take it first, and wait before coming out. ”
Ning He said without thinking.
Then he patted his head and looked at Lin Jie and Wan Fei, "Is this okay, what else do you need to do?" ”
Wan Fei shook his head directly, although he could also make some more arrangements and preparations, but after all, this was the ship of the Xinyuan Dart Bureau, and Lin Jie already had some arrangements, and he knew more about the specific situation on the ship, so he would not follow the mix, lest there be any disagreements and conflicts.
At this time, the situation is urgent, not to fight and compare, when someone's method is better, someone will give an order, and it will be completed.
If you really say anything to me, in the end you can only waste it in contention, and nothing can be done.
And Lin Jie also shook his head, but said again: "Although we are less than a mile away, but not close, now turn off the lights and lower the sails, the enemy ship is not sure of our position for a while, as long as they don't stop, the two sides will soon approach, and when they get close, we will speed up again." They are big and slow to turn around, let's see if we can get rid of them. ”
Lin Jie's work is destined to be their first choice not to take the initiative to engage in battle, or even counterattack.
Not to mention that the opposite side is a large warship, which is menacing, even if it is a Fulou ship of equal size, they will not directly choose to engage in battle.
Even though the Anxi military and naval divisions in the coastal area often patrol back and forth, and there are actions to clear pirates and water bandits every year, there are still a large number of sea bandits in the vicissitudes of the sea, and they are inexhaustible.
Above the vast ocean, there is a great place to go no matter how to hide and hide.
They are doing long-term trading.
Ning He and the others may not be out of the sea for many years, but they can't, they are really remembered, they can't fight, they can't fight, and the manpower and material resources will definitely cost a lot of money, and it is not cost-effective.
Of course, they still have professional ethics, if they can't get rid of it, the other party will be stalked, and they won't keep avoiding the war, let alone leaving Ning He and the others without saying a word.
Later, he was also worried that Ning He would not understand, and he would be disrespectful again, and explained: "If you can't get rid of it, I will arrange for someone to take Brother Ning to leave first in a small boat, please rest assured Brother Ning." ”
There are two ships on both sides of their merchant ships, and everyone on board is carrying them, which is absolutely not enough, but it is not a big problem to send Ning He, the employer, away.
The ship is small but nimble, this black light is blinding, dodging the two big warships on the opposite side, and sending people to Liyang Island, he has absolute confidence that he can do it.
"Can't we them all at once?"
Ning He licked his lips and looked at the two big war ships, a little greedy.
But he also asked, and then said, "I'll just say, you will arrange for it first." ”
Lin Jie nodded, stopped talking nonsense with him, and quickly ran to the terrace of the ship.
At this juncture, two more boulders were thrown and smashed down from the opposite warship.
It's just that the opposite side is still in the process after all, and the specific position of the Fulou ship they are in has been lost, a big stone has fallen far behind the ship and smashed into the sea, and another big stone has snapped and smashed the upper end of the mast of their Fulou ship.
"Hide! Hide!! ”
Under a burst of non-verbal noise, the sailors of the Xinyuan Dart Bureau who lowered their sails quickly ducked to the sides.
The merchant ship shook for a moment, and the boulder slammed down on the deck with a thud.
Fortunately, the castration was blocked a lot by the mast, much smaller than the force of directly smashing on the deck, only the thick plank of the deck was smashed open, and the two ends were slightly warped, and it was not able to penetrate it.
And how long Ning He was glad for it.
The front foot Lu Ke led a group of Shuoshuo people to the left of Ning He, and the familiar sound of breaking the wind on the back foot sounded in his ears one after another.
"Boss! If you can really engage in a battle, you can go to the ship on the left first. ”
Pa Ke and Wan Qi were pressed down by Ning He, and a spear-like crossbow bolt slashed over the two of them, slamming into the room on the first floor of the ship building behind them, and disappeared.
As soon as he raised his head, Wan Ji hurriedly said to Ning He.
He had been observing the two warships on the other side, whether it was the more accurate stone cannons, or the crossbow bolts fired by the bed crossbows at the moment, they were fired by the warship on the left.
This shows that the enemy on that ship is much better than the one on the other.
If they can't get rid of this wave and can have a chance to engage in broadside battles, then Ning He's force will be useful.
Even if their ship was scrapped, as long as Ning He could get on that ship, he thought that there was still a chance to turn defeat into safety.
"Good!" Ning He's eyes let go of the wolf light, "I'll find a chance to get him!" ”
As soon as the words fell, the figure was staggering, and their Fulou ship also moved again.
In the bilge, Shi Zheng took two people, and a sailor from the Xinyuan Dart Bureau stood in the middle of a group of people who had been made into two rows.
The latter shouted, Shi Zheng gave a translator, and the two rows of people kept moving back and forth.
There is a row of large oars on both sides of the hull of these Fulou boats that often come and go to the Canglan Sea, which are generally used when entering the dock and berthing when offshore.
However, instead of paddling by hand, there are pedals to fix it, and you can push it forward directly, and fix the position and direction of the big oars, so that the boat can move.
Of course, these large paddles can also be moved in position and direction.
It's just that that's obviously not something that these people who have been pulled in as coolies can figure out.
Fortunately, they were not required to do such meticulous work, and the sailors of the Xinyuan Dart Bureau on the ship were not idle.
Inside, the Sultan was close to the deck of the ship, a sailor with a Sultan man, the former controlling the direction of the paddles, and the latter playing with his life.
Usually only these sailors, into a dock, a boat, although slower, but enough.
But now, when they are fighting for their lives and speed, they don't have enough manpower.
Otherwise, Lin Jie would not have to borrow someone from Ning He.
And with the cooperation of these sailors and the Fusu, their Fulou ship also rushed forward.
As for the speed, it's not that fast.
It's just that as the Fulou ship moved, the attack of the two big warships in front of it was also directly shaken behind him, and it didn't seem to be too slow.
But in the next moment, as the two sides rose against each other, the two warships also changed their attack methods, and at the moment when both sides could clearly see each other, the warships on the left instantly lowered their sails and waited sideways, while the warships on the right rushed diagonally towards their ships.
The hideous beast head and horns brought a very strong sense of impact to Ning He, who had seen the naval battle for the first time.
The furious sea churned over the warship, and it was as fierce and majestic as an ancient beast.
Fortunately, it was the timing of the warship's collision, but it was still a lot late, and it failed to hit the Fulou ship squarely.
But the two warships were less than a hundred paces away from each other, and they were attacking them, and the path they rushed out of was also the gap between the two ships, and when they passed by in a hedge, the warship was not too far away from them.
A tide of salty sea water poured on the stern of the Fulou ship, pouring many people into soup chickens, not to mention that hundreds of arrows were also thrown down on the warship that was a few feet taller than them.
Even though Lin Jie was prepared, most of the arrows were hiding in the erected wooden curtains and shields, and there were still some dart masters who fell to the ground and wailed with sharp arrows in their bodies.
This is not over, a full seven thick crossbow arrows, with a noose, slammed into the stern of the Fulou ship, directly grabbed the Fulou ship, and constantly pulled it towards the warship through the winch.
Immediately after that, a flying claw was tossed.
Some grabbed shields and wooden curtains, some directly grabbed people and fell into the sea, and more still grabbed them on the fence of the ship.
More than a dozen people suddenly jumped out of the warship, and they slid down the straight ropes.
There were also thirty or fifty people, who propped up bamboo poles and jumped over.
The sporadic arrows here also kept shooting down.
"Da Fei, everyone will be handed over to you, and I will take the ship!"
Ning He shouted, that is, he drew his sword out of the sheath, his legs did not float, and the people did not shake, and the sword body was full of energy, killing several pirates who jumped to the front, unfolding his body, and running towards the warship along the rope.
And Wan Ji and Lu Ke also divided their labor and moved.
Pa Ke stayed away, and a group of people gathered together, holding small round shields, and killed the pirates who approached.
Wan Ji shouted out all the people in the aft cabin, half of them led their own people to rush to the pirates at the stern of the ship to support Lin Jie and other dart masters, and half let the two brothers take them and rush to the deck, killing with the pirates who fell in front of them sporadically.