The Tang Navy Division destroyed the pirate ship very quickly.

However, due to the sheer number of pirate ships, several merchant ships were attacked.

"Lean up, lean up."

"Hurry up and throw the hook, we're going to make it soon."

"Oh, be careful, damn Tang Dynasty merchant dares to ram our ship, hurry up and catch up with me."

The pirate leaders stood on the bow of their ships and constantly gave orders to their men.

As soon as they approached the merchant ships, they began to organize the boarding of the ships.

However, Datang's merchant ships will not sit idly by at this time.

These merchant ships were more than 500 in size, and compared to the ships that the pirates were riding, they were like adults and children.

Whenever the pirates' warships approached a merchant ship, they would unceremoniously ram them.

This made it difficult for pirates to hook merchant ships with anchors and bind the two ships tightly.

Therefore, you can only keep trying to throw a hook as you go.

The success rate of this was low, and there were guards on merchant ships who could cut ropes with knives.

As a result, the pirates were often wiped out by the sailors who arrived before they could board the side of the merchant ships.

The battle lasted from near noon until the sun was about to set.

If it weren't for the fact that later, the ships of the naval division were forced to use more and more grenade attacks to surround the enemy themselves.

There is a real good chance that several of these merchant ships will be hijacked.

These big-eating pirates were far more afraid of grenades than the Tibetans.

They had no intention of resisting when they were attacked by grenades.

Whenever a grenade from a sailor soldier landed on an opposing ship, the pirates would immediately duck far away.

It was with this that the ships of the Sailors were able to quickly get rid of the siege of pirates and support those merchant ships.

In the end, it was not so much the Tang Navy that defeated these pirates.

It is better to say that the pirates believed that the Tang sailors were protected by the gods, so they took the initiative to retreat.

Cheng Chumo used a telescope to observe the distant pirate ship back and forth.

A gust of sea breeze blew and directly made him shiver.

Up until this point, the clothes on his back were still wet.

If it weren't for the miraculous effect of the grenade, it would have been hard to judge the outcome of this battle.

Don't look at the fact that the other side has lost a lot of warships, and its own merchant ships have not been hijacked.

But to be honest, in case those pirates were not afraid of the power of grenades, desperately dragging several ships of the naval division.

Then, not only will the merchant ships be hijacked, but even the warships of the sailors may be snatched by the other side.

The other side was very well prepared, and they organized more than a hundred warships.

These warships can be said to be all troop carriers, so there are quite a few people on each ship.

At this time, Cheng Chumo seriously suspected that the other party was not a pirate at all, at least it should be more than a pirate.

Because according to normal estimates, even if all the pirates in this area were organized together, there shouldn't be so many.

At this time, Cheng Chumo just silently watched these pirates leave, and he didn't want to explore the truth behind this at all.

The combat power in their hands is too small to support them to cause more trouble here.

Therefore, after the battle, the caravan did not stop here for long.

They had to get to the next supply point as soon as possible to check the damage to the ship.

After Cheng Chumo returned to the deck, Xu Lang immediately walked over and said, "General, I'm afraid there is something wrong with this pirate!" ”

Cheng Chumo nodded solemnly and said, "Right now, the Great Food Region is constantly being conquered.

Ben would have suspected that some country was trying to steal some military money in the name of piracy. ”

After listening to Cheng Chumo's words, Xu Lang said angrily: "Didn't these people in black dye their conscience black?

The army of a dignified country does not want to win on the battlefield, and it can do such a dirty thing. ”

Cheng Chumo said: "Everything is still just the general's speculation, and there may be other reasons that are unknown. ”

Xu Lang said: "According to the last general, this matter is also consistent with the general's judgment.

The largest group of pirates in this sea area was wiped out by our Tang Naval Division just a year ago.

Now, within a year, a wave of even more powerful pirates has suddenly appeared, which is a little unreasonable. ”

Cheng Chumo said: "I don't have the ability to find out about this matter for the time being, so we can only wait until the next trip to bring more people." ”

Xu Lang said: "Next time, if you let Ben General come out, Ben Jiang will definitely catch a few bastards and ask clearly." ”

Cheng Chu didn't reply again, just looked at the dark sea in the distance thoughtfully.

This time the caravan stayed in the Great Food area for a long time.

Of course, there are reasons why various businesses want to open up the market, but more often than not, the transactions with various countries on this trip are not going well.

The wars waged by the Great Food Empire against the Eastern Roman Empire led to a significant decrease in the region's spending power.

Judging from the current situation, Cheng Shu tacitly believes that there should be no rush to prepare for the next voyage.

In addition, Cheng Chumo is worried about another point.

That is, the entire Dashi area is not peaceful now, and it is easy for merchants from Datang to come here to trade and have accidents.

In this way, in order to ensure the safety of these merchants, the sailors need to send more people.

In this way, the travel cost of the sailor will be greatly increased.

Although the imperial court never required the sailors to be able to make money, it was always good to be able to save some unnecessary expenses.

Cheng Chu meditated on this, but he didn't know it.

Now, at the doorstep of Datang, a huge pirate force has gradually risen.

On a small island off the coast of the Cham kingdom, several sturdy pirate leaders gather for a drink.

Lei Tong, the leader of the pirates of the Cham country, said to everyone: "Everyone.

Now that Datang is traveling to and from the surrounding merchant ships, it seems that it is becoming more and more difficult to move! ”

Immediately after he finished speaking, one of them said, "Those merchants seem to have hired armed guards.

The day before yesterday, the younger brother robbed a merchant ship and lost ten good men before taking it down. ”

Another person said: "The Lord of Qin Island is lucky, you just met a lone merchant ship.

Half a month ago, the younger brother took a hundred men to rob three merchant ships, and guess what? ”

The pirate surnamed Qin opened his mouth and asked, "How?" ”

"Alas! Lao Tzu lost half of his manpower to take it down. The man sighed.

Lei Tong spoke: "Ladies and gentlemen, the current situation is extremely unfavorable for us.

Those merchant ships now hire either sailors to escort them, or they hire armed escorts in droves.

We have to lose a lot of money every time we make an order.

If this continues, our income will not be enough to pay the bereavement of our fallen brothers. ”

After he finished speaking, the pirate surnamed Qin immediately asked, "I wonder what tricks the Lord of Leitong Island can do to relieve us of the immediate predicament?" ”