Chapter 435: Rebellion on Yizhou Island (9)
Jack was drunk, snoring on the table, being woken up by a basin of cold water, and was about to get angry, when he saw the raging fire outside the window, he was startled: "My lord, what happened?! Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Jack lifted the cross around his neck and prayed aloud, asking the Lord to have mercy on his Lamb, poor sinner, to put out the fire, and with his prayer it began to rain in the heavens.
Jack breathed a sigh of relief, after he landed on the island with the pirates, he vigorously recruited the natives of the island and immigrants from the Li Dynasty to believe in the so-called Lord, and there were really a few people who had forgotten their ancestors and believed in this foreign religion. It turns out that this so-called Lord's spell can only be cast if you have a place for believers, and the more believers, the stronger the mana obtained from praying from the Lord.
This is why when Shi Xiaofeng came to attack the Fanren pirates with the sailor, Jack did not use spells, firstly, the Fanren pirates had the upper hand with black powder, and they did not need his assistance at all, and secondly, he had not developed local believers, so he could not cast the law.
Jack was relieved to see the heavy rain outside the window: "It's okay, the Lord has rained so hard that it will soon be able to extinguish the fire on the ship." What the hell happened? Did the drunkards accidentally light the fire?"
One of the pirates shook his head: "It's not that the drunkard caught fire, it's that a strange ship with no sails is attacking us." ”
Jack frowned: "There are no sails, how can you sail on the sea?, is it driven by the devil?", but he quickly shrugged his shoulders indifferently: "The mercy of the Lord is everywhere, I will go and destroy the enemy." With that, he swaggered out of the tavern.
As soon as Jack came out of the wine and dinner, he found something strange, because although it was raining heavily, the fire on the ship showed no signs of extinguishing, but burned more and more, and he was stunned: "Hell, what is going on?!"
The pirate next to him hurriedly said: "Jack, I forgot to tell you, this fire is the hellfire thrown by the enemy, it cannot be extinguished with water, and even steel will be ignited!"
Jack made a cross on his chest: "These damn infidels, they actually make a deal with the devils of hell!"
The pirate pointed to the harbor: "Look, that's the infidel ship - oh my God, they don't need oars or sails, they're still moving!"
It turned out that as more and more pirate ships began to fight back, and even some pirate ships forcibly crashed into the burning companion ships and rushed to the Zhenyuan with manpower oars, Chen Qingdai ordered to sail out of the inner harbor and run to the open sea in order to avoid unnecessary casualties.
Jack's eyes sparkled: "There really is a ship in this world that can sail without oars! I must get it! Present this magic from the devil to the Pope!"
Jack quickly drew his magic wand, drew a five-pointed star formation on the ground, and then applied magic powder, chanting a spell while saying to the pirate next to him: "Go, find a virgin, this spell needs the blood of a virgin to help." ”
There are a lot of women on the island, but virgins are not easy to find, because many girls have been spoiled by Fanren pirates, and those pirates finally found an indigenous girl who still retains her chastity - because this girl is so ugly, even the Fanren pirates who have always had a good "appetite" and never "picky" are "unbearable" to start, so they keep their innocence.
--After the indigenous woman was pulled to the edge of the magic circle, Jack's fingers were scratched, and the neck of the native woman was cut open at once, and blood sprayed on the magic circle like a pillar.
The magic array was watered with the blood of the virgin, and suddenly it lit up with silver light, and Jack recited the incantation aloud: "O being from the deep sea, I command you by the order of my lord to kill the infidels!"
At the very deep bottom of the sea, something opened its eyes, and the undercurrent was surging, coming towards Yizhou Island!
Chen Qingdai commanded the Zhenyuan, and while continuing to shoot, it sailed out of the harbor, but two stone throwers replaced the incendiary bombs with airburst bombs, specifically attacking the pirate ships that were chasing them, and the pirates who were busy sailing on the deck screamed miserably.
As Daikoku ran in circles with all his might, the propeller speed reached its peak, leaving the pirate ship far behind. Soon, the Zhenyuan sailed out of the dry port and into the vast open sea, and the pursuing pirate ship completely lost the figure of the Zhenyuan.
--In the past, when fighting at sea, looking out for enemy ships, masts and sails were the best signs, because of the curvature of the earth, these markers would be found from afar.
However, the Zhenyuan has no mast and no sails, which has become a veritable "stealth ship" in an era when the enemy needs to be seen with the naked eye. The so-called can't be seen, can't be hit, and even can be seen, can't be hit -- because the speed of the Zhenyuan is far faster than any sail warship.
Everyone on the Zhenyuan cheered, and the fire in the direction of Yizhou Island almost reflected half of the sky, Shi Xiaofeng hugged Chen Qingdai and Wu Qing: "The last general is really a five-body throw, this fire has greatly damaged the vitality of the pirates, but our army is not damaged at all." The spells of the Science Gate are truly amazing. ”
Before Chen Qingdai could speak, Wu Qing hurriedly said: "Chief Shi, this is not a spell, but a science, and it is the power of the knowledge imparted by Mr. Houlong." This knowledge can allow mortals to gain the ability to compete with cultivators and immortals! The Zhenyuan was built in too haste, in fact, it is not a really good ship, and I will learn more skills from Mr. Houlong in the future, I must build a ship made entirely of iron, and can sail on the sea day and night without the need for a big black! No! It is a fleet, a large fleet! Wouldn't it be nice to crisscross the seas!"
Chen Qingdai's heart moved slightly, she could hear that Wu Qing's respect for Mr. Houlong Guo Dalu was completely from the heart, if she still had a little doubt about Wu Qing before, it also disappeared at this time, Wu Qing admired Guo Dalu so much, it was absolutely impossible to do anything unfavorable to him.
You know, to conquer a person, the most important thing is to conquer the other person's heart. Guo Dalu in "The War of the Three Countries", Zhuge Liang said that Meng won seven times, this is the truth, from then on, Meng won all his life, never rebelled. Murder is better than punishment.
With the sensitivity of a woman, Chen Qingdai sensed that one of Wu Qing's hearts had completely surrendered to Guo Dalu, whom he had never met yet. If Wu Qing was not a man, Chen Qingdai even thought that Wu Qing had fallen in love with Guo Dalu deeply.
Chen Qingdai shook her head, it was really funny, how could she have such a thought? However, the friendship between men also has those that transcend the love between men and women, and the brotherhood between Liu Guanzhang is more loyal than the relationship between men and women--well, it is strange to use the word loyalty, but only these two words can describe the relationship between these three big men.
Although Chen Qingdai is very ashamed of Guo Dalu's words in the article, such as "brothers are like siblings, wives are like clothes", this completely contradicts Guo Dalu's usual remarks such as "women can hold up half the sky". However, Guo Dalu's "novelist's words" were mixed up.
Chen Qingdai was still thinking nonsense, Wu Qing had already begun to calculate on the drawings, according to the wind direction, ocean currents, and the size of the pirate ship, estimate the sea area where the pursuing pirate ship might be located, and command the Zhenyuan to sail upwind to intercept - the Zhenyuan itself does not need wind power, but for the pirate ship, whether it can gain the upper hand is still very important.
Wu Qing didn't want the pirates to take advantage of it at all, so he had to beat them up and lose everything.
Zhenyuan turned briskly on the sea, cut through the waves, sailed against the wind, and after a while, more than a dozen pirate ships appeared in front, the pirate ships were upwind, they were not afraid of death, after finding Zhenyuan, Wow Wow shouted, Zhang Manfan chased after him.
However, the Zhenyuan made a big circle, bypassed the pirate ship, ran to the upwind, and then turned around and pounced on the pirates - so that the pirate ship was downwind, and if it wanted to fight broadside, it had to go against the wind, which was very disadvantageous.
Chen Qingdai saw the pirate ship drop its sails, put down the oars, paddled towards the Zhenyuan, and sneered: "Dying and struggling." With a wave of his hand, "passed through the middle of the pirate fleet." ”
Chen Qingdai heard Guo Dalu say before that in sea battles, the focus is on breaking the opponent's formation, blocking the waist and impacting, so that the opponent can't look at both the end of the head, so he draws a gourd in the same way.
The waves on the tail of the Zhenyuan swelled, rushing straight towards the pirate fleet, crashing headlong into the fleet, and the catapult fired in succession, smashing the air explosion bombs and incendiary bombs into the pirate ship like raindrops.
The pirate fleet desperately fought back, but the Zhenyuan was unscathed, like a sharp knife, stabbing straight through the pirate fleet, leaving behind several pirate ships on fire, and a group of pirates killed and wounded by airburst bombs.
The Zhenyuan turned around far away, ready to charge the pirate ship again, and on a pirate ship, a pirate leader grabbed Jack's robe tightly: "Pastor, let's run away, this devil's ship is not something we can fight!"
Jack's wine was completely sober, he suddenly pulled out a knife, stabbed it into the pirate leader's stomach, and then calmly drew the knife, and said to the stunned pirates next to him: "Those who turn their backs on the Lord will go to hell! ”
The pirates did not dare to disobey Jack, so they turned around and surrounded the Zhenyuan again.
Chen Qingdai saw it from a distance and snorted: "These pirates are also a little tough, and they don't retreat, Mr. Wu, let's make some trouble, send them to see the Dragon King." ”
Wu Qing said to the young soldiers: "Put on all incendiary bombs and smash them on the sails." Without sails, the pirate ship is a dead fish. ”
The young soldiers fought this battle happily, and most of them were the work of Wuqing's calculation and command, so they no longer had the intention of faintly resisting Wuqing, an "outsider", shouting loudly, adjusting the direction, and preparing for the stone thrower.
Chen Qingdai turned her head to Wu Qing and said, "In two more rounds, we can completely sink these pursuing pirate ships, and when the time comes, we will go back to the dry port to clean up the remaining pirates." ”
Wu Qing said in a deep voice: "There are still many undeveloped places on Yizhou Island, the mountains are heavy and the forests are dense, if the pirates abandon the ship and land on the shore, and fight with us in the jungle, we will not be able to give full play to the advantages of the ship's strong artillery, I think it is better to go back to the Sanjiangkou wharf, discuss it with Huang County, and send a team of infantry soldiers to the island, and carefully clean up the remnants of the pirates." ”
Chen Qingdai shook her head: "Why should we turn to the imperial court for help in the matter of the Science Gate of Houlong Village? What's more, the Xiang army has long been useless, and has become the servants of the rich and noble, let them go to the island, not to mention the elimination of the pirates, even this island will be ruined by them." ”
Wu Qing's eyes flashed, as a great witch Zhu, he had already heard through the spy that the Great Li Dynasty's Xiang army was unusable, but it was the first time he heard the cultivators of the Great Li Dynasty admit it personally.
It's a pity, if it weren't for the science gate, he would have been in the face of the appearance of the strong foreign cadres of the Great Li Dynasty, and the southern expedition plan he originally formulated for the Great Khan would have been able to win a big victory, but now that the Great Khan is dead, the Hu people have retreated to the grassland, facing the grassland caused by soil erosion caused by over-reclamation due to the planting of god beans, and they don't know how to survive.
However, none of this matters! The future of the grassland lies only in Guo Dalu!
Wu Qing had a lot of thoughts in his heart, but his face was silent, he calculated the channel and the launch angle of the catapult, and just reported it to the young soldiers, when suddenly his feet shook and he fell to the ground heavily, Chen Qingdai's face changed drastically: "It's not good!
A huge brachiopod roared, with a huge wave, poked out from under the sea, and slapped on the Zhenyuan at once, smashing the bow of the ship low, buried in the waves, and the propellers behind the stern of the ship were exposed to the sea, idling in the air.
Chen Qingdai jumped high, had already pulled out the sword in the air, and slashed at the wrist and foot, which seemed to have its own eyes, and pulled it back, pumping Chen Qingdai towards the stone throwing machine like a small stone, and with a bang, Chen Qingdai knocked down the stone throwing machine and was buried under the cracked stone throwing machine parts.
Wu Qing led a few young soldiers to pull Chen Qingdai out from under the stone thrower, and Wu Qing exclaimed, "What the hell is attacking us?"
Chen Qingdai wiped the blood on her forehead: "It's a big octopus, a thing in the deep sea, it's very difficult to deal with." ”
Wu Qing grew up on the grassland, but he had never seen such an octopus, but he had heard the reputation of this thing, and he was shocked: "Deep sea octopus? Isn't this a subordinate of the dragon clan? Could it be that the dragon clan is attacking us?"
Chen Qingdai shook her head: "It's not a dragon, it's a fanren pirate, among them are warlocks, and they actually recruited deep-sea octopuses to help, hmph, I underestimate them." ”
On the pirate ship, Jack stared at the Zhenyuan, which was entangled by a deep-sea octopus, and smugly crossed it: "No one can fight against the Almighty Lord." He turned to the pirates and ordered, "Go up and kill all the men on that boat, and I only want that boat." ”
The pirates let out a wild roar and rowed desperately towards the Zhenyuan.
The deep-sea octopus emerged from beneath the surface of the sea, waving its eight brachiopods and attacking the Zhenyuan, slapping the hull with its brachiopods thicker than the trunk of a tree, smashing off the copper plates that had been covered, and sweeping across the deck, and the stone-throwing machine was smashed into a pile of tatters like toothpicks.
Chen Qingdai jumped out, jumped out of the side of the boat, landed firmly on the head of the deep-sea octopus, and stabbed it in the head with a sword, but the skin of the deep-sea octopus was extremely tough, and the sword made of stainless steel was slippery, and it couldn't be stabbed at all.
Wu Qing and Shi Xiaofeng took the young soldiers and sailor soldiers to desperately smash the airburst bombs and incendiary bombs at the deep-sea octopus, and the airburst bombs exploded on the deep-sea octopus one after another, but the shrapnel and air waves were like tickling for the deep-sea octopus, and they almost injured Chen Qingdai by mistake. The incendiary bomb ignited the wrists and feet of the deep-sea octopus, but the wrists and feet swept across the young soldier's body, and instead set the young soldier on fire, one of the young soldiers happened to be holding an incendiary bomb, and after the body was on fire, he waved his hand and slapped it in fright, but he forgot the characteristics of the incendiary bomb sticking to the flesh and burning, and the whole hand was burning, and the incendiary bomb he was holding fell on the deck with a loud bang.
With a bang, the flames engulfed several young soldiers and craftsmen, and even Shi Xiaofeng's shoulder next to him was splashed with a little burning liquid, which burned non-stop.
Shi Xiaofeng also got it, he pulled out the knife, slashed it quickly, cut off the whole flesh on his shoulder that was stained with burning liquid, and threw it into the sea, he ignored the blood on his shoulder, snatched the bow and arrow in the hands of the sailor soldier next to him, and shot several arrows in a row, shooting the young soldiers and craftsmen who were struggling to break through with flames.
Boom, boom, the pirate ship threw over a few black powder clay pots, these clay pots are not very powerful, but at this time the deck of the Zhenyuan was in a mess, incendiary bombs and airburst bombs were placed on the deck indiscriminately, after the explosion of the black powder clay pots, several incendiary bombs and airburst bombs were detonated, and there was a miserable cry on the Zhenyuan.
Wu Qing's face turned pale, and he yelled: "Put all the ammunition on the deck!" He deeply regretted in his heart, Guo Dalu once specifically mentioned that ammunition cannot be placed on the deck at will, and it is necessary to set up a special explosion-proof, fireproof and waterproof ammunition compartment, and to have a special ammunition channel.
But Wu Qing was a little unimpressed, feeling that such restrictions were a waste of time and manpower, and unnecessary.
The Zhenyuan infiltrated the Yizhou dry port, and almost one-sidedly beat the pirates to cry wolf, but he was unscathed, which further fueled Wu Qing's careless psychology, so when the young soldiers were greedy for convenience and filled the deck with incendiary bombs and airburst bombs, Wu Qing did not say anything to stop it, and let it go.
Now, it's a big pain because of it!
One of the wrists and feet of the deep-sea octopus was completely ignited by the incendiary bomb, but the deep-sea octopus was also able to shake its wrists and feet, and it fell off its body alive, preventing the combustion liquid from spreading to its body.
The deep-sea octopus was completely enraged, stretched out the remaining seven wrists and feet, tightly wrapped the Zhenyuan, and strangled it tightly, and the tighter it was twisted, and the copper plates were deformed and fell off the hull, and the wooden hull made a creaking sound, as if it would break into two at any time.
Wu Qing yelled at the underbody of the ship, "Da Hei, tighten up, let's get out of here quickly!" Wu Qing was about to escape, but there was silence in the power compartment, only Da Hei mooed anxiously. (To be continued.) )