Zhao Xingde shouted in a deep voice: "Rise the sail and go to the sea." Although merchant ships usually sail along the coast, even if they enter the sea and temporarily trek, they can still last for a while. There are many pirates, but the ships are small and usually don't want to leave the shore too far. Once they go, there will be no food or water.

A string of lanterns rose onto the masts, and three Xiaguo merchant ships rose full of sails and left the shore. One of the pirate ships was left behind. The accomplices on the boat that had been put down were on board again, while the other three chased them tightly. Zhao Xingde issued an order with the lanterns again, and the three Xiaguo merchant ships gradually adjusted their queues and sailed in an inverted shape. The two were smaller on both sides and sailed slightly faster. In the middle, Zhao Xingde was in the ship, because of the largest hull, the most load and the deepest draft, gradually landed behind.

The pirate's hull is narrow and light, with shallow draft and difficult to carry heavy objects, but its speed is far faster than that of the cargo ship. Most old pirates can estimate the amount of cargo based on the draft of the merchant ship. At this moment, the Xia merchant ship hanging behind is extremely drafted. It must have loaded a lot of Eastern goods. The other two cargo ships are probably not as much as the ones behind. These pirates have accelerated the frequency of paddling, and the speed of the ship is extremely fast. The high-rise bow splits the water surface like a sharp blade, and chases the Xia ship that fell behind. The plan is that as long as the last big ship is intercepted, the trip will not be in vain.

The enemy ship was getting closer and closer, and the soldiers were ordered to look at Zhao Du's head. Zhao Xingde's eyes were staring at the back, and he secretly calculated the distance and speed of the enemy and us. The enemy ship was getting closer and closer, and he could almost see the hideous face of the pirate standing at the bow of the ship and pulling the sails. Zhao Xingde said in a deep voice: "Falling the sails, join the battle." The blue and red lanterns rose onto the mast again.

This is a tactic planned by Zhao Xingde. The Xia merchant ships on both sides fell sail together. The oarsmen on both sides of the deck were rowing the wooden oars on both sides of the deck, and the long wooden oars made a giggle sound, almost as if they were shortened. The sea water on both sides of the hull was stirred violently, as if it was boiling. The merchant ship, which was still sailing forward, shook violently for a while, stopped forcibly, and then, under the paddler's vigorous paddle, began to quickly retreat.

The boat where Zhao Xingde was also lowered the sails. The oarsmen on both sides rowed hard and stopped the boat, then turned to the right, the oarsmen on the right still rowed, and the oarsmen on the left turned to the row, which deflected the hull by ninety degrees, and aimed the starboard pirate ship at the chasing pirate ship. The turn was very fast, and the tall hull not only swayed violently, but also tilted to the right significantly. The sergeant guarding the starboard side needed to hold the side of the ship tightly so that they would not fall into the bottomless waves below.

In the shortest time, the three Xia Guo ships completed the inverted font arrays from two fronts and one back, and changed to the concave font arrays of one horizontal and two backs. The front also turned, aiming the starboard side of the crossbowers, which had already stood full of crossbowers, at the enemy. After adjusting the position, the three ships held hooks and resisted almost at the same time to prevent them from being hit by pirate ships. The crossbows were set up on three sides, and the crossbowers were all ready to fight, as if a ferocious giant beast suddenly opened its bloody mouth and showed its bloodthirsty fangs.

The three pirate ships that were chasing closely behind were already at their extreme speed. The Xia Kingdom fleet suddenly changed, and the pirate ship paddlers had no time to beat the slurry. The three ships got into the shape of the Xia Kingdom merchant ship. The positions of the hunters and prey suddenly changed.

In order to load more cargo, the merchant ships had a tall hull, and the side of the ship was a little higher than that of the pirate ship. From the pirates looked up from the low clutch deck, the side of the Xia merchant ship seemed to have three towering city walls. Behind the side of the ship, the Xia army soldiers bent their bows and arrows, and the sailors held muskets and fire snatches, aimed at the somewhat panicked pirates. Behind them, the Xia army swords, shields and strong sailors, each holding sharp axes, horizontal swords, shields and other short-lived soldiers, waiting for the battle.

Zhao Xingde looked down and the pirates were standing up in a hurry. Some were waving their short swords and whipping them loudly for their accomplices, some grabbed various hooks and ropes, and some even climbed directly onto the side of the Xia Guo ship. At this time, there was no need for extra military orders. He blew the bow and arrow, and said in a deep voice: "Kill!" A long arrow flew out, taking the throat of a pirate, and then, from the high three-sided ship's side, the burning fire

The oil-bed crossbow arrows were nailed to the deck of the pirate ship one by one, and the arrows broke through the sky like rain, mixed with the roar of sailors igniting muskets. The pirates who had no time to hide were knocked down and shot down. The alive either jumped desperately on the Xia Kingdom ship, hoping to use close-knit fight to offset the gap in crossbow firearms, or hid in the cabin behind the ship. The archers shot upwards in a mess, but were completely out of sight because of the suppression of the Xia army.

"Howl your mother!" Jian Cheng went out with an arrow and shot a pirate's left eye. Another pirate climbed up from the outside of the ship. Jian Cheng pulled out a horizontal knife and cut off his ten fingers with one knife. The pirate screamed and dropped into the sea. A pirate held a short knife in his mouth, pulled the cable in both hands and swung in the air. Before he landed, an arrow penetrated his throat and fell heavily on the deck and saw that he was inactive. Zhao Xingde bent his bow and arrow again. Chen Yongqi was guarding him with a generous shield in his hand. A pirate had just jumped to the deck, and Liu Zheng scolded him.

, kicked his legs on his stomach, and before he could get up, he rushed two more steps, stepped on his chest with one foot, picked up an iron shield with his right hand, and fell to the ground with a bang, and inserted his left hand with a horizontal knife to the situation, nailing the struggling pirate to death to the deck. In the battle of the boarding, the deck was extremely small, usually one-on-one or one-on-two close forces, and the amazing martial arts of the soldiers in Chengying Camp were fully revealed. The pirates thought that there were a group of brave sailors on the deck, but unexpectedly encountered a group of murderous patrol yashas.

The remaining bandits who were still on the pirate ship saw that the situation was not good, wanted to turn the rudder and escape, but it was too late. Just when the battle was at the counter, the sailors under the deck of the Xia ship changed to a short scull and slightly turned the hull. The two Xia merchant ships on the side moved closer to the middle and surrounded three smaller pirate ships in the middle. They were stopped by the captain of Xia ship and could not move forward or retreat. The Xia ship's crossbow continued to fire turbulent crossbows. Soon, the pirate ship ignited a raging fire, and the soldiers kept firing arrows and shot the pirates who dared to put out the fire. The pirates had to jump into the sea to escape. The soldiers of Minghongdu used the fire to illuminate the pirates without pity, and shot the pirates who were swelling in the water without pity, and red blood flowers bloomed in the black sea water. In fact, this place was far away from the coast, and even if they did not shoot arrows, it would be difficult for the pirates to swim back to the shore.

The remaining pirates begged for mercy in various languages, Turkic, Ross, Greek, and Latin, and many people took off their white clothes and waved them desperately. In this battle, Zhao Xingde commanded Minghong to attack the crowd with few, beheading more than 70 levels, and captured more than 50 prisoners. The soldiers who fought in blood were extremely excited. Jian Cheng, Du Chujiao, Liu Zheng and others hit the hilt rhythmically on the side of the ship, shouting loudly: "Long live the Great Xia!" "Long live the Great Xia!" Zhao Xingde was also infected by the atmosphere, and raised his sword and shouted loudly, "Long live the Great Xia!" The soldiers surrounded him and shouted loudly, "Long live the Great Xia!" The sergeants surrounded him and shouted loudly, with the whistling sound rising from the wave, and on the sea for a long time. On the sampan tied at the stern, dozens of pirates looked pale, just like dead people.

On the way back, I met the fourth pirate ship. I saw that only the Xia merchant ship was soldier. I knew that my accomplices had failed. I immediately raised my sails and shook the wooden oars and fled. The Xia merchant ship was heavy and could not catch up. I only stepped up my torture the prisoners and found a small island where the pirates were entrenched as a nest. This group of hundreds of pirates robbed the merchant ships in this area for several years, and the accumulated wealth was really a lot, which became the spoils of Minghongdu. The head and the prisoners were handed over to the Lumei court to get another share.

Reward. According to the rules of Chengying Camp, 30% of the property is left to the family members of the fallen soldiers and the robes of the seriously injured retired. The remaining part is divided into ten parts. The centurion gets 10% and the ten husbands get 20% together. The remaining 70% of the cost should be divided according to the size of the merit, but no one can tell how many people killed in the melee, and finally the difference is evenly divided. After returning to Lu Mei, Zhao Xingde privately added this amount to the family members of the fallen soldiers, just to avoid trouble. No one in the camp knew.

After returning to the barracks, he sent the attentive Theodore away. Zhao Xingde took apart the package sent from his home, which contained three pieces of clothing. A robe, a cloak, and a jacket, were all very thick, and they must be very warm when worn. The fine and dense stitches were all sewn by Li Ruoxue. It took more than half a year to send it from Dunhuang. A cut of red plum was embroidered in the inconspicuous place, which was outlined with gold threads to the blood that pierced the fingers. Clothing was made of gold thread.

There was a piece of letter in it, the fragrance was refreshing, and the beautiful handwriting on the plain paper came into view, or it was parting or a complacent thing. Li Ruoxue's life was like a clear stream, and sometimes a small poem could express the parting and parting. His resentful and coquettish eyes were ashamed of Zhao Xingde and said secretly: "This military service is completed, even if I retire voluntarily, I will leave more time for Ruoxue."

After writing the letter to Ruoxue, it was late at night. There were also noises of laughter outside the military camp. The camp of the Imperial Guard stationed in Chengying Camp was next to the Lumei Kingdom Palace, and there were countless luxury residences of powerful officials and powerful people around. There was no curfew in the Lumei Kingdom. The wealthy families often had dinner all night long, and they were not drunk or happy. Chen Xizhai once took Zhao Xingde to see him several times, and the arrogance and extravagance and leisure were far better than the Central Plains.

The Lumei nobles even have a ancestral induction medicine. After taking a slaughter, take a little and spit out the things in their stomachs in a remote place without being disgusting. They rinse their mouths with fine wine and spices and continue to have a feast as if nothing had happened. For many Lumei nobles, the afternoon is the time to wash up in the morning, the night is the real beginning of the day, and the late night is the time for the feast atmosphere. The Lumei people also have a wrong concept that wine is less likely to smell than water, so it is more suitable for aristocrats to drink. Every time there are drunks shouting and screaming on the street.
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