Five steps, four steps, three steps!
In the blink of an eye, the dark shadow was only three steps away from Father Meng.
"Ah sneeze~!"
The sea breeze at night was quite cold on people. Father Meng couldn't help sneezing, and then subconsciously turned around, and immediately saw the black figure holding a scimitar behind him.
"There's an enemy attack~! Someone stole the ship~!"
Father Meng's pupils suddenly dilated, and almost instantly, he shouted loudly without thinking.
"Baga~! Damn~!"
The man in black was none other than Nakamura Kawao, the pirate leader this time. He cursed angrily, then brandished a Japanese sword and chopped off Meng's father's head.
"Woooooo~!"
At the same time, the big ship next to it noticed the movement here, and the soldiers on the ship immediately blew the horns, and the silent night suddenly became noisy.
"Keng~!"
In the face of a life-and-death crisis, Meng's father's strong desire to survive made his body burst out with huge potential. He rolled around and managed to avoid the pirate leader's fatal blow.
"Youliang, be careful~! I'm here to help you~!"
Two crew members in the cabin heard the noise and immediately ran out and yelled.
"Baga~! Get on board, kill all these people, set this ship on fire for me, and then sail into their main fleet~!"
Nakamura Kawao's eyes turned red and he shouted loudly.
"Hi~!"
At this time, more than a dozen black figures emerged from the water. Some of them lifted the anchor and pulled the sails, some set fire to the ship, and others wielded Japanese swords to chop at the crew. The pirates on several other ships nearby were doing the same thing.
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"Woooooo~!"
One boat after another, like a relay race, the desolate horn sound finally reached the island.
"Wu Di, what happened~?"
Li Xiaogong, who was resting against the stone wall in the cave, immediately stood up when he heard the sound and shouted outside.
"Report~! Your Majesty, the fleet was attacked by enemies at the rear, like pirates. The number of enemies is unknown. They sneaked into our ship and wanted to commit murder. After their whereabouts were exposed, they wanted to set fire to the fleet. Brothers have already gone to help~!"
A young soldier quickly ran into the cave and shouted loudly.
Li Xiaogong's expression suddenly changed, and he said angrily: "This is unreasonable. Who dares to tease my Tang Dynasty tiger beard? Follow me and catch them all~!"
"As you command~!"
"Hey~! Your Excellency, do you need help from our Zhenla Kingdom warriors~?"
"The warriors of our Piao Kingdom can also be sent by the prince~!"
"Funan Kingdom is willing to lend a helping hand to the prince~!"
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At this moment, the envoys from various countries in the cave stood up and said.
To be honest, they had already known the power of the Tang Dynasty fleet along the way, and they also hoped to meet a few blind pirates on the way so that they could show off in front of Li Xiaogong, but this ship The size of the fleet was too large. Not to mention pirates along the way, even many countries did not dare to provoke such a fleet. Now that they finally encountered pirates, these envoys were not afraid at all. Instead, they were all excited.
Because they can finally show off and win Li Xiaogong's favor by the way!
There is no doubt that the Tang navy at this time is so powerful!
Compared with the Han Dynasty, the Maritime Silk Road obviously had greater development during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Of course, at this time, the Sui and Tang Dynasties recorded an interesting phenomenon in historical records. They did not pay as much attention to the ocean as the later Song Dynasty. The reason is that the Tang Dynasty was very powerful at that time. Its western border had reached Central Asia and West Asia. Its Silk Road was very smooth on land. The Maritime Silk Road was relatively not taken seriously, but its maritime power was still Very powerful.
At that time, the Tang Dynasty dominated the sea in the entire East Asia. Of course, there were other maritime powers in East Asia, such as Japan. According to historical records, the Tang army won the victory in a series of naval battles at the Battle of Baicunjiang. Later, Japanese scholars studied this incident. After research, they believed that the reason for Japan's defeat at that time was that China's shipbuilding technology was far ahead of other Asian countries at that time. China's ships were sealed with rosin at that time, and the number of iron nails used in China was far more than Japan's. When the ships of the two sides collided in the naval battle, the Japanese ship fell apart immediately, but the Tang Dynasty ships were strong and difficult to break up, which gave them an advantage in the naval battle. As a result, the Tang Kingdom became the maritime hegemon in Asia and monopolized the entire region. trade.
Therefore, Li Zexuan, who traveled through time, has never been in a hurry to build more advanced sea ships, because there is no need~!
At this moment, after hearing the requests from the envoys from various countries, Li Xiaogong directly waved his sleeves and said: "Envoys, please sit here for a while. I don't need to trouble you all, just a mere thieves!"
After that, he led the soldiers and walked quickly outside the cave.
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"What...what is going on~? Youliang, who are they~?"
On the big ship at the rear of the fleet, I heard movement. An old man who had been sleeping in the cabin came out of the cabin. When he saw the two sides fighting on the deck, he was a little stunned.
"Boss Feng~! Run~! They are pirates~!"
Father Meng's back was slashed with a knife. When he saw the old man in rich clothes, he immediately yelled.
It turns out that this old man is Meng’s father’s boss, Feng Zhihua, a wealthy businessman from Chang’an.
"Pirate~?"
Feng Zhihua looked horrified, and then shouted: "Youliang, hold on~! Your Majesty and the others will be here soon~!"
"Baga~! Kill them all and set them on fire~!"
Nakamura Kawao couldn't understand what Feng Zhihua and Meng Youliang were talking about. He saw many ships approaching in front of him, and then he yelled anxiously.
At this point, it was obvious that the ship-stealing plan could not succeed, but he wanted to take revenge on the Tang Dynasty by burning the fleet.
"Hi~!"
Several black figures rushed into the cabin, and after a while they took out the oil lamps. With a "boom", the deck was set on fire. Then a black figure came to control the sails, and the fire ship rushed towards the Tang Dynasty fleet.
At the same time, the battle on Meng's father's side was about to end. At this moment, he had more than a dozen stab wounds on his body. The other crew members had fallen, and he was the only one left struggling to hold on~!
"Go to hell~!"
Nakamura Kawao didn't expect the man in front of him to be so stubborn, but no matter how stubborn he was, he was destined to be unable to withstand his sharp Japanese sword. He roared angrily, and flew towards Father Meng with his sword.
"Youliang~!"
Feng Zhihua saw it so clearly that he couldn't help but cry out in sorrow~!
Meng's father looked at the cold light coming quickly in front of him. He knew that he really couldn't escape this time. At this moment, he thought of his wife, daughter and son, and this cargo ship that carried the hope of their family's life. , two lines of muddy tears fell from the corners of his eyes.
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Feng Zhihua
Second update!
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