These Arab pirates who have transformed from the Arab navy are still very skilled in their business.
The place they chose was foggy for a long time on the sea.
Such weather is undoubtedly very suitable for an ambush.
These pirates are also quite patient, waiting quietly for their prey to appear.
"coming!"
The shadow of a fleet loomed in the fog.
"Woo!"
Arafat ordered someone to blow the horn, and all the pirates at the top of the pirate ship's mast untied the ropes tied to the sails.
With a few clattering sounds, the sail fell down, and then was blown up by the sea wind like a fat man's belly.
"Come on!"
"Seize the supplies on these ships, and everyone will be able to enjoy the food and drink for a long time."
"We are brave Arab pirates and we will never retreat!"
Hundreds of Arab warships, large and small, rushed towards the fleet in the fog in the sea.
As they got closer, they saw each other's flags.
It stands to reason that none of these pirates know Chinese, but there is only one exception.
"Don!"
On the incoming fleet, each warship hung a flag, and the words written on the flag were exactly the words that appeared in their nightmares.
"Don!"
"It's the Tang Army!"
"How could it be the Tang Army!"
All the pirate ships are filled with pirates' whines. Doesn't it mean that these are supplies for the exiled king of Wessex?
Why is it related to Datang?
"The whole army retreats!"
"Run!"
"Turn the rudder, turn the rudder, you turn the rudder so fast!"
The pirate ship that was rushing up slowed down slightly, and then planned to turn around and run away.
No matter whether it was a merchant ship or a warship coming from the opposite side, they did not have the courage to fight against the Tang Dynasty.
At this time, Datang also discovered them, and several small boats rushed out quickly.
This kind of small boat is usually hung next to the big ship. It uses the latest diesel engine and is made of all steel. The entire boat is covered by a steel cover and looks like a melon seed.
The only openings, apart from the observation port in the cab, are a few small gun ports.
This kind of ship was called a sea tank by the Tang Dynasty Navy.
Their method of combat is to approach the enemy ship at extremely fast speeds and then attack with the small cannon on the ship.
When approaching, just two shots can cause the wooden ships of this era to leak water and then sink into the unforgiving sea.
The reason why no news came back from the clippers sent by these pirates was because they were sunk by these Tang Dynasty's "sea tanks".
Who told them that the clippers they sent out were also Arab-style warships?
The coming Tang fleet had long known that the Arab navies in the Mediterranean were all mixed up into pirates.
After discovering these clippers with binoculars, the maritime tanks began to flee without asking questions when they approached them. Naturally, the Tang Navy would not be polite and chased them directly and sank them.
The prisoners fished out of the sea learned about the robbery plan of the remaining Arab pirates, so as soon as they met today, the Tang Navy pressed forward at full speed.
Although the Arab pirates have more ships, they are not interested in fighting, and they cannot defeat them even if they fight.
The speed of those sea tanks was two or three times that of their sailboats, and many of the ships were broken through their walls before they could complete their turns.
And the trebuchets that they are proud of on their battleships cannot hit the fast sea tanks at all.
The bow and arrow hitting the steel cover could only clang and then bounce off.
As for the gang-hopping tactic... where can I jump to?
This vast sea has become their grave.
Unable to fight or escape, these pirates could only wave all the white objects they could find around them.
The Tang fleet slowly approached and tied up the pirates one by one.
I happened to hear Duke Ping say that he was short of manpower. Isn't this what happened?
Those breweries, perfume workshops, and paper workshops all require workers to keep their secrets secret.
After these pirates are sent, they will be slaves, so there is no need to worry about confidentiality.
Of course, Duke Ping would not need so many people, and the extra people could be given to Egbert at a discount. He was going to mine in southern Africa, and he would definitely not refuse these slaves.
No one thought that the pirates who had been roaming the Mediterranean for such a long time would actually gather together and then send them to the cannon of the Tang Navy.
Even the Tang Dynasty Navy did not expect that what was supposed to be a simple escort mission would actually end up with a lot of military merits lost on the sea in front of them.
After cleaning the battlefield and capturing all the prisoners they could, they looked down on other things, and the Tang fleet headed north again.
The reason why there was no news about the Tang fleet along the way was because their ships were too fast. Those ships that encountered the Tang fleet at sea were now left behind, so how could they possibly spread the news?
It still caused a big sensation when we passed through the west coast of Portugal all the way north.
Watt City and Porto on the coast were all shocked by the huge ships in the fleet.
"Whose fleet is this? Those ships are like a city on the sea."
"I heard it belonged to King Egbert of Wessex."
"Wasn't he exiled? With such a powerful fleet, would he be exiled?"
"Who knows? Maybe if these fleets go to Wessex, the war will start again?"
The mysterious and powerful fleet became a topic on everyone's lips, and everyone didn't even know that they had almost wiped out all the Arab pirates who were causing headaches for dozens of European countries at this time.
In this way, the fleet passed Portugal and finally arrived at the south coast of Wessex.
Egbert and his cronies had already packed up their belongings and were waiting nearby. Although they had known for a long time that Datang's ships were very large, otherwise it would not have been able to carry more than 800 people.
But when they actually saw it with their own eyes, they still felt their hearts beating wildly.
Those lords even secretly trusted their boss in their hearts to agree to give up the position of King of Wessex. Otherwise, if they were forced, just the soldiers loaded on such a giant ship would be enough for them to eat.
Not to mention the rows of ferocious black gun barrels on the side of each ship on the escorting warships. Although they didn't know what they were, looking at them made them feel frightened.
Of course Tang Ping was also there. When he saw Qian Laosan and Luo Siye leading the team, he smiled and greeted them.
"Third and Fourth Master, long time no see!"
"Ping Guogong!" The two of them were extremely excited when they saw Tang Ping. Tang Ping disappeared some time ago. It can be said that they plowed the waters of the Arabian Peninsula over and over again, but they didn't expect that he would come to Europe.
"Are you... arresting people?" Tang Ping asked curiously, looking at the string of prisoners being escorted off the ship by the Tang navy behind them.
