On the rippling blue sea, under Zhang Zhongjian's order, the ships spread out like an open fishing net, and then began to prepare to encircle the opponent's fleet.
Relying on the advantage of the field of view, but after Zhang Zhongjian's network port opened to form a siege, the other party realized that something was wrong.
"Your Highness, we seem to be surrounded."
(⊙_⊙)?
Prince Abdullah, who had just eaten a mouthful of grapes and still had some seafood residue in his mouth, looked confused and hurriedly asked the guard: "What's the situation, the people on Asan's side?" According to his memory, on Asan's side, There are many city-states, but their naval combat power is really not good.
The guard helplessly pointed to a few black spots in the farthest distance that were visible to the naked eye: "Your Highness, those are the black spots."
"Impossible, San'er and his city-state don't have such a big ship. Is it the legendary deep sea beast?"
Looking at a big black spot from a distance, Abdulla would rather believe that it is a legendary ocean beast than the San'er fleet. After all, they really don't know how to do it.
In fact, the guard did not believe that what was surrounding them was a fleet. His eyes were the best among the group, and his eyes told him that he was right.
But his little master said he didn't believe it. The smart guard could not refute directly, but waited for a while, waiting for most people to see the outline.
Although he usually eats a lot, because he doesn’t have to stay up late to check his phone and watch TV, Prince Abdullah’s eyesight is still good. He looked at the black spots getting closer and closer, and the raised sail, and had to admit that it was indeed a ship. .
hiss
"What a big boat. It's bigger than our boat. Do you think we can buy one?"
There was an inexplicable gleam in the prince's eyes. He felt that if he brought such a big boat back to them for a feast, they would definitely be appreciated by their leader, and he would live a happier life of eating grapes and seafood.
The guard looked at the prince whose eyes were shining a little, and couldn't help but feel a little pain in his head.
To be honest, he knew that the prince was a bit lazy and unconcerned with worldly affairs, but the opponent used an encirclement tactic, which was obviously going to cost their lives.
"Your Highness, this may be their most advanced ship, they may not sell it."
"That's not necessarily true. As long as we give more, how much money did we bring this time?"
The maid on the side thought for a moment and said to the prince: "About 200 gold coins and some jewelry."
The prince did some calculations. According to their prices here, a war horse costs about 10 gold coins. 200 is 20 war horses. With some jewelry, it is about three hundred or four hundred. Compared with the war horses, the ship.
Although the prince is a bit playful, the warship he is currently riding on costs five to six hundred. If the one opposite him is two or three times larger than his own, then the price will be so.
The prince scratched his head, then looked down and saw some large gold chains and gem necklaces on his body, and instantly felt that he had enough money.
"It doesn't matter. What I have is worth some money. If it doesn't work, just use it as a mortgage. There will be a way."
Then the prince ordered the fleet to stop where it was, waiting for Zhang Zhongjian and their encirclement to slowly shrink.
On Zhang Zhongjian's flagship, Zhang Zhongjian looked at Abdula's fleet through a telescope with a blank look on his face. Logically speaking, even if the ship here is faster, it may not be able to stop them all if they want to run away.
However, the other party had neither seen the pirates nor themselves, and had no intention of running away. Instead, they stayed in place and waited for their encirclement to slowly shrink.
Is this a fool?
But, after all, there are so many small fishing boats. Just because one person is stupid does not mean that all of them are stupid. Otherwise, how would they be able to survive in this land.
"Boss, are they scared out of their wits?"
The old subordinate next to him asked Zhang Zhongjian, and Zhang Zhongjian shook his head and thought of a possibility: "The other party probably wants to talk to us."
Talk?
The subordinates thought about it and it was possible. They had been pirates for a long time, but negotiations were common. After all, they could get money without killing people, so why bother.
What's more, once you get acquainted, you can pay long-term fees, which is a good deal.
But now, although they appear to be pirates on the surface, but behind them are the war-powerful Tang Dynasty, sometimes it is not convenient for them to follow what they did before and go too far.
After about half an hour of sailing, the fleets of both sides met about a hundred meters apart. Zhang Zhongjian looked at each other. The size of the ships was about the same as that of the largest one beside him.
As for the flagship, after all, it was a larger five-masted sailing ship. Zhang Zhongjian looked at the small steel cannon and heavy crossbow on his ship, and then motioned to his subordinates: "Send a ship over and ask them what they want to do."
"promise"
A semaphore was played on the flagship side, and a medium-sized frigate beside the flagship slowly moved towards Abdulla from the encirclement.
The two sides will meet soon
Abdulla looked at the ship that was much larger than his own car, and then looked at Zhang Zhongjian's five-masted sailboat from a distance, his eyes shining: Good guy, I didn't wait in vain, this ship is really big. , if you can buy it, you can eat whatever grapes you want in the future, and you can eat whatever kind of seafood you want.
"Who are you?"
"My lord, the Dashi Empire, the third prince of the Black Mustang Tribe, Apdula~XXXX.XXXX's fleet, who are you?"
"We are Black Dragon Pirates"
pirate?
Abdullah looked confused: Pirates, Ta Miao's big ship is a pirate.
Then a thought flashed through my mind: Impossible, these people are lying. They don’t even have the ability to build such a huge warship. Can pirates have such a big ship?
You won't believe any liar
"Brother, do you think we will believe you are pirates? Can pirates build such a huge warship?"
Abdallah continued: "Send your general over and we can talk."
Zhang Zhongjian was indeed a general. There were not only Zhang Zhongjian's old men on the ship that passed the message, but also spies sent by Li Mingda and people from the East China Sea Fleet.
The other party saw some clues. This situation was normal. After all, I had never seen such a country with such shipbuilding capabilities in this journey. The pirates said that the other party did not believe it 100%. They had already discussed the excuse.
"This prince, we are indeed pirates now, believe it or not, it's up to you"
He was not polite at all, but Abdulla was not angry. After all, his ship was about the same as the youngest one, and that was what he should do if he had strength.
But he carefully recalled the words and grasped the key points: Are you a pirate now? Well, it may not have been the case in the past, and it may not be the case in the future.
Hey hey hey, if you can recruit them under your command.
He imagined a lot of grapes and seafood in his mind, and a knowing smile appeared on the prince's face.
"I believe it, but I still want to talk to your general or leader."
Zhang Zhongjian got the signal and then ordered his flagship to move closer.
To be continued
