"Sir, can't we kill Xu Kai, assemble the army, and then deal with the pirates?"
Peng Yue was still a little worried and said: "You only brought more than 300 people, what if you are not a match for the pirates..."
Peng Yue didn't say the next words, but his meaning was already very clear.
Today, the development of Xiping Village, Yun'an County, Donghai County, and even Qingzhou is inseparable from Zhao Ping.
In other words, if the Dawei Dynasty wants to stabilize the situation, Zhao Ping is the most critical figure.
There is no room for error.
"Isn't it you?"
Zhao Ping said with a smile: "So you must seize the time to kill Xu Kai, then integrate the manpower in Linhai County and go to the beach to help me."
"I……"
Peng Yue wanted to say something else, but was stopped by Zhao Ping.
"Master Sheriff, there is no need to worry about my safety."
"With Hu Zi here, and we are riding war horses, even if we can't defeat those pirates, there is still no problem in escaping."
"All right."
Peng Yue finally relaxed when he saw the horses tied next to him, including two bloody horses.
The tall and fierce trapped camp mounts their horses, which is a cavalry.
Not to mention pirates, even if they were to face the regular army of the Dawei Dynasty, they would still be able to fight.
After all, the charge of the war horse is very powerful.
Beyond human power.
Without daring to delay, Peng Yue immediately left with a few officers and soldiers and rushed to the county government.
Xu Tianhua also followed with his servants.
He wanted to follow Zhao Ping and see how he destroyed the pirates, but he was driven away by Zhao Ping.
This guy is just an out-and-out wine tasting officer. He has no fighting power and no war horse. Following him is just a burden.
Zhao Ping left dozens of men behind to guard the bandits.
In order to prevent the last situation from happening again, Zhao Ping asked them to hide in the mountains.
Just gather your troops to guard the entrance.
After the arrangements were made, Zhao Pingcai led Gao Meng, Qi Liang, Yi Zhengbo and others to the beach.
The distance is not that far.
In order to resist pirates, the imperial court set up coastal county offices near the sea.
Of course, taking into account tsunamis, high tides, humidity at the seaside, etc., the county capital is also about 20 kilometers away from the seaside.
There is only one village over there, called Linhai Village.
But there are still few people living there.
Those who could afford it had moved to live elsewhere, and those who remained either wanted to keep their ancestors and were unwilling to move, or they were old and frail and unfit for migration on foot.
When Zhao Ping and the others came, the village was still filled with the smell of blood.
What you can see are collapsed houses, dilapidated walls, and closed doors of every household.
Some houses have white lanterns hanging in front of them, as if someone had just died.
You can even hear the sound of waves in the distance.
The sea breeze blows, and it feels like entering a ghost village.
Fortunately, Zhao Ping accepted the idea that he did not believe in evil, so he drove straight in and led everyone through the village to the seaside.
This is the landing port for pirates.
According to the poker team, the pirates came in ten ships this time. The exact number of people was unclear.
But among them, ten people stayed here to guard the ship.
The rest of the people were all dispersed into Linhai County, where they burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil.
The ten left-behind people live in one family in Linhai Village.
Every day, like an uncle, they instruct the farmers to do things for them. If they are not satisfied at all, they will be beaten severely.
Zhao Ping asked Qi Liang to lead a group of people to surround the farmer's house and guard those who were left behind.
He came to steal the boats.
As the poker team described, there were indeed ten ships docked at the beach.
The boat is huge.
It’s not a problem to install hundreds of people.
There are many masts on each ship.
It should be a sailboat.
Zhao Ping was a little confused, could this thing sail?
How did you come from Japan?
No matter what, it is best to get rid of the ship first, so as not to be used by the pirates and escape back to the sea.
But, then the problem comes.
The boat was too heavy. After pulling a little distance, it could no longer be pulled. It should have landed on the bottom of the boat.
"Sir, how about we cut these ropes?"
Gao Meng suggested: "Without the ropes to tie them up, these ships will drift in the wind. By the time the pirates come, the ships will have disappeared and they will have no way to escape."
"If we do that, won't I get nothing?"
Zhao Ping said speechlessly.
"ah?"
Gao Meng was stunned, "Sir, you also want a boat?"
"Although we have a river over there, if we want to fish, we can just build a raft. We don't need such a big boat?"
"I can sail."
Zhao Ping said.
"navigation?"
Gao Meng was stunned again, "What's so good about the sea?"
"Not only are there pirates, but there are also sperm-like fish monsters under the water that can eat people. You can't even defend against them."
"Fish monster?"
Zhao Ping chuckled and didn't take it seriously.
It should be a huge shark or whale.
That is to say, in the Dawei Dynasty, those things were regarded as gods and did not dare to be violated.
In the previous life... there were people who specialized in hunting in the sea.
Thinking of this, Zhao Ping couldn't help but lick his lips.
In his previous life, there was talk of protecting the ecology, and many things were prohibited. He was unable to taste the taste of whales.
But the Dawei Dynasty can.
It would not be bad if you could try your hand at hunting a whale.
This further strengthened Zhao Ping's plan to build ships.
What's more, only with ships can we sail.
The thought of bringing all the surrounding countries into the territory of the Dawei Dynasty makes people excited.
"Let's go see the ships first."
Zhao Ping muttered a word or two: "If it can be dismantled, we will dismantle it and let Lu Xiu and his son reinstall it later."
"If it can't be dismantled, think of other ways."
But the ship is in the sea, and if you want to get close, you have to swim.
Zhao Ping didn't have the confidence to swim in the winter.
Fortunately, the people he led had some water-loving people who took the initiative to help him take on this task.
Gao Meng is also one of them.
He took off his clothes and wore only a pair of underwear. He jumped into the sea and swam towards the ship.
In other words, the boat was not far away, and we swam there in a short while.
Everyone climbed onto the boat and reported the ship's information to Zhao Ping.
have to.
do not understand at all.
Zhao Ping patted his head, why didn't he understand history well in his previous life?
This is really time travel. I can’t do this or that. I’m just messing around.
There is no way to dismantle it.
We can only leave the ship behind and look for familiar people to study it later to see if we can improve it.
Then he called Gao Meng and others back.
After putting on his clothes, Gao Meng came over and asked strangely: "Sir, why are there no oars on these ships?"
"How do they row?"
"Relying on the waves?"
puff!
Zhao Ping almost laughed.
Isn't this a joke from a previous life?
Rowing without oars relies entirely on waves.
How can Gao Meng understand?
If he hadn't known that he was not a time traveler, Zhao Ping would have asked Gao Meng for WeChat to test him out.
"This is a sailboat."
Zhao Ping explained: "It relies on wind power to push it."
Gao Meng nodded, then shook his head and asked, "Sir, that's not right either."
"The wind direction is not certain. How can we ensure that the ship always travels in one direction?"
"The wind is blowing from the east today and the wind is from the west tomorrow. Has the ship left? Or has it not left?"
"Isn't there still a rudder?"
Zhao Ping said with a smile: "The rudder controls the direction."
"When the wind is favorable, raise the sail to speed up."
"If the wind is against you, lower the sail and use the rudder to control the direction. Although the speed will be slower, you can keep moving forward and not retreat."
"That's it."
Gao Meng praised: "Sir, you know so much. You haven't seen ships very often, yet you can study them thoroughly. Could it be that you are really the reincarnation of Immortal Lord Penglai?"
"I……"
Zhao Ping was too lazy to talk to him anymore.
Start arranging people to do things.
The ship can't take it away, so we can only stay here.
Intercept the pirates at the periphery.
To this end, Zhao Ping has set up three lines of defense.
The first wave was a hundred officers and soldiers led by Qi Liang, guarding the outside of the village. Once the pirates were discovered, they would take action directly.
It's best to scare away pirates.
If they are too frightened to leave, they will scatter and let the pirates enter the village.
The second wave was the officers and soldiers from the county and city led by Yi Zhengbo, who ambushed the village.
Once the pirates enter the village, they are surrounded.
At the same time, Qi Liang returned with his people.
The two parties worked together to deal with the pirates, and they were bound to capture them alive.
If the pirates are too large in number and cannot be resisted, let them go again.
Let the pirates come to the beach.
Then they were greeted by the third wave of men.
That is, the brothers who were trapped in the camp led by Zhao Ping and Gao Meng.
Each one rides a war horse and holds a big axe, guaranteed to disperse the pirate team.
However, Zhao Ping believes that there cannot be too many pirates.
After all, there are only ten ships.
Although the ship is not small and can accommodate hundreds of people, it still has to sail.
If there are really hundreds of people, I'm afraid they can't even walk, right?
What's more, the more people there are, the more supplies are needed. Dry food, fresh water, etc. all take up space and increase weight.
So Zhao Ping estimated that this was a ship carrying only a hundred pirates.
More than three hundred people, against hundreds of people.
The balance of victory is already tilting towards Zhao Ping.
Of course, to arrange these, the first step is to capture the ten people left behind.
Secondly, evacuate the people.
The last thing is to find a hidden place to hide and wait for the pirates to return.
