On the vast sea, a huge fleet composed of thousands of warships was sailing slowly.
The center of the fleet is a three-story giant ship that is fifty feet long and twenty feet wide. A golden dragon flag flutters in the wind above the giant ship. It was specially designed by Yang Xun and is a flag representing the Han people.
On the deck, Yang Xun faced the sea breeze, standing with his hands behind his hands, his eyes shining.
This time he went to Ni Kingdom with 150,000 Japanese soldiers and 40,000 Beiyan cavalry!
In addition to the 3,500 warships rewarded by the system, Yang Xun also recruited 4,000 warships and merchant ships of this era from Dongyu and Huaizhou. The number of sailors recruited from Dongyu alone reached an astonishing number. One hundred thousand!
As soon as they heard that they were going to fight Xiaozizi, local men signed up one after another. That is to say, the boats were limited and could not accommodate so many people, otherwise the number would only be greater.
The fleet spread out and stretched for dozens of nautical miles!
Yang Xun looked at Bai Hu on the side and asked, "Are the horses on Xu Ai's side okay?"
"Back to my lord, the war horses ride on large warships, which are relatively stable. Except for a few war horses feeling uncomfortable, there are no other abnormalities." Bai Hu replied.
Yang Xun breathed a sigh of relief. Before arriving, the war horses were kept on the ship. This also allowed them to adapt to the sea environment in advance. It seemed that this method was really useful.
(I checked and found that there were very few cases of taking war horses to sea in ancient times, but there were cases of Tang and Ming dynasties purchasing war horses from overseas, and the quantities were large each time, so war horses should be able to go to sea.)
Yang Xun looked again at Qi Jiguang, who was observing the sea with a telescope. Beside him were Xuanwu and Pufa, who looked pale.
After Pufa let Zhang Yan go, he finally rushed back to Dongyu before Yang Xun went on the expedition. However, at this moment, he did not have the temperament of a master. He was covering his mouth and suppressing the nausea in his heart.
Xuanwu was even worse. He was lying on the railing and vomiting, almost spitting out his liver.
At this moment, Qi Jiguang suddenly pointed forward and shouted: "Your Majesty, a fleet has been spotted ahead!"
Yang Xun took the telescope and found that a fleet did appear in front of him. There were not many ships, only about ten ships, and there were no flags.
However, judging from the shape of those ships, they neither look like Daqian nor Niguo ships.
Yang Xun frowned, could it be a pirate?
A pirate organization with more than ten ships can be considered a very large force!
At the speed of the fleet, it would take almost half a month to reach Ni Country, but Yang Xun had only set out less than two days ago, and this place was still close to the waters of Daqian. If the other party was really a pirate, Yang Xun would not mind killing them.
"Send a signal to Hua Xiong and ask the first formation to catch up and have a look to find out who the other party is!"
As soon as Yang Xun finished speaking, the messenger not far away immediately raised a flag. Soon, a large warship with more than ten medium-sized warships on the right wing of the fleet suddenly accelerated and chased the fleet ahead.
Soon the fleet discovered a large number of ships appearing behind them, and more than ten ships were heading straight for them.
All the sailors on the deck stood on tiptoe and looked at it. They had never seen such a big ship, especially the one at the head. Is that a ship? Is it a moving island?
The leader of the fleet was a blindfolded Cyclops. When he looked at the size of the fleet behind him, his hair stood up in fear.
Isn't that direction the direction of Daqian? When did Daqian have such a large fleet?
The speed of those warships was extremely fast, and even his broken ships couldn't run away.
Realizing that something was wrong, he quickly ran to the cabin, looked at the dozens of Dagan people tied up in the cabin, and shouted to his subordinates: "Hide everyone from me and stop their mouths! "
The one-eyed dragon's men immediately took action, pointed their knives at the Dagan people and threatened: "You are not allowed to say anything later. Anyone who dares to say something will be killed by me!"
Then they covered these Dagan people with various fur goods to hide them tightly.
On the other side, the first formation was gradually approaching, and then more than ten warships fired several crossbow arrows with ropes, pulling the ships of the Cyclops fleet over. Of course, the Cyclops fleet did not resist.
Hua Xiong held the sword in his hand and jumped onto the ship where Cyclops was with a dozen sergeants, looking around.
At this time, the one-eyed dragon came out of the cabin and walked over with a bowed back and an apologetic smile on his face: "My lord, what are your orders?"
Hua Xiong glanced at the one-eyed dragon and found that the guy's accent was strange and even a little jerky, so he asked: "Aren't you a Dagan person?"
"Going back to the official, I am from Luzon and came to Daqian to do business." One-Eyed Dragon explained quickly.
Hua Xiong looked at the one-eyed dragon. He had heard of Luzon, which was also a country overseas and a barbaric land.
"Are you planning to go back to Luzon? What good things have you brought?" Hua Xiong said, walking towards the cabin.
Seeing this scene, the one-eyed dragon's men tightened their grip on the knife.
This scene naturally fell in Hua Xiong's eyes. Hua Xiong's eyes turned cold, he stopped and said with a smile: "Since you are a businessman, why do you carry a weapon?"
"My lord, you don't know something. Pirates are rampant on this sea. We carry weapons for self-protection. But don't worry, we never carry weapons ashore. Every time we go ashore to trade, we leave our weapons behind." On the boat." The one-eyed dragon said quickly.
Listening to the words of the one-eyed dragon, Hua Xiong was also looking around. There were more than twenty sailors on the deck, each of them holding a knife in their hand.
When he was about to enter the cabin just now, these sailors were extremely nervous, indicating that there must be something fishy in the cabin.
Although there were only a dozen or so sergeants around him, there were hundreds of people on the warship next to him, and the crossbows in their hands were all pointed at them. A fight could kill these people instantly.
Thinking of this, Hua Xiong said to One-Eyed Dragon in a cold voice: "Let all your people come out, this general wants to check!"
"Yes, yes, sir, please wait a moment!"
The one-eyed dragon said, walked to the cabin and shouted inside: "Everyone inside, come out!"
The next second, several more people walked out of the cabin, and these people also had knives in their hands.
The one-eyed dragon quickly scolded: "My lord, check it out, you are not a pirate. Whatever you do with the knife, put it down!"
But when those people heard what the one-eyed dragon said, they did not put down the sword in their hands.
The one-eyed dragon quickly looked at Hua Xiong and said with an apologetic smile: "They are all from the countryside. They are afraid of being robbed and never leave their bodies with a knife. Don't be surprised, sir."
Hua Xiong just smiled slightly when he heard this, but a killing intent flashed in his eyes.
If they were really ordinary businessmen, would they dare to hold a knife when facing an officer's inspection?
These people are obviously desperadoes!
So Hua Xiong immediately glanced at a Qianhu on the side. The Qianhu understood and quickly led people into the cabin.
