"You, just wait for me to count 'one', 'two', and 'three' and then open the door!" In the corridor of the cabin on the first floor of the Fu Ship, a search team of three people was carefully checking cabins one by one. During the search, Fan Huzi, who led the team, as the general flag officer of the Liaodong Pidao Army, actually had a lot of actual combat experience. During the battle in Zhenjiang, Jinzhong Town after the sneak attack, Fan Huzi and his men often fought with those hiding in the alleys. The Tatars were fighting, so Kang Lin sent him to take the lead as a party member.
"one!"
"Two!" Fan Huzi, who was walking short and commanding his men to form an offensive formation, adopted a strategy of defeating them one by one this time. The biggest advantage of this was that Chi Yang (Kang Lin), who lacked combat experience, gave his fleet One side can concentrate its limited power to the maximum extent and eliminate possible enemies.
"Three!" Following Fan Huzi's violent roar, a sailor holding an ironwood shield slammed into the closed hatch with all his strength!
"Bang!" A low sound of breaking the door rang out soon, but to the surprise of Fan Huzi and others, the seemingly closed door was actually knocked open by the sword-shielder with a fierce shield! Then, looking at the swordsman who couldn't hold back his strength and rushed in with his shield, Fan Huzi hurriedly ordered his men carrying crossbows to rush in immediately to cope with the swordsman who rushed in first. (PS: Conlin and others were afraid that there was black powder or grease in the cabin, and the flames from the matchlocks would detonate these things, so they replaced the long-range weapons with crossbows.)
"Fan Tou, there's no one inside!" The crossbowmen used the light of a special kerosene lamp to carefully search the cabin, but soon they discovered that they didn't need to be so cautious at all, because there was nothing in the cabin that could threaten them. This cabin is empty!
"Go to the other cabin immediately!" Fan Huzi didn't think too much after hearing this. He just whispered and ordered the three men around him to continue searching. Opposite them, Lin Wu and his three men were also doing the same. Same thing.
"This floor has been searched, and no enemies have been found!" Soon, the two teams of Fan Huzi and Lin Wu had searched this floor, but unexpectedly found nothing, and strangely, during the search process, the sailors Not even a single living creature was seen!
"Let's go to the next floor!" Apparently, Boss Kang was very dissatisfied with his subordinate's search results! Therefore, he decided to lead the team himself, and quickly came to the next level of the cabin under the heavy protection of the sword and shield players! However, looking at the same empty cabins with open doors, for some reason, a strange thought slowly emerged in his mind that he might not be able to complete this mission! (The enemies that cannot be found are the most difficult to deal with!)
"Everyone, be careful!" Kang Lin looked at the heavily armed subordinates around him, took a deep breath, and quickly put this weird idea aside! A manly man should do what he has to do. Hesitation and indecisiveness are not good signs.
"Master, there is something discovered here!" After adjusting their thinking, Kang Lin and others had basically searched the cabin on this floor. When they were about to go down to the cabin on the bottom floor, the sailors who conscientiously carried out the search order finally had new information. The discovery!
"Hiss!" Lin Wu, who was the first to notice something was wrong, was so bold that he couldn't help but be stunned by the scene in front of him! However, Conlin and a group of rookie sailors who followed him were even more miserable. After seeing the corpses lying strewn about the cabin, they all held on to the wooden wall and began to vomit for a long time.
"Commander Lin, Commander Fan, be on alert!" Although Yan Si's face was a little pale, he still took over the task very well, Kang Lin, who was vomiting and was about to lose all combat effectiveness, and continued to command the search team. He glanced at The surrounding environment gave loud orders to the sailors, who struggled to put the cabin on alert both inside and outside.
"Master, these people died a little strangely!" Unlike these rookies, Fan Huzi, a former Pidao Army officer who was used to life and death in Liaodong, was not at all frightened when he saw the horrifying scene in front of him. Seeing that he skillfully turned over the white bodies that had fallen dead in the cabin and were soaked in sea water, he began to carefully examine the cause of death of these sailors.
"There are no obvious wounds on the whole body, and there are no traces of fighting here. These people are like, like..." Fan Huzi said this, and he felt more and more ridiculous that the thoughts that suddenly popped up in his mind were very ridiculous. But he couldn't think of a better explanation for the moment, so he had no choice but to dwell on it.
"What is it like?" Kang Lin, who was vomiting, took the coarse cloth handed by his subordinates, wiped the stains from the corners of his mouth, and asked Fan Hu, who was hesitant to speak.
"It's like these people came over by themselves, stuck their heads in the water, and drowned themselves alive..." Fan Huzi's voice became smaller and smaller, maybe because he himself felt that what he said was a bit ridiculous.
"Drown yourself?!" The rest of the people in the cabin looked at each other in confusion. Lin Wu, who was a bit out of touch by nature, even wanted to reach out and touch Fan Hu's forehead to see if he had a fever and was talking nonsense.
"It's not sleepwalking, right?" Lin Wu expressed his guess after Kang Lin stopped his extended hand.
"This is impossible. If you say one or two people were sleepwalking, some people still believe it. But there are seven or eight people here. You don't want to tell us that these seven or eight people all sleepwalked here and drowned themselves, right?" Yan Si directly denied Lin Wu's guess.
"Okay, there is no basis, so don't make random guesses here! Commander Yan, leave two people to guard here. Others, please continue to search the bottom of the cabin carefully!" Everyone had different opinions, but in the end, he made up his mind. It was Kang Lin again, and looking at the questioning eyes of his men, he thought for a while and felt that instead of making random speculations here, it would be better for his group to complete the search work. After all, no matter what the reason was, these people died. Yes, they are lying here now, and they can no longer pose a threat to people like me!
"Yes, the boss." Just do what you say. Kang Lin, the boss, said what he said, and his subordinates had no choice but to obey orders! Therefore, Fan Huzi just casually ordered two of his men to stay here. The others exited the cabin one after another and began to go down to the next cabin to search. Only Yan Si, the temporary staff officer of the Kangda family, looked at those things again uneasily. A look at the pale corpse soaked in the water.
"Captain Yan." Yan Si rubbed his eyes vigorously, as if he couldn't believe it, because he had just seen the corpse lying in the innermost part move slightly. However, before he could step forward to check, Kang Lin's shout came again, so Yan Si had to put it aside for the time being and began to take steps to catch up with the group of them.
Water, everywhere you look is water.
This was the first thought when Kang Lin and others came to the lowest level. No wonder Wang Tang always said when they boarded the ship that the ship might have hit the rocks. Now it seems that it is more than just the rocks. If it weren't for the unique sealed cabin of the Chinese sailing ship, Structure, this ship may have sunk long ago.
"The shield bearer is in front, the lighting bearer (whom Conlin specially ordered to join the combat team, they are equipped with short knives and are responsible for holding high kerosene lamps to illuminate the entire combat team) is in the back, the crossbowman is preparing fire support, and Captain Fan leads the first team as the vanguard "Commander Lin, you lead the second team to be responsible for the rearguard. As the leader, you and your subordinates stay between the first and second teams." Yan Si received Kang Lin's instructions and quietly commanded his companions around him in the darkness.
"Yes." The sailors responded sparsely, then formed a fighting formation and followed their leaders carefully toward the dark depths of the bottom cabin.
The yellow light of the kerosene lamp dispelled the darkness, and seemed to dispel the slight fear in everyone's hearts. The two combat teams stayed as close together as possible. They grasped the weapons in their hands, guarding against the enemies that might jump out of the darkness at any time.
"Master, be careful!" However, just as everyone was moving cautiously, they suddenly found a black shadow coming out of nowhere, and suddenly knocked away the kerosene lamp in the hand of a lighting hand, and then in Amidst everyone's exclamations, the kerosene lamp fell into the water with a "pop" and went out!
"Fire arrows!" Kang Lin felt a little nervous when he saw the oil lamp extinguished. While drawing the knife in his hand, he also began to order the crossbowmen to fire arrows to frighten and block the enemies hiding in the darkness.
"咻咻咻..." After receiving the order from the master, all the crossbowmen immediately pulled the triggers of the crossbows. In an instant, dozens of crossbow arrows shot out with a trembling sound of breaking wind. Start flying around! In fact, to be honest, shooting indiscriminately when the enemy cannot be seen clearly is not so much to scare the enemy as it is to embolden themselves!
"Stop shooting, stop shooting!" After a moment, seeing that his own random attacks were ineffective, Yan Si, who was guarding Kang Lin with his sword drawn, quickly ordered his crossbowmen to stop shooting, and alternately loaded crossbows, preparing to move forward. Advance.
"Brush!" However, at this moment, the change happened again!
Note: Zhenjiang is not the current Zhenjiang City in Jiangsu Province, but the current Dandong City in Liaoning Province.
Note 2: The wooden shield inlaid with iron was temporarily exchanged by Kang Lin after landing on the Fuzhou ship. The wooden shield was also nailed with a thin iron sheet, which had a good defensive effect on the shooting of matchlock guns and crossbows.
Note 3: Special kerosene lamps are even upgraded versions of ordinary kerosene lamps. After systematic transformation, this type of kerosene lamp has the characteristics of fuel saving, high brightness and long duration. Kanglin purchased it through the system, but this kind of kerosene lamp Although it is very strong and durable and has many advantages, it also has the disadvantages of being choked by the smoke and being too expensive. It only takes 10 units of silver to buy 10 kilograms of refined kerosene. Lamps are not expensive. You can buy 10 of them with just 10 units of silver. , or all copper.
