"Master Gu, someone seems to be coming over there!" Unknowingly, half an hour passed quickly. At this time, the night-watch sailor on the flagship post just wanted to lower his head and rub his sore neck to soothe his body. I was lazy, but suddenly I accidentally caught a glimpse of several men in black running with torches in their hands, approaching their ship at an extremely fast speed. In shock, I immediately used my own voice that was comparable to a broken gong. Warning to the officer on duty below, the man silently picked up the crossbow next to him and pointed the arrow at the man in black who was rushing towards him.
His grandma didn't let anyone calm down for a while. First, two messengers from the Fan Guan team came late at night to convey the boss's order, causing a false alarm for his new sailors! And now, I don’t know if it’s that bastard plus the third level who sent people to cause trouble again...
"Wake up the others! We have something to do!" Gu Wenlai, who was on duty in the middle of the night, heard the sound and immediately sent his sailors to ring the bronze bell hanging on the ship to wake up other sailors resting in the cabin to prepare for possible emergencies. (In fact, there are only six sailors on duty on the ship)
"Three circles! It's one of our own, Captain Qin, take a brother to respond!" After seeing the man in black on the beach making a three-circle signal, Gu Wenlai let go of his worries, but when he came out, For the sake of caution, he did not order his subordinates to relax their vigilance, but simply sent someone to lower the boat to pick up the people on board!
"Sir, the enemy's attention has been attracted by the people on the beach. It seems it's time to swim!" Huang Wei was an elite member of the border army and had rich combat experience, so when he saw the Chiyang infantry in black After everyone got on the sampan boat, he immediately stood up and whispered in Xi Yuxing's ear.
"Well, let's go, remember, we'll have to be more agile in our actions later!" Xi Yuxing didn't say much after hearing the whispers from his confidants. He just tightened his rags tightly and lowered his head to pick up a pair of rags. Sharpened wooden sticks, a few quick steps followed his capable men, taking advantage of the dark night to jump into the cold sea water, and then swam with all their strength towards the berth of the big ship not far away!
"General manager, the boss ordered me and six others to come under your command to prepare for possible sneak attacks..." Soon, the small boat carrying two sailors and six reinforcements was rowed by four oars. They boarded the flagship bird boat "Flying Henanese", and then, with the help of the sailors on the ship, carrying matchlock guns and waist knives, they climbed neatly along the rope to the tall bird boat in front of them, and successfully I saw Gu Wenlai who was staying on the ship.
"Okay, the boss has thought carefully and sent the infantry brothers to Gu to assist in the battle. Let's do this, Captain Qin, you can take the brothers down to have a rest first, drink some hot soup to warm your body, and the rest Let's talk about it later!" When Gu Wen came to see his boss, he even considered sending reinforcements. When he thought about it, it was almost dawn, so the tight string in his heart could not help but relax. After a few minutes, he then asked his deputy to arrange for the arquebusiers who came from the infantry to rest in the cabin.
"Brothers, please cheer up for me! It's dawn now, when people are most likely to be careless and confused, but don't let anyone touch our sentry!" The infantry brothers who watched the reinforcements disappear in In the deck cabin, Gu Wenlai, holding his sword in his hand, continued to issue orders to his subordinates to strengthen their vigilance! At this moment, three sturdy black figures with sharp wooden sticks in their mouths took advantage of the pitch-black night to quietly swim across this short distance and arrived at the sea below his ship!
"Huang Baijiang, it's up to you!" After a brief discussion, Xi Yuxing and his party, who had their backs against the solid hull and seemed to be melting into the night, decided that Huang Wei, the most powerful man, would be the vanguard and take charge. Get on the ship and remove the sentries left on the ship by the Chiyang fleet, clearing the way for subsequent operations to seize the ship by force!
"Okay!" Looking at the enemies standing silently on the tall ship and the flickering firelight, Huang Wei, who was a junior officer at the grassroots level, did not have too many opinions on his boss's decision. He just responded in a low voice, Then he stepped on the ladder set up by his two companions and slowly climbed towards the side of the bird boat! During this period, he used his hands and feet together, and moved very gently and carefully, trying not to make any noise to alert the guards on the ship. Therefore, even if he had successfully climbed to the outside of the ship, the sentries on the bird ship still did not notice that there was a dangerous guy under his feet. !
"There are four sentries in total, one at the bow, one at the stern, and two in the middle of the ship. They are all wearing black cloth and equipped with waist knives and short spears. There is no obvious leader in command. Be careful, and you should be able to be the first. Time to kill the two sentries in the middle of the ship..." Taking advantage of the sea breeze and the firelight on the ship swaying, Huang Wei carefully poked out half of his head. After discovering that the enemy sentries did not notice his side, , he quickly figured out the guard situation on the ship with the help of the weak firelight! And this also made his confidence in this ship-seizing operation a little stronger, because from what he observed, at least there were not many guards on the deck of the enemy ship, and their defenses were not as tight as imagined!
"Huh..." It didn't take long for the weather conditions on the sea to change. The gradually increasing sea breeze caused the fireworks in the brazier to shake and at the same time gave the hiders an excellent cover for their sneak attack! The agile Huang Wei saw the sentry lowering his head and rubbing his hands to keep warm. He quickly jumped onto the deck and fiercely and accurately drove the sharp wooden stick in his hand into the throat of the shocked sentry! During this time, he didn't even give this tall enemy a chance to struggle!
Moreover, as he passed by the deceased, he quietly pulled out the wild goose feather knife from the waist of the deceased. Then with the knife in his hand, he jumped up and down, and continued to viciously pounce on the man standing on the other side. The second sentry at the side of the ship!
"You, uh..." The other sentry obviously heard something unusual. However, when he looked back to check, an arm suddenly appeared and neatly ended his subsequent actions. Huang, who was full of fire, Wei broke his neck as quickly as possible! However, to Huang Wei's surprise, the sentry he killed actually knocked over a brazier when he was dying. The direct result of this action was that the guards at the bow, stern, and cabin were all in extreme danger. Reacted in a short time!
Therefore, almost at the same time, five or six sailors and infantrymen with unsheathed swords roared and rushed towards this side, and what was even worse was that they seemed to form a small formation, faintly Huang Wei was surrounded in the middle!
"Left and right, follow Gu to entangle this guy, brothers in the infantry, help me wait for the plundering formation!" Looking at the sentries who both fell dead on the deck, Gu Wenlai, who was about to spit out flames from his tiger eyes, tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart. , with a wave of the finely forged Yan Ling Dao personally given by the master in his hand, regardless of whether others followed, he rushed forward and intercepted Huang Wei who was about to pull Xi Yuxing and the two onto the deck!
"Dang!" With his left hand, he pulled up Xi Yuxing, who was flipping onto the boat. Huang Wei didn't even look at it. He just rolled around and escaped Gu Wenlai's angry knife! Taking advantage of this moment, Xi Yuxing and others who jumped on board also picked up the waist knife left by the sentry from the deck, helping Huang Wei fight against the guards rushing from the left and right sides! With their joining, the battle situation on the bird ship suddenly fell into a stalemate!
"Quickly put down the gangplank and go over to help Mr. Gu!" The flagship was suddenly attacked, and the noise was so loud that it alerted other ships. Therefore, the sailors on the other two sailboats were also organized by the leaders at this time, holding matchlock guns. With a waist knife, he shouted and rushed over to help!
"Sir, the enemy is powerful. It looks like we have to fight quickly!" Huang Wei waved his sword to force Gu Wenlai to retreat and press forward. He retreated to Xi Yuxing and another companion and looked at the screaming enemies who were rushing over. Reinforcements, he shouted to his boss in a deep voice.
"Dali, go break those springboards and prevent the enemy's reinforcements from coming!" Xi Yuxing is also a calm-minded and wise guy. Hearing the roar of his capable subordinates, he agreed with his heart and immediately ordered another of his subordinates to The guy who seems to be very strong but has been silent goes to stop the large influx of enemy soldiers!
"Yes, sir!" Xu Dali was silent and dull, but he was extremely powerful and loyal to Xi Yuxing. Therefore, when he heard Xi Yuxing's order, he immediately waved his sword to drive back the enemies around him. The army rushed to the springboard full of reinforcements at full speed, and then, no matter how hard he tried, he raised his hand and overturned a heavy wooden board on which three or four people were standing!
"Rescue the brothers in the water quickly!" This trick is indeed effective, because it not only successfully blocks other enemy ships from assisting the flagship, but also forces the enemy leader to devote considerable manpower to rescue the drowned sailors. This greatly delayed their further rescue of the flagship, which can be described as "killing two birds with one stone"!
"Get off grandpa!" He said it so late and so quickly, not to mention the Chiyang sailors who were still struggling in the water over there, Xu Dali, who had just overturned the springboard, didn't even have time to take a breath, and he fell again Lifting up the two dead sentry corpses on the deck, he smashed them towards the enemy who was stepping on the springboard on the other side to come for reinforcements! So for a moment, the progress of the reinforcements on the other side was temporarily blocked by him!
"No, the idea is tough. Brothers, don't hold back. Let's go shoulder to shoulder!" Looking up, he saw that the reinforcements were blocked by the short and sturdy enemy. In addition, Huang Wei was unable to stop fighting against Xiyuxing for a long time. Gu Wenlai also lost his previous support and began to call on the infantry brothers who were raiding the formation to come forward and fight together!
"Sir, the enemy is powerful. We probably have no hope of seizing the big ship. How about we seize the small boat hanging next to them (Wanqi Warlock's small sailboat, the mast has been replaced) and go to sea?" Huang Wei, Xu Dali, Xi Yuxing The three of them stood back to back. Although they withstood the siege of the enemy several times their size, they themselves were not completely unscathed. Therefore, after temporarily repelling a wave of enemy attacks, Huang Wei, who was still clear-headed, He immediately proposed to Xi Yuxing that he should give up seizing the big ship and instead seize the small ship, and the latter agreed to his suggestion without much thought!
Note: The finely forged Yanling Knife is an intermediate waist knife rewarded by the empire system. It is much more sophisticated than the popular equipment of Chiyang tribe. It is now awarded by Kang Lin to the capable captain and sentry commander of his subordinates.
