The sea breeze became weaker, and even though the sails were fully hoisted, the treasure ship was still moving slowly.
Luo Guanying stretched his muscles and bones and ordered the sergeant to take a good rest.
More than twenty days have passed since we set sail from the west coast of Africa. According to the days, it should be the end of March. I don’t know if the literati in the capital are lamenting the twilight of spring again and lamenting over and over again.
The voyage was very boring. Seeing that the sergeant was listless, Luo Guanying shouted: "Come around here and listen to me tell you about my brother-in-law."
All the sergeants immediately became energetic. Who didn't know that Luo Guanying's brother-in-law was Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen. The affairs of the emperor were always attractive.
Zhao Shiyu had no idea about the "daring" Luo Guanying, so he had to remind him: "Be careful and I will deal with you when I get back."
Luo Guanying didn't care at all. It didn't matter if Zhu Yunwen wanted to settle things with him. His brother-in-law could only whip him with a whip, so what else could he do? It was important to boost morale now.
"Today, let's talk about my brother-in-law's northern tour. Let's talk about Yangzhou City first, which controls the Lianghuai Salt Fields..."
Luo Guanying is a storyteller. When he talked about Zhu Yunwen's outsmarting corrupt officials, he attracted applause from the sergeants. When he talked about Zhu Yunwen's inspection of the poor kitchen households, he aroused the sympathy of many people. When he talked about the corruption and punishment at Qingjiang Shipyard, it was very satisfying.
Seeing that Luo Guanying was talking excitedly, Zhao Shiyu couldn't help but smile and walked to the side of the ship. He said to Ma Huan, who was resting against the side of the ship, "Why, I won't remember your article today?"
Ma Huan shook his head slightly, looked at Luo Guanying not far away, and said with a smile: "I don't think there is much to write about today."
Zhao Shiyu sat down, carefully took out the wine bag from his arms, and handed it to Ma Huan: "If you don't follow Deputy Commander Zheng, why do you have to follow us?"
Ma Huan was a military general and a scribe who recorded what he saw and heard during the voyage. When Zhao Shiyu asked this question, he replied: "I have always wanted to record the voyage in detail and write it into a book to be passed down to future generations." I've already thought of a name, so I'll call it "Yingya Shenglan", what do you think?"
"I recorded the countries in Nanyang, Kozhi, and Tianfang, but I always felt that it was not enough. It was not until the emperor summoned me later that I realized that I still lacked a real test. An unprecedented voyage. Without this voyage , then "Yingya Scenic Views" is not perfect."
Zhao Shiyu watched Ma Huan take a sip of wine, and instead of being greedy, he handed back the wine bag and said with satisfaction: "If you are with Deputy General Zheng, you can't record it. If you follow us, you may encounter a lot of trouble."
Ma Huan wiped the corner of his mouth: "What's the trouble? Luo Guanying is too arbitrary. But this is the sea. When waves and dangers come, there is no room for too much discussion. It is safer to act arbitrary when the opportunity arises. On the contrary, You, obviously can lead a fleet by yourself, but you become Captain Luo's deputy..."
Zhao Shiyu kicked Ma Huan, stood up and looked at the sea: "It's rare to be so calm."
The deep blue sea is sparkling, the water is gently undulating, and fish jump out of the sea from time to time.
"what is that?"
Zhao Shiyu asked, staring at the sea.
Ma Huan stood up and followed the direction of Zhao Shiyu's finger and squinted his eyes: "It seems to be the gauze thrown by our sergeant. As you know, these bloody things cannot always be left on the ship."
Zhao Shiyu waved his hand and pointed to the side of the gauze on the sea: "Look there, there seems to be something swimming, and the sea water is a little bulging."
Ma Huan looked carefully, and sure enough, there was a bulge on the sea surface. There seemed to be something large swimming under the sea water. Looking at the waterline of the sea water, it seemed that its size was not small. "This is……"
Ma Huan's face looked a little ugly.
Suddenly, Luo Guanying stopped talking. He seemed to sense some danger and ran to the side of the ship. Many sergeants also gathered around and stared at the sea.
The treasure ship became quiet, and the tense atmosphere suddenly rose.
moment!
The sea water was torn open, and a heavy gray sea beast jumped out of the sea. Its body was like a spindle, its torso was thick, its triangular head was like a hill, and its big and bloody mouth was full of sharp and big teeth! The round eyes, like vertical pupils, stared at the treasure ship, then swung its tail fin and fell into the sea, stirring up a tall wave.
"Overlord Sameray!"
Ma Huan's voice became sharp.
Luo Guanying clung to the side of the boat tightly, her expression became particularly solemn. This overlord shark should be the great white shark Zhu Yunwen mentioned. Isn't this thing too big? It's actually two feet long!
I guess Zhang Yu's fleet must have encountered the overlord Shark, and the Dafu ship was damaged! Such a huge sea beast must have a huge weight. If it hits the Dafu ship, I don’t know how many times it can withstand it...
Great fortune ship? !
Luo Guanying immediately trembled and shouted: "Send orders to Su An and Wang Zhen to be on full alert. The treasure ship is replaced with eight oxen crossbows, and the whole army is ready to fight!"
"Fight? You want to fight against this kind of thing?"
Zhao Shiyu became nervous.
Luo Guanying nodded solemnly: "If our judgment is correct, the brother of the Dafu ship in front died under this sea beast! Now that it is alive, it means that Zhang Yu did not leave it behind. Since it is still alive, then we should send it away It goes to hell, doesn’t it?”
Zhao Shiyu swallowed his saliva and said quickly: "We should do nothing now to avoid causing its attack! It is the overlord of the seabed, and we lack the means to deal with it!"
Luo Guanying tore open his chest, gritted his teeth and shouted: "I don't care whether it is the overlord of the sea or the sky. If it hurts our brothers, we must kill it! Besides, do you want it to stay here and harm the people behind? Brothers, don’t you? Get to your seats and listen to my commands!”
The sergeants took their positions one after another. Those who entered the cabin entered the cabin, those who picked up crossbows picked up crossbows, and some sergeants picked up firecrackers and grenades.
Su An and Wang Zhen were driving the Dafu boat. When they heard that the Overlord Shark had appeared, they couldn't help but become nervous. This thing was only in rumors. Although some have been seen in the South China Sea, they were just ordinary sharks and not very big. Yes, there are not many people who can be called overlords.
Wang Zhen ordered the sergeant to be careful and keep the lookout hand staring at the sea.
Luo Guanying walked along the side of the ship and watched Overlord Shark disappear. She lowered her head and felt the deck.
boom!
The big treasure ship seemed to have hit something. It swayed suddenly and a dull sound came over.
"It's in the bottom of the boat!"
Ma Huan shouted.
Luo Guanying and Zhao Shiyu did not panic.
The bottom of the treasure ship is made of hardwood. It does not mean that it will be broken by collision. Even if two or three holes are knocked out, it will not be a problem. The treasure ship is a watertight cabin structure. As long as there is no large-scale damage, it will not sink. risks of.
The treasure ship suffered several collisions and then became silent.
"ah!"
There were screams from the sergeants in the distance, and there were even a few panicked firecrackers.
Luo Guanying hurriedly walked to one side and saw a great white shark emerging half of its body on the sea surface and violently rammed into the Wang Zhen Dafu ship. Although the Dafu ship also adopted a watertight cabin structure, its body was limited and its draft was relatively small. The treasure ship was shallower, and it shook violently under the impact of the great white shark.
"Bagniu crossbow ready!"
Luo Guanying shouted.
The portholes of the treasure ship opened with a bang, and the Eight Ox Crossbow was launched. What was placed on it was no longer a wooden arrow, but a pure iron arrow!
Wang Zhen looked at the constantly rocking Dafu boat and ordered the sergeant to hold on to the rope. A sergeant held a weapon and was alert. Unexpectedly, the ship suddenly rocked. The sergeant slammed into the side of the ship and fell uncontrollably!
"Zhang Jiu!"
Wang Zhen tied the rope and ran to the side of the ship. Looking at Zhang Jiu struggling in the water, he quickly ordered someone to drop the rope. Zhang Jiu looked at the hanging rope, swam over quickly, grabbed the rope and prepared to climb, but At this moment, the sound of sea water came from behind.
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Zhang Jiu turned around and saw a line of water coming from the sea!
"Do it!"
Luo Guanying shouted sharply!
Whoosh!
The Eight Bull Crossbow was fired, and thick iron arrows spurted out!
Puff puff!
The sound of entering the water intensively!
The iron arrow penetrated the sea surface and pierced into the sea water! A huge white shark jumped out of the sea in pain, swinging its huge body!
Luo Guanying's pupils condensed, and countless soldiers were shocked!
Relying on the power of the Eight Bull Crossbow to attack the city, this blow was enough to pierce several people, and ordinary ships were shattered. However, the defensive power of this white shark was so amazing. Among such dense iron arrows, there was only one iron arrow. Penetrate into his skin, or at the corner of his mouth!
The enraged great white shark fell into the sea water, causing huge waves. Then it jumped vertically from the sea surface and bit Zhang Jiu with its bloody mouth open.
Zhang Jiu felt chills all over his body. He lowered his head and saw a bloody mouth like an abyss. If he fell into it, he would be swallowed whole!
Boom!
The great white shark missed the bite and fell into the sea again. The Dafu boat suddenly swayed. Zhang Jiu, who was about to get on the boat, was hit by the side of the boat and his hands were hit. He fell backwards!
"help me!"
Zhang Jiu shouted in panic.
Before Wang Zhen had time to drop the rope, he saw Zhang Jiu running quickly in the sea water, and then plunged into the sea water, with a bright red face emerging from the sea...
"Zhang Jiu!"
Wang Zhen slapped the side of the ship, with anger in his eyes, and shouted sternly: "Tie the ropes for me, prepare the eight-niu crossbow! Kill it for me!"
Seeing this, the sergeants did not dare to be careless and fixed themselves one after another.
Just when Luo Guanying, Zhao Shiyu, Wang Zhen, Su An and others were helpless, two more water lines rushed over. The three water lines seemed to cooperate and crashed directly into the big fortune ship where Wang Zhen was!
The entire Dafu ship suddenly tilted, and each sergeant fell off the deck. Fortunately, they were restrained by ropes and hit the outside of the ship without falling into the sea.
Fortunately, before it was too late, a white shark appeared, jumped up, and bit a sergeant with its huge teeth. It suddenly fell, and the Dafu boat tilted more than 40 degrees under the drag of the rope. , the feet of the sergeant hanging over the side of the ship were close to the sea!
Wang Zhen's eyes turned red as he watched a sergeant being swallowed half of his body. He did not dare to release the eight-niu crossbow at will, lest it kill the sergeant who fell into the water.
"Give me the grenade!"
Sergeant Wang Gang's eyes turned red, but he was stopped by Wang Zhen.
The fragmentation range of the grenade is too large, and there are brothers on the sea. If you throw it out at once, you may hurt your own people!
"No, the boat is leaking!"
The sergeant told Wang Zhen some sad news.
