Early the next morning, six warships parked outside the port suddenly moved, and the ship with the mouse flag took the lead, one sailing northward with the other. At the same time, the seven or eight largest Arab galleys outside the port and inside the port also moved, and their course was the same as the sailing fleet in front. Most Arab merchants and Southern Song merchants on the shore did not know where these ships were going, and only a few Arab merchants knew a little about the news that these ships were going to catch slaves.

There will be a large number of slaves auctions on their heads. Now the market that had just stabilized was lively again. The Arabs are extremely skilled and enthusiastic about auctioning slaves. Soon a high platform built with wooden barrels and wooden boxes appeared in the middle of the dock. A group of ship slaves were nailing wooden boards and setting up a sunshade. They really worked hard. The merchants of the Southern Song Dynasty were all blinded by slave auctions, and the Southern Song Dynasty did not allow slaves to be stored. They were basically watching the fun and had no urge to participate.

"Half sail! Left rudder 3..." At this time, Hong Tao was standing on the stern of the flagship with a tense face, personally directing the Guangzhou to be the pioneer and leading the way for the fleet behind him. He was not still angry. In fact, he was not angry yesterday afternoon, but he just felt that he was not talking too much. The reason why he still had a stern face is mainly because this area of ​​water is too difficult to walk.

In later generations, this strait, which is separated by the Indian Peninsula and Sri Lanka, is called the Baoke Strait. Compared with other straits, it has only one characteristic, which is that it is shallow and very shallow. The average water depth of the strait, which is more than 100 kilometers long and dozens of kilometers wide, is less than ten meters deep, and some places are only one or two meters deep, and there are coral reefs below. It is very dangerous for a deep-sea ship type like Guangzhou. In order to explore the channel for the fleet behind, Hong Tao had to lead the way. At least he walked here on a sailboat in his previous life, probably wherever he was shallow or wherever he saw the charts, and he could remember some of them.

"Okay, why did I forget them? Follow them, they are helping to explore the depth." Because the fleet was going to measure while walking, the speed of advancement was very slow. At this time, the Arab sailboats that were originally following behind showed their advantages. Although their ships were also sharp-bottomed, they had a small load and shallow draft, and could pass by at a depth of two meters, so they quickly surpassed the past, while sailing in front and gestured to Hong Tao's ship.

With the leadership of Arab galleys, Hong Tao's fleet was finally able to run faster. Moreover, these Arabs were obviously more familiar with this water area. After sailing for more than a day, they arrived in front of a port at the southern end of the Indian Peninsula. This place should be a city belonging to Zhunian Country. The port is quite large and the population is also large.

"Raising the battle flag, all ships, shipyards, and resisters near the port are attacking targets, pay attention to saving grenades!" After reading it in the telescope, Hong Tao issued a battle order without hesitation. He had already discussed with these Arabs. Both sides cooperated to attack a series of port cities in Zhunian Country. His fleet was responsible for fire support, and the Arabs were responsible for landing first, and then the two sides worked together to attack the city, and the final gains were divided. The Arabs were very interested in Hong Tao's suggestions and hit it off. Compared with the Song people, they were more aggressive. As long as they were not their own country, there was nothing to fight. Only if they could fight.

The sudden appearance of six large sailboats brought panic to the port. The subsequent grenade explosions and the mixed fireballs made everyone in the port as at a loss as if a natural disaster had come. One ran, a group of people would run, and then everyone would run to the city. Even if someone wanted to resist, they would be taken away by the crowd. The port's firepower coverage was only one round, and the landing ground was opened. In fact, few people were killed and injured, all of whom were scared by these loud noises and smoke.

The rest was much simpler. The Arabs' galleys didn't even need to land a small boat. As soon as they leaned on the dock, the crew immediately became soldiers holding scimitars and shields, and rushed to the shore with howling. Before Hong Tao's fleet's boat could fly towards the yard with earth-walled wooden doors. As a result, they were blocked by the crossbow shot from the city and injured several people. They had to retreat slightly.

"Oh... what a hurry, my life was not born by my mother! Metini, go and talk to the leaders of your tribe, and tell them not to rush forward. Wait until my cannon exploded the city gate before going, have agreed before!" Hong Tao held up a telescope in the stern building for a while, and shook his head helplessly. These Arabs are really fierce and don't take their lives seriously, but if you can't die, don't die. There are many cities in the back. However, Hong Tao can only ask Metini to suggest that it is the first time that the two sides cooperate and a temporary combination. It must be running-in to cooperate.

When the small boats of Hong Tao's fleet landed onshore with sailors, small wheelbarrows were pushed up, a total of ten, and they began to slowly approach the small city. A hundred meters away from the city gate, the wheelbarrow stopped. There were several Arab soldiers standing next to each car, blocking the scattered crossbows flying over with shields, and then iron balls drew a parabola and flew towards the city gate.

The first wave of attack did not cause damage to the city gate. Even well-trained gunners had to test fire one or two shots to find a suitable sense of distance. However, a few of the grenades flew into the low city walls, causing no damage to be seen. Anyway, it exploded in the city, and the crossbows fired on the opposite side were significantly reduced. The sailors operating the large slingshot on the wheelbarrow, regardless of the launch effect, their mission was to throw all ten grenades on the car behind the city gate. One hundred grenades, fifty of which were still filled with mixed oil. Although the killing radius was not large and the combustion effect was not very powerful, this was probably the first time people in this era experienced the attack of this kind of thermal weapon. They didn't know how to deal with it. They didn't know how to avoid flying shrapnel. Just like a horse who had never heard of the sound of gunfire, a grenade exploded. One grenade came down, who would still shoot or not? Run.

In less than five minutes, all one hundred grenades in the ten cars were thrown away. Not only did the sailors who had already landed could not see the bombing effect, but even the lookout hands on the top of the mast of the sailboat could not see the sight of the sight. The smoke was too big and nothing could be seen. Just as Hong Tao was wondering if it was time to throw another round, the Arabs began to charge again. This time they were basically not blocked by the crossbow, and they rushed directly under the city gate.

The city gate was not blown up, and there was not even serious injury. The explosion of the grenades was not effective for the thick wooden doors. However, the Arabs had their own solutions. They did not intend to enter through the city gate at all, but chose the city wall and grapple hook, which was used to grab the other's ships in naval battles, was used as a tool to climb the city. They grabbed the city head and slashed with a scimitar in their mouths.

There was no one behind the city wall, and the burning houses and debris became an obstacle to the attack. In order to ensure safety, Hong Tao ordered the wheelbarrow to approach the city gate and fired a round of incendiary bombs at the city level. As a result, the small town became a smoke-free hell everywhere. Once the wooden houses were ignited by mixed oil and heavy oil, they would soon become a big fireball, and they could not be rescued. The people in the city couldn't wait to run out of the city gate. The Arabs climbed the city wall and flipped out of the city wall. As a result, the sailors who had not yet entered the city became arresting teams, catching the escaped people everywhere. The siege battle turned into a chase battle, and they were fleeing in the fields.

"Oh... this battle is so... why did it become like this? Yaya, tell other ships to send people ashore and help catch people." Hong Tao was stunned when he stood on the stern. This was different from the war style he designed. It should be fighting, defense, and attack. As a result, there was no such process. A city was burning, and there were people running and chasing people around. No one could tell who was. It would be useless to make any flag words at this time. No one could take care of it.

The battle lasted less than half an hour, but captured the prisoners for two hours. Finally, it counted that there were only more than 200 people. Most of the residents ran into the woods behind the city and could not find them. The Arabs injured eleven people, of which only four were injured by crossbows while siegeing the city, and the remaining seven were injured by collapsed buildings in the city. The sailors on their side suffered relatively small losses, only two of them were injured, all of whom fell into a pit while chasing outside the city.

At this time, the three translators came forward. Their captives were identified, including blacksmiths, carpenters, and textile craftsmanship. The rest were taken to the Arabs on pulp boats and sent directly back to Kabaran Port. As for this small city and port, all the buildings that had not been burned were poured on whale oil and lit by Hong Tao. He wanted to turn this place into a white land and not to recover within at least one or two years. Even if it was rebuilt, he would not be able to draw out his hands to expand to the east for a while.

"General, why are we still staying here? Don't we go back?" In addition to the four slurry dewatering ships escorting the captives back to sail, the remaining three slurry dewatering ships and six warships stayed in the waters outside the port overnight. Looking at the burning city, Wen Nan, who hadn't been bothering Hong Tao for a day, stood up and asked questions again.
Chapter completed!