In the vast and unmarked East China Sea, two large sailing ships floated, cutting through the waves, slowly heading north. On the slightly larger two-masted Big Bird ship in front, dozens of men with bare arms and bare feet wearing short clothes surrounded a strong young man and made a fuss.
Yell.
"Brother Chen, when we board the ship and go to the sea, we have money to gamble but no money to sit around. It's boring. You are idle now, so you will tell us another story. Yesterday you talked about Guo Jing and Huang Rong's encounter in the forest.
How is the leader of the Beggar Clan, Hong Qigong of the North Beggar? Can he learn the unparalleled dog beating stick method and the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms? At night, my heart is always restless and I can't fall asleep."
"Guo Jing has learned the dog-beating stick technique and the eighteen dragon subduing palms, and he will be able to dominate the world. I am anxious to kill him!"
"Brother Chen, we have begged you like this, and you have agreed to our request."
"That's right, that's right..."
"Brother Chen, what else are you going to do to make you want to talk about this?"
Huang Chen sat firmly under the helm, smiling and looking at the pleading people around him, his expression unmoved. It was already July, and he had traveled here for no more than thirty days, during which time he had at least
Half of the time was spent on the boat. Although he was not a veteran at sea, he was no longer a rookie who knew nothing. In today’s terms, he was called a bird, which meant the same thing anyway. Except for the first time he went to sea and had a fierce battle with Taipan.
, the rest of the time was calm and uneventful, and the days were dull and boring.
By chance, he heard the only storyteller in the village telling "The Legend of the Heroes of the Ming Dynasty". As the name suggests, it tells the story of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, similar to "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties". He became faint after listening to it.
He was drowsy and bored. When he was bored on the boat, he told everyone a piece of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" as if for fun. Unexpectedly, the effect was surprisingly good, and he soon had a large number of loyal fans. There were advantages and disadvantages to everything.
Being pestered by everyone to tell stories every day, he is not a super-memory person, so how can he recall all the plots? Novel, TV series, and some self-made plots, he finally manages to cope with it, but it is just a good martial arts masterpiece by Master Jin Yong.
He was so abused by him.
"What are you yelling about? Go away, go away..." Hu Yinhu pushed away the crowd with a face, walked up to Huang Chen, and said with a smile on his face: "Brother Chen, the brothers are really bored, look..."
Huang Chen hummed, Hu Yin's identity was different from ordinary people, and now he was called Brother Chen, so he couldn't put on airs anymore, coughed slightly, and said slowly: "Hong Qigong is short-tongued and promised Huang Rong to teach Guo Jing martial arts.
The two tried their moves to determine the depth. Unexpectedly, Huang Rong revealed the secret skill of Peach Blossom Island, the Luoying Divine Sword Palm, and Hong Qigong saw through it..."
When Huang Chen finished telling the story, two large boats entered the waters of Dachen Fishing Ground. A few days ago, in order to regain the stolen fishing boat under his command, Mr. Hu defeated Mr. Da Pan with an outnumbered enemy on this sea. After the news came out, some people
The owners of the fishing boats thought that Mr. Hu Er was a trustworthy person, so they all paid him fifty taels, thirty taels, or twenty taels of silver. A little amount added up to a lot, which was really not a small sum. On the one hand, the income increased greatly.
On the other hand, the responsibilities have also increased accordingly. The two ships almost never leave the fishing ground to protect the safety of the large number of fishing boats.
Three days passed by in a hurry, and everything was as usual. This peaceful day seemed to last for a long time, but was ruthlessly broken in an instant. Hu Erlao learned from a fishing boat that another fisherman under their protection was dozens of miles to the northwest.
In order to compete for fishing profits, fishing boats fought with other fishing boats. Both sides fired real fire and used artillery to bombard each other. The fighting was no less fierce than a battle between pirates.
Hu Erlao said nothing nonsense and ordered his men to prepare for war.
The boat owner who tipped off the information carefully looked at Mr. Hu and reminded him again: "Second Master, the other party is entrusted to Liu Dasheng's name."
"Liu Dasheng? Where did this junior come from? I've never heard of him." Mr. Hu Er's expression was dull and his tone was flat. When he mentioned Liu Dasheng, he seemed to be talking about cats and dogs. Naturally, it was impossible for him not to know about Liu Dasheng. The new pirates in Chen Shan, due to their boldness and dark intentions, have risen very quickly. They have eight or nine large and small ships under their command, and their strength is far greater than that of Hu Erlao...
The boat owner finally saw it, and Hu Er was determined to fight this battle. He thought that Hu Er was too trusting, so how could Liu Dasheng be an easy character to mess with? On the contrary, he felt at ease. Isn't it that they came to Hu Er for this? At this moment. Who doesn’t want to have someone above them who is willing to make the decision for them no matter what? When things happen, they are hesitant and unwilling to stand up, so what else do they spend money on?
Hu Erlao's two large ships rushed to the scene of the incident with their sails and oars swaying. When they arrived at the scene, both sides were exhausted from the fight. Hu's fishing boat burst into earth-shattering cheers, while the enemy's morale plummeted and their faces were ashen. , who dared to stay any longer, immediately withdrew from the battle and tried to escape westward.
How could Mr. Hu allow the cooked duck to fly away? He used his big two-masted bird boat to go straight towards the fishing boat, and used another two-masted bird boat to go around to the other side, blocking the retreat of the fishing boat. The enemy fishing boat had just fought a battle. The sail was blown by cannonballs and it was difficult to speed up for a while. Hu Erlao attacked from two sides and rushed left and right. After struggling in vain, seeing that he could not get out, he had to lower the sail and surrender.
Huang Chen followed Hu Erlao and others and stepped onto the deck of the blood-stained fishing boat. He looked around with great interest. The captain was about six feet five feet and one foot seven feet wide. It was estimated to cost more than two hundred taels. According to 20% From the dividend distribution, he can get almost two or three coins. No matter how small the mosquito's legs are, they are still meat, and he can get income without fighting. What reason does he have to be unhappy? What Hu Erlao thought was different from him. The damage to the fishing boat was not serious. With a simple repair, it can be used to its advantage and enhance its strength.
Just as Hu Erlao was preparing to return to the sea, a small leader quickly came to his side and said solemnly: "Second Master, we are reporting from the battle on the mast. An unknown large ship was found in the northwest sea. As expected, it is Liu Dasheng." coming……"
Hu Erlao's face suddenly turned cold, and he thought to himself: "What a Liu Dasheng, he came so fast! Did he deliberately set a trap to lure me here and want to kill me?" He asked: "How many ships did the other party come to? "
The little boss replied: "Five boats..."
"Five boats..." Hu Erlao frowned fiercely. Fortunately, Wang Fengwu was nearby, which is why he was not afraid of a fight with Liu Dasheng. When he arrived just now, he had already sent someone to notify him, and it would not take long for Wang Fengwu to come. Come here. The important thing about the latter is not that he has two ships under his command, but that he is brave and invincible and good at fighting.
Hu Erlao's original plan was to rendezvous with Wang Fengwu first, and then start a battle with Liu Dasheng. Even if he could not win, he could retreat unscathed. However, the plan could not keep up with the change, and Liu Dasheng's rapid attack was obviously unreasonable, leaving him in a very passive situation.
The newly caught fishing boats could not be expected to participate in the battle for the time being, so Hu Erlao sent less than ten people to drive the prisoners back to the village in the fishing boats. This battle was probably not as dangerous as the previous battle with Taipan Lao. At that time, he was chasing the enemy with his own boat and had no energy left to send him back. Hu Yin was different this time. He planned to let Hu Yin return with the fishing boat. The latter refused without thinking and insisted on joining the war, showing off his glorious experience of shooting five people last time. Hu Erlao couldn't convince him and he didn't have the time. Besides, she told him not to leave his side.
The two fishing boats swung their oars and sailed quickly towards the south, away from the place of right and wrong.
"A war is about to begin again! Another fierce battle with less and more! Is it Mr. Hu's bad luck or my luck? Or both?" Huang Chen withdrew his gaze from the fishing boat and looked into the distance.
A few small black spots in the distance. Just now, he was happy that he had successfully forced the fishing boat to surrender without using any action. Unexpectedly, he had just hijacked their boat, and in the blink of an eye, his family's fleet came over to kill him!
Hu Erlao saw the enemy clearly. Liu Dasheng's fleet consisted of a lucky boat of more than ten feet, a bird boat of more than seventy feet, a blue boat of more than six feet, and two oars of eight feet. They were extremely powerful. A head-on confrontation would be the same as sending him to death. Hu
The two elders immediately led two sailboats and fled to the east...
Liu Dasheng led the Fuchuan fleet, followed closely by two eight-oared boats. He formed a team with two fast boats, the Bird Boat and the Cang Boat, and crossed diagonally to the southeast to cut off his path, forming a loose encirclement.
Squeeze toward the center little by little.
Hu Erlao noticed the opponent's deployment and decisively changed his direction, drawing a beautiful and gorgeous arc on the blue sea just like a flying bird turning around, rushing towards the southeast at a rapid speed, living up to the name of the bird boat "sailing on the water, like a flying bird"
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Liu Dasheng was very determined to kill Hu Er Lao. The fleet held Hu Er Lao behind and to the sides and kept closing the gap.
Hu Er, who has been accustomed to the sea for decades and has rich experience, knew that if he did not make changes, he would be overtaken by the opponent. He first turned to the east and traveled a sudden and unexpected straight north, passing between Liu Dasheng's main fleet and the sub-fleet.
, the distance between the two sides was even less than a hundred steps at one time. Hu Erlao decisively ordered the side copper-haired cannons to fire, bombarding the enemy's eight-oared ship. With a thunderous roar, the broken lead broke off the gun barrel, not only mowing down several people on the ship, but also killing the eight-oared ship.
The sail of the sailing ship was in tatters.
An eight-oared boat, as the name suggests, has eight or ten oars on each side. It is a rowing boat and can carry between sixteen and twenty people. What is interesting is that it has a mast on it and a cloth sail hung on it, also called a soft sail.
, completely different from other Ming Dynasty ships with canopy and hard sails. When the wind blows, the sails can be set, and when there is no wind, the oars can be used for a wide range of purposes, from sentrying, patrolling, to boarding battles. Among the soldiers and invaders of the Ming Dynasty, their popularity is almost as high as that of bird-shaped ships.
When Liu Dasheng saw that his side not only failed to surround Hu Erlao as he wished, but was bombarded by the opponent, his nose almost became angry. If this matter spread, what kind of face would he have to stay in Dachen Mountain? Hu Erlao must die today! Liu Dasheng went crazy.
He roared, and everyone from top to bottom, without exception, was scolded to death by him. Everyone realized their shame and became brave, and suddenly increased the intensity of the encirclement and suppression.
Hu Erlao tried his best to keep dealing with him, but was finally outnumbered and was surrounded by Liu Dasheng's five large ships. At the same time, Wang Fengwu led his two sailboats and finally arrived at the outskirts of the battlefield before the two sides started fighting.