With death right in front of him, Meng Tianxiong raised a smile, but he soon discovered that he had been complacent too early and had made a fatal mistake.
After the pirate saw that Meng Tianxiong had dodged his attack, he actually gave up his spear, freed up his hands and firmly grabbed Meng Tianxiong's spear. Then he pulled hard, and Meng Tianxiong's body suddenly lost his balance, and he was pulled by the pirate.
Meng Tianxiong finally realized the danger. He caught a glimpse of another pirate who was already ready. He didn't even have time to let go of his hand. The other pirate delivered his fatal blow and saw his spear scratching out in the water.
A line of water quickly rushed towards Meng Tianxiong's chest.
In addition to the shimmering spear getting closer and closer, Meng Tianxiong also saw the pirate's grin, which was the end of his life.
Life and death were in an instant. A figure swam over hard and blocked the assassination route with his own body.
Blood spurted out, and the sea water turned bright red, which fascinated Meng Tianxiong's eyes. He could not believe what he saw.
This rude officer who had beaten him severely with a whip and sunk him into the sea three times stepped forward at his most dangerous moment and blocked the fatal spear attack for him.
The red color of the sea water is getting thicker and thicker, and in the silent sea water is Meng Tianxiong's face of grief and anger.
The spear did not hit Meng Tianxiong, but his body was pulled by another pirate. He and the pirate were getting closer and closer. When the pirate's struggling face appeared in his eyes, he suddenly let go of the spear. His right hand violently
Li pulled out the feather arrow stuck on his shoulder and stabbed it into the pirate's neck. Blood spurted out, and the pirate slowly sank to the bottom of the sea with his big frightened eyes open.
The huge pain of muscle tearing almost made Meng Tianxiong faint. But he couldn't care about his pain at all, and swam towards Li Dongsheng with all his strength, and tried his best to pull Li Dongsheng out of the sea.
The fresh air finally allowed Li Dongsheng to catch his breath. His face was livid and he was breathing heavily. Meng Tianxiong's condition was also very bad. The pain from the wound was nothing. What was even more terrifying was that he could hardly lift a muscle.
strength.
A few meters away, two pirates were floating on the water. They were panting heavily and glaring at them fiercely. It looked like they were equally exhausted.
Meng Tianxiong found that the draft of the pirate ship was much deeper than before. It was obvious that a lot of water had been poured into the bottom tank of the pirate ship. And because the water in the bottom tank was getting deeper and deeper, the pirates had to try harder and harder to block these three holes.
Difficult.
"I'll stop them, and you quickly pry open the fourth hole." Li Dongsheng gasped.
"Are you okay?" Meng Tianxiong looked at Li Dongsheng, whose face was getting greener and greener, and couldn't help but feel worried, "I'll deal with the pirates, and you'll pry open the hole."
"Fighting is the meaning of a soldier, and dying in battle is the honor of a soldier." After Li Dongsheng said this, without waiting for Meng Tianxiong to say anything else, he swam towards the pirates.
Looking at Li Dongsheng's clumsy actions, Meng Tianxiong knew very well that Li Dongsheng might never come back from this attack. He gritted his teeth and dived into the water again. The bottom of the boat was his battlefield, and his honor and dignity were also there.
The two pirates once again dived into the water with spears to kill them. The two swam in different directions. Li Dongsheng went to stop the pirates, while Meng Tianxiong swam to the bottom of the ship.
The chisel was still inserted into the crack under the boat. Meng Tianxiong held the chisel with both hands, stepped on the bilge with his feet, and used all his strength to pry open the crack. However, the crack did not move at all and showed no sign of expansion. The first three holes could be successfully opened.
Pry it open. That's because it takes the strength of two people.
But now Meng Tianxiong was alone, and all his strength was almost exhausted.
Opening the fourth hole is the key to making the pirate ship sink. Meng Tianxiong is extremely anxious. He understands that the "Huanxi" will never be able to hold on for much longer after such a fierce attack by the pirates. Li Dongsheng, who is covered with injuries, can no longer hold on.
After holding on for a long time, he had to be quick. Meng Tianxiong gritted his teeth and tried again. The crack expanded a little, but it was still not completely pried open.
At this moment, a pirate bypassed Li Dongsheng's obstruction, and stabbed Meng Tianxiong directly with a spear. This time, his speed was very fast. Meng Tianxiong was shocked and quickly deflected his head, and the spear was close to him.
His eyes pierced through, and happened to penetrate into the crack.
The pirate had no choice but to pull out the spear with all his strength, but the spear was stuck inside and could not be pulled out for a while.
Meng Tianxiong was overjoyed. This spear was like another chisel stuck in the crack. Meng Tianxiong ignored the pirate. He quickly inserted the chisel into the other end of the crack, and then stepped on it with his feet again.
Bottom of the boat.
There was a crisp "click" sound, and the crack turned into a hole, and seawater poured into the cabin continuously.
When the pirate saw that his spear, which he intended to kill Meng Tianxiong, actually helped him, he swam over extremely angrily. He hugged Meng Tianxiong tightly with both hands and attempted to die together with Meng Tianxiong.
Meng Tianxiong's body gradually sank, and his chest became more and more stuffy, but he had no strength to resist. Even though he still held a chisel in his hand, he did not have any strength to lift the chisel to attack the hugger.
Own your own pirate.
In a daze, Meng Tianxiong saw the pirate ship sinking little by little, and a sad smile appeared on the corner of Meng Tianxiong's mouth.
Meng Tianxiong struggled for a while, but was still unable to stop his body from sinking with the pirates. He knew that this time he would definitely die.
In the blur, he seemed to see a burst of blood rising above his head, and then a burly figure swam towards him. Meng Tianxiong closed his eyes. He was born in the sea and died in the sea. This was his fate. He would not
complain.
On the deck of the "Happiness", numerous corpses were lying on the ground, and a strong smell of blood floated in the air.
Long Zhantian's eyes released a fierce murderous aura. He and his soldiers were still engaged in a life-and-death battle, even though the pirates had forced the soldiers and crew members on the "Happiness" to the stern of the ship.
Although the pirates had completely gained the upper hand, they did not dare to act rashly. Long Zhantian had killed more than twenty pirates by himself. The black armor was almost stained red with his own blood and the blood of the pirates.
The pirates have never seen an enemy like Long Zhantian. He can easily kill a person with a sword in his hand.
Lin Jinjia and Wei Dong also held blood-stained knives tightly in their hands. Their eyes no longer had the panic when the pirates had just boarded the ship, but instead had a determination that they were ready to die.
The setting sun in the west dyed the clouds on the horizon red, and the sea water seemed to be dyed with a layer of blood.
Opposite the "Happiness", the pirate ship was gradually tilting. Then it slowly sank, and the gun ports on the ship were also submerged by the sea water.
"Boom -" there was a dull cannon sound, and a cannonball actually rushed out from the bottom of the water.
Because the hull had tilted, the shell could only fly up into the sky diagonally. Finally, it landed on a small boat under the "Happiness". The small boat was broken into two pieces by the shell, and a pirate guarding the ship also turned over and fell.
Into the sea.
Long Zhantian couldn't restrain his smile and looked up to the sky and burst into laughter. When the pirates saw Long Zhantian, who was already in desperate situation, suddenly burst into hearty laughter, a look of fear appeared on his face.
"Brothers, kill hard!" Long Zhantian suddenly pointed his sword forward and shouted loudly.
Suddenly, the soldiers gained great courage. They followed Long Zhantian and rushed towards the pirates. Everyone's eyes were shining with hope, and the pirates were shocked by their sudden burst of courage.
Long Zhantian took a few steps forward. After piercing the heart of a pirate in the front row with his sword, the sword edge passed the neck of another pirate. The two pirates were killed instantly by Long Zhantian's sword.
During the melee, several pirates finally discovered that their ship was sinking, and they shouted one after another. Soon, the pirates who were in a dominant position on the deck began to panic. They ignored the enemies in front of them and retreated to the side of the ship.
.Taking this opportunity, the soldiers and crew on the ship launched a counterattack against the pirates.
It didn't take long for the pirates to jump into the sea. While Long Zhantian ordered the crew to sail towards the pirate ship, he also ordered the soldiers to shoot arrows at the pirates who climbed onto the boat and were about to escape. Unfortunately, the number of arrows was too small.
I failed to shoot a few pirates. The pirate ship was sinking slowly, and the pirates rolled their oars desperately and fled.
When the "Happiness" sailed to the sinking location of the pirate ship, Long Zhantian stood on the bow of the ship and looked around at the sea. At this time, except for a few barrels containing cargo floating on the sea, it was almost calm.
It seemed that it had just swallowed a huge pirate ship, which was just an illusion he saw.
The figures of Meng Tianxiong and Li Dongsheng were found on the sea. Long Zhantian raised his head and let out a long cry of pain. The people on the "Huanxi" looked at his burly and arrogant back in bewilderment.
The wind blew over Long Zhantian's face, making him feel a cold feeling, but a bitterness surged in his heart. For the pride and honor of Ming Dynasty, he advocated this battle with the pirates, although it seemed
They won, but the result was so tragic.
"There are two people floating on the sea." Sun De's voice full of surprise suddenly sounded, "They are Commander Li and Division Meng Zhou."
"Go down quickly and pull them up." Long Zhantian ordered loudly. He stared intently at the two people floating on the sea. At this time, Li Dongsheng was holding Meng Tianxiong between his arms.
Several lightly injured soldiers immediately jumped off, took over the rope thrown from the ship, held up the unconscious Meng Tianxiong, tied ropes to his hands and feet, and pulled him up first. Li Dongsheng
With the help of several soldiers, he tied the rope and was hoisted onto the ship.
Long Zhantian watched the two people being hoisted up one after another, and a smile finally appeared on his stern face.
The afterglow of the setting sun shone into the cabin from a hole pierced by a shell, and fell on Meng Tianxiong's face. He looked a little scary, his face was as pale as a piece of paper, and it was deeply sunken, and his lips were also missing.
The original ruddy color turned almost into purple-black.
Li Dongsheng leaned his head against the ship wall and slept with his eyes closed. His body swayed gently with the ship. When he was about to slide off the ship wall, he suddenly adjusted his posture to maintain the original position.
state.
When Wei Dong came in, Li Dongsheng suddenly opened his eyes and looked warily in the direction of the cabin door. His body was filled with strength in an instant and he could jump up at any time.
When Wei Dong saw the cloth cover that Li Dongsheng was supposed to be wearing on his mouth thrown to the ground, he said dissatisfiedly: "How many times have I told you, you must wear the cloth cover if you want to take care of Master Meng Zhou here."
Li Dongsheng glared and said, "I've already suffocated enough in the water, and you want me to wear this thing to make myself suffocate?"
"Then I can only ask you to go out." Not only was Wei Dong not intimidated by his ferocious look, but he ordered him to be kicked out.
"You dare!" Li Dongsheng raised his voice unconsciously.
Wei Dong sneered and said, "I am the only doctor on the ship. Do you think I dare to do this?"
Li Dongsheng looked at him, then picked up the cloth cover very unhappily, and while putting it on his head, he said: "Besides these inexplicable tricks, you actually cured the whole boat of people lying down."
Wei Dong walked to Meng Tianxiong's bed and said while inspecting it: "Without this cloth cover, you would have been lying dead like everyone else."
"You are just a quack doctor, you don't know how to treat any disease." After putting on the cloth mask, Li Dongsheng spoke a little unclearly, and then he also came to Meng Tianxiong's bed, "I really don't understand what Commander Long was thinking about choosing you.
The ship serves as a medical officer."
Wei Dong ignored him. After carefully examining Meng Tianxiong, he said, "If he persists for one more day, he will be saved tomorrow."
"Why wait until tomorrow?" Li Dongsheng asked.
The "Huanxi" can dock tomorrow, and I can treat him when I find the medicine on the shore," Wei Dong said.
"What if we can't reach the shore tomorrow or can't find medicine?" Li Dongsheng looked at him.
"Then there's nothing I can do." Wei Dong sighed.
"It's better to rely on yourself while you, a quack doctor, can save people." Li Dongsheng angrily pulled off the cloth cover and ran out of the cabin.
Li Dongsheng ran to the deck and said: "Most of our brothers on the ship have fallen down, and they are almost dying. Mr. Wei said that we only have one day to save their lives. Our sails are broken, and the ship
Just like ants crawling forward, we must take turns rowing for those fallen brothers to buy time."
"Take turns rowing and buy time. Take turns rowing and buy time."
Wei Dong knew that there were not many people who could continue to work on the ship, but these bursts of sound were loud and clear.
The setting sun had almost completely set, and the sea surface was a dark red. The "Happiness" sailed forward slowly with a few tattered sails, taking advantage of the gusts of breeze.
On the bow of the ship, Long Zhantian and Lin Jinjia were studying a navigation chart. The afterglow of the setting sun shone on them, dyeing their bodies red.
Several islands were looming in the dusk. Lin Jinjia pointed ahead: "According to the navigation chart I copied from the "Army of Arms", the front should be Mount Longya on Java Island. It is an excellent port, 'Happiness'
The ship will be anchored there." (To be continued. Piaotian. Registered members of Literature recommend this work.