(Friends who have studied geography or are interested in geography can take a look at the map of the scattered land to the east of the South China Sea. It is just to the east of the South China Sea. At first glance, the shape of the entire map looks like an over-year-old man.
The ancient old man has a hunched back and the Luzon Island on his ribs. His head faces the South China Sea, with sunken eye sockets and a big chin, as if he is salivating over Scarborough Shoal, while Palawan,
It was a crutch that he used to keep his body balanced.) Under my command, the big ship hoisted the snakeskin sail, and the sergeants rowed hard and moved forward at full speed. According to my estimation, Song Kui could probably guess the route of the pirates this time.
By the way, I have a hunch too
I asked him, "Do you know they have a lair there?" He said, "I have only been there once. In fact, that is the lair of these pirates."
"Look at how you talk in Yi dialect, why are you so hesitant when talking to me? If you don't want to speak, I will pull you off." I was dissatisfied.
"No, no, General, don't blame me. I was just thinking about how to tell you the right thing," Song Kui said.
"Tell me what scares you the most." In the past few days, the enemies I have encountered have always been so terrifying, so cruel, and so difficult to deal with. If I didn't fight, I would have been intimidated by their bluff.
, is it terrible to be able to build three boats without food?
"The lair they live in is an underground cave. It's dark and terrifying. The sun doesn't shine all year round. It's winding and deep inside, and you can't see the bottom of the cave..."
"Water rat?"
He smiled sheepishly, "But as long as I follow you, General, I won't be afraid...but we'd better be careful then."
As he was talking and walking, he heard the sergeant in charge of the lookout shouting: "General Tian, I saw them!"
I quickly jumped up to the deck, put up a pergola and looked eastward. I saw the faint shadows of a dozen small boats on the surging horizon. I looked carefully and found that they were the familiar cantaloupe boats.
We didn't say anything and followed quietly. The wind and water were smooth, and the distance between the two sides continued to shorten. We could see more and more clearly. In less than a pack of cigarettes, we could already see clearly what was going on on the ship, even the pirates.
You can see the listless and grimace rowing movements.
We shouted in unison and pursued harder. The boat in front was frightened and immediately became nervous and tried to escape.
There were four or five cantaloupes that seemed to have been damaged during the night battle. They gradually fell to the ground. The people above were horrified and hated their parents for not having wings. One cantaloupe might have managed to get so far. Three or five
A man was rocking the boat violently while it was sailing. Suddenly, he saw the boat swayed, fell apart, and sank to the sea. When he got closer, only two sharp peaks were left, one in front of the other and one in the back.
and several bodies half submerged in the water
We rushed over, and they jumped into the water one after another - they were already in the water, what else could they jump for?
We left these few alone. The sergeants stood beside the boat, drew their bows, and shot at them indiscriminately. They had no time to care about their lives. The big boat passed by in a flash and continued to pursue forward.
The white sharks in the South China Sea seem to have been helping us. The screams of the pirates who fell into the water were not long before they were drowned out by the loud noises stirred up by the great white sharks.
We kept chasing after each other, and along the way, none of the injured cantaloupes escaped being hit and sunk.
Suddenly four or five boats stopped and lined up in a row. What if they turned the boats in the direction we were chasing? Are the trapped animals still fighting? I ordered to slow down and move forward at half speed. On the big boat, six long oars stopped and we
approach them slowly
In the distance, there is only one cantaloupe boat still running away. Let’s see where you can go.
Song Kui stood at the bow of the boat, lying there, sticking his head out, and shouted to the dozen or so people.
Those pirates looked at the white sharks prancing on the sea not far away, and then looked at their hands. Each one held a wooden stick. They shouted, and several boats actually tried to outflank us.
Everyone on the left and right took up their positions and threw the ropes onto the boat.
Because our boat speed was slower, they were able to climb up. Thinking about the night battle, if we hadn't kept going at full speed and allowed them to climb up, it would have been really dangerous.
At first we thought that they were rushing over to surrender, and we went over to help fix the ropes. Unexpectedly, as soon as these people came up, they all held up long and short wooden clubs and struck at our sergeants.
I can’t blame you for this. The sergeants were also angered by their behavior. They surrounded them with swords and guns and started to chop them. The pirates wandered on the sea for most of the night, with only wooden sticks in their hands. After a while, they all went to the sea to feed the sharks.
went
Later, I asked Song Kui: "What are you shouting about? Why are they all acting like chicken blood?"
He said, "What I am shouting is, brothers who are suffering - you are all working for the leaders - wake up quickly - every time a woman is caught, no one will think of you - as long as you put down your hands
Dao——General Tian will never make things difficult for everyone——”
Damn, that’s a good shout. There’s a backlash and there’s a way to survive. There’s no shortage of threats and inducements. How could this happen? Yiren, it’s really hard to say.
I asked him to repeat what he just shouted, and Song Kui repeated it again.
"If you shout like this, can they not fight with all their might?" I asked Song Kui sideways with my eyes.
"General, tell me clearly, what did I shout wrong?" Song Kuicheng was frightened.
"If they shout: As long as you put down the wooden sticks in your hands - General Tian will never make things difficult for everyone -, don't look at them. Do they still have knives in their hands? They were all thrown on our boat last night."
"Damn, you can't be so stubborn!"
A few cantaloupes were still intact. We tied the boat behind the big ship and continued the pursuit. Only one cantaloupe was left, which was running away desperately. It led us, and gradually we discovered a long outline of the continent.
The boat moved along the coast. We were not in a hurry. What kind of cave it was, everyone wanted to know. Jiang Wanqing stood beside me and said, "Brother, good brother, I will go into the cave later. You must take me with you, okay?"
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"Besides, if it's not very dangerous, I will definitely take you with me. If even I feel unsafe, you will have to watch from a distance on the big ship." I said
"When did you become careless? It was obviously intentional." Jiang Wanqing pouted. "Sister, I won't forget you even in the war, and I will make you happy? Be obedient. I am only 50% sure that I will take you with me.
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As he said that, the coast in front became taller and more abrupt, the shallow beach gradually narrowed and finally disappeared, and the terrain quickly became steeper.
The remaining cantaloupes were desperately driving along the rising cliffs of the seaside. The tops were covered with gray-white flaky rocks, with sparse shrubs growing on them, and young leaves on the branches, shining with two completely different tones in the sun.
Palawan is located between the South China Sea and the Sulu Sea. It extends for more than 800 miles from northeast to southwest. The widest point is 90 miles. The narrowest point is only 10 to 20 miles. The mountains are concentrated in the southwest.
, the northeast is composed of hills with an altitude of about 600 meters, few coastal plains, and many bays and coral reefs.
It is said that in the east of Palawan, there are large forests and fertile land. You can also collect bird's nests in some places. If you have time, be sure to go shopping. It is best to collect some bird's nests for Tian Wang.
Right now, destroying this group of pirates in one fell swoop and restoring peace to the South China Sea is my first priority.
We followed the coast all the way north for about a hundred miles. When we looked up, the cantaloupe was gone.