Zhang Kai, his ship, and his sailors have been fighting the pursuers for five or six days.
When the Zhang family fell, the sailors were scattered, and the fleet fell into the hands of countless tigers and wolves. It was left in Zhang Kai's hands. There was only this small boat with a thousand materials. This ship was not a standard lucky ship. It was built that year.
At that time, because of the help of the big food craftsmen from Erythrina, the shape was not square and flat like Dendrobium, but slightly narrow, long and light.
Compared with traditional Fu boats, this kind of boat was not strong enough, could not withstand wind and waves, and could carry less cargo. Several people who divided the fleet that day kept it and gave it to the descendants of the Zhang family. Speaking of it to the outside world, it was still
Seem kind and generous.
Zhang Kai is a courageous person, and he has used this small boat to travel between the Song and Jin countries in the past few years. He does not dare to get involved in bulk goods, and mainly does business in licorice, tangerine peel, and ginger, and he can make a good living. If everything goes well.
If so, after this sea trip, you can go to the shipyard in Mingzhou to customize a new ship.
Unfortunately, this trip did not go smoothly at all.
It is said that because the Jin Kingdom's capital and large areas of territory were burned, killed, and plundered by the Northern Black Tartars, the Jin Kingdom's merchants must need a huge amount of supplies on this trip, which would bring huge profits to the Song Kingdom's maritime merchants.
But the merchants of the Jin Kingdom are not stupid. Will they let the maritime merchants of the Song Kingdom suck out their bones and marrow? Their response this time is to rely on the name of Jin Guoding’s naval commander and repeatedly ask the maritime merchants of the Song Kingdom to select qualified merchants.
The leaders went to Sanshan Port in Laizhou and discussed the price and quantity of the supplies face to face with gongs and drums to avoid conflicts in the future.
This isn't a bad idea.
Since ancient times, the sea has been a land of alienation, a place where bold and vicious people dare to seize profits. Maritime merchants have always been independent and compete with each other. Even if the leaders are sitting in Mingzhou, Yuezhou or even Lin'an Prefecture
In the restaurant, glasses of wine were exchanged, and the moment one stepped on the board of the boat, a white knife would come in and a red knife would come out at any time.
But after fighting with each other for many years, the business has always been so small, and it is not necessarily possible to make extra money in any one year.
The situation of Daikin has changed dramatically since last year, and everyone feels that it is finally time to make a big fortune. So before making a big fortune, you should check the number and qualifications of your partners, so that you can keep this windfall with powerful giants.
In the hand, this is the natural principle.
Since mid-March, wars between the Song Dynasty's maritime merchants have continued continuously, and even at Sanshan Port in Laizhou, the fighting continued.
Zhang Kai estimated that he and the judge of the Ding Navy had moved closer to Chu Cai in the past few days, which aroused the jealousy of others. Therefore, the night before the formal meeting between the two parties, someone came late at night with the intention of
Burning boats and killing people.
Zhang Kai's boatmen were all experienced veterans who had been doing business with the Zhang family for two generations. When they saw something was wrong, they immediately weighed anchor and fled. The sea was vast, so it was best to just leave, but it was a shame that the enemy didn't
He stopped and sent two fast boats full of vicious water thieves to pursue him.
Zhang Kai's ship was more agile than ordinary lucky ships, but after all, it was not as fast as the kind of fast ships used to kill people and steal goods. One escaped and the other pursued, from the Bohai Sea to the west of Laizhou to Shaohai to the east of Laizhou. Zhang Kai's
I was also unlucky. The day before yesterday, I was pushed into the Zhanshui channel by the tide from the west of Shaohai.
It was now a case of catching a turtle in a jar. Zhang Kai fled all the way north, pursued by his pursuers. As the channel became narrower and narrower, the distance between the ships became closer and closer.
By this time, the three ships were stuck together.
On the sea a few days ago, the two sides were close to each other. There were several signs of being burned by fire on Zhang Kai's boat, and the ripeng and wild fox sails used to boost the wind were also in tatters at the front of the boat.
It was caused by being attacked by pursuers. However, the sea is open, and the direction of the wind and tide are also changeable. As long as you muster up your energy and persist for a while, if the wind direction and hydrology change, you may be able to escape.
Now I can't get away.
It's over.
Pirates dressed in ragged clothes and with fierce faces were rolling up from the side of the ship. Someone shouted: "You have offended Mr. Shi, so you should have known that this day would come sooner or later! Stop complaining on the way to hell!"
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Zhang Kai, surrounded by more than a dozen sailors, stood in front of the scabies house, which was square like a house behind the ship. He planned to fight to the death. After hearing this call, he smiled bitterly and wanted to shout a few words in response.
At this point, there is no point in speaking harshly. After all, those who offended Mr. Shi were members of the family named Zhang, not unrelated sailors. Why not ask them, if I, Zhang Zihe, committed suicide on the spot, could I save someone else's life?
As soon as he regained his strength, the old boatman next to him gave Zhang Kai a strong tug.
"Don't think about it!" The stooped old boatman held the dagger tightly, stood up for a rare moment, and shouted to the crowd: "Fight them!"
The next moment, both sides were shouting, blood splattered, and broken arms flew across the air.
On the narrow deck, dozens of people collided with each other with their bodies, and fought with each other with knives and daggers. The ship's plank they were stepping on became slippery with blood in just a few breaths, so that one after another the fighting people lost their feet.
Roll down.
Zhang Kai was not a warrior and had no personal experience of such a brutal fight. For a moment, he was in a daze under the light of swords and blood.
The old boatman yanked Zhang Kai again. He lowered his voice and said hurriedly: "Master, go back to the scabies house quickly! Jump into the river from the window at the back and run away! Quick!"
The scabies house is a large cabin, with the sailors living below and Zhang Kai's residence above. Going out from the rear window is the position of the two co-rudders. If you take another step, you can jump into the water.
Zhang Kai's hand holding the knife was trembling a little, and his voice was also trembling: "But, I, I..."
"Hurry up!" The old captain pushed Zhang Kai back hard.
When Zhang Kai staggered back, he saw a pirate approaching with a long knife. He stabbed the long knife hard into the right side of the neck of the old ship's bow, then cut open the throat and cut it all the way to the shoulder blade. Blood surged out.
It came out and sprayed on Zhang Kai's face and on the shoulders and backs of the sailors on both sides who were still facing the enemy.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The old boatman's body slowly collapsed, his eyes were staring at Zhang Kai, and his mouth was still opening and closing, as if he wanted to say something.
On the right side of Zhang Kai, the sturdy sailor with his back covered with hot blood is the son of the old captain. Zhang Kai grew up with him and regarded him as his elder brother.
The strong sailor was still unaware of his father's death. He was roaring and hugging the oars of the ship and sweeping away, driving away several pirates who were trying to approach.
However, the oar was too heavy and was very inconvenient to swing. When he exerted enough strength to swing it for the second time, an ax flew from nowhere and severely cut off his right arm, leaving only a thin layer.
Skin and flesh connected.
As the blood surged wildly, the old boatman's son screamed wildly, and his figure was scattered. Then a pirate jumped forward and cut open his belly with a knife.
Right in front of Zhang Kai's eyes, he retreated continuously until his back hit the side of the ship on the other side, and then his body began to twitch. On his retreating route, intestines and internal organs flowed all over the ground.
Zhang Kai really couldn't bear this situation. He felt that his feet were weak and he couldn't move or escape at all!
I'm afraid it's time to die today, so die! Die!
Zhang Kai felt that his body and emotions were completely out of control. The only thing still under control was his voice. So he yelled with all his strength, then held the dagger in his hand and began to dance violently.
wave.
There were not many sailors covering him anymore, and more and more pirates were gathering. The pirates seemed to be laughing when they looked at his desperate performance and his flawless movements.
Zhang Kai looked at each of them, looking at their ferocious faces.
He suddenly noticed that there was a pirate standing on the side of the ship. His smiling face suddenly became distorted in pain.
A shining silver iron hook pierced the pirate's calf horizontally, completely penetrating his calf, and blood spurted out from the wounds on both sides. The pirate opened his mouth and was about to scream,
The iron hook yanked backwards, and the pirate instantly lost his balance, waving his hands, and fell to the back of the ship.
His body roughly hit the deck of the Clippers, making a thud, followed by several death groans.
In the blink of an eye, the iron hook appeared again. This time it hooked the side of the ship, and the blood on the hook flowed down the gaps in the planks of the ship's side.
A gray-haired soldier poked his head out from the side of the ship and looked left and right.
It turns out that the iron hook was tied to the soldier's left arm to fix his body when climbing on the ship, which was very convenient.
Zhang Kai stopped waving the short sword and looked blankly in the direction where the soldier appeared. Many pirates also felt that something was wrong and turned back to look.
The soldier didn't take the sight of him seriously at all. He also turned his head, looked outside the side of the ship, and then shouted impatiently: "You're a bitch, when it's your turn to kill, do you want me to invite you?"