Water Margin people

Chapter 1606: Navy Demonstrates Power

"You dare to show your weapons against the Celestial Empire? You are courting death!"

When Ruan Xiaowu saw the pirates waving their scimitars to resist, he immediately became murderous.

"General, why don't we fire a few shots at him!"

An officer spoke.

"Idiot, that little broken boat won't sink even if you fire a few shots at it!"

Ruan Xiaowu slapped the general, these killers only knew how to kill people without using their brains. If they wanted to kill people, they didn't need to surround them. They could just rush forward with a warship.

"Get your crossbows ready. Shoot those arrogant guys to death!"

Ruan Xiaowu pointed at the pirates who had already climbed up the mast. These people were holding flying claws and looked ready to jump into a fight.

On the Qi warships, crossbows were aimed and thick crossbow arrows flew out. The pirates shouting on the masts were shot down one by one like seabirds.

The pirates were terrified. The enemy did not give them any chance to fight. They could not even get close to the enemy's warships. The crossbow arrows were as thick as their arms, and those who were shot had almost no chance of survival.

The warship continued to approach and began shooting with bows and crossbows. Most of the pirates on the deck were shot dead, and the rest hid under the side of the ship and dared not move.

Ruan Xiaowu and his men boarded the merchant ship.

"Is there anyone breathing? Come over here!"

Ruan Xiaoqi roared.

The Arab pirates and sailors in the cabin could not understand what was said at all, but someone accompanying them immediately translated it.

"Greetings, General! Greetings, General!"

The surviving pirates immediately ran over and kowtowed, and the captain in the cabin also ran out with his sailors to kowtow.

"Who are you?"

Ruan Xiaowu looked at the person in front of him and asked.

"We are the garrison troops near Kvardar Harbor. We have been ordered to disguise ourselves as pirates and rob merchant ships in this area!"

The pirates spoke quickly.

"Kvardar? Is that the port nearby?"

Ruan Xiaowu asked, according to the nautical charts and intelligence obtained, Kwadar is a major port in this sea area, located at the exit of the Persian Gulf. Many merchant ships will dock here, but he did not expect that these people would pretend to be pirates and rob ships.

"Yes!"

The pirates replied quickly.

"How many people does Kvardar have? How many soldiers and horses?"

Ruan Xiaowu continued to ask.

"Ah...this..."

The pirates' faces changed. The Qi army before them seemed to be more than just passing through.

Seeing that the pirates didn't say anything, Ruan Xiaowu's face darkened. Immediately, a soldier reacted, swung the knife in his hand, and directly cut off the heads of the two pirates.

The head rolled to the ground, the torso slowly fell down, and blood flowed all over the ground.

"Spare your life! Spare your life!"

All the pirates kowtowed and begged for mercy.

"Say!"

Ruan Xiaowu asked coldly.

"The population of Kvardar Port is 50,000, including more than 3,000 soldiers and hundreds of warships..."

The pirates were terrified and told everything they knew.

"What about you? Where are you from?"

Ruan Xiaowu looked at the captain and sailors of the merchant ship.

"General, we are Saracens, setting out from Muhamara and heading to the Kingdom of Fatimid." The captain spoke hastily. Having seen the people of Qi kill the pirates without hesitation, he did not dare to harbor the slightest resistance.

"From Muhamara? What's the situation over there?"

Ruan Xiaowu asked, touching his chin. That was the place they were going to. It was the estuary of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, and it was also the largest port in the Persian Gulf.

"what's the situation?"

The captain didn't know what it meant.

A cold look flashed in Ruan Xiaowu's eyes, and the soldiers swung their swords again, chopping off the heads of the two sailors. The falling heads landed directly in front of the Saracen captain.

"Sir, I say..."

The captain completely collapsed and told everything he knew. The Saracens were the main merchant force on the Arab side, and every Saracen was an excellent merchant. Their footprints were all over the Arab world, even to the Mediterranean in the north.

"Lock them all up!"

Ruan Xiaowu got a satisfactory answer and waved his hand to let the soldiers take those people away.

Back at the military flagship, Ruan Xiaowu told Ruan Xiaoer the information.

"Xiao Qi, don't you want to fight? Go and take down Kwadar! We'll go to Bandar Abbas and take down the Strait of Ba!"

Ruan Xiaoer looked at Ruan Xiaoqi and said.

"Order!"

Ruan Xiaoqi laughed loudly, clasped his fists and saluted, then climbed the cable to the ship next to him and commanded dozens of warships to head towards Kwadar.

"The ports in the Persian Gulf are not too big. Our ships cannot all dock at one port. After we capture Bandar Abbas, we can build a new port there. As long as we control this strait, the Persian Gulf will be in our hands!"

Ruan Xiaoer pointed at the map and spoke to the generals, saying that although Muhamara is not bad, it is located in the deepest part of the Persian Gulf. If a large army is stationed there, it will be surrounded by foreign races and it will be very dangerous.

The Strait of Hormuz in Bandar Abbas is the most important throat. The terrain here is complex and narrow. The narrowest part is less than 100 miles and can be easily blocked.

"These are easy to handle, but I don't know where His Majesty is. I just asked that our army has reached Isfahan, and it seems that Master Lin and others are here!"

Ruan Xiaowu said that what they were most concerned about now was Sun Lei's safety.

"Once we take over these ports, we should be able to contact Master Lin. Your Majesty is wise and powerful, and these alien races are nothing!"

Ruan Xiaoer said that Lin Chong's army had been conquering smoothly all the way, which meant that Emperor Sun Lei was safe, otherwise the army would not have been able to continue the conquest.

"Then let's make a bigger noise. This strait is surrounded by mountains, so news travels slowly!"

Ruan Xiaowu looked at the mountains behind the coast. The roads to the Boska were originally inaccessible, so it was not easy to get the news to Isfahan.

"Then let's fight! Let these Arabs know how powerful our Qi navy is!"

Ruan Xiaoer said that the Qi army had already frightened these foreign races, so the Qi navy could not fall behind.

The flag signalmen quickly conveyed the order, and the entire fleet began to change its formation, rushing towards various ports in attack formation.

The ports in the Persian Gulf were still unaware of the situation at this time. There was still singing and dancing in the ports, and the rich people were drinking and chatting.

At the port's dock, merchant ships are loading and unloading cargo, preparing to set sail.

"what is that!"

“So many big ships!”

……

The laborers who were loading and unloading cargo suddenly shouted in fear when they saw a huge warship outside the port.

Flags fluttered in the wind, warships quickly turned sideways, and rows of cannons on the hulls spewed flames.

Under the bombardment of artillery shells, the port quickly turned into a sea of ​​fire, with billowing smoke and flying wood chips. Merchant ships sank and the port was in chaos.

The port guards tried to fight back, but their shouts were insignificant under the bombardment.

After several rounds of artillery attacks, most of the ships in the port sank, the watchtowers and sentry towers had collapsed long ago, and the entire port was paralyzed.