Water Margin people

The Viking pirates who were beaten and fled away roared in anger.

They used short swords and short axes to hit the armor on their chests and helmets on their heads to vent their anger.

"Like a wild beast!"

The Qi soldiers looked at the howling Viking pirates and shook their heads and laughed. It was the most foolish thing to act like an angry beast on the battlefield. The more urgent the situation, the more they should keep a clear head.

"this is too scary!"

Nesbar's face was pale. They all slumped on the deck, their brains shut down as they watched the naval battle in the distance.

"How can...how can we fight a war like this!"

"How can we fight this?"

"terrible."

……

Everyone swallowed and murmured, if they were still afraid of Qi's reputation before, now they were completely submissive. They no longer had the slightest thought of resistance, they just wanted to submit to Qi, and if Qi could step on them it would be looking up to them.

The naval battle lasted for two hours. More than a hundred Viking ships were sunk, and countless Viking pirates struggled on the sea.

"It's so vulnerable!"

Ruan Xiaoqi shook his head. These Viking pirates looked a bit brutal, but it was a completely different story when fighting. This group of people were nothing but fierce. They were like a group of wild beasts. But how could wild beasts defeat an army?

"Is this the Viking pirate you mentioned?"

Zhang Shun turned around and looked at Nesbar and others and asked.

But Zhang Shun was speechless after seeing this. Nesbar and others sat on the deck trembling like frightened rabbits.

"Don't pee, or I'll kill you if you dirty the boat!"

Zhang Shun glared at Nesbar and the others.

"Don't dare! Don't dare!"

Nesbar and others did have bloating in their abdomens and wanted to urinate, but facing the "brutal" Qi State they could only hold it in.

"Your Excellency is so powerful that those Vikings are no match for him!"

One person spoke.

"Do you need to tell me this? Go back to the ship and lead the way. We are going to enter the Mediterranean!"

Ruan Xiaoqi looked at those people and gave orders.

Nesbar and others fled away tumbling as if they had been pardoned.

"These guys are so useless!"

Ruan Xiaoqi was speechless. They had just watched the battle. If a real fight broke out, these people would become cowards.

"They are just a bunch of natives. How could they have seen elite troops like us? But what about those in the sea? Although they are not good at fighting, they are good at swimming."

Zhang Shun pointed at the Vikings drifting in the sea, dragging broken planks on the sea.

"There's no time to take care of them. Let them fend for themselves!"

Ruan Xiaoqi glanced at the Vikings on the sea and said, these people are drifting with the waves. It is not easy and time-consuming to completely kill them.

As for those Viking pirate ships that escaped, the ships assigned to the left and right wings will deal with them.

The battle involving hundreds of ships ended in just half a day, and Qi won a complete victory.

Nesbar and others no longer dared to have any ideas. They waved their whips and increased the speed of the ship to the maximum.

The fleet soon arrived outside the Strait of Gibraltar.

The sentries on the northern watchtower soon discovered a large number of ships approaching. Due to the distance, they could only see vague outlines appearing on the sea.

"The Vikings are coming!"

The general in the watchtower immediately thought of the reinforcements called in by the Papal States. The Vikings had already agreed to send more than a hundred ships.

"Are you here so soon? These Vikings are brutal by nature. Let them pass quickly and don't let them cause any harm to us!"

Everyone spoke up and said that the Vikings were northern barbarians, cruel by nature, even more barbaric than the Germans, and they were unwilling to deal with these people.

All the ships near the strait received the message and gave way.

But when the ships approached, the people realized something was wrong. The ships were not Viking pirate ships from the north, but a large number of steel ships that they had never seen before. "Enemy! It's the enemy!"

The guards on the watchtower roared.

But it was too late now. Nesbar and others led the Qi fleet taking the safest route.

The Qi fleet was also not idle, with artillery firing left and right, destroying the watchtowers and ships on the shore.

After entering the strait, the water becomes turbulent, and whirlpools and undercurrents often appear.

Generally, ships will feel uncomfortable when they first enter here, and novices may even suffer shipwreck.

But the ships of Qi were different. The steam ironclad ships were powerful and did not care about ordinary currents and whirlpools at all.

Nesbar and others looked back at the steadily advancing Qi ships and marveled in their hearts at the strength of Qi. One ship like this could conquer a kingdom, and if Qi had hundreds of them, the entire West would tremble at the feet of this fleet.

The fleet quickly crossed the strait. After entering the strait, the ocean current slowed down and the fleet gradually gathered.

"I'll lead a team to Alexandria to pick someone up!"

Zhang Shun looked at Ruan Xiaoqi and Li Jun and said.

"kindness!"

Ruan Xiaoqi nodded and said that the army was still there waiting for them to pick them up.

Zhang Shun quickly led hundreds of ships towards the port of Alexandria. After entering the Mediterranean, they no longer needed a guide. The map they had collected from Venetian merchants was detailed enough.

"Sir, are we going to Rome now?"

Nesbar looked at Ruan Xiaoqi and asked.

"No, we're going to Venice!"

Ruan Xiaoqi shook his head and said that the city of Rome was still some distance away from the coast, where the Black Death was rampant. He was not prepared to land and fight, and the most important thing was to support Yue Fei.

……

Venice.

The Vatican's navy was easily defeated and the blockade of the bay was lifted.

When the merchants in Venice received the news, they began to have their own plans in mind.

"General Wu, can we go out to sea to trade?"

The merchants gathered around Wu Yong and asked.

"You are going to trade now?"

Wu Yong looked at these merchants and asked, this is truly people who value money over life, the Black Death has just been brought under control.

"General Wu, the Black Death is spreading everywhere, and supplies are in short supply everywhere. If you do business now, you can double, no, triple your profits!"

The businessmen spoke up.

"I'm afraid I'll have to ask General Yue about this matter, but I don't think the chances are high. The Black Death in Venice has just been brought under control. If you go out to do business at this time, it's easy for you to bring the Black Death back!"

Wu Yong looked at the businessmen and said that the profits were considerable, but controlling the Black Death was the most important thing for them. As for money, the entire West belonged to them, so the money naturally belonged to them as well.

Seeing that Wu Yong disagreed, the merchants had no choice but to disperse.

"Are you really not going?"

The merchants who left discussed the matter privately.

"Qi controls the strait, we can't get out!"

Someone looked at the strait and frowned.

"They only have those dozen ships. We can sneak away at night!"

Someone suggested.

"It's too dangerous. If we are discovered, we will be killed! They defeated the Papal Navy with just three ships!"

Someone immediately objected, saying that the Qi navy was too powerful and that the Papal navy was no match for them. (End of this chapter)