My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 401 Who dares to chop me!

The waves rolled and broke left and right.

The large ship rushing forward was a modified warship of the Venat people, with the bow and sides reinforced. The burly man standing on the bow threw away his battle ax, held his horned helmet on his head, and then raised his axe.

Screaming hysterically: "The ocean is our destination. Burning enemy ships is the best gift to the sea mother, let the bright flames bloom in the roaring waves!"

That is a war song that the Venat people often sing when sailing on the sea.

The deck was suddenly filled with the Vetner pirates wielding axes and scimitars and shouting loudly. They smeared blue and red dye on their faces and kissed the weapons in their hands.

"The emperor has given us high hopes, show him the bravery of the Venat people, and offer the enemy's heads to the emperor!"

On the bow of the ship, a man wearing a horned helmet and holding a battle ax turned his head, his thick and yellow beard stroking in the sea breeze, and his face was also smeared with dye to create strange patterns.

The iron armor under the leather jacket was still the same as before. The moment he put it on, he seemed to have returned to his wandering pirate career.

"Don't let the woman of Khulna rush in front of us, don't let her get favor in front of the emperor, honor and wealth will be brought to the emperor's throne by our hands!"

call!

More than fifty yellow-haired Venat people on the ship roared excitedly. The pirate at the helm adjusted the direction. The sea breeze blew the sails of the ship, leading the big ship to charge menacingly towards the three Wu ships in front.

At the same time, the Wu warships that had reacted also turned around on the sea. They had a natural sense of superiority over the northern fleet. After all, the northerners had powerful cavalry, but they boasted of being second on the water, and no one dared to compete with them for first place. .

"The Emperor of Xia thinks that by forming a naval army, he can compete with Wu on the water? Let's teach the Northerners how to fight on the sea by raising flags!"

The three Wu warships were lined up in a row. Facing the northern warships rushing towards them, they felt unhappy. The Wu flagship in the middle then raised a flag, and the two warships on the left and right went out first.

At this time, behind the northern fleet was Xia's fifth-floor warship. On the roof of the ship, Zheng He was facing the sea breeze, sipping tea gracefully, moistening his lips and smacking his lips.

Orchid raised her fingers, closed the tea cup, and put it on the small table next to her. "It happens to be a southeast wind, so let us take a closer look and see if the conquered barbarians are really strong in the fight. Otherwise, after landing, Kill them all."

His voice was gloomy, and his feet under the hem of his robe were now in an inward position, which meant killing. If it was an outward position, it meant life, which meant that the opponent could be spared a way to survive.

This kind of foot shape was mostly used in the inner court to punish some disobedient eunuchs. The person in charge could not say clearly whether they were beaten to death or just punished. They usually put the foot shape in order to send messages to the eunuchs who were executing the punishment.

"Ouch, Commander Pei seems to be overwhelmed. Let the Venat barbarians go over and fight first. In addition, send a signal to the Khulna woman on the starboard side, asking her to quickly explore the water depth and send a small boat to respond."

Zheng He's tone was calm, and he issued all the orders in an understatement. A man behind him who was carrying a sword nodded, walked forward quickly, walked to the upper right corner of the ship building, raised two command flags and waved the signal to the starboard side.

Today, the entire fleet is more proficient in flag language than two years ago. The crew members and soldiers recruited are all from good families near Feiyun Port. The first requirement for recruitment is to be familiar with the water, and the second requirement is to be able to ride on the boat and pass through the front. Two, and then you need to train on the ship all year round, from understanding semaphores to operating every part of the warship, including crossbows, hoisting sails, anchoring, etc.

The last thing is the cooperation between each other. After all, there are not many bells and whistles in water battles. The comparison is whether the hands and feet of the soldiers on both sides are nimble and quick enough.

At this time, the Venat pirate warship in front was already approaching the approaching Wu warship. The two opposing ships gradually changed their trajectory during the voyage and passed sideways.

The leader of the thief, Venat, who had suffered losses from Zheng He before, saw this scene, raised his axe, his wrist shook, and the ax body swung rhythmically.

The crew on the deck were quick and deft, and instantly cut the ropes of the sail and lowered the sail. In front of the ship, a group of pirates pulled the other two ropes, and several huge wooden boards were pulled up.

The next second, the Wu ship on the opposite side fired an arrow, which was nailed to several layers of thick planks with a bang, and then the nail penetrated and got stuck on it. Several more shots were fired in succession, but they were all blocked by the planks on the bow. Only one arrow shot through the gap and hit the deck, nailing a Vinat pirate to death.

However, it did not frighten them. Instead, they arched their bodies more fiercely and tightened their grip on the handle of the knife.

"Crash into it!"

The leader of the pirates yelled from the front. As soon as his voice fell, the bow of the ship hit a large Wu ship lying on the sea with a bang.

As soon as the pirates who were holding the rope let go, the wooden board that was originally used as a shield leaned forward with the arrows on it, and rested firmly on the port side of the opponent's ship. The pirates who were already ready to attack let out a barbaric roar and carried their shields or weapons directly and spread out. The pirates on the mast pulled the rope and let out a fierce shout of "Ah!", swinging in the air and crossing over. The companions below fell directly onto the deck of Wu's ship and fought with Wu's navy on top.

The red-haired man named Barry commanded the Xia navy and another Wu warship to sail parallel to the sea, and the crossbows from both sides began to fire.

The red-haired woman with freckles on her face glanced at the four warships that were already fighting, blessed her brother in Khulna language, and then turned her head to look at the coast over there.

"Bypass the opponent's flagship and rush over directly!"

She stood by the guardrail of the ship building, raised her scimitar and shouted. The naval forces under her command include Xia people and her original dozen or so Khulna people. Now they have worked together and there is no sense of hindrance at all.

This warship is also a modification of her old ship. It is a lightweight ship. The current wind is southeasterly, and its speed is two knots faster than Wu's flagship.

The other party wanted to turn the rudder to intercept, but before it could completely turn around, the Elsa warship passed directly from one side. Elsa looked at the fighting on the coast in the distance. She raised her round and slender thighs and kicked Step on the guardrail. ,

In the sea breeze, her red hair was flying, and Elsa raised her hand silently.

Below, a soldier pushing a bed slave and two new iron cannons were testing the distance. It was almost enough, and they quickly corrected the angle to avoid hitting the people of the Embroidery Department.

Immediately, he made a gesture to the red-haired woman above the ship.

Elsa's silver teeth let go, and the moment she opened her mouth, she swung the scimitar and slashed: "Fire!"

The bed slaves and iron cannons all made banging sounds in an instant. Three thick missiles and two heavy iron balls flew across the sea and rushed directly towards the two wings of the encirclement.

The arrow passed through each figure, bringing up countless blood flowers, piercing the last person, and then stuck on the horse of a cavalry running back and forth behind the crowd, before stopping.

The iron ball hit was not as powerful as the bed slave. It rushed over and smashed the head of a Wu Army soldier until it exploded, and then hit the second man's chest until it sunk and stopped.

But the scene of flesh and blood being smashed to pieces made the surrounding Wu soldiers tremble with fear. They subconsciously looked towards the sea, fearing that there were still iron balls flying towards them.

Fan Zhu, the general of Wu, was also startled by the sudden roar, and asked his bodyguard to quickly issue an order for the policemen in the yamen to get out and make way for his elite soldiers.

Then he was pulled back by the soldiers: "General, be careful of the strange weapons on the Xia Kingdom's warship..."

"Let go, will I be afraid that the Xia people will chop off my head in Wu Di?"

He broke free from the hands of his own soldiers, slapped the iron helmet on his head on horseback, and shouted: "The great head is right here, who dares to chop me off!"

Who dares to cut me?

A figure standing among the guards of the Wu Kingdom stood stunned on horseback, slowly raised his head, and slowly lowered the hand on his neck, stretching out to his waist.

"Who dares to chop me, hahaha!"

Fan Zhu shouted again, and then laughed!

"I dare to chop you!"

A word rang out like a tiger's roar. Fan Zhu turned around in confusion and saw an eight-foot-long figure with a face as thick as a jujube, showing an unknown angry look.

"You are worthy of saying this!"

Wei Yan galloped out on horseback, with a ring-headed sword in his hand, which reflected the sunlight and brought out a round of sword light. In front of everyone's astonished eyes, he slashed Fan Zhu's neck with the sword as he turned around.

(End of this chapter)