choke element

Chapter 298

Along with his yelling, foul language continued to rise and fall outside the ship's side.

The pirates jumped up to fight, and of course there were manpower left on the boats on both sides, at least those who watched the rudder and steered the oars had to stay.But at this moment, among those cursing voices, they were all with a northern accent, and none of the pirates' familiar voices were included.

Fuchuan is a merchant ship, and the ship's side is higher. Zhang Kai's ship has no cargo, and the draft is very shallow, but the height of the ship's side is even higher.Just now, the two sides fought fiercely again, and no one paid attention to the movement of the Clippers on both sides.

At this time, people's voices were heard one after another, and the pirates immediately knew that something was wrong.

A shirtless man with tattoos all over his body stepped on the side of the boat with one foot, leaned out a little, and shouted: "Which way of the sea is this hero? Don't run into your family! We are serving..."

Only halfway through the speech, the bowstring below vibrated, and with a buzzing sound, the shirtless man fell on his back.

The pirates on the boat rushed forward to look, only to see his eyes protruding, his mouth rattling, and an arrow shaft in his throat was still trembling slightly.

The pirates were in an uproar: "Damn, there is an ambush! There is an enemy here!"

Amidst the shouts, more arrows were thrown up, crackling and sweeping across the board of the ship like raindrops.

The humidity in the sea is heavy, and the seawater is also highly corrosive. Whether it is iron armor or leather armor, it is very easy to damage.What's more, when fighting at sea, falling into the water is common, so pirates rarely wear armor.Many of the pirates gathered on the blessing boat at this moment were like the dead who were shot by arrows. They were shirtless and frightened by the embroidery on their bodies.

In this way, the lethality of the arrows is simply terrifying. In an instant, after two or three rounds of arrows, the number of people on the deck who can still stand intact is less than half of what it was just now.

There were dead people everywhere, and the smell of blood was much stronger than before, and the stench of the dead's feces and incontinence also permeated all of a sudden.There were also many wounded, some of whom had been shot in the arms or legs, gritted their teeth, and hid in the corners of the ship planks, groaning.And the seriously injured man who was hit by the arrow wailed a few times, which attracted additional arrows to fall, and after a few puffs, there was no sound.

The old soldier with the iron hook tied to his hand poked his head out again at this time, and continued to shout: "Go! Go!"

Several people dressed as soldiers of the Golden Army jumped out from beside him and stood on the board of the ship.

They climbed over the side of the ship awkwardly, obviously without experience in seeking life on the water.As soon as someone landed on the ground, just as the boat swayed slightly under the waves, he slipped and fell cursingly, and scrambled on the spot.

Zhang Kai only yelled: "Be careful!"

Seeing the opportunity, the two pirates swung their knives from the left and right to cover up.

But the man who fell did not panic.He pulled out the hatchet from his waist and threw it, the sharp blade hit an enemy in the face, almost cutting off the enemy's brains.When another pirate approached, he had already stood up straight, and the blades collided again and again in an instant, fighting in one place.

More pirates rushed up, and more soldiers boarded the deck from beside the old soldier, or from the other side of the ship.

In terms of the experience of fighting on board, the pirates are extremely rich.But they have only robbed merchant ships for a long time, and they are used to bullying the weak. They couldn't form an effective formation for a while, and they still shouted and killed randomly, relying on their own fierceness and bravery to fight against the enemy.

But the soldiers who jumped onto the deck were different.

Zhang Kai could see clearly that these soldiers seemed to be in a mess and tired, but they actually cooperated with each other tacitly.Armed with a variety of weapons, three or five of them cover each other as if walking in a garden.And their judgments in the fight are extremely calm, and their movements are even more precise and sophisticated. It doesn't look like killing people, but rather like experienced sailors raising sails and rowing oars at sea, or cooks doing a serious craft like killing pigs and sheep.

Obviously the enemy howled like a wild beast and tried their best, obviously the lives of both sides were decided in an instant, and obviously these soldiers would also die... Zhang Kai saw a soldier was pierced through the leather armor by two or three swords, They fell to the ground bleeding and died... But this group of people showed a calm and unhurried spirit. They seemed not afraid of death at all, and they even took it for granted.

Zhang Kai felt that their eyes were very calm.The companions in the front are fighting, but the people behind can still chat.This is obviously a calm attitude honed on the battlefield.

Zhang Kai trusted the old ship's head, who was a soldier and fought in wars when he was young.He once said to Zhang Kai that to judge whether a warrior is experienced or not, you only need to look at their demeanor and actions.

Those whose demeanor and actions seem to be open and closed in order to intimidate must be novices.A real veteran will definitely maintain his physical strength and control his emotions, so that he can persist steadily in any situation and strive for a chance of survival.

The group of soldiers in front of them are almost all veterans of the battlefield as the old boat head said, and they are very terrifying force wherever they are placed.

Although Zhang Kai's family has no courage and strategy, they have good vision. They have gained insight from traveling in the sea in the past few years.He can be sure that the inspectors in the Mingzhou Ocean are not so elite; They are good players, but I am afraid they are not as fierce as these soldiers!
Where did these people come from?
Just a short moment when Zhang Kai thought about it, those vicious pirates were pushed back again and again, from the scabies house at the back of the ship all the way to the front cabin without the deck.

The place is narrow, and the pirates are forced to stand shoulder to shoulder, with no room to retreat, and it becomes even more difficult to fight against.

A sea bandit squeezed in the front was hit by an iron rod and fell to the ground staggeringly, with blood dripping from his mouth, nose, eyes and ears.The first pirate stepped over the former, and was about to fight, but was pierced through the lower abdomen by a short spear.

This man was also fierce, covering his stomach with one hand, and slashing with a knife with the other, but the wound on his stomach kept tearing, and the increasingly intense pain finally broke his will.He sat down on the ground, saw his colorful intestines slowly overflowing from the gap between his fingers, and finally let out a terrifying scream.

The pirates at the top of the bow began to dive into the water to escape, and several pirates shouted: "Don't kill any more! We surrender!"

The accents of these pirates were originally not the same as those of the northerners.But at this moment, the word "surrender" was spoken in a correct way, which was considered standard.

The old soldier with an iron hook tied to his arm did not participate in the fight. He had been sitting by the side of the boat with a big horse and a golden knife, only occasionally giving orders.Now when he heard the pirates begging for mercy, he just waved his hands: "No one will be left alive! Let me kill them all!"

So those soldiers ignored them and continued to hack and kill.

Zhang Kai at the back of the boat couldn't stand it anymore.Ten He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, and saw that the sailors around him were all wounded, so he gritted his teeth and said bitterly, "Good kill!"

Soon there were several dead bodies on the bow.

Most of the pirates turned over the side of the boat and jumped into the river.

"Don't let them run away!" Several sailors yelled, and some simply stood on the side of the ship and walked along the palm-width plank to the front: "Masters! Look! There they are!"

The pirates chose this section of waterway to chase Zhang Kai's lucky boat because the waterway here is narrow and there are mudflats on both sides, making it difficult for ships to move.Now they dived to escape, they also faced the same problem.Some people fell from a high place and smashed directly into the mudflat, with their legs exposed, and stopped moving after a few kicks;

Zhang Kai heard several people on the boats on both sides yelling loudly: "Old Zhao said, no one will be left alive! Let the arrows go! Hurry up!"

On the farther bank, there were still people shouting: "Bring the horses! Let's chase them down the river and kill them all!"

Seeing that the fighting on the boat was over, Zhang Kai carefully got up from the corner of the scabies room and walked forward slowly.

After walking a few steps, he came to the old soldier with the iron hook tied in his hand. Zhang Kai didn't say a word, just knelt down and saluted solemnly.

"Young gentleman, you don't have to be polite, we just let it go. Those two clippers will belong to me in the future, don't you mind?" The old soldier accepted the salute carelessly, and said lightly.

"I don't mind, I don't mind." Zhang Kai said repeatedly.

At this time, in front of the ship, many people started chasing and killing the fleeing pirates, while most of the soldiers on the deck sat down to rest.

When they were rushing to kill just now, they were all extremely brave, and when they stopped and their murderous aura subsided, many of them were panting like cows.Some people rubbed their chests and said repeatedly: "I can't do it, I'm tired, I'm old!"

Zhang Kai glanced around and looked at their faces one by one, only to find that these people were either old or had disabilities in their hands and feet.Even the leading old soldier, Zhang Kai, could see clearly that the reason why his left arm was tied with an iron hook was because half of his palm was gone, leaving only a narrow piece with two fingers.

The old pawn noticed Zhang Kai's eyes and snorted coldly, showing a bit of displeasure.

Zhang Kai reacted quickly, and hastily gave another deep salute, complimenting: "Looking at the style of the generals, you must be warriors from the Dajin Kingdom. I, Zhang Zihe, have met several Dajin generals in Shandong. But I don’t know if you are…”

At this time, someone shouted from a distance by the river ahead: "Kill them all! All six heads have been cut off!"

Someone near Fu Chuan replied: "And here's the head, it's all chopped off, find a bamboo pole and hang it up!"

Many people probably thought this was very interesting, and burst out laughing.Someone laughed and scolded: "Several pirates, are they also worthy of hanging bamboo poles?"

Zhang Kai was terrified by this ferocity, and after a long pause, he continued: "Ahem, which road are you from Dajin Kingdom..."

The old pawn got up impatiently, and waved his iron hook: "Dajin Kingdom! Well, the two fast boats belong to us. You take care of your own boat!"

Zhang Kai said repeatedly: "Yes, yes. Thank you, General!"

He said thank you, but he was a little worried in his heart.

With so many sailors dead, it was not easy to sail the ship back to Mingzhou.What's more, this time, he was chased and killed by the pirates under Shi Sanye. The pirates died completely, and the enmity between Zhang and the Shi family became deeper and deeper.Originally, he could maintain a superficial harmony, but if something happened after he returned to Mingzhou, he would lose all the people around him, how would he deal with it?

Thinking of this, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind.

(End of this chapter)