Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 237: Perfection that has nothing to do with the plan
It was midnight.

At midnight last time, Yang Yuan was still in Li Shishi's boudoir at Shishan Tea Farm, where she was helping him to comb his hair and get dressed, preparing to set off.

Twelve hours later, he was above the East China Sea, and the two largest maritime merchant giants, the Arab Empire and the Arab Empire, had been reduced to ashes.

At this moment, there were only five merchant ships in the foreign merchant fleet that had time to withdraw from the battle and had a chance to escape the battlefield.

But Lin Rongyue dispatched thirty-seven large and small warships, and the subsequent warships that arrived had no opponents.

When they tried to approach the trapped enemy ships where officers and soldiers were boarding and fighting, they would be loudly driven away by the officers and soldiers on the ships.

"Go away, get lost! I'm about to wipe them out, do you want to steal the credit?"

Therefore, the five foreign merchant ships that broke out of the battle group and tried to escape became the last hope for these warships that arrived later.

At least a dozen warships chased after them without hesitation.

That's a military achievement, we can't let it get away.

Yang Yuan commanded the captured ship and, after putting some distance between himself and the "Balekai" which had turned into a huge torch, he immediately set about clearing out the remaining enemies on the ship.

Fortunately, there is basically no resistance on this ship.

Most of those who stayed on the ship were pure sailors, and those warriors all rushed to the "Balekai".

Who doesn't want to show off in front of their master?
In the end, none of them came back.

Yang Yuan assigned the remaining manpower to guard several key positions on the ship to prevent the big food and water creatures from causing any trouble.

Then he took the medicine box he had searched, rushed over to the ship, and slumped down beside the three seriously injured soldiers on the deck.

Two of the three were in good condition, but only one could barely open his eyelids due to excessive blood loss.

Yang Yuan bandaged them with medicine and cloth, handed them two water bags, and comforted them: "Drink some water first, hold on, the reinforcements have arrived, don't let him fall asleep."

Yang Yuan asked the three of them to rest where they were, while he stood up and watched what was happening around them.

Although it was already late at night, there was a huge torch called "Balekai" standing nearby, so there was no need to worry about not being able to see clearly.

Yang Yuan was walking around observing the battle situation of other ships. Leng Yuchan hurried over to him with two rolled pancakes in her hand. "Deputy Manager, I found some food. You can fill your stomach first."

It would have been better if she didn't say it. After she said it, Yang Yuan felt a burning hunger in his heart. He was really hungry.

Since he had breakfast in the morning, he didn't dare to eat lunch. Now it's midnight, and he has been fighting for most of the day.

"it is good!"

Yang Yuan happily reached out to take it, but before he touched Leng Yuchan's hand, there was a loud "bang" from the stern of the ship. The hull shook violently, and Yang Yuan and Leng Yuchan fell to the right at the same time.

The two of them fell several steps in succession, and Leng Yuchan did a beautiful horizontal split and sat steadily on the ground.

At the same time, she reached out and helped Yang Yuan stabilize his body.

Great!

Yang Yuan's eyes lit up. Look at the woman's splits, so round and straight... no, so standard!

Yang Yuan gave Leng Yuchan a thumbs up.

Leng Yuchan smiled proudly: "Here!"

She was still holding the two rolled-up pancakes tightly in her right hand.

Leng Yuchan handed the cake to Yang Yuan. Under the firelight, her dirty little face covered with sweat and dust looked extremely cute.

Yang Yuan took a pancake and took a big bite. Leng Yuchan was very considerate and even brushed a layer of honey inside.

Yang Yuan ate the cake in big mouthfuls, stood up, ran to the cabin and looked down.

Leng Yuchan straightened her waist, without supporting herself on the deck with her hands, and stood up quickly with the strength of her legs, then swung out her long legs and followed.

The two men looked from the side of the ship to the stern and found that a fleeing foreign ship had crashed into the stern of the large ship.

That foreign ship was a small merchant ship in the foreign fleet. The rudder of Yang Yuan's large ship seemed to be broken after the collision. The small boat also started to spin in place, and it was obvious that it could not escape.

Seeing this, Yang Yuan couldn't help but sigh. He no longer paid attention to the small boat or the rudder problem of this boat.

The overall situation has been decided. Although the whole process of the incident was completely inconsistent with their prior plan, the result was still perfect.

Yang Yuan stood on the boat, eating sugar cakes, watching the naval battle on all sides gradually fade away.

Leng Yuchan stood beside Yang Yuan, eating the sugar cake in small bites.

Occasionally, she would glance quickly at Yang Yuan.

This cake is so sweet!
……

On Ya Ge's boat, Hojo Daisho used a paddle as a crutch, supporting himself under his ribs. He still carried a knife and stayed faithfully by Ya Ge's side, on guard against any surviving barbarians who might suddenly jump up and stab him.

Hojo Daisho's foot was injured, but it was not caused by the enemy.

When he leaped up to kill the enemy, he split a Arab warrior in half with one sword. But when he landed, his foot stepped on the scimitar of a foreigner he had just killed. The tip of the sword pierced through his straw sandals and went straight through his foot.

The injury is quite... frustrating.

Gai Huochang followed Brother Ya, looking worried: "Our ships are all damaged, and the mast of one of the boats was broken. The loss is heavy, Mr. Ya..."

"Okay, okay, stop talking! You know we are helping my second brother fight the war? Do you remember I told you that I would buy you a big ship when we come back from the South China Sea?"

Brother Ya waved his hand forward and said, "Did you see that? Those are the boats of the barbarians I'm talking about!"

"Really?"

Gai Huochang's eyes suddenly lit up.

Brother Ya curled his lips and said, "Of course it's true. We are common people, fighting against traitors for the country. Our ship was damaged. What's wrong with the court using the captured ship to compensate us? Isn't that natural and reasonable?"

"Okay, okay!" Captain Gai Huo was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth: "That one, I want that one!"

He pointed at a large merchant ship of foreign merchants not far away and said: "Sabaidi, my Sabaidi. Damn it, damn it?
Come quickly, this 'Shabai' will be handed over to you from now on. You will be the fire chief of the 'Shabai', and I will go to drive the Sabadi, hahaha..."

The first mate named "Kao" was immediately happy. After being a daughter-in-law for many years, he finally became a mother-in-law and he could finally be the fire chief!

Moreover, he had just become the fire chief, and the boat he was driving was the best one they had ever had!
Duck Brother asked Kuntai in confusion: "What is our Chief Gai Huo yelling about? What is this hundred enemies?"

Kuntai was fanning himself with a large cattail leaf fan in a pretentious manner. He had heard from a recently popular story about people living in the Song Dynasty that among their ancestors there was a very wise man who liked to fan himself.

Kuntai waved a palm-leaf fan and said with a smile, "Didn't you, Lord Ya, name Captain Gaihuo's new ship? Sabaidi means 'so comfortable'!"

……

The four pirate ships were cautiously approaching each other, and between them was Pu Aiman's merchant ship.

The ship is now under their control.

Since the warships of the navy fleet appeared, the four pirate ships stopped fighting and shrank into a defensive formation.

They were pirates, and the main task of the Qiantang navy was to fight pirates.

So even in the dark, when the light of the "Balekai" was very faint when it reached here, they still recognized the warships of the Song Dynasty navy at a glance.

Liu Shangqiu stood on a pile of anchor ropes, holding a sword, surrounded by pirates.

The Qiantang navy's ships were chasing the foreign ships, and these four ships were temporarily regarded as their own by the navy.

However, the pirates did not dare to escape at this time. Any movement would attract attention.

The navy's warships were designed for combat and were quite fast, so they had no chance of escaping.

However, just because they don't dare to make any big moves now doesn't mean they can't do some small things on the ship.

For example, kill this handsome man who makes them hate him so much!

This man not only killed their second-in-command, but also provoked a fight between them and the barbarians.

This damn guy took advantage of the chaos of the battle between the two sides and slid around on the boat like a loach, and he is still alive and kicking until this moment.

The pirates held torches and looked at Liu Shangqiu who was trapped in the middle.

A bearded pirate grinned and said, "I didn't realize you're actually a handsome guy who's prettier than a young girl!"

A scarred man next to him spat out a mouthful of blood and cursed, "What's the point of being pretty? Now you can't escape even if you have wings."

The bearded man looked at Liu Shangqiu with an ambiguous gaze and said with a chuckle, "Hailong, being pretty is really useless. However, if you are too pretty..."

He raised his eyebrows and said with a dissolute smile: "We can still use it as an egg..."

Scarface was stunned at first, then smiled knowingly.

A pair of ambiguous eyes began to look at Liu Shangqiu.

Liu Shangqiu felt uneasy when he was stared at by them. He didn't understand the dirty words they were saying, but he could sense that they were not good things.

Liu Shangqiu shouted, "I am an official appointed by the imperial court. Now, the imperial navy has taken control of this place. Can you still escape?"

The bearded man sneered, "If you can't escape, I'll kill you first. Let you have a taste of what it's like to be treated like a Japanese villain before you die."

The pirates shouted, "That's right! You want me to surrender? No way!"

"At worst, I'll just die. Ever since I became a pirate, I've already considered myself dead!"

Liu Shangqiu's eyes flashed, and he suddenly shouted: "What if you can survive?"

The pirates were stunned.

Liu Shangqiu shouted: "If you surrender now, I promise that the court will pardon you. Those who are willing to go home can go home, and those who are not willing to go home...

Navy officers and soldiers, do you want to do it? If you can persuade the pirates on the other three ships to surrender, it is not impossible to give you an official position! "

The pirates looked at each other.

After hesitating for a while, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted, "Are you trying to appease us? Who are you? Can you trust what you say?"

Liu Shangqiu held his sword across his chest, looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, and said proudly, "I am Liu Shangqiu, the deputy commander of the next command post of the Imperial City Division! Do you think I can keep my word?"

The pirates still looked at him unfriendly, with suspicion on their faces, and some even began to move closer to him.

When Liu Shangqiu saw this, he immediately shouted, "The current emperor of the Song Dynasty is my brother-in-law! Do you think I can keep my word?"

The pirates were immediately shocked. The bearded man asked in astonishment, "Are you telling the truth? Are you not lying to us?"

Liu Shangqiu snorted coldly: "Even if I wanted to deceive you, would I dare to use the emperor to make friends?"

"Clang!"

The bearded man decisively dropped his knife to the ground, and knelt down with a "thump". "I am the criminal Zhang Jinyu, and I pay my respects to the uncle of the emperor!"

Seeing this, Scarface also knelt down and said, "I am the guilty subject Yu Hailong, and I pay my respects to the uncle of the king."

The pirates knelt down one after another and introduced themselves in a flurry. Liu Shangqiu couldn't hear clearly for a moment.

He never liked the title of "Uncle of the King". He didn't expect that when he reported his official position at the critical moment, in the eyes of these pirates, he was not even as good as the little finger of "Uncle of the King". He felt a little discouraged.

"Alright, alright, hurry up and call the people on the other three boats. If you succeed in pacifying them, I'll give you credit for your contribution."

"Yes, yes, I will follow your orders!"

Zhang Jinyu, Yu Hailong and others quickly got up and happily went to persuade the pirates on other ships to surrender.

(End of this chapter)