Chapter 32 Falling Dog

The headhunter king, who was burned by the fire, found that the sailor's ship was actually dispatched. In surprise, he was immediately excited and ordered his men to flee north while preparing to fight. Once he was out of the attack range of the crossbow on the shore, he would turn against the army and avenge.

The pirates also held their fire and immediately responded in unison. The sailors used their strength to shake the ship out of the attack range of the crossbow, and then turned around the bow. Almost all of them picked up knives and prepared to fight with the officers and soldiers. Against the firelight of the lit warships, they were murderous, revealing a unique ferocity of outlaws. .

With such fierceness, they have repeatedly moved away from the siege of the Jiaozhou Marine Division. Even in the face of several times as many officers and soldiers, they are fearless. Compared with the officers and soldiers of the Jiaozhou Marine Division, who rely on robbers to make a living, their combat effectiveness index is not at the first level at all.

The crossbow slowly subsided, and the fire in the sky disappeared. The pirates finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although they had lost more than a dozen ships, they don't have to worry about the rockets of the crossbow now. They can go all out to deal with the officers and soldiers who chased them without knowing their lives. After defeating the officers and soldiers, they can make up for any more losses. Come on.

The headhunter was full of confidence. He pulled off his upper body's clothes, revealing his strong chest, and holding the ring knife that cut off more than a dozen heads in his hand. The knife was covered with blood and several gaps. However, the pirates were not as convenient as officers and soldiers to get ordnance supplements. As long as they could cut people, they were generally reluctant to throw them away. .

"Fang, dare to chase me. It's too late for me to be happy." The headhunting king gritted his teeth and scolded. It's not that he has never lost the battle. In those years, there were many people killed by Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun in the Yellow Turban Army. There were not many people who died. Even since he became a pirate, he has suffered a lot of losses, but this is the first time that he has suffered such a big loss as the Jiaozhou sailor. It seems that he has never heard of a pirate at his level. There are officers and soldiers who suffer such a big loss. If this spreads out, won't he lose all his face? How can he fool around in the future?

The military master's little face turned pale, and his mind was empty. His little wisdom and military tactics were now burned by the fire just now. It was he who vowed that there was no danger here. The headhunter decided to sneak up on Yamen Port at night. Now, he jumped into the pit. He just took a cursory look and lost at least 30 ships. This loss was enough for the headhunter to cut his head.

The warships of officers and soldiers are getting closer and closer, and there is a fire. You can faintly see that there are several medium-sized warships in front of them. The headhunting king grinted with satisfaction. Most of the pirates are mainly small ships, and many of them are converted from ordinary ships. Special warships such as officers and soldiers are relatively rare, and medium-sized warships are even more It's rare. Among the pirates in the South China Sea, Cui Qian has 80 or 90 medium-sized warships, so he is a well-deserved king of pirates in the South China Sea and has been defeated by the state sailors many times. The rest are mainly small boats. There can be three or five medium-sized battles, which are all boss-level, and the headhunting king himself has five. Although more than 30 ships were damaged today, if you can grab a few medium-sized warships, all the losses can be made up.

Looking at these medium-sized warships, the headhunting king saw wealth, and all the losses turned into greed.

Come on, baby. The headhunter whispered.

The warship was getting closer and closer, and the headhunter's heart was also raised, and he wanted to laugh. But he soon stopped laughing. The warships did not move, as if they stopped and did not move forward.

"Fang, these cowards." The headhunting king scolded angrily, "If I had a few more such ships, I would definitely cut off Wei Jing's head today."

Before he finished his words, the dried fish screamed like killing a chicken: "Fire--"

Fire, on the opposite river, there were suddenly ten more sparks, and then ten sparks turned into twenty. Ten of them rose from the officers and soldiers' warships and quickly changed from a point to a ball. They didn't wait for the pirates to react, they shot on their ship and made a sound. The two ships caught fire immediately. Once again, the panicked faces of the pirates were red.

The headhunter king widened his eyes, looked at the burning warship, and then looked at the warships of officers and soldiers in the distance. His brains were buzzing. At such a long distance, at least a hundred steps, ordinary bows and arrows could not shoot so far. If it is estimated to be good, it should be a crossbow. However, crossbows are generally loaded on large warships, medium-sized. The warship is mainly based on side combat. When will it be equipped with a crossbow?

The headhunting king is confused.

The warship opposite launched the rockets in an orderly manner. Their speed was not fast, but it was not slow. When the headhunting king's head was down, they had launched the second batch of rockets, and another ship caught fire. Panic spread among the pirates, crying, beating, cursing and sking.

"Your Majesty, you can't wait like this." The dried fish came to his senses first, took the headhunter's arm and shouted, "Obviously, they don't mean to get close at all. They just intend to attack with rockets. We will be beaten passively, and our morale will decline. At that time, the officers and soldiers will rush up again..."

"I know!" The headhunter was so angry that he raised his hand and put a knife ring on the face of the dried fish. The dried fish's face was suddenly covered with blood. He turned around twice and fell on the boat with a plop. If someone next to him hadn't blocked it, he would have fallen into the water. The headhunter was still relieved and kicked him again: "Didn't you say it's okay? Didn't you say it was safe? Is this the safety you said?

"Your Majesty, now is not the time to be angry." Someone next to him grabbed him and said, "Let's ask the king to order how to fight."

"How to fight?" The headhunter stared: "If he doesn't come, we'll go." Kill me and rob these warships.

The pirates didn't think much about it. The officers and soldiers didn't come, which showed that they were guilty. What's the use of only daring to shoot arrows from afar? They killed them and robbed their ships. The pirates roared, shook the giant row again, and forced it over to the officers and soldiers.

The sound of water is like the anxious mood of the headhunter.

The officers and soldiers on the opposite side also moved. They were divided into left and right batches and enveloped the pirates. The headhunter sneered, and only ten ships also wanted to surround me? Do you think your boat is big and awesome?" Grab the boat by splitting your head!" He shouted loudly and ordered the helmsman to turn around and rush to the ship closest to him. The two sides were very close. He could almost see the crossbow on the bow of the boat. It was indeed a crossbow. Damn it, the headhunting king was so excited that he was inexplicably excited. The crossbow is not as good as the bow. The bow can usually be bought, but the crossbow can't be bought. The crossbow is a weapon controlled by the government and is not sold at all in the market. Now not only medium-sized warships are delivered to the front, but also equipped with crossbows, which can be said to be the icing on the cake.

The headhunter shouted excitedly, "Hurry up, hurry up."

Sun Shao stood in the bow of the ship, looking at the approaching warship, looking at the pirate with teeth and claws in the bow, he couldn't help shaking his head and sighing. The combat effectiveness of the Jiaozhou Marine Division is so low that the pirates are so arrogant that they dare to challenge the officers and soldiers with ten medium-sized warships with 40 or 50 small boats, and they take an offensive posture. It can be imagined that there is no Jiaozhou Marine Division in their eyes at all.

As soon as he stretched out his hand, he took his three-stone iron tire bow from Shuai Zeng's hand, put on an arrow, lit the fire, aimed a little, and shot at the most arrogant pirate in the bow. Now it is only more than 30 steps away. Although it is night, the other party's ship is on fire, and it is very clear. With his archery root It's a piece of cake.

The headhunter saw the rocket. With the intuition exercised by rolling on the tip of the knife for many years, he subconsciously felt the danger. He didn't care much about it. He turned over and lay on the boat. The rocket roared over his head and shot the pirate behind him with an arrow. The pirate screamed, stepped back a few steps, fell into the water, and pounced. A big splash of water splashed on the face of the headhunter king.

What made him more frightened was that two arrows were shot on the opposite ship at the same time, giving him no time to react at all. He did not dare to get up, so he had to lie on the board of the boat and watch another man behind him being shot, and there was another rocket on the canopy. The fire became more and more vigorous, and the bamboo canopy was burning. Cracking.

"I'm pissed off." The headhunter jumped like thunder, clenched the knife in his hand, looked at the approaching warship and roared, "Hit it, knock him over."

The sailors struggled to sway, and the warship accelerated again, but the headhunter tragically found that the other party was faster than him, always 30 steps ahead of him, and did not give him a chance to approach. Then one rocket after another shot over, screams came one after another, and the fire was getting bigger and bigger. More and more than half of the canopy had been burned, and the sails were also put away. When they got up, the rest of the men shouted in horror. The sled could no longer work together to shake the sled. Some of them had thrown the sled and jumped into the water.

What kind of war is this? The headhunting king wants to cry without tears. He was so shot by an arrow that he didn't dare to get up. He could only turn his face to look at other boats. At this look, he was dead. All the ships of the other party were the same as the one in front of him, with his men in circles, that is, they did not contact them, and then bullied people with arrows. Most of his ships were already on fire, and the war situation was defeated and uncontrollable.

The headhunter's face was like dead ashes, and his hands and feet trembled with anger.

After Sun Shaolian shot more than a dozen arrows, he looked at the pirate ship that had become a fireball and smiled, "Okay, kill it and see if that guy is still there. This boat is not small. It should be a big fish."

Shuai Zeng said with a smile, "Yes, it's a pity that his battle flag was killed, otherwise you can see who he is."

"Hey hey, whoever he is, rush up and cut him down." Sun Shao waved his hand, and the soldiers turned the bow of the boat and quickly approached the pirate ship. Before the ship met, Ao Lei, who had been standing beside Sun Shao, had flown up. He pulled out the short iron bar from his waist in mid-air, exhaled, shouted loudly, and hit the head of the rushing pirate with a stick. Then, his bent knees fiercely. Hitting on the door of another pirate, the two pirates had no power to fight back. One knelt to the ground on the spot, and the other was simply knocked back a few steps by him and turned into the water.

Ao Lei rushed into the crowd as soon as he landed. The iron bar in his hand danced like a gust of wind, smashing his head and face, so that the pirates cried and shouted, and there was no power to fight. When Sun Shao and others jumped on the boat, he had finished the battle. He looked at Sun Shao with a simple smile and stepped on the headhunter's face under the bare feet. The headhunter's ring knife was thrown aside, and his wrist had been broken by him, with a cold sweat on his face.

"Damn it!" Sun Shao was overjoyed. He didn't look so brave as a boy like a black monkey. The elbow hit his knee was quite a bit of the shadow of Muay Thai in later generations, which was extremely fierce. The officers and soldiers behind him were also very surprised, including Shuai Zeng and Zhao Xiu. They were very polite to Ao Lei, just because Sun Shao said that he was a guide and could not be offended. Usually, he looked at him silent, but in fact, he did not take him too seriously. I didn't expect this boy to fight so fiercely. It was really not good-looking. I didn't offend him.

"Who is this?" Sun Shao pointed to the headhunting king and asked Ao Lei.

Ao Lei couldn't close his mouth with a smile. He had just recognized that this poor guy was the notoriety headhunting king. This time he got rich, no one expected that he would catch such a big fish when he went to war with Sun Shao for the first time. When he followed Shiwei, Shiwei did not dare to provoke the headhunting king easily.

"The South China Sea is second only to the big pirate, the headhunter."

"Really?" Sun Shao was shocked. Someone took a photo with a torch, and then it was confirmed. Sun Shao smiled and said, "You have made a fortune. This guy is a big man, at least worthy of a military marquis."

"General, can I ask for money?" Ao Lei smiled excitedly.

"Don't want to be an official?" While having people tied up the headhunter, Sun Shao said with a smile, "If you become an official, you have a lot of money."

"Hey hey, I want to follow the general and have a chance to be an official in the future, but I want money now." Ao Lei touched his head awkwardly: "I bet money a few days ago and lost the newly paid. I can't pay the bill to my wife. If there is a reward to fill it, I won't be found."

"Cough, cough..." Sun Shao almost choked the wind: "Are you afraid that your wife will find out?"

"Well, I'm afraid." Ao Lei's face changed and he nodded repeatedly: "She will hit people and chase me."

"Poo--" Shuai Zeng and others couldn't help laughing wildly. Who would have thought that this fierce man who fought a war and often broke people's brains and wrists would be afraid of his wife, and he was afraid of such a reason.

"It's promising." Sun Shaoqiang suppressed his smile and patted Ao Lei on the shoulder: "Men who are afraid of their wives are usually good men. Don't worry, I will reward you."

"Thank you, General."

"Send out the news of the capture of the headhunter and let the brothers at the door of the cliff come up and fight." Sun Shao waved his hand and was in high spirits. The drums were loud, and the officers and soldiers of the navy at the gate of the cliff waiting in the distance heard the sound of drums. Suddenly, their hearts were surging, their blood was boiling, and the roared like thundered from all directions.

The pirates were shocked.

Wei Jing on the lookup platform looked up to the sky and roared.

After the dawn, the night ban of the officers and soldiers was opened. Cheng Jun, who was afraid of the middle of the night, rushed to the cliff first. He looked up and saw that there were broken ship boards everywhere on the water, as well as a floating corpse. Several sailors' warships were salvaged. On the shore, there was a long list of dejected prisoners kneeling. They looked It's awkward and ragged, which is different from the arrogance I've seen before. The merchants who came later talked and listened to each other carefully. When they learned that the unknown man hanging on the flagpole was the headhunting king, they were even more surprised. They asked the magntal officers and soldiers about the situation, and then they knew about some night wars. They learned that the most powerful pirate headhunting king around the cliff gate was almost completely destroyed. They took a long breath and congratulated each other with smiles. From then on, they could safely and boldly pass by the cliff gate.

Jiaozhou sailors and headhunters at the gate of the cliff basically did not have the upper hand against each other. In the past, they were scolded by businessmen a lot. This time, they won a complete victory. No matter whether they followed Sun Shao to beat the water dog last night and caught up with the group to beat the pirates, they all straightened their chests and stood high, and kept The shame came as soon as it snowed, and I was in an unusually good mood. They thanked Sun Shao. After falsely thanking Zheng Axe and their boss Wei Jing, they gave the greatest credit to Sun Shao with one voice. In their mouths, Sun Shao fell like a god without effort at all. With a wave of water, the headhunting king who had been on the sea for more than ten years hung there.

After listening to the news for a while, Cheng Jun immediately made up his mind. He came to Sun Shao's flagship again with a gift to meet him. Sun Shao was having dinner. As soon as he saw him, he said directly, "Don't worry, the war here is over, and we can leave soon. It won't waste your time."

Cheng Jun smiled respectfully and saluted: "The general misunderstood. I'm not here to urge the general. I'm here to congratulate the general."

"Grepe a greeting?" Sun Shao stopped the bamboo chopsticks in his hand and looked at Cheng Jun: "Some little things are not worth mentioning. Although the headhunter is famous, his strength is not as strong as expected. Besides, this time it was Lieutenant Wei who planned and ambushed him. If you want to congratulate him, you should also congratulate Lieutenant Wei. It doesn't seem appropriate to come to me, right?

Cheng Jun smiled and said, "Of course, Captain Wei also wants to go, but I thought that the general is the first merit. Without the general to gather so many of our merchant ships, the headhunter king will not take the initiative to take the risk and be ambushed by Captain Wei. In the past, Wei Duwei had no idea, but he let him run away every time. This time, with the help of the general, he succeeded in one fell swoop. With the general's merit, it was the first achievement.

Sun Shao laughed. He waved his hand and interrupted Cheng Jun's words: "Don't say any more polite words, which makes people blush. I have understood your kindness. If there is a chance in the future, we will communicate more. I am also very concerned about business.

Cheng Jun immediately picked it up and said, "I heard that the general has many ulterior motives in Yishi. Is it possible that the general also wants to make a movable?"

Sun Shao's eyes flashed, looked at Cheng Jun again, and nodded: "Yes, that's what I mean."

"Then I may be able to help the general a little." Cheng Jun smiled and said, "Although my Cheng family does not have many assets and does not do much business, I have been engaged in the Yi goods business since I was 13 years old. I have accumulated a little experience, and I also know a little about Yiyu. If the general needs it, please speak frankly."

"Do you know Yiyu?" Sun Shao is really interested this time. In the past few months in the South China Sea, the biggest headache was that he didn't have a good interpreter, so he sent someone to Dongzhi to find Piro, who was proficient in Yi language, but he didn't know yet. Although Piro was just a Dongzhi city magistrate, he was always an official. He, a general of Henghai, sounded not small. Who knew that he would not do it one day. Piro Wei I will come. Now a Tongyi language is sent to the door. It can be said that someone sent a pillow as soon as he wanted to sleep.

"Exactly, the villain understands the languages of Huangzhi, Tianzhu and Daqin." Cheng Jun said confidently, "I also have some research on the goods of various countries. It is not so easy for them to misrepresent me, so the goods I get are always more affordable than others. Otherwise, with my little capital, how can I survive in so many big businessmen with strong capital?"

"So it is." Sun Shao understood that this guy wanted to set up with him and use his financial resources and force, but he did not object to doing so. He believed in a win-win situation, and it was better to win more. As long as he could make money, he did not mind letting his partners make money together, so as to make the business bigger and stronger. Someone took the initiative to cooperate with him. This is what he asked for. Something that can't be done. He motioned Shuaizeng to show his seat to Cheng Jun, and then said with some embarrassment, "I fought for a night and haven't eaten yet. Let me eat some food, and then talk to Cheng Jun in detail."

Cheng Jun smiled and said, "The general has been tired all night and should have a good rest first. After the general has a good rest, it's not too late for me to talk to the general.

Sun Shao is more satisfied. This person knows how to advance and retreat, is good at seizing opportunities, but he is not impatient. He is a very good talent. In the previous life, such a person is a potential stock, which should be well grasped. He smiled, took a look at the gift presented by Cheng Jun, and did not refuse: "In that case, I have no credit. Shuai Zeng, give Cheng Jun tea.

"Hahaha..." There was a bright laughter from the door of the cabin. Wei Jing came in with a smile on his face. His eyes swept over Cheng Jun's face without stopping, and he waved his hand to Sun Shao: "General, thank you for your hard work. Wei Jing was really busy. He only cared about cleaning the battlefield and forgot to prepare a supper for the general. Shame. I'm ashamed."

Sun Shao waved his hand and smiled: "Lord Wei happened to be here. Just now, Cheng Jun was praising you for your power this time, and you came."

Wei Jing looked at the humble Cheng Jun disapprovingly. He was a scholar and was not very interested in businessmen. He couldn't have a city like Bu Qian. Sun Shao specially introduced that he just nodded politely and didn't even say a word. He turned around and saluted Sun Shao respectfully: "General, the specific result has not come out yet. At present, only the captured prisoners have been found, a total of 588 people. According to interrogation, they have a total of 78 ships this time, the headhunter. Three of all four medium-sized warships came, and almost all of them were caught. Now 25 of the ships towed back are basically intact, and 15 of them need simple repairs to go into the sea. The flagship of the headhunting king is also among them. How to deal with it, please ask the general for instructions.

Sun Shao scratched his eyebrows and said, "Let's compensate for the accidentally injured merchant ships first. For the rest, give me ten useful ships as supply ships. Pick out 200 strong pirates for me as sailors, and Wei Jun will deal with the rest at his discretion.

(to be continued)