Chapter 31 What a big pit

The bright moon is in the sky, the breeze is blowing gently, the cliff gate is as bright as silver, the waves gently patting the reef, clap, and the boat is swaying back and forth in the water. The gentle rhythm makes people easily think of the cradle, and they are unconsciously lazy. Several fish jumped out of the water, and a water bird that did not know the fish shot like an arrow from the tree on the shore. It was ready to talk about a fish. In a blink of an eye, it disappeared into the vast night sky, leaving only the branches that had just perched were still shaking gently.

The headhunter king squatted on the stone, and his big feet were itchy by the sea. He held his knees in one hand, picked up a thin grass in the other, and picked out a trace of fish from between his teeth. He looked at it, licked it back, and chewed it slowly for a while, and then swallowed it deliciously. Then he spit out the grass stem with a "pooh" and said in a muffled voice: "Is it really ten boats?"

"Ten, absolutely only ten." The military division Yu Gan, who has a knife-faced, said affirmatively, "They are hanging Cui Qian's flag, but I can see that the ship is the sailor's ship. Although it has been covered up, there are still flaws. I really see it, and there will be absolutely no mistake."

Headhunting King is one of the largest pirates near Yawang Island. He has more than 100 ships and more than 2,300 people, which can be counted in the whole South China Sea. He was originally a yellow scarf. He followed Zhang Jiao first. After Zhang Jiao's death, he followed Zhang Niu Jiao and fought a lot of evil battles. There were no more than one hundred and eighty lives in his hands. Killing people was no different from killing chickens for him. He also likes to cut off people's heads. Every time he robs, he is uncomfortable without any blood. This is different from other pirates whose main purpose is to rob money. People call him the headhunter king. The child is disobedient. As long as he says that the headhunter king is coming, he will shut up immediately.

The dried fish is surnamed fish, and the original name is dry, but the pirates have no knowledge and are not in the mood to distinguish. They shout and become dried fish. Anyway, he is thin and thin, like a salted fish that has been salted for more than ten years. After reading for a few days, he is knowledgeable in pirates and knows a little about military tactics. He is also compatible with the headhunting king who is easy to kill. The headhunting king can have today's scale, which has a lot to do with him.

"Who is the leader?" The headhunter king stretched out his hand and picked up his feet that were white with water, pulled down a piece of dead skin, put it on his nose to smell it, and then threw it into the water. After a while, a fish swam over and was about to swallow the dead skin. As soon as the headhunter king took it, he fish in his hand, which was a little faster than a water bird. He scratched his finger, thick. The nails cut the soft belly of the fish, took out the internal organs with his fingers, and then shook it twice in his hand. He brought the fish that was still jumping to his mouth, took a bite, and ate it with relish.

The dried fish turned a blind eye to it. He watched such things every day. At first, it was a little disgusting, but now he is used to it.

"It seems to be the new General Henghai, named Sun Shao." The dried fish curled his lips and was a little disdainful. According to the news, Buqi, the governor of Jiaozhou, took more than 300 boats. Three days ago, he went to sea from the gate of the cliff and went west. Dinghai Zhonglang took the remaining boats to Tunshanmen two days ago, and now he has not moved there. This Sun Shao came out early this morning. He hung Cui Qian's flag, which scared some small miscellaneous fish along the way and did not dare to lean aside. He smiled strangely: "Well, this big deal has been sent to the king's mouth. There are more than 300 ships. Hey hey, it's really fat."

"You can figure it out." The headhunter threw the fish head into his mouth, chewed it a few times, and then spit it out again. He wiped his mouth and washed it in the water. "Don't make a mistake. If we move Cui Qian's man, we can't beat him."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, there will be no mistake." Yu Gan smiled twice: "If it's really Cui Qian's person, how dare he spend the night in Yamen Port? Wei Jing is not his opponent when he went to the sea, but he won't let him openly stop at Yamen Port, will he?

"That's true." The headhunting king stood up, finally took a look at the dark Yamen Port in the distance, and looked up at the moon: "At the end of the third update, please get up and fish."

"Oh." The dried fish answered, turned around and ordered to go down, and then followed the headhunter to jump into the tall boat. The sailors shook the huge boat, and the big ship made a creaking sound. It slowly sailed out of the hidden bay and sailed along the mountain shadow on the shore to the door of the cliff. Large and small warships followed closely, like ghosts in the dark, quietly moving forward quickly.

The boat is getting faster and faster, and the sound of the water is getting louder and louder, and it soon approaches the cliff gate. As the name suggests, the cliff gate is on both sides of the cliffs straight up and down, like a huge stone door. The nearest place is 120 places apart. On both sides are the soldiers of Jiaozhou sailors stationed, with a three-stone crossbow, which is powerful enough to shoot the mountain stone on the opposite side into a big pit. In terms of danger, the gate of the cliff is the most dangerous here. After rushing through this pass, there are three or five hundred steps wide water. With the pus and bookish captain Wei Jing of the Jiaozhou sailors, they dare not fight against the headhunter king at all. Although Jiaozhou sailors also have more than 80 ships, they dare not fight against the headhunter king at all.

Although the crossbow is very strong, the shooting speed is too slow. After shooting two arrows, the headhunter rushed over. And two crossbows and four arrows, it is possible to hit the ship. If you want to sink the ship, it is a delusion. Therefore, the only way they can deal with the headhunter is not the crossbow, but the chain, the chain across the water. As long as the chain is lifted and stopped in the river, the headhunter can't do anything about it. He can't park the ship there as a target for the crossbow.

Today, the headhunter is confident. He is sure enough to rush through the cliff gate before the officers and soldiers pull up the chain. The chain thicker than his arm is not so easy to pull it up, and it can't be so fast. I'm afraid that when they pull it up, he has rushed in and killed it.

The headhunting king's warship was a hundred steps away from the cliff gate. Finally, the screams of officers and soldiers finally came from the cliff gate. The rapid warning drums broke the silence in an instant. One torch after another lit up, and the huge city-holding crossbow turned around and aimed at the headhunting king warship.

"Your Majesty, be careful." The dried fish shouted eagerly. He had seen the strength of the crossbow. The last time he went to the cliff gate to rob, he saw with his own eyes the spear-like crossbow roaring with the sound of the wind, piercing a soldier, and then shooting through the thick boat board.

"How can it be so fast?" The headhunter didn't think so. He knew the pros and cons of guarding the city crossbow. If the officers and soldiers had reacted so fast, the head of his headhunter had already been hunted by them. Shake it quickly and rush over!"

"Shake hard." The dried fish shouted. Now that it has been discovered by the officers and soldiers, there is no need to hide the traces. The pirates shouted in unison and shook the huge boat. The warship suddenly accelerated, and the pirates behind them also roared loudly and scattered in a fan shape. They rushed to the door of the cliff. Whoever was the first to rush in could grab the ship first. This is on the road. Rules. . There are more than 300 boats in the port today. The oil and water is so thick that anyone will go crazy.

The headhunter successfully rushed through the cliff gate and came to the wide water. As he expected, it was not until then that the officers and soldiers shot the first crossbow. The crossbow shot through the bottom of a warship and shot a rowter to death. The scene was very bloody, but these pirates who were used to blood. In their eyes, this is nothing at all. They turn a blind eye and shake it harder.

The calm in the harbor has disappeared, and there are crying and shouts everywhere. Most of the merchants went ashore to rest. The caregivers on the ship looked helplessly at the approaching pirates, but there was nothing they could do. Some of them were like ashes, and some curled up on the boat, holding their heads in their hands, and asking the Empress of the Sea to bless them. It's not to bless anything else, but to live.

In the barracks of officers and soldiers on the shore, one torch after another formed a fire dragon. Under the reflection of the firelight, the officers and soldiers of the navy were running rapidly to their posts, some were turning the crossbow on the crossbow platform, some were running to their own warships, and some fast-moving warships had untied the cables and began to start.

The headhunting king can't sneer. He is not big-hearted. He just wants to rob dozens of ships from the outside. These ships are at the edge of the effective range of the crossbow. After success, they can leave quickly. After all, if they are sealed in the port by officers and soldiers, the losses will be greatly increased. The increase in losses means that strength declines, which means that more people will take him as a target.

The headhunter has never done such a loss business. That's how he started his business. Of course, he will not let others step on his body. Therefore, his principle has always been to exchange the greatest benefit with the smallest loss and not to do the loss business.

Everything went smoothly. The pirates, like a group of hungry wolves, drove the warship close to the outermost merchant ship. The sharp-handed pirates had already stood in the bow of the ship, waiting to jump on the merchant ship, and then the knife shook. The ship was theirs. Of course, no one on the ship did not have to bother. Even if there were people, they usually dare not resist and could only fight. The head begged for mercy. So as long as you jump on the ship, it is equivalent to owning a ship, and the next thing is to tow the ship behind your own warship.

The headhunter looked at the approaching merchant ship, sniffed his nose, and was a little excited. He rubbed his hands and considered whether to rush to cut two people in person. The last time he cut people seemed to be two months ago. These days, he was full of energy, and even the sleeping woman felt uncomprehensible.

"Ah--" A scream broke the headhunter's hesitation. He grinned: "The rabbits have killed people again."

The dried fish nodded repeatedly. Although he had no power to bind the chicken, he was not interested in the headhunting king. He smelled the smell of blood and was happier than anything else when he heard the screams. He smiled ferociously and said, "If you are disobedient, you have to kill two, otherwise the others are not honest, these are not eye-sighted..."

Halfway through his words, he suddenly looked like a chicken stuck in his neck, and there was no follow-up.

The headhunter king was looking at the pirates who jumped on the merchant ship one after another, looking at their sharp untie the cable, and watching them take the boat away as if they were going home to get something. For a moment, he did not pay attention to the abnormality of the dried fish. It was not until the dried fish pulled his arm desperately that he impatiently broke free from the dried fish: "What's wrong with the military master?"

"Big...King, you...you...you...look." The sound of the dried fish seemed to be broken by the wind, and he could not be heard clearly. He grabbed the headhunter's arm in one hand and pointed to the front, shaking so much that people were worried that he would fall into the water. The headhunter looked at him in surprise, and then looked forward along his hand. At this look, he immediately held back the words that had rushed to his mouth.

Suddenly, a rain of arrows were fired from the merchant ship, shooting down several pirates head-on, and then rushed out of countless officers and soldiers. They rushed to the pirates who jumped on the merchant ship and were harvesting happily. The pirates did not expect this situation at all. They were caught off guard and fell into the water one after another, followed by , before the pirates on the warship came to their senses, the officers and soldiers had rushed onto the warship, killing the pirates like cutting melons and vegetables, and the blood flowed into a river in a moment.

"This...what's going on?" The headhunter was shocked. Without waiting for the fish to answer, he pulled out the sword around his waist and roared: "Kill! Kill all these bitches and take all the boats away.

"Big...King, hurry up...withdraw!" The dried fish grabbed the violent headhunter king and pointed to the direction of the door of the cliff: "If you don't go, it's too late."

The furious headhunting king looked at it and was shocked. The water on both sides of the cliff door flashed. A thick chain loomed and gradually revealed his face. Only the water in the middle was still very calm. The chain was not fully in place, but it was almost there.

"It's broken. I'm in the middle of it today." The headhunter's head buzzed and sweated coldly. After a while, he raised his knife and shouted, "Put your hands on the idea - pull-"

The rapid gong sounded "dangdang", and the pirates who didn't understand it later knew that something had happened in front of them. They turned around and left without saying a word.

"Whew--" A little firelight flew up from the shore and jumped more than a hundred steps in the blink of an eye. The fire quickly amplifyed. With a "bang" sound, it was stuck on a pirate warship. Sparks splashed everywhere and quickly lit the bamboo roof. The fire was big, so that the panicked faces of the pirates could be clearly visible. Some pirates reacted quickly, rushed to pull out the rocket and throw it into the water, and then picked up something within reach and slapped the lit roof. However, they immediately found that the fires were very fierce, and they could faintly smell the smell of oil. It didn't help at all. They could only watch the fire get bigger and bigger.

"Regress, retreat to the heart of the river." The headhunter shouted loudly and commanded the pirates to retreat. Their current position is the maximum effective distance of the strong crossbow. As long as they retreat dozens of steps and exit the effective range of the crossbow, the damage of the crossbow can be minimized.

The pirates have been fighting for a long time. Although it is the first time to encounter this situation today, Yamen Port is not the first time to come. They have been ambushed by officers and soldiers before. After a short period of panic, they quickly calmed down, turned around the bow of the ship, and fled desperately to the north. The chain of the cliff pass has been pulled up, and it's too late to look back. At this time, we have to go north, make a detour, and then escape from somewhere else. They believe that even if there is an ambush, the officers and soldiers dare not chase them. They are not afraid of the officers and soldiers chasing, but hope that they will chase them, so that they can have the opportunity to defeat the officers and soldiers on the surface of the water and regain the initiative.

"The son of a bitch, Bu Jing, dares to dig a hole for me. If I let him escape, sooner or later he will peel his skin and cut off his head as a urine pot." As far as I can see, at least ten ships caught fire, and seven or eight ships were controlled by officers and soldiers. This time, they suffered a lot. The headhunter gritted his teeth with hatred, and his big feet stamped on the boat board.

Wei Jing, the captain of the cliff gate, can't hear the curse of the headhunter king. Now he smiles like a flower on his face. He has been a captain in the cliff gate for five years. It's the first time that he is so happy as today. The headhunter king has also come several times before. At the beginning, he also wanted to ambush the headhunter king, but he was either prepared After a long time, the headhunter did not come, or he was not prepared, but the headhunter did not come by himself. After burning and killing, he went away, and the chain at the door of the cliff had just been half pulled up. Otherwise, although the headhunting king was blocked, the navy officers and soldiers only shouted on the shore, but did not dare to fight. Finally, they still looked at the headhunter. Wang Wu left unharmed and could shoot a few ships with a crossbow, that is, good luck, which is a great achievement worth writing.

Today, Sun Shao entered Yamen Port with 300 merchant ships. He knew that the opportunity had come. He was considering how to coercive the officers and soldiers of the water division to stop working as before. When he was cheerleading, Sun Shao offered to send people to ambush the pirates on the merchant ship.

Wei Jing is in his arms. There are seven or eight hundred people under Sun Shao. As soon as the ten marquises stand up, they are murderous. They are definitely the kind of tough pawns who can fight hard. Later, when he heard that it was Guan Yu's men, he was even more relieved. He even advised his men to fight. If you want to fight, you can fight. If you don't want to fight, just stand next to him and shout. With these seven or eight hundred people, there is some delusion to annihigate the headhunting king, but it is absolutely not a problem to hit him hard.

As expected, ten military marquises under Sun Shao took people to ambush on the outermost merchant ship. They caught the pirates off guard and captured more than a dozen pirate ships at once. Even if he doesn't fight later, this record is the most brilliant record since Wei Jing took office.

How could he be unhappy?

"General Sun, it's really thanks to you this time." Wei Jing said to Sun Shao with a smile, "As soon as the general took action, he won a great victory. Wei Jing admired it."

Sun Shao touched his chin and said with a smile, "Wei Jun, where is this? The headhunting king hasn't caught it yet. What a great achievement. You see, they are gathering in the heart of the river now. It's the opportunity to shoot arrows. Rockets can be on as long as they shoot them. It doesn't seem difficult.

Wei Jing suddenly realized that he patted his head and ordered all the crossbows not to keep their hands and launch all the prepared rockets. The pirates are now crowded together and don't even need to aim. As long as it is not outrageous, they can basically shoot. In the past, the use of strong crossbows was to shoot the enemy, so it not only needed to be shot, but also needed enough strength. Jiang Xin seemed to be too far away, but now he didn't need strength. Just send the torch up. With one more torch, it was completely used in two ways.

The drums are loud, and the officers and soldiers of the sailors who rarely win a battle know that this time they have made a lot of money, and the reward will certainly not be less. At present, they are full of spirits, one by one like chicken blood, and their morale is unprecedentedly high, and their eyes are red with excitement.

The firelight poured out on the pirates like a meteor shower, combined with the reflection of the river, which was spectacular. The pirate ships gathered in the center of the river caught fire one after another, and the blazing light made the river red.

"Junjun, don't you want to beat the water dog with me and cut off the head of the headhunter?" Sun Shao turned around and said to the envious sailor general, "If the headhunter is disabled this time, the Bufujun will definitely reward you."

Wei Jing's generals looked at each other and hesitated, but Wei Jing shouted: "How noble General Sun is, he has to fight in person. What else do you hesitate to do? Let's go to war immediately. Those who have made contributions will be rewarded. Don't shrink from the former, and kill!"

Wei Jing, who won the battle, burst out with unprecedented power. The generals were awe-inspiring and responded to the promise.

(to be continued)