Yang Yuanqing and Chang Fanqi stood side by side in the bow of the boat, passed the feedback of the soldiers on the lookout, and issued an order in time that before reaching the waterway, the hull of the ship must turn slightly to the right to avoid the dog-like tip of the reef, Yang Yuanqing stretched out his arm, and the crew adjusted the direction at any time according to his gestures.
There was a slight tremor at the bottom of the boat, Yang Yuanqing immediately judged that this was because the hull was too heavy, the hull draft was too deep, and it had touched the top of the waterway, Chang Fanqi also heard the sound of the bottom of the boat and the reef colliding, he jumped up suddenly, the sound of scraping was still continuing, and at this time it had reached the stern part, Yang Yuanqing began to order the crew to throw some of the grain into the sea, but the situation still could not be improved, they had to keep the necessary food and fresh water.
Chang Fanqi said loudly: "Abandon the thunder" This is a difficult and helpless decision, if they do not reduce the weight of the hull as soon as possible, then their warship may run aground at the entrance of the lagoon at any time, and what is even more terrifying is that the reef may break the taut rudder at any time.
The waves have significantly reduced as they enter the waterway, but the smell of danger has become more and more intense, and the crew in charge of monitoring the depth of the water is constantly reporting alarming numbers.
After the main ship threw away the six thunderbolts, the draft of the hull finally improved significantly.
Yang Yuanqing ordered the rear warships to reduce the load as much as possible, enter the lagoon carefully, and wait until all the warships entered the lagoon, and after counting, it was found that there were only fourteen battleships left, and the thunderbolts suffered heavy losses, and only fifteen of the fifty thunderbolts remained, but in this harsh climate, saving the lives of the ships and crews was the most important thing.
The lagoon was calm and calm, and it was a completely different world from the outside of the reef, and the soldiers could still clearly hear the sound of the waves crashing against the reef, and they remembered the experience of struggling to move forward in the storm just now, and their hearts were palpitating.
Xia Changming landed on the deck of the main ship, and Chang Fanqi and Yang Yuanqing hurriedly greeted him.
Yang Yuanqing said with concern: "How is the situation of the lord?"
Xia Changming didn't mention the dangerous experience just now to them, and said in a low voice: "We have landed safely on Python Island, but this hurricane is likely to greatly delay our attack." ” Yang Yuanqing sighed and said: "There are unforeseen storms in the sky, I didn't expect a hurricane to suddenly blow on the sea, this hurricane has already caused us to lose six warships, and also lost thirty-five thunderbolts."
"The war has not officially begun. has suffered such a huge loss, Yang Yuanqing is inevitably depressed in his heart.
Chang Fanqi was not happy in his heart, but it was useless to be depressed at this point, he looked up at the sky that kept raining, and said in a deep voice: "I don't know how long this storm will last." ” Xia Changming said: "Maybe one night, maybe a few days in a row, we don't have any other choice at the moment, the lord should have guessed our situation, I believe he will be ready to respond." ” This storm has completely lost Hu Xiaotian.
After resting in a sheltered place for a while, he decided to find a place to settle first, this storm does not know how long it will last, if the hurricane will continue tomorrow, it is estimated that it will be difficult for his fleet to advance to Python Island according to the original plan.
There was a place in the distance where the lights were still on, Hu Xiaotian followed the light and walked forward, fortunately, no pirates came out to patrol in such bad weather, even the pirates in the watchtower went to take shelter.
Come to the place where the lights are on.
I saw that it was a warehouse, and hundreds of men were carrying goods inside.
Several big men were in command, but because the hurricane had lifted the roof and the torrential rain poured in through the gap, they urgently called in personnel to carry the goods, and the goods soaked in the water were transported to a dry place.
One of them scolded: "Mother, I really don't know where to find you bunch of waste, haven't you eaten, if you want to join us Python Island, you have to behave well."
The recruits of the third battalion have not yet arrived" The recruits in their mouths were captured by robbing passing merchant ships, and many of them volunteered to join their camp in order to save their lives, and the pirates selected some of them after screening and training them to supplement their own team.
Hu Xiaotian heard movement in the distance, and a group of people were walking towards this side with difficulty against the storm.
Their formation was also blown away by the wind, and they were discharged in twos and threes, and a long line was discharged, and when you saw this formation, you knew that it was not a regular army.
Hu Xiaotian took advantage of the unpreparedness of the group of people to follow the back of the team and also mixed in.
When I came to the door of the warehouse, I heard a hoarse voice scolding: "A group of lazy bones, why did you arrive so late" There was a whip in front of him, but it was the foreman who raised his leather whip and whipped one of them fiercely, and the man was beaten to the point that his skin was torn apart, and he snorted in pain, but he didn't dare to say a word of anger, and hurriedly walked forward with his head drooping.
Hu Xiaotian secretly thought in his heart, if you dare to whip me Lao Tzu crushed your throat, and saw the overseer on the side raise his foot and kick his ass, the husband can bend and stretch, although Hu Xiaotian hated to kill this guy in his heart, but on the surface, he still pretended to be honestly afraid, and quickly followed in, followed the others to the leaking place, and moved the goods to a safe place.
Among the pirates, there are also three, six, nine and so on, of course, this kind of heavy work is done by some newcomers who have just joined this camp, except for Hu Xiaotian, the guy who mixed in, most of the others are forced to helplessly, in order to save their lives and endure the humiliation and secretly join the pirate captives, although they are abused by these overseers, they dare to be angry but dare not speak.
Hu Xiaotian's original plan was to land on the prison, but he didn't expect to be attacked by a strange bird before landing, and almost fell from a height of 200 zhang.
Just when they were busy carrying the goods, the roof of the warehouse was torn open by the hurricane again, and the wind shouted and carried the raindrops the size of soybeans pouring down from the gap, and the progress of the handling was obviously affected.
Hu Xiaotian didn't feel hard, this guy successfully broke into the enemy camp, because everyone was from different places, so no one doubted him, Hu Xiaotian and a young and sturdy man were grouped together, when carrying the container, Hu Xiaotian took the initiative to talk: "This brother, respect the big name" The man looked around vigilantly, making sure that no one was paying attention to them, so he lowered his voice and said, "My name is Wang Sanxi, I am from Dakang Haizhou, and I was robbed at sea with a merchant ship, so I became like this. ” Hu Xiaotian said: "It's a coincidence, I am also a Dakang person." ” Wang Sanxi was surprised: "Really" and immediately said with a confused face: "I remember that there are no other healthy people in our three battalions" Hu Xiaotian said in a low voice: "I'm not the third battalion. ” Wang Sanxi said: "You must be from the second battalion." ” Hu Xiaotian nodded, and the two put down the cargo box, and at this time, a miserable howl suddenly came from a distance, but it was a box of goods that accidentally fell from a high place and smashed on the head of a middle-aged man, smashing the man's brain and killing him on the spot.
Everyone hurriedly gathered around, and an overseer rushed out and scolded: "It's really stupid to look at your mother, you can't do such a simple job."
He pointed to Hu Xiaotian and Wang Sanxi and said, "You two, come here, carry the body out and send it to the Flying Fish Cave."
Hu Xiaotian didn't know where the Flying Fish Cave was, so he didn't react in time, Wang Sanxi didn't move when he saw him, and he didn't move.
The overseer scolded, "Are you deaf, that black boy, are you deaf?"
Only then did Hu Xiaotian realize that the black boy was calling himself, and it seemed that the sea breeze and sunlight had made his skin dark enough in the past few days, so he hurriedly stepped forward, and he and Wang Sanxi set up the corpses and walked outside.
When he came outside, he immediately felt the powerful power of the storm again, Wang Sanxi should have gone to the Flying Fish Cave more than once, and the light car was familiar with the road in front of him, and he came outside with Hu Xiaotian, the two carried the corpse, and walked against the wind to the Flying Fish Cave, from Wang Sanxi's mouth Hu Xiaotian learned that the Flying Fish Cave was a cave with a peculiar structure on the island, and the water system in the cave was directly connected with the sea outside, and usually the captives on the island would be thrown into the sea below to feed the sharks from here after they died.
When he came to the outside of the fish cave, he actually saw a dim light inside, Wang Sanxi said in a low voice: "You remember, don't talk too much when you get there, Luo Wuye lives there." ” Hu Xiaotian said: "Which Luo Wuye" secretly wondered in his heart, could it be Luo Qianfu, who had been to Dongliang County as an envoy, that was not good, he had met with himself, and he was not disfigured now, if he met Luo Qianfu, wouldn't he be recognized by him Wang Sanxi said: "It's our fifth master, Luo Qianfu, and the fifth master." ” Hu Xiaotian heard that it was really him, so he began to change his face, he still learned this kung fu from Wuwu, and at the same time learned that he also had easy muscles and wrong bones, and through easy muscles and wrong bones, he could change his figure, and he could control his facial muscles to change his outline and appearance through his facelift.
Wang Sanxi didn't see the change in this companion because he was walking in front with his back to Hu Xiaotian, in fact, even if he saw it, he wouldn't have thought that Hu Xiaotian's appearance would change so much in an instant.
The two walked into the Flying Fish Cave, Hu Xiaotian silently prayed not to meet Luo Qianfu, bowed his head and asked, "Brother Wang, how far is it?"
Wang Sanxi turned around, Hu Xiaotian drooped his head, because the light was dim, Wang Sanxi didn't see the change in Hu Xiaotian's face, and said in a low voice: "Ahead, it's almost there." ” Hu Xiaotian had already heard the sound of the waves crashing against the rock wall, and guessed that there must be water and the outside world communicating here, just as they were gradually approaching the place of the corpse, Hu Xiaotian noticed that there were footsteps approaching this side in the distance, and a warning was suddenly born in his heart, and sure enough, he soon heard a familiar voice shouting: "You stop" to be continued
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