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"Du Huwei is really a wonderful person, since this is the case, I will not force it." Yuan Shan said simply.

The guards of Qianniuwei feel sorry for the decision to put an end to it. What a great opportunity. It is a precious sword at first glance, especially when Mu Qingyuan sees this sword. His eyeballs are almost red. If he is not a double-sword general, he will definitely be tempted. of.

Seeing Du Jue, Yuan Shan suddenly had the feeling of seeing the "green dragon in Jinyiwei". He could see that this person was very upright. Although this sword was nothing to him, any martial artist could see the value of this sword , but people have withstood this temptation.

Du Jue was very sad to see Huan Shou Dao slowly leave his hand, but he would definitely abide by the decision he made, and it was a matter of principle.

Everyone's eyes are fixed on the knife, Xue Rengui is eager to try it, his lack of prestige is good, but seeing this knife seems to be quite suitable for him.

In an instant, Yuan Shan returned the knife to Du Jue's hand and said: "You will not be rewarded for your merits. Ben Hou said at the beginning that the guards protecting Ben Hou did not have any weapons at hand. If you encounter bandits and bandits, what do you use to fight? An old knife with a badly worn edge is still a weapon, but it is definitely not suitable for continuing to fight, and it is almost as a collection."

"I borrowed the sword from you, just to let you do your duty as a guard. Why don't you talk about futility? Isn't the life of the Marquis not important?" Yuan Shan said.

Put an end to speechlessness, he is a third-rank official, right servant shooter, in charge of the Ministry of Economic Development to supervise the military supervision, if his life is not serious, why did His Majesty send them Qianniuwei from Chang'an to protect, and they all chose Qianniuweizhong elite players.

"Thank you, Pu She, for borrowing the sword, I will definitely protect you." Du Jue said.

"That's right, you should take a good rest after traveling hard." Yuan Shan said.

Yuan Shan explained some things to everyone on Satisfaction, Tian Yuan and others also wanted to come, but in the end they still didn't come. They also received the imperial decree and they were busy.

Under Du Ju's order, Qianniuwei all went to rest, but Mu Qingyuan was still allowed to stay and immediately perform the duty of personal guard.

Everyone on the Satisfied ship dispersed, so Yuan Shan said to Mu Qingyuan who stayed behind, "Guard Mu is really good at swordsmanship, which is really admirable."

"I was born in a military family and started to practice family martial arts since I was a child. That's my destiny." Mu Qingyuan said.

Mu Qingyuan looked older than Yuanshan, very calm but easy to talk to, compared to Du Jue, he liked chatting with him.

The future destiny of the military family is already determined, and it is about joining the army. Although he is not satisfied with this kind of native place classification, the result of this is to guarantee the imperial military license. Martial arts, coupled with school field drills, can guarantee combat effectiveness.

While the two were chatting, Yan Bei entered the ship's building and said, "Master Hou, the cargo on the Satisfaction Ship is almost unloaded, and the Xiaolong Ship is also the same."

"Well, it may take a few days to go to sea before carefully checking the supplies, so don't take it lightly." Yuan Shan said.

"Yes." Yan Bei said.

Xue Rengui on the side said: "Teacher, do you really want to go to sea to find pirates? Didn't Governor Wu say that the Fuzhou sailors haven't found them after searching for a long time? How can we guarantee that we will definitely find them?"

"Who said that they will be able to find it? The reason why Fuzhou officers and soldiers can't find the pirates' dens. After some information analysis, it shows that the sea ships of officers and soldiers usually do not sail too far. It is easy to lose their way or encounter wind and waves on the sea. Then there are ships. It is not suitable for long-distance voyages, and most of the pirate ships are medium-sized merchant ships converted into warships, which shows that the sailing ability of pirate ships is stronger than that of Fuzhou official ships."

"If this is the case, doesn't it mean that every time Fuzhou dispatches sailors, they give up halfway? If they insist on sailing, they will be able to find and return the thief." Xue Rengui said.

"It's about the same, but I can't say that. After all, the sea is so big. It's not easy to find the nearby islands." Yuan Shan said.

Yan Bei said: "Since Lord Hou needs to explore, why do we unload the cargo? Isn't it possible to sail on a ship for a long time if it is fully loaded?"

"Forget it, don't continue discussing this matter, and give the rubbings of this chart to General Tian Yuan later, and sail according to this chart tomorrow." Yuan Shan said.

"What is the island above Hou Ye, why has someone never heard of it." Yan Bei said.

"These are not necessarily islands. The Marquis just used some deduction techniques to determine the approximate range. The specific location is not sure. Don't let people bring up this matter again. You will be punished if you leak the secret." Yuan Shan Said.

This kind of rhetoric made Yanbei believe it, and even Mu Qingyuan believed it to a certain extent. They had known about Yuan Shan before Chang'an left. It is recorded in the file that this person is proficient in many subjects and can use The art of star reckoning is not surprising.

On the second day, the two big ships, Xiaolong and Satisfaction, left the port as the front and rear flagships. At the same time, six repaired warships went out to sea.

But they didn't know that when they were going to sea, the fourth treasure ship of Cangzhou Shipyard went into the sea. This treasure ship was later named Jiaolong by Li Shimin, and then the necessary transformation of the warship was carried out in the port of Cangzhou Shipyard, and the treasure ship of Suzhou was the same almost done.

Chapter 764

Wu Qingyuan did not have much hope when he heard that Yuanshan was going to sea to fight pirates. The ten official ships from Fuzhou accompanied the total number of officers and soldiers as high as 2000, including 1000 sailors from Fuzhou, and Tian Yuan recruited 300 new recruits. The rest are [-] soldiers who followed along the way, [-] crew members and the ordnance supervisor.

Now the fleet has [-] ships, of which two treasure ships serve as the main and auxiliary flagships, and six newly repaired warships are the main force of the battle. Although there are many official ships in Fuzhou, they are all medium-sized and small ships, which look more like The combat effectiveness of troop carriers and ships is even negligible.

On the Xiaolong, Tian Yuan kept an eye on the surrounding movement with a binoculars in his hand, and there was no sign of islands in the vast sea.

Lian Jia was studying the charts with Tian Yuan in the ship building. Now Lian Jia's official position is higher than Tian Yuan's, so Tian Yuan often listens to Lian Jia's opinions. When working on Xiaolong, Tian Yuan has to listen to others.

"Lian Jianzheng, there are really islands in this chart." Tian Yuan asked doubtfully.

He didn't believe the chart speculation given by Yuan Shan.

"Of course there will be. To tell you that Yuan Pushe is not an ordinary person. He is an expert who knows astronomy and geography. When he was in the military inspector, we didn't believe that firearms could open mountains and crack rocks. Don't you Have you seen the power of the artillery on our ship, so there are many things that you and I cannot guess." Lian Jia said.

"Is it really that magical? I have long heard that Yuan Pushe has the title of the God of Wealth, and making money is first-rate, but is this speculation better than Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng?" Tian Yuan immediately said dissatisfied.

"I don't know if Yuan Tiangang is great, but don't you know that Li Chunfeng is now learning Yuan Pushe's Gephysics and Arithmetic?" Lian Jia said.

"Isn't Yuan Pu shooting better than Li Chunfeng?" Tian Yuan said immediately.

"It doesn't matter who is better than you. In short, let's sail according to the chart. If we can really find the pirate with General Tian's ability, we must seize this opportunity. Maybe the general will be promoted again soon." Lian Jia said.

"Hahaha, I want to present you, Ji Yan, hoping to find the pirate's den quickly." Tian Yuan said.

During the voyage of the fleet, they also need to practice semaphore coordination, form formation and change the fleet's queue. Tian Yuan is good at these, so he doesn't need Yuan Shan to come forward, which just saves a lot of time.

As a result, two days later, it seemed that there was nothing special about the coordinated battle of the fleet. Generally speaking, the battle was still based on the traditional strategy of fighting more and fighting less.

The governor of Fuzhou has already mentioned the situation of pirates, and he never knew that the pirates may have more than 20 warships. Now that Yuanshan has captured six ships, the strength of the pirate fleet will be greatly reduced. Even if there are more people and ships, they will not be enough. It can only become a lamb to be slaughtered.

On the third day, the ships sailed with the wind all the time, but the ten official ships of Fuzhou had never left Fuzhou so far, and now it was impossible to return alone, so they had to go with the big ship.

After having lunch on board, the observer of Xiaolong immediately sent a warning, and all the ships saw the chess game on Xiaolong Satisfaction.

"Master Hou really discovered the island." Yan Bei said.

Xue Rengui immediately went to the deck and began to observe. Qian Niuwei and others guarded Yuan Shan's side. Would it be surprising to find an island that has never appeared on the chart of the Tang Dynasty?

There are only two people in the fleet who are very indifferent, one is Yuan Shan and the other is Tian Yuan, because he doesn't have the time at all at this time, the observers found the island and also found the pirate's warship docked on the shore.

Waiting for their ships to pass by such a long distance, the pirates' ships may also leave the port.

Since the cargo has been reduced, the speed of the two treasure ships has reached the maximum.

Lin Xing was very depressed. He lost six warships and more than 100 people since the last robbery failed and he was cheated.

There are many people living on the island, but it is difficult to make up for the loss of more than 100 people. Last time he fainted and woke up and found that he had retreated. As a very powerful pirate leader, he was very unwilling.

According to the investigation of the eyeliner, their damaged ship was towed back for repairs. They all thought about attacking Fuzhou Port at night, but they were rejected by Zhang Yao. The reason was simple because they also discovered that there were new sailors on the shore. to train.

According to their plan, wait another month for the pirates in the south to divide the interests of Fuzhou port together. At that time, the two big ships will be divided equally, but he never thought that the official ship of Fuzhou would actually find them.

"It's not so easy to run away." Lian Jia was directing the craftsmen to cooperate with the soldiers to operate the artillery. Another purpose of clearing up the pirates was to use them for military training.

"Boom boom boom!" The solid iron balls flew towards the ships on the shore continuously, and the accuracy was a bit surprised. The soldiers followed the steps and operated slowly. This is training artillery, and the method used is actual combat drills.

Loading, aiming, igniting, and clearing the chamber were repeated again. The observers on the side were observing the impact of the shells with binoculars, and Lian Jia was on the side adjusting the angle of the cannon.