Mrs. Rebirth

All the way to the north, there were scattered corpses floating where the fleet passed, and occasionally one or two lucky people were rescued with a sigh of relief.

"Look, it's in front!" Song Hanlin, who was standing at the highest point, jumped down and gave Lu Zheng his clairvoyance, "Master, you can see Kaiying Island from here."

Lu Zheng took Clairvoyance and looked around before frowning and said, "It's a bit strange."

"What's so strange?" Liang Qi had never been on the battlefield, so he didn't notice anything wrong, but he believed that Lord Lu was not a random person.

"There are only those two burned ships on the sea, and it's too quiet around here."

"From now on, those pirates should have left long ago."

The closer they got, the more objects floated on the sea surface, not only the bodies of the dead, but also the cargo and pieces of wood spilled from various ships.

"Send a boat to take a look and stay away from the island first." Lu Zheng calmly ordered, then squinted his eyes and looked at the small island in front of him.

According to Liang Qi's thinking, it would be best for them to meet those pirates here, wipe them out, and then rest on the shore for a day. He is eager to regain the feeling of being down-to-earth.

Two smaller warships sailed on each side of the big ship, tightly guarding the big ship in the center. Hearing Lu Zheng's order, the ship in front on the right accelerated forward, and soon approached the remains of the merchant ship.

The general on board was a veteran in his early forties with a long beard. He was a capable general under the old man's command. After Lu Zheng took over the title, he followed Lu Zheng all the time.

"General Ma, look quickly, there are still a lot of people alive." From a distance, the soldiers could see people dressed in uniforms lying or lying on the broken boats half submerged in the water. The reason why they knew they were still alive was because Because they heard the noise, those people moved slightly.

Seeing those people standing up tremblingly, Ma Zengshan urged the boat to approach, and shouted to the place: "Don't worry... we will go there right away!"

The tattered boards couldn't withstand these people walking back and forth, so Ma Zengshan had to be approached cautiously, and prepared ropes to be pulled up by these people.

At this moment, he had no time to think about why there were still so many people alive on the two ships that had been looted by pirates.

When the rope was lowered, Ma Zengshan shouted: "Quick, come and grab the rope one by one, we will pull you up!"

Several soldiers pulled the rope tacitly, and soon three people were pulled onto the boat. Just as they were about to continue lowering the rope, Ma Zengshan suddenly fixed his eyes, "Slow down! Something is wrong!"

"Ah..." Three neat screams came to everyone's ears along with the sound of the sharp blade cutting through the flesh. When Ma Zengshan turned his head, he saw the three men who had just been rescued holding sharp knives and instantly killed three soldiers.

His eyes were red, and he roared, "Who are you?" Then he drew his weapon and charged forward.

While wrestling with people, he pressed on step by step and gave orders hastily: "The boat retreats!... Be careful to guard the boat, don't let them come up!"

Fortunately, only three people were pulled up, and they fell down soon after being besieged by the soldiers. At this time, those who were waiting for rescue jumped into the sea and swam towards the boat.

A moment later, a strong hand grabbed the edge of the ship, and the head was beheaded by two soldiers as soon as it came out, and the bloody head fell into the sea, rendering a blood red.

However, there were also a few fish caught in the net who climbed up smoothly, drew a thin sharp blade from their waists, and slashed at the soldiers.

Ma Zengshan is very skilled, but other than him, the soldiers on this ship are all new recruits. Fighting alone is not the opponent's opponent at all. Fortunately, the opponent's number is not large. After losing more than a dozen soldiers, the group was successfully resolved. I don't know. Enemy on the way.

Just when Ma Zengshan breathed a sigh of relief, a soldier pointed to the rear and exclaimed: "Boats... so many ships..."

"Quick retreat!" Ma Zengshan looked at the fleet that suddenly appeared in front of him, his heartbeat accelerated, and he hurriedly ordered the person at the helm to speed up and retreat.

He counted carefully, and found that there were as many as twelve boats, of different sizes, but they were all hung with black cloth sails, and their speed was extremely fast, and the arrogant laughter of the people on board could be heard from a distance.

Lu Zheng had already noticed the changes ahead, and while making preparations to fight against the enemy, he looked at the dark ships that were moving from far to near.

"What's happening here?Liang Qi opened his mouth wide in shock.

"Master, we've been tricked!" Song Hanlin said with absolute certainty after taking a sip of his saliva.

Lu Zheng nodded. It was obvious that these people came prepared, or lured them here on purpose. Even before the Wang family caravan was chased for three days, they might have followed the other party's route.

This is a tactic aimed entirely at them to lure the enemy.

Last time they used merchant ships to attract pirates and besieged them, but this time they were besieged by the other party in the same way at sea.

Song Hanlin had already grabbed a member of the royal family's caravan and yelled, "Could you also be pretending to be pirates?"

"No... no, ahem... this general..."

"Let go of him!" Lu Zheng yelled, "Ready to fight!"

Song Hanlin was also excited for a while, of course he knew that these people would not be faked by pirates, after all, the floating corpses on the sea could not be fake.

Ma Zengshan has already retreated, boarded the main ship and briefly reported what happened just now, and then roared: "Master, you lead the people to withdraw first, and the subordinates will be behind!"

"Damn it, run away before fighting, how can this be the style of our national defense army?" Song Hanlin was the first to refuse.

"Fart! You also look at the number of the opponent, and the opponent is obviously prepared, can you guarantee to win the opponent?"

"This..." Song Hanlin looked anxiously at Lu Zheng, waiting for him to speak.

Lu Zheng raised his hand to stop the quarrel between the two, "Since we have come prepared, we will naturally not let us escape easily. Instead of being beaten passively, it is better to take the initiative to attack!... Send the order, the other four boats retreat, and the main boat greets us. go up!"

Ma Zengshan gritted his teeth and left a sentence: "Fight!" Then he jumped into his boat and passed on Lu Zheng's order.

At the port of Crane City, Zuo Shaoqing stood on a boat, looking at the busy sailors and porters, his heart ached, and the bad feeling became stronger and stronger.

It has been a day and a night from the ship collection to the preparation of the supplies to the loading of the things on the ship. He didn't even close his eyes all night, and the worries in his eyes were clearly visible.

His calf was hugged, Zuo Shaoqing bent down and hugged Zuo Xiaolang, kissed him on the cheek, and said to himself: "Little wolf cub, will your father be okay?...he must be greedy. Wan went far away, when we find him, we must beat him up!"

Originally, he was extremely unwilling to take this little thing with him, but Zuo Xiaolang seemed to have a feeling in his heart, and kept whining as soon as he left him. Maybe subconsciously, he remembered that he was abandoned by others, right?

Thinking that it would be good for the family of three to be together in case something happened, Zuo Shaoqing brought him here.

Sighing, Zuo Shaoqing instructed Yang Yi who was at the side: "Have you recruited all?"

"Subordinates go down and ask." Yang Yi left quickly.

Zuo Shaoqing turned his attention to the boundless blue sea. Yesterday, Yang Yi took his letter to Lin Zhihao to ask for a ship. It didn't go well at first. Lin Zhihao probably hated that Lu Zheng didn't intend to help at all, so he made many excuses. He even almost arrested Yang Yi on the charge of obstructing official duties.

Yang Yi remembers his explanation, if he can't be soft, he can be tough. Although it is a capital crime to threaten a court official with a knife, he can't care so much.

As the saying goes, icing on the cake is easy, but giving charcoal in the snow is difficult. What Lin Zhihao did today, Zuo Shaoqing, will always remember it in his heart, and he will do it in another day!

"Let me go, I will too...Really, you believe me...No, don't look at me as thin, but I have a lot of strength..."

The unique voice came to Zuo Shaoqing's ears. He followed the prestige and just heard Yang Yi push a young man away, "Wang Sanshao, it's not that I look down on you. We didn't go out to sea to play. Just like you, it's still a good idea." Hurry back."

"No, I'm really good at it. Brother Yang, just accept me. I can suffer any hardship."

Yang Yi looked at this young master who once dragged [-] to [-] yuan, but now he humbly begged for help in order to earn a few taels of silver, and his mood was a little delicate.

"No..." He still wanted to persuade him, but he heard Zuo Shaoqing say: "Second brother Yang, let him come up!"

Zuo Shaoqing recognized the young man, he pressed Zuo Xiaolang's head into his arms, turned around and entered the cabin, leaving a sentence: "Let's set sail when there are enough people!"

As for who, just take advantage of this journey to see if he is not as miserable as outsiders say.

If he is really worthless, then just pretend that he has never seen him. If he is still saved, for the sake of Zuo Xiaolang, it is right to help him.

But no matter what, Zuo Xiaolang would not return it to him.