Pirates, this is a very ancient profession. Since humans began to sail, pirates have occurred. Especially in developed commercial areas, pirates are very rampant, and sometimes even the local governments have no choice but to deal with them.

Of course, it is not completely impossible to eliminate pirates. For example, when the government has a navy that is several times stronger than pirates and then spends a lot of effort to eliminate them, then in a few years, the local pirates will disappear. Even if there is one, they will not be able to form any climate and can only survive the navy's clearance.

For example, in the coastal areas of the Tang Dynasty and the Nanyang areas, most pirates have lost their living space under the attack of the Qiwang Mansion Navy. They either whitewash their foundation and become obedient people, or they flee to a farther sea to drink the west wind. Now there are only pirates in the Java Sea in the southern part of the South Ocean and near Australia. However, they are mainly relying on the locals who plunder the pirates for a living, and they rarely dare to take on merchant ships, otherwise they will be crazyly wiped out by the navy.

However, if you go west from the Strait of Malacca, the situation is completely different. It belongs to the sea area of ​​Tianzhu. The continent of Tianzhu is in troubled times, and the sea surface is even more chaotic. Before the forces of Li Yan, Li Zhen and Li Yun entered this area, Tianzhu Sea was a paradise where pirates appeared. Not only were there pirates from Tianzhu, but there were also pirates who came here from Persia, Dashi and other places, and even some Han pirates were mingled. Lu Qing and the others came here.

Moreover, there is a characteristic of pirates in this sea area, that is, there is no such thing as overlord among them. Each pirate does his own way, without any organization, and there is no need to tell any rules. As long as the merchant ship is intercepted by them, the final result will be the result of people dead and goods being empty.

It is also the style of the pirates in the sea. They are notorious among the sea merchants. They were as famous as those pirates with official background in Malacca and were one of the most hated people by all sea merchants. However, since the pirates in Malacca were wiped out by Li Yan's navy, the forces behind them were later destroyed, so now only one pirate in the sea remains in the world.

However, since Li Zhen and Li Yun arrived at Ceylon Island and captured there and gave it to Li Yan, the route from Malacca to Ceylon has been highly valued by Li Yan, and for this purpose, some navy were specially sent to clear out the pirates. At the beginning, the pirates in the Tianzhu Sea didn't care much about this foreign force, but as the pirates were wiped out one by one, they finally realized that the good days of the past were finally gone forever.

Especially after many gem mines were discovered in Ceylon, Taiwan has attracted more attention. Therefore, warships were sent to clean up the route from Malacca to Ceylon from time to time. Sometimes when large fleets were sailing, warships would also be sent to escort them, which made the pirates along the way have to hold in the pirate's nest and drool.

Li Yan was traveling secretly this time, and all the warships he was riding on were disguised as merchant ships, but he and everyone on the warship did not expect that there were pirates who dared to attack their fleet? You should know that they had fifteen warships disguised as giant merchant ships, and some real merchant ships. Together, there were more than 30 large ships. Not to mention pirates, even the navy of some countries in India dared to attack them.

But the reality is so wonderful. There will never be any fleet of pirates who dare to make a decision. However, they were targeted by several pirate boats behind them. This time, the person responsible for escorting Li Yan was Li Jingye, who was responsible for escorting Li Yan with important tasks. Now, after studying in the Taiwan Military Academy, Li Jingye experienced a real naval battle during this period. He could already command a fleet alone, and he was one of the people Li Yan trusted the most. So escorting him is naturally the most suitable.

"Jingye, if I remember correctly, this is the first time you have led a fleet alone, right? But now you are targeted by these pirates. It seems that they look down on you!" Li Yan held a telescope and observed the pirate ship in the distance, while smiling at Li Jingye next to him.

Li Jingye also touched his nose with a little depressed depression. He thought that this time he would just accompany Li Yan to have a chance to play, but he didn't expect that he would actually encounter the pirates in Tianzhu Sea. But then he felt excited again. After all, he could command a fleet for the first time, and he could take this opportunity to test the results of his hard study during this period.

On the fifth day after their fleet left Malacca, the pirate boats tracking them behind were finally gone, but this was not a good thing, because just early in the morning of the next day, a large number of pirates had gathered around their fleet. It can be seen from the pirates' messy flags that these pirates certainly did not belong to the same gang, and it is very likely that they were composed of multiple pirate gangs.

However, Li Yan and Li Jingye seemed very relaxed about this large number of pirate ships, and even felt secretly pity for each other. If they were really an ordinary giant merchant ship, then there was indeed a great possibility of so many pirates gathered together, but they were very unlucky to meet Li Jingye's disguised warship. It seemed that these pirates really didn't read the almanac before going out.

What happened next was very boring. It was nothing more than a pirate stabbing up, and then fifteen disguised warships showed their might. First, a cannon and a crossbow made the opponent dizzy. Then fifteen warships used various tricks to tossing these pirate ships, which were less than one-third of the warships. As a result, the larger pirate ships that rushed to the front were all sunk. When the other small boats saw that the situation was not good, they immediately dispersed. Li Jingye's mission this time was mainly to protect Li Yan's safety, so there was no one to pursue him, so most of the escaped pirates survived.

"One, two, three! Throw~" There were neat slogans coming from each warship, accompanied by the laughter of the navy and the sound of heavy objects falling into the water. This was the fleet's people dealing with pirate prisoners and throwing them into the sea like a rice dumpling. In this case, there is no possibility of survival.

For these vicious pirates, whether they are government officials or civilian businessmen, they will definitely have one end if they are caught, that is, to kill them. Moreover, in order to deter those pirates, Li Yan has many pillars outside the ports in Nanyang, and each pillar is hung with executed pirates. The pirate prisoners who came this time can also be sent to the port to hang, but for the sake of confidentiality, they were finally executed by Li Jingye, so the current scene appears.

Don't blame the young men in the navy for being cruel. Compared with the means by which these pirates deal with the merchants captured by them, their direct method of reclamation of the sea was much gentler. At least they could leave a whole body for them, and they did not suffer any torture during their lifetime. Even the pirates who were executed expressed satisfaction with this way of death.

In addition, before executing these pirates, Li Yan also learned from the pirates where the pirates' nests were. After they were sorted out, they would deposit them into the archives and might be used in the future when they wiped out these pirates. As for the captured pirate ships, Li Yan and the others looked down on them, so they sent people to the ship to plunder and overturned, and all of them were sunk.

This pirate attack was just a small episode in Li Yan's journey, but he saw something that made him a little worried, that is, under his attack, the pirates in the Tianzhu Sea had already begun to have a trend of unity. Although the alliance between pirates and pirates was very fragile, and there might even be internal fighting, they had to be careful. If someone really tied the pirates in the Tianzhu Sea together, it would definitely not be a good thing for him.

"Liulang, have you thought of it too? It seems that we will clear the pirates in this sea area as soon as possible." While Li Yan was standing on the side of the boat with a frown, he suddenly walked over from the side and said.

"Well, I want to concentrate my efforts on solving Jinzhou first, and then thoroughly master the Strait of Malacca. However, depending on the current situation, I can only put the pirates here first!" Li Yan said lightly. Fortunately, the pirates were attacking their fleet today. If they were replaced by another large fleet, they would definitely be robbed. At that time, I still don't know how many of their subjects would die. As their King of Qi, he naturally had to lift this hidden danger.

Li Jingye was familiar with Li Yan's temperament, so he was not surprised at all by his words. He suddenly showed a bright smile and asked, "By the way, I heard that Uncle Cheng and Uncle Qin had resigned from the military post of the Tang Dynasty and were preparing to come to Taiwan. I just don't know how long it will take to see them again?"

Li Yan also smiled when he heard this and said, "Yes, Huai Liang and Huai Yu are indeed coming soon, and this time they will move their families directly to Taiwan, so it may take a little longer. However, I estimate that they will arrive in Taiwan in at most three to five months. We should go back then, and we must have a drink with them!"

"Hahaha~, that's natural. But speaking of it, I'm a junior of Uncle Cheng and others, but now I'm the first to enter Taiwan's army. In other words, I'm a senior of Uncle Cheng and others, and maybe even their boss in the future. It's exciting to think about it." Li Jingye suddenly laughed proudly, but Li Jing curled his lips. With Cheng Huailiang's temper, even if Li Jingye really became their boss, he wouldn't give Li Jingye a good face.

Li Yan's fleet headed westward, aiming directly to the destination of Ceylon, the trip. However, before arriving at Ceylon, they went to another very interesting place.
Chapter completed!