The large ship that everyone robbed was very huge, more than twenty feet long and more than five feet wide, with three floors above the deck alone.
The oars of the big ship were located in the cabin below the deck. As soon as Yu went to the cabin and forced the captured soldiers to paddle and sail the ship, Yang Kai and Shi Xuanming searched each room of the big ship separately, while they stayed on the deck alone, looked at the dock, and observed the situation.
There were two to three hundred soldiers responsible for guarding the ship, and they only took away forty dozen. Although the remaining soldiers shrank when everyone was snatching the ship, they were very active in getting on the ship to put out the fire after everyone left. And this
This is exactly what I hope to see. I have set fires in many places on the two large ships. If the fire is not put out in time, once the fire spreads, the two large ships will soon be reduced to ashes. Even if the Japanese pirates want to return,
There are no ships available to support the mainland.
The captured soldiers rowed hard for their lives, and the ship quickly moved away from the coast and entered deep water.
In addition to a large number of oars on both sides of the ship, there are also many sails on the ship. The young second-in-command came to the deck to confirm the wind direction, then ran back to the cabin and called a few captured soldiers. They worked together to pull the rope and use
The windlass high up slowly pulled up the heavy sail.
Back then, he took a boat from Yuzhou down the river, and the official ship he boarded at that time also had sails, so he also had some understanding of the role of sails. The role of sails is to use wind power, and they are of no use except when the wind is against the wind.
When the wind blows, you can use the sails to speed up. The wind blowing tonight is from the west, and the west wind blows eastward, not northward. However, you only need to adjust the direction of the sails to receive the wind, and you can also use the wind to go northward.
The large ship that everyone grabbed had seven sails, and the two-handled leader pulled up three of them. The sails took advantage of the wind and greatly increased the speed.
Not long after, Yang Kai and Shi Xuanming escorted more than a dozen boatmen out of the cabin one after another. These boatmen were not from China, they were all short Japanese.
After arriving on the deck, without waiting for Yang Kai and Shi Xuanming to speak, these Japanese people knelt down on their own initiative, their eyes full of fear, but not the viciousness of the Japanese pirates.
"I've tried it all. These people don't have spiritual energy cultivation. Judging from their clothes, they should be boatmen." Shi Xuanming said.
After nodding, he looked at the Japanese one by one. As far as he could see, everyone was brave.
He bowed his head timidly, not daring to look at her.
"Who are you?" asked.
Hearing the questions, the boatmen became more and more frightened, but none of these people seemed to know Chinese. Although they were nervous and frightened, they could only hesitate and make gestures.
"Who are you?" he asked again in Japanese.
Seeing that he could speak Japanese, the boatmen were overjoyed and rushed to speak first to identify themselves.
These people are indeed boatmen, but they have no official background and are all recruited. There are more than 60 boatmen on each ship. After the big ship docked, other boatmen got off the boat to have fun. A few of them were reluctant to spend the money.
Since I had money, I have been living on the boat.
After listening to what everyone said, he looked around everyone again, and at the same time asked Yang Kai and Shi Xuanming for their opinions in Chinese, "How to deal with them?"
"When two countries are fighting, they should not kill envoys or harm civilians. This has been the rule in all dynasties," Shi Xuanming said. "I think they are all coolies, so there is no need to embarrass them. How about letting them all go?"
Without waiting for a reply, Yang Kai spoke first, "You can't let go."
"Why keep it?" Shi Xuanming didn't know why and turned around in confusion.
"None of the boatmen we temporarily recruited have any experience at sea," Yang Kai said seriously, "These Japanese boatmen have traveled across the ocean and experienced many winds and waves, and they are familiar with the routes. We may need them when we go to Japan."
After Yang Kai finished speaking, neither Shi Xuanming immediately answered the conversation. Yang Kai naturally knew that his side was just a false shot this time and did not really want to kill the other party's lair, but he deliberately released false news in front of these boatmen. Yang Kai
I don't like to make mysteries the most. The reason why I did this is most likely because I found that some of these boatmen can understand Chinese but are pretending not to understand.
After a brief silence, he nodded and turned to the boatmen and said in Japanese, "Don't be afraid, just stay on the deck, we won't
Hurt you."
Hearing the words, the Japanese boatmen were overjoyed as if they had been pardoned, and thanked them profusely.
Then he straightened his face and said in a deep voice, "No one should try to destroy the ship, let alone try to escape. As long as one part of the ship is damaged, or one person escapes, everyone else will be dead."
Everyone was frightened when they heard this and looked at each other.
"Huh?!" He raised his eyebrows.
"We will never sabotage the ship, and we will never escape." A group of boatmen rushed to express their assurances.
He looked around at everyone, then picked someone at random and said, "You, come with me."
Seeing that it was pointing at him, the chosen person trembled with fear. After looking around nervously, he stood up tremblingly and followed to the bow of the ship.
Take this person to a secluded place where there is no one, and ask about the specific time when the fleet docked and the general situation of the Japanese pirates on board.
This person knew that other people would be asked later, so he did not dare to lie. According to what he said, the fleet docked a few years ago, almost a month ago. There were four large ships when they set out, but one of them sank during a hurricane.
Most of the people on the sunken ship were transferred to the other three ships. The number of Japanese samurai who came to Middle-earth should be more than 3,000.
Although this person is just a boatman, he has been wandering on the sea for many days with the Japanese pirates they call Japanese samurai, and he has some understanding of their situation. According to this person, the Japanese pirates who came to China this time belong to
The eight major families in Japan are also the eight most powerful and prestigious families in Japan. They all have their own special skills. Some families are good at martial arts and ninjutsu, some families are good at firearms and creation, and some families are proficient in formations and mechanisms.
, there is also a family that is good at yin and yang magic, and there is another family that can control tigers, leopards and jackals. In short, these people are the most powerful people in Japan.
After asking one person, and then another person, the two people said much the same thing.
He asked four people one after another, and they all said roughly the same situation. Two of them also asked, intentionally or unintentionally, what other powerful families there were in Japan besides these eight major families.
The reason why he asked this question was to mislead his opponents. If these boatmen looked for an opportunity to escape, and the Japanese pirates later asked him what he had interrogated, the answers of these boatmen could make the Japanese pirates mistakenly think that he was confirming the situation in Japan.
In addition, the reason why it was only mentioned in the interviews of two people was to increase credibility. If the same issue was mentioned in the interviews of four people, it would seem a bit deliberate.
At dawn, the big ship arrived at Jiangzhou Pier. At this time, Da Tou had already returned first and was waiting eagerly from the pier with a group of boatmen and a large number of civilians.
When the ship docked, everyone immediately started loading rice and grain supplies. In addition to grain, vegetables and freshwater fruits, there were also large bundles of fodder and many live sheep and chickens. All the supplies needed to cross the sea were not left out.
He hoped that these Japanese boatmen would take the opportunity to escape, but he had previously threatened and intimidated everyone, so everyone was afraid. Although they wanted to take advantage of the chaos and escape, they were still unable to make up their minds.
Determined to create conditions for their escape, he ordered Yu Yi, Shi Xuanming and others to escort the previously captured soldiers off the ship and hand them over to the Jiangzhou government for custody.
Datou commanded from the dock, while Yang Kai was on the ship, and stood at the highest point of the ship to observe the surrounding situation.
Yu Yi and Shi Xuanming knew what they were thinking. The time was so tight that they had no time to escort the captured soldiers to the government office. Therefore, as soon as they got out of the dock, they deliberately relaxed and created opportunities for the soldiers to escape separately.
Seeing that Yu Yi and Shi Xuanming were slacking off, a group of captured soldiers immediately rushed into the woods on the left and right sides. Seeing this, Shi Xuanming deliberately raised his voice and shouted to catch up.
Shi Xuanming's shout came and he immediately shouted in response, "Don't let anyone escape, kill them all."
As soon as he shouted, Datou and Yang Kai immediately put down what they were doing and used their body skills to rush away.
Even with the help of Da Tou and Yang Kai, there are only four people on our side, and there are more than forty prisoners who escaped, so naturally we cannot chase them all.
Seeing this, they had "no choice" but to take action in person. As a result, the Japanese boatmen were completely relieved and jumped into the sea one after another, fleeing in all directions...