Chapter 699 The fox pretends to be the tiger's power
Fercido sent a message to Su Chen the next day, saying that preparations had been made in Lapu Pasu and it was agreed to attack Bushehr on the morning of the third day.
Su Chen sent more than a dozen frigates to search the surrounding areas in the past two days, especially towards the Strait of Hormuz. No ships of the Great Eater were found. It seemed that the Great Eater had no intention of pursuing a fight out of the strait.
In the early morning of the third day, Su Chen led his fleet to leave the small fishing port and rushed to Bushehr Port.
The total journey was more than fifty miles, and it took more than an hour to arrive.
After arriving at Bushehr, the fleet launched a direct attack,
It seems that the Great Eater has transferred all the ships to the Strait of Hormuz. There are only more than 20 sloops in Bushehr.
They were all sunk by several salvos from the fleet, giving them no chance to get close.
At the same time as the fleet launched its attack, there were explosions on the shore, and the Persians also took action.
Bushehr is a port, with a dock and a water village on the seaside, but there is also a small city on the land, which was built by the Persians in the past.
It was easy for Su Chen to capture the port and water stronghold because there were not many defenders in the first place.
But it was a bit difficult for the Persians to capture the city on the shore.
Although the Ogres were small in number, only a few hundred people, they relied on the city walls for defense and had a small amount of gunpowder bombs in their hands.
Coupled with the cannibal's life-threatening style, it was impossible to capture the city with only a thousand Persians.
After the fleet cleared the remaining enemies on the seaside and in the water village, the marines began to land. Su Chen had nothing to do and accompanied Yuchi Baolin ashore.
After signing in at Medina, Su Chen's force value is considered top-notch, and he no longer has to hide behind the army.
Su Chen had just landed ashore when a group of marines ran towards the shore from the city.
It was Wu Cheng and his one hundred men who were sent to protect Lapu Pasu more than a month ago.
"I've met the handsome man!"
"I've met the captain!"
When Wu Cheng saw Su Chen and Yuchi Baolin on the shore, he hurried over and gave a military salute.
"Humph! You kid has been feeling quite comfortable these past month or so!"
Yuchi Baolin glared at Wu Cheng.
"Captain, at that time Lapu Pasu insisted on coming here, and the younger one had no choice. It was too late to go back and ask for instructions, so we had to follow him!"
"Captain, this doesn't count as violating your order, right?"
Yuchi Baolin said angrily: "You kid, how dare you give me a sharp tongue here! Today I..."
Seeing that Yuchi Baolin was about to get angry, Su Chen patted him on the shoulder and said:
"Forget it, this guy has a sharp tongue, but it really can't be considered a violation of your military order, at least it's not a direct violation."
Then Su Chen said to Wu Cheng: "You kid should know in your heart that when I sent you to protect Lapu Pasu, I definitely didn't let you follow him for more than two thousand miles and lose contact with the fleet for more than a month."
"You kid pretended to be confused, deliberately violated military orders, and then used your clever tongue to try to exonerate yourself."
Wu Cheng had cold sweat dripping from his head and said hurriedly: "Commander, spare my life, I understand my mistake!"
Su Chen said: "Do you know you were wrong?
Then why are you following Lapu Pasu here?"
Wu Chengzhan replied tremblingly: "Commander, I thought what Lapu Pasu was talking about was an opportunity. It would be a great thing if our fleet could have a port on the shore."
"The younger one also wanted to come back and report to the commander, but Lapu Pasu said that time waits for no one..."
Su Chen glared at Wu Cheng: "Idiot!"
"I think I'm a little clever, but I didn't even know that I was being used by Rapupasula to make tiger skins. Without you guys following me, how could I have directly persuaded the Persians to attack the city?"
"Our fleet is going to capture a port. Do we need help from the Persians?"
"Even if we want to find the Persians to deal with Dashi together, then when we get here and let Lapu Pasu go ashore to find people, will he dare not go?
Or will the Persians come?"
Wu Cheng sweatdropped on his head: "What the commander is teaching is that the little fools fell into the trap of Lapu Pasu!"
"Huh! Get off the boat! I'll be in confinement for seven days!"
Wu Cheng hurriedly ran back to the boat.
Yuchi Baolin said: "This Lapu Pasu usually looks quite honest, but I didn't expect him to be so scheming. He used the banner pulled by a Tang Dynasty soldier as a tiger skin to increase his own worth."
Su Chen smiled and said: "The Persians on our ship are all human beings. Think about it, who can travel more than 20,000 miles by sea to do business in Guangzhou, which one is more fuel-efficient?"
"Besides, this Lapu Pasu can slip away from the big cannibals and escape to Guangzhou when the big cannibals blockaded the Persian Gulf. How can he be so capable?"
Yuchi Baolin nodded. The Hu merchants in Chang'an West City were also smarter than the last.
If these guys didn't have any skills, they wouldn't be able to travel between countries all year round.
While the two were talking, Lapu Pasu also ran over from the city.
Lapu Pasu didn't feel any embarrassment at all, and raised his hand to Su Chen: "I've seen the handsome man before!"
Then he said to Yuchi Baolin: "I have seen General Yuchi!"
"Rapupasu, you had a great time this time!"
Lapu Pasu held up his hands and said: "The commander is laughing at the humble trick of a fox pretending to be a tiger's power!"
He admitted it quite readily.
"Commander, the news that you destroyed the 30,000 Medina army in three days and captured the holy city of Medina is also spread in Persia,"
"Now that the resistance forces in Persia have heard about the arrival of the general, they are all confident..."
It seems that this guy not only pulled Wu Cheng and a hundred Tang troops to use the banner as a tiger skin, but also used Su Chen's reputation as a fake tiger to gain momentum for himself.
Now once Bushehr is captured, this guy Rappasu will transform into a leader of the Persian resistance.
Su Chen looked at Lapu Pasu: "I have to say, your skill is really beautiful!"
Lapu Pasu raised his hand and said, "I don't dare. It's because the commander is so famous. I'm just lucky enough to meet you, the commander."
"Forget it, this is also your ability, I don't want to argue with you."
Su Chen smiled and said: "You are not in front of the formation to command the siege and further demonstrate your ability. Why are you coming here to chat with me?"
Lapupasu said with shame: "The commander-in-chief has arrived, and I have come to pay my respects."
"Besides, the war is at a stalemate, so I hope the commander-in-chief can lend a helping hand!"
Su Chen glanced at Lapu Pasu, although he was a little dissatisfied with his behavior of using himself and the Tang navy to show off their power.
But don't get angry with Lapu Pasu because of this.
Besides, the Persian resistance force is growing stronger, and Rappasu can become the leader of the Persian resistance force, which will be of great benefit to Su Chen and the Tang army.
Moreover, he had previously agreed with Ferdowsi that he would help the Persians capture Bushehr.
"Seeing that you have been diligent along the way, I will help you one more time!"
Rapupasu quickly thanked him: "Thank you so much, Marshal!"
Su Chen waved his hand behind him, and three hundred marines came forward carrying light trebuchets, followed by a hundred people carrying ammunition.
