Chapter 1387 Looking for dead water bandits, Jurchen actually has pirates?
While Xiao Tang continued to discuss with the leaders in the cabin, suddenly the leader of the water squad came to report urgently that there were more than 20 large and small ships in the sea ahead, and they were bumping into the Baihe Navy Naval Station who was stationed as a sentry ship at the front to observe the situation. The other party was obviously not a merchant ship engaged in maritime trade. They directly intercepted the ship and a scuffle broke out between them. They must have encountered pirates engaged in robbing ships at sea.
The fleet rushing to Baozhou by sea this time was huge, and its whereabouts were easily discovered at sea. Li Jun ordered the navy under Wei Zhaode to allocate a ship to go ahead. The ships traveling to and from the trade immediately came and went to report the news. When Xiao Tang heard the report, he was startled at first, but thought in his heart: As far as I know, during this time of the Song Dynasty, there seems to be no big pirates in the nearby waters. , this place is also close to the Goryeo waters. Could it be that there are some unfavorable pirates in the Goryeo Kingdom? When they saw the fleet that our army was serving as sentinels, they just thought they were fat sheep that could be preyed upon, so they rammed them to seek death?
Now that a sentinel ship has returned and sent a signal, the fleet guarding Xiao Tang's flagship was mobilized by Li Jun. Several large ships immediately filled up their sails, and there were also more than 30 to 40 flying fish sword boats moving forward lightly and quickly around them. Go straight to the area in front of the sea where the trouble occurred with your own sentry ship.
"Damn it! I have been a pirate with brother Wei Zhaode for many years. Only our brothers robbed others. Who dares to offend us with no open eyes? Now I go to the sea to do business, but I bump into you guys who are seeking death. Pick up the bird!"
Zhang Jingzu stood on the ship's deck with hisses and curses, and was fighting with a pirate ship that had bullied them nearby. The pirates there were still using the most traditional method, using a scratch hook to hook the edge of the ship. Then they either climbed up or used bamboo poles to support themselves on the ship they wanted to plunder. There were some people on the ship holding short axes and throwing them at them. They were immediately attacked by Zhang Jingzu with a steel knife. , swing out.
Zhang Jingzu was originally the leader of Baihe Water Village. Before he defected to Xiao Tang, he was one of the few pirates who followed his sworn brother Wei Zhaode and then moved to Xiaoju on the southwestern road of Beijing. Now he leads A large ship, six flying fish sword boats and six maritime sentinel boats have been patrolling ahead. It has been calm these days. But today, I did not expect that the pirates who crashed out of the offshore waters seemed to How could Zhang Jingzu, a former water bandit and number one figure, endure this when he regarded himself as a fat sheep who wanted everything he wanted?
The shiny and sharp steel knife suddenly rose up, curling up the dazzling coldness and slashing down viciously. Zhang Jingzu immediately chopped up three or four pirates who had just climbed onto the bow of the boat and fell into the sea. The water squad brothers behind him rushed over. , another burst of crossbow arrows was fired, shooting down more than thirty pirates on the ship with the hook hooked on the edge of the ship. Many bandits who were hit by crossbow arrows fell to the ground and howled in pain, and some stared. They were yelling curses and shouting in a language that Zhang Jingzu and others could not understand. Just looking at the tone and look of those pirates, I guessed that they must be cursing some obscene words.
Zhang Jingzu also discovered that although some of these pirates wore a variety of colorful costumes, they all had their hair braided, with their hair tied behind their skulls and tied with colored silk. Their appearance did not look like Japanese or Korean people. This group of pirates It seems that the momentum is quite fierce, but they are fighting like a swarm of swarms with no rules, and they are just relying on blood and courage.
However, some people among the ships on the pirate side also exclaimed. They saw many more warships swimming menacingly from the south. When combined with the ships intending to plunder, their own ships were much fewer, and they saw
The opponent's ship was huge, and the pirates along the way realized that they had provoked a powerful enemy that they should not provoke. The leader among them also quickly ordered to gather his ships quickly, intending to escape as soon as possible.
However, a fleet led by Cheng Gui was about to merge with Zhang Jingzu's sentry ship, while another fleet led by Xu Wen took a circuitous route to the northeast, and was about to intercept the pirates and block their retreat.
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This group of pirates was not originally large in numbers, but they were eager to board the ship led by Zhang Jingzu to plunder, but they did not expect that the other party would have a large number of accomplices to support them, even though Xiao Tang was not good at naval battles when he led the army.
, but it can be roughly expected that the leader of the other side's thieves is eager for success, or is it that the Korean navy is completely helpless and allows this group of pirates to develop a rampant momentum?
At this time, Han Shizhong also boarded the bow and stood side by side with Xiao Tang. He suddenly remembered something and said: "When we were in Beidi, the Sa family also heard that the most rampant group of water pirates were operating in the nearby waters. Originally,
There were many raids in the nearby sea area. Although the number and scale are not very large now, in the early decades, they were a group of evil bandits that the people in Linhai were shocked by. Later, Goryeo built a stone city in Wonsan Bay to resist
After the pirates plundered and then killed several times at sea, the momentum was not as good as before. At this time of year, although there are still small groups of remnants plundering, they are unable to carry out large-scale operations. Therefore, we usually wait for the sea transportation to mobilize military resources and manpower.
I have never encountered them... but I also heard that those guys were originally a clan that gave birth to girls in the Liao Kingdom, so they dispersed without being wiped out, and they are still doing sporadic activities at sea. Those guys don't know the God of Horses.
With how many eyes he has, and when he walks upside down to seek death, is he one of those evil pirates?"
Xiao Tang's expression changed after hearing Han Shizhong's words, and he secretly said in his mind: The tribes of Shengnuzhen have lived among the white mountains and black waters for generations, and most of them are engaged in fishing and hunting. I didn't know before that some tribes among them were engaged in pirate activities.
At the same time, the naval vessel led by Xu Wen was swimming rapidly, and Kankan was about to intercept the pirate ship that was eager to escape. After slightly closing the distance again and giving an order, the naval forces lined up on the port side held crossbows.
The divine arm bows made bursts of muffled sounds, and the highly penetrating divine arm bows and arrows were fired at the same time. The pirates did not expect the range and lethality of the enemy's powerful crossbows.
Being so overbearing, he was caught off guard when a volley of crossbow arrows hit the ship and a scream was heard!
Even the pirates wanted to use their bows and arrows and throw axes to counterattack, but it was obvious that there was still a gap in the damage range between them. They could only adjust the ship's direction to get closer, and then use their support to jump on the enemy.
Only the close combat method of the side's warships can make up for the disadvantage of one's own long-range weapons.
However, first they were intimidated by the opponent's voice, and then suddenly suffered a fierce blow. The pirates were shocked and frightened, and their momentum had already dropped a bit.
Zhang Jingzu and Cheng Gui led their navy ships to swim over quickly and bite the group of pirates in front of them. Xu Wen stood on the bow of the ship with a big sword in his hand and shouted loudly: "A group of gangsters seeking death."
Kill all the birds and throw them into the sea to feed the bastards, leaving only one or two leaders to be interrogated by my brother!"
Note: Japan calls the Jurchen pirates who invaded the mainland "Daoyi". The largest scale of landing and robbery was in 1019 (the third year of Song Tianxi). Three thousand Jurchen pirates first attacked Goryeo. Then they raided in fifty warships.
On Japan's Tsushima Island, Tsushima Moriharu, the country's chief minister, abandoned the island and fled to Dazaifu. Later, Jurchen pirates invaded Iki Island. Iki Kunsi led more than a hundred people who resisted and were all killed. After the Jurchen pirates looted Iki Island, they invaded Noko Island, and successively
They launched plunders in Chikuqian, Hakata and other places, killing more than a thousand people. Then they invaded Goryeo, but were defeated in the waters of Wonsan. The Japanese got the Goryeo certificate, so they knew they were Jurchens.?
On the Chinese side, "History of Liao" records that King Pu Chaan of the Jurchen Pulumao Duo Tribe (one of the Jurchen tribes born in the Liao Dynasty, inhabiting the Hailan River Basin and North Hamgyong Province in Korea) presented himself as a boat builder, "
"Songmo Jiwen" also records that the Jurchen pirates invaded the Bohai Sea in Kou Dengzhou, and "Xu Zi Zhi Tong Jian Chang Bian" also records that the Jurchens came to invade Baisha Village, taking three official horses and a hundred and twenty-eight people.