Darkness enveloped the sea, and except for the torches on the ship, everything around was dark.
On the deck, Han Ergou stood in armor with a fierce look on his face.
The surroundings were filled with guardsmen, and even the few holding torches were leaning against the side of the ship, their faces full of exhaustion.
After a day of charging and chasing the enemy, most of these sailors were too tired to stand up.
The grasshopper boat in front suddenly burst into flames. After a few times, the flames went out.
Han Ergou pulled the lazily ordering soldier next to him and asked:
"What news? But Ding Chao's trace has been lost?"
The messenger lazily said in a sarcastic tone:
"Although Ding Chao is known as the Sea Dragon King, it depends on who he is in front of. In front of our prince, it is like a loach meeting a dragon, meeting an ancestor. He still wants to run away, but he will not be able to run away from us even if he is exhausted.
The palm of your hand."
Han Ergou slapped the messenger:
"What a fucking nonsense. Who doesn't know that the prince is powerful? When I was in the Guards, I knew that the prince's army was invincible. Tell me, what does the fire just now mean?"
The messenger touched his head and said with a smile:
"The news just now is that although Ding Chao's traces have not been lost, they have received news from Qi Jun, asking who is our subordinate and do we need assistance?"
Han Ergou's face was full of doubts when he heard this:
"Ahead is Haicheng Port. The Sea Dragon King should be colluding with the Qi army. They don't want to tolerate pirates, so why are they cooperating with us?"
"Mother, tell them that we are under Prince Su Ping and need help."
The messenger began to raise the fire, waving the torch and saying:
"I said, Old Han, why didn't you say that we are His Majesty's subordinates? His Majesty's subordinates, you think very far."
Han Ergou laughed when he heard this:
"His father, there is a man named Zhao Shuo in Qi State. He has been promoted to a high official recently and controls a large land and water army in the north of Tuojiang River. I heard a relative of Dingxiang Wei say that Zhao Shuo is very superstitious about our prince."
"I think if we say we are under the prince's command, it might have unexpected effects."
The messenger finished lighting the fire and put the torch on the stand on the side, his face full of sarcasm:
"Come on, Qi is our enemy. I have never heard of a general from an enemy country not going against us because he admires our prince."
The next moment, the grasshopper boat in front lit up the fire again.
The messenger's words stopped abruptly, he finished reading Huo in confusion, and then looked at Han Ergou.
Han Ergou's face was full of anxiety. Seeing the confused look of the ordering soldier, he slapped him in the face.
"Damn it, what is the news? Tell me quickly."
The messenger straightened his hat, sniffed and said:
"Qi Jun said that they will block it in front and prevent the pirates from entering the port."
Han Ergou sneered:
"This is for a damn purpose, and it's not to help us intercept it."
The messenger put the torch on the shelf next to him and said with an ugly expression:
"You can just think about it. If the Qi army won't let the Sea Dragon King enter the port, there will definitely be a battle. A round of various crossbow arrows will be fired, and the Sea Dragon King will definitely have a hard time."
Han Ergou nodded when he heard this. If that's the case, then it's okay, at least it's considered interception.
"Send the order and speed up the ship. We will try to catch up with the Qi army after they have repelled the pirates and annihilate Ding Chao and his gang of turtles. That is a first-class honor. Counting your past military exploits, that can be achieved.
That’s incredible.”
On the deck, all the sailors who were lying around sat up and one by one began to wipe their swords and guns on their hands. The sergeant in charge of the gunnery began to inspect the crossbows and pick up the crossbow arrows back and forth.
An hour later, the navy finally arrived outside Haicheng Port and saw the harbor where the sound of fighting was loud.
More than a dozen Qi army warships had already left the port and formed a half circle, blocking the pirates' three-way path from a distance, leaving only one way for the retreating troops.
The pirate warships were already on fire, and most of the dozen or so ships that escaped were on fire. The leader's Sea Dragon Throne ship was half burned, and its sails were gone.
Ding Chao's eyes were blazing with fire, he stood on the side of the ship with a knife in hand, and cursed fiercely.
He really didn't expect that how could this happen? Not only did the Qi army not accept him, but just pushed him out, they actually wanted to kill them all.
I have paid tribute to the Qi people in the past.
Damn, these ungrateful dogs.
"Kill, kill all these ungrateful dogs and avenge Lao San."
Ding Chao yelled viciously.
After a while, a small boss rushed over from behind:
"Brother, the Han army is catching up, let's retreat."
Ding Chao pushed away the little boss whose face was covered with blood:
"Retreat, where to retreat?"
"We were tricked by the Qi people, and now we're finished. Killing one is enough, killing two is enough to make a profit. Son of a bitch Zhao Shuo, either he dies today or I die."
When Han Ergou entered the formation, most of the battle was over.
Although the Qi army had many ships, they were waiting for work, but their combat power was too poor. If they hadn't taken the advantage and burned several pirate ships in a row, they would have been defeated as soon as they fought.
However, the current situation is not good either. They are located in a geographical location and their number is twice that of the pirates. The pirates just broke through and intercepted them and rushed into Haicheng Port.
Han Ergou was stunned when he received the news.
He could imagine Qi Juncai, but he really couldn't understand how reckless the pirates were.
Since the Qi army blocked the road and you defeated the Qi army, you just turned and fled. Why did you rush to Haicheng Port?
Colonel Qi, who came to contact him, said helplessly:
"This group of pirates is really too fierce. Please help me, general, to defeat this group of pirates."
Han Ergou waved his arm, and the navy began to form a military formation and approached the harbor.
"Don't worry, we are here to hunt down these pirates."
"The Commander-in-Chief has an order. If you capture alive, you will be promoted to two levels of honor. If you capture the head of any pirate leader, you will be promoted to one level."
Colonel Qi's eyes lit up:
"In that case, we can cooperate and make a deal, General."
"March and fight in."
After Han Ergou said this, he suddenly realized what he meant, he actually wanted to do business with me.
Captain Qi said with a smile:
"General, since you only want the head, you can leave the body to us. As long as we can tell clearly before beheading, which one is Ding Chao and which one is Ding Lu."
The warships began to enter the harbor, and the harbor was filled with flames. Several warships had become trapped beasts, and they were about to die.
Han Ergou shook his head:
"We won't do anything that doesn't benefit us."
Captain Qi said with a smile:
"As a reward, we can give you several islands around Sea Dragon King Island and withdraw our people."
Han Ergou had a stick on his neck and his face looked foul.
"Shit, Sea Dragon King Island was originally conquered by us."
The captain of the Qi Army hurriedly laughed and said:
"General, you got it wrong. I'm not talking about Sea Dragon King Island. I'm talking about the surrounding islands, which have our Qi army's garrisons. I can give them to you. I just want to leave the corpses and the damaged warships that cannot be repaired. Well, it's really not possible.
We, the commander-in-chief, can also provide a pension."
