At last it was all dark, and the ship lit up a dead wind lamp, illuminating the entire pier in a dusk, and the whole land began to fall into silence, and only the sound of the river lapping on the shore seemed to be left between heaven and earth.

As it was getting late, most of the pirates who had been busy all day returned to their cabins, drinking wine and eating meat, and for a while rude laughter and scolding rang out on the docks.

On a fortune ship in the easternmost direction, two pirates with water-splitting spines were lazily leaning against the mast and chatting without a word.

Listening to the sound of punching from under the cabin, one of the pirates scolded with some envy: "His grandmother's, those bastards are drinking and eating meat down there, but Lao Tzu wants to blow the wind here, I'm really angry with Lao Tzu!" ”

"It's useless for you to be angry!" A companion's lazy voice came from the side, and another pirate showed a mocking expression: "If it weren't for the fact that you lost to Qiu Lao Er in playing cards last month, and you had no money to pay the bill, you could only agree to work a month's night shift for him in the end, and now you don't have to accompany me here to blow the cold wind." ”

"Phew...... What's this. The previous pirate spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm to the river, and said very unhappily, "There are winners and losers in the casino, and if you lose this time, you can win back next time, I don't believe that Lao Tzu's luck is so bad every time." ”

Another pirate shook his head helplessly: "I said Lao Ma, Lao Tzu has known you for almost ten years, and I have never seen your luck, and you have never seen Qiu Laoer's gambling skills, why are you always not sober, every time you are paid, you rush to send silver, and now you are in your thirties and have not yet started a family, are you not in a hurry at all?" ”

"I'm in a hurry!"

The pirate named Lao Ma scolded, and said a little stupidly: "Lao Tzu is now full of food and the whole family is not hungry, I don't know how comfortable it is on this kind of day, why find a mother-in-law to take care of yourself, isn't this looking for your own guilt?" I want to grab one of the girls, and kill the one after playing, so refreshing! ”

Seeing that the old horse was still hard-mouthed, his companion shook his head and stopped talking.

The two talked a few words without being salty, and Lao Ma stood up straight and said, "Damn, you watch first, Lao Tzu will pee first." ”

The companion gave him a roll of the eyes: "Didn't you just sprinkle just now, why do you want to pee again, aren't you not okay?" ”

"you."

But as long as it is a man, no one will admit that it is not good in this regard, Lao Ma scolded as he walked: "Lao Tzu doesn't know how powerful, if you don't believe it, let Lao Tzu know your sister in a day...... Uh......"

The old horse's voice suddenly stopped like a duck choked by the neck, and then there was a muffled noise on the deck.

"Huh...... What's going on? Old Horse ...... Old Horse ......"

When his companion heard the muffled noise on the deck, he didn't think the old horse had fallen at first, but when he barked several times in a row and didn't hear the old horse's reply, he immediately realized that something was wrong. He just wanted to run over to see what was going on, but at this moment a black shadow suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, and before he could react, he felt that his head had been hit hard, and then the whole person collapsed to the ground.

When the two of them woke up, the first thing they saw when they opened their eyes was a cold face and the green military uniforms they were wearing.

Seeing this, the two of them felt cold in their hearts, as a pirate who licked blood from the knife edge, and they had been fighting with the Jiang Ning Army these days, how could they not know that this dress was the symbol of the Jiang Ning Army, and now many pirates under Zheng Zhilong have privately called the Jiang Ning Army the Green Skin Army.

The old horse only felt a tightness in his heart, but he still asked tentatively: "You are greenskin...... Is it Jiang Ningjun? ”

"Yes, I didn't expect you to recognize us!" A sergeant with an honest face smiled and nodded, "Yes, we are the night in the Jiangning army." ”

"Don't take it at night?"

Lao Ma and his companions on the side glanced at each other, and they both saw the despair in each other's eyes, what is the most elite unit in the Ming army? The Nine-Sided Army? Jingying? Or is it the Ouchi Janissary?

In fact, it is not, the most elite troops in the Ming army are not collected at night, as a force that goes out to carry out tasks such as reconnaissance, ambush, catching snakeheads and even assassination, not collecting at night has always been synonymous with elite, since his party has fallen into the hands of night not collecting, it seems that this time it is more auspicious and less.

Lao Ma is worthy of being a pirate who is used to licking blood with a knife, only to see him laugh miserably, and said quite boldly: "A few heroes, since it has fallen into your hands, we don't want to get out alive, a few heroes want to ask anything, just ask, as long as we know, we will tell you, just ask you to give us a good time." ”

Hearing what Lao Ma said, Boss Zhao glanced at Lao Ma with some surprise, "I didn't expect you guys to be so good." Yes...... I promise you, as long as you tell everything you know honestly, I will give you a good time. ”

"Old Horse...... Don't forget our ...... if you dare."

As soon as Boss Zhao finished speaking, he heard his companion next to him about to shout loudly, but as soon as he said this, a dagger pierced his throat, which happened to pierce into his trachea impartially, and he couldn't say the second half of his sentence anymore, although he tried hard to make a loud sound, but he could only make a dull ho sound.

Seeing that his mouth couldn't stop making a ho-ho sound like an old cow panting, Boss Zhao smiled contemptuously, pulled out the dagger, and suddenly a stream of blood spurted out, just splashing all over the old horse's face.

Smelling the strong smell of blood, a trace of fear flashed in the eyes of the old horse, the trachea is punctured and the person will not die on the spot, but if the person is not rescued in time, the person will feel difficult to breathe, the whole person will be very painful, and over time this pain will become more and more serious, this process will last for a long time, the old horse has seen the last time Zheng Zhibao was dealing with a traitor is to puncture the traitor's trachea, and then the traitor wailed in pain for a whole day before dying in pain and despair.

Ignoring this companion who was no longer able to make a sound, Boss Zhao smiled and said to Lao Ma: "Now you tell me about the situation here, first of all, you have to tell me, how many of you are and why are you here?" ”

"I said I said ......"

After seeing the tragic situation of his companion, Lao Ma no longer dared to hesitate, and immediately told all the information he knew.

It turned out that the reason why these ships came to Liujiatun was because they came to do regular maintenance and maintenance. You must know that the ship is in the sea all year round, and it is exposed to the sun and rain every day, and over time, the bottom of the ship will be covered with various algae plants and conch and other things, which will have a great impact on the ship if they are not removed.

And the various parts of the boat also need regular maintenance. The people of Liujiatun are good at building ships and repairing ships, which is very famous in Fuzhou, so these pirates drove these ships that needed maintenance here for the people of Liujiatun to help maintain them.

After listening to Lao Ma's words, Boss Zhao and the others were all in ecstasy, what is this called? This is drowsiness meets the pillow. There are 13 of these ships, seven of which are Dafu ships with a tonnage of about 300 tons, and these ships can transport at least one or two thousand heavily armed soldiers to the other side of the river at one time, and if they move quickly, they can transport all the more than 10,000 Jiangning soldiers and men and horses and artillery on Wuzhi Mountain across the river in one night.

In the end, Lao Ma also told Zhao Boss that since most of the pirates followed Zheng Zhilong to attack Xiamen, there were not many of them, and each of the thirteen ships had less than thirty sailors on average, and such a number could only barely guarantee that the ships would be opened, and it would be impossible to finish the battle.

"Seeing that you know each other so well, I'll give you a good time today!"

Boss Zhao, who was in a happy mood, twisted the old horse's neck and casually gave the pirate who was still trying to catch his breath and kept making a hiczzing sound in his mouth, so he summoned all his subordinates and informed them of the situation.

After listening to Boss Zhao's briefing, the faces of the night guards were not only not afraid, but they were all excited.

Who are they? They are the most elite of the Jiangning Army, with rich combat experience and equipment armed to the teeth, plus a secret attack, if they can't even deal with a group of unsuspecting pirates, then they are too useless, and the reward for military merit in the Jiangning Army is also the heaviest, if this matter can be done smoothly, each of them will definitely be able to make a fortune.

In the end, Boss Zhao stared at everyone with bright eyes: "Brothers, I have told you all about the situation, tonight's operation is only allowed to succeed and not to fail, if it fails, I will not scold you, everyone will all die here, and start working now." ”

As the night deepened, all the pirates on the ship fell asleep, and Boss Zhao and his party slowly touched the cabin, and soon there were muffled noises and low screams from time to time in the cabin.

By daybreak, more than 300 pirates from more than a dozen ships had been dealt with.

When the craftsmen from Liujiatun came to work in the morning, they found that the whole wharf was full of corpses, the blood had dyed the river near the wharf red, and the people on the boat were replaced by another group of people in green clothes, and these people were also unceremonious to them, and detained all these villagers in one go.

"Fellow villagers, we are the Jiangning Army, and those pirates have all been killed by us, and from now on, you have all been requisitioned by officers and soldiers."

Boss Zhao's first words shocked these craftsmen, and it was not a good thing to be requisitioned by the government. These pirates may give them a little money if they let them work, but once they are requisitioned by the government to work for nothing, it is not impossible for any official to beat you to death if he has a bad temper.

But then Boss Zhao gave them another reassurance, "You don't have to worry, this official will not requisition you in vain, as long as you do a good job, everyone will have two taels of silver for their hard work!" ”