I don't know how long it has been, but faintly, Wu Qi seems to have heard some conversations. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"The island is full of officers and soldiers, and we accidentally ran into the actions of officers and soldiers this time......

“…… There don't seem to be many officers and soldiers, and there are no weapons, for some reason. ”

"There are two sea boats parked under the cliff in the south, which are also officers and soldiers, and there are not many people on them, so let's ......"

The faint sound seemed to fade away, and the darkness sank again in front of him.

I don't know how long it has been.

"Get up! Get up! Wu Qi felt that someone was kicking him, and he was suddenly startled, and immediately opened his eyes, but saw that he was in a cave, surrounded by pirates. The pirate who kicked him dragged him up, and Wu Qi realized that he was not the only Tang soldier in the cave! At least dozens of people were arrested, all tied up and thrown on the ground, several with wounds, apparently left behind by torture.

His hands and feet were tied, and his body could not move. Wu Qi was dragged up, brought to a person and thrown down, and he immediately recognized that the man in front of him was the leader of the pirates on the top of the mountain.

"Say, what are the officers and soldiers doing here?" The pirate leader pushed Wu Qi with his foot and asked, "Say it quickly, say it quickly!" How many people and how many boats did you come? Why are you running around on this island? ”

Wu Qi was silent.

"To say or not to say? To say or not to say? The leader kicked him with his foot, and when he saw that Wu Qi still didn't speak, he immediately stomped on him angrily: "Niang Xipi, I'm a dumb person again!" Beat! Hit him and say it! ”

Several pirates immediately set him up, and the whip immediately beckoned towards him.

The leather whip was dipped in seawater, and when it was pumped on the body, it was a bloody mark, and it hurt to the heart. Wu Qi couldn't help but snort.

"Speak quickly!"

"What the fuck are you glaring at?!" Another pirate next to him suddenly pressed down on a Tang soldier on the ground, and his fist beckoned towards him.

Inside the cave, several Tang soldiers were being beaten and tortured.

"All dumb!" Annoyed, the leader of the pirates threw the bowl in his hand to the ground, smashed it, and commanded the pirates, "Go, go out and catch a few more!" Lao Tzu still doesn't believe it, he can't ask one! ”

"Hahahaha, this kid wants to bite his tongue!" There was a burst of laughter from the side, Wu Qi looked over, and saw a pirate pinching the face of a soldier and said: "When you get under the hands of Lao Tzu, if you want to die, you have to ask Lao Tzu if you agree!" ”

As he spoke, he tore off the strip of cloth and stuffed it into his mouth.

Wu Qi was whipped by this, and soon his flesh and blood were drenched. But in his mind, he secretly counted the number of pirates.

only to find out that there are only about 20 people.

Suddenly there was a lot of anger in my heart! Twenty pirates, if it weren't for the fact that the soldiers had no weapons, no food and no water, how could they be caught like this!

"Say! How did you find out here? One of the pirates who beat Wu Qi asked, "What are your plans?" ”

"Phew!" Wu Qi spat into the pirate's face: "Lao Tzu's plan is to vomit you to death!" ”

"Hmph, hard mouth!" The pirate leader stood up and said with a smile: "Lao Tzu will personally go out and catch a few officers and soldiers back, and when the time comes, the first life will be split and flayed alive in front of your eyes, see if you say it or not!" ”

With that, the pirate leader strode out of the cave.

Coming out of the cave, the leader of the pirates turned to the side, walked to the bottom of a very secret tree, pushed away the branches, and a small grass hut appeared behind it.

The leader of the pirates walked in, and there were several people in the hut, and when the leader of the pirates came to him, he clasped his fists and saluted, and said, "General, no one has opened up until now." ”

The person he called the general turned around, but it turned out to be Xia Hongsheng.

"You have to save some hands, if you really hurt the pestry, you will be guilty." Xia Hongsheng reminded.

The leader of the pirates, who used to look like a bad guy, has become righteous again, and said: "Don't worry, general, your subordinates know it." Their injuries seem to be serious, but in fact they are just skin injuries, and when they are over, they will be fine when they go back to recuperate. ”

Xia Hongsheng nodded, and asked again, "By the way, how did you find this cave?" I look at the furnishings, it looks like someone has been there before. ”

The "pirate leader" replied, "After his subordinates arrived in the Ryukyus with General Lee, they were sent out to sea by General Lee, pretending to be fishermen, to investigate the pirates. Then I found this island, and there was a group of pirates stationed on it, who were coming from the shore and locked in a cave. The subordinates took this group of pirates and saved the people. ”

Xia Hongsheng nodded: "The sea environment is not as good as on the ground, can you still adapt to it?" You are a member of the Datang Blade team, and now you have experience at sea, and after the selection is over, I am ready to let you serve as an instructor in the Marine Corps. ”

"Everything is ordered!" The "pirate leader" stood up and said in a deep voice.

Xia Hongsheng smiled, motioned for him to take a break, and then asked, "By the way, you guys are investigating pirates, but what have you found?" This time, I am in a hurry to select personnel and recall you, but I haven't carefully inquired about the situation. ”

The pirate leader, or rather, the special combat team member who pretended to be the leader of the pirates, said to Xia Hongsheng: "Report to the general, after we found that the pirates near the Ryukyus are extremely powerful, and they are definitely not ordinary pirates. After investigation, the subordinates discovered that these pirates in the Ryukyu region seemed to have something to do with the Wa Kingdom. ”

"Wa Kingdom?" Xia Hongsheng's eyes froze, and suddenly he thought of the actions of Inugami Mita and those envoys who sent Tang envoys Kuo Zhuo when he was in Chang'an, and suddenly a guess was born in his heart.

"Could it be that the royal family and nobles are supporting pirates behind their backs?" Xia Hongsheng asked in a low voice.

The special combat member nodded and said, "General Hui, it's not just secretly supporting. The subordinates have identified a pirate force, which itself is owned by a Japanese nobleman. However, it has not yet been found out which one it belongs to. ”

Sure enough, it's the Wa Kingdom!

When I first heard that there was a serious disturbance of pirates here, I thought of the Japanese pirates in later generations, so I thought that the pirates would hide in the Ryukyu area! So it seems, it is!

The reason why the dog Mita and the envoys sent to Tang Dynasty were so generous seemed to have an answer.

It's basically the wealth that these pirates plundered that originally belonged to the Tang Dynasty, giving them a steady stream of financial resources to gain connections in Chang'an!

"General, these pirates of the Wa Kingdom are extremely cruel, and they are like dolphins to the people of my Tang Dynasty, and they deserve death!" The special combat member gritted his teeth and said, "There have been several times when even subordinates and others have almost been tempted to show up and kill them all!" ”

"Don't worry." Xia Hongsheng's voice was low and cold: "The Wa Kingdom will pay the price for this." Moreover, it will be a big price! (To be continued.) )