Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 181 Sneak Attack ([-])

Qi Jingtong winked at several of his subordinates, signaling them to step up their guard.

Just when several people came out of the cabin, a soldier hurriedly ran into the big cabin tent.

"Report to the governor, someone was found under the hull to dig the boat, and the little one has already sent people down to inspect it."

Qi Jingtong nodded and said: "I knew that these people are not good citizens. It seems that they came prepared. Immediately notify them, strengthen the security of their respective posts, and send more sailors into the sea. Be sure to catch them all!"

"Yes!"

The soldier spies immediately turned around and walked outside.

But at this moment, Qi Jingtong immediately felt that things were not as simple as he thought. Although these people were suspicious, it was very possible that some of their soldiers leaked the news, which could be a very serious matter.

Fortunately, His Majesty has left here now, otherwise, with the last pirate attack and this sneak attack by pirates, His Majesty would not be able to walk around if His Majesty finds out.

Not long after, Qi Jiguang led a group of people to salvage some wet water thieves from the water.

It turned out that the gang of pirates divided their own people into three groups. The one-eyed dragon led nine men to support them on the spot, and the second leader and the other leader each led a team of people from the boat and the water to the treasure ship Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty. cross out.

The person who landed on the deck was the second master, he was the most eloquent person among all the people, so he led a few people to try to disturb the attention of the government.

"Marshal, these people tried to dig a hole under the treasure ship, but were captured by our people!"

Qi Jingtong looked at these pirates. They were all wet, and now they were shivering with cold, lying on the ground one by one.

"Detain them all, torture them, and ask them to reveal the bandit leaders and their hiding places."

"Yes!"

Qi Jiguang cupped his hands and led the soldiers to detain the pirates.

At the same time, as soon as the leader of the second head led several people into a guest room, they were locked in by several soldiers.

The second master immediately knew that the matter had been exposed, so he could only order a few people led by him to take out short knives and make a final counterattack.

However, soon there were a few screams like killing a pig from outside, and then the next few voices stopped abruptly.

The second master was also frightened out of his wits when he heard the voice in the guest room. He was born as a scholar, but because he failed many times in the imperial examinations, he has only now become a tribute student.

Because he wanted to survive, he lost confidence in the imperial examinations. After the village was ransacked by bandits, he lost more trust in the Ming government, and he simply became a thief.

It's just that he seldom goes out to do things in person, because after studying for several years, he was honored as the second master by these pirates, so he became their military adviser logically.

This group of pirates is far more than just their 30 or more people. They equipped their boats in tatters, making people look like ordinary fishermen's boats.

But when they started to rob houses, they first approached people, and when they saw their opponents being fooled, all their people would surround them. If there were more people and more strength, the robbery would be successful.

When the fishermen on the boat did not talk to them, they also took a strong attack. Anyway, they have never missed a shot in the army for more than half a year.

Because they have been making small troubles like this all the time, and have not attracted the attention of the officers and soldiers of Ming Dynasty, this time they actually started to make up the minds of the officers and soldiers.

The second leader quickly gathered several of his subordinates and began to discuss countermeasures. Because they robbed ordinary people before, many things could be resolved by force, but this time, it may be difficult to implement.

"Bosses, they imprisoned us here obviously for a purpose. The current plan is to dig a big hole in this boat. It is important for us to escape."

Several of his subordinates are sailors with good water skills. When they are free on weekdays, they practice water skills. It seems that they can be used this time.

"Well, there is only one way right now. The people we were sent to work underwater must have been discovered. It's not too late, let's do it now!"

After several people discussed, they began to clarify the division of labor. Someone used a dagger to pry open the sawdust on the deck, and someone stood guard and watched the movement outside.

In the effort of a cup of tea, two skilled men had already dug a long deep hole in the bottom of the boat, but when they dug it down again, they couldn't dig it anymore.

"Second leader, it seems that there is no escape this time. There is a steel plate in the middle of the ship's interlayer!"

The second master brought his head closer, and sure enough, he saw a hard steel plate in the middle of the boat.

"Damn it, no wonder I missed it. These officers and soldiers are really difficult to deal with. It seems that I will admit defeat this time!"

As he spoke, he suddenly spat at the name of the place and said: "Bah! I just don't accept my fate, let's just die together with them!"

When several sailor men heard this, they all frowned at first, but then they thought about it, this is all about death anyway, it is better to do something bad before death, at least to avenge oneself.

"Second in charge, look, this matter?"

"Brothers, I'm the one who's sorry for everyone. I've hurt everyone. We'll start to light the fire from all around. As long as the big ship is on fire, they will definitely come to put out the fire. We can go out one by one. When the time comes, the people who go out will be on their own. Escape with ability, this is the best way at present!"

This rabbit dies and the fox is sad, it can't be more appropriate to use it on people.

Several people were secretly concerned, and looked at the scholar with a little admiration. Their second-in-command could often save them in the most critical time.

"Okay, listen to my unified command, take out the fire book, let's start now, instead of waiting to die here, why don't we use our hands to fight for a way."

"The brothers under the ship have obviously lost their hands. This time, we must not miss it. Let's start!"

So, several people took out the fire pocket from the clothes on their chests, puffed up their cheeks and blew the fire pocket red.

At this time, in the meeting hall of Zheng He's treasure ship, Qi Jingtong and some of his subordinates were interrogating a sailor who was fished out from under the ship.

"How many people have you come out this time?"

The sailor was tortured to the point of death, but after a basin of cold water was poured down his head, he seemed to regain a lot of consciousness.

This is the general way the Ming Navy treats pirates. Whenever a pirate is caught, it must be tortured with severe punishments before being interrogated.

This method often achieves very good results, and few pirates can resist this torture.

"We came out with a total of 16 people. The one who came up earlier was our second leader. He came to distract your attention. We opened a few holes from the bottom of the sea, and then we can enter the ship to rob. Our first leader is not far away. us."

The man spoke intermittently, but he basically said all the plans that had been discussed before.

"Your ship is too hard. I still don't understand why it can't be drilled through. If you figure it out, it's worth dying!"

Although the sailor seemed to be dying, but with his strong lung capacity, he still expressed all his thoughts in one breath.

Qi Jingtong's face became a little ugly, it seems that there are quite a lot of moths hiding on his treasure ship!
(End of this chapter)