I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

After a while, news came from both sides that they should be expelled, and if they couldn't be expelled, they would be killed.

"Send someone to yell at me. I don't believe they can't understand Tang language."

Upon hearing the news, Chen Lao Hu sat down and ordered his men to shout.

"Report, Team 7 asked if we should attack first, as the enemy ship is larger than ours.

It is a bit disadvantageous to us, so we might as well strike first.”

Another messenger came running over to report.

Chen Laowu thought about it and realized that indeed, their main warships were large clipper ships, but their teams were all small.

One characteristic of small boats is that they are extremely fast, making it effortless for them to catch up with fleeing enemies.

But this time it is an interception mission, and we have to confront the enemy head-on. The enemy's ship is large, and we can knock them away by ramming it.

"Tell them to wait and see what happens. We have so many ships and so many people. Are we still afraid of them?"

Chen Laowu finally decided.

Time seemed to slow down, and after another quarter of an hour, the other party finally made a move.

A boat slowly approached.

"Tell the Sixth and Seventh Brothers to be ready."

Seeing this situation, Chen Laowu immediately gave orders.

The enemy's ships were not very slow and slowly came to the front of the formation.

"Lean closer."

Chen Laowu gave an order.

Chen Laowu's boat also slowly approached the opponent's side.

Only then did Chen Laowu see clearly the people above him.

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You can tell at first glance that he is not from this place.

"Who are you and why are you blocking our route?"

A middle-aged man with a big beard appeared on the side of the ship.

He shouted to Chen Lao Hu and the others in not very standard Tang dialect.

"Huh? You can speak Tang language. I was wondering why you can't."

After Chen Lao Hu muttered something, he also shouted at the other party:

"The area ahead is ours. You can't go any further. If you want to go, go north or go back the same way you came."

"Your territory? Impossible. There was no one here the last time we came here."

The bearded man continued shouting.

"That was in the past. Now this is our territory. If you move forward, it means you are against us.

Then don’t blame us for being rude and throwing you into the sea to feed the fish.”

Chen Laowu shouted arrogantly.

"We discovered this place first, so it should belong to us, Tang people, please clear the way.

We only took what was ours, I swear to God."

The bearded man shouted in a bad tone.

"Bullshit, what you found is yours? This place has been occupied by us. Go back quickly if you don't want to die."

Chen Laowu cursed.

After hearing this, the bearded man looked back and said nothing. The ship quickly retreated.

"What's going on, are they leaving?"

After seeing this, Chen Laowu was also wondering whether to return it or not.

Chen Laowu had no choice but to retreat.

"Captain, Captain Six asks who the other party is."

The messenger came over and asked.

"Oh, I forgot to ask. I was busy talking about other things."

Chen Laowu slapped his forehead.

"Captain, do you think they will retreat?"

the adjutant asked.

“It’s hard to say. From what they said, they seemed to know about the Spice Islands.

They have to think about having been here before.

This place represents wealth and honor, which can only be achieved through risk, so they can't retreat so easily."

Chen Laowu's analysis.

"Captain, look! They are moving. They are rushing over here."

As soon as Chen Laowu finished speaking, four large ships from the other side rushed towards this side.

The sails were raised, and without Chen Laowu giving any signals, both sides had already started to make way and change formation.

Even if there is an attack, there will be no head-on attack because the attack surface is too narrow. It would be more powerful to attack the surface of the ship.

As the ships approached, Chen Lao Hu ordered everyone to prepare for battle.

“Swoosh~~Swoosh~~Swoosh~~”

"Oh no, dodge, the enemy is shooting arrows."

When Chen Laowu heard the sound of breaking air, he immediately hid under the side of the ship and shouted.

"Ah!! Ah!!"

It came too suddenly and there were casualties in an instant.

"Damn it, shoot me."

The archers immediately drew their bows and arrows and started shooting at each other.

The opponents, two in front and two behind, kept shooting arrows from the side of the ship.

The other party's ship was a little taller than theirs, so they were in a dominant position.

"Zheng~~~~"

"Bang~~~"

"MD, they have heavy crossbows."

When he heard the sound, Chen Laowu immediately recognized it was a heavy crossbow.

Because they have, too, and more than one.

Chen Laowu took the opportunity to take a sneak peek and saw that the other side of the ship was lined with bows and arrows. After shooting a few arrows,

Immediately step back and let the second wave of people come up to continue shooting.

"Damn, how can they fit so many people in there?"

The enemy's archers number at least a hundred.

“Captain, this won’t work, we don’t have as many archers as they do.

Judging from their numbers, they have at least 120 people, and we only have about 20 on one ship."

"Captain, our ship number two was shot through by a crossbow."

"Captain, there are also ships shot through the side of Team 7."

"Damn it! Someone, come and shoot them with a heavy crossbow."

Chen Laowu said angrily.

“Zheng~~~Zheng~~~”

The heavy crossbows on their ships also began firing.

Each boat had to have five heavy crossbows, originally because they were going on long journeys.

"Ah~~~Ah~~~"

“Plop~~~~”

The heavy crossbows here also came into play and began shooting at the archers on the opposite side.

The scene was in chaos, with arrows flying everywhere.

The small boats on both sides followed the big ship forward, constantly providing protection and shooting.

"Captain Seven asked us whether we should launch an attack immediately."

"Of course, after solving this problem, we also need to help Lao Liu.

Tell them to come over and get on board."

After saying this, Lao Wu shouted,

"Come over, get on board, and show them what you can do.

The one who kills the most enemies will be rewarded with ten strings of cash."

This trick has always worked for him. For ten strings of cash, you can ask them to kill anyone.

At this moment, in a conference room on the big ship, several middle-aged men dressed similarly to the bearded man were sitting together.

"Will we offend the Tang Dynasty by doing this?"

one of them asked.

"What are you afraid of? It takes us half a year to go back and forth, and they don't know it was us who did it."

Another of them said,

They came all the way from Malacca.

"Yes, there is nothing to be afraid of. We have brought so many guards with us this time, and they are fully equipped.

How can they be our opponent?"

"Yes, Mohammed, my brother, just think of the spice-rich islands behind them.

As long as we can achieve it, it will be endless wealth and we will become nobles.

God will protect us.”

Said one seemingly stealthily.