Ye An

"Captain, it's Yancheng's ship!"

The lookout found two warships driving ahead, confirmed the marks on the ships, and immediately reported to Juan.

"People from Rock City?"

Juan walked out of the cabin, took the binoculars in the hands of the crew, and observed the ships ahead.Sure enough, the rock city mark was found at the stern, but there was no flag on the mast, so further confirmation could not be made.

"Captain, according to the information intercepted before, Yancheng's ship is indeed in this direction. It's just that the number is too small, there are only two ships, and there may be other ships." The chief mate said.

Captain Juan nodded.

He knew the strength of Yancheng very well. Although it was not as good as Heicheng, he would not only send two ships.The opponent this time is Hunter City. No matter what aspect you consider, you should send more people.

"Forget about that, send a signal."

Not sure about the number of ships in Yancheng, Juan temporarily suppressed his plan to do it.

Judging from the time, the pigeons he released should have arrived.After reading the contents of the letter, the Yancheng people would definitely be furious and cut off the idea of ​​cooperating with the Hongcheng people.If you meet them outside of Hunter City, you might even fight.

At that time, he can lead his subordinates to reap the benefits of the fisherman, annex all the two teams, and then take everything in Hunter City into their pockets.

The more Juan thought about it, the more complacent he became, and he urged the first mate to give orders. Before the plan was successful, no one was allowed to show his traces. He had to be polite to the people of Yancheng, so that the other party could see his sincerity.

"Don't worry, captain, my brothers and I know what to do." The first mate laughed twice, quickly summoned his subordinates, and passed on Juan's order.

The sailors cheered, and the flag soldier who sent the signal also had a grin on his face.Finding that the warships in front slowed down, he waved his arms several times in a row, imagining how much benefit he would get by taking these two warships.

"I heard that the people of Yancheng often plunder. There must be a lot of good things on board." A sailor pulled the rope, the muscles on his arms bulged, and the sweat mixed with the rain slipped down. He simply tore off his coat and stood naked in the rain .

"Don't think about it, even if we have it, it won't be in our hands." Another sailor whispered.

"Why can't they be assigned?" The sailor who caused the topic clenched the rope, showing dissatisfaction.

The sailor who had refuted him before looked around, and then pouted in the direction of Juan and the first mate. The meaning was very clear. With the character of the captain and the first mate, they were bound to keep most of the wealth to themselves.The rest will be divided among confidantes, and what is left to ordinary sailors like them is basically pitifully small.

"It would be nice to have some leftovers," complained another sailor.

They had been on the ship for a long time, and they were dissatisfied with Juan's actions.However, Juan is powerful and has the trust of the city lord. He controls the entire fleet, and no matter how much dissatisfaction they have, they must suppress it.

Besides, compared to the coolies in the cabin, their life is not difficult.

If they offend Juan, or are hated by some narrow-minded subordinates, they will encounter big trouble.

"After this time, I will quit when I get paid." A bearded sailor said.

They are all ordinary crew members and can be replaced anytime and anywhere.If he really wanted to leave, Juan would not stop him.

"Quit, have you made up your mind?" The people around him asked in surprise, "Without this job, what will happen to your family's livelihood?"

"Think it over." The bearded sailor lowered his voice, "You also know that we are different from Bamp and Richard. I don't want to accidentally make a mistake and be thrown into the hold, or even be dragged to feed the dogs."

Hearing his words, all the people around fell silent.

"I have taken refuge in a merchant. From now on, I will earn less than those on the ship when I follow the caravan. If I accumulate enough wealth, I will be able to buy better seeds. If the fields are productive, life for the whole family will not be too difficult."

Hearing the bearded sailor's words, the surrounding crew members were a little moved, and at the same time a little bit embarrassed.

I heard people from the previous generation say that the Black City 30 years ago was not what it is today.

At that time, there was a large area of ​​fertile land outside the city, and the output of grain alone was enough to supply the life of the whole city.The prey captured and the cloth produced are additional wealth, which can be exchanged for more abundant supplies in the city, so that everyone can live well.

Today, everything has changed.

Most of the fields outside the city are barren, and the people in power inside the city are greedy and only care about fighting for power and profit with each other, never thinking about developing the Black City and improving the lives of the people in the Black City.

The wealth accumulated by the city lords of the past dynasties has been consumed in a large amount, and the people of Heicheng can only sit and eat year after year.

The most profound experience is the old people in the city.

They have experienced the glory of the Black City and witnessed the decline of the city.There was once a rumor that the person who ascended the throne of the city lord 30 years ago was not a blood relative of the previous city lord.The real successor has disappeared and is likely to be killed secretly.

When the rumors emerged, the accumulated resentment exploded, and there was massive chaos in the city.

The City Lord's Mansion ordered the suppression without showing any mercy, causing blood to flow in the city, and the number of people who died was unknown.

Since then, no one has mentioned the bloodline of the city lord of Heicheng, and the strength of Heicheng has been deteriorating.Unless a miracle happens, there is no possibility of recovery.

The sailors were sobbing, and their moods were a little depressed.

They miss the days in the mouth of their elders, but such days are gone forever.

Their own life is not good, but they never thought of changing the city in the past, but acquiesced and followed the current city lord's practice, to plunder and plan other cities, to arrest homeless people, and to express their dissatisfaction with life and the growing Pass on your resentment to others.

The nature of their thinking and behavior has been distorted.

Not to mention asking them to overthrow the current city lord, even asking them to unite to overthrow Captain Juan is just a dream.

"Forget it, let's work."

After the sailors complained, they found that the first mate was looking at him, so they immediately shut up and started working in silence.

The first officer withdrew his gaze and waited with Juan for the reply from the ship ahead.

Both he and Juan knew of the sailor's displeasure, but so what?These people are unwilling to stay on the boat, and there are more people in the city who are willing to squeeze their heads, just to beg for a meal on the boat.

"Too full to have time to think about this." The first officer sneered a few times, summoned Bamp to give some instructions, and pointed in the direction of the sailor who complained before.

Ban Pu nodded with a smirk, turned around and called a few crew members with similar tastes, and surrounded the sailor who had just tied the rope and was about to take over with others, punching and kicking indiscriminately.

The sailors fell to the ground, had no chance to resist, and could only curl up and hold their heads in their hands.

Bamp was a little out of breath, and kicked the sailor hard, picked up the beard that had long been displeasing to the eye from the ground, and dragged it into the cabin on the bottom floor to fill the position of the dead coolie.

This move made the other sailors shudder.

After the encirclement dissipated, everyone quickly got up from the ground, ignoring the bruises on their faces and bodies, and the bleeding from their noses, and each rushed to their jobs, working more than twice as fast as before.

Juan and the first mate were very satisfied with this result.

Bamp came out from the bottom deck, looking around fiercely, regretting not being able to drag two more away.But he also knew that the first officer would not allow him to do so.I could only accept it as soon as I saw it, and took a few crew members to open the wooden box, picked up their weapons, and prepared to join the Yancheng warship.

The two sides are peaceful and let it go. Once a dispute occurs and the captain's plan changes, they must take the lead and control the opponent's ship as quickly as possible.

Juan scanned the deck and saw that all the posts were in order and the weapons were well hidden, so he nodded in satisfaction.

The warship in front sent back the semaphore, and Juan was overjoyed immediately, and ordered the fleet to speed up, and while approaching the opponent, they faintly surrounded the two warships.

There was constant thunder in the sky and heavy rain poured down.

The flood is swift and violent, and the fleet must be careful to avoid the vortex when moving forward, so as not to be involved in it.

The people in Heicheng were too excited. From Juan down, they were all attracted by the warships, and they didn't realize that there was a huge group of sea turtles approaching underwater.

After the group of turtles approached, they did not launch an attack immediately, but surrounded the fleet from all sides. As long as Ye An, who was lying on the leader, gave an order, they would be able to break through the water and overturn all the ships on the surface.

Homing pigeons pierced through the rain and circled above the convoy.

Seeing this pigeon, Juan was even more convinced that the Yancheng fleet was ahead.

As the distance between the two sides kept getting closer, Bamp and the others licked their lips excitedly.Even if the captain gave the order not to do anything immediately, thinking that the two ships, including the items on board, would belong to him, he still couldn't restrain his excitement and greed in his heart.

The distance between the two sides was less than ten meters, and the Yancheng ship further slowed down, allowing the Heicheng ship to approach and parallel the water.

Juan approached the bow, and was about to put on a smiling face, when the pigeon above his head cooed suddenly, and a lump of heat hit him on the head.

Realizing what it was, Juan's face twisted suddenly.

"Damn beast!"

As soon as he uttered a curse, the first officer beside him suddenly grabbed his arm, his voice tensed due to nervousness and panic: "Captain, something is wrong!"

"What's wrong?" Juan was looking for something to wipe his head when he was grabbed by the first mate with a dissatisfied tone.

"Those two ships are wrong!" the first officer continued.

Looking in the direction of the first mate's finger, Juan also noticed something strange.

The opposite warship was too quiet, eerily quiet.

The deck was empty, but there were quite a few people tied to the mast, all with their heads down, unable to see their appearance clearly.

Juan wiped the rain off his face, opened his eyes as wide as possible, and found that two or three of them were very familiar.

"That's... Kaslo?"

Recognizing that one of them turned out to be Kaslo, Juan and the first officer had a bad feeling at the same time.But the distance between the two sides is too close, it is impossible to turn around at this time.

"Break into it!" Juan said fiercely.

No matter who is in control of the Yancheng battleship, according to the current situation, he has no good intentions for himself.That being the case, might as well strike first.The number of your own ships has an advantage, and you can sink your opponent even if you hit them!

The order was given and the crew moved quickly.

Before the Heicheng ship moved, a large number of rope hooks suddenly flew out from behind the ship's side of the opposite warship.The rope flew through the air, and the hook hanging on it was firmly hooked on the side of one's own ship.

Immediately afterwards, one after another, tough-looking hunters appeared from behind the ship's side, with long knives on their backs, daggers in their mouths, short knives and iron crossbows in their hands, jumped over the side of the ship, and rushed towards the Heicheng people.

A black figure came out more and more, and the hem of his long clothes fluttered in the rain. Wherever he passed, the rain condensed instantly.

"Xiao Yun!" Juan's pupils locked tightly, and he immediately realized that he was in big trouble.

Someone in the fleet wanted to escape, and while the hunters were concentrating on dealing with Juan, the peripheral ships tried their best to turn around.

Unexpectedly, there was a sudden huge wave on the surface of the water, and behind the huge wave was a terrifying whirlpool. Sea turtles like hills appeared from the water, firmly blocking the river, completely cutting off the possibility of them escaping.

Ye An stood on the back of the turtle, took off the mask on his face, and at the same time raised his arms to catch the carrier pigeon that flew down from mid-air.

The carrier pigeon made a cooing sound, Ye An nodded the carrier pigeon's head, stared at the Heicheng people with black eyes, and said with a smile: "Look, none of them can escape."