64.
In the early morning of the next day, Hailian was awakened by the pungent smell outside the ship. He put on his clothes and stepped onto the deck to see that the deserted island ahead was full of flames. The flames from these simple wooden houses had already burned into the dense forest next to them. Before the fire did not disturb my sweet dreams, I fled quickly in the misty morning light. As for the wooden boxes full of ammunition that he had seen in the cave, they had already been piled up in the port at this time, and they were being moved to the Neptune next door in an orderly manner.
The Poseidon is indeed leaving here.
Hailian also saw Fang Tinglan in the orange light. The other party stood in front of the port, still dressed as a Beimo man, quietly watching the passing crew with his hands clasped. The man's handsome face was blurred by the smog, just like his unfathomable thoughts. Nearly half a year has passed since I met him, and there is only half a year left before the agreed time limit. This time, the transaction between the two of them will be completed and the final payment will be paid. In the remaining time, the two of them may not need to have any intersection. Thinking of this, an inexplicable and unspeakable emotion suddenly surged in Hailian's heart.
He suddenly took a step back, just in time to miss Fang Tinglan's raised gaze.
With the Banshee as the leader, followed by the group of small raiders, the Poseidon sits at the end and stares at it. Black flags are hung high on the masts of all ships, and eagles with swords are flying wantonly in the wind. , as if summoned by the silent long cry of the eagle, those sloops, square sailing ships, and schooners drifting far away in the sea gathered around the Poseidon. They were all pirates who were unwilling to bow to the Moyi people. They left Sand Ghost Bay in anger or were expelled. Now they finally saw the only giant ship that dared to declare war on the Moyi people. How could they not be excited? In this way, in just seven or eight days, the size of this fleet doubled when it left the nameless island.
The strength of Fecona's appeal made Fang Tinglan a little frightened. He almost doubted whether the Moyi people stationed in Sand Ghost Bay and the gang of defecting pirates could withstand the two waves of Fecona's offensive. I hope they can get through it, Fang Tinglan thought. Otherwise, if my plan fails, the first thing I will do after returning to Dongzhou is to encourage Qin Weishen to seal Mo Yiren's port.
Hai Lian, who was one nautical mile away from him, also put away his binoculars, and sighed: "If Fecna really wins this time, he will definitely become the king of Yunhai. At that time, not only the caravan will have to watch With his face, in the future, even the warships of other countries will not dare to mention the matter of recovering Yunhai again."
"He won't be the king of the sea," said the captain beside him.
"why?"
"Because..." the captain opened his mouth, but he still couldn't tell the truth, "Because...the sea god won't allow it. People can't rule the sea."
Hailian raised her eyebrows, and didn't expose the other party's simple lie: "If you have time to think about ghosts and gods, why don't you think about what we can do to save Ake and the others from Sand Ghost Bay."
"I already have a plan for this!" The captain waved to the sea, signaling him to follow him, and the two came to the opposite side of the ship, "Mo Yiren will not let us enter the range so easily that we can attack Sand Ghost Bay , At that time, it will take a lot of effort just to break through the line of fire of the warship, and it will take a long time to spend a lot of time. I have already prepared a small boat," the captain pointed down, "when the time comes, you will take advantage of the chaos to go to the sand ghosts. Even if you don’t make it back to the sea, take the children to the depths of the island bay, Akna is familiar with the terrain and knows what to do.”
"Is it all right if I'm not on the Banshee?"
"Hahaha, before I was able to recruit you to the flag, I was never afraid of any country's warships. Don't underestimate the old guys on my ship!" The captain laughed.
Helian also smiled. He didn't stay on the Banshee for a long time. At first, he decided to take the scimitar given to him by the captain only because Fang Tinglan's plan required him to enter Fecona's sea power. He is not an ordinary "pirate leader", but after getting along these days, the sincerity and enthusiasm of the other party, as well as the lenient treatment of his fellows and the untimely compassion in Yunhai, are precisely what is most lacking in this treacherous ocean where many forces are entangled. Things, Hailian didn't want any accidents to happen to the captain of the Banshee.
"Be careful, don't die by Mo Yiren's hands," he instructed, "don't die by your own hands either. You have to go back to Wanlin and meet your daughter, right?"
Hailian bit the second half of the sentence slightly, he knew the captain could understand. The old captain really understood, he patted the side of the boat: "I don't need a little guy to worry about me."
"This time may be different from the past..."
"I know, in the past, there were children fighting and gangsters fighting in Yunhai, but this time it's different, it's war." The captain put his round head on his hips and said, "I have experienced war, even though I stepped on the mud The war in the river, but it will not be too far from the war that is stepping on the water now."
"I hope so," Helian said.
65.
The 27th day of December in the southern calendar is the annual Resurrection Festival. Like the Huai Ming Festival in April in Dongzhou, it is a festival dedicated to the dead. On this day, whether it is the Tisu people, Moyi people, Fanshui people, or Dachuan people...the whole family will go to the cemetery to mourn their deceased relatives. After this day passes, they can start to prepare for the New Year's celebration and carnival .
But the premise of the festival is that they have to be on land. People who have been tossed on the sea, their concept of dates and years has long been blurred in the eternal undulating waves. At this time, everyone only understands one thing in their hearts—ten At noon on February 27th, Fecna's fleet was already less than a hundred nautical miles away from Sand Ghost Bay.
"The weather is terrible." Someone beside Hailian sighed, "It looks like there will be waves at any time outside, this is a difficult battle."
"Why?" Hai Lian asked, "As long as the helmsman is experienced, there will be no major problems."
"You used to be a member of the Venomous Bee, maybe you don't know," the man shook his head, and he explained, "The Venomous Bee is a small boat, which is different from our Banshee. It's very easy; but if we want to turn around and turn around, it will be much more troublesome. Although the Banshee's plank is as hard as the number one on the Yunhai Sea, no matter how hard the ship is, it can't stand the Sea God. If a side wave comes over, it will be completely over."
When he was speaking, the swing of the wind lamp hanging in the cabin gradually became larger unconsciously, and the wind picked up.
"Forget it, forget it, it's useless for us to worry about it, just let fate." The man sighed, inserted the whalebone scimitar into his waist, and urged, "By the way, remember to turn off the lights when you come up. .”
"Understood." Hailian waved at him. He checked his equipment for the last time, the dagger, the whalebone scimitar, the smoke bomb, the three blades in the hidden pocket, the fire starter in the waterproof tube... The young man pulled his half-fingered gloves to make them fit more tightly. In the palm of his hand, he turned off the wind lamp and was about to go up, when he suddenly turned around and returned to the bed, took out the few letters from his father hidden in the pillow, and stuffed them all into the waterproof case.
The moment Hailian pushed open the cabin door, he smelled the smell of gunpowder ready to go in the salty and sharp air. Everyone was already in their positions. The gunner cleared the barrel for the last time, and the sailors anxiously pulled out the scimitar and put it back in again. , the captain was holding binoculars, discussing something with the first mate, when he saw Hai Lian coming out, he smiled and shouted at him: "Our ace is on the scene!"
"A trump card has to be played by a good player." Hai Lian replied with a smile. The upcoming war didn't affect him in any way, on the contrary, he was in a strange state of excitement, and he even felt that his body was a little lighter than usual.
Assassins should have no fear of fighting. This was the first lesson that Agg, the blind eagle, taught him, and he didn't remember it either.
The young man looked at the bow of the ship. The shoulders of the old and huge banshee statue were arched, and the two arms covered with barnacles were propped up on both sides. The muscles of her naked body were tense. , jumped into the haze that was slowly gathering into thick clouds in front of him. Under the benevolent clouds, Sand Ghost Bay also slowly stretched out its fangs towards the army that came to challenge it.