"You?" Zhu Youjian suddenly realized that Fu Xiaojian, the guards and guards, are martial arts masters. Although they have not received professional training, they must be much better than ordinary soldiers in climbing cliffs. As long as the guards can Landing, they will definitely be able to figure out a way to help the soldiers climb the cliff and launch the deadliest blow to the Acehnese from the north. "Zhilong, immediately send a cruise ship to find the best landing place in the waters of Aceh, Xiaojian, Mu Jiu, let's go, we have tea and discuss the specific method!"
When Zheng Zhilong returned to the room, Zhu Youzhen was smiling all over, and the discussion was almost done, "Master, how is it?"
"Zhilong, we have negotiated, and now we need the South China Sea Fleet to provide personnel and equipment." Zhu Youjian handed a white paper full of black letters to Zheng Zhilong.
Zheng Zhilong took a look, and saw that in addition to the Marine Corps soldiers written on the paper, he needed various ropes, wooden frames, iron rods, compasses, and maps of the Three Buddhas. The city of Malacca can be obtained. A thousand soldiers of the Marine Corps have been assembled in the city. In addition, the subordinates have sent a Cangshan ship to find the landing site."
When passing through the city of Malacca, Zhu Youjian did not go ashore with Zheng Zhilong. He stayed on the ship until all the personnel and materials were on the transport ship. The ship immediately set off and sailed northwest.
The fleet crossed the Malacca Waterway and stopped in the open sea at the northernmost tip of the island. It was far away from the western entrance of the Malacca Waterway, and generally did not attract the attention of passing merchant ships.
Two Cangshan ships were wandering on the sea not far in front. They saw the Daming Fleet flying the Sun and Moon flags. They immediately played a flag, and Zheng Zhilong also ordered the flag bearer on the ship to respond.
Not long after, two Cangshan ships approached the flagship of the "Nanhai". Under the guidance of Zheng Zhilong's own soldiers, a soldier climbed up the gangway, entered Zheng Zhilong's command room, and fell to his knees: "Knock Commander Zheng!"
"Get up!" Zheng Zhilong sat on the wooden chair, not moving, "How about the terrain survey? Has it aroused the alertness of the island?"
"Back to the commander, we sail around the island. This is a common occurrence. There are only two Cangshan boats on the island. The island should not have attracted their attention." The messenger stood up and stood in front of Zheng Zhilong's seat. "According to our Check, there are three possible landing locations..."
"Which landing site has the shortest terrain?" Zhu Youxian asked.
"Returning to this adult, this place in the northeast corner has the shortest vertical height. According to our visual observation, it is less than 80 steps." The soldier did not know Zhu Youjian, but Zhu Youjian and Zheng Zhilong were together, and it was estimated that they were a commander. "But here is facing the ocean current, the wind and waves are relatively strong, and the ship is afraid of ups and downs."
"Then choose here!" Zhu Youjian looked at Zheng Zhilong. What he cares most about is the vertical distance. The soldiers of the Marine Corps have not received formal climbing training. Physical strength and arm strength are unknown. The shorter the distance, the successful landing. The greater the possibility, as for wind and waves, once the soldiers leave the ship, the wind and waves do not hinder the climb much.
"Yes, Lord." Zheng Zhilong left the command room and personally directed the ship to sail towards the destination.
At noon, the ship arrived at the scheduled sea area. This was the time negotiated in advance. Wang Mujiu originally planned to land at night and could completely avoid the spies that might exist on the island. However, Zhu Youjian denied that it was dark at night, although it was easy to attack. However, the Ming army is not familiar with the terrain on the island, and the soldiers of the Marine Corps are not professional special forces, so the safety factor for climbing at night will be greatly reduced.
If there is an ambush on the island, there is no way to escape.
Therefore, Zhu Youjian chose to start landing at noon. If everything goes well, by the time it gets dark, most of the Marines should have landed on the island, and it should be possible to establish a defensive formation on the island. After dark, the soldiers just take advantage of the darkness. Cover and complete the layout on the island.
The ships scattered on the sea, and the ships far away from the coastline had pointed their muzzles at the place where the soldiers were about to land. In case the Acehnese had an ambush and the South China Sea Fleet failed to make a sneak attack, at least the soldiers would be able to retreat.
"Master, the subordinate is down!" Fu Xiaojian bowed to Zhu Youjian and saluted.
"Little sword, be careful, safety is the most important thing!" Zhu Youjian patted Fu Xiaojian on the shoulder, "You are the guard of the lord!"
"Yes, my subordinates must be careful!" Fu Xiaojian turned and left the command room, got off the "Nanhai" gangway, and climbed onto another nearby ship.
The wide ship immediately approached the shore slowly and stopped at the place closest to the coastline.
Fu Xiaojian stood on the second-floor deck and observed it carefully for a while. He unfastened a five-pointed flying claw from his waist, grabbed the rope behind the flying claw with both hands, and made the flying claw rotate a few times in the air and suddenly moved upward. Throwing, flying claws flew up quickly with a rope, dashing dozens of steps in the air, hitting a cliff, and hooking at the root of a small tree.
Half of the flying claws were embedded in the rocky soil. Fu Xiaojian was worried that he would not be secure. He pulled it hard, but the flying claws did not move. After several consecutive pulls, the results were the same. It should be firm. Only then did he put it on the deck. The tufted rope took it over and put it on his left shoulder, grabbing the rope at the lower end of the flying claw with both hands, and suspending his body in the air.
As soon as the ship below moved away from the coastline, Fu Xiaojian jumped up, and immediately went up like a civet cat for a few steps, then changed to pedaling on the rocks with his feet and climbing up the ropes.
Zhu Youjian was on the deck a hundred steps away, and saw Fu Xiaojian walk easily, and he felt a little relieved.
Fu Xiaojian climbed steadily upward for dozens of steps, seeing that he was about to approach the position of flying claws, suddenly, a stone under his feet loosened, one foot stomped on the air, and his body swayed downwards, floating in the air like a swing. , That piece of loose rock slid down rapidly along the cliff, and with a "gudong" sound, the wave broke out a hole.
Zhu Youzhen's heart sank suddenly!
If Fu Xiaojian falls from the cliff, the height of these dozens of steps, plus the collision on the cliff, even if he has a stunt, even if the ship below has moved away, he will only fall to the surface of the water. It's minor to get dizzy, it's a physical disability, and it's not impossible even to kill.
After all, Fu Xiaojian had never practiced alpine diving.
Fortunately, Fu Xiaojian's arm strength was amazing. When he fell down, his hands firmly grasped the rope and barely held the downward trend. After swaying his body, with the rebounding force of the rope, his feet were pressed against the rock again.
This time, Fu Xiaojian was extra careful, and every time he dared to move his other foot after he took his steps.
When he reached the place where the flying claws were fixed, Fu Xiaojian wrapped the rope around his left wrist and fixed his body. With his free right hand, he took the second flying claw from his waist, connected to the rope of the flying claw, and tied it at the end. On his right wrist.
He turned the second flying claw round, waiting for the flying claw speed to reach the extreme. With a violent throw upwards, the flying claws flew towards the top of the head by inertia. Due to the need to avoid the thorns on the cliff and Fu Xiaojian's body hanging in the air, it was difficult to fully exert its force. Ten steps.
Fu Xiaojian tried to pull, and when the flying claws lay firmly on the rock, he released the first flying claw and hung it around his waist, holding the rope on the second flying claw with both hands, and continued to climb upwards. Row.
Repeated this several times, gradually approaching the top of the cliff.
Zhu Youjian could only see a small black spot on the cliff moving slowly, like a spider man, in the blink of an eye, Fu Xiaojian was already submerged in the forest, and he could no longer see it.
"Master, did Xiaojian reach the top?" Zheng Zhilong's eyes never left the cliff. Fu Xiaojian didn't enter the forest. He was a little worried, but more looking forward to it.
"Zhilong don't worry!" Zhu Youjian was calm on the surface, and he was even more nervous than Zheng Zhilong. After all, Fu Xiaojian was his personal guard, the chief guard of the court, but Fu Xiaojian had not entered the forest, so he should have climbed to the top. At least he has climbed up the trees on the cliff and his body is stable.
If there is an ambush from Aceh on the land to pay for the skill of Xiaojian, it will never be silently attacked, at least he will send a warning to the fleet.
Sure enough, just as Zheng Zhilong was trying to see through, a string was hung from the trees, and a small bluestone was tied in front of the string, which was slowly descending along the cliff.
"Successful!" The stone in Zhu Youzhen's heart also fell. Zheng Zhilong and Wang Mujiu both clenched their fists, and their eyes were full of fireworks. If they were not worried about disturbing the Acehnese, they were afraid that they would come to the song. Pas de deux.
The rope fell slowly, and the ship that had just left began to approach the shore. When the rope was completely down, soldiers on the deck used a long rod to hook the rope over, untie the stones, and replaced it with two thick ropes.
The marlin dragged two thick ropes, gliding upwards at a constant speed like a python, and when Zheng Zhilong blinked, he was already submerged in the woods on the top of the cliff.
A thick rope was pulled out of the forest by the boulders and fell to the vicinity of the deck of the Canton Ship. A guard pulled it hard and found that it was relatively firm. He immediately turned over and climbed along the rope to the top of the cliff.
When he was halfway through the climb, another thick rope also hung from the top of the cliff. The guard's confidence increased and the climbing speed increased.
More and more thick ropes hang down from the top of the cliff. Zhu Youjian's 20 guards have all climbed up the cliff. Zheng Zhilong's old eyes are particularly radiant, "The guards of the Lord are really..."
Zhu Youzhen smiled and said, "Haha, Zhilong, it depends on you as a soldier. They won't be afraid of heights, right?"
"These bastards, if you lose the chain, I will chop them off!" Zheng Zhilong turned into a knife and made a beheading gesture, "Don't worry, there is no scammer in the navy of Daming!"
Twenty or thirty thick ropes have been hung from the top of the cliff. Each thick rope has a small rope attached to it. This is specially explained by Zhu Youjian. The thick rope is for the soldiers to climb with their hands. Under the soldier's armpit, the guards pull on it, which is equivalent to a seat belt. In case the soldier misses while climbing, with the protection of this string, he will never fall from the top of the cliff.
Zheng Zhilong looked at the neat ropes hanging down from the top of the cliff, then glanced at Zhu Youjian. Seeing Zhu Youjian nodded, he waved to the messenger: "Immediately pass the order and start landing!"