"Sir, you can't do this. We all risked our lives to get the things back, and you took the most..."
Before the pirate captain could finish his words, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his stomach. It turned out that Lord Watanabe had stabbed him to death with one knife. This guy knew a lot of things, and as for the crew members below, they only knew how to work. Even if they knew something, they would not pose much threat to him. But guys like you cannot survive.
"If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being too sensible and knowing too much. You took your life in exchange for the lives of all of us. We will all remember you. Rest in peace."
Lord Watanabe said with gritted teeth, and then kicked the guy into the sea. This can be regarded as destroying the body. Next, let's see how to get in touch with the people on the boat. We must not fight. If a fight really breaks out, how can we be their opponent?
"Look, sir, they have a boat coming."
Lord Watanabe was thinking about how to get in touch with the other side, but he didn't expect that the other side's small boat would come over. This made him very happy. As long as they didn't start fighting at the beginning, he could turn black into white. In short, this matter has nothing to do with us. The people below have already started to act, and sooner or later they will catch those pirates. Even if they have to hand over their entire families to the Tang army, as long as they can avoid a war, we will be everyone's hero.
"Hurry up, hurry up, find some people who can speak Chinese."
Lord Watanabe is not from an aristocratic family. If he were, he would definitely speak Chinese, but unfortunately he is not. However, Fuso admires the culture of the Tang Dynasty, and many people can speak Chinese.
If you are in the inland areas of Fuso, you must find the top nobles, who can speak Chinese, but if you are in the coastal areas, there are more people who can speak Chinese.
Soon the two small boats came over and all the fishermen ran away. They didn't dare to face the Tang Dynasty army. Looking at the armor they wore, it was obvious that it was not of the same level as ours.
Lord Watanabe also looked at the clothes of these people greedily. Even though he was a local official in Fuso, there was a big gap between the clothes on his body and those of ordinary soldiers in the Tang Dynasty. Thinking about the silk worn by those officials in the Tang Dynasty, this guy was very envious. Why was he born in such a place? Why couldn't he be born in the Tang Dynasty?
"Hurry up, ask these people what's going on."
Lord Watanabe brought dozens of his most capable men and tremblingly arrived at the stone edge of the pier.
After the translator spoke in broken Chinese for a long time, he finally understood what these people were here for.
"They said they were from the Goguryeo navy, lost at sea, and didn't know how to get back. They'd run out of food and water on board, and they hoped we could get some more. Also, some of their people were sick, and they wanted our doctors to treat them. They said they had no hostility, and they would pay for it."
This translator was obviously a novice. It took him nearly half an incense stick of time to figure out what was going on with this Tang Dynasty army. Lord Watanabe looked over from where he was and saw that these people were indeed pale and thin. He had been so focused on looking at their armor that he hadn't noticed how pale their complexion was.
Upon hearing this, Lord Watanabe breathed a sigh of relief. As long as it wasn't because of those pirates, anything could be discussed. But there were too many of you. There must be at least forty ships on the sea. If all of them were to come up, then who would own this place?
"Go and tell them that only the injured can come up, and that their large ship cannot approach us. Just say there are reefs on the shore. If they need anything else, we will help them purchase it and then pass it on to them."
Lord Watanabe thought for a moment and said, but then he added a sentence, asking the translator to say it very tactfully and not to be too harsh.
After a while, the translator came back happily, and Lord Watanabe was waiting with his mouth open as if he was very expectant.
"They said there's no problem. They have a very good relationship with Fusang. The two countries are neighbors separated by a narrow strip of water..."
After hearing the translator's explanation, Lord Watanabe finally breathed a sigh of relief. Officially, the relationship between the two countries was indeed good. The Fuso court often sent envoys to Chang'an to pay tribute, and the emperor of the Tang Dynasty would also give them some gifts.
"Go and find all the doctors we have here, and also buy some food, fruits, and vegetables. Find a group of people from the city to deliver fresh water."
After discussing with the other party, Lord Watanabe immediately ordered his men to get to work, and at the same time revoked the order to capture the pirates. But he looked back with some regret at the pirate captain who had just died. He thought, "You can only blame yourself for being a pirate. No one cares after you die."
The followers looked at the corpse floating on the sea and shook their heads speechlessly. If they had not been so impulsive, this guy might not have died. However, Lord Du Bian directly took all the remaining money from this guy. When you are alive, I can only take half of it, but now that you are dead, I can take it all, which is several thousand strings of cash.
Watching the slow communication on the shore, Ding Tu was also a little nervous. Cheng Yaojin and the others were on the boat behind, but as the admiral of the navy, he had to be in the front. This was the most intact port close to Goguryeo. According to Li Xiang, it must not be destroyed. This is a forward base for us to occupy the entire Fuso. If we can take it down, we will be halfway to victory.
As for how to take this place, Li Xiang has already given Ding Tu a complete set of steps.
As long as Ding Tu's brain is not out of place, he will be able to take over this place easily.
As mentioned earlier, more than 300 wounded soldiers boarded the boat. They were the first group of troops to land. After they were all on board, they had to rely on the crossbows in their hands to first control the local officials and the coastal docks, and then the second group of troops would begin to land.
This type of combat is called landing combat, which was also learned by Ding Tu from Li Xiang. Although several drills had been conducted before, this was the first actual combat of the Tang Dynasty Navy after all, so everyone was very nervous, even more nervous than Lord Watanabe on land.
