After a long pause, the bandit leader smiled contemptuously and raised one hand...
The bandits under my command immediately released the ten of us who were on the ship's side.
The other party gestured, requesting that a small boat be sent to pick them up...
Song Chengjian agreed and instructed Jiang's men to return to the past.
"Second brother, I'll take some men over there..."
The fifth brother, Song Chengyu, spoke up, and he and his second brother, as representatives, went out to sea to carry out the rescue.
Song Chengjian glanced behind him. Although the fishermen he had selected were all young, none of them were from the Lian family...
"Second Young Master, let's send someone over!"
One of Jiang's men spoke up first.
Song Chenghou nodded gratefully and quickly finalized the arrangements for the people from the past.
In addition to Song Chengyu, two of Jiang's subordinates were assigned to a clever fisherman.
Song Chengjian gave the group a few instructions, and then the four of them rowed two small boats toward the bandit ship.
As the small boat approached, the bandits stood on it, looking down at the large ship from their elevated position.
Song Chengjian turned around and, together with Jiang's men, lowered the box filled with silver ingots onto the bandit's small boat...
The bandit's face was full of greed, revealing a mouthful of black and yellow teeth.
The bandit opened the box, picked up several silver ingots, and bit them one by one to make sure they were safe...
This time, he happily gestured to the pirate ship.
The bandits lowered the rope ladder, but didn't untie the ropes undone behind the fishermen, letting them go down on their own...
Meanwhile, the small boat, laden with silver ingots, returned to the bandit ship.
"hurry up!"
Song Chengyu whispered a reminder.
The fishermen didn't care about anything else and jumped directly into the small boat.
Chiang Kai-shek's men and the fishermen quickly grabbed the ropes and ladders to prevent the boat from capsizing.
The bandits, having received the ransom, are about to arrive at their ship...
A strange smile appeared on his face.
In a flash, Song Chengyu made a decisive decision: "Jump!"
He gave orders to everyone on the boat, as well as the fishermen who had come down the rope ladder.
Almost simultaneously, the bandits began to hurl stones at the small boat.
On the large ship opposite, Song Chengjian's orders were given without any ambiguity.
"Release the arrows!"
Although bamboo arrows have a short range, the two boats were not far apart.
Under Song Chengjian's command, Han's men and the fishermen only fired at the bandits' hands and feet, avoiding vital organs...
In an instant, water splashed everywhere on the sea, and the pirates on the ship scattered, many with arrows in their hands and arms...
The bandits glared at them menacingly.
But the commotion of throwing boulders into the water eventually stopped.
After several volleys of arrows, Song Chengjian and Jiang's men lowered their heads to check the underwater situation.
"not good!"
Chiang's men cried out in alarm, "There's blood!"
Song Chengjian's heart leaped into his throat, but he remained calm and reminded the archers by the boat, "Don't panic, keep shooting!"
The water was churning violently, as if someone was struggling, clearly indicating that it was not a simple matter of rescuing someone.
Song Chengjian personally raised his bow and shot at the bandits who were about to climb the rope ladder.
The man was carrying a box containing silver ingots in both hands, attempting to board the ship.
He was shot by Song Chengjian's arrow, and he dodged backward, instantly falling backward.
Eager to make money, they worried that the silver ingots would be washed away by the sea...
When it fell into the water, its hands were still tightly gripping the lid of the box.
Sudden!
His body seemed to have been struck a heavy blow, and he was thrown back a meter in the water, the box slipping from his grasp instantly...
Through the water, Song Chengjian recognized that it was the color of the fifth brother Song Chengyu's clothes.
A cacophony of shouts and curses came from the pirate ship.
The splashing sounds underwater gradually subsided, but what was alarming was that a red stain spread across the surface of the water...
Song Chengjian and Jiang's men lowered their heads, guessing what that meant.
"Quick! Go around to the back of the boat!"
Song Chengjian shouted from the boat.
Holding the wooden box, Song Chengjian, along with the people below, swam towards the back of the boat after passing the red mark.
The bandits lost both their people and their wealth. After a brief period of panic, they finally revealed their formidable strength.
Seemingly sensing that Song Chengjian and the others were unwilling to take their lives, their pirate ship accelerated its approach...
Everyone held long knives, their faces contorted with rage, ready for a fierce battle.
Song Chengjian ordered that they should act immediately once the underwater people had circled around to the other side!
Because the people underwater were approaching the stern of the boat, Song Chengjian couldn't order the helmsman to move the boat backward to create distance...
The fishermen behind him lowered two rope ladders, ready to help.
Jiang's men, facing him, reached for the bamboo basket under the cover of their comrades' arrows and pulled out a tinderbox.
Seeing that the two boats were only a few people apart, the bamboo arrows that were shot were dodged by the bandits who swung their knives. Several men picked up the bamboo arrows that had been left on the boats and threw them back empty-handed...
People on the large ship were injured one after another, but no one retreated an inch.
Song Chengjian reminded them to protect vital areas.
Hearing the fishermen behind him shout, "Second Young Master, board the boat!"
Song Chengjian and Jiang's men relaxed and, with all their might, gave the order in unison.
"put!"
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