Chapter 412 Pirates (Part 1)

On the way back, Luga locked himself in the cabin to think hard, leaving Belia and Andrew and a team of guards pretending to be sailors busy on the deck.

"It seems that what Gaiseric did in Carthage has made Luca feel uncomfortable." Andrew looked at the endless sea and the ships in groups of three or two and said with emotion: "It's not just Luca. Everyone else can't tolerate the growing strength of their enemies. I have to say that he is really in trouble now."

"I think it's just as I said." Belia continued, "We should concentrate our superior forces and deal a fatal blow to the Vandals, just like the united army commanded by Luca."

Andrew shook his head after hearing this. He said, "Oh, come on, Belia, we had the support of Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire. We no longer have the strength we once had."

"We can mobilize the troops of Greater Sicily. Luca is now the captain of the sergeant. Do you understand what I mean?" Belialiu still insisted and continued, "Besides, I can also ask my father Hermanus to help us appropriately. As long as our navy is stronger than the Vandals, we can or have the opportunity to defeat them completely!"

"But I don't think so, Belia." At this moment, Luga interrupted them and asked the two to turn around. They saw Luga with disheveled hair and untidy clothes, walking towards them slowly with a piece of bread in his hand, stuffing the bread into his mouth as he walked.

"Oh, my God, Luca, what's wrong with you?" Andrew couldn't help but ask when he saw his sloppy and decadent appearance.

"Oh, don't mention it!" Luca ate the bread in his hand in two or three bites and ran to the two of them. He bowed his head and smiled and said, "I thought about it for a long time until I fell asleep. My God, this is really a tricky problem."

"So, have you thought of anything?" Belialiu on the side couldn't wait.

"Oh, sorry, I can't think of anything!" Luga said, laughing at Belia, looking indifferent.

"Oh, my God, you saw it too, Luga." Seeing Luga's attitude, Belia was unwilling to stay. He raised his voice by eight degrees and shouted to Luga: "The Vandals have become more powerful. We must make a decision at this time and not treat it as a joke!"

At this moment, a heavy sound of footsteps was heard on the deck. Lujia turned around quickly and saw a guard running towards him and said, "Sir, pirates, there are pirates!"

Everyone looked in the direction the guard pointed and saw three ships that looked like warships with white sails. No one knew where they belonged to. They only knew that these guys must have come with bad intentions.

"They took advantage of the fact that there are no Roman or Vandal navies cruising in this sea area, so they can plunder openly!" Beliaoliu looked solemn. As an experienced man, he knew that the medium-sized merchant ship under his feet could never be a match for the warship.

Their organization was very tight, with a medium-sized warship and two smaller ships. This ship was more similar to the dragon-headed warships of the barbarians in the north, and was much lighter than the warships behind them. The pirates were driving the warships towards Luga and his men.

Seeing the situation, other merchant ships around scattered and fled in different directions, but the pirates' target was very clear, which was to go after Luca and his crew, because among so many merchant ships, Luca and his crew were the largest.

"Hurry, hurry, we don't have time!" Belialiu shouted and hurried into action. He ran on the deck, patting the shoulders of every guard he could reach, signaling them to cheer up. "Hurry, pick up the oars, we have to speed up, otherwise they will catch up quickly, and once they entangle us, we will not be able to escape!"

All the guards rushed onto the deck, picked up the oars on the deck, and waited for Belia's orders.

"Move! Move, move!"

Oars stretched from the deck to the sea surface, and under Beria's slogan, they rowed together one after another, and the merchant ship gradually increased its speed.

"Hold on, yes, that's it, just follow the rhythm, one after another, do your best, do your best!" Belia shouted at the top of his lungs, giving loud orders to the soldiers.

The soldiers had tried their best, but the huge merchant ship was much slower than the fast warship, so gradually, the distance between the two sides became closer and closer.

"We can't be unprepared like this!" Luca shouted, "Keep up the speed, and arm those who don't have oars!"

The soldiers took out leather armor, shields and spears from the cabin and armed themselves one by one. The soldiers armed with bows and arrows climbed to the highest part of the ship. Facing the approaching pirate ships, they drew their bows and arrows and aimed at them.

This group of pirates did not look like a group of lawless mobs. They had shields and axes, and were roaring at Luga and his men.

The archers shot arrows at the pirates who were getting closer and closer, but the sea breeze was very strong and the arrows quickly deviated from their direction in the air and landed on the sea not far from the pirate ship.

The pirate ship sped up and approached Luga's merchant ship directly. As the distance got closer and closer, the archers pulled their bows together and aimed at the pirate ship below.

"Click, click, click"

There was a burst of bowstrings, and several arrows landed on the deck of the pirate ship, but most of them were blocked by the shields raised by the pirates. Only one unlucky guy was hit by an arrow in the shoulder and fell to the ground with a strange cry.

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Iron hooks fell on the deck and mast of the merchant ship, and only a few pirates could be seen climbing up along the ropes below.

"Archers! Archers, shoot them down!"

Luca shouted to the top of the mast, and the archers on top understood and drew their bows to aim at the pirates climbing up below. The strong wind made it extremely difficult for them to aim, so that even if they aimed and shot, they would probably miss the pirates climbing up below.

From time to time, some pirates were hit by arrows and fell into the water, but more pirates climbed up along the ropes. At this time, everyone on the merchant ship could only hear the rough shouts of the pirates.

"Spear, spear ready!"

Luga called out to the soldiers around him, picked up a spear, and was ready to look at the enemy who might climb onto the deck at any time.

"Yeah yeah yeah"

These pirates were shouting strangely to intimidate the people on the merchant ship. If it was an ordinary merchant ship, such strange shouting would be enough to scare the sailors on the ship and make them surrender immediately. However, they had robbed the wrong ship after all.

(End of this chapter)