Chapter 482: On the Pirates
On the way back, Luga locked herself in the cabin and thought about it, leaving Belialiu and Andrew and other teams of guards pretending to be sailors busy on the deck.
"It seems that what Gesarik did in Carthage has made Luca feel uncomfortable." Andrew looked at the endless sea in front of him and the ships in groups of three or three, and said with emotion: "It's not just Luca, but everyone else cannot tolerate his enemy's strength increasing day by day. I have to say that he is really facing a problem now."
"I think it's like I said," Belialiu replied, "We concentrate our superior forces and then give the Vandals a fatal blow, just like the joint legion commanded by Luga."
This made Andrew shook his head after hearing this, and he said, "Oh, come on, Belialiu. At that time, we were supported by Augustus of Eastern Rome. We no longer had the strength we used to do."
"We can mobilize the troops in the Great Sicily region. Now Luga is the commander of the soldier. Do you understand what I mean?" Belialiu still insisted and continued: "Besides, I can also ask my father Hermanus to help us properly. As long as our navy is stronger than the Vandals, we can or have the opportunity to completely defeat them!"
"But I don't think so, Belialiu." At this sudden moment, Luga interrupted them and made the two turn around. He only saw Luga's dirty face, untidy clothes, slowly walking towards him with a piece of bread in his hand, and while walking, he stuffed the bread into his mouth.
"Oh my God, Luka, what's going on?" Andrew couldn't help asking when he saw his sloppy and decadent appearance.
"Oh, don't mention it!" Lu Jia ate the bread in his hand and ran to the two of them, and said with a smile while tilting his head, "I thought hard for a long time until I fell asleep. Oh my God, this is really a thorny problem."
"So, have you thought of anything?" Belialiu, who was beside him, couldn't wait.
"Oh, sorry, I didn't think of anything!" Luga said, laughing at Belialiu, looking indifferent.
"Oh, my God, you see it too, Luga." Looking at Luga's attitude made Belialiu unwilling. He raised his voice octave and shouted at Luga: "The Vandals have become stronger, and we must make decisions at this time instead of treating them as a joke!"
At this moment, a heavy footsteps were heard, which were very heavy on the deck. Luga quickly turned around and saw a guard running quickly to Luga and said, "Sir, pirates, there are pirates!"
Everyone looked in the direction of the guard's finger and saw only three warships similar to warships, whose canvas were white, and no one knew where it belonged. They only knew that these guys must have been bad people.
"They captured this sea area without Rome or Vandal's navy cruising here, so they could rob them openly!" Belia looked solemn. He was experienced and knew that the big and small merchant ship under his feet could not be the opponent of the warship.
Their organization was very tight. A medium-sized warship plus two smaller ships, which was more similar to the dragon-headed warships that were towards the barbarians in the north. Compared with the warships behind them, the pirates were driving the warships towards Luga and the others.
The other merchant ships around saw the situation and fled in different directions, but the pirates' goal was very clear, just to come for Lujia and the others, because among so many merchant ships, only Lujia and the others' merchant ships were the largest.
"Hurry, we have no time!" Belialiu shouted, and hurriedly took action. He ran on the deck, slapped the shoulders of every guard he could reach, and signaled them to cheer up. "Hurry, pick up the oars, we must speed up, otherwise they will catch up quickly, and as long as they are entangled, they will not be able to escape!"
All the guards rushed to the deck, picked up the oars placed on the deck, and waited for the orders of Belia's remnant.
"Move! Move, move!"
The oars extended from the deck to the sea, and under the slogans left by Belia, they rowed together, and the merchant ship gradually accelerated.
"Stay, yes, that's it. Just follow the rhythm, do your best and do your best!" Belia shouted loudly, and ordered the soldiers loudly.
The soldiers had already tried their best, but the huge merchant ship was much slower than the fast-moving warship, so gradually, the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer.
"We can't be so unprepared!" Lujia shouted: "Keep your speed, arm yourself without the oars!"
The soldiers took out leather armor and shield spears from the cabin. They armed themselves one by one. The soldiers holding bows and arrows boarded the highest point of the ship. Facing the approaching pirate ship, they set their bows and arrows and aimed them.
These pirates did not look like a lawless mob. They had shields and battle axes, roaring at Luga and the others.
The archers shot arrows towards the pirates getting closer and closer, but the sea breeze was very strong, and the arrows quickly deviated from the direction in the air and landed on the sea not far from the pirate ship.
The pirate ship accelerated and directly approached Luga's merchant ship. The distance was getting closer and closer. The archers pulled the round bow together and aimed at the pirate ship below.
"KaKaKa..."
A wave of bowstrings and several arrows fell on the deck of the pirate ship, but most of them were blocked by the shields raised by the pirates. Only one unlucky ghost was caught in an arrow on his shoulder and fell to the ground with a strange cry.
"Dangdangdang..."
Iron hooks fell on the deck of the merchant ship, and on the mast, only a few pirates below were seen climbing up along the ropes.
"Arrowman! Archers shoot them down!"
Lujia shouted at the mast, and the archers above understood and pointed their bow at the pirates climbing below. The sea breeze was too strong, which made them extremely difficult to aim, making them likely to miss the pirates climbing below even if they aimed and shot for a while.
From time to time, pirates who were caught in arrows fell into the water, but more pirates climbed up along the ropes. At this time, everyone on the merchant ship heard the harsh shouts of the pirates.
"Spike, spear is ready!"
Luka greeted the soldiers around him, and in order to pick up a spear, he was always ready to see the enemy who could climb onto the deck at any time.
"Ahhhhh..."
Chapter completed!