Chapter 242: Sea Dragon King? A mere pirate dares to claim to be the king?

The blue sea waves are vast and boundless, forming a breathtaking sea picture.

The sea surface is like a huge piece of blue jade, crystal clear and sparkling.

The sunlight penetrated through the clouds, making every wave sparkle with dazzling light, as if countless blue gems were gently dancing.

Hundreds of warships named the First Fleet of the South China Sea by Jia Cong set sail, breaking through the wind and waves.

“Wow!”

At this moment, huge waves of swords appeared on the water surface.

A huge sky-blue dragon body rose from it.

It soared in the sky and then transformed into a human form.

It landed on the top deck of the Nanhai, the flagship of the South China Sea First Fleet, which had more ships on board than any other warship.

Falling behind Jia Cong.

On both sides of Jia Cong stood Miaoyu and Daiyu respectively.

“Cong’er, what are you looking at?”

Baochai stepped forward and asked softly.

“Nothing, urgent news just came from the southeast.”

“This time, the Westerners dispatched 700 warships of various sizes, and they have already headed for Fujian.”

Jia Cong had a dull expression on his face. It was already the third day since he had sailed from Xiangshan Wharf in Jiangnan.

One hundred and eight warships, carrying ten thousand naval troops and ten thousand soldiers from the Beijing garrison.

Including Jia Cong’s personal soldiers, the Blood-Clothed Guards, and some logistics personnel, there were a total of more than 23,000 people.

So far, this voyage seems to be smooth sailing.

In fact, it was more dangerous than the previous fights.

On the surface, it was a huge joint fleet formed by Westerners.

Secretly, the Kong family will definitely not miss this opportunity.

Not only the Kong family, the development of Dongli Academy has affected the interests of too many people.

Apart from anything else, would the Mohists sit idly by and watch the Gongshuists rise?
Even the vassal states surrounding Daqian showed signs of instability after hearing the news.

“Your Majesty has already mobilized 300 warships from various naval forces to gather in Fujian.”

“The Mu family has also gathered a hundred warships!”

Baochai reported the information she had.

If it were at the beginning of the founding of Daqian, the number of warships gathered at this time would at least double.

However, during the founding war, most of the navy were good at fighting on inland rivers, and their ships were not big enough.

Secondly, for a hundred years since the founding of the country, the royal family has always focused its attention on the inland, and the local navy has not received any investment except for basic supplies.

Warships that have fallen into disrepair have no choice but to be abandoned, let alone newly built or developed ones.

The only new warship is the South China Sea First Fleet currently commanded by Jia Cong.

“Brother Cong, don’t worry, we are all here!”

“If it really doesn’t work, Sister Bao, Sister Miaoyu, and I will be able to help you leave safely.”

Seeing this, Daiyu hurriedly and gently held Jia Cong’s right hand.

“I’m not worried. I’m just thinking that there are some plans that need to be laid out early.”

“Maybe it can be used at a critical moment.”

Jia Cong whispered.

“Report!”

“Reporting to the commander, fifteen miles ahead, a group of pirates were spotted robbing merchant ships!”

At this moment, a general in armor hurried over from the rear.

It was Song Kaijiang, the former commander of the Yuanzhou Navy who was temporarily appointed as the commander of the First Fleet in the South China Sea!
Three generations of the Song family served in the navy and wandered on the sea.

Song Kaijiang is one of the few generals in Daqian who is proficient in naval warfare.

“Pirates? How many ships?”

“Reporting to the commander, there are 22 large ships and more than 60 small boats!”

“There are quite a few Francois cannons on board!”

“Looking at the flags, they should be the people of Sea Dragon King Cheng Guangyi.”

“Sea Dragon King?”

After hearing this, Jia Cong seemed to look at Baochai: “Sister Bao, you, the real dragon, haven’t even become the king of the sea yet, but a pirate has taken over first!”

“Your Excellency may not know that Cheng Guangyi has been rampant on the sea for more than ten years!”

“I don’t know how, but I tamed a giant sea beast.”

“It is over 180 feet long and extremely powerful. A common warship would be ripped into a huge hole by a collision with that sea beast!” “The merchants along the southeast coast have no choice but to pay tribute to Cheng Guangyi every year!”

“Sea beast? That’s quite interesting!”

Jia Cong became interested as soon as he heard it!
“Pass on my order. All warships must raise their sails to full capacity and surround this group of pirates. Do not let any of them escape!”

“promise!”

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Fifteen nautical miles

“Hahaha!”

“Little ones, work harder!”

“Once we have intercepted these merchant ships, we will go back and divide the gold!”

More than thirty pirate ships are besieging seven merchant ships.

Although the merchant ships were also equipped with Portuguese cannons purchased at high prices, the number was too small.

Cheng Guangyi has been hanging around on the sea for many years. He is nine feet tall, and his bare upper body is full of bronze muscles.

Four merchant ships have been hit and are leaking.

The pirates’ ship was already close to the enemy, and the sailors were on the ship with their weapons in hand, ready to go and fight after the enemy made contact.

Cheng Guangyi waved his hand heroically and transmitted his voice using his true energy.

His innate ninth-level martial arts strength caused the morale of the sailors hired on the merchant ship to plummet.

“The boss!”

“Oh no!”

“There is an unknown fleet coming from the north, more than a hundred ships!”

“It looks like a navy ship!”

Just then, a pirate climbed up from the boat and reported in a panic.

“Official ship?”

“Hahaha, the imperial navy is a bunch of rubbish. They only dare to operate near the coast.”

“With Dali here, we have nothing to fear from more than a hundred ships!”

“I met him today, so I can show off my power as a sea dragon pirate!”

Cheng Guangyi looked towards the north. At this time, the sails of the first few ships in Jia Cong’s fleet were already faintly visible!

Watching from afar, Cheng Guangyi knew that the navy warships in the distance were far larger than the ones he had pieced together.

The darker the more exciting!

As he spoke, he put two fingers to his mouth and whistled strangely with his ingenuity.

Three long and three short!

As soon as the whistle sounded, a huge shadow immediately emerged from the sea.

It’s more than one hundred and eighty feet long!
It is more than 600 meters long and has a sturdy body, somewhat similar to a whale.

But its size is far from comparable to that of whales.

Swinging its tail, it swam directly towards the advance warship of the South China Sea First Fleet!
“My fellows, leave seven large ships behind to keep an eye on our spoils!”

“Flank the rest!”

“Such a good ship fell into the hands of these idiots. It’s such a waste!”

Cheng Guangyi waved his hand.

Fifteen large ships and more than fifty small boats quickly changed direction and followed the huge sea monster!

The reputation of the Sea Dragon Pirates was mostly due to this sea beast named Hercules by Cheng Guangyi!
Under normal circumstances, with sea beasts as the vanguard, just a few collisions would cause most of the enemy’s warships and morale to be destroyed.

Only this time…

“Buzz!”

Before the whale and sea monster could approach the navy fleet not far away.

An invisible wave flashed across the heaven and earth!
The mighty divine power rises into the sky!

It transformed into a huge hand that covered the sky and the sun and scooped into the sea.

“Woo…”

After a dull roar.

Under Cheng Guangyi’s incredulous gaze, the whales and sea beasts that used to roam the oceans were directly picked up by the divine hand that covered the sky and the sun.

No matter how you struggle and roar.

They are unable to break free from the big hand and return to the sea!
Regarding the number of people on board the one hundred warships, the young author looked up Zheng He’s fleet and found that sixty ships carried 27,000 people to the Western Ocean… I don’t quite understand it, mainly because I have no idea about the structure of the ship and I haven’t found any blueprints, but I’ll just follow the historical records.

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