Sometimes the failure of war is not because the soldiers did not fight bravely on the battlefield, but because the commander made a misdecisive decision-making. Among the many factors that led to misdecisive decision-making, greed is often another important factor.

And today, the leaders of these Viking Pirates have tasted the pain of greed.

Things have to go back to when the Viking pirates attacking around the Black Pearl saw that the Black Pearl was completely silent, their leaders did not resist the ** that could obtain the giant ship.

After the Black Pearl was completely silent, the first reaction of these Vikings was of course a fraud, because the other party stopped the entire ship for no reason, which must have been intentional.

Because these Vikings knew very well that there was no undercover on the ship, and the other party was not at any disadvantage, just stopping the ship in this way would definitely be a trap.

But this is both a trap and an opportunity, because they can finally find an excellent angle to approach the ship and successfully board the Black Pearl.

So at this moment, it is time for the Viking Kelp leader to make a decision. He just missed the only chance to get this ship, or risked falling into a trap and boarded the ship.

In the end, his greed for this giant defeated his reason, and the Viking leader chose to board the ship.

This is because this ship is really great. It can still sail in a windless state, with an indestructible shell and fast navigation speed. The most important point is that the Black Pearl is also extremely powerful.

Except for the poor combat ability, the other characteristics of pirates are dreamt of.

In addition, according to legend, this ship robbed a large amount of gold, so the attraction of gold is also a very important factor.

But in addition to these, another important reason why the leader chose to board the ship is that he has strong confidence in his brother's melee ability after boarding the ship, and the name of Viking Bears is not something he can do.

As for the legendary "magic" that can make a hole in the enemy with a sound, the Viking leader did not take that seriously at all. He believed that Valkyrie (Valkyrie) would bless them.

However, they did not board the ship in a swagger. The leader ordered the ships under his command to find a suitable angle to avoid the artillery fire, then approached the Black Pearl, and slowly, carefully boarded the ship.

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But what they didn't expect was that when they stopped the boat and hooked the Black Pearl with a hook rope, most of them began to climb onto the rope, their ship suddenly exploded and then began to sink.

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It turned out that this was the first step of Zhao Linger's plan. After these pirate ships approached the Black Pearl, they immediately sank their ships with mortars.

One of the important reasons why mortars failed to work before was that these pirates had narrow hulls and were still moving constantly, so mortars were not easy to attack.

But now the opponent's pirate ship has become a semi-static target, so of course they can sink their ship smoothly.

And in this way, the pirates who were boarding the ship had no way out, and boarding the ship became their only choice.

As Zhao Ling'er expected, after seeing the scene in front of him, the Viking leader was not only angry, but also had an idea in his mind, that is, boarding the ship and catching the ship.

However, most of them were still hanging on the ropes at this moment, and countless crossbows began to appear on the side of the ship on their heads. This was Zhao Linger's second step in her plan, which was to condescend and directly use crossbow arrows to kill the pirates.

The reason why I chose crossbow arrows instead of muskets is very simple, muskets and bullets are expensive. Originally, when Zhao Linger proposed this strategy, she was planning to use muskets. After so many naval battles, Zhao Linger also knew what power the muskets had.

But she didn't know that the real cost of muskets was not the gun itself, but the bullets, so when there was no need, Zhao Weiji was not willing to waste bullets.

The scene in front of me is a scene where there is no need to waste bullets. Anyway, even if you don’t shoot these pirates who boarded the ship with a crossbow, they will lose the ability to grab the rope and fall into the sea. So at this time, Zhao Weiji will modify the plan.

To attack with a crossbow machine.

And things were as they expected. Most pirates fell into the sea even if they did not die at this stage and lost their combat ability.

But of course there are still fish that have leaks. There will always be dead corners that cannot be attacked to provide those who are lucky enough to successfully climb onto the boat, but at that time they will be greeted by the black muzzle.

"We surrender, we surrender." The Viking leader, who was hit by the gun, naturally did not dare to expect Valkyrie's blessing anymore. Although he did not believe in the so-called magic in those stories, he used such a place.

The iron pipe that seems to be without any harm can still be pushed against his head, which shows that this thing is not as simple as it seems.

At this time, a huge part of his subordinates had been buried at the bottom of the sea or floating on the sea. No matter how confident he was, he had no hope that they could do something earth-shaking, so he knew the current affairs.

He chose to surrender decisively.

However, due to his indifference, he blurted out his mother tongue at the first time, so no one on Zhao Weiji's side could understand what he was saying.

But soon he realized the problem, so he immediately switched to Arabic dialect and repeated the words just now. This time someone finally understood it.

"Prince, he said he surrendered." Wang Dayuan was one of those who understood, so he translated the words of the Viking leader to Zhao Weiji.

"Surrender." Zhao Weiji touched the beard on his chin, and then continued: "Is there any benefit to surrender? Huanzhang, go and ask him."

So Wang Dayuan asked the Viking leader in Arabic dialect: "What are the benefits of your surrender?"

This question made the Viking leader stupid, yes, he has nothing now and can't bring any benefits. His ship has sunk, and now he has nothing but this piece of equipment on his body.

There was no way, he could only hand over the axe he thought was the best.

However, after Wang Dayuan took the axe, he looked at it, then tried it with his hands, then shook his head, and looked at the Viking leader with contempt. The meaning was obvious. You have the nerve to take it out even if you have such a thing.

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The Viking leader naturally understood Wang Dayuan's expression. He felt a little dissatisfied because he had used up a lot of effort to find an excellent blacksmith.

But when he was about to argue, Wang Dayuan casually found a sailor and asked him to use his mate to chop at the Viking battle axe. As a result, the sailor's sword was safe and a big gap appeared on the axe's blade.

This shocked the Viking leader. He just found someone to cut a gap with a knife. How good is this knife? Generally, if an axe of the same quality is cut against a knife, something will happen.

It can always be a knife rather than an axe.

This made the Viking leader understand that he lost this battle without any mistake. Even if he did not use any strategy to deal with it, they might not be able to win. Not to mention those powerful crossbows, they are now in the top position.

The mysterious weapon on his head is the swords that ordinary sailors can suppress them in equipment.

But now it has caused a problem, that is, he has no other thing that can be used as a redemption for his own ransom at this stage.

But at this moment, a subordinate next to him reminded him that they still had a big house in Baghdad, and they had a lot of gold storage in the house, hoping to use this as a benefit to redeem themselves.

However, when the leader proposed this condition, Zhao Weiji said that these conditions could only redeem the leader himself. As for his subordinates, he could give them a chance to survive, that is, push them into the sea and let them survive by themselves.

In his desire for life, the leader had to agree to Zhao Weiji's request and let his subordinates be pushed out of the sea, hoping that the gods could bless them to survive.

So Zhao Weiji could satisfy his pirate dream again, which was the classic springboard. He asked his sailors to find a long wooden board to extend it out of the side of the ship, and then asked the pirates to jump up the springboard one by one into the sea.

Except for the leader, everyone was retreated from the sea, and then the Black Pearl had to return. They still had to return to the island first, then buy a large ship as planned, and then enter the Persian Gulf.

Just after the Black Pearl began to return, Zhao Weiji picked up his precious daughter Zhao Ling'er, because this time he was able to win without bloodshed, his daughter made great contributions.

"Hey, Ling'er, tell dad, how did you come up with this plan?"

"Aren't I reading the Three Kingdoms recently? Didn't Zhuge Liang's biography mention that he used the empty city strategy to scare Sima Yi away? I thought at that time, in fact, in addition to being an empty city strategy, it is also possible to use it when it is an empty city, it is also possible to lie in ambush.

As Sima Yi was concerned, what if he was just showing off his own appearance, there were actually a large number of ambushers?"

"So that's the case? But what if those pirates are not deceived?"

"If you don't get cheated, you won't be cheated. Anyway, we have no losses and can save some shells and carbon. You said that's right, dad."

Zhao Weiji thought about it and it seemed like this. If those pirates were not fooled, they would probably continue to waste. Anyway, the situation would not be worse than before, and it would be a good thing to save ammunition and fuel.

"My daughter is right. This time you made great contributions. What are the requirements that dad can satisfy you?"

"I want to go to Baghdad with you and bring my younger brother." Zhao Ling'er is quite conscientious and does not forget her younger brother at this time.

"Okay, Dad promised you."

Hearing Zhao Weiji's affirmative answer, Zhao Ling'er happily kissed her father, and then gave her a thumbs up at Zhao Teng who was still on the mast watchtower, meaning that it was done.

In this way, Zhao Weiji, who had enough pirate addiction at sea, finally set out to Baghdad.

[To explain here, Zhuge Liang used the empty city plan in the Three Kingdoms. It was compiled in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. However, for the sake of the plot, I added it here. Please don’t criticize me for this, thank you]
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