Approaching the third watch, Qu Wu's boat was driving in a waterless water, Ximen Fox and another boatman rowed, Ximen Fox faintly heard the sound of paddle not far away, but could not see any guiding lights.

Ximen Fox hurriedly picked up the infrared telescope given to him by Qu Wu, and was surprised when he saw it: he saw three small boats sailing towards the building boat from the left, middle and right, and there were four people in each small boat, some holding spears and some wielding bows, all with murderous looks.

Simon Fox hurriedly knocked off the lantern on his head with the slurry, and the whole ship was immediately dark, and then Simon Fox and the boatman struck the plank with the slurry while turning the boat, sending a critical signal to their companions.

Due to the large size of the boat, it is not easy to make a U-turn, seeing that the three small boats are gradually approaching, fortunately, there is no indicator lantern, which also increases the difficulty of the other party approaching.

When the boatmen in the cabin heard the signal, they immediately got up and walked out of the cabin with spears and bows and arrows, and one of the boatmen walked to the door of the dock and knocked on the door to wake up the boatman.

After Qu Wu learned that there were water pirates, he hurriedly put on night vision goggles, held a slingshot, and carried a bow and arrow, a quiver and a copper flute, walked out of the cabin, and told Ziyan not to come out, and closed the hatch from the outside after speaking.

Qu Wu glanced over and saw that the three small boats were already about ten meters away from the building boat.

Seeing that his people were already in place, Ximen Fox beckoned everyone to pay attention to concealed arrows, and then began to shout to the boat: "Brothers on the road, brothers, we are traveling by the road, there is no cargo on the ship, and I hope that the brothers will raise their noble hands and let them go."

Qu Wu had a discussion with Ximen Fox before, and when encountering water pirates, he focused on defense, tried to avoid conflicts, and if it didn't cost much, he could also buy a road to pass, so he was quite polite to water thieves.

Qu Wu also agreed with Ximen Fox that if no peace could be reached, the principle would be to try not to harm their lives, because these water thieves only made a living by robbing, not harming people's lives. Besides, after all, it is in other people's territory, and if you don't kill, you will leave a way back for yourself, so as not to kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred, and lose both.

"Brother, if you don't have goods, you have to leave some money to buy road money, and our brothers never return empty-handed." A man in the middle boat said that someone in the boat had lit a torch with a fire sickle.

"Brothers, I also know your rules, but we are here to raise food for the victims, and we have limited money, so we hope that the brothers will open the net. There is a tael of gold here, and the brothers take it to drink tea, but there is really no more. ”

"You treat us as beggars, and you will send me a dozen brothers for one or two yellow goods, and I tell you, there is no one hundred taels to pass."

"One hundred taels? Brother, you're joking, right? I've never seen a hundred taels of gold look like since I've grown so big, and if you shake our ship upside down, it won't exceed ten taels of gold. Ximen Fox said, it seems that he has met bandits, and these people are not just a few small dollars that can be dissipated.

"Don't bother, don't blame us for getting on the boat and getting it ourselves." As he spoke, the man held a long hook tied to a bamboo pole in one hand and stretched out to the boat, and he was about to hook it.

Qu Wu couldn't bear it anymore, and shot a small steel ball wrapped in a slingshot at the man's hand, only to hear a sound, and the man screamed in pain and the bamboo pole fell into the water.

"How can you dare to hit us first, brothers, hit me." The man who was shot by Qu Wu's slingshot shouted.

Immediately, the three people in the small boat smashed the building boat densely with pebbles the size of eggs, and the building boat made a thumping sound under the attack.

Qu Wu and Ximen Fox did not dare to show their heads, because under the reflection of the torch, the figures on the boat could be seen, and everyone could only lie on the board of the boat to hide, and two boatmen were hit on the head by pebbles, and they greeted the family members of the water thieves on the boat in pain.

Because the building boat is higher than the three small boats, there is a dead angle for the small boat to shoot arrows at the building boat, so there is no fatal danger for Qu Wu to lie on the building boat, but it is very dangerous once he shows his head, and he is undoubtedly sitting on his stomach and waiting to die.

Qu Wu retreated to a hidden spot and shot his slingshot at the hand of the man holding the torch alone, smashing the torch into the middle, and the entire water was instantly pitch black.

The two sides confronted each other in the dark, and the pirates kept shouting and trying to get close to the ship, but the boatmen did not dare to poke their heads out as a target for arrows, so they could only lie on the side of the boat and stretch out their spears to swing from side to side to prevent the boat from approaching.

Qu Wu had an idea, picked up the lantern that fell on the boat with a copper flute, walked to the stern of the building far away from the three small boats, shot himself at the dead end, and slowly raised the lantern, in the dark and faint light, the lantern was like a human head sticking out, and immediately the arrows from the three small boats shot at the lantern, Qu Wu lowered the lantern in height, and raised it from another position, and the arrow immediately shot at the lantern again.

After raising and lowering the lantern repeatedly, the boat stopped shooting arrows at the lantern, and Qu Wu estimated that most of the arrows on the boat had been consumed, and he did not dare to consume any more arrows.

At this time, the people on the boat also changed their tactics, and three copper hooks connected to the ropes were thrown at the building boat at the same time, narrowing the distance between the boat and the building boat, and at the same time several spears stretched out to guard the copper hooks and ropes, and one person on each of the three ropes carried a big knife and climbed to the building boat.

The spears held by Simon Fox and several other boatmen stretched out, and the three men did not dare to show their heads rashly when they saw the spear above their heads, but held the rope tightly in one hand and steadied the boat with both feet, and with the other hand drew out the big knife and slashed at the spear, and immediately the head of a spear was cut off and fell into the sea.

Qu Wu walked to the middle of the boat with a slingshot, away from the position of the spear attack, wearing night vision goggles to see the opponent clearly, because the opponent had not many arrows, so no one shot him with a bow and arrow, but only pebbles, one of which hit his right shoulder, although it did not hurt, but it was also a little painful, which made Qu Wu angry.

Qu Wu shot the three water thieves who grabbed the rope and climbed up with a slingshot on the side of the boat, and they almost missed their shots, and the three men soon couldn't support themselves, so they had to let go of their hands and jump back into the boat.

At this time, the people on the small boat saw that they could not attack for a long time, so they actually began to make poisonous moves, stabbing below the waterline of the building boat with spears, trying to poke the boat out.

Seeing this, Qu Wu did not dare to slack off, if the wooden boat was punctured, it would be in mortal danger. So he shot the marbles with his slingshot at the head of the thief who poked the boat with a spear, and immediately hit the man and howled wolf.

Qu Wu shot a series of shots with a slingshot, hitting the spear-wielding men in the boat one after another, so as not to damage the ship. Due to the one-way transparent attack, the people in the boat could not see the water pirate, and the water pirate clearly saw the water pirate, so the water pirate did not realize where the marble attack was coming from, so he could not fight back in a targeted manner.

The boatmen on the boat also took advantage of the momentum to fight back violently, picking up the pebbles thrown by the water thieves on the boat and condescending to fight back at the water thieves, the water thieves were beaten to cry dad and mother, and a few of them fell into the water in embarrassment, although they were rescued by their companions, they were soaked and shivering in the boat.

After a while, most of the pirates in the three small boats who had been passively beaten had been beaten, and at last they could no longer hold on, and with a whistle they themselves let go of the ropes, discarded the brass hooks, broke away from the boat, and fled.

Seeing them fleeing, Qu Wu did not fire marbles again, and Simon Fox did not drive a boat to pursue them. Just watch them leave the water at full speed.

Seeing that the boat was already far away, Simon Fox lit the lantern again, and Qu Wu also brought the ointment from the cabin to heal the two boatmen who had been injured by the pebbles, and then continued to march upstream.