In late August, abundant warm currents from the north and south of the equator converge in the Caribbean, creating intense rainfall.

Most of the houses on Feilong Island were destroyed by pirates, and only the base in the center of the island was able to accommodate some Chinese to shelter from the rain.

The seriously wounded and lightly wounded were arranged to shelter from the torrential rain at the base of the island, while the remaining uninjured Chinese pirates were cut down trees and set up improvised tents under the command of Hou Taiyuan.

The rain was heavy and showed no signs of stopping, and hundreds of Chinese pirates struggled through the accumulated rainwater, transporting the felled trees and branches to the open space on the coast, and then another group of Chinese pirates were responsible for arranging the branches and building wooden sheds.

The plan to attack Tolti was originally scheduled to be completed today, but the sudden rainstorm forced the plan to be postponed.

During the rainstorm, the waves in the Caribbean Sea are high, and navigating the storm with several merchant ships and a small sailboat has no intention of dying.

The Caribbean Sea belongs to the tropical rainforest climate, the high temperature and rainy weather enriches the natural landscape of the Caribbean region but also brings a variety of parasites, the parasites that are turbid in the rain will bring serious consequences after touching the human body, and the wounded are more susceptible to the attack of parasites, after the Chinese pirates occupied Feilong Island, the vast majority of the more than 100 people who died died of various diseases brought by parasites.

Fever, cold, and minor illnesses common in the mainland can easily take the lives of Chinese pirates on the narrow island of Wyvern.

Restricted by the weakness of the strength of the Chinese pirates, there were very few reserves of medicinal materials on Feilong Island, and every time the medicinal materials ran out, Wang Yongtian returned to Cuba Island and secretly purchased medicinal materials as the shopkeeper of his grocery store to avoid being discovered by the Spaniards.

After the pirate attack, all the remaining medicinal materials on the island were used up, and Wang Yongtian did not go back to Cuba Island to purchase medicinal materials, but stayed on the island, preparing to attack Tolti Island with Hou Taiyuan after the heavy rain stopped.

Heavy rain Linlin, the Chinese pirates in the rain were silent, they were all told the situation of Feilong Island, after the heavy rain stopped and repaired, all the Chinese pirates had to participate in the attack on Tolti Island, the result of the battle was nine lifetimes, before the moment to decide the fate of the Chinese pirates, what they could do was to build a wooden shed as soon as possible, avoid the rainstorm, nourish their spirits, and make the final preparations for the war.

Hou Taiyuan, Wang Yongtian and other pirates built a wooden shed in the rain, rain and sweat continued to flow down their heads, Hou Taiyuan tore off the sleeves of his clothes that were in the way, and then tied a strip of cloth to his right arm, stretching out a strong muscle.

The three Chinese pirates carried a processed tree trunk, two or three meters away from Hou Taiyuan, and saw that the last Chinese pirate carrying the wood was a little difficult, and stepped out in two steps and came to the three of them.

"Let it go, and give me the wood." Hou Taiyuan took the wood from the hands of the three of them as he spoke, his arms were forced, and the three hundred catties of trees were carried by him on his shoulders, and he stood on his feet, and with a loud shout, his whole body exploded, and the wood was accurately thrown in the center of the wooden shed.

Shaking his shoulders that were red by the tree trunk, Hou Taiyuan said, "If you are tired, go to the wooden shed built next to you to rest, after the rain stops, all the brothers will set off to attack Tolti Island, if one brother is tired and injured in the construction of the wooden shed, we lack a combat effectiveness." When attacking the enemy, there is one less hope of victory. So pay attention to protect your body and kill a few more during the battle. ”

"The water is slippery, and I didn't stand firm on my feet just now, so I'm not tired at all." The weakest Chinese pirate laughed.

"When you're tired, go to the side to rest, and you don't need to hold on."

Hou Taiyuan patted him on the shoulder, feeling relieved in his heart.

However, the next moment, his face changed instantly, and his right hand pulled a tree branch, and quickly slashed at the rear of the Chinese pirate in front of him.

"Pop" tree branches at the foot of the water surface made a crashing sound, a colorful tropical snake was hit by the branch, the snake body from the middle part of the broken in two, the first half of the snake head from the Chinese pirate feet less than half a meter, without the back half of the snake head still twitched, Hou Taiyuan pulled the Chinese pirate, pushed him towards Hou, and the first half of the snake distance, and at this time the snake head has reached the position where the Chinese pirate just stood.

Fighting the snake does not end without dying, pulling over the Chinese pirates, the branch in Hou Taiyuan's hand hit the snake in the rain again, the branch fell quickly, directly hitting the snake head, the branch is huge, the small snake head is fragile compared to the branch, after being violently attacked, the snake head is shattered, and the blood in the snake head spreads in the water, and a small piece of red is flushed.

Hou Taiyuan shot too quickly, and by the time the rescued Chinese pirates reacted, the snake in the rain was already dead and could no longer die.

The rescued Chinese pirate secretly exhaled, dying in battle was nothing, and it was not worth it if he was poisoned by a snake before the battle.

"It's a poisonous snake," Hou Tae-won reminded as he looked at the snake that had been beaten in the rain, "and toss the snake aside, being careful not to touch it with your hands." ”

"Thank you, General Hou." The rescued Chinese pirates thanked them.

"It's all my own brothers, needless to say." Hou Taiyuan waved his hand to stop the other party from continuing to be grateful,

"There are many poisonous snakes on the island, and it is the time for snakes to be active during heavy rains, so brothers should pay more attention when cutting down branches and be careful not to be bitten by poisonous snakes."

"Don't worry, general, I'll pay careful attention to it later." ……

It rained heavily for a day, and the next morning the weather began to clear, and Hou Taiyuan was too busy yesterday and slept in the tent without getting up.

"General, there is a situation, a fleet of ships has appeared at sea, and it is heading towards Feilong Island."

Hearing the news, Hou Taiyuan's first reaction was that the pirates attacked Feilong Island again, and a spirit stood up, put on a coarse cloth and short cedar, tied up a yellow turban that was still wet, and raised a big knife, "Inform the brothers, except for the seriously wounded, everyone will gather on the southern coast to meet the enemy." ”

The cold battle siren sounded on Feilong Island, the Chinese pirates who had just been busy for a day could not be tired, and got up from the rest of the trading sheds and tents, most of the Chinese pirates were equipped with knives, spears and other cold weapons, they heard the sirens of other pirates, and immediately picked up the weapons placed beside them, and quickly rushed to the southern coast to assemble, and a small number of Chinese pirates equipped with captured muskets first ran to the base in the center of the island, and after taking out the muskets placed inside, under the leadership of Wang Yongtian, the person in charge of the base stay, Unifying towards the southern coast, the emergency response was over in less than a quarter of an hour, and musketeers, archers, and pirates armed with cold weapons such as broadswords lined up behind the simply repaired positions.

The remaining one small warship and one merchant converted pirate ship and seven small pirate ships were anchored on the southern coast, their guns rolled out in unison towards the sea, aimed at the approaching fleet, and the fleet approaching the Flying Dragon Island consisted of two medium-sized sail warships, five small warships, and several gunboats.

The gunboats were not suitable for ocean voyages, and the gunboats on the sea were carried by two medium-sized sailboats, which were lowered to the surface by the sailboats when approaching the island of Wyverns.

One by one, the gunboats were lowered from the battleship, and when they were about to enter the range of the ships on the shore of Feilong Island, the speed of the fleet slowed down, and a total of seven gunboats were released from the battleship, one of which hoisted a worn-out yellow flag, and Hou Taiyuan vaguely recognized the yellow dragon symbol from the flag.

The dragon is a unique national totem of the Han people, and the yellow dragon flag on the yellow bottom is a symbol of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

"It's Li Han," Hou Taiyuan recognized the identity of the man standing on the gunboat.

"Don't do it, it's your own people on the gunboat!" The gunboat entered the range of the guns of the ships on Feilong Island, and Hou Taiyuan hurriedly reminded him.

The ships anchored on the coast recognized Li Han's identity earlier than Hou Tae-won, and when the gunboat continued to sail towards Feilong Island, the ship's guns did not fire, but vigilantly watched the movements of the fleet behind them to prevent the other side from attacking.