Man is like a river, the water in all rivers is the same, the water is the same everywhere, but the water in every river is narrow in some places, wide in some places, turbulent in some places, flat in other places. Everyone has the germ of various natures, sometimes showing such a nature, sometimes showing such a nature, and sometimes becoming unrecognizable, but in fact it is still the same person.

- Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy (one of the most outstanding writers in the history of world literature)

Some of the pirates on the nine Kohaya and the three ships that were almost engulfed in flames had been killed on the spot by rockets, and some had jumped into the sea with flames that could not be extinguished, but more were greedy and death-fearing people who jumped into the sea to save their lives and avoid the flames.

In fact, when encountering such a special flame that cannot be extinguished even by water, how can pirates who are too frightened not become greedy for life and afraid of death? The fear of the unknown is not the nature of pirates, but the nature of human beings, and this is the terrible thing about the unknown.

The fate of the pirates fluttering on the sea was not yet in the minds of the commanders of the two armies, for the commander of the first squadron was thinking about whether to annihilate the enemy in front of him, and the commander of the pirate fleet was thinking about how to escape from here.

Of the seven Kozao and the four Seki ships that were lucky enough not to ignite the flames, three Kozao and one Seki were also hit by the rockets of the longbowmen, but they were lucky enough to hit a small number of rockets, giving them a chance to extinguish the flames with seawater.

The commander of the pirate fleet, who had lost most of his ships in just one face, would have lived for so many years in vain if he didn't understand the disparity in strength between the two sides and the bad people of the other side, so he wanted to go back and report it to his leader.

In all fairness, it is enough to say that the ability and courage of this person are not lacking in the ability and courage of a pirate who can be mixed with the pirates who respect the strong, but it will definitely not really crush him, as a pirate boss who lives in a bloody storm, he will not be defeated so easily!

The pirate boss, who forced himself to come out of shock and fear, ignored the pirates who were struggling in the sea and screaming for help, but directly ordered the pirates around him to immediately retreat back in his warship.

Xiao Zao, who has excellent flexibility, can easily complete the U-turn and equip after receiving the order of his commander; the ship that is slightly less maneuverable is not a warship with limited mobility, and the speed of turning around is barely okay.

Originally, he was still thinking about whether to slow down the rocket offensive and capture a few pirate ships and bring them back, but when he saw that the remaining dozen or so pirate warships were trying to turn around and escape, he no longer hesitated, and immediately asked all the longbowmen on the warships to speed up their shooting!

As the longbowmen increased their rate of fire from five to six rockets per minute to at least twelve rockets, they turned around and turned to the fleeing pirate ships and the pirates struggling for help on the surface of the sea, all the while falling into despair.

No matter how fast Xiao Zao's U-turn turned around, it was impossible to outpace the flying rockets, and the pirates struggling in the sea were covered in a dense rain of arrows, and in just a few minutes, a whole layer of corpses had floated near the surface of the sunken ship!

Even so, the accelerated fire of the four triremes failed to save all the pirate warships that had made up their minds to escape, and after four more Kozao and two Seki ships were engulfed in flames, the remaining three Kozao and two Seki ships successfully completed their U-turn.

It was a blessing in misfortune for the almost completely wiped out pirate fleet to have five ships turn around, but not so lucky for the commander of the pirate fleet, because his ship ignited a raging fire that could not be extinguished.

It was impossible to sit idly by and watch the remnants of the pirate fleet flee and directly order the standard-bearers to give orders to the four twin ships on both flanks of the battlefield, telling them to abandon the attack on the abandoned pirates and immediately pursue the fleeing pirate ships!

With four twin ships in pursuit and four triames clearing the battlefield, the hapless pirate fleet did not escape total annihilation, and the only displeasure to the commander of the First Fleet was that he failed to capture a single enemy ship as he wished.

The first detachment of pirates who jumped into the sea took many prisoners, and even the commander of this pirate fleet became prisoners after jumping into the sea, and more than 400 captured pirates were scattered on four twin battleships and were strictly guarded by the longbowmen on the ships.

The longbowmen of Rome are not ordinary troops, they are all elites specially trained by young and strong barbarian warriors, and even without the cold locust longbow in their hands, they can still use the short sword at their waist to easily pick up the pirates who try to resist.

The captured pirates, who did not lack the courage to resist, were confronted with the unusually sharp daggers in the hands of the longbowmen, and after dozens of pirates were killed and their bodies thrown into the sea, the pirates' courage to resist was completely extinguished, as if they had never existed.

As for the commander of the pirate fleet, his name is Honma Yuki, and he is a big leader of the most powerful pirate force on Sado Island, the Hamo Navy, and what is even more surprising is that his father, Kengo Honma, is actually the head of the Honma family and the leader of the Hamo Navy!

Of course, Honma Yuki, who has a very special status, will not take the initiative to reveal his identity, but the captured pirates know his identity very well, and Brent, the commander of the First Squadron, only interrogated him a little, and got the answer he wanted to know.

In fact, it was very easy to find out if the answer he received was correct when interrogating the captives, and Brent randomly selected fifteen captives and sent ten men to take five captives down for individual interrogation.

The results of the first interrogation could not have been correct, and the five captives gave three versions of the answer, and Brent's disposition was to execute all the captives who could not be sure of the truth of the answer in front of the remaining ten captives!

Before the second group of five captives was brought down for interrogation, Brent personally warned them that they would all be executed unless the five of them answered the same sentence, which resulted in two versions of the answers.

At this time, Brent already knew in his heart that the four captives were telling the truth, and only one was still stubbornly clinging to the captives, and even so, he executed them and the stubborn captive in spite of their begging for mercy.

Brent's resoluteness in what he said made the last five captives give a unanimous answer, and soon, not only the identity of Honma Yuki was known to Brent, but even the strength of the Honma family and the Hamo Navy, as well as the distribution of power on Sado Island.