Chapter 576: Surrender is useless
Hurry up, Ye Xun was still a step late in the end, but the position of the fleet was still some distance from the shore, and Ye Xun's attention was on the pirate ship, so he didn't know what was happening on the shore yet.
At the mouth of the Yangtze River, there are more than a dozen pirate ships of the thousand-material level, and the most conspicuous ones are the armed merchant ships of the three red-haired ghosts.
It's scary to look at, but in front of a huge treasure ship, it's like a child's toy.
Before the Ming army's fleet approached, the pirates' faces were already green, and at this time, no one understood that they had fallen into the trap of the Ming army.
The other Ming warships were just that, and when they looked at the treasure ship in front of them, even everyone lost the will to resist.
What a ship! It is clearly a moving castle, especially the rows of black holes on the side of the ship, which only makes people frightened, and everyone's first thought is to run.
But the problem is that just now I just watched my subordinates chase and kill the Ming army, and they have lost the best chance to escape, and at the same time, the Ming army is obviously guarding against their escape, and the entire fleet is pressed over in a fan, and the pirate ship does not want to escape from which direction.
Not to mention, unless you abandon ship and go ashore, but the question is what are the pirates called when they go ashore? Especially a continent that is so strange to them.
In the shortest possible time, several pirate leaders gathered.
The red-haired ghosts have always been the most able to see the situation clearly, and they can change their faces faster than they take off their pants.
As soon as Zijiro and Du got on the boat for a long time, Johnson said directly: "Two, you have also seen the warships of the Ming army, I remember that the Ming people have a saying, calling a good man not to suffer immediate losses, and the contemptible person has the same idea as Mr. Marshall, that is, to surrender to the Ming army, I don't know what the two of you think?" ”
Du Bantian and Zijiro also wanted to surrender, but the problem was that they were afraid that there would be less things just now, so they sent people to fight with the Ming army.
It was quite enjoyable to chase and kill the Ming army just now, but if they surrender now, can the Ming army spare them?
Du Bantian frowned and said: "Captain Johnson, we are allies, we chased and killed the Ming army just now, although your people did not go ashore, it does not mean that you did not participate!" If you want to surrender, you have to take what you just happened, as far as I know, the Ming court has always been very tolerant to your countries outside the domain, as long as we pass this level, we can become true friends."
Among pirates, the word friend has many meanings, similar to how I won't rob your ship in the future.
Marshall, who looked like a flagpole, said: "It's just that this won't work, the port of Luzon will have to be handed over to us"
Du Bantian was a Han Chinese, and he was also the pirate who had the most contact with Luzon, and with the help of Wang Wenyan and others, he even owned a port in Luzon.
Before coming, the people of the East India Company had done their homework, so they said this.
It's just that I don't know who gave these foreign devils their confidence, thinking that the Ming Dynasty would not do anything to them, but they didn't know that the Ye Gonggong they met never played according to the routine.
Du Bantian obviously didn't expect that these two foreign devil allies would take advantage of the fire to rob at this time.
It's a matter of life and death, as long as you pass this level, it's a big deal to grab it back afterwards.
Gritting his teeth, he said to the two foreign devils with a sly face: "Okay! It's up to you."
Johnson turned his gaze to Zijiro again, but before he could speak, Zijiro had already guessed what he wanted.
"Come on, bring in!"
As Zijiro spoke, two Japanese ronins walked in carrying a box, and when Shijiro opened the box in front of everyone, it was a whole box of gold, silver and jewelry.
Zijiro obviously knew that he didn't have anything else to impress people except for this thing.
Seeing this, Johnson and Marshall couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, and Johnson immediately turned to his opponent and said: "Wave the white flag and surrender to the Ming army"
It's a very amazing thing, surrendering doesn't seem to be a shameful thing for these foreign devils, but it feels normal.
At this time, the Ming warship was ready for battle, but no one expected that the pirate ship would surrender, which suddenly made Ye Xun, Tian Siqing and others feel like they were punching cotton.
Ye Xun couldn't help but be disappointed, he made such a big battle, but the result was such a result, he knew that it would be too wasteful not to bring so many warships to sea.
The treasure ship was hoisted at full speed with twelve sails, and the sea breeze blew at an extraordinary speed, and soon it was in the limelight on the pirate ship.
Occupy a favorable position, this is the minimum common sense of naval warfare, the battleship is horizontal, and the rows of black holes of the guns are immediately aimed at the pirate ship.
Seeing this, the pirate ship hurriedly raised its hands and swayed it, obviously saying that we had surrendered, so don't open fire.
Tian Siqing hated, "Phew! He said: "These bastards, I don't know how they got mixed up at sea until now."
Ye Xun shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Surrender, surrender!" It's like taking the brothers out to sea for exercises."
"Father-in-law, look at the shore!"
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the mast, which was the place responsible for the lookout.
Ye Xun and Tian Siqing were both energetic to fight with the pirates just now, and their attention was also focused on the pirate ship, and they didn't pay attention to the situation on the shore.
This sea area is not far from the shore, but it is not very clear to see, he took the clairvoyant mirror from the guard's hand, raised his eyes to look at the shore, and after only one glance, his face sank.
"Fire! No surrender will be accepted"
These words almost popped out from between Ye Xun's teeth, and there were corpses of the Ming army everywhere on the shore, and the corpses of the officers who had never fallen until death were even more eye-catching, although they were not very clear, but there were a few familiar faces in them.
Ye Xun didn't plan to let the pirates leave, but just sent them to open mines or build roads.
Now it's different, after killing so many Ming soldiers, and still wanting to surrender, is there such a cheap good thing?
At the same time, I couldn't help but wonder in my heart, how could there be such heavy losses of 10,000 troops deployed on both sides of the estuary? Where did the rest of the army go?
Tian Siqing also saw the situation on the shore clearly, and his eyes immediately turned red, and with Ye Xun's order, he also waved flags to other warships at the same time.
"Boom, boom..."
The ships, which had long been riveted, opened fire almost simultaneously, and dozens of shells whizzed towards the unsuspecting pirate ship.
According to normal rules, if one side surrenders, it is equivalent to laying down its arms, and the other side can no longer attack.
What's more, this other side is still the Celestial Empire, which is famous for its benevolence and righteousness, so Johnson and the others never thought that Ye Xun would fire directly.
Unprepared, almost all of the dozen pirate ships were hit, but fortunately, the first round was solid and did not set the pirate ship on fire.
But even then, the hull of a pirate ship had been punctured, and the sea water began to pour into the cabin.
And the pirates who were hit by the shells were even worse, just like they shelled the Ming army, and they were directly beaten to the point that their limbs were scattered and their flesh and blood were blurred.
"Boom..."
The second round of shelling was imminent, and this one was replaced by blasting shells, which landed on the pirate ship, harvesting more lives and setting the pirate ship on fire.
At this time, it was too late for the pirate ship to fight back even if it wanted to, and the shells of the Ming army fell like raindrops, not giving them a chance at all...
(End of chapter)