The ballista mounted on the Ming army ship is a sharp weapon used in the army to siege the city, and an arrow released hundreds of steps away can be directly shot into the rammed earth wall, which is wrapped in thick city bricks several feet deep.

Now, the ballista was fired at the pirate ship, and although it was not as powerful as the real artillery, its huge arrows still pierced through the whole ship, and not only caused the pirates who were screaming and intending to attack the merchant ship to fall into the sea by surprise, but also shot two pirates who were less fortunate on the spot, and the other companions on the pirate ship could not help but scream, and only then did they realize what a terrible opponent they had encountered.

But just now they had already stretched their sails, and the more than a dozen pirate ships had already pounced on many large ships like arrows from the string, and even if they wanted to stop or turn too late, they could only watch the huge arrows continue to fly out and shoot head-on, and they were terrified.

Fortunately, the wind and waves at sea were not small after all, and those pirate ships swayed with them, and the accuracy of the ballistas was still a little worse - after all, this was only a device used to shoot at the city wall, and it was only up to God to aim at smaller targets - except for two pirate ships that were less fortunate to be grazed by the giant arrows again and were led to tilt to the side, the other ships still quickly closed the distance between the two sides and came to the big ship.

Seeing their companions wounded by the terrible weapons of the great ship, these unruly pirates were not only not afraid, but were aroused to ferocity. As soon as they saw that they had been killed, someone climbed onto the mast again with a roar, and then leaped high and jumped towards the merchant ship in front of them. Others quickly waved the rope in their hand, threw it again, and by the action of centrifugal force, the rope loop was accurately attached to the mast of the big ship, and then jumped up, and with the help of the rope, they got up and threw themselves towards the side of the big ship.

In mid-air, someone had already held the curve and short axe hanging from his waist in his hand, and as soon as he landed on the deck, these people would immediately pounce like wolves, tearing the crew in front of him to pieces.

Over the years, they have relied on this ferocious method to kill the ships of various countries in the Europa Sea, and the merchants who have died at their hands have not been 1,000 but 800. Recently, after coming to the waters of the Far East, they still used this to win one victory after another, so when they met the enemy again today, they naturally repeated their old tricks.

Although the ballista released by the Ming army just now made Robentz feel a little wrong, he didn't take it too seriously, and at this time he had once again ordered the crew on the Black Pearl where he was to quickly approach, and he also had to board the ship as soon as possible, and together with his subordinates, slaughtered all the dwarf Ming merchants on several boats.

The Black Pearl was very fast, and though it was twice as large as the others, and had stopped for a moment to intimidate the cannons, it had only taken a moment to catch up with the ships of its companions, and the pirates inside also shouted, and as Robents pointed his axe forward, they also roared like wild dogs and rushed towards the big ship ahead.

However, in mid-air, they saw a scene that made them unbelievable-

Originally, looking at the empty deck of the big ship, a group of soldiers of the Ming Kingdom with cold faces, resolute eyes, and armor suddenly rushed out. Many of them suddenly raised their strange bows and arrows in their hands, and there were wooden boxes behind them.

With a command, the sound of breaking the air suddenly sounded, and sharp arrows shot like locusts towards the face and body of the pirates who had been slaughtered. Suddenly, the first pirates who swung down from the mast immediately shot several arrows, and with a few screams, they fell directly in mid-air and threw them horizontally on the sea, and the sea suddenly rose with clusters of redness.

What's even more terrifying is that when an arrow is fired, those people don't even need to re-set the arrow, they just turn their bodies and aim at the target again. This time, it was the turn of the pirates who wanted to climb up from the side of the ship, and when they still had to climb with their hands, they could not even parry or dodge, and they were immediately shot like hedgehogs and fell into the sea.

These pirates from the Netherlands didn't know that they were facing an extremely delicate and sharp crossbow battle formation in the Ming army, and they actually wanted to rush forward. The result is self-evident, after a few rounds of shooting, dozens of pirates who ran the fastest have been killed and completely buried in this unknown sea.

The other pirates, who were moving a little more slowly, were shocked when they saw this: "Is this Satan, the weapon that the devil has taken out of hell?" Did the Ming people of the East possess such terrible weapons? ”

They were so imposing that they suddenly turned around in fright and ran back. But even so, the Ming soldiers who had already put their minds at ease had no intention of stopping, and with a shout, the rain of arrows continued to be thrown out, killing these embarrassed pirates one by one.

"Ah...... These heretics, who are so impolite, will continue to shoot arrows at the back of the enemy, they are indeed the devil! Many of the pirates roared in their hearts, but they crawled to their ships, trying to get out of these terrible enemies as soon as possible.

In the past, when fighting the government army, it was customary for both sides not to attack the enemy who had fled, because in the eyes of the soldiers and generals of the European countries at this time, it was the most despicable act to attack the enemy's back. This tradition was followed by European countries until hundreds of years later...... But now, in the face of the Chinese nation, which has long been deeply influenced by Sun Tzu's Art of War and the Thirty-six Strategies, they have suffered a big loss.

Robenz watched in disbelief as his pirate men fell back faster than they had gone, and only half of them had returned. The powerful combat power they were proud of couldn't be brought into full play under the formation of Daming crossbow arrows and arrows, and they were beaten to the ground, and they couldn't even cut down any of the enemies with their knives and axes.

Until this time, Robentz had completely understood that this time he had really fallen into the trap of the Ming people. Although he has not been defeated in the past against European countries, he has not been so badly injured as he is today, and nearly half of his men and horses have been defeated in this battle.

This made Robentz a little panicked, and hurriedly ordered: "Quickly, let the ships leave here!" "Fleeing if you can't beat it is a fine tradition as a pirate.

In fact, there was no need for the Black Pearl to issue any more flags to order, and the pirates who escaped from each ship immediately hurriedly operated the ships to make a sharp turn and sail in the direction they came. Now there is only one thought left in everyone's hearts, that is, the farther away from these terrible Ming people, the better.

But Jiang Tao would not let go of these pirates who had killed countless fleets of my Daming, he immediately raised his flag and let several big ships move forward at full speed and continue to attack the pirate ships.

Several large ships immediately opened their sails and pursued them at full speed, while the soldiers on board continued to shoot their crossbow arrows at the enemy ships fleeing in front, and even reaped the lives of many enemies. But because the other party's ships are smaller and lighter after all, the distance between the two sides is constantly widening.

If this allowed the other party to get out, Jiang Tao felt that his face would be gloomy, and he frowned at that time: "Give me a chase faster, don't let them run away!" Shoot them with arrows! ”

"General, it's better to attack with fire. As long as they could burn their sails, the pirates wouldn't want to get out of it again. "Someone immediately made a suggestion.

Jiang Tao, who is not too proficient in water warfare, immediately made a decision after thinking about it: "Yes, light the fire, set fire to this group of yellow-haired and white-skinned devils for me!" "Yes, our deputy capital can also make up words and quickly give the enemy a contemptuous name.

The soldiers immediately received the order, lit torches, and used torches to ignite the special rockets that had been prepared earlier, but this time they no longer used crossbows, but directly used longbows, and fired them one after another at the pirate ships that were constantly fleeing in front.

This time, in order to get rid of the scourge on the sea once and for all, both Lu Zhen and the Suzhou government were fully prepared, and as long as it was a weapon that could play a role in the water war, these officers and soldiers were brought with them. And at this time, these preparations really came in handy.

Dozens of rockets flew out, half of them fell directly into the sea because of the angle or the influence of the wind, but the other half still hit the target accurately, and the sails of the pirate ships in front of them were immediately ignited by the flames, and they burned with a hula.

As soon as the rope that tied the sail was broken, the sail with fire fell from the sky like a big net, directly covering the pirates who were already screaming in shock, and they couldn't break free for a while.

At this time, the ships of the Ming army had caught up with them, but under the strict orders of their respective generals, the soldiers did not rush to attack these pirates who had completely lost the ability to fight back, but passed by them and continued to chase the ships in front.

Because everyone knows very well that in the vast sea, once the ship has no sails and no motivation to move forward, it can only stay where it is and wait, and they have the time to turn back and deal with these enemies.

Under the pursuit of the Ming army and the fire of rockets, the fleeing pirate ships were stopped one after another, and in the end, only the fastest Black Pearl was still desperately fleeing forward. Moreover, the distance between the two sides has actually widened further. This made Jiang Tao very annoyed in his heart, but he was a little helpless, because he couldn't even shoot the other party with a bow and arrow.

As for the pirates on the Black Pearl, led by Robentz, they were also full of fear, who would have thought that a raid full of confidence would end up in such a tragic situation. The pirate group of nearly 200 people, in the end, there were only about 20 people left in their boat, even if they escaped today, the Black Pearl would have withdrawn from the stage of piracy history from now on......

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Forehead...... As a history writer, passers-by are actually quite old-fashioned, and they have never felt much about those Western festivals. However, recently there have been people on the Internet who have mentioned what to boycott Christmas, after all, this is a reason for our young people to gather and relax after being tired of work and study (of course, more important is to add a sister halo on such a day...). So it seems to me that some people can not care about this kind of foreign festival, but they don't have to force others to make the same choice as themselves.

So today, passers-by should say Merry Christmas to all book friends。。。。。。。