Several official ships carrying the Daming Suzhou City Ship Division were slowly sailing on the sea, because the wind was light at this time, and the speed of the ship was much slower than a few days ago.

This is a few front and back feet of twenty zhang, left and right also have six or seven zhang wide big ship, although these ships are far less than Zheng He went to the Western Ocean when the treasure ship, but now the maritime Fang Xing only a few years of the Ming Kingdom is a rare giant ship, this ship is worth more than three or five big ships taken by ordinary people.

But even so, when the big ship sailed on this clear blue sea, it still seemed so small, and it was all surrounded by seawater, and it was impossible to see the end at a glance. Moreover, this morning there was a fog on the sea, and the thick fog was like a veil, blocking everything around it, making it more and more difficult to see the specific situation ahead.

But even so, several large ships did not have the intention of dropping anchor and waiting for the fog to dissipate, but continued to sail forward unhurriedly, but the men in cloth standing around the side of the ship kept looking at the situation behind the thick fog with vigilant expressions, in case something would suddenly come out from behind the fog.

On the big boat in the middle position, Jiang Tao, the deputy commander of Suzhou Wei, suddenly shook his head after looking forward for a while: "Counting today, we have been out to sea for almost half a month, right?" ”

He Chun, the subordinate general beside him, nodded hurriedly to confirm: "General Hui, we are out of the sea on the seventh day of the ninth month, and it is already twenty-two, exactly half a month." ”

"It's been half a month, and there are still no so-called thieves coming, do you think they saw some flaws, so they hid?" Jiang Tao said with some doubts.

"This ...... It's hard to say that it's not easy to say. When he brought people into the sea in the previous time, he had not encountered a thief at sea in the past month, and he could only return in vain. He Chun replied with a bitter face: "I only hope that this time we can meet those thieves who killed a thousand knives." When he said this, he also subconsciously turned his head and glanced into the cabin, where there were hundreds of elites in armor and bows, full of energy.

In order to find the thieves who plundered and killed countless merchants in the Ming Dynasty one after another, the Suzhou government dispatched thousands of elites this time. Not only are the soldiers and horses the most elite, but even the weapons are far superior to the same number of troops, all of them have crossbow arrows to defend themselves, as well as knives and guns used for long-distance combat on the water, plus each ship is also equipped with extremely lethal ballistas, its military strength is so strong that it can attack any small country around it. And now, the target of these thousand elite soldiers is just a group of thieves who have no whereabouts at sea, and it is no wonder that Jiang Tao is only worried that the other party will not dare to show his face.

Jiang Tao laughed and said no more, but his eyes were still vigilantly staring ahead.

At this time, the power of the sun was finally revealed, and under the illumination of ten thousand golden lights, the originally heavy fog slowly dissipated, although there were still some obstructions to people's vision, but the sea situation three or five miles ahead had been completely presented to everyone. Then, the soldiers on several boats who were in charge of observing the enemy situation almost exclaimed: "What is that? ”

Jiang Tao also saw for the first time more than a dozen medium-sized warships that were rapidly approaching his side on the sea in front of him, and his eyes suddenly narrowed, and his heartbeat suddenly accelerated: "Is it finally here?" ”

He judged correctly, the dozen or so ships that pierced through the fog like ghosts were none other than the pirate fleet led by the Black Pearl. On the Black Pearl in the lead, Robents was staring excitedly at the large ships, which were obviously several times larger than the previous ones, like a hungry beast staring at its prey. Immediately, he grinned, revealing a mouthful of somewhat mutilated and blackened teeth: "I finally didn't miss them!" ”

It's pitiful, because there has been a lot of fog on the sea in the last two days, and these distant pirates who are not too familiar with the sea area here are actually looking in the wrong direction. By the time they discovered the wrong location and rushed to correct the route, it was five days late.

But "fortunately", the speed of these merchant ships of the Ming Kingdom was not too fast, and they were still caught up by them. It's a pity that this fog has dissipated at an untimely time, and if it is a little later, when the ships of both sides get closer to disperse, their own pirate ships will kill them in an abrupt situation, which will definitely have a greater deterrent effect.

However, Robenz no longer bothered with these details, and immediately turned back and ordered his first mate: "Schwein, let them sail faster, surround these big ships, and don't let the prey escape." The wealth on this ship is enough for us for a few years! ”

Schwein hurriedly agreed loudly, and then waved the black flag in his hand and gave the flag order to those companions behind him. Immediately, the pirates on several ships began to act with a roar, and controlled the ships like nimble swimming fish towards the four extremely stupid-looking ships, vowing to swallow all the fat that came to their mouths.

Because these pirate ships are in the upper hand, as soon as they speed up, the ships will move fast, and with only a cup of tea, there is only a distance of miles between the two sides, which allows the people in the Ming army ships to clearly see each other's appearance.

And this glance made the prepared soldiers feel a chill in their hearts: "This ...... What is this? Could it really be as the legend says, that it was the ghost Yaksha who attacked my Daming Sea ship? ”

Indeed, in the eyes of the Ming people, who had never seen the European race, these Dutch pirates with frightening white skin, long blond hair, and extremely tall stature did look like legendary monsters. Especially when they saw the white skull flag on the top of the black pearl mast that was the first to be waving in the wind, they realized more and more that there was some truth in this speculation.

After all, what guy would be so shy away from putting the most unlucky thing like a skeleton on his head?

The panic and doubts in their hearts made the soldiers who had already jumped out of the cabin hesitate a little, and their faces also showed a look of horror, and their morale was discouraged.

This point was naturally seen by Jiang Tao, although he was also uneasy in his heart, but at this time, he couldn't have any intention of retreating from the enemy, so he immediately shouted: "Now that the sky is blue and the sky is bright, how can there be any ghosts and monsters who come out to commit murder, they must just pretend to be ghosts!" What's more, we are the Great Tomorrow Army, even if we are really ghosts, we have to retreat and prepare ballistas for me! ”

The effect of his reprimand was still quite obvious, the soldiers who were a little constrained, and didn't know whether to step forward finally moved, and several soldiers immediately took out the spears of a certain thickness and installed them on the ballistas, calculating the distance and angle between the two sides, and preparing to make a preemptive strike.

But at this moment, the pirate ship of the Black Pearl suddenly slowed down, and the black iron cannon mounted on the bow of the ship was half a man's height and opened fire in this direction with a roar.

As a sea bandit who has crisscrossed the waters of Europa for many years, leaving countless state government forces helpless against them, Robenz and his men naturally have extraordinary skills. The guns on the Black Pearl were one of the killer tactics they relied on.

In previous battles, they were able to rely on a single shot fired by both sides to directly damage the enemy's ship, making it difficult to move, and then rely on flexible tactics to slaughter the rebels on the ship. When the casualties on the target ship are almost exhausted, these pirates will use ropes and other objects to jump into the gang and clean up the final mess.

Moreover, even if this cannon did not cause much damage, if it was frightened again, the people on the opposing ship would inevitably be frightened, and the battle would be much easier at that time.

Today, Robentz also used the same tactic, a black cannonball with a violent roar, directly smashed on the side of a large ship, hitting the big ship carrying more than 300 sergeants for a long time, and the people on it also followed for a while, so as not to be embarrassed.

When the other pirate ships saw this, they all laughed proudly and wildly, and they could not bear it any longer, and immediately drove their ships towards the four large ships. While the other pirate ships don't have guns, the fighting style they've developed over the years has kept them going. What's more, the previously plundered Ming merchant ships would often be completely chaotic because they were shot in front of them, allowing them to quickly approach the killing, so these pirates habitually used the same method again.

But this time, they obviously underestimated their opponents. Although the large ship in front was wounded, the people on the other ships calmed down at this time. The reason is very simple, they were just surprised by the appearance of these pirates, thinking that they would use some kind of magic magic. But as a result, he saw that the other party only fired a cannon, which was not a threat to the soldiers of the Ming army who had seen the power of artillery.

Although the big ship was not equipped with artillery this time, its own ballistae were not small. Seeing those small pirate ships rushing towards them, all the soldiers had contemptuous smiles on their faces, which was not enough to see.

Immediately, a general quickly issued an order: "Release the arrows!" ”

Naturally, he ordered to be fired, not ordinary crossbow arrows, but several ballistas that crashed into the sides of the ship. With an order, several large ships quickly lowered their sails, whirled, and crossed over, aiming several siege ballistas at the enemy.

The hammer struck down, and the taut bowstring snapped back, sending the man's leg-thick arrows like thunder, and after a mile of distance, accurately striking the pirate ship that was rushing forward. And then......

The giant arrow smashed the boat through the paper, scattering into the turquoise sea with the pirates who were screaming excitedly, and a bright red ......