Chapter 61: The Chase
The crossbow bed on the Great Song warship was already tight, and the hammer head smashed down the mechanism, and in an instant, it could shoot a giant crossbow bolt with the thickness of two thighs. If you hit the pirate clipper ship that is two or three small, it can directly shoot through the cabin, causing great damage, and if it touches a person, it will definitely break bones and tendons, and if you want to survive, you can only pray for God's blessing.
The pirates on the pirate clipper drew their bows and arrows, ready to fire the first round of bows and arrows, and the sailor warship, rowed with forty-two wooden oars, was no more than fifty paces away from the pirate clipper.
"Collapse." The sound of the bowstring sounded, and the pirate ship fired a round, followed by two arrows, but this attack was almost negligible to the speeding warship.
At the same time, the twelve giant crossbows on the warship flew in, penetrated the cabin, penetrated the human body, and rushed into the sea with the bodies of the three pirates, followed by a rain of arrows, and the pirates on both sides of the ship were shot into hedgehogs, each of whom was hit by more than ten crossbow arrows, leaning on the ship's strings and standing upright.
"Peng!" With a loud bang, the collision angle of the sailor warship hit the middle of the pirate clipper, and the pirate clipper was almost smashed into two parts, and seven or eight living pirates and the corpses and debris on the ship fell into the sea with a clatter.
Although the ship was destroyed and dozens of lives were taken at the same time, the mission was completed, and it successfully stopped the speed of the two most advanced warships, but the Great Song warship quickly chased after it. Strength, this is the consumption of strength, using the lives of the warriors of the same clan to delay, can only delay the speed of the pursuit of the enemy ships, and there are more than a dozen ships behind them coming quickly, without hesitation, they cross the stopped warships and continue to pursue Xiao Tianxiong.
Xiao Tianxiong saw it clearly, his eyes glowed with a layer of water, and after shaking his head, his face changed his expression, and he continued to give orders coldly: "Go down, Xiao Shi's boat will continue to block, and Xiao Muda's boat will prepare." ”
There are more than 30 young lives on a fast boat, and there is almost no possibility of survival, and the small boat will be smashed and overturned when it blocks the big ship, and it can only be swallowed alive by the sea, plus the rain of arrows shot by the two hundred archers of the warship, stopping the block means dying immediately.
Another clipper slowed down and stopped, and the young man on the bow tore open the placket on his chest, revealing the blue-black wolf head on his chest, opened his big mouth and roared towards the sky, raised the steel knife in his hand, and waved it towards the Great Song Naval Division warship that was chasing closely.
Having a mortal heart doesn't give you any strength bonus, because of the difference in the tonnage of the ship, a collision between a clipper ship with a few dozen people and a warship with two hundred people will have no other effect than to block the speed of the other party.
Xiao Shishi did not wait for the first ship to be crashed by the warship, but operated the clipper to stick it up, and the pirates braved the rain of arrows to shoot the hook and lock onto the sailor's warship. This is a method used by pirates to rob in the sea, and after getting close to the merchant ship, the ship is connected with a hook and lock, and the next step is to board the ship for hand-to-hand combat.
Because the bow of the ship was hung on the clipper, in the process of rapid deceleration, the direction was out of control, and the stern of the warship hit a cross, touching another naval warship following closely behind. Xiao Shi didn't see the results of the battle, and after a rain of arrows, there were not many people on the clipper who could stand, and there were five pirates who were not injured under the dodge.
Immediately following the sailors' warship, dozens of soldiers armed with spears and steel knives jumped down, and seven or eight people dealt with a pirate, ending the battle almost instantly. When more than a dozen weapons are stabbed at you at the same time, unless you have a powerful means, it is one word - death.
Xiao Shishi fought two back and forth with the help of the cabin and the three Song soldiers, and after cutting down the two Song soldiers, he was also nailed to the ground by a spear through the abdomen. The battle soon ended, and Xiao Shishi also dragged two naval ships, one of which was seriously damaged and could no longer participate in the battle.
The chase and fighting did not stop, the clippers behind Xiao Tianxiong decreased one by one, and there were only six sailor warships left that followed closely. At this time, in the direction of Quanzhou port, there were fifty Pu Shougeng's warships, which had already left the port, full of heavily armed soldiers, heading towards Xiao Tianxiong's Black Tiger flagship.
The same is true of the dead horses running on the mountain, and the same is true at sea, although it is already possible to see a group of sailboats marching together, but it will take a while to get close. The sailor warships that were rapidly pursuing behind him were still closing the distance, and the last one was left in the escorted clippers.
"Let him go up and stop him, and the rest of the people will take turns to row in the cabin, and live and die!"
The leader of the last clipper boat was just a slightly immature eighteen or nineteen-year-old young man, who was also Xiao Tianxiong's son, and after receiving the flag, he lay on the bow of the boat and kowtowed to Xiao Tianxiong three times. Then the clipper slowed down and turned around and rushed towards the closest naval warship.
"Hurry up! Turn the rudder left, turn the rudder left, hit me up! ”
The four sailor warships chased after another stick of incense, and the huge crossbow fired and the stones thrown out could not be hit, and when the Quanzhou sailor ship in the distance could already see the whole sail, the chasing warship slowed down.
"Damn, it's a shame, everything of value must be on this boat, turn around and return at full speed." The generals who led the army did not dare to chase any further, turned their heads and sailed towards the open sea.
In addition to the 180 pirate hands, the Black Tiger Flagship is filled with the wealth accumulated over the years, and it is also the foundation of Xiao Tianxiong's comeback. And a wrong decision almost wiped out Xiao Tianxiong's entire army, all thanks to Pu Shougeng, Xiao Tianxiong's teeth itched, but he didn't have a clue what to do next.
"Island owner, the chasing warships behind have withdrawn, shall we enter Quanzhou Port?"
"No, stick to the coast and go around, continue to turn to the Penghu route, and see if our people have escaped."
"Those ships haven't gone far yet......"
"Hmph, they bullied us, seeing that there were many boats that had just come out of Quanzhou, they turned around and ran faster than rabbits, it's okay."
Xiao Tianxiong, who was depressed, was left with this lonely Black Tiger flagship, and after bypassing Quanzhou Port, he was ready to drive a little closer to the sea, and then turned to the direction of Penghu, preparing to inquire about the news of the pirate ships that escaped along the way.
In this era of cold weapons, the means of naval warfare are very simple, in addition to the giant crossbows and trebuchets of large warships, small and medium-sized ships are fighting, it seems that in addition to bows and arrows, there is only oil poured on fire, and the last resort is to board the ship for hand-to-hand combat. And there are not many means for the Black Tiger Flagship, such as the Giant Fury Trebuchet, and the Divine Arm Bow with a long range. But Xiao Tianxiong gathered all his belongings together, and there was too much silver and money in the warehouse, which seriously affected the speed of the ship.
This gives up the pirates' greatest advantage, speed! If you miss a blow, you will turn around and leave, and no one will be able to catch up, which is the characteristic of pirates.
Xiao Tianxiong's head was groggy, and there were some tossing and turning pains in his heart, the loss was too great, but fortunately, this flagship was saved! What he didn't expect was another fleet in front of him!