"Liang Pengfei, as long as I, Zheng Lianchang, live, I will take your surname, let your Liang family cut off children and grandchildren, and bury nearly a thousand people from top to bottom of my Zheng family and my brothers who died in vain under your hands." Zheng Lianchang's first words after waking up were like a curse issued by the demons in the Nine Abyss Hell.

Blood was dripping from the corners of his eyes, his face was distorted like a hyena chewing at carrion, his hands clenched into fists, his nails digging into the flesh and pulling out the blood.

In front of them, the faces of the more than 4,000 pirate relatives and disabled disciples of the Zheng family were expectant, at this moment, they were crying like a group of children who had finally seen their parents, the fire behind them, and the ruined castle walls, everything, made Zheng Lianchang's heart bleed, the Zheng family's castle, which had never been breached for more than a hundred years, was now in ashes.

That's not all, when Zheng Lianchang's cousin Zheng Lianshou, who looked extremely ugly, hurried over from the dock and leaned over to whisper in his ear, Zheng Lianchang felt that his eyes were dark, and he fainted again.

"Liang Pengfei, if you don't die, what face will I, Zheng Lianchang, live in the world." Zheng Lianchang laughed wildly, his face full of almost crazy despair. "Come on, bring those prisoners of war to Lao Tzu!" Zheng Lianchang was so angry that he needed a channel to vent, and those Manchu officers and soldiers who were captured by him in the Battle of Lingdingyang naturally became his punching bag at this moment.

"Brother, now that my Zheng family has suffered this catastrophe, you must not be fine." Seeing the change in Zheng Lianchang's expression, Zheng Lianshou hurriedly reached out to support Zheng Lianchang and said worriedly.

"Don't worry, sixth brother, I'm still waiting to avenge my children, wife and daughter, I can't die." Zheng Lianchang pulled out the battle knife at his waist and stared at the firelight in front of him and those men who were crying and hugging their relatives, and he was remorseful in his heart.

But he never imagined that the Liang family, with only 800 fully armed pirates, eight 18-pounder naval guns and two ultra-long-range heavy guns of unknown caliber, would break through and destroy the fortress that he thought was the most impregnable city in the world, and the shrimp beard castle guarded by a full 3,000 descendants.

And it took less than half a day to bombard the city wall with that kind of heavy artillery of astonishing caliber, luring the attention of his own people and luring them out of the city to fight, and then he sent out strange troops to climb the rock, and bombard them downward with a kind of unheard of from the high cliff where there was almost no flat land.

－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－

This kind of fighting, Zheng Lianchang, who has experienced a hundred battles in his life and has won countless victories, is simply unheard of, and he could never imagine that he would simply let the enemy break through.

This can only be blamed for Zheng Lianchang's ignorance, if he knew that the Liang family had a thirty-two-pounder cannon with an ultra-long range, if he knew that Liang Pengfei had that kind of conscienceless cannon that moved easily and had outrageously powerful firepower, maybe he wouldn't be so light on the enemy, but unfortunately there is no regret medicine to take in this world.

Seeing the trembling craters on the city wall, as well as the cracks in the frightening city wall, Zheng Lianchang, who had not seen this kind of heavy artillery fire with his own eyes, could not help but be shocked.

"The other side took all the shells away, and we have no way of knowing how big the caliber of that heavy artillery is, but there is no doubt that the caliber must be more than thirty pounds, because the twenty-four pounder guns we are defending the city have no way to attack them." A surviving remnant of the Zheng family reported to Zheng Lianchangyu. His left hand was severed by Qi Qi, his face was as pale as a piece of white copy paper that had just been left the factory, and he coughed a few times from time to time, and the bloodshot from the corner of his mouth proved that his internal organs had been severely traumatized.

"Do you see the artillery that bombarded you from the cliff?" Zheng Lianchang only wanted to know what mysterious weapon Liang Pengfei had at this moment, which could cause such huge damage to the castle and the people in the castle at such a close distance.

The remnant of the Zheng family, who was seriously injured by the shock wave of the conscienceless cannon, thought about it, and could only shake his head and say astringently: "I don't know, we didn't see what kind of artillery it was at all, it's terrible, the power of that kind of artillery, even more when I think about it, I still feel chilling, when the ammunition of that kind of artillery explodes, it feels like our ammunition barrel makes people hit, and when every cannon explodes, it can lift people into the air......" mentioned that kind of artillery, The remnants of the Zheng family began to become a little nervous, and vigorously described the power of this artillery, as if only in this way could the other party prove its strength.

He is still good, there are many remnants of the Zheng family who are now stupid, they can only sit stupidly, their eyes are cowardly and confused, and they have an idiot-like smile on their faces, almost half-crazy.

The fire lasted for two days and two nights, and if it weren't for a heavy rain, it might have burned for even longer, but even so, when Zheng Lianchang walked into the castle, his heart was broken.

Inside, there is no longer a complete room and house that can shelter from the wind and rain, there are broken walls and wrecks everywhere, and there are many charred and curly human bodies found in some corners, those poor people can no longer distinguish their identities, and even if you poke your finger lightly, the whole body will be crumbled into a puddle of dirt, let the rain be stirred and seep into the ground, or let the wind blow without a trace, you can imagine how fierce this fire is.

There is no trace of life in the entire castle, and the tropical plants that were originally planted in the castle are all gone, and even the ancestral hall next to the old mansion of the Zheng family is now only a pile of broken bricks and tiles, bleak, bleak, and miserable, at this moment, Zheng Lianchang's heart is only left with these negative emotions.

The sea breeze blew, which seemed to make his bones become cold, and he couldn't help but shiver, although he knew that at this time, he was the backbone of the Zheng family, the hope of the entire Red Flag Gang, but in his heart, he still couldn't help but feel a deep pain.

If it is possible, he would rather no longer play what will be calculated, rather steady and steady, at least, the nest can be safe and sound, his wife and children can be safe, although he is a pirate who kills people like hemp and regards human life like a mustard, but he is also a person, and he is not less warm to his family and his children than others.

Many of his subordinates shed tears at this moment, and even some began to cry bitterly, a dignified seven-foot man, but he cried like a lost child, and his heart ached. "Check it out, see what supplies are left in the castle, pack up, we must get out of here." Zheng Lianchang's voice couldn't help but choke up a little.

"Big brother, the house is ruined, we can build it again, why do you want to leave here, our old Zheng family has lived here for more than a hundred years." That Zheng Lianshou's face couldn't help but change greatly. Although Zheng Lianchang's words were very soft, it was like thunder in his ears.

"We have to leave, the news that our Zheng family's nest was terminated must have been spread now, in the past hundred years, are there still few people offended by our old Zheng family? After those people learned the news, it was strange that they would not rob by fire, and besides, the granary in our castle has been burned to the ground by the Liang family, not even a grain of rice has fallen, our people plus these survivors, there are nearly 15,000 people, the food on our ship is enough for us for a month at most, and now that our Zheng family's treasure has also been emptied, do we want to sell the ship to buy rice and grain? Zheng Lianchang said abruptly.

After Zheng Lianshou heard Zheng Lianchang's analysis, he understood how critical the situation of the Zheng family was, over the years, the Red Flag Gang has grown stronger, relying on what, relying on the white knife to enter, and the red knife to come out, although relying on strong force to establish prestige, but this prestige needs to be maintained by force, if Zheng Wenxian held the fortress at that time, the nest is still there, and defeated the court, it can indeed make the Zheng family safe and sound, and those who see the wind and make the helm must take the Zheng family's red flag to help the horse. Now that the Zheng family's nest has been suppressed, what will those who have a deep blood feud with the Zheng family, as well as those who dare not speak out in peacetime, think now, and what will they do?

Zheng Lianshou knew with his toes that if he continued to stay here, what was waiting for them would be the never-ending desperate counterattack of those former enemies, as well as those powerful forces watching from the side, not to mention that after this battle, although the court has no power to fight back now, what if they transfer sailors from outside Guangdong?

In this era of the jungle, there are countless people who take advantage of his illness to kill him, and there are very few people who send carbon in the snow, Zheng Lianshou is very clear about this reason, you know, the Red Flag Gang can come to this point today, is there still less such a thing?

"And where are we going?" The more Zheng Lianshou thought about it, the more frightened he felt, his back was cold, and the cold sweat on his head was about to turn into a rushing waterfall. "Otherwise, let's say hello to Xu Sanyan Xu Gang Leader and let him ......"

"Xu Sanyan? Forget it, don't you see what he's doing with us now? You think he is a trustworthy person, if it weren't for our Red Flag Gang and eating him to death, do you think he would be so docile and well-behaved? Maybe he's already trying to figure out how to pull a group of people to carve us up. Zheng Lianchang smiled coldly, so many years of ups and downs, so that he already knows people's surnames very thoroughly, at least for those who are familiar, when they raise their butts, Zheng Lianchang can guess whether they want to shit or fart.

"Our old Zheng family has been showing off its martial arts in Liangguang for nearly a hundred years, and it can be regarded as infinitely beautiful, if you don't leave at this time, will you have to wait to be swallowed up and divided by those people?" Zheng Lianchang seemed to say this, and even the spine that had always been straight was hunched down, as if he couldn't bear the weight of this survival.

"But where can we go?" Zheng Lianshou was a little stunned and said, he really couldn't think of where they could go after leaving this Lantau Island? You must know that Nanyang, which is the territory of the Xiyi people, recklessly crashing into it is equivalent to a whale being thrown into the group of evil sharks.

But in Fujian and Zhejiang, the pirates there are not good at it, and the Zheng family wants to occupy the territory in the past, which will inevitably cause the resentment of those local snakes, and maybe those scattered characters will unite and swallow the Zheng family even the belt bones.

"Go west, get out of here, pirates, Lao Tzu is tired of it, now, since we have lost our nest, it is better to break it off, go west to find those small countries to take refuge, maybe, you can also mix a big general, perhaps, when the king of a small country, it is much better than this." When the time comes, everyone may be able to seal their wives and children, and pass them on to future generations to become a good story. Zheng Lianchang smiled faintly. In those eyes, there was a cold cunning and viciousness, at this moment, after making up his mind, he restored the Zheng Lianchang who relied on the guns and warships in his hands, ruthless methods and strength, and made the Red Flag Gang the No. 1 pirate group in Liangguang.

His words made all the henchmen around him stunned at first, and their faces were in disbelief, but more of a scorching and hot look and expression, and their hearts, which originally seemed a little gray, were beating violently at this moment.

This kind of wish is almost the greatest wish of any layman in the world, no matter whether he is a pirate or other profession, but he usually doesn't dare to think about it, and between them and the Qing Dynasty, there is almost no chance to sit down and talk, after this naval battle, the court still wants to appease them, unless this court has no skin and no face to the extreme.

However, Zheng Lianchang's words pointed out a new path for them, you know, they have an enmity with the Qing Dynasty, but around the Qing Dynasty, there are many small countries that have no direct hatred with them, those small countries, perennial wars are frequent, and the lords of the country take turns to play in front of them, if they join any of the big forces, it is definitely a great help, and it is absolutely certain that they will be reused.

Zheng Lianchang's move not only restored his subordinates' self-confidence, but also threw a great bait on them, not to mention, this group of pirates arrived in a strange place, they could definitely only continue to unite under Zheng Lianchang's command in a group, and it was not impossible to go to those small countries, take refuge in a certain force, and wait for the time to be ripe.

"Big brother, the nephew and sister-in-law have their enmity......" Zheng Lianshou looked depressed and stunned at this time.

Zheng Lianchang glanced at the people around him, and his face was impassioned: "The Red Flag Gang is not only my old Zheng family, but also my brothers, I can't let the brothers even take their lives because of my hatred, this revenge must be avenged, but ......"

These two brothers deserve to be a good crotch, and under the singing and harmony, everyone is full of gratitude, and with such a boss, even if it is for him, it is worth it.

"My son's revenge will be avenged sooner or later, wait, Liang Pengfei, we will definitely have a chance to fight again." Zheng Lianchang raised his head and looked at the north, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, like thunder and lightning flashing in the night sky, cold as a knife!

－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－

(To be continued)