Hu Youshui slapped his knees hard, let out a long sigh, he looked at the white sails on the island, his eyes were a little moist.

After more than ten years of hard work, the belongings that he finally saved up were all on this 200-material fortune boat, from Guangzhou to Hoi An, this voyage he also walked twice, this time he got up early with the northeast wind this year, he rushed to prepare the goods in late August, and went straight to Hoi An, but he never wanted to meet the pirates on this Nightingale Island!

He originally had Liu Xianglao's flag on the ship, and this ship of goods paid two thousand taels of silver, according to the past, except for Zheng Yiguan's cruise ship, he could be unimpeded in the east and west seas, but he never expected that he would be hijacked when he arrived on Nightingale Island.

Not only to rob goods, but also to rob people, and ask him to write letters to his relatives and friends to demand ransom!

But in order to prepare this shipment, in addition to his own savings, he has borrowed all the relatives and friends who can take out loans, where can he ask for ransom?

Could it be that he will really be thrown on some small island until he dies of hunger and thirst?

"Haha, this time it's luck, if this boat is shot, a few will get ten thousand taels of silver, right?" Not far from him, a pirate laughed wildly.

"Pan Laosan, you don't count, I see that a boat of either silk or porcelain, it can be sold at a good price, if you are lucky, it is possible to sell it for 20,000 taels!"

Another Haikou began to calculate the accounts, Hu Jingshui stood up suddenly, and snorted: "Twenty thousand taels? If you can endure the surname and wait until the end of the year, the Zhu Yin ship of the Japanese people will come, not to mention that it can be sold for 30,000 taels, and if you meet a discerning Xiyi ghost, it can even be sold for 35,000 taels...... My ship, my cargo......"

As he spoke, he began to cry and make the pirates look at each other in a big way. After a while, a Haikou smiled and said, "You are interesting, but now you are not selling goods in the Hoi An Guild Hall, and you are vigorously negotiating the price with our masters, is it because you are afraid that others will not know that you are a rich man?" ”

"Heroes, you can kill me, you can take my goods, but you can't underestimate my Hu Jingshui's vision!" Hu Jingshui howled a few words, and then replied like this.

A steward beside him couldn't help but complain: "Why should the proprietor make a noise, make them unhappy, where can they cry out if they are chopped with a knife?" ”

Hu Jingshui whimpered and cried: "Although I know this, I can't help it." ”

At this moment, he felt that a small shadow seemed to appear in the sky, he wiped his tears, and after a while, the shadow became clearer, and he stood up, ignoring the scolding of the pirates around him, and looked over there.

Then he saw a formation of three large ships of more than 300 materials and six small boats, and the formation was hung with a red flag like a flame, but he had never seen it before!

It's not the Moon Banner of the Daming Water Division, it's not the battle flag of Liu Xiang's old men, it's not even the Fan Ghost Banner of Xiyi...... And the other party's posture is clearly aimed at Nightingale Island!

"Who, who?" The surrounding pirates began to scream.

Speaking of them, it is the remnants left by Zhang Dascarla. This Nightingale Island, that is, the floating water island that was ceded to the Vietnamese monkeys by the descendants of later generations, was named the White Dragon Tail by the legal person. This is also one of the most important strongholds of Zhang Dascara in the West Sea, where he not only sheltered from the wind and waves, but also hid half of what he had plundered over the years.

Yu Guozhen stood at the bow of the ship, only 400 materials, that is, more than 100 tons in later generations, which was too small, which made him feel very faceless when he had taken a 100,000-ton oil tanker.

At this time in Europe, there were already thousand-ton battleships, how could such a small ship fight against the enemy?

In fact, some shipwrights on the southeast coast have begun to imitate Western warships, and later in the hands of Zheng Chenggong, there is a fleet composed of such imitation ships.

He looked at the panicked Haikou on the island and a merchant ship with two hundred materials, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Don't worry, I still have time to ......."

"Aim, aim, you chicks!"

Yu Dahai roared loudly and scolded those young guards, he understood what Yu Guozhen meant, to cultivate the most loyal sea force in the fastest time, so he spared no effort to teach them how to use the ship's Furlong cannon.

The young guards are no strangers to firearms, but they are not sure about big guys like artillery, although they have usually trained, after all, the time is still short, and they are in a hurry.

Yu Guozhen did not interfere with this, in this regard, Yu Dahai is an expert.

In order to prevent rolling, the two cannons on the board of the ship were not fired at the same time, Rao is so, the recoil of the Franc cannon still caused the ship to shake violently, and the cannon released does not know where it hit.

It wasn't until a column of water appeared on the surface of the sea that Yu Guozhen judged that the cannon had deviated from the target for less than a mile.

"Correction, correction!" Yu Dahai was instructing the guards to recalibrate the guns, but when he saw that the pirates on Nightingale Island had already boarded the boat, they had already raised their sails, and they seemed to be preparing to escape, so he ordered again: "Come on, don't let them run!" ”

The sailors on the watchtower quickly raised their battle flags, and the rest of the warships began to fully sail and rammed the enemy ships as instructed by the battle flags. When the two ships approached, neither side used much artillery, and the accuracy of the ship's guns was too poor at this time, and at this distance, it was better to prepare for a broadside battle.

"It's the new Xiangqian Dragon...... Everyone fought hard to avenge Brother Zhang! ”

By this time the pirates had recognized the incoming ships, which had been their companions less than twenty days ago, and they cried out in despair.

Like the "Wuwei Tiger Cub", in Qinzhou, Yu Guozhen also has the nickname "Xinxiang Qianlong", his tricks to break the big scar, leaving people with a scheming impression, and the people around him are more fearful, especially those who escaped by chance, and his name was spread to the sea in a short time.

These Haikou are shallow-eyed, only saying that although Yu Guozhen wins, he has no sea power, but they can't help them, although they are frustrated, they can still be free in the West Sea, but they never thought that Yu Guozhen would sweep the West Sea in such a short time.

Yu Dahai is a brave general, he saw the two ships approaching, and his own ship was upwind again, so he immediately ordered: "Rocket release, lime ready!" ”

It is not the first time that Yu Guozhen has seen the naval battles of the Ming Dynasty in this era, every time he sees it, he still can't help but laugh at it, there are Franco cannons but they can't be used, and even Qi Jiguang, a master of the art of war in this dynasty, carries forward the past and forges ahead into the future, for the application of artillery in naval warfare, he only thinks of putting it on the ship in peacetime, and hanging it on the wooden platoon to bombard the enemy with shotguns in wartime.

The purpose of the two sides to fire rockets at each other is not to directly kill or damage the enemy or destroy the hull, but to burn the sails, if the sails are destroyed, the ship's maneuverability will be reduced, and the initiative will be completely lost.

But for the hard sail of the Fu boat, it is really not easy for the rocket to ignite for a while and a half, and Yu Guozhen and they have the upper hand, and when the sails of both sides began to ignite the sporadic fire, the two ships have already collided together.

"Lime!" Yu Dahai had already roared before the two ships collided.

As the bags of lime were scattered, the thick smoke and white ash were sandwiched together, causing the pirates on the other ship to cough violently, and many people couldn't even open their eyes. Yu Dahai held a knife in one hand, flew over the side of the ship, and directly cut down a sea coward with a gray face.

Although Yu Guozhen also saw the enthusiasm, he himself knew that this kind of battle was not afraid of his agility, not only him, but also the young man of the family guard, who was only controlling the ship here, and the sailors who were originally born in Haikou jumped over one after another.

"Abandon your weapons and surrender, Rao Er will wait for your life!" Yu Dahai was brave on the boat, and after cutting down a few pirates, he shouted loudly.

At this moment, the sail on the other side of the ship fell because of the fire, this kind of Chinese fortune boat is a hard sail, its weight is very heavy, if it hits someone after falling, it is almost the result of smashing to death.

Luo Jiuhe, who was staying here, saw that the sail seemed to be about to fall, but Yu Dahai, who was standing under the sail, didn't notice anything, he roared, jumped over, and pulled Yu Dahai to retreat.

With a bang, the falling sail smashed into the place where Yu Dahai was standing, separating the two sides.

Yu Dahai was frightened, in order to show in front of Yu Guozhen, he rushed to kill in front of him, but he didn't pay attention to the top of his head, if it weren't for Luo Jiuhe, he was afraid that he would have to send his life here today.

"Brother Luo...... Director, thank you for your kindness......"

"What do you say, in the same boat, in the future, the petty officials will rely on us to protect together, how can I watch you hang up?" Luo Jiuhe said with some dissatisfaction: "If I am in danger, Brother Hai, will you not care?" ”

Yu Dahai was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said, "Exactly, exactly...... After dealing with this side first, go back to my brother and I'll invite you to drink! ”

He turned to the Haikou who were suppressed to the bow of the ship, there were quite a few of them, and there were more than thirty people, and he sneered: "I almost took Lao Tzu's surname...... I'll give you one last chance to surrender and avoid death, or the sharks around here will have to eat! ”

As soon as these words came out, those sea thieves looked at each other, and now that they were surrounded, they only had less than forty people, and the opponent was more than two hundred people, and this matter was a sure defeat. The few people who were most loyal to Zhang Dachara had already been slaughtered, so why did they still die for a dead man?

"Surrender, surrender!" They shouted.

Yu Dahai packed up the prisoners, Luo Jiuhe helped by the side, and a subordinate of Yu Dahai who was familiar with the neighborhood was with Yu Guozhen, after Yu Guozhen asked that this was Nightingale Island, he was quite emotional in his heart, and instructed him: "Let's dock and take out the things we have prepared!" ”

Yu Guozhen initially thought that this was the same party of the Haikou on the island, so he ignored them, and Yu Dahai sent someone to clean it up. All he had to do was find the highest spot on the island.

The island of Nightingale was not very large, and the head could be seen almost at a glance, and soon he led more than twenty people, carrying buckets and bags, to the highest point of the island, and there were four strong men on board, who picked out a long wooden box with a stick, and followed him.

(To be continued)