Li Tu also ordered the gunners to open fire on the masts of the sand ships, trying to break their sails. The four cannons www.biquge.info constantly changing their guns, which can fire twice a minute. The four cannons fired more than 80 shots, broke the masts of seven or eight sand ships, and scrapped them.

But the pirates were only broken masts, and were not demoralized. Eighteen sand boats, as well as masts, continued to chase Li Tu's fleet, gradually chasing to a distance of five hundred meters. At a distance of five hundred meters, the pirates howled loudly and rushed up with their oars. Among those pirates were Chinese, as well as blonde Dutch soldiers.

They still have morale and are menacing. But they chose the wrong opponent, and their opponent was a thermally armed soldier armed to the teeth.

Looking at those pirates, Li Tu ordered loudly: "Everyone go upstairs and prepare for three shots!" ”

Triple firing is an arquebus tactic that increases the density of the shot. Specifically, it is a group of three people, arranged in front and back, with the musketeer at the front firing first, then crouching down to concentrate on reloading, and the second soldier fires, then the second soldier also squats down to reload, and the third person fires. After the third person finishes shooting, the first person stands up and shoots. In this way, fire is fired in turns, increasing the density of fire on the front line of the unit.

Standing on the tail tower, seventy-two iron cannons were loaded with ammunition. As soon as the first pirate ship approached eighty paces away from the Crescent, the Crescent's gunners began to rain bullets on the pirate ship.

"Shoot!"

"Smack!" "Smack! Syllable! "Bang bang!"

"Shoot!"

"Smack!" "Smack! Syllable! "Smack!"

The first pirate ship that was paddling was beaten into a dead ship by the dense rain of bullets on the Crescent before it could react. Li Tu's stern building was very high, and the sand ships were much lower, and the crew of the Crescent had been trained for a long time, and at this time it was almost accurate to shoot the swaggering pirates eighty paces away.

The first pirate ship was beaten to the ground, and the pirates were all killed in a single round of bullets, lying on the deck staggered, letting the blood from the corpses stain the entire deck red.

One ship was destroyed, and the sailors of the Crescent took aim at a second ship.

Half a minute later, the second ship was again littered with flesh and blood, with severed limbs and mutilated bodies everywhere. The pirates who were shouting and rowing lost their lives in an instant, and fell in a pool of blood.

Li Tu let the Zaixing in front of him also slow down, and sailed in parallel with the Crescent, raining down bullets on the outflanked sand ships.

"Shoot!"

"Smack!" "Smack! Syllable! "Bang bang!"

Where have the pirates ever seen such heavy fire? I was stunned all of a sudden. It wasn't until the fourth sand boat was destroyed that the pirates realized that they didn't dare to row anymore and hid in the tail tower. However, these pirates are outlaws, unwilling to give up the fight, hoping to slowly chase Li Tu's two large ships with the wind of the sails.

However, their illusions were also shattered by Li Tu's advanced weapons.

If Li Tu confronts the enemy head-on, these pirates surround Li Tu at the same time, and Li Tu's fleet may be outnumbered. But like this, Li Tu ran in front and the pirates chased behind, leaning up one by one, and Li Tu's firearms would not be polite!

The three sand boats lined up and chased for a quarter of an hour by sail, finally catching up with the long distance of dozens of paces, and approached the Crescent at the same time. The Dutch soldiers and the Ming pirates howled in the tail tower, and when the ship was on board, they threw out their hooks and climbed onto the side of the Crescent.

Challenging the hot weapons fleet with the cold weapon fleet, these pirates are too naïve. When the pirate ship approached two or three feet away from the Zaixing, more than 30 sizzling bombs were waiting for them.

At Li Tu's order, 36 bombs were condescendingly thrown out and rolled into the stern of the small sand boat, setting off an earth-shattering noise. The explosions one after another turned the stern of the three sand boats into three slaughterhouses in an instant. The pirates huddled in the tail building to avoid rifle fire were like fat pigs huddled in a food factory, and their lives were lost in the flying bomb fragments.

More than forty pirates on three boats were torn open by bombs in an instant and fell in a pool of blood. Except for a few who were lucky enough to be blocked by their companions' bodies, the other pirates all went to the west.

A sand boat that was dropped the most bombs, and the tail building was directly blown open by more than a dozen bombs. In the midst of the flying wood chips, the corpses of several Hongyi soldiers fell into the water, causing huge waves that stunned the other pirates on board.

The pirates finally realize that they are not facing ordinary fat sheep, but armed merchant ships armed to the teeth! It's not an exaggeration to say it's a warship! The idea of winning by virtue of the superiority in numbers came to naught, and the pirates lost their fighting spirit, and in an instant, they broke apart, and one by one they turned the bow of the ship and fled to the north!

Unscathed, Litu's fleet won the battle and repelled the pirate ships. The crew members of the two ships high-fived each other in celebration. At the sound of Li Tu's order, the crew hooked the three approaching sand boats with hooks and ropes, and boarded the ship to capture the prisoners.

Those who were seriously injured and could not be saved did not care, and three slightly injured Dutch soldiers and two Ming pirates were escorted to the ship.

Li Tu had the captives tied their hands and feet with ropes, and when he saw a Ming pirate, he whipped him down and asked loudly, "Where are you pirates?" ”

The pirate was beaten by Li Tuyi's whip, where did he dare to talk nonsense, quickly knelt on the ground, and replied loudly: "Grandpa spare his life!" We are the sailors hired by Hongyi in Anping Port of Xiaoliuqiu! No, pirates. General Hongyi asked us to cruise west of Xiaoliuqiu and plunder merchant ships! ”

Li Tu asked curiously, "Is your leader's surname Zheng?" ”

The pirate hurriedly replied: "The leader's name is Zheng Yiguan, and he was originally sent by Li Dan, the old man of the Oriental ship, to communicate with Hongyi. Because of the quick reaction of ghost ideas, he was appointed by General Hongyi as the ship's leader, specializing in plundering merchant ships in the west of Xiaoliuqiu! But he's also a ship, and we don't listen to him very much! ”

Zheng Zhilong's original name was Zheng Yiguan. Unexpectedly, it was really Zheng Zhilong who met this time, and Li Tu let out a sigh. Unexpectedly, the first meeting between myself and this sea thief in the late Ming Dynasty was a life-and-death encounter.

As for Li Dan, why did he mix with the Dutch.

When Li Tu heard this, he scolded: "This Li Dan, why is he mixed up with Hongyi?" ”

The pirate knelt down and looked at Li Tu, and muttered, "This, the little one is not clear!" ”

Another pirate knelt down and shouted, "Grandpa, I know. The Daming Navy attacked Penghu and besieged Hongyi's castle. Li Dan was in the middle to negotiate with Hongyi and the Ming officials, and Zheng Yiguan was sent by them to do the general work! It was Li Dan who mediated in the middle, and Hongyi withdrew from Penghu and went to Anping Port in Xiaoliuqiu! ”

When Li Tu heard this, he scolded: "This Li Dan is really lenient!" ”

Xu San's eyes were red when he saw the Dutch, and he ran up and said: "The red hair has been scourging the coast and plundering the township, and it is the most deserving of killing!" Lord, let's kill these three red hairs! ”

Li Tu shook his head and said, "I'm still useful for this red hair!" ”

With a wave of his hand, Li Tu asked the sailors to take the five captives down and lock them in the bilge.

Standing on the tail tower, Li Tu said loudly to all the crew members: "Fight off the pirates, all of them are meritorious, and each person will be rewarded with twenty taels of silver!" ”

Hearing this, the crew was jubilant again.

Li Tu stood on the tail tower and secretly thought to himself: Zheng Zhilong is developing rapidly, and he will become a tyrant in the East China Sea in a few years. It's not a good thing that I'm already hostile to him now. If you want to defeat him in the future, how strong do you have to be? If you want to compete with Zheng Zhilong, all your plans must be one step faster!