Chapter 70: Naval Battles

Seeing the wolf smoke rising from the Shen family's fleet from afar, Zhang Yunlong was a little surprised, there was no village in front of the sea and no store behind the village, and there must be reinforcements on the side to send a message about the wolf smoke, so he hurriedly raised the telescope to observe. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Boss, I'm afraid that he is a bird, those fat pigs may be cheating, let's rush over and knife up and down, we can solve them in three or two clicks, even if there are really reinforcements, they can't catch up." A red-faced man gestured with a large knife.

"That's right, big brother, we can't wait any longer, there is no turning back when you open the bow, if the brothers return empty-handed this time, not to mention that the hearts of the people will not be aligned in the future, even you, big brother, will lose face in the future." Another brother beside him also encouraged.

Looking at the surrounding brothers eager to try, Zhang Yunlong hesitated, although he also knew that the Shen family had offended the imperial court, and now they were already a fallen phoenix, and it was not fun for others to fall into the well, how could someone suddenly come to the rescue? But he felt that there was a voice in his heart reminding him that this time the situation was extremely bad, and he had relied on this intuition and decisive decision-making to escape death several times before, so he avoided the catastrophe, could it be that he was old and a little too forward-looking?

"Big brother, you see, we have two groups of brothers who can't wait, they have already rushed over, if we retreat, they won't be able to do it alone."

Zhang Yunlong turned his head to look, sure enough, two warships broke through the formation and rushed to meet them, although he knew that ordinary merchant ships did not have many artillery, but they couldn't hold up the Shen family's ships, and the two ships on his side were afraid that it would be difficult to deal with the dozen or so merchant ships, how could he not let his brothers die in vain, the fighter plane was fleeting, there was no room to think, he drew his knife and shouted,

"Brothers, rush up to me, shoot him a few shots first, and give them some color."

"Boom...... Boom ......"

Several earth-shattering cannon sounds tore the calm of the sea, and the heavy solid bullets smashed on the turbulent waves with a string of screams, and countless splashes hit Boss Hong's face, hurting and hurting,

"As far as they are right, they also came out to be pirates, and Lao Tzu is more accurate than them in peeing." A sailor on a merchant ship leaned his head against the gang and laughed.

Boss Hong didn't dare to think so, if he didn't have the ability to mix at sea, those pirates should be afraid of hurting the goods and deliberately deviated, but now he needs to let his subordinates show their courage, and he can't point it, wiped the seawater on his face, and shouted to the sailors beside him,

"Cheer me up, don't be cowardly for a while, tie the knife in your hand, the two owners are watching us from behind, as long as we win this battle, our fleet can make a comeback!"

The two fleets were getting closer and closer, the artillery roared, and the cannonballs kept hitting the pirates' ships, although they were devastated, but they still could not stop the pirates from rushing forward, and the stimulation of blood made them even more crazy, one by one, roaring, shouting and shouting.

Although most of Zhang Yunlong's subordinates are veterans brought out by the army to suppress the formation, but many years of pirate life have made them bloodthirsty and fanatical, and they no longer pay attention to the formation of the art of war.

At last a ship approached a few dozen paces away, and more than a dozen hooks flew out and landed on the mast and gang of the merchant ship, and the pirates grabbed the rope and pulled it up vigorously, trying to make the two ships closer, and the sailors on the merchant ship naturally could not sit still and jumped up one after another, some took large knives to cut the ropes, and some raised their guns to shoot, and the ship was full of gunsmoke.

Although these firecrackers are not accurate, but now they are so close and there are many people, the pirates are gathered on the deck and are about to jump, and are hit by countless stray bullets on the way, although the firecrackers of the Ming Dynasty are backward, but they are extremely powerful, and they can be pierced even if they are wearing armor within a dozen steps, not to mention the pirates who are naked, so the blood is splashed everywhere, and the stumps are flying.

"Ahh

"Little brother, wake up!"

"your grandma, Lao Tzu went over and killed you!"

The constant wailing made Zhang Yunlong anxious, it would be good if the average merchant ship could be equipped with a few firearms, and those who could be equipped with one or two artillery pieces had a very hard backstage in the imperial court, but he didn't expect the Shen family caravan to prepare so many firearms this time, which he had never encountered in his robbery career.

However, this bit of momentum is not enough to scare Zhang Yunlong, no matter how difficult the bones are, they will be chewed and swallowed. With a wave of the big knife in his hand, a long horn sounded, and the pirates climbed onto the sails one after another, and with an order, the sails gradually fell down, like a dark cloud, and smashed heavily into the Shen family's ship.

The pirates jumped onto the merchant ships like wolves into a flock of sheep, and raised their broadswords to greet the sailors with impunity.

After all, there was still some distance before, and the sailors could still deal with it calmly, but now the broadsword was about to fall on top of their heads, compared with these pirates who hung their heads on their waists all day, they were already weaker, except for a few who dared to fight and could parry, most of them began to dodge again and again, while looking towards Boss Hong's flagship.

Seeing that the momentum of the revolt was about to be crushed by the pirates, a rapid sound of gongs and drums finally came from the flagship, and the sailors were as quick as if they had been amnestied, and they no longer wrestled with the pirates, and jumped into the sea with a plop.

Watching the sailors fall into the water like dumplings, the pirates were triumphant, spitting into the sea, this group of cowards, even if everyone has firearms, what can they do, they are not afraid to death if they do it with real knives and guns.

Except for a few small boats that escaped from the chaos, the rest of the big ships were taken down, looking at the small boats that ran away to search for sailors who had fallen into the water, the pirates also ignored them, after all, being a pirate is like hunting at sea, always leaving some prey cubs, and if you kill them all, there will be no long-term business.

Zhang Yunlong sighed, it seems that he was too sensitive before, this Shen family is from a merchant background, and it is actually a bit of a showmanship, but he can break the sail of his ship, which is also a bit capable, his warship has no sails and will be towed back for repair this time, but it is not a loss to get these merchant ships, seeing that they are full of goods on the deck, they should gain a lot.

Tearing off the canvas covering the cargo box, Zhang Yunlong slashed it with a knife, and the sawdust of the cargo box flew away, and the contents fell to the ground with a bang.

"This ......"

The pirates were a little angry, and they picked up their knives and threw them at the other crates, but they were even more disappointed, and the sand and stones that flowed out were scattered all over the deck, but there was not even a single copper coin hair.

"This Shen family's brain was caught by the door, and they traveled thousands of miles to sell some sand back?" Zhang Yunlong was a little unwilling, but the news from other ships was the same, except for some daily necessities in the cabin, nothing of value was found.

"Drive a boat for Lao Tzu and chase back those sons of bitches, Lao Tzu has to pick their skins." Zhang Yunlong regretted that he didn't leave a living just now, and he let them escape most of them in line with the rules of the rivers and lakes, but he didn't expect them to be monkeys, is the name of our one-eyed dragon king called for nothing!

The pirates were also angry and took action one after another. What is the use of a few empty ships that fought for half a life, only real money and silver are real, thieves do not go empty, and when they catch that group of sailors, they can extort ransom from the Shen family.

Just as he was about to turn the bow of the ship, Zhang Yunlong found that the situation had changed abruptly, and dozens of large ships suddenly appeared in the direction of those small boats, which were full of sails and surrounded this side. Unexpectedly, reinforcements actually came, but they were calm and did not come until their side seized the boat.

"Big brother, the rudder of this merchant ship has been broken, I'm afraid they have been prepared for a long time, so they are waiting for us to come up." A pirate rushed over, sweating profusely.

"What!"

The pirates were shocked, they already understood that they were calculated by these rats, the Shen family could go down to the capital, these dozen or so big ships said they didn't want it, but they hated that the ship they brought broke the sails, and it would not be adjusted well for a while, and the merchant ships here couldn't change the rudder, so they really couldn't advance or retreat.

Although these pirates look extremely hideous, all shouting that they are not afraid of death, in fact, most of them are strong outside, bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, and it is okay to fight some tailwind battles, but the fleet surrounded by them is approaching step by step, and you can feel an indomitable power from a distance, and now they have changed from hunters to prey, and the role change is so fast that the pirates are a little at a loss.

Zhang Yunlong saw that he was a little flustered, and now was not the time to regret it, so he hurriedly scolded,

"What's the panic, we haven't seen any battles, take out all the firearms they dropped, the artillery is ready, plus the guys on our ship, on par with them, give Lao Tzu the courage to do it, let them know that they have provoked us."