Wang Pu and Jiang Qianhu led a partial division composed of ten lucky ships to go around the west and go straight to Dushan Island, and when they arrived at Dushan Island, Jiang Qianhu, who was searching forward with a monocular, suddenly shouted: "General, it seems that someone is trying to escape ahead." ”

"Huh?"

Wang Pu hurriedly stretched out his hand to take the monocular from Jiang Qianhu's hand, and after searching for less than a while, he saw that two large sea ships were raising their sails and sailing south on the sea.

Jiang Qianhu said: "General, what should I do?" ”

"." Wang Pu scolded, "I'd rather miss it, don't let it go, and we must not let go of these two big ships easily." ”

Jiang Qianhu said: "These two sea ships are not armed ships, only a small iron cannon on the bow of the ship, and it is enough to lead a No. 2 lucky ship to go." ”

"No!" Wang Pu said in a deep voice, "It is not an easy task to blockade the Black Dragon Gorge, the sailor needs Jiang Qianhu's command and dispatch, in this way, Jiang Qianhu, you lead eight Fu ships directly into the dock of Dushan Island, put Tang Sheng's five hundred elite soldiers down on the dock, and they will exterminate the pirates on the island, and then you immediately lead the sailor to blockade the southern end of the Black Dragon Gorge." ”

Tang Sheng and Jiang Qianhu asked anxiously, "What about you, general?" ”

Wang Pu said: "General Ben took the remaining two lucky ships to chase and kill the two escaped pirate ships, and Jiang Qianhu left two hundred sailor officers and soldiers who were good at water warfare to help in the war." ”

Jiang Qianhu thought about it for a while, and felt that it would not be dangerous to use two heavily armed Fu ships to deal with two pirate ships with only one cannon, and two hundred sailors to help in the battle, so he agreed.

Jiang Qianhu led eight large and small warships carrying Tang Sheng and his 500 elite soldiers to Dushan Island, while Wang Pu led 200 elite sailors and his own guards to take the remaining two No. 2 lucky ships to chase and kill the two escaped pirate ships.

Intuition told Wang Pu that the two escaped pirate ships were not trivial, and Dong Xiaowan was likely to be on one of the ships.

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On board the pirate ship.

Standing barefoot on the deck, Zhang San looked up and shouted at the pirate who was climbing on the mast: "Increase the windward angle, quick!" ”

"The second in charge is already the biggest windward angle!"

"Shut up, Lao Tzu is in charge or you are in charge, immediately increase the windward angle."

"Yes!"

The pirates who were climbing on the mast were about to increase the windward angle of the sails, when the pirates who climbed on the top to look out suddenly shouted: "Second master, it's not good, the officers and soldiers are catching up!" ”

"What?" Barefoot Zhang San said in shock, "The officers and soldiers have caught up, where are they?" ”

"It's right in the back." The pirates on the mast shouted, "Two lucky ships! ”

Barefoot and put his hands on the canopy to look behind, and sure enough, he saw two black dots emerging from the sea level, although they were far away, but this guy still judged that these were two No. 2 lucky ships based on his years of experience in begging for life on the water, which were heavily armed sailor warships, and they were definitely not able to resist the two pirates under his command.

"Quick, increase the windward angle." Barefoot Zhang shouted hoarsely, "Throw away all the useless things on the ship, and drag the iron cannon at the bow to the stern of the ship, and ...... quickly."

Barefoot Zhang Sanyi gave an order, and the pirates on the two pirate ships immediately began to get busy in a hurry, some rushed to the bow of the ship to disassemble the iron cannon, and some carried out some bulky guys from the cabin and threw them directly into the sea.

"Second master, what's going on?"

"We are being targeted by the officers and sailors." Barefoot Zhang San said, "Now I can only throw away these guys." ”

"Huh." The red lady exclaimed, "Isn't the second boss going to take the brothers to intercept and kill the official army and sailors?" ”

"Don't be kidding." Barefoot Zhang San smiled bitterly, "With these two broken ships and two iron cannons under my brother, how can I fight hard with the fully armed officers and sailors?" ”

The red lady said: "It's not good to fight hard, you can outwit it." ”

"That's right." Hou Fangyu, who was standing next to barefoot Zhang San, also echoed, "The second master, we can outwit it, is there a reef beach like Heilong Gorge near here?" ”

"There are reef shoals." Barefoot Zhang San nodded and said, "But the wind and waves there are high, and it is very dangerous, in case of a mistake, even our ship will be hit and sunk by the reef." ”

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger." Hou Fangyu said, "In order to get rid of the two naval warships behind, I can only take risks." ”

"." Barefoot, Zhang San shook his hand viciously and shouted, "Fight with the fucking officers and soldiers, turn the rudder, and go to Baishayu." ”

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The warships of the official army and naval division still have an absolute advantage over the pirate ships, not only the armament in the battle is not on the same level, but even the surname of the warship is also incomparable, in less than half an hour, the two lucky ships led by Wang Pu caught up with the two pirate ships of the barefoot Zhang San.

The only pity is that only the bow of the three-masted gunboat is equipped with Hongyi cannons, and the Fuchuan can't install such a powerful and extremely bulky cannon as the Hongyi cannon in the bow because the hull is not large enough, so it can only install a few small guns, and then there are twenty small guns in the gunwales on both sides, whether it is range or power, these small cannons cannot be compared with the Hongyi cannon.

The two small guns in the bow of the two ships were constantly firing, and some shells were constantly falling around the pirate ship, stirring up a column of water to the sky, and occasionally a cannonball would fall on the pirate ship, splashing the sky with wood debris in the sky, but this level of shelling obviously could not pose a real threat to the pirate ship, and at most it could only shock the pirates psychologically.

Unless the pirate ship could be chased and paralleled, so that the twenty guns in the broadside broadside could fire a salvo of fire on the pirate ship, it could pose a real threat.

Finally, the two warships of the officer and navy caught up with the pirate ship that fell behind, and sandwiched it between one left and one right, the three ships could be parallel, and in an instant, the two officers and navy warships leaned towards the gunwales on the side of the pirate ship and burst into dazzling fire, and in the deafening explosion, forty small guns opened fire almost simultaneously!

Under several rounds of shelling, the pirate ship that was caught in the middle had been blown to the sideways of the planks, debris was scattered, the bulkhead of the ship was also blown open a dozen large holes, and the icy sea water quickly poured into the cabin, and the pirates who were guarding the deck and hiding in the cabin swarmed down, scooping up all the equipment that could scoop the water out desperately.

But the reality is cruel, and it can only be in vain.

A few minutes later, another round of artillery fire fell mercilessly on the pirate ship, which shook violently and began to sink rapidly.

On the official warship, Wang Pu shouted in a deep voice: "Ignore the pirates who fell into the water, and continue to pursue the remaining ship." ”

On the pirate ship that fled in front, Zhang San, barefoot, shouted angrily: "Brother Iron Courage, Brother Iron Courage!" Damn the officers and soldiers, Lao Tzu and you are not finished......"

Time passed quietly, and the two official warships were forced to come up, and they were about to sandwich the barefoot pirate ship in the middle.

Barefoot Zhang San was anxious and angry, and when he was at a loss, a thunderous voice suddenly sounded on the warship on the left: "Listen to the pirates on board, stop the ship and surrender immediately!" Our general said that as long as you surrender, everything in the past will no longer be pursued, and you can still leave a surname! ”

Barefoot Zhang San roared angrily: "What if Lao Tzu doesn't descend? ”

A figure suddenly appeared behind the female wall of the official warship, and shouted: "Then sink you!" ”

"Wang Pu!"

"Barefoot Zhang San?"

Suddenly seeing Wang Pu, the shock in Zhang San's heart barefoot can be imagined.

The red lady who was standing not far behind the barefoot Zhang San hurriedly dodged and hid behind the mast, obviously, she never thought that she would meet Wang Pu again on such an occasion and under such circumstances.

"Wang Pu." Barefoot Zhang San said angrily, "You killed Lao Tzu's good brother Zhao Tie Courage, Lao Tzu will never let you go!" ”

"Hmph." Wang Pu sneered, "Barefoot Zhang San, you have no way to escape, General Ben orders you to stop the boat immediately!" ”

"Don't think!" Barefoot Zhang San said in a cruel voice, "If you have a kind, you will order the cannon!" ”

"Wang Pu!" Mao Bijiang on the side suddenly stepped forward, and shouted with a hideous expression, "If you have a kind of order, you will order the cannon?" If we die, we will die, but your delicate little beauty will also have to sink into the sea with us to feed the fish, hehe, open the cannon, you gave the order to open the cannon. ”

"Xiao Wan?" Wang Pu's face turned pale, and he shouted, "What did you do to Xiaowan?" ”

The red lady who was hiding behind the mast couldn't help but move when she heard this, and her figure flashed, and she had already taken two maids out of the cabin.

"Not much." Mao Bijiang sneered wildly, "Wang Pu, don't think about the woman that Lao Tzu can't get!" ”

"Barefoot Zhang San!" Wang Pu turned his head to glare at barefoot Zhang San, and said angrily, "Are you a fucking man?" The last time you robbed Yuanyuan's account in Wujiang, the general didn't settle it with you, and this time you robbed the general's woman who didn't pass through the door, what the hell do you mean? ”

Barefoot Zhang San was speechless, the last time he robbed Chen Yuanyuan for silver, this time he robbed Dong Xiaowan He didn't know in advance that she was Wang Pu's woman, but since he had already done it, he would never admit defeat and beg for mercy, so he replied in a cruel voice at that time: "Lao Tzu is robbed, what the hell can you do?" ”

Hou Fangyu leaned over to barefoot Zhang San and said in a low voice: "The second master, Baishayu is not far ahead, if you find a way to delay it for a while, we will be able to get out of danger." ”

Wang Pu knew that Zhang San was an outlaw barefoot, and threats were of no use to him, so he turned to exert pressure on Hou Fangyu and Mao Bijiang, and shouted in a deep voice: "Mao Bijiang, Hou Fangyu!" Don't forget who you are? When you read the books of the sages when you were young, and you willingly possess the thief, are you not afraid of bringing disaster to your family? And your Fushe, have you ever thought about it, it will be discredited because of the two of you, and there will be no place to stand in Jiangnan and even the entire Ming Dynasty! ”

Hou Fangyu couldn't help but bow his head, he didn't care about the reputation of the Restoration Society, but he couldn't help but worry about the safety of his family, this time since Wang Pu knew that he had joined the thief, it would be inevitable to go to the court after he went back, and the family and clansmen who stayed in Shangqiu's hometown were afraid that it would be difficult to be spared.

"Wang Pu, you forced this!" Mao Bijiang shouted fiercely, "You have already snatched Chen Yuanyuan from me, why do you still rob Xiaowan with me?" ”

Wang Pu said in a deep voice: "So, it's your idea to let the barefoot Zhang San rob Xiao Wan away?" ”

"That's right!" Mao Bijiang smiled proudly, "I said a long time ago, you can't get a woman I can't get, Xiaowan is mine, now her heart is mine, and soon her people will become mine, and Yuanyuan, one day I will take her back from you!" ”

"Brave the frontier." Wang Pu's eyes flashed with a trace of cold murderous intent, and he shouted, "Today, you'd better try to go to heaven, don't fall into my hands!" ”

"Hahaha." Mao Bijiang laughed wildly, "Wang Pu, don't be too complacent, I don't know who killed the deer." ”

"Mao Gongzi, I really didn't expect you to be such a person, it turns out that you have been lying to me."

A cold voice suddenly came from behind him, and when he looked back in a hurry, he saw Dong Xiaowan standing not far behind him, and behind Dong Xiaowan, there was a red lady with a frosty face and her two maids.

Mao Bijiang said: "Xiaowan, this ...... You, I'm ......"

On the opposite boat, Wang Pu's eyes immediately flashed a trace of imperceptible joy, and the White Lotus Sect Leader of Qiao Pu's personal soldiers couldn't help but lean in, leaned into Wang Pu's ear and said: "Little villain, it seems that your relationship with the Red Lady is really extraordinary, she actually didn't hesitate to turn against her bare feet in order to help you." ”

"The big red boss." Barefoot Zhang San's face immediately sank, and he said in a condensed voice, "What are you doing here?" ”

The red lady said in a deep voice: "Zhang Er is in charge, Xiaowan's sister is someone else's fiancée, how do you explain this?" ”

"I don't need to explain." Barefoot Zhang San said angrily, "Why does Lao Tzu want to explain it to you? ”

The red lady said coldly: "So Zhang Er is going to ignore the rules on the green forest road?" ”

"Fuck the rules." Barefoot Zhang San was completely enraged by a series of blows, and roared angrily, "Lao Tzu's words are the rules, Red Lady, if you want to let go of Miss Xiaowan, Lao Tzu is still our friend, if you dare to play any tricks, then don't blame Lao Tzu for being polite." ”

The red lady raised her eyebrows upside down, and shouted coquettishly: "Since Gu Er is obsessed, then don't blame the old lady for not talking about the morality of the rivers and lakes!" ”

After that, the red lady brushed two swords and stabbed the two pirates next to her, and another sword slashed on the cable, and the escape boat tied to the side of the big ship fell on the sea with a thud, and the red lady reached out to hold Dong Xiaowan's armpits and jumped off the deck, and fell to the boat like lightning, and the two maids also jumped off the boat.

"." Barefoot Zhang San came back to his senses and said angrily, "Brothers, let go of the arrows, don't let these girls run away!" ”

The pirates on the deck all rushed to the side of the ship, raised their crossbows and bird guns in their hands and shot at the boat driven by the three masters and servants of the Red Lady, and in an instant the arrows rained down, and the Red Lady protected Dong Xiaowan behind her, wielding the oars on the boat to desperately block the arrows shot by the pirates.

While resisting the arrows fired by the pirates, the red lady and the two maidservants turned around and shouted: "General Soldier Wang, stop the ship quickly, there is danger ahead!" ”

On the official warship, Wang Pu was afraid that the scattered people shot out of the artillery would accidentally injure the red lady and Dong Xiaowan who were caught in the middle, and strictly ordered that the cannon should not be fired, and only ordered the officers and soldiers of the guard and the naval division to use muskets and bows and arrows to counter the pirates on the pirate ship.

"Fire!" Only then did Wang Pu yell, "Sink this damn pirate ship!" ”

It's a pity that because of the rescue of the Red Lady, the distance between the pirate ship and the two official warships has been widened a little, and the guns on the side can no longer hit the pirate ship.

The red lady climbed up the deck along the soft ladder, and when she saw Wang Pu, she said, "General, stop the boat!" ”

"Stop the ship?" Wang Pu was stunned and said, "Why? ”

"There's a reef ahead!" The red lady hurriedly said, "There is danger! ”

"Reef?" Wang Pu's face changed, and he said hurriedly, "Quick, immediately lower the sails and drop anchor!" ”

Wang Pu's words fell, and the warship had already hit the underwater reef heavily, only to hear a loud bang, the whole warship shook violently, and the forward momentum came to an abrupt halt, and everyone standing on the deck was thrown to the ground heavily.

Wang Pu stood on the edge of the side of the boat and was directly thrown out, fortunately, the red lady standing beside him quickly reached out and grabbed Wang Pu's right arm, Wang Pu instinctively grabbed the red lady's jade arm with his backhand, and his figure fell from the air and hit the side side heavily, and couldn't help but snort in pain.

Looking down, I saw the sea under my feet tumbling and white waves.

Wang Pu couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, if it wasn't for the Red Lady to come to the rescue, he would have already fallen into the sea and was swallowed by the torrent rolling under his feet.

"Boom!"

Another loud bang was heard, and another official warship also ran aground.

Lu Liu, who looked embarrassed, finally struggled to get up, and pulled Wang Pu up with two guards.

It wasn't until his feet stepped back on the deck that Wang Pu breathed a long sigh of relief, and couldn't help but glance back at the red lady with grateful eyes, but the red lady pretended not to see it and turned her face away, Wang Pu shook his head, and when he looked further, he saw that the barefoot pirate ship had already passed through the reef and left.

"Damn." Wang Pu said hatefully, "It's better to let this guy run away." ”

Dong Xiaowan came to Wang Pu with the support of the young lady, and cried: "General, the little woman has caused you trouble." ”

Dong Xiaowan will be soft, and the gratitude in her heart is really indescribable, she also thought that Wang Pu led the sailor into the sea to save her.

"Xiao Wan." Wang Pu stretched out his hand to gently wipe away the tears on Xiao Wan's delicate face, and asked in a harmonious voice, "Are you okay?" ”

Dong Xiaowan hummed softly and couldn't cry.

"Young girl." Wang Pu turned his head to the young lady and said, "Xiaowan will be handed over to you, you must take care of her." ”

"Yes." The young lady replied in a coquettish voice, "General, don't worry." ”

"General!" A soaking wet sailor ran to the deck and said to Wang Pu, "It's not good! ”

Wang Pu said: "Say it slowly." ”

The sailor gasped: "It seems that we have hit the reef forest, the six watertight compartments at the bottom of the ship have all been knocked through, the seawater backflow is too strong, it can't be blocked at all, and now we only hope that the reef under the water can hold the hull of the ship, so that it will not sink into the sea, and everyone will have a chance to live." ”

Wang Pu said: "How about the warship of Han Jiang?" ”

"Lao Han just sent a flag, his warship was more damaged, and now it has begun to sink. ”

Wang Puyou looked over, and sure enough, he saw that the hull of another naval warship in the distance had begun to tilt, and the entire stern had almost sunk into the sea, and it seemed that in half an hour at most, the entire ship would completely sink into the sea.

The general manager looked up at the sky, and suddenly shouted: "It's not good, it looks like it's going to be windy!" ”

Wang Pu frowned and said, "The wind? ”

The general condensed and said: "The general doesn't know, there are three feet of waves on this sea without wind, if there is a strong wind, the waves will be enough to tear the hull of the ship, and then everyone will be swept into the sea, here is a reef forest, there are whirlpools everywhere, if you really want to be swept into the sea, you will definitely die!" ”

Wang Pu said in a deep voice: "Then what should I do now?" ”

The general said miserably: "Now I can only take a small boat to escape when the wind is not yet blowing, how far to escape, as long as I escape from this reef forest, there is at least half of the chance of survival!" ”

Wang Pu frowned and said, "But there is only one small boat on the boat, plus the one that Mrs. Li rowed over, there are only two small boats." ”

"General!" The sailor said loudly, "You take the guards and these ladies and go in a small boat, and stay on the boat with the brothers and gamble with God!" ”

Wang Pu shook his head and said, "This is too dangerous. ”

"General, let's go!" The general said urgently, "No matter how late it is, the wind will rise, and when the time comes, even if you want to leave, you won't be able to go!" ”

Wang Pu gritted his teeth and shouted, "Okay, tell General Ben your name!" ”

The sailor said, "Humble Shilang." ”

"Shi Lang?"

Wang Pu was shocked when he heard this, but he didn't expect that this young sailor general would always be Shi Lang, a fierce sailor in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

"Shi Lang, General Ben remembers your name, if you and your soldiers can come back alive, General Ben will reuse you, if you die in battle, General Ben will take care of your family!"

Shi Lang clenched his fists and said proudly: "Thank you, General!" ”

"Thank you, General!"

"Thank you, General!"

"Thank you, General!"

The officers and soldiers of the sailor division behind Shi Lang also hugged their fists one after another, all with solemn expressions, this group of sailor officers and soldiers is worthy of the elite brought out by Huang Degong, all of them are heroes who are not afraid of death, but then again, if Wang Pu is not a general who is enough to convince them, they may not be willing to leave the only chance of escape to Wang Pu.

Wang Pu turned around and said loudly, "Yan Fei." ”

The young lady replied in a coquettish voice: "Yes." ”

"You take ten brothers to protect Miss Xiaowan and take the first boat."

"Yes."

"Lu Liu."

"Yes."

"You take five brothers with me, and the rest of the brothers stay on the ship to live and die with General Shi Lang and Brother Shuishi!"

"Yes!"

Lu Liu and the soldiers of the guards agreed with a bang.

Wang Pu finally looked back at the White Lotus Sect Leader and the Red Lady and said, "Sect Master, Mrs. Li, you take the second boat with me." ”

The White Lotus Sect Master winked at Wang Pufei, with a sister's expression of being very satisfied with your arrangement, but the red lady beside her suddenly snorted and fell softly on the deck, and the two maids behind the red lady hurriedly rushed forward to help her up, and asked urgently, "Madam, what's wrong with you?" ”

The red lady is injured.

It was just now when she rescued Wang Pu, a stray arrow shot from the pirate ship hit her left shoulder, the red lady could have dodged, she just let go of the hand that grabbed Wang Pu and could easily dodge this arrow, but the red lady did not dodge, in order to save Wang Pu, she suffered this arrow.

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(To be continued)