Every small town along the coast generally has a large bell placed on the top of a hill and is specially guarded. In the past, it was specially used by the highest officials of villages and towns to convene people, and it was generally used for heavy festivals or family sacrifices. Later, with the chaos of the sea frontier, piracy was rampant, and the bell became an early warning bell for pirates to attack.

Deng Haonan looked at the few of them in confusion and said, "Don't be so alarmed!" Isn't it just a pirate? Everyone is a peer, is there something to discuss! ”

When Sigou and the others heard this, they immediately smiled bitterly. If it weren't for the fact that I had been with Deng Haonan for a long time, I really wouldn't have gotten used to Deng Haonan's way of making fun.

Wanshu rolled her eyes, stomped her feet in a hurry, and said coquettishly: "Xianggong, hurry up and hide, okay?" ”

"Where to hide?" Deng Haonan asked.

Wanshu smiled slightly, and took Deng Haonan to a basement in the east wing.

The basement is very simple, but it is very hidden, because Deng Haonan has a basement in his own house, and he doesn't even know it.

Seeing the questions on Deng Haonan's face, Wanshu said: "Xianggong, you are usually very busy, and my mother is very worried that there will be pirates to loot, so we dug this basement by ourselves!" ”

So that's it! Deng Haonan then remembered that although the people in Beitan Town were also pirates, it was obvious that pirates in various places like to eat black at the moment, and Beitan Town was not less looted. It's just that Li Ping's strength has improved a lot now, and it is expected that pirates are easy to deal with.

"Wanshu, you take your mother and mother-in-law to hide in the secret room, I'll go out to see, only when I come back, can you come out and know?"

Deng Haonan still decided to let his family hide first and be careful to make the 10,000-year-old ship.

During this period, the four dogs also had to hide in, but they were dragged out by Deng Haonan with their collars. Seeing his timid appearance, Deng Haonan counted him down fiercely. However, Huzi and Da Niu were not afraid, and they looked eager to try.

Wan Shu obeyed and took the two old mothers into the secret room to hide. After Deng Haonan checked outside, after making sure that outsiders could not find out, he took Sigou, Huzi and Da Niu out of the gate together.

The streets were deserted, and the sea breeze whipped up the dust on the streets, making a loud noise on the leaves of the nearby poplar trees, adding to the scarcity atmosphere.

Deng Haonan and the four of them rode to the Li Mansion first to inquire about the situation, but the people from the Li Mansion ran faster, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

"Oh yes! What about playing tunnel warfare with Lao Tzu? Deng Haonan couldn't help but think of the tunnel battle he watched thousands of times when he was a child, and when the devil came, it was almost like this.

The four dogs are also accustomed to Deng Haonan's way of speaking, although they can't understand many words, but they can also guess eight or nine. Listening to the word authentic, I knew that Deng Haonan was saying that the villagers were hiding.

However, there are also some subordinates who take advantage of this opportunity to secretly take some food and snacks, and make a little fortune by the way. Deng Haonan listened to it and roughly knew some outlines.

From the mouths of the people in the Li Mansion, it was learned that Li Ping had taken people to the water village of Xiaoxiyang Island, and the specific situation was unknown, but he knew that there were several unknown warships coming from the open sea.

Deng Haonan thought that Li Ping was going to sit in town, but Huzi said: "The old thing is more afraid of death than the four dogs, every time the alarm bell rings, he is the first to flee to the water village for refuge!" ”

Listening to Huzi's words, Sigou immediately blushed, and was about to refute, only to hear Deng Haonan suddenly interrupt: "Huzi, if you usually encounter pirates, how did the Li family deal with it?" ”

Huzi said: "When there was no Brother Haonan to help me before, the Li family's little strength couldn't be taken at all!" When encountering pirates, Li Ping took refuge in the water village, and the villagers had to find their own way to survive! However, at present, there are also a lot of warships in the water village, and a lot of artillery has been added, so it is expected that there should be a battle force! ”

Sigou shook his head and said, "I don't think so!" That Li Ping has always been in Taoguang, if he rashly comes out to show his strength, he will definitely be known by other forces! Especially if Zheng Yiguan learns about it, it will definitely not be pleased! ”

Deng Haonan nodded, he also thought that Li Ping would not be ostentatious when he did not become strong enough. said at the moment: "Since Li Ping is a turtle with a shrunken head, then we will take care of ourselves!" Let's go to the martial arts hall first, and put away our family wealth first! ”

As soon as the whip sounded, Deng Haonan and the four of them turned around and rushed to the martial arts school.

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Deng Haonan's lecture hall was in the gunpowder workshop where he had stayed, not far from the dock, so he just happened to give lectures and do things without delay. When he came to the martial arts school, he saw that Deng Haonan was coming, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

"Master!"

As soon as Deng Haonan got off the horse, one person ran to him, and Deng Haonan raised his eyes to see that it was one of his students.

This person's name is Lin Feng, he has just turned 25 years old this year, and his ancestors have lived in Beitan Town, making a living by fishing. This Lin Feng is the smartest among Deng Haonan's many disciples and students, he was born at the age of ten, and he was selected as a talent at the age of thirteen. However, the show of the Ming Dynasty grabbed a lot of talents, Lin Feng repeatedly failed the exam, and later his father's act as a pirate was revealed, and he was arrested and imprisoned by the government. After that, Lin Feng simply gave up continuing his studies and joined the pirates.

After Deng Haonan learned the details of Lin Feng, he saw that he was an upright person, and he had repeatedly fought for the craftsmen, but he also had a trace of backbone, and he had some status among the young craftsmen. This kind of person is exactly what Deng Haonan needs, so Deng Haonan deliberately cultivated him and arranged him to be among the first batch of students in the lecture martial arts hall and taught him carefully.

Deng Haonan asked, "Ah Feng, how many people are still in the school?" ”

Lin Feng replied respectfully: "Master, there are twenty-five senior brothers and thirty-five apprentices in the school!" The students have already hidden all the equipment in the master's room! I'm waiting for the master to give me a lecture in the hall! ”

Deng Haonan nodded with satisfaction and said, "You did a good job!" ”

"Thank you for the compliment!" Lin Feng replied respectfully: "This is what a student should do!" ”

While speaking, Deng Haonan and others, accompanied by Lin Feng, came to the hall of the lecture hall. As soon as Deng Haonan's students and apprentices saw the master come in, they immediately gave a long salute and shouted in unison, "Master!" ”

After Deng Haonan encouraged them, he carefully looked at each student and apprentice, and there should have been two hundred and fifteen students here. Apparently, the other students who didn't come or left were scared away by the pirates.

Deng Haonan secretly said in his heart: Although there are only sixty people, these students are not afraid of pirates attacking, and they are still waiting for his arrival here, thinking that they should love themselves very much! It seems that his efforts have not been in vain, and he has gained some gains.

At this time, there was a sudden rumbling cannon sound from the east, and many of the students looked panicked.

Deng Haonan knew that it should be the pirate warship approaching, so he took the students out to watch the situation.

When he came just now, Deng Haonan looked at the sea in the distance, but because he didn't have a telescope, he couldn't see the situation. At this time, when Deng Haonan looked at the sea again, he saw more than a dozen warships fighting on the sea, and many warships had already burned fires.

Oh my god, it's a rush to death without a telescope! Deng Haonan found a high ground to look at, but he could only see the outline of the warship, but he couldn't see the flag clearly, and he didn't know which ships belonged to the Li family and which belonged to the enemy.

The sound of artillery rumbled, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the air.

It can be seen that the two sides are fighting very fiercely. Deng Haonan's heart was itchy, and a pair of eyes were almost "looking forward to piercing".

Gradually, the sound of artillery got closer and closer. Deng Haonan gradually saw the problem from the fire light of the guns on the warships, because the firepower of several warships was very dense, and there were even three-deck guns, not to mention dozens of guns, and the firepower was very fierce. On the contrary, other warships had sporadic flickering fires. Deng Haonan boarded the Li family's three-masted ship more than once, and had already guessed that the side with weak firepower was Li Ao's pirate fleet.

"Master!" Lin Feng approached and said, "It doesn't look like an ordinary pirate warship!" ”

"Hmm!" Deng Haonan nodded and asked with interest: "Ah Feng has seen what kind of ship the other party is?" ”

Lin Feng knew that this was Deng Haonan testing his knowledge, and immediately said: "It should be a foreigner's warship!" Seeing Deng Haonan smiling silently, Lin Feng continued: "The master taught us to identify warships!" Our Ming warships are all hard-sailed warships, and the warships are distinguished by the height and number of masts, and the guns are arranged in a horseshoe shape on the side side. The foreign warships were soft-sailed warships, which were classified according to the number of guns they were equipped with, and the guns were arranged in a straight line on the side sides. Students observed that three of the warships had a strange number of guns, and they were arranged in parallel according to the three decks, which was not a Ming warship! ”

Deng Haonan nodded with satisfaction and said, "You're right! That's not a pirate warship, it's a Dutch warship! Damn, how did you provoke the Dutch? ”

"Dutch warships?" Lin Feng asked in surprise, "How can the master be sure of a Dutch warship?" ”

Deng Haonan pursed his lips and said, "Because the teacher saw that damn three-color cloth strip flag!" ”

The flags on Dutch warships are generally very large, mainly because they want to show off the Dutch sea power, for fear that others will not know. The red, blue and white cloth striped flag is the flag of the United Provinces Republic of the Netherlands. At first, it was far away and couldn't see clearly, but at this time Deng Haonan could already see clearly.

"It turns out that the red, blue and white tricolor is the flag of the Netherlands!" Lin Feng hurriedly wrote it down by heart, and the other students beside him and behind him also remembered it in their hearts.

Knock knock!

Every few minutes, a salvo of fire from Dutch battleships would be heard. After each fire, the entire ship was shrouded in thick smoke, and only the light of fire, the sound of cannons, and a row of drainage columns on the surface of the sea could be seen.

The sound of artillery was getting closer and closer, and at this time, Deng Haonan could already see that many of the Li family's warships were hit and on fire, and began to retreat continuously. Among them, the three-masted Dafu ship was the most wolf, and Deng Haonan knew that it was Li Ao's ship, the only warship equipped with ten thousand catties of tiger cannons.

Deng Haonan really wanted to see the ability of the artillery he built in battle, but it was a pity that Li Ao's ship was basically dumb, not the artillery itself, Deng Haonan knew that the jack tiger cannon was not so easy to destroy, and the only possibility was that the gunner on Li Ao's ship was disabled.

How can a small character like Li Ao confront the Dutch Navy, the opponent's three-deck guns are obviously at the battleship level. Even the most inferior battleship has a hundred guns, and it is obvious that Li Ao's battleship is not of the same level as others, only the share of being beaten.

There was a cacophine clatter, and the mainmast of a three-masted ship was broken, and then the broken mast and cable of the warship were violently torn and overturned into the water.

At this time, I saw Li Ao flying flags on the ship, and all the warships were immediately chaotic, and they turned around and retreated to the water village.

Deng Haonan couldn't help but scolded: "A group of pigs' heads, the Dutch battleship is in the upper hand, Li Ao runs like this, doesn't it create opportunities for others?" ”

Deng Haonan deliberately buried Li Ao in front of the students, and sure enough, several Dutch warships filled their sails and quickly crushed the Li family warship by taking advantage of the upper hand. Then, several panicked Li family warships were directly knocked over by Dutch warships, and several small boats were directly crushed to the bottom of the sea, which was miserable.

Although Sigou didn't understand what Deng Haonan meant, he knew that Deng Haonan was building momentum, so he accused Li Ao of intimidating the command among the students. The students of the martial arts hall usually learned a lot from Deng Haonan, and when they saw that the teacher's prediction was correct, they immediately complained about Li Aolai.

For a moment, maybe Li Ao was born to escape as a pirate, or maybe the Dutch were not familiar with the nearby waters and did not dare to enter rashly, in short, Li Ao escaped back to the water village with a few warships.

After the Dutch warship circled the perimeter, it immediately shelled the water village from a distance, and the Li pirates were only beaten, but they had no power to fight back.

At this time, a Dutch warship seemed to have discovered the hidden pier of Bei Zhen Town, turned the bow of the ship, and drove in the direction of Deng Haonan and the others.

Deng Haonan saw that the situation was not good, and knew that the other party could see them through the telescope, so he ordered everyone to hide. However, the Dutch warship continued to approach, Deng Haonan originally wanted to run away with the students, but then he thought about it, he needed to establish his prestige in front of them, isn't it a good opportunity now!

At that moment, Deng Haonan instructed more than a dozen students to push out the jack tiger cannon in the real room, and ordered Da Niu to take out Deng Haonan's own propellant and cannonballs, and then informed the students that he was going to shell the Dutch warship.

The students were naturally ecstatic about Deng Haonan's words, but they also had doubts, although they knew that Deng Haonan's skills were exquisite, and they also knew that Deng Haonan's nickname was Deng Cannon. However, whether Deng Haonan can fight * cannon or not, and how well the cannon is fired, they have never seen it. This student always has a natural sense of expectation for the teacher, and always hopes that the teacher who can teach him knowledge should be a hero who can do anything. Therefore, they all have great expectations for Deng Haonan's approach in their hearts, and expect Deng Haonan to give them an unforgettable surprise.

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