By noon, the fog had gradually cleared a bit, and it was still not far away. Suddenly, a tight gong sound was heard not far away, which was a warning to other ships to evade.

Wu Yongchang listened to the sound of the gong with bated breath, and the sound of the gong became louder and louder, which meant that the ship was getting closer and closer. He nodded to the side, and the sailors at the bow of the ship understood, and lifted the canvas to reveal an iron-cast mortar, four feet long, nearly two fists in caliber, and swarthy throughout. Another sailor picked up a cannonball and rolled it through the muzzle into the chamber.

Suddenly, a yellow gas lamp appeared in the fog, emitting a halo of light. The ship is very close together, it is a move,

The crab boat, with a mortar cannon at the bow, and a few water feet standing next to the mortar cannon, looking vigilantly over this side. A sailor preemptively shouted: "Where are you from?" ”

Wu Yongchang shouted towards the fast crab boat: "The 16th standard patrol ship of the Outer Sea Division, arresting pirates in this area, I am the pipe band, what are you doing?" ”-

The people on the fast crab boat shouted: "We are from Conch City, we have the prefect's yamen guarded, we bought the freight back, and the sailors will let us go." ”

Wu Yongchang: "What kind of goods are you buying, we have to board the ship to see." ”

The man on the fast crab boat shouted: "The big cigarettes bought from Black Rock Island on the boat, a total of 200 catties, have been packed." ”

Wu Yongchang: "Then we also have to look at your defenses." Pirates are rampant in this area, and what pirates want to rob most is big smoke, and our sailors have the responsibility to catch thieves. ”

The man on the crab boat shouted, "If you don't want to be too bothered, jump over and help me." But now there are a lot of pirates pretending to be sailors, and there are not too many people who jump into the gang, just one or two. ”

Wu Yongchang turned his head and gave him a look, and motioned for the two sailors to follow him: this is his most powerful helper, and he is quite good at fists and feet.

The sand boat leaned over and got on the hook with the fast crab boat. The fast crab boat was a little bigger than the sand boat, more than a foot taller, and there were less than ten people on the deck of the fast crab boat, about the same number of people as the sand boat.

Wu Yongchang carried a waist knife, jumped lightly, jumped on the fast crab boat, and his two helpers also jumped over, and the people on the fast crab boat hurriedly pushed the sand boat away with a long bamboo pole.

The boat boss is a fat middle-aged man with thick lips and squinting eyes, and he looks quite loyal. He held a large envelope in both hands, held it in front of his chest in a proper manner, and then handed it over respectfully: "I will open a smoke shop with my colleagues, and run the Conch City route all year round, specializing in transporting big tobacco." This is a letter from the prefect of Conch City to the checkpoints along the way, asking the sailor and the government along the way to let them go, and there is a prefect guarding the border below. ”

Wu Yongchang knew that all officials had to use seals, and this was the first time he had seen this thing, rectangular, and purple-red water.

Wu Yongchang casually looked at the purple flower seal on the letter and looked around. He roughly estimated that there were nine people on the fast crab boat, including the boat boss, and all of them were sailors who were familiar with sailors, and they might not be good at fighting. Once he started to do it, he dealt with the boat boss in front of him and the people around the boat boss, and the rest of the few were handled by the two helpers.

Both of his helpers are veterans, and they cooperate very well and know what to do in such a situation. They coughed softly in unison, walked away from him, and leaned over to the sailors. As soon as they have a signal, they're going to do it.

Wu Yongchang slowly put the letter into the envelope and looked directly at the ship's boss, "You said you were on guard, but I said you didn't." He smiled and tore up a few handfuls of envelopes, casually raised them into the air, and watched the shredded pieces of paper fall one after another, "You don't have any defenses, and this pipe belt determines that your two boxes of cigarettes were robbed and should be confiscated." ”

Seeing this move and hearing this, the boat boss was not flustered. He said, "I've been dealing with sailors a lot, and you're dressed as sailors, not like that, not like it, not like it, there's nothing like it all over your body." You say you're a pipe band, but the way you dress and speak is far from a real sailor's pipe belt. When he finished speaking, he shook his head helplessly, scratching the back of his head.

It took several days for Wu Yongchang to come back to his senses when he was thinking about the ship, and the captain of the ship was scratching the back of his head to send a signal to the other end of the deck.

The big gong on the fast crab boat sounded wildly, and the earthquake resounded on the sea. Not far away came a dull thump, The whistling of shells was followed by several loud bangs.

Liang Shanbo and his two helpers looked back in shock, and were immediately stunned.

The shells accurately hit the sand boats. The well-trained gunners aimed the shots, and each shot hit the waterline, tearing several large holes in the lower edge of the hull, and the sea water poured into it, killing the people on the spot or throwing them into the sea and plopping down in the waves. This was followed by a dense burst of gunfire, which immediately killed those few.