At this time, the merchant ship had already realized that something was wrong, and recognized that the ship heading towards them must be a pirate ship, so it quickly turned the sail and turned the rudder, and began to flee like a desperate person.

This merchant ship is a small brig ship-style ship, the hull of the ship is relatively old, and the sails are basically tattered, with a lot of patches, it can be seen that it is a merchant ship that has been traveling at sea for a long time, and the hull maintenance is also average, so when they found out that Yu Xiaotian's group had bad intentions, it was not easy to turn around and want to escape immediately.

The two sides then launched a chase at sea, Yu Xiaotian's ship had just cleaned the bottom of the ship, and repaired the sails, and all the performance was basically in a good state at the moment, plus they were in a light load state, so the speed of the ship was slightly higher than that of the merchant ship, and they were in an advantageous position in the chase.

But the merchant ship was obviously not easy to meet, although their ship had a deeper draft, but the boatman had good boat skills, and several times they were chased by Yu Xiaotian's ship, they were able to use the wind direction to adjust the direction, accelerate and throw off the pirate ship chasing them.

As a result, several times Yu Xiaotian's gang of new sea wolves tried to get close to them, but they were successfully thrown off, and everyone on the angry ship scolded one after another, but they couldn't do anything about this merchant ship for a while, so they could only follow Hu Cheng to turn the sails and turn the rudder in the scolding, and continue to chase this merchant ship.

Yu Xiaotian coldly watched the men on the ship busy with their work, and did not scold them, but temporarily handed over the power to command and operate the ship to the experienced Liu Lao Liu, which was also expected by him.

These guys have just been familiar with their ship for a long time, and they can't work together to skillfully control this ship, and when they encounter such a merchant ship that has been begging for a living at sea for a long time, it is impossible for them to catch up with this ship at once, so he is happy to let this group of people eat and eat first, and know their own depth, so he simply stood at the bow of the ship, and came to ignore it, just staring at the merchant ship in front.

The whole chase lasted for half a day, and it was not until noon that they approached the merchant ship again, and the distance between the two sides was shortened to about 100 meters.

Yu Xiaotian then ordered to prepare for the battle, and ordered the four soldiers in the bow of the ship to start loading the large bowl mouth gun, and at the same time ordered the archers and firecrackers to prepare.

After a busy day, the soldiers finally finished filling the big bowl, and the rest of the personnel were all ready, and began to shout to the merchant ship in front of them, ordering them to stop the ship immediately, so that they could spare them from dying.

But the merchant ship was unmoved by their threat, and continued to turn the sails and rudder, trying to shake them off again, but this time they did not succeed, because the sea wolves already had some experience in maneuvering ships at this time, and as soon as the other party adjusted the sails, they also quickly adjusted the sails, anticipating the actions of the other party in advance, and the rudder continued to stick to the other party's ship, so that this operation was not successful.

Yu Xiaotian was somewhat satisfied, picked up a big horn made of temporary wooden planks and shouted at the merchant ship: "The people on the opposite ship have listened carefully!" We're sea wolves! I'm looking at you today! You can't run away, Lao Tzu only asks for money and doesn't kill people, as long as you stop the boat and let us pick up the goods, I will let you go! If not, don't blame me for being rude! ”

His voice was loud, and with the help of this wooden horn, the roar could be heard far away, ensuring that his threat could be heard clearly.

But the other party still did not drop the sails and stop the boat, but turned the rudder again, trying to escape towards the sea, Liu Lao Liu scolded at the stern: "Grandma's! In front of them is the Pinghai Sea Village, and they want to escape to the Pinghai Sea Village! You can't be polite to them! ”

Yu Xiaotian was also a little angry at this time, after all, this was the first time they came out to rob, although he also knew that the level of his gang was limited, but he still thought that it was best to succeed, otherwise it might affect their confidence in the future, so he was not polite at this time.

While keeping an eye on the fleeing merchant ship in front, he began to take matters into his own hands, helping the black head and others adjust the gun carriage of the bowl mouth gun, and strive to aim more accurately.

This thing is an old-fashioned artillery, the effective range is very close, the charge is small, and there is no aiming door and crosshair, and the gun carriage is also very difficult to adjust, so it is more often at sea just to scare people, counting on him to sink enemy ships, Yu Xiaotian does not have this luxury.

Seeing that the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, the other party began to panic a little at this time, and someone was also lying on the stern of the boat, shouting at them: "It's the Zhao family in Fuzhou down there!" I have a friendship with the Martha boss of Nanri Island! If you come here today, you have offended you, are you down, you should raise your noble hands and let us pass! There are thirty taels of silver here, if you heroes give face, you will take it, it is considered a filial piety to the heroes! I hope that the good men will raise their noble hands! ”

Yu Xiaotian already knew the rules of the Dao, but he was not interested in the thirty taels of silver, what he needed now was a successful ship robbery to boost the morale and confidence of his subordinates, so he picked up the wooden horn and shouted: "Don't talk nonsense!" I don't care who you are or who you know! Today's cargo on your ship, Lao Tzu is going to decide, hurry up and stop the ship, otherwise the uncle will open fire! ”

When the ship on the other side heard that the negotiation had failed, they did not reply, and tried to shake them off again, and the two boats went back and forth on the sea, staggering continuously.

Yu Xiaotian visually observed that the distance between the other party had been reduced to about fifty meters, so he loudly ordered his subordinates to light the cannon, and the black head was bold, picked up the torch and pestled it at the fire door of the bowl at the bow of the ship.

Yu Xiaotian flashed subconsciously, and blocked his ears, just waiting for the bowl mouth gun to make a roar, but when he turned his head to look, a puff of white smoke rose from the bowl mouth fire door, but it did not roar as expected, so his face immediately lengthened, it turned out that after they lit this cannon, it was actually a squib, and Yu Xiaotian rolled his eyes angrily.

"I told you a long time ago that the charge was going to be stockpiled, and you forgot to clean it as soon as you started it! That's good! Squib! Check it again, damn it! Yu Xiaotian burst out with a black line on his face, he was not such a foul-mouthed person before, but now after two or three months of mixing with these rough people, he has developed the habit of bursting foul language, and he likes to scold people at every turn.

But don't say it, these people really eat this pot, if Yu Xiaotian is polite every day, they think he is easy to talk, but as soon as Yu Xiaotian moves rudely, they will be much more honest, so that if the text is not successful, they will come to the martial arts, which also makes Yu Xiaotian like to scold people more and more.

The black head is also a black line on his face, and he quickly lowered his head to check the bowl mouth, and after some inspection, he found that the primer of the fire door could not ignite the gunpowder in the gun chamber, and the gunpowder in the gun chamber was still there, so he hurriedly drank and scolded a descendant, and ordered him to quickly ram the ammunition in the cannon chamber, and after some tossing, he was ready again.

Yu Xiaotian cautiously moved away from a distance at this time, secretly pinched a handful of sweat, and said grandma, seeing this thing ignited, Lao Tzu was cold, this time when Zhao Mazi came back, he said that he had to find a way to improve the gunpowder, and if it was possible, he would find a way to buy a few new cannons! The province has been worried about these two broken guns all day long.

There was another chase, and the distance between the two sides was basically maintained at about fifty meters, Yu Xiaotian couldn't wait any longer, and once again ordered to open fire.

This time, the bowl bell lived up to his expectations, and finally fired as scheduled, and with a cannon shot, the cannon was scattered at the merchant ship in front.

The distance of fifty meters was still a bit far for this bowl, but it was still enough to reach the merchant ship in front, and some cannons crackled on their hull.

At this time, the people on the merchant ship were frightened, and they hurriedly lay down under the side of the ship in surprise, but they still did not drop the sails and stopped the ship, and continued to run.

Although this cannon did not kill or injure anyone on the other side, it still played a certain role, forcing the boatmen on the opposing ship to not dare to get up, so they could not continuously adjust the sails and take advantage of the direction of the wind.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Liu Lao Liu roared at Hu Cheng, led the men to quickly adjust the sails, and after eating enough wind, he quickly rushed over, and the distance between the two sides was shortened to a distance of twenty meters.

Yu Xiaotian ordered Heitou and the others to continue to load the cannon, and at the same time rushed to the port side, shouting to everyone on the boat: "Shoot the arrow!" Release! Don't let them look up! ”

At this time, the sea wolves' ships had already cut to the inside of the Zhao family's merchant ships, so that they could be forced to sail towards the open sea and could not continue to get close to the coast, which was equivalent to letting Yu Xiaotian and them grasp the initiative.

At this time, the people of the Zhao family's merchant ship also realized that something was wrong, and someone screamed for the boatmen to get up and turn the sails and rudder, but before they could stand up, the sea wolves here began to bang and set off their firearms, and several archers also began to put arrows towards the Zhao family's ship.

But on a rocking ship, it is very difficult to shoot a target twenty or thirty meters away with a fire gun or bow and arrow, especially to let these rookies do this, and still hold primitive and crude fire guns, it is basically a matter of luck.

Therefore, although he saw that there was a boatman on the opposite boat standing up, he still did not hurt anyone on the other side, but only frightened the other party again.

With such an inferior level, Yu Xiaotian was a little speechless, and he also knew what the level of these guys was, but when he really did it, looking at the bullets and arrows flying all over the sky, and not many of them fell on the other party's boat, it really made him depressed.