Stupidity is often forgiven for being rich, and without wealth, status and bravery are not even as good as seaweed.

- Horace (founder and founder of Roman classicism)

Shi Xiu, who reacted, was reluctant to let Blackbeard go like this, but the triremit battleship that had already fallen into a battle state was not so easy to turn around; And the other warships to which Shi Xiu belonged were also in fierce battles, and it was impossible to adjust their deployment to pursue Blackbeard. In addition, if these pirate warships in front of them are not solved, they will definitely be hidden dangers; There really aren't many choices that Shi Xiu can make.

The only best thing Shi Xiu could think of now was to sink the pirate ships in front of him, and then gather the warships to pursue Blackbeard's Queen of Vengeance with all his might! However, such a decision, while sound, carries significant risks; If Shi Xiu couldn't sink the pirate warships in front of him in a short time, even if the speed of the Vengeance Queen was not as fast as the three battleships, it would have run a long way.

You must know that the Augustan fleet did not go on this expedition to exterminate the pirates, but rushed to the Latin provinces to participate in the power competition in the city of Rome; Arriving in time for the Latin provinces was the top priority for the Augustan family, and it was also an important reason why Oscar personally led the fleet to the Latin provinces.

It was a coincidence that they were able to meet Blackbeard Edward and Calico Jack on the way to the Latin provinces, and it was only a fitting occasion to attack their fleets; However, if the battle against Blackbeard and Calico interfered with the fleet's rush to the Latin provinces, it would be a typical loss outweighs the loss, and Oscar would not allow such a thing to happen.

In fact. At the beginning, Oscar ordered Shi Xiu to eliminate Blackbeard, Edward and Calico Jack at all costs, and the meaning was also to let Shi Xiu attack Blackbeard, Edward and Calico Jack with all his strength in the shortest possible time. Instead of allowing Shi Xiu to delay the entire fleet's journey on them. Shi Xiu also knows this.

Therefore, Shi Xiu took the four triremes and directly gave up the original purpose of capturing Calico Jack alive, and instead opened the distance between himself and the Calico battleship, and used a large-scale rocket to attack the Calico Cloth. Not far away, the four twin warships that were also besieging the pirate warships in pairs also began to attack the pirate warships with rockets; After a while, a raging fire began to burn on the three battleships.

Blackbeard fled desperately with his Vengeance Queen, and not only Shi Xiu knew, but Calico Jack and the pirates also saw it; The pirates who belonged to Edward Blackbeard couldn't believe that Blackbeard, whom they had always regarded as gods, would abandon them at such a time. Escape independently!

If the pirates who belonged to Blackbeard were unbelievable, then Calico Jack's heart was full of anger; Although Calico Jack, who is also one of the top ten pirates, has always known that Blackbeard is a fierce and brutal pirate devil, he has never heard of Blackbeard's precedent of abandoning his subordinates and escaping on the battlefield by himself!

Whether it's in the legends of the pirates or in the actual contact with Blackbeard; Edward Blackbeard has the impression that he is cruel and bloodthirsty by nature, but he is extremely brave and will never abandon any of his brothers, which is why Blackbeard has such a bad reputation and there are still a large number of pirates willing to follow him.

Similarly, such an image of righteousness is also Calico Jack's willingness to be at such a critical moment. The reason for putting his fleet in command of Blackbeard; It's just that what everyone didn't expect was. Blackbeard's so-called refusal to abandon his brothers is just his greatest disguise, he has always been a complete selfish, how can he care about other people's lives in his eyes?

Calico Jack, who was placed on a black-beard arrangement, knew that he was probably in danger of escaping this time, and if the fleet on the opposite side was not the fleet of the Augustan family, then he might have saved his life in the name of surrender. However, now he was facing the fleet of the House of Augustus; Aside from dying in battle, Calico Jack really couldn't figure out what other way out he had.

Although Calico Jack felt that he did not have a deep grudge against the Augustus, the last confrontation ended with the defeat of himself and Blackbeard; However, the news that the two great pirates, Anne and Shi Xiu, had surrendered to the Augustan family and held a high position within the Augustan family had already spread throughout the Mediterranean.

Calico Jack knew himself to the contradiction between himself and Anne; Even if he wanted to surrender to the Augustan family, he would definitely die in the end. Rather than being hanged by the Augustan family in the end, it is better to fight to the death; In this way, he can still leave a good reputation in the pirate world for fighting and dying, so that he will not be too cowardly.

Calico Jack, who has made up his mind, has just wanted to encourage his pirates to regain their strength; I found that the warships of the Augustus family began to turn and leave! Could it be that the Augustan fleet is going to send itself and go all out to pursue Blackbeard's Queen of Vengeance? Definitely! The Augustus family's fleet must be aimed at Blackbeard, otherwise why wouldn't they attack Kidd and Roberts, who are also pirates!

At this moment, Calico Jack even had a grateful thought in his heart for Blackbeard, who had just hated him; If Blackbeard hadn't taken the opportunity to escape, if Blackbeard's reputation hadn't been too loud, I'm afraid these Augustus warships wouldn't have let themselves go so easily! While Calico Jack was still secretly rejoicing, he suddenly shot out a rain of countless flaming arrows from the four distant Augustus family warships!

It's a pity that such a scene directly became the last scene Calico Jack saw in this world, and he was glad that he didn't have to worry about the next thing anymore; Because in the rain of arrows that came from this, several arrows hit the unsuspecting Calico Jack in the chest at the same time, and Calico Jack plunged headlong into the sea from the battleship with reluctance and surprise.

The death of Calico Jack directly caused chaos on the entire battleship; The pirates were a combination of lawless, unorganized, and undisciplined rogue ruffians. Without Calico Jack's command, they would be headless flies, scurrying around on the dilapidated battleship; Even the fire that had already ignited on the battleship was not extinguished.

Blackbeard fled alone with the Queen of Vengeance in the direction of Oscar's main fleet, which was said to be the main fleet, but in fact there were only ten transports and four triplexes; Transports are not designed for naval warfare, and even if they are rammed by a powerful five-column battleship like the Queen of Vengeance, the transports will be directly rammed and sunk.

As for the other four triremes, they would have been enough to besiege the five-riremit and sink it if they had not been dragged down by the transports; After all, the naval fleet built by the Augustus family with a lot of manpower and material resources is not for fun. With the cost of the warriors' weapons and equipment on these four trilinear battleships, it is enough to build a powerful five-column battleship!

However, there can be no slack in the protection of transport ships; You must know that these transports are the core of the Augustus family fleet this time, and the elite of the Guards Infantry Legion on four of these transports is also Oscar's heart, so there must be no accidents!

However, watching Blackbeard run away like this is not Oscar's style either; Oscar ignored Anne's dilemma, but ordered directly to Anne: "Anne, you immediately order two trileex battleships to rush out and entangle Blackbeard's Queen of Vengeance; The remaining ten transport ships immediately formed a new formation, and ordered the other six transport ships to protect the four troop carriers, and absolutely no accident occurred to the troop carriers! ”

With Oscar's direct order, Anne didn't have to make difficult choices herself; Soon, Oscar's order was conveyed in the form of a flag. The three battleships in the formation of the two main fleets rushed towards the fast-moving Vengeance Queen, and the remaining ten transports also formed a protective formation according to Oscar's wishes.

However, just in case, Anne still took it upon herself to issue two other orders: first, to immediately blow the call for reinforcements and summon Shi Xiu's fleet to come back; Second, the Cretan archers on the transport ship immediately ascended to the deck of the battleship, ready to meet the enemy with bows and arrows!

Oscar, who couldn't read the flag, naturally didn't understand Anne's second order, but after the first order was issued, the trumpets sounded on the four triremes couldn't hide Oscar; However, Oscar only glanced at Anne deeply and said nothing else. At this time, Blackbeard on the Queen of Vengeance also discovered the second Augustus fleet in front of him.

Although the fleet consisted of only four triremes, the rest were all fragile transports; But Blackbeard did not take this opportunity to discourage the Augustus family's interest. Because Blackbeard knew that once he was caught in a melee with the fleet in front of him; The Augustus fleet, which may soon catch up, will surround itself again, and there will really be no chance of escape!

Therefore, Blackbeard did not come straight to the main fleet where Oscar was seated with the Queen of Vengeance; Instead, he made a big turn almost five hundred meters from the main fleet and galloped away again to the east. If Blackbeard had known that Oscar, the leader of the House of Augustus, was in the weak fleet in front of him, he might have rushed straight forward without hesitating anything.

As long as Oscar himself can be captured, then the situation of this naval battle will be reversed immediately; Blackbeard could have used Oscar to threaten the Augustusian fleet, and then leave unharmed. He could even use this as a threat to force the Augustus family to provide him with a considerable number of warships and supplies; Unfortunately, Blackbeard didn't know about Oscar's existence, he just ran away like a lost dog!

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