Both ships abandoned artillery bombardment, a rarity in ordinary naval warfare, and everyone abandoned weapons of mass destruction in favor of the most primitive melee combat.

The pirates sealed the cabin and had given up on blocking the water inlet, hoping that the ship would hold out until they captured the enemy ship.

Boarding hooks were prepared on both sides, the only difference being that the pirate ship's masts were so damaged that they were in a passive state - they could not board the enemy ship via a sail rope.

When close enough, Gordon could clearly see the pirates waiting on the pirate ship, which was not what he wanted.

The Jackdaw's gunwales came into play at this moment, and he randomly fired two shots towards the most crowded places, or where the gunpowder was stored.

Boom! Boom!

The cannon was not very powerful, but it was capable of causing great panic among the enemy, and the pirates were hunched down close to the side of the ship, while the two ships were close enough.

The sailors pulled the ropes, and with Gordon's nod, scimitars in their mouths, swung towards the enemy ships.

Captain to captain, sailor to sailor, Gordon locked on the guy with the three-cornered hat from the very beginning and strictly followed the rules of the battle.

Killing or subduing the captain, and then forcing the rest to surrender, he was silent in this battle and did not listen to what the enemy was saying.

Just cut down a sailor who came to block it, and then rushed forward with great oppression.

The broad knight's sword looked very nondescript, but no one dared to laugh at such a murderous weapon.

Blood dripped down the blade, and the people around them were already stupefied, because their captain had just been cut off in a confrontation, and then cut in two from the neck to the waist, and the bones in it were as fragile as paper.

"Surrender or die!"

Standing at the helm, Gordon shouted loudly, carrying the pirate captain's head so that everyone could see him.

But the pirates were outlaws, they knew the identity of their enemies, and if they were caught, they could only die, and they were several times the number of the Jackdaw.

Even if these pirates are just some cowardly rats, greedy for life and afraid of death, in the face of absolute numerical superiority, in the desire to survive and greed, bloodthirsty madness still rises.

The captain's death may have given them some fear, but it wasn't a reason to stop.

The sailors of the Jackdaw were also experienced in battle, and could barely fight even a dozen head-to-head against the Spanish regular army, and the surviving sailors were more than one level more than one level more powerful than these pirates.

They may not have fought as fancy, but their strength and precision are superior, and their calmness in the face of blood and swords has given them a sharper fighting mind.

There were sailors wounded, which could not be avoided, but not a single one has fallen yet.

Only the shipbuilding was intimidated by Gordon's own strength, and the battle on the deck was somewhat evenly fought, and he shook his head and decided to give these men another chance.

"Surrender, you can join us, as long as you are loyal, I will give you gold coins, or bury with this ship, my patience is limited. ”

The words are very penetrating, and after the threat of death is lifted, the greed for money also fades in an instant, after all, there is money to earn and life to spend.

The pirates and sailors distanced themselves and looked at each other, after the death of the captain, they had no direction and no leader, if surrender could not only live, then why fight?

"Kill them, we just have to rob their boat, and the gold will be ours!"

An assertive sailor stood up and shouted loudly, almost crying for the people around him, why should he surrender if he had fought too much? Is it because he can only live on the handouts of others to become a pirate? It is not because he has picked up a sword and made decisions for himself.

"You can't win, there is only one way to resist and die!"

Gordon's face was calm, and there was even some appreciation, there were too many fools in this year, this is a rare person who understands.

The sailor's face was hideous: "Kill you, your ship will be ours!"

"Yes!"

The sailors around him responded loudly, waving their swords in their hands, as if they were already impatient!

The naïve sailor had no idea what was going on in the shipyard, and he couldn't see the captain's body cut in half, but he walked slowly forward with his knife, and if he saw the slightest fear in Gordon, he could know the reality of the enemy.

"It's a pity. ”

Gordon shook his head and sighed slightly, and in the sailor's puzzled expression, a scimitar stabbed him directly into the heart from the back, and the fatal stab that caught him off guard didn't even make any sound, only a low groan of pain pulled in his throat.

Blood spat out of his mouth, and a vague final sentence: "Why?"

Because it was the sailor who usually had a good relationship with him who stabbed him fatally, but at this time there was a disdainful sneer on his face.

"Haha, because as long as you join them, the treasure will also have our share, you idiot, since you can get a share of the gold if you surrender, why do you have to gamble your life? ”

With a flattering smile on his face, he threw the corpse aside along with the knife: "Captain, we are your people now...... All throw away their weapons, we surrender!"

Pirates are such a strange group that not even a single one of them had any doubts or shame at the pirate's stabbing behavior, and they all threw away their weapons and surrendered.

Gordon nodded in satisfaction, he admired the knowledge of these people, but he didn't want such people to exist on his ship, fortunately, these people were not received by himself.

"Bring all your gunpowder, chain bullets, and sixteen-pound iron bullets aboard the Jackdaw, and no one shall be armed, or he will be put to death immediately. ”

"No, you said you can join you if you surrender, it's not fair!"

The pirates were so enraged that they even took their scimitars and fought again.

"It's not that easy to join the Jackdaw, gentlemen, if I'm going to kill you, I can just sink this ship and let you die at the bottom of the sea, and before that you have another ship to go. Everyone, do it, or you will be here forever. ”

Gordon's words became the only guide for everyone present, and the pirates were somewhat silent in the absence of a leader, but they still began to carry the battle supplies on the ship, and the ship began to shake, and their time was running out.

The Jackdaw's sailors temporarily became overseers, erecting planks between the two ships, and every pirate who brought supplies into the Jackdaw ended up in an empty cabin, and he didn't dare let the men know that the Jackdaw was less than half as large as them.

The night was still long, and the reef area had been departed from some of the most timid pirates, and many ships had run aground here, except for the Jackdaw, which became a ranger in this area.