Song Qing saw more than a dozen Haihan warships sailing over, and he was also panicked. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 He was worried that if the Haihan people hastily failed to identify the identity of this ship and fired a few shots at this ship, his situation would be quite dangerous. However, by this time, he saw that some sailors had replaced the scallon flag on the mast and raised it with a red and blue flag, apparently used to identify themselves on the battlefield. When the Haihan warship coming from the opposite side saw this flag, it sailed past both sides and rushed straight to the pirate fleet behind, which made Song Qing breathe a sigh of relief, knowing that his life must have been saved.

Song Qing looked back at the sailing ships of the Yueqing Boat Gang, and had already begun to engage fire with the Haihan fleet, but at present, it was only the Haihan warships that were firing, although the Yueqing Boat Gang's ships also had some firearms, but they had not yet entered the firing range, and the people on the boat were screaming by the shells that broke the air, but they could not carry out an effective counterattack.

Song Qing realized at this time that when their gang was captured the day before yesterday, the Haihan people didn't show their real skills at all, and only sent a few small warships, and two rounds of artillery bombardment defeated them. Recently, the main force of Haihan was exhausted, and the density of artillery fire was not comparable to that day at all, and after several pirate ships in front of them were bombarded by a round of shelling, the hulls began to enter the water, and they immediately staggered and became a mess.

"Nantie, you did a good thing!" Zheng Ping shouted angrily: "Actually colluded with outsiders and calculated brothers!"

Nantie was also confused at this time, where did he expect that this big deal sent to the door turned out to be a death trap. He had also noticed just now that the guide ship that Song Qing was riding on had passed through the enemy fleet after changing its flag, and it was obviously premeditated. Naturally, there will be no more transactions of 100,000 taels of silver in this place, and this matter is a game set up by others from beginning to end.

Nan Tie said angrily: "The big boss, I am also fooled! When I turn around and grab that Song Qing, I will definitely cut him with a thousand knives!"

Zheng Pingda refused to believe him, and pulled out his waist knife and said: "If you hadn't come forward to vouch for that Song Qing, saying that there was a big deal, how could my boat gang brother fall into the current situation? It's a pity that although you colluded with this pair, it couldn't save your life!"

Zheng Pingda made this move, and Zheng Pinger and his subordinates immediately tore their faces and drew knives at each other. This ship was the ship of the Zheng brothers, not the ship of the Southern Railway, and he only brought a few guards with him, and he immediately had a disadvantage in numbers.

Nantie knew that he was going to fight now, and he would definitely not be able to fight the Zheng brothers' men, so he could only hope to persuade them: "This pair is clearly laying an ambush to wipe out our boat gang, the two masters can't be fooled, now they should command the fleet to break through as soon as possible!"

"If you don't destroy you, a traitor, how can you break through with peace of mind!" Zheng Pingda looked at it, the more he felt that Nantie seemed to be an internal response, and his murderous intent became more and more serious.

Nantie shouted: "If I am a traitor, how can I be in the same boat with your brothers!"

"I don't know my face but I don't know my heart, maybe you are fighting the idea of capturing my two brothers alive!" This Zheng brother has become a tendon at this time, and no matter how Nantie argues, they don't want to believe it.

"Take Nantie, or you can exchange his life for our lives!" Zheng Pinger gave an order with a red eye, and the people on the deck immediately surrounded Nantie and the others with weapons.

Seeing that the situation was irreparable, Nantie could only sigh in his heart and yelled: "Jump ship, swim to the shore with me!"

With that, he put his hand on the side of the boat and flipped out of the boat, and several other relatives immediately jumped out of the sea when they saw this. It's only a few miles away from the islands on either side, and it's not too difficult to swim to the islands. Of course, the scene is extremely chaotic at this time in the strait, and it is definitely more dangerous to go down to the sea than to stay on board.

"Let this traitor escape!" The Zheng brothers ran to the side of the ship, and saw that Nantie was floating and sinking on the sea, and had already swam out four or five feet away. They are not good at bows and arrows, so they can only grab the spear from the hands of others and throw it, but this foot is also undulating, where there is an accurate head to speak of, the spear falls into the water is a large deviation, and it has not hurt the Southern Iron at all.

"Get out of here!" As a cannonball swept over the deck of the ship, the Zheng brothers came to their senses and shouted for the sailors to quickly change direction and rush to the western exit of the strait.

However, the western exit is not a good place to go, as the Haihan Navy has deployed six Expedition-class and two Explorer-class warships here, and although they cannot completely block the shipping lane, they must withstand at least one round of close-range shelling if they want to rush through the side of these ships. The largest of these ships in the Yueqing Boat Gang is only about 200 materials, and there is still a gap between it and the smallest tonnage of the expedition-class warships in the Haihan Navy, and its sturdiness cannot withstand the impact of Haihan shells at a distance of less than 50 meters. After the first few ships were hit, they entered the water and flipped sideways, blocking the navigable water that was not too wide, and it was not easy for the Zheng brothers to break through.

When Song Qing's boat reached the periphery, a small boat immediately approached and took him to Shi Diwen's command boat. After Song Qing climbed up the rope ladder to the side of the boat, he immediately hurriedly shouted: "Hit that boat with the Zheng Ziqi on the bow! The three major bandit leaders of the Yueqing Boat Gang are all on that boat!"

Shi Diwen immediately ordered to adjust the direction of the attack, and three Haihan warships sandwiched from west to east, blocking the direction of the Zheng brothers' ships. The officers and soldiers on the warship had already received orders before the start of the battle, and there was no need to persuade them to surrender on the spot, but they just followed the normal steps of the battle. As soon as the three ships came into range, a burst of artillery fire hit the target.

The Zheng brothers' ship also had four earthen cannons, but the pirates on board did not wait for a chance to counterattack, and the cannonballs flying from the Haihan warship swept away the deck. The four earthen cannons were also shattered, and one of them flew out and hit several pirates, leaving a large blur of flesh on the deck.

The second round of shelling that followed opened a row of basin-sized holes in the ship's side, and several of them near the waterline immediately poured into the sea. Some of the people on the ship rushed to the cabin to try to plug the leak, while others grabbed their weapons and began to assemble and prepare to jump into the gang.

However, the Haihan side didn't even plan to leave them a chance to engage in hand-to-hand combat, and when there was still a distance of about ten meters, the Haihan warship adjusted its direction slightly and swept past the vicinity of the pirate ship. This distance allowed the sailors on the Haihan warship to hit the enemy on the opposite deck with muskets without special aiming, and the barrage of guns passed through, leaving the pirate ship lying down again.

The whole battle only lasted more than half an hour, and there was no pirate ship on the sea that still insisted on resisting, and the first few ships that were recruited had slowly sunk because of too much water, and the other ships were basically damaged to varying degrees. Only two ships saw the opportunity early and lowered their sails and surrendered at the beginning of the battle.

The Haihan warships began to gather their troops in formation, and several logistics ships disguised as merchant ships shuttled back and forth in the strait, searching for pirate captives on board and in the water. Although the battle was short, it was not small, and there were still a few fishing boats on the sea in the distance when the battle began, but at this time there were no other ships in sight. Before the start of the war, Haihan had already sent people to land on Xiaomen Island and controlled the few dozens of fishermen on the island, and at this time, the army also came to the coast and began to search for the pirates who swam to the shore.

This is much easier than searching for prisoners on those half-sunken sailing ships at sea, and even the pirates who can get lucky enough to swim to the island are basically exhausted, and there is no other way to capture them when they see the hordes of Haihan soldiers coming.

Song Qing was also on his last mission at this time, identifying the three bandit leaders of the Yueqing Boat Gang from among the many captives and dead bodies. Although Song Qing had previously pointed out that the Zheng brothers' ship allowed the Haihan to concentrate fire and attack, the three Haihan warships that rushed up to attack were so happy that they almost dismantled the ship to slag, and the ship was full of unrecognizable corpses in the middle of the sea, and it was indeed a trouble to confirm their identities after the war.

Song Qing is not familiar with the Zheng brothers and Nantie, relying on him to identify, if it is a living person, it is better to say, a dead corpse or even a broken corpse, then I am afraid it will be uncertain. However, Song Qing was not stupid, and immediately recognized a few of the guards around the Zheng brothers from the prisoners captured on the ship, and immediately asked the Haihan people to interrogate them. Only then did I learn that Zheng Pingda, the bandit leader in the chaotic battle, was hit by artillery fire and had been killed on the spot, Zheng Pinger disappeared in the chaos, and the other bandit leader Nantie jumped into the sea to escape because of the infighting between the three at the beginning of the war.

Soon Zheng Pingda's body was identified by his subordinates, this guy's upper body was blurred with flesh and blood, and his face was no longer distinguishable, but fortunately, there was a shark tattooed on his shoulder blades, and he relied on this mark to identify him.

It didn't take long for another bandit leader, Nantie, to be identified from the captives captured on Daimon Island. This guy was fateful, and after jumping off the boat, he actually swam ashore safely, but he didn't expect that the opponent had already arranged on this island, and he was discovered by a team of Haihan soldiers before he could catch his breath. Nantie tried to resist, but was stabbed in the leg by the rifle bayonet of the Haihan soldiers, and was finally locked back in shackles.

It took a long time to find the last bandit leader, Zheng Pinger, and it took two hours after the battle to find Zheng Ping'er's body on a secluded beach on Xiaomen Island. The guy had several wounds on his back, apparently dying of blood loss on the way to the pirates.

At this point, the three bandit leaders of the Yueqing Boat Gang were killed and injured and one was all brought to justice, and the most basic action goal has been achieved. Xu Yuzhuo, who received the notice, came to the "Enterprise" and confirmed the identities of the three bandit leaders.

Xu Yuzhuo thanked Shi Diwen first, and then ordered: "Cut off the head of this Zheng brother, keep it for safekeeping, and go back to Fujian with this captured bandit leader!"

The Nantie was still unconvinced, and asked loudly: "What kind of grudge do I have with you in the Yueqing Boat Gang?

"Palm!" Xu Yuzhuo commanded lightly after hearing this, and immediately a subordinate went over, pressed Nantie's head and slapped him more than a dozen times, and his cheeks immediately swollen.

"This official will tell you to die!" Xu Yuchu said unhurriedly: "Last year, you intercepted two Fujian merchant ships in Wenzhou Bay, and injured two people on board, and later Fujian sent an official document to Yueqing to investigate this matter, you probably heard of it, right?"

These words have undoubtedly indicated Xu Yuzhuo's official identity, Nantie sighed and said: "I didn't expect it to start from this! It was Zheng Pingda who wanted to kill Liwei to hurt the two lives of the passengers on the ship, although I tried to dissuade him at that time, but after all, he did something stupid!"

Xu Yuzhuo snorted coldly and said: "You don't have to shirk the responsibility, then the Zheng brothers have already surrendered to the law, and this public trial will fall on your head!

Xu Xinsu had a deep grudge against the Yueqing Boat Gang last year for hijacking ships and hurting people, although he had nothing to do with the Yueqing Government, but he must get rid of the pirates who did it. The death of the Zheng brothers in the battle battle may not be a bad thing, after Nantie was escorted back to Fujian, he had to squat in the prison for a long time, go through the court for interrogation, and then wait for the autumn queen to be beheaded, and he was tortured every day for several months, and it was uncomfortable to live. None of these three leaders escaped, and Xu Yuzhuo could be regarded as having made a contribution.

Of course, this matter is not over here, the coalition forces are almost pouring out in order to encircle and suppress this group of pirates, and the combat expenses of 3,000 people are not a small amount, and they have to find a way to get a little capture to offset it anyway.

Xu Yuzhuo immediately interrogated the core members of Nantie and other core members again, and forced him to ask where the treasures of the Yueqing Boat Gang were hidden. There are also hundreds of people up and down the Yueqing Boat Gang, and it is impossible to say that there is no reserve. It took a few hours to figure these out, and Xu Yuzhuo immediately transferred two boatloads of people, and rushed to Yandang Town at the northern end of Yueqing Bay with a few insiders, preparing to get out of the old cellar of the Yueqing Boat Gang overnight. Although there are still a few remnants of the Yueqing Boat Gang in the local area, Xu Yuzhuo's people are not vegetarians, and if there is no accident, they should be able to successfully complete this task.

However, the captured bandits are not a big trouble for the coalition forces. Xu Yuzhuo did not intend to hand over this group of people to the Wenzhou government, because this would expose the true identity of the coalition forces, and the Fujian naval division entered the waters of Zhejiang to operate, which in itself was an illegal act.

After the allied forces have finished taking care of the affairs of Wenzhou, they will continue to go north, and it must be very inconvenient to take these prisoners with them. For now, the only way to do this is to use ships to send these people back to Fujian along with the Southern Railway. Xu Yu wrote a letter to write down the battle in detail, and prepared to send it back to his father Xu Xinsu for details.