The pirates sat down uneasily, they were still talking about quiet, not long ago they had no scruples, set sail on the sea to rob the merchants, at that time they were in high spirits, whistling with their weapons and kicking the shipowner to the ground, moving boxes of goods from the bilge of the merchant ship, and cutting down any sailor who dared to resist them without hesitation, sometimes they could decide the life and death of a shipwreck with a single thought, because at sea they were wolves.

The pirates don't know that there is a popular saying in the future - when you come out to mix, you always have to pay it back.

"Boom! Thundered! The ground trembled slightly, the roar became clearer and clearer from far and near, and more than forty knights with fast horses and sabers roared towards them, and behind them countless figures trotted neatly and gradually revealed their figures.

"We are ordered to suppress the thieves, and those who surrender will lay down their arms, and those who resist will be killed!" A hundred feet away, the knights who were full of energy roared and raised their sabers high, and in the moonlight, the blades slightly exuded a pale yellow edge.

"It's a clear dog." After a brief moment of shock, the pirates reflexively rose to their feet and picked up their weapons, looking around at their companions in a panicked attempt to gain some courage from them.

"No one is allowed to escape, once someone escapes, everyone will be annihilated one by one by the dogs like the dogs, brothers, copy the guys and fight with them." The Water Widow squeaked, and the thin sword in her hand pierced into the throat of a water thief who wanted to escape, and the pirates couldn't help but give up the idea of escaping.

"Quick! Shoot a horse with a firecracker. Heishui Jiao stabilized his mind and ordered his musketeers.

But it was too late, it was night, and the Ming army suddenly appeared, and before they could react, forty knights slammed into the ranks of the pirates like sharp knives. With the force of the charge, the knights formed a long serpent, like a comb, ploughing deep into the formation of the pirates through a dozen openings.

The sharp saber cut a perfect arc in the moonlight, and before the pirates could parry, they heard the screams of their companions, and the moment the blade slashed through their throats, the liquid erupted in the air like a terrifying saber.

A head is rewarded with one tael of silver, which is the promise of Emperor Yongli, which is enough for a soldier to pay three months.

The knights raised the corners of their mouths coldly, a collision, each of them earned at least three taels of silver, after a strong collision, the horses that lost their explosive power may be at risk of being beaten by pirates at any time, they rode their horses and whips, put away their sabers, and before the pirates could react to remedy, they had gone towards a vacant place, disappearing without a trace in the darkness, only the sound of the horse's hooves could be heard farther and farther away.

"We are ordered to beg the thief, and those who surrender may lay down their arms, and those who resist will be killed!" Another urging voice came from ten zhang away, and the panicked pirates found that not far away, a neat infantry appeared not far away, swords and guns were like a forest, and the orders were the same, dozens of standard-bearers raised the sun and moon flags of the red sun and yellow moon on a black background, and the generals at the forefront did not wait for the pirates to react, and pointed forward with long knives, and the neat team rushed like a flood that opened the floodgates.

"Damn, there are too many dogs, brothers, run." This time it was Sha Tongtian who shouted, although he was reckless, but he knew that the contrast between the two sides was too great, and desperate resistance was just to send him to death.

As soon as the words fell, the pirates fled like frightened birds, led by their leaders, and their retreat quickly turned into a rout under the pressure of the Ming soldiers behind them.

"Tick, tick, tick......" The sound of horses' hooves came from a distance again, and dozens of cavalrymen turned back from the darkness like sharp arrows.

"Damn, these bright dogs are really good at picking the time." The pirates thought in horror, and their steps quickened, and they squeezed each other in the darkness, only hating their parents for missing two legs.

The Ming army rushed and killed a full three or four miles of road, corpses were strewn all over the road, and blood flowed like a river, and the pirates could only hear a voice behind them: "Stop the pursuit, everyone wait to rest on the spot, bury the pot and make food!" ”

As if they had been pardoned, the pirates looked back, and sure enough, they saw that the Ming army had stopped the pursuit and gathered together. The chasers of the cavalry seemed to have lost interest in them, turned their horses, and galloped away.

After running for a while, the pirates stopped and rested, and they shivered and gathered together in an attempt to find safety in the crowded area. Soon, they discovered an even more serious problem.

After a night of passion and fear, many pirates found that their stomachs were growling, and they didn't feel it at first, but when they heard the general behind them shouting to bury the pot and cook when they fled, they found that their hunger was unbearable, and their bellies were empty.

"No, there is no food, the brothers will definitely not be able to survive for a few days, for the sake of today, only while the brothers still have some strength, rush to the valley mouth, and the Ming army to kill a fish and die in the net, and can escape one by one." Sha Tongtian was so anxious that he jumped to his feet.

"Black Water Jiao, what do you think?" The water widow nodded helplessly, and turned her eyes to ask the black water Jiao.

"What else? Sitting back like this is not the way to go. Hei Shuijiao's face was cloudy.

"Okay, let's do it."

The sky was already slightly bright, and the rising mist was gently diffusing in the valley mouth, like a light veil rising up, bringing a touch of dreamlike color to the heavy valley mouth.

"First Column Ready!" Mu Jianming stared closely at the more and more pirates gathering outside the hundred zhang, and calmly held the hilt of the sword.

Forty crossbowmen took three steps out of the queue, kneeling with their crossbows raised, squinting into the distance.

"Pay attention to grasp the shooting outline, don't panic, after the crossbow arrow is fired, don't care whether it hits the target or not, immediately vacate the position and give up the position to the brothers in the rear team, load the crossbow quickly, do not delay, drag the bottom of the crossbow with the elbow of the left hand, press the fingers of the motive bracket to be steady, don't be nervous, and don't be afraid, they are just a group of thieves besieged by us." Mu Jianming chattered endlessly about the essentials of shooting, seeing that the pirates in the distance had set up an attack formation, he pulled out his long sword fiercely, and the sword body tore a hole in the dense fog in mid-air: "Soldiers, the achievements are only today, we have been eating Junlu for a long time, today is the time to report to the king, the army listens to the order, we swear to defend the valley mouth, who dares to take a step back, there is no forgiveness!" ”

"Listen to me, first column, ready!"

The pirates have already attacked, they are waving their weapons, and they are madly rushing towards the mouth of the valley, they are rout, and they agree to be poor, even if it is a dog, they will jump over the wall in a hurry.

100 zhang, 90 zhang, 80 zhang......

Mu Jianming squinted his eyes and kept silently calculating the distance that was being shortened, he was not in a hurry to attack, although the range of the bow and crossbow was eighty zhang, but in terms of the current shooting accuracy of the Shenji Battalion, the distance of eighty zhang was too far, and the lethality was also much reduced.

Mu Jianming's palms were already covered with sweat, and finally, he broke out with all his might: "Shoot!" The second column is ready! ”

Forty bolts tore through the fog and shot out at a rapid pace, and the dozen or so pirates who rushed to the front fell to the ground screaming.

"Don't care about the results, the first column quickly retreats to the queue to load, and the second column comes forward, ready!" Mu Jianming scolded loudly, and quickly raised the long sword pointing to the sky down: "Shoot!" ”

"First column, get ready, shoot! The second column is ready! ”

"Second Column ......"

A rain of arrows poured out like a flood of open floodgates, without the slightest pause, and the crossbowmen did the same action mechanically and repeatedly, without the slightest fatigue.

The pirates were so badly wounded that they were returned by an increasingly dense barrage of crossbow arrows, their muskets having a range of only forty feet, and no resistance to the steel crossbows.

At the moment when the pirates were deflated, there was another shout behind them, and the earth trembled like last night, and the sound of hooves was even more terrifying than last night.

"Damn, that cavalry is here again." Some people are cursing loudly, and more people are quiet, they are missing the happy days a few days ago, riding the wind and waves, eating meat in large chunks, drinking wine, and missing their wives and children in the village.

Forty cavalrymen lined up in the distance, holding the reins of their horses in a flash, and one cavalryman stepped out of the crowd and shouted to the pirates with great vigour: "Our great soldiers are here, are you willing to die and surrender?" He trotted forward a few steps as if no one was on his side, jumped off his horse, took out the flint and dye the incense from his bosom, lit the incense with the flint, and inserted it into the earth.

"When this thousand households are waiting for you to have a stick of incense, you have to listen to it, and it will not wait until it expires."

The pirates looked at each other, forgetting that this bold Qianhu had actually stepped into the range of the musket, and as long as one person reacted, he could be killed on the spot.

No one did anything, facts speak louder than words, although the pirates are illiterate, although they are violent and ferocious, but they are definitely not fools, only fools will resist stubbornly at this time.

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There are fewer war plots to fight pirates, and they are relatively rough, but these pirates are too weak to fight at all, and they are boring to write too much, hehe.